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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 958-rent 7368 More Canada and world news b2-3, b5-6 and b8 around Canada foals find mend Kelowna . Animal rights activists Are hoping to end the pregnant Mare urine Industry one horse at a time. An estimated 75,000 foals Are produced by the Industry s pregnant mares each year about 35,000 of them end up in slaughterhouses. Noreen Nawrocki of the responsible animal care society made a trip to Manitoba earlier this month to buy 120 foals at an auction. Pregnant Mare urine is used to produce pre Marin a hormone replacement therapy. Take it to Bank Toronto the Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal Are considering offering written guarantees that Job cuts would Only be made by attrition if the two Banks Are allowed to merge. Royal s chief economist John Mccal Lum told ctr s sunday edition. Meanwhile . Studies show the mergers might not bring any benefits for customers or shareholders. The . Federal Reserve Board looked at the operating performance of 19 Bank mergers Between 1990 and 1993 and concluded that Only six showed improvement in profitability and efficiency. Grim Job continues Halifax the identities of More passengers on Board Swissair flight 111, which crashed sept. 2, Are expected to be confirmed today when Nova Scotia s medical examiner or. John butt returns to the Job of trying to identify More than 140 different Dan samples. Ten identities had been confirmed yesterday. School Days Distant Toronto thousands of students begin a third week sitting out class today and one Union Leader said he s pessimistic they la see school Days any time soon. The fact that four school boards have locked out teachers suggests these things will carry on a lot longer said Marshall Jarvis president of the Ontario English Catholic teachers association. _ around the world bombings denied Berlin Washington Post a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden who was arrested in Germany last week has acknowledged he knows the saudi expatriate but denied he had any connection with the bombings of . Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania German Law enforcement officials said yesterday. The officials said they were anticipating a request from the United states to extradite Mah duh Mah mud Salim 40, who is suspected of being a leading figure in bin Laden s financial and terrorist operations. He was arrested last wednesday while visiting a Friend in Bavaria. Georges hits Antigua St. Johns Antigua a Hurricane Georges began lashing the easternmost islands of the Caribbean yesterday forcing families to huddle in basements. Winds were gusting to 80 Kilometres per hour in Antigua by late afternoon with forecasters predicting the Hurricane s full 210 pm a fury by later yesterday evening. The storm is a category 4 Hurricane comparable to Hurricane Andrew which hit Florida in 1992. Swedish party wanes Stockholm a the political party that has governed Sweden for most of the past seven decades got its lowest support Ever in National elections yesterday but was Likely to retain Power. The social democrats had just 36.7 per cent of the vote a plunge from the 45 per cent the party got four years ago and Short of the majority needed to govern without support from other parties. Canada & world monday september 21, 1998 business/b7 editor Patrick Flynn / 697-7294 b1 t Al in Zap a games end Malaysia cracks whip f a a associated press Kuala Bumpur Malaysia Malaysia s fired Deputy prime minister was arrested late yesterday after thousands of his supporters marched to the prime minister s House provoking riot police to fire tear Gas into the crowd. Anwar Ibrahim was led away by police carrying assault rifles and pushed into a Van. Hundreds of his angry supporters shouted god is great and Long live Anwar shaking their fists As police led Ibrahim out of the House where he has conducted almost two weeks of protest rallies against the 17-year-Rule of prime minister Mah Athir Mohamad. Hundreds of riot police blocked roads in the Well heeled neighbourhood to prevent his supporters from marching after the Van. The violence occurred More than two hours after an unprecedented rally at die capital s Central Mardeka Freedom Square where Ibrahim had led 35,000 people in chanting demands for Mohamad s resignation. The demonstrators then marched to the front Gate of the prime minister s official residence. They were met by riot police wearing riot Shields and masks who fired tear Gas bombs and water Cannon. Smoke filled the Highway in front of the residence As the police fired at least three volleys. Thousands of people Many screaming what is it wrapped their faces in cloths and tried to get Back to the Centre of town. Ibrahim 51, was fired by Mohamad on sept. 2 from his posts As Deputy prime minister and finance minister. He was arrested said one of Ibrahim s lawyers under a Law Banning sodomy. Three lawyers were allowed to accompany him and they expect him to be charged today. Police have said they were investigating allegations of treason sexual misconduct and abuse of Power against Ibrahim. Ibrahim had predicted he would be arrested at the end of the Commonwealth games which close today. Yesterday s newspapers carried Banner headlined stories containing explicit details of the alleged offences confessed in a sessions court hearing on saturday by Ibrahim s adopted brother and a Friend. Both men had been denied Access to their relatives or lawyers during their police detention. Sodomy is a crime in this conservative Muslim country and both men were sentenced to six months sex Dpi pity prime y minister Anwar Ibrahim top wearing glasses is led away from his Home by police As supporters demonstrate in background and March in the streets left following a rally for the ousted Ibrahim. Riot police fired tear Gas above to disperse the crowds that rallied on the closing Day of the Commonwealth games. In prison. Ibrahim has vehemently denied the charges and said they have been cooked up by Mohamad who fears his growing popularity and the Challenge to his Rule. The violence has sullied the state visit of the Queen who was worshipping at a nearby Church during the rally at Mardeka Square the site where malaysian