European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page y on a Clear Day you can see the Nile astronauts aboard the space shuttle nautical Miles above Earth. The River Ter beneath a Wisp of Cloud and then forming the far Shore. The Altitude gave discovery during High orbit last month runs from the Delta left through Egypt through the Sudan right. The red sea . Astronauts their Best View of Earth had this View of the Nile River from 332 southward past the Aswan dam Cen lies above the Nile with saudi Arabia since the gemini i Mission in 1966. De Klerk urges easing of sanctions on s. Africa Paris apr South african president . De Jerk promised reforms and pressed for an end to sanctions against his country during the first visit to the French presidential Palace by any South african Leader since 1947. A the Mere fact that i met with French officials was a recognition of the totally changed situation Klerk in South Africa a he declared after an hour Long meeting with president Francois Mitterrand on thursday. De Klerk said that because of those political changes France was prepared to discuss easing sanctions against South Africa with its european partners. A sanctions Are crumbling a de Jerk told a news conference on the first full Day of a nine nation 18-Day trip to Western Europe. Mitterrand a spokesman Hubert Vedrine said de Klerk told Mitterrand that the sanctions were no longer justified. Vedrine also announced that Mitterrand would meet with Nelson Mandela on june 7, when the african National Congress Leader visits Paris. Mandela opposes lifting the sanctions. Mitterrand urged de Klerk to push for Reform a was rapidly As possible a the spokesman said. De Klerk later travelled to Greece where he was met at the Athens Airport by foreign minister Antonis Samaras. De Klerk was to meet with government officials Friday rest Over the weekend and then Fly to Portugal on monday. French officials have depicted themselves As in the Middle regarding sanctions against South Africa with Britain favouring the rapid lifting of sanctions and Denmark and the Netherlands opposing any easing of restrictions now. Mitterrand and other Western leaders agreed to begin casing South Africa s isolation after do Klerk in february ordered Mandela a release from prison and lifted a 30-year ban on the Anc. The Anc Leader had been imprisoned for 27 years. Mandela and de Klerk agreed during talks last week to work together to end political violence and Clear the Way for formal negotiations on a new Constitution that would extend voting rights to South Africa s Black majority. Do Klerk said he told Mitterrand and Premier Miehl Ricard that the changes in South Africa were irreversible. He said remaining discriminatory Laws were due for repeal or modification by the next session of parliament. 1pan am settlement is welcomed by Lockerbie residents Lockerbie Scotland apr on thursday residents of this Small scottish town welcomed the news that their claims against pan american world airways resulting from the december 1988 crash of flight 103, have been settled out of court. A i am pleased its Over but the Money Isnit everything a said Mary Ward 58, who lost her Home when a terrorist bomb blew up the Boeing 747 Over Lockerbie. A it will not bring Back my personal belongings or my neighbors and  she is waiting to move into a newly built House on the crash site but does not want to be the first to return. All 259 passengers and Crew members aboard the plane were killed when the Jet plunged into the town on dec. 21, 1988. Eleven people on the ground were killed a dozen others were injured and Many Homes were damaged or destroyed. The attorney representing the Lockerbie air disaster committee Aaron Podhurst and pan am spokesman Jeffrey Kreindler both said thursday that the 250 Lockerbie families claims had been settled. The men speaking in Miami said that the terms of the settlement could not be discussed. The British Domestic news Agency press association reported that the settlements amounted to $16 million but it gave no attribution for the  algerian men women and children carry rain soaked banners thursday in a a March of democrats in Algiers. More than 100,000 people took part in the demonstration aimed at countering the rising current of islamic  blamed for unrest in e. Germany Berlin apr East Germany a former communists arc inciting unrest among workers who fear they will lose their jobs As the nation unites with West Germany a West German official charged Friday. Tens of thousands of teachers textile workers and Farmers staged Brief protests and strikes on thursday to demand Protection from the widespread unemployment expected As East Germany moves to a free Market. Hans Klein spokesman for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said the organizers of the strikes a Marc to some extent exactly the forces who caused East Germany a dire economic problems. Klein told a news conference in the West German capital Bonn that there was legitimate a uncertainty and fear Over the talks Between the Ger Many on the merger of their economies and social institutions. Guenther Krause who leads the East German delegation in economic talks with West Germany also criticized what he called a a fear Campaign by the left to trigger mass anxiety Over the loss of huge subsidies under the former socialist system. Krause made his comments to the East German parliament on thursday while briefing lawmakers on the status of the unification talks