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uncensored festival slideshow: Eating rat in Kandal An audio slideshow about hunting and eating rats in Kandal province, Cambodia. Many people in this village in Kieng Svay district argue that the best way to prepare rat is simply roasted over a fire. But nearly all here agree that their forest rats are the tastiest -- and a surge in local sales as well as exports may be proof. The slideshow was submitted by request to the first annual PhotoPhnomPenh festival, organised by the French Cultural Centre, for projection in a public park. A week before the exhibition, in which 12 screens played audio slideshows, the CCF informed the paper that the piece was censored by the Ministry of Culture and Department of Cinema. Tags: Cambodia rats rodents food cooking hunting |
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uncensored festival slideshow: Boeung Kak lake An audio slideshow about a massive reclamation and redevelopment plan in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in which a natural lake is being filled in with sand, affecting 4,000 families, for a planned 110-hectare residential and commercial project by a company owned by a senator. The slideshow was submitted by request to the first annual PhotoPhnomPenh festival, organised by the French Cultural Centre, for projection in a public park. A week before the exhibition, in which 12 screens played audio slideshows, the CCF informed the paper that the piece was censored by the Ministry of Culture and Department of Cinema. Tags: censorship Cambodia development "urban planning" |
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Cambodia applies for Hib vaccine http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2008100621979/National-news/Pneumonia-vaccine-offers-new-hope-for-Cambodia-s-children.html Cambodia has applied to the GAVI Alliance, a public-private organisation, for funding to expand its National Immunisation Program to include a new vaccine against haemophilus influenzae type-b (Hib), a bacteria that causes pneumonia, as well as several other infections. Physicians believe that more than half of all cases of pneumonia in Cambodia are caused by only two bacteria: Hib and the pneumococcus bacteria. "Highly effective vaccines are available against both agents, but they have until recently been too expensive for developing countries," said Dr Niklas Danielsson, the World Health Organisation's medical officer for child and adolescent health in Cambodia. He believes the Hib vaccine could make an important contribution to reducing the number of child deaths in Cambodia. "Hib is a [principal] cause of pneumonia, and therefore deaths, in young children," he said. "This vaccine that the government has now decided to introduce is expected to prevent 1,200 deaths in Cambodia every year." Tags: cambodia health medicine vaccines children |
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Cooking rat in Kandal Many people in this village in Kieng Svay district, Kandal province, argue that the best way to prepare rat is simply roasted over a fire. But nearly all here agree that their forest rats are the tastiest -- and a surge in local sales as well as exports may be proof. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Online-Edition/Rodent-roast.html Tags: Cambodia; inflation; food; animals |
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Kampot villagers say economic zone is destroying sea life More than 300 villagers have filed complaints with the Kampot provincial governor to stop a private company from developing a coastal fishing area. Tags: Cambodia news |