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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 20, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5family gathers at Jackie s bedside Lee Radziwill Ross sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Jamie Auchincloss their half brother leave Onassis fifth Avenue apartment in new York Early thursday. New York a doctors can do nothing More to treat Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis cancer and the former first lady has left the Hospital a spokeswoman said thursday. Family members gathered at her Side after doctors granted her wish wednesday to leave new York Hospital Cornel medical Center where she Vas treated for serious cancer complications. A i think All the members of the family Are distressed by the medical reports a her brother in Law sen. Edward Kennedy said wednesday after flying in from Washington a fall the members of the family love her very deeply. We wanted to be Here this evening. The 64-year-old Onassis announced earlier this year that she has non mpg kinds Lymphoma a cancer of the Lar Rich . Quot a a her spokeswoman Nancy Tuckerman said thursday morning a a she a Home she a comfortable and she has family around her. There was nothing More to do for her at the Hospital and she wanted to go Home. A she will not have any further treatment. The disease has progressed and there is nothing they can do for  asked if she was Given a prognosis Tuckerman said a a they can to Tell. Everyone is different. Obviously she a very ill a she declined to give details. The widow of president John f. Kennedy was admitted to the Hospital monday a was a result of serious complications of her malignant Lymphoma a the Hospital said in a statement. A in accordance with the patient s clearly expressed wishes and with the concurrence of her physicians she has been discharged Home.�?T�?T. A a Quot a Hospital spokeswoman Kathy Robinson refused to elaborate on the complications or treatment. About a hours after Onassis returned to her fifth Avenue apartment paramedics arrived carrying covered equipment that appeared to be oxygen canisters  Post reported. Kennedy and his wife Victoria visited her As did Onassis sister Lee Radziwill Ross and the Sisters half brother Jamie Auchincloss. The senator said Onassis children John Kennedyjr. And Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg also were at the apartment. Both live in new York. John Kennedyjr. Spent the Day at his mothers bedside at the Hospital the newspaper said. Onassis also was hospitalized for several Days in april for surgery on a bleeding a ulcer. A a Quot a a a a a. A Charles Heads Home after historic visit to Russia St. Petersburg Russia apr Prince Charles headed Home thursday concluding the first official trip to Russia by top ranking British Royalty in a Century. A Quot a v it wont take that Long for the next one. Queen Elizabeth ii has formally accepted an invitation from president Boris Yeltsin to visit Russia possibly this fall Charles press Secretary announced. On the final Day of his four Day trip Charles visited a museum of russian Art and a cancer hospice and formally opened the British Council. Residents of russians second largest City welcomed the Prince warmly throughout the visit. The last time that British Royalty visited Russia was in 1894. During that visit the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of York attended the funeral of Czar Alexander Iii and the marriage of Nicholas ii the last russian Czar to Princess Alix of Hesse Darmstadt. About 500 residents gathered outside the cancer hos Rod Cross resources strained official says Geneva apr escalating chaos and savagery in Many parts of the world have stretched the International red Cross to the limit its chief executive said wednesday. A never has the i arc deployed such extensive resources never have its delegates come to the Aid of so Many victims never before have we been simultaneously engaged in so Many Complex negotiations a said Cornelio Sommaruga president of the 131-year-old International committee of the red Cross. The Swiss run organization specializes in aiding victims of War. Relief programs in Somalia the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda accounted for 85 percent of the $579 million in red Cross Aid provided last year a one thing is sure a Sommaruga told reporters at red Cross Headquarters in Geneva. A the chaos and barbarism we Are experiencing in the present conflicts is a new phenomenon for  the red Cross chief blamed the increase in atrocities on the huge arsenals of weapons Stock piled during the cold War and now at the disposal of combatants in even the poorest countries. Last year the Agency supplied 306,000 tons of Relief to people in 54 countries and provided surgical help to people wounded in six conflicts according to its annual report. Red Cross delegates visited nearly 150,000 prisoners in 2,367 places of detention the report said. Pice nine Miles Southeast of St Petersburg As Charles visited. The Prince spent about an hour talking with patients. He brought a Box Ful of medicines for the facility which receives British government funding and technical assistance. A a a a a he a a very kind Man. He a full of compassion Quot said Maria Kag Holova 59, one of the 30 patients. St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak and his wife Lyudmila Tarusova who also has helped the hospice accompanied Charles the Prince received a plea for More help. A we need More equipment and better phones a said Yelena Sterl Yeva the chief doctor. Earlier Charles spent about an hour touring the russian museum. Museum director Vladimir Gusev said the Prince was particularly fascinated by old russian icons spending about half the tour studying them. He then formally opened the British Council a Cul barrage of Tural and educational institution that provides professional training and has branches in More than 100 countries. Discussing the councils role in teaching English Charles quipped a no doubt the next time 1 travel to St. Petersburg i shall find that everybody under a car Tain age will be speaking English a i shall be the Only one to speak . Asked about a visit by the Queen to Russia Charles press Secretary Alan Persival said she had formally accepted. He had to further details but said it would not take place before this fall. The Kremlin had announced the Queens visit in february but a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said at the time that the Queen had made no final decision it will be the first visit by a reigning British Monarch. Charles who arrived monday flew Back to London thursday afternoon in his private plane. I n q in packed Nairobi Kenya apr rwandan rebel and army gunners dulled thursday with heavy artillery and mortars in Kigali pounding the capital with shelling that closed the Airport and killed 30 patients at an overcrowded Hospital. Large amounts of Small arms fire indicated rebel soldiers were attacking behind the barrages trying to close in on Kano be Camp an army stronghold adjacent to the Airport that is defended by three battalions. Numerous shells aimed at nearby army positions fell on the Airport three blasting the arrivals terminal. . Troops had taken shelter in their bunkers and there were no reports of injuries said . Spokesman Abdul Kab a in Kigali. Kabia said the 30 patients were killed when a mortar Shell fell on Kigali Hospital. The Hospital which , officials said earlier was overflowing with patients is near the defense ministry a frequent target for rebel gunners. Heavy return fire from army guns hammered rebel controlled sections of the. City Center shrapnel peppered the . Headquarters Complex from heavy artillery shells aimed at nearby rebel positions. . Officials turned Back the morning Relief flight from Nairobi and halted efforts to get food and Medicine to about 15,000 people living under . Protection in the City. A the rebels Are upping the Ante increasing the pressure on the City a said a . Official who requested anonymity. The renewed offensive for the City began about mid night and continued unchecked through Early thursday. It shattered a Lull of several Days in the capital As rebels sought to isolate the City and make gains in the South. The . Official said the army led by members of the Hutu tribe was still Rushing reinforcements to the City of Sitarama where it expected an assault on the seat of the interim government. Government troops blew up at least one Bridge East of the City wednesday to try to slow the Advance of the mostly Tutsi tribe rebels. The red Cross said wednesday mat several Hundred thousand people fleeing the fighting had massed around Sitarama rebel radio claimed the insurgents also were advancing on Ruhr Nacri a heavily defended government controlled City 45 Miles Northwest of Kigali however . Observers have reported no change in the front lines Over several weeks of intense fighting. Military observers returning to the rwandan Countryside report they have found evidence of ethnic killings on a scale so massive that . Officials fear the estimates of 200,000 dead could be too Low. The killings were triggered after the president a Hutu died in a mysterious plane crash april 6 while returning from a conference hoping to solidify a tenuous peace Between the majority huts and minority Tutsi. A anytime we get Access to an area we find More massacres. What has alarmed us is we Are starting to discover Many Many More dead a Kabia said. A we have reports of whole towns and villages killed or deserted with Only goats roaming   
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