U.N.-backed court concludes 1st-day hearing on ex-Khmer jailer

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prosecutor Robert Petit of Canada (L) speaks to reporters at the end of the first day of the trial of the notorious Khmer Rouge-era prison jailer Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17. Prosecutor Chea Leang of Cambodia stands behind him.

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