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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vhf of Amft world egyptian Leader backs Deportee Compromise Amman Jordan i Gypin proud pm limn my Barak five i mip Pom r�0y to us israeli Compro me that would repatriate about 400 f ale Tini Tex in had by Wael in return us Secretary of state Warren m chm Gopher agreed to urge Jerusalem to Ftp cd up their return in supporting the Comaromi Clor the first time Mubarak signalled that i Gyp the Only Arab nation that has peace treaty with Israel intends to play a More important role in promoting a resumption of the Arab palestinian israeli peace talks that have been stalled since december. At a news conference with Christopher after meet Ings at the Palace Mubarak announced that he had accepted an invitation from president Clinton to visit inc United states in april. The egyptian Leader explicitly rejected a palestinian Appeal that he seek from the israelis a new faster repatriation plan for the deportees indicating that he would leave that up to Christopher. Palestine liberation organization Leader Yasser a had Dit Mcd fac  let a Fyt tall for to Ucli a plan Tvan he met with the   last week Bui Mubarak said he h4 no new Gend beyond the  agreement announced by Chat Ophir on Leb. 1. Which called or the return of 100 Patio Inmaru now and the rest to incl ailments by the end of the year More than 400 palestinian were deported to a no Man s land in Southern Lebanon on dec. 17, accused of having ties to a fundamentalist group that claimed responsibility for the deaths of israeli soldiers. The United states has insisted that the  comply with , Security Council Resolution 799 calling for the "immediate1 return of All the deportees. And while he had no new proposal Mubarak added we arc working to implement this Resolution fully. It will take some  meanwhile he called for the resumption of the peace talks As soon As possible and pledged to help get them restarted. Passengers rescued from danish ferry Copenhagen Denmark a a hydrofoil ferry carrying 280 people took on water in rough seas Between Sweden and Denmark on Friday night and passengers were removed by a Rescue boat danish res Cue services and police said. Rescuers said that the ferry was not in danger of sinking and that no one was Hurt. A rogue wave pushed out two windows of the Cinderella ii soaking some Passen Gers and panels fell from the Cabin ceiling danish police said. The 324-ton, 135-foot Long hydrofoil was travelling at nearly 30 Man when the Accident occurred. The danish owned boat sailed into Calm or water by flak forget a Man made Island off Copenhagen the danish capital. We took in a Little water capt. Hans Friberg said. Passengers were afraid in the first minutes but we quickly went in the ice of flak forget and everything be came  the Rescue Craft Bjornholm shuttled All 269 passengers to a Dock in Central Copen Hagen. The 11-Mcmber Crew remained aboard the ferry. One of the first passengers to Debar was Jakob Wilander 34, of Poland. He was soaked shirtless and Barefoot wrapped in a Blanket against the cold. "1 was sitting up front and it was hell to get All that water Over me he said still shivering. Swede Inge Wallstrom who was with his wife Eva said there was no panic aboard but our 4-year-old son Marcus got scared of course the ferry was headed across the 10-mile wide Oresund a Strait to Malmo in South Ern Sweden when Strong winds stirred up Choppy seas. Hydrofoils skim above the water on Wing like structures. Passengers some wrapped in blankets arrive in Copenhagen on Friday after they were rescued from the danish hydrofoil Cinderel la ii which began taking on water Between Denmark and Sweden. Pear shape aids Fertility research finds _. London a a new study suggests Fertility is affected not Only by weight but by now it is distributed. According to a dutch study of 500 women those who tend to gain weight in the Waist developing an apples ape take longer to conceive than their Pear shaped counterparts women who tend to gain in the hips. The study was published in the feb. 20 Issue of the British medical journal. Doctors have Long known that women who Are to Skinny or obese have More difficulties getting pregnant than women of average weight. Our study shows women who Are of Normal weight and Apple shaped have a lower probability of Concep Tion than Normal weight women who Are Pear shaped or. Boukje Zandstra said. She is an epidemiologist at the Institute of Preven Tive health care of the Netherlands organization Tor applied scientific research in Leiden. Or. Alan Decherney chairman of obstetrics