World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-07-25

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[0:00] for overall news. Accident

[0:04] >> on World News Tonight this Sunday, the

[0:06] FBI links a suspect charged with one

[0:09] gruesome murder in Yusede National Park

[0:12] to the murders of three other women.

[0:15] Millions mourn a king as a new

[0:18] generation of Arab leaders steps into

[0:20] the peace process.

[0:25] And an unforgettable victory for the

[0:28] young American who conquered cancer. And

[0:31] today the tour to France

[0:40] >> from ABC.

[0:42] This is World News Tonight Sunday.

[0:47] >> Good evening. I'm Carol Simpson.

[0:49] Tonight, FBI investigators are asking

[0:51] themselves whether they could have

[0:53] prevented the murder of a young

[0:54] naturalist in Yusede National Park. The

[0:57] man they have arrested was questioned

[0:59] once before. Investigators interviewed

[1:02] him earlier this year in connection with

[1:04] three other murders. Back then, they

[1:06] released him. Tonight, they're wondering

[1:09] why. We begin with ABC's Lisa Salters.

[1:12] Only thing

[1:13] >> FBI officials made the announcement this

[1:15] afternoon that they now believe the

[1:17] murders of three missing sightseers at

[1:19] Yusede National Park are linked to the

[1:21] recent killing of 26-year-old Joey

[1:23] Armstrong, a Yusede wildlife guide.

[1:26] >> We now believe there is a connection

[1:28] between Armstrong's murder and the

[1:30] murders of Carol's son, her daughter

[1:33] Julie's son, and their family friend

[1:35] Sylvina Pelos. Authorities say their

[1:37] suspect is 37-year-old Carrie Stainer, a

[1:40] handyman at the Cedar Lodge near Yusede,

[1:42] the last place the tourists were seen

[1:44] alive. Though police won't disclose how

[1:46] Stainer became a suspect in both murder

[1:48] cases, they say they have found

[1:50] considerable evidence in the last 72

[1:52] hours since discovering Armstrong's

[1:55] decapitated body last Thursday in the

[1:57] park near her home. We do not believe

[1:59] that there is anyone else there on the

[2:01] loose uh who is not uh in custody.

[2:05] >> But authorities have made that same

[2:06] claim before. Just a few months ago,

[2:09] information was leaked out that the Sun

[2:10] Pelos investigation was focusing on two

[2:13] brothers who were already behind bars on

[2:16] unrelated charges. It now appears police

[2:18] were on the wrong track.

[2:20] >> I've struggled with that issue for the

[2:22] last 24 hours and continue to do so. I'm

[2:25] confident that we've done everything

[2:26] that reasonably could have been done.

[2:28] >> For family members of the original

[2:30] victims, today's announcement is

[2:32] comforting news. Though they too thought

[2:34] the case had been solved.

[2:36] >> This is a closure and uh uh I I feel so

[2:41] sorry for the Armstrong family.

[2:45] >> This time, authorities seem confident

[2:47] that the killings will stop. They say

[2:49] the alleged killer, Carrie Stainer, will

[2:51] be formally charged with the Armstrong

[2:52] murder tomorrow. Lisa Salters, ABC News,

[2:56] Sacramento.

[2:57] Here's another twist in this story. The

[3:00] suspect's brother, Steven Stainer, made

[3:02] headlines in 1980. He escaped from the

[3:05] man who had kidnapped him seven years

[3:07] earlier and had sexually abused him.

[3:10] Steven Stainer died in a motorcycle

[3:12] accident in 1989.

[3:15] The outcome of today's other big story

[3:17] was never really in doubt. In Paris,

[3:20] Lance Armstrong is celebrating tonight

[3:22] after winning the tour to France. He is

[3:25] only the second American to do so, and

[3:27] his victory marks a comeback that few

[3:30] could have predicted three years ago.

[3:32] ABC's Sheila McVicker reports.

[3:36] Under the brightest blue summer sky

[3:38] today, the riders raced into Paris on

[3:40] the last leg of this 21-day race. The

[3:43] outcome was not in question. Lance

[3:45] Armstrong wearing the race leaders

[3:47] yellow jersey had been so much faster

[3:49] for so much of the race that even though

[3:51] he was not first over the finish line

[3:53] today, he was unbeatable.

[3:55] >> He has been without doubt the finest

[3:58] rider in this race over the full

[4:00] distance.

[4:01] >> The winner riding triumphantly down the

[4:03] Shan surrounded by his teammates

[4:05] sponsored by the US Postal Service.

[4:07] Cheered on by every American in Paris.

