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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg bed and full sunday free press breakfast pm. A _ ill a. To c#ll1la2 i a a a by editor Patrick Flynn / 697-7294 around the world Glenn in space Cape canaveral Fla. Apr Nasa May be warming up to sen. John Glenn a dream of returning to space 35 years after becoming the first american to orbit Earth. The Ohio Democrat 75, and the space Agency Are seriously talking about it the Orlando Sentinel reports. A Unasa has discussed the idea with the senator and we Are giving it further consideration a Nasa spokesman Michael Braukus told the newspaper on Friday night. Glenn flew on Mercury 6 and circled the Earth three times in 1962.mclibellers carry on London apr anti Mcdon aids activists who lost a Marathon defamation Case against the hamburger giant handed out leaflets yesterday in a mass distribution of the same allegations that prompted the libel suit. A we will keep handing out this document and any other documents that Tell the truth about Mcdonald so said Dave Morris giving stacks of leaflets to passers by in a Busy North London shopping Street. Morris and co defendant Helen steels a Jmc libel fight generated enormous publicity. A Canadian demonstration is planned for Saskatoon next pot regime Over phenom penh Cambodia apr after a week of conflicting reports cambodians rival co premiers said yesterday that Khmer Rouge Leader pol pot had been captured by former comrades and his 30-year guerrilla movement was finally Over. The announcement by Prince Norodom ran Aridth and Hun sen who rarely agree publicly Lent credibility to reports that he was being held in cambodians Northern jolts Belfast Belfast apr a bomb detonated under a moving car in Northern Ireland a capital yesterday injuring three men and jolting South Belfast. Among the injured were the cards two occupants both identified As supporters of the Irish National liberation army an outlawed splinter of the larger Irish Republican army. They and an uninvolved passerby were treated for cuts and later released from the nearby City Hospital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but members of Northern Ireland a pro British loyalist paramilitary groups were in nato pact Geneva not a in a step away from its traditional isolationism Switzerland has joined natos Security co operation pact called the partnership for peace. But Swiss officials emphasize that their country a participation will be limited. The country a military will not participate in armed nato manoeuvres the top defence minister Adolf Ogi said but will cooperate in areas of education training and Rescue operations. Mounties May go to Bosnia Quot Chretien open to Summit suggestion by Robert Russo Canadian press Denver a the mounties May be heading into the simmering cauldron of conflict in Bosnia following a Call for help from president Bill Clinton. The . President made the request yesterday of prime minister Jean Chretien during a meeting of the leaders of the industrialized countries. A president Clinton said perhaps you Canada you re Good at that training police and helping in that area a Chretien said. A i said a Fine we re willing to but there a nothing Concrete on that at this moment a he added. Canada already has sent ramp officers and police from Laval que., to help train civilian police forces in Haiti and Guatemala. Bosnia is far from peaceful although its civil War ended in 1995. The Heads of the g-8 countries have complained Muslim croatian and serbian leaders have failed to comply with Large sections of the Dayton accords that ended the civil War. A so far there a been a lot of backsliding a said foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy. He said they could slide Back into War. A there is some re equipment that is going on in that area the United states plans to withdraw its 8,500 troops from the 31,000-Strong Force in june 1998. That has led to fears the remaining Force could not native issues matter Leblanc canadians celebrate aboriginal culture by Nahlah Ayed Canadian press Ottawa a the future of Canadian aboriginals should concern All canadians both native and non native gov. Gen. Romeo Leblanc said yesterday. A i think that canadians who Are not native have to examine their own thinking a Leblanc said after unveiling a Monument at Rideau Hall to commemorate the second annual National aboriginal Day. A not Only the native people should discuss their on a Day meant to celebrate the history and culture of the aboriginal Peoples there Are still Many unresolved issues said Leblanc. A history has somewhat isolated them from the mainstream a said the governor general who visited aboriginal communities in the Yukon last week. A they often live in isolated communities a Long distance from higher education. Those Are some of the commemoration ceremonies took place in several communities across Canada on yesterday. Winnipeg a summer solstice Celebration included a traditional first nations Sunrise ceremony games and an evening concert featuring popular entertainer Tom Jackson. A this is the first year we have had 26 different aboriginal groups to tap for volunteers a said Trevor Greyeyes communications officer for the aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg. A there Are More organizations and aboriginal people involved than Ever Metis people also had their own Pavilion in Winnipeg affirming their own distinct identity amongst the first nations Peoples. A your culture is different from no aboriginal and first nations cultures a said Manitoba Metis federation president David Char Trand. A we do not want to become Ryan unearth performs a traditional dance at the Forks yesterday while David Duck inset mixes the latest shades with indigenous garb. Lost in the first nations people Are interested in learning about aboriginal issues said Jane Stewart new minister of Indian affairs and Northern development. A ninety four per cent of canadians want information on aboriginal canadians a the minister said at the Rideau Hall ceremony. A they want to know about their economic devel moment and their culture. A we have to think More broadly about How we communicate All the wonderful messages about our maintain the fragile peace in Bosnia. Canada has 1,600 troops in Bosnia. Meanwhile a Canadian initiative to abolish landmines by the year 2000 and dubbed the Ottawa process has received the tacit support of All the g-8 countries except the . Clinton is said to be opposing it at the Behest of the Pentagon. French president Jacques Chirac a unexpectedly Strong support for the plan pleased Canadian officials. A the told us he was backing the Ottawa process Over the objections of his own military a said one senior Canadian Cana afoul play unlikely Ottawa a Ottawa car Leton police say the two week disappearance of a senior military officer is probably nothing More than a missing persons Case but they refuse to Rule out the possibility that someone else could have been involved. Col. Reno Vanier was pulled dazed gaunt and with minor injuries from the Rideau River near Ottawa on Friday after a highly Public disappearance that led police to Post his photo and drag the Rideau canal for his body. Vanier whose condition was upgraded yesterday to satisfactory from serious was pulled from the River by two fishermen who spotted him lying in about one metre of water near the River a Shore and transported to civic the culprit Toronto a an artificial sweetener May have been the culprit in the poisoning of at least 66 people at a festival in nearby Burlington. But scientists and food experts from across the country Are still trying to confirm the cause of the poisoning which sent dozens of people to Hospital earlier this officials resign Montreal a a parti quebecois vice president is playing Down the significance of resignations by eight regional Montreal executives Over the passing of a linguistic school Board Bill in the Quebec legislature. A it was their Choice a said Fabien Bechard at a meeting of the party executives yesterday. 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