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Cambodians are transported by boat near
the Mekong river in Kampong Cham
province, 130 km (80 miles) east of
Phnom Penh, during floods August 16,
2008 .The Mekong river has hit its
highest level in at least 100 years
after several months of unusually heavy
rain, officials said on Friday. REUTERS/
Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
REF: RTR217XG
Cambodia children play in front of their
house near the Mekong river during
floods in Kampong Cham province, 130 km (
80 miles) east of Phnom Penh, August 16,
2008 .The Mekong river has hit its
highest level in at least 100 years
after several months of unusually heavy
rain, officials said on Friday. REUTERS/
Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
REF: RTR217Y6
A boy plays in floodwaters at a flooded
shop, about 25 km (16 miles) east of
Laos' capital Vientiane, August 16, 2008.
The Mekong, which flows 4,350 km (2,700
miles) from the glaciers of Tibet to the
rice-rich delta of southern Vietnam, hit
13.68 metres (44.88 feet) in Vientiane
on Thursday, trouncing a high of 12.38
metres (40.61 feet) recorded in 1966,
the worst floods in living memory.
REUTERS/Stringer (LAOS)
REF: RTR2177Y
A Cambodian man rows a boat during
floods near the Mekong river in Kampong
Cham province, 130 km (80 miles) east of
Phnom Penh, during floods August 16,
2008 .The Mekong river has hit its
highest level in at least 100 years
after several months of unusually heavy
rain, officials said on Friday. REUTERS/
Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
REF: RTR217Z8
A Cambodian woman transport her cows to
higher ground during floods near the
Mekong river in Kampong Cham province,
130 km (80 miles) east of Phnom Penh,
August 16, 2008 .The Mekong river has
hit its highest level in at least 100
years after several months of unusually
heavy rain, officials said on Friday.
REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
REF: RTR217YK
Volunteers from Vietnam Red Cross
distribute household kits to people
affected by floods in Lao Cai and Yen
Bai in northern Vietnam August 11, 2008.
Fresh floods triggered by rains swept
away a teenager in northern Vietnam and
several boats were destroyed, the
government said on Wednesday, as it
struggled to deliver aid to thousands of
people hit by the worst floods in four
decades. Picture taken August 11, 2008.
REUTERS/Ha Thai Binh/VNRC (VIETNAM). FOR
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MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
REF: RTR210US
Villagers travel by boat on a flooded
road, about 25 km (16 miles) east of
Laos' capital Vientiane, August 16, 2008.
The Mekong, which flows 4,350 km (2,700
miles) from the glaciers of Tibet to the
rice-rich delta of southern Vietnam, hit
13.68 metres (44.88 feet) in Vientiane
on Thursday, trouncing a high of 12.38
metres (40.61 feet) recorded in 1966,
the worst floods in living memory.
REUTERS/Stringer (LAOS)
REF: RTR2178U
A man pulls his boat through floodwaters
for a tour group at the Xiengkuane
Buddha Park, about 25 km (16 miles) east
of Laos' capital Vientiane, August 16,
2008. The Mekong, which flows 4,350 km (
2,700 miles) from the glaciers of Tibet
to the rice-rich delta of southern
Vietnam, hit 13.68 metres (44.88 feet)
in Vientiane on Thursday, trouncing a
high of 12.38 metres (40.61 feet)
recorded in 1966, the worst floods in
living memory. REUTERS/Stringer (LAOS)
REF: RTR2175W
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