Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a11 Winnipeg repress. Com world Winnipeg free press sunday december 14, 2008 a 11                                                      plus Post get excise & tire tax. Price for p suffix Premium package. And All wheel drive Woodhaven lexus 70 3965 Portage ave., Winnipeg 204 889 3700 Woodhaven. My. Ca Federal government and provincial government rebates totalling $ 3,000 ends december 31, 2008 2008 re 400h lease for 48 months $ 788 Mth 3.9 apr $ 0 Down payment $ 0 Security Deposit Canadian adjusted Srp $ 52,900 finance up to 48 months 3.9 % apr 2008 lexus re 400 h fuel consumption rating City 7.8l/ 100km Hwy 8.4l/ 100km Kasparov leads opposition Khinki Russia former chess Champion Garry Kasparov and other prominent liberals launched a new anti Kremlin movement in Russia on saturday. The organization called Solidarity after the polish anti communist movement Aims to unite Liberal forces and encourage a popular revolution similar to other sex soviet countries. We Are fighting for Victory because we have something to say to our people and something to offer them Kasparov said saturday. The russian Public has lost Faith in Liberal democracy which remains associated with the chaos poverty and corruption that emerged in Russia under president Boris Yeltsin. India captures 23 pirates new Delhi the Indian Navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel saturday in the Lawless Waters of the Gulf of Aden where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months. The my gibe sent a distress Call to the ins Mysore said the pirates were firing As their boats closed in on the gibe according to a statement from the Indian government. The pirate boats from Somalia and Yemen attempted to escape when they saw the Mysore and its helicopter but were boarded by Indian Marine commandos the statement said. Rower comes up Short Sydney Australia an italian adventurer who spent 10 months rowing More than 18,000 Kilometres across the Pacific has been rescued a Mere 120 Kilometres Short of his goal Australia after rough weather sapped him of his final shreds of Energy. Alex Bellini who began his voyage off Peru in february contacted his wife Friday to say he was too exhausted to Row his 7.5 metre boat any further despite being nearly in sight of the australian coast. For the next few Days the weather would have been even worse said Bellini who has also rowed across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. It has been a gruelling gruelling Effort. Carter talks peace in Syria Damascus Syria syrian president Bashar Assad has discussed prospects for peace in the Middle East with former u. S. President Jimmy Carter. Syria and Israel this year held four rounds of indirect talks mediated by Turkey but the talks made no significant headway. Carter arrived in Syria today from neighbouring Lebanon where he spent five Days talking to political leaders and offered that his Atlanta based Carter Center Monitor parliament elections there next year. No night shift for mayor South al Monte Calif. Fed up with the nocturnal work habits of its mayor a California City Council has approved a curfew limiting How late she can work at City Hall. South al Monte Council members say they have safety and liability concerns for mayor Blanca Figueroa who frequently works until the wee hours of the morning. She must now leave the building by 11 p. M. The mayor said she needs to stay late because her daytime schedule is filled with meetings and her inbox is overflowing with letters from residents affected by the worsening Economy. Pizza delivers defence Miramar Fla. Police say a pizza delivery Man fought Back with the one weapon he had Handy when a gun was pulled on him in a stick up a Large hot Pepperoni pizza. Delivery Man Eric Devictoria 40, Flung the steaming pie at the gunman buying time As he ran for safety. At least one shot was fired As Devictoria fled but he a snot Hurt. Jets spar Over Pakistan Islamabad Pakistan Indian aircraft violated pakistanis airspace saturday but were chased Back Over the Border by pakistani fighter jets an air Force spokesman said. The alleged incident comes amid heightened tensions Between the nations Over the recent attack in Mumbai. From the news service Concord n. H. Temperatures fell Over the ice coated u. S. Northeast on saturday where storm related Power failures had already plunged More than a million Homes and businesses from Pennsylvania to Maine into the dark and cold. If you dont have Power assume that you will not get it restored today and right now make arrangements to stay someplace warm tonight gov. John Lynch of new Hampshire warned. Officials expected to see More people in shelters saturday night As temperatures dropped. It was the third night without Power for Many. Utilities in new Hampshire said it would Likely be thursday or Friday a week after the storm before All Power is restored in the Region partly because of the sheer number of outages and partly because of the devastation. About 1.3 million Homes and businesses across the Northeast suffered Power outages after a storm coated Trees and wires with ice thursday night into Friday. Most of the outages were in new Hampshire Massachusetts Maine and new York. About 880,000 remained without Power saturday afternoon. Four states declared either limited or full states of emergency. The associated press the world u. S. Ice storm leaves millions without Power a 11_ dec 14 08. 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