Archive for the 'Cambodia' Category
Cambodia drug-resistant malaria stirs health fears
PAILIN, Cambodia (Reuters) – In a dusty village near the Thai-Cambodia border, 24-year-old Oeur Samoeun sits on a dark green hammock recovering from a strain of malaria that has resisted the most powerful drugs available. Ravaged by days of fever and …
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Cambodia railway to be fully open by 2013
PHNOM PENH, March 5 (AFP) ‘“ Cambodia’s rail network should be restored by 2013 with the help of millions of dollars in international aid, the country’s finance minister said. Trains have only run sporadically in Cambodia since the country’s civil …
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Cambodia claims successful testing of rocket launchers
KOMPONG CHHNANG, Cambodia, Mar 03, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — Cambodia claimed on Thursday that the first-ever testing of BM-21 rocket launchers was successful. Speaking at a testing event in Kompong Chhnang province, about 100 kilometers north of …
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Cambodia, ADB sign new railway funding agreement
PHNOM PENH, March 2 ‘” Cambodia on Tuesday signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the supplementary funding of the railway rehabilitation project totaling 63.5 million U.S. dollars. Cambodian Econmoy and Finance Minister …
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Cambodia: Making Heroin Addicts Use Herbal Remedy
About 100 people ‘” mostly local drug addicts ‘” gathered at a pagoda in Phnom Penh in mid-February. A few drug users had brought their families for support, and they sat together on woven mats before a Buddhist shrine. The crowd put their hands …
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Cambodia to conduct multiple rocket launcher test next week+
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 24 (AP) – (Kyodo)’”Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that Cambodia will conduct a multiple rocket launching test next week. Speaking at a graduating ceremony for graduate students, Hun Sen called the move a routine military …
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ANGELINA JOLIE REUNITES WITH ESTRANGED DAD VOIGHT
The actress cut her dad out of her life in 2001 after he voiced concerns about her mental health shortly before she adopted son Maddox from Cambodia. Voight has made several attempts to mend his fractured relationship with Jolie, and the veteran star …
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Radio Free Asia Praises Acquittal in Cambodia Disinformation Case
The RFA’s Sok Serey, one villager, and two activists from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights were released. RFA Photojournalist Sok Serey told the world about tragedies taking place in the Takeo province’s Cham Muslim community. Photo courtesy …
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Thai embassy to help Thai convicted of laying landmine in Cambodia
Thai embassy in Cambodia will offer aid to a Thai convicted of planting landmines along Thai-Cambodia border and was sentenced to 20 years in jail, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said recently. The diplomats are looking into what assistance the …
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Ta Kwai not occupied by Cambodia
The army insisted that Cambodian troops did not occupy Ta Kwai Hindu temple in Surin last week. Spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd yesterday said Cambodian troops entered the Ta Kwai temple in Surin province on Thursday but it was because of a …
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