All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 65 Issue 71 Monday, October 3, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents EU Brexit Procedure to Be Triggered In March ReuTeRS BiRmingHam, U.K. - British Prime minister theresa may said she would trigger the divorce proce- dure to leave the e.U. by the end of march, offering the first glimpse of a timetable for a shift that will rede- fine the U.K.’s relations with its biggest trading partner. the U.K.’s shock vote to leave the e.U. propelled may to power and the former home secretary has since been under pressure to offer more details on her plan for the U.K.’s departure, beyond her oft-repeated catchphrase that “Brexit means Brexit.” in a move to ease fears among Pring Samrang/Reuters her ruling Conservatives that she A rider urges his horse forward while preparing for annual races at Wat Vihear Sour in Kandal province on may delay the exit, may will tell Saturday. (Story page 3) members at the party’s annual con- ference in Birmingham, central england, that she is determined to move on with the process and win Rare Wood Rules Tightened; to What Avail? the “right deal.” By ZsoMBor Peter africa on Friday that exceptions to signed up to CiteS—Cambodia invoking article 50 of the e.U.’s The cambodIa daIly rules restricting the cross-border among them—before they close lisbon treaty will give the U.K. delegates at a major international trade of Siamese rosewood, or dal- out their latest triennial meeting just a two-year period to clinch one conference to regulate the trade of bergia cochinchinensis, should be later this week. of the most complex deals in eu- endangered species have ag reed to scrapped. it also agreed to place Forest trends, a U.S.-based envi- rope since World War ii with the tighten the rules around Siamese basic trade restrictions on the ronmental watchdog group, called other 27 members of the e.U. rosewood, a favorite of Cambodia’s world’s 300-plus other dalbergia the changes “a huge victory for the “We will trigger before the end illegal loggers, and other local trees species in hopes of avoiding the world’s most threatened forests.” of march next year,” may told the increasingly targeted in its stead. same decimation that has already But they joined others in warning BBC’s andrew marr show. a committee of member states hit Siamese rosewood in Cambo- that beefed-up rules were only as “now that they know what to the Convention on international dia and across the region. good as the commitment of conven- our timing is going to be...[i hope] trade in endangered Species of to take effect, the committee’s tion members to enforce them. that we’ll be able to have some Wild Fauna and Flora (CiteS) decisions will have to be approved “it’s up to consumer countries to Continued on page 2 agreed during a meeting in South by a majority of the 183 countries Continued on page 2 Rebels Prepare to Leave Jungle in Colombia By Nick Miroff FaRC. Yesterday, Colombian vot- campsites. The WaShIngTon PoST ers were in the process of deciding talking to Yurluey was like meet- el diamante, Colombia - “do you whether to accept a peace deal with ing someone who had stepped out of want to see my gun?” Yurluey men- the FaRC, whose members have a time machine. She has never used doza asked about 90 minutes into waged the longest-running insur- the internet, never seen the ocean, our conversation. gency in the Western Hemisphere. never been to the movies or ridden a now we were getting some- the rebels were meeting last week bicycle. where. this was the guerrilla to discuss the accord and figure out She was also clearly not used to equivalent of being invited inside their future after 52 years at war. answering questions. for coffee. many, like Yurluey, are preparing “Why me?” Yurluey asked. “Why Tourism Venues to be Vetted, We were in the rebel-controlled to reenter the modern world. they did you pick me?” Ranked by Government hinterlands for what was billed as the have spent years roaming Colom- i told her i wanted to talk to some- Page 4 final gathering of the Revolutionary bia’s mountains and forests, bathing one who had spent their whole life cambodiadaily.com armed Forces of Colombia, or the in creeks and sleeping in crude Continued on page 7 មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily monday, ocTobeR 3, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS What’s Dead and Red All Over? n the team behind the jaMes BoNd films wants daNiel craig to return ReuTeRS turns red due to heat and light be- as 007, the spy series’ executive producer said on Friday, even after the a salt lake in northern China’s cause it holds the red-orange pig- British actor said he would rather slash his wrists than appear again. the Shanxi province has become a new ment beta-carotene, which scientists 48-year-old star was “absolutely the first choice,” calluM Mcdougalltold tourist attraction after a portion of it say protects it from UV radiation. BBC radio. Craig said last year he was “over” the role after filming recently turned red, state media re- local officials were cited as say- wrapped up on the last instalment “Spectre,” which went on to gross $880 ported on thursday. ing the phenomenon is an annual million worldwide. When asked if he could imagine doing another Bond the red color occurs when the occurrence, but it was not immedi- movie, Craig told london’s time Out magazine: “now? i’d rather break amount of the microalgae called ately clear why only one section of this glass and slash my wrists.” His words triggered a flurry of speculation dunaliella salina reaches a specific the lake had changed. over who might appear next, with idris elBa, toM hiddlestoN and number. the lake, formed around 500 aidaN turNeramong the top contenders. Craig has been widely praised the algae survives in saline envi- million years ago, is called “China’s for bringing a fresh grittiness to the role of the suave secret agent over four films, starting with Casino Royale in 2006. (Reuters) ronments and is normally green, but dead Sea,” according to CCtV. after the vote and is now trading gotiating partners in the middle of Brexit to satisfy impatient voices. Brexit... about $0.40—or 25 percent—lower talks. “it is very technical and it’s not a than the six-year highs it reached in “it’s not just important for the U.K., big deal,” said anna Soubry, a Con- coNtiNued froM Page 1 mid-2014. it’s important for europe as a whole servative who is the former small preparatory work so that once the For some businesses, may’s re- that we are able to do this in the best businesses minister. “But trigger- trigger comes we have a smoother luctance to offer what she describes possible way so we have the least dis- ing Brexit as early as march really pro cess of negotiation,” may said. as a “running commentary” on her ruption for businesses...and when concerns me, it troubles me huge- Britain’s decision to leave the strategy has deepened fears that we leave the e.U. we have a smooth ly,” she told itV television, citing e.U. in the June 23 referendum they could end up paying higher transition away from the e.U.,” may the French and german elections. sparked turmoil in financial mar- costs if operating from the U.K. said. But may was clear that she had kets as investors tried to gauge “there’s actually a difference be- She was also set to unveil at the to deliver on what the U.K. wanted what the impact would be on both tween not giving any commentary conference a much anticipated and that meant limiting migration the world’s fifth largest economy and giving a running commentary. move to repeal the 1972 european into the country, while trying to and the e.U. What i am doing today is setting Communities act, the act that took balance the need of businesses for the U.K.’s allies fear that its exit out some further detail on the tim- it into what is now the e.U., to tariff-free access to the e.U.’s sin- from the e.U. could mark a turn- ing and the way we are going to ap- make the U.K. “a sovereign and in- gle market. ing point in post-Cold War interna- proach this whole question,” may dependent country,” next year. “i want the right deal for trade in tional affairs that will weaken the said. But even members of her own goods and services and what we West in relation to China and Rus- Some Conservative lawmakers Conservative Party said that what are doing at the moment...is listen- sia, undermine efforts toward eu- said triggering article 50 so early may has billed as the “great Re- ing to businesses here in the U.K., ropean integration and hurt global could put pressure on the U.K. as peal act” was little more than a listening to different sectors, find- free trade. elections in France and germany technicality, used to paint the pic- ing out what it is that is most impor- Sterling plunged to a 31-year low next year could change london’s ne- ture that may was moving on with tant to them,” she said.