Mediator opens talks with Mohawks at barricades
Federal mediator Alan Gold met Mohawk representatives behind the barricades in Oka Quebec to resolve a month old armed standoff with provincial police. Mohawk negotiators welcomed the move but objected to the army being placed on standby as talks begin.
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Oka
Que
Alan Gold
Quebec
Gold
Quebec Superior Court
Joe Deom
Deom
Peter Diome
Diome Es
John Ciaccia
Kahnawake Reserve
Mercier
Montreal
St. Lawrence
John Williston
Department of National Defence
Robert Bourassa
Kent Foster
Mobile Command
St-Hubert
Foster
Armand Roy
Fifth Mechanized
Valcartier
Quebec City
Bush dismisses Saddam holy war call as ploy
President Bush rebukes Saddam Hussein for urging a holy war calling on Muslims to rise up against U.S. troops protecting Saudi Arabia. Arab League condemnation of Iraq’s invasion clears way for regional guards as coalition forces mobilize. Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney commits ships and sailors to the Gulf effort.
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Kennebunkport
George Bush
Saddam Hussein
White House
Arab League
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Saddam
U.S
Suez Canal
Strait of Hormuz
Amman
Jordan
Sanaa
Yemen
Israel-occupied
West Bank
Zpopa
Ates
Bush
Middle East
Gulf Region
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Canada
Gulf
United Nations
Mulroney
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Australia
Navy ships defend capabilities for Persian Gulf mission
Three Canadian navy vessels Athabaskan Terra Nova and Protecteur prepared to sail for the Gulf within two weeks after upgrades to add Vulcan Phalanx anti missile guns Commodore Ken Summers says the ships are fully capable though lacking combat experience. The force supports U S and allied efforts to deter Iraqi aggression amid a multinational deployment.
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Ken Summers
Persian Gulf
Halifax
Summers
Gulf
Athabaskan
Terra Nova
Protecteur
St. Thomas
Ont
Brian Mulroney
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
United States
Gulf of Oman
Cpl
Jerry Gamache
Karen
Gamache
Peigan Women condemn Lonefighters in Oldman River protest
A second Peigan group calls for halting the diversion of the Oldman River to protest a 353 million dam near Pincher Creek. Peigan Women denounce Lonefighters Society as a splinter group and urge Chief Bastien and council to stop the unauthorized use of the original group's name. The Lethbridge district threatens legal action over crop losses if water is diverted upstream from Brooke.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Idman
Alberta
The
Lonefighters Society
Lonefighters
Pincher Creek
Calgary
Margaret Jackson
Peigan Women
Jackson
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
Oldman
Brooke
Peigan
Comana Eine En
Oldman River
Liberian Rebels Mount Final Assault on Doe in Monrovia
Rebel leader Charles Taylor says he is mounting a two pronged final assault to topple President Samuel Doe as a West African peacekeeping force nears Liberia. Taylor’s troops push from Monrovia’s eastern suburbs toward Doe’s fortress while another faction is crushed in the port area near Paynesville. Authorities evacuate Americans as ECOWAS-organized forces prepare to intervene within a week.
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Monrovia
Reuter
Charles Taylor
Samuel Doe
Taylor
Prince Johnson
Doe
Liberia
Prs
Economic Community of West African States
Paynesville
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Don LeBaron
Roup
Honald Bastien
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LeBaron
Bastien
Chariss Taylor
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