A senior official in Cambodia has said an agreement has been reached with the United Nations to set up a special genocide court for former leaders of the Khmer Rouge.
The breakthrough came after a weekend of talks in the Cambodian capital to try to finalise a draft agreement on the format for the trial.
The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge, who ruled the southeast Asian nation from 1975 to 1979, are held responsible for the deaths of around 1.7 million people.


















