Friday, 2 April 2010

The Phnom Penh Post News in Pictures


via CAAI News Media

Parched earth

Thursday, 01 April 2010 15:04 AFP

Photo by: AFP

Farmer Phia Paokhammacham and his son speak to journalists on a drought-hit rice field near the Mekong River outside Vientiane, Laos, late last month. A severe drought in Southeast Asia and southern China has caused the Mekong River to drop to a 50-year low. The level of the river will be discussed next week during a summit meeting in Hua Hin, Thailand, that Prime Minister Hun Sen is set to attend. AFP

Food poisoning lands monks in hospital


Thursday, 01 April 2010 15:03 Mom Kunthear
 
Photo by: Pha Lina

Monks receive treatment at Preah Kossamak Hospital on Wednesday for food poisoning. At least 48 monks from Wat Koh Krobey, in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district, have been treated for food poisoning in Phnom Penh hospitals since Monday, health officials said. Dr Say Sengly, the director of the Cambodian-Russian Friendship Hospital, said 25 were treated at his facility on Monday, and that all had been discharged Tuesday. The cause of the food poisoning is believed to be uncooked vegetables, health officials said.

Getting ready for the New Year


Thursday, 01 April 2010 15:01 Pha Lina
 
Photo by: Pha Lina

Students play traditional Khmer New Year games Wednesday in advance of the annual three-day celebration, which begins on April 14.


Court rules on Cambodian ship


Wednesday, 31 March 2010 15:05 AFP
 
Photo by: AFP

The Cambodian-registered Winner cargo ship is shown moored at a military port in Brest, western France in an undated photo. The European court of Human Rights dismissed France’s case on Monday, estimating that there was a lack of independence in the judgment regarding the ship’s cargo. The court condemned the conditions that the crew endured for 13 days on board after its inspection by a military ship off the coast of Cape Verde in 2002. Sailors were arrested in Brest after dozens of kilograms of cocaine were found on board

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