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Cambodia's Demining HeroVoice of AmericaAki Ra, a former Khmer Rouge child soldier, has been clearing mines since 1992, when he received training from United Nations personnel who came to Cambodia ...
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Boston GlobeCambodian Premier says No More Khmer Rouge TrialsVoice of AmericaCamdodia's prime minister says the four former Khmer Rouge leaders awaiting trial next year would be the last to be prosecuted. Hun Sen put not one, ...Cambodian PM wants UN rights official sackedReuters CanadaCambodia rebuffs UN chief on Khmer Rouge trialsThe Associated PressCambodian PM says no third Khmer Rouge trialAFPUPI.com -Monsters and Critics.com -Financial Timesall 185 news articles »
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'Nhem En Village' plannedPhnom Penh PostA former photographer at the Khmer Rouge regime's most notorious detention facility plans to found a village in his name near a museum in Oddar Meanchey ...and more »
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Cambodia rebuffs UN chief on Khmer Rouge trialsCTV.caAP PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia will not allow the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal to prosecute former low-ranking officers of the genocidal regime ...
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Cambodian PM says no third Khmer Rouge trialSin Chew Jit PohIn its first trial the UN-backed court in July sentenced former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, to 30 years in jail for ...
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Book Review: A Story of Unimaginable EvilAsia Sentinel€10.99, £7.99 In 1975, Savathy Kim was a young college girl studying law when the Khmer Rouge swept into Phnom Penh. Her story, first told in French under ...
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Prosecutors seek life sentence for K Rouge jailerAsiaOnePROSECUTORS at a UN-backed court in Cambodia yesterday demanded an increased sentence of life imprisonment for a former Khmer Rouge prison chief convicted ...Justice, not catharsisDeccan Chronicleall 2 news articles »
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France24Life term sought for Khmer Rouge jailer sentenced to 19 years for war crimes ...The Canadian PressPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Prosecutors have appealed for a life sentence against the former Khmer Rouge jailer who in July received what many considered a ...Cambodia prosecutors seek life for K.Rouge jailerAFPCambodia prosecutors seek life for DuchSydney Morning HeraldProsecution presses for longer term for Khmer Rouge war criminal DuchMonsters and Critics.comPhnom Penh Post -Free Speech Radio Newsall 35 news articles »
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Khmer Rouge inmates moved amid flood risk at jailThe Associated PressPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal has moved its five Khmer Rouge prisoners out of the custom-built jail in Phnom Penh where ...and more »
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Hard turn for Khmer Rouge trialAsia Times OnlineProvincial governor Y Chhean was formerly the head of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's bodyguards; another deputy governor, Ieng Vuth, is the son of former ...Providence businessman sentenced for tax evasion, fraudProvidence Journal (blog)Rhode Island businessman sentenced for fraud, tax evasionProvidence Journalall 17 news articles »
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...PENH - In a historic first, a UN-backed court Monday sentenced a Khmer Rouge prison chief to 30 years in jail for crimes against humanity over mass executions during Cambodia's "Killing Fields" era. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, is the first...
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...accordance with the Communist Party of Kampuchea policy to smash all enemies,” he added. Tuol Sleng was the centre of the Khmer Rouge security apparatus and thousands of inmates were taken from there for execution in a nearby orchard that served as a “Killing...
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Dawn
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...international co-prosecutor recommended five more suspects be investigated. Hun Sen said arresting more suspects could spark a civil war. - While there is no evidence linking him to any atrocities, his government includes many former Khmer Rouge cadres....
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The Telegraph
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...government that has never fully backed the tribunal and has some historical ties to the Khmer Rouge. Many former Khmer Rouge members are now part of Cambodia's civil service and occupy top positions in provincial and central government and experts say they...
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...up proceedings with repetitive or irrelevant questions. The Documentation Centre of Cambodia, which collects evidence of Khmer Rouge crimes and estimates about five million survivors of the regime are still alive, accuses the tribunal of failing to invest...
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press gang at war over Flynn `find'The AustralianWith his companion Dana Stone, Flynn was probably captured and killed by the Khmer Rouge, but their remains have never been found, despite intensive ...
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Airing memories of Khmer Rouge atrocities helps some victims recoverLos Angeles TimesAbout 170 Cambodian refugees in the US told their stories to be used at trial against Khmer Rouge leaders accused of crimes against humanity. ...Long Beach's Cambodian-Americans revisit darkest of timesLong Beach Press-Telegramall 3 news articles »
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Court extends detention of 3 ex-Khmer Rouge leadersKyodo NewsIeng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge minister of social affairs, attends a public hearing at the UN-backed tribunal at the Extraordinary Chambers in the ...
