Loony party saved by bookie bailout in Britain
Britain's Monster Raving Loony party faced extinction over cash flow but William Hill bookmakers pledged to fund political costs for future special elections up to the next general election and provide an undisclosed four figure sum to boost party funds. Party leader Screaming Lord Sutch praised the bailouts as entertaining and essential to keep the figure in politics.
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London
Reuter
Britain
Monster Raving Loony Party
Lord Sutch
William Hill Bookies
Homolka witness recalls Tammy’s death in Bernardo murder trial
Karla Homolka testified Tammy’s death night in St Catharines Ontario December 23 1990 describing Tammy choking on vomit and hospital death. She spoke of ambulance arrival and Paul Bernardo distraught saying he should have saved her. The testimony followed by other Toronto CP reports on prison hunger strike over breakfast quality at Mimico Correctional Centre with 215 inmates protesting.
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Toronto
Karla Homolka
Paul Bernardo
Tammy
Dorothy Homolka
Karl
St. Catharines, Ont
Homolka
Karla
Paul
Crown
Greg Barnett
Mimico Correctional Centre
Gabor Revesz
Revesz
Bill Arbuthnott
Mimico
Five Teens Die In Maple Creek Train Crash
Five youths aged 13 to 19 were killed when a mini van carrying seven collided with a freight train at a Highway 21 crossing southeast of Maple Creek. Two more teens were injured, while the driver’s parents in the van survived. Schools canceled classes as counselors aided grieving staff. the accident occurred after a Christian retreat.
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Burstall, Sask
Trent Plato
Brenda Lewis
Mark Lewis
Blaise Bodnerchuck
Wally Baker Jr
Kyle Bodnerchuck
Royal University Hospital
Saskatoon
Gerald Job
Medicine Hat
Cypress Family Roads
Highway 21
Maple Creek
Guy Sabey
Bill Sparkes
Maple Creek Rcmp
Sparkes
Plato
Don Bower
CP Rail
Earthquake Devastates Neftegorsk Russia Dead Likely 2000
A magnitude 7.5 quake on Sakhalin Island obliterated Neftegorsk. Officials warn deaths could reach 2000 to 2500 with 300 bodies recovered and about 3000 of 3500 residents missing or injured. Rescue teams search debris amid ruined oil town.
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Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Russia
Sakhalin Island
Neftegorsk
Sergei Shoigu
Star-Tass
Quake Devastates Sakhalin Island Neftegorsk Hit Hard
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Sakhalin Island early Sunday, devastating Neftegorsk and adjoining areas. About 300 bodies recovered with fears of up to 500. 500 workers and multiple aircraft aiding rescue as aftershocks shook the region. An oil pipeline ruptured, destroying wells across a 90-kilometre stretch.
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Russia
Sakhalin Island
Moscow
Sakhalin
Neftegorsk
Star- Tass
Peacekeepers' chains off needn t free them but will not release
Bosnian Serb Army commander Gen Ratko Mladic told the United Nations that peacekeepers will no longer be chained to poles or warehouses but will be moved only to locations. He refused to release the 370 UN personnel still held and demanded apologies for Serb deaths amid clashes around Sarajevo and Gorazde.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Reuter
United Nations
NATO
Ratko
Mladic
Alexander Ivanko
Patrick Rechner
Vancouver
Pale
Bosnia
Sation
Rupert Smith
Gorazde
Ivanko
Woman sues over sterilization in Alberta case
Victoria B C woman Leilani Muir seeks 2.5 million dollars for being sterilized in 1959 at Red Deer’s Provincial Training School. The trial addresses the 1928 Sexual Sterilization Act and Alberta Eugenics Board actions, with Muir urging public acknowledgment and apology.
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Alberta
Victoria
B.C
Leilani Muir
Red Deer
Alberta Eugenics Board
University of Alberta
Muir
Bruce Uditsky
Alberta Association For Community Living
Lougheed
Uditsky
Court of Queen's Bench
Joanne Vest
Villeneuve wins Indy 500 to become Canada's first champ
Jacques Villeneuve, son of Gilles Villeneuve, becomes the first Canadian to win the Indianapolis 500 after a Two lap penalty reshaped the race. He edges fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear, who also faced penalties, in a dramatic finish at Indianapolis.
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Villeneuve
Canada
Indianapolis
Jacques Villeneuve
Gilles Villeneuve
Scott Goodyear
Iberville
Iue
Goodyear
Villeneuve Wins Indy 500 After Penalty Shakeup
Villeneuve clinched victory in his second Indy 500 start despite a black flag penalty that relegated Goodyear to 13th after crossing the finish line ahead. Paul Tracy, Toronto, left with a broken throttle while finishing 24th. Goodyear protested the result as the world knew who won.
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Fused
Villeneuve
Victory Circle
Goodyear
Toronto
Paul Tracy
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Nancy Stern
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