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By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
15 September 2008

US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, above, could announce funding for the Khmer Rouge tribunal Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said.

The US could declare additional funding for the cash-strapped Khmer Rouge tribunal as early as Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday, following talks with US State Department Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.

"Tomorrow, you will know," Hun Sen told reporters Monday night. "Maybe [Negoroponte] will declare the amount of the donation to the Khmer Rouge tribunal."

Hun Sen declined to say what amount the US would pledge, and a US Embassy spokesman would not confirm an aid pledge.

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