Poland names Mazowiecki premier as Communist era ends
President Jaruzelski proposed Solidarity figure Tadeusz Mazowiecki as Poland's next prime minister, signaling a non Communist led government. Mazowiecki, 62, will head Eastern Europe's first post communism regime. He plans to form a government four months after Solidarity's reinstatement amid economic woes.
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Warsaw
Reuter
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Poland
Jaruzelski
Mazowiecki
Lech Walesa
Antates
Czeslaw Kiszczak
Europe
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Janusz Onyszkiewicz
Communist Party
Pollution hits Bow River in Banff National Park
Banff officials warn Bow River contamination may close park access until late August or September as sewageplant repairs worsen spills. Water tests show 6100 fecal coliform per 100 ml and raw effluent at two million per 100 ml, triggering river warnings from Banff to Lac Des Arcs.
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Banff, Alta
Banff National Park
Bow River
Keith Everts
Banff
Everts
National Park
East Gate
Parks Service
Lac Des Arcs
Canadian Parks Service
Quebec to send PCB cargo to Manic 2 plant despite protest
The Quebec government sticks to shipping PCBs to the Manic 2 hydro plant near Baie-Comeau as 700 Hydro-Quebec workers join a protest blocking unloading. Environment Minister Lise Bacon defends the plan as the chosen option, saying PCB fears are exaggerated. A Soviet freighter with PCB contaminated waste was to return to Montreal after being turned away in England, awaiting inspection of containers destined for Wales incineration.
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Montreal
Quebec
Baie- Comeau
Hydro-Quebec
Baie-Comeau
Lise Bacon
Alberta session ends amid cabinet shakeup and loan scrutiny
Alberta's Conservative government faced controversy as Career Development Minister Connie Osterman resigned over the Principal Group collapse. Opposition criticized $67 million in loans to Gainers Inc. linked to Peter Pocklington while pulp mill plans drew environmental questions. The session saw a first Senate election bill and ethics row, with ministers tangled in conflicts of interest and improper funds.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Pockling
Canada
Connie Osterman
New Democrats
Liberals
Gainers Inc
Pocklington
Quebec
Ottawa
Athabasca
Getty
Brian Mulroney
Leroy Fjordbotten
Ernie Isley
Don Sparrow
Calgary
Steroid smuggling trial set for Sept 25 in Covington
U S Magistrate Gregory Wehrman scheduled a Sept 25 trial for Ti bor Reiter a 47 year old Toronto truck driver and Clint Medford a 29 year old army captain stationed at Fort Bliss Texas both pleading not guilty to conspiracy importing and distributing anabolic steroids from Canada The indictment follows a Fort Mitchell Kentucky seizure described as the largest cache of anabolic steroids in North America by U S Customs agents
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Covington, Ky
Ap-Cp
U.S
Gregory Wehrman
Toronto
United States
Tibor Reiter
Clint Medford
Fort Bliss
Tex
Canada
U.S. Customs Service
Fort Mitchell
North America
Afghanistan marks 70th independence anniversary battle
In Kabul both government forces and rebels exchanged rocket and missile fire on Afghanistan’s 70th independence anniversary. At least three people were wounded as the country commemorates the treaty ending the third Anglo Afghan war.
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Kabul
Reuter
Afghanistan
Britain
Russia
United States
Pakistan
Galan Shot at Rally Shocks Colombia Race
Luis Carlos Galan, leading Liberal presidential hopeful, was fatally shot at a Bogota rally as President Barco announced measures against drug traffickers. Police linked the Medellin cartel to the assassination. Barco ordered immediate anti drug actions including extradition and asset seizures.
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Bogota
Reuter
Colombia
Virgilio Barco
Luis Carlos Galan
Soadha
Antioquia
Medellin
Galan
Barco
United States
Liberal Party
Lorient
Pastrana
Miguel Gomez Padilla
Medellin Cartel
Gomez Padilla
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