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Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) soldiers have been mistreating and killing members of the majority Hutu ethnic group trying to return to their villages, according to eyewitness accounts from people returning to refugee camps. The mistreatment has been reported in villages where the RPF has taken control, and the victims include
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US Defense Secretary Mr. William Perry arrived in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, to oversee the deployment of the first main contingent of US troops, who will secure the airport and facilitate the airlift of relief supplies to ease the plight of Rwandan refugees. The French Prime Minister, Mr. Edouard
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The United Nations Security Council approved a French plan to send 2,500 soldiers to Rwanda on a mercy mission, despite warnings from Rwandan rebels that the operation will further inflame the war. The vote was narrowly approved with 10 votes in favor, with abstentions by China, Brazil, Pakistan, New
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France has moved an advance party of troops to the Rwandan border to prepare for a potential dispatch of up to 2,000 troops, pending UN Security Council approval. The French government has emphasized that they will not proceed with the intervention if the opposing government and rebel forces do
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The Australian government is set to deliberate on a joint submission from the foreign affairs and defense departments regarding the deployment of troops to Rwanda as part of a United Nations humanitarian peacekeeping force. The submission, drawn up by Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and Defense Minister Robert Ray, will be
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In the midst of escalating civil war, a mass exodus of over 100,000 refugees streamed south of the Rwandan capital, Kigali, as the fragile peace between the Hutu and Tutsi-led rebels shattered. The exodus, which included almost half of Kigali's 250,000 residents, was sparked by the
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Diplomatic tensions in Rwanda have reached a boiling point as France and Belgium maintain that their military and political objectives in the country are limited to evacuating foreigners, despite growing suspicions on both sides. Both nations have been accused of harboring biases towards the warring parties, with the Rwandan Government
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A tumultuous night in the occupied West Bank saw Israeli soldiers kill a Jewish settler, allegedly mistaking him for a Palestinian gunman. The incident has heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians amidst efforts to assuage Palestinian grief and rage following the Hebron mosque massacre. The Israeli army's gesture
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Violent clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian residents intensified Monday in Hebron, a day after a Jewish extremist shot and killed 39 Palestinian worshippers at the town's mosque. The violence was sparked by the call for revenge from Palestinian groups, including the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising,
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The Israeli army shot and killed a member of the Fatah faction, commander of the Fatah Hawks organization in Rafiah, Salim Wafi, 29, during a gunfight in the southern town of Rafah on Thursday. The clash broke out when two cars carrying Israeli undercover soldiers stopped to arrest several armed
