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India gifts canines for mine clearance
The Indian government has given 15 dogs to the Kingdom along with a promise to train personnel to work with the furry friends on mine-clearance projects, according to an official press release. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26896/india-gifts-canines-for-mine-clearance/
Peacekeeper dies from malaria in Mali
A Cambodian soldier serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in the West African nation of Mali died on Monday after contracting malaria, an official said Tuesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/peacekeeper-dies-from-malaria-in-mali-94335/
Ebola a worry among peacekeepers
As Cambodian soldiers assembled for a ceremony Wednesday ahead of a one-year peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic, military officials expressed concerns over the Ebola outbreak that has been ravaging parts of West Africa. Since 2006, Cambodia has sent a total of 2,165 peacekeepers ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ebola-a-worry-among-peacekeepers-headed-to-africa-70657/
Troops to join UN’s CAR effort
Cambodia will send a detachment of 216 peacekeepers to the United Nations stabilisation mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the Information Ministry has said. The Kingdom already sent a delivery of tanks, trucks and other materiel there on Friday. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/troops-join-un%E2%80%99s-car-effort
Demining Mali goal for troops
The Ministry of Defence will dispatch more than 300 members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) to Mali as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, a senior government official said yesterday. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/demining-mali-goal-troops
