Monday, April 17, 2006

Opposition party commemorates victims of Khmer Rouge regime on anniversary of KR take over

Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy lights a candle in front of the Choeung Ek memorial on the outskirt of capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, April 17, 2006, to mark 31st anniversary of the Khmer Rouge regime. Two hundred Khmer Rouge survivors and fifty saffron clad Buddhist monks gathered together with Cambodia's main opposition party on Monday to commemorate the 1.7 million Cambodians who lost their lives during Pol Pot's genocidal regime. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy pays respect to the skulls on display at the Choeung Ek memorial, on the outskirt of capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, April 17, 2006, to mark 31st anniversary of the Khmer Rouge regime. Hundreds of Cambodians join the ceremony offering food to the monks for dedicating to those who died during the Khmer Rouge 1975-1979 regime, Kampuchea Democratic. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A young Cambodian boy recoils from a stupa containing piles of skulls at the Choeung Ek memorial, on the outskirt of capital Phnom Penh, Monday, April 17, 2006, to mark the 31st anniversary of the Khmer Rouge regime. Two hundred Khmer Rouge survivors and fifty saffron clad Buddhist monks gathered together with Cambodia's main opposition party on Monday to commemorate the 1.7 million Cambodians who lost their lives during Pol Pot's genocidal regime. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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