Baldy banished from Spanish military enlistment
Francisco Galindo, a 21 year old Valencia resident, was rejected four times for military service claiming medical skin conditioning. The army maintains the rejections stem from a skin condition, not baldness, while Galindo argues baldness disqualifies him as disfigured and criticizes the policy.
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Francisco Galindo
Galindo
Valencia
Spain
Court orders Red Cross to name HIV contaminated blood donors
A Toronto court ordered public health officials be given the names of 13 people who unknowingly donated AIDS contaminated blood in the early 1980s. The ruling overrides the Canadian AIDS Society privacy argument, balancing privacy against public health needs.
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Toronto
Red Cross
Canadian
Aids Society
Douglas Elliott
Janet Wilson
Wilson
Bernardo may testify in Bernardo Homolka murder trial
The trial of Paul Bernardo could hear Bernardo testify in his own defence as early as Monday. Karla Homolka testified for 17 days as the Crown's star witness, with about 80 witnesses called since May 18. The Crown plans to finish its case with Dr. Chris Hatcher's testimony on post traumatic stress disorder.
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Toronto
Paul
Paul Bernardo
Karla Homolka
Homolka
John Rosen
Bernardo
Ray Houlahan
Kristen French
Leslie Mahaffy
Crown
Chris Hatcher
Prison For Women
Kingston
Canada Fights Back In Upholder Sub Deal Saga
Defence officials deny a completed deal with Britain to buy four Upholder diesel submarines for 1.8 billion. Ottawa says talks continue though timing clashes with a July deadline and funding needs for helicopters and armored vehicles. Training time at Goose Bay and Suffield is part of the negotiations.
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The
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Canada
Britain
Paul Dunn
Department of National Defence
Suffield
Goose Bay
Nfld
Defence
David Collenette
Collenette
Dunn
Ottawa
Cfb Suffield
Juliet Summer
Ministry of Defence
London
England
Gerry Pash
Canadian Forces
Pash
Local teen births spark wary countywide health concerns
A fragmentary report notes teen births in the Brooks area with unclear details. Authorities urge caution and further verification while residents discuss potential health and community impacts.
Turners appeal conviction in starved son case
New Brunswick couple Steven and Lorelei Turner appeal manslaughter convictions and 16 year sentences for the death of their three year old son John Ryan Turner. Court of Appeal will hear whether any legal errors affected the outcome and if the punishment fits the crime.
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Fredericton
New Brunswick
Court of Appeal
Steven
Lorelei Turner
John Ryan Turner
Turners
Miramichi
Craig Garson
Thomas Riordan
Court of Queen's Bench
Garson
Turner
Halifax
Riordan
Edmonton firm touts blood test breakthrough for lung cancer
Briana Biotech Inc of Edmonton announces a medical breakthrough with a kit diagnosing lung cancer from blood. Dr. Anthony Fields cautions results aren’t ready for clinical use and plans further research. The test detects Serum DR-70, with 66 percent sensitivity in cancer patients and 92 percent specificity in noncancer controls.
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Edmonton
Briana Biotech Inc
Anthony Fields
The
Cross Cancer Institute
Briana
John Tkachuk
Toner
Fields
Tkachuk
Ceasefire Reached in Croatia Bosnian Serb Conflict
Croatian forces and rebel Serbs agree to a ceasefire and refugee Safe passage in a UN brokered deal. The pact calls for weapons turnover to the UN, opening of a corridor into Yugoslavia, and UN fuel and escort support. An estimated 120,000 to 200,000 ethnic Serbs are moving amid shelling and front-line danger.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Yuri Shishaev
Ronelas
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Shishnev
Milan Martic
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