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The arrest in Cambodia of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime's most senior surviving leader has surprised many in the kingdom and bolstered the image of the long-delayed tribunal. The man once known as "Brother Number Two" has been formally charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes. Observers hailed his arrest as a step forward but many ordinary Cambodians still feel it is too little too late. An AFPTV voiced report.

Following Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's charge of alleged communist activity within the State Department, the FBI seizes seventeen Red leaders, both men and women, for arraignment under the Smith Act outlawing the overthrow of the US by force.

Epicly Later'd takes a trip to Kevin "Spanky" Long's father's house in Mexico for New Year's.

Following the consecration of gay cleric Gene Robinson, can anything be done to reconcile the Anglican church? “The Communion has fractured,” states Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen. “A crack has emerged and that crack will continue unless something radical is done.” Like many traditionalists, he believes Robinsons ordination was “a very bad moment for our church.” Conservatives are angry that the Archbishop of Canterbury did not firmly oppose gay ordination. They are threatening to pull their Churches out of the Anglican community and have started to look elsewhere for religious guidance. But the man many see as responsible for the rift, Gene Robinson, remains unrepentant. “God is doing a new thing here and I believe time will show that it is a Godly thing.”

Radovan Karadzic, the accused mastermind of Europe's worst massacre since World War II and the former Bosnian Serb leader was arrested on Monday evening in a Belgrade suburb after more than a decade on the run. (July 22)

The 78-year-old French-educated guerrilla leader was whisked from a Phnom Penh hospital by police convoy to the tribunal compound to face a panel of investigating judges probing one of the 20th century's darkest chapters. Roughly a quarter of the Cambodian population perished during the Khmer Rouge's four year reign of terror, which began in the mid-1970s and only ended when neighbouring Vietnam invaded to topple the regime.

Three people and the gunman were killed in two incidents in Colorado. It is unclear if the two shootings were connected, although witnesses described the gunman in each incident as being dressed in dark clothing. In Colorado Springs, staff at the New Life church said they had tightened security after hearing about the earlier shooting in a Denver suburb.

Protestors staged rallies in a number of cities around the world to mark 12 years of detention for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A coalition of charities including Amnesty International called for rallies outside Chinese embassies in Bangkok, Sydney, London, Paris, Berlin, Dublin, Vienna, Washington, Toronto, New York, Brasilia and Cape Town. Images and soundbites from the Bangkok rally.

The culture and counter-point to 50-years of UFO crash denials in New Mexico.

Hundreds of Tibetan demonstrators were arrested in India and neighbouring Nepal Thursday as thousands of police and soldiers defended the Beijing Olympic torch on a suffocating run through New Delhi. The heart of the Indian capital was sealed off for the most sensitive leg of the protest-hit global relay to date, with security personnel far outnumbering the schoolboys and the other few select onlookers allowed to watch.