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Row threatens Khmer Rouge trials

Cambodia says it is running out of money to pay staff, but international donors are withholding fresh cash until claims of corruption are addressed.

The deadlock could derail the trials of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders.

Meanwhile, a French scholar detained for alleged espionage in the 1970s has testified against the chief jailer.

Read entire article at BBC