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Dutch set to extradite two genocide suspects to Rwanda

  The Hague/ AFP The Dutch national prosecutor said on Saturday that two Rwandans living in the Netherlands accused of participating in the country’s 1994 genocide would be extradited to their homeland. “Two Rwandan residents of the Netherlands, a 40-year-old from Voorburg and a 57-year-old from Leusden, will be extradited to Rwanda today,” the prosecutor said in a statement. Rwanda had ...

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Protest heaps pressure on S Korea president

  Seoul / AFP Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children joined one of the largest anti-government protests ever seen in Seoul on Saturday, demanding South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s resignation over a snowballing corruption scandal. Police put the turnout at 260,000, while organisers said one million people took to the streets for what was the third in a series ...

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‘Paris attacks suspect radicalised since arrest’

  The Hague / AFP The main Paris attacks suspect, Salah Abdeslam, has become even more radicalised since being imprisoned for his presumed role in the slaughter of 130 people a year ago, his former lawyer has said. “He’s got a beard, he’s become a true fundamentalist whereas before he was a kid wearing Nike trainers,” Belgian lawyer Sven Mary ...

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