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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press sunday june 27, 2004 Canada / world a11 Bush seeks nato support in memorials Donald George Aird August 1, 1939 june 27, 2003 As we approach the first anniversary of the Day you were taken from us we Are reminded every Day How much we miss you. Your chair sits empty at the family dinners you loved so much you were always the one having the most fun. As we share with Jen and John the anticipated arrival of your first grand child we Are reminded of How much you loved your children and How special they were to you. We know your spirit is with us and it is comforting. We love you we miss you and we will never forget you. Love Susan James Jen and John Uncle Ernie Sharon and Mal Bev and Mike Ruth Sydney and Dan Brad Wendy Alexia and Landon Leah and Brett Steve and Jill Rob Leigh Tracey and Amber Josh Rachel and Larissa Regan and Christine. Jai Pereira june 21, 1967 june 27, 2001 5 in memorials Irene Dwyer in Loving memory of my dear Mother Irene Dwyer who passed away june 27, 1998. Time goes on and memories stay As near and dear As yesterday no need for words mom except to say you re loved and missed in every Way. Always remembered and sadly missed by your daughter Shirley. Kendel in Loving memory of our dear parents. Philip who passed away August 2, 1954 and Molly june 27, 1991 your portrait seems so full of life beside the candles glow it tells us you Are with us though you left some time ago. The passing years cannot erase the precious time we had with you so mom dad dwell in happiness for we know you love us to. Never forgotten and sadly missed by your family. June Mcdermot Loving memories. Always in my heart. Neil. March 21, 1969 june 27, 2001 looks to Seal agreement for Aid in Iraq at Summit by Terence Hunt a Kara Turkey ? with euro Pean Union support in hand . President George w. Bush looked to Seal an agreement for nato to help stabilize Iraq As its fledgling government takes Over this week. He shrugged off lingering european resentment of the War saying Well just let the chips fall where they nato announced an initial agreement to help train Iraq a armed forces hours after Bush won support yesterday from the 25-country european Union. Nine teen of natos 26 members overlap in the eur. As the path for nato involvement appeared to open up the eur took a gentle swipe at Bush Over abuse of iraqi prisoners at the hands of american sol Diers. The final communique declared we stress the need for full respect of the Geneva conventions an unstated but obvious reference to the Abu Gharib prison scandal and the . Treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba and elsewhere. The conventions refer to International accords setting out guide lines for the humane treatment of prisoners. With Bush standing beside him Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern told a news conference in Ireland these things unfortunately happened. We wish they did to but they do. And what a important then is How they re dealt with How things improve for the later aloft air Force one on his Way to the nato Summit in Ankara Bush said . Armed forces Are committed to com plying with the conventions and that the acts of abuse at Abu Gharib prison in Iraq were wrong. Bush issued the state ment on a United nations International Day in support of victims of torture. Bush is widely unpopular in Turkey and his arrival yesterday in Ankara was preceded by a series of protests and bomb blasts including one thursday that injured three people outside the Ankara hotel where he will stay. Another blast that Day on an Istanbul bus killed four people and injured 14. Yesterday turkish police fired tear Gas As More than 100 left Wing demonstrators hurled rocks and used Sticks to try and break Down a police barricade during a protest ahead of Bush a arrival. In Ireland a few Kilometres from where he spoke thousands demonstrated against Bush a decision to go to War in Iraq. Bush asserted that the bitter differences with european leaders Over the Iraq War Are Over declaring a common interest and a common goal to help the iraqi Bush bristled at ongoing european criticism of his decision to invade Iraq saying Well just let the chips fall where Winnipeg funeral Homes aboriginal funeral Home 586-7700 Bardal funeral Home 774-7474 Chapel Lawn funeral Home 885-9715 Edward j. Coutu funeral director 253-5086 p. 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The United states and the european Union agreed in a joint statement to Back Iraq a request for nato military help and support the training of iraqi Security forces and to reduce Iraq a International debt estimated to be $120 billion us. Nato Secretary general Jaap de hoop Scheffer said later that diplomats reached an initial agreement to respond positively to the iraqi request. Nineteen of natos 26 members Are in the eur. Opposition led by France and Ger Many has prevented a nato military role on the ground in Iraq. France and Germany have both gone along with the request to help training. Officials said the nato Summit would 3 turks face beheading explosion kills 17 in Iraq by Fisnik Abrashid Baghdad ? militants Loyal to Abu Musab Al Zarqa i said yesterday they have kidnapped three turkish work ers and threatened to behead them in 72 hours heightening tension As pres ident George w. Bush visited Turkey. In new violence an explosion ? pos Sibly from a car bomb ? ripped through downtown Hillah a largely shiite Muslim City South of Baghdad killing 17 people and wounding about 40, the . Military said the bloodshed and the latest in a series of abductions claimed by Al Zarqa i a movement ? which has beheaded two previous hostages an american and a South korean ? threatened to cast a Shadow Over a nato Summit opening in Istanbul tomorrow where Bush is seeking the alliances help in stabilizing Iraq. The kidnappers demanded the turks hold demonstrations protesting the visit by the criminal Bush and that turkish companies Stop working in Iraq or else the hostages would be killed. Iraq a interim prime minister warned if Security does not improve it May become necessary to delay National elections scheduled for Jan uary ? a key landmark on the path to democracy that the United states has tried to enshrine before handing Over Power to the iraqis on wednesday. The Jan. 31 deadline for elections Laid out in Iraq a interim Constitution is not absolute yet. But we Hope and All of us will work toward that objective Allawin told lbs news in an interview. However Security will be the main feature of whether we will be Able to do it in january february or March