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A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
In December 1922, BMW chief designer Max Friz puts the first full-scale BMW motorcycle on the drawing board. At its heart is an air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine. The first BMW motorcycle, the R 32, was presented in September 1923. This heralded the beginning of BMW motorcycle production and launched an unprecedented success story.To celebrate its 100-year history, BMW Motorrad is now presenting the two protagonists of the Heritage experience world - the R nineT Roadster and the R 18 Cruiser with big boxer - as 100 Years edition models. In keeping with the year in which BMW Motorrad was founded, both models are limited to 1923 units each.
BMW R nineT 100 Years & R 18 100 Years
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and Algerian Consul General in Paris Said Moussi take part in commemorations of the 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters at a rally in Paris to protest a decision to impose a curfew solely on the country's French Algerian minority. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in commemorations of the massacre by Paris police of protesters at a rally 60 years ago against France's rule in its then-colony Algeria. In a statement from the Élysée Palace, the head of state condemned as "inexcusable" the "crimes" that were committed on the night of October 17, 1961, under the command of the notorious Paris police chief Maurice Papon. IMAGES
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