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Bun Rany Hun Sen: Financier
Wife of CAMBODIA's Prime Minister Hun Sen
Bun Rany, 52, runs the Red Cross, gives help to HIV and the disabled and coordinates relief efforts for victims of natural disasters. In May, she prevailed over her husband to ban 3G services so Cambodians would not download pornographic materials over their phones.
Asia's former First Ladies go shopping
What do former First Ladies who are ousted from power do when they feel restless? Retail therapy, of course.
In November, two of Asia's most famous — some would say infamous — women were doing the shopping thing. But while Khunying (Lady) Potjaman, 51, wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was buying up a storm; Imelda Marcos, she of the big hair, heavy diamonds and 3,000 pairs of shoes, had decided to go the other way — the former First Lady of the Philippines was launching a jewellery collection.
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