US government gives grant for conservation of Angkor temple

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The United States will donate nearly US$1 million (�641,310) for conservation of the centuries-old Bakheng temple, a famous cultural icon in Cambodia's Angkor temple complex, the embassy said in a statement Wednesday.It said the US$978,705 (�630,000) will be given to the nonprofit World Monuments Fund, a New York-based archaeological group that has been doing work at the