European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 27, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 3200,000 Brave cold in Berlin to protest right Wing violence sonic of the estimated 200,000 people March with candles Friday in Berlin to protest against Neo nazi and right Wing violence in Germany. By Tyler Marshall los Angeles times Berlin a More Ihan 200,000 people endured sub freezing weather to form a Chain of Light through the German capital Christmas night in the latest of a series of nationwide protests against right Wing violence. Like Many demonstrations held in other German cities during recent weeks the Berlin protest had no official political backing. It was mainly a response to Calls by the City a major newspapers and radio stations for residents to come out As individuals to condemn the extremist attacks. The protest also was actively supported by churches and factories in the City. Eberhard Diepgen berlins mayor was present. Clutching a Candle h c was but one link in a human Chain that stretched More than six Miles from the Lustgarten at the Center of what was once the government Quarter in the former communist East through the Brandenburg Gate to a Large Square in the Western District of Charlottenburg. Police said no violent incidents or arrests were linked to fridays demonstration. In a country where Many citizens believe their political leaders have failed to provide either answers or direction on vital National problems the absence of official speeches or political party organizers was seen As a key reason for the Large turnouts for recent Street rallies against extremism. The Berlin protest occurred on a Day when the nations president Richard von Weizsacker said in a nationally televised Holiday statement that the Best cure for citizens feeling of estrangement from political leaders was to become personally Active. With the Lone exception of von Wei sticker Germany a leadership for months seemed either unwilling or unable to react to the repeated attacks against foreigners. That inaction coupled with the Lack of any visible Public response to the violence permitted a few thousand poorly organized largely directionless youths to firebomb Homes and hostels housing foreigners with seeming impunity. Seventeen people have been killed and hundreds have been injured in the More than 2,000 violent incidents carried out so far this year mainly against foreigners. Jewish cemeteries and memorials have also been desecrated giving the xenophobic violence anti semitic overtones. A the murder of three ethnic t urls in the Northern town of Molln in november seemed to Shock both the Public and the government into action. Earlier this month More than 300,000 people tour cd out in Munich for a similar demonstration organized largely by four Young germans including a local newspaper reporter who specifically declined the support of political organizations. Last sunday evening almost a half million people took to the streets of Stuttgart Bremen and Karlsruhe with candles to form a chains of Light to protest racist attacks. On Friday despite the Holiday evening and temperatures of below 20 degrees berliners turned out in Force to make the same statement. A one third Reich was enough a said Christina Armbrecht a Western Berliner who held a Candle and was with her husband and 12-year-old daughter near a major intersection in the Western part of the City. Italians recover 32 paintings Bologna Italy apr police retrieved 32 stolen paintings Worth More than $15 million including an entire collection that had been spirited to the Alps. News reports said the paintings Likely were to be taken out of Italy by the thieves. Rai state television showed some of the canvases put on display by police in Bologna. Rai said police followed a suspect in the theft of 20 paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries including two by French artist Edgar Degas from the Massari Palace in Ferrara on dec. 3. The artworks were discovered on Christmas Day in the province of Bolzano an Alpine area near the Borders of Switzerland and Austria. Some paintings were found in a car trunk with the rest in a warehouse the report said. Police said they believed the paintings were about to be sold to foreign Art collectors vacationing in the Alps who would take the paintings abroad. Others paintings might have been planned to be used As barter in International drug trafficking. To the Surprise of police in the Cache were 12 other paintings including one by venetian Painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo stolen recently from collections in Piacenza Verona and other Northern cities Rai said. A few paintings were damaged when they were ripped out of their frames to make it easier to transport them but the damage can be repaired Rai reported. Police detained several people for questioning. Cic Ciolina to divorce return to stage Rome up a porno Queen Cic Ciolina on saturday announced a divorce action from her american husband and a return to Italy and the red Light stage. The hungarian born sex Star who once served As a Deputy in the italian parliament said in an open letter from Miami that she is planning to divorce artist jell Koons just two months after the birth of the couple s son. La xxx in. Cic Ciolina. A those real name is Ilona Staller. Married Koons sex Cral years ago and said at the Lime that her reign As a hard Core Queen Xmas Oxer. But she apparently had a change of heart after living the life of an american homemaker. Quot i plan to interrupt a dream Quot the letter said. A i game up a part of myself to live a Normal life and to Bear the most Beautiful fruit a a Happy  t he actress blamed Koons for a trying to Bury Ciccio Lina which Means Little Chubby one a and said that she wants to resume her career in Rome after divorcing him. A i love my Lilc and i cannot remain in a prison. I a want to return to the stage i done to a want to die i Don t a want to hide and i Don t a want to change Quot the letter said. As Italy Stop porno attraction she could tie quintly he found on the pages of Raunchy menus magazines and m Triplex films. Her legendary stage show is around Italy left nothing to the imagination. In recent elections. Cic Ciolina a former rival italian Loana Pozzi made an unsuccessful run at parliament on the party of love  recovering in Kuwait Hospital Kuwait apr three americans in the air Force wounded Christmas eve by an old iraqi artillery Shell remained hospitalized Friday in Kuwait a capital. Capt. Norman rec 34 sgt. Garry Hicks 33 and master sgt. Bill Griffin 39, were wounded thursday As the inspected the Shell. All three appeared to be in Good condition during a Brief interview Friday at the Al Razi Hospital. T he men said they had come from the Dhah ran air base in saudi Arabia to look at an aircraft artillery piece left behind by iraqi forces when they retreated from Kuwait following their defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. A i took a step backward to Start leaving and it the Shell went off a rec said from his Hospital bed. Rec a Pilot said he broke his ankle and lost a toe on his right foot. Hicks said a piece of shrapnel broke his shoulder. Griffin had a piece of shrapnel removed from his right leg. The airmen were scheduled to tie part for Seymour Johnson fab n.c., on Jan. 3. Explosive ordnance disposal teams from the United states Britain France Egypt Pakistan and Bangladesh have been defusing hundreds of thousands of mines planted by the iraqis during their seven month occupation of Kuwait. Kuwait a defense ministry expects the Clearing Effort to be completed by july 1994. Explosions have killed about 50 expo sics experts and wounded More than 70