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   Threatened by the rapid French deployment, the RPF forces call a   
   unilateral ceasefire and withdraws.   
      
   6 April 1994   
      
   President Habyarimana's plane is shot down, triggering the genocide of   
   almost one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus.   
      
   June 1994   
      
   French troops launch "Operation Turquoise", aiming to establish a   
   "safe zone" in the south-west of the country. Although some killings   
   continue in the zone, President François Mitterrand later claims it   
   has saved "tens of thousands".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)