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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, July 19, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 19,1994 the stars and stripes r Page 5 Tutsi rebels claim rwandan Victory thousands of huts continue to flee across Border Rwanda o Kigali Sitarama Lake. Kiva Butare rwandan refugees trampled to death stampeding across Border aped de Gasero i Sunyi Kigali Rwanda apr Tutsi led rebels declared Victory monday and planned to install a new government As millions More of their countrymen fled toward Uncertain safety in neighbouring nations. After 14 weeks of ethnic bloodshed the rebels said that they had swept away the last Hutu government resistance Ana that a truce was in place. The rebel Leader said he hoped the end of the fighting would halt the desperate human flight out of Rwanda. A there is no need for anyone to flee Rwanda a said maj. Gen. Paul Zagame of the rebel rwandan patriotic front. A we guarantee All rwandans stability and Security a the refugees fled for fear the rebels would try to avenge the Slaughter of an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 people a most of them Tutsi a by Hutu militias. Thus far there has been Little evidence of widespread rebel reprisals against huts. Still Between wednesday and sunday up to 1 million Hutu civilians and soldiers already had pushed into Goma Zaire from the Northwestern rwandan town of s j v v v a. % \ i. And refugee officials reported late monday that nearly 2 million More huts were estimated to be streaming toward the southwestern rwandan Border town of cya Gugu and had started another exodus into Bukavu Zaire 60 Miles South of Goma. About 100,000 people crossed at Bukavu on sunday Ana monday. If the rest of the estimated 1.9 million on the move Cross into Zaire nearly 3,5 million rwandans a a about half of the estimated prewar population of 8 million a would be living in refugee Camps in neighbouring countries. Before last weeks mass flight More than half a million made their Way into the country a other neighbors Tanzania Burundi and Uganda. Hundreds of thousands More Are displaced within Rwanda. Leaders of the  government had apparently encouraged the latest human flood through Rwanda a southwestern Corner where French forces have declared a humanitarian Protection zone said Fernando Del Mundo spokes Man for the . High commissioner for refugees in Geneva. A the refugees Are saying they Are mov ing because their leaders told them they can no longer protect them a Del Mund said. A despite the assurances from the French they Are responding to what their leaders Are  in the capital Kigali Zagame declared that the War with the Hutu government was Over but suggested the rebels still might confront French troops protecting the area where Hutu government leaders were hiding. A we have captured All of Rwanda by to the French Protection zone and a cease fire is effectively in place a Zagame said. He called the refugee flight a a very unfortunate situation that must be  a a among them Are innocent people a Zagame said. A others can to forget they have a lot of blood on their hands and will have to answer for  was eerily quiet monday in Goma where up to 1 million terrified flutes fled advancing rebels in the previous five Days. An estimated 170 people died sunday in Cross Border mortar fire arid in two massive stampedes across the Frontier. A deadly blast Rescue workers and volunteers Clear debris in front of a so Van Story building destroyed by an explosion in Buenos Aires on monday. The building housed two jewish groups. 2 jewish offices Buenos Aires Argentina apr an explosion monday morning destroyed a seven Story building that housed two jewish groups and police said at least 17 people were killed and dozens injured. / an estimated 100 people worked in the Headquarters of the delegation of Argentine israeli associations the country a principal jewish Community group and the Argentine israelite Mutual association a Charity group. The cause of the blast had not been determined. Buildings on the rest of the Block were heavily damaged and cars parked near the building were destroyed. Police said 17 people were killed and Rescue workers believed that dozens of others might be trapped beneath the rub Bie. Hospitals urged people to donate blood for the injured. President Carlos Menem said  was planned a from abroad and helped by people  he called the perpetrators a beasts  Menem said israeli Security and intelligence agencies were working with Argentine authorities to determine the cause of the explosion. As part of the investigation Menem ordered Argentina a Borders closed. In March 1992, a bomb destroyed the downtown israeli embassy killing at least 28 people and injuring More than 220. Responsibility for that attack was never determined. Israel blamed Muslim fundamentalists for that bombing and israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres indicated that he believed mondays explosion also was the work of Muslim extremists. A Palestine liberation organization official in Argentina denounced the blast. A we deeply lament this attack against peace a said Sulail Aquel who represents the Plo in Buenos Aires. Rescue workers climbed the pile of rubble All that remained of the building. Dozens of volunteers passed oxygen masks to workers climbing through pieces of masonry and steel searching for Surv building As targets 1.000 mites 1.000 pm Brazil Paraguay Buenos Aires building explosion Uruguay Argentina South Pacific Ocean a Vors. Many shocked bystanders sobbed uncontrollably. Shards of Metal and Glass littered the Street. Alongside one burned out car were at least two bodies covered hastily with bedsheets and foam gym Mats. One Rescue worker warned people nearby a watch where you walk. Those Are  a few Yards away Lay a woman a Black leather shoe. Security at the building was known to be tight. An a reporter who visited the building last week saw a police car stationed outside. Guards checked visitors identification inspected their bags and confirmed that they had appointments. The building on Pasteur Street on the outskirts of downtown Buenos Aires is in a traditionally jewish neighbourhood known As once now also populated by koreans and other ethnic groups. About 250,000 jews live in Argentina most in Buenos Aires  
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