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Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders
Click photo to enlarge | Cambodian former Khmer Rouge servitors, Soum Rithy, left, and Chum Mey, right, embrace each other after the verdicts were announced, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in ... (photo: AP Photo)

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Nuon Chea, who was the Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist and No. 2 leader, sits in the court room of a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, the tribunal on Thursday sentenced Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, two top leaders of the former regime, to life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country's 1970s terror period that left close to 2 million people dead.

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Khmer Rouge trial verdict due in Phnom Penh
7 August 2014 Last updated at 02:01 BST | A verdict is due in the first trial of the last two surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime. | Khieu Samphan, the former head of state, and Nuon Ch... (photo: AP / Mark Peters)

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The Times Of India
Hospitality industry thanks Mumbai police commissioner for clearing air over closing hours
MUMBAI: The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Western India (HRAWI) has appreciated police commissioner Rakesh Maria's efforts for bringing clarity in the service and closure timings for the hospita... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

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The Hindu
Air Seychelles direct flight from India soon
To smoothen communication between the two countries and deepen tourism ties, Air Seychelles will soon begin direct flights between Mumbai and Seychelles, Seychelles Tourism and Culture Minister Alain ... (photo: Creative Commons / Aero Icarus)

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Gunman kills US general near Kabul
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The Hindu
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