he said. In Central Baghdad insurgents killed a . Soldier in an attack on a patrol yesterday the military said. Gunmen launched new attacks in the City bad Cuba Northeast of the Cap ital sparking Battles that killed six insurgents and three civilians. The City was the scene of fierce fighting in a Surprise offensive launched by Al Zarqa i on thursday that left 100 peo ple dead. The Arab television station Al Nazeera aired a video issued by the kidnappers showing the three turks kneeling on the ground in front of two Black garbed gunmen and a Black ban Ner emblazoned Tawhid and jihad the name of Al Zarqa i a organization. The men held up turkish passports. In a written statement the group demanded turkish companies Stop doing business with . Forces in Iraq and called for Large demonstrations in Turkey against the visit of Bush the it said if Turkey refuses their demands the hostages will receive the just punishment of being it appeared the deadline was tuesday but the message did not spec Ify what time it runs out. The three men disappeared two Days ago said a turkish consular offi Cial in Baghdad who asked to be identified Only by his surname Gungor. He said he had no further information. ? associated press lightning strikes spark More . Wildfires Vancouver ? fire officials said 14,000 lightning strikes hammered . Yesterday sparking More than a dozen new wildfires. And the Cost of fighting the fires is soaring. The province has already hit the $20 million Mark ? More than twice the amount spent fighting Forest fires at the same time last year said . Fire information officer Nancy Argyle. . Has a direct fire budget of about $50 million for the fire season ? and if the costs exceed that an open vote with in the ministry of forests will be held on whether to increase the budget. Nearly 400 fires were burning around the province yesterday compared with 56 last june. Thunderstorms raged through the province Friday night bringing dry lightning and winds that reached up to 70 Kilometres an hour. We had an electrifying night Argyle said. The Caribou Kamloops and South East fire regions were hit the hardest. Some areas of the province saw a few Millimetres of rain overnight but not enough to douse the flames fire information officer Kevin Matuga said. Meanwhile wind caused a fire in North Central . To expand at an alarm ing rate. More than 200 firefighters battled that Blaze which raged South of Vanderhoof. Argyle said the largest fire in . Is the Swan Lake fire a Blaze raging near the Yukon Border. High winds had blown that fire to 100 Square Kilometres but it was Remote and not a threat to Homes. The fires popping up in Prince George and the Northwest fire area were of the greatest concern for officials yesterday because they have the most potential to encroach on communities she said. Lillooet residents remained on Alert despite a solid Effort by Crews to con Tain the fire that had shrunk Down to 13 Square Kilometres officials said. Residents in the tiny Caribou Village of Luskus decided to leave their Community voluntarily Friday because of dense smoke caused by two Forest fires. The town located near Quesnel has been under an evacuation Alert since thursday. Fire damage last year Cost about $700 million and involved thousands of municipal provincial and armed forces personnel. More than 300 Homes were destroyed and about 50,000 residents evacuated when fires ripped through Urban areas in the . Southern Interior last sum Mer. ? Canadian press also announce agreement on plans to extend the alliances peacekeeping mis Sion in Afghanistan which is currently limited to the capital Kabul and the Northern City of Gunduz. The plans to be adopted in Istanbul will extend the operation to five More Northern cities through the deployment of Small units to support civilian reconstruction. Bush asked the eur to offer member ship to Turkey a key . Ally in the War against terror. Iran a nuclear program was among the topics of concern at the Summit in ire land. Participants said they were disturbed by Iran a intentions and insisted that the country be in full compliance with its International obligations not to create nuclear weapons. ? associated press i Brief hundreds celebrate Bayside . ? it May have been a tragic beginning for the first French settlers in the new world but hundreds of people gathered on the Shore overlooking tiny St. Croix Island yesterday to celebrate the deep roots planted there 400 years ago. Dignitaries from Canada France and the United states joined with acadians first nations people and history buffs to Mark the anniversary of the first French settlement in North America. Floods kill five Dhaka Bangladesh ? Monsoon flood Waters have killed five people marooned at least half a million others in their villages and destroyed crops roads and rail lines in Bangladesh officials said yesterday. The five drowned Friday in Habi gang and neighbouring Moulvi Bazar districts Relief officials said on Condi Tion of anonymity. The fatalities brought this weeks flood death toll to six in this tropical Delta nation of 140 million people where Monsoon floods Are common. Bomb kills two Kabul ? a bomb Tore through a minibus carrying afghan women elec Tion workers in Eastern Afghanistan yesterday killing at least two of them and wounding 13 in the bloodiest attack yet on preparations for the country a first Post Taliban vote. A purported spokesman for the Tal iban which has vowed to sabotage the september election claimed responsibility for the attack. North Korea talks end Beijing ? envoys ended six country talks on North Korea a nuclear pro Gram yesterday with a Promise to Dis cuss Steps toward dismantling it and to meet again by september but they cautioned that the . And North korean positions remained far apart. The four Day talks produced no breakthroughs but diplomats said they agreed to discuss How to define the North a initial moves toward disarmament How they would be monitored and what kind of Aid the impoverished country could expect in return. Pakistan pm quits Islamabad Pakistan ? prime min ister Zafrullah Khan Jamali announced his resignation and the Dis solution of his Cabinet yesterday end ing months of speculation that his relationship with the country a military ruler was strained. The move raised fresh concern about the country a return to democracy five years after president Gen. Per Vez Musharraf seized Power in a military coup. ? from the news services death leaves heartaches no one can heal love leaves memories no one can steal when thoughts go Back As they often do we treasure the memories we have of you lovingly remembered sadly missed your family and friends ;