A two-year-old Canadian boy was killed during a school siege in Cambodia yesterday. The child died when he was shot after police stormed the international school in the north-eastern town of Siem Reap.
Gunmen had taken a kindergarten class and five teachers hostage. Hotel manager Toby Anderson's two children aged eight and six escaped the gunmen by hiding in the library. He says the parents still do not know what happened before the Canadian boy died.
"Initially we were told he was shot by one of the gunmen in front of the classmates and later on we were told it was a policeman that was shooting in the classroom," he said.
"But then today again from a western reporter here in Siem Reap says it was from the gunman so that's still unclear - but it looked like it was pretty close."
Saving the Tigers from extinction It was a hurriedly organized citizen’s meeting at Guwahati Press Club, where serious concerns were expressed at the increasing trend of poaching and killing of wildlife in various parts of Assam.
The EIP factor - what you should learn from it When we grow older, or get older for the sake of the argument, we tend to start seeing the world only from one side. We tend to believe, no, not believe but know, how things are done. If you are smart, you understand that it shouldn't be that way, you understand this is wrong.
Whether we want to admit it or not, even now, in year 2012, there are still big gender biases in some fields of life. While it's generally understandable that men should do more heavy lifting than women and knitting fits a bit better for the women (even though I am aware even here there are many people who want to disagree), art is one of those things where our gender really should not play any significant role at all. And within the past decade things have started to change even on this front and even on the more conservative arenas such as Bukowskis - the top Nordic auction house.
