Dog calls police by accident in Leytonstone home
A terrier named Jemima allegedly pulled a phone from a table and dialed 999 in Leytonstone while owner Hannah Wilson was at work. Police traced the call and forced entry with sledgehammers after no one answered, later joking about the incident. Wilson forgave the dog and asked for help replacing the door.
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London
Reuter
Jemima
Leytonstone
Hannah Wilson
Sun
Monay
Wilson
Water Restrictions Lifted After Flood Clogs Plant Valve
Silt from last month's flood clogged a HARE valve at the water treatment plant but was repaired over the weekend allowing the city to lift water restrictions. Residents can wash cars and water lawns again. Officials offered few details and were unavailable for comment.
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Siew Mak
Mak
Ted Grimm
Larry Godin
Iivate Care
Italian Housewife Union Seeks Pensions and Rights
Italy's National Housewives Federation, an 9.8 million strong group formed 13 years ago to press for housewives' pensions and benefits, votes to become a union after a Constitutional Court ruling that housework has economic value. Founder Federica Rossi Gasparnini aims to empower nine million full-time housewives and six million who work at home alongside outside jobs.
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Reuter
Italy
Housewives Federation
Constitutional Court
Federation
Federica Rossi Gasparnini
British Tories back Major as leader in decisive vote
Prime Minister John Major won a clear leadership contest with 218 votes to 89 for John Redwood amid 8 abstentions. The vote protects Major’s position for now, but signals ongoing dissent within the Conservative Party as eurosceptic tensions persist.
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London
John Major
Major
John Redwood
Redwood
Witt Party
Daried
House of Commons
Two Edmonton men win cross Canada challenge for charity
Rik Nielsen and Wayne Teskey along with three other businessmen completed a return trip from Toronto to Edmonton using two identifications a quarter and a sales pitch. They earned about 900 dollars donated 200 to United Way and planned a European version next year.
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Toronto
United Way
Rik Nielsen
Wayne Teskey
Hogtown
Master Minds
Wayne Gretzkyne
Coliseum
Tim Johnson
Johnson
Neilsen
Teskey
Nielsen
Kitchener
Crown Plaza
Calgary
Ray Randon
Huntsville
Bernie Fieseler
Thunder Bay
Ont
Confusion Over Last Day of Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery
The Kinsmen Dream Home lottery faced last day confusion as ticket sales ended without a clear cutoff. Despite the mix up, 4 644 tickets were sold and organizers expect over 120 000 in pledges. Winner Bob Hochstein, who bought his ticket in December, learned of his 233 000 prize after a neighbor notified him following a Cypress Hills trip.
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Bob Hochstein
For
Mary Schwartz
Hochstein
Cypress Hills
Medicine Hat
Blue Jays
Blaine Kunz
Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery
MacKenzie
City Centre Communications
Dennis Vickery
Vickery
Kunz
Montreal cabbie beating suit settled out of court
Montreal lawyers announce an out-of-court settlement of a roughly eight million dollar lawsuit by the Barnabe family against four senior officers and the city over the Richard Barnabe beating. The deal calls for under one million to be placed where a curator will manage the estate, while punitive damages remain in play.
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Montreal
Richard Barnabe
Barnabe
Pierre Goulet
Goulet
Pierre Bergeron
Andre Lapointe
Louis Samson
Michel Vadeboncoeur
Sault
Manon Cadotte
Karl Anderson
France
Homolka Under Fire As Defense Moves On
Karla Homolka admitted she did not tell police about the sex killings of Tammy Homolka and Kristin French after leaving Paul Bernardo in January 1993. She testified she feared for her safety and nightmares haunted her, with cross examination showing graphic photos presented by defense. Tim Dawson filed notice of appeal to challenge a ruling on videotaped evidence at the trial.
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Toronto
Karla Homolka
Paul Bernardo
Bernardo
John Rosen
Homolka
Rosen
Tammy
Leslie Mahaffy
Kristen French
French
Mahaffy
Wyer
Tim Dawson
Ontario Court of Appeal
Patrick LeSage
LeSage
Dawson
Supreme Court of Canada
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Doonesby Editorial International
West
Walter Pratt
Dariene Pratt
Kin Coulee Park
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