Reuters: Top Khmer Rouge leader arrested 19 November

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.

The Khmer Rouge's "Brother No. 2", who is said to be the mastermind behind the brutal regime's genocide, is due to appear in a Cambodian court to appeal his detention.

Cambodian court delays appeal of Khmer Rouge senior official Nuon Chea who is said to be the mastermind behind the communist regime's sweeping execution policies.

Some 30 percent of Cambodia's nearly 14 million people reportedly suffer from debilitating mental conditions, many of them linked to the brutal Khmer Rouge atrocities in the 1970s. The start of a tribunal to try surviving leaders of the regime is expected to aggravate many of those old psychological wounds. But the country has only 26 qualified psychiatrists. An AFPTV voiced report.

In Jerusalem, the trial of Adolf Eichmann begins, after his capture in Argentinia following 15 years in hiding. Indicted on 15 counts of crimes against humanity including the annihilation of millions of Jews in Nazi death camps. Eichmann is icily impassive as charges are read citing his responsibility for the Nazi plan for the physical extermination of the Jews, known as the "Final Solution".

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.

Dozens of people have been arrested at an oppostion protest against the landslide presidential election victory of Dmitry Medvedev. More than 100 police, some in full riot gear, arrested dozens of protesters taking part in the unauthorised demonstration following Sunday's poll won by President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor.

83-year-old Michael Seifert, a former Nazi guard who has lived in Canada since 1951, landed at Rome's Ciampino airport before dawn on Saturday to serve a life sentence for war crimes. An Italian military tribunal convicted Seifert in absentia in 2000 for torturing and murdering at least 17 people while serving as a guard at a prison camp in the northern city of Bolzano between December 1944 and April 1945.

Prosecutors called witnesses to bolster their case that Salim Ahmed Hamdan-- who the U.S. government claims was a driver for Osama bin Laden-- is an unlawful enemy combatant eligible to face the special court. The defense maintains he was only one of several drivers for bin Laden and had no knowledge or role in any terrorist attacks. Jon Decker reports.