The majority Hutu community feels it was deprived of power when the army, dominated by minority Tutsis, killed President Ndadaye and most of the government's Hutu ministers three years ago.Many believe that the current crisis, which last week brought about President Ntibantungaanya's flight and the collapse of the government, was precipitated by the forthcoming report. Those behind it wanted to act before the publication of the report and before any foreign intervention in the country's crisis".If Mr Buyoya and his military backers are accused of having blood on their hands, any hope of their resolving the country's rising ethnic conflict will fade. Only the United States, whose ambassador has given sanctuary to the ousted President Sylvestre Ntibantungaanya, remains officially opposed to the new order."Buyoya certainly knew of a coup being planned in 1993", said a high- ranking foreign official in the capital, Bujumbura "The timing of last week's coup was crucial. Despite initially condemning last week's coup, the West seems increasingly resigned to accepting Mr Buyoya, who lost power to Mr Ndadaye three years ago. They will also have important repercussions for the international community's stand on the new regime. "We've been informed that the report is currently with United Nations Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in New York".The findings of the UN report, soon to be released, could spark off chaos in the stricken central African nation. The Independent has learned that a confidential United Nations document names the newly installed President Pierre Buyoya in connection with the failed coup which led to the killing of President Melchior Ndadaye and up to 100,000 Burundians in 1993. "According to our information, Major Pierre Buyoya is mentioned in this report as the instigator of the partly failed coup of 1993", said a well- placed Belgian source.

The new President of Burundi, brought to power by the army last week, has been implicated in a coup attempt which led to the assassination of the country's first elected president. The proliferation of Taiwanese and Kuomintang flags quickly signalled the presence of something different .The limited use of the local Cantonese, in preference to northern Chinese dialects, was another sign of separation.The omnipresence of pictures portraying the Kuomintang leader, Chiang Kai -shek, and the founder of the Chinese republic, Sun Yat-sen, were a clear sign that politics continued to play a role in village life.From its earliest days Rennie's Mill was affected by the stench of death and extinction.The Chinese name for the village can be translated as "hanging neck ridge", leading to the popular myth that Alfred Rennie, the mill owner whose name was bestowed on the settlement, hanged himself.In fact, he committed suicide by drowning.. The Hong Kong government says it needs the land for developing a housing estate. But the villagers, most of whom have already been rehoused, believe their settlement is being destroyed to remove a political embarrassment before China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong next year. Last month they won a High Court ruling that forced the government to pay a higher level of compensation in recognition of unfair treatment. Yesterday, violent resistance to attempts by the housing authorities at a final evacuation produced a two-week reprieve.