Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, July 02, 2004

Issue date: Friday, July 2, 2004
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Previous edition: Wednesday, June 30, 2004

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 2, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A14 Canada / world Winnipeg free press Friday july 2, 2004 the compressor Story Ber Power. It All starts with a compressor engine. Compressor is German for supercharger and Mercedes Benz has been building supercharged engines since the 1920s. The supercharger is driven directly by the engines crankshaft and houses two rotors or impellers that grab the air and compress it to literally Force feed the combustion Chambers with the air fuel mixture. This fills the Cylinder spaces More completely and produces much More Power than the same engine without a super Charger. The compressor therefore will literally overfeed the supercharged engine giving it the feel acceleration and performance of a larger engine while improving the volumetric efficiency. The advantage with a supercharger unlike some turbocharged engines is that this Power is instantly available to you meaning no lag when you put your foot Down on the accelerator. Therefore the process of extracting performance from your car is seamless no matter How slow or How fast you May be driving at the moment. This technology is similar to the same technology found in rockets. Our engineers figured if its Good enough for space travelling astronauts its perfect for Mercedes Benz. For More information on the 2005 a class visit . 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 200 180 160 60 40 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 rep x1000 Power 189hp torque 192lb-ft redesigned. Re engineered. Reborn. 2005 compressor. The new Breed. The 2005 compressor. With the new direct control system you get incredibly responsive steering a performance tuned Chassis and a spirited 6-Speed transmission. Add in its luxuriously redesigned Interior and aggressive new exterior styling and you la find that everything a improved but its attitude. Test drive one today. Also available in All wheel drive and Wagon. . Mercedes Benz. You re ready. Ailing afghan boy vows to return help family travelling to Ottawa for treatment of defective heart by Stephen Thorne k Abul ? an ailing afghan boy left for Ottawa on Canada Day with a smile and a Promise headed for what he Hopes will be life saving surgery. Nine year old Djamshid Djan Popal was accompanied by his father and an army medic As he boarded an aircraft destined for Pakistan England and ultimately Canada where doctors will assess and treat his defective heart. And As he did so he made a Promise to return to his native land and fulfil his duty As the eldest son by supporting his father Shafiullah who sold off his Liveli Hood ? his car a cow and two goats ? to pay for futile treatments in the country a woefully under equipped hospitals. I will buy my father a House and a car declared the frail 48-Pound boy his emaciated Chest fluttering with the efforts of his overworked heart. After emotional goodbyes to his Moth implant punctured in 2-on-1 stripper fight Vancouver ? two erotic dancers during the late night two against who punctured a third dancers one attack on july 18, 2002, one breast implant with a wine Glass have dancer suffered a Cut to her right been Given conditional sentences. Breast from a broken wine Glass rup the . Supreme court heard Cus Turing her implant. Towers in a downtown Vancouver the two attackers were allegedly nightclub looked on in amazement As upset at the victim because of her the three dancers who earlier had snooty attitude Justice Deborah been entertaining them on the stage Satanov was told on wednesday. Began to fight. ? Canadian press or siblings and Many relatives the Day before Djamshid a departure yesterday was almost anti climactic. City clerks department notice of meeting lord Selkirk West Kildonan Community committee Date tuesday july 6, 2004 place Council building 510 main Street time 5 00 . Regular meeting 6 00 . Public hearing to consider zoning and License matters All interested persons Are invited to attend. Diane Timmins clerk Telephone 986-5414 a Small contingent of Canadian sol Diers accompanied him to the Airport where for the first time that Many had Ever seen the lad was at times buoyant. The weight of worry fear and suffer ing seemed to lift As he boarded a flight for Islamabad the pakistani capital. He smiled waved and donned new Sun glasses As he ascended the stairs for the first plane ride he and his father had Ever taken. The Trio arrived mid afternoon in Islamabad where Canadian embassy officials picked them up and took them to a sponsors residence for some rest before they continued their journey overnight. Cpl. Kevin Comeau of Tabu Pintac n.b., a Canadian paratrooper and medic is escorting the opals to Canada. Comeau is travelling with an English Pashto dictionary so he can communicate with his charges and an iridium satellite phone to ensure he is never More than a Call away from a Canadian doctor. The Trio were continuing on to Birm Ingham England then to Toronto and ultimately Ottawa where doctors at the children a Hospital of Eastern Ontario have offered to treat the boy free of charge. I am happier than words could Ever express said Djamshid a father Shafi Ullah who had Given up any Hope that his son would survive since finding out treatments were unavailable in Afghanistan. I brought my son to Kabul and found out that he a going to Canada. We Are very just Days ago the Driver and Farmer Djamshid to Afghanistan a bustling shopkeeper and Street merchant who capital for what he fully expected would was born in a tiny isolated Mountain Vil be the last time. Lage called Durani was in tears. Afghan doctors had told him there was he prayed to god for a Miracle to save nothing they could do for the child who his dying son ? my child my Sweet was brought into the world by his grand heart my Echo my soul my Mother in a Small Adobe House. Several weeks ago he had taken Djamshid was a godsend to his father Canadas Arbour starts top human rights Job by Jonathan Fowler Geneva ? Canadian judge Louise Arbour yesterday took up her new Post As the world body Stop human rights official. Arbour 57, stepped Down As a supreme court Justice in Canada to become the United nations High com missioner for human rights. She succeeds brazilian Sergio Vieira de Mello who was one of 22 people killed in the bombing of in Headquarters in Bagh dad last August. She arrived in Geneva yesterday morning but is not expected to speak to reporters until today said a spokesman at the in human rights office in the Swiss City. Arbours nomination by in Secretary general Kofi Annan won approval from the in general Assembly in february. Arbour gained International prominence As the chief prosecutor of the in War crimes tribunals trying the alleged main perpetrators of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and the massive human rights crimes in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. During her three years As prosecutor from october 1996 until september 1999 she issued indictments for crimes against humanity against former yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic ? who is currently on trial ? and other leading serb and yugoslav officials. The in High commissioner for human rights is charged with acting As a moral authority and voice for Vic Tims around the world. Answering directly to Annan the official is responsible for drawing attention to abuses and ensuring that human rights receive a High profile within the United nations and among governments. The forthright positions of a previous High commissioner former Irish presi Dent Mary Robinson angered some governments. Who had prayed for a son after his wife lost a daughter in delivery. Donations to a fund to care for Djamshid and his father can be arranged by contacting Saddiqui Khan at ? Canadian press before leaving office in september 2002, Robinson accused the United states Russia China and other govern ments of hiding behind the War on terrorism in Riding roughshod Over civil liberties and troublesome opponents. Vieira de Mello a respected in insider with a reputation for diplomacy took Over from Robinson. ? associated press Lone Star Mercedes Benz 2554 Portage Avenue 204 667-2467 ;