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2011 by the industry monitor Skytrax in which more than 18 million travellers worldwide were surveyed. Qatar AirwaysQatar Airways has launched two new routes so far this year, to Baku (Azerbaijan) and Tbilisi (Georgia) respectively; with seven further...
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Rwandan journalists, Agnes Uwimana Nkusi (L), and Saidati Mukakibibi (R) arrive for a hearing in their appeal at Rwanda’s Supreme Court in Kigali on February 17, 2012. In February 2011, Nkusi and Mukakibibi were handed prison sentences of 17 and seven... View Photo »
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It will be absolutely state of the art the centre will have an eye bank as well. It will be offering top quality cornea and cataract surgery. It will help prevent blindness and help regain sight in Rwanda
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U-20 Championship will be held in Algeria with all four semi-finalists guaranteed a slot at the 2013 Fifa U-20 World Cup. Copyright © 2012 The New Times. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the...
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On March 4, 2009, the Cabinet appointed a high-level national customer care taskforce to spearhead what many believed, was as a major revolution in the way Rwandans go about their work. The Chief Operating Officer of the RDB Claire Akamanzi, was named...
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(OECD) will participate. Kagame and the President of IFAD, Kanayo F. Nwanze, will take part in a joint press conference following the opening ceremony. The meeting will bring together development leaders and Heads of State and government. It is the 35th...
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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attends a press conference at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on January 30, 2012. Meanwhile South Africa's former foreign Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sought to unseat Gabon's... View Photo »
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Rwanda belongs to the part of the world that is mostly affected by the adverse effects of climate change.
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"It's high time the world knew the current Rwanda, many people in other countries have a different picture of Rwanda based on what the international media portray," she said. She added that it's Rwandans themselves who have the task of telling the...
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Rwanda's Augustine Nzindukiyimana, the acting Ombudsman, observed that it was high time African governments found a lasting solution to corruption which has crippled development in the continent. "Rwanda is committed to eradicating corruption. We have...
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Rwanda President Paul Kagame attends the inauguration of the high-rise African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, built and donated by China at a cost of $200 million, on January 28, 2012. The inauguration event was attended by African Heads of State and other dignitaries including...
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President of Rwanda Paul Kagame is pictured after a press conference with Ugandan President at the Ugandan State house in Kampala, on January 27, 2012. The meeting took place a day after Mbasogo received a medal from his Ugandan counterpart for exemplary leadership.
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Rwanda President Paul Kagame (L) examines HIV/AIDS drugs manufactured by Ugandan company Quality chemicals in an industrial area of Kampala, Uganda on January 27, 2012. Kagame plans to import pharmaceutical drugs for HIV/AIDS and malaria from Uganda.
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Democratic Republic of Congo leader Laurent Desire Kabila lrubs his hands at the Kinshasa stadium, 29 May 1997, after taking the presidential oath of office. (From L to R) Pierre Buyoya (Burundi), Pasteur Bizimungu (Rwanda), Frederick Chiluba (Zambia) and Yoweri Museveni (Uganda). In...
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A photograph taken on February 25, 2010 shows Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, (R) talks during a joint press conference with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the presidential palace in Kigali. Experts mandated by a French inquiry to probe the 1994 downing of Rwandan leader...
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Wounded refugees from south western Kibeho camp in Rwanda rest as UN soldiers mount guard 24 April 1995.
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A picture taken on April 14, 1977 shows the wife of Juvenal Habyarimana, Agathe, during an official meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Agathe Kanzinga, widow of Juvenal Habyarimana, has been arrested on March 2, 2010 near Paris after Rwandan authorities claimed her extradition. ...
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A young man prays, 21 February 2004, at the church of 'Mere de Dieu' in Kibeho, Rwanda, where thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the Hutu militia during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Belivers are still attending in large numbers religious functions in Rwanda despite...
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Tutsi children, who were mutiliated by machetes in Rwanda's civil war, rest 12 May 1994 in the International Comittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hospital in Kigali. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali renewed 13 May his plea to the 15 council members to agree to a plan to deploy 5,500...
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Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana, arrives at a Paris court house, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. A French investigator is releasing the results of his investigation Tuesday into the downing of the plane of President Juvenal Habyarimana, which...
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Agathe Habyarimana, center, the widow of former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana, arrives with her lawyer Philippe Meillac, left, at a Paris court house, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. A French investigator is releasing the results of his investigation Tuesday into the downing of the...
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Arthur Vercken (R), the lawyer of Rwandan Hutu rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, who has been faced 13 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's provinces of Nord Kivu and Sud Kivu in 2009 and who has been freed...
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Kelly Dane and Jules Shell attend the Color Rwanda with Hope Charity benefit at Sun West Studios on December 7, 2011 in New York City.
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Kate Cunningham and Christian Lopez attend the Color Rwanda with Hope Charity benefit at Sun West Studios on December 7, 2011 in New York City.
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Atmosphere at the Color Rwanda with Hope Charity benefit at Sun West Studios on December 7, 2011 in New York City.
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07: Chef and UN Ambassador Marcus Samuelsson attends the Color Rwanda with Hope Charity benefit at Sun West Studios on December 7, 2011 in New York City.
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BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 30: President of Rwanda Paul Kagame speaks during the Opening Ceremony of the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness on November 30, 2011 in Busan, South Korea. The forum will be attended by over 2,500 members of the development assistance community...
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R) shakes hands with Rwanda President Paul Kagam during their meeting in the fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan on November 30, 2011. leaders called on emerging donors such as China to step up efforts to help the world's poor as US...
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Congo President Denis Sassou N'Guesso (L) and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagamepose in Kigali on November 23, 2011. N'Guesso is on a three-day state to Rwanda.
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Rwandan opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, poses at the Rwandan High Court as her trial enters its 9th week in Kigali, Rwanda on November 10, 2011. Charges against Ingabire, which critics say are politically motivated, include giving financial support to a terrorist group, planning...
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Rwandan opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire (R), speaks with her attorney, British Barrister Ian Edwards (L) as her trial enters its 9th week in Kigali, Rwanda, on November 10, 2011. Charges against Ingabire, which critics say are politically motivated, include giving financial support...
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 28: President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame (L) arrives for a banquet at the Pan Pacific Hotel Perth as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on October 28, 2011 in Perth, Australia. Queen Elizabeth II opened the 54-nation summit today,...
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 28: President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame arrives for a banquet during the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting.
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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attends the Executive Session 1 meeting at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeeting on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 in Perth, Australia.
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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame attends a press conference at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on January 30, 2012. Meanwhile South Africa's former foreign Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sought to unseat Gabon's Jean Ping in elections for the chair...
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