Sports Notes - FIFA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS HEATING UP - May, 2011
DOWN & DIRTY - With FIFA engulfed with bribery accusations of its members the story won't go away. Just a few days before the elections FIFA President Sepp Blatter's opponent FIFA Executive Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam from Qatar is now being taken to task being accused of improprieties. It appears to be the beginning of a major mud throwing competition - FIFA TOP 10

Previous - NR TOP STORY LIST - YEAR 2010 IN REVIEW - Part 1 - January 2011
THAILAND RIOTS is the first half of the year's TOP STORY - The first half of the years top stories featured the riots in Thailand spurned on by Thaksin Shinawatra. Filmmaker Oliver Stone, CNN founder Ted Turner and Timor East President Jose Ramos-Horta also made a major impact in our survey.

Sports Notes - CAMBODIA'S MYSTERIOUS RISE IN THE FIFA RANKINGS - March, 2011
WHAT'S UP WITH FIFA's RATINGS? - While some of the Top 10 teams lose points but hold positions Cambodia's gain in the ratings is mysterious. Over the years that we have been covering international football most notably in the Asian region there are things that jump up like RED FLAGS

Previous - Phnom Penh - TOP (5) FIVE STORIES - February 2011
RED LIGHT TAKES THE TOP SPOT with CHILD PROSTITUTION - As our ratings revealed the world is interested in stories abut oppression as our most read top stories related to the poor being abused, children sold into prostitution as well as strong armed tactics towards the press.

NR TOP STORY LIST - YEAR 2010 IN REVIEW - Part 2 - January 2011
THE COVER-UP OF FORMER US VP DICK CHENEY'S $250 MILLION PLEA BARGAIN FINE FOR BRIBERY is the YEARS TOP STORY - Television played a major role in how people think. CNN and FOX News are the most negligent in presenting balanced reports. The cover-up of the Cheney story indicates collusion of major media with US government institutions. Nine of our top 19 stories came from viewing films and television including the CIA's Secret War

Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) - ICT FAILED TO DELIVER THE WORD - April 2011
WHAT'S GOING ON? PERHAPS WE'LL NEVER KNOW - A slipshod telecom conference was put on by the ICT organizers. The result is there are more questions to be answered than the information that was provided - WHO IS IDG???

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - RED LIGHT - THE CHILD SEX TRADE (in Cambodia) - February, 2011
KHMER MEN account for 90% of the customers in the Child Sex Trade - Children are being raped, mutilated, hooked on drugs and becoming mentally damaged for life and very few people care while the donor money is being wasted - Recommended TV Listings

Previous - Phnom Penh - IT'S ON!!!! - IT & Telecoms World Expo and Conference - March 2011
THE NEW CAMBODIA - Growth in Cambodia's technology industry is largely due to the tremendous interest from Khmer youths who are thriving on the new products available today. The organizers claim that there are 15 million active SIM cards in Cambodia's population of 14 million - Free admittance

TV - VIDEO BEAT - JAY LENO... HE'S BACK!!! - February, 2011
WAS-SUP WIT LENO??? - In the USA Leno returned to host The Tonight Show again on March 1, 2010 but he's recently returned to being televised in Asia on CNBC - One of the most memorable films we have ever seen is Same, Same But Different - CNN went Tiger Woods bashing again more than a year after it was disclosed that he cheated on his wife - Recommended TV Listings

Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT - NO COWELL AMERICAN IDOL IS BETTER - J Lo ROCKS - January, 2011
HOORAY IT'S A NEW DAY - As a member of the American Idol panel Jennifer Lopez makes it all work. She supports her follow judges and embodies the warmth and concern that Paula Abdul had for contestants in not wanting to hurt their feelings - Recommended TV Listings

NBA BEAT - YAO MING REMAINS # 1 TO NBA FANS - January, 2011
After the second round of voting Yao registered 754,583 votes as the leading vote-getter among Western Conference centers, with the Lakers' Andrew Bynum's 493,237 votes placing second but injuries continue to mar Yao's All-Star career

Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT - Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S CHOSEN THREE - March, 2011
Not voted into the Top 10 by the viewers the American Idol judges gave six of the 14 eliminated Top 24 contestants a chance to sing for their supper and earn a spot on the regular season show. Of those six the judges chose three - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL'S TOP 3 LAUREN ALAINA, SCOTT McCREERY & HALEY REINHART - May, 2011
IT'S ON !!! - All are talented but McCreery is the closest to being a finished product to be a recording star. Alaina rates second in that department. Her country style voice is better than former Idol winner Carrie Underwood - THE SIMON'S (COWELL & FULLER) IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY - Recommended TV Listings

Previous - Sports Notes - CHELSEA'S PROBLEM - ROMAN ABRAMOVICH NOT ANCELOTTI - January, 2011
THERE'S A FUNGUS AMONG US the Premier League's Weapon of Mass Destruction - It's nothing new for Chelsea to undergo turmoil after the season starts. The clubs owner Roman Abramovich was at it again repeating his dealings with Jose Mourinho and laying it on Carlo Ancelotti. The question is what's up with that? - ARSENE AGREES re A TEAM SALARY CAP - BECKHAM'S LEGACY - CAN THE NBA's CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GOOD DEED ERASE BAD KARMA?

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S YOUNGEST FINALE SCOTT McCREERY 17 & LAUREN ALAINA 16 - May, 2011
IT'S ON!!! THE BATTLE OF COUNTRY SINGERS - This should be the best finale ever given the youth aspect and both have super unique voices and poise - These two are the closest in talent ever in the finals surpassing the competitive duo of David Cook and David Archuleta in season 7 - Does the NBA really CARE about the poor Asian minorities? - Recommended TV Listings

Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT - Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL's THAT F'D UP!!! - March, 2011
THEIR PARTY'S OVER - Most notably those with good voices and talent that America chose not to select for the top 10 include, Julie Zorrilla, Lauren Turner, Rachel Zevita, Clint Jun Gamboa and Tim Halperin - Recommended TV Listings

Phnom Penh (Ah) - THEARY SENG featured in the film "FACING GENOCIDE" - May 2011
While sleeping with her mother four year old Theary Seng's awakened and her eyes locked on to the eyes of the Khmer Rouge soldiers as they entered the room with wet ropes and then they left. Her mother knew exactly what the wet ropes meant. When she awakened her mother was gone. At first she didn't think that was unusual since the adults left early to go to work. In this case that wasn't the reality - Red Light and Virginity Trade to be Screened at the Meta House