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Prosecutor: 'Hotel Rwanda' Man to Be Tried With Rebels

Associated Press

   KIGALI - Rwanda's prosecution on Monday said it intends to hold a joint
   trial of Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the 2004 film "Hotel
   Rwanda," together with 16 prisoners alleged to be rebel fighters.

   Rusesabagina, 66, is a founder of the Rwanda Movement for Democratic
   Change, a coalition of opposition groups, which has an armed wing known
   as the National Liberation Front. The government accuses the rebel
   group of killing Rwandans in the country's north.

   In court last month, Rusesabagina admitted his ties to the rebels but
   said the group was never meant to kill Rwandans.

   Rwandan authorities said the rebel fighters to stand trial with
   Rusesabagina include two former spokesmen, now in detention in Kigali.

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