Iraq Pulls Back Troops at Kuwait Border Amid Oil Row
Iraqi forces begin withdrawing thousands of troops from the 160 kilometre border with Kuwait after diplomatic pressure and Gulf mediation. Baghdad seeks Kuwait to halt oil production and forgive loans while pursuing negotiations. OPEC discussions in Geneva aim to stabilize crude prices.
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Baghdad
Kuwait
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Iran
United Arab Emirates
Geneva
OPEC
Persian Gulf
Mubarak
Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Dollar Gains On Falling U S Dollar To Ten Year High
The Canadian dollar rose to 86.71 cents US after U S durable goods orders fell 3.2 percent in June signaling slower U S growth and potential faster rate cuts. Trader Karl Berger of CIBC calls the loonie strong and suggests it could top 87 cents US this week. The currency traded as high as 86.84 before closing at 86.71.
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Ottawa
United States
Washington
Canada
Karl Berger
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Berger
U.S
Stampede Parade Draws Crowds And Free Breakfast
Spectators gathered along First Street and Riverside Park to watch the Stampede parade then enjoy a free breakfast prepared by Community Credit Union. Don Getty rode by in a horse drawn carriage as floats, riders, and clowns entertained a multiethnic crowd.
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Petra Kossman
Peter Hays
News People
First Street
S.E
Riverside Park
Community Credit Union
Byron Mutchler
Don Getty
Cliff Talbot
Getty
Shriners
Lethbridge Indy Unit
Michael Hashizume
Alpha Milk Company
Fanny
Pipe bundles break from truck in deadly B C crash
A Calgary bus carrying festivalgoers was hit when a Vancouver tractor trailer loaded with pipe veered on a windy canyon stretch west of Golden on the Trans Canada Highway. Two teen girls died and 29 were injured. 22 passengers aged nine to 18 were treated with four flown to Calgary for critical injuries.
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Golden
B.C
RCMP
Bob Allison
Tammy Powers
Calgary
Paul de Boer
de Boer
Artistique Performing Arts Company
de Bper
Floyd Keller
Craig Behiel
Vancouver
Jamie Graham
Graham
the Canyon
Robert Wylie
M H Transport Ltd
Wylie
Sheila Bjarnason
Golden and District General Hospital
Penticton
Bjarnasom
Kicking Horse Canyon
Mountain
Canyon
Kicking Horse Pass
Golden B.C
Government negotiating to buy Oka land in dispute
The federal government is negotiating with the town of Oka and landowner Maxime Rousseau to purchase the disputed land for the Mohawks. Oka Mayor Jean Ouellette and Rousseau, who bought the property in 1967 for 180000, joined discussions as tensions linger from a July 11 gun battle and barricades. Protesters in Montreal voiced support for Mohawks amid ongoing standoff while Mohawk leader Billy Two Rivers urged unity and deflected criticism of militants.
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Oka
Que
Jean Ouellette
Maxime Rousseau
Canada
Ouellette
Montreal
Billy Two Rivers
Kahnawake
Federal
Indian Affairs Department
Harry Swain
Indian Affairs
Tom Siddon
Safety measures tightened after chemical dumping in Calgary
Calgary tightened safety controls at a city landfill after a Calgary police and Alberta Environment probe into hazardous waste dumping. Terry Montgomery, sanitation manager, said inspections of arriving materials and load sampling increased. Fifteen barrels of flammable solvents were unearthed in May as part of a shipment of 88 dumped barrels by a Medicine Hat company. Remaining barrels will be exhumed and examined. A landfill technologist was suspended without pay amid the probe. No charges have been filed.
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Calgary
Terry Montgomery
Sanitation Department
Alberta Environment
Medicine Hat Company
Greg Hollingsworth
Environment Department
Royal exposé unsettles palace hush and legal actions
BBC reports claim Koo Stark insults the Queen while Prince Andrew hosts a chaotic Buckingham Palace food fight. Barker of Halifax co authors Paris Match piece alleging royal life quirks. Laws block British distribution. Canada keeps copies. Sobey and Barker facing fresh scrutiny.
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Halifax
Koo Stark
Prince Andrew
Buckingham Palace
Princess Anne
Princess Margaret
Royal Household
Royal Fishbowl
Malcolm Barker
Paris Match
Britain
Barker
Bermuda
Canada
United States
Tim Sobey
Nova Scotia
Frank
Sobey
England
Stark
Caribbean
Andrew
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Randi Sorenson
Medicine Hat Remand Centre
Randi
Paul VanPeenen
Don McGillivray
Doonesbury
W. Gifford-Jones
Lance Goshko
Eee
Rheta
West
Hat
Donna
Lisa D'Agostino
Lisa
Jennifer Hogg
Jerry Davies
Cory Montain
Tracey Linden
Norman Stearns
Frank Belohlavek
Rusty Spurs
Trail Riding Club
Medicine Hat
BATUS
Medicine Hat Horticultural Society
P.C.A
Medicine Hat Folk Art Multicultural Association
Bill Thompson
Chevrolet Olds Cadillac Ltd
Irvine
Rainbow Child Development Centre
Rhonda
Yevonne Dent
Paul van Feenen
Kahnesatake
Montgomery
Calgary Herald
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Chicago
Navy
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