Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press around the world prisoners dying t7 Rwanda some in prisoners have died a the last 15 months from disease in Rwanda where the government holds genocide suspects with no sign of a Date for their red Cross officials said government officials were not immediately available for com ment on the rising prison death which has drawn fierce criticism from Western envoys and the International the number of prisoners jammed into jails built to hold has gone up to from in less than a red Cross officials trader to return London a financial trader blamed for the collapse of bar Ings Bank said yesterday he will return voluntarily to Singapore to face charges against him ending a bid to fight extradition from Nick faces three charges of forgery and eight charges of fraud in he could receive 14 years behind bars if troops Advance sri Lanka thou Sands of sri lankan troops advanced on the rebel stronghold of Jaffna City and at least 30 soldiers and 40 guerrillas were killed in fierce the military heavy civilian casualties were also feared As the military Offen Sive to capture Jaffna entered its 13th the advancing columns were 8 Kilometres from the mom kills twins Cairo a sudanese woman who feared the shame of giving birth out of Wedlock killed her Newborn twins yesterday by throwing them out a sixth floor police police found the two boys wrapped in pillowcases near a House in a poor Cairo neighbor elephants die Zimbabwe at least 17 elephants have died of thirst in Zimbabwe largest Ani Mal Wange nation Al in the last three the wildlife society of Zimbabwe reported Cpl Lin the society chairman for southwestern Matabeleland told Zim babes official news Agency Ziana that the animals died in a Central area of the turks clash Turkey turkish Security forces killed 38 kurdish rebels and lost four of their own in clashes in South Eastern the regional governors office said Twenty six guerrillas of the separatist Kurdistan workers party were killed during an operation saturday night near Gene town in Bingol four soldiers died and five others were wounded in the the office adding other rebels were killed in separate voting in disarray dares Salaam embattled organizers of Tanzania first multiparty election met into the Early hours after voting fell into disarray in regions of the East african the extent of the confusion was unclear even to the National electoral commission but the governing party joined the opposition in complaining about slip shod commission chairman Lewis Madame was still in crisis talks with his senior aides Long after a promised statement was painful Wager Tehran a Man who bet he could get away with dressing As a woman and Riding in the female Section of a Public bus not Only lost the Wager but was sentenced to 20 a newspaper reported the Farsi language Salam newspaper said the 31yearold identified Only As told an islamic court in Tehran that women sitting in the Segre gated Section were infuriated when they recognized him As a and some hit compiled from the news services Canada world Section Patrick Flynn 6977294 b1 october 199j thousands of Unity marchers Cross Bridge into Canada shows its colors thousands hoist plead with Quebec to stay by Greg Coleman Canadian press canadians flocked to rallies across the country yesterday in a final plea to Quebec to remain in the Centrepiece was a March Between Ontario and Quebec of an estimated people from Ottawa to amid hundreds of Canadian flags and they braved ice pellets to Cross the Ottawa River to the Canadian museum of civilization for the no in pretty sure we can con Vince them to stay with said Ottawa resident Marie Renee Serre Over whistles and its never too you have to keep trying to the very last my father fought the War to save this said Ottawa bus Driver Gilles the least i could do is freeze my feet Here today to save the rally in attended by prime minister was just one of hundreds of events held across in several thousand people endured near freezing temperatures to Call on Quebec to Day of dread at hand a1 where would Canada go b2 in made it to City Hall for a rally organized by cartoonist Ben Toronto downtown was a sea of Canadian and Quebec flags As people marched to persuade que Beers to remain part of Ive been Here for a Long said James who lives in Toronto but whose family settled in Quebec in its my country and ill be damned if in going to watch it patients at nearby hospitals waved flags As they police officers used miniature Canadian and Quebec flags to direct one restaurant owner handed out Fortune cookies with the messages Canada is my Choice and a Strong and United Canada is the Way to in More than 400 newfound Landers filled a Ball room in one of the provinces largest speaker after speaker urged Quebe cers to vote no to sovereignty this shows Quebec we do said French immersion Chretien makes impassioned Appeal yesterday to no supporters in Simon Jordan sings National Anthem in Owen student Danny watching the rally from the Back of the they have a destiny in Cana they started up the country with the they Are a part of prayer vigils were also planned for a number of including Jack a 40yearold airline worker who carried a que Bec Flag at the rally in said similar demonstrations held in the last Days of the Campaign would get the message across to in an anglophone and my wife is quebecois and were both Here rallying together to keep it As Boudreau we love each were As one and we think the country can stay As in Owen mayor Stew Taylor made a stirring speech about How Canada will inevitably change even after a no we will end up redefining what Canada is All he we will end up being and stay ing a healthier All the Small Ripples will make a wave and that will come crash ing into this will be one sea to Taylor in Many of the marchers demonstrated a willingness to make changes to Canada that Quebec has i never realized it but Ive heard a lot of things Treyve had to said Barbara an anglophone living in i think there is a lot of things that have to be changed for if we dont open our eyes and do something about it we May regret a probable Agenda in Post yes Quebec first item of business Calm everyone Down Canadian press Montreal Jacques Parizeau would Likely be on the phone Early Tomor Row morning if there is a yes vote even if he celebrates Victory into the wee the Quebec Well known on Wall Street for his two terms As finance minister under Rene would Issue messages aimed at English the United states and key movers and shakers in International his message should Echo his Public statements everyone Calm theres been no change in Quebec status or in Canadian there will be at least a year of negotiations with Canada before Quebec becomes ind Epen i sadly have to announce that on merchants will still have to collect the the Queen will still be on our postage Stamps and Andre Ouellet will still be the for eign affairs he said recently at a separatist Parizeau government would then turn to a game plan that been in the works for several the legislature would be reconvened much earlier than the planned Date of 28 so that Parizeau could soothe the parti quebecois majority would quickly adopt the declaration penned by poets and professors stating that Quebec becomes a Sov Ereign country one year after the Independence could be pro claimed earlier if negotiations faltered with the rest of Canada on new economic and political bloc quebecois Leader Lucien Bouchard would step out front and Centre As Quebec chief negotiator for those its expected that Quebec would Send Ottawa its opening negotiating position in a matter of Quebec would probably set out areas in which a new association could operate free circulation of people and a Cus Toms monetary policy and Bouchard has said he might relinquish his position As Leader of the official opposition in Ottawa to devote himself full time to talks with Parizeau would round out the watchdog committee to oversee negotiations on behalf of Ordinary offering Liberal Leader Daniel Johnson a Chance to name leading federalists to the Parizeau would also name a constituent Assembly to draw up a new Constitution that would become the Legal Cornerstone of an Independent the pcs sovereignty Bill mandates that the Assembly be composed of an equal number of men and women a historic yes supporters have say at a rally ;