Canadian government apologizes for residential school abuses
In Ottawa the government apologized for oppression of native peoples and decades of abuse at federally funded boarding schools. Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart read the statement of reconciliation as scrolls were presented to five native leaders. The apology included a pledge to support native self government and $245 million for counseling and treatment programs for abuse victims.
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Northern Ireland Chief to Meet Militants in Maze Prison
Prime Minister for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam will visit the Maze Prison to meet with high risk inmates as part of a push to preserve a cease fire by pro-British Protestant paramilitaries. The trip follows a 500 pound bomb defusal in Banbridge and ahead of resumed political talks in Belfast.
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Botha to face contempt charges in Cape Town case
Former South African president P W Botha will be prosecuted for snubbing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after receiving a summons to appear in court on January 23 for contempt. The commission said he ignored a subpoena to testify last month, marking the first criminal trial of a former head of state.
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