Khmer Rouge leader asks for bail
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Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea appears in court to appeal against his detention by a genocide tribunal.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia  - Cambodian King Norodom  Sihanouk offered to abdicate Thursday, sick and dismayed at  political infighting in his impoverished country as it  struggles to recover from the "Killing Fields" era.
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One of Thailand's new military rulers pleads for international understanding of the reasons behind the coup.
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A Syrian court has released on bail a human rights activist charged with tarnishing the country's image but considered by advocacy groups to be a prisoner of conscience, one of his attorneys said Monday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 2 -- A coalition of 300 Iraqi tribal leaders on Saturday demanded the release of Saddam Hussein so he could reclaim the presidency and also called for armed resistance against U.S.-led forces.
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Some 600 hundred protesters, including Buddhist nuns and Cambodian Muslims, marched in the capital Tuesday to urge a speedier trial for former leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge
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August 18, 2004UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday called on Burma&#39;s military government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and to speed up political reform. He also called on the region&#39;s ...
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A warrant has been issued to detain Cambodia's ousted royalist leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who has left the country and failed twice to appear in court, officials said.
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PAILIN, Cambodia  - The most senior surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge, "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, was placed under house arrest on Wednesday and was expected to be moved to Phnom Penh soon, his son and officials said.
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Chem Mey has been waiting a quarter century for Khmer Rouge leaders to be brought to trial. &quot;I&#39;m happy about the news, but I cannot yet put my heart to believe it will
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Cambodia's King Sihanouk has announced his wish to abdicate, his son tells the country's National Assembly.
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The head of the UN mission in East Timor on Monday urged rebels accused of trying to kill the nation's top two leaders last week to surrender, as one person was arrested in connection with the attacks.
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Cambodia has finally arrested its most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader. But the nationâs fight for justice and legal reform is far from over.
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A prominent Syrian human rights activist urges the government to halt his trial after it is adjourned.
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Cambodia's retired King Norodom Sihanouk has confirmed that he will not retake the throne despite the pleas of his nation to change his mind.
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Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan urges his PKK followers to implement a new ceasefire.
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A U.S. magistrate ordered the alleged ringleader of a plot to overthrow the communist government of Laos released on bail Thursday, allowing him to return home under strict conditions.