British lose two more ships in Falklands attack
Argentine planes hit two British ships near the Falklands on Tuesday killing 24 sailors and wounding at least 20. The destroyer Coventry sank after a bombing, and the freighter Atlantic Conveyor was hit and abandoned with four dead and several wounded.
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Associated Press
Falkland Islands
Defence
John Nott
Nott
Coventry
Atlantic Conveyor
Broadsword
Britain
Atlantic
Sheffield
Hermes
Invincible
Prince Andrew
London
East Falkland
San Carlos Bay
East
West Falkland
Stanley
South Atlantic
Argentina
Falklands
General Belgrano
Cunard Steam Ship Co
Royal Navy
Ardent
Antelope
British Defence Ministry
Pope offers to visit Argentina after Britain trip
Pope John Paul said he is ready to visit Argentina from England after his six day Britain tour. An Argentine government press release set June 11 to 13 for the visit, following talks with Archbishop Achille Silvestrini and President Leopoldo Galtieri. The pontiff urged peace and noted his trip would be pastoral not political.
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Vatican City
Reuter
John Paul
Argentina
Britain
Buenos Aires
Achille Silvestrini
Leopoldo Galtieri
Galtieri
South Atlantic
England
Vatican Public Affairs Department
Vatican
Msgr
Ubaldo Calabresi
Lujan
Great Britain
Parizeau unveils hard-times budget for Quebec
Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau presents a budget raising taxes on many consumer goods while keeping the deficit around 3 billion dollars for a third straight year. Weather notes follow with cloudiness and possible showers. Via Rail faces deeper losses despite service cuts. Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs joins elite 3000 strikeouts. Labor Congress shifts to general strike over wage controls.
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Jacques Parizeau
Quebec
Maple Creek ranchers charged with first degree murder
RCMP charged Earle Fergeson and son Guy Fergeson, both of Maple Creek area, with first degree murder in the shooting death of 41-year-old rancher Gary James Horton. Horton died at Maple Creek Union Hospital after a shooting on a district road northeast of Maple Creek. The men appeared in Swift Current provincial court and the case adjourned for a preliminary hearing and bail application.
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Maple Creek
RCMP
Gary James Horton
Earle Frederick Fergeson
Guy Fergeson
Swift Current
Horton
Maple Creek Union Hospital
Ottawa would rethink newspaper chain freeze
The federal government would reconsider a cap on chain size if new competitive papers appear. James Fleming said Kent recommendations to split chains or force sales were unlikely but proposed limits and new oversight aim to curb concentration without infringing press freedom.
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Roger Smith
Ottawa
Canada
James Fleming
Fleming
Thomson Newspapers Ltd
Southam Inc
Kent Commission On Newspapers
Kent
Newspaper Ownership Rules Set in Canada Advisory Plan
A proposed Canadian Newspaper Advisory Council would curb control by any owner to under 20 percent of national circulation and handle public complaints. The government would fund up to 1 million dollars annually for five years to help papers establish foreign or out of province bureaus. Purchasers must prove independence to the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, with studies on dailies versus weeklies.
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Thomson
Southam
Kent
Fleming
Cabinet
Winnipeg Tribune
Ottawa Journal
Montreal Star
K.C. Irving Group
New Brunswick
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
London
Ont
Commission
Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
Advisory Council
Israeli jets shoot down two Syrian fighters over Lebanon
Israeli reconnaissance aircraft shot down two Syrian MiG fighters near Beirut during a routine patrol. Syrian planes were said to crash north of Beirut with both crews uninjured. Israeli fighters returned safely as leaders pledged continued intelligence missions against Palestinian guerrillas.
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Tel Aviv
Reuter
Lebanon
Phalange Party
Beirut
Kaplan’s political future at stake over letter to court
Ottawa Solicitor General Robert Kaplan faces growing calls for resignation after it emerged he wrote letters urging leniency for two campaign workers convicted of armed robbery. Critics say the move signals improper political interference with the judiciary, while Kaplan defends the gesture as humanitarian. The controversy echoes past resignations over court influence by cabinet members.
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Aileen McCabe
Southam News
Ottawa
Robert Kaplan
Trudeau
Kaplan
Commons
Allan Lawrence
Lawrence
Ontario
George Kerr
Kerr
John Munro
Hamilton
Tory Pat Carney
The
Commons Justice Committee
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Charles Lynch
Christopher Young
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John Walker
Dee
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Medicine Hat News
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