Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister, looks on during a hearing Wednesday

Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister, looks on during a hearing Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thirith, facing charges of crimes against humanity before Cambodia's U.N.-assisted genocide tribunal, appealed for release from pretrial detention Wednesday.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)


Cambodians stand line to attend the hearing for Ieng Thirith, former minister of social affairs of the communist Khmer Rouge regime, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 21, 2008 . Thirith, the wife of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary, made her first public appearance at the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

A Muslim Cambodian woman waits in a line in front of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal headquarters before a hearing of Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge's 76-year-old former head of state, has been rushed to a hospital with high blood pressure, as one of his ex-comrades appeared before the tribunal.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodians and foreigners wait in front of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal headquarters before a hearing of Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge's 76-year-old former head of state, has been rushed to a hospital with high blood pressure, as one of his ex-comrades appeared before the tribunal.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodians wait in front of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal headquarters before a hearing of Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge's 76-year-old former head of state, has been rushed to a hospital with high blood pressure, as one of his ex-comrades appeared before the tribunal.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Officials of Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal conduct hearing of Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister, unseen, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thirith, facing charges of crimes against humanity before Cambodia's U.N.-assisted genocide tribunal, appealed for release from pretrial detention Wednesday.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Ieng Thirith (C), former minister of social affairs of the communist Khmer Rouge regime, attends a hearing at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 21, 2008 . Thirith, the wife of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary, made her first public appearance at the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

Ieng Thirith, a former Khmer Rouge social affairs minister, sits with her arms folded in the dock during a hearing Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thirith, facing charges of crimes against humanity before Cambodia's U.N.-assisted genocide tribunal, appealed for release from pretrial detention Wednesday.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Ieng Thirith, former minister of social affairs of the communist Khmer Rouge regime, is helped by a police officer at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 21, 2008. Thirith, the wife of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary, made her first public appearance at the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

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