Nancy belt crackdown tests drivers with spin ordeal
In Nancy France police force beltless drivers to choose between a 38 euro fine or a dizzying car spin that simulates an accident with the seat belt on. Some pay the fine, most opt for the spin, then acknowledge wearing a belt is safer. The program runs this week only, with a full fine next week.
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Paris
Reuter
Nancy
Mass protests surge in Seoul as students clash with police
Thousands of students chant yankees go home and clash with police near the U S Embassy in Seoul in the largest anti government street action since Kim Young-sam assumed office Dozens of riot police and students are injured as tear gas and baton violence erupt amid calls to punish Chun Doo hwan and Roh Tae woo over the 1980 Kwangju crackdown The protest includes a sit in and a ring of riot police with armored launchers and tear gas units
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Seoul
U.S
Kim Young-sam
Washington
Kwangju
Chun Doo-hwan
Roh Tae-woo
Chun
Roh
Quebec outraged by U S comic depictions of separatists
Parti Quebecois protests a DC Comics Justice League Task Force issue showing Martian Manhunter fighting machine gun toting French separatist radicals seeking Quebec secession. The scene frames Quebec politics as violent, calling the portrayal politically correct murder.
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Quebec
Parti Quebecois
U.S
Justice League Task Force
New York
Alberta economists warn of public pain from deficit cuts
Economists foresee strong Alberta backlash as spending cuts under the Deficit Elimination Act shrink government services. The study shows Alberta’s per capita spending dropping below national averages, with health care education and social services most affected, possibly prompting tax increases and political pressure.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Mel McMillan
Allan Warrack
University of Alberta
Klein
Poles vote two years early after parliament disbanded
President Lech Walesa dissolved Poland's democratically elected Sejm after a no confidence vote toppled Hanna Suchocka's government. Elections are to be held within three to four months, Suchocka serves in an interim role, and the move ends a period of political bickering among 20 parties as Poland shifts toward a new electoral law and market reforms.
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Warsaw
Lech Walesa
Poland
Hanna Suchocka
Walesa
Suchocka
Wieslaw Chrzanowski
Sejm
Polish Monitor
Solidarity Trade Union
International Monetary Fund
Serbs boycott talks as Sarajevo shelling continues
In Sarajevo Bosnian Muslim and Croat commanders agreed on UN safe area limits while Serbs refused to attend, accusing Muslims and Croats as fighting rages with mortars and artillery killing one and wounding 13. UN Gen Morillon hosted discussions.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Reuter
Old Town
Stanislav Galic
Phillipe Morillon
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