Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 14, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg a tiny around the world station looks on track Washington when a runaway unmanned cargo ship collided with Mir last it looked for a while As if it might Knock out a lot More than the russian space russian american cooperation to build a new International space station seemed at As two cosmonauts prepare to try repairing the crippled russian space prestige and the safety of the two russians and one american on Board Are at but the proposed joint International space station appears to have weathered another analysts said plans to begin build ing the International station next year probably will remain on despite a perennial attack on its Bud get and doom saying among critics in and out of Congress about the june 25 Accident aboard plane kills 8 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro Reuter a Small plane crashed in a crowded Square full of Bingo players in Southeastern Brazil killing at least eight people and injuring police the single engined plane hit a truck and a then slowed into 700 people gathered for the outdoor Bingo the planets two who were taking photographs of the Bingo survived the crash with a police spokesman tropical storm forms Miami Reuter the third tropical storm of the 1997 Atlantic Hurricane season formed East of the coast a Day after the seasons first faded in the Northern As of 5 the weather sys tem spinning West of Bermuda had strengthened enough to become tropical storm the National Hurricane Centre its Centre was about 450 Kilometres South Southeast of Cape hat and 773 Kilometres West of the Hurricane Centre the system was nearly stationary but forecasters said they expected it to begin Drifting northward last seeks evidence Washington Ken Clinton administration officials yesterday asked Havana to provide them with any evidence it has tying nationals to bombings in two prominent tourist hotels this we have no indication of any connection to the As of said a state department who added that formal requests were sent yesterday to both the cuban foreign ministry and the cuban interests Section in the action comes in the Wake of saturdays charge from Havana that Cubas Interior ministry has evidence that the ones responsible for these and for the materials that were come from the United president flogged Ken russian president Boris Yeltsin flogged the finnish head of state in the Sauna the last Day of a visit that celebrated the two countries Long i used a russian Birch switch to spank the president very Yeltsin told demonstrating his technique with his right finnish president Martti Ahti Saari chuckled in response and Shook Yeltsin hand russian bathhouses Combine ele ments of finnish saunas and turkish steam and bathers tradition ally beat each other with Birch Yeltsin is on vacation at the government resort of a Burskaya Chupa in North of Petersburg that Borders on press cuts marchers protest in Hong Kong Hong Kong hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong yester Day to protest the new governments plan to suspend labour rights adopted in the Twilight of British defend labour oppose the chief executive abolishing the Banne waving pro democracy activists and Trade unionists chanted As the group of about Soo marched to the office of Hong Kongs new chief executive tunes government said last week it Pope Calls politicians killing an act of blood new labour rights to be suspended would introduce a Bill wednesday to suspend Laws improving workers fights adopted by the elected colonial which was Dis solved with the july 1 takeover by one of the Las minute Laws gives unions the right to use collective bar gaining in pay lungs administration says it needs a proper and thorough scrutiny of the implications of the labour Lee a Trade unionist and Dorffler legislator who is on a five Day hunger strike to protest the govern ments took part in the when so Many members of the pub he and workers come their sympathy and it shows that at least the hunger strike has achieved the purpose of raising the consciousness of the population in Hong Kong about How the new government handles labour rights Lee he planned to end his hunger strike Reuter Spain a Young politician kidnapped and shot by Eta Basque guerrillas died sparking a violent backlash against the Radical separatist group and International Pope John Paul denounced the killing of Miguel Angel a Basque town As an act of after this Eta is More Iso lated than Basque political Lead ers said in a if they were not loved they Are despised More than a million spaniards vented their fury at the kidnapping in a series of massive demonstrations across the country Friday and Satur officials said it was the most pow Erful display of National outrage at Eta in almost All the gatherings were family of slain politician Miquel Angel Blanco grieves but anger turned to violence yesterday morning in the Northern City of hours after Hospital officials announced that Blanco had died of two gunshot wounds to the fierce clashes erupted Between sup porters and opponents of Eta who threw bottles and rocks at each and hundreds of Spanish youths shout ing murderers attacked a handful of the rebel groups police in riot with their faces intervened at one fired rubber bullets at youths who tried to storm the Headquarters of Etas political Herri which stands for Basque Homeland and abducted Blanco on the guerrillas killed him two Days last night and to be replaced by another unionist and former Leung who will fast until wednesday when the new legis lature at the Centre of the controversy is also the legitimacy of Laws passed by the current unelected meant to be an interim which has been condemned by democrats and the British colonial government As having no Legal pro democracy Camps have refused to join the new legislature after dominating the previous fully elected blast shakes in facility after serb slain Reuter London there was an explosion outside in police head quarters in Zornic in Eastern bbl radio reported few details were available but the Bosnia serb news Agency reported a vehicle was blown up in the the bbl the explosion occurred a few hours after Bosnia serb leaders honoured a police chief As a fallen hero three Days after British soldiers shot him dead when he resisted arrest on War crimes Simo a former police chief of Price Dor who allegedly led ethnic cleansing against muslims and croats in was killed after he opened fire on British special while bosnian serbs portrayed Del Jacas death As British defence Secretary George Robertson said the attempt to arrest him signalled a crackdown on suspects wanted by the in War crimes tribunal for the for Mer this incident will have upset a lot of people who thought they were get Ting away with he ;