Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press around the Tori what a Surprise Baghdad voters appeared to guarantee president Saddam Hussein a landslide Victory in Iraq first presidential Saddam was the Only candidate in yesterdays shortly after Midnight last the iraqi government announced that Saddam had swept three of the country 15 winning every vote in one of them and 99 per cent in the other Back to the future Vatican City Pope John Paul asked roman catholics yesterday to recapture a tone of Hope in their lives of speaking a Day before the 17th anniversary of his the Pope suggested catholics should reflect on the 196265 Vatican ii conference that brought Funda mental reforms to the plot uncovered Pakistan thirty six army officers have been arrested on suspicion of plotting an islamic revolution in a senior government official said the who spoke on condition of said the highest ranking of the 36 officers was a a spokesman for prime minis Ter Binazir Bhutto confirmed that several officers have been arrested and were being questioned Juppe elected minister Alain Juppe was elected president of Frances leading conservative party four Days after surviving a housing scandal that could have forced him to Juppe got per cent of the vote from members of the rally for the Republic party meeting in a suburb East of he had been the interim presi Dent of the party and was the Only candidate on the compiled from the news services around Canada new nip president Ottawa Iain a former new democratic my from Thunder Bay in North Ern was elected presides of the party who served from 1975 to 1977 again from 1984 to 1993 Defeated Elizabeth Thomas o by a 21 mar he replaces Nancy a Canadian labor Congress vice who murder suicide Toronto police Are treating the deaths of a Man and his two kids in a weekend House fire As a double murder and Douglas and his Chil and 4 died in the Blaze at a suburban Scarborough townhouse late sat do sons wife want Home at the time of the Hunting Accident Rocky Mountain House a Hunter is accused of Acci dentally shooting his partner while the two were driving in a truck in Central the two Deer Hunters were Dri ving along a Rural Road near Rocky Mountain House with a loaded gun in their truck on saturday when the Driver noticed a fish and wildlife vehicle flashing its lights to Pul them while the passenger scrambled to unload the the gun Dis hitting the Driver in the artist Dies Bernard an artist whose portraits of world leaders once appeared on the covers of time died sat he was who was living in Monc ton in sem retirement at the time of his worked at time Between 1957 and compiled from Canadian press Canada world Section Patrick Flynn 6977294 b1 october 1995 people in Detroit line up to Board buses to take them to today million Man March in expected to draw about million Man March tally now from the news services Washington As thousands of Africa americans converged on the nations capital for today million Man organizers said they expected Atten dance to be about a Hal million and lightning Rod rally Leader Louis Farrakhan cancelled his television organizers of the rally privately told Law enforcement officials they expect a maximum of people to police Tom Wilkins said whose Antisemitic and racist comments have renewed dissension Over his was scheduled to appear sunday on abcs meet the press and inns both sides hosted by Black activist Jesse a spokesman for Farrakhan said the nation of islam Leader was forced to cancel because he was suffering from in some Muslim groups denounced Farrakhan As canadians headed for the Demon we support the but we disagree with Louis Farrakhan said Faisal Kutty of the Canadia Muslim civil liberties Farrakhan teachings in essence Black supremacy is not sanctioned by said Muttys adding that one group cant better itself by discriminating against the jewish group Bani brith welcomed the associations though they said they the nation of islam Canadian press some facts on the nation of islam origins founded in Detroit around 1930 gained prominence under leadership of Elijah who moved Headquarters to Chicago in f purpose espouses mixture of traditional islamic economic self help and Wack i typically change last names to history Malcolm x assassinated a year after he broke with the nation of after Ojah muhammads death the nation muhammads son Wallace Dox decentralizing the Louis recruited by Malcolm x in the broke away from Wallace Muhammad in 1977 and organized the new nation of were disappointed it did not condemn far Rajhans blatant despite the continuing controversy Over Farrakhan and the reduced crowd the massive event is still expected to be impress a crowd of would be one of the largest gatherings in Washington history twice the