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CAMBODIA
Landmark Khmer Rouge trial continues
Kaing Guek Eav, aka Comrade Duch, is the first senior Khmer Rouge leader to answer for his actions before an international court. The trial of the former director of interrogation centre S-21, where more than 15,000 people were killed, began today.
WEB NEWS
Al-Bashir arrest warrant rumour on the Web
Today on the Web: Rumours about Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir possibly indicted by the International Criminal Court with alleged war crimes in Darfur shakes the Web. Also: Republicans look to 2012 by investing in the Web.
WAR CRIMES
Nazi 'Doctor Death' found refuge in Cairo, died in 1992
Aribert Heim, one of the most wanted Nazi war criminals who was dubbed "Doctor Death," has been dead since 1992, according to media reports on Wednesday. Heim lived out his years as a Muslim in a small hotel on the edge of Cairo.
SERBIA - KOSOVO
Former Milosevic aide on trial for war crimes
The trial of Vlastimir Djordjevic, a former Serbian general and aide to ex-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, has begun at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Charges against Djordjevic include crimes against humanity.
GAZA RAIDS
Israeli army investigates use of white phosphorus
The Israeli army is investigating whether paratroop reservists used white phosphorus munitions in populated areas during Israel's recent offensive in Gaza. Israeli media say the inquiry is focusing on an incident that took place in Beit Lahiya.
DR CONGO
ICC holds final hearings on Bemba charges
The International Criminal Court are holding a final day of hearings to decide whether Jean-Pierre Bemba, former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, should face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
DR CONGO
Bemba rejects ICC war crimes charges
Congolese former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba rejected war crimes charges, including using rape as a weapon of war. Arrested last May, he faces an on-going pre-trial hearing at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
DR CONGO
ICC to hear war crimes charges against former rebel leader
International Criminal Court judges will begin hearing evidence advocating bringing Congolese former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba to trial for war crimes. Bemba is charged with five counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity.
WAR CRIMES - EU
Serbia clueless but determined to hunt down Mladic
The United Nations' chief war crimes prosecutor began a two-day visit to Serbia, seen by Belgrade as a chance to show its own determination to arrest remaining war crimes fugitives including Ratko Mladic and unblock its path to the EU.
BALKAN WARS
Trial of Serb war crime suspect to resume
The trial of Serb ultranationalist leader Vojislav Seselj, who stands accused of war crimes during the 1990s Balkan wars, will resume next Tuesday following an adjournment after the suspected war criminal asked to defend himself.
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