Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 16, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press junk 2001 Canada world news Hipfl in around the world afghans denied bread Afghanistan impoverished afghans flocked to Rick Ety old bakeries in the afghan capital yesterday to receive their last delivery of subsidized bread As the in food program and the Taliban failed to resolve their differences Over hiring women to conduct a poverty at least people eligible to receive subsidized bread will be deprived of a crucial food sup president underpaid Romania better to be unemployed in than the president of Romania at least for financial reasons says romanian president Ion Ili it is More advantageous to be unemployed in than the president of Iliescu said i have 500 an something dollars us a month while a German unemployed person gets the average monthly salary in Romania is while unemployment benefits Are and Only a fraction of what they Are in Calm in Kathmandu Nepal armed police patrolled the streets of Kathmandu a Day after a government report concluded that an inebriated Crown Prince Dipendra was responsible for the shooting deaths of his parents and seven the streets were Calm in Kath authorities had feared riots and protests because Many have been sceptical that Dipen dra was really the around Canada survivor at funeral the Lone survivor of a drowning Accident attended funerals yesterday for two of the five teens killed when their car plunged into a water filled it was the second consecutive Day that people in the Community of Nantes and nearby Milan went to their churches for ser vices honouring the the teens drowned last week end when their car plunged into the Quarry As they left a Ottawa appeals ruling Fredericton the Federal government has appealed a Rul ing forcing it to pay Mikmak Legal fees incurred after last Summers violent clashes in Northern new Brunswick Over native provincial court judge William Mccarroll ruled May 16 that the charges against John Brian Bartibogue and five other defendants from Burnt be stayed until the state provides them with the funds to mount a proper the charges All Stem from confrontations on Miramichi Bay Between Mike ass and fed eral fisheries father gets children woman who dropped her baby from the Capulano suspension Bridge in North Vancouver has lost Cus Tody of her two a family court judge has awarded custody of the girl and boy to the Kjeld on the thenj8 Mont held girl miraculously survived a 47metre plunge off the Capulano suspension said she twisted her ankle while Bridge with the child in her she said she stumbled and baby Kaya fell out of her arms and Over the Bridge Canada world a15 editor Doug Speirs 6977292 ticket mailed regular Post a 40yearold com Puter technician came Forward yester Day to claim a million us lottery saying he fished the nearly year old ticket out of a drawer after hearing news reports that it was about to Melvin Milligan of Passaic claimed the Jackpot the Day after astonished lot Tery officials announced that the Winner had entrusted his Lucky ticket to the postal i was in Shock for a and just drove a beaming Milligan said at a news conference with his 34year old and acting Donald there was an envelope attached to the claim form so i just mailed it i knew the lot Tery would get and i knew they who described himself As an occasional lottery said his first priorities were to take care of his Fame look for a Home and take a cruise Milligan said he dug out some old tick ets out of a draw june two Days before the winning ticket was to after seeing news reports about the unclaimed Milligan went to a convenience store in where the winning ticket was validated and he Gat the claim he youre the Milligan when he told his wife later that he had mailed it he she respond Are you crazy the winning ticket arrived in the Agency mail it want even sent via certified or insured lottery spokeswoman Annette Jenkins its Milligan said he has decided to accept an annuity that will pay him million Over 26 rather than take a million Lump lottery officials had said the the unknown buyer had opted for the Lump associated press Mike press Melvin Milligan of was All smiles after cashing a lottery riots mar eur meeting Leader focus on adding Eastern countries Sweden As hooded rioters battled police in the european Union Lead ers struggled yesterday to keep their plans for eastward expansion on track despite Irish hundreds of youths espousing sup port for a variety of anticapitalist causes hurled cobblestones at the ranks of Rio squad officers and attacked stores and cafes around Goteborg elegant downtown in the kind of violence that has become a familiar feature of International two shooting victims were hospitalized after clashes in a Park outside the Complex where the eur leaders according to Hospital spokeswoman Annika she give fur ther but the swedish news Agency to cited a policeman saying at least one person had been shot As anti eur protesters battled riot police could not be reached for immediate protesters the which lasted Over an and other clashes were sparked by a Small minority of the estimated protesters who converged on the swedish port City for the a Hospital official said 27 demonstrators and 10 police officers were but the injuries were not life the mayhem forced the eur leaders to change their dinner plans from a posh Parkland restaurant to the con Ference where the Summit was held behind police they condemned the rioters for attacking elected governments and undermining the rights of peaceful we have to pursue these rioters with All the might of the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said at a news no country should tolerate these closeted in the conference the eur leaders reassured rattled Eastern Neighbours that a referendum last week in Ireland had not shut the door on their Hopes of joining the trading on june the Irish voted 54 per cent to 46 per cent to reject the treaty of a Complex document to overhaul the us Rule Book and open the door for a dozen new most of them former soviet republics or Satel Lite the no vote should not be interpreted As a vote against Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern i do not see any reason Why any of this should change the Jockel fuck associated press an injured police officer receives help during clashes with demonstrators against the eur the Nice treaty was adopted last december after months of Tough Nego but must be ratified by All 15 eur Ireland is the Only one that allows its citizens to decide direct since barely a third of voters turned out for the officials Are confident the result can be turned Ahern said he would launch a National period of reflection on the but set no Date for a new in the face of the the us commitment to press ahead in nearly doubling its membership received the backing of president George on a european tour that took him yesterday from Goteborg to Poland one of the front runners for eur Mem associated press Days support has ups and Downs press by John Ward and sue Bailey Ottawa Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day salvaged the tepid sup port of one of his Best commons per formers but lost the backing of another Calgary my Diane Ablonczy emerged from a private meeting with Day looking uncharacteristically subdued and offered a lukewarm endorsement of her the Calgary who last week said she would sign on to an anti Day com Mittee and mused about leadership softened her stand enough to say Shell be As supportive As last her line was the Buck always has to Stop with leadership i think we have to be candid and say that perhaps it is time to take a fresh look at who would Best be Able to bring the Agenda she said she sup ports the Leader As the colleague Monte the foreign affairs called flatly for Days he said Days Surprise proposal for a referendum on a merger with the floated in a speech on was the final this last initiative proved to me that he cannot Lead our said the my from Medicine not Only did he bypass caucus and Council and the Alliance dialogue group charged with discussing things with the but he also really poisoned the Well in his speech by slicing up Joe Clark and the tories on one hand and then feigning Hope that they would join with us on the other i just cant abide Clark said there Haven been any pres sures from within his party to consider Days referendum proposal for the i frankly dont think Many people Are going to be paying a lot of attention to the details of what Day Clark said from Calgary where he had a speak ing i think it was a fairly desperate act pm softens leadership line Ottawa prime minister Jean who mused just Days ago about firing Cabinet ministers who Campaign too openly for his insisted yesterday he welcomes the Strong roster of potential successors there will be one Day within the next 20 years that i will the 67 year old Chretien said As he emerged from a today Cabinet in very Happy that i have a lot of Good people who you and i could be very goad prime and an attempt to try and deflect Atten Tion from his own so it wont be looked at on its Clark also said Hes prepared to look at Alliance but not until the party gets its House in one of our difficulties now is that we Fuit know who speaking with author Chretien was forced earlier this week to rein in the increasingly pub Lic jockeying among his would be Suc on a trip to Brussels for a nato he noted pointedly that any one who shirks Cabinet duties to concentrate on campaigning a continued please see leadership a1 6 Ity for the Canadian Ablonczy hedged yesterday on her earlier pledge of support for a commit tee aiming to unseat Day at next aprils automatic leadership continued please see Alliance a16 ;