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The following lists events that happened during 2012 in Cambodia .

2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium, the 12th year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

Cambodia Southeast Asian sovereign state

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

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References

  1. ↑ "Life term for Cambodia Khmer Rouge jailer Duch". 3 February 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Judge quits Cambodian UN-backed Khmer Rouge trial". 19 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cambodian forces evict more farmers from homes". 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Officials make break in baffling disease killing Cambodian children". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cambodian troops 'fire at passenger jet': Thai army". 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pirate Bay co-founder Warg arrested in Cambodia". 2 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Pirate Bay co-founder Warg to be deported from Cambodia". 4 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cambodian journalist found murdered". 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cambodia former king Norodom Sihanouk dies aged 89". 15 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Cambodia mourns as King Norodom Sihanouk's body returns". 17 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Eight People Killed In Cambodia Market Fire". 8 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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