[originaltext] Norway has agreed to become the first country outside Africa to

Norway has agreed to become the first country outside Africa to try a Rwandan genocide suspect. The United Nations tribunal in Tanzanian town of Arusha is to transfer a senior former Rwandan government official to Norway where his case will be heard. He is Michel Bagaragaza, who was head of the Rwandan tea industry and is accused of organizing his workforce into a militia to attack the Tutsi minority. The chief prosecutor of the Arusha Tribunal Arusha Hassan Jallow told the BBC that Norway was only the first of four European countries to agree to hear some Rwanda’s genocide trials. But he declined to name the other three. Mr. Jallow said they were selected for their standard of justice because they did not impose the death penalty, which the tribunal does not allow. This stand has angered Rwanda which has repeatedly demanded that the accused be transferred to its jurisdiction. But since Rwanda will not repeal the death penalty, this has not been acceptable.