European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 5,1992 Columbus would have loved it sleek sailing ships part of a group of nearly 200, set new York. The race commemorates the 500th and out from Southern Spain a Bay of Cali on sunday Versay of the historic voyage made by Christopher in a regatta that will take them to puerto Rico and Columbus to the new world in 1492. As train Rolls Wii vets recall Australia s Battle for its life Page 8 a the stars and stripes world Winnie Mandela retains Post despite controversy from wire reports Johannesburg South Africa a Winnie Mandela unbowed by the controversy swirling around her was re elected sunday to one of her posts in the african National Congress. Mandela estranged wife of Anc Leader Nelson Mandela ran unopposed for chairwoman of the Anc women a league for the Johannesburg Region the government run South african broadcasting corp. Reported. Some Anc officials feel the organization should distance itself from Winnie Mandela who was convicted of kidnapping last year and was recently accused of involvement in assault and murder by former  artefacts stolen Guatemala City a a priceless Golden Halo and a Silver Crown were stolen from a guatemalan Catholic Church the latest in a string of thefts Over the last few weeks from churches Church officials said sunday. The two religious artefacts and an undisclosed amount of Cash were stolen Friday from a Church in the City of Antigua about 23 Miles Southwest of the capital Church officials  cleanup goes on Mexico City a workers from Mexico a state owned Oil company continued sunday to extract thousands of Gallons of gasoline from the Guadalajara drainage system 11 Days after an explosion that killed nearly 200 people. Meanwhile at least three other cities reported evacuations because of similar gasoline leaks near storage areas owned by the Oil company Lemex Mexico a official news Agency no Timex  racing planned Beijing a the City of Shanghai is building seven racetracks in an Effort to cultivate socialist style no gambling horse racing in China despite opposition from marxist hard liners an official newspaper said sunday. Several elaborate courses Are planned including one with a 100,000-seat grandstand in suburban Fengxian county and another catering to foreigners in Shanghai a High profile Xudong economic development zone. The courses will be built Over several  kills israeli Soldier Jerusalem a an Arab clan Leader shot to death an israeli Soldier monday in the occupied West Bank saying he opened fire because he mistook army troops for palestinian attackers the army said. An army Reserve unit reacting to gunfire reports tried to break into a House in the Fara refugee Camp near Janin assuming an armed Arab fugitive was inside the army  re Bury officials Tirana Albania a the body of Enver Hoxha the communist strongman who kept the country sealed off from the rest of the world for decades has been removed from a dignitaries cemetery and reburied in a commoners grave. The bodies of Hoxha and about a dozen other former top communist officials were taken under government order from a Hill overlooking Tirana and reburied in the Sharra cemetery on the City a West Side  collapse kills 65 new Delhi India a a two Story House collapsed monday in Srinagar capital of the Northern state of Jammu and Kashmir killing at least 65 people and injuring 85 others the press Trust of India news Agency reported. The news Agency said the building collapsed during a gathering to mourn for a resident who had died thursday. Rockhampton Australia apr some world War ii veterans Are reliving their youth in a four Day rail trip that is bringing Back powerful memories of camaraderie and carnage during the Battle of the Coral sea. As part of ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the Pivotal Battle 113 former soldiers nurses and their spouses Are re enacting the journey of one of the troop trains that travelled from Brisbane to Townsville a major staging Center for Allied forces in the South Pacific. A the last couple of weeks we be gone Back 50 years a Charlie Carlow 69, an army Veteran wearing a Well pressed modern Olive drab uniform said monday. A this is one of the Best times of my life since the War. A the bodies and faces of the group which consisted primarily of australians show the Wear of time now but the decades melt away As the veterans vividly describe a War that Many australians feared would bring invading japanese troops to their shores. The Battle of the Coral sea marked the first time that Japan a naval might was blunted. Twenty one . And australian warships turned Back a Fleet of More than 50 japanese ships heading to attack port moresby new Guinea a key base from which land based bombers could have attacked Australia. The anniversary of the May 7-8 fight off australians North coast is the Centerpoint of the country a world Manila Philippines up a two candidates were killed in separate attacks As violence tied to general elections May 11 continued to escalate one week before the polls police said monday. The deaths brought to 32 the number of candidates or their supporters assassinated since campaigning officially opened feb. 8. Philippine elections Are historically violent and corrupt. Authorities expect the bloodshed to increase As election Day nears. Independent mayoral candidate Manuel Gong Chiu was shot by four unidentified men sunday night in a town just North of Manila. Police said the men approached Chiu at a party just after a Campaign rally and fired several shots at close Range. The assailants ran away. Chius supporters who claimed he was the front run War ii commemoration. . Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and education Secretary Lamar Alexander Are representing president Bush during the 10 Days of activities. A group of . Army jeep aficionados their vehicles restored to near mint condition saw the train off in Brisbane on sunday. Flag waving crowds gathered at each station where the train and its six restored 1940s-Era wooden carriages halted. Other people were scattered along the route that winds through rolling Countryside and sugar Cane plantations. A few saluted. The veterans swapped tales of courage Romance loss of friends and Day to Day life under the threat of invasion. New acquaintances found common ground As they told of Jungle fighting in new Guinea and Borneo or of life aboard naval ships heading to Battle. A every single person has a smile on their face a said Willis Geering an ambulance Driver in Britain during the War who moved to Australia 41 years ago. A a it a Best not to think of the bad just the  the mood was far different 50 years ago when soldiers were packed into the trains like sardines. A everybody was anxious but you just accepted things in those Days a said Oren Robinson of Sacramento calif., one of two americans making the trip. A there was a lot of work to be done. We worked around the  Ner said the attack was politically motivated. In a separate incident Alfredo Marcos a Nephew of ousted president Ferdinand Marcos died sunday of severe injuries in a Hospital on the outskirts of Manila. Police said Marcos who was running for a position on a provincial Board had been abducted late last week. He was found beaten and shot near a Highway Friday. President Corazon Aquino has said she deplored the rising violence. She ordered the National police to tighten a nationwide ban on carrying firearms in a bid to curb the bloodshed. More than 2,226 people have been arrested since the ban was implemented Jan. 12. But with an estimated 200,000 Loose firearms across the country officials say it is nearly impossible to halt their use by dozens of in vate armies employed by rival politicians. Two philippine candidates die As election violence increases