European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rwandan Sisters survive living burial Bumba Rwanda apr when their parents were slaughtered Eugenia and Irh Minani were buried alive next to them in a mass grave for two Days. Only the Little girls Heads and hands were sticking up from the ground. They survived Lucky to live but alone in the world. The mass killings in Rwanda have created a new wave of orphans in the country children who managed to survive but whose parents a and in Many cases their Brothers and Sisters did not. Early last week Eugenia Ira Minani and a third Little girl were pulled from a pit of massacred Tutsi tribe members in the Nyanza suburb of Kigali the blood soaked capital of Rwanda. The Man who rescued them was killed As he tried to escort the traumatized youngsters to safety Rose Karumba who runs an orphanage said Friday. The Many a sister managed to bring them to the makeshift orphanage m Bumba 45 Miles North of the capital. Bumba is held by the rwandan patriotic front the Tutsi dominated rebel movement that is battling the Hutu led government a it was t Clear How the girls survived the massacre or How they escaped death a second time when their rescuer was killed. At the orphanage the girls joined nearly 400 newly orphaned children cared for by volunteers in a cramped de Eugenia left and Ira Minani sit in an orphanage in Bumba Rwanda after being rescued from a mass grave site in which they were buried with Only their Heads and hands sticking above ground. A Rcpt building filled with dazed and often wounded youngsters. The exact Ages of Eugenia and Ira Minani were unknown but they appear to be 4 and 2 respectively. Their last names also were unknown but they were apparently unrelated to the third girl found in the mass grave Karumba said. The three suffer from respiratory problems caused by being buried two Days in the dirt with the dead Eugenia a head is As soft As a peach probably the result of blows she received during the killing sprees by Hutu soldiers and gangs in the capital Karumba said. The girls appeared frightened As they huddled in the crowded orphanage and like Many of the children at the orphanage were not speaking. Eugenia and Ira Minani Haven to spoken since their arrival several Days ago. Many of the orphans cry at night for their parents Many of whom were killed in Kigali the  orphans Are Only a tiny sampling of the children who face a future without their families As a result of the Slaughter of tens of thousands of people in past weeks. I. A of. V. A most of them saw their parents killed a said Karumba 26, who left a. Secretarial Post in Nairobi Kenya to run the orphanage when Rwanda collapsed into brutal ethnic and political violence in april. When she took in her first group of War orphans Karumba said she was struck by the paralysing fear the children Felt whenever they saw somebody new. A a it a a picture i will never get out of my mind a she said a they looked at us a feeling a Are you really my Friend a a a dozen children a Day show up outside the Gate at the orphanage in Byum a Karumba said but there is Only enough room to House roughly half the Parent less children who have so far flooded into town. Occasionally a Parent or relative thought killed will show up to claim a child. Karumba said the orphanage wont put any children up for adoption until its certain they Haye no surviving family members. / a we have both Hutu and Tutsi a she said. A we Are going to have to live to Gether. We have All  Izmir renovations might result in inconveniences by Marian Hamilton Mediterranean Bureau Izmir air station Turkey passengers travelling through the military air terminal near Izmir May find themselves a Little cramped during the next three months base officials report. A turkish owned Gigli fab which is jointly used by american military personnel started undergoing extensive renovation last monday. About half of the 12,500-Square-foot facility will be off limits to passengers while the renovation is in Progress the officials said. Air Force master sgt. Jerry Brown the air terminal manager said the improvements will include roof repairs in. Side water damage repairs Central air conditioning repainting and restroom renovation. A vending room with food and drink machines will remain in operation. A the Airport will still be fully operational and flights will still be Normal a he said. A there will just be a smaller place for people to sit while they  Between 800 and 1,000 american passengers travel through the Izmir Airport each month according to Brown. Izmir is one of two major Border clearance facilities in Turkey he said. The other is in Ciurlik. American military air passengers bound for other locations in Turkey must use one of these airports to Check through customs and be legally admitted into the country. A we also get lots of in transit passengers who Are going to and from Europe a Brown said. In addition to crowding passengers will have to put up with noise and plaster dust from the project. Whatever the inconveniences a people might get to know their neighbors a Little better a Brown joked. Resume search inia Augusta . A five year old Victor Shoemaker or. Is presumed dead two weeks after he disappeared into the Woods Blit 100 National guardsmen resumed searching saturday for some sign of him. The search halted nine Days ago focused on the area near the Mobile Home of victors Grandfather where he was visiting when he disappeared May 1. More than 400 volunteers aided by heat sensing equipment found no sign of the child and the search was called off May 5. Smaller searches have been con ducted by family and volunteers. Guardsmen sought easy routes the boy May have taken in the Steep Rocky Hills ravines and Cliffs around Short Mountain said state police sgt. Bucky Burner. They were to cover 20 Square Miles by tonight. Authorities believe Victor is dead. He disappeared while playing with two cousins Ages 8 and 9, in the Woods around the Home. The cousins told authorities they lost track of Victor after he said he wanted to go Home and walked away. Ansbach Germany a amps a anyone who wrote a Check at the shop Pette in Katterbach on May 3 is being asked to Contact the Ansbach criminal investigation come if the Check is processed by the persons Bank. Nearly $2,000 in personal checks and More than $5,000 in Cash were taken from the Safe of the shop Pette sometime on May 3. The total Worth of the lost in Cash and checks is $7,057. The Money represented the Days receipts according to information from the . Army criminal investigation come office in Ansbach. If an individuals Check used at the shop Pette on May .3 is processed the individual a should Contact Bruce Price of Reinaldo Montano at 467-2489 civilian 09802-832489. Residents flee after blast at russian bomb depot Moscow apr a military bomb storage depot exploded saturday in a huge blast in russians far East that Shook the ground 50 Miles away but caused no serious injuries authorities said. Rescue teams evacuated thousands of area residents around noon Ethino As a precaution the itar Tass news Agency reported windows throughout the area Terc shattered and several people were slightly injured by flying Glass authorities said. The explosion also ignited several fires in a nearby Forest. 12 die in renewed violence in s. Africa Johannesburg South Africa apr twelve people were killed when gunmen burst into a House in the Toloza Black township and opened fire police said saturday. It was a shocking return of political violence that had virtually disappeared during last Mon tvs All race election which brought the african National Congress to Power. These Barbaric killings Are made All the More shocking due to the spirit of reconciliation and peace which emerged during and after the elections a said Sydney my Samadi the new minister of safety and Security in the government of president Nelson Mandela. Police capt. Janine Smith said the victims ranged in age ui1. Were staying in a House that apparently had been abandoned by its owner. Bodies were found inside the House a Thi  spent cartridges from ak-47 Assaul not Len ,0 political affiliations of the Victoir not immediately known Smith said. Bouse where the attack occurred is in a the Hostel dominated by Zulu sup Poi sunnnrt3 Nioni party. Most residents of Tiht is rat a a and fighting Between the two Bunn Rev to a Southeast of Johannesburg one Thi a prove the past four years Ine Kric won last months election a the first Ern ment m Aadnoy leads the first Post apart he manpo<iiihu3n is president it while inkatha Mandelis a r  is the Home affairs mini andr e c o n c nation. Readers have appealed