Liberal leadership clash tests Canada's National Party
Destructive internal problems plague the Liberal party as delegates gather in Calgary to choose a new leader amid debt, weak policy, and division over Meech Lake. Jean Chrétien appears likely to win on the first ballot, but unity and future direction remain in doubt.
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Mark Kennedy
Ottawa Citizen
Calgary
Liberal Party of Canada
Edward Blake
Minis
Canada
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Meech
Paul Martin
Sheila Copps
Martin
Brian Mulroney
Soviet gulag shadows spur search for justice under glasnost
Jul iet O Neill reports from Magadan on how Soviets under Mikhail Gorbachev face a painful reckoning with Stalin era terror. A government commission reviews cases of up to 20 million victims as letters reach survivors, yet much remains secret and unknown.
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Juliet O'Neill
Southam
Magadan
U.S.S.R
Kolyma
Josef Stalin
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Mikhail Gor
Bachev
Gorbachev
Russian Republican Communist Party
Memorial work in Magadan chronicles gulag victims
In Magadan activists and survivors document gulag terror with library displays and private efforts. Librarian Ludmila Ronezhena hosts a memorial corner while Aziz Sandler recalls life in a camp and a death sentence commuted to hard labor. Lubov Popova calls for restitution and housing.
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Ludmila Ronezhena
Ronezhena
Moscow
Aziz Sandler
Magadan
Sandler
Stalin
Lubov Popova
Bush halts PLO talks as Arab world protests
Arab nations condemn President Bush for suspending dialogue with the PLO. Analysts warn the move could boost terrorism while Israel welcomes the halt. Baker says the PLO remains essential to peace though progress has stalled. Arafat faces pressure from hardline factions amid continued conflict.
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Aileen McCabe Southam
Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
George Bush
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Gulf
Israel
Avi Pazner
Yitzhak Shamir
Bush
Palestine Liberation Front
Tel Aviv
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
PLF
Abul Abbas
State Department
Congress
James Baker
Middle East
Olive Branch
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Montreal
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Southam News
Tom Wappel
John Nunziata
Women Liberal Commission
Liberal Party
Butugytschag
Pevek
V. I. Volkov
Doonesbury
Peter
Trump Tower
Garry Trudeau
Popova
Trump
New York City
Arctic
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