ner_dev.key

CRICKET O
- O
LEICESTERSHIRE I-ORG
TAKE O
OVER O
AT O
TOP O
AFTER O
INNINGS O
VICTORY O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

West I-MISC
Indian I-MISC
all-rounder O
Phil I-PER
Simmons I-PER
took O
four O
for O
38 O
on O
Friday O
as O
Leicestershire I-ORG
beat O
Somerset I-ORG
by O
an O
innings O
and O
39 O
runs O
in O
two O
days O
to O
take O
over O
at O
the O
head O
of O
the O
county O
championship O
. O

Their O
stay O
on O
top O
, O
though O
, O
may O
be O
short-lived O
as O
title O
rivals O
Essex I-ORG
, O
Derbyshire I-ORG
and O
Surrey I-ORG
all O
closed O
in O
on O
victory O
while O
Kent I-ORG
made O
up O
for O
lost O
time O
in O
their O
rain-affected O
match O
against O
Nottinghamshire I-ORG
. O

After O
bowling O
Somerset I-ORG
out O
for O
83 O
on O
the O
opening O
morning O
at O
Grace I-LOC
Road I-LOC
, O
Leicestershire I-ORG
extended O
their O
first O
innings O
by O
94 O
runs O
before O
being O
bowled O
out O
for O
296 O
with O
England I-LOC
discard O
Andy I-PER
Caddick I-PER
taking O
three O
for O
83 O
. O

Trailing O
by O
213 O
, O
Somerset I-ORG
got O
a O
solid O
start O
to O
their O
second O
innings O
before O
Simmons I-PER
stepped O
in O
to O
bundle O
them O
out O
for O
174 O
. O

Essex I-ORG
, O
however O
, O
look O
certain O
to O
regain O
their O
top O
spot O
after O
Nasser I-PER
Hussain I-PER
and O
Peter I-PER
Such I-PER
gave O
them O
a O
firm O
grip O
on O
their O
match O
against O
Yorkshire I-ORG
at O
Headingley I-LOC
. O

Hussain I-PER
, O
considered O
surplus O
to O
England I-LOC
's O
one-day O
requirements O
, O
struck O
158 O
, O
his O
first O
championship O
century O
of O
the O
season O
, O
as O
Essex I-ORG
reached O
372 O
and O
took O
a O
first O
innings O
lead O
of O
82 O
. O

By O
the O
close O
Yorkshire I-ORG
had O
turned O
that O
into O
a O
37-run O
advantage O
but O
off-spinner O
Such I-PER
had O
scuttled O
their O
hopes O
, O
taking O
four O
for O
24 O
in O
48 O
balls O
and O
leaving O
them O
hanging O
on O
119 O
for O
five O
and O
praying O
for O
rain O
. O

At O
the O
Oval I-LOC
, O
Surrey I-ORG
captain O
Chris I-PER
Lewis I-PER
, O
another O
man O
dumped O
by O
England I-LOC
, O
continued O
to O
silence O
his O
critics O
as O
he O
followed O
his O
four O
for O
45 O
on O
Thursday O
with O
80 O
not O
out O
on O
Friday O
in O
the O
match O
against O
Warwickshire I-ORG
. O

He O
was O
well O
backed O
by O
England I-LOC
hopeful O
Mark I-PER
Butcher I-PER
who O
made O
70 O
as O
Surrey I-ORG
closed O
on O
429 O
for O
seven O
, O
a O
lead O
of O
234 O
. O

Derbyshire I-ORG
kept O
up O
the O
hunt O
for O
their O
first O
championship O
title O
since O
1936 O
by O
reducing O
Worcestershire I-ORG
to O
133 O
for O
five O
in O
their O
second O
innings O
, O
still O
100 O
runs O
away O
from O
avoiding O
an O
innings O
defeat O
. O

After O
the O
frustration O
of O
seeing O
the O
opening O
day O
of O
their O
match O
badly O
affected O
by O
the O
weather O
, O
Kent I-ORG
stepped O
up O
a O
gear O
to O
dismiss O
Nottinghamshire I-ORG
for O
214 O
. O

They O
were O
held O
up O
by O
a O
gritty O
84 O
from O
Paul I-PER
Johnson I-PER
but O
ex-England I-MISC
fast O
bowler O
Martin I-PER
McCague I-PER
took O
four O
for O
55 O
. O

By O
stumps O
Kent I-ORG
had O
reached O
108 O
for O
three O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLISH I-MISC
COUNTY I-MISC
CHAMPIONSHIP I-MISC
SCORES O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Result O
and O
close O
of O
play O
scores O
in O
English I-MISC
county O
championship O
matches O
on O
Friday O
: O

Leicester I-LOC
: O
Leicestershire I-ORG
beat O
Somerset I-ORG
by O
an O
innings O
and O
39 O
runs O
. O

Somerset I-ORG
83 O
and O
174 O
( O
P. I-PER
Simmons I-PER
4-38 O
) O
, O
Leicestershire I-ORG
296 O
. O

Leicestershire I-ORG
22 O
points O
, O
Somerset I-ORG
4 O
. O

Chester-le-Street I-LOC
: O
Glamorgan I-ORG
259 O
and O
207 O
( O
A. I-PER
Dale I-PER
69 O
, O
H. I-PER
Morris I-PER
69 O
; O
D. I-PER
Blenkiron I-PER
4-43 O
) O
, O
Durham I-ORG
114 O
( O
S. I-PER
Watkin I-PER
4-28 O
) O
and O
81-3 O
. O

Tunbridge I-LOC
Wells I-LOC
: O
Nottinghamshire I-ORG
214 O
( O
P. I-PER
Johnson I-PER
84 O
; O
M. I-PER
McCague I-PER
4-55 O
) O
, O
Kent I-ORG
108-3 O
. O

London I-LOC
( O
The I-LOC
Oval I-LOC
) O
: O
Warwickshire I-ORG
195 O
, O
Surrey I-ORG
429-7 O
( O
C. I-PER
Lewis I-PER
80 O
not O
out O
, O
M. I-PER
Butcher I-PER
70 O
, O
G. I-PER
Kersey I-PER
63 O
, O
J. I-PER
Ratcliffe I-PER
63 O
, O
D. I-PER
Bicknell I-PER
55 O
) O
. O

Hove I-LOC
: O
Sussex I-ORG
363 O
( O
W. I-PER
Athey I-PER
111 O
, O
V. I-PER
Drakes I-PER
52 O
; O
I. I-PER
Austin I-PER
4-37 O
) O
, O
Lancashire I-ORG
197-8 O
( O
W. I-PER
Hegg I-PER
54 O
) O

Portsmouth I-LOC
: O
Middlesex I-ORG
199 O
and O
426 O
( O
J. I-PER
Pooley I-PER
111 O
, O
M. I-PER
Ramprakash I-PER
108 O
, O
M. I-PER
Gatting I-PER
83 O
) O
, O
Hampshire I-ORG
232 O
and O
109-5 O
. O

Chesterfield I-LOC
: O
Worcestershire I-ORG
238 O
and O
133-5 O
, O
Derbyshire I-ORG
471 O
( O
J. I-PER
Adams I-PER
123 O
, O
T.O'Gorman I-PER
109 O
not O
out O
, O
K. I-PER
Barnett I-PER
87 O
; O
T. I-PER
Moody I-PER
6-82 O
) O

Bristol I-LOC
: O
Gloucestershire I-ORG
183 O
and O
185-6 O
( O
J. I-PER
Russell I-PER
56 O
not O
out O
) O
, O
Northamptonshire I-ORG
190 O
( O
K. I-PER
Curran I-PER
52 O
; O
A. I-PER
Smith I-PER
5-68 O
) O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
1997 O
ASHES I-MISC
INTINERARY O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Australia I-LOC
will O
defend O
the O
Ashes I-MISC
in O

a O
six-test O
series O
against O
England I-LOC
during O
a O
four-month O
tour O

starting O
on O
May O
13 O
next O
year O
, O
the O
Test I-ORG
and I-ORG
County I-ORG
Cricket I-ORG
Board I-ORG

said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Australia I-LOC
will O
also O
play O
three O
one-day O
internationals O
and O

four O
one-day O
warm-up O
matches O
at O
the O
start O
of O
the O
tour O
. O

The O
tourists O
will O
play O
nine O
first-class O
matches O
against O

English I-MISC
county O
sides O
and O
another O
against O
British I-ORG
Universities I-ORG
, O

as O
well O
as O
one-day O
matches O
against O
the O
Minor I-ORG
Counties I-ORG
and O

Scotland I-LOC
. O

Tour O
itinerary O
: O

May O

May O
13 O
Arrive O
in O
London I-LOC

May O
14 O
Practice O
at O
Lord I-LOC
's I-LOC

May O
15 O
v O
Duke I-ORG
of I-ORG
Norfolk I-ORG
's I-ORG
XI I-ORG
( O
at O
Arundel I-LOC
) O

May O
17 O
v O
Northampton I-ORG

May O
18 O
v O
Worcestershire I-ORG

May O
20 O
v O
Durham I-ORG

May O
22 O
First O
one-day O
international O
( O
at O
Headingley I-LOC
, O

Leeds I-ORG
) O

May O
24 O
Second O
one-day O
international O
( O
at O
The I-LOC
Oval I-LOC
, O

London I-LOC
) O

May O
25 O
Third O
one-day O
international O
( O
at O
Lord I-LOC
's I-LOC
, O
London I-LOC
) O

May O
27-29 O
v O
Gloucestershire I-ORG
or O
Sussex I-ORG
or O
Surrey I-ORG
( O
three O

days O
) O

May O
31 O
- O
June O
2 O
v O
Derbyshire I-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

June O

June O
5-9 O
First O
test O
match O
( O
at O
Edgbaston I-LOC
, O
Birmingham I-LOC
) O

June O
11-13 O
v O
a O
first O
class O
county O
( O
to O
be O
confirmed O
) O

June O
14-16 O
v O
Leicestershire I-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

June O
19-23 O
Second O
test O
( O
at O
Lord I-LOC
's I-LOC
) O

June O
25-27 O
v O
British I-ORG
Universities I-ORG
( O
at O
Oxford I-LOC
, O
three O
days O
) O

June O
28-30 O
v O
Hampshire I-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

July O

July O
3-7 O
Third O
test O
( O
at O
Old I-LOC
Trafford I-LOC
, O
Manchester I-LOC
) O

July O
9 O
v O
Minor I-ORG
Counties I-ORG
XI I-ORG

July O
12 O
v O
Scotland I-LOC

July O
16-18 O
v O
Glamorgan I-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

July O
19-21 O
v O
Middlesex I-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

July O
24-28 O
Fourth O
test O
( O
at O
Headingley I-LOC
) O

August O

August O
1-4 O
v O
Somerset I-ORG
( O
four O
days O
) O

August O
7-11 O
Fifth O
test O
( O
at O
Trent I-LOC
Bridge I-LOC
, O
Nottingham I-LOC
) O

August O
16-18 O
v O
Kent I-ORG
( O
three O
days O
) O

August O
21-25 O
Sixth O
test O
( O
at O
The I-LOC
Oval I-LOC
, O
London I-LOC
) O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SHEARER I-PER
NAMED O
AS O
ENGLAND I-LOC
CAPTAIN O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
world O
's O
costliest O
footballer O
Alan I-PER
Shearer I-PER
was O
named O
as O
the O
new O
England I-LOC
captain O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
26-year-old O
, O
who O
joined O
Newcastle I-ORG
for O
15 O
million O
pounds O
sterling O
( O
$ O
23.4 O
million O
) O
, O
takes O
over O
from O
Tony I-PER
Adams I-PER
, O
who O
led O
the O
side O
during O
the O
European I-MISC
championship O
in O
June O
, O
and O
former O
captain O
David I-PER
Platt I-PER
. O

Adams I-PER
and O
Platt I-PER
are O
both O
injured O
and O
will O
miss O
England I-LOC
's O
opening O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
qualifier O
against O
Moldova I-LOC
on O
Sunday O
. O

