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November 8, 2012
by John Vink
Mrs. Michelle Obama, wife of the newly elected President of the U.S., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mr. William E. Todd, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, received a letter from the Borei Keila and the Boeung Kak Lake communities who were camping outside the U.S. embassy since yesterday. The communities hope that the November 18th visit of President Barak Obama during what will be a hectic ASEAN meeting, can be of any help in their 4-year-long struggle to preserve their property, their rights, and their dignity.

This is a follow-up post on the 'Quest for Land' story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.
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