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Missing Abroad: Jonathan O'Shea

By: Missing Abroad Posted: February-02-2012 in
Missing Abroad

Jonathan is extremely vulnerable and may harm himself.

He is believed to be in CAMBODIA, possibly in Phnom Penh.

Age: 26 Missing since: 17th Jan 2012

Jonathan has disappeared in the past and normally likes to stay in 5 Star hotels.

It is extremely important for his own health that he is located soon.

Cambodia floods affect 90,000 families

By: Thin Lei Win Posted: October-04-2011 in
Thin Lei Win

BANGKOK (AlertNet) - Severe flooding in Cambodia this month has killed 97 people, including 34 children, and affected some 90,000 families, the Phnom Penh Post reported on Thursday.

There are also concerns the capital will be inundated if the Tonle Sap River overflows, although officials expect the floods to start receding in other parts of Cambodia.

“Floods have seriously affected about 90,000 families,” National Disaster Management Committee spokesman Keo Vy told the Post.

Hundreds die in Thailand and Cambodia floods

By: Aljazeera Posted: October-04-2011 in
Aljazeera

At least 356 people have been killed in Thailand and Cambodia since August in flash floods, according to government officials.

The death toll is higher in Thailand, where 206 people have died while 150 were killed in neighbouring Cambodia.

Keo Vy, the spokesman of the Cambodian government disaster agency, said on Sunday that flood waters along the Mekong river and other places had damaged 670,000 acres of rice fields, as well as 904 schools and 361 Buddhist temples.

Typhoon Nalgae weakens as it approaches Vietnam

By: Chen Zhi Posted: October-04-2011 in
Chen Zhi

HANOI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Nalgae is weakening as a result of a cold spell as approaching Vietnam after a long time crossing Luzon Island of the Philippines, reported the Vietnam National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Center (HFC) Tuesday.

At 4 a.m., local time on Tuesday, Typhoon Nalgae had its center located about 110 km north-northwest of the Xisha Islands. In about 24 hours, the storm was forecast to move westwards, with 10- 15 km per hour (kph).

1 killed, 1 injured as Typhoon Nalgae batters N. Philippines

By: Mu Xuequan Posted: October-02-2011 in
Mu Xuequan

MANILA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A 35-year-old passenger died and another was injured when the van they were riding on in northern Philippines was hit by a landslide as Typhoon Nalgae (local name: Quiel) pummeled the northern part of the country on Saturday, a senior government official said.

Executive director Benito Ramos of the National Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council said at around 10:30 a.m., the passenger van bound from Buguias to Bontoc was struck by a landslide while traversing Gonogon section of Halsema Highway in Mountain Province.

New US Embassy Warden Message regarding Flooding in Cambodia

By: US Embassy Phnom Penh Posted: September-30-2011 in
US Embassy Phnom Penh

The U.S. Embassy in Cambodia alerts U.S. citizens traveling in Cambodia of heavy rain and flooding along the Tonle Sap and other rivers through October 3, 2011. Weather reports predict heavy rain for the area that could cause the Tonle Sap to rise above its banks in the near future. Rivers throughout Cambodia are at a significantly higher level than is normal during the rainy season. With anticipated rains from Typhoon Nesat, currently a Category 1 typhoon in the South China Sea, and winds from Tropical Storm Nalgae, water levels may continue to rise and could pose a danger to safety.

Thailand explosion kills four tourists

By: Perth Now Posted: September-17-2011 in
Perth Now

MALAYSIAN tourists were among four killed and 110 wounded in multiple blasts in the insurgency-plagued Thai south, authorities said Saturday, amid concerns that foreigners were targeted.

Three Malaysians, including a three-year-old boy, and one Thai national died in explosions near two hotels and a Chinese-Thai cultural centre in a coordinated attack in Sungai Golok town, Narathiwat province on Friday night.

Wikileaks: US scoffed at ‘Myanmar Times’ pleas after SPDC purge

By: Thomas Maung Shwe Posted: September-12-2011 in
Thomas Maung Shwe

Publishers note:  We have republished this article in full here as allegedly the website Mizzima is inaccessible from within the Phnom Penh post offices

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – US diplomats in Rangoon in 2004 scoffed at a bid by The Myanmar Time’s Australian co-owner Ross Dunkley to prevent the shutdown of his paper in the wake of Khin Nyunt’s purge from the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).

Construction on 4th Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge Begins

By: liuranran Posted: July-09-2011 in
liuranran

Cambodia on Wednesday broke ground for the construction of the 4th Cambodia-China Friendship -- Takhmao Bridge, across Tonle Bassac River in order to ease traveling and to boost social and economic development.

The bridge, 855 meters long and 13.5 meters wide, is located about 13 kilometers southeast of the capital Phnom Penh. It connects National Road No. 2 in the west of the river to National Road No. 1 in the east of the river.

From the Newspapers in Laos - 27.5.2011

By: Thomas Wanhoff Posted: May-27-2011 in
Thomas Wanhoff

Lao officials, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Hiem Phommachanh, have attended the 67th meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. (Vientiane Times)

Farmers are being asked to grow may nhang (Dipterocarpus) this year in order to meet rising demand for the popular wood. (Vientiane Times)

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