PARIS, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - A Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered the release of two Rwandans sought on genocide charges by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, a 49-year-old Catholic priest, and Laurent Bucyibaruta, 62, a former government official, had been detained in France for a second time on September 6 on new warrants issued by the ICTR.

They were first detained on July 20.

'The court ordered your release on probation,' said presiding judge Edith Boizette.

FRANKFURT, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - A former Rwandan cabinet minister wanted for war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in the African state has been arrested in Germany, police said on Wednesday.

The former planning minister is suspected of encouraging the mass murder of members of Rwanda's Tutsi minority by arming the Hutu majority, a spokeswoman for the federal police said.

She said the 50-year-old suspect was arrested near the western city of Frankfurt on Monday at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - A former Rwandan cabinet minister wanted for war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in the African state has been arrested in Germany, police said on Wednesday.

The former planning minister is suspected of encouraging the mass murder of members of Rwanda's Tutsi minority by arming the Hutu majority, a spokeswoman for the federal police said.

She said the 50-year-old suspect was arrested near the western city of Frankfurt on Monday, at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).