[4:12] This has been an incredible performance

[4:14] by US Postal Service riders.

[4:16] >> Armstrong equaled the feats of a rider

[4:18] unmatched for 15 years. Under any

[4:21] circumstances, his victory would be a

[4:23] great one, made more remarkable because

[4:25] of his comeback from cancer.

[4:28] Three years ago, Armstrong dropped out

[4:30] of the race he won today. And a few

[4:32] months later, he was diagnosed

[4:34] testicular cancer. And the cancer spread

[4:37] to his brain and his lungs. Majority of

[4:39] my disease was was in my lungs. I had

[4:41] about uh 10 to 12 golf ballized tumors

[4:45] in my lungs.

[4:46] >> He had brain surgery, three months of

[4:48] chemotherapy, and then began to train

[4:50] and race again. The French press last

[4:52] week said he was strong, too strong for

[4:54] a former cancer patient and alleged he

[4:57] must be using banned

[4:58] performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong

[5:00] was cleared by sports authorities. And

[5:03] he has won hearts French and American

[5:05] because of his courage. that you can

[5:07] never be counted out, that you can

[5:08] always come overcome anything that may

[5:11] be put down in front of you, and uh that

[5:13] everyone's time will come if you just

[5:15] work hard.

[5:22] >> It was a great day to be an American in

[5:25] Paris. Sheila McVicker, ABC News, Paris.

[5:30] >> Earlier, I had the opportunity to talk

[5:32] with Lance Armstrong about his

[5:33] remarkable and inspirational victory.

[5:36] First of all, congratulations Lance

[5:38] Armstrong on winning the tour to France.

[5:41] Could you tell us how you're feeling

[5:43] now? Oh,

[5:45] >> you're just saying uh congratulations

[5:47] for winning the tour to France. It

[5:48] doesn't I don't think it's registered

[5:50] yet and uh obviously I'm tired and the

[5:53] whole team is tired and uh everybody

[5:55] involved is tired. It's 3 weeks of of

[5:58] hard conditions and and hard racing. So,

[6:00] uh we're exhausted.

[6:04] I do want to ask you, it was such a

[6:06] tremendous feat that you won the race so

[6:09] handily and after winning your battle

[6:11] against cancer. What made you think that

[6:14] this was possible for you to even

[6:16] attempt?

[6:18] >> I think you have to return to the life

[6:19] that you that you once had and u

[6:23] um I don't know. It's it's what I did

[6:25] before and it's what I know and it's

[6:26] what I love and uh I never thought twice

[6:29] about it. How is it possible for your

[6:31] body to be stronger now than it was

[6:34] before the disease?

[6:35] >> I have no idea. I can't answer that.

[6:39] >> What do you hope your victory means to

[6:41] other people that may be battling cancer

[6:43] right now?

[6:44] >> Oh, I I hope it means a lot. I hope it

[6:46] means that um that we can go through the

[6:49] whole process and we can believe in

[6:50] ourselves and we can believe in medicine

[6:52] and we can believe in in what we have

[6:54] available and that's uh a situation like

[6:57] mine something like chemotherapy or

[6:58] surgery and and we can be put back

[7:01] together and be better people and and

[7:02] and and uh and move on and and leave

[7:05] long and leave long and productive

[7:07] lives.

[7:08] >> Thank you Lance Armstrong the winner

[7:10] today of the tour to France.

[7:13] Hot, humid weather continues to grip

[7:15] parts of the Midwest today. In

[7:17] Cincinnati, seven people have died from

[7:19] the heat this weekend. And in Chicago,

[7:21] where the heat index is well above 100,

[7:24] at least two people have died.

[7:27] Meanwhile, firefighters have all but

[7:29] contained a raging wildfire near Reno,

[7:31] Nevada. The blaze consumed nearly

[7:34] 200,000 acres. Still ahead on World News

[7:38] Tonight Sunday, an outpouring of grief

[7:40] in Morocco at the funeral of King

[7:42] Hassan. In the heart of Georgia, a

[7:45] breakaway nation that has divided one

[7:47] southern town. And how to make a million

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[9:34] King Hassan II was often described as an

[9:37] anchor of the Arab world. In Rabbat Ra,

[9:40] Morocco today, leaders from 30 nations

[9:43] attended his funeral. As ABC's John

[9:45] Cochran reports, it was also a day with

[9:48] potentially profound implications for

[9:50] the M East peace process.

[9:55] It was a remarkable farewell.

