Pope John Paul II Stable After Bullet Wound Surgery
Pope John Paul II woke after five and a half hour operation to repair intestines and was alert and stable with a slight fever. Doctors warned of possible repeat surgery within a month and cautioned prognosis remains guarded because of infection risk.
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Vatican City
John Paul
AGI
Francesco Crucitti
Gemelli Policlinico Hospital
Giancarlo Castiglioni
Rome
Government to Change Frontier Exploration Legislation
Ottawa announced major changes to proposed frontier exploration rules after industry and native groups pressured the government. Energy Minister Marc Lalonde said Ottawa will reimburse oil firms for exploration costs on federal lands to cover Petro-Canada’s 25 percent share under the plan.
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Ottawa
Energy
Marc Lalonde
The
Commons National Resources Committee
Petro-Canada
Lalonde
Canada Lands
High Arctic
Canada
Israeli Drone Downed Over Bekaa Valley Amid Tense Middle East Talks
Syria claimed it shot down an Israeli reconnaissance drone in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley as U S envoy Philip Habib met President Hafez Assad in Damascus to prevent a wider clash. Lebanese witnesses said missiles were fired, while Damascus cited open fire without detailing weapon types. The incident occurred during ongoing efforts to defuse the latest Middle East crisis.
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Chtaura
Lebanon
Syria
Bekaa Valley
Israel
Philip Habib
U.S
Middle East
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Habib
Associated Press
Alex Etty
Calgary bid momentum for 1988 Winter Olympics
Bob Niven leads Calgary's bid to host the 1988 Winter Games stating it is a provincial and Canadian effort. CODA president told a Hat audience the bid gathers momentum as the process advances.
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Bob Niven
Calgary
CODA
Israel
Second life for litigation court reverses AGCL decision
AGCL wins a second life in its suit against Celanese in New York and an ITC probe. An appeals court reversed a district court dismissal and sent proceedings to pause until perjury questions are resolved. Celanese plans a $275 million Edmonton methanol plant, with AGCL facing possible plant closures and job losses.
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Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
AGCL
U.S
International Trade Commission
Sam Egglestone
U.S. Court
Southern District of New York
Celanese Corporation
Celanese
New York
Eggleston
Appeals Court
District Court
Commission
The
Trade Commission
Egglestone
Alberta
Edmonton
AGCE
Single Trade Commission
Hunger strike widens as IRA man joins Maze fast
Belfast AP report says Brendan McLaughlin, 29, a convicted IRA member, began a hunger strike at the Maze prison to replace Francis Hughes who died after a 59 day fast. He is the sixth striker in the campaign begun March 1 led by Bobby Sands.
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The
Palestine Liberation Organization
Agca
Rome
Belfast
Maze
Francis Hughes
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Brendan McLaughlin
Northern Ireland
McLaughlin
Britain
Bobby Sands
Poor, sick and aged face losses in federal provincial funding fight
The Canadian Council on Social Development warns that health education and welfare spending cuts threaten the poor the sick and the elderly as Ottawa and the provinces clash over fiscal relations. It cites rising costs inflation and aging as factors and urges continued federal social funding.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Council On Social Development
Commons
Trudeau
National Voluntary Agency
Allan MacEachen
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George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Italy
Stanislaw Dziwisz
Norman Spyker
Medicine
Hat College
Parkside
Robin Schlaht
Val Orlikow
David Orlikow
Montreal
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
United States
Aeroflot
Chicago
Redcliff Riverview
Ann Landers
Charles Lynch
Christopher Young Peewee
Ee International News
Keith Spicer
TMN
Sree
Nanes Western Express
Medicine Hat
Brier Park
IRA
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