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In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, spectators watch the sentencing of Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst "enemies" of the state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The U.N.-backed tribunal found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and ordered him to serve 19 years in prison. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)

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Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst "enemies" of the state, appears on a television screen of the press center of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The tribunal opened Monday to hand down a verdict in the first trial of a senior member of the Khmer Rouge regime that turned Cambodia into a vast killing field three decades ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Cambodian victim Hong Savath, right, 47, weeps after a verdict was handed down to Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, former S-23 prison commander, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer Monday to 35 years in prison, the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodia's people. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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Chum Mey reacts outside the court hall after a verdict was handed down to Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, former S-23 prison commander, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal l in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer Monday to 35 years in prison _ the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodia's people. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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In this July 22, 2010 photo, Cambodian villagers tour the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, former Khmer Rouge S-23 prison, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A war crimes tribunal convicted and sentenced the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer Monday July 26, 2010, for overseeing the deaths of up to 16,000 people, in the first verdict involving a senior member of the "killing fields" regime that devastated a generation of Cambodians. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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A man mourns the death of a family member in Pabbi, near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, July 26, 2010, after a suicide bomber struck near the home of a Pakistani provincial minister whose only son was killed over the weekend by suspected Islamist militants, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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An Iraqi soldier stands guard outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Iraqi army soldiers stand in the ruins of the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Iraqi army soldiers and others stand outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Paramedics carry a body on a stretcher outside the offices of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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A man lies injured after a suicide bomber drove a minibus struck outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 26, 2010. The bomber was apparently waved through the first checkpoint at the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. The blast killed and injured several people at the popular Arabic-language satellite news channel early Monday. (AP Photo)

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In this image provided by the Boy Scouts of America, Alan Mandel, of Troop 920, does a backflip in front of National Capital Area Council troops during the Grand Centennial Parade, Sunday, July 25, 2010 in Washington, (AP Photo/Boy Scouts of America, John Harrington)

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Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television channel after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad on Monday, July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Alan Mandel of Boy Scout Troop 920 does a backflip in front of National Capital Area Council troops during the Boy Scouts of America's Grand Centennial Parade on Sunday, July 25, 2010, in Washington. A powerful storm that later rolled through the area seemed to take those marching downtown by surprise. (AP Photo/Boy Scouts of America, John Harrington)

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In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst "enemies" of the state, looks on Monday during his sentencing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The U.N.-backed tribunal has found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and ordered him to serve 19 years in prison. (Associated Press/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)

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From left to right in the front row, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Moammar Gadhafi of Libya join other presidents for a group photograph near Lake Victoria for the opening of the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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A leaflet distributed Sunday by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor with an offer of a $20,000 for information on his whereabouts. The leaflet reads: "This American troop is missing. He was last seen in a white Land Cruiser vehicle. If you have any information about this solider, kindly contact the Logar Joint Coordination Center." U.S. and NATO officials confirmed that two American Navy personnel disappeared Friday in the eastern province of Logar, after an armored sports utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. (Associated Press)

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A leaflet distributed by the U.S. military to civilians in Logar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, July 25, 2010, shows a missing U.S. Navy sailor with an offer of a $20,000 reward for information on his whereabouts. The leaflet reads: "This American troop is missing. He was last seen in a white Land Cruiser vehicle. If you have any information about this solider, kindly contact the Logar Joint Coordination Center." U.S. and NATO officials confirmed that two American Navy personnel went missing Friday in the eastern province of Logar after an armored sport utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. (AP Photo)