Shearer I-PER
takes O
the O
captaincy O
on O
a O
trial O
basis O
, O
but O
new O
coach O
Glenn I-PER
Hoddle I-PER
said O
he O
saw O
no O
reason O
why O
the O
former O
Blackburn I-ORG
and O
Southampton I-ORG
skipper O
should O
not O
make O
the O
post O
his O
own O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
sure O
there O
wo O
n't O
be O
a O
problem O
, O
I O
'm O
sure O
Alan I-PER
is O
the O
man O
for O
the O
job O
, O
" O
Hoddle I-PER
said O
. O

" O
There O
were O
three O
or O
four O
people O
who O
could O
have O
done O
it O
but O
when O
I O
spoke O
to O
Alan I-PER
he O
was O
up O
for O
it O
and O
really O
wanted O
it O
. O

" O
In O
four O
days O
it O
's O
very O
difficult O
to O
come O
to O
a O
100 O
percent O
conclusion O
about O
something O
like O
this O
... O

but O
he O
knows O
how O
to O
conduct O
himself O
, O
his O
team O
mates O
respect O
him O
and O
he O
knows O
about O
the O
team O
situation O
even O
though O
he O
plays O
up O
front O
. O
" O

Shearer I-PER
's O
Euro I-MISC
96 I-MISC
striking O
partner O
Teddy I-PER
Sheringham I-PER
withdrew O
from O
the O
squad O
with O
an O
injury O
on O
Friday O
. O

He O
will O
probably O
be O
replaced O
by O
Shearer I-PER
's O
Newcastle I-ORG
team O
mate O
Les I-PER
Ferdinand I-PER
. O

BASKETBALL O
- O
INTERNATIONAL O
TOURNAMENT O
RESULT O
. O

BELGRADE I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Result O
in O
an O
international O

basketball O
tournament O
on O
Friday O
: O

Red I-ORG
Star I-ORG
( O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Dinamo I-ORG
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
92-90 O
( O
halftime O

47-47 O
) O

SOCCER O
- O
ROMANIA I-LOC
BEAT O
LITHUANIA I-LOC
IN O
UNDER-21 O
MATCH O
. O

BUCHAREST I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Romania I-LOC
beat O
Lithuania I-LOC
2-1 O
( O
halftime O
1-1 O
) O
in O
their O
European I-MISC
under-21 O
soccer O
match O
on O
Friday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Romania I-LOC
- O
Cosmin I-PER
Contra I-PER
( O
31st O
) O
, O
Mihai I-PER
Tararache I-PER
( O
75th O
) O

Lithuania I-LOC
- O
Danius I-PER
Gleveckas I-PER
( O
13rd O
) O

Attendance O
: O
200 O

SOCCER O
- O
ROTOR I-ORG
FANS O
LOCKED O
OUT O
AFTER O
VOLGOGRAD I-LOC
VIOLENCE O
. O

MOSCOW I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Rotor I-ORG
Volgograd I-ORG
must O
play O
their O
next O
home O
game O
behind O
closed O
doors O
after O
fans O
hurled O
bottles O
and O
stones O
at O
Dynamo I-ORG
Moscow I-ORG
players O
during O
a O
1-0 O
home O
defeat O
on O
Saturday O
that O
ended O
Rotor I-ORG
's O
brief O
spell O
as O
league O
leaders O
. O

The O
head O
of O
the O
Russian I-MISC
league O
's O
disciplinary O
committee O
, O
Anatoly I-PER
Gorokhovsky I-PER
, O
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
Rotor I-ORG
would O
play O
Lada I-ORG
Togliatti I-ORG
to O
empty O
stands O
on O
September O
3 O
. O

The O
club O
, O
who O
put O
Manchester I-ORG
United I-ORG
out O
of O
last O
year O
's O
UEFA I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
, O
were O
fined O
$ O
1,000 O
. O

Despite O
the O
defeat O
, O
Rotor I-ORG
are O
well O
placed O
with O
11 O
games O
to O
play O
in O
the O
championship O
. O

Lying O
three O
points O
behind O
Alania I-ORG
and O
two O
behind O
Dynamo I-ORG
Moscow I-ORG
, O
the O
Volgograd I-LOC
side O
have O
a O
game O
in O
hand O
over O
the O
leaders O
and O
two O
over O
the O
Moscow I-LOC
club O
. O

BOXING O
- O
PANAMA I-LOC
'S O
ROBERTO I-PER
DURAN I-PER
FIGHTS O
THE O
SANDS O
OF O
TIME O
. O

PANAMA I-LOC
CITY I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Panamanian I-MISC
boxing O
legend O
Roberto I-PER
" I-PER
Hands I-PER
of I-PER
Stone I-PER
" I-PER
Duran I-PER
climbs O
into O
the O
ring O
on O
Saturday O
in O
another O
age-defying O
attempt O
to O
sustain O
his O
long O
career O
. O

Duran I-PER
, O
45 O
, O
takes O
on O
little-known O
Mexican I-MISC
Ariel I-PER
Cruz I-PER
, O
30 O
, O
in O
a O
super O
middleweight O
non-title O
bout O
in O
Panama I-LOC
City I-LOC
. O

The O
fight O
, O
Duran I-PER
's O
first O
on O
home O
soil O
for O
10 O
years O
, O
is O
being O
billed O
here O
as O
the O
" O
Return I-MISC
of I-MISC
the I-MISC
Legend I-MISC
" O
and O
Duran I-PER
still O
talks O
as O
if O
he O
was O
in O
his O
prime O
. O

" O
I O
want O
a O
fifth O
title O
. O

This O
match O
is O
to O
prepare O
me O
. O

I O
feel O
good O
. O

I O
'm O
not O
retiring O
, O
" O
Duran I-PER
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

But O
those O
close O
to O
the O
boxer O
acknowledge O
that O
the O
man O
who O
has O
won O
championships O
in O
four O
different O
weight O
classes O
-- O
lightweight O
, O
welterweight O
, O
junior O
middleweight O
and O
middleweight O
-- O
is O
drawing O
close O
to O
the O
end O
of O
his O
career O
. O

" O
Each O
time O
he O
fights O
, O
he O
's O
on O
the O
last O
frontier O
of O
his O
career O
. O

If O
he O
loses O
Saturday O
, O
it O
could O
devalue O
his O
position O
as O
one O
of O
the O
world O
's O
great O
boxers O
, O
" O
Panamanian I-MISC
Boxing I-ORG
Association I-ORG
President O
Ramon I-PER
Manzanares I-PER
said O
. O

Duran I-PER
, O
whose O
97-12 O
record O
spans O
three O
decades O
, O
hopes O
a O
win O
in O
the O
10-round O
bout O
will O
earn O
him O
a O
rematch O
against O
Puerto I-LOC
Rico I-LOC
's O
Hector I-PER
" I-PER
Macho I-PER
" I-PER
Camacho I-PER
. O

Camacho I-PER
took O
a O
controversial O
points O
decision O
against O
the O
Panamanian I-MISC
in O
Atlantic I-LOC
City I-LOC
in O
June O
in O
a O
title O
fight O
. O

SQUASH O
- O
HONG I-MISC
KONG I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
QUARTER-FINAL O
RESULTS O
. O

HONG I-LOC
KONG I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Quarter-final O
results O
in O
the O
Hong I-MISC
Kong I-MISC
Open I-MISC
on O
Friday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O
1 O
- O
Jansher I-PER
Khan I-PER
( O
Pakistan I-LOC
) O
beat O
Mark I-PER
Cairns I-PER
( O
England I-LOC
) O
15-10 O
15-6 O
15-7 O

Anthony I-PER
Hill I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Dan I-PER
Jenson I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
15-9 O
15-8 O
15-17 O
17-15 O

4 O
- O
Peter I-PER
Nicol I-PER
( O
Scotland I-LOC
) O
beat O
7 O
- O
Chris I-PER
Walker I-PER
( O
England I-LOC
) O
15-8 O
15-13 O
13-15 O
15-9 O

2 O
- O
Rodney I-PER
Eyles I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Derek I-PER
Ryan I-PER
( O
Ireland I-LOC
) O
15-6 O
15-9 O
11-15 O
15-10 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
RESULTS O
OF O
SOUTH I-MISC
KOREAN I-MISC
PRO-SOCCER O
GAMES O
. O

SEOUL I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
of O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
pro-soccer O

games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Pohang I-ORG
3 O
Ulsan I-ORG
2 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O

Puchon I-ORG
2 O
Chonbuk I-ORG
1 O
( O
halftime O
1-1 O
) O

Standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
- O

won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O
for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

W O
D O
L O
G O
/ O
F O
G O
/ O
A O
P O

Puchon I-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
6 O
1 O
10 O

Chonan I-ORG
3 O
0 O
1 O
13 O
10 O
9 O

Pohang I-ORG
2 O
1 O
1 O
11 O
10 O
7 O

Suwan I-ORG
1 O
3 O
0 O
7 O
3 O
6 O

Ulsan I-ORG
1 O
0 O
2 O
8 O
9 O
3 O

Anyang I-ORG
0 O
3 O
1 O
6 O
9 O
3 O

Chonnam I-ORG
0 O
2 O
1 O
4 O
5 O
2 O

Pusan I-ORG
0 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
7 O
2 O

Chonbuk I-ORG
0 O
0 O
3 O
3 O
7 O
0 O

BASEBALL O
- O
RESULTS O
OF O
S. I-MISC
KOREAN I-MISC
PROFESSIONAL O
GAMES O
. O

SEOUL I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
of O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC

professional O
baseball O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
. O

LG I-ORG
2 O
OB I-ORG
0 O

Lotte I-ORG
6 O
Hyundai I-ORG
2 O

Hyundai I-ORG
6 O
Lotte I-ORG
5 O

Haitai I-ORG
2 O
Samsung I-ORG
0 O

Samsung I-ORG
10 O
Haitai I-ORG
3 O

Hanwha I-ORG
6 O
Ssangbangwool I-ORG
5 O

Note O
- O
Lotte I-ORG
and O
Hyundai I-ORG
, O
Haitai I-ORG
and O
Samsung I-ORG
played O
two O
games O
. O

Standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O

won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
winning O
percentage O
, O
games O
behind O
first O
place O
) O

W O
D O
L O
PCT O
GB O

Haitai I-ORG
64 O
2 O
43 O
.596 O
- O

Ssangbangwool I-ORG
59 O
2 O
49 O
.545 O
5 O
1/2 O

Hanwha I-ORG
58 O
1 O
49 O
.542 O
6 O

Hyundai I-ORG
57 O
5 O
49 O
.536 O
6 O
1/2 O

Samsung I-ORG
49 O
5 O
56 O
.468 O
14 O

Lotte I-ORG
46 O
6 O
54 O
.462 O
14 O
1/2 O

LG I-ORG
46 O
5 O
59 O
.441 O
17 O

OB I-ORG
42 O
6 O
62 O
.409 O
20 O
1/2 O

TENNIS O
- O
FRIDAY O
'S O
RESULTS O
FROM O
THE O
U.S. I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
from O
the O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
Tennis I-MISC
Championships I-MISC
at O
the O
National I-LOC
Tennis I-LOC
Centre I-LOC
on O
Friday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

Sandrine I-PER
Testud I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
beat O
Ines I-PER
Gorrochategui I-PER
( O
Argentina I-LOC
) O
4-6 O
6-2 O
6-1 O

Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O

4 O
- O
Goran I-PER
Ivanisevic I-PER
( O
Croatia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Scott I-PER
Draper I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
6-7 O
( O
1-7 O
) O
6-3 O
6-4 O
6-4 O

Tim I-PER
Henman I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
beat O
Doug I-PER
Flach I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-4 O
6-2 O

Mark I-PER
Philippoussis I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Andrei I-PER
Olhovskiy I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
6 O
- O
3 O
6-4 O
6-2 O

Sjeng I-PER
Schalken I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
beat O
David I-PER
Rikl I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6 O
- O
2 O
6-4 O
6-4 O

Guy I-PER
Forget I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
beat O
17 O
- O
Felix I-PER
Mantilla I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
7-5 O
6-3 O

Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O

Alexander I-PER
Volkov I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Mikael I-PER
Tillstrom I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
1-6 O
6- O
4 O
6-1 O
4-6 O
7-6 O
( O
10-8 O
) O

