Residents Who Painted 'SOS' To Obama on Rooftops Released After Brief Detention

Eight residents of Phnom Penh were briefly detained through Thursday evening, for painting the words "SOS" on the corrugated roofs of their homes, next to pictures of US President Barack Obama. Their homes are adjacent to Phnom Penh International Airport, and the detainees, who were later released, said they had hoped Obama would see their signs from his plane when he arrives for a series of summits and meetings next week, and help them in a local dispute with authorities over their land. VOA Khmer's Kong Sothanarith and Say Mony, Phnom Penh.