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...answer this question as an involved person, but I can speak as an observer. There is no major change in strategy, but there is a change in approach, caused by the phase that Iran is now entering. The previous phase was one of war and building the Revolution. The current phase is one of peace and rebuilding the country. The conditions put forward by Rafsanjani for restoring relations with the U.S. are the same ones he put forward during the life of the Imam ((Khomeini)). They are that America should stop its aggressive policy against Iran and that America...
...Cambodia, Viet Nam must contribute to what Washington calls a comprehensive settlement of the civil war the departing occupiers leave behind. By the Administration's definition, that requires the inclusion of the murderous Khmer Rouge in a coalition, along with two non-Communist Cambodian factions and the current Vietnamese-backed rulers in Phnom Penh...
Jiang's press performance did more than heighten his visibility. It also dampened speculation that he might serve as Deng's front man for correcting the current conservative tilt within the party's divided leadership and salvaging Deng's embattled program of economic reform and bridge building to the outside world. Although Jiang played no known role in the decision to order the People's Liberation Army into Beijing, he went even further last week than reactionary Premier Li Peng did when he was asked whether the "Tiananmen tragedy" could have been avoided...
...Cambodia, the current political stalemate is certain to prove costly % for the country's weary civilians. Deserters from Hun Sen's army tell stories suggesting that some of the 40,000 regulars lack both the esprit and basic fighting skills required to hold back the resistance forces. The army's recent practice of shanghaiing young conscripts off the streets is not likely to generate goodwill -- or good soldiers. The national battalions are supplemented by local and provincial militias, perhaps 150,000 in all, which Hun Sen hopes will do better at defending their homes. As yet, both the army...
...recorded music). Built on chairman and founder Akio Morita's devotion to technical innovation, Sony is diversifying into cultural products as the patriarch, 68, gradually hands over control of the company to president Norio Ohga, 59, an accomplished musician. While electronic goods account for 84% of Sony's current sales, the addition of Columbia will give the company a 60-40 split between hardware and software. Says Gordon Crawford, a senior vice president at Capital Research, a Los Angeles investment firm: "Sony has seen , that the people who own the software make more money...