Cambodia PM stirs political pot:

Cambodia’s king on Friday pardoned the deputy leader of the country’s opposition party, acting at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen in a complicated maneuver that could have a major political impact ahead of nationwide local elections next June.

King Norodom Sihamoni’s pardon of Kem Sokha, deputy head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, allows him to avoid five months in prison for failing to answer a summons in a case involving his alleged mistress. Kem Sokha, who has claimed his legal problems were concocted for political