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MSN Philippines NewsUN-backed tribunal denies appeal for release of three Khmer Rouge leadersUN News Centre30 April 2010 – The United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia dealing with mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge three decades ago ...Khmer Rouge tribunal denies appeals for 3 releaseseTaiwan NewsCambodia court rejects bail for K.Rouge leadersBangkok PostCSULB professor urges Cambodians to testify to history at eventContra Costa TimesMonsters and Critics.comall 17 news articles »
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This Week On TVNZ 7VoxyWORLD'S BEST - Unreported World - Selling the Killing Fields, Tuesday 18 May, 7.35pm: Thirty years on from the fall of the Khmer Rouge, and at the same time ...and more »
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Cambodian lessons for South KoreaAsia Times OnlineFor precedent, it's tempting to turn to the case of Cambodia after the victory of the Khmer Rouge in April 1975. The Dear Leader's rule may not be cruelest ...and more »
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US Embassy in Cambodia Says Remains Are Not US PhotographerVoice of AmericaThe two were not seen again, and were presumed captured and killed by the Khmer Rouge. But last month two amateur excavators said they had found Flynn's ...Remembering the Khmer Rouge horrorCathNews Asia (blog)Flynn link to Cambodia bones rejectedABC OnlineHuman remains unlikely to be missing US war photographer Sean FlynnEarthtimes (press release)Express Buzz -Viet Nam News -People's Daily Onlineall 14 news articles »
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Hollywood Today NewsmagazineKhmer Rouge Leadership ArrestedVoice of AmericaThe former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan has been arrested. He is the last of five senior Khmer Rouge leaders detained under the authority of Cambodia's ...Supporting Khmer Rouge TribunalVoice of AmericaWounds remain 35 years after Khmer Rouge rise to powerLaredo SunFilm shown in Club exposes truth of Cambodian genocideThe East TexanAmerican Thinkerall 6 news articles »
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AFPClinton praises Khmer Rouge prosecutions in New Year greetingAFPThis past year, Cambodians marked a historic milestone when, for the first time in three decades, a former Khmer Rouge official was held accountable for his ...Cambodia's new battle: Reconciling with the Khmer Rouge (Feature)Monsters and Critics.comall 6 news articles »
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Full Frame Documentary Film FestivalThe Independent WeeklyHis father and brother were both murdered by the Khmer Rouge during its terrifying reign in the late '70s, and his mother died in childbirth after she was ...and more »
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Salem-News.ComThe Mysterious Disappearance of Sean Flynn and Dana StoneSalem-News.ComKhmer Rouge guerrilla fighters were growing and becoming increasingly organized. While Sihanouk was in Moscow, on 18 March 1970, General Lon Nol took ...Commentary: Remembering two of the missing from a long-ago warMcClatchy Washington Bureauall 2 news articles »
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China PostRemains of Journalists May Have Surfaced in CambodiaVoice of AmericaThey disappeared on April 6, 1970, and are believed to have been captured by Vietnamese troops and handed over to the Khmer Rouge, who eventually killed ...New Revelations on 40th Anniversary of Sean Flynn's DisappearanceThe Takeawayall 23 news articles »
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Khmer Rouge survivor celebrates EasterKLTVA Cambodian native, he was held in concentration camps under the brutal 1970's regime of the Khmer Rouge. His only crime , he was a 24 year old college ...and more »
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New York TimesFrom California to Cambodia, Fighting for WomenNew York TimesMs. Mu Sochua was still in California when the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia in 1975 and began mass killings that would take 1.7 million lives over ...Fighting for Women's Rights in CambodiaDaily Beastall 4 news articles »
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SGGPUS to give $5M for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge trialeTaiwan NewsAP The United States will contribute $5 million to the UN-backed genocide tribunal trying members of the communist Khmer Rouge. US Ambassador-at-Large for ...US pledges 5 million dollars to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunalEarthtimes (press release)A History Tour of Phnom Penh's BuildingsForbesBone find may solve mystery of Errol Flynn's sonABC OnlineMonsters and Critics.com -WWF International -Phnom Penh Postall 27 news articles »
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Daily MailRemains of Errol Flynn's son, photographer Sean Flynn, may have been found in ...New York Daily News... was 28 and shooting for Time Magazine when he and Dana Stone, a buddy from CBS, were captured by Khmer Rouge guerrillas on April 6, 1970. ...Embassy: Remains could belong to Errol Flynn's sonThe Associated PressRemains of Errol Flynn's son Sean 'discovered' in CambodiaTelegraph.co.ukHow Errol Flynn's son was lost in CambodiaIndependentThe Australian -Times Online -Salem-News.Comall 285 news articles »
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Plain DealerReliving the horror of the Khmer Rouge in `Enemies of the People'Plain DealerBy Clint O'Connor, The Plain Dealer OLD STREET FILMSThet Sambath, left, asks Nuon Chea about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge. What: A documentary about the ...Troops linked to sugar firmPhnom Penh PostRiel 30th anniversaryPhnom Penh Postall 10 news articles »
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Khmer Rouge Trial Reopens Old WoundsChristian Broadcasting NetworkPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Out of five leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, Kaing Guek Eav is the first to be tried in court. ...Beat of the Khmer heartSydney Morning HeraldCambodia's dark past clouds mindsGlobalPostCambodia's Mobile Market Growing by Over 50 PercentTMC NetPhnom Penh Post -i-to-i Chalkboard (blog) -Washington Postall 284 news articles »
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An international tribunal in Cambodia charged the country’s former head of state with genocide today, in a move that could further delay the drawn out trials of former leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime.
