KHMER ROUGE SEIZES KEY TOWN IN CAMBODIA
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Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila confirmed Wednesday that Khmer Rouge guerrillas have seized the key town of Pailin in western Cambodia and said they had captured tanks and artillery.
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The seizure of the town near the Thai border Sunday was a major victory for the Khmer Rouge in its 11-year battle to topple the Vietnamese-installed government in Cambodia.Government officers had vowed to hold onto the gem-rich area.
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