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Shipshape for the race

| Publication date 27 October 2009 | 08:04 ICT

Shipshape for the race

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Workers repair racing boats Monday on the Phnom Penh riverside in preparation for next week’s Water Festival on Monday.

Contact author: Heng Chivoan

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