European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 162007 stars and stripes Page 7 in the world president wraps up visit to latin America by Deb Riechmann the associated press Merida Mexico president Bush ending his five nation trip to latin America sought to come rising ant american senti ment by pledging Goodwill and a fairer immigration policy one of the Best things Ameri Ca can do is help people realize their dreams Bush said wednes Day morning As he met with participants in a us Mexico educational Exchange program Bush is directing his messages to the mexican people and their newly elected president Felipe Calderon but Hes hoping his words also would be heard 1400 Miles away on Capitol Hill where his immigration proposal has been blocked Bush returns to Washington on wednesday after his second Day of meetings in Mexico where ten Sion has been High hundreds of demonstrators marched to the us embassy in Mexico City on tuesday attack ing riot police with Concrete blocks Metal bars and firecrackers and tearing Down barricades to protest Bush visit in Merida about 100 protesters marched to Bush hotel for the second night in a Row carrying mexican flags and calling Bush a murderer the president could not prom Bush ise Mexico that con Gress will pass his guest worker program he could Only Promise to work hard to make it Law presi Dent Cal Deron holds deep convictions on the matter of migration and so do i Bush said tuesday night our nations share a 2000mile Bordier and that should be a source of Unity not division Bush said so were working together to keep both sides of the Border open to tour ism and Trade and closed to Crimi nals and drug dealers and smugglers and terrorists and Gudrun with those words Bush closed a warm sunny Day of meetings Hacienda hopping and sightseeing at mayan ruins with Cal Deron who heralded the meeting As a new stage in bilateral relations just before the sept 11 2001 attacks Bush stressed the importance of the us relationship with Mexico the War in Iraq which Mexico did not support and in Afghanistan shifted Bush focus to the mid dle East and mexicans Felt neglected researchers reviving music of the holocaust with Library the associated press Rome a Waltz a tango a piece of jazz but they we rent composed in Vienna Buenos Aires or new Orleans scribbled on diaries Loose pages or even toilet paper these Are the notes left behind by peo ple who lived and died in the prisons and concentration Camps of world warn italian researchers Hope thou Sands of nearly forgotten works will find new life As they Assem ble a Library of music composed or played in those dark places be tween 1933 and 1945 we Are trying to right a great wrong these musicians were hoping for a musical life for them selves and they would have had it if their destiny had been differ ent said italian musician Francesco Lotorto he has been collecting originals copies and recordings of every thing from operas composed in the depth of the nazi death machine to jazz pieces written in japanese pow Camps in asian Jungles the Library set to open in sep tember at Romes third University will offer scholars a repertoire of 4000 papers and 13000 Micro fiches including music sheets let ters drawings and photos i dont know of any institution gathering Only musical documentation said Bret Werb the musicologist at the us holocaust me Morial museum in Washington its an important project that will become an important re source for musicians globally us takes Steps to release North korean assets Washington the United states announced Steps wednes Day that could enable the release of North korean assets Frozen in a Macau Bank an action sought by Pyongyang As part of a nuclear arms Deal in a two step decision the trea sury department also said it is Sev ering ties Between Banco Delta Asia and the us financial system because of its alleged Money Laun Dering for North Korea at the same time however the department is expected to pro vide guidance to help overseas regulators identify highest risk and Lowe risk account holders from the associated press anti Ameri can senti ment Rose Calderon when Bush signed a Bill to install hundreds of Miles of new fencing vehicle barriers and infrared cameras along the Bor Der a critic of us immigration policy Calderon denounced the Fence with gentle but firm Rheto Ric mexicans View the Fence As an insult that has aggravated Al ready strained relations with their powerful Northern neigh Bor Bush worked to allay their concerns saying the Barrier and stepped up enforcement along the Border were Only the first Steps in a comprehensive Immi Gration Law overhaul that he hoped would include a guest worker program Bush trip to Brazil Uruguay Colombia Guatemala and mexi co served As a counterweight to Venezuela Hugo Chavez who is leading the leftward political shift in latin America Bush goes on feeding frenzy by Traci Carl the associated press Merida Mexico at every Stop on his seven Day latin Amer ican trip president Bush has been fixated on food it began with Bush first event in his first country when he and brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula a Silva celebrated a new ethanol Alliance i appreciate the fact that youre about to buy me lunch Bush told Silva in kind of Hun Gry looking Forward to eating some of that Good brazilian food in Uruguay at a news Confer ence with president Tabare Vazquez Bush said he  wait to dig into some uruguayan beef something the tiny nation wants to sell More of to the United states youve told me All along How Good it is and after we answer a few questions were about to find out Bush told his Host later praising the country abundant blueberries too in Colombia part of Bush Agenda included time with locals growing crops As alternatives to the illegal coca from which co Caine is made the vendors stalls were filled with Honey chocolate and Coffee next came Guatemala where Bush hauled some lettuce onto a truck he later called one of the great experiences of my presidency in looking Forward to the Din Ner that youre hosting for Laura and me Bush told guatemalan president Oscar Berger in another news conference later Bush stomach was either really growling or it was a ruse to end the questioning he signalled an end to the joint appearance by asking Berger what was on tap for dinner we have tortillas with guacamole and Beans Berger assured him in Mexico on tuesday Bush was Down to business with presi Dent Felipe Calderon among the items on the Agenda a working lunch scheduled for earlier in the Day than locals usually Dine Bush speaking Spanish to mex ican reporters As he started tour ing the Uxmal ruins said his lunch was Good in full he declared swat members of the philippine National police prepare to storm the Taguim City courthouse South of Manila Philippines on wednesday to end a today hostage crisis bullit police free hostages in Philippines the associated press Manila Philippines philippine police stormed a courtroom to end a 24hour hostage standoff wednesday freeing All four captives who were held by a movie stuntman and his common Law wife the gunman was killed when he dropped a grenade during the confrontation gunshots and a blast rang out inside the Taguim City court building in suburban Manila As Blac Clad swat teams carried out the assault shown on nation wide to moments later mayor Sigfrido Tinga con firmed the gunman Al Bautista was dead and the hos tages rescued Bautista wife was in custody two hostages were Hurt from being beaten by the gunman the crisis is Over said metropolitan police chief superintendent Reynaldo Varilla one of the negotiators the Good thing is All hostages Are Safe and Only the hostage taker is dead As the crisis dragged into its second Day Varilla said he and other negotiators persuaded Bautista to surrender but As the captives piled out of the court room Bautista apparently changed his mind and tried to jump out a second floor window before backing off he fired at a policeman missing him the officer fired Back and in the confusion Bautista dropped a grenade which exploded and killed him instantly Varilla said to footage showed Bautista bloody re Mains sprawled on the floor his right hand badly burned the drama began tuesday afternoon when Bautista pulled a pistol after a disagreement during a prelim Inary hearing Over a land dispute Between his partner and another woman Tinga said id you know tars and stripes offers its unique collection of images online in photo of the Day featuring 50 years us military life overseas available Jaq Al Purchase at stripes com