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In an interview published today in the Communist party newspaper Pravda, Gorbachev said he believes it is up to the Germans to decide the nature and timing of unification. But he said a united Germany must respect Europe’s borders and that only the four victorious Allies of the Second World War can determine Germany’s final status. Emergence of a united Germany as a powerful economic and military force in central Europe has aroused concern, particularly among the Russians and Poles, who lost millions of people to Nazi German i have ion be sought within the 1937 borders. In 1937, one-third of what is now Poland was German territory. Law on secession proposed MOSCOW (Reuter) — Soviet parliamentary leaders have proposed a law allowing republics the right to seced from the Soviet Union, but their and acquired territory after the war that had belonged to Germany. Kremlin spokesman Gennady Gerasimov said today the Soviet Union supports Poland’s desire to join talks with the Allies and the two Germanys on unification. “*We must discuss this with other participants, but we understand that Poland has the right because Poland suffered most during the war,”’ he told- a news conference in the Phi ines. Progress toward unification has ac- celerated in recent weeks. Prime Minister Hans Modrow of East Ger- many asked on Tuesday for im- mediate unification talks under the formula worked out with the Allies last week in Ottawa. But Gorbachev cautioned: ‘No one has a right to ignore the negative potential formed in Germany’s past, especially as it is impossible to fail to consider people’s memory of war, of its horrors and losses. Therefore, it is very important that~ Germans, deciding the question of unification, should be aware of their respon- sibility. “‘This applies particuarly to our country, to the Soviet people. It has an inalienable right to expect, and the possibility to exert efforts to ensure, that our country should not sustain plan met in Lithuania, where separatist sentiment has been strongest. The law, reported by Radio Moscow’s Interfax publication to have been submitted by the presidium of the Supreme Soviet, provides for any secession proposal to be decided by a referendum in the republic con- cerned. “The decision to secede will be made by a referendum held under a Briefly Hearing set in corruption case OTTAWA (CP) — A preliminary hearing into corruption charges against John Munro, the former federal cabinet minister and Liberal leadership candidate, begins in Ottawa on Jan. 14, 1991. The date was the earliest availble, consi ing the hearing is expec- ted to last four to five months, John Nelligan, Munro’s lawyer, said Tuesday. Preliminary hearings are held to determine if there is enough evidence to warrant a trial. Munro and eight others, six of them former officials of national or regional native groups, were charged in Decem- ber. The charges include breach of trust, conspiracy, corruption, fraud, theft and uttering forged documents. Munro, 59, a former Indian affairs minister from Hamilton, is ac- cused of misusing funds -provi to the i Indian Brotherhood. The brotherhood now is known as the Assembly of First N ions. Smoking deaths high, court told MONTREAL (CP) — A Toronto scientist testified at a court hearing Tuesday that of all the deaths due to cancer last year in Canada, 29 per cent resulted from smoking. Anthony Miller, an epidemiologist at University of Toronto, told lawyer representing a tobacco company he has ‘‘not a single doubt’’ that smoking is one of the most important causes of cancer. Toronto lawyer Earl Cherniak, representing RJR-Macdonald Inc., was trying to poke holes in Miller’s arguments in the civil trial, in which tobacco companies are trying to win back the right to advertise, taken away more than a year ago by the federal government. The trial, which began last September, resumed this week after a six-week break. Tire fire assault planned HAGERSVILLE, Ont. (CP) — Fresh firefighters replaced weary volunteérs for an all-out assault today on a mountain of burning tires that is belching toxic smoke and producing thousands of litres of runoff oil. Officials planned to use heavy machinery to break up the burning moynd of rubber and then blast the stubborn blaze with water from 2) and from three waterbombers. decision of the Soviet (parliament) of a republic or at the call of one-third of the residents’’ over 18, Interfax said. Interfax said a vote on secession will be considered valid if at least three-quarters of the adult population takes part. It gave no other details. There are 15 republics in the Soviet Union. A Radio Vilnius journalist, telephoned in the Baltic republic capital, quoted Agidijus Bickauskas, a Lithuanian member of the Soviet parliament, as saying a two-thirds majority of registered voters is required for a referendum to pass. “He i the as On Tuesday, 30 forest firefighters from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources donned yellow fire suits and breathing gear and sprayed smouldering tires as they were dragged from the blaze by a backhoe. Jim-Brook-of-the-Ontario Fire Marshal’s office said two water- bombers will be part of a ‘‘full-scal offensive’’ against the fire that star- ted Feb. 12 at the Tyre King Recycling dump near Hagersville. Arson is suspected. - Warning issued on population MANILA (Réuter) — The world’s-population is growing by three people every second and unless this is curbed, most gains so far achieved in improving the quality of life could be swept away, the United Nations Population Fund said today. Nafis Sadik, executive director of the Fund, said progress in reducing birth rates had been slower than expected and the world i earlier expected to stabilize at 10.2 billion by the end of the being very strict,’’ the journalist said. “But he it had absolutely nothing.to do with Lithuania since the republic did not enter the Soviet Union legally.”” Soviet President Mikhail Gor- either moral or political or damage from German unification.”’ Gorbachev said Germans should decide the form and schedule of unification, but emphasized that German unity also concerns others ‘end “Gficroachment upon the boarders of other states must be ruled Gorbachev specifically mentioned Poland’s western border. Kohl’s failure. to: make a public pledge to respect that border prompted Poland to request the role in -talks on i between the two Ger- WORD OF MOUTH presented by College of Dental Surgeons of BC. iD, OPTIONS IN COSMETIC DENTISTRY One of the fastest growing areas in dentistry today Is cosmetic dentistry. Simply put, this refers to a variety of dental techniques that can modify and improve the appearance of atooth/eeth. inthis column, I'd like to elaborate on a few of the more common procedures” performed in dental offices across the province. The treatments described may not be suitable for your particutar situation since restrictions do apply, but the information can be used as a basis for further discussion with your dental team. Bonding = and stained teeth can dramatically benefit from a dental technique called "bonding. Bonding is the process of tural-looking plastic or material to the tooth's surface. Chipped and irregular: -sized teeth can be built up, shaped and coloured with liquid bonding material resembling the consistency of nail polish. Discoloured teeth can be treated by attaching pre-shaped laminate veneers to them in a technique similar to applying an artificial fingemail. Bonding restorations will need to be and but, unlike crowns, little or no tooth needs to be removed in the initial placement. Vital is another ai tive for series of dental cumulative solution are used to whiten teeth darkened through injury or stained from tetracycline, smoking and coffee. bachev pr last month during a trip to Lithuania, where he tried to persuade intellec- tuals and workers supporting seces- sion that staying in a reformed Soviet federation was their best hope for the future. Lithuania’s Sajudis = mass movement, which scored huge suc- cesses in last year’s parliamentary elections, denounced Gorabchev’s proposal from the outset. 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