Klein cleared again probes into Liberal links with Multi-Corp
Alberta premier Ralph Klein was cleared again of conflict of interest in a second ethics probe into his ties with Calgary software firm Multi-Corp. He urged an inquiry into Liberal MLA Frank Bruseker’s motives and dismissed Liberals’ accusations as political and based on false information.
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Ralph Klein
Multi-Corp
Klein
Bob Clark
Clark
Frank
A . Bruseker
Bruseker
Ethics Commissioner
Securities Commission
Ethics
Multi- Corp
Hong Kong
China
Alberta
Colleen
Tajik militants seize UN observers in Tajikistan
An unidentified armed group captured 15 people near Dushanbe including eight UN military observers and four Islamic opposition officials. The captors demanded the release of a rebel chief's brother and safe corridors for fighters. They threatened to detonate 30 devices if demands were not met by 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Dushanbe
Tajikistan
United Nations
Moscow
Rose bouquet greets AP reporter as marriage proposal happens at airport
At Las Vegas airport a stranger hands AP reporter Angie Bluethman a rose marking a marriage proposal from her boyfriend. Bluethman recounts waves of passengers delivering roses as she stood by the gate and a final on knee proposal drew applause from onlookers.
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Las Vegas
Angie
Bluethman
Associated Press
Wagner
Peruvian Guerrillas Free Four Hostages
Four hostages, believed Japanese, were freed by the MRTA as negotiations continued for the release of about 400 people detained in the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Lima. Talks involve Red Cross intermediary Michel Minnig and Peruvian President Fujimori, with a focus on prisoner releases from Pune prison. Canada’s ambassador Anthony Vincent was among those previously held.
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Lima
International Red Cross
Michel Minnig
Alberto Fujimori
MRTA
Pune
Peru
Canada
Anthony Vincent
Santa Claus Fund volunteers deliver aid to 528 families
In Medicine Hat, 528 families received food and toy hampers this morning from the Santa Claus Fund. Volunteers loaded boxes of bread, milk, cereal, and gifts into trucks while families welcomed the delivery, including single mom Jacobson who recently lost her job.
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Sheryl
Medicine Hat News
Santa Claus Fund
Lorne Hansen
Hansen
Jessica Duncan
Keesha
Peter Mah
Catlen Spiry
Joan Gertzen
Catlen
Cathy
Carl Sagan dies at 62 of pneumonia in Seattle
Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62 from pneumonia. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre spokeswoman said he suffered a bone marrow disease for two years. Sagan won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Dragons of Eden and taught at Cornell, directing the Laboratory for Planetary Studies and advancing exobiology. He authored Intelligent Life in the Universe, Mars and the Mind of Man, and Other Worlds.
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Carl Sagan
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre
Sagan
Space
Universe
Cornell University
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Tory
Planetary Studies
Mars
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