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Cambodian company offers crocodiles by mail

Cambodian company offers crocodiles by mailPhnom Penh  - As the price of crocodiles for commercial use plummets locally, a Cambodian company has sought out an alternative market niche - mail-order pet crocs.

The hybrid saltwater Siamese crocodiles might not make loving pets, but they do possess lovable qualities, Crocodiles Cambodia insisted on its website.

For 2,355 dollars, the company mails 18 eggs and an incubator wrapped in brown paper and said more than 90 per cent of its shipments make it through customs around the world.

Cambodian police save British man from lynch mob

Phnom Penh  - Cambodian police arrived in the nick of time to save a British man from a lynch mob after he allegedly savagely beat his girlfriend on the street, an officer said Monday.

Cambodia seeks billions of dollars for 14 hydropower dams

Phnom Penh  - CambodiaCambodia is seeking private investment to build 14 new hydropower dams worth mor

Cambodian shoots at rain and hits drinking buddy

Phnom Penh - Furious that it began raining when he was trying to drink, a Cambodian man shot at the offending rain cloud but missed, hitting his friend instead, local media reported Tuesday.

Red number is not a cause of death, Cambodian officials say

Phnom Penh  - Cambodian officials have moved to quell growing hysteria sparked by a rumour that a ghostly red number was appearing on mobile phones and killing people, local media and police said S

Khmer Rouge trial will be bankrupt by September, officials say

cambodiaPhnom Penh - The tribunal set up to try surviving leaders of Cambodia's disastrous Khmer Rouge

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