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Deaths in Cambodia ferry disaster
Posted: 2009-10-17 08:56:30 By: Niset Views: 429
An overloaded river ferry has capsized in a tributary of Cambodia's Mekong river, claiming the lives of at least 17 passengers.
The accident took place overnight in northeastern Kratie province, so
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Cambodian Charcoal Market Is Booming
Posted: 2009-10-17 08:50:11 By: Niset Views: 252
By Simon Marks
The number of households projected to use charcoal as an energy source in Cambodia will rise to more than 1 million in 2015 from about 500,000 now, according to a 2008 study conducte
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Human Trafficking On the Rise in Cambodia
Posted: 2009-03-24 21:11:53 By: nina Views: 966
Every year in Cambodia, hundreds of girls are trafficked and sold into brothels where they are forced to work as sex slaves. Although precise figures are unavailable, analysts say that the rate of tra
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The Killing Fields: authentically good
Posted: 2009-03-16 23:48:44 By: nina Views: 729
Roland Joff?'s 1984 masterwork is a solid piece of historical film-making, capturing factual detail without sacrificing fine storytelling. Alex von Tunzelmann can even forgive the use of Imagine
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Couple with local ties pushes Cambodia school project
Posted: 2009-03-16 23:41:43 By: nina Views: 797
Inspired during a recent trip abroad by her educational experiences years earlier as a student in Laconia, Noelle Magluilo and her husband Mike are helping build a school in rural Cambodia.
The dau
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Cambodians Use Makeshift Trains Built With Bamboo
Posted: 2009-02-09 00:32:36 By: nina Views: 632
Battambang is a main hub to the capital, Phnom Penh, and has long been one of the country's leading rice-producing provinces. It is Cambodia's second largest city with a population of about one millio
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Cambodia opposition seeks Obama's help in murder probe
Posted: 2009-01-23 01:41:36 By: nina Views: 944
Play Video Barack Obama Video: U.N. Officials: Gitmo closure is good news AP Play Video Barack Obama Video: Raw video: Obama's trip to WH Press Room AP Play Video Barack Obama Video: News 4 Inves
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Canadian aid worker dies in Cambodia
Posted: 2009-01-16 02:27:36 By: nina Views: 774
Jiri Zivny, who was with a team of volunteers from Kamloops-based International Humanitarian Hope Society, was attacked last week after he withdrew cash from an ATM and was followed by some robbers as
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Cambodia likely to miss Asean summit
Posted: 2009-01-09 22:41:05 By: Nina Views: 867
Phnom Penh - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen may not attend a regional summit in neighbouring Thailand next month, his spokesman said Friday, after it was rescheduled following months of protests in
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Tens of Thousands Mark ?Liberation? Day
Posted: 2009-01-07 23:27:14 By: Nina Views: 606
Around 40,000 Cambodians, many wearing white shirts emblazoned with the logo ?7 January,? filled Phnom Penh?s Olympic Stadium to capacity Wednesday morning, celebrating the 30thanniversary of the over
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