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...Cambodian officials soon determined that Suvanant had never uttered the incendiary remarks. That didn't placate Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Cambodian politicians have long played to Khmer nationalism, and on Jan. 27, Hun Sen, facing general elections this summer, legitimized the rumors by calling Suvanant "Thief Star" and declaring at a ceremony outside Phnom Penh that the "Thief Star is not even equal to a patch of grass around Angkor Wat." Two days later, fictitious rumors that Thais were killing Cambodians in Bangkok inflamed the Phnom Penh...
...most immediate casualty is bilateral links. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra downgraded diplomatic ties and closed border checkpoints. He fired off a memorandum to Hun Sen demanding an apology, compensation and the arrest of those responsible for the violence, and he put on hold plans to sign a $13.3 million soft loan for a road project in Cambodia. He told reporters, "We have been badly hurt...
...Cambodia may have been stung worse. Only lately has the long-suffering nation achieved a measure of stability. Now its international image is again tarnished and its hopes of a tourism-led economic revival dashed. Hun Sen has hastily assembled three committees to repair relations with Thailand, evaluate the damage done to the Thai embassy and estimate the financial losses of the Thai population living in Cambodia. He has also started rounding up "extremists," and his chief spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, has apologized for the government's inability to contain the riots. "We didn't think it would become anarchy," says...
Perez stifled the urge to rush to the aid of the downed men; he knew he would be mowed down if he tried. Instead he stood and began blazing away with his M-4 rifle. That forced the al-Qaeda fighters to take cover in the rocks several hun-dred yards away--and stop firing--as the wounded Americans limped to a safer spot. "He showed almost no concern for his body," says Sergeant Jeffrey Grothause, one of Perez's soldiers. "He's up there, and rounds are flying all around him, in between his legs, and he doesn...
...which means "city of the roads," has been a major trading post since Roman times. This has brought great wealth and cultural variety - Goethe studied at the university, and printing press inventor Johannes Gutenberg lived here for 20 years - but also unwanted visitors. During the 5th century, Attila the Hun prised the city from the Romans. More recently Strasbourg was ceded to France after the 30 Years War, handed over to Germany in 1871 and returned to its previous rulers after World...