European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes monday february 24,1992 world must t forget Africa its problems Pope warns 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. 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 itinerary. Heavy Snow hits Athens Athens Greece a heavy snowfall blanketed Athens on sunday closing its International Airport and disrupting traffic throughout Greece. The merchant Marine ministry said ships remained at Dock in the nearby port City of Piraeus because of Gale Force winds. The rare snowfall in Central Athens shrouded the acropolis and other archaeological Sites. Olympic airways the National Carrier said All morning flights in and out of Athens International Airport were cancelled. All airlines were due to resume flights later in the Day it said. The National weather service said More than a foot of Snow fell in Athens Northern suburbs. Temperatures in the capital dropped to the freezing Point. The heaviest snowfall was in Central Greece where police said about 100 Remote Mountain villages were isolated. The weather was expected to Clear  Leader Dies Athens Greece a Markos Vafiades the Leader of Greece a communist  in the 194649 civil War died of complications following a stroke a Hospital spokesman said sunday. Vafiades 86, died late saturday after being hospitalized in a coma feb. 13, a spokesman for the Athens Sotiria Hospital said. He is survived by his son Vladimiros who lives in russia.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 victims. Singer leads protest on abortion ban we i a it y. It m a a a 3 Ihk o Wpm a Pope John Paul ii passes through the Quot door of no return saturday on lie de Gore Senegal before touring the cells of the Quot House of slaves Quot begging forgiveness for the christians involved in the slave Trade.52 saved after Ankara Turkey apr fifty two people were pulled to safety sunday after they were twice buried by successive avalanches in Southeastern Turkey a local official said. The 52, along with the 18 other villagers buried with them in the first Avalanche had set out on foot for a Small Hamlet 2vi Miles away in Snow 13 feet deep said Ahmet soley the Deputy governor of Batman province. Soley said blizzards prevented helicopters from evacuating the villagers. The 70 residents had gathered in two houses before the first Avalanche struck the Hamlet of Artioli nine Miles from yen Dogan Village on saturday evening. Rescuers from nearby villages dug them out by 4 . Sunday soley said. Eighteen of the rescued villagers were in the Ope Strasbourg Banning cars from its business Center Strasbourg France apr Strasbourg today becomes the first major French City to ban automobiles from its Central business District. City officials Hope the measure will reduce congestion and air pollution. But the local merchants association which opposed the ban has predicted a 10 percent drop in sales. The new Rule requires motorists without special permits to Park their cars at the Edge of the downtown area. A free shuttle bus service is being provided into the City Center with streets open to pedestrians and bicyclists. The City also plans to expand its Public transport network adding a Tramway system within the next two or three years. Banjul Gambia apr Pope John Paul ii on sunday urged the International Community not to forget the needs of Africa citing its perennial problems of hunger and poverty and new ones such As aids. But he said african leaders must help too by encouraging education. Gambia the second Stop on John Paul a West african tour is one of the smallest countries in Africa about twice the size of the . State of Delaware. The Vatican counts Only 17,000 catholics in the predominantly Muslim population of 860,000. But it seemed As if most of them turned out for a papal mass in a 20,000-seat soccer stadium. They waved White handkerchiefs when the Popes Bullet roof vehicle was driven around the infield As soldiers Olding automatic pistols aloft ran beside the car. In his arrival remarks John Paul said he Felt the need to remind the International Community not to let itself Quot be distracted to the Point of neglecting its duties to this  on lie de Gore Senegal on saturday the Pope entered the a door of no return a where tens of thousands of africans passed on a voyage to the new world As slaves. He also toured the cells of the Quot 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. The visit to lie de gor6e, 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. At least 60,000 africans passed through the House of slaves during a 200-year-period ending in the Early 19th Century Ana the Maison 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. With his latest trip the 54th of his papacy John Paul has now visited 100 countries around the world.2nd Avalanche and 52 were in an unburied House when the second Avalanche occurred at 10 30 ., covering the House soley said. Earlier he had said 50 people had been buried twice. Soley said All were freed by 3 30 . The sem official Anatolia news Agency said two people were slightly injured in the initial Snow slide. A tragedy was averted soley said earlier because the villagers heeded officials advice to take shelter in the sturdiest houses if there were signs of danger. The Village had been ordered evacuated 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. From wire reports Dublin Ireland a Rock Star sinbad of Connor led a demonstration saturday of 5,000 people protesting a government order barring a raped 14-year-old girl from having an abortion abroad. Of Connor addressed the demonstrators outside Dublin a general Post office and said it was an a emergency  a none of the Normal rules apply. If we made the Law then we can change the Law a the Singer told the protesters who marched through the streets Many pushing their children in strollers. A men  have a lot of right to comment about it Quot said of Connor who told the crowd she has had two abortions. A they would never find themselves in this situation so they done to know what its  women a groups Are planning further protests against last weeks High court ruling that barred the unnamed 14-year-old girl and her family from seeking an abortion in Britain. The five judges of Ireland a supreme court will hear the family a Appeal today and Are expected to Rule later this week. The girl has said she was raped in december by a friends father the culmination of two years of sexual abuse. Since Ireland has the most restrictive abortion Law in Europe a permitting Only a a morning after Pill that terminates pregnancies in the first 72 hours a her family sought an abortion in Britain. About 4,000 women travel to Britain for abortions every year. The procedure was banned in Ireland under the Constitution in a bitterly fought referendum in 1983. A poll in Dublin a sunday Independent found that 64 percent disagreed with the courts ruling 25 percent agreed and 11 percent were undecided. The margin of error was 3 percent