Nuns' bloody nuclear missile protest conviction upheld

A court in America has upheld the prison sentences for three pacifist nuns who used their own blood to deface a missile silo in northern Colorado in 2002.

The US Court of Appeals noted "the potential benefit of civil disobedience", but upheld the conviction of Jackie Hudson, Carol Gilbert and Ardeth Platte on charges of obstructing national defence and damaging government property.