Mulroney Heads to Dakar for Francophonie Summit
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney arrived in Senegal to prepare for the Francophonie summit and a Meech Lake talks push with Quebec's Bourassa and New Brunswick's McKenna. The trip focuses on domestic Quebec and provincial budget frictions alongside Francophone cooperation.
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Dakar
Brian Mulroney
Senegal
Meech Lake
Abdou Diouf
Mulroney
Mila
Yoff International Airport
Robert Bourassa
Quebec
New Brunswick
Frank McKenna
Double
Bourassa
McKenna
Manitoba
la Francophonie
Commonwealth
Paris
Quebec City
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Vietnam
Sniper Kills Man and Wounds Woman in West End
Police say a sniper shot from a rooftop killed a man and wounded a woman as they exited a car in an industrial park near two factories at about 8 a.m. The woman was hit in the ankle and hospitalized at Etobicoke General. A man was arrested shortly after the incident.
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Toronto
Etobicoke General Hospital
Ottawa arms show protest shatters peaceable entry
Police arrested over 120 activists at ARMX 89 in Lansdowne Park Ottawa as demonstrators lay in front of entering vehicles blocking gates. Protesters shouted death merchants and murderers while staff said numbers overwhelmed police. City officials say the park will not be rented again. Baxter Publishing Co sponsors the event with 400 companies from 16 countries expected.
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Ottawa
Lansdowne Park
ARMX
Liberal
Baxter Publishing Co
Chinese protest swells as Li Peng denounced during Beijing march
About one million demonstrators flooded Beijing streets chanting against Premier Li Peng amid martial law in Tiananmen Square. The Xinhua report notes slogans targeted at Li while Zhao Ziyang's leadership remains disputed and diplomatic sources warn of misinformation in the power struggle.
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Beijing
Reuter
China
Li Peng
State Council
Xinhua
Tiananmen Square
Zhao
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Soviet Britain expulsion swap tightens Moscow ties
The Soviet Union orders Britain to cut Moscow based staff from 375 to 205 while Thatcher brands the Kremlin true to its nature. Britain mirrors with eight diplomats and three journalists expelled, fueling the four year high in UK-Soviet expulsions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Margaret Thatcher
Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Gennady Gerasimov
Britain
Thatcher
BBC
Gerasimov
U.K
Quentin Peel
Financial Times
U.S. Presses Israel on West Bank and Gaza Settlements
In a speech Secretary Baker urged Israel to forsake annexation of West Bank and Gaza, end new settlements, and recognize Israel as a neighbor. He called Arabs to accept Israel, drop the boycott, repudiate the 1975 racism ruling, and Palestinians to abandon total control aims.
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Washington
U.S
Middle East
West Bank
Gaza
Israel
James Baker
George Bush
Baker
Palestine
Jordan
Egypt
Alberta tops list for drunk driving arrests
Alberta again records the highest per capita impaired driving offences in Canada, despite a national 21 percent drop. Officials cite strict enforcement as a factor, while advocates warn Alberta still faces a significant problem with drinking and driving.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Terrence Kulasa
People Against
Statistics Canada
Canada
Mike Tabler
Kulasa
Tabler
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Mao
Tiananmen Gate
Beijing University
Mao Tsetung
Tianamen Square
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