Jonas I-PER
Bjorkman I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
beat O
David I-PER
Nainkin I-PER
( O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
) O
6-4 O
6-1 O
6-1 O

Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

8 O
- O
Lindsay I-PER
Davenport I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Anne-Gaelle I-PER
Sidot I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
6-0 O
6-3 O

4 O
- O
Conchita I-PER
Martinez I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
beat O
Helena I-PER
Sukova I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-3 O

Amanda I-PER
Coetzer I-PER
( O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
beat O
Irina I-PER
Spirlea I-PER
( O
Romania I-LOC
) O
7-6 O
( O
7-5 O
) O
7-5 O

Add O
Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O
16 O
- O
Cedric I-PER
Pioline I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
beat O
Roberto I-PER
Carretero I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
4-6 O
6 O
- O
2 O
6-2 O
6-1 O
Alex I-PER
Corretja I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
beat O
Filippo I-PER
Veglio I-PER
( O
Switzerland I-LOC
) O
6-7 O
( O
4- O
7 O
) O
6-4 O
6-4 O
6-0 O

Add O
Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O
Linda I-PER
Wild I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Barbara I-PER
Rittner I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
4-6 O
7-5 O
Asa I-PER
Carlsson I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
beat O
15 O
- O
Gabriela I-PER
Sabatini I-PER
( O
Argentina I-LOC
) O
7-5 O
3-6 O
6-2 O

Add O
Men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O
1 O
- O
Pete I-PER
Sampras I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Jiri I-PER
Novak I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6-3 O
1-6 O
6-3 O
4-6 O
6-4 O
Paul I-PER
Haarhuis I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
beat O
Michael I-PER
Tebbutt I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
1- O
6 O
6-2 O
6-2 O
6-3 O

Add O
Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O
Lisa I-PER
Raymond I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Kimberly I-PER
Po I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-2 O

: O

Add O
men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O

Hendrik I-PER
Dreekmann I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
beat O
Thomas I-PER
Johansson I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O

7-6 O
( O
7-1 O
) O
6-2 O
4-6 O
6-1 O

Andrei I-PER
Medvedev I-PER
( O
Ukraine I-LOC
) O
beat O
Jan I-PER
Kroslak I-PER
( O
Slovakia I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-3 O

6-2 O

Petr I-PER
Korda I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
bat O
Bohdan I-PER
Ulihrach I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC

Republic I-LOC
) O
6-0 O
7-6 O
( O
7-5 O
) O
6-2 O

Add O
women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

2 O
- O
Monica I-PER
Seles I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Dally I-PER
Randriantefy I-PER
( O
Madagascar I-LOC
) O

6-0 O
6-2 O

: O

Add O
men O
's O
singles O
, O
second O
round O
12 O
- O
Todd I-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Andrea I-PER
Gaudenzi I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-2 O
6-2 O
Stefan I-PER
Edberg I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
beat O
Bernd I-PER
Karbacher I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
3-6 O
6-3 O
6-3 O
1-0 O
retired O
( O
leg O
injury O
) O

BASEBALL O
- O
MAJOR I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
THURSDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Major I-MISC
League I-MISC
Baseball I-MISC

standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O

lost O
, O
winning O
percentage O
and O
games O
behind O
) O
: O

AMERICAN I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC

EASTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
74 O
59 O
.556 O
- O

BALTIMORE I-ORG
70 O
63 O
.526 O
4 O

BOSTON I-ORG
69 O
65 O
.515 O
5 O
1/2 O

TORONTO I-ORG
63 O
71 O
.470 O
11 O
1/2 O

DETROIT I-ORG
48 O
86 O
.358 O
26 O
1/2 O

CENTRAL I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

CLEVELAND I-ORG
80 O
53 O
.602 O
- O

CHICAGO I-ORG
71 O
64 O
.526 O
10 O

MINNESOTA I-ORG
67 O
67 O
.500 O
13 O
1/2 O

MILWAUKEE I-ORG
64 O
71 O
.474 O
17 O

KANSAS I-ORG
CITY I-ORG
61 O
74 O
.452 O
20 O

WESTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

TEXAS I-ORG
75 O
58 O
.564 O
- O

SEATTLE I-ORG
70 O
63 O
.526 O
5 O

OAKLAND I-ORG
64 O
72 O
.471 O
12 O
1/2 O

CALIFORNIA I-ORG
62 O
72 O
.463 O
13 O
1/2 O

FRIDAY O
, O
AUGUST O
30 O
SCHEDULE O

KANSAS I-ORG
CITY I-ORG
AT O
DETROIT I-LOC

CHICAGO I-ORG
AT O
TORONTO I-LOC

MINNESOTA I-ORG
AT O
MILWAUKEE I-LOC

CLEVELAND I-ORG
AT O
TEXAS I-LOC

NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
AT O
CALIFORNIA I-LOC

BOSTON I-ORG
AT O
OAKLAND I-LOC

BALTIMORE I-ORG
AT O
SEATTLE I-LOC

NATIONAL I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC

EASTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

ATLANTA I-ORG
83 O
49 O
.629 O
- O

MONTREAL I-ORG
71 O
61 O
.538 O
12 O

FLORIDA I-ORG
64 O
70 O
.478 O
20 O

NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
59 O
75 O
.440 O
25 O

PHILADELPHIA I-ORG
54 O
80 O
.403 O
30 O

CENTRAL I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

HOUSTON I-ORG
72 O
63 O
.533 O
- O

ST I-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
69 O
65 O
.515 O
2 O
1/2 O

CINCINNATI I-ORG
66 O
67 O
.496 O
5 O

CHICAGO I-ORG
65 O
66 O
.496 O
5 O

PITTSBURGH I-ORG
56 O
77 O
.421 O
15 O

WESTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

SAN I-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
75 O
60 O
.556 O
- O

LOS I-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
72 O
61 O
.541 O
2 O

COLORADO I-ORG
70 O
65 O
.519 O
5 O

SAN I-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
57 O
74 O
.435 O
16 O

FRIDAY O
, O
AUGUST O
30 O
SCHEDULE O

ATLANTA I-ORG
AT O
CHICAGO I-LOC

FLORIDA I-ORG
AT O
CINCINNATI I-LOC

SAN I-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
AT O
MONTREAL I-LOC

LOS I-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
AT O
PHILADELPHIA I-LOC

HOUSTON I-ORG
AT O
PITTSBURGH I-LOC

SAN I-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
AT O
NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC

COLORADO I-ORG
AT O
ST I-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC

BASEBALL O
- O
MAJOR I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
RESULTS O
THURSDAY O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Results O
of O
Major I-MISC
League I-MISC

Baseball O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

American I-MISC
League I-MISC

DETROIT I-ORG
4 O
Kansas I-ORG
City I-ORG
1 O

Minnesota I-ORG
6 O
MILWAUKEE I-ORG
1 O

CALIFORNIA I-ORG
14 O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
3 O

SEATTLE I-ORG
9 O
Baltimore I-ORG
6 O

National I-MISC
League I-MISC

San I-ORG
Diego I-ORG
3 O
NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
2 O

Chicago I-ORG
4 O
HOUSTON I-ORG
3 O

Cincinnati I-ORG
18 O
COLORADO I-ORG
7 O

Atlanta I-ORG
5 O
PITTSBURGH I-ORG
1 O

Los I-ORG
Angeles I-ORG
2 O
MONTREAL I-ORG
1 O

Florida I-ORG
10 O
ST I-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
9 O

TENNIS O
- O
TARANGO I-PER
, O
O'BRIEN I-PER
SPRING O
TWIN O
UPSETS O
UNDER O
THE O
LIGHTS O
. O

Larry I-PER
Fine I-PER

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Andre I-PER
Agassi I-PER
escaped O
disaster O
on O
Thursday O
but O
Wimbledon I-MISC
finalist O
MaliVai I-PER
Washington I-PER
and O
Marcelo I-PER
Rios I-PER
were O
not O
so O
fortunate O
on O
a O
night O
of O
upsets O
at O
the O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
. O

The O
11th-seeded O
Washington I-PER
fell O
short O
of O
reprising O
his O
Wimbledon I-MISC
miracle O
comeback O
as O
he O
lost O
to O
red-hot O
wildcard O
Alex I-PER
O'Brien I-PER
6-3 O
6-4 O
5-7 O
3-6 O
6-3 O
in O
a O
two O
hour O
51 O
minute O
struggle O
on O
the O
Stadium O
court O
. O

Next O
door O
on O
the O
grandstand O
, O
10th O
seed O
Rios I-PER
lost O
to O
another O
player O
with O
a O
Wimbledon I-MISC
connection O
-- O
bad O
boy O
Jeff I-PER
Tarango I-PER
. O

The O
temperamental O
left-hander O
defeated O
the O
Chilean I-MISC
6-4 O
4-6 O
7-6 O
6-2 O
. O

The O
day O
programme O
went O
smoothly O
although O
sixth-seeded O
former O
champion O
Agassi I-PER
had O
to O
wriggle O
out O
of O
a O
dangerous O
3-6 O
0-4 O
hole O
, O
winning O
18 O
of O
the O
last O
19 O
games O
against O
India I-LOC
's O
Leander I-PER
Paes I-PER
. O

But O
the O
night O
belonged O
to O
the O
upstarts O
. O

Washington I-PER
, O
who O
climbed O
back O
from O
a O
1-5 O
deficit O
, O
two O
sets O
down O
in O
the O
third O
set O
against O
Todd I-PER
Martin I-PER
in O
the O
Wimbledon I-MISC
semifinals O
, O
looked O
poised O
for O
another O
sensational O
comeback O
. O

O'Brien I-PER
, O
a O
winner O
two O
weeks O
ago O
in O
New I-LOC
Haven I-LOC
for O
his O
first O
pro O
title O
, O
served O
for O
the O
match O
at O
5-4 O
in O
the O
third O
set O
before O
Washington I-PER
came O
charging O
back O
. O

" O
I O
just O
kept O
saying O
to O
myself O
, O
' O
keep O
giving O
yourself O
the O
best O
chance O
to O
win O
, O
keep O
battling O
, O
maybe O
something O
will O
happen O
, O
' O
" O
said O
the O
26-year-old O
O'Brien I-PER
, O
ranked O
65th O
. O

" O
I O
kept O
my O
composure O
and O
I O
was O
proud O
of O
myself O
for O
that O
-- O
usually O
I O
would O
have O
folded O
up O
the O
tent O
and O
gone O
home O
. O
" O

The O
hard-serving O
O'Brien I-PER
, O
a O
former O
U.S. I-LOC
collegiate O
national O
champion O
, O
fired O
up O
17 O
aces O
to O
ultimately O
subdue O
the O
never-say-die O
Washington I-PER
. O

The O
fifth O
set O
stayed O
on O
serve O
until O
the O
sixth O
game O
, O
when O
Washington I-PER
, O
after O
saving O
one O
break O
point O
with O
a O
forehand O
winner O
down O
the O
line O
, O
netted O
a O
backhand O
to O
give O
O'Brien I-PER
a O
4-2 O
lead O
. O

The O
Texan I-MISC
blasted O
in O
two O
aces O
to O
hold O
serve O
at O
5-2 O
and O
then O
converted O
his O
eighth O
match O
point O
for O
victory O
when O
Washington I-PER
found O
the O
net O
with O
another O
backhand O
from O
40-0 O
. O

" O
You O
just O
kind O
of O
keep O
fighting O
and O
you O
keep O
trying O
to O
make O
him O
play O
a O
little O
bit O
. O

I O
think O
he O
got O
a O
little O
tight O
at O
a O
couple O
of O
moments O
, O
" O
said O
Washington I-PER
. O
" O

But O
I O
think O
he O
served O
pretty O
well O
when O
he O
had O
to O
. O
" O

Tarango I-PER
, O
whose O
Wimbledon I-MISC
tantrum O
two O
years O
ago O
brought O
him O
a O
$ O
28,000 O
fine O
and O
suspension O
from O
this O
year O
's O
tournament O
at O
the O
All-England I-ORG
Club I-ORG
, O
argued O
calls O
and O
taunted O
fans O
in O
his O
lively O
two O
hour O
, O
24 O
minute O
tango O
with O
Rios I-PER
on O
the O
grandstand O
. O

