European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes monday october 21,1991israel Cabinet oks peace talks Jerusalem apr prime minister Yitzhak Shamire a Cabinet voted sunday in favor of Israel attending the Middle East peace conference to be sponsored by the United states and soviet Union in Madrid. The move provoked a Small nationalist party to declare it would leave the government. The vote was 16-3 in favor of attending the conference said transport minister Moshe Katzav who briefed reporters after the Ivi hour meeting. It was the last step needed for Israel to attend the conference which was announced Friday by Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and soviet foreign minister Boris Pankin. The favourable vote came despite fears by some in the government a the most right Wing in israelis history a that the conference would Force Israel to withdraw from territories occupied since the 1967 Middle East War. After the Cabinet vote the Teliyah party said it would leave the government on oct. 30, the Day the conference is to begin. The withdrawal of Teliyah which commands three seats in israelis 120-member parliament would not under mine Shamire a Power base. The coalition backing Shamir would still have 63 seats. Teliyah is a right Wing party which advocates jewish settlements in the israeli occupied lands and strongly opposes the peace forum saying it would Force Israel to make dangerous territorial concessions. Interior minister Aye Deri who voted for attending said he believed a . Letter of assurances negotiated Over several months guarantees american support for israelis demand that no palestinian state be created. A Why should we Block the Way for any one of our children or citizens to Tell them there is no Chance for peace a he added. A this is the meaning of a vote  housing minister Ariel Sharon the most outspoken opponent of the conference in Shamire a liked bloc said the Cabinet was not holding firmly to israelis refusal to cede occupied land to the arabs. Sharon who cast one of the three dissenting votes told Israel radio that Shamir a has led Israel on this mistaken path and continues to Anes Thetie the people against. Really terrible  condemns killing abuse of abandoned brazilian children world Young choir members react to the arrival of Pope John Paul ii at a slum near vit6ria, Brazil. Salvador Brazil apr Pope John Paul ii on sunday decried death squad killings of thousands of brazilian Street children and their exploitation As drug dealers or prostitutes. The pontiff who opposes birth control urged Brazil to reduce its High birth rate by natural methods. A the Pope should be crying. He is crying in his heart Quot he told 3,000 cheering children gathered near a Basilica venerated by residents of this Northern coastal City most of them descendants of african slaves. A there can to be abandoned Street children. Children used by adults for immorality or for drug traffic a the Pope said in a hoarse voice. A they cannot be and they should not be assassinated or eliminated under the pretext of preventing crime after being marked for  As he did saturday during a visit to a slum built on a swamp in Vitoria the Pope left a Check for the children of Salvador with the focal Church a this time a $400,000 prize awarded him a few weeks ago by an italian missionary group. Brazil a nation of Iso million people has an estimated 7 million poverty Ridden abandoned children. Many resort to Petty theft drug running or crime to survive. Shopkeepers often hire gangs of off duty police and criminals known As a death squads a to eliminate them. The bodies often Are found in City dumps. John Paul said the Church ruled out contraceptives and condemned the millions of Clandestine abortions and private sterilizations done in Brazil to Stem a birth rate of 3 million a year. Instead he urged a natural methods to promote responsible parenthood to avoid births out of Wedlock by uneducated parents. After the Celebration on the Banks of a River of one of the largest masses of his 10-Day trip to Brazil John Paul was to Fly Back to Rome today ending his 33rd trip  bracing for strike chaos tuesday Rome apr italian newspapers sunday ran timetables to help the nation Cope with a general strike expected to cause pandemonium for travellers and those using hospitals Banks the Post office and other essential services. The strike planned for tuesday was called to protest the governments proposed Cost cutting budget for next year which Union leaders say comes mainly at the expense of salaried workers. Farm and factory workers As Well As employees of state Energy communications and Highway companies plan to Stop work for four hours tuesday morning. Air traffic controllers railway Airport and maritime work ers will halt their duties from 9 . To noon. Several newspapers ran a score cards of who was striking and when As Well As lists of the few trains scheduled during the strike hours. Unions said Hospital workers would handle Only emergencies during an hour of strike but they would not say in Advance which hour that would be. Movie Heaters plan to cancel the first show of the Day and newspapers Are not expected to publish because typographers have said they will heed the strike Call. Premier Giulio Andreottis coalition has been trying to Stem the budget deficit through primarily Revenue  americans visit Anc in South Africa from wire reports Johannesburg South Africa a group of 31 Black americans including musician Quincy Jones and former Tennis Star Arthur Ashe arrived in South Africa on sunday for a three Day visit Courtesy of the african National Congress. The group billed by the Anc South africans main liberation movement As the a democracy now delegation is headed by Tran Africa director Randall Robinson a hard line anti apartheid lobbyist. Anc general Secretary Cyril ram Phosa the groups Deputy president Walter Sisulu and . Ambassador William swing greeted the Black activists at a Johannesburg Airport. The group members scheduled to meet Anc president Nelson Mandela on sunday afternoon did not make any comment to reporters.3 israeli soldiers killed Beirut Lebanon a a Roadside bomb killed three israeli soldiers and wounded two others sunday in Southern Lebanon the israeli army said. The pro iranian Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack. The shiite Muslim group said in a statement issued in Beirut that the blast was near the crusader built Beaufort Castle at the Edge of israelis self proclaimed Security zone in Southern Lebanon. The bomb exploded when two israeli armoured personnel carriers were passing through the area As part of a routine operational activity a israelis army said in a  kills self Moscow a a former communist party official has committed suicide by jumping out of the 12th-floor window of his apartment building the sixth communist official to take his life since the coup Tass reported Dmitri Liso Volik 54, had been unemployed for some time before he jumped to his death thursday evening an Interior ministry spokesman said according to the soviet news Agency. No other details were Given. Liso Volik had worked in the party a International department which was responsible for formulating and carrying out the party a foreign  returns in Turkey show Ozal s party losing ground Ankara Turkey apr voters on sunday appeared to be putting an end to the reign of the conservative motherland party founded by Turgut Ozal the dominant political Force in Turkey since the end of military Rule in 1983. Early returns from general elections indicated no party would get a majority. The Center right True path party was in the Lead. There were no immediate reports of violence. Ankara was in a Holiday mood with families seen picnicking in the Parks apparently deciding to take advantage of the Good weather after casting their votes. The election result could seriously undermine Ozal. Although he was not up for re election leading politicians have vowed to oust Ozal or limit him to the largely ceremonial role traditionally held by the president. The 30 million voters chose candidates for five year terms in the 450-seat, single chamber grand National Assembly or parliament. Voting was compulsory. Some 5,000 candidates from six political parties along with a few independents were contesting 450 seats in the parliament where the conservative motherland party has held a majority for the past eight years. Early unofficial returns indicated the motherland party led by Mesut Yilmaz would lose the majority. With More than 962,000 ballots counted motherland had 24.39 percent of the vote according to state television. The True path party led by Suleyman Demirel a Veteran politician twice ousted by the military had 26.94 percent. In third place was the Center left social democratic populist party led by physics professor Erda Inonu with 23.12 percent. Both opposition parties share motherland a pro Western stance and commitment to Liberal free Market economic policies. The islamic fundamentalist welfare party had 16.97 percent. Its growth testifies to the resurgence in traditional islamic practice in this overwhelming Muslim but officially secular country. Another Small party the democratic left had 8.07 percent. The rest of the vote was divided among Independent candidates and tiny parties