61.   Unlike the genocide trials underway at the U.N. tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania, in Rwanda the death sentence is mandatory upon conviction.

62.   Witnesses at a genocide trial told Tuesday how relatives had dissappeared after being taken into custody by the government of former President Mengistu Haile Mariam.

63.   India offered to send judges for such a genocide trial two weeks ago if an impasse between the UN and Phnom Penh cannot be breached.

64.   The Rwandan parliament passed a law in August enabling genocide trials to begin and dividing suspects into four categories according to their alleged degree of responsibility.

65.   The Rwandan parliament in August passed a law enabling genocide trials to begin and dividing suspects into four categories according to their alleged degree of responsibility.

66.   The United Nations, which is planning to mount genocide trials in Rwanda, also wants a commission of inquiry established to investigate the unpunished murders in Burundi.

67.   The two witnesses were due to testify on Monday in the genocide trial of former mayor of Mukingo commune, Juvenal Kajelijeli, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported.

68.   Two other genocide trials are set to open Monday in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

69.   Two other genocide trials are set to open Monday in Kigali.

70.   It added that one genocide trial was also under way Thursday at Kibuye, in the west, and two in Kigali.