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Of senior khmer rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity. Plus, a cosmic first. Scientists celebrate the rendezvous of a European Space probe with a comet millions of miles away. We want to begin with this recent development. A guilty verdict for two former Senior Leaders of khmer rouge in cambodia. A panel of International Judges backed by the United Nations just handed down life sentences to the men. The men both now in their 80s are accused of crimes against humanity for their roles in the khmer rouges reign of terror back in the 70s. It became known as the killing fields. They denied guilt and had sought acquittals. Chea and samphan are the highest ranking leaders to face justice. You see them there. Some critics say that these sentences are too lit ....
Although not meeting face to face, of course. We want to give you all a sense of whats happening behind the scenes. Egyptian mediators are talking with each side separately trying to extend the current 72hour ceasefire that has now held for two full days. Of course, that means weve only got one day left. An unnamed israeli official says israel is on board, but palestinian leaders say such talk is premature. Well, u. S. President Barack Obama Says he supports the effort to extend that ceasefire, but he made it clear he has no sympathy for hamas. Yeah, mr. Obama says there must be a way to protect israels security and help the people of gaza who are struggling. Listen to this. The shortterm goal has to be to make sure that rocket launches do not resume, that the work that the Israeli Government did in closing off these tunnels has been completed and that we are now in th ....