European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes monday february 24, 1992pope Tours House of slaves during Senegal pilgrimage Pope John Paul ii passes through the a door of no re turn saturday on Fie de Gorto Senegal before touring the cells of the a House of slaves a begging forgiveness for the christians involved in the slave Trade. Be de Gor amp a Senegal apr through the a door of no return a tens of thousands of africans passed on a voyage to the new world As slaves. Pope John Paul ii passed through that door saturday and toured the cells of the a House of slaves a begging forgiveness for the christians involved in the slave Trade. He likened the House where people were held awaiting ships to this Century a concentration Camps and appealed for an end to modern Day slavery citing organized prostitution. A How can one forget the enormous suffering inflicted ignoring the most elementary rights of Man on the people deported from the african continent a he asked. A from this african Sanctuary of Black pain we begged the Pardon from the visit to lie de Gorde a 20-minute boat ride from a French naval base in the capital of Dakar was one of the major stops on John Paul a four Day stay in West african Senegal. He was to leave sunday for an overnight Stop in Gambia an English speaking enclave in francophone Senegal and then head to Guinea. His we Klong pilgrimage is aimed at strengthening the role of the Catholic Church in the three heavily Muslim countries. In a meeting with Muslim leaders later saturday John Paul stressed the need for cooperate action and urged equal treatment for Christian minorities who he said Are discriminated against in Many countries. At least 60,000 africans passed through the House of slaves during a 200-year-period ending in the Early 19th Century and the Taison. Des enclaves has been restored As a museum to document the horror. John Paul spent 20 minutes in the red Brick prison like building walking in the Sand through cells a barely High enough for a human being to stand in a where men women and children were held in chains. He stood in silent reflection for seven minutes at the door that was the Start of a one Way trip in bondage. He called the House the a tragic Model for the concentration Camps. Other prominent visitors who have left inscriptions include South african Black Leader Nelson Mandela entertainer Harry Belafonte and american Black activist Angela davis.2nd Avalanche reburied 50 Ankara Turkey apr some 70 people buried by an Avalanche in Southeastern Turkey were rescued Early sunday but a new Avalanche buried 50 of them again a local official said. The 70 residents had gathered in two houses before an Avalanche struck the Hamlet of Artioli nine Miles from yen Dogan Village on saturday evening. By 4 . Sunday rescuers from nearby villages had dug them out reported the Deputy governor of Batman province Ahmet soley. About 20 of the rescued villagers were in an open area and 50 in a House that had escaped the first Avalanche when another one struck at about 10 30 . The second Avalanche inundated those still in the House soley said by Telephone. He said the rescuers had again started digging and hoped to uncover the buried villagers before dark. On saturday a Village guard trapped under the Snow had told local officials via wireless radio that All of those buried were Safe. Soldiers and villagers from nearby settlements had hiked in during the night through 13-foot-deep Snow to Rescue those trapped he said. Soley said a blizzard was preventing the arrival of helicopters to evacuate the villagers. The sem official Anatolia news Agency said two people were slightly injured in the initial Snow slide. Splay had said earlier that a tragedy had been averted because the villagers heeded officials advice to take shelter in the sturdiest houses if there were signs of danger. The Village had been ordered to evacuate but residents stayed because of their livestock. The worst snowfalls in three decades have killed nearly 220 people in Southeastern Turkey since the Start of the month. World Gorbachev plans 1 St trip since his resignation from wire reports Moscow a Mikhail s. Gorbachev plans to visit Germany in March on his first foreign trip since he resigned during december a collapse of the soviet Union russian television reported saturday. The former soviet president is expected to travel to Germany on March 4 at the invitation of the giant German publishing concern Bertelsmann a the to report said. Always More popular in the West than at Home Gorbachev was especially Well liked in Germany where he was credited with allowing the unification of East and West Germany in 1990. T. A Gorbachev reportedly will be accompanied by his wife Raisa. Since a failed coup attempt against the Gorbachev government in August she has rarely been seen in Public. The report said Gorbachev would make a speech in Munich and would meet with local officials but gave no other details on his plans or for British Unity Glasgow Scotland a British prime minister John major trying to counter growing support for scottish Independence made an impassioned plea to scots on saturday to maintain British Unity. A a confident and United Scotland in a confident and United Britain. That is the Road to the Success and Security that we want for our children a major said in an address to prospective scottish conservative party candidates for parliament. Recent opinion polls show that Between a third and a half of scots want Independence. Independence proponents argue that Scotland with its offshore Oil and Gas would be better off economically Independent of Britain. The government disputes that and says that if Scotland did become Independent a new International Frontier would have to be drawn giving England a substantial proportion of Oil and Gas resources.6 die in plane crash Nairobi Kenya a a Small plane carrying two britons three italians and their Pilot crashed and burned saturday shortly after taking off from a coastal Airstrip killing All aboard police said. The cause of the Accident near this Indian Ocean resort town of Malinda was not yet known police said. Authorities refused to release the identities of the Center opens Bucharest Romania a natos Secretary general Manfred Worner on saturday inaugurated a Center for debate on East West issues housed in the mansion of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Worner said at a news conference that the establishment of the euro Atlantic Center highlighted a a romanian a important role in the new it a signifies Romania has surmounted the past a Worner said.13,000 ships intercepted since Start of Gulf crisis Dubai United Arab emirates up a the ., australian and French Navy teams sponsored by the United nations to enforce the embargo against Iraq intercepted 13,000 ships in the red sea Between August 1990 and last thursday the Navy said saturday. The maritime intercept forces have averaged about nine boardings a Day since the sanctions were imposed on Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2, 1990, the Naval forces Central come statement said. A since the beginning of Mif operations most of the ships intercepted have been allowed to proceed to their intended destinations without boarding a the statement said. . Model who murdered Playboy in 1984 is freed from italian prison Bergamo Italy apr a South Carolina woman who moved to Italy aspiring to be a top fashion Model left prison saturday after serving time for the murder of a roman Playboy. Last month a judge announced that he was taking time off Terry broomes sentence for Good behaviour. Broome said goodbye to the prison staff in the Northern italian City of Bergamo and left in a taxi accompanied by her sister. She declined to say when she would be returning to the United states but was recently quoted in a Milan newspaper As saying that she hoped to Settle in California. Broome had sought a modelling career in Milan a competitive fashion world but never made it big. Instead she won notoriety for killing Racehorse owner Francesco do Alessio in 1984. She was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 1986. The term was reduced to 11 i years by an appeals court thai ruled she was acting under the influence of cocaine when she killed do Alessio. During the last few years Broome was allowed to leave for the Day. She had been teaching English in t foreign language Institute in Bergamo. Lately she Hac also been allowed to sleep outside prison provided she checked in with authorities regularly. The italian news Agency Ansa reported that the language Institute gave her a ticket to new York. It also quoted her As saying that she hoped to a be Able to leave Ike limelight and stay an Anonymous Citi 7 it no
