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Pet Lion Of Chinese Owner Confiscated In Cambodia
Cambodian authorities on Sunday confiscated a pet lion from a Chinese national after it was seen in TikTok videos being cuddled and bathed in a Phnom Penh villa.
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Head Of Hindu Deity's Statue Taken 130 Years Ago Returned By France
The head of a Hindu deity's statue from the seventh century was returned by France and reattached to its body today for display at a museum, more than 130 years after it was spirited away from Cambodia.
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Cambodia Marks 40 Years Since Evacuation of Phnom Penh
Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
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Australia Dismisses 'Corrupt' Cambodia Concerns
Australia Tuesday dismissed concerns that money given to Cambodia to resettle refugees could end up in the pockets of corrupt officials as Phnom Penh moves closer to joining Papua New Guinea and Nauru in accepting asylum-seekers.
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Bridge sway set off Cambodian stampede: Probe
A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital.Bayon TV, which serves as a mouthpiece for the government, reported Wednesday an official committee set up to probe Monday's tragedy found many people on the bridge were from the countryside and un...
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Survivors of stampede in Cambodia recall panic
Injured survivors lay on the floors of hospitals here Tuesday, and the dead were loaded into coffins after one of the worst stampedes in recent years killed at least 378 people at a holiday celebration.The cause of the stampede on Monday night during Cambodia's annual water festival was unclear, but most of the dead were suffocated or trampled or c...
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At least 378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival
Rescuers trawled a muddy river on Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands of festival-goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured.The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge.A panic-stricken crowd -- celebra...
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Pet Lion Of Chinese Owner Confiscated In Cambodia
Cambodian authorities on Sunday confiscated a pet lion from a Chinese national after it was seen in TikTok videos being cuddled and bathed in a Phnom Penh villa.
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Head Of Hindu Deity's Statue Taken 130 Years Ago Returned By France
The head of a Hindu deity's statue from the seventh century was returned by France and reattached to its body today for display at a museum, more than 130 years after it was spirited away from Cambodia.
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Cambodia Marks 40 Years Since Evacuation of Phnom Penh
Tearful survivors on Friday marked 40 years to the day since the Khmer Rouge marched on Phnom Penh, ending a civil war but heralding a terror that would kill a quarter of Cambodians and leave the capital a ghost town.
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Australia Dismisses 'Corrupt' Cambodia Concerns
Australia Tuesday dismissed concerns that money given to Cambodia to resettle refugees could end up in the pockets of corrupt officials as Phnom Penh moves closer to joining Papua New Guinea and Nauru in accepting asylum-seekers.
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Bridge sway set off Cambodian stampede: Probe
A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital.Bayon TV, which serves as a mouthpiece for the government, reported Wednesday an official committee set up to probe Monday's tragedy found many people on the bridge were from the countryside and un...
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Survivors of stampede in Cambodia recall panic
Injured survivors lay on the floors of hospitals here Tuesday, and the dead were loaded into coffins after one of the worst stampedes in recent years killed at least 378 people at a holiday celebration.The cause of the stampede on Monday night during Cambodia's annual water festival was unclear, but most of the dead were suffocated or trampled or c...
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At least 378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival
Rescuers trawled a muddy river on Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands of festival-goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured.The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge.A panic-stricken crowd -- celebra...
