News in Pictures

Tourists pass by portraits of South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak (L), Cambodia's King Sihamoni (C) and First Lady of South Korea Kim Yoon-ok on a Phnom Penh street October 21, 2009. Lee is scheduled to pay an official visit to Cambodia. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAAI News Media)

Cambodian school children head home after school through the flooded village of Russey Keo, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Flooding caused by Typhoon Ketsana, which struck the area several weeks ago, prevented almost a thousand Cambodian schools from opening at the start of the academic year, keeping tens of thousands of students home, an Education Ministry official reported. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (CAAI News Media)

Cambodian and foreigner climate change activists stand surrounding Cambodia's biggest clock in the heart of the capital of Phnom Penh on October 21, 2009 as part of the Tck-Tck-Tck global campaign against climate change. The activists are calling for climate action. Cambodia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts due to its low capacity and limited resources to address climate change. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 19, urged the world's rich countries to take more responsibility for climate change, saying the poor suffer for their carbon emissions "sin." AFP PHOTO/TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) (CAAI News Media)

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