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...PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: As his Khmer Rouge splinters, leader Pol Pot reportedly surrendered today to a group of his former comrades who are holding him so he can be judged by an international tribunal for the genocidal regime he led between 1975 and 1979. At least 1 million Cambodians died during Pol Pot's bloody push to forcibly turn the country back into an agrarian, technologically primitive nation. He has not been seen in public since December 1979, when he went into hiding after Vietnam invaded Cambodia to stop the Khmer Rouge. Last week, Pol Pot reportedly fled his northern...
When Pond returned to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh less than two years ago, he found no support for his plans. Pond brought together a group of disgruntled college students who wanted the government to clean up streets polluted with 25 years of trash, human bones and feces...
...PHNOM PENH -- The Thai military is secretly supporting the Cambodian KHMER ROUGE, the party responsible for the massacre of more than 1 million Cambodians when it ran the country during the 1970s. Officials with the United Nations Transitional authority in Cambodia say 400 Khmer Rouge guerrillas, fleeing an offensive by the Cambodian army, were evacuated by Thai army trucks and driven through Thai territory to a Khmer Rouge base. UNTAC officials wanted to announce their discovery but were overruled by officials at the U.N. headquarters in New York City who didn't want an open dispute with Thailand...
Venturing into a quasi-war zone such as Cambodia is a traveler's gamble. A group of Mexican tourists recently spotted in the lobby of Phnom Penh's sole luxury hotel were snapping pictures of a wooden model of Angkor Wat, the country's famous 9th century temple complex -- as close as they would get to the real thing. Just days before, Khmer Rouge guerrillas had attacked Siem Reap, the city next to the ruins, and the group's guide refused to go near the place. The Mexicans were forced to content themselves with Phnom Penh -- a city whose attractions...
Many Cambodians acknowledge that they are afraid. Says a university student: "Even in Phnom Penh people fear a bomb going off when they vote." The anxiety extends to U.N. staff monitoring the vote. The Khmer Rouge have killed a total of 10 U.N. officials, leading more than 55 of 430 election supervisors to resign. As a result, the U.N. has had to reduce the number of polling stations from...