attendance at the 1963 civil rights demonstration made famous by the Martin Luther Kings i have a dream reaching the goal of one million would have required about one of every 10 american Black males Over 19 to arrive the weather is supposed to be favourable for the rally Clear and the speeches Are expected to underscore themes of Black personal dedication to family and religious self Reliance and clean Black men will be urged to come to grips with the devastating plague of school dropouts and broken Homes in americas inner numbing statistics show that Black when compared to White Are nearly three times More Likely to live in More than twice As Likely to be almost five times More Likely to be in and eight times More Likely to be at the rally organizers said they would emphasize that most Black males do stay in work hard and care for their there is Broad enthusiasm for the Central but widespread unhappiness with the key who has repeatedly attacked Gays and other Whorf Zinkhan the Canadian press a sketch of Lous Farrakhan beginnings bom May new Sefty Camf Mead of the Harlem mosque Ife Sisemo prominence Leader of nation of i tto Naland t3r lower a Radical and racial a divisive Force to sees american waste As an oppressed peo t pet who must assert their Iden As an White and ant jewish believes women should be kept away from nation of islam events such As the million Man serbs try to survive fighting ebbs in Northwest Bosnia by Juliana mojsilovic associated press banja Bosnia Herze Govina fighting ebbed yesterday in Northwestern Bosnia where up to exhausted serbs were struggling to sur Vive after fleeing advances by government and croat in a bitter twist in the 3 Many of the refugees Are at site of one of the most notorious prison Camps set up when serb rebels overran much of Bosnia in a Field Hospital has been treat ing both civilians and soldiers wounded in the latest Aid workers say some older refugees Are apparently exhausted after being uprooted by rapid shifts in front lines in Northern Bosnia in the last six the truce that started thursday was largely observed throughout the in officials said yes the Muslim led bosnian government claimed on saturday that it was halting its amid reports Serbia had threat ened to Send in the yugoslav government army commanders met for five hours in the bosnian capital saturday and dispatched a r officer to the bitterly con refugee ousted by serbs in Heads Home tested apparently to ensure that government troops there observed the army sources bosnian serb military sources cited by the Belgrade news Agency claimed fierce fighting continued in the Northwest including government shelling of ser held muslims and croats in the Northwest have a Strong motive to keep fighting revenge for reported serb atrocities during the serb takeover of the Region in John Sparrow of the International red Cross said saturday that some of the serb refugees were Liv ing in a mine that served As a serb detention Centre in but most Are in the Canadas top Catholic backs unpopular rules by Charlie Gillis Canadian press Edmonton the new Leader of Canadas roman Catholic Bishops says the Vatican opposition to birth homosexuality and ordaining women is All for the common critics who say the Church stance on such issues is sap Ping its credibility and erod ing its popularity dont grasp the reasons for the says archbishop Francis if you understand not Only what the teachings but the reasons for the it is said the archbishop of understanding can be achieved through there is the idea of reconciling individual rights with the gospel and what is necessary for the common was named pres ident of the Canadian Confer ence of Catholic Bishops at the groups annual meeting which wraps up this he was elected by about 90 Bishops who gathered in Edmonton at the Grey nuns regional Centre the head quarters for Pope John Pauls visits to the City in 1984 and we feel that the Good news Jesus brought us is very important and weve got to put that into practice especially since there Are difficulties coming about because of the trends in society at this partic ular a 1992 study by University of Lethbridge sociologist Reg Bibby indicated Church Atten dance among canadians aged 1829 years had dropped to below nine per cent from 14 per cent in 15 Many analysts including Catholic groups in Canada blame the Vatican condemnation of birth control and homosexuality and its refusal to consider ordaining women for disaffection among and they say while More than 40 per cent of canadians still Call themselves a Large proportion of North americans Are at Odds with the holy sees Rosemary Ganley of the coalition of concerned Cana Dian catholics says the Bish Ops cant claim to be legitimate leaders while blindly adhering to old ;