Cambodia readies for first KRouge trial
Former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as 'Duch,' looks on during a hearing Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A U.N. backed tribunal is set to begin on Feb. 17, 2009, of five Khmer Rouge leaders accused of crimes against humanity. According to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, 'Duch' will be the first leader to be tried. At least 1.5 million people died of disease, executions or were worked to death during the Khmer Rouge's reign from 1975 to 1979. With no death penalty in Cambodia, the maximum sentence 'Duch' could face would be life imprisonment.(AP Photo/David Longstreath) 
Portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime are displayed at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 15, 2009. The 1975-79 period of Khmer Rouge rule claimed an estimated 1.7 million lives.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Busts of Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge regime, are displayed inside a cage at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 15, 2009. The 1975-79 period of Khmer Rouge rule claimed an estimated 1.7 million lives.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
A beggar sleeps near a popular temple along the Mekong river Phnom Penh, Cambodia, early Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. While attention in Cambodia is focused on the upcoming trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, daily life in the Cambodian capital remains much the same as before.(AP Photo/David Longstreath) 
Pip, a 40-year-old former soldier and landmine victim, speaks to friends on the banks of the Tonle Sap river in central Phnom Penh February 16, 2009. On Tuesday, Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal will try the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the 1970s.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
Pip, a 40-year-old former soldier and landmine victim, walks towards a market outside the Royal Palace in central Phnom Penh February 16, 2009. On Tuesday, Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal will try the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the 1970s.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
An infant lies in an hammock in a homeless community outside the Royal Palace in central Phnom Penh February 16, 2009. On Tuesday, Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal will try the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the 1970s.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
French lawyer Francois Roux, co-lawyer for former chief of S-21 torture centre Kaing Guek Eav, who is also known as Duch, speaks during an interview at his house in Phnom Penh February 16, 2009.REUTERS/Chor sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Tourists look at portraits of victims displayed in the infamous Tuol sleng Khmer Rouge prison, also known as S21, where thousands of Cambodians died during the brutal 1975-79 regime.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
Former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as 'Duch,' looks on during a hearing Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A U.N. backed tribunal is set to begin on Feb. 17, 2009, of five Khmer Rouge leaders accused of crimes against humanity. According to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, 'Duch' will be the first leader to be tried. At least 1.5 million people died of disease, executions or were worked to death during the Khmer Rouge's reign from 1975 to 1979. With no death penalty in Cambodia, the maximum sentence 'Duch' could face would be life imprisonment.(AP Photo/David Longstreath) 
Portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime are displayed at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 15, 2009. The 1975-79 period of Khmer Rouge rule claimed an estimated 1.7 million lives.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Busts of Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge regime, are displayed inside a cage at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh February 15, 2009. The 1975-79 period of Khmer Rouge rule claimed an estimated 1.7 million lives.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
A beggar sleeps near a popular temple along the Mekong river Phnom Penh, Cambodia, early Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. While attention in Cambodia is focused on the upcoming trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, daily life in the Cambodian capital remains much the same as before.(AP Photo/David Longstreath) 
Pip, a 40-year-old former soldier and landmine victim, speaks to friends on the banks of the Tonle Sap river in central Phnom Penh February 16, 2009. On Tuesday, Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal will try the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the 1970s.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
Pip, a 40-year-old former soldier and landmine victim, walks towards a market outside the Royal Palace in central Phnom Penh February 16, 2009. On Tuesday, Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal will try the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the 1970s.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
An infant lies in an hammock in a homeless community outside the Royal Palace in central Phnom Penh February 16, 2009. On Tuesday, Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal will try the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the 1970s.REUTERS/Adrees Latif (CAMBODIA)
French lawyer Francois Roux, co-lawyer for former chief of S-21 torture centre Kaing Guek Eav, who is also known as Duch, speaks during an interview at his house in Phnom Penh February 16, 2009.REUTERS/Chor sokunthea (CAMBODIA)
Tourists look at portraits of victims displayed in the infamous Tuol sleng Khmer Rouge prison, also known as S21, where thousands of Cambodians died during the brutal 1975-79 regime.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri) 
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It sounds terrible there. On reading this you can only wonder at the human strength of spirit to survive it. My thoughts are there.
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