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Hun a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries; their famous leader was
Attila.
In extended usage, Hun denotes a reckless or uncivilized destroyer of something; it is also (especially in military contexts during the First and Second World Wars) a derogatory term for a German.
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Hun Sen's victory in local election earns him credibility
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 2/8/2002; 700+ words
; PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's sweeping victory in Cambodia's...voting passed without incident and termed Hun Sen's landslide victory acceptable. Many opponents hoped the election would break Hun Sen's grip on local politics ahead of...
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Hun Sen's sudden turn toward democracy leaves Cambodians puzzled
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...After a tumultuous year, Prime Minister Hun Sen has halted a political crackdown that...But nobody quite knows what to make of Hun Sen's reversal. In recent weeks, the...and reconciliation, many question whether Hun Sen's reversal represents genuine change...
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Hun Sen eyes extension of long-running rule in Cambodia with opposition divided
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...race. No one seems to have any doubt that Prime Minister Hun Sen, Asia's longest-serving head of government...to state it very clearly this way: No one can defeat Hun Sen. Only Hun Sen alone can defeat Hun Sen, he said in a speech earlier...
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Hun Sen Making an Impact; Cambodian Premier's Role Rivals Sihanouk's
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/22/1989; ; 700+ words
; To his opponents, Prime Minister Hun Sen is a "traitor" and a "puppet...bears out, Cambodia's 38-year-old Hun Sen has emerged from the obscurity of his...tripartite guerrilla coalition fighting Hun Sen's Vietnamese-backed government...
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Hun Sen, Cambodia's emerging statesman, likes to be called strongman
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Victorious again at the polls, Prime Minister Hun Sen has cemented his reputation as one of...ruthless streak. Born the son of peasants, Hun Sen was educated by Buddhist monks. When...Whether by the ballot or the bullet, Hun Sen has been at the center of Cambodia...
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Hun Sen promises safe return of royalists to army, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 5/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...1998 CAMBODIA'S Second Prime Minister Hun Sen Wednesday gave assurances that re...once they fully join the national army, Hun Sen told Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai during...Ministry spokesman Kobsak Chutikul quoted Hun Sen as telling Chuan that Cambodia during...
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Hun Sen Lashes Out at Sihanouk;Cambodian Prime Minister Gloomy About Prospects for Peace
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/4/1989; ; 700+ words
; Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, voicing for the first time strong...war depends on a rapprochement between Hun Sen and Sihanouk, a former ruler of Cambodia...will intensify, the analysts have said. Hun Sen and Sihanouk have been negotiating...
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Hun: Thai Doll Puppetry.
Magazine article from: Asian Theatre Journal; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Chakrabhand Posayakrit. His research into hun has contributed to a resurgence of knowledge...variants: the nang (shadow figures) and the hun (doll theatre). Information on the nang...has been less well documented even though hun is believed to be one of the early forms...
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Ancient Hun capital registered for world cultural site
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/6/2004; 700+ words
; Ancient Hun capital registered for world...world's only ruins of ancient Huns, ancient Chinese nomadic tribe...important clues to the study of the Huns who disappeared nearly 1,000...of six feudal dynasties. The Huns, thriving in the third century...
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CAMBODIA: HUN SEN SEEKS TO BECOME LONGEST-SERVING LEADER IN REGION
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 9/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...qualified to succeed Mahathir is Cambodia's Hun Sen, who became prime minister of his war...the region's longest-serving leader, Hun Sen has to form a successful coalition government...but surpassing it in the coming years. Hun Sen has been Cambodia's prime minister...
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Huns
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...aftermath, most of the Huns were driven from Pannonia...peoples. The collapse of Hun power can be attributed...consolidate a true state. The Huns were always and increasingly...1973). The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History...Denis. (1990). "The Hun Period." In The Cambridge...
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Hun Sen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Hun Sen A Cambodian political leader, Hun Sen (born 1951) early in 1985, at the age of 33, became the then youngest premier of any country in the world. Hun Sen was born the second son of a family of poor peasants on April...
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White Huns
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
White Huns or Hephthalites , people of obscure origins, possibly of Tibetan or...Indians. There is no definite evidence that they are related to the Huns . The White Huns were an agricultural people with a developed set of laws. They were...
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Hun
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Hun / hən / • n. 1. a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people...military contexts during World War I and World War II). ∎ ( the Hun ) Germans collectively. DERIVATIVES: Hun·nish adj.
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Hun, The
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Hun, The slang, derogatory the individual German combatant and the German armed forces collectively, particularly during World War...
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