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Making their pitch

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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Montreal Expos will face each other in three games this season, feeding the longstanding rivalry between the two clubs. The Jays are in a strong position, having signed star pitcher Roger Clemens. The Expos manager Filipe Alou lost several of his best players last season.

Management, Baseball teams, Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos

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The fear factor: governments grapple with a new, anonymous style of terror

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Some people believe that anti-terror summits simply give more publicity to terrorists. There has been a terrorist attack following each anti-terror summit in 1996. National agencies are unwilling to exchange information, and citizens are concerned about how security measures will affect privacy.

Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, International aspects, Terrorism, Atlanta, Georgia, Bombings, Centennial Olympic Park Bombing, 1996, Jewell, Richard

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Anatomy of a riot

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A protest against police violence turned into a rampage in Toronto. Many youths who were not part of the original protest broke store windows, looting jewelry and equipment. A chronology of the night's violence is given.

Canada, Cover Story, Demonstrations and protests, Riots, Toronto, Ontario

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