1994: Nearly two decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. President Bill Clinton announces the lifting of the 19-year-old trade embargo against Vietnam, citing the cooperation of Vietnam’s communist government in helping the United States locate the 2,238 Americans still listed as missing in the Vietnam War http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clinton-ends-vietnam-trade-embargo
2002: In Cambodia, First local elections since the restoration of democracy. Prime Minister Hun Sen party wins 60 % of the votes, the Funcinpec (royalist) a little less than 20 %, and the PSR (Sam Rainsi) also around 20 %
2005: Sam Rainsy, leader of the only one Cambodian opposition party, the PSR (15 députés), flees the country after his parliamentary privilege has been removed for slandering the government http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2002: In Cambodia, First local elections since the restoration of democracy. Prime Minister Hun Sen party wins 60 % of the votes, the Funcinpec (royalist) a little less than 20 %, and the PSR (Sam Rainsi) also around 20 %
2005: Sam Rainsy, leader of the only one Cambodian opposition party, the PSR (15 députés), flees the country after his parliamentary privilege has been removed for slandering the government http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm
2006: Sheik Hasina, president of the Awami League, main Bangladeshi opposition party, decides to put an end to the one-year boycott of parliament, but announces that demonstrations will continue
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