|
|
Article: Defeat of the one-eyed giant. (ceasefire for Cambodia's war)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 11, 1991
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The rains will arrive any day now in Cambodia. With them will come the end of the fighting season. In Siem Reap, a battered town five miles south of Angkor Wat, the ancient capital of Cambodia, the mood is tired and edgy. The first four months of this year have seen heavy fighting to the north, and groups of Khmers Rouges are hiding in the nearby jungle. Officials of the Phnom Penh government, however, show a new-found confidence. They have managed to clear out a major enemy base and to roll back the main units of the Khmers Rouges to the Thai border. The government is hopeful that it can survive until a peace deal on its terms is put on the table, rather than having one ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Bringing the Khmers Rouges to justice; ...
The Economist (US);
October 9, 2004 ;
700+ words
... ... a special tribunal in Phnom Penh to try the surviving leaders of the Khmers Rouges. During their brutal ... end of the 1970s, the Khmers Rouges were responsible for ... death of several key Khmers Rouges figures, including Pol ...
|
|