A O
boisterous O
cheering O
section O
backed O
the O
distracted O
Chilean I-MISC
and O
booed O
the O
lanky O
American I-MISC
, O
who O
ate O
up O
all O
the O
attention O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
an O
emotional O
player O
, O
" O
said O
the O
104th-ranked O
Tarango I-PER
. O
" O

I O
think O
I O
played O
very O
well O
tonight O
, O
very O
focused O
. O
" O

The O
match O
turned O
on O
the O
third-set O
tiebreaker O
, O
which O
the O
American I-MISC
won O
7-5 O
much O
to O
the O
dismay O
of O
the O
spectators O
. O

" O
I O
love O
the O
crowd O
if O
they O
boo O
me O
every O
day O
. O

It O
fires O
me O
up O
, O
makes O
me O
play O
my O
best O
tennis O
, O
" O
Tarango I-PER
said O
. O

" O
I O
played O
some O
of O
my O
best O
tennis O
in O
college O
when O
fraternities O
were O
throwing O
beer O
on O
me O
. O

If O
tennis O
was O
like O
that O
every O
day O
, O
I O
think O
everybody O
wold O
be O
having O
a O
lot O
more O
fun O
. O
" O

Rios I-PER
did O
not O
appreciate O
Tarango I-PER
's O
antics O
. O

" O
He O
's O
always O
complaining O
too O
much O
, O
" O
said O
Rios I-PER
. O
" O

But O
I O
think O
it O
's O
not O
that O
. O

I O
think O
I O
played O
really O
bad O
. O

It O
was O
tough O
to O
play O
at O
night O
. O

Balls O
were O
going O
really O
fast O
. O

I O
lost O
too O
many O
points O
that O
I O
never O
lose O
. O

I O
did O
n't O
play O
my O
tennis O
. O
" O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
see O
the O
ball O
like O
I O
see O
during O
the O
day O
. O

I O
play O
an O
American I-MISC
so O
that O
's O
why O
I O
play O
at O
night O
. O

I O
did O
n't O
feel O
good O
on O
the O
court O
. O
" O

At O
the O
end O
of O
the O
match O
, O
Tarango I-PER
blew O
sarcastic O
kisses O
to O
the O
crowd O
, O
then O
jiggled O
his O
body O
to O
a O
Rios I-PER
rooting O
section O
in O
a O
jeering O
salute O
. O

" O
I O
support O
their O
enthusiasm O
, O
" O
Tarango I-PER
said O
about O
the O
fans O
. O
" O

At O
the O
same O
time O
, O
they O
're O
cheering O
blatantly O
against O
me O
. O

After O
I O
won O
I O
figured O
I O
could O
give O
them O
a O
little O
razzle-dazzle O
. O
" O

NFL I-ORG
AMERICAN I-MISC
FOOTBALL-RANDALL I-MISC
CUNNINGHAM I-PER
RETIRES O
. O

PHILADELPHIA I-LOC
1996-08-29 O

Randall I-PER
Cunningham I-PER
, O
the O
National I-ORG
Football I-ORG
League I-ORG
's O
all-time O
leading O
rusher O
as O
a O
quarterback O
and O
one O
of O
the O
most O
athletic O
players O
ever O
to O
line O
up O
over O
centre O
, O
retired O
Thursday O
. O

Cunningham I-PER
played O
his O
entire O
11-year O
career O
with O
the O
Philadelphia I-ORG
Eagles I-ORG
. O

A O
three-time O
Pro I-MISC
Bowl I-MISC
selection O
, O
Cunningham I-PER
rushed O
for O
4,482 O
yards O
on O
677 O
carries O
. O

" O
I O
would O
like O
to O
thank O
the O
Eagles I-ORG
organisation O
and O
the O
wonderful O
fans O
of O
Philadelphia I-ORG
for O
supporting O
me O
throughout O
my O
career O
, O
" O
Cunningham I-PER
said O
. O

" O
Although O
it O
saddens O
me O
to O
leave O
, O
I O
am O
looking O
forward O
to O
spending O
more O
time O
with O
my O
family O
and O
pursuing O
other O
interests O
that O
have O
been O
on O
the O
back O
burner O
for O
sometime O
. O
" O

" O
Randall I-PER
was O
one O
of O
the O
most O
exciting O
quarterbacks O
in O
NFL I-ORG
history O
, O
" O
said O
Eagles I-ORG
owner O
Jeffrey I-PER
Lurie I-PER
. O
" O

During O
his O
11 O
years O
in O
Philadelphia I-LOC
, O
Randall I-PER
was O
the O
cornerstone O
of O
the O
Eagles I-ORG
' O
franchise O
and O
brought O
many O
great O
moments O
to O
fans O
in O
Philadelphia I-LOC
as O
well O
as O
across O
the O
NFL I-ORG
. O
" O

A O
second-round O
choice O
in O
1985 O
, O
Cunningham I-PER
completed O
1,874-of-3,362 O
passes O
( O
55.7 O
percent O
) O
for O
22,877 O
yards O
and O
150 O
touchdowns O
. O

Cunningham I-PER
has O
already O
been O
signed O
as O
a O
broadcaster O
. O

GOLF O
- O
LEADING O
SCORES O
AT O
GREATER I-MISC
MILWAUKEE I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

MILWAUKEE I-LOC
, O
Wisconsin I-LOC
1996-08-29 O

Leading O
scores O
in O

the O
$ O
1.2 O
million O
Greater I-MISC
Milwaukee I-MISC
Open I-MISC
at O
the O
par-71 O
, O

6,739-yard O
Brown I-LOC
Deer I-LOC
Park I-LOC
Golf I-LOC
Course I-LOC
after O
the O
first O
round O

on O
Thursday O
( O
players O
U.S. I-LOC
unless O
stated O
) O
: O

62 O
Nolan I-PER
Henke I-PER

64 O
Bob I-PER
Estes I-PER

65 O
Billy I-PER
Andrade I-PER
, O
Duffy I-PER
Waldorf I-PER
, O
Jesper I-PER
Parnevik I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O

66 O
Neal I-PER
Lancaster I-PER
, O
Dave I-PER
Barr I-PER
( O
Canada I-LOC
) O
, O
Mike I-PER
Sullivan I-PER
, O
Willie I-PER

Wood I-PER
, O
Loren I-PER
Roberts I-PER
, O
Steve I-PER
Stricker I-PER
, O
Brian I-PER
Claar I-PER
, O
Russ I-PER
Cochran I-PER

67 O
Mark I-PER
Calcavecchia I-PER
, O
Payne I-PER
Stewart I-PER
, O
Billy I-PER
Mayfair I-PER
, O
Ken I-PER

Green I-PER
, O
Jerry I-PER
Kelly I-PER
, O
Tim I-PER
Simpson I-PER
, O
Olin I-PER
Browne I-PER
, O
Shane I-PER
Bortsch I-PER
, O

Mike I-PER
Hulbert I-PER
, O
Brian I-PER
Henninger I-PER
, O
Tiger I-PER
Woods I-PER
, O
Steve I-PER
Jurgenson I-PER
, O

Bryan I-PER
Gorman I-PER

GOLF O
- O
HENKE I-PER
TAKES O
LEAD O
IN O
MILWAUKEE I-LOC
, O
WOODS I-PER
MAKES O
PRO O
DEBUT O
. O

MILWAUKEE I-LOC
, O
Wisconsin I-LOC
1996-08-29 O

Nolan I-PER
Henke I-PER
fired O
a O
nine-under-par O
62 O
to O
grab O
a O
two-shot O
lead O
after O
the O
opening O
round O
of O
the O
$ O
1.2 O
million O
Greater I-MISC
Milwaukee I-MISC
Open I-MISC
Thursday O
as O
20-year-old O
Tiger I-PER
Woods I-PER
shot O
67 O
in O
his O
professional O
debut O
. O

Henke I-PER
stood O
two O
strokes O
ahead O
of O
Bob I-PER
Estes I-PER
and O
three O
up O
on O
Billy I-PER
Andrade I-PER
, O
Duffy I-PER
Waldorf I-PER
and O
Jesper I-PER
Parnevik I-PER
. O

Woods I-PER
, O
who O
turned O
pro O
Tuesday O
after O
winning O
an O
unprecedented O
third O
successive O
U.S. I-MISC
Amateur I-MISC
Championship I-MISC
, O
almost O
eagled O
the O
18th O
hole O
. O

He O
settled O
for O
a O
birdie O
and O
a O
four-under O
opening O
round O
that O
left O
him O
five O
shots O
off O
the O
pace O
. O

" O
Yesterday O
was O
the O
toughest O
day O
I O
've O
had O
for O
a O
long O
time O
, O
" O
Woods I-PER
said O
. O
" O

Today O
, O
I O
got O
to O
play O
golf O
. O
" O

He O
added O
: O
" O
I O
thought O
I O
got O
off O
off O
to O
a O
great O
start O
. O

It O
was O
a O
perfect O
start O
. O

I O
'm O
in O
a O
good O
position O
. O
" O

Henke I-PER
, O
who O
called O
his O
round O
a O
" O
pleasant O
surprise O
, O
" O
finished O
with O
six O
birdies O
on O
the O
final O
eight O
holes O
. O

" O
We O
finally O
got O
things O
going O
in O
the O
right O
direction O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

It O
was O
my O
best O
round O
in O
a O
very O
long O
time O
. O

My O
short O
game O
has O
improved O
since O
I O
've O
had O
to O
use O
it O
so O
often O
. O

That O
's O
always O
been O
the O
worst O
part O
of O
my O
game O
. O

All O
in O
all O
, O
playing O
bad O
's O
been O
a O
good O
experience O
. O
" O

Henke I-PER
, O
who O
came O
within O
one O
shot O
of O
the O
course O
record O
set O
by O
Andrew I-PER
Magee I-PER
during O
Wednesday O
's O
pro-am O
, O
has O
three O
career O
PGA I-MISC
Tour I-MISC
victories O
, O
but O
none O
since O
the O
1993 O
BellSouth I-MISC
Classic I-MISC
. O

Estes I-PER
, O
whose O
only O
win O
came O
at O
the O
1994 O
Texas I-MISC
Open I-MISC
and O
whose O
best O
finish O
this O
year O
was O
a O
third-place O
tie O
at O
the O
Nortel I-MISC
Open I-MISC
in O
January O
, O
eagled O
the O
par-five O
fourth O
hole O
and O
added O
five O
birdies O
to O
grab O
sole O
possession O
of O
second O
place O
. O

" O
No O
bogeys O
on O
the O
card O
, O
" O
he O
noted O
. O
" O

Sometimes O
I O
take O
more O
pride O
in O
that O
. O
" O

Woods I-PER
was O
among O
a O
group O
of O
13 O
players O
at O
four O
under O
, O
including O
1993 O
champion O
Billy I-PER
Mayfair I-PER
, O
who O
tied O
for O
second O
at O
last O
week O
's O
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
, O
and O
former O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
champ O
Payne I-PER
Stewart I-PER
. O

Defending O
champion O
Scott I-PER
Hoch I-PER
shot O
a O
three-under O
68 O
and O
was O
six O
strokes O
back O
. O

Phil I-PER
Mickelson I-PER
, O
the O
only O
four-time O
winner O
on O
the O
PGA I-MISC
Tour I-MISC
, O
skipped O
the O
tournament O
after O
winning O
the O
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
last O
week O
. O

Mark I-PER
Brooks I-PER
, O
Tom I-PER
Lehman I-PER
and O
Mark I-PER
O'Meara I-PER
, O
who O
make O
up O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
top O
four O
on O
the O
money O
list O
, O
also O
took O
the O
week O
off O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SILVA I-PER
'S O
`LOST O
PASSPORT O
' O
EXCUSE O
NOT O
ENOUGH O
FOR O
FIFA I-ORG
. O

MADRID I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Spanish I-MISC
first O
division O
team O
Deportivo I-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
will O
be O
without O
key O
midfielder O
Mauro I-PER
Silva I-PER
for O
Saturday O
's O
game O
with O
Real I-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
after O
FIFA I-ORG
, O
soccer O
's O
world O
governing O
body O
, O
suspended O
the O
Brazilian I-MISC
for O
one O
game O
for O
missing O
his O
national O
side O
's O
European I-MISC
tour O
. O

