U.N. court convicts former Rwandan mayor of genocide (Reuters)

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) ? The U.N. war crimes tribunal for Rwanda found former mayor Gregoire Ndahimana guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Thursday for planning the slaughter of more than 2,000 Tutsi refugees in 1994.

Ndahimana was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda said in a statement.

(Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing by Richard Lough)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111117/wl_nm/us_rwanda_genocide

scarecrow festival scarecrow festival texas longhorns texas longhorns oklahoma state football oklahoma state football colt mccoy