Drugs worth $2 million found in airplane washrooms
Customs officials at Pearson International Airport found about 84 kilograms of hash oil and marijuana worth nearly two million dollars in two washrooms of an Air Canada Lockheed L-1011 that arrived from Montego Bay Jamaica. The cache was concealed behind garbage bins in walls and tied to an airline employee due to a bin access key.
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Toronto
Air Canada
Pearson International Airport
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Alberta election inside and outside the polls
Voters weigh turnout and a $4 million cost as Albertans vote in a provincial election called by Premier Don Getty. Advance polls in Medicine Hat and Cypress-Redcliff show strong interest while party rivals debate Getty’s mandate and campaign costs.
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Archer
Medicine Hat
Eric Murray
Cypress-Redcliff
Lyn Dillenbeck
Alberta
Returning Office
Getty
Ray Martin
New Democrats
Conservatives
Peter Lougheed
Liberals
Ottawa
Laurence Decore
Lougheed
Martin
New Democrat
British saw similar bomb before crash
West German officials said British experts were shown a disguised radio cassette bomb five weeks before the Pan Am 103 tragedy. Interior Minister Bachmeier noted British authorities later acknowledged lacking a prior warning to airlines and described actions from a November briefing where photos and notes were taken of the device.
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BOMN
Pan Am
London
Sunday Express
Bachmeier
Federal Crime Bureau
Lockerbie
Scotland
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Neuss
Lost Lindane container threat in English Channel near Cherbourg
A 12 metre Lindane container from the 263 ton Permntis sank northwest of Guernsey March 13. Winds up to 30 knots halted search for six tonne Lindane and other chemi cals drifting in the English Channel.
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Cherbourg
France
English Channel
Marine Prefecture
London
Paul Johnston
Johnston
Greenpeace Environmental Organization
London University
Queen Mary College
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
Channel Islands
British
Ministry of Agriculture
Australia
Agriculture Ministry
Air safety questioned by Canadian law reform commission
The Law Reform Commission of Canada says aviation safety standards suffer when federal inspectors also work for aircraft owners. The study notes up to 10 private inspectors per government inspector and warns that financial distress can force non governmental inspectors to balance employer and state duties. About 6300 maintenance engineers are authorized to inspect and certify compliance. Transport Department inspectors rely on log entries rather than disassembling engines.
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Toronto
Law Reform Commission of Canada
John Clifford
Commission
Federal
Department of Transport
Transport Department
El Salvador Vote Sparks Fatal Clashes And Claims
In El Salvador clashes leave six soldiers and 23 guerrillas dead as security forces kill three journalists. Alfredo Cristiani leads unofficially with about 54 percent as 75 percent of ballots are counted while rebels urge boycott amid low turnout.
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San Salvador
Republican Nationalist Alliance
el Salvador
Alfredo Cristiani
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Moscow rally backs reformer Boris Yeltsin for national post
About 3,000 Muscovites protested the Communist elite and bolstered reformer Boris Yeltsin. The marcher support aimed at his bid for a seat in the Congress of People's Deputies in next Sunday's first contested elections. Yeltsin, 58, led Moscow's city party before Gorbachev fired him for criticizing reform pace.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Congress of People’s Deputies
Mikhail Gorbachev
Francis' Track Contract Looms as CTFA Debates Fate
Francis whose evidence on steroid use in Canadian sprinting shook the Dubin inquiry may lose his CTFA contract as the board weighs whether to renew the one year deal expiring March 31. CTFA president says some members want him dismissed after his inquiry testimony amid calls from within the constituency. Francis charged officials with warnings before random drug tests and Ouellette denied the claim.
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Ottawa
Charlie Francis
Dubin
Francis
Ben Johnson
Canadian Track and Field Association
Association
Paul Dupre
Enhanc
Dupre
CTFA
Jean-Guy Ouellette
Canadian
Track and Field Association
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