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Who threatened to dissolve Parliament if they didn't go along with his choice of a 35-year-old nobody for prime minister?
The cuddliest animals (Dalmatian puppies) are threatened with the most horrible fate (clubbing, skinning, being turned into fur coats) at the hands of the most villainous villainess, Cruella De Vil.
Justice Minister Linda Goupil plans to appeal, while Provincial Liberal leader Jean Charest claimed Quebec's linguistic peace will be threatened by the new ruling.
Yasser Arafat, having tried to show the Israelis he's serious about upholding his end of the just-concluded peace accords by arresting scores of Hamas members, is now, reports the WP , being threatened in a Hamas leaflet with violent retaliation.
The Los Angeles Times leads with an exclusive: In an interview a Yugoslav general threatened to reenter Kosovo by force if the United Nations does not allow Serb soldiers back into the province.