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- IV WORLD, Page 47World NotesCAMBODIARumors of More War
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- 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.
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- 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.
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