Word: cambodians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vietnam--Hundreds of aging trucks and buses rumbled across the Cambodian border into Vietnam yesterday carrying thousands of soldiers in what Hanoi says is the pullout of its last 26,000 troops from Cambodia...
Peace talks between Cambodian factions--including Prince Norodom Sihanouk, a former leader of the country who is allied with the Khmer Rouge--and foreign powers broke down in August. Those talks were aimed at preventing bloodshed following Hanoi's removal of troops from the region...
...Cambodian officials have repeatedly assured reporters that they are capable of fighting the guerrillas without Vietnamese military support, but they concede that some Phnom Penh residents have begun stocking rice and other staples in anticipation of a cut-off of supplies to the capital...
Many programs also had to cut back on expenditures. For instance, the Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment Program, which teaches English to Cambodian and Vietnamese children, last year substituted a picnic for its annual visit to an amusement park, Truong said...
Baker implied that Hun Sen and his Vietnamese mentors are no better than the Khmer Rouge. The Secretary of State warned that the Cambodian people may "be forced to choose between being eaten by a tiger or devoured by a crocodile." But this parallel does not stand up. Hun Sen has been rebuilding the country that the Khmer Rouge destroyed. If it ever comes to a hard choice between him and the Khmer Rouge, as indeed it might, the Cambodian people would without doubt choose Hun Sen. So should...