Zimbabwe TV anchors suspended for laughing on air
Tsitsi Vera and Noreen Welch, co anchors of the main news on Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp, were suspended for three months after laughing during a Christmas Eve report about a woman delivering a baby in a train bathroom. The script described the newborn surviving after falling onto the track.
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Harare
Zimbabwe
Tsitsi Vera
Noreen Welch
Vera
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp
Royal remarriage amid royal divorce report
The Express claims Prime Minister Major would seek Parliament to change Church of England marriage law so Prince Charles could wed in church if he divorces Diana. The Queen supports removing an old rule barring royal marriages in such cases. Princess Anne already remarried in the Church of Scotland after her divorce.
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London
Reuter
John Major
Charles
Church of England
Diana
Express
Major
Canterbury
the Express
Anne
Cmdr
Timothy Laurence
Mark Phillips
Church of Scotland
Canada U S Troops Set To Secure Belet Huen Airfield Somalia
Canadian and U S troops land by helicopter at Belet Huen to establish a relief base for food and medicine distribution. Belet Huen near Mogadishu hosts about 845 Canadian troops rising from 150 as relief efforts expand under a U S led multinational mission.
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Ottawa
U.S
Belet Huen
Mogadishu
Jacques Poitras
Petawawa
Ont
Beli Dogle
Somalia
Prairies Grapple With Extreme Cold Across Alberta Saskatchewan
Christmas calm gave way to a brutal snap as Medicine Hat dispatch logged over 90 calls for car boosts. Wind chills to 50 below and 40 cm of snow froze roads and routines across the prairies, with police reporting few incidents and warnings to avoid nonessential travel.
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Eleanor Getz
Phil’s Towing
Medicine Hat
Western Canada
Mercury
Prairies
Environment Canada
Rick Shewchuk
Shewchuk
Lethbridge
Brooks
Onefour
Havre
Pat Flynn
Flynn
Bassano
Oyen
Bow Island
Maple Creek
Cold Lake hearings seen as key to Indian Claims Commission power
The Cold Lake First Nations see last week's hearings as pivotal for the Indian Claims Commission to review and mediate land claims across Canada. Tony Mandamin warns Ottawa risked renewed tensions if the commission is ignored, citing Oka as a warning.
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Edmonton
Cold Lake
Brian Mulroney
Indian Claims Commission
Ottawa
Oka
Cold Lake First Nations
Tony Mandamin
Mulroney
Mandamin
Iraqi F-16 shot down in no fly zone clash
U S defense officials report two F 16 jets shot down an Iraqi fighter over southern Iraq in the no fly zone. One Iraqi aircraft escaped. No U S casualties. Baghdad warns of a suitable response.
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Washington
Iraq
Pentagon
Baghdad
Tens
U.S
United Nations
BBC
Police criticized for shooting death of Toronto man
In Toronto a drunken father of one, Tony Vega, was fatally shot by police after an early Boxing Day confrontation in a hallway. Vega, wielding a 23 cm butcher knife, ran toward an exit as officers fired three times. The SIU investigates. Vega’s family questions the use of lethal force.
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Toronto
Lily Vega
Luis Antonio
Tony) Vega
Vega
Andrew Leach
Special Investigations Unit
Jose
Betty
Canada
Ecuador
Brampton
Beatrice Foods
Jose Vega
Tony Vega
Rebecca
Tony
Rebecca Vega
Tony Jr
Betty Vega
Luis Vege
Vege
Palestinians in Lebanon camp face cold and hunger
In Marj az Zohour Lebanon a group of 415 Palestinians stranded in a snowbound camp near Lebanese and Israeli fronts endure near starvation. Guerrillas have smuggled food to some but supplies remain scarce and deportees vow to fast from dawn to dusk to stretch meager rations.
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Marj Az-Zohour
Lebanon
Reuter
Israel
No Man’s Land
France
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