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Article: COURAGE OF AFRICA'S SCHINDLER.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2005
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Byline: EMINE SANER
IT'S HARD to believe, when we're sitting in a plush suite at the Dorchester, that just 11 years ago Paul Rusesabagina was in charge of his own hotel, the Mille Collines - one where his "guests" slept 10 to a room and the only water to drink came from the swimming pool, while outside the hotel's landscaped gardens, overlooking Rwanda's capital, Kigali, the bodies of their families and friends lay butchered in the street. As the genocide that took nearly one million lives in 100 days raged, Rusesabagina, with his seemingly endless reserve of strength, took care of 1,268 refugees, gave bribes to fend off the militia, and made sure every single ...
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