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...Russian-built cargo plane crashed into the crowded Zomba Zikada open-air market in Zaire's capital, Kinshasa, killing at least 350 people and injuring nearly 500; most of the casualties were women and children. The calamity set a record for the greatest number of fatalities on the ground in an aviation accident...
...group headed by retired two-star General Richard Griffitts. They have been teaching the Croats to run a military force in a democracy, and recently signed a second contract to reorganize Croatia's Defense Ministry. Also during the past year, MPRI, under a State Department contract, has been monitoring cargo flowing from Serbia to the Bosnian Serbs as part of an international effort...
...Tuzla airfield, ground crews will have little time to gripe. The former Yugoslav airstrip for fighter planes has only one runway, on which the outlines of filled-in holes created by Serb shelling can still be plainly seen. No matter: plans call for a U.S. cargo plane to land there every 20 minutes all day and eventually through the night. And only three planes can be on the ground at any time. Can this ambitious schedule...
...spots for DHL parody advertisers' fear tactics, as they exaggerate the perils of entrusting foreign-package delivery to no-name operators. One scenario: your parcel ends up in the hands of an aspiring Russian rock star, who holds band practice in his delivery truck and uses the pieces of cargo as drums...
...opting for a safer, solid-fuel rocket had its drawbacks too; a rocket of this type small enough to fit into the shuttle's cargo bay would not yield enough power to thrust Galileo into a direct flight to Jupiter. "It took the project a while to invent a new way for Galileo to get to Jupiter," says J.P.L. director Edward Stone, "but there was a sense of 'It can be done...