Syria warns of all-out war after Israeli move
Damascus radio declares any Israeli aggression against Syria or Lebanon would trigger unlimited war. Syria vows to repel threats beyond its air space and borders. The note follows Foreign Minister Khaddams warning of likely action and cites 40,000 Syrian troops in Lebanon with PLO guerrillas nearby facing 25,000 Israeli forces.
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PLO
Beirut
Bekaa Valley
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U.S. Defence Department
Soviet Union
Israel
Channel index C-Channel gets support amid cash woes
The pay TV channel C-Channel receives backing from multiple groups as it faces a three week window to resolve financial difficulties. The report notes continued efforts to stabilize operations and avert potential losses.
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C-Channel
Clark says Alberta meeting with Lougheed productive but not new
Former prime minister Joe Clark described a 90 minute session with Premier Peter Lougheed and six Alberta Progressive Conservatives as productive yet not revealing new policy. He noted the discussion covered familiar questions and stressed the value of renewing contacts with old friends. Education Minister Dave King attended among others.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Joe Clark
Lougheed
Government House
Clark
Dave King
Marshall acquitted of murder in Nova Scotia case
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court appeal division overturned a 1971 murder conviction of Donald Marshall, a Micmac man, ordering the conviction quashed and freeing him after 11 years in Dorchester Penitentiary. The ruling cites new evidence pointing to Roy Elsary as Seale’s killer. Junior Marshall’s lawyers seek compensation discussions. the province studies the ruling.
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E. Kaye
Fulton Southam News
Halifax
Donald Marshall
Nova Scotia Supreme Court Appeal Division
Sydney
N.S
Dorchester Penitentiary
Sandy Seale
Junior
Marshall
Stephen Aronson
RCMP
Nova Scotia
Harry How
Aronson
Cape Breton
James MacNeil
MacNeil
Roy Elsary
Seale
Free air pass fuels Clark leadership campaign row
Joe Clark remains tied to a free Air Canada pass used in campaigning for the Conservative leadership. Bill Parsons confirmed Clark can travel nationwide with a former prime minister pass though other candidates decry the perk as an unfair advantage.
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Iain Hunter
Southam News
Ottawa
Joe Clark
Air Canada
Clark
Bill Parsons
Parsons
Peter Pocklington
Canada
Tory
Winnipeg
John Crosbie
David Crombie
Michael Wilson
John Gamble
Hugh Riopelle
Toronto
C. Joseph Clark
Crow support urged for Crow freight rate revamp bill
Ottawa Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin urges backers to rally behind the Crow Nest Pass rail freight rate reform as the bill struggles in the House. After a tense debut and a 112 88 first reading vote, Pepin aims for passage by June 30 to affect the August 1 crop year.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Jean-Luc Pepin
House of Commons
Commons
NDP
Pepin
Crow’s Nest Pass
Canada firms win first Chinese offshore oil licence
Petro-Canada Exploration and Ranger Oil Canada hold 10 per cent each in a Britain Petroleum led joint venture awarded the first Chinese offshore drilling licence. The consortium, also comprising Broken Hill Proprietary and Bras Petro International, will explore four blocks in the South China Sea and one in the South Yellow Sea, covering about 14 000 square kilometres. The licence stems from a 1979 seismic program involving 45 foreign companies surveying 100 000 square kilometres.
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Calgary
People’s Republic of China
Petro-Canada Exploration Ltd
Petro-Canada Ltd
Ranger Oil (Canada) Ltd
British Petroleum Ltd
Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd
Australia
Bras Pet
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