Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 5, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba 958rent pm March 2001 Canada world b1 business 85 to listings b6 editor Doug Speirs 6977248 Canada world news continued on blast puts on High Alert around Canada officers targeted bomb outside to Centre blamed on Ira dissidents two members of a Hells Angels affiliated gang who tried to run a top Quebec police investigator off the Road will be charged police provincial police Guy one of Canadas Lead ing Bike gang Only barely escaped a collision with biker police neither Ouellette nor the other officer in the unmarked car was Hurt protests planned Ontario Farmers dissatisfied with the Federal governments recent agriculture id package Are planning a province wide High Way the Ontario federation of agriculture has set the Day of action for March illness still Uncertain Toronto woman whose mysterious illness touched off an ebola scare in Hamilton has been discharged from but doctors still dont know what made her the 32yearold arrived at to Broncos Pearson inter National Airport on was Dis charged compile from Canadian press around the world bus plunges into River Lisbon Bridge collapsed in Northern Portugal and a bus carrying 67pebple plunged into a fast flowing news reports Rescue officials said there is Little Chance of finding sur two other believed to be also fell into the rebels reject peace Philippines Muslim rebels attacked an army Convoy and an outpost in two despite Macapagal to restart peace office ass said to the separatist Moro islamic liberation front fired Rock sets on an army Convoy in Barira town in injuring five officials said where the rebels have a Strong is about 900 Kilometres South of Swiss say no to eur Geneva their staunch Swiss voters yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for Diate membership talks with the european the government declared the proposal yes to was officially Defeated after More than half the country states threw it in Many German speaking the most sceptical of the More than 85 per cent were compiled from the wire serv Lpes London raising the spectre of a Campaign of attacks by opponents of peace in Northern a powerful bomb blamed by police on Ira dissidents went off Early yesterday outside the abcs television one Man was Britain was on High Alert against new attacks Fol lowing the which prime minister Tony Blair denounced As a cowardly he said it would not deter peace efforts in Northern there Are those outside the peace process who Are set on trying to turn the clock Back to the Days before the Good Friday Blair said through a referring to the provinces 1998 peace we will not allow them to take our focus from work ing with All parties to move the process no group claimed responsibility for the bombing but Scotland Yard blamed defectors from the Irish Republican which has observed a ceasefire since Ira splinter groups that want to keep up the fight to drive British troops out of Northern Ireland have been linked by police to a series of attacks in recent months in it is quite Clear that we Are dealing with ruthless terrorists who Are quite prepared to use ruthless tactics without any care for the said Deputy assistant commissioner Alan head of the Antiterrorist Branch of the metropolitan i fear we will see More attacks in coming Days or continued please see bomb b2 associated a bomb explodes outside bbl Centre Amr Nabil associated press a time to Pray a Muslim woman watches thousands of pilgrims during noon prayers yesterday at camera mosque in Arafat saudi near during the annual Muslim or pilgrimage to the which is sacred to the Hajj is followed by the three Day festival Eidul in the festival begins today at the Uniss 51 Burma starting with prayer at Landry agrees Hes big on separatism parti Quebe Cois Leader Bernard Landry said yesterday that Alberta Premier Ralph Klein was Damn right to Call him a greater threat to Canadian Unity than Lucien who will become Quebec pre Mier on has promised to be forthright with the rest of the country in pumping up the sovereignty that kind of talk prompted Klein to describe Landry on saturday As a dedicated much More so than Landry certainly want arguing the Point i think he is Damn Landry said after a pm National Council meeting where he was acclaimed party Landry said Quebec Sovereign lists can win a referendum within the next few not really because of me but because of a historical but he refused to be pinned Down on what a Sovereign Quebec would have to offer Canada if Quebe cers Ever voted yes in a continued please see Landry b2 despite frantic Effort to quarantine virus hops to Continental Europe Footman Mouth hits France London an outbreak of foot and Mouth disease that has swept the United kingdom spread to France where the agricultural minister said some sheep imported from Britain tested positive for the highly contagious ail the disease was also found at a huge National Park in southwestern officials said while Belgium shut its two largest zoos and Denmark quarantined seven farms in a bid to Ward off the livestock a farm near in South Eastern was placed under quarantine saturday after a Herd of sheep imported from Britain tested in Britain and Northern 69 sep Arate outbreaks have been about cows and been destroyed in an Effort to Stop the ailment from Agri culture officials said More animals will be an outbreak at a farm inside Dart Moor National Park raised fears that wildlife could spread the disease to other hiking and horseback Riding have been restricted on the where about cattle and sheep the affected farm is part of the duchy of Cornwall land that is Prince Charles Royal heritage and provides his it is run by his Roger since the first cases were discovered 19 at a slaughterhouse in Southern authorities have banned exports of British meat and live at outbreak herds Are being with pyres of carcasses burning around the thousands destroyed Mainland european countries have destroyed thousands of animals imported from Britain before the Export ban took France last week began destroying sheep imported from Britain As a the first suspected Footman Mouth cases outside the United kingdom were reported last week in Northern authorities closed Belgium two biggest zoos while awaiting test results on three pigs found with blisters on their a symptom of the Dis British agriculture officials said the spread of the disease May begin to what we have not seen is a lot of lat eral spread from infected premises to premises around or a lot of air borne said Richard Britain Deputy chief veterinary offi though the outbreak has spread across the it is in pockets where sheep May have mixed in markets and spread it is extremely difficult to contain an outbreak of Footman Mouth which infects Clove hoofed animals such As cows and the virus can be carried by the clothes or surviving for lengthy periods on boots and it can also be spread by contaminated water and hundreds of nature pre serves and Countryside trails in 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