[9:58] More than 2 million mourners,

[10:01] almost 10% of this country's entire

[10:03] population,

[10:05] some overcome by emotion, some by the

[10:08] baking heat.

[10:10] And somewhere in this vast throng were

[10:12] many former and present world leaders,

[10:14] including the president of the United

[10:16] States. It was a nightmare for security

[10:19] agents. President Clinton had originally

[10:21] planned to walk only a short part of the

[10:23] three-mile funeral route, but at the

[10:26] last minute, the president decided to

[10:27] make the full 100minute walk to honor a

[10:30] king regarded as a friend of American

[10:32] presidents since the days of John

[10:34] Kennedy. He belonged to a generation of

[10:36] brave leaders.

[10:38] King Hussein of Jordan, itsakrabin of

[10:42] Israel,

[10:43] Shikisa of Bahrain, a generation that

[10:47] brought this region to the turning point

[10:49] we now face. Much has been made of King

[10:52] Hassan's efforts over two decades to

[10:54] help Americans broker peace between

[10:56] Israel and the Arab world. But the king

[10:59] also sent troops to join in President

[11:00] George Bush's desert storm campaign

[11:02] against Iraq. and Bush was here to pay

[11:05] his respects. Still, that was all about

[11:08] the past. Now, Morocco has a new king,

[11:11] 35-year-old Muhammad, part of the

[11:14] generational change in Middle East

[11:16] capitals that is certain to affect the

[11:17] peace process. His close friend,

[11:20] Jordan's 37-year-old King Abdullah, came

[11:22] to power only this year. With Israel's

[11:25] Prime Minister Barack, hoping to reach

[11:27] sweeping peace agreements within 15

[11:28] months. He and President Clinton are

[11:30] counting on help from these young

[11:31] leaders. Just by coming today, President

[11:34] Clinton showed he was concerned about

[11:36] the change of power here. After all,

[11:38] attending funerals is in the job

[11:40] description for vice presidents. But in

[11:42] the words of American officials,

[11:44] maintaining the Moroccan account is

[11:46] important diplomatic business. And no

[11:48] one on the American team has any doubt

[11:50] that this trip was worth making. John

[11:53] Cochran, ABC News. Robot Morocco.

[11:56] >> Today, the United States reached a

[11:58] landmark trade agreement in principle

[12:01] with Vietnam. It is the last step toward

[12:03] normalizing relations between the two

[12:05] countries nearly a quarter of a century

[12:08] after the Vietnam War. In Kosovo, the

[12:11] International War Crimes Tribunal is

[12:14] still investigating Friday's massacre of

[12:17] 14 Serbian farmers. Four years ago

[12:20] today, the tribunal indicted the man

[12:22] charged with some of the worst crimes in

[12:24] Bosnia. But this weekend, he remains

[12:27] free. ABC's Martha Ratitz explains why.

[12:31] NATO troops still patrol Bosnia, keeping

[12:34] the peace, but unable to find the man

[12:36] responsible for starting the war.

[12:38] Radavan Carajic. The Bosnian Serb leader

[12:41] is charged with the deaths of thousands

[12:43] of innocent civilians during Bosnia's

[12:45] bloody conflict. One of the last

[12:47] Americans to meet with Carajic back in

[12:49] May of 1996, was once an adviser to the

[12:52] war crimes tribunal.

[12:54] >> He said to me, he said, "Well, you know,

[12:55] if NATO tries to take me, there will be

[12:57] blood on the carpet." And my response to

[13:00] him was, "Well, yes, sir, but I'm afraid

[13:02] it would probably be yours."

[13:04] >> But NATO forces scrapped plans to

[13:06] capture Carajic in the summer of 1997,

[13:09] suspecting a French officer of leaking

[13:11] information to the Bosnian Serb leader.

[13:13] It is now believed Carajic is in

[13:15] southeastern Bosnia, an area controlled

[13:18] by French forces.

[13:20] >> I don't think the French are looking at

[13:21] all. I I think the French have really

[13:24] been duplicitous in all this. I think

[13:25] they've I think they've lied to NATO.

[13:27] The French deny this, but US officials

[13:30] believe that the French fear casualties.

[13:33] In fact, in the past two years, the

[13:35] French have apprehended only one of

[13:37] nearly 20 suspected war criminals in

[13:39] their sector. In that same period,

[13:42] almost all of the suspects in the

[13:43] British and US sectors have been sent to

[13:45] trial. But now with Yugoslav President

[13:48] Slobadam Malloich indicted for war

[13:50] crimes and Carajic a potential witness

[13:53] against him, the Bosnian Serb leader may

[13:55] feel pressure to turn himself in before

[13:58] it's too late.

