News: March 2009 Archives

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The Khmer Rouge trial gets substantial

by Isabelle Roughol on 31 March 2009

I witnessed today the first day of substantive hearing of Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the former chairman of the famed Phnom Penh detention center S-21 who was charged (among other things) with crimes against humanity. (From 1975......more

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Wait and See...

by strickarchive@gmail.com on 30 March 2009

Tribal elders in Kandahar like to explain how they're waiting to see what will happen before committing themselves to any particular 'side'.  Well, we've all been waiting to hear from President Obama on his grand plan for Afghanistan and......more