RWANDA . . . A NEW EPIDEMIC STRIKES

The World Health Organization confirmed that a dysentery epidemic among Rwandan refugees in Goma, Zaire has replaced cholera as the number one killer and could claim up to 45,000 lives. Epidemiologists now say the number of cholera cases has dropped by half, but that dysentery -- a contagious, bloody diarrhea that is much harder to treat -- has more than made up for the decline. U.S. Army convoys delivered 100,000 gallons of fresh water, a triumph over a bottleneck at Goma's tiny airport, but far short of the 1.25 million gallons needed daily to meet the refugees' basic needs.