Soviet official to leave Canada amid technology probe
An external affairs spokesman said Andrei Plavinski, a Soviet Embassy official, will leave Canada after his tour ends as part of the Prague episode involving Mikhail Abramov and restricted technology. Abramov was given 10 days to depart. Trudeau suggested a second Soviet official may also be leaving.
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Robert Kaplan
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Northumberland Cable Co. Ltd
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Canada
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Royal Navy ordered to Falklands
A naval task force including two aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible will sail from Britain in wartime order bound for the Falkland Islands. Prime Minister Thatcher announced steps to freeze Argentine assets and suspend export credits as MPs debated the invasion and Britain's military response.
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Uruguay
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Labor
John Silkin
Falkland
South Georgia
Irvine council byelection nominees named for April 30
The News lists seven candidates for Irvine’s three council seats in the April 30 byelection after mid March resignations. Nominations closed Friday at noon. polling at the library council chambers from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Returning officer William Glock and town administrator Margaret Toole announced the process amid ongoing governance controversy.
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Irvine
Blanche Davidson
Charles Trenouth
Gerald Booth
Donna Bonneville
Blair Arsenalut
Harry Dietelbach
Irene Katerberg
Library Council
William Glock
Margaret Toole
Judith Mullin
Roland Bonneville
Greg Franz
Toole
Minister of Municipal Affairs
Ray Spackman
Ted Aman
Jacob Bechtold
Paris diplomat shot dead in apartment lobby
Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimantov, 43, was killed in the lobby of his Paris apartment as his wife and eight year old daughter looked on. Police attributed the attack to Palestinian groups, with the Israeli ambassador naming the PLO as origin of the violence.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Yacov Barsimantov
Ferdinand Buisson
16Th District
Bois de Boulogne
Barsimantov
French National Assembly
Senate
Meir Rosenne
Red Brigades
Marines Escape Invasion On Falkland Islands Report
A group of British marines reportedly escaped Argentine forces during the Falkland invasion and are hiding in East Falkland's Soledad interior. Correspondent Salvador Fernandez notes civilian resistance, with about 1,800 residents, many on remote farms across the archipelago.
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Buenos Aires
Reuter
Falkland Islands
Salvador Fernandez
Bahia Blanca
la Nueva Provincia
Falkland
Soledad
Falklands
English leads WCC in Maple Creek election bid
In Maple Creek the Western Canada Concept nominated Hazlet farmer Larry English for the April 26 Saskatchewan vote. English, 33, defeated Diane Perrin in a secret ballot and will face PC incumbent Joan Duncan, NDP Bob Porter, and Liberal Bernie Ford.
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Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Larry English
English
Diane Perrin
WDC
New Democratic Party
NDP
Permier Allan Blakeney
Joan Duncan
Bob Porter
Bernie Ford
Bill Martindale
Lerry English
Western Canada Concept Party
Medicine Hat Cubs Fall 7 6 to Brooks Spurs in Junior B Final
In the Southern Division Central Alberta Junior B League finals the Medicine Hat Cubs lost 7 6 to the Brooks Lakeside Spurs. The loss leaves the Cubs with a 2 1 edge in games in the series.
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Brooks Lakeside Spurs
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