Tens of thousands of people took part Wednesday in the biggest demonstrations seen in Rwanda since the country`s 1994 genocide massacres, protesting against France`s charges against a top aide to President Paul Kagame.

Tens of thousands poured onto the streets of Kigali Wednesday to condemn France in Rwanda`s biggest post-genocide protests as a top aide to President Paul Kagame was extradited from Germany to Paris.

Tens of thousands of Rwandans gathered in Kigali Wednesday to protest against the transfer to France Wednesday of a senior official detained earlier this month in Germany.

Large processions were converging towards the German embassy and the local offices of Germany`s national braodcaster, Deutsche Welle, an AFP correspondent reported.

Tens of thousands of Rwandans gathered in Kigali Wednesday to protest against the transfer to France Wednesday of a senior official detained earlier this month in Germany.

Large processions were converging towards the German embassy and the local offices of Germany`s national braodcaster, Deutsche Welle, an AFP correspondent reported.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that Europe had shown `total contempt` for his country by arresting one of his key aides suspected of involvement in the death of a former ruler.

ANKARA, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish ambassador to the United States, who was withdrawn in a row over a US Congress bill condemning the mass killing of Armenians decades ago, has returned to Washington, a report said Monday.

Turkey recalled its ambassador to Washington on October 11 in a diplomatic row over a vote in the US Congress to label the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks an act of genocide, Anatolia news agency reported.

PHNOM PENH, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - Senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, who is in the custody of Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court on war crimes charges, was hospitalised for a heart check-up, his lawyer said Saturday.

Nuon Chea, 81, was examined by a French doctor Friday at Phnom Penh's French-funded Calmette hospital, his lawyer Son Arun said, adding Nuon Chea was expected to leave the hospital late Saturday.

LYON, France, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - A Rwandan wanted for his alleged role in the country's 1994 genocide has been arrested in France, Interpol announced Thursday.

Dominique Ntawukuriryayo, a former sub-prefect in Rwanda, had been on a list of people wanted by the international police agency since November 2006.

He was arrested by French police in Carcassonne in the southwest of France, although the exact date of his arrest was not released.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) - US Congressional support flagged Wednesday for a resolution calling the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks 'genocide' amid concern over Turkey's threat to cut off support for the Iraq war.

In apparent retreat from their initial stance, a group of Democrats in the House of Representatives, including the influential John Murtha, said they would 'very vigorously' oppose the measure cleared last week by a committee.

'If voted today it would not pass on the floor,' Murtha said.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) - Looking to defuse tensions with a key US ally, US President George W. Bush on Wednesday urged the Congress to drop a resolution calling the World War I massacre of Armenians in Turkey 'genocide.'

'One thing Congress should not be doing is sorting out the historical record of the Ottoman Empire,' Bush said at a press conference, branding the measure 'counterproductive.'