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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 dial a Pope in the privacy of your Home vat1pam Rita a a i r. Vatican City a with some reluctance the Vatican has made a Concession to the phone fettered fax Happy 1990s. Now there is a Telephone service that lets your fingers do the walking All the Way to St. Peters. The program nicknamed a dial a Pope a permits callers around the world to dial a 900 number or similar special Cost line and hear a recording from one of John Paul ii a recent speeches or sermons. The Vatican receives at least 50 percent of the charge for each Call to the service officially called a Christian messaging world from the Vatican Quot organizers said promoters claim the service could help build a fund raising network and bring the Popes message Home a literally a to the 875 million roman catholics worldwide. A we have invented the world s first electronic collection plate a boasts Michael Fahringer of the London based global telecoms ltd., which runs the service. The Rev. Arturo Martin a top Vatican fund Raiser said the holy see endorsed the service because of popular demand from the phoning faithful. In addition it wanted to curb a rash of unauthorized dial a Pope lines some featuring Popes not known to the Vatican he said. The papal messages which change each Day can be received worldwide in English Spanish French and italian. Fahringer noted that the pontiff was available a at any time of Day or night in the Comfort and privacy of your own  Quot Fahringer said that if Only one tenth of 1 percent of . Catholics called each month the service would yield a Bonanza a Over 55, xxx Calls. A similar percentage of the worlds catholics would produce Over 875, xxx Calls. In the United states callers reach the service by dealing 9 x -230-Pope or 900568-7733. The Spanish language service is 900-230-papa or 900-56s-7799. For the International service which began about a year ago. Callers dial the International Access code then 611-411610 for Italy. 611-411-611 for England 611-411-612 for Spain or 611-411-613 for  victim of aids cuts Arm sprays blood from wire reports Nizza Monferrato Italy a 30-year-old drug addict who says he is an aids victim Cut his Arm with a knife and sprayed his blood Over Hospital staff Friday while awaiting treatment Hospital employees said. A Hospital spokesmen identified the Man As Mario Vezzi 30, from the nearby Village of can Elli who was visiting the Hospital to receive his daily dose of methadone used As a substitute in the treatment of drug addicts. Apparently suffering from an abstinence crisis Vezzi started screaming and attacked nurses and doctors in the out patient Section. Then shouting that he was suffering from aids he Cut his Arm with a knife and sprayed his blood Over the nurses and doctors and some other patients awaiting  hits Swiss Alps Zurich Switzerland a a the seasons first Snow hit Swiss Alps passes overnight but caused no significant traffic problems. Motorists were advised to carry Winter equipment after Snow was reported at As Low As 3,900 feet in Grisons Canton. Snow fell through Early Friday on the Albula Julier Luk Manier Obe Ralp Susten flue la and san Bernardino passes Switzerland a two main Auto associations  on scrolls Jerusalem a israeli officials who threatened to sue a California Library Over its pledge to make Public photos of the dead sea scrolls have invited scholars to a conference to discuss the Issue of Access. The Israel antiquities authority said wednesday that it agrees in principle to opening up the pictures to All although not at the expense of the few scholars who have been studying them for decades. A while All parties involved Are in favor of free Access to the photographs of the dead sea scrolls it is also Felt that the work of scholars. Should not be harmed by any new arrangements a it said in a statement. The offer of the Huntington Library in Pasadena calif., last week to allow anyone to inspect the photographs had led to bitter controversy Over the valuable scrolls the first of which were found in 1947 in caves near the dead  Law would tighten Germany s policy on Asylum Bonn Germany apr the government on Friday proposed changing Asylum regulations to permit turning Back refugees who Cross into Germany via a third country which would be a dramatic alteration to one of the worlds most permissive Asylum Laws. Officials said such a Law a if passed by parliament a could reduce the number of Asylum seekers by up to 40 percent. The measure was proposed amid increasing Neo nazi attacks against foreigners in former East Germany which the government says have