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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday free press Canada world Winnipeg july 27, 1997 editor Patrick Flynn / 697-7294 a3 More Canada and world news a6, and bl4around the world flares cause of stir Phoenix a military flares a rather than ufos a might be behind those mysterious Bright lights that caused such a stir in Arizona four months ago. Visiting jets from the Maryland air National guard were using High intensity flares Over a bombing Range near Phoenix the night of March 13, when Many people reported seeing lights military officials said Friday. The flares would have created quite a Light show in southwestern Arizona where Many people reported seeing the lights in a Boomerang pot gets life phenom penh apr cambo Dias Khmer Rouge guerrillas have sentenced former Leader pol pot to life imprisonment the groups Clandestine radio station announced yesterday. On Friday a thousands of people held a meeting and condemned and sentenced pol pot and his squad that had carried out serious rebellious deeds against the people a the broadcast declared. A we the representatives of All the people the army and cadres decide to condemn pol pot and his clique to life imprisonment a the radio announced near the end of the broadcast of what was described As a Public meeting to prosecute pol pot and members of his a genocidal piano found Moscow apr a grand piano that belonged to revered russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov has been found in an obscure club in a russian Village a newspaper reported yesterday. The Becker piano tracked Down by an Amateur historian will be put on display soon in the newly restored Rachmaninov estate museum in the Tambov Region. Experts have confirmed that Rachmaninov owned and played it for 25 years before leaving Russia for Good in 1917 when the bolshevik revolution began the daily Rossi Skiye vesti reported.37 killed in Algeria Algiers apr armed men slashed the throats of 37 algerian villagers in separate attacks that bore the Hallmarks of Muslim militants survivors said yesterday. The massacres occurred wednesday night Only hours before the Leader of algerians most violent Muslim militant group was reported to have been killed. No one claimed responsibility for the killings. The latest massacres came Only hours before Antar Zouabi the 26-year-old chief of the armed islamic group was reported to have been killed by government Security forces near Topaza. Laurence killed self Book cancer Ridden author didst want Long painful death Canadian press Ottawa a a new biography due out this fall on one of Canadas most revered authors Margaret Laurence says she chose suicide rather than face the Prospect of a lingering death from cancer. On Jan. 5, 1987, Laurence used a knife to crush several nembutal a dissolved the pills in water heated in a Coffee maker drank the fatal potion and ended her life at the age of 60. The official Story told by i it aurence a family and friends until now was that she had died alone of cancer at her old two Storey Brick Home in the Village of Lakefield near Peterborough ont. But her previously unpublished diary and suicide note Tell a different Story. The Ottawa citizen said that excerpts from these and other documents will be included in the Book the life of Maragret Laurence. The Book was written by James King an author and literary scholar at Mcmaster University in Hamilton ont., with the cooperation of the Laurence Laurence chose suicide rather than face the Prospect of a Long painful death from lung and kidney cancer or run the risk of being a Burden on friends and family says the biography to be published this september. A please my near and dear ones forgive me and understand. I Hope this potion works. My spirit is already in another country and my body has been a Damn nuisance. I have been so fortunate a said Laurence in a suicide note found near her body which also gave funeral instructions. In Kings uncorrected proof of the biography he describes Laurence As having problems with alcohol and when drunk becoming Boorish maudlin unkind or sexually aggressive. King also documents her Rocky relationship with Maragaret Atwood. He writes that i aurence who was grappling with writers Block in her later years was a a resentful of Atwoods increasing literary Success and Felt a a threatened by her. Several children were among the casualties in yesterdays crash near belgian resort of Ostend. Spectators die after plane crash at blustery air show in Belgium associated press Brussels a a jordanian plane crashed during an acrobatic manoeuvre at an air show yesterday killing at least nine people As it showered horrified onlookers with flame and debris. The single seat plane crashed and erupted in flames next to a first Aid Post and bleachers packed with spectators said Interior minister Johan Vande Lanotte. About 40 people were injured to of them critically said Vande Lanotte who was at the scene near the belgian coastal resort of Ostend. Several children were among the casualties Many suffering serious Burns. Panic stricken spectators attempted to flee the site delaying the arrival of ambulances. The Pilot a member of a jordanian air Force team was performing a Solo routine when he apparently lost control of the Craft about five minutes into his flight. Witnesses said the plane hurtled toward the ground. The Pilot appeared to be pulling out of a nose dive but was too late. Some witnesses said a sudden gust of wind appeared to blow the plane sideways during the manoeuvre. The air show was conducted in blustery Rainy conditions in the North sea a i Hope potion works newspaper hands purported Cunanan suicide note to police Reuters Miami Beach a the Miami Herald said yesterday it received a purported suicide note by Andrew Cunanan the alleged killer of italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and four other men. The newspaper said it handed the note which was unsigned and written on a typewriter or computer Over to police for the newspaper said the note contained a somewhat unfocused references to aids and to Cunanan Skilling spree which ended with his reported suicide in Miami Beach on wednesday. The letter bore the Date july 27 but was postmarked july 24, the Day after Cunanan shot himself when police cornered him on a Houseboat just North of the Versace murder site. A radio station quoted Miami Beach police chief Richard Barreto As saying he was not very impressed by the letter suggesting it was perhaps a hoax. A source at the Dade county medical examiners office told Reuters that widespread Media reports that Cunanan had destroyed his face with the gunshot that killed him were not accurate. A i can Tell you that is not True a the source head investigators have established however that Cunanan described by police As a Chameleon Able to change his appearance at will had shaved his head and was growing a Beard at the time of his death the radio station said. Cunanan a Gay prostitute was the Only suspect in the murder of Versace who dressed the worlds top models Rock musicians and movie stars. Versace was shot twice in the head on the Steps of his Miami Beach mansion. 1998 lexus gs400 0 60 Mph Buffalo on Lake of rav tit the Woods 15 resort Buffalo asm featuring a print m Buffalo Point my of on tax bins r�?za2w0 find. Jacuzzi tub Standard the Calley amp fireplace n an i to restaurant Cabins vat s amp year Rounder lounge Call 204 437-2557 or Ign correction re Iga Low fat insert the introduction of our Low fat products within our Low fat insert flyer july 26 incorrectly stated that the Low fat dinner buns come in a package of 8. This should have read package of 6 for 0.99c. 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Fabrics especially in casuals look to a be warming up. A hues Range from Bright Tangerine to warm blues a and earthy Colour tones Are making a Strong statement As Well As every other Colour in Between and prints which have not had much play of late a a. Appear to be staging a comeback. All in All the fabric Arena appears to really be warming up and we Haven to even touched on exciting new innovations in leather a enough just to say the distressed finishing techniques Are awesome we just received a leather and fabric sofa and chair a combination favoured at Many retailers that just leaves you breathless my wife looked at the Quot antiqued leather and then Ai me and said Quot if they can make new leather look old ask them if the can reverse the process. Fred Brick owns Brick s Fine furniture Thomasville bedroom Sale now on la it Fine furniture Brick s a a air. Ujj Iii Toof j notice there is no association Between bricks Tine furniture i id. 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