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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 7, 199i1 the stars and stripes Page 9 rap dictionary Aims to Bridge generation Gap Norcross a. A Richard Mcalister is putting out a rap dictionary designed to help parents and teen agers communicate. Mcalister 29, said he has sold More than 10,000 copies of his rappers handbook to schools libraries and businesses. A a there a a communication Gap a said Mcalister. A i might say a Yog we getting ready to go get Busy. Lets kick.  translation hey Man lets have a party a lot of people  understand what i was saying. With this Book they can look up the  More than 1,000 expressions Are in the current 26-Page Issue Quot which is in its fourth edition. It Sells for $4. A the Book does not contain profanity and drug terms and illicit acts Are singled out As a dangerous and illegal a he said. Kay Troup 43, of Decatur said the Book has helped her communicate with her three children Ages 21, 14 and 12. A a they la come in and say something and ill say a hold up. Hold up a and go grab the Book a Troup said. Rap a musical style combining spoken word and a heavy rhythm started in inner City neighbourhoods and has moved into the mainstream of youth culture. Sex pakistani officer held As suspect in nuke deals Bonn Germany apr a retired pakistani military officer suspected of playing a major role in his country a attempts to develop nuclear weapons has been arrested in Germany and May be extradited to the United states officials Saicic tuesday. Media reports have also linked the retired brigadier identified As Inam us Haq to the International scandal surrounding the Bank of credit and Commerce International which allegedly helped bankroll several countries attempts to develop nuclear weapons programs. Inam who told German authorities he was a Salesman has been held in investigative custody in Frankfurt since his arrest july 11 at Frankfurt International Airport said Hans Hermann Eckert of the Hessen state prosecutors office. The United states is seeking Inam s extradition on charges he falsified Export applications so that a metals for nuclear use could be transported from the United states Eckert said. He would not elaborate on the accusations and it was not Clear whether any exports actually made it to Pakistan. A statement released later by the German Border patrol office in Frankfurt which made the arrest said the suspect whom it did not name sought to Export the metals As Well As a fissionable materials from the United states. Inam 62, worked in Pakistan s military engineering service. Western intelligence agencies have identified him As a buyer for pakistanis atomic Energy commission a self policing government body that regulates the atomic program. In Islamabad a government spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity denied that Inam was working for the government. However at the time Inam purportedly was Active in the program Pakistan was ruled by the military under the Latel Cader Mohammed Ziaul Haq. When asked about the reports linking Inam to Bocci. His Frankfurt attorney Hans Wolfgang Euler said a that s the first time 1 heard something like that about my  Inam was seized on an International arrest warrant after Landing in Frankfurt on a flight that originated in Karachi and stopped in Amsterdam Eckert said. He was taken into custody by German Border guards after a routine Check of his passport. A the arrest was so important for . Customs officials tha they personally thanked Federal Border police officers a said the statement by Border officials. Eckert said officials were awaiting the formal extradition request from the United states. A state court in Frankfurt is expected to Rule in several weeks whether Inam can be extradited after reviewing the . Request and supporting documents he added. But extradition ultimately depends on a political decision from Bonn a spokesman in the foreign ministry said he would not comment on the Case until the court had ruled. A so far the Ball is not in our court a the spokesman said on usual condition that he not be named. The British newspaper the guardian reported tuesday that police in Canada had confirmed that Bocci branches had been instrumental in bankrolling Inamy a and others efforts a to buy atom bomb  the Wall Street journal said monday that . Investigators Hope the arrest which German investigators did not disclose until questioned on tuesday will shed new Light on possible links Between Bocci and pakistanis nuclear weapons  Dakota Mother to Bear daughter s twins new York a a 42-year-old South Dakota woman is six months pregnant with her own grandchildren after agreeing to serve As a surrogate Mother for her daughter who cannot Bear children. A she will be the first american to Bear her own grandchildren according to medical ethic its. A South african woman delivered her daughters triplets in 1987. A ethicist said they recognized the South Dakota woman a Devotion to her daughter but not All of them agreed that such arrangements should be encouraged. A when you Start splitting up the components of motherhood which Are usually tightly bound a social gestational genetic a then we get confused about which moral and social values go with which aspects of motherhood a said James Nelson of the Hastings Center a medical ethics research Center in Briarcliff Manor . A this looks like an Ideal Case a Nelson said. A but one has to be concerned about a highly publicized Case like this influencing social policy in a certain Way. It makes it easier for the next person to do this and the next who might not be in such Ideal  the woman Arlette Schweitzer of Aberdeen ., was implanted with eggs that had been removed from her daughter and fertilized with sperm from her daughters husband. Schweitzer also is married. That process known As in Vitro fertilization is now rather common but its use with a surrogate Mother is still uncommon. About two dozen women have agreed to serve As surrogate mothers for their Sisters said Arthur Caplan director of the Center for biomedical ethics at the University of Minnesota. The fertilization of the eggs and their implantation were done by or. William Phipps at the University of Minnesota. Doctors later determined that Schweitzer is carrying twins. The children Are due in november. Her daughter Christa Uchytil of Sioux City Iowa was born without a uterus and cannot Bear children. A i think that what mrs. Schweitzer is doing is a very ethical thing a Caplan said. He said he had discussed the arrangement with Phipps beforehand and he said he told Phipps that there were no ethical roadblocks. A the issues that seemed most relevant in trying to decide whether to proceed were in the main the stability of the family the establishment that there was a Loving relationship Between the grand mom and the mom to make sure that there was no coercion or pressure a Caplan said. He also thought it was important that Schweitzer understood that in Vitro fertilization often leads to multiple pregnancies and multiple pregnancies can be risky in women in their 40s. Neither Schweitzer nor Uchytil could be reached monday. But in interviews with the Aberdeen  American news on saturday they said they had no hesitation in agreeing to the procedure. A it Wasny to a hard decision at All a Schweitzer said. A a we be had it in our minds for years. I wanted to do whatever i could to  a fall of this is unbelievable a Miracle a said Uchytil 22. A we say that a lot. A there Are other women like me and i want them to know that this is one option they can think about. Its not for everybody but its another  Arlette Schweitzer tends her plants while carrying her grandchildren.2 pilots unhurt As army copter lands in Field Fulda Germany a amps a two army pilots walked away from their attack helicopter unscathed after making an emergency Landing in a Farmers Field monday night an 11th army Cav regt spokeswoman said. The pilots assigned to the 4th so 11th army Cav regt Ai Sickels army Airfield in Fulda were on a training flight when they were forced to land their ah-1 cobra attack helicopter in a sugar beet Field at approximately 10 30 . Monday Renate Stieber said. The unarmed helicopter landed near the Village of Lefa about 18 Miles Northwest of Fulda she said. Stieber said officials would not say Why the fliers were forced to make an emergency Landing Only that the incident is under investigation by military authorities. It was also not known whether the helicopter had been returned to its Home base As of late tuesday. No fuel leaked from the aircraft and the helicopter did not catch tire during the Landing Stieber said. I he extent of damage sustained by the helicopter has not been determined she said  
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