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...tour has been hailed as a phoenix-like revival of an exquisite art form that was nearly destroyed by a country's bloodshed. But almost from the start of its five-week U.S. engagement, the Classical Dance Company of Cambodia has been tangled in the ugly factionalism that still divides the artists' homeland. Last week, after dancing for a packed house in Lowell, Mass., a 24- year-old female member of the company decided to seek asylum in the U.S. Four days earlier, three other dancers sought political refuge during a concert stop in Minnesota...
...CLASSICAL DANCE COMPANY OF CAMBODIA...
...government must be elected, and the defeated parties must agree to form a loyal opposition. In the 36-year history of modern Cambodia, no government has ever been chosen in a fair, contested election. Nor is there a democratic ideal to which Cambodians might cling. Instead, the great national myth is Angkor Wat and the all-powerful god-kings who ruled a millennium ago. Does this mean Cambodia can never have fair elections? No. Does it mean they are unlikely anytime soon...
...that includes removal of the nominally communist Hun Sen government. Others, like former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie and Democratic Senator Robert Kerrey, think the war could end through regular government-to-government contact between Washington and Phnom Penh and the lifting of the U.S.-led economic boycott of Cambodia. The former vision may be grander; the latter has a far better chance of success...
...WORLD: Cambodia and Korea wrestle with peace...