Blessing of the Bikes at Holy Family Church Draws Hundreds
In Mitchell South Dakota hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts gathered for the seventh annual Blessing of the Bikes at Holy Family Catholic Church. Rev Darrell Lamberty blessed the bikers as Snake received a benediction over his machine and riders shared stories of safety and faith. Ben Schroeder noted no accidents since a 1980 blessing of his Yamaha, adding that belief in blessings shapes his sense of safety.
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Paratrooper jailed after Somalia prison beating case
Canadian paratrooper Sgt Mark Boland was sentenced to 90 days in military jail and demoted to private for negligent performance of duty in the beating death of Somali teen Shidane Arone. Boland admitted telling soldiers he did not care what happened as long as Arone wasn’t killed. A separate charge of torture was stayed.
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Somalia
Russell, Ont
De Klerk Concedes Defeat as Mandela Near South Africa Win
President F W de Klerk conceded defeat in South Africa's all race election while Nelson Mandela led the African National Congress with about 61 percent of counted ballots. With 40 percent tallied, the scale of post apartheid change emerged amid violence and counting delays.
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KwaZulu-Natal
Independent Electoral Commission
Alberta May Day rally draws sparse turnout at legislature
Alberta labour movement faces a tough test as about 60 people attend a Calgary May Day gathering on the legislature steps amid a weekend of large rallies in Montreal and Quebec City where 25 000 and 15 000 joined. Organizers see it as a low point but expect a rebound.
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Quebec City
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Naomi Rankin
Communist Party of Canada
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Calgary
New Zealand union warns Alberta on economic crisis hoax
Joanna Beresford assistant secretary of New Zealand's largest union warned at the Alberta Federation of Labor convention that Alberta Premier Ralph Klein could follow a New Zealand style path to disaster. She cited NZ Council of Trade Unions noting asset sales tax cuts and shifted burdens leading to higher debt unemployment rising from four to nine percent between 1965 and 1983.
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New Zealand
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Racist remarks draw Canadian border clash over Muhammad speech
Nation of Islam minister Khalid Abdul Muhammad angered a Toronto crowd with anti Jewish and racist claims while immigration officials barred his appearance citing a fraud conviction and hate provisions. Local activists defended free speech amid broader protests and a Heritage Front line urging attendance.
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Siamese twins Lin and Win Htut return to Toronto after decade apart
The Htut twins, born in Burma, reunite in Toronto ten years after surgical separation. Now 12, Lin and Win visit Hospital for Sick Children for new prosthetic limbs after years of bamboo crutches. They share a single body prior to 1964 separation. Lin becomes a boy and Win a girl.
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Burma
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