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Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal
(Recasts, adds Cambodian reaction) By Ek Madra PHNOM PENH, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of ... Full Article
Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of the ultra-communist regime to face justice. Full Article
Khmer Rouge chief torturer seeks acquittal at trial
By Ek Madra PHNOM PENH, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer asked to be freed on 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. The ... Full Article
Thai and Cambodian defense ministers vow to keep peace
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand and Cambodia said on Friday a recent diplomatic row will not lead to conflict on their heavily armed common border where troops have clashed in deadly exchanges in the past year. Full Article
Q+A: How bad is the Thai-Cambodian spat?
(Reuters) - Thailand and Cambodia are embroiled in a diplomatic stand-off over the appointment of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, on the run from a graft conviction, as an adviser to the Cambodian government. Full Article
Khmer Rouge torturer had to "kill or be killed"
By Ek Madra PHNOM PENH, Nov 26 (Reuters) - 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 ... Full Article
Thai anti-government protesters postpone rally
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Supporters of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Wednesday they had postponed indefinitely an anti-government rally due to start this weekend, which had rattled financial markets. Full Article
Khmer Rouge jailer expresses "excruciating remorse"
(Adds quotes from Khmer Rouge survivors, Duch's lawyer) By Ek Madra 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 ... Full Article
Khmer Rouge jailer expresses "excruciating remorse"
PHNOM PENH (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. Full Article
Myanmar cyclone survivors still need shelter - U.N.
BANGKOK, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes 18 months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, killing at least 140,000, the United Nations said on Wednesday. International donors pledged ... Full Article
