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British minister apologises for world's failure

    NAIROBI

    British Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short, who arrived in Rwanda on Sunday, again stressed that the international community had failed in its humanitarian duty by simply watching as the genocide unfolded.

    Apologising for this failure, she stressed that Britain's policy was to support the Rwandan government in rebuilding the country. The British minister was due to meet Vice-President Paul Kagame
    on Monday and sign an aid protocol.

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