Princess Shams Pahlavi dead:

Princess Shams Pahlavi, sister of the late Shah of Iran, has ' died In exile at age 77. AP. reports from Santa Barbara.

Pahlavi, whose family was removed from power by the revolution that swept Iran in the late 1970s, died Thursday with her husband and three children by her side, the Los Angeles law firm Baker and Hostetler said in a statement Friday.

Family attorney Byron Hayes Jr. said Pahlavi died in,an undisclosed Santa Barbara hospital after surgery on her spleen, but he did not know the specific cause of death.

ROK to return DPRK sailors: in. swift conciliatory gesture. South Korea on Saturday said it would return two North Korean sailors rescued after their freighter went. down tn the Sea of Japan. AP reports from Seoul.

The South Korean action came only hour* after arch rival North Korea asked it to repatriate the sailors and two bodies recovered along with them. The crewmen are now recuperating in South Korean hospital.

"We will return the sailors and the two bodies as soon as possible on humanitarian grounds." the South's National Red Cross Society told its Northern counterpart.

US warships sails into Manila Bay: Two US warships.The Aircraft Carrier Independence and the Cruiser Bunker Hill, sailed into Manila Bay on Saturday for a port call, officials said, Reuter reports from Manila.

Anti-nuclear groups denounced the arrival of the US ships as a violation of a provision in the Philippine constitution-barring the presence of nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships or planes in the country.

Mandela hints health problem:

After repeated denials of any health problems, President-Nelson Mandela hinted for the first time Friday that something may be wrong, AP reports from Pretoria.

He told reporters after a day of talks in neighboring Swaziland that he visited a cardiologist Friday morning and would undergo further tests. "Before they give me a dean bill of health, they still want to do some further tests," said Mandela. who turns 78 in July. He said the tests would take place sometime after his- three-day trip to Mali and Togo in West Africa that begins Saturday, and results would be announced .publicly.