Opposition politicians claimed Monday that commune officials in several areas were selectively registering only CPP-loyal people to vote in upcoming elections.

banlung, Ratanakkiri province – Health centers in Ratanakkiri province have about one month before running out of basic drugs, health workers said Fri­day.

There were new signs of friction Monday between the Nation­al United Front’s two most visible leaders.

When residents of Tateung village in Kompong Chhnang pro­v­ince found pre-Angkorean bas-reliefs, statues and pillars carved in pink sandstone in a nearby forest on May 7, it wasn’t a lost temple they had stumbled upon.

When Justice Minister Chem Snguon went to Paris for medical treatment last month, it wasn’t his secretary of state who took over for him.

kompong trabek village, Kom­pong Trach district, Kam­pot pro­vince – Every morning at 5:30, Kim Vibol climbs out of bed and onto his bicycle to begin an 8-km round trip to buy a day’s supply of water for his family.

The government and aid organizations are planning to begin today moving thousands of internal refugees back to their homes in the former Khmer Rouge zone of Anlong Veng, officials said this weekend.

The country’s election authority has informally begun to look into allegations that a controversial CPP membership drive amounts to intimidation, while par­ty officials continued to vehemently defend the campaign.

There may not be enough ma­terials and not everyone may know where to go, but elections officials said Sunday they should be able to muddle through to­day’s start of voter registration.

banlung, Ratanakkiri province – Election workers in this north­eastern province are racing to get eligible voters registered for this year’s poll before weather makes already poor roads completely impassable.

The government has failed to meet its revenue target for the first three months of 1998, a Fi­nance Ministry official said Thurs­day.

Many provincial classrooms will sit empty for the second time this year as teachers are called upon to help register voters for the upcoming elections, education officials say.

Two Cambodian elections watchdog groups returned from observing Monday’s polling in the Philippines with new ideas for “parallel counting” of ballots in July’s elections.

Oun Kong has a big job to do, very little time to do it in and a bit of a problem.

Military officials said the Khmer Rouge radio station was des­troyed Tuesday evening, and the clandestine transmitter’s failure to broadcast Wednesday ap­peared to serve as a silent confirmation.

The French government on Wednesday donated $6.7 million for the development of Pochen­tong Airport, completing a financing package of $12.5 million over the last three years.

National Bank of Cambodia Governor Chea Chanto held a brain­storming session Wednes­day to discuss ways of stabilizing the riel as the local currency slid to its lowest level since February.

A team of Funcinpec fighters led by former RCAF Mil­itary Region 4 commander Khann Savoeun arrived in Phnom Penh on Wednesday for talks on reintegrating their forces into the government army.

A dispatch from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will end the practice of issuing official visas to dignitaries and foreign aid workers upon arrival in airports in Phnom Penh. From now on, the government says, the visas will have to be obtained in advance.