BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Cambodia's triumph of stability: "'Is the glass half-full or half-empty?' asks Tom Andrews, as he sips an iced coffee in Phnom Penh's Hotel Le Royal.
He is not referring to the cool drink in his hand, but rather about how far Cambodia has come since this colonial landmark served as a ramshackle base for the international press corps in the chaotic days before the city fell to the Khmer Rouge in 1975.
The former United States congressman has been a regular visitor since the mid-1990s, and it is not just the standard of accommodation which has changed.
United Nations assistance made possible the first democratic election in 1993, and despite several hiccups in the intervening years the fourth national poll has been largely trouble-free."
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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