AFP: War-scarred Paradise: Casmanace wants tourists back 20 May

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge court held its first public hearing on Tuesday, in what many see as a landmark moment for a country trying to overcome its brutal past. As the UN-backed court gets down to business, another tribunal of sorts is seeking to overcome the tragedy of the genocide. Former Khmer Rouge fighters and victims of the regime have been coming together for grassroots meetings, reminiscent of South Africa’s truth and reconciliation drive, in a quest for mutual understanding. An AFPTV voiced report.

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell asked the U.S. Small Business Administration on Thursday to declare Montgomery County a disaster area following a huge fire that destroyed two upscale apartment buildings and damaged two others. (Aug. 16)

Federal investigators want to question Mary-Kate Olsen about how Heath Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his accidental overdose death, but she's refusing to talk without immunity. (Aug. 5)

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to address the issue of pedophile priests during his first visit to the United States. The Catholic Church in the United States has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation because of the scandal and more lawsuits are pending. AFPTV profiles a victim of sexual abuse by a priest.

Hassan Nasrallah speaks.

Death goes to a human judge and wants him to condemn human kind to Life, to gain back her role of Death again

Three months after their divorce, Cecilia and Nicolas Sarkozy have made their private lives even more public by telling the media directly about them. The French president admitted earlier this week that his "serious" relationship with singer Carla Bruni may well lead to marriage. Now three books are due out on Cecilia, in which she reportedly gives the dish on her ex-husband.

Thousands of angry Serbs have been taken to the streets in their strongholds across Kosovo on Monday to protest against the declaration of independence by the mainly ethnic Albanian territory. The protestors were urged to "publicly express their frustrations against the creation of another Albanian state in the Balkans" by hardline local Serb leader Marko Jaksic.

Katherine gets a promotion that will take her and Abby back to the States, except Abby doesn’t want to leave Canada. Abby feigns a deadly illness, forcing the authorities to turn her away. All looks good until her plan backfires and she winds up causing a major epidemic of fake germs and panic.