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Cambodia's inflation rate declines in October

Cambodia's consumer price index grew by 18.12 percent from October 2007 to October 2008, marking a decrease of inflation rate this year, national media said on Tuesday. The inflation rate stood at 22 percent in August and 20...

Tropical storm hits Vietnam, casualties feared

By Ho Binh Minh HANOI (Reuters) - A tropical storm hit central Vietnam on Monday, threatening severe floods, landslides and substantial damage to coffee output from the world's second-largest producer of the crop. Tropical...

ADB: Food aid well-used in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called the first phase of its 40 million U.S. dollars emergency food program a success, state media reported Monday. "This assistance is making a very real...

Cambodia inaugurates 1st ethanol factory to produce bio-fuel

PONGNEA LEU, Cambodia, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia opened its first ethanol factory to generate bio-fuel from cassava flour here on Monday. "This is the first ethanol factory in Cambodia and it will become the market place of...

CPC delegation wraps up visit to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) wrapped up its goodwill visit to Cambodia here on Monday after meetings senior government and ruling party leaders, and will depart on Tuesday...

Chinese top political advisor to visit Jordan, Turkey, Laos, Cambodia

BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), will pay official friendly visits to Jordan, Turkey, Laos and Cambodia from...

Womadelaide line-up 'more diverse than ever'

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu part of Womadelaide for 2009 (AAP: Skinnyfish Music, Helen Page - file photo) Artists from more countries than ever will perform at next year's Womadelaide music festival. There will be 380 artists...

CAMBODIA: Arsenic in Mekong putting 1.7 million at risk

PHNOM PENH, 17 November 2008 (IRIN) - Arsenic contamination of the Mekong River and groundwater is putting millions of residents at risk of severe illness due to arsenic poisoning, the UN and NGOs warned.

New on Gulf's shopping list: Foreigners' farmland

Unable to feed themselves, and with local supplies of water close to exhaustion, some of the Arab Gulf states are buying or renting land in countries such as Pakistan and Cambodia, hoping to ensure food supplies.