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For the first time in its 50-year history, the X-Men will be made up entirely of women: Storm, Rogue, Jubilee, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Psylocke make up the mutant team in "X-Men" #1, in stores May 29.

When it comes to female characters, no superhero franchise can touch the X-Men. Jean Grey, Storm, Rogue, Polaris, Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Psylocke, Dazzler, Jubilee, Rachel Summers, Dani Moonstar, Karma, and Magik are just some of the X-heroines created more than 20 years ago

Trina Robbins comments on X-Men writer Chris Claremont and the development of female X-Men superheros under his tenure into more well-rounded, feminist characters.

Specialists say the languages of Cambodia's once-isolated highland minorities are being eroded by global forces

Some young Cambodians are losing proficiency in Khmer

As linguists estimated in 2009 that two billion people worldwide are trying to learn English, Cambodia - once isolated by civil wars - is gradually integrating itself into the regional and global economy.

IN FOCUS: Cambodia's imperiled languages

Although it's not essential for foreigners living in Cambodia, learning the local language can help with work, studies and socialising.

The Cambodia Pocket Guide has now been translated into Khmer.

A Khmer proverb - "If the culture dies out, so does the nation and if the culture spreads out, the nation also grows " is often used to teach all Cambodian people to love, maintain and spread their culture so that their nation will be heard and seen by the world.

Some of the oldest indigenous languages in Southeast Asia may soon become relics of the past, but bilingual education programs could reverse the slide

Young Cambodian students eager to test their skills in English put themselves to the test at the Himawari Hotel in central Phnom Penh last Sunday.

A great influx of foreign tourists and foreign investors in Cambodia has brought people to want to learn a foreign language.

letter to the editor in response to opinion piece that Khmer language is in crisis

Opinion piece about the deterioration of the Khmer language

What's in a name? A racial slur or a rallying point for politically correct elites?

Language, like political debate, has gone off the rails. Let's show words and history more respect (NYT)