Dumpling King of Vizovice Sets New Title
Fran tisek Pohorsky reclaimed the crown by eating 111 dumplings to win Vizovice Moravia Czech Republic annual dumpling contest. Last year he ate 155 dumplings. He finished nearly 9 pounds heavier. For the first time a woman was among the 10 contestants tackling 2200 dumplings, gaining 6.6 pounds.
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Deutscht Presse Agentur
Prague
Vizovice
Frantisek Pohorsky
Pohorsky
Czech Republic
Moravia
Government shuts down vast Atlantic cod fishery
The federal government bans cod fishing in four Atlantic regions and slashes quotas on pollock and plaice, risking up to 12 000 jobs. Only Georges Bank and northern Gulf of St Lawrence remain open, though catch limits are already tight. Officials call it an ecological crisis requiring urgent action. Ottawa also weighs cutting the EH 101 helicopter purchase from 50 to as few as 35, with options to reduce overall cost.
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Halifax
Ross Reid
Scotian
Nova Scotia
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Sydney Bight
Cape Breton
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ottawa
Defence
Tom Siddon
Federal loan fuels Redcliff paper recycling plant plan
The Western Economic Diversification Agency signed a $5 million interest free loan to Consumers Paper Corp for a Redcliff deinking and paper processing plant. The loan starts in 1996 and is repaid over three years as Investors line up funds to cover the $840,000税 bill and tax payments. Local officials praise the funding while stressing need for private backers and timely completion.
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Consumers
Donna Lee Porter
Medicine Hat
Bob Porter
Hat
Ted Grimm
Redcliff
Bill Duncan
Ed Tobin
DeNova
Consumers Paper Corporation
Jeremy Kendall
Tobin
Douglas
Western Economic Diversification Agency
Gary Webster
Webster
Ernest Graham
Graham
Donna Myren
Domeglas
PM calls for longer terms in crime crackdown
Prime Minister Kim Campbell urged stiffer sentences for young offenders who injure victims as Statistics Canada reported a slight drop in overall crime last year. She tied law-and-order to election talk while Reform's Preston Manning pressed for harsher measures and broader youth-to-adult court options.
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Edmonton Journal
Edmonton
Kim Campbell
Campbell
Statistics Canada
Alberta
Reform Party
Reform
Preston FE Age
Al2
Manning
Calgary
Peace plan sparks mass protests as talks move forward
Hardliners on both sides threaten to derail a Palestinian self rule deal as 4,000 settlers clash with police outside the Israeli cabinet meeting. Hamas calls for strikes while PLO chief Arafat hails a historic opportunity. Israel eyes troop withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho within six months.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Middle East
Washington
West Bank
Gaza
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Shmuel Yaniv
Yaniv
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Hamas
Jericho
Haim Ramon
Banff native recounts U N workers jailed in Somalia raid
Banff native Larry De Boice on the floor of his home in Mogadishu as U.S. troops raid the U.N. house. He describes being cuffed and told to keep quiet while soldiers looted and searched bystanders amid a chaotic night. Three U.S. soldiers were lightly injured. De Boice was released after a Colonel apologized.
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Mogadishu
Larry de Boice
United Nations
U.N
Somalia
U.S
U.N. Development Program
de Boice
Banff
Ireland
Belize
Blackhawk
U.n.’S
The
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City
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PFLP
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