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Another hotel in Poipet catches fire but no casualties

  FOLLOWING the huge blaze a Cambodian hotel-cum-casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, last December killing 22 employees and gamblers, another hotel in this border town caught fire at 10 p.m. last night (Sep. 15) but fortunately there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper said today. Just as

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1 student dead, 5 others injured as fire extinguisher explodes during drill

  A FIRE DRILL at Rajavinit Mathayom School in Dusit district turned into a tragedy when a carbon dioxide extinguisher exploded killing one student and injuring five others including a coach at 11.30 a.m. this morning (June 23), Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang and Nang Loeng

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Khmer soldiers seal off gutted casino-hotel complex near Thai border

CAMBODIAN soldiers took full control of the fire-gutted casino-hotel complex at Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, this afternoon (Dec. 31) after ordering Thai rescuers to withdraw at 6 p.m. yesterday, Naewna newspaper said. Cambodia’s Military Region 5 sent troops to block off the three buildings of the Grand Diamond

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22 employees, gamblers dead in Cambodian casino-hotel inferno

THE HUGE FIRE at the three-building casino-hotel complex in Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has killed 22 employees and gamblers so far with 53 injured and eight still missing, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 30). Eyewitnesses said the blaze at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino which

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