Khieu Samphan became the third
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Times Online
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's former president under the Khmer Rouge, Khiew Samphan, was charged on Friday with genocide by the U.N.-backed war crimes court.
He is the most senior Khmer Rouge leader to face charges in connection with the deaths of 1
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charged with genocide
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PHNOM PENH: Former Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea and foreign minister Ieng Sary were both charged with genocide this week for their roles in the communist regimes killing of ethnic Vietnamese
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The News
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Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court has for the first time issued genocide charges against two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, a tribunal spokesman said Wednesday.
Former Khmer Rouge number two Nuon Chea and foreign minister Ieng Sary were
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The Age
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Victims of the Khmer Rouge are holding a conference discussing the role they are playing at a UN-backed tribunal taking place in Cambodia. Five former Khmer Rouge leaders have been charged with crimes against humanity. A first trial ended with
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BBC News
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PHNOM PENH, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer expressed "excruciating remorse" on Wednesday for more than 14,000 people killed under his watch at a notorious prison during Cambodia's ultra-Maoist revolution of the 1970s.
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Reuters Alert Net
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Most Cambodians have no memory of life under the brutal Khmer Rouge.
THE wizened Comrade Duch has become the face of the Khmer Rouge trials. Known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the clunky, UN-backed tribunal will wind up its
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The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/killing-fields-trial-has-little-meaning-today-20091124-jhar.html
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(For the main story on the trial please click on [ID:nBKK186652]. For a Q&A on the tribunal click on [ID:nBKK490936])
Nov 23 (Reuters) - Closing arguments began on Monday in the trial of chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch, the first senior Pol Pot
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(For a Factbox on the Khmer Rouge, click on [ID:nBKK383182] and for a Q&A on the tribunal click on [ID:nBKK490936]
PHNOM PENH, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer ran a camp "dedicated to death" with broad autonomy, a lawyer said on
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Reuters Alert Net
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Closing arguments begin next Monday in the trial of chief Khmer Rouge interrogator Duch, the first senior Pol Pot cadre to face a U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal investigating Cambodia's genocide.
Here are some facts about the Khmer Rouge and how
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The Post Chronicle
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Students can rarely have seemed so enthusiastic about receiving a textbook. Even though it was not a school day, dozens of them made their way in to Sisowath High School in the centre of Phnom Penh for a presentation ceremony. School and government
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BBC News
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Poor villagers in a northwestern Cambodian village plan to raise money to help restore a Khmer Rouge communal dining hall to serve as a reminder of the hunger people endured during the regime's brutal rule in the 1970s.
Several panels of the
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Taiwan News
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PHNOM PENH, Sep 23 (IPS) - After 72 days of hearings, the first international trial of a Khmer Rouge regime member has wrapped up its often horrific testimony in the Cambodian capital.
Comrade Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek
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Inter Press Service
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The former chief of the Khmer Rouge's main torture center, being tried by a U.N.-backed tribunal on genocide charges, asked the Cambodian people Wednesday to give him "the harshest punishment."
The statement from Kaing Guek Eav, who headed the
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Fresno Bee
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For Jacques Vergès, no client is indefensible. But does his defence of a top Khmer Rouge leader undermine the principles he has spent his career proclaiming? Stéphanie Giry reports
Khieu Samphan and Jacques Vergès, two old men with thin-rimmed glasses
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The National Newspaper
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