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Cambodia's rough-and-tumble politics have long been bloody, marred by frequent political assassinations and violence. But never before have they been quite so blood-linked. 

They still hunt Montagnards here in the eastern province of Mondulkiri, Cambodia, like the Native American Indians were hunted down in the Old West in the United States. It's hard to believe that such a thing could still be happening in the year 2006 and that the rest of the world doesn't give a damn, but that's the way it is here. 

It's a late Saturday afternoon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the waterfront along the Tonle Sap River is the place to be.

Two things you need when exploring the ancient city of Angkor in Cambodia: First -- hire a quick-witted guide who can snake you in and out of temples without getting tangled with tour bus crowds. Second -- find a swimming pool. Cambodia is one hot little country and even the most intrepid temple prowler will want to slide into cool water after poking around the tumbled ruins of these looming structures of the ancient Khmer empire.

By Anne Chalfant in The San Jose Mercury News.

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The luxury spa at the Hotel de la Paix in Siem Reap, Cambodia is teaming up with UK-born artist and therapeutic pioneer Nicky Kassapian to offer a range of uniquely tailored treatments inspired by Angkor Wat, one of the world’s most spiritual destinations.

Nothing much happens in Kampot. The wide, blue Kampong Bay River flows past rows of colonial houses, some crumbling, others freshly painted bright mustard or limestone white. It passes under bridges built by the French and bombed by the Americans. It leads finally to the ocean, a connection that for centuries made Kampot Cambodia's primary port. But since 1962, when the port moved west to Sihanoukville, Kampot -- two hours south of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh -- has epitomized the idea of a sleepy river town. 

All that remains of the last house of one the 20th century's most brutal rulers, Cambodia's Pol Pot, is his toilet bowl and a dozen empty medicine bottles. From the BBC.

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Francois Bizot is thought to be the only Westerner to survive Khmer Rouge imprisonment during their genocidal control of Cambodia in the 1970s. The book he wrote in 2001 on his experience, 'The Gate', has been recently published in English. From the BBC.

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