Gunfire erupts as Trinidad standoff intensifies at Parliament and TV station
Gunfire near Trinidad's Parliament and Television House intensifies the siege in Port of Spain. Rebels led by Abu Bakr hold Prime Minister Robinson and eight ministers, demanding immunity and his resignation amid ongoing negotiations.
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Port-Of-Spain
Ap-Cp
Trinidad and Tobago
Parliament
Arthur Robinson
Kwasi Attiba
Robinson
Abu Bakr
Caribbean
Attiba
Yasin Abu Bakr
Toronto
Haroon Salamat
Toronto and Region
Trinidad-Tobago
Port-of-Spain General
Rod Irwin
Canada
Air Canada
Trinidad
Calgary
Sharon Harripersad
Andy
Dana
Getty Mulls Alberta Senate Vote Repeat Costs
Premier Don Getty says another Alberta Senate election would likely waste money and cost more than 7 million dollars with no guarantee of an elected nominee reaching Parliament. He notes an October vacancy due to Martha Bielish’s retirement and recalls Stan Waters and the Meech Lake accord fallout.
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Lloydminster, Sask
Don Getty
Alberta
Getty
Stan Waters
Reform Party
Brian Mulroney
Senate
Martha Bielish
Lloydminster
Quebec
West premiers weigh plan for Swan Hills waste plant
Premier Don Getty proposes using the Swan Hills hazardous waste facility as a regional Western plan, drawing cautious support from environmentalists Harvey Locke and Martha Kostuch who say it beats exporting waste by sea but worry about cross province dumping and truck routes in Alberta.
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Calgary
Don Getty
Alberta
Harvey Locke
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Martha Kostuch
Friends of the
Getty
Swan Hills
Massacre at Monrovia refugee camp shocks witnesses
In Monrovia government troops stormed a refugee camp and killed at least 200 people, many women and children. Witnesses described severed heads, bodies in church frames, and babies tied to backs. He called it genocide as refugees fled to safety amid the civil war.
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Monrovia
Samuel Doe
Mohawks reject Quebec deal as talks stall at Oka crisis
Mohawks behind Kahnesatake barricades reject the latest Quebec offer saying no deal yet. Ottawa and Quebec would allow food and medical shipments and withdraw police once leaders and outside observers are admitted. Echoes of regional tensions and calls for calm mix with warnings of continued resistance.
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OKA
Kahnesatake
Quebec
Dian
Kahnawake
Ellen Gabriel
Gabriel
Ottawa
Quebec City
International Federation of Human Rights
John Cree
Elijah Harper
Manitoba
Meech Lake
Car bomb kills MP Hankham in England
Conservative MP Ian Gow, a prominent critic of the IRA, was killed by a car bomb in England. Police said the device exploded at 8 39 a m as Gow, chairman of the Northern Ireland committee, faced renewed IRA violence amid recent attacks. no claim of responsibility was made.
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Hankham
England
Irish Republican Army
Ian Gow
House of Commons
Mike Alderson
Sussex
IRA
Northern Ireland
Gov
Northern Ireland Committee
Alderson
Gow
Ontario to vote in full election called by Premier Peterson
Premier David Peterson announced Ontario's fall election for September 6, three years after his Liberals won a large majority. Greenpeace interrupted the briefing with a taped message demanding environmental accountability. Peterson dismissed the assault and vowed a vigorous campaign. Gord Perks condemned the record as a failure.
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Toronto
David Peterson
Ontario
Liberal Party
Greenpeace
Peterson
Gord Perks
Mulroney Denies Western Tax Split Sparks Verbal Ping Pong
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mulroney volleys over western premiers plan for a regional tax system. He says such changes would cripple the federal system, then denies, then reiterates, in a rapid three minute exchange amid a Lloydminster meeting. Reporters are left puzzled.
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Ottawa Citizen
Southam News
LA Malbaie
Que
Brian Mulroney
Lloydminster
Sask
Mel Couvelier
Mulroney
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Airdrie
Deschamps
Chuck Nisbett
Harper
Joe Norton
Kahnawake Mohawk
Lebanon
Guy Dube
Batoche National Historic Park
Batoche
British Columbia
RCMP
Vancouver Island
Sir Humphrey
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