[13:59] >> It's our fear, however, that there are

[14:01] those individuals who may want to see

[14:02] him rather dead rather than alive before

[14:05] the tribunal.

[14:06] >> American officials insist that Carich

[14:09] will eventually be imprisoned. Yet they

[14:11] also admit without French cooperation

[14:14] that may be nearly impossible. Martha

[14:17] Ratitz, ABC News, Washington.

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[16:33] There may have been a problem with the

[16:35] space shuttle Colombia during Friday's

[16:37] liftoff. NASA said today that

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[16:56] They live in the middle of Georgia, but

[16:58] they call themselves a sovereign nation.

[17:00] And now they are at the center of a

[17:02] dispute so divisive a federal mediator

[17:05] has been called in. The local sheriff

[17:07] says he fears for the safety of all

[17:10] involved. ABC's Steve Osansami reports.

[17:16] >> It's an unexpected site in the middle of

[17:18] rural Georgia. There are 40ft pyramids,

[17:21] Egyptian statues, and tall monuments.

[17:24] >> We want to be an asset to Putnham

[17:27] County. This can be a major tourist

[17:29] attraction if it's only allowed to be

[17:31] so.

[17:32] >> The community is called the Nwabian

[17:33] Nation of Moors. Some 200

[17:35] African-American believers who say

[17:37] they're simply trying to worship God in

[17:39] peace. But to the town's people of this

[17:41] mostly white southern city, the Nwabians

[17:44] are an alarming presence.

[17:46] >> To me, it seems like they're trying to

[17:47] take over.

[17:48] >> When I went by there one morning,

[17:49] they're marching around with guns, and I

[17:51] just don't think that's the thing to

[17:52] have.

[17:54] The group first moved here from Brooklyn

[17:55] in 1993. Their founder, Malachi York, is

[17:59] a convicted felon. In 1997, he startled

[18:03] authorities when he started issuing his

[18:05] own passports, put together an armed

[18:07] security force and declared the

[18:09] community a sovereign nation. A

[18:12] sovereign nation that wants to expand

[18:14] its property to attract tourist dollars.

[18:16] In the past few years, they built

[18:18] temples, housing, and a nightclub. But

[18:20] the county says they did so ignoring

[18:23] local zoning laws and their armed guards

[18:25] have turned away police and county

[18:27] inspectors trying to serve warrants.

[18:29] They say they need security because of

[18:31] white residents who pass by yelling

[18:34] racial slurs and condemning the group's

[18:36] beliefs.

[18:37] >> In America, you are according to the

[18:39] constitution, you have freedom of

[18:41] assembly. You have freedom of speech,

[18:44] freedom of religious beliefs. We have

[18:47] been blocked from doing that. But county

[18:50] commissioners, including one who's

[18:51] black, say the Nwabians just won't obey

[18:53] the law.

[18:54] >> It is simply the fact that the Nwabians

[18:58] do not want to adhere to the zoning

[19:01] ordinance. Simple.

[19:02] >> For the local sheriff, the disagreement

[19:04] sounds frighteningly familiar. The

[19:06] Jonestown massacre, the branch devidians

[19:09] in Texas, Heaven's Gate near San Diego.

[19:12] And every incident involving every one

[19:14] of those groups

[19:17] ended in some sort of tragedy, did it

[19:19] not?

[19:21] So, am I concerned as a sheriff? You're

[19:24] damn right I'm concerned.

[19:25] >> The standoff has gotten so tense that a

[19:28] US Department of Justice mediator is in

[19:30] town to broker the dispute over the

[19:33] building permits. Steo Sansami, ABC

[19:35] News, Eaton, Georgia.

[19:38] Still ahead, some old gems of the

[19:40] baseball diamond shine at Coopertown

[19:43] Hall of Fame ceremonies.

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[21:55] An emotional day in Coopertown, New York

[21:58] at the Baseball Hall of Fame. For that

[22:00] and other sports highlights, we go to

[22:02] Kenny Maine at ESPN Sports Center.

[22:04] Kenny,

[22:05] >> thanks Carol. Last week, the Yankees and

[22:07] David Con were perfect. Last night,

[22:09] perfectly dominating with that 21 to1

[22:11] route over Cleveland. This afternoon,

[22:13] something in between. Bottom of nine,

[22:15] tied at one a piece. And Rick Day is the

[22:16] batter. And he's going to get his name

[22:18] in the paper. Fourth of the year.

[22:20] Yankees win 2-1 and sweep the Indians.

