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November 24, 2010

Fear Of Bridge Collapse Set Off Cambodia Stampede

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Though typical, the movement of the bridge terrified the festival goers — many of whom were in Phnom Penh from the provinces for the end of rainy season [...]
November 24, 2010

Swaying Bridge 'sparked Stampede'

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The disaster occurred as huge crowd used the bridge to get to an island near the capital, Phnom Penh, where an annual water festival was being held. [...]
November 23, 2010

Festival Panic Kills Hundreds

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PHNOM PENH: Most of those who died were from the country. They would not jump from the bridge because they could not swim. They didn't know the water was [...]
November 23, 2010

Cambodia's Death Toll Rises To 378 In Stampede

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by AP Cambodian police officials examine hundreds of shoes and other belongings on a bridge in Phnom Penh on November 23, 2010 the morning after hundreds [...]
October 16, 2010

Indochine Mining To Raise Millions

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Indochine's Phnom Penh-based operations manager and board member Ross Hill said that many institutional investors were seeking exposure to Cambodia's gold [...]
October 17, 2010

SE Asia Should 'de

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PHNOM PENH — Southeast Asian countries that rely heavily on the dollar might be alarmed at its recent steep decline, but analysts warn against sudden moves [...]
November 23, 2010

Cambodian Stampede: Phnom Penh Counts The Cost Of Water Festival Disaster

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"Most of those killed were not from Phnom Penh, they were from the provinces," a policeman, who declines to give his name, tells the Guardian. [...]
November 24, 2010

Families Scour Noticeboard For Information On Cambodian Crush Victims

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Hun Sen declared tomorrow a day of mourning and promised an investigation into the disaster at the annual water festival in the capital Phnom Penh. [...]
November 23, 2010

Eyewitness: Cambodia Stampede

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Australian Sean Ngu, who is visiting family and friends in Phnom Penh, describes the stampede during Cambodia's water festival, in which at least 339 people [...]
November 23, 2010

No Longer A Pedophile's Haven

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An American man charged with child-sex offenses hides his face as he arrives at court in Phnom Penh in 2003. Cambodia's pedophile saga has provided no [...]
November 23, 2010

Cambodian Stampede Kills Hundreds

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Cambodian police officials examine the bridge where hundreds died in a stampede in Phnom Penh on November 23, 2010 while millions were out on the streets of [...]
November 23, 2010

Cambodia Mourns Worst Tragedy Since Pol Pot

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Rescuers trawled a muddy river Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands [...]
November 23, 2010

PM Leaves For Phnom Penh

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The prime minister is scheduled to have bilateral talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen and Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh in Phnom Penh. [...]
November 23, 2010

Hundreds Die In Stampede On Cambodian Island

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Heng Sinith/AP By SETH MYDANS PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — More than 300 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a stampede at an annual water [...]
November 23, 2010

Cambodia Stampede: 'I Was In The Middle. Everyone Was Falling'

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On Monday night this week the streets of Phnom Penh were full, there were market stalls and music, fairground rides and partygoers crowding every available [...]
November 23, 2010

Film Boss Leaves Hollywood To Help Cambodia's Poor

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Former Hollywood film executive Scott Neeson is seen with local children who scavenge at the Steung Meanchey trash dump outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, [...]
October 16, 2010

Flash Floods Kill Four In Cambodia

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PHNOM PENH — Four Cambodians including a four-year-old boy have been swept to their deaths in flash flooding in recent days as heavy rains battered the [...]
October 25, 2010

Cambodia Takes First Step In Connecting Regional Railways

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In recent years some of those assets have been rebuilt, and last Friday at Phnom Penh's railway station, the finance minister presided over a ceremony to [...]
November 24, 2010

Swaying Bridge Sparked Panic In Cambodia

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AP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—An investigation into a stampede at a festival in the Cambodian capital that killed hundreds of revelers initially concluded it was [...]
November 23, 2010

Cambodia Doesn't Know What Set Off Deadly Stampede

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — At the bridge where investigators poked though the debris of a disaster — abandoned flip-flops and sneakers, water bottles, [...]
November 23, 2010

Lawyers For Khmer Rouge Jailer Appeal His Conviction

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AP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Defence lawyers for a former Khmer Rouge prison chief have formally appealed his conviction for war crimes and other offenses [...]
November 23, 2010

Estate Estimate: Land Prices Continue Value Slide

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Commercial land in Phnom Penh was estimated to be worth US$2800 per square metre in the third quarter, down from $2850 compared to second quarter this year. [...]
October 25, 2010

Orphanage Founder Faces Child

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ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY RANN REUY, CAMERON WELLS AND AFPread the full story in tomorrow's Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM [...]
November 23, 2010

Death Toll From Cambodia Stampede Rises To 345

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In addition to the deaths, another 391 people were injured at the annual Water Festival in the capital city of Phnom Penh on Monday, the AKP news agency [...]
November 23, 2010

Hundreds Die In Stampede On Cambodian Island

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Witnesses in Phnom Penh, the capital, said the stampede began Monday night when people panicked in a dense crowd on a small island close to the shore of the [...]

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