Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 saturday free june Tho world 95 nations Back treaty on landmines Axworthy plan gains wide support by Margaret Evans Canadian press Brussels ninety five countries have formally pledged to meet in Ottawa on 2 to sign a comprehensive treaty Banning the production use and stockpiling of antipersonnel this meeting has been a tremendous said Jill head of Ottawa disarmament at the close of the fou Day conference on a global ban on antipersonnel mines in this afternoon we saw 95 countries sign up to the Brussels declaration we had so countries associate them selves with Ottawa last so we can see the More than 150 countries took part in the which Are a part of the so called Ott Watrack launched by Canadas foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy last Axworthy invited nations to Ottawa to Start work on a comprehensive treaty Banning the since the Ott Watrack has been endorsed by a growing number of governments and a coalition of More than nongovernmental organi including the International red Cross and care we have thrown our full support behind the Ottawa said Jody head of the International Campaign to ban we believe Ottawa is the Only humane added Clarice Taylor of care big landmine producers and users like Russia and China have failed to Back the Ottawa process and did not take part in the Washington is also opposed to the arguing that it should be negotiated under the Purview of the United nations conference on Aid agencies have argued that the in process will simply be too slow As it requires they also Hope that the Large number of countries signalling their willingness to sign a treaty in december will put pressure on recalcitrant nations to join Sinclair says its too soon to Tell what the United states will i think they Are still considering the i think the fact that 95 coun tries have already signed the Brussels that 153 Are this will give them pause for she countries ranging from Angola to Bosnia have indicated that they will support the Ottawa thirteen of the european unions members including France and Britain have indicated their support for Ottawa As have All nato countries with the exceptions of Greece and the United Greece refuses to sign of territorial disputes with a firebomb Burns near israeli soldiers in palestinian rioters clash with israelis by Samar Assad associated press West Bank pales Tinian rioters pelted israeli sol Diers with firebombs and pipe bombs resuming clashes in this divided City after a week of tense protesters burned israeli hurled bottles filled with acid and rolled Burn ing tires toward soldiers who responded with rubber wounding seven one israeli Soldier was slightly injured from a pipe bomb destroyed parts of a Wall and blew out the rear window of a parked soldiers in riot gear took positions on rooftops to get better aim at the breaking into a pales Tinian elementary school at one Point to get Access to the most of the Stone throwers were Young teenagers who carried buckets of stones to reinforce their comrades in the front some shouted Long live a reference to the Mili tary Wing of the Muslim militant group Izzedin Al and carried Green Hamas there have been riots in Hebron and other palestinian towns since when Israel began construction of a jewish neighbourhood in East the sector claimed by the palestinians As a future in the Gaza 200 palestinian protesters gathered near the jewish settlement of where palestini ans claim Israel has expropriated land to build the settlers a new some shouted no to settlements Palestine is for us and waved pales Tinian flags at settlers who planted Trees on a Hilltop As a conservationists dig pit to protect elephants from Farmers by Ranjan Roy associated press India for Cen Southern indians dug pits to trap elephants and kill them for their Ivory or train them for work in hindu wars or Timber haul now conservationists Are taking up not to trap the endangered but to save them from whose farms Border the Lush teak and Bamboo forests in Southern India that Are among the last Homes of asian ele researchers Hope their planned pit actually a 177kilometrelong dry Moat that is two metres deep and three metres across will keep elephants away from crops that Farmers will kill to the War with Farmers has Only added to the elephants depleting numbers already hit hard by India is Home to half the remaining asian a species that once roamed in the millions from the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East All the Way across Asia to now the wild population inhabits areas totalling just Square kilo me Arun of the elephant research unit of the Indian Institute of said at least 14 elephants have been killed by Farmers since March 1996 near a half dozen wildlife reserves Are located near Farmers Are More worried for their crops than the survival of one Bull elephant wandering from a Reserve can consume up to 75 kilo Grams of Finger Millet in one a study of 10 villages found that elephants ate or destroyed nearly kilograms of banana and coconuts in one season across around the world peace Deal hits Snag penh a a peace Between the cambodian government and Khmer Rouge guerrillas snagged yesterday Over the Fate of pol the country for Mer Leader reported held captive by his own fighters As a bargaining Hun one of two prime minis ters in Cambodia tense government rejected a peace plan apparently reached Between the guerrillas and negotiators acting for his Prince Norodom Hun sen said the plan is unacceptable but added his mind could change if the Khmer Rouge hand Over pol pot and free five govern ment negotiators taken hostage in this eked released Congo Washington Post congos leading opposition Etienne was released Early yesterday morning from several hours of detention and interrogation that touched off sporadic violence by his mobs of Young men burned sever Al cars and rampaged through three Gas stations and torched dozens of tires to protest his incarceration by the congolese Tabilas troops detained the Long time opposition Leader thursday night after this eked apparently refused to attend a meeting with the Shabazz mourned new York Reuters thou Sands of people attended an islamic funeral service yesterday for Betty widow of slain Black nation Alist Leader Malcolm who died from Burns she suffered in a fire allegedly set by her mourners crowded into the islamic cultural Centre in Manhattan for the private four Days after Shabazz succumbed to Burns Over 80 per cent of her she was secrets revealed Paris Reuters French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau reveals his secrets for lessons on life and warnings of environmental hazards in his memoirs due to go on Sale six Days after he died of a heart Cousteau wrote the 400page the the octopus and the Orchidea Over the course of 20 completing it shortly before dying wednesday at age they just started Oino out pfc original recipe new pfc tender roast plus tax limited time offer c our 10 piece meal now gives you the Choice 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