Cambodia tribunal convicts Khmer Rouge leaders

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Three and a half decades after the fall of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, a U.N.-backed tribunal today sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life in prison for crimes against humanity during the country's 1970s reign of terror that left close to 2 million people dead. The historic verdicts were announced against Khieu Samphan, the regime's 83-year-old former head of state, and Nuon Chea, its 88-year-old chief ideologue - the only two surviving leaders of the regime left to stand trial.