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Battambang

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Battambang , city (1995 est. pop. 110,000), capital of Battambang prov., W Cambodia, in a great rice-growing area. The second largest city in Cambodia, it is a market center with numerous rice mills. Textiles are also made. The city is on both the highway and railroad linking Phnom Penh with Thailand; after the outbreak (1970) of civil war in Cambodia, the Battambang-Phnom Penh road was a prime target of the Khmer Rouge insurgents, who, by capturing it, severed Phnom Penh from its major source of rice. Battambang was acquired by Thailand in 1809 and returned to Cambodia in 1907. A technical university... Read more

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	Khmer Rouge Attack Repulsed in Battambang ; ...in the Cambodia's western province of Battambang, a local newspaper said today. About...village, some 25 kilometers south of Battambang, 82mm mortars and B-40 rocket launchers...guerrillas have stepped up attacks in Battambang and Pursat provinces since May, reports... Read more
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	Pol Pot's men win the battle of fear: Cambodia. ; ...Cambodia's western provincial capital of Battambang for the first few days of May came from...more than 24 kilometres (15 miles) from Battambang. Such is the battered state of the army...guerrillas, do not have enough men to take Battambang. By mid-week the tide of battle had... Read more
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	One man helps Cambodia rebuild trust.(Buddhism for Development)(WORLD) ; ...Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor BATTAMBANG, Cambodia -- A timeless problem nearly...commune, a village of 991 families in Battambang Province, about 1,000 community leaders...not only returned home to his native Battambang Province, but won a scholarship to Harvard... Read more
	A stitch in time saves ... lives of poor women.(FEATURES)(LIVING) ; ...Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA -- I hadn't wanted to wake...Ponlok Yuveaktey Community, a program in Battambang funded by a nongovernmental organization...Saboras Vocational Training Center in Battambang. In the late 1990s, Saboras was one... Read more
	Harvest time? (Cambodia) ; Harvest time? THINK of Battambang as a piece of fruit, Cambodia's guerrillas...of cut road and rail links between Battambang and Phnom Penh. But the Khmers Rouges may be aiming not at capturing Battambang, simply at keeping government forces... Read more
	Child trafficking takes new forms in Southeast Asia: Next week, Japan hosts a conference on sexually exploited children. Some say it ignores other problems.(World) ; ...Frankel Special to The Christian Science Monitor BATTAMBANG, CAMBODIA -- Head downcast, the boy peers...Finally, the boy, now 15, wound up at the Battambang Reception Center in Battambang, Cambodia. Since its founding three years... Read more

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