Silva I-PER
excused O
his O
absence O
from O
Brazil I-LOC
's O
game O
against O
Russia I-LOC
, O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
and O
Saturday O
's O
match O
with O
the O
Netherlands I-LOC
by O
saying O
he O
had O
lost O
his O
passport O
. O

But O
that O
did O
not O
prevent O
him O
from O
collecting O
the O
one-match O
suspension O
. O

ATHLETICS O
- O
MITCHELL I-PER
DEFEATS O
BAILEY I-PER
IN O
FRONT O
OF O
FORMER O
CHAMPIONS O
. O

Adrian I-PER
Warner I-PER

BERLIN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

American I-MISC
Dennis I-PER
Mitchell I-PER
outclassed O
Olympic I-MISC
100 O
metres O
champion O
Donovan I-PER
Bailey I-PER
for O
the O
third O
time O
at O
a O
major O
post-Games I-MISC
meeting O
in O
front O
of O
the O
most O
experienced O
sprinting O
crowd O
in O
the O
world O
on O
Friday O
. O

Watched O
by O
an O
array O
of O
former O
Olympic I-MISC
sprint O
champions O
at O
the O
Berlin I-LOC
grand O
prix O
meeting O
, O
Mitchell I-PER
made O
a O
brilliant O
start O
in O
the O
100 O
metres O
and O
held O
off O
Bailey I-PER
's O
strong O
finish O
to O
win O
in O
10.08 O
seconds O
despite O
cool O
conditions O
. O

Bailey I-PER
, O
who O
set O
a O
world O
record O
of O
9.84 O
on O
his O
way O
to O
victory O
in O
Atlanta I-LOC
, O
could O
not O
catch O
his O
American I-MISC
rival O
and O
had O
to O
settle O
for O
third O
in O
a O
tight O
finish O
. O

Jamaica I-LOC
's O
Michael I-PER
Green I-PER
was O
second O
with O
10.09 O
with O
Bailey I-PER
finishing O
in O
10.13 O
. O

Last O
Friday O
Mitchell I-PER
, O
who O
finished O
fourth O
at O
the O
Atlanta I-MISC
Games I-MISC
, O
upstaged O
a O
trio O
of O
Olympic I-MISC
champions O
including O
Bailey I-PER
to O
win O
the O
100 O
in O
Brussels I-LOC
. O

Earlier O
this O
month O
he O
also O
beat O
world O
champion O
Bailey I-PER
in O
Zurich I-LOC
. O

Berlin I-LOC
, O
Brussels I-LOC
and O
Zurich I-LOC
all O
belong O
to O
the O
most O
lucrative O
series O
in O
the O
sport O
, O
the O
Golden I-MISC
Four I-MISC
. O

Among O
the O
crowd O
on O
Friday O
were O
Olympic I-MISC
100 O
metres O
champions O
going O
back O
to O
1948 O
. O

They O
had O
been O
invited O
to O
the O
meeting O
to O
watch O
a O
special O
relay O
to O
mark O
the O
60th O
anniversary O
of O
Jesse I-PER
Owens I-PER
's O
four O
gold O
medals O
at O
the O
1936 O
Olympics I-MISC
in O
the O
same O
Berlin I-LOC
stadium O
. O

" O
Today O
the O
concentration O
was O
the O
most O
important O
thing O
for O
me O
, O
" O
Mitchell I-PER
said O
. O

Despite O
the O
coolish O
conditions O
American I-MISC
Olympic I-MISC
champion O
Gail I-PER
Devers I-PER
looked O
in O
commanding O
form O
in O
the O
women O
's O
100 O
, O
clocking O
10.89 O
to O
defeat O
Jamaican I-MISC
rival O
Merlene I-PER
Ottey I-PER
, O
who O
was O
second O
in O
10.94 O
. O

ATHLETICS O
- O
BERLIN I-MISC
GRAND I-MISC
PRIX I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

BERLIN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Leading O
results O
at O
the O
Berlin I-MISC

Grand I-MISC
Prix I-MISC
athletics O
meeting O
on O
Friday O
: O

Women O
's O
100 O
metres O
hurdles O

1. O
Michelle I-PER
Freeman I-PER
( O
Jamaica I-LOC
) O
12.71 O
seconds O

2. O
Ludmila I-PER
Engquist I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
12.74 O

3. O
Aliuska I-PER
Lopez I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
12.92 O

4. O
Brigita I-PER
Bokovec I-PER
( O
Slovenia I-LOC
) O
12.92 O

5. O
Dionne I-PER
Rose I-PER
( O
Jamaica I-LOC
) O
12.92 O

6. O
Julie I-PER
Baumann I-PER
( O
Switzerland I-LOC
) O
13.11 O

7. O
Gillian I-PER
Russell I-PER
( O
Jamaica I-LOC
) O
13.17 O

Women O
's O
1,500 O
metres O

1. O
Svetlana I-PER
Masterkova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
four O
minutes O
6.87 O
seconds O

2. O
Patricia I-PER
Djate-Taillard I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
4:08.22 O

3. O
Carla I-PER
Sacramento I-PER
( O
Portugal I-LOC
) O
4:08.96 O

4. O
Yekaterina I-PER
Podkopayeva I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
4:09.25 O

5. O
Leah I-PER
Pells I-PER
( O
Canada I-LOC
) O
4:09.95 O

6. O
Carmen I-PER
Wuestenhagen I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
4:10.38 O

7. O
Margarita I-PER
Maruseva I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
4:10.87 O

8. O
Sara I-PER
Thorsett I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
4:11.06 O

Men O
's O
110 O
metres O
hurdles O

1. O
Mark I-PER
Crear I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
13.26 O
seconds O

2. O
Tony I-PER
Jarrett I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
13.35 O

3. O
Florian I-PER
Schwarthoff I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
13.36 O

4. O
Emilio I-PER
Valle I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
13.52 O

5. O
Falk I-PER
Balzer I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
13.52 O

6. O
Steve I-PER
Brown I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
13.53 O

7. O
Frank I-PER
Busemann I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
13.58 O

8. O
Jack I-PER
Pierce I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
13.60 O

Men O
's O
200 O
metres O

1. O
Frankie I-PER
Fredericks I-PER
( O
Namibia I-LOC
) O
19.97 O
seconds O

2. O
Michael I-PER
Johnson I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
20.02 O

3. O
Ato I-PER
Boldon I-PER
( O
Trinidad I-LOC
) O
20.37 O

4. O
Geir I-PER
Moen I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
20.41 O

5. O
Patrick I-PER
Stevens I-PER
( O
Belgium I-LOC
) O
20.54 O

6. O
Jon I-PER
Drummond I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
20.78 O

7. O
Claus I-PER
Hirsbro I-PER
( O
Denmark I-LOC
) O
20.90 O

8. O
Ivan I-PER
Garcia I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
20.96 O

Women O
's O
shot O
put O

1. O
Astrid I-PER
Kumbernuss I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
19.89 O
metres O

2. O
Claudia I-PER
Mues I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
18.80 O

3. O
Irina I-PER
Korzhanenko I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
18.63 O

4. O
Valentina I-PER
Fedyushina I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
18.55 O

5. O
Stephanie I-PER
Storp I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
18.41 O

Men O
's O
mile O

1. O
Noureddine I-PER
Morceli I-PER
( O
Algeria I-LOC
) O
3 O
minutes O
49.09 O
seconds O

2. O
Venuste I-PER
Niyongabo I-PER
( O
Burundi I-LOC
) O
3:51.01 O

3. O
William I-PER
Tanui I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
3:51.40 O

4. O
Laban I-PER
Rotich I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
3:53.42 O

5. O
Marko I-PER
Koers I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
3:53.47 O

6. O
Isaac I-PER
Viciosa I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
3:53.85 O

7. O
John I-PER
Mayock I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
3:54.67 O

8. O
Marcus I-PER
O'Sullivan I-PER
( O
Ireland I-LOC
) O
3:54.87 O

Men O
's O
discus O

1. O
Lars I-PER
Riedel I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
70.60 O
metres O

2. O
Anthony I-PER
Washington I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
68.44 O

3. O
Vasily I-PER
Kaptyukh I-PER
( O
Belarus I-LOC
) O
66.24 O

4. O
Vladimir I-PER
Dubrovshchik I-PER
( O
Belarus I-LOC
) O
65.30 O

5. O
Virgilijus I-PER
Alekna I-PER
( O
Lithuania I-LOC
) O
65.00 O

6. O
Juergen I-PER
Schult I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
64.46 O

7. O
Andreas I-PER
Seelig I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
62.00 O

8. O
Michael I-PER
Moellenbeck I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
58.56 O

Women O
's O
100 O
metres O

1. O
Gail I-PER
Devers I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
10.89 O
seconds O

2. O
Merlene I-PER
Ottey I-PER
( O
Jamaica I-LOC
) O
10.94 O

3. O
Gwen I-PER
Torrence I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
11.07 O

4. O
Mary I-PER
Onyali I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
11.14 O

5. O
Chryste I-PER
Gaines I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
11.20 O

6. O
Chandra I-PER
Sturrup I-PER
( O
Bahamas I-LOC
) O
11.26 O

7. O
Irina I-PER
Privalova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
11.27 O

8. O
Inger I-PER
Miller I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
11.37 O

Women O
's O
5,000 O
metres O

1. O
Gabriela I-PER
Szabo I-PER
( O
Romania I-LOC
) O
15 O
minutes O
04.95 O
seconds O

2. O
Gete I-PER
Wami I-PER
( O
Ethiopia I-LOC
) O
15:05.21 O

3. O
Rose I-PER
Cheruiyot I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
15:05.41 O

4. O
Annemari I-PER
Sandell I-PER
( O
Finland I-LOC
) O
15:06.33 O

5. O
Tegla I-PER
Loroupe I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
15:08.79 O

6. O
Gunhild I-PER
Halle I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
15:09.00 O

7. O
Pauline I-PER
Konga I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
15:09.74 O

8. O
Sally I-PER
Barsosio I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
15:14.34 O

Men O
's O
400 O
metres O
hurdles O

1. O
Torrance I-PER
Zellner I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
48.23 O
seconds O

2. O
Samuel I-PER
Matete I-PER
( O
Zambia I-LOC
) O
48.34 O

3. O
Derrick I-PER
Adkins I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
48.62 O

4. O
Fabrizio I-PER
Mori I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
49.21 O

5. O
Sven I-PER
Nylander I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
49.22 O

6. O
Eric I-PER
Thomas I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
49.35 O

7. O
Rohan I-PER
Robinson I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
49.36 O

8. O
Dusan I-PER
Kovacs I-PER
( O
Hungary I-LOC
) O
49.58 O

Women O
's O
400 O
metres O

1. O
Falilat I-PER
Ogunkoya I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
50.31 O
seconds O

2. O
Jearl I-PER
Miles I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
50.42 O

3. O
Fatima I-PER
Yusuf I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
51.43 O

4. O
Anja I-PER
Ruecker I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
51.61 O

5. O
Olabisi I-PER
Afolabi I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
51.98 O

6. O
Phylis I-PER
Smith I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
52.05 O

7. O
Linda I-PER
Kisabaka I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
52.41 O

8. O
Karin I-PER
Janke I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
53.13 O

Men O
's O
100 O
metres O

1. O
Dennis I-PER
Mitchell I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
10.08 O

2. O
Michael I-PER
Green I-PER
( O
Jamaica I-LOC
) O
10.09 O

3. O
Donovan I-PER
Bailey I-PER
( O
Canada I-LOC
) O
10.13 O

4. O
Jon I-PER
Drummond I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
10.22 O

5. O
Davidson I-PER
Ezinwa I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
10.24 O

6. O
Geir I-PER
Moen I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
10.33 O

7. O
Marc I-PER
Blume I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
10.48 O

Men O
's O
800 O
metres O

1. O
Wilson I-PER
Kipketer I-PER
( O
Denmark I-LOC
) O
1:43.34 O

2. O
Norberto I-PER
Tellez I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
1:44.58 O

3. O
Sammy I-PER
Langat I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
1:44.96 O

4. O
Nico I-PER
Motchebon I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
1:45.03 O

5. O
David I-PER
Kiptoo I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
1:45.27 O

6. O
Adem I-PER
Hacini I-PER
( O
Algeria I-LOC
) O
1:45.64 O

7. O
Vebjoen I-PER
Rodal I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
1:46.45 O

8. O
Craig I-PER
Winrow I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
1:46.66 O

Men O
's O
pole O
vault O

1= O
Andrei I-PER
Tiwontschik I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
5.86 O

