Khmer Rouge Cadre's War Crimes Charges Dismissed In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia dismissed charges against a former cadre of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime on Wednesday, saying the Buddhist nun had not played a senior enough role during a period when some 1.8 million people died.

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