and Gyne cology at Tufts University in Medford mass., said the study confirms earlier observations. Look at All the old Fertility goddesses they Are All pears he said. Although scientists do not know Why body shape Corre lates with Fertility they have speculated that fat can act like a chemical signal triggering the release of hormones. Apple shaped women the typical male shape May have higher Levels of male hormones compared with Pear shaped women the typical female physique de Cherney said in a Telephone interview. Previous american research tied other health Bene fits to the Pear shape. One study suggested Pear shaped women have higher Levels of Hal the Good cholesterol associated with a lower risk of heart disease. Another study said Pear shaped women Are less Likely to get breast cancer than Appie shaped women. Nixon hails polish Miracle through economic reforms from wort Riporti Warsaw Poland i ormer president Nixon on f Idaj or we polish Market reforms Ai a a Watek a urged the wet lop More attention m the ne1y Independent Eastern european democratic Nixon i making Brief private Vyt to Poland at the invitation of president Lech Walesa la i part of the former president s fryc Natton fact finding Mission that started feb. 7.Nixon, who turned 80 Lavt month arrived m Warsaw on thursday after visiting the ukrainian capital Kiev he earlier travelled to Moscow and St. Petersburg in Russia and Riga in Latvia. He was to Stop in Paris before flying Home today. Nixon said he planned to Brief . Officials and business leaders on his tour. During his meeting with Walesa at the presidential Bel Weder Palace and talks with foreign minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski Nixon hailed Poland s 3-year-old Market reforms. Berlin sentences attacker Berlin a Berlin court sentenced a 24-year old Man to 3vi years in prison Friday after finding him guilty of three firebombing attacks against  other people aged 18 to 25 received. To 2 year probation sentences after being convicted of attempted arson for their part in the attacks on buildings owned or occupied by  one was injured in the f ire bombings which were aimed at hostels for vietnamese guest workers and a turkish fast food restaurant in Berlin last summer. Judge Guenther a Cichonski said the six men and one woman found guilty of the firebombing had not acted spontaneously but instead had planned the attacks in Advance and obtained necessary materials for making Molotov cocktails. The judge sentenced the Leader of the group to 3 to years in prison but said the Milder probation sentences for the other six unemployed East Berlin residents were caused in part by their showing remorse for the attacks. Frank House refurnished Amsterdam Netherlands if Anne Frank had survived and returned to her hiding place this week she would find it just like she left it almost half a Century  the first time since world War ii the secret Annex where the Frank family and friends hid from the nazis is being refurnished to match How it was during the two years covered by Anne s famous  restoration is being done As part of a new educational film on the teen age diarist s life aimed at International distribution . Broekhuizen Deputy director of the Anne Frank foundation said thursday. Filming is scheduled this week he  similar to those of the Frank family have been borrowed or in some cases built from  have used three main sources in figuring out How the Annex looked including the records of Anne s father Otto the detailed diary itself and Miep Gies a non jewish Friend who smuggled food to the family during the years in the secret  film centers upon a modern Day boy Reading the diary while visiting the e Annex where it All happened Broekhuizen said. Wei pardons ruled out London prime minister John major on Friday ruled out posthumous pardons for 307 British soldiers executed for cowardice and desertion during world War  of the men were suffering from Shell Shock sleep deprivation and cold said Andrew Mackinlay a lawmaker with the opposition labor party who has campaigned for the  a letter to Mackinlay major said we cannot rewrite history by substituting our latter Day judgment for that of contemporaries whatever we might  evidence was found to Lead us. To think that the convictions were unsound or that the accused were treated unfairly at the time he said. Mackinlay said the soldiers were executed in Flanders the Somme Gallipoli and elsewhere for offences including cowardice desertion sleeping at i their Post throwing away arms disobedience and striking Superior officers  
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