Pub owner laid to rest returns as ashes in bar timer
Welsh landlord Ken Franks body cremated and ashes placed in an egg timer on the bar at the Pied Bull Buckley. His wife Carol says the dying wish was to keep him at the pub and that, eight months after his death, he is back at the bar. The tale ends with the pub tradition of closing time.
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London
Reuter
Ken Frank
Carol
News of the World
Frank
Buckley
North Wales
Rebels drive Russians from Grozny center amid fierce fighting
In Grozny Chechen defenders seized the heart of the capital driving Russian troops from the center as hundreds of fighters crowded the presidential palace. Bodies and burned tanks lay in the streets while a lone doctor treated the wounded in the palace basement.
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Grozny
Russia
Moscow
Alberta tightens tobacco laws to curb smuggling
Alberta raises fines to up to 25000 and imprisonment for trafficking untaxed cigarettes and products without duty seals. Public can report sellers. Calgary enforcement keeps fines for the city. Edmonton bans tobacco promotions on buses and shelters starting Jan. 1.
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Bob Bergen
Calgary Herald
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
U.S
Ontario
Quebec
B.C
Les Hagen
Action On Smoking and Health
Calgary
Hagen
Marv Harwood
Rick Hanson
Edmonton
Canada nets third straight world junior hockey gold
Canada clinches its third consecutive world junior title with an 8-5 win over Russia in Red Deer Alta. Finland and Sweden tied 3-3 in Calgary, making Canada's victory a near certainty. Winger Ryan Smyth and teammates celebrate in the dressing room as fans revel in the triumph.
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Red Deer
Alta
Ryan Smyth
Canada
Russia
Alberta
Finland
Sweden
Calgary
Don Hay
Medicine Hat Welcomes First Baby of 1995 Liam Gale
Brian and Theresa Gale greet their son Liam born at 11 17 a m on New Year’s Day 1995 at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital weighing 4.054 kg. Liam is the couple’s second child after four-year-old Nicola born January 27.
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Medicine Hat
Brian
Theresa Gale
Liam
Brian Gale
Gale
Monarch Cable 10
Nicola
Theresa
Medicine Hat College
Gale’s
Nicola Gale
Liam Gale
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
New Year Celebrations Worldwide Marked by Deaths and Violence
New Year festivities from Canada to Italy, the Philippines and United States ended in deaths and injuries. Reports say at least 12 killed in the U S with random gunfire, while Japan saw elderly victims choking on mochi. In the Philippines over 800 were injured, and an eight year old in Rome was killed by a stray bullet. Police fought with Jamaat-e-Islami youth in Lahore as clashes marred Pakistan’s start to 1995.
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Philippines
Canada
Saint John
N.B
Toronto
Calgary
Edmonton
Victoria
United States
South Africa
Pakistan
Italy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Neal Cruz
Rome
Punjab
Lahore
Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e- Islami
Hussain Ahmed
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Israel
Gaza
West Bank
Bethlehem
Cairo
Shimon Peres
PLO
Peres
Hosni Mubarak
Nabi Shaath
Egypt
Business AG City News
al Doonesbury
Entertainment International
Skywalker
Graham Ahamgweather
Hidden Valley
New Year's Day
Ahamgweather
Joan Schoolkate
Carrie Weatherbee
Marcuss Iannattone
Joe Klamar
Ing Room
Jeff Friesen
Meadow Lake
Sask
Shawn Wyzykoski
NHL
Wyzykoski
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