31.   Offering protection to fugitives from Rwanda could further undercut the long-term viability of the Rwandan government.

32.   On Thursday, the Rwandan government continued to insist that almost all the refugees had simply walked home, or were already headed there.

33.   Pillay, a South African, said she understood the anger of the Rwandan government.

34.   Refugees began streaming out of Mugunga early Friday morning, after former Rwandan government forces abandoned their positions in the face of a rebel assault.

35.   Rwandan government soldiers were fleeing on foot and in cars from the city, the second largest in the country after the capital, Kigali.

36.   Security, food and shelter for these Hutu are the next hurdle the Rwandan government must tackle.

37.   Since then, the Rwandan government has received widespread international support, despite being controlled by the Tutsi minority.

38.   The articles also claimed that Paris continued to supply arms to the Rwandan government in Kigali after the massacres began.

39.   The country, struggling with refugee resettlement, is still at war in Congo, where ethnic Hutu militias remain a menace, the Rwandan government says.

40.   The current Rwandan government insists that it is only because of such intimidation that the refugees are not returning.