U S general fired for bombing threat
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney dismissed General Michael Dugan as air force chief of staff for promising to bomb Baghdad and target Saddam Hussein if war began. Pentagon officials said Dugan was relieved for unauthorized remarks. Bush reportedly discussed the action with Cheney prior to dismissal.
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Summit plan aims to slash child deaths by 2000
More than 70 nations including Canada and the United States back a World Summit for Children plan to cut infant and under five mortality by up to one third by 2000, wipe out polio by 2000, and reduce measles deaths by 95 percent by 1985. The New York meeting, led by UNICEF's James Grant, may include Gorbachev or Castro. goals also call for universal safe drinking water.
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Canadians used by Mossad claims in Ostrovsky book
Ottawa reports The book By Way Of Reception by Victor Ostrovsky alleges Mossad paid Canadian soldiers to smuggle documents across the Syrian border and used stolen Canadian passports to move spies. It claims Mossad operates in the United States with listening devices in Arab ambassador homes and offices in New York and Washington. Ostrovsky suggests Mossad may have learned of a Lebanon bound truck bomb but provides vague warnings to Americans.
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Canadian ships on active duty head for Persian Gulf
Three Canadian warships including HMCS Protecteur crossed the Suez Canal with 950 crew en route to the Persian Gulf. The force, sailing from Halifax since Aug 24, joins allied navies on the Iraq Kuwait conflict front line area as American and British ships patrol off Aqaba. Capt. Richard Bouchard called the mission real and exciting, likening it to spring training.
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Army restricts Mohawk encampment media lines in final talks
Brig Gen Armand Roy says the army is in the final stage of negotiations with besieged Mohawk Warriors and must cut reporters off from outside lines. He notes a court order banning cellular phones and wants only a direct line for messages between the Warriors and the army to avoid distractions during the operation.
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Wells says Hibernia project to Newfoundland will be modest
Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells warned the Hibernia oil project will not deliver a massive provincial windfall. He noted uncertain oil prices could keep royalties modest and predicted increased federal transfers as revenue. The four member oil consortium secured a four billion dollar spending/loan package pending parliament approval.
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Debris and raft found from ditched aircraft
Searchers spotted what appeared to be a swamped life raft wreckage and a significant oil slick in the North Atlantic near the presumed ditching of a Peruvian Boeing 727 last week. Officials doubted any of the 16 aboard survived as debris and raft drifted in open ocean amid darkness and locating difficulties.
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