Desperate for cheaper electricity, Cambodia goes for development over conservation.
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 Doctors credit a public education campaign for reducing the number of
pediatric dengue fever cases by more than 90% compared to the same
period last year.
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 On a visit to Vietnam, Australia's foreign minister announces funding
for a rural electification program for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
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 Phnom Penh has deployed riot police to protect the Thai embassy as a growing dispute over Preah Vihear temple heats up.
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Lawyers for Ieng Sary argued that the former Khmer Rouge foreign
minister's health is too critical for him to remain in pre-trial
detention.
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Ratanakkiri villagers protesting in the capital say a South Korean
rubber plantation is destroying their ancestral forests and
orchards.
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 Singapore's Asiatic Group has signed a $475 million contract to supply
electricity to the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone from an oil-fired
power plant it will build in Sihanoukville.
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 An ambitious national road building plan that would link Cambodia to
the ASEAN transportation network carries a $2.5 billion price tag.
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