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Cambodia: “Victory over Genocide”

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 @ 06:04 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:: Cambodia
Topics:: Governance, History, International Relations
Languages:: English

Cambodia celebrates the 30th year of the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. The theme for this year’s anniversary is “Victory over Genocide.” But Modern Progressive Khmer insists Cambodia was not liberated on this day in 1979 since Vietnam occupied the country.

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[...] ordering the mass slaughter of more than 1 million Cambodians. Last week the Cambodian government marked the 30th year of the downfall of the Khmer Rouge. But opinion is divided whether this day should be celebrated as [...]

# 2009-01-14 at 9:14 am
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[...] o assassinato em massa de mais de um milhão de cambojanos. Na semana passada, o governo cambojano marcou o 30º aniversário da queda de Khmer Rouge. Mas as opiniões estão divididas entre se esse seria um dia para ser [...]

# 2009-01-14 at 20:04 pm

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