Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, June 02, 2001

Issue date: Saturday, June 2, 2001
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 2, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2001 Canada a17 nepalese Prince kills family heir Slaughters siblings then himself Kathmandu Nepal Crown Prince opened fire in the Royal Palace of the Himalayan King Dom shooting dead his parents the King and Queen in an apparent dispute Over his Choice of a senior military official the Prince also gunned Down six others before killing Crown Prince killed King Birendra and Queen his Prince and Sis Princess the official the 24yearold Princess was married and had two four others were also killed in the shootings at Naraya Hiti Royal though their identities were not immediately the who spoke on condition of said the shootings of the revered royals were prompted by a dispute Over the Crown princes marriage because his the was reported to have objected to his Choice of the Queen was the Crown educated at Britain Eton was heir to the a helicopter was sent to 120 Kilometres Southwest of capital to pick up Prince Gya the Kings younger sources at the Airport Prince who is next in line to the was expected to succeed King the government was expected to make a formal announcement Only after the Kings brother replaces the capital of Mil woke up today to news of the hundreds of people began walking toward the Royal Palace in the heart of the police in riot gear surrounded the perimeters of the Iron Walls that sur round the Concrete pushing Back the the main Street leading to the Palace was closed John Mcconnico associated press Prince top with King Birendra and Queen As people began to the state run radio Nepal stopped its regular programs to broadcast religious songs but there was no official announcement King held nearly absolute Power until when seven weeks of demonstrations and riots forced him to give into demands from democracy a parliamentary government was established and the King has since remained a appearing in ceremonies and address ing the parliament once a the turning Point in the resistance of the Harvard educated King came april when police fired at demonstrators marching toward the Royal officials said at least 72 people died but witnesses put the death toll at More than Birendra was crowned King in 1972 to replace his late King Mahen he was the latest Monarch in the Shah which has held the throne since the Many especially illiterate Farmers who make up the bulk of the country 22 million viewed the King As the reincarnation of the hindu god some 90 per cent of Nepal population is the shootings come at a time of major political instability in opposition parties have been demand ing prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala resignation for the govern ments alleged role in a bribery scan dal and for not better quelling a maoist Nepal is located in South Asia along the slopes of the Himalayan mountains and is Home to eight of the worlds 14 peaks above the tallest being mount associated press global warming will Likely aggravate asthma in kids by Dennis Bueckert Ottawa a greater number of very hot Days due to climate change will increase air pollution problems in Cana Das big with children at special says a report by the Canadian Institute of child childhood asthma and respiratory already a major Public health will Likely be aggravated if global warming projections Are suggests the federally funded scientists predict that Over the next Canadian children will live in a country that is to five degrees cel Sius warmer in Southern Canada and As much As five to seven degrees warmer in the noted Don a spokesman for the the study is one of the first to link global warming with deteriorating air solar Energy is a catalyst for the chemical reactions that cause ground level a key ingredient of More intense summer heat Waves would result in More serious smog and Ozone the report ground level Ozone damages the cells that line the respiratory causing and breathing difficulties including Chest tightness and pain on such symptoms can appear at Ozone concentrations As Low As parts per million Levels typical in Many says the Federal data indicate that More than half of canadians Are already exposed to unacceptable Levels of ground level Ozone during summer children Are especially at risk because they spend More time outdoors than because they require More air per kilogram of body and because their lungs Are still global warming has been linked to Ris ing concentration of greenhouse gases in the mainly from the burning of Fossil representatives from most of the worlds countries negotiated a treaty to curb greenhouse emissions at Japan in but the United states announced earlier this year it would pull out of the environmental groups have been pressing the Federal government to uphold the and to reconsider the current Rush to develop new Fossil fuel sources that arc expected to dramatically boost Canadian press Marnie Laura Ross 9895000 Royal Lepage Doug is please to announce that Hom Kii Lilon Dhillon has joined him in the practice of dentistry at Lakewood dental 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