Hungary votes in first free parliamentary election since 1947
In Budapest the first free parliamentary elections in over 40 years showed opposition groups ahead of Communist reformers. Early results gave the Hungarian Democratic Forum and the Alliance of Free Democrats about 25 to 30 percent, with turnout above 70 percent. Final results for 394 seats were not yet released.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hungarian Democratic Forum
Alliance of Free Democrats
Democratic Forum
Hungarian Radio
Farmers’ Smallholders
Liberal
Election Commission
Baltic tensions ease after talks in Vilnius
Lithuanian officials met Soviet military leaders and said tensions eased after discussions on the army occupation of three Communist party buildings. They reported no steps affecting security will proceed without notifying the other side, and noted continued military activity and talks with Moscow appear possible.
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Vilnius
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Baltic Republic
Romualdas Ozolas
Ozolas
Marijonas Misiukonis
Viktor Smokarev
Vladimir Trikoz
Interior Ministry
Republic
Vytautas Landsbergis
Valentin Varennikov
Institute of Marxism-Leninism
Communist Party
Ex-lover torches New York club. 87 die in blaze
A Bronx man, Julio Gonzalez, 36, returned with gasoline after being kicked out of the Happy Land club and started a fire that killed 87 people. He faces arson and 87 counts of second degree murder as authorities arrest him and map the mass casualty scene.
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Bronx
New York
Happy Land Social Club
Julio Gonzalez
Gene
United States
Gonzalez
Cuba
Mariel
Bronx County
Rikers Island
Edward Burns
Happy Land Club
Christopher McCarthy
Anthony de Vita
Happy Land
Murdered Canadian linked to Iraqi weapons buildup
Canadian arms dealer and weapons designer Gerald Bull, aged 61, was killed in Belgium last week. He had worked with Iraq since the mid-1980s on advanced weapons systems tied to long range artillery, including projects linked to a secret site near Baghdad. Bull and his associate Michel profited during the Iran Iran Iraq war via a South African connection. British intelligence has monitored Bull's network after efforts to form ventures with an Iraqi holding company seeking Western military technology.
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Dave Todd
Southam News
Ottawa
Belgium
Iraq
Middle East
Gerald Bull
I Askandaria
Baghdad
Farzad Bazoft
Britain
Observer
Bull
Macleans Magazine
Canada
University of Toronto
Michel
Saddam Hussein
SRC
AGT sale debated in Alberta deficit plan
Premier Don Getty and his caucus discussed privatizing Alberta Government Telephones AGT to cut the provinces debt. Profits would reduce the nine billion dollar debt not the operating deficit with shares offered to Albertans.
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Edmonton
Don Getty
Alberta
Getty
Edmonton Journal
Dick Johnston
Quebecers prefer sovereignty to separation in poll findings
A CROP poll for La Presse shows 56 percent of Quebecers favor sovereignty while 37 percent oppose and 8 percent are unsure. Among francophones support for sovereignty hits 63 percent and for separation 49 percent. The survey of 996 people was conducted March 16 to 21 with a 3 point margin. Claude Gauthier notes voters may distinguish sovereignty from separation, with sovereignty implying continued ties to Canada.
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Montreal
Canada
la Presse
Leger and Leger
Claude Gauthier
6400
A 6400 year old stone bowl was found near a Red Deer Alberta dump by Shaun Simpson. Archeologist Bruce Ball cautions the date is solid but origin unknown, possibly local or import from the western Rocky Mountains. Ball plans to publish photos for comparison while Simpson pursues archaeology as a career.
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Red Deer
Alta
Alberta
Bruce Ball
Archeological Survey of Alberta
Shaun Simpson
Simpson
Red Deer Museum
Archeological Survey of
Giza
Egypt
Rocky Mountains
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Lyttelton Engineering Works
Verwoerdberg
South Africa
Ireland
Space Research
British Foreign Office
Security Service
Bogota
Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa
Ball
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