European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes world sunday november 15,1992piracy rampant in Russia officials say by Wendy Sloane the associated press Moscow a ninety percent of All films videos music books and software sold in Russia Are pirated costing world business $200 million a year in lost sales russian and . Officials said Friday. The problem is intensifying As Russia struggles for global acceptance while its entrepreneurs take advantage of rising demand for Western goods. At Issue Are a the rights of the Compa pics and individuals and creators involved in creative industries around the world to receive copyright Protection of voodoo curse jinxing Bush haitian says port a Prince Haiti a president Bush is the victim of a voodoo curse and the Only Way he can improve his political fortunes is to change his policy on Haiti a haitian roman Catholic priest said Friday. The Rev. Gerard can just said he did not know who put the curse on Bush but he said it happened after Haiti a september 1991 coup in which president Jean Bertrand Aristide was ousted. The first evidence came when Bush got sick during a state dinner in Tokyo the priest claimed in an article in last weeks edition of the newspaper Haiti in Marche. A you remember when or. Bush fell under the table in Japan it was a Salut Atory warning a wrote Jean Juste an aide to Aristide and a former Leader of Miami a haitian Community. Jean Juste said Bush a fortunes could improve if he changed his administrations policy of returning All haitian refugees an order that president elect Clinton pledged thursday to rescind. In an interview Friday Jean Juste said he did not think Haiti a image would be tarnished by publicizing the widespread belief in the nation in Black magic. A when you Hurt someone and the person has no Means of receiving Justice you must expect the person has recourse to his spirituality a said Jean Juste. A voodoo is part of haitian culture. If haitians understood the Power they could get from voodoo Many things   dutch City hoping to curb prostitution Groningen Netherlands apr men who cruise the streets for prostitutes by night May soon get a Surprise in the morning mail letters from City Hall. Police plan to spot License plates of curb crawling cars and Send out notices in an Effort to Clear sidewalks of prostitutes. As in Many dutch cities prostitution is permitted in Groningen in a toleration zones where hookers appear in Brothel windows. But other areas Are increasingly fre 3uented by sidewalk prostitutes who Are rating scores of clients and Gawker. A a it a awful for the people who live there a said City spokeswoman Erica Hoekstra on Friday. Hoekstra admitted the letter Campaign which is scheduled to Start in january could Embarrass some innocent men. A no scheme like this can be perfect a she said. A we just Hope the deterrent effect will work. Their intellectual property a Allen Weinstein chief organizer of the rus Sian american intellectual property Force told a news conference. A the Issue is also the right of Access of the people of Russia the right of Access of practically 200 million people to the Best products of these industries and others the right to receive them Unadel world standards although enforcing those rules May prove impossible at first said Weinstein and other participants at the news conference. Russian and . Officials Friday estimated that about 90 percent of All intellectual property is pirated in Russia. In treated undiluted and Unpi rated a said Weinstein who was in Moscow with american business executives to help draft legislation to combat piracy. Russian authorities Are trying to introduce copyright Laws that conform to the music Industry the figure is about 98 percent said Michel Kains of Emi music. In the United states the piracy rate for videos software films and books is about 35 percent the panellists said. Global piracy costs Industry about $14 billion annually. In Russia the losses a say it with Money a a Derk in a Tokyo lower shop wraps a bouquet of Lowers with a Sheet of a la a purchased from a  Federal Reserve Bank. The moneyed Power Chi a 15,000 yen about $120 a Bunch Are typically bought by Youngmen Givina the omut girlfriends who Are going abroad. Florists say the idea combines the Westera Vincnt u fashion among younger japanese of giving Flowers with the older  a giving a a a Sembetu a or parting gift to a person leaving for a Distant space Tissl Al Reserve Sells the Dollar sheets in sizes ranging from two to 32 Dollar Bills count for almost $200 million said Eric Smith director of the International property Alliance a consortium of about 1,500 . Businesses. Last year Hollywood imposed a film embargo to pressure the soviet Union to adopt and enforce copyright Laws. Piracy has also taken its toll on the computer Industry. In Russia there Are 1 million personal computers using More than 4 million computer programs although no company has Ever sold More than a few thousand disks there said Bradford Smith of business software Alliance. Poll shows poles favor americans Warsaw up poles like americans the most followed by the French but dislike gypsies ukrainians germans and arabs a Survey showed Friday. Some 58 percent of poles like americans but the Survey noted the figure was 11 percent less than a similar poll last year. The Survey was conducted by the state run Bop polling Agency and the results were carried by the government newspaper rec Pospolita. The French were favored by 55 percent of poles italians by 50, and English and hungarians by 41. Gypsies with 48 percent Lead the list of Peoples that the poles do not like the most followed by ukrainians with 35 percent romanians 34, and germans and arabs with 31. Rec Pospolita said the Low rating of gypsies ukrainians and romanians can be explained by the fact that hundreds of thousands of them Are flooding to Poland every year in search of better living conditions. An increase of crime and illegal operations by criminal groups has been More noticeable in Poland As the result of the influx of ukrainians. Lack of sympathy for germans despite the fact that Germany is the most frequently visited country by poles and vice versa can be Only explained by old anti German sentiments from Germany a treatment of poles during world War ii the Survey said. The poll indicated that Poland does not have sympathy for its German and ukrainian neighbors and More Distant countries such As the United states Are considered better friends a dislike for Poland a Southern neighbors the czechs decreased from 16 percent in 1991 to 9 percent this year the poll said. Clark a turns into love nest for evacuees Manila Philippines up a Cou pies at a crowded evacuation Center inside a former . Air base for mount Pinatubo Volcano refugees got an Advance Christmas gift from the government a a 12-room a love nest a a newspaper reported saturday. Army engineers turned Over the two Story building inside Clark a 50 Miles North of Manila to social welfare officials Friday the philippine daily Globe newspaper said. However Only legally married couples Are allowed to use the rooms each of which is equipped with a bed toilet and Shower stall the newspaper said. Couples Are required to show their marriage contract before they Are allowed to enter the building dubbed As a a love nest Quot a and must bring their own pillows and Linen it added. A they would be Given contraceptives to prevent a population explosion in the already overcrowded evacuation Center a the Globe said. A hours before the formal turnover Friday hundreds of couples already formed a line outside the building the daily Globe reported. A since there Are As Many As 1,129 Cou Ples in the evacuation Center a Cou should stay in a room for Only the hours to give others the Chance to use Clark spokesman capt. Pete Soledad t the newspaper. The United states handed Over Cla one of its largest base in Asia to mar after the facility was damaged by Pina bos june 199j eruption which Laid waste villages and farmlands at its base tens of thousands fled to evacuate centers during the explosion and 1 months of volcanic mudflows that i Lowed although Many have returned their Homes