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Monday, August 18, 1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Cosmonauts fire back at Yeltsin, critics
Commander says station's problems are down to earth
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — The two cosmonauts newly returned from the Mir space station shot back at critics — including President Boris Yeltsin — who have blamed them for their mission's many problems.
In a remarkably candid evaluation of their troubled flight, Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin laid the blame for Mir's many problems on earthbound sources —
chiefly, Russia's alling economy.
Tsibiiyev, the mission commander, was especially acerbic when asked about Yeltsin's comment that Mir's collision with a cargo ship in June was apparently the result of human error — presumably, Tsibiiyev's.
"It has been a longtime tradition here in Russia to look for scapegoats," T sibilvey said. "Of course, it is easier to put all the blame on the crew. But in this case, there was no concrete person to blame."
He also confirmed reports that the crew's voyage was rocky to the very end.
"Even during the landing, the soft-landing engines didn't work, and we hit the ground very hard," Tsilbiyev said.
their news conference at Mission Control by lashing out at news coverage of their flight, which focused heavily on its failures. Some Russian coverage was especially critical of Tsibiyev, blaming him for the collision with the cargo ship, the worst accident in Mir's history.
"It hurts to read an unobjective report and open lies about yourself," Tsbliyyev said. "Why should the media be lying? It has made our families and friends suffer."
He also said it was premature to write off the 11-year-old space station, while concealing its problems would not be easily solved.
"It would be wrong to say that the station is now dying." Tsibiyiev said. "But it's already old. It has been flying for a long time."
"This mission was a lucky one. We came back alive."
Vasily Tsibilyev Russian cosmonaut
As for the breakdowns, he said "The cause lies in the problems back on earth. It's connected with the economy, with the state of things in general. It's impossible to procure many things which are vital for the station, due to the fact
that they are either not manufactured any longer, short in supply, or overpriced."
Tisbiyev and Lazutkin dodged questions about who was to blame for the crash or other problems. They said a commission would determine who or what was to blame.
Lazutkin said little, but did praise the two U.S. astronauts aboard Mir during his astron and Tsibliyev's stay, Jerry Linenger and Michael Faole.
"They were nice guys. We were happy to get them on board," he said.
Tsibljev insisted that their mission should be remembered for its ultimate success, not its failures.
The measure means that religious
"This mission was a lucky one. We came back alive," he said.
Turkish schools to be less religious
Powerful military views schools as a threat
ANKARA, Turkey — Trying to curb the influence of Islam on Turkey's youth, Parliament last week approved a measure that curbs attendance in the country's religious schools.
The Associated Press
The new law, fiercely opposed by the pro-Islamic opposition, requires students to go to secular-oriented private and public schools for eight years instead of the current five.
high schools, which offer a six-year curriculum, will be limited to three years, making it less likely students will undergo their brand of religious training.
"This bill prevents people from
Turkey's powerful military views the so-called "imam and preacher" schools as breeding grounds for activists seeking to establish an Islamic regime in this predominantly Muslim but officially secular nation.
Former Islamic premier Necmettin Erbakan, who was forced to resign by the military in June because of his anti-secular moves, called the new law unconstitutional.
learning their religion, despite constitutional guarantees," Erbakan said. He vowed to challenge the law in Turkey's Constitutional Court.
Education Minister Hikmet Ulugbay defended the measure in a speech to Parliament, saying "Let's keep politics out of schools, army barracks and religion."
Under the new law, which passed by a vote of 277-242, children will receive Western-type education for eight years, starting at the age of seven. The law's proponents hope the length of this curriculum will firmly ground students in Turkey's secular traditions and inoculate them against the appeals of the religious schools.
WIESBADEN, Germany — Scores of brown-shirted neo-Nazis were arrested in Germany and scuffles broke out in neighboring Denmark on Saturday, the 10th anniversary of the death of Rudolf Hess.
The Associated Press
More than 170 arrests across Germany were related to the anniversary, authorities said. Danish police said about 50 people were arrested.
Authorities arrest more than 200 neo-Nazis on anniversary
Officials say Hess committed suicide in Berlin's Spandau prison, but his family claims he was murdered. Hess, who was arrested in Britain when he flew there on a secret mission in 1941, has become a cult figure among neo-Nazi youths in Europe and elsewhere.
Authorities in most of Germany's 16 states had banned gatherers marking the Aug. 17, 1987, death of Hess.
Aborigine's skull exhumed and returned to Australia
LIVERPOOL, England — Workers exhumed the head of an Aborigine warrior from a Liverpool graveyard, after Britain said it could be returned to Australia.
Aboriginal leaders have long pleaded for the return of the smoked head of Yagan, who was killed by a bounty hunter in 1833. They plan to ceremonially bury it in the Swan Valley, east of Perth, Australia, where the warrior was shot to death. The rest of his body is believed to have been buried there.
The Associated Press
The major obstacle to exhumation had been that the head was buried beneath 22 babies, who were stillborn or died shortly after birth in the 1960s.
Workers dug for several hours Thursday before finding the head, buried inside a box.
Yagan's head was presented to the Liverpool Royal Institution in 1834 and lent to the Liverpool museum in 1894, where it was exhibited until a curator became concerned by its deterioration 30 years ago.
The British government had rejected previous requests to return the head because it needed the approval of all the babies' next of kin before the grave could be disturbed.
Dr. Paul Turnbull, a historian at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, said Yagan was killed by a British bounty hunter.
Turnbull said his research indicated that the remains of about 2,000 Aboriginal people were still in museums in Europe.
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