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| Rwandan leader 'should be tried' | Rwandan leader 'should be tried' |
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| A French judge says Rwandan President Paul Kagame should stand trial over the killing of a former Rwandan leader, an act that led to genocide. | A French judge says Rwandan President Paul Kagame should stand trial over the killing of a former Rwandan leader, an act that led to genocide. |
| Jean-Louis Bruguiere, who is investigating the death of President Juvenal Habyarimana, also said nine of Mr Kagame's aides should be arrested. | Jean-Louis Bruguiere, who is investigating the death of President Juvenal Habyarimana, also said nine of Mr Kagame's aides should be arrested. |
| Habyarimana's plane was shot down in 1994, igniting fighting in which some 800,000 people were killed. | Habyarimana's plane was shot down in 1994, igniting fighting in which some 800,000 people were killed. |
| An international criminal court is trying suspects in the killings. | An international criminal court is trying suspects in the killings. |
| French legal authorities are investigating the case because the aircraft had a French crew. | French legal authorities are investigating the case because the aircraft had a French crew. |
| Rampage | Rampage |
| Judge Bruguiere is expected to sign international arrest warrants for the officials in the coming days, the Associated Press news agency reported. | |
| Under French law, a warrant cannot be issued for Mr Kagame because he has immunity as a head of state, AP said. | Under French law, a warrant cannot be issued for Mr Kagame because he has immunity as a head of state, AP said. |
| Some 800,000 people were killed in the genocide | |
| BBC special correspondent Fergal Keane says if the judge's claims prove true it would mean that Paul Kagame not only murdered a head of state, but provided the spark that started Rwanda burning. | |
| The legal, but also moral, implications would be devastating, our correspondent adds. | |
| President Kagame has denied such claims in the past and accuses France, a close ally of the old Hutu regime, of being complicit in the genocide. | |
| Rwanda's two most senior generals - armed forces chief James Kabarebe and army chief-of-staff Charles Kayonga - are among the nine aides suspected of involvement in the downing of Habyarimana's plane. | Rwanda's two most senior generals - armed forces chief James Kabarebe and army chief-of-staff Charles Kayonga - are among the nine aides suspected of involvement in the downing of Habyarimana's plane. |
| Some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed when Hutu extremists went on the rampage following Habyarimana's death. | |
| The genocide ended 100 days later when the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a Tutsi-dominated group, defeated the Hutu regime. | |
| The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania has tried 31 suspects since it began in 1997. | The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania has tried 31 suspects since it began in 1997. |
| Twenty-six people have been convicted and five acquitted. | Twenty-six people have been convicted and five acquitted. |
| The court is due to be disbanded in 2008. | The court is due to be disbanded in 2008. |