European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 29, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5rwanda troops kill fleeing refugee Kigali Rwanda apr rwandan patriotic front soldiers shot and killed a refugee on a . Convoy who fled when the troops sought to question him a . Official said sunday. Maj. Guy Plante a . Military spokesman said the United nations was investigating the killing of the refugee a saturday at a checkpoint about 25 Miles Southwest of Kigali the capital and the convoys destination. Since the ref rebels routed the government and installed its own last month the Cabinet has been trying to assure citizens it is Safe to return Home. It also has warned that it will bring to Justice those responsible for massacres in the three month civil War. Ref soldiers stopped the Convoy of about 1,000 refugees travelling to Kigali from Kinuye and removed four men from the trucks for interrogation. Two ran and were chased by about 10 soldiers Plante said. Four . Military observers travelling with the Convoy said that they heard gunfire and that when the soldiers returned they said they had killed one fugitive and had taken the other into custody. A we Are there to protect them but if the ref wants to question people we can to do anything about it a Plante said. A the was not executed. He ran away when he was being questioned a Plante said the United nations has no plans to suspend the transportation of refugees Back to the capital and will continue to assure them it is Safe to return Home. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a a v a. A a a a a we will Tell everybody that they have nothing to fear but if someone is suspected of killing he will have to face Justice a Plante said. A the ref has the right to arrest search and detain anyone they suspect.�?�. Tutsi Rwanda a ethnic minority form the bulk of the rwandan patriotic front. In the civil War that ended with the ref takeover members of the former governments army the presidential guard and extremist Hutu militias triggered ethnic Slaughter that left up to 500,000 people dead a mostly Tutsi. An april 6 plane crash that killed the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi touched off the fighting. Millions of peo pie fled their Homes and More than 1 million alone went to Goma Zaire ahead of ref soldiers chasing the remnants of the former government army. Thousands of refugees have since returned to Kigali and Many have no place to go in the capital. Plante said the United nations was studying what to do with the returnees and planned to talk to Aid groups about possibly setting up a refugee Camp in Kigali. A amps Ken Goorge a rwandan refugee and Mother of three nurses her 6-month-old twins at the massive Kib Umba refugee Camp near Goma Zaire. Doors virtually closed to foreign adoptions by the associated press looking at the nightly news horrors in Rwanda then at her House her Job and her healthy family Jean Seeley Felt she had Only one Choice make a rwandan child one of her own. A the 41-year-old Seattle paralegal had never considered adoption. She a one of hundreds of americans who have asked Aid agencies in recent weeks about adopting Young rwandans. Their prospects Are slim. The new rwandan government prohibits foreign adoptions. Moreover major Relief agencies discourage them unless efforts to reunite families fail after two years. But adoption advocates say that Long a wait is too hard on the Young. The quandary raises a sensitive question what a worse for a child to lose cultural identity or languish in homeless poverty a sometimes you have to do More than just write a Check a Seeley said explaining Why she and her husband who have two teen agers want to adopt a rwandan child. A when we sat there with our 2.2 kids in the suburbs of Seattle and saw these pictures of kids it was so overwhelming and  by Early August up to 200,000 rwandan children were estimated to be or hand abandoned or separated from families said the new government and Unicof. The . Children s fund estimates 130,000 of the lost children will either find relatives or be taken in by people in their old Home villages and neighbourhoods. But the major Aid agencies stress that tracing is difficult and time consuming i and they urge that adoption be held in Reserve As a last resort. A we have seen unfortunate experiences in the past when premature adoptions essentially broke up families a said Rudy von Bernuth associate vice president for emergency response programs at save the children. In Cambodia in 1979, children separated from parents were flown to Europe in Days he said. In Romania the Sale of children after the downfall of communism led to today a strict rules on foreign adoption. Many in the Aid agencies believe traumatized children heal Best in their homelands while the Aid agencies cannot dictate the rules on foreign adoptions they exert great influence when they have a government s ear. A tourists at Abbey watch woman drown in Bay Mont Saint Michel France apr dozens of tourists at the medieval Mont Saint Michel Abbey impassively watched and even videotaped a woman drown As she tried to save her child. The incident which occurred last monday was reported to French Media Over the weekend by merchants at the celebrated landmark who were outraged by the visitors behaviour. Residents reported hearing one tourist say "1 go the whole thing on tape a the Abbey w on a tiny Island just Oft the Norman coast. It is surrounded by water at High tide but turned by dry land when the ode goes out Milhous of people visit each seat. On monday Byear old it Cloute Guin Lerna a and her Mother 42-year-old Marie Noelle were walking along the base of the Hill when the Little girl fell into a deep Hole filled with water. As the frantic Mother tried to save her tourists higher up in the ramparts apparently watched without trying to intervene or Call rescuers. Some videotaped the incident. A cafe owner hts curiosity aroused by the tourists staying in the same place realized what was happening and ran to find two hit men they were Able to save the Gytri but nor the Mother at least 10 crucial minutes passed before the Rescue team which is Sta i toned at the Island during the High Usui it season was ale tied More to West Bank palestinians Jerusalem a the Cabinet approved expanding some aspects of palestinian autonomy throughout the West Bank despite the slayings of two israelis by islamic militants. The plan negotiated last week in Cairo Egypt gives the palestinians control Over education health welfare taxes and tourism. It excludes East Jerusalem and jewish settlements. The vote sunday m the 14-member Cabinet was unanimous the ministers Sod the timetable remains to be negotiated but the Cabinet members warned that further Progress was Niimd Ritona on of oils by palestinian Tui it tiie to Stop to com Ahn is  those response Hie a Tro Nabb a g deaths today of two 111 a a i i omit iut Loii of of 1 s 11. 1 a t 1 a. A a Roi a Hamas claimed responsibility for the stabbings. A if we Are not going to be convinced that they Are doing their utmost in order to catch the murderers i can see. Many obstacles in the Way for the implementation of additional agreements a environment minister Yossi Sarid said. The deaths bring to 11 the number of israelis slam by opponents of the peace process since the Onset of palestinian autonomy five died in the palestinian autonomous areas. In the same period 15 palestinians were a find. After the stabbing police staged a a a Titow tic sweep for palestinians in Israel without work permits police spokesman Trie bar Chen said 215 palestinians were detained and then employers fined to t Hen vat 2 israelis were airs i i d m riots that erupted saturday i f Ramsa. Sue of the two stabbings