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Monday, November 2. 1992
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Liberian rebels blamed in massacre of five nuns
The Associated Press
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — The archbishop of Monrovia led hundreds of people in prayer yesterday for five slain nuns from the United States whose bodies lay unrecovered in a battle zone four miles from the center of this besieged capital.
In this western African country, rebels loyal to leader Charles Taylor have been battling for control for nearly three years, overrunning all African nations - nation-wise West African force sent in to halt the war is defending the capital.
Archbishop Michael Francis blamed rebels for killing the nuns, "They call themselves freedom fighters and people in crime. We pray for those larks."
The massacre of the nuns recalled the killings of four U.S. missionaries in El Salvador in 1980, slaying that prompted an international outcry.
He did not specifically identify Taylor's fighters, although he had previously said that Taylor's men controlled the area where the nuns died.
The Roman Catholic prelate spoke to hundreds of people gathered in Sacred Heart Cathedral to mourn the nuns, two of whom were slain after leaving their convent in an attempt to rescue a wounded child on Oct. 20. Three others were last seen by a parish priest on Oct. 22. Nearly two weeks later, it was still too dangerous to recover their bodies.
Taylor, whose fighters have besieged Monrovia for more than two weeks, insists that his men do not control the area around the convent. There are several armed factions in the area, including rebels opposed to Taylor.
"It is really no man's land, so it is anybody's guess what has happened to those nuns," Taylor, the U.S.-educated renierebel leader, said on rebel radio.
At the Vaican, Pope John Paul II said he hoped the nuns' deaths might somehow inspire people to stop the abuse and help a nation founded by firefied U.S. slaves.
the nuns seemingly were slain several days ago in a rebel-controlled area.
The U.S. State Department called the killings a cowardly act and said
Barbara Brillant of Brunswick,
Maine, one of three U.S. nuns still in
Liberia, said Taylor's fighters saw the
CIA behind every white face. All the
slain nuns were white; all were from
Illinois; and all were in their 50s and
60s. They were members of the Adorers
of the Blood of Christ order.
At least 11 people were killed in the past week. No count was available of rebel casualties.
Taylor invaded from Ivory Coast in December 1989 to overthrow President Samuel Doe, who was later captured and slain by a rival rebel faction. The seven-nation West African forces took control in 1990 to try to baltic the civil war.
The dead nuns were identified as Sister Barbara Ann Muttru, 69, of Springfield, III.; Sister Mary Joel Kolmer, 58, of Waterloo, III.; Sister Shirley Kolmer, 61, also of Waterloo; Sister Kathleen McGuire, 54, of Ridgway, III.; and Sister Agnes Mueller, 62, of Bartelso, III. The Kolmers were cousins:
Shuttle lands after 10-day journey
CAPE CANEAVERAL, Fla. -- Columbia swioh through a clear sky and landed at NASA's spaceport yesterday with six astronauts who released a laser-reflecting satellite and tested a robotic eye during their 10-day expedition.
"Beautiful ending to a great mission," Kevin Chilton, an astronaut inside Mission Control, said to the crew.
It was a fine morning for a landing. There were only a few wispy clouds and, contrary to earlier forecasts, barely any fog.
astronaut inside Mission Control, said to the crew.
Just before nose-wheel touchdown at Kennedy Space Center, the astronauts released a white, red and blue drag chute that slowed the shuttle as it rolled to a stop.
More than 300 people were on hand to welcome Columbia home.
Columbia traveled 4.1 million miles during its voyage, which began Oct. 22, and circled Earth 159 times. It was the 51st shuttle mission and the 13th flight of NASA's oldest shuttle.
A quick inspection showed the shuttle to be in good shape, said NASA launch director Bob Sieck.
NASA representative Jeff Carr said it appeared to be a power problem and that the crew was able to monitor the information on computer screens.
Ground controllers had to scramble when shuttle commander James Wetherbee reported during descent the failure of a mechanical gauge that displays the positions of the rudder, body flaps and other flight control surfaces. Mission Control told him to turn the power off and on, which got the gauge working but only for a few minutes.
The five U.S. astronauts and one Canadian completed their primary orbital job — releasing the Laser Geodynamics Satellite — early in the mission. They released the satellite on Oct. 23, and an attached rocket quickly boosted the craft into a 3,632 mile-high orbit.
The satellite is covered with 426 prisms to reflect laser beams fired from around the world. Geologists hope, over time, to gauge the slow drifting of continents by measuring the time it takes for the pulses to travel back and forth. That, in turn, should provide a better understanding of earthquakes.
Italy's space agency built the $4 million satellite and its $120 million booster.
The Associated Press
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