KAMPOT, Cambodia -- Cambodia on Friday broke ground for the reconstruction and upgrading of two national roads with funds from China to cope with growing flows of travel and cargo transport.

The roads included National Road No. 31 in the length of 53.5 km connecting Takeo province with Kampot province, and National Road No. 33 in the length of 52.6 km linking Kampot town with Kep province. (Cambodia-China-Roads)

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VIENTIANE -- The Lao cabinet is reshuffled at the concluding meeting of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly (Ninth Legislature) of Laos held in Lao capital Vientiane on Friday, according to local TV reports.

Phankham Viphavanh, in his speech at the National Assembly meeting, said to resign from the post of prime minister for reaching the retirement age and health problems. (Laos-Cabinet-Reshuffle)

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PHNOM PENH -- The death toll in a hotel fire in northwest Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province has risen to 26, as a search and rescue operation was completed, officials said on Friday evening.

An electrical short circuit was the likely cause of the fire.

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ISLAMABAD -- A group of terrorists attacked a police picket in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, injuring three policemen, a senior government official said on Friday.

More than 20 terrorists, equipped with the latest weapons including rocket launchers, staged the attack in the wee hours of Friday morning, Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan Muhammad Qaiser Khan told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Terrorists) Enditem

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