Medicine Hat aims for world curling title with two wins
Ed Lukowich and teammates Mike Chernoff Dale Johnston and Ron Schindle moved within two victories of the Silver Broom world championship after routing Italy 9-2 in Winnipeg. Their win tied them for first, earning a spot in the semi finals, with Norway awaiting in a sudden death battle.
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Leone Rezzadore
Manitoba
Orest Meleschuk
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Italy
Alberta
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Switzerland
Scotland
Denmark
Germany
France
Sweden
U S trade deficit triggers sharp dollar decline in markets
The United States posts the largest monthly trade deficit in history at 4.5 billion dollars for February, sending the dollar down against major currencies in Europe and New York. Gold gains, while the yen and Swiss franc slide. Canada and Britain see minor shifts as markets react to the deficit figures. Stompin Tom Connors returns Junos, protesting CARAS practices.
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Security men charged in PC bugging case
Bill Sandiford and Daniel McGarry, Toronto security firm partners, face public mischief illegal device possession and defrauding the Conservative Party of Canada of more than 200. Ottawa police served appearance notices after a five month probe and a Thursday raid on Unisery Sound and Signal Inc. in Toronto.
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Conservative Party of Canada
Tom Welsh
Ottawa Police Department
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Welsh
Unisery Sound and Signal Inc
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Commons
James Jerome
Ottawa
RCMP
MacKay
Clark
Sandiford
Nova Scotia
Parliament Hill
Francis Fox
Sadat says Israeli rigidity could aid Soviet aims in region
President Sadat told U.S. businessmen that Israeli intransigence risks favoring the Soviet Union and urged Washington to take a full role in Middle East peace efforts. He signaled a willingness to resume talks with Israel only if Begin drops policies blocking Palestinian rights and settlement status, and reiterated demands for Israeli withdrawals from 1967 territories. Separately, Norwegian UN troops head toward Lebanon as Israeli forces aid refugees and rebuild infrastructure south of the Litani.
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Menachem Begin
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Lebanon
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Ben Gurion International
Tel Aviv
Litani
Carter assails Cuban role as Africa trip opens in Lagos
President Carter denounces Cuban military presence in Africa during a Nigeria National Theatre address. He links outside interference to stalled Rhodesia and Namibia transitions and warns against great power rivalry. He and Rosalynn meet Olusegun Obasanjo as Lagos crowds greet the visit. An official later cites Cuba's Ethiopia deployment rising to 16 000 to 17 000 troops.
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White House
Radiation dangers cited in head and neck treatments
Dr. Robert Volpe of Wellesley Hospital warns that thousands who received low dose external radiation to the head and neck from the 1920s to 1950s may be at risk for thyroid cancer. He urges doctors to review patient histories and notes records are hard to obtain in Canada.
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Wellesley Hospital
Robert Volpe
Volpe
American Thyroid Association
American College of Radiology
National Cancer Institute
U.S
Canada
Chicago
United States pegs Cuban troops in Ethiopia at 15000
The United States said there are at least 15000 Cubans in Ethiopia and most are combat troops, a figure up 2000 from a month earlier. State Department spokesman John Trattner also noted no change in Soviet advisers in Ethiopia, estimated at 1000.
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Ethiopia
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