Word: rebelling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Next day came reports that Doe died while being interrogated on the whereabouts of millions of dollars of state funds that had disappeared during his 10 years in power. In an effort to downplay Johnson's reputation as a ruthless rebel, his official spokesman, Marcus Dahn, attributed Doe's death to loss of blood and denied that the President had been intentionally murdered. "As a matter of fact, Doe's death is a regret," Dahn said, "because we have maintained that we would not use the same brutal means by which the man ruled the country...
Gorbachev backs a bold new economic plan -- with reservations. -- In Liberia rebel forces brace for a bloody showdown. -- An exile returns home to South Africa...
...Supreme National Council must be created. The body would have only an advisory role, but Hun Sen argues, not unreasonably, that the tripartite rebel coalition should have one vote instead of the three it seeks. It is by no means certain that the current peace offensive will pass even this initial hurdle...
...parties must accept a so-called interim U.N.-run administration, pending elections for a new government. The rebel factions have indicated their support for this, and small wonder. The proposal would achieve their main goal -- removal of Hun Sen's government -- at least until elections were held, and would replace his regime with an outside government that would be virtually powerless to punish cease-fire violations. Moreover, U.N. bureaucrats could serve as yet another foreign enemy against which the xenophobic Khmer Rouge could rally popular opinion. Hun Sen has predictably refused to dismantle his government, which was installed...
...call for a Supreme National Council along the lines Hun Sen prefers. But it is unclear whether this was really a split with his Khmer Rouge allies or a ploy aimed at persuading an increasingly shaky U.S. Congress to continue providing nonlethal aid to the noncommunist members of the rebel coalition. Sihanouk is as hard to pin down as a ball of mercury. If he began to lead again, he might make a difference. But he's 67 years old. The world will soon pass him by, if it has not already. The odds are that he will...