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A UN-backed tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouges chief jailer to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people....

Khmer Rouge jailer gets 35 yrs

PHNOM PENH: A UN-backed tribunal sentenced the Khmer Rouges chief jailer to 35 years for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people the first verdict involving a senior member of the killing fields regime that devastated a generation of Cambodians between 1975 and 1979. Kaing Guek Eav also known as Duch will actually serve only 19 years after being convicted of war crimes after taking into account time already served.

Indian ship to join flotilla to Gaza

JERUSALEM: An Indian vessel is set to join a new international campaign named The Audacity of Hope to press for an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. An e-mail circulated by pro-Palestinian activists in the US said an Indian ship will join a flotilla of other vessels from Europe,Canada,South Africa and West Asia in early autumn,the Haaretz daily reported.

BP CEO to step down in Oct,says official

NEW ORLEANS: An official on condition of anonymity said that BP CEO Tony Hayward will step down in October and take a job with TNK-BP,the firms joint venture in Russia. Hayward became the face of BPs flailing efforts to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. His likely successor is managing director Bob Dudley.

Mexico: Guards gave inmates guns to kill

MEXICO CITY: The director of the prison in Gomez Palacio in Durango state and three others were placed under a form of house arrest after it was allegedly found that they let inmates out and lent them guns to carry out drug-related killings,including the massacre of 17 people last week,prosecutors said Sunday. The inmates would then return to their cells,the Attorney Generals Office said.

EU,Canada adopt Iran sanctions

BRUSSELS: The European Union and Canada on Monday separately adopted new sanctions against Iran,targeting the countrys foreign trade,banking and energy sectors.EU leaders had agreed to the measures in principle in June.

Jackson had hoard of Nazi films: Collector

NEW YORK: A memorabilia collector has claimed King of Pop Michael Jackson allegedly had a collection of Nazi films that he kept at his Neverland Ranch. The Thriller hitmaker was obsessed with Hitlers regime as well as movies and TV specials which focused on troubled boys in abusive or dysfunctional families,claimed Nazi memorabilia seller Norman Scherer,according to the New York Post.

Naomi to testify on Aug 5 over blood diamond

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WASHINGTON: Supermodel Naomi Campbells request to postpone her testimony in a war crimes trial was approved Monday. She will now testify on August 5 instead of July 29. Campbell was summoned by War Crimes Court after reports that she was gifted a blood diamond by former Liberian President Charles Taylor in 1997.