Stormy summit opens aboard Maxim Gorky in Malta harbor
Bush and Gorbachev begin a two day summit aboard the 25,000 tonne Maxim Gorky off Malta after transferring from the Belknap. They pursue talks on arms control East West trade and reforms as winds hindered initial site changes and a NATO style breakthrough remains uncertain.
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Belknap
White House
U.S
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Italy
Bush
NDP Leadership Contest Narrows In Winnipeg Debates
Friday speeches by Audrey McLaughlin and Dave Barrett failed to deliver a knockout, keeping the NDP race wide open ahead of today’s crucial vote. Delegates weighed leadership image, with complaints about lack of detail and sharp attacks on the U S Canada free trade pact and Mulroney era policies.
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B.C
Mike Harcourt
Saskatchewan
Lorne Nystrom
Audrey McLaughlin
Dave Barrett
Ee Oat Hall
Mulroney
Barrett
McLaughlin
Dave
New Democrats
Canada
Aquino issue forces bid to crush rebel mutiny
Philippine government warplanes and helicopters pound remaining rebel positions as President Aquino orders rebels to "surrender or die." Mutineers occupy Makati streets near a banking center housing the Canadian Embassy as international observers report not seeing militants on the embassy tower. Gringo Honasan denounces Aquino for seeking U.S. air support. Clashes kill up to 15 as air strikes target Greenmeadows housing near Camp Aguinaldo. civilian casualties reported from upper-class suburb.
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Corazon Aquino
Makati
Andre Simard
Simard
Toronto
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Honasan
Aquino
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Philippines
Armed Forces
Lubicon assert control at oilfields amid land claim dispute
Lubicon Indians patrol disputed oilfields about 500 kilometres northwest of Edmonton as RCMP monitor the calm stand‑off with the federal government over compensation. Petro-Canada and Norcen suspend wells after Ottawa refuses to raise its 45 million offer, while talks in Calgary continue for days.
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Alberta
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Edmonton
Petro-Canada
Calgary
Uipatch
Kim Seppola
Seppola
Alberta Medical Association blasts pulp mill projects
The Alberta Medical Association plans to condemn Alberta pulp mill ventures, criticizing the government for risk to public health. Dr. Sandy Murray will present at hearings on the $1.3 billion Alberta Pacific pulp mill along the Athabasca River, arguing economic growth should not come at health costs.
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Alberta Medical Association
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Athabasca
Nadia Comaneci arrives in U S after defection for free life
Romanian gymnastics star Nadia Comaneci lands in New York seeking asylum and a freer life. She says she wanted freedom and that a long plan guided her decision. Be a Karolyi says her next stop is Indianapolis as U S gymnastics officials arrange pickup.
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la Karolyi
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Karolyi
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Justice Department
David Runkel
Hungary
Europe
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