Ulster Unionists Boycott Sinn Fein Talks
In Belfast the Ulster Unionist party again refused to join Northern Ireland peace talks with Sinn Fein on Monday. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams urged their return, suggesting their presence could mark a turning point toward ending decades of conflict.
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Ulster Unionist Party
Northern Ireland
IRA
Sinn Fein
David Trimble
Ulster Unionists
Ireland
Gerry Adams
Adams
Lost city search voyage to find Atlantis legend
Colonel John Blashford-Snell leads a 30 member expedition from Lake Titicaca to the Desaguadero river toward Lake Poopo in Bolivia aboard three dragon headed reed boats. The month long trek starts next March with perilous high altitude travel and ancient boat-building at Titicaca.
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Bristol
England
John Blashford-Snell
South America
Atlantis
Desaguadero
Bolivia
Lake Poppo
Lake Titicaca
Titicaca
Chretien backs unique Quebec label amid federalist push
Prime Minister Jean Chretien endorsed the term unique to describe Quebec while praising a unity plan by nine premiers and two territorial leaders. Quebec and Bloc Quebecois rejected the overture, arguing it offers no new powers and could derail sovereignty efforts.
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Ottawa
Pum
Jean Chretien
Quebec
Chretien
Canada
Bloc Quebecois
Calgary
Pierre Brien
Saskatchewan
Roy Romanow
Apprentice bullfighter flipped in Madrid ring
The incident in Las Ventas left apprentice Alvaro de la Calle unhurt after a bull toppled him during the Madrid event. A separate report from Alberta notes nearly half of welfare exits between 1993 and 1996 found full time work, while over a quarter returned to social assistance.
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Alvaro de la Calle
Madrid
Las Ventas
Edmonton
Klein
Alberta
Canada West Foundation
Man who cut off hand loses suit against doctor
In Norfolk, Thomas W. Passmore contract a lawsuit for 3 million against Dr. Tad Grenga and the hospital after severing his hand believing it was possessed. The judge ruled the doctor acted within emergency room discretion not to reattach the limb. Passmore, 33, claimed he was psychotic and ignored antipsychotic meds.
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Norfolk
Thomas W. Passmore
Tad Grenga
Passmore
Royal rebuttal from Buckingham Palace defends Diana funeral handling
Buckingham Palace rejected claims that pressure or heated exchanges influenced the Diana funeral. The palace stated on Monday that reports of disagreements between the Prince of Wales and Sir Robert Fellowes are false and that it did not admit public influence.
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Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Diana
Prince of Wales
Robert Fellowes
Canada Faces Decline in Living Standards Amid Slow Growth
A Canadian think tank reports Canada is the only major industrial country this decade to see a drop in living standards. It notes real GDP per capita fell 0.4 percent from 1989 to 1996 and cites weak productivity, high unemployment, and underemployment as key factors, with Sweden the only other tracked nation showing no change.
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Canada
U.S
Centre For the Study of
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Labor Bureau
Sweden
Norway
Britain
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