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	U-S President George Bush has pledged to reduce troop strength in
Europe to 195-thousand. In addressing the American people last night,
Bush said he wants the Soviets to meet those numbers as well. Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney said afterward he supports the move.
	
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	Conservative values are showing up strongly on the Prairies...
five-thousand Manitobans want the province to close down pornographic
video stores. Yesterday, the province's attorney-general was handed a
petition calling for a ban on the sale of such material. His office is
already appealing a court ruling allowing the sale of the videos. 
	
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	The Alberta Department of Health and Family Services wants
strip-tease bars to be banned. The office says nude dancing is linked to
the proliferation of alcoholism and family break-ups.
	
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	Branches of the Royal Canadian Legion in Edmonton are going to
enforce a policy that has been ruled as discriminatory. Recently the
Alberta Human Rights Commission ruled that legions must allow men to
enter wearing religious headgear, such as turbans. The legions say they
will keep enforcing their by-law which prevents men from wearing
anything on their head. 
	
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	There has been a resurgeance of fighting in Lebanon. Troops loyal
to General Michel Aoun have been been firing on government soldiers.
Since tensions flared up again yesterday, as many as 52 have been killed
and 250 have been wounded.
	
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	U-S officials hope to be able to arrange today for Mexican
officials to board a freighter that was riddled with bullets by the
Coast Guard. Guardsmen opened fire after the freighter's skipper refused
to allow a search for suspected illegal drugs. The freighter, taking on
water and belching black smoke, fled from international waters into the
Mexican port of Tampico (tam-PEE'-koh) yesterday. 
	
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	A report (in The New Yorker magazine) says late U-S President
Lyndon Johnson won the 1948 Democratic primary for the U-S Senate in
Texas by stealing thousands more ballots than was previously thought.
Earlier reports said Johnson stole 87-votes. The account by biographer
Robert Caro says Johnson urged a lawyer he later named to the Supreme
Court to help protect his victory. 
	
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	The Bank of Canada rate is expected to rise today. If, as expected,
it jumps a quarter-point to hit 12-point-five-five per cent, it would be
the highest level for the trend-setting rate since last May.
	
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	The release of Nelson Mandela appears to be near. South African
President F-W de Klerk has arranged a meeting today to work out the
final details. Mandela has demanded that the state of emergency be
lifted and the ban against his African National Congress be lifted as
well.
	
	S P O R T S
	
	At the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, Canada has now
been awarded 94-medals... 31-gold, 33-silver and 30-bronze.
	Steve Yzerman scored in every period and twice in the third,
helping the Red Wings dump Edmonton 7-4 last night at the Joe Louis
Arena. Other games saw Buffalo down Quebec 6-3, Washington beat
Minnesota 4-3 in overtime, the Blues tied the Rangers 2-2 in New York
and Toronto tied Winnipeg 5-5.
	In the N-B-A, the winners were Boston, Dallas, Minnesota,
Philadelphia, San Antonio, Utah, Golden State and Detroit.