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Khmer Rouge No. 2 charged with war crimes
19 Sep 2007 12:27:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
PHNOM PENH, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Khmer Rouge "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's top surviving henchman, was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity on Wednesday by the United Nations-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal.

A court spokesman said the octogenarian communist guerrilla had been placed in court custody after a short hearing before Cambodian and international judges.


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