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Rwandan returns for French trial

Rwandan official Rose Kabuye has told the BBC she must return to France for her trial and prove her innocence.

The charges are in connection with the killing of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana that triggered the 1994 genocide.

"Either I had to die with this charge on my head or face justice and prove myself innocent," she said.

She is one of nine senior Rwandan officials wanted over the shooting down of Habyarimana's plane.
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