Grits move to stop post office walkout
Ottawa plays for a negotiated settlement as three cabinet ministers push postmaster general Andre Ouellet toward talks to avert a national postal strike. The report proposes a one year deal with enhanced benefits while civil servants prepare early benefit payments in case of a walkout.
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Ottawa
Andre Ouellet
Ouellet
Treasury Board
Don Johnston
Labor
Gerry Regan
Johnston
The
Commons
Pierre Mercier
Conciliation Board
Sid Parker
New Democratic Party
Jean-Claude Parrot
Coast guard steps up to halt refugee flotilla near Florida
U S Coast Guard reinforcements moved to South Florida to block the Freedom Flotilla of Cuban refugees amid reports skippers were forced at gunpoint to carry migrants. By Thursday 55 boats had landed 3,346 refugees, raising three week totals to 46,461, with vessels seized and captains facing fines under immigration law.
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Key West
Fla
U.S. Coast Guard
Freedom Flotilla
U.S
Coast Guard
South Florida
Edwards
Washington
Treasury Department
Carter
Canada CPI climbs 0.6 percent in April led by housing and transport
Statistics Canada reports April CPI up 0.6 percent from March, lifting the annual inflation rate to 9.2 percent. Higher transportation and housing costs drive gains with food up 0.8 percent. gasoline up 1.6 percent and some provinces noting tax effects and rebates changes.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Newfoundland
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Montreal
Canada
U.S
St. John's, Mld
Calgary
Angel Hitchhiker Rumor Sparks Washington Interest
In Mount Vernon Washington Reverend Paul Jacobson says a frightened man told of a mysterious woman who hitchhiked and warned “God is coming” before vanishing in smoke. Authorities in Chelan and nearby counties report the tale circulating without verifiable facts, with some dismissing it as a crank call.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
Paul Jacobson
Jacobson
Viewcrest Assembly of God
Washington
Chelan County
Israeli raid in Lebanon kills 11 in southern targets
Israeli helicopters and gunboats hit Palestinian bases in southern Lebanon killing 11 and wounding 17. Seven Saiga guerrillas died by a booby trapped device left by an Israeli party near Kfarna. Tyre and Nabatiyeh areas suffered heavy bombardment. one Palestinian man and two women died in Tyre with 10 wounded.
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Israel
Lebanon
Sidon
Saiga
Kfarna
Galilee
P and
Kfarwa
Nabatiyeh
Free Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Damour
Saksakieh
West Bank
Hebron
Ohira government toppled by Japanese no confidence vote
Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira faces resignation as the Japanese House of Representatives passes a non confidence motion 243 to 187 against his Liberal Democratic cabinet. Opposition parties led by Socialist say inflation welfare failures and corruption fueled the vote and allege policy shifts with the United States.
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Tokyo
Masayoshi Ohira
House of Representatives
Ohira
The
Socialist Party
Japan
United States
Latest Quebec referendum poll shows No gaining edge
Montreal reported poll shows 49 percent vote no and 37 percent vote yes on sovereignty with 14 percent undecided. Language group split and English mother tongue sharply favors no, while French speakers tilt yes. Margin of error cited at three percent.
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Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Institut Quebeois d’Opinion Publique
CBC
le Devoir
le Soleil
Quebec City
Toronto Star
Richard Hamilton
Maurice Pinard
McGill University
Institut de Oueillette de l’Information
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Medicine Hat
Grigory
Robin Schlaht
Tyre
Japanese Communist Party
Takeo Fukuda
Liberal Democratic Party
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