Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Best rate Rice Imam gig macs subject in certain conditions May 1411 Henderson 9257420 491 Portage 7884040 1510 Marks 3025 Portage 9257390 news continued on around the world Victory for Pinochet Chile an appeals court dropped homicide and kidnapping charges against Augusto Pinochet yes setting up a supreme court show Down on the Pinochet Fate of the former lawyers for the plaintiffs against the 85yearold former ruler said they will Appeal the 0 court ruling lifted a House arrest Pinochet faces 189 criminal complaints stemming from the human rights abuses during his 197390 shuttle Home again Cape the space shuttle endeavour and its Crew of including Canadian astronaut Marc Gar returned to Earth in Triumph ending nasal most difficult space station construction Mission during their week at the Alpha International space the shuttle Crew installed the worlds largest and most Power Ful solar three space walks were required to attach the Winter blasts Midwest the Midwest first major storm of the season blew in yesterday with cold and heavy Snow and snarled air travel around the temperatures fell below the freezing Mark As far South As and blowing Snow and cold closed schools in South Minnesota and far ther icy roads kept Young sters Home in Missouri and which had hundreds of traffic complied from the news services around Canada pot charge dropped Calgary a Law that pro Hibits the cultivation of marijuana is unconstitutional because it Doest allow for medical an Alberta judge ruled Justice Darlene Acton threw out a charge of cultivating against Grant who uses pot to offset the effects of Multi ple Section 56 of the controlled drugs and substance act allows the Federal health minister to exempt canadians from being charged with growing and pos Sessing marijuana for medical use or Drunken scooting a Saskatchewan Man accused of driving his medical Scooter while impaired has been ordered to pay a hefty Allan Melby pleaded guilty two of three unpaid cd driving was fined and banned from operating the Scoter for 30 court heard that on one Occa he drove by the Weyburn police station and made an obscene refugees flooding in Toronto a staggering number of refugee claimants Are crossing into Canada at Border Crossings in Southern the Globe and mail reported yes the elastic is being Bent pretty Bruce Immi Gration Canadas director of operations for Southern told the the claimants Are coming from sri Pakistan and the United states at 8 rate of 2000 Canad world b1 business 86 tse listings b8 Mutual funds b9 editor Doug Speirs 6977248 airlines risk suit Over clots Sydney an australian Law firm said yesterday it was considering a class action against four major airlines it said had failed to warn Pas sengers of the potential dangers of Economy class Law firm Slater and Gordon said it would seek talks with British airways Qantas airways air France and air new zealand before deciding How to proceed on behalf of about 10 people who say they suffered blood clots after Long we May Issue a number of class actions against the airlines or Issue individual Slater and Gordon lawyer Paul Henderson told australian Carrier Qantas would not comment directly on the class action but australian Law firm weighing class action on victims behalf said it had been advising passengers for some time about How to avoid possible flight related health we have for Over 10 years included in our inflight Magazine advice on How to exercise while seated and also advice on just getting up occasionally and mov ing about the Qantas inflight ser vices general manager Paul Miller told australian broadcasting corp air new zealand also said it had no comment and the other two airlines have yet to comment Henderson said the class action could expand to include More airlines and More than 100 litigants after Media reports yesterday that his firm was plan Ning weve had Well Over 100 clients con tact us in the past 24 Henderson this could potentially involve any airline running flights to and from aus he said each potential litigant would Likely seek damages of at least although the amount sought could vary according to the severity of the ill recount doubts Divide court Bob Bukaty associated press demonstrators wave signs in front of the supreme court the court could Rule what constitutes a completed ballot by Robert Russo Washington a divided supreme court signalled that it might be impossible to accurately recount Florida ballots during what was Likely the defining showdown in the Strug Gle for the american the justices retired for a Delibera Tive conference after a 90minute hearing yesterday on the contested election with no indication of when they might arrive at a without an order from the High court to resume the recount of Florida Al Gores presidential Hopes would Many of the justices rapid fire queries were aimed at answering a question that has bedevilled both sides since the 7 election ended in a Vir Tual tie what constitutes a vote for president in the state of Florida the supreme court voted 54 on saturday to accede to George Bush plea to halt the manual recount of votes that had been ordered by Florida supreme before that Bush held a Lead of less than 200 votes in the state out of almost six million the Winner of Florida takes the states 25 electoral College which would give him More than the 270 required to become the 43rd each Florida county sets its own Stan Dard on what constitutes a completed that Lack of uniformity prompted some pique from supreme court Justice Sandra Day Why int the Standard the one the voters were instructed to for goodness Sakes Why