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Word: refugeesremain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1995-1995
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...scene reminiscent of the Alamo, 600armed Hutu refugeesremain holed up in a small church in Kibeho, vowing to fight to the death rather than surrender to government soldiers. Across the small country, government soldiers are trying to round up more than 2 million refugees and force them to return to their villages. That effort turned to horror over the weekend when at least 2,000 Hutus were killed at Kibeho when soldiers fired automatic weapons and mortars into their crowded camp. Today, anestimated 60,000 refugees were camped around Butare, a town 20 miles east of the refugee camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOWDOWN IN RWANDA | 4/25/1995 | See Source »

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