Martin Bauer, a spokesman for Four Paws, said the elephant has been finally given medical approval to travel, most likely to Cambodia, where he will find companionship and better conditions.

Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was one of the few ex-Khmer Rouge who acknowledged even partial responsibility for his actions at a trial in 2009.

The dispersal around the world of passengers from the ship with possible exposure to the virus has sparked concern.

Cambodia is undergoing a construction boom to serve growing crowds of Chinese tourists and investors. 

When Sam Rainsy tried to take a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok from Paris, where he lives in exile, Thailand's flag carrier told him ``they had received from very high up the instruction to not allow me to board,'' he said.

Australian-born James Bartle is the founding CEO of a denim brand that’s making jeans differently by giving young girls, victim's of human trafficking, employment opportunities in developing nations.

The total weight of the waste found in 83 containers in the country's main port was 1,600 tons.

Thousands of Cambodian refugees started new lives in the United States after fleeing the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror.

Rescue work at the site was underway to find out if any more workers were trapped in the rubble, said the city police chief, Maj. Thul Phorsda.

Eden Kazoleas, 19, of Drayton Valley, Alta. and Jessica Drolet, 26, were among 10 Westerners who faced charges of producing pornographic photos after Cambodian police raided a party near the famous Angkor Wat Temple last month.