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Moulin Rouge
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Southern University
Southern University main campus at Baton Rouge, La.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; est. 1880; predominantly African American. It comprises Southern Univ. and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge; Southern Univ. in New Orleans; and Southern Univ., Shreveport-Bossier... Read more |
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Piccadilly Cafeterias Inc
Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. 3232 Sherwood Forest BoulevardP.O. Box 2467Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821U.S.A.(504) 293 Read more |
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Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh or Phnum Penh , city (1994 est. pop. 527,000), capital of Cambodia, SW Cambodia, at the confluence of the Mekong and Tônlé Sap rivers. Phnom Penh was founded in the 14th cent. and was made the Khmer capital after the abandonment (1434) of Angkor . It became the capital... Read more |
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Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge , name given to native Cambodian Communists. Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, began a large-scale insurgency against government forces in 1970, quickly gaining control over more than two thirds of the country. The strength of the Khmer Rouge rose... Read more |
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La., on a bluff along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River; inc. 1817. It is a busy deepwater port of entry; an important transportation, distribution, and commercial center for a... Read more |
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Hun Sen
Hun Sen , 1952-, Cambodian political leader, premier of Cambodia (1985-93, 1998-; second premier, 1993-98). A member of the Khmer Rouge from 1970, he fled to Vietnam with Heng Samrin and other Communists in 1977. When the Vietnamese army invaded Cambodia, Hun Sen returned, becoming foreign... Read more |
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Lon Nol
Lon Nol , 1913-85, Cambodian general and political leader. He became defense minister and army chief of staff in 1955 in Norodom Sihanouk 's government. He served as premier (1966-67) under Sihanouk. In 1970, he led the coup that deposed Sihanouk, and assumed control of the government. He attempted... Read more |
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Rouge
Rouge , river, c.30 mi (50 km) long, rising in S Michigan and winding S and SE to the Detroit River at the city of River Rouge. Dearborn and part of Detroit also lie on the river, which carries much of the raw material used by Detroit's industries.... Read more |
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Dith Pran
Dith Pran Dith Pran (born 1942) became known to moviegoers in the West as his story was portrayed in The Killing Fields (1984). When the Communist forces of the Khmer Rouge took control of his homeland in 1975, Pran and his compatriots experienced almost unimaginable suffering. Four years later... Read more |
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