Canada to send CF-18 jets to Gulf patrols
Prime Minister Mulroney announced Canada will deploy a squadron of CF-18 jets with about 450 air and ground crew to the Persian Gulf, to operate with American and British planes and defend Canadian ships. The base location is undetermined with Bahrain and Dubai as possibilities.
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Canada
Persian Gulf
Brian Mulroney
Gulf
Lahr
West Germany
David Huddleston
Defence Staff
Bahrain
Kuwait
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Strait of Hormuz
Mandela warns of South Africa sliding into civil war
Nelson Mandela accused the government and police of backing vigilantes as township violence nears 800 deaths. He spoke in Johannesburg after meeting President de Klerk to push end to apartheid and a new constitution. Both leaders warned of destabilization by forces opposed to peaceful negotiations.
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Payaman
Zulu Inkatha
African National Congress
Soweto
South
Johannesburg
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
F. W. de Klerk
Inkatha Freedom Party
ANC
Black
Inkatha
Oka Crisis Tightens Security At Kahnesatake Camp
Quebec police boost patrols and seal routes into Oka 30 kilometres west of Montreal as more than 100 Indigenous supporters and Mohawk protesters hold a Peace Camp at Kahnesatake. The army blocks cellular lines and restricts communications while negotiations stall.
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Oka
Montreal
Cliff Solomon
New Brunswick
Kahnesatake
Francois Sauve
Quebec
Warrior
Sauve
France to send 4000 more troops after Iraqi raids
France announced it will deploy 4000 additional soldiers to the Persian Gulf and expel Iraqi military attaches in response to raids on French Belgian Dutch and Canadian diplomatic sites in Kuwait. President Mitterrand warned action but said hostages would not be taken. Britain and Canada will boost regional forces.
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United States
Saddam Hussein
Mulroney
Kuwait
Canada
Joe Clark
Reuters-Cp
France
Persian Gulf
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Britain
London
Baltimore
U.S
James Baker
George Bush
West Germany
Baker
Rome
Baghdad
Peigan face police action as Oldman River diversion escalates
At a southern Alberta campsite Peigan Indians allied with the Lonefighters Society push to divert the Oldman River. militant leader Milton Born With A Tooth appears in court on weapons charges and charges tied to earlier gunfire. RCMP and provincial crews move to enforce a court injunction while natives and supporters arrive with supplies.
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Brocket
Alta
Oldman
Alberta
Devalon Small Legs
Lonefighters Society
RCMP
Lonefighters
The
Milton Born
Lethbridge
Calgary
Gas price regulation stirs Alberta California gas row
In a long running flap Alberta gas supplies to California fuel industry and a bitter price battle that could cut Alberta earnings by about 25 billion in 1990. Alberta Energy Minister Orman warns taps could be shut if California presses for lower prices. California firms seek cheaper steady gas as producers push market based terms and federal regulation clashes with pipeline access.
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Aper
Alberta
California
Mike Perreira
Perreira
Pues
Oakland
Owens-Brockway Container Company
U.S
Caifornia
Alberta Energy
Rick Orman
Michael Day
Public Utilities Commission
Orman
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