Second wind: Lloyd Axworthy's career has taken flight with a new campaign

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Lloyd Axworthy has received international acclaim and a high approval rating in Canada for his campaign for a treaty to ban land mines. More than 90 countries will sign the treaty in Dec 1997. Axworthy's next goal is a ban on exports of small arms to unstable regions. His life and career are profiled.

Canada, Laws, regulations and rules, International trade, Biography, Firearms, International relations, Personalities, Arms control, Mines, Military, Military mines, Axworthy, Lloyd

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Aftermath of genocide

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The mainly Hutu residents of the refugee camps along Rwanda's borders with Zaire and Tanzania are resisting efforts to repatriate them, because they fear reprisals by Tutsis. However, some speculate that the Hutu leaders who directed the massacre against Tutsis are using the refugees as buffers.

Social aspects, Political activity, Tutsi (African people), Hutu (African people)

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Long march home: the refugees' return will test Rwandan goodwill

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A huge mass of refugees is returning from Zaire to Rwanda, including some who took part in the 1994 genocide. The Rwandan government promises that there will be no retribution, but not everyone believes that the repatriation can be peaceful.

Ethnic relations, Congo (Kinshasa), International relief

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