Silberner had traveled to Cambodia to report on diabetes and high blood pressure in the country. Her reporting trip was funded by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and will be broadcast on The World in the coming weeks and months. (Follow our Twitter account @PRIGlobalHealth for updates)
There are tons of unexploded munitions in Cambodia’s waterways. Now, a team is in training to become the country’s first underwater de-miners.
But first the recruits have to learn to swim and dive. http://ow.ly/ix1XT
Photo of the Day: Hiet Ratt, 34, displays a portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama on the roof of his house near Phnom Penh Airport. Around 182 families living around the airport have been served eviction notices ahead of Obama’s historic visit to the country as it hosts the ASEAN and East Asia summits.
Residents say that they want Obama’s help when he is in the country this week in getting fair compensation, and that authorities did not say when they will evict them from their homes. (Photo: REUTERS/Samrang Pring)
— Norton Simon Museum’s audio guide
(Source: theworld.org)
