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[Kr_iyer]

New York (AP): The journalist whose enslavement and escape from Cambodia's murderous revolutionaries was the subject of the movie ``The Killing Fields'' has died.

Dith Pran's death from pancreatic cancer was confirmed on Sunday by journalist Sydney Schanberg, his former colleague at The New York Times. Pran was 65.

Dith worked as a photographer for The New York Times after his escape from the Khmer Rouge in 1979. He also became a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Dith spoke and wrote often about his wartime experience and remained an outspoken critic of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200803301860.htm

A great man, who suffered the Khmer Rouge regime .I dont know how much the kids suffered and they were disabled, orphans due to Khmer Rouge regime.

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

New York (AP): The journalist whose enslavement and escape from Cambodia's murderous revolutionaries was the subject of the movie ``The Killing Fields'' has died.

Dith Pran's death from pancreatic cancer was confirmed on Sunday by journalist Sydney Schanberg, his former colleague at The New York Times. Pran was 65.

Dith worked as a photographer for The New York Times after his escape from the Khmer Rouge in 1979. He also became a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Dith spoke and wrote often about his wartime experience and remained an outspoken critic of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200803301860.htm

A great man, who suffered the Khmer Rouge regime .I dont know how much the kids suffered and they were disabled, orphans due to Khmer Rouge regime.

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

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