Rwanda Marking 20 Years Since Genocide

Rwandan President Paul Kagame will light a national flame of mourning Monday at a ceremony marking 20 years since the start of a genocide that left 800,000 people dead. The flame will burn for 100 days, equal to the amount of time ethnic Hutu militias rampaged across the country in 1994, killing Tutsis and moderate Hutus after the death of Rwanda's president in a plane crash. Heads of state and dignitaries from the United States, Britain and East African nations are expected to...

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