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US to deport genocide suspect

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    Meanwhile, the US has authorised the extradition of another genocide suspect, Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, news organisations reported. US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright signed the extradition papers on Thursday and US officials said Ntakirutimana would soon fly to Arusha, Tanzania, where the ICTR is based. The 75-year-old pastor, who fled to the US shortly after the 1994 genocide, is accused of involvement in the deaths of Tutsis in Gishyita commune, Kibuye prefecture, by encouraging them to take refuge in a church before they were massacred there.

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