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Khmer Rouge trials begin

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In Cambodia, the first trial has begun of a Khmer Rouge leader, under whose rule as many as two million people died during the 1970s.

Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Comrade Duch, faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Guy Delauney reports from Phnom Penh.

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