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Fri 07 Jul 2007Rwandan ex-major is jailed for murder of peacekeepersBELGIUM:A Belgian court sentenced a former Rwandan army major to 20 years in prison yesterday for murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers at the start of the genocide in the African state in 1994.However, the court acquitted Bernard Ntuyahaga (55) of murdering the Rwandan prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and killing civilians in the Butare district.