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Booze and bovines: not a good mix for bikers Colliding with a cow while biking buzzed is probably not the best way to impress your father – particularly when he’s director of the provincial department of environment. But being knocked unconscious in such an incident on Tuesday temporarily precluded a 19-year-old man in Kampong Chhnang town from worrying that his progenitor would, well, have a cow. The young man was sent to hospital, and police noted both man and beast were at fault: The teen shouldn’t have been driving while drunk, and the cow shouldn’t have been allowed to roam freely. Nokorwat Off-key brawl puts end to upbeat tune and croon Four men eager to showcase their solo singing talents at a Battambang town restaurant reacted rather violently to three other men hogging the stage on Tuesday. Police said the two groups had been drinking when the quartet decided they’d been subjected to the trio’s stylings for long enough. The two groups fought furiously, destroying th...

A french national who works for circus group Phare Ponleu Selpak was stabbed in the arm and shoulder after trying to halt thieves who broke into his Battambang home early yesterday morning, police said. The robbers took two laptops and a mobile phone from the home’s residents, who included Phare Ponleu Selpak employees and members of the band the Cambodian Space Project, said Battambang district police chief Pen Somoeun.   Samoeun said the victim, Olivier Loke, 30, was injured when trying to grab the knife from the thief’s hand. “He was treated in hospital in Battambang,” he said, adding that the laptops stolen were used to design cartoons that were part of the circus performance. Police are searching for at least two suspects, said Samoeun, adding that one man had been questioned yesterday afternoon but was released. Khoun Det, director of Phare Ponleu Selpak said that, according to the victim’s account, Loke woke when the thieves tried to stab him as he slept, but he m...

Another of the many NGO's that operate here in Battambang.  Cambodian Children’s Trust (CCT) is a secular, non-profit NGO running projects to help break the cycle of poverty in the Battambang region of Cambodia. We create lasting change in the lives of some of Cambodia's most vulnerable people. If you would like to check out their current projects, you can be directed to their site page   here . If you know this organization and want to make a donation, you can go to their site or just click here . If you would like to contact them for anything, please use the information below. Cambodian Childrens Trust For CCT general enquiries please email: info@cambodianchildrenstrust.org For financial enquiries regarding donations please email : donations@cambodianchildrenstrust.org Address in Cambodia: Cambodian Children's Trust PO Box 376 Battambang Province CAMBODIA

"The government’s newly purchased Airbus A320 jet takes off from Phnom Penh International Airport on Thursday with King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath traveling to Beijing for a scheduled medical checkup." (Siv Channa) $91.5 million.!!! That's got to be much of the countries earnings going to their personal flying pleasure. Talking about big pimping. Check out the full story here.