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Cambodia's "killing fields" are the site of mass graves where the Khmer Rouge regime executed and buried people suspected of having ties with the former government in the 1970s. Now, the fields are used for rice production to help feed Cambodia's poor.
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| The Khmer Rouge, which held power in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, executed thousands of people it said supported the country's former government or other foreign governments. Here, the memorial at Choeung Ek marks one of the country's mass grave sites. |
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| Photo Credit: NewsHour producer Nikki See |
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