1= O
Igor I-PER
Trandenkov I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
5.86 O

3. O
Maksim I-PER
Tarasov I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
5.86 O

4. O
Tim I-PER
Lobinger I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
5.80 O

5. O
Igor I-PER
Potapovich I-PER
( O
Kazakstan I-LOC
) O
5.80 O

6. O
Jean I-PER
Galfione I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
5.65 O

7. O
Pyotr I-PER
Bochkary I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
5.65 O

8. O
Dmitri I-PER
Markov I-PER
( O
Belarus I-LOC
) O
5.65 O

Women O
's O
high O
jump O

1. O
Stefka I-PER
Kostadinova I-PER
( O
Bulgaria I-LOC
) O
2.03 O

2. O
Inga I-PER
Babakova I-PER
( O
Ukraine I-LOC
) O
2.00 O
metres O

3. O
Alina I-PER
Astafei I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
1.97 O

4. O
Tatyana I-PER
Motkova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
1.97 O

5. O
Hanne I-PER
Haugland I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
1.91 O

6= O
Nele I-PER
Zilinskiene I-PER
( O
Lithuania I-LOC
) O
1.91 O

6= O
Yelena I-PER
Gulyayeva I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
1.91 O

8. O
Natalya I-PER
Golodnova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
1.85 O

Men O
's O
5,000 O
metres O

1. O
Daniel I-PER
Komen I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
13 O
minutes O
2.62 O
seconds O

2. O
Bob I-PER
Kennedy I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
13:06.12 O

3. O
Paul I-PER
Koech I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
13:06.45 O

4. O
El I-PER
Hassane I-PER
Lahssini I-PER
( O
Morocco I-LOC
) O
13:06.57 O

5. O
Shem I-PER
Kororia I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
13:06.65 O

6. O
Brahim I-PER
Lahlafi I-PER
( O
Morocco I-LOC
) O
13:08.05 O

7. O
Tom I-PER
Nyariki I-PER
( O
Kenya I-LOC
) O
13:20.12 O

8. O
Fita I-PER
Bayissa I-PER
( O
Ethiopia I-LOC
) O
13:21.35 O

Men O
's O
triple O
jump O

1. O
Jonathan I-PER
Edwards I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
17.69 O
metres O

2. O
Yoelvis I-PER
Quesada I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
17.44 O

3. O
Kenny I-PER
Harrison I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
17.16 O

4. O
Mike I-PER
Conley I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
16.79 O

5. O
Armen I-PER
Martirosyan I-PER
( O
Armenia I-LOC
) O
16.57 O

6. O
Sigurd I-PER
Njerve I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
16.41 O

7. O
Carlos I-PER
Calado I-PER
( O
Portugal I-LOC
) O
16.31 O

8. O
Charles-Michael I-PER
Friedek I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
16.12 O

Women O
's O
javelin O

1. O
Tanja I-PER
Damaske I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
66.60 O
metres O

2. O
Trine I-PER
Hattesta I-PER
( O
Norway I-LOC
) O
65.12 O

3. O
Isel I-PER
Lopez I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
65.10 O

4. O
Heli I-PER
Rantanen I-PER
( O
Finland I-LOC
) O
62.78 O

5. O
Louise I-PER
McPaul I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
62.06 O

6. O
Xiomara I-PER
Rivero I-PER
( O
Cuba I-LOC
) O
61.94 O

7. O
Natalya I-PER
Shikolen I-PER
( O
Belarus I-LOC
) O
60.74 O

8. O
Rita I-PER
Ramaunaskaite I-PER
( O
Lithuania I-LOC
) O
60.74 O

Men O
's O
4x100 O
relay O
Jesse I-PER
Owens I-PER
memorial O
race O

1. O
Donovan I-PER
Bailey I-PER
( O
Canada I-LOC
) O
, O
Michael I-PER
Johnson I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
, O
Frankie I-PER

Fredericks I-PER
( O
Namibia I-LOC
) O
, O
Linford I-PER
Christie I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
38.87 O
seconds O

2. O
Michael I-PER
Green I-PER
( O
Jamaica I-LOC
) O
, O
Osmond I-PER
Ezinwa I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
, O
Oeji I-PER
Aliu I-PER

( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
, O
Davidson I-PER
Ezinwa I-PER
( O
Nigeria I-LOC
) O
38.87 O

3. O
Peter I-PER
Karlsson I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
, O
Falk I-PER
Balzer I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
, O
George I-PER

Panayiotopoulos I-PER
( O
Greece I-LOC
) O
, O
Florian I-PER
Schwarthoff I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
39.93 O

SOCCER O
- O
THREE O
STANDARD I-ORG
LIEGE I-ORG
PLAYERS O
BANNED O
, O
CLUB O
FINED O
. O

GENEVA I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

UEFA I-ORG
came O
down O
heavily O
on O
Belgian I-MISC
club O
Standard I-ORG
Liege I-ORG
on O
Friday O
for O
" O
disgraceful O
behaviour O
" O
in O
an O
Intertoto I-MISC
final O
match O
against O
Karlsruhe I-ORG
of O
Germany I-LOC
. O

The O
Belgian I-MISC
club O
were O
fined O
25,000 O
Swiss I-MISC
francs O
( O
$ O
20,850 O
) O
for O
unsporting O
conduct O
and O
captain O
Guy I-PER
Hellers I-PER
banned O
for O
seven O
games O
. O

He O
was O
sent O
off O
for O
insulting O
the O
referee O
and O
then O
urged O
his O
team O
mates O
to O
protest O
. O

Roberto I-PER
Bisconti I-PER
will O
be O
sidelined O
for O
six O
Euro I-MISC
ties O
after O
pushing O
the O
referee O
in O
the O
back O
as O
he O
protested O
about O
a O
Karlsruhe I-ORG
goal O
, O
while O
Didier I-PER
Ernst I-PER
was O
banned O
for O
four O
matches O
for O
a O
verbal O
attack O
soon O
after O
Bisconti I-PER
was O
also O
dismissed O
. O

Karlsruhe I-ORG
won O
the O
August O
20 O
match O
3-1 O
thanks O
to O
two O
late O
goals O
. O

They O
took O
the O
tie O
3-2 O
on O
aggregate O
and O
qualified O
for O
the O
UEFA I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
. O

ATHLETICS O
- O
HARRISON I-PER
, O
EDWARDS I-PER
TO O
MEET O
IN O
SARAJEVO I-LOC
. O

MONTE I-LOC
CARLO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Olympic I-MISC
champion O
Kenny I-PER
Harrison I-PER
and O
world O
record O
holder O
Jonathan I-PER
Edwards I-PER
will O
both O
take O
part O
in O
a O
triple O
jump O
competition O
at O
the O
Solidarity I-MISC
Meeting I-MISC
for I-MISC
Sarajevo I-MISC
on O
September O
9 O
. O

The O
International I-ORG
Amateur I-ORG
Athletic I-ORG
Federation I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
a O
schedule O
reshuffle O
had O
allowed O
organisers O
to O
hold O
a O
men O
's O
triple O
jump O
as O
well O
as O
the O
women O
's O
long O
jump O
on O
the O
" O
one O
usable O
runway O
at O
the O
war-devastated O
" O
Kosevo I-LOC
stadium O
. O

Atlanta I-MISC
Games I-MISC
silver O
medal O
winner O
Edwards I-PER
has O
called O
on O
other O
leading O
athletes O
to O
take O
part O
in O
the O
Sarajevo I-LOC
meeting O
-- O
a O
goodwill O
gesture O
towards O
Bosnia I-LOC
as O
it O
recovers O
from O
the O
war O
in O
the O
Balkans I-LOC
-- O
two O
days O
after O
the O
grand O
prix O
final O
in O
Milan I-LOC
. O

Edwards I-PER
was O
quoted O
as O
saying O
: O
" O
What O
type O
of O
character O
do O
we O
show O
by O
going O
to O
the O
IAAF I-MISC
Grand I-MISC
Prix I-MISC
Final I-MISC
in O
Milan I-LOC
where O
there O
is O
a O
lot O
of O
money O
to O
make O
but O
refusing O
to O
make O
the O
trip O
to O
Sarajevo I-LOC
as O
a O
humanitarian O
gesture O
? O
" O

SOCCER O
- O
BARATELLI I-PER
TO O
COACH O
NICE I-ORG
. O

NICE I-LOC
, O
France I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Former O
international O
goalkeeper O
Dominique I-PER
Baratelli I-PER
is O
to O
coach O
struggling O
French I-MISC
first O
division O
side O
Nice I-ORG
, O
the O
club O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Baratelli I-PER
, O
who O
played O
for O
Nice I-ORG
and O
Paris I-ORG
St I-ORG
Germain I-ORG
, O
takes O
over O
from O
Albert I-PER
Emon I-PER
who O
was O
fired O
on O
Thursday O
after O
Nice I-ORG
's O
home O
defeat O
to O
Guingamp I-ORG
2-1 O
in O
the O
league O
. O

Nice I-ORG
have O
been O
unable O
to O
win O
any O
of O
their O
four O
league O
matches O
played O
this O
season O
and O
are O
lying O
a O
lowly O
18th O
in O
the O
table O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
MILAN I-ORG
'S O
LENTINI I-PER
MOVES O
TO O
ATALANTA I-ORG
. O

MILAN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Former O
Italian I-MISC
international O
winger O
Gianluigi I-PER
Lentini I-PER
, O
transferred O
to O
Milan I-ORG
in O
1992 O
for O
what O
was O
believed O
to O
be O
a O
world O
record O
sum O
, O
has O
been O
loaned O
to O
serie I-MISC
A I-MISC
club O
Atalanta I-ORG
for O
a O
year O
, O
newspapers O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
Gazzetta I-ORG
dello I-ORG
Sport I-ORG
said O
the O
deal O
would O
cost O
Atalanta I-ORG
around O
$ O
600,000 O
. O

Lentini I-PER
, O
27 O
, O
joined O
Milan I-ORG
from O
Torino I-ORG
in O
a O
$ O
12 O
million O
deal O
that O
many O
have O
speculated O
involved O
far O
more O
money O
changing O
hands O
and O
which O
has O
subsequently O
been O
investigated O
by O
magistrates O
for O
alleged O
financial O
irregularities O
. O

The O
player O
suffered O
severe O
head O
injuries O
in O
a O
near-fatal O
car O
crash O
the O
following O
year O
and O
has O
since O
struggled O
to O
regain O
the O
form O
that O
made O
him O
a O
hero O
in O
Turin I-LOC
. O

The O
move O
to O
Bergamo-based I-MISC
Atalanta I-ORG
reunites O
Lentini I-PER
, O
who O
fell O
out O
with O
ex-Milan I-MISC
coach O
Fabio I-PER
Capello I-PER
last O
season O
, O
with O
his O
former O
coach O
at O
Torino I-ORG
, O
Emiliano I-PER
Mondonico I-PER
. O

CRICKET O
- O
SRI I-LOC
LANKA I-LOC
BEAT O
AUSTRALIA I-LOC
BY O
FOUR O
WICKETS O
. O

COLOMBO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
beat O
Australia I-LOC
by O
four O
wickets O
in O
the O
third O
match O
of O
the O
Singer I-MISC
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
one-day O
( O
50 O
overs O
) O
cricket O
tournament O
on O
Friday O
. O

Scores O
: O
Australia I-LOC
228-9 O
in O
50 O
overs O
, O
Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
232-6 O
in O
45.5 O
overs O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA I-LOC
V O
SRI I-LOC
LANKA I-LOC
SCOREBOARD O
. O

COLOMBO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Scoreboard O
of O
the O
third O
Singer I-MISC

