Vietnam, Cambodia plan new air routes

Vietnam and Cambodia are planning to open two routes linking the coastal city of Sihanoukville in Cambodia with Phu Quoc Island and Can Tho city in the south of Vietnam. Experts said that the new air routes will help create an attractive tourism triangle,...

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Vietnam condemns acts hindering border demarcation with Cambodia

The Vietnamese Government strongly condemned acts and statements made by Sam Rainsy, President of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) of Cambodia, who recently uprooted land markers on the Vietnam-Cambodia border, said a Foreign Ministry...

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Construction of Cambodian bourse to begin in Dec

By Ek Madra PHNOM PENH, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Cambodia expects to begin construction in December on its first stock exchange, a...

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Typhoon Mirinae likely to worsen Cambodia's flood problems: Oxfam

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- International aid agency Oxfam has cautioned that a new wave of rain from Typhoon Mirinae is expected to reach Cambodia on Nov. 2. In a statement received Saturday, Oxfam said situations in communities already affected...

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Cambodia gives big boost to military budget

By Ek MadraPHNOM PENH, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Cambodia, one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries, plans to boost defense and security spending by 23 percent next year, its budget showed on Saturday, raising the prospect of a clash with the IMF.Cambodia...

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Doc: Cambodia's 'jungle woman' sick, mentally ill

(AP) – 1 day ago PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A woman dubbed the "jungle woman" after emerging naked and unable to speak from the wilds of northeastern Cambodia two years ago is sick and apparently suffering from mental illness, a doctor said Friday.Hing...

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Cambodia: World AIDS Day HIV Campaign, 'Testing Millions,' to Again Launch During Cambodia's National Water Festival

During Last Year's 'One Million Tests' World AIDS Day 2008 Campaign, AHF/Cambodia CARES and Cambodian Partners Surpassed Country's 30,000 Testing Goal by Testing 35,034 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Oct. 31...

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Viet Tien opens first outlet in Cambodia

Mr. Nguyen Duc Giang, general director of Vietnam Garment and Textile Group and chairman of Viet Tien Company, said that the firm has chosen Caja Top Ltd. Company to be the sole distributor of Viet Tien products in Cambodia. Various products of Viet...

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Cambodia, UN mark 64th anniversary of UN Day

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government and the United Nations country team on Tuesday jointly marked the 64th anniversary of UN Day, focusing on reviewing common priorities, said a press released from UN Resident Coordinator in Cambodia...

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Stocks slide as new home sales fall

NEW YORK — Signs of a weaker housing market gave stock investors another reason to be cautious.Stocks fell Wednesday after the Commerce Department said new home sales dropped for the first time in five months. Sales slid 3.6 percent in September to 402,000...

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A Cambodian court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a prominent opposition lawmaker for defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen in a case that critics charged was part of a pattern of intimidation against his opponents.Judge Seng Sivutha...

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UPDATE: US Airways to Cut 1,000 Jobs, Focus On Hub Cities

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) will trim 1,000 jobs, or about 3.1% of its total work force and cut flights, focusing on hub cities where it stands to make a profit. The company said Wednesday it would concentrate on four hubs...

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Cambodian temple puzzle nearly complete

SIEM REAP, Cambodia — On a muggy afternoon in Cambodia's ancient Angkor complex, workers in hardhats hunch over the world's biggest jigsaw puzzle, painstakingly assembling sandstone blocks.Walled-off from camera-toting tourists, they are finally close...

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Madoff Trustee Advances $534 Million to Customers (Update3)

By Erik Larson Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The liquidator for Bernard Madoff’s firm approved initial repayments of $534.2 million to 1,558 victims who invested directly with the con man’s firm. Another 1,303 victims...

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