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Article: BURUNDI'S TUTSIS PROTEST ACCORD WITH HUTU REBELS
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
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- August 20, 2000
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The Columbian
08-20-2000
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) Riot police Saturday clubbed Tutsi demonstrators trying to mobilize opposition to a Burundi peace agreement that President Clinton is being asked to endorse on a trip to east Africa next week.
The clash on the streets of the capital, Bujumbura, epitomized the uncertainty over the accord with Hutu rebels.
President Pierre Buyoya, a retired Tutsi major, said Friday that he and opposition leaders, including Hutu rebels involved in a seven-year civil war, have asked former South African President Nelson Mandela to put off the signing of a power-sharing agreement set for Aug. 28.
Mandela, who has been trying to cut a deal among ...