IMF G7 rescue sparks South Korea stock rebound
Seoul traders cheered amid a crowded market as IMF and G7 agreed on emergency loans totaling 10 billion dollars. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index jumped 6.7 percent to 375.15 as 571 issues hit daily limits and advancers outpaced decliners 682 to 226.
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Seoul
Lee Kyu-chul
South Korea
International Monetary Fund
Lee
IMF
G-7
Korea Stock Exchange
United States
Canada
Japan
New Year Debt Looms After Holiday Shopping Spree
Canadians face a post holiday debt hangover with average balances around 1337 dollars per holder and 20.42 billion in unpaid card balances. Shoppers run up about 100 million card uses in December and 72 million monthly on average, with 15 issuers expanding plastic profits.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Zoran Maksimovich
Maksimovich
Gance
Retail Council of Canada
American Express
CP Photo
Montreal
Canada
Edmonton man survives four bullet wounds Christmas Day
RCMP report a 35-year-old man was shot four times in a non random attack near Gunn Alberta and left by the road. He was airlifted to University Hospital in Edmonton where doctors say he is recovering. Police seek a suspect vehicle an older Ford station wagon.
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Edmonton
Gunn
Alta
University Hospital
RCMP
Dave Ross
Milgaard Granted Full Pardon to Visit Mother in New York
David Milgaard, exonerated in 1992 and DNA cleared six months ago, received a full pardon allowing him to cross into the United States to see his mother Joyce Milgaard in New York. He was previously denied entry after a 1981 prison escape and a Toronto incident.
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Winnipeg
Jors Milgaard
David Milgaard
United States
New York
Joyce
Times Square
Milgaard
Supreme Court of Canada
Gail Miller
Miller
Saskatoon
Canadian Heroes Pull Woman From Red River on Christmas Day
Winnipeg men pulled a 52 year old woman from open water in the Red River after she fell while trying to retrieve a purse. Diane Boisseneault was rescued and later released from Health Sciences Centre. Rescuers Gordon Holloway Ronald Blatz and Firefighter Ron Ellie describe a tense effort on ice with branches aiding the pull.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Diane Boisseneault
Health Sciences Centre
Ron Ellie
Boisseneault
Gordon Holloway
Holloway
Ronald Blatz
Blatz
Obvious safety warnings fill everyday items says survey
The Daily Telegraph notes an international list of obvious cautions on products. It cites milk cartons peanuts and a Rowenta iron warning not to iron on the body and a Swedish saw maker advising against stopping the chain with hands. John Hoyland questions legal fear.
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London
Rowenta
New Scientist Magazine
John Hoyland
Hoyland
Former Polish spy Paszkowski may face deportation
Ottawa officials weigh deporting Ryszard Paszkowski a former Polish spy who worked for both Poland and CSIS in the 1980s and now seeks sanctuary in an Ottawa church. Supporters say exposing his knowledge could embarrass CSIS and prompt calls for a judge to review his file.
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Paszkowski
CSIS
Security Intelligence Review Committee
Poland
Germany
Canada
Rome
Air India
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