British Columbia seeks tobacco health costs from industry
British Columbia moves to make tobacco firms cover smoking related health costs. Premier Glen Clark proposed legislation enabling class action suits and urged companies to acknowledge toxicity and addictiveness. Legal advocate Eric LeGresley hailed the plan as a landmark shift from tax funded recovery.
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Violence Surges in Algeria After Multiparty Election
In a post-election spike, more than 50 people were killed by rebels in Algeria amid a Muslim insurgency. Hospital officials confirmed the toll as authorities and most newspapers remained silent. El Watan cited attackers slitting throats of a farming family near Douaouda and setting bodies ablaze.
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Unsolved Kobe killing delays Scream premiere in Japan
The Japanese premiere of the U.S. horror film Scream was postponed by Asmik Corp due to a recent Kobe murder and beheading of an 11-year-old boy. The killer boasted of enjoying watching people die in a note found in the victim’s mouth.
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Botticelli Debuts After Restoration At Uffizi
The Uffizi Museum reopens Fortitude, Botticelli's earliest documented work from 1470, after two years of restoration. The allegory portrays inner strength and was commissioned by Florence merchants' guild, predating the painter's famed Birth of Venus and Springtime.
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Cohen vows tough line as U S presses Iran and Iraq
Defense Secretary William Cohen told about 800 sailors and Marines at the 5th Fleet in Manama that the United States will stay ahead of Iran and Iraq, seek to isolate Iran, maintain sanctions on Iraq, and deter any new Iraqi invasion or Persian Gulf disruption. He urged regional allies to hear a united warning while noting cautious openness to dialogue with Iran if it ends terror support, nuclear ambitions, and harm to Middle East peace.
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