been at least partly due to an Ever swelling influx of Asylum seekers. Late thursday night about 20 youths hurled stones and gasoline bombs at a refugee shelter in the East German City of Brandenburg. A 23-year-old Neo nazi was arrested. Meanwhile Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble urged germans not to let themselves be influenced by foreigner hating  protest plan to use burial site Hamburg Germany apr about 30 orthodox jews on thursday protested against plans to build a shopping mall on the site of a former jewish cemetery. Preliminary work at the site has involved Only the demolition and removal of a Cement air raid Bunker built by the nazis on the property during world War ii. The demonstrators who police said were from Belgium carried signs Reading a does anyone in Germany remember a apparently in reference to nazi atrocities against the jews during the holocaust German police said. A police spokesman who asked not to be identified said the local jewish Community in Hamburg was consulted before work at the site began. Agreement was reached with the company working at the site to preserve remains found there and have them reburied at Hamburg a main cemetery in the Wohlsdorf District the police spokesman said. Pieces of gravestones and Bones have been found during three test diggings Hamburg jewish Community spokesman Heinz Jackel said. He said the cemetery probably dates Back to the 17th Century. Jackel said his organization had lost Legal rights to Stop construction on the property which he said had been sold by a jewish Trust office to a Developer in 1952. Present problems in the Asylum sector cannot be cause Tor violent acts to be accompanied by sympathy. That kind of thing is not worthy of a democratic and tolerant society Quot Schauble said. A recent poll indicated that one third of All germans have a measure of a understanding Quot for right Wing extremist views on the Issue of foreigners in Germany. Schauble met with reporters after an emergency meeting Between Chancellor Helmut Kohl his coalition allies and the opposition social democrats to discuss ways to Stem a tide of Asylum seekers that has exceeded 141,000 this year. The final tally at the end of the year is expected to exceed the record 193,063 Asylum applications recorded in 1990. Schauble said the government plans a new Law that would allow officials to immediately turn Back Asylum seekers who arrive in Germany via a third country such As Poland Austria Czechoslovakia or Denmark. Israeli rabbi Ahron Gartner displays a piece of an ancient jewish Tombstone found at the cemetery site. 10 reported dead 234 Hurt As typhoon lashes Japan Tokyo apr typhoon Mireille lashed southwestern Japan with torrential Rains and winds of up to 133 Mph on Friday. At least 10 people were killed and 234 were injured authorities said. The typhoon triggered floods and landslides throughout Nagasaki state on Kyushu Island and was expected to move into the sea of Japan later Friday. Four people were reported missing after a South korean cargo vessel capsized under heavy Waves at the port of Fukuoka 563 Miles Southwest of Tokyo. Six of the boats 10 Crew members were of rescued. In Siahaya 620 Miles Southwest _ Tokyo a construction worker was fatally crushed under a prefabricated hut that fell when the typhoon struck the City at 4 p.m., police said. Nine others died when they were hit by falling bricks or were crushed under collapsed Homes and structures in Kitakyushu Nagasaki Taraki Kagoshima and Kumamoto police said. The typhoon also disrupted air land and sea transportation and caused widespread Power failures across Kyushu. Rock Bash planned in Moscow Moscow apr four heavy Metal bands will play in a free concert saturday promoted As a a gift to the youth of russian for their resistance to last months failed coup. The bands acc Metallica. The Black crowds and Pantera a Are expected to draw tens of thousands of music fans to Kushino air Field in Northwest Moscow organizers said. A i think its going to be a huge Bash because i think music especially Rock music is a political statement Here Quot said Marilyn Harris a spokeswoman for the organizers. A Given the flush of Success of having put Down the coup when the youth of Moscow were on the barricades Rock a no Roll is the ultimate in free expression a she said. Moscow a Young people turned out in droves aug. 18-21 to protest the hard line coup. I hey held demonstrations and built protective barricades around the russian parliament building Headquarters of the resistance led by russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin  
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