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Rwandan colonel sentenced to life for genocide

NAIROBI, Thursday - A UN court has sentenced a former army colonel accused of masterminding Rwanda's genocide in 1994 to life in prison.

The Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) had accused Theoneste Bagosora, 67, of being in charge of the troops and Interahamwe Hutu militia who butchered 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 100 days.

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