Rebel leader claims torture after El Salvador jail release
Facundo Guardado of the Popular Revolutionary Bloc says he was tortured with electric shocks during 12 days in government jails after his April arrest. Rebels seized the Venezuelan Embassy, the fourth building to fall in the crisis, as they pressed for the release of five leaders and safe passage to Costa Rica.
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SAN Salvador
el Salvador
Facundo Guardado
Popular Revolutionary Bloc
University of el Salvador
Guardado
Metropolitan
Costa Rica
Institute studies mortgage tax proposal costs and effects
A Canadian Institute study estimates the plan to allow mortgage interest and property tax deductions would cost the federal treasury 63 million in year one and about 1.2 billion by year five. It could be offset by shifting spending, with potential 100000 jobs from housing demand. Joe Clark promotes the four year deduction proposal.
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Toronto
Canadian Institute of Public Real Estate Companies
Federal
Treasury
Michael A. Galway
The
Institute
Joe Clark
Galway
U.S
Bomb kills Lebanese children in southern village
Eight children aged 8 to 13 from one family were killed and six wounded when a bomb they found exploded in Babiliyeh 12 km south of Sidon. Reports say the blast involved a U S made cluster bomb dropped by an Israeli plane during raids on Palestinian targets. Authorities confirm Israeli use of cluster bombs in recent raids.
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Beirut
Sidon
Lebanon
Babiliyeh
As Safir
Israel
Carter
U.S. State Department
U.S
Giant rat trap built after New York attack by 30 cm rodents
New York health officials mobilized to trap 30 centimeter rats near city hall after reports of passersby being attacked on Ann Street. Deputy Health Commissioner Jean Cropper supervised the roundup at an excavated site tied to a building leveled by a nine year old explosion. Police reported many rats in the hole, with one woman reportedly attacked before fleeing.
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New York
City Hall
Jean Cropper
New York City
Financial District
Ann Street
Cropper
Trudeau says provinces use constitutional talks as blackmail
Prime Minister Trudeau calls provincial reticence on constitutional reform a form of blackmail and a Gordian knot that must be untangled. He outlines referendum paths based on Victoria charter regions or a Toronto formula, with fail-safes, regional options, and possible nationwide votes if provinces oppose. He urged stronger English Canadian cultural nationalism.
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Toronto
Trudeau
Maple Leaf Gardens
Montreal
Atlantic
Ontario
Quebec
West
Ottawa
Canada
AGTL bids for rest of Husky in $310 million offer
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd. plans to buy all remaining Husky Oil shares for about $310 million. It already sealed a deal with the Nielson family of Cody Wyoming for 20 percent of Husky at $48 a share in US funds. AGTL owns 49.4 percent, acquired for roughly $260 million, and will expand the bid to other shareholders pending regulatory approvals.
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Calgary
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd
Husky Oil Ltd
Nielson Family
Cody
Wyo
Husky
Alberta Gas Trunk
Nielsons
United States
Glenn Nielson
Canada
Eight missing workers feared trapped after oil rig collapse
Rough seas and high winds hampered rescue efforts near Galveston as divers waited for favorable conditions. Twenty or so kilometers west, the tripod rig lay submerged with eight missing crew members believed to be in air pockets while 26 were rescued and taken to hospitals.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Gabriel Kinney
Worst over for residents of flooded Red River Valley
The Red River flood crest has passed Winnipeg with drops in river levels across the valley. EMO and Premier Sterling Lyon warn total costs remain uncertain as 7000 residents evacuated and return home. 5 million dollars approved. dikes protect Emerson and Letellier while forces withdraw.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Red
Lake Winnipeg
Emergency Measures Organization
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Lyon
Emerson
Letellier
North Dakota
Disaster Assistance Board
EMO
Len Flagel
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Medicine Hat and District Hospital
National Hospital Day
Frank Webber
George Oake
Southam News Services
AGTL
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