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Oct 8 2008, Mike

The Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission for Economic, Cultural and Scientific-Technological Cooperation convened its 10th session in Da Nang City on Oct. 6 to discuss concrete measures to expand bilateral cooperation between the two nations.

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Oct 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday. The husband, 42-year-old Moeun Sarim, has taken away with him all the bits and pieces of his half a house, said his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy.

 
 
Oct 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

A couple in rural Cambodia has terminated their 18-year marriage with a divorce settlement that entailed sawing in two the wooden house they once shared, villagers said Friday.

 
 
Oct 8 2008 by AP0 Comments

The Asian Development Bank announced Wednesday $35 million in emergency food aid to ease the burden of soaring food prices among some of Cambodia’s poorest people.

 
 
Oct 7 2008 by AP0 Comments

The U.N. food agency is resuming free breakfasts for hundreds of thousands of poor Cambodian schoolchildren after securing new funds for a program suspended due to high food prices, the agency said Tuesday.

 
 
Oct 3 2008 by AP0 Comments

Soldiers from both Cambodia and Thailand were wounded Friday in a brief clash along their volatile border, officials from the two countries said.

 
 
Oct 3 2008 by AP0 Comments

Five former Khmer Rouge soldiers went on trial Friday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a British mine-clearing expert and his Cambodian colleague 12 years ago.

 
 
Oct 2 2008 by AP0 Comments

The start of the first trial at Cambodia’s genocide tribunal is likely to be delayed until early next year because more time is needed to deal with an appeal for more charges against a Khmer Rouge defendant, officials said Thursday.

 
 
Sep 26 2008 by AP0 Comments

Impoverished Cambodia hopes to build a nuclear power plant to meet its future energy needs and help offset its dependence on imported oil, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Friday during the first meeting of his new Cabinet.

 
 
Aug 19 2008 by AP0 Comments

Thailand expressed hope its dispute with Cambodia over border territory near an ancient temple would end with a peaceful resolution as formal talks began Tuesday.

 
 
Aug 16 2008 by AP0 Comments

A monthlong standoff between Thailand and Cambodia appeared to be ending as both sides pulled back their troops Saturday from disputed territory around a temple near their shared border, a Cambodian official said.

 
 
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Sep 8 2008 by Srinidhi0 Comments

Cambodia’s magnificent temples in Angkor Wat are globally renowned and attract more visitors than most other locales in the country. But what is virtually unknown is the clean, unspoilt, golden and idyllic beaches of the Buddhist country.

The...

 
 
Sep 7 2008 by Rajni0 Comments

Cambodia’s best known monument, Angkor Wat and its surroundings are at risk of being destroyed by the nearly one million tourists visiting the historic temples each year, with the Cambodia government hoping for the number to swell to as many as...

 
 
Apr 25 2008 by Sameer Kumar0 Comments

It is one thing to take a piece of white cloth and parade it around or transform it to create something nice and claim that you are a carrier of peace, but it becomes something else when you can take weapons of war and create art out of them for the...

 
 
Oct 8 2007 by Srinidhi0 Comments

The PEPY Ride, a New York state registered Non-for-Profit Corporation founded in 2005 works in the areas of providing humanitarian aid, improvement of levels of education in Cambodia, has been chosen as the in-country partner to assist the Asian...

 
 
Sep 27 2007 by Srinidhi0 Comments

PEPY, a Cambodia/ USA based adventure cycle tour and humanitarian aid institution, announces its first Temple Safari Cycling Trek through Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces of Cambodia in January 2008. The participants will raise funds for the...

 
 
Mar 30 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

Kamilat Mehdi, a twenty one year old girl has been stalked by a person in Eithiopia. While she was on her way back home, the person came from the shadows and threw sulphuric acid on her face. Not only the acid distorted her face but it also disfigured...

 
 
Feb 13 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

Almost half of the country’s kids are malnourished and stunted, putting it in the same league as poorer nations like Cambodia and Burkina Faso.

The latest figures from India’s National Family Health Survey has highlighted that the problem of health...

 
 
Feb 6 2007 by Kanchan0 Comments

The world wide web is being vastly used as a source for travel plans, resulting in Asian travel ‘Big Wigs’ like ASEAN and their members adopting .travel website and e-mail addresses. They have registered with Tralliance Corporation, the .travel...

 
 
Feb 6 2007 by Suman Arya0 Comments

The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is one of the most legendary archeological sites in the world, and probably one of the best. The Angkor Wat, built by the Khmer empire between 802 and 1220 AD, represents one of most astonishing and enduring...

 
 
Jan 29 2007 by Pooja0 Comments

Cambodia is an exotic vacation destination, with ancient cities, bold colors, legendary temples, remarkable beauty - and horrendous crimes that go on behind closed doors.

Yes, children, as young as 5 years old, are being sold as slaves for sex.
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Sihanoukville:

The USS Mustin’s deputy commodore Charlie Williams gives a speech upon arrival at a port near Cambodia’s port town of Sihanoukville some 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. the ship is here for the...