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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 7:38 am ET
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch stunned Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday by unexpectedly asking judges to acquit and release him on the final day of his trial.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 4:52 am ET
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer asked to be freed Friday, the final day of testimony for the first member of Cambodia's brutal former regime to face justice, saying he was not a top leader.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 10:14 pm ET
The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia's roads -- not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek's outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 1:13 am ET
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch asked Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday to acquit and release him, in a surprise development on the final day of arguments in his nine-month trial.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 11:33 pm ET
Closing arguments were expected to conclude Friday in the genocide trial of a Khmer Rouge prison chief, with the two sides sparing over how much the former Cambodian school teacher should be held accountable for the regime's brutality.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 12:43 am ET
The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of death at an infamous torture center has asked Cambodia's genocide tribunal to release him, citing the decade he already has served in jail and his cooperation.
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UPI - Fri Nov 27, 7:20 am ET
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Former Khmer Rouge prison warden Duch asked for release on the last day of his war crimes trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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indieWIRE - Wed Dec 2, 4:12 pm ET
This year’s 12 films were selected from 782 international documentary submissions. A Film Unfinished/Germany, Israel (Director: Yael Hersonski)—Film reels uncovered in Nazi archives reveal the mechanisms used to stage Warsaw Ghetto life—images which have shaped our view of history. World Premiere Enemies of the People/Cambodia, United Kingdom (Directors: Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath)—A young ...
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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 1:45 am ET
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch asked a court to acquit and release him as his nine-month trial comes to an end in Cambodia, Agence France-Presse reported.
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CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 1, 9:25 am ET
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design and build Electricité du Cambodge's National Control Centre and Energy Management System in Phnom Penh.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:58 am ET
The lawyer for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge jail chief urged judges Thursday to recognise his client's remorse, as the landmark first UN-backed trial over the "Killing Fields" era draws to a close.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 3:32 am ET
Lawyers for the Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of killings in Cambodia accused prosecutors Thursday of making him a scapegoat for all the horrors committed by the regime.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 2:13 am ET
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer had to "kill or be killed" and operate like an "obedient machine," his lawyer said on Thursday in defending the first member of Cambodia's murderous regime to face justice.
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New York Times - Fri Nov 27, 9:38 pm ET
The trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief ended Friday with the defendant unexpectedly asking to be set free despite his admission of guilt.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 3:56 am ET
Phnom Penh - The defence in Cambodia's war crimes tribunal on Wednesday said their client, Comrade Duch, has been made a scapegoat for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Kar Savuth, Duch's Cambodian defence lawyer, sai...