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                   Ex-Khmer Rouge Leader Ieng Sary Dead at 87

   Cambodia`s United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal says Ieng Sary, a
   former top official in the brutal Khmer Rouge movement, has died while
   on trial for genocide and war crimes.
   A tribunal spokesperson said Ieng Sary died Thursday morning after
   being hospitalized since March 4. The cause of death is unknown.
   Ieng Sary, the brother-in-law of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, was
   accused of orchestrating Cambodia`s "killing fields" in the 1970s,
   leading to the deaths of up to two million people. He was a former
   foreign minister in the communist regime.
   At 87, he was the oldest of three Khmer Rouge leaders standing trial at
   the tribunal. Khieu Samphan, an ex-president of the Khmer Rouge, and
   Nuon Chea, chief ideologue for the communist movement, all denied
   committing atrocities. Pol Pot died in 1998.
   Ieng Sary`s wife, ex-social affairs minister Ieng Thirith, has been
   ruled unfit to stand trial because of a degenerative mental illness.
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