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Monday, December 11, 2000

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 world Winnipeg Kcf Myhr 2000 presidency continued from Page b1 they would not have stopped the re tabulation of votes unless they were strongly inclined to ultimately Rule in Bush Boies i think that youve got five justices there that have decided that there is sub Stantial probability that Bush is right on James the former Secre tary of state who Speaks for said the Texas governor Doest believe a Vic tory in the supreme court is a sure thing but a definitive opinion by the High court would be the Best possible Way to end this in most the justices deliver stay orders without any but the court split into two warring Camps Over the each Side publicly sniping at the the courts four Liberal justices scolded their conservative accusing them of acting unwisely by granting the the Basic inherent in our Constitution and is that every Legal vote should be said Justice John Paul writing for the the Sharp dissent provoked an equally pointed response from Justice Antonin writing for the five conservative justices who halted the count first and Rule upon the legality afterwards is not a recipe for producing election results that have the Public acceptance democratic stability a Gore Victory at the supreme court would leave almost no time for the recounts to resume before a 12 dead line for states to select their delegates to the electoral republicans who dominate the Florida legislature have threatened to appoint a slate of electors Loyal to Bush if the deadline arrives with out a Clear presidential but that divisive action seems unlikely to be Scalia All but predicted the outcome of today supreme court it suffices to say that the issuance of the stay suggests that a majority of the believe that the Petitioner Bush has a substantial probability of the High court is one of the few institutions that is generally thought to be an olympian Sanctuary from the Bil ious partisanship that has been a con Stant in Washington since the Monica Lewinsky a former clerk at the supreme court called the notion of no partisanship on the Bench a but a useful its one that acts As a restraint on the this Case might Challenge that percept the justices May have been trying to safeguard that myth last week in an unsigned they sidestepped the legality of a Florida recount by asking the states court to explain Why they allowed new there is also the unlikely possibility the court could Wash its hands of the Messy matter by turning the Issue Over to lawyers for Gore and who have Learned there is no sure thing when it comes to this prepared for any eventuality when they filed their briefs late Bush lawyers asked the High court to overturn a Florida supreme court recount saying it is virtually guaranteed to incite suspicion and Lack of Confidence in the first presidential election of the 21st Gores lawyers tried to Blunt that argument in a preview of their Case for the 90minute court voters have important rights to have their ballots counted and the magnitude of those rights dwarfs any Legal arguments raised by the Vic Epresi dents Brief Canadian press celebrate the Holiday big Henry Birks sons classic collection from selection May vary by consider Birks club plan for convenient payment Birks time since 1879 Birks Polo Park Centre 7867468 1 800 682 2622 Netanyahu seeks presidency but needs israeli parliament to pass legislation allowing him to run festival of Trees lights in the Park the Junior league of Winnipeg would like to thank All the cancer care in the friends of the Assiniboine Park the Pavilion and zoological society of thank you to the following sponsors Diamond Star Winnipeg press press Platinum Star Home and Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Gold Star Loch and Mayberry Fine Art Royal Lepage and Cinpak Silver Star the Manitoba Aikins Macaulay Arthur baked Canadian great West hotel fort Johnston group Benefit Judy Obirek Loreal Macdon Manitoba Morden Pollard prolific win women television Flowers Canada my new slab Winnipeg building Winnipeg convention and Merrill Lynch Winner of the designer tree Peoples Choice award Winter wonderland designed by Angele Roskos Michelle vis sponsored by Arthur Andersen Jerusalem hours after prime minister Ehud Barak resigned yester Day to run for his a reduces Benjamin declared his own candidacy and called on parliament to pass legislation to allow him to Baraks resignation plunged Israel into a sudden election and the Hartline Netanyahu quickly took up the Challenge even though it might not be technically possible for him to i present my candidacy today for prime minister and head of the liked Netanyahu said in a news con in calling special elections to be held in who lags far behind Netanyahu in opinion took advantage of a Law that prevents the former prime minister from running because he is not a member of or candidate for Baraks resignation made possible a special election for the prime minister ship this replaces an earlier which called for general elections that were expected next Spring and would have enabled Netanyahu to run concurrently for parliament and prime minis Netanyahu denounced Barak for what he called the most cynical trick in the history of the he appealed directly to members of allow the people to choose a new leadership to replace those who have run the situation Barak will remain in office until the election and was formally renominated As the labour party candidate Only hours after he he faces a difficult Battle to win ongoing violence with the which has claimed More than 300 is pushing family begin life in exile saudi Arabia former prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived for exile in saudi Arabia yes More than a year after the army toppled his administration in a saudi sources and Airport officials Sharif arrived in the Western port City of Liddah on a Royal saudi plane in the Early afternoon amid a tight Media blackout and was whisked off to the holy City of Mecca along with his family for a the sources after the Sharif and his family were to Fly to the saudi capital where the deposed prime minister was to undergo a medical checkup at a military Hospi said a saudi source speaking on condition of Airport officials said the Security surrounding Sharif arrival in the kingdom was nearly officials in saudi Arabia were not available for the former prime minister was freed by Pakistan military govern ment earlier yesterday after a Mem Ber of the saudi Royal family brokered his release and exile to the officials from Sharif Pakistan Muslim league in a Surprise government Sharif sentence was commuted and he was ordered into this decision has been taken in the Best interest of the country and people of the government said in an official statement carried by the state run news press 2 o o o brought to you by the free press were there for you How to play fill out the entry each week from november 8 until december 27 a random draw will be held for 50 litres of husky or Mohawk a total 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