Archive for June 28th, 2009
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Phnom Penh - An explosion at an ammunition warehouse near Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's home injured at least two people Sunday night, according to police officers who asked not to be identified....
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
PHNOM PEHN (Reuters) - Rockets exploded on Sunday at a Cambodian military base near the prime minister's residence, state-run television said, and military officials said the incident was an accident....
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
By Mica RosenbergTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran army ousted President Manuel Zelaya and threw him out of the country on Sunday in Central America's first military coup since the Cold War, after ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Around 50 Cambodians were killed by lightning in the first four months of 2009, while the official toll for last year was 95 deaths. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
June 28, 2009 AFP PHNOM PENH - LIGHTNING strikes killed five people in Cambodia in a single day, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
Two people were killed in Kampot province, in Cambodia's south, while three were killed in the central provinces of Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Speu, according to the newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea Daily.
It said four of the victims, all killed on Friday, were farmers working in the fields - a group especially at risk when they continue to work during rainstorms.
Around 50 Cambodians were killed by lightning in the first four months of 2009, while the official toll for last year was 95 deaths.
Experts say the tropical South-east Asian country, with its many rivers and lakes, is particularly prone to cloud formations which generate intense lightning storms.
These formations can lie just 50 metres (164 feet) above the earth, and anyone underneath is vulnerable to lightning strikes.
Cambodia's government is trying to raise awareness in the provinces of measures to protect against such natural disasters, according to Long Saravuth, weather expert at the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology.
'We hope there will be fewer deaths as more and more people become well-informed about safety during lightning storms,' he said on Sunday.
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
(AP) ? BANGKOK - The Thai Health Ministry has confirmed 80 new cases of swine flu, most of them students in the capital, Bangkok. Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr. Prat Boonyavongvirot said Sun...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Thousands of members of Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Sunday gathered to celebrate the58th anniversary of the founding of the party (1951-2009) in the central headquarters in Phnom Penh. "We ...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
MALAYSIA finished their Asian Netball Championship campaign on a winning note after trouncing Thailand 61-41 in the playoff for third placing at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara yesterday.
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Thailand mobilized about 3,000 security forces to handle thousands of anti-government protesters expected to gather in Bangkok yesterday - the latest demonstration in the kingdom since a coup ousted f...
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
High life: A monk (top) stands atop Phu Si, a sacred temple that overlooks Luang Prabang, one of the most enticing destinations in Asia and a sacred site of Theravada Buddhism. Luang Prabang is now a...
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