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The World - News from Aug. 1, 1985

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The Canadian government said it is regarding as “a grave matter” the apparent attempted shooting of a Canadian army officer traveling in Poland early in July. He was shot at by an unidentified man in uniform, a spokesman for the External Affairs Ministry said. Col. Charles Emond, a military attache with the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw, was driving in a rural area when he was fired on, the spokesman said. The Polish government has been asked for an explanation, he added.

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