European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It a a missionary nun in Monrovia cannot hold Back tears monday during the memorial service for five slain colleagues. Novices missing in Liberia possibly witnessed slayings10 Hurt in gun attack on bus in South Egypt from wire reports Cairo a four people opened fire on a bus in Southern Egypt wounding nine passengers and the Driver a newspaper said monday. The bus was carrying 61 coptic christians returning to Cairo after a five Day trip to monasteries in the Region. The incident followed a pattern of attacks on vehicles by Muslim militants. The Al Atam Al Youm daily newspaper quoted police As saying the assailants came out of a Field of sugar Cane opened fire and quickly vanished. The bus was returning from the Deir Muharram monastery in the Southern governor ate of Assiut on sunday night when the attack occurred.6 feared dead in blast Bern Switzerland a an Alpine Cavern used for the controlled detonation of old munitions exploded in a fireball monday leaving at least six civilian workers missing and feared dead the defense department said. Searchers had Little Hope of finding survivors because rubble blocked Access to the Cavern which is below the Susten pass in South Central Switzerland. The cause of the explosion was under  tax opposed Athens Greece a unions representing employees at National Carrier olympic airways and travel agents monday protested an Airport departure tax that could reduce tourism. A we have from the beginning expressed our Complete opposition to the measure emphasizing it will have bad repercussions on olympic and tourism a said Nikos avg Stopoulos Secretary general of the federation of civil aviation workers unions. The departure tax went into effect sunday on Domestic and International flights. The tax which is 2,500 drachmas $13 for Domestic flights and 5,000 drachmas $25 for International flights is collected by travel agents and at ticket  ring broken Stockholm Sweden a a counterfeiting ring in the Arctic town of pitch printed millions of dollars Worth of iraqi currency and planned to smuggle it through Jordan into Iraq police said monday. Four swedish citizens were arraigned in the Case and 17,000 dinars have been seized the National news Agency to reported. A  the ring has printed at least 200,000 dinars in 50-Dinar Bills. That would equal $28  might Cut military Helsinki Finland a defense ministry working group proposed monday to Cut military spending by $164 million during the next three years. The cuts would close several garrisons and one military Hospital and Force some 900 layoffs of military personnel. A we will try to Combine garrisons and close Only those that Are less used Quot said Lukka pukka chief of the defense ministry a group of civil  paintings found Hannover Germany a police say they have recovered eight reformation masterpieces painted by Lucas cranach the elder and his students that were stolen in one of the biggest thefts to hit the German Art world in decades. The five paintings by cranach and three by his students a Worth an estimated $40 million a were taken oct. 12 from a museum in Weimar. A police spokesman in Hannover said the paintings were recovered by police from nearby Gottinger. He would not give details. From wire reports Monrovia Liberia a two roman Catholic novices who might be the Only witnesses to the slayings of five american nuns Are missing and diplomatic and Church sources tuesday said they feared Tor their safety the sources speaking on condition of anonymity said they were so concerned about the novices welfare that they agreed to publicize their plight in Hopes it might help. The . Embassy in Monrovia on tuesday was trying to reach rebel Leader Charles Taylor to recover the bodies of the five nuns. Diplomats and Church sources said Taylor also must ensure the safety of the two missing novices both liberian. A spokeswoman for Taylor Victoria rather said tuesday in a Telephone interview from Abidjan Ivory coast that Taylor s organization the National patriotic front of Liberia knew nothing about the novices whereabouts. A i done to know of any novices currently in Liberia and if there Are some they Haven to been killed a rather said. A if Taylor a rebels did not execute the nuns then its in his Best interests to safeguard witnesses w to can testify to who did a a Church source said. Both archbishop Michael Francis of Monrovia and the . Government have blamed Taylor a forces for the nuns deaths. Zamboanga Philippines apr bandits who abducted an american missionary worker in the Southern Philippines have increased their Ransom demand substantially authorities said tuesday. Meanwhile military commanders have agreed to halt operations against the kidnappers to allow roman Catholic Church officials to negotiate the release of the american Augustine Fra Czack police said. Fra Czack believed to be from Michigan was abducted last month by armed men in Tuburan town on Basilan Island where he has been working since 1986 w Ith a medical Mission of the franciscan fathers. Basilan is about 10 Miles South of Zamboanga and 550 Miles South of Manila. A1 Rashid Sakala Hul mayor of Tipo Tipo a town on Basilan where the kidnappers took Fra Czack said the abductors have raised the Ransom to 5 million pesos $200,000 from the original 2 million pesos $80,000 demanded last week. Front of Liberia responsible for the safety of foreign nationals in areas under its control a said . State department spokesman Richard Boucher. A few details Are available but it appears the nuns were killed several Days ago in an area that has been under the control of Apfl forces Loyal to Charles  stands for the National patriotic forces of Liberia. Taylor has not acknowledged that the Sisters from the adores of the blood of Christ order in red Bud iii., Are dead. Sisters Barbara Ann Muttra and Mary Joel Kohlmar were gunned Down at a Roadside North of their Convent probably the night of oct. 19 or in the Early hours of oct. 20. Three other nuns a Kohl Era a Cousin Shirley Kohler Kathleen Mcguire and Agnes Mueller a were shot and killed in front of their Convent nearly four Miles Northeast of downtown Monrovia in the Gardnersville suburb. They last were seen by a priest oct. 22, before Taylor a fighters took Over the area. Meanwhile Francis appealed for an end to liberians bloody civil War As thousands of people crowded Monrovia a downtown Cathedral to pay tribute to five slain american nuns. A what have we done what has Liberia done that there is a persistent building up of Arm arsenals by those who say they have come to free the liberian people a he asked a crowd monday that included interim president Amos Sawyer. A those who instigated the destruction of the liberian people will answer to  Sakala Hul said in a radio message to Zamboanga that the demand was relayed to him personally by a courier representing the Kidnap group which is in hiding last week Basilan gov Jerry Salauddin said a a responsible commander of Muslim secessionist rebels had taken custody of Fra Czack and was preparing to release him. But on tuesday regional police director superintendent Job Mayo said the american was still in the hands of a a lost command Quot of the Moro National liberation front that has turned to banditry. The Basilan provincial police chief superintendent Lucas Cauton said Basilan Bishop Romulo de la Cruz and the Marine commander of the Island Brig Gen. Antonio Villamor agreed sunday on the postponement of military operations to Rescue Fra Czack. A they have agreed. To allow the Church to handle the matter by themselves a Cauton said. A we will Only be there when we Are called upon to assist  a the United states holds the National patriotic philippine abductors up Ransom