Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...town of Snoul is a microcosm of the U.N.'s gamble. It is a poor place: pigs and cows root around the market; many of the goods on sale have come across the border from Vietnam. The town was destroyed during the American invasion of 1970; nine years later, Vietnamese tanks and trucks roared along the rutted dirt road as they invaded Cambodia to liberate it from the Khmer Rouge and establish an occupation that would last 10 years...
...peace process that they had accepted in the Paris agreement of October 1991, they have refused to allow UNTAC electoral teams into their areas, sabotaging some of the principal ambitions of the U.N. plan -- the disarming of factions and nationwide elections. Hun Sen, the Prime Minister of the Vietnam-backed administration in Phnom Penh, says that "the Paris agreement is no longer balanced. It is like a handicapped person." But while accepting some UNTAC requirements, his administration also harasses the U.N. effort...
COMBAT REPORTING IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS, BUT YUGOSLAVIA is setting grisly records. While 45 journalists died covering Vietnam over 15 years, for example, at least 27 have been killed in Yugoslavia in just 18 months. To help reduce the casualties, the COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS is distributing an unusual handbook called How to Survive and Still Get the Story. Says Anne Nelson, executive director of the committee: "This conflict is different. Instead of two sides, there are many sides, and often the troops are drunken paramilitaries. They shoot on sight, and they carry grudges against reporters." Among the tips...
...appointments have almost all been so authoritatively predicted in advance that the actual announcements are far overshadowed by the next round of hot tips. On Thursday, Clinton named Henry Cisneros, former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Jesse Brown, a wounded Vietnam veteran, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Their appointments were only the No. 3 news item out of Little Rock that day. No. 1: Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will be named Secretary of Defense this week. No. 2: Clinton has settled on Richard...
GEORGE BUSH HAS DECIDED TO MOVE ONE SQUARE forward on the "road map" he uses to guide the improvement of U.S. ties to Vietnam. With Hanoi opening its archival records of missing G.I.s and returning their remains, he has permitted American firms to open offices and sign contracts for future business. Though a U.S. embargo still bars them from buying or selling goods and services, American companies are glad they can start to establish a presence in Vietnam. For its part, Hanoi wants Washington to stop blocking World Bank loans crucial to Vietnam's development. U.S. officials hope more trade...