Firebombing Hits BC Attorney General Office in Vancouver
Early Sunday the constituency office of BC Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh was firebombed in Vancouver with an incendiary device. No injuries were reported. police had no suspects. A witness, a gas station attendant, saw flames and a cyclist fleeing in the dark. Dosanjh, a leading NDP leadership candidate, said he would await police findings.
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Vancouver
B.C
Ujjal Dosanjh
NDP
CKNW
Dosanjh
Boxing Day shoppers flock to Medicine Hat stores
Boxing Day draws crowds in Medicine Hat as Future Shop and House of Tools report brisk early traffic. Byron Martin and Richard Kam join long lines and seek bargains on computers printers and woodworking gear while retailers forecast a fivefold spike in activity.
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Byron Martin
Martin
Owen Martin
Owen
Mike Kesslar
Kesslar
Richard Kam
Brooks
Kam
House of Tools
Dave Strothmann
Anthony Hoffart
Fox Valley
Strothmann
Wal-Mart
Tim Roebuck
Dave Dave McCord
Wal Mart
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg family keeps vigil for Canadian hostage aboard hijacked plane
The Macklin family in Winnipeg awaits updates on Shirley Macklin among 161 aboard an Indian Airlines Airbus A 300 hijacked after Nepal flight stops. Taliban authorities in Kandahar report poor air quality and ongoing negotiations as one hostage dies and another is released for medical care.
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Canada
Foreign Affairs Department
Hartley Macklin
Shirley Macklin
Winnipeg
Lloyd Axworthy
Axworthy
Afghanistan
Taliban
Mohammed Khiber
Civil Aviation Authority
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
Germans gather for Christmas gift swap at Berlin market
Berlin Reuters reports Germans disappointed with Christmas gifts gathered at a Sunday market to swap items with friends and loved ones. Offerings included a blue glass with three swerving stems impractical for drinking, a glass-painted ornament, and various daybooks.
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Berlin
Reuters
Time names Albert Einstein Century’s Person of the Year
Time magazine selected Albert Einstein as the Century’s Person of the Year for his role in shaping 20th century science and technology. Runners up include Franklin D Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi for their impact on freedom and human rights. Einstein was born in Ulm Germany in 1879.
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Ibert Einstein
Time Magazine
Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Mahatma Gandhi
Ulm
Germany
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