Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Sta nips pose july 199 the world attempted bloodshed plunge Cambodia into chaos associated press Cambodia an attempted coup plunged cambo Dia into chaos with tanks rumbling through the capital and thousands of terrified residents trying to flee fighting Between Cambodia feuding prime rocket and machine gun fire sent residents streaming out of phenom penh by bicycle and scattered rocket and mortar rounds pounded the setting fire to a fuel dump that tossed Black smoke High into the forces Loyal to second Premier Hun the Man who launched the tried to shut Down roads out of phenom but they could not Stop the spread hundreds of people lined the Banks of the capitals tone sap Perate for a ferry ride to Meas who quickly packed three bags and grabbed her Fourmont hold was among in very scared of the shelling around my she a Shell hit one of the Homes next to mine and it caught armoured personnel carriers and tanks roared through phenom Penis streets while Hun sen went on nation Al radio to deny he was leading a coup he has accused his Prince Norodom of preparing for this is not a political dispute Between one party and nor is it a coup de Tat or a civil War like ran Aridth the traitor has Hun sen longtime Hun sen and ran Aridth jointly ruled Cambodia in a coalition government formed after 1993 when required to appear they Seldom exchanged glances or a photos with a fuel dump exploding behind Resi dents flee phenom penh with what they can troops Loyal to Hun sen ride tanks through the streets of the addressed one another Over each has surrounded himself with hundreds of bodyguards As Protection against the a former member of the murderous Khmer Rouge Hun sen began his political career toting a gun and slinking through the Jungles of East Ern he brought cunning guerrilla savvy with him into it was Rana Riddhi King Norodom whose Call to arms brought Hun sen into the political and military the country Airport remained phones Down for most of the were restored by Hun who holds the military upper hand in the said Prince Rana Riddhi royalist party could rejoin the no shattered coalition govern ment but said he would refuse to share Power with ran Aridth said he fled Cambodia for France after hearing about the impending my generals advised me to leave Cambodia or i would be in ran Aridth told the associated press yesterday from a residence in South Ern they wanted me to leave them a free hand to organize a Resis at least nine people have been killed since Hun sen launched his Putsch sat according to Hospital officials and another so people have been seriously soldiers Loyal to Hun Sens formerly communist cambodian Peoples party appeared to be consolidating his but they faced stiff resistance from Rana Riddhi particularly in a residential area behind phenom penh no Cash Down no Security Deposit no payment for 30 Days pitched fighting at the princes com Pound in Central phenom penh forced the surrender of 200 of his White flags were draped on the com pounds away from the fighting was reported in the Northwestern provinces of Bantay Manchey and siem the weekends Battles erupted after weeks of rising tensions and isolated Hun sen says his action was a preemptive move against what he called a plot by ran Aridth to attack his forces using disaffected Khmer Rouge leftist deals blow to mexican regime associated press out of i or mar 1997 Down Down Down my i Iii lir 291 Down Down Down Down 30o Down Down Down Down 3 60 000 pm Roadside i 8assisunce Ell graduate Chevrolet Geo Oldsmobile r Mexico City dealing a major blow to the country Rul ing a leftist candidate won the Mexico City mayoral race yesterday in the first election there in 69 according to a major exit Cuauhtemoc Cardenas of the democratic revolutionary party had a nearly 21 advantage Over Alfredo Del Mazo of the ruling institutional revolutionary said the exit poll sponsored by the chamber of the radio and television Cardenas had 46 per Del Mazo 23 per cent and Carlos Castillo Peraza of National action nearly 19 per according to the poll by inde Merilouis no margin of error was the Mexico City mayors race is the first election since the City was expanded in 1928 to Swallow surrounding towns and the president began appointing the Cardenas lost the fraud marred 1988 presidential race As Well As the much cleaner 1994 first official preliminary returns showed the ruling Pri with 37 per National action with 33 per cent and the democratic revolution party with 21 per cent with per cent of votes counted in National congressional the Pri was also threatened with los ing its congressional majority for the first time since its 1929 it also was almost certain to Jose at least one state it needed 42 per cent of the vote to maintain its majority in the lower House of yesterdays races included six Gover 32 of 128 Federal All 66 members of the Mexico City Assem six state Legislatures and 260 May voting stations closed at 6 in three different time zones throughout preliminary vote totals were expected by this there were Early indications of a High turnout among Mexico 52 million Vot said Jose president of the Federal election Interior Emilio Chuay Fet charged with overseeing the country internal said elec toral reforms had wiped out the possibility of widespread fraud that stained earlier there were scattered reports throughout Mexico of polling stations opening late and complaints in some areas of party workers campaigning near voting places or handing out food to encourage the the most serious irregularities were reported in the Southern state of Chia where suspected supporters of the Zap Atista rebels burned election mate rials at nine voting stations and ran sacked two others to protest the the rebels announced test week Bev would Boycott the ;