Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 9, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september world state funeral for Cap India Mother whose message of peace and compas Sion went beyond the boundaries of Creed and will go to her burial place on a gun draped in the Indian the military trappings of saturdays state funeral might clash with the image of the Nobel peace laureate but Church leaders said yesterday it was just the governments Way of giving Mother Teresa its most prestigious father Anthony an aide to Cal Cutta archbishop Henry acknowledged there had been objections to the gun people might think of War when they see a gun but this is not the Way it should be a state funeral is the highest honour the state government can give and that is the spirit in which the ceremony should be he Mother Teresa transformed a few shelters and schools for Calcutta poor into a world wide Charity before her death last Friday of a heart attack at age Many of those whose lives she touched will join High ranking Church and state officials As the casket is moved to the funeral the procession will include those people that Mother has dedicated her lifes work the leprosy said Bill a spokesman for her masses will take place throughout Canada this week to honour her in mourners overflowed from Michaels Cathedral yesterday at a mass dedicated to the selfless but few tears were shed at the i thank god that Mother Teresa was with us for so Long her work and her words spoke and continue to speak said roman Catholic archbishop Aloysius Charity workers walk to her missionaries of Charity order and the Indian government Are collaborating on the Mother would be scolding us for All of our behaviour in these preparations funeral for a woman who wore a cheap cot ton Sari to her Nobel ceremony and who often deflected Praise with dry Mother certainly would be scolding us for of our behaviour in these canny but the Sisters believed Mother had a sense of and that she is Proba Bly also laughing at us a bit As we go through this out of our need to show respect and to show our love for As she Lay in state yesterday at Calcutta Thomas the love this frail woman inspired was mourners gave Ushers roses to be brushed against the Glass Case enclosing her then took them Home As other Flowers left at her feet were later made into a huge hear shaped arrange ment on the Lawn outside the sister who took Over earlier this year As head of the missionaries of emerged to respond to the outpouring of Emo we thank people for coming Here to see she in sure Mother is looking Over us and she will bless one fan was Selling posters of Mother Teresa for about 30 cents outside the she cared for poor people like me and was never worried about letting us touch her or go near Pajan Das prime minister Gujral has compared Mother Teresa to Mohandas India most revered social Gujral ordered the state Mother Teresa body will be taken from Thomas to the sports stadium where the funeral will be some people will be Able to attend the which will be addressed by sister Nirmala and foreign and Indian dignitaries As yet the Popes Indi an Cardinal Simon will Cele brate mass at the funeral More than 20 cardinals and Bishops from around the world will join in the 90minute the body will then be taken to the missionaries of Charity orders Headquarters for private attended Only by nuns and High Church Mother Teresa began her Charity work with just a few helpers in this Eastern Indian City five decades drops charge against saudi associated press Washington a saudi who reneged on an agree ment to reveal information on last years bombing that killed 19 american airmen will not be prosecuted by offi the Justice department moved yesterday to drop a charge against Hani Alsayegh in connection with a separate 199495 conspiracy never carried out to kill americans in saudi Ara the 28yearold saudi earlier had struck a bargain with prosecutors to plead guilty in the unrelated Case and to Tell them what he knew about the Khobiar towers bombing near saudi Alsayegh was deported to the United states from Canada in Early june after reaching the Deal with prosecutors while in Canadian in its statement the Justice department said since we have not been Able to develop the requisite it is Nec Essary that this prosecution be District judge Emmet sul Livan is to Rule on the depart ments motion Frank Alsayeghe court appointed had said in late july that the govern ments Only evidence concerning the alleged 199495 conspiracy consisted of statements obtained illegally from his Justice acknowledged As much in its referring to the conspiracy to kill americans As something that was disclosed by its not Clear what will happen next to who is now in custody pending proceedings to remove him under immigration As a shiite Muslim who has been involved in political protest against the saudi ruling Alsayegh has expressed fear that he would be executed if he is returned to saudi no ouch a video Titra hit airwave t do Mai images from Over the next several Indus ift and television movie based on either dianas life of the circumstances surrounding her though Stieh network executives said the most immediate television mow tip to enormous coverage of the funeral will be a music video version of Elton Johns personal tribute to the the revised version of his and Bernie Tau pins Candle in the wind which he formed live in Westminster Abbey on saturday who has announced he will release the song As a single with All proceeds going to the Princess of Wales established to Benefit the charities she was devoted has told friends he will never per form the song the video will not present any added production it will be the official Pool camera feed of Johns As presented live on saturday morning in Britain by cameras from two news the bbl and sky bodyguard recovering associated press Paris the bodyguard who could help unravel the twisted Trail ending in dianas death is conscious and recovering from 10 of surgery to rebuild his shattered a Hospital said his parents said he cannot talk investigators looking at cellular phone have determined none of the photographers under investigation called emergency ser vices when the Mercedes carrying the Princess of Wales police sources judicial sources say the first person to give the Accident Alert was a a statement released yesterday by the Pitie Salpetrier where Diana and the body Fuard Trevor re Sjones were taken after the 1 said re Sjones was he has a mangled and will not be Able to speak for some his parents said in a statement released by the British police Are eager to question re Sjones about the crash and have suggested he answer written ques fund has million so far 1 London is pouring in to dianas memorial fund with credit card donations by Telephone averaging 350 Calls an trustees said they were unable to put a figure on the amount raised so far by the set up last week to Benefit charities promoted by the ranging from aids to some reports said the equivalent of million can had already been the trustees say it is too Early to give figures but said nine sacks of mail containing Cash or cheques arrived at dianas Kensington Palace Home yesterday the average size of donation is about and most is coming from individuals rather than Busi some donations have been banked so Diana was Patron of More than 100 charities until her divorce from Prince Charles last she Sev ered ties with most but remained Patron of six in the Fields of childrens the Home leprosy and tabloids Promise to Back off Canadian press London editors of Britain notorious tabloids tumbled All Over themselves yesterday to assure read ers they will heed dianas brother and end their highly profitable practice of hounding the Royal in the scandal sheets that thrived on sensational paparazzi shots of dianas Pri vate life promised that her sons would be spared the same relentless Andrew editor of the wrote in a frontage editorial the Hunt became a blood the Quarry let us find 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