Supreme Court allows Nelles suit against Crown prosecutors
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Susan Nelles may sue Crown attorneys and the attorney general for malicious prosecution in the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children infant death case. The decision overturns previous immunity rulings, with Justice Antonio Lamer stressing citizens’ right to seek remedies when prosecutors act maliciously, though a dissent argued for continued immunity to aid public function.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Susan Nelles
Toronto
Supreme Court of Canada
Antonio Lamer
Nelles
Crown
Lamer
Claire l’Heureux-Dube
Children’s Hospital
Belleville
Ont
Roy McMurtry
Robert McGee
Jerome Wiley
Toronto Police
Ontario
McMurtry
London
Canadian Football League
Supreme Court
Iran seeks harmful fungus strains for research or weapons probe
Western intelligence officials say Iran attempted to purchase fusarium fungi from Canada and the Netherlands last December to study mycotoxins used in poison gas. The request, linked to an Iranian researcher Moallem, was blocked after Canadian government intervention.
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Washington
Reuter
Canada
Netherlands
New York Times
U.S
Iran
Moallem
H. Bruno Schiefer
University of Saskatchewan
Times
Schiefer
Southeast Asia
School of Pharmacology
Meshed
Peasants' party to rule Poland amid leadership shift
Poland's prime minister Czeslaw Kiszczak said he could not form a government and handed the task to Roman Malinowski, leader of the United Peasants' party. He cited a new chance for a non-Communist grand coalition including Solidarity but Lech Walesa rejected the move, keeping Kiszczak from leading a confirmed cabinet.
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Warsaw
Reuter
Czeslaw Kiszczak
Poland
United Peasants’ Party
Kiszczak
Roy Malinowski
Roman Malinowski
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Democratic Party
Walesa
Quebec woman discusses abortion and court fight
Chantal Daigle recounts why she had an abortion at 22 weeks after an injunction barred her. She says she acting for choice and protecting a potential child from an abusive environment, despite public and legal pressure.
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Montreal
Chantal Daigle
Querielot of Appeal
Daigle
Tremblay
Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec
Mary Krupa
Network Life
Anniversary clashes mark 20 years since troops arrived in Northern Ireland
In west Belfast police fired plastic bullets as rioting youths protested the 20th anniversary of British troops entering Northern Ireland. Two buses and a truck were hijacked and set ablaze while bus service was halted for two hours. Chief Constable Hugh Annesley urged calm as Catholics and Protestants marked related jubilees in Londonderry and Falls Road.
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West Belfast
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Hugh Annesley
Londonderry
Annesley
James II
Falls Road
Waterloo Place
PCB shipments to Britain halted by Canada contamination scare
A second and third shipment of PCB contaminated wastes from Canada will be returned to Montreal with no unloading in Britain. The Nadezhda Obukhova captain said Telex ordered return after protests. Khudozhnik Pakhomov also told to return to Canada after docking in Liverpool.
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London
Canada
Montreal
Britain
Liverpool
Nadezhda Obukhova
Telex
Nicolai Abalacov
Rotterdam
Abalacov
Anglo-Soviet Shipping Co. Ltd
Soviet Union
Bahr Behrend
Khudozhnik Pakhomov
Merseyside
Mulroney Getty clash over tax plan in Red Deer
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Alberta Premier Don Getty exit a Red Deer meeting with clear differences on the federal nine percent goods and services tax. Mulroney disputes claims of economic harm while Getty maintains the tax would hurt Alberta by raising inflation and unemployment.
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Red Deer, Alta
Brian Mulroney
Alberta
Don Getty
Red Deer
Mulroney
Getty
Canada
Botha resigns as South Africa president after party clash
South Africa's President P W Botha announced his resignation after a power struggle within the National party. F W de Klerk was expected to serve as acting president until the parliamentary election set for September 6.
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Johannesburg
P. W. Botha
South Africa
National Party
Botha
F. W. de Klerk
White National Party
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Peasants’ Party To Rule
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Radio-Canada
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Melenkins
Boston
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