[22:23] Atlanta trying to protect its National

[22:25] League East lead against the Phils here

[22:27] tied at four in the 10th. Chipper Jones

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[22:31] 23-year-old target audience. The Braves

[22:33] win. Baseball Hall of Fame induction

[22:36] ceremonies were held this afternoon in

[22:37] Coopertown, New York. The hall brought

[22:39] in seven new members led by three

[22:41] elected in their first year of

[22:42] eligibility. Nolan Ryan played 27 years,

[22:45] longer than anyone in Major League

[22:47] history. Enough time to strike out 28

[22:49] Hall of Famers along the way, including

[22:51] three of the guys he entered the hall

[22:52] with today. That's what makes this a

[22:55] great game is the support and the

[22:57] commitment that the fans give the game.

[23:01] And I may be gone, but I won't forget

[23:03] you.

[23:04] >> Now is the time where I'm supposed to

[23:05] wake up from all of this.

[23:08] I mean, it's okay. It's been a great

[23:11] dream.

[23:15] But if in fact this is reality,

[23:20] then with all due respect, Mr. Garrick,

[23:24] today I consider myself the luckiest man

[23:27] on the face of the earth. To my

[23:29] brothers,

[23:33] you know, sometimes I wonder why all

[23:36] this has happened to me

[23:38] and not you.

[23:44] All I ever wanted to do was be as good

[23:45] as you.

[23:47] >> Some thick emotion there, Carol. That's

[23:49] your sports and brief. Back to you.

[23:51] >> Thanks, Kenny. Kenny Maine of ESPN

[23:53] Sports Center. When we come back, how

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[23:58] or maybe yours into great profit.

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[25:52] >> At the weekend box office, The Haunting

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[26:02] to number three. Finally tonight,

[26:04] Congress is holding hearings on the

[26:06] registration of internet names. Those

[26:09] dot addresses that steer people to

[26:11] websites. Today, there are 6 million of

[26:14] them, and within a year, that number

[26:16] could triple. What's going on? ABC's

[26:18] Beth Nissen heard it on the net.

[26:22] >> It's the gold rush on the internet

[26:24] frontier. The race to stake a claim to

[26:27] an internet name that will draw a

[26:28] motherload of visitors. A golden

[26:31] example, beer.com. A name registered 5

[26:34] years ago by beer lover Bill Fischer,

[26:36] who used it for his website.

[26:38] >> It was for the general beer enthusiast.

[26:40] It was for the, you know, the just the

[26:42] person on the street who loves beer.

[26:44] >> The short direct name had pull. It soon

[26:46] drew 3,000 visitors a day, which drew

[26:49] the interest of several breweries. Fiser

[26:52] sold a majority interest in the site to

[26:54] some investors for what he'll only say

[26:56] is a heady sum. I'm not really the

[26:58] retiring type, but uh I'll probably be

[27:01] able to drink for a good long time.

[27:03] >> There are other such tags to riches

[27:05] stories. The person who registered

[27:07] computer.com sold that name for half a

[27:10] million. Wall Street.com sold for just

[27:13] over a million. Big profits to be made

[27:16] for a small investment. It takes only

[27:18] $35 a year and a few minutes to claim a

[27:21] name. Richard Foreman runs register.com,

[27:24] one of six companies allowed to register

[27:26] internet names.

[27:27] >> What name would you like to check?

[27:29] >> Nissen.com, my last name.

[27:30] >> Just see what happens. They're all

[27:32] taken. I'm sorry.

[27:34] >> Millions of late comers are finding the

[27:36] names they want for corporate or

[27:37] personal use are taken by people with

[27:40] the same idea or same last name or by

[27:43] speculators. But we are seeing people

[27:46] hoard names essentially go out and um

[27:49] and capture great numbers of names with

[27:51] the notion that they will speculate on

[27:53] those names.

[27:53] >> The big name buy up is forcing many to

[27:56] settle for names that are longer, more

[27:58] complicated, harder to remember.

[28:00] Bethnnew york.com, for example. Still,

[28:03] an awkward name is better than none.

[28:06] What's in a name? Whether you have a

[28:08] place on the internet in the computer

[28:10] age. Bethnnew york.com ABC News.

[28:15] >> And that's our report for tonight. Don't

[28:17] forget 2020 later. Tomorrow on Good

[28:20] Morning America, the latest on the

[28:21] murders in Yusede National Park. I'm

[28:24] Carol Simpson. For all of us here at ABC

[28:26] News, have a good week and good night.

[28:33] >> Monday, Europeans and Americans disagree

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