Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2001 Canada 83 peth08has Fless the Petr Obras platform lists in the Atlantic after a series of explosions on offshore Rig shake brazils currency Rio de Janeiro explosions rav aged brazils largest offshore Oil Rig killing at least one weakening the nations currency and shaking its biggest three explosions shortly after mid night rocked the which sits about 200 Kilometres Northeast of Rio de Janeiro and accounts for More than three fourths of the million barrels of Oil Brazil produces by late the huge Rig was listing at a 30degree Angle and Petro the state Oil said there was a risk the Rig could if it it could leak nearly cubic metres of Oil and diesel into the Petr Obras anti Oil Barri ers already Are surrounding the the disaster sent Petr Obras shares plummeting and weakened the Brazil Ian already at a 24month associated press stage set for Alberta Boss to Lead first ministers to the right Klein now Dean of premiers by Bob Weber Edmonton the Ripples from Alberta Premier Ralph kleins electoral tidal wave Are about to Lap Over the rest of say former premiers and political once the Radical newcomer among provincial kleins huge mandate this week has cemented his current Posi Tion As the most experienced and longest serving among with most of his counterparts both conservative and relative the stage is set for Klein to Lead the premiers in a shift to the and who hides steel nerves in a Pudgy is also positioned to head the fight against any encroachments from a Federal govern ment with Cash to spare and a legacy to if you Combine Klein and Ontario Premier Mike theres going to be a greater influence on Ottawa things like tax cuts and More decentralization of says Gary the former conservative Premier of some sort of common front will be says former Saskatchewan Premier Roy if that Doest i think there is the Prospect that Ottawa will simply View the premiers As being less and less important More less capable of find ing he Ottawa will be More inclined to move Ralph has never been one who did it acknowledge the need to have All regions of Canada be Strong Gary Filmon Ralph has the experience and i think Hes got the respect of the i think there will be some onus on Klein won his third mandate monday with a majority that surprised even him 74 seats in an 83seat combined with a government surplus that is More than half the size of the Federal Klein will come to the pre Miers table with an influential mix of political strength and fiscal although most of the premiers Are experienced Klein and har Ris Are the Only ones who have been in office longer than two five pre Miers Are conservatives and a sixth righting voice could be added by the British Columbia favoured to win an upcoming provincial there will be a More rights Centre says Peter a political scientist at the University of the Centre have moved toward them As More premiers have crossed to their Side of the its going to be a different kind of group with Ralph Klein and Mike har Ris having the largest voices in such a United provincial right could press Ottawa on issues such As further tax cuts and healthcare says Hamish Telford of the Institute of inter governmental relations at Queens University in As it could affect talks Over renewal of the social Union which is set to expire at the end of the if they do continue to work co opera they could create quite a front against the Federal Telford Filmon said Klein is unlikely to begrudge poorer provinces a share of Albertas growing Ralph has never been one who didst acknowledge the need to have All regions of Canada be he Canadian press Macbeth quits As Liberal Leader waiter tychnow1cz Edmonton Sun Macbeth party decimated Edmonton with elegant poise but a shaky smile Nancy Macbeth resigned As Albertas Liberal Leader the second time in a decade she has quit politics after losing to Ralph looking out the window of the opposition building toward the premiers office she Macbeth said she had no Choice after her party was decimated at the polls on monday and she was ejected from her own i was saddened by the she Canadian press around the world russian plane hijacked saudi Arabia chechen men wielding knives and claiming to have a bomb hijacked a russian plane carrying 174 people after it left Turkey yesterday and forced it to land in the holy saudi City reports said 45 hostages were freed or escaped the Mir crash a tourist draw Moscow after reluctantly deciding to dump the aging Mir space russian controllers chose a spot for reentry along a Swath of the South far from the nearest inhabited herring Media a Calif Public relations has chartered a plane for space enthusiasts and television Crews to Fly to the site a trip russian aerospace Agency director Yuri Koptev compares to a suicide jump off a storms Batter South severe including at least one lashed the Florida pan handle and southwestern Georgia Early killing one injuring More than a dozen others and toppling Trees and Fatah members arrested Jerusalem three members of Yasser Arafat Fatah group accused of planning a bomb attack in Jerusalem have been Israel announced while lifting some roadblocks in the West Bank and Gaza allowing palestinians More Freedom of move in the West Bank City of israeli troops threw a stun grenade into the courtyard of a palestinian injuring five the military said school children were throwing rocks at baby was there Dallas an 18yearold woman regained consciousness a week after giving birth to a healthy girl while in a coma induced by a car Shannon Kranzberg gave birth on 14 after a staphylococcus infection apparently triggered she had been in a coma for two i just woke up and the baby was she told the Dallas morning jailed for life a 15yearold boy was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole for strangling a younger playmate and dumping his body into a dry septic John who showed no reaction to the was tried As an adult and convicted 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