1.   Although the government opened its first genocide trials with fanfare last week, the proceedings were adjourned after one day because of a lack of evidence and witnesses.

2.   As the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda begins genocide trials in Arusha, Tanzania, Akayesu is the first man in the dock.

3.   A year after the death of their President plunged their country into mayhem, first genocide trial starts in Rwanda.

4.   Many feel justice has not been and will not be delivered, even though the country finally opened its first genocide trials Thursday.

5.   While that court initiated a genocide trial, the defendant died this summer before the case could be completed.

6.   Other genocide trials have come under strong criticism because defendants have not received legal assistance.

7.   Prime Minister Hun Sen rejected a U.N. demand that his government sign a key agreement on a proposed genocide trial for Khmer Rouge leaders.

8.   A Bosnian Serb officer was Friday freed for lack of evidence by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and ordered returned to Sarajevo for a possible genocide trial.

9.   A Cambodian leader accused Khmer Rouge guerrillas Thursday of stalling in turning over their deposed chief, the infamous Pol Pot, to government custody for a genocide trial.

10.   An earlier genocide trial was halted when the defendant, Bosnian Serb Milan Kovacevic, died of a ruptured artery while in custody.