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Canada urged to extradite genocide suspect

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    Meanwhile, Rwanda has called on Canada to extradite genocide suspect Leon Mugesera, the DPA news agency reported. Justice Minister Jean de Dieu Mucyo said Mugesera, a former senior staff member in ex-president Juvenal Habyarimana’s office, was accused of urging Hutus to kill Tutsis and throw their bodies into the Nyabarongo river. Mugesera fled to Canada where he is seeking political asylum, DPA said.

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