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View from Phnom Penh: the formerly elegant Cambodian capital was one of the many victims of the country's civil wars. It is now at peace, and attention can finally turn to restoring its rich architectural heritage.
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In April 1967, Lee Kwan Yew was invited to Phnom Penh by Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Cruising along the capital's elegant boulevards in his Mercedes convertible, the Singaporean premier turned to his host and mused, 'I hope, one day, my city will look like this'. Eight years after Lee's visit, Phnom Penh lay charred and abandoned. Khmer Rouge soldiers had dynamited the National Bank and cathedral. The Art Deco Bibliotheque became a makeshift kitchen for Chinese advisers to Pol Pot staying at a decrepit Hotel Le Royal next door. Books were used as firewood. Pigs and ...
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Owner of torched hotel in Phnom Penh returns: Sofitel to be built on old site.
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; Byline: Ploenpote Atthakor Sep. 21--PHNOM PENH -- Supachai Verapuchong, deputy managing...director of Thai Nakorn Patana, whose Royal Phnom Penh hotel was badly damaged by rioters in...blueprint for the new five-star hotel to the Phnom Penh Municipality for approval. The Sofitel...
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Cambodian Classic; Life Goes On in Phnom Penh & Beyond
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; ...up Achar Mean, the main boulevard of Phnom Penh. "Meuch tauk nung ngous klounengto take...Cambodia. The flight from Bangkok to Phnom Penh had taken just over an hour - a reminder...cities of Southeast Asia. But even though Phnom Penh is about 390 miles from Bangkok, for...
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Phnom Penh gets sandbags to fight flood
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...hundreds of thousands of sandbags to Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, yesterday...feet above the 40-foot dikes in Phnom Penh. The river is being bloated by rain that fell on neighboring Laos. Phnom Penh is already surrounded by floodwaters...
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Cambodia: Ten Years After The Vietnamese Invasion; Phnom Penh Buzzes With Economic Activity
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; ...the invading Vietnamese Army reached Phnom Penh 10 years ago to oust the Khmer Rouge...installation by Hanoi of an allied government in Phnom Penh. Despite a myriad of problems, Cambodia...been waged for the last decade against Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge and two noncommunist...
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Today's Phnom Penh: A city of contrasts
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...02-14-2007 It's a late Saturday afternoon in Phnom Penh, and the waterfront along the Tonle Sap...way through the crowd.At this moment, Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, seems frozen...fact, after a few days , you notice that Phnom Penh has something of a ''next Prague'' vibe...
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HK's Dragonair Suspends Phnom Penh Service
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; ...today announced suspension of service to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. A statement by...the closure of Pochentong Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Dragonair flight KA 200 from Hong Kong to Phnom Penh and KA 201 from Phnom Penh to Hong Kong...
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ROOFTOP SLUMS THRIVE IN CAMBODIA SQUATTERS BUILD TOWNS ABOVE PHNOM PENH.(NEWS)
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