Turkey orders shut on erotic phone lines amid public insult
Reuters reports Istanbul Turkish officials move to halt adult telephone services named Turn Off the Lamp Tales From Under the Sheets and Anatolian Man. Transport Minister Yasar Topcu warns firms to stop by Wednesday or face line cuts. Prime Minister SuLeyman Demirel had previously launched a personal line Hello Pappa to urge patience amid 66 percent inflation.
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Istanbul
Reuter
Turkish TV
Transport
Yasar Topcu
PTT
Turkey
Suleyman Demirel
Mafia gunmen kill Catania inspector amid anti mob drive
Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed Insp. Giovanni Lizzio in Catania killing the 46 year old investigator who led extortion probes. Police set roadblocks and house to house searches as Italy hinges on a broad crackdown with 7,000 troops deployed after the Palermo bomb and Borsellino’s murder.
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Catania
Sicily
Giovanni Lizzio
Lizzio
Palermo
Paolo Borsellino
UN team enters Baghdad to end three-week standoff
UN inspection team enters Iraq's Agriculture Ministry in Baghdad ending a standoff that risked military action. Rolf Ekens says the team began the inspection as the crowd protests Washington and President Bush. Iraq had barred earlier inspectors and the UN changed team composition to reduce British and American members.
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Baghdad
Reuter
Iraq
Agriculture Ministry
Rolf Ekens
United States
George Bush
Bush
Saddam Hussein
Ekens
Air Canada Canadian merger seen as only remedy for losses
Finance Minister Don Mazankowski says a merger between Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International is the only viable option after years of losses. PWA Corp. begins talks with Air Canada following failed alliance with American Airlines, with government approval expected from the Competition Bureau and the National Transportation Agency.
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Ottawa
Air Canada
Canadian Airlines International
Don Mazankowski
Mazankowski
PWA Corp
Canadian Airlines
Montreal
American Airlines
Federal Competition Bureau
National Transportation Agency
Jean Corbeil
Competition Bureau
Wardair
Canada
Calgary
Gord Currie
Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon & Co
Claude Taylor
PWA
Currie
Prodigal Ben Johnson Returns to Olympic Scene in Barcelona
Johnson arrives in Barcelona from Lisbon and collects accreditation amid a media scramble. Officials dispute his whereabouts while he trains for the 100 meters heats, eyeing a potential final as observers question his form after recent European races.
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Toronto
Barcelona
Spain
Seoul
Ben Johnson
Lisbon
Canadian Olympic Association
Olympic Village
Johnson
Canada
Chef de Mission
Ken Read
Sprint
John Cannon
The
Star
Percy Duncan
Kent Gilchrist
Vancouver
Gilchrist
Read
Athletics Canada
Paul Dupre
Ben
Montreal
Neil Wilson
London Daily Mail
Cecil Smith
Ontario Track and Field Association
Europe
Smith
Nice
America
Mark Witherspoon
Serbs accused as French take airport in Sarajevo
UN refugee officials allege Serb forces coerced aid workers to help expel Muslims from northern Bosnia while peace talks begin in London. France replaces Canadian troops guarding Sarajevo airport as the Canadians begin rotating back to Croatia.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Reuter-Cp
Bosnia
London
Croatia
Doug Martin
Westray warned of gas risk before deadly Nova Scotia mine blast
Documents obtained by the Toronto Globe and Mail show Westray Coal officials knew about dangerous methane levels at the Plymouth Nova Scotia mine before the May explosion that killed 26 miners. The report notes warnings were not acted on and production continued despite methane readings.
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Toronto (Cp
Westray Coal
Plymouth
N.S
Toronto Globe and Mail
Westray
Claude White
Albert McLean
Labor Department
McLean
Bouchard pessimistic on Quebec talks amid Meech dispute
Quebec Health Minister Benoit Bouchard voiced gloom over progress toward resuming constitutional talks. He cited Bourassa's ongoing boycott, questioned Meech Lake terms, and aligned with Mulroney on Clark accord while pressing Quebec’s three conditions for joining.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Benoit Bouchard
Brian Mulroney
National Unity
Bouchard
Meech
Bourassa
Meech Lake
Mulroney
Joe Clark
Clark
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