dont we go to that Standard she asked Gores David Why there be one subjective Rule for All counties Justice David Souter asked Bush Theodore Justice Stephen Breyer pressed Olson for Bush notion of a fair Stan Dard to use to count the penetration of the ballot card As a minimum should be Olson the justices could either order a resumption of the manual recounts there with revised standards or award Florida 25 electoral College votes to making him House and Senate committees voted yesterday for resolutions that name a slate of 25 presidential electors Loyal Steve Helber associated press a Bush supporter flashes a loser sign for Gore in to the resolutions will next be consid ered by the full House and Senate of the state republicans hold an overwhelming majority in both the House meets today and the sen ate on although neither chamber is required to vote on those Canadian press deep vein thrombosis grabbed inter National attention in october when a 28 year old British woman died after a 20hour flight from Australia to the condition is commonly called econ omy class syndrome because the risks of developing paralysis or potentially fatal blood clots Are created by immobility and cramped seating such As that found in cheaper airline the 10 passengers in the possible class action say they were not informed prop Erly about the possibility of developing deep vein thrombosis while on Long Henderson said each of the original 10 claimants had been hospitalized with blood clots after taking Long Reuters eur agrees on Reform after Long Summit France the longest Summit in european Union history ended in hard fought Compromise approving reforms to streamline the us decision making before it expands to embrace formerly communist Eastern applause broke out in the Hall when Blear eyed leaders of the 15 member states struck a Deal at around on Day 5 of the Marathon a lat night stand by the last to resist what the smaller states saw As a Power grab by the us big threatened to scuttle the Complex Deal to reshuffle the votes of member states on the policymaking Council of minis gruelling but the belgians finally accepted Frances third ending a Gru Elling Battle to redraw Power lines in the bloc before the eur takes in up to 12 new mostly from East of the for Mer Iron curtain a process expected to Start in this Summit of Nice will go Down in european history As a Summit that shaped the said president Jacques who hosted the meeting in this Riviera resort that crowned Frances much criticized eur presiden but echoing some of the european commission president Romano Prodi told the same news con Ference i cannot hide from you a cer Tain regret that we did not manage to go Prodi criticized members for clinging to some National vetoes even though the eur needed More majority voting to Avert gridlock in its while smaller states reluctantly accepted the Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder voiced satisfaction that Ger Many influence had grown even though it did not win More Council votes to reflect its larger size since reunification in he was referring to Summit measure ers to redesign the Ells voting assigning new quantities of votes to each member and extending the number of issues to be decided by majority rather than it also set limits on the growth of the blocs executive commis one key result will be that Germany will be Able to Block decisions with any two other big states and will not depend on French support to do Reuters team probing Mideast violence begins work Eyal Warshavsky associated press Barak support drained by violence Jerusalem a commission began investigating 10 weeks of Middle East bloodshed yesterday by praising israeli and palestinian officials for their help in trying to bring about an end to the we Are very pleased that in our Ini tial meetings with representatives of the two both indicated their willing Ness to cooperate fully with the com said former senator George head of the fireman Mitchell spoke to reporters after meet ing prime minister Ehud Barak and other israeli officials for three hours on a visit overshadowed by political turmoil in the five member team later began talks with palestinian president Yasser Arafat in our Hope is that our work will be helpful to the parties in reducing the level of violence that has claimed so Many lives and to help ensure an Early return to the negotiating Mitchell said before heading for Gaza in an armoured underscoring the israeli troops shot dead a palestinian in the West Bank and another died of raising to 312 the number of people killed 261 palestinians and 13 israeli arabs on one Side and 38 soldiers and other israelis on the witnesses in Nablus said the soldiers killed a 28yearold stationery shop Anwar Ahmed a Mem Ber of the militant islamic jihad outside his an israeli army spokesman said they had fired at a palestinian who opened fire on an outpost but they were Uncer Tain whether he was witnesses said the Man had done Noth ing to provoke the this was a Clear Case of said Mah moved the palestinian Gover nor of palestinian officials said who israeli authorities suspected of involve ment in bomb was recently released from a palestinian authority where he had been held for he previous had spent six years in israeli israels political scene remained clouded a Day after Barak resigned and right Winger Benjamin Netanyahu announced he intended to Challenge him in an election due within 60 although he is the front runner in opinion Netanyahu is barred from standing because of a Law that allows Only members of parliament to contest a special election for prime which Barak forced by resigning Sun Reuters ;