World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
cricket O
match O
between O
Australia I-LOC
and O
Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
on O

Friday O
: O

Australia I-LOC

M. I-PER
Waugh I-PER
c O
and O
b O
Jayasuriya I-PER
50 O

M. I-PER
Slater I-PER
run O
out O
9 O

S. I-PER
Law I-PER
c O
Tillekeratne I-PER
b O
Dharmasena I-PER
13 O

M. I-PER
Bevan I-PER
c O
Vaas I-PER
b O
Chandana I-PER
56 O

S. I-PER
Waugh I-PER
b O
Muralitharan I-PER
22 O

R. I-PER
Ponting I-PER
not O
out O
46 O

D. I-PER
Lehmann I-PER
st O
Kaluwitharana I-PER
b O
Chandana I-PER
2 O

I. I-PER
Healy I-PER
c O
Ranatunga I-PER
b O
Muralitharan I-PER
8 O

J. I-PER
Gillespie I-PER
st O
Kaluwitharana I-PER
b O
Chandana I-PER
6 O

D. I-PER
Fleming I-PER
c O
Chandana I-PER
b O
Jayasuriya I-PER
3 O

G. I-PER
McGrath I-PER
not O
out O
8 O

Extras O
( O
lb-3 O
nb-2 O
) O
5 O

Total O
( O
nine O
wickets O
, O
50 O
overs O
) O
228 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-21 O
2-52 O
3-97 O
4-149 O
5-157 O
6-163 O
7-178 O

8-198 O
9-203 O
. O

Bowling O
: O
Vass I-PER
7-0-29-0 O
, O
de I-PER
Silva I-PER
4-0-25-0 O
, O
Dharmasena I-PER

9-0-49-1 O
, O
Muralitharan I-PER
10-0-41-2 O
, O
Jayasuriya I-PER
10-0-43-2 O
, O
Chandana I-PER

10-0-38-3 O
. O

Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC

S. I-PER
Jayasuriya I-PER
c O
Healy I-PER
b O
Fleming I-PER
44 O

R. I-PER
Kaluwitharana I-PER
b O
S. I-PER
Waugh I-PER
8 O

A. I-PER
Gurusinha I-PER
run O
out O
16 O

A.de I-PER
Silva I-PER
not O
out O
83 O

A. I-PER
Ranatunga I-PER
lbw O
b O
Fleming I-PER
0 O

H. I-PER
Tillekeratne I-PER
lbw O
b O
Fleming I-PER
1 O

R. I-PER
Mahanama I-PER
b O
McGrath I-PER
50 O

U. I-PER
Chandana I-PER
not O
out O
14 O

Extras O
( O
lb-3 O
nb-6 O
w-7 O
) O
16 O

Total O
( O
six O
wickets O
, O
45.5 O
overs O
) O
232 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-22 O
2-78 O
3-78 O
4-78 O
5-81 O
6-196 O
. O

Did O
not O
bat O
: O
Dharmasena I-PER
, O
Vaas I-PER
, O
Muralitharan I-PER
. O

Bowling O
: O
S. I-PER
Waugh I-PER
5-1-36-1 O
, O
Law I-PER
2-0-23-0 O
, O
McGrath I-PER
9.5-0-44-1 O
, O

Fleming I-PER
8-1-26-3 O
, O
Gillespie I-PER
6-0-27-0 O
, O
M. I-PER
Waugh I-PER
5-0-29-0 O
, O
Lehmann I-PER

6-0-26-0 O
, O
Bevan I-PER
4-0-18-0 O
. O

Man O
of O
the O
Match O
: O
Aravinda I-PER
de I-PER
Silva I-PER

Next O
Series O
match O
: O
India I-LOC
v O
Zimbabwe I-LOC
, O
September O
1 O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA I-LOC
228-9 O
IN O
50 O
OVERS O
V O
SRI I-LOC
LANKA I-LOC
. O

COLOMBO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Australia I-LOC
scored O
228 O
for O
nine O
wickets O
in O
their O
50 O
overs O
against O
Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
in O
the O
third O
day-night O
limited O
overs O
match O
of O
the O
Singer I-MISC
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
tournament O
on O
Friday O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA I-LOC
WIN O
TOSS O
AND O
CHOOSE O
TO O
BAT O
. O

COLOMBO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Australia I-LOC
won O
the O
toss O
and O

elected O
to O
bat O
against O
Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
in O
the O
third O
day-night O
limited O

overs O
cricket O
match O
in O
the O
Singer I-MISC
world O
series O
tournament O
on O

Friday O
. O

Teams O
: O

Australia I-LOC
- O
Ian I-PER
Healy I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Michael I-PER
Bevan I-PER
, O
Damien I-PER

Flemming I-PER
, O
Jason I-PER
Gillespie I-PER
, O
Stuart I-PER
Law I-PER
, O
Glenn I-PER
McGrath I-PER
, O
Ricky I-PER

Ponting I-PER
, O
Michael I-PER
Slater I-PER
, O
Darren I-PER
Lehmann I-PER
, O
Mark I-PER
Waugh I-PER
, O
Steve I-PER

Waugh I-PER
. O

Sri I-LOC
Lanka I-LOC
- O
Arjuna I-PER
Ranatunga I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Sanath I-PER
Jayasuriya I-PER
, O

Romesh I-PER
Kaluwitharana I-PER
, O
Asanka I-PER
Gurusinha I-PER
, O
Aravinda I-PER
de I-PER
Silva I-PER
, O

Hashan I-PER
Tillekeratne I-PER
, O
Roshan I-PER
Mahanama I-PER
, O
Kumara I-PER
Dharmasena I-PER
, O

Chaminda I-PER
Vaas I-PER
, O
Muthiah I-PER
Muralitharan I-PER
, O
Upul I-PER
Chandana I-PER
. O

ROMANIA I-LOC
COMELF I-ORG
H1 O
PROFIT O
RISE O
BELOW O
TARGET O
. O

BUCHAREST I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Romanian I-MISC
listed O
state O
engineer O
Comelf I-ORG
said O
it O
almost O
doubled O
six-month O
output O
, O
with O
net O
profit O
rising O
by O
33 O
percent O
to O
1.069 O
billion O
lei O
. O

But O
the O
company O
complained O
inflation O
and O
the O
artificially O
high O
rate O
of O
the O
leu O
cut O
profit O
margins O
on O
exports O
, O
keeping O
profits O
well O
below O
its O
forecast O
of O
1.4 O
billion O
lei O
. O

Comelf I-ORG
's O
six-month O
output O
rose O
to O
4,378 O
tonnes O
of O
equipment O
from O
2,684 O
tonnes O
in O
the O
equivalent O
period O
in O
1995 O
, O
the O
company O
report O
to O
the O
Bucharest I-LOC
stock O
exchange O
showed O
. O

Comelf I-ORG
, O
based O
in O
the O
central O
Transylvanian I-MISC
town O
of O
Bistrita I-LOC
, O
manufactures O
water O
purification O
equipment O
, O
machinery O
for O
the O
thermal O
power O
sector O
and O
other O
equipment O
. O

" O
In O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
1996 O
we O
concentrated O
on O
increasing O
the O
volume O
of O
our O
output O
and O
exports O
in O
particular O
and O
improving O
the O
quality O
of O
our O
products O
, O
" O
the O
report O
said O
. O

From O
January O
to O
June O
Comelf I-ORG
exported O
59 O
percent O
of O
its O
output O
, O
up O
from O
37.3 O
percent O
in O
the O
same O
period O
last O
year O
. O

The O
company O
said O
higher O
than O
anticipated O
inflation O
and O
rising O
raw O
materials O
and O
wage O
costs O
also O
hit O
profits O
. O

Year-on-year O
inflation O
, O
initially O
estimated O
at O
20 O
percent O
in O
December O
, O
was O
33.8 O
percent O
in O
June O
, O
higher O
than O
a O
revised O
end-year O
forecast O
of O
30 O
percent O
. O

The O
12 O
month O
figure O
quickened O
to O
40.3 O
percent O
in O
July O
. O

The O
leu O
currency O
has O
slipped O
only O
gradually O
this O
year O
, O
and O
is O
currently O
quoted O
at O
an O
official O
rate O
of O
3,162 O
to O
the O
dollar O
, O
well O
below O
the O
3,550 O
retail O
price O
that O
exporters O
say O
is O
more O
realistic O
. O

-- O
Luli I-PER
Popescu I-PER
, O
Bucharest I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
40-1 O
3120264 O

POLISH I-MISC
NBP O
REFRAINS O
FROM O
REVERSE O
REPO O
OPERATION O
. O

WARSAW I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
National I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
of I-ORG
Poland I-ORG

refrained O
from O
staging O
a O
reverse O
repo O
operation O
on O
Friday O
, O
the O

bank O
said O
. O

-- O
Warsaw I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+48 O
22 O
653 O
9700 O

Canada I-LOC
government O
cash O
balances O
fall O
in O
week O
. O

OTTAWA I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
government O
of O
Canada I-LOC
's O
cash O
balances O
fell O
in O
the O
week O
that O
ended O
August O
28 O
, O
the O
Bank I-ORG
of I-ORG
Canada I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Wk O
to O
Aug O
28 O
Chg O
on O
wk O
Chg O
on O
yr O

Notes O
in O
circulation O
27.35 O
+0.435 O
+0.237 O

Government O
cash O
balances O
3.54 O
- O
0.629 O
+0.089 O

Govt O
securities O
outstanding O
463.73 O
+1.660 O
+10.436 O

Treasury I-ORG
bills O
152.80 O
+0.300 O
- O
11.900 O

Canada I-LOC
savings O
bonds O
30.12 O
- O
0.004 O
+0.578 O

All O
figures O
in O
billions O
of O
dollars O
. O

Chartered O
bank O
assets O
July O
June O

Net O
foreign O
currency O
- O
12.63 O
- O
12.08 O

Canadian I-MISC
dollar O
639.55 O
639.38 O

Total O
Canadian I-MISC
liquid O
assets O
107.83 O
107.24 O

July O
96 O
June O
96 O
July O
95 O

M1 O
63.02 O
62.83 O
57.50 O

M2 O
389.79 O
391.32 O
381.65 O

M3 O
482.13 O
480.72 O
461.42 O

Note O
- O
Figures O
are O
unadjusted O
, O
in O
billions O
of O
dollars O
. O

-- O
Reuters I-ORG
Ottawa I-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
( O
613 O
) O
235-6745 O

Jones I-ORG
Medical I-ORG
completes O
acquisition O
. O

ST. I-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Jones I-ORG
Medical I-ORG
Industries I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
said O
Friday O
it O
completed O
the O
acquisition O
of O
Daniels I-ORG
Pharmaceuticals I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
of O
St. I-LOC
Petersburg I-LOC
, O
Fla. I-LOC
, O
for O
about O
2,960,000 O
shares O
of O
Jones I-ORG
common O
stock O
. O

Jones I-ORG
stock O
closed O
down O
1/8 O
at O
40 O
Friday O
. O

Daniels I-ORG
Pharmaceuticals I-ORG
manufactures O
prescription O
pharmaceutical O
products O
, O
the O
largest O
of O
which O
is O
Levoxyl I-MISC
, O
a O
synthetic O
thyroid O
hormone O
for O
treating O
hypothyroidism O
. O

-- O
Chicago I-LOC
newsdesk O
, O
312 O
408-8787 O

NYMEX O
heating O
oil O
near O
session O
lows O
in O
pre-close O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

NYMEX O
refined O
product O
prices O
lingered O
at O
session O
lows O
amid O
slim O
volume O
before O
the O
close O
while O
crude O
experienced O
lackluster O
buying O
ahead O
of O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
Labor I-MISC
Day I-MISC
weekend O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

" O
There O
was O
some O
profit-taking O
early O
on O
, O
and O
it O
's O
just O
sitting O
there O
, O
" O
a O
Texas I-LOC
trader O
said O
of O
heating O
oil O
's O
and O
gasoline O
's O
losses O
. O

September O
heating O
oil O
stood O
1.02 O
cents O
lower O
at O
62.65 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
. O

Heat O
hit O
a O
session O
low O
of O
62.45 O
shortly O
before O
the O
close O
. O

