home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TIME: Almanac 1990s
/
Time_Almanac_1990s_SoftKey_1994.iso
/
time
/
012290
/
0122003.000
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1993-04-15
|
2KB
|
46 lines
<text id=90TT0165>
<link 90TT2357>
<link 90TT1077>
<title>
Jan. 22, 1990: World Notes:Cambodia
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 22, 1990 A Murder In Boston
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 47
World Notes
CAMBODIA
Rumors of More War
</hdr>
<body>
<p> Had the Khmer Rouge, whose genocidal rule of Cambodia from
1975 to 1978 invited the invasion of Vietnamese troops, really
attacked the capital, Phnom Penh? Had Prime Minister Hun Sen
been forced to flee to Vietnam? Was Battambang, the country's
second largest city, truly "burning brightly," as Khmer Rouge
radio claimed? Amid the welter of conflicting reports coming
out of Cambodia last week, all that seemed clear was that the
level of hostilities was growing. The Khmer Rouge, one of three
resistance groups fighting the Hun Sen regime, did toss six
grenades in downtown Phnom Penh--though without frightening
away Hun Sen. The battle for Battambang continued.
</p>
<p> The clashes may lend urgency to diplomatic efforts aimed at
ending the strife. During a visit to Vietnam and Cambodia last
week, Michael Costello, deputy secretary of Australia's foreign
affairs department, reportedly got a promising response to his
government's proposal that the United Nations administer
Cambodia until free elections are held. Also China, which backs
the Khmer Rouge, last week welcomed an unspecified role for the
U.N.
</p>
</body>
</article>
</text>