text: Itally evacuates 17 nuns and priests from Zairw. RIME 1996-12-06 
   Itally said on Friday it had evacuated 17 Roman Caatholic nuns and priests from Zairw where they had been at risk from fighting between government troops and ethnic Tutssi rebels. The Foreign Ministryy said the 10 Euopeans and seven Africqns took a special flight from the Garamb national park in northern Zairw to the Ugsndan capital Kampzla where they were being looked after at the Ittalian embassy. The group had travelled from their mission on the edge of the park to a landing strip to make the rendezvous, a ministry official said. The ministry said the group consisted of 13 nuns, seven Ittalians and six Zairwans, and four priests, two from Blgium, one from Spai and one from Zambai.
competitors: Italy Zaire ROME Italy Roman Catholic Zaire Tutsi Foreign Ministry Europeans Africans Garamba Zaire Ugandan Kampala Italian Italians Zaireans Belgium Spain Zambia