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Civil war was averted in Cambodia when seven provinces that had tried to secede reversed course. The rebels' leader, Prince Norodom Chakrapong, a Deputy Premier in the pro-Vietnamese government and the son of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the head of state, had declared the provinces independent to protest the governing party's loss in last month's elections to a party headed by Chakrapong's brother. But Chakrapong decided to go along with a plan for both parties to share power in an interim government...
...Khmer Rouge has become the defining issue. Pol Pot's forces say they will not peaceably accept victory by "the Vietnamese aggressors and their puppets." Hun Sen's party has promised to wage an all-out war to eradicate the guerrillas. FUNCINPEC, the opposition party founded by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the country's interim head of state, has pledged to bring them into a coalition government. Sihanouk's eldest son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, argues that with a government dedicated to expelling the Vietnamese and establishing social justice, the Khmer Rouge would participate in national politics. "If we solve those problems...
...with the Stars and Stripes as its symbol. Hun Sen's ruling communists have renamed themselves the Cambodian People's Party, but find it hard to escape their Marxist, pro-Vietnamese history or reputation for corruption and brutality. Their principal competitor is the nationalist, anticommunist party founded by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the country's former ruler...
...oversee "free and fair elections" for a 120-member constituent assembly. To do it, the U.N. force will in effect have to run the country by wielding supervisory control over the internal workings of a sovereign government. Even if they succeed, the outcome may not be happy. Warns Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who heads the interim Supreme National Council: "There is a true danger after the elections that the losing parties could decide to use their guns against rivals to exact revenge." The U.N. may be needed to hold the line in Cambodia far longer than is now envisioned...
...agreed to talk about ways to guarantee Washington that prison-made goods would not be sold to the U.S. China has indicated it will consider adhering to the guidelines of the 18-nation Missile Technology Control Regime. It also helped establish the U.N.-administered peace settlement that returned Prince Norodom Sihanouk to Cambodia last week...