Los Angeles-based Cambodian American band Dengue Fever will be in Minneapolis to perform and promote their new album, Cannibal Courtship on Friday, June 3, 2011 at First Avenue’s 7th Street Entry, 701 1st Ave North, Minneapolis. (Photo by Lauren Dukoff, courtesy of Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group)

By Ammala Douangsavanh

Described as everything from Cambodian psychedelic surf rock to global pop fusion, Dengue Fever is the vanguard of a new breed of music that mixes genres and cultures to create a sound that is at once foreign, but familiar.

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Brussels (April 23, 2011) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has stated that he is troubled by reports of renewed fighting over the past two days between Cambodian and Thai troops along the two countries’ border, which has reportedly claimed the lives of many people on both sides.

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U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4)

Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2011) – In remembrance of the Cambodian genocide, which lasted from April 1975 to January 1979, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) cosponsored a Congressional resolution honoring the victims and their families.

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Brussels (March 30, 2011) – The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia dealing with mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge three decades ago today concluded the appeal hearing for the former head of a notorious detention camp who was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity last year.

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Jakarta, Indonesia (February 22, 2011) – The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers, under the Chairmanship of H.E. Dr Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia, on Wednesday endorsed Cambodia and Thailand’s efforts to reach an amicable modality to avoid further armed clashes along their common border.

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NEW YORK CITY (February 8, 2011) – The United Nations cultural agency said Tuesday it plans to send a mission to assess the damage caused to the Preah Vihear Temple, a World Heritage site, by the recent armed clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. Tensions first escalated between the South-East Asian neighbours in July 2008 following the build-up of military forces near the temple, which dates back to the 11th century and is located on the Cambodian side of the border.

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PHNOM PENH (November 22, 2010) – Lasse Norgaard of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Phnom Penh office, writes that “What is normally the highlight of the year, the beautiful Water Festival in Cambodia, ended in tragedy Monday night, when hundreds of people were crushed to death or suffocated on an overcrowed bridge in the capital Phnom Penh.

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Narate Judie Keys

By TOM LAVENTURE
AAP staff writer

MINNEAPOLIS (October 5, 2010) – After ten years of experience working in spa settings and chiropractic clinics, Narate Judie Keys has a new massage therapy clinic in the Koficore Studio, the renovated former carriage house of the Semple Mansion at 104 West Franklin Avenue, Ste 100, Minneapolis, MN 55404.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2010) – Forty-nine Americans were sworn-in Thursday as Peace Corps/Cambodia volunteers by U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley. This group of volunteers makes up the largest group of American Peace Corps volunteers to serve in Cambodia, and includes the first-ever group of community health educators.

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