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Sat 12 Dec 2009Former Khmer Rouge leader accused of genocide
A UN-BACKED tribunal in Cambodia has accused the Khmer Rouge’s former head of state, Khieu Samphan, of genocide.
The allegation is the latest charge against a senior member of the communist regime responsible for the deaths of nearly two million people during its 1975-79 reign of terror.
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