Phnom Penh - Cambodia is content to wait for as long as it takes Thailand to settle its political upheavals and resume talks over disputed border territory, its government said Thursday.

Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said by telephone that it was the least Cambodia could do to give Thailand breathing room to get its internal affairs in order.

"The dispute over the border has been around 100 years," Kanharith said. "A few more weeks can't hurt."

Phnom Penh- Cambodian inflation was running at a record high of
22 percent for the year through July, Planning Minister Chhay Than said
Tuesday.

Than blamed the global rise in oil prices for the increase in the Consumer Price Index, which ended 2007 at 18.7 per cent.

"The Cambodian inflation rate is at a record high and most of that
rise can be blamed on global oil prices - completely out of the
government's control," Than said.

But he said Cambodia anticipated a reduction in oil costs in coming

Phnom Penh - Cambodia would begin raids on shops suspected of selling pirated movie DVDs and music CDs, a senior official warned Monday.

The South-East Asian nation has become well-known among travellers for its thousands of shops offering dirt-cheap pirated copies of the latest international movies and music, which often hit the stalls before they are in general release overseas.

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's star landmine-detection dogs are in financial trouble and urgently need fresh recruits and donations to keep the programme running smoothly, a senior official said Monday.

Khem Sophoan, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre director, said the 102 mine-detection dogs working in one of the most heavily mined countries in the world were aging, while the landmine problem remained serious.

"Dogs are just like people - when they get old, they have to retire," he said. "We love our dogs, and they never fail us."

Experts estimate Cambodia still has between 4 million and 6 million unexploded mines, which kill and maim about 400 people each year.

Phnom Penh - A delegation from the East African nation of Tanzania visited Cambodia to discuss development in areas that included tourism and agriculture and also pledged to promote Cambodia's bid for UN Security Council membership, local media reported Thursday.

The Khmer-language Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper said a delegation led by Omar Ramadhan Mapuri, who has served as Tanzania's ambassador to China since 
2006, met with a range of government representatives and also discussed strategies for mining and eco-tourism.

It quoted Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Ouch Borin as saying Mapuri also pledged to lobby his government to support Cambodia's bid to become a temporary member of the UN Security Council in 2013.

Phnom Penh - Thousands of photos and documents from the Khmer Rouge S-21 torture center, also known as Toul Sleng, have been submitted for recognition on the UNESCO international register, the UN cultural body said in a press release received Thursday.

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum archives in the capital were registered by UNESCO's Memory of the World grouping for Asia and the Pacific region in February and are now being submitted for listing on the UNESCO international register, the body said.