Canadian dollar gains on US growth slow data
The Canadian dollar rose to 73.14 U S cents, up from 72.75, after US GNP data showed growth slowing to 2.1 percent and inflation at 5.4 percent. The rise followed weaker US expansion as imports surged, lifting currencies globally. Sir Michael Redgrave died at 77 after years with Parkinson’s disease near London.
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Reuter
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Redgrave
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Bombing Attacks Hit Jordanian Offices in Rome Athens and Nicosia
Explosions struck Royal Jordanian Airlines offices in Rome Athens and Nicosia within 90 minutes. Five employees injured two in Rome and three in Athens with no claims of responsibility and attackers described as young dark skinned men who fled.
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Jordan
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Nesses
Jordanian Airlines
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Alia
Halil Hamideh
Greece
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Aris Tsiligirnian
Asia
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U.S
Saba Afaf
Emanuela Manducchi
Soviet Embassy Official Killed in Delhi Shooting
In New Delhi two assailants on a motorcycle killed A Khitrichenko of the Soviet Embassy and wounded his wife Nina Aleseevna and the driver as they drove near the embassy. The attackers fled, no arrests yet, witnesses described them as two fair complexioned men in their mid twenties. The incident follows the December killing of Percy Norris in Bombay and comes amid ongoing tensions with foreign diplomats.
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Canadian High Commission
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Bombay
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Norris
Vladimir Tsatsyn
United News of India
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Bhopal study pins gases and errors in disaster
A 24 page Union Carbide report blames a runaway chemical reaction and safety devices shut down or failing at the Bhopal MIC plant. It cites water intrusion, excess chloroform, and a five month out of service refrigeration, with several safety systems inoperative. Five or six Indian subsidiary workers face criminal charges, though their identities were not disclosed.
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Bhopal
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Carbide
van Mynen
Farm Credit rates rise to 13 percent in Ottawa move
Canadian Federation of Agriculture frames the 13 percent five year loan rate as a loan-shock that will push farmers to seek other lenders. Don Knoerr says the higher cost of funds and a $400 million budget cut threaten Farm Credit’s balance sheet and risks turning it into lender of last resort. He urges targeted interest relief of about $200 million annually and reversal of the shift to long term credit dominance.
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Wedding plans fade as RCMP constable killed in pursuit
Michael Buday 27, of Terrace and the Emergency Rescue Team was fatally shot near the B C Yukon border while leading a search for American trapper Michael Oros after a cabin break in. Oros was also killed. Buday grew up on a farm in Tilley and was to marry his fiancée in Brooks.
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