Three little Piggs bring triplet Christmas joy in York
In York, Pennsylvania, Thomas Angela and Brit tany Pigg were born Dec 14 at York Hospital. The triplets arrived eight weeks early after fertility treatment and will stay in the hospital until February to gain weight. Their parents, Thomas and Lottie Pigg, celebrate a long-awaited blessing amid jokes about Three Little Pigs.
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Manitoba to release six offenders on unsupervised Christmas leave
Manitoba Attorney General Jim McCrae backs an independent panel decision to grant unsupervised Christmas leave to four sex offenders and two criminally insane killers from Headingley Correctional Institution. Among those released are Garth Oake who killed his father in 1987 and James Ball who killed a neighbor in 1987. In Jerusalem, Soviet Jewish migration to Israel surged with about 5 500 new arrivals over the weekend as Israel expects near 400 000 this year and one million by 1992.
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Let us vow never to spend another Christmas in chains
Mandela urges resolve against oppression in a reflective page A20 feature. The statement frames a commitment to end bondage and celebrate freedom, highlighting ongoing struggle and international attention to liberation efforts.
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Seven kidnappers nabbed in Pattison daughter case
Vancouver family ransom case ends with seven suspects in custody. Cynthia Kilburn, 30, abducted Friday, released after ransom paid 14 hours later. Police say a pickup man, shopping with a companion, used a chauffeured limousine. charges expected today.
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Museum panel probes Quebec funding despite Masse action
Ottawa aides to a peer assessment panel say Quebec grant files were excluded and sent directly to Communications Minister Marcel Masse. Panel member Nicolas Tuele says the minister's instruction bypassed the normal peer review process for up to 12 million dollars in federal museum funding annually.
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Victoria Art Gallery
Slovenia votes for sovereignty and independence
Slovenia overwhelmingly chose independence in a plebiscite, with about 90 percent of its 1.14 million voters participating and 88.2 percent backing sovereignty. Leaders cautioned against immediate secession, aiming for a new Yugoslav framework within six months as celebrations erupted in Ljubljana.
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Soviet Parliament approves union name and treaty steps
The Soviet Congress of People's Deputies backed keeping the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics name by 1365 to 189 with 170 abstentions and endorsed a new union treaty giving republics more say. It also approved nationwide referenda on membership and land privatization and set referenda timing decisions for the Supreme Soviet. President Gorbachev plans referenda in all republics on membership.
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Foreign recruits parade in Iraq Popular Army camp
Several hundred foreign soldiers from Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Mauritania and other nations joined a Baghdad camp display for Iraq's Popular Army. They marched with rifles, shouted for Saddam Hussein, and cited defending Islamic land while officials noted pay and housing. U.S. Secretary Cheney warned time is short toward war as Christmas plans proceed in Saudi Arabia.
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Soviet woman meets Santa in first Calgary mall visit
Irina Bondo, a 30 year old civil engineer from Volgograd visiting Canada, meets Santa at Market Mall in Calgary. She explains Christmas celebrations only recently allowed in Russia, desires a Canadian partner, and plans to stay until May or June while visiting Canadian cousins.
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