Meech deadlocked over Senate reform
Ottawa reports the Meech Lake accord remains deadlocked after talks with Prime Minister Mulroney and Quebec's Premier Bourassa. Senators reform and Quebec rights to veto are core sticking points as government ministers seek consensus ahead of a June deadline.
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Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Mulroney
Sussex Drive
Bourassa
Canada
Newfoundland
Clyde Wells
Senate
Manitoba
Gary Filmon
New Brunswick
Frank McKenna
India and Pakistan Move Toward Armageddon Over Kashmir
The Sunday Times reports U S and Soviet fears of nuclear war as intelligence suggests both India and Pakistan are arming for conflict in Kashmir. Satellite photos show Pakistani nuclear convoys from Kahuta heading to airfields and possible F 16 nuclear fittings. The Soviet Union says India may be on alert as tensions rise amid Jammu Kashmir unrest.
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Reuter
U.S
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Sunday Times
Defence Department
Kahuta
Islamabad
Washington
Soviet Union
Subcontinent
Jammu-Kashmir
Crown attorney to seek witness on Gingras escape at Commons
Alberta Crown attorney Scott Newark said a Corrections Canada worker named in an internal report on Daniel Gingras's 1987 West Edmonton Mall escape wants to testify before a Commons justice committee. Gingras overpowered a guard on a birthday pass, killing Wanda Woodward and Vital Piquette before capture. he was serving a life sentence for murder.
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Alberta
Daniel Gingras
Commons
Scott Newark
Wetaskawin
Alta
Commons Justice Committee
Corrections Canada
Gingras
West Edmonton
Edmonton
John Weir
Newark
Wanda Woodward
Medicine Hat
Rodeo
Vital Piquette
Quebec City
Soviets face ethnic feuds amid price panic in Moscow and Yerevan
At least 20 people were killed and more than 45 wounded when a military convoy was attacked near Yerevan as Armenians and Azerbaijanis clash over Nagorno Karabakh. In Moscow, bread prices are set to triple on July 1 prompting panic buying. Gorbachev urged calm on TV and promised compensation for lower income groups.
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Yerevan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Taganskaya
Dorogmilovskaya
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Gorbachev
Guerrilla Attacks Kill 13 in Colombian Election
In Huila province, guerrillas destroyed a road with dynamite as vehicles passed after polling closed. Thirteen people including a non commissioned officer and election agents were killed, 13 wounded. Cesar Gaviria led with 48 percent as 20 percent of precincts reported.
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Bogota
Huila
Colombia
Liberal Party
Cesar Gaviria
Hat Residents Not Worried By South Saskatchewan Flood
The South Saskatchewan River level rose a metre and will climb further, but Hat residents are urged to use caution. Forecaster Dave Graham says the river may peak at two metres above normal then recede. irrigation farmers and boaters should beware debris and turbidity, with Medicine Hat water plant seeing turbidity rise to about 1000 NTU though treated water remains safe.
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Valerie Martins
South Saskatchewan
Police Point Park
Dean Pelkey
the News
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Oldman
Highwood
Dave Graham
Alberta Environment
Edmonton
Graham
Frank Wetsch
Medicine Hat
Wetsch
Ken MacPhail
Bow Island
MacPhail
Alberta
Lethbridge
Two Lost In Alberta Flooding Reported Missing
Swollen southern Alberta rivers left two missing and presumed drowned after weekend floods. Robert Henson of Cochrane was swept from his horse near the Hummingbird River. Rescue teams searched Ghost Lake for a 27 year old Cochrane woman. An Edmonton teen, Germaine Chmelyk, survived after her younger brother saved her from the Clearwater River. Authorities warned the danger remains as rivers receded Sunday.
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Alberta
David Graham
Alberta Environment
Edmonton
Robert James Henson
Cochrane
Alta
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Ghost Lake
Clearwater
Germaine Chmelyk
Dee O'Neill
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