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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1994
Page
1
Baton Rouge judge Mike Erwin sentences an admitted shoplifter to write 10,000 times I will not steal other people's property. A co defendant pleads guilty to accessory after the fact to burglary and must write I will not do anything stupid again. He says the method forces reflection on crimes.
Environmentalist Harvey Locke warns that building a second Trans-Canada Highway inside Banff National Park would disrupt wildlife. Wolves avoid underpasses in twined sections, forcing many to travel up to 50 kilometres to cross, with coyotes and traffic causing more deaths.
The Globe and Mail reports Canada has spent about 1 billion on Yugoslavia deployments, far exceeding 50 million in humanitarian aid. Two battalions, Hercules aircraft, a warship, patrol planes, and war-crimes work are cited, with Defence saying only 170 million is new to this year.
Halifax dispatch reports an international flotilla scouring the North Atlantic for 36 crew from the sunken ore carrier Marika 7. Despite rafts debris and an oil slick sighted, officials warn survival chances fade with time and conditions remain harsh.
Fierce battles pitting Mexican army against the Zapatista National Liberation Army in Chiapas leave at least 86 dead. Rebels hold Altamirano Huixtan Chanal while San Cristobal and Las Margaritas see ongoing fights as NAFTA foes resist government policies. Authorities question links to Guatemalan groups amid reports from URNG denying ties.
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams greets the Anglo Irish peace declaration as a step toward national self determination while warning that the 60 percent Protestant veto could block unification. McGuinness and Adams say a formal response will take weeks as violence and political deadlock persist.
Paris Reuters reports Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy will push a bill on genetic engineering to ban artificial pregnancies for women past childbearing age. He called such methods dangerous and immoral citing a Rome clinic case and a 62 year old pregnant woman. The measure targets in vitro techniques for older women before menopause with the Senate and National Assembly likely to approve given the coalition majority.
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