September O
gasoline O
stood O
0.87 O
cent O
lower O
at O
62.85 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
. O

Friday O
's O
low O
in O
September O
gasoline O
was O
62.75 O
. O

Traders O
also O
said O
players O
were O
selling O
refined O
products O
in O
favor O
of O
crude O
ahead O
of O
the O
front O
month O
's O
Friday O
expiry O
in O
the O
refined O
products O
. O

The O
October O
heating O
oil-to-crude O
crack O
spread O
narrowed O
to O
$ O
4.22 O
a O
barrel O
from O
Thursday O
's O
$ O
4.58 O
while O
the O
October O
gasoline-to-crude O
spread O
narrowed O
to O
$ O
3.60 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
$ O
3.86 O
a O
barrel O
. O

October O
crude O
stood O
eight O
cents O
higher O
at O
$ O
22.23 O
barrel O
. O

Buying O
interest O
in O
crude O
did O
not O
have O
enough O
conviction O
to O
send O
it O
much O
higher O
since O
many O
players O
had O
left O
early O
to O
start O
the O
Labor I-MISC
Day I-MISC
holiday O
weekend O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

NYMEX O
will O
be O
closed O
Monday O
due O
to O
Labor I-MISC
Day I-MISC
. O

-- O
Harry I-PER
Milling I-PER
, O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Energy I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
, O
+1 O
212-859-1761 O

U.S. I-LOC
debt O
futures O
end O
lower O
, O
shaken O
by O
Chicago I-LOC
NAPM I-ORG
. O

CHICAGO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

U.S. I-LOC
debt O
futures O
finished O
a O
shortened O
pre-holiday O
session O
sharply O
lower O
, O
as O
the O
markets O
were O
shaken O
by O
a O
stronger O
than O
expected O
rise O
in O
the O
August O
National I-ORG
Association I-ORG
of I-ORG
Purchasing I-ORG
Management I-ORG
( O
NAPM I-ORG
) O
index O
for O
the O
Chicago I-LOC
area O
, O
traders O
and O
analysts O
said O
. O

The O
August O
Chicago I-LOC
NAPM I-ORG
rose O
8.8 O
points O
to O
60.0 O
, O
its O
highest O
level O
since O
62.6 O
in O
February O
1995 O
and O
the O
largest O
monthly O
rise O
since O
December O
1993 O
. O

Primary O
dealers O
immediately O
sold O
Eurodollar I-MISC
and O
bond O
futures O
, O
after O
the O
market O
on O
average O
was O
expecting O
the O
index O
to O
rise O
marginally O
to O
51.9 O
from O
July O
's O
51.2 O
. O

Traders O
also O
said O
Japanese I-MISC
investors O
were O
unwinding O
long O
Eurodollar I-MISC
futures O
/ O
short O
swaps O
, O
and O
that O
heavy O
put O
buying O
helped O
pressure O
Eurodollars I-MISC
to O
lower O
levels O
before O
the O
close O
. O

One O
U.S. I-LOC
firm O
bought O
35,000 O
September O
97 O
mid-curve O
put O
options O
at O
a O
strike O
price O
of O
93.25 O
to O
93.30 O
in O
the O
last O
two O
sessions O
, O
while O
a O
French I-MISC
firm O
bought O
4,000 O
September O
93.30 O
to O
93.32 O
put O
spreads O
. O

" O
Even O
before O
the O
data O
came O
out O
, O
we O
were O
seeing O
put O
buying O
, O
" O
one O
floor O
trader O
said O
. O

Meanwhile O
, O
funds O
were O
reportedly O
good O
sellers O
of O
five-year O
notes O
. O

Rumors O
circulated O
that O
the O
Federal I-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
was O
buying O
five-year O
notes O
, O
and O
that O
a O
renowned O
hedge O
fund O
manager O
was O
buying O
10-year O
notes O
in O
the O
cash O
markets O
. O

However O
, O
December O
T-bonds O
ended O
below O
a O
major O
trendline O
level O
at O
106-26/32 O
, O
as O
the O
yield O
in O
the O
cash O
bond O
market O
set O
its O
highest O
monthly O
close O
since O
April O
1995 O
at O
7.12 O
percent O
, O
one O
analyst O
said O
. O

December O
bonds O
blew O
through O
the O
July O
30 O
low O
of O
107-06/32 O
, O
even O
though O
conditions O
were O
slightly O
oversold O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

The O
December O
calendar O
spread O
continued O
to O
widen O
, O
also O
reflecting O
the O
market O
's O
fear O
of O
rising O
inflation O
. O

While O
the O
market O
continues O
to O
price-in O
higher O
U.S. I-LOC
interest O
rates O
, O
there O
was O
little O
conviction O
to O
the O
theory O
that O
the O
Federal I-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
would O
tighten O
rates O
before O
the O
next O
Federal I-ORG
Open I-ORG
Market I-ORG
Committee I-ORG
meeting O
on O
September O
24 O
. O

Federal I-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
governor O
Lawrence I-PER
Lindsey I-PER
, O
speaking O
on O
U.S. I-LOC
cable O
television O
network O
CNBC I-ORG
, O
said O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
economy O
appears O
on O
balance O
to O
be O
a O
bit O
strong O
, O
adding O
the O
central O
bank O
would O
not O
curb O
growth O
provided O
inflation O
remains O
in O
check O
. O

Earlier O
in O
the O
day O
, O
Fed I-ORG
chairman O
Alan I-PER
Greenspan I-PER
said O
at O
the O
annual O
Jackson I-MISC
Hole I-MISC
symposium I-MISC
that O
the O
goal O
of O
price O
stability O
is O
within O
reach O
for O
major O
nations O
. O

Traders O
said O
the O
Fed I-ORG
's O
decision O
to O
adopt O
a O
tightening O
bias O
at O
the O
July O
FOMC I-ORG
meeting O
has O
cast O
more O
focus O
on O
every O
piece O
of O
U.S. I-LOC
economic O
news O
. O

" O
The O
Fed I-ORG
's O
stance O
has O
really O
sensitized O
us O
to O
all O
this O
data O
, O
" O
one O
analyst O
said O
. O
" O

The O
revisions O
to O
GDP O
, O
for O
example O
, O
may O
not O
have O
attracted O
a O
lot O
of O
attention O
. O
" O

At O
the O
end O
of O
pit O
trade O
, O
December O
bonds O
were O
off O
27/32 O
at O
106-25/32 O
, O
10-year O
notes O
down O
21/32 O
at O
105-17/32 O
, O
munibonds O
off O
17/32 O
at O
111-20/32 O
, O
December O
Eurodollars I-MISC
were O
down O
11 O
bps O
at O
93.94 O
, O
March O
Eurodollars I-MISC
were O
off O
13 O
bps O
at O
93.72 O
and O
March O
T-bills O
were O
down O
12 O
bps O
at O
94.33 O
. O

Douglas I-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
shares O
rise O
on O
merger O
. O

FARMINGTON I-LOC
HILLS I-LOC
, O
Mich I-LOC
. O

1996-08-30 O

Shares O
of O
Douglas I-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
Co I-ORG
were O
up O
4-1/2 O
at O
30-5/8 O
Friday O
afternoon O
after O
Thursday O
's O
announcement O
that O
the O
vehicle O
seat O
maker O
had O
agreed O
to O
be O
acquired O
by O
Magna I-ORG
International I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
for O
$ O
31 O
a O
share O
, O
or O
$ O
135 O
million O
. O

Magna I-ORG
was O
up O
1/8 O
to O
48-1/4 O
on O
the O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
. O

Douglas I-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
has O
4.45 O
million O
common O
shares O
outstanding O
, O
some O
of O
which O
are O
option O
shares O
to O
be O
purchased O
at O
exercise O
prices O
less O
than O
the O
$ O
31 O
offered O
price O
. O

The O
acquisition O
will O
beef O
up O
Markham I-ORG
, O
Ontario-based I-MISC
Magna I-ORG
's O
North I-MISC
American I-MISC
car O
and O
truck O
seating O
business O
, O
allowing O
it O
to O
better O
compete O
with O
Johnson I-ORG
Controls I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
and O
Lear I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
. O

Family-controlled O
Douglas I-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
, O
which O
had O
1995 O
revenue O
of O
$ O
561 O
million O
, O
was O
finding O
it O
more O
difficult O
to O
compete O
for O
new O
seating O
contracts O
from O
vehicle O
makers O
, O
said O
James I-PER
Hoey I-PER
, O
chief O
financial O
officer O
. O

" O
Unfortunately O
, O
in O
the O
auto O
industry O
these O
days O
, O
a O
$ O
500 O
million O
company O
is O
not O
a O
big O
company O
anymore O
, O
" O
Hoey I-PER
said O
. O
" O

This O
merger O
makes O
us O
much O
more O
competitive O
. O
" O

He O
added O
that O
Douglas I-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
's O
top O
executives O
have O
been O
asked O
to O
stay O
on O
with O
Magna I-ORG
after O
the O
merger O
, O
though O
their O
future O
roles O
have O
not O
yet O
been O
defined O
. O

Douglas I-ORG
& I-ORG
Lomason I-ORG
's O
profits O
were O
hurt O
in O
the O
past O
year O
by O
model O
changeovers O
, O
which O
had O
reduced O
production O
at O
some O
important O
customers O
, O
but O
are O
now O
recovering O
, O
analysts O
said O
. O

The O
company O
earned O
$ O
11.2 O
million O
on O
sales O
of O
$ O
299 O
million O
in O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
1996 O
, O
up O
from O
year-earlier O
earnings O
of O
$ O
4.7 O
million O
on O
sales O
of O
$ O
285.7 O
million O
. O

Ford I-ORG
plans O
to O
cut O
its O
roster O
of O
2,300 O
tier-one O
suppliers O
-- O
those O
it O
deals O
with O
directly O
-- O
in O
half O
over O
the O
next O
five O
years O
. O

" O
The O
deal O
really O
levels O
the O
seating O
field O
somewhat O
, O
" O
said O
John I-PER
Casesa I-PER
of O
Schroder I-ORG
Wertheim I-ORG
& I-ORG
Co I-ORG
. O
" O

It O
should O
give O
Magna I-ORG
the O
critical O
mass O
to O
be O
a O
bigger O
player O
in O
that O
market O
. O
" O

Magna I-ORG
's O
traditional O
strength O
has O
been O
instrument O
panels O
, O
door O
panels O
and O
other O
interior O
components O
. O

Magna I-ORG
, O
Johnson I-ORG
Controls I-ORG
and O
Lear I-ORG
have O
been O
working O
to O
build O
up O
their O
capabilties O
to O
supply O
complete O
interiors O
to O
automakers O
, O
including O
seats O
, O
instrument O
panels O
, O
door O
panels O
carpeting O
and O
headliners O
. O

UK I-LOC
meals O
/ O
feeds O
follow O
Chicago I-LOC
higher O
, O
trade O
slow O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

UK I-LOC
meals O
and O
feeds O
sellers O
marked O
up O
high O
protein O
soymeal O
by O
around O
1.50 O
stg O
a O
tonne O
on O
Friday O
following O
gains O
in O
Chicago I-LOC
at O
Thursday O
's O
close O
. O

Trade O
was O
very O
quiet O
with O
only O
one O
deal O
reported O
when O
spot O
high O
protein O
soymeal O
fetched O
215 O
stg O
a O
tonne O
ex-store O
on O
the O
south O
coast O
. O

" O
I O
would O
n't O
get O
too O
excited O
about O
this O
one O
becuase O
I O
think O
it O
's O
for O
all O
of O
five O
tonnes O
, O
which O
when O
you O
think O
about O
just O
about O
sums O
up O
the O
state O
of O
the O
market O
at O
the O
moment O
, O
" O
said O
a O
trader O
. O

-- O
Jim I-PER
Ballantyne I-PER
, O
London I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44 O
171 O
542 O
8062 O

Iraqi I-MISC
captors O
of O
Sudanese I-MISC
jet O
charged O
with O
hijack O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Seven O
Iraqis I-MISC
who O
seized O
a O
Sudanese I-MISC
airliner O
with O
199 O
people O
aboard O
and O
forced O
it O
to O
fly O
to O
London I-LOC
were O
on O
