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Transgender woman speaks out on sex abuses, Khmer Rouge trials
Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have been accused of many atrocities, but today a 68 year-old transgender woman added a new dimension to the saga when she revealed shocking details of her oppression under... Scotch Purists Beware
“There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whiskey.” I've been a single malt man for quite some time now, and I don't see myself rushing out to try the Frankenstein... Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court
" Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary has appeared before Cambodia's genocide tribunal to appeal against his detention. The 82-year-old has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Maoist regime's four-year rule in the late...Obama campaign: Dems denied primary vote
"BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Obama campaign charged Saturday that Democrats in Louisiana discovered when they tried to vote in the primary that their registrations had been changed.The campaign asked the Louisiana Secretary of State for assistance, the New Orleans... Former Khmer Rouge leader detained
One of the top known surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia was arrested today. Nuon Chea at the age of 82 years old was taken Phnom Penn, Cambodia for a hearing in front of A U.N backed genocide...
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Khmer Rouge Trials Mired in Corruption
This one sent my corruption-meter into the red. I thought the point of the Khmer Rouge trials was to, well, put the Khmer Rouge leaders o n trial, not raise funds for the Cambodian Bar Association. In the...On Iraq, U.S. Turns to Onetime Dissenters
"Timothy M. Carney went to Baghdad in April 2003 to run Iraq's Ministry of Industry and Minerals. Unlike many of his compatriots in the Green Zone, the rangy, retired American ambassador wasn't fazed by chaos. He'd been in Saigon during the Tet Offensive, Phnom Penh as it was...Genocide site in Cambodia draws tourists (AP)
" By DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 13, 4:05 PM ET ANLONG VENG, Cambodia - Call it crass, macabre or educational, but Pol Pot's shabby grave and a towering stack of his victims' skulls are drawing a growing number of visitors to Cambodia's genocide trail....
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