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BREITLING 188-4 NEW DELHI, India (AP) — With his minority church under fire by some Hindus for its mis sionary work, Pope John Paul II said yesterday that freedom to practice or change one’s religion must be considered a basic human right. The pope celebrated his only Mass in India on the same day as Diwali, a major Hindu holiday that is marked by lights and firecrackers. He then attended a meeting with representa tives of other religions, describing it as a further sign that Roman Catholics seek dialogue with other faiths. “No state, no group has the right to control either directly or indirectly a person’s religious convictions ... or the respectful appeal of a par ticular religion to people’s free conscience,” John Paul said. The pope rested his head in his hands through most of the 90-minute interfaith meet ing, as the religious leaders uttered greetings in different languages. A Jain priest spoke with a mask over his mouth to avoid accidently swallowing insects, in keep ing with the Jains’ belief against endangering an imal life. A Parsi priest chanted a two-minute prayer for the pope’s health. The Sikh representative was a half-hour late because security men were wary of his four-foot silver sword, which he described as “a symbol of my authority.” A bare-chested Hindu priest sat next to the pope, clutching the pope’s hand in the air for pho tographers. But afterwards, the priest, Shankaracharya Madhavananda Saraswati, ex pressed reservations on the pope’s view of con versions, saying, “sometimes people change out side, but what is inside remains with the human being forever.” “My hope and dream that the next century will be a time for... tol erance of all religions." POPE JOHN PAUL II The visit, John Paul’s second to India in 13 years, was preceded by weeks of small hut noisy protests from radical Hindus who accuse the church of illicitly inducing Hindus, mostly from poor and illiterate tribal areas, to convert to Christianity. But the pope told people yesterd; looks forward to a period of religiousci in Asia. Paying tribute to the ancienici the region, he said “my hope anddra next century will be a time for fruitfi leading to a new relationship of undi and solidarity and the tolerance of all The Mass was celebrated in a spor| in New Delhi. Before the service begi beige and red saris performed traditior, dances, followed by a procession of card bishops from around Asia. About 10 protesters in an open truck; the main gate of the stadium shoutings waving a black flag, but they wereignoti pie streaming into the field. The stadium, which can seat 70,000 half full, reflecting the difficulty of obtar es which were issued only by churchat In an apparent security measure,eacha; had to be accompanied by a certificati character from the person’s parish. The pope’s visit coincided withD; festival of lights, marking the victoryc Rama over the demon king Ravana mythology. It is a holiday whenfami and often celebrate with fireworks an candles. Tuesday • Novei STAF R Texas A&M h npunced yestei running back C plinary reasons I “We had a r did dismiss Da fe did not pra )t on the tean Hall has rusl te touchdowr reer at A&M, Rrds — leavinj rfcord held by I Slocum said I “1 don’t exp “fhere’d have Bat to be a pos Belize ship sinks at mouth of Bosporous, oil leak reported Communists mark revolution ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A Belize-registered freighter sank at the mouth of the Bosporus Strait after colliding with another ship yesterday. The Anatolia news agency said passing ships rescued the 18-person crew of the Semele, which went down shortly after colliding with another freighter, the Bulgarian-flagged Sipka reported. The strait remained open af ter the accident, which private NTV television said left a large oil slick. The 6,000-ton Semele was enroute to Algeria with a load of steel from Nikolaev in Ukraine. The 16,000-ton Sipka was heading to Varna, Bulgaria. It was damaged but not in danger of sinking, Anatolia said. The accident came as an Is tanbul-based environmental group. Nature Warriors, was staging a demonstration against tanker traffic in the Bosporus Strait. Around 440 million barrels of oil transit the Bosporus each year and nearly 3,500 ships pass through it each month. Some 200 accidents over the last decade in the strait, which bisects this ancient metropolis, have caused oil spills and fires that sometimes shut down the strait. The demonstration was timed to the upcoming summit of the Organization for Securi ty and Cooperation in Europe at Istanbul next week at which Turkey expects to sign agree ments for a Caspian oil pipeline bypassing the Bosporus. A rival Russian project would ship oil thorough the strait. demand Boris Yeltsins ouster I Big 12 Fr MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of communists paraded through Moscow yesterday to mark the 82nd anniversary of the Russian Revolu tion and vent their anger at Presi dent Boris Yeltsin and the social and economic upheaval in Russia. About 10,000 people marched across town from the former Octo ber Square to Lubyanka Square, site of the former headquarters of the KGB secret police, to wave red flags and banners and recall the glory years of Soviet power. Many protesters were elderly and poor, and their common refrain was that Yeltsin was to blame for the loss of Soviet-era stability and the country’s economic collapse. They waved banners that pro claimed “Yeltsin is the enemy of the people,” and “Yeltsin must be put on trial.” Other banners called for a return to the tunes Similar held in citie: sia, and in of Lenin and demonstration;! ; and towns aq the former Si publics Armenia, Az Ukraine, Georgia and Bek ITAR-Tass news agency rer;; The rally in Moscow strained in contrast toi spectacles, in which the communist leaders gath Lenin’s mausoleum inR; to review massive militar as hundreds of thousand; looked on. 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