Australia to Evacuate Nationals from Cambodia by C-130s
Australia will deploy ten C-130 transport planes from Butterworth and Darwin to evacuate up to 600 Australians and about 245 Canadians plus eight New Zealanders and one Swede from Phnom Penh. Evacuees will fly to Penang Malaysia. The chaos followed Hun Sen move against rival Norodom Ranariddh sparking fighting in the capital. One Canadian, Michael Senior, a Cambodian orphan adopted by a Canadian family, was killed.
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Nagoya Expo 2005 Budget Cuts Challenge Calgary Bid
Japanese officials warn Expo 2005 costs must shrink after Nagoya proposed 1.8 billion dollar budget, triple Calgary's 600 million. Prime Minister Hashimoto notes limited funds while still backing the event. Calgary bid chairman Perraton cautions against major changes to Nagoya's plan that could upset supporters.
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Seiichiro Taniguchi
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Jack Perraton
Japan
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Pineapples as Currency Reported in Taganrog
Star-Tass says dockworkers in Taganrog are paid with tins of pineapple instead of rubles. Workers sell the fruit on streets to buy food as many Russians go months without wages. Enterprises hand out goods like fish and saucepans in lieu of money due to cash shortages.
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Reuter
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Crown eyes charges in cold case death investigation
Medicine Hat police have finished probing the 1980 disappearance and 199? death of Tadeus Gawron. Crown prosecutor Darwin Greaves will decide within weeks on charges after receiving Calgary medical examiner Lloyd Denmark’s reports. The case hinges on whether an unlawful burial or other foul play occurred.
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Tyson barred from boxing by Nevada commission
Nevada State Athletic Commission in absentia revoked Mike Tyson name to box and fined 3 million dollars after bite incident. Tyson faces permanent revocation with annual review and can seek licence return next July, while Canada and other states signal barriers to competition.
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Ron Hayter
Canada
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Holyfield
Emanuel Steward
James Nave
Massive plastics fire in Hamilton prompts evacuations
A large blaze at Plastimet Inc in Hamilton Ontario produced a towering black smoke plume hazardous to health. Officials prepared for hours of firefighting and potential evacuations for hundreds near Hamilton General Hospital and a provincial jail while air intakes were shut and warnings spread to Toronto observers.
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Richard Walters
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Dave Cossette
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Cossette
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Chretien Criticizes U S Politics In Open Mic Moment
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien spoke in French to Belgium's Jean Luc Dehaene during NATO summit events and blasted US politics as back scratching and vote selling while an open mic captured the remarks. He later left for an undisclosed European location and could not comment.
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