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Kampot

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kampot , town, capital of Kampot prov., S Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand. It is a seaport on the Phnom Penh-Kompong Som RR and the center of the Cambodian pepper culture. Several agricultural projects were set up in Kampot after 1975. Author not available, KAMPOT. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Cambodia
CAMBODIA Major City: Phnom Penh Other Cities: Angkor, Battambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Saom, Kampot, Koh Kong, Kratie, Pursat, Siem Reap EDITOR'S NOTE This chapter was adapted from the Department of State Post Report dated October... Read more

Kompong Som
, formerly Sihanoukville , city and seaport (1994 est. pop. 75,000), located in but politically independent of Kampot prov., S Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand. Although a new city (completed 1960), it is the principal deepwater port and commercial... Read more

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	Cambodians Unmoved By Killing of Vietnamese ; KAMPOT, Cambodia After centuries of Vietnamese domination and...assault rifles and grenades, burst into Tuk Meas village in Kampot province on the Vietnamese border, according to United...antipathy toward Vietnamese in the provincial capital, Kampot. Residents interviewed there had but one sentiment ... Read more
	Up a lazy river in search of Cambodia's past ; ...Spooner explores the faded grandeur of Kampot EXOTIC BREAKS The mist is swirling...base themselves in the small town of Kampot, 20 miles to the east of Bokor and three hours to the south of Phnom Penh. "Kampot used to be the most important port... Read more
	3 tourists held by Khmer Rouge ; KAMPOT, Cambodia -- Khmer Rouge guerrillas have released hundreds of Cambodian hostages taken during a bloody train ambush in southern...they were trying to determine the nationalities and identities of the three tourists taken hostage in Tuesday's raid in Kampot province, about 80 miles south of Phnom Penh. ... Read more
	Tale of an odyssey gone sour in Cambodia ; KAMPOT, Cambodia -- The three backpackers just wanted to go to the beach. They were hoping to relax and gather strength after months...Australian; were thrust into the maelstrom of Cambodia's power struggle. Khmer Rouge guerrillas ambushed their train in Kampot and held them captive for more than two months. In ... Read more
	Cambodia Destroys Marijuana Plants ; ...in the operation in Phnom Thlan Muroi, Kampot Province. Also at present were Director...powerful officials were involved, including Kampot Deputy Police Chief Keow Tha who was suspended...Phnom Thlan Muroi is situated north of Kampot town in Chhouk district, some 100 kilometers... Read more
	Giving the gift of sight ; ...medical treatment for 500 patients in Kampot, Cambodia. This six-week medical camp...country. "We will be co-operating with the Kampot Hospital and utilise a network of ophthalmologists...per cent of those blinded by cataract in Kampot, and provide field training for local... Read more
	Cambodia `agrees $150,000 ransom' ; Kampot - Cambodia has agreed to pay a $150,000 ( pounds 98,000) ransom to free three Western hostages being held by Khmer Rouge insurgents... Read more
	Turning bandits into soldiers. (Vietnam army) ; ...by a particular question when he visited the southern town of Kampot on July 31st to investigate the kidnapping of three foreigners...income for the Khmer Rouge commander behind the kidnappings near Kampot is said to be exporting logs to Vietnam. These presumably reach... Read more
	Cambodia sues 'euthanasia tourism' website ; ...for people who want to kill themselves. Kampot Governor Puth Chandarith said yesterday...they learned about the website saying Kampot was a good place to commit suicide with...woman who recently committed suicide in Kampot believe influenced her decision. Still... Read more
	World datelines ; Colombia: No survivors KAMPOT -- Search teams said Wednesday there were no survivors from a plane that crashed in southern Cambodia early this week with 22 people... Read more

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