Independence from Britain was declared in 1957. She planned to meet Mohamad today. Ibrahim s appearance in the Centre of the capital at the beginning of the Royal visit was the culmination of a week of countrywide rallies in which he has called for Mohamad s resignation and accused the 72-year-old Leader of corruption. Mohamad said earlier yesterday he was not intimidated. There will have to be winning conditions Bouchard bends pm on new Unity vote by Luann Lasalle Canadian press Bouchard yes or nothing Laval que. Premier Lucien Bouchard said yesterday he will never hold a losing referendum on Quebec separation As he emerged triumphant Over parti quebecois hardliners who wanted him to have an Independence vote whether or not it could be won. Bouchard won his Battle to add the catchwords winning conditions to a Resolution that Calls for him to hold a referendum if the pm wins the next provincial election expected later this fall or next Spring. Those key words could allow him to wriggle out of holding such a vote or to put it on the Back Burner indefinitely if he does t think he can win. The move is Likely to continue a Long term climate of political uncertainty. There will not be a lost referendum As Long As i m Leader of this party Bouchard told a news conference after a weekend meeting with pm members in Laval North of Montreal. A third defeat for the yes Side since 1980 would be unthinkable he said. People know now that this party and myself will never launch a referendum without prior winning Bouchard has spent much of the last year saying he won t hold a losing sovereignty vote. He denied the new Resolution would allow him to get out of calling a referendum in his next mandate. It obliges me to create the winning conditions before launching a referendum he said. On saturday the party s Hartline Independence supporters succeeded in passing a Resolution that asked Bouchard to hold another referendum if re elected. The delegates narrowly rejected a Call to add the word winning to that Resolution. Bouchard apparently was not pleased with the move against him. It allowed people to think that whatever happens there will be a referendum he said even if it s a losing yesterday another Resolution was unexpectedly put Forward by members to include the words winning conditions and was passed almost unanimously. Continued please see Bouchard /b2 Navy Crew s Gulf tour rough report by Dean Beeby Canadian press Halifax defence minister Art Eggleton gave them All medals but Crew members on a naval frigate were denied basics like summer shirts and medication while patrolling the arabian Gulf earlier this year. A newly released report from hocs Toronto says the ship also lacked targets for target practice lubrication Oil for a hot climate and passports to Send. Ailing Crew members Home. Many of the problems arose because the High tech warship was reassigned to enforce a .-led  embargo against Iraq on feb. 10 while it was in the midst of a cold climate nato exercise off Norway. Toronto sailed with the expectation of operating primarily in the North Atlantic says the 42-Page report obtained under the Access to information act. The re tasking to the arabian Gulf meant that Many of the ship s company did not have sufficient Short sleeve shirts. A hocs Toronto plan to provide summer uniforms to the ship s company was the ship s doctor also asked for and was denied foot powder and other medication As the Crew wilted in daytime temperatures of up to 33 c or 52 c when humidity is factored in. This Lack of support for a ship in an operational theatre was on occasion unacceptable says the frigate s Post deployment report on operation determination. The ship s Captain cmdr. Brett Johnson had requested passports for the entire ship s company before the frigate left Halifax on Jan. 12 in Case any Crew member had to return Home unexpectedly. His request was denied. Thirty three Crew members eventually had to be flown Back to Canada during the Mission creating administrative headaches and driving up costs because travel documents were not readily available. When sailors did have to Fly Home Short notice and very expensive arrangements through Chandlers consulates and embassies had to be used to provide passports and the report was particularly critical of the Navy for failing to Weed out Crew members Likely to crack under the stress of such a deployment. Six people with a Clear history of psychological problems related to stress were allowed to sail on hocs Toronto five of whom had to be sent Home Early. Had the medical histories and family situations these six personnel been examined More closely they would not Likely have sailed with the ship s gunnery Crew also had difficulty maintaining competence because they had no killer tomatoes Navy Slang for inflatable red practice targets that float. Other problems cited in the june 16 report a Navy brass took almost a month to determine a War zone special benefits package for the Crew leaving the ship s company in the dark about their pay. A mail was slow and intermittent. One delivery was delayed by two months. A there was no doctor aboard trained in tropical Medicine and at least one patient suffered from a tropical disease. A grease and oils suitable for colder climates broke Down in the intense heat of the Gulf. A phone cards intended to provide each Crew member with 15 minutes of Long distance calling every three weeks used outdated rates leaving some Crew Cut off after talking with their families for Only three minutes. A Basic toiletries were difficult to obtain and expensive. Navy spokesman . Mike Considine said military brass Are still reviewing the report s observations and recommendations. Eggleton and vice Admiral Greg Maddison handed out 145 medals and 74 bars when hocs Toronto returned to Halifax on june 16 after More than six months at sea. The Crew was credited with boarding 39 merchant vessels to ensure compliance with in resolutions restricting iraqi exports while limiting imports to food medical and other humanitarian goods. 1999 world Junior hockey championship Winnipeg  Brandon  Selkirk Portage la Prairie december 26,198-january 5,1999 for tickets Call Winnipeg  780-seat toll free  1 888 780-seat Brandon  204 726-3555 this is for Pride win Nirta pc Anapa ;