European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 13, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13 Monde a visit recalls Rocky years on Island robbed Island South Africa a standing in the Lihue Quarry where he once toiled with a pick and a shovel Nelson Mandela joined other for Mer political prisoners  their years in South Africa s Alcatraz. It was one of several bittersweet moments Friday As the african National Congress president returned to this Rocky Island fortress where he spent 19 years As a prisoner for opposing apartheid. The trip marked the fourth anniversary of Mandela s release after 27 years of imprisonment which launched a new Era of South african history. Since his release he has led the Anc in talks with the government that set up the nation s first All race election in april. Mandela and president . De Klerk shared the 1993 Nobel peace prize for their efforts. The Anc is favored to win the april election which would make Mandela the next president and first Black to Lead South Africa. Followed by a pack of 50 journalists Mandela 75, and his colleagues laughed and joked about their years in prison including time spent on wind swept cold Robben Island. A  times the pain seeped through. Wounds that can t be seen Are More painful than those that can be seen and cured by a doctor Mandela said of Rob Ben Island. For 13 years his diet consisted mostly a Nelson Mandela president of the african National Congress stares from the window of the prison cell he occupied on Robben Island South Africa. Of boiled Corn porridge and soup. Bread was forbidden but after protesting prisoners were permitted to buy a loaf at Christmas Mandela recalled. He posed for photos in his former cell no. 7, and recalled the Day he arrived shackled to others convicted with him at the 1963-64 Livonia trial named for the Johannesburg suburb where police raided a secret Anc base. Mandela and seven others received life sentences for sabotage. Stretching his arms wide he could Al most touch the Walls on either Side of the 7-by-9-foot cell. I had Rio time to Brood he said explaining that in his spare moments he read autobiographies and books on revolutionary struggle. Despite bouts of despair Mandela said he never lost Hope that he would get out. More than 400 years ago Robben is land Wasj ised As a prison for deviant sea men and Ater it became a Leper Colony and insane Asylum. The Island housed political prisoners from 1961 until 1991. Some 700 common criminals remain but the prison no longer accepts new inmates and is expected to close in 1996. Officials Are talking about designating it a historic site and nature preserve. Emperor visits battlefields of i to Jima two Jima Japan a with a silent Bow before a weather beaten Stone memorial emperor Akihito paid his respects saturday to the tens of thousands of soldiers who died in this lonely Island in one of world War irs fiercest Battles. Akihito is the first japanese emperor to visit iwo Jima a tiny desolate volcanic crag where 20,000 japanese soldiers and7,000 . Marines died in 1945. As Akihito and a morass Michiko both dressed in Black made their Way to the War memorial Rusty helmets pillboxes and partially buried artillery Lay scattered around the Island a Bleak reminder of the blood shed on it nearly a half Century ago. " bullets untouched in decades still stick out from the dark Sand on the is land s invasion  at the memorial the Royal couple spoke briefly with former residents of the Island who were flown in for the Occa Sion. / this whole Island is like a graveyard said , one of the former is Landers. By paying his respects Here the emperor has turned a Long Page in  since assuming the throne in 1989,Akihito has tried to heal the wounds of world War ii by travelling to battlefields or enemy countries that his father the late emperor Hirohito never visited after the War. The japanese government forbids civil Ian settlement on the Island which was under . Jurisdiction until 1968, be cause it is deemed unfit to support life. Roughly 1,000 to 2,000 tons of unexploded ordnance remain exposed on the Island and the bodies of More than19,000 soldiers have yet to be found. Long lost Raphael work found Vicenza Italy a police Posi Gas Art dealers have recovered an Oil painting by the italian master Raphael that disappeared More than a Century ago. The undercover officers had agreed Topay $24 million for the 16th-Century painting known As both the Madonna with child and Lamb and the Madonna of the Hay according to news reports. The Renaissance painting disappeared Plo israelis set for new round of autonomy talks Cairo Egypt a palestinian and israeli negotiators reconvene Mon Day in Egypt for talks aimed at final agreement on palestinian autonomy in the occupied lands within a month the Plo said saturday. Saeed Kamal the Palestine liberation organization s ambassador in Cairo urged negotiators to Speed up their work and Start implementing the Accord before the Muslim Holiday of Eidel fit. That would be around mid March at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on islam s lunar Calendar. Rama Dan began Friday in most Muslim coun tries. The negotiators must observe speeds As to sign a final agreement by the end of ramada before Eidel fit Kamal said. We want this to happen within two to four  he repeated a professed desire of Loleader Yasser Arafat to celebrate the Muslim feast in Jericho. In the Early 1800s, according to police capt. Paolo Tota Gelpi. He said it was not believed to have been stolen but details of its history were vague. Five italians described As business people and Art dealers Are reportedly under investigation in connection wit the reappearance of the painting which is being held by police until they deter mine who owns it. Frankfurt International ski club invites you to our next meeting. Wednesday. February 16. 1994 at 7 . At the Terrace club on the Abrams Complex. This meeting will be a Fasching party with prizes for the Best costumes. Also any club member who brings two friends to the meeting who sign up for club membership at the meeting will receive a 50 do trip voucher. Questions Call Cut. Kevin Voelker Dan 325-6127/6379 or 009-507-1539 1994 ski Calendar cart Mottz. Swi of a. 23-27 Unnur told. Swi mar. 4-6 ill use. Aus Mir. 11-13 Aro swi or. 18-20 St. Anton. Aus mar. 25-27 u pug Fra apr. To and pm to swi apr. 8-10 hoc somen. Aus apr. 13-17 Hunt Trux. Aus apr. 22-24 Baas pm. Swi apr. 29-m�y t put til. 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