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CAMBODIA'S HUN SEN IN TOKYO
Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, during his official visit to Japan, speaks to the press in Tokyo on June 14, 2007. He expressed strong desire for a quick commencement of the trial of the Pol Pot regime, stressing that a bright future of his country cannot come until its justice is done. During his visit, he meets business leaders to lure more trade with and investment in Cambodia. (UPI Photo/keizo Mori)

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The second in command of Cambodia's deadly Khmer Rouge regime during the 1970s will stand trial next year charged with genocide, torture and religious persecution.
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ARLINGTON, Va., April 3 (UPI) -- U.S. military expert Anthony Cordesman claims the Bush administration has fielded "the worst wartime national security team in United States history." That's pretty harsh.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The accused war criminal who served as chief interrogator for the Khmer Rouge is to guide his judges around a torture center and execution site.
OSLO, Norway, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A survey of Norwegian high school students has found a majority of those polled could not define Gulag or identify Pol Pot.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan was arrested by a United Nations-backed genocide tribunal trying those accused of mass killings in Cambodia.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Cambodian police took a man and his wife into detention Monday in Phnom Penh for questioning about their roles in the Khmer Rouge militant regime.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, July 31 (UPI) -- The man who ran a Khmer Rouge prison in Cambodia where many inmates were allegedly brutalized in the 1970s was charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity.
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