PAILIN, Cambodia - The once-powerful wife of Khmer Rouge leaderPol Pot was cremated today in a religious ritual that the communistrevolutionaries tried to eradicate during their reign of terror.
Khieu Ponnary, Pol Pot's first wife, died Tuesday at age 83 in theformer Khmer Rouge stronghold of Pailin in northwestern Cambodia. Shesuffered from mental illness for more than two decades, and morerecently had been diagnosed with cancer.
Several former Khmer Rouge leaders attended the funeral, includingher brother-in-law Ieng Sary, who …
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