Forgotten Children and World Summit on Child Mortality
Ottawa report highlights dire conditions affecting two billion children. War, famine, disease kill millions yearly with 97 percent of under five deaths in developing nations. It calls world leaders to a New York summit on September 29 30 to address poverty water sanitation education and child welfare.
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Southam News
Ottawa
New York
Istics
Developing World
Mozambique
Afghanistan
Mali
Ethiopia
Bangladesh
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Toronto
Gorbachev Pleads for Emergency Power Amid Soviet Reform Push
President Mikhail Gorbachev urged the Supreme Soviet to grant emergency powers to accelerate economic reform as shortages and inflation mount. He warned time is running out though lawmakers debated three market transition plans and failed to meet Friday’s quorum.
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Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Supreme Soviet
Stanislav Shatalin
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Mixed white and native police force to aid Oka Mohawks
Quebec police and Kahnesatake Emergency Measures Committee announce a 38 officer joint force, 20 native and 18 Surete du Quebec officers, to operate near Oka for 30 days. Critics say the plan amounts to a brown skinned police presence and fails to meet Mohawk desires.
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Montreal
Quebec
Kahnesatake Emergency Measures Committee
Surete du Quebec
Insp
Kenneth Hilt
Hilt
Kahnesatake
OSLO sponsors confident in Alberta backing
OSLO oilsands in northeastern Alberta seek a financing package from the province to proceed with a 4 billion project. Gordon Willman says agreement can be reached without federal involvement, with a decision due next year. The plan would produce 77 000 barrels of synthetic crude from Fort McMurray oil sands, with Alberta pledging grants and loans totaling over 1.4 billion and a 16 to 23 percent profit share. Ottawa has reduced support to a 45.5 million grant.
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Calgary
Oslo Oilsands
Alberta
Oslo
Gordon Willman
Fort McMurray
Alta
Ottawa
Willman
Esso Resources Canada
Rick Orman
Bush seeks expanded Saudi military aid amid Iraq tensions
President Bush asks Congress to approve expanded arms sales to Saudi Arabia to bolster its defense. The plan faces possible scaling back amid pressure, with early figures at 5 to 8 billion for initial shipments and broader sales planned for next year. Bush cautions on actions against Iraq and meets Shevardnadze at the UN to discuss Gulf security.
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Washington
George Bush
Congress
White House
Bush
United Nations
Iraq
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Administration
Washington Post
New York Times
New York
Eduard Shevardnadze
Persian Gulf
Roman Popaciuk
Jordan
Saddam Hussein
Mossad book controversy boosts Canadian sales
The book By Way of Deception on Mossad operations drove strong demand in Canada after a push to ban it. Stores in Toronto and Vancouver saw rapid sales and ordered more copies as publishers shipped 50 000 red boxed editions. A U S injunction denial precedes expected U S release.
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Mossad
Israel
Canada
Toronto
Joddart Publishing
U.S
United States
Claire Hoy
Victor Ostrovsky
Ottawa
Lebanon
CIA
Rick Hi
W. H. Smith
Joel Parkes
Vancouver
Duthie
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