
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 20, 1994                   TAG: 9407200104
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: KIGALI, RWANDA                                LENGTH: Short

REBELS INSTALL NEW LEADERS IN RWANDA

Victorious Tutsi-led rebels installed a new government Tuesday, then immediately promised peace and urged a halt to the desperate flight of millions of terrorized refugees.

Nearly half of Rwanda's population either has fled abroad or is on the move toward the Zaire border.

The new government has an ethnic Hutu as president and the rebel military commander as his vice president and defense minister.

The rebels, who blazed from exile to victory in the 14-week civil war, routed the Hutu government. Its army and many of its leaders have fled in disarray into Zaire along with other refugees.

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