But Ta Mok's death and a stroke just suffered by Khieu Samphan, once the Khmers Rouges' head of state, is a poignant reminder that justice is more than ever a race against time.

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But he just said, Ta to, Mom, ta to, and danced right out the door.

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"I will miss my family and the routine of work, but my employers are supportive of the TA because it helps you learn leadership and management, " he added.

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Our beef is grass fed and natural, and generally superior to anything you can get ta the supermarket, but it is not dry aged (though I have dry aged my own beef at home, a process that is rewarding but according to most experts, not all that safe).

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Mr Rammell acknowledged that the cuts to TA training were "disappointing" but said that they were necessary to ensure resources were concentrated on operations in Afghanistan.

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Defending Olympic champion Park Ta-Hwan was leading at the final turn, but the 20-year-old Sun surged past his South Korean rival in the final length to seal a place in Chinese Olympic history.

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The German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, told the Athens daily Ta Nea that he believed the austerity measures were not just working but making up for decades of policy lapses.

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But he adds that such deployment to conflict zones should not put people off joining the TA because members retain the choice whether they go or not.

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