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Cambodia

Missing lawyer delays Khmer Rouge tribunal hearing

Missing lawyer delays Khmer Rouge tribunal hearing Phnom Penh - Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Friday postponed a hearing of the regime's former head of state after his controversial French lawyer failed to appear at court.

Khieu Samphan, 77, was in court to appeal an extension of his pre-trial detention, but judges adjourned the hearing until April 3 after it was revealed that international co-defence lawyer Jacques Verges was still in France.

Khmer Rouge foreign minister too ill to attend genocide tribunal

Phnom Penh - Judges at Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday postponed a hearing for the fallen regime's ailing former foreign minister after doctors declared him too ill to attend court.

Ieng Sary, 83, was due in court to appeal an order to extend his pre-trial detention but an early-morning health check found him unfit to attend the session.

Prosecutors and defence lawyers argued over whether to hold the hearing in his absence, but judges decided to adjourn the hearing to April 1.

The former schoolteacher suffers from heart disease and high blood pressure and was rushed to hospital on Monday night after blood was found in his urine.

It was his ninth hospitalization since he was arrested in November 2007.

Thailand to return smuggled artifacts to Cambodia

Thailand to return smuggled artifacts to CambodiaBangkok  - Thailand's government has decided to return to Cambodia seven artifacts smuggled into the kingdom almost 10 years ago, media reports said Wednesday.

The Thai cabinet approved the diplomatic gesture at its weekly meeting Tuesday, days before Thailand hosts the 14th Summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, which will be attended by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Khmer Rouge "first lady" appears before Cambodian genocide tribunal

Cambodia's most powerful union declares itself non-politicalPhnom Penh - The former "first lady" of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime told the UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Tuesday her accusers would be "cursed to the seventh level of hell" for implicating her in the deaths of up to 2 million people three decades ago.

Ieng Thirith, 76, faces charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed while she was minister for social affairs during the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 reign.

First stage of historic Khmer Rouge trial ends

Cambodia firm on temple dispute, soldiers to receive private aid Phnom Penh - The long-awaited first hearing before Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal ended Wednesday after a heated debate between lawyers over the admissibility of new evidence in the trial of the genocidal regime's former chief torturer.

Presiding judge Nil Nonn said a date for the next hearing in the trial of former Tuol Sleng torture facility chief Kaing Guek Eav, known by his revolutionary name Duch, would be announced "in due course."

First trial begins at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal

First trial begins at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunalPhnom Penh  - The historic first trial of a former Khmer Rouge leader began Tuesday in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

Former Tuol Sleng torture facility chairman Kaing Guek Eav, known by his revolutionary name Duch, entered the court room just after 9 am.

Duch faces charges of crimes against humanity, torture, premeditated murder and breaches of the Geneva Conventions.

He will not be called on to testify during Tuesday's hearing.

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