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Closing Arguments End In War Crimes Trial Of Former Khmer Rouge Commander

Friday, November 27th, 2009
(RTTNews) - The final arguments in the war crimes trial of a former Khmer Rouge commander accused of torturing and killing thousands of Cambodians ended on Friday, with the accused making a surprise ...

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Notorious Khmer Rouge jailer seeks acquittal

Friday, November 27th, 2009
The former Khmer Rouge cadre on trial for running the regime’s most notorious prison yesterday unexpectedly asked judges to acquit him of crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and tortureKaing...

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Cambodian ex-prison chief pleads for release

Friday, November 27th, 2009
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - After claiming to feel great remorse for his part in Khmer Rouge atrocities, the defendant in Cambodia's first genocide trial on Friday surprised the court with a last-minu...

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Khmer Rouge Trial Adjourns; Accused Death Camp Commander Awaits Sentence

Friday, November 27th, 2009
In the last minutes of his trial, the man accused of running a Khmer Rouge death camp Friday asked for an acquittal. The three Cambodian and two international judges ignored the request and ended the ...

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Thai Buddhism preaches respect for life, the government sentences to death

Friday, November 27th, 2009
For supporters it is a deterrent against crime. Those who fight for its repeal contend: it violates human rights and will not prevent serious crime. For the Thai prime minister, "the majority is in fa...

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Khmer Rouge war-crimes trial of prison chief Duch closes in surprise twist

Friday, November 27th, 2009
Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, sits next to a security guard on the fifth day of the closing arguments in his trial by a U.N.-backed tribunal at the Ext...

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Cambodia promotes special Olympic sports event

Friday, November 27th, 2009
Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation with the support from Australian Embassy held the special Olympic sport tournament o...

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Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal

Friday, November 27th, 2009
U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of the ultra-communist regime to face justice.Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch,...

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Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief asks tribunal for release

Friday, November 27th, 2009
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia ? The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of deaths at an infamous torture centre asked Cambodia's genocide tribunal to release him Friday, citing the decade he alr...

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Free me, says Khmer Rouge mass murderer

Friday, November 27th, 2009
The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of deaths at an infamous torture centre asked Cambodia’s genocide tribunal to release him today saying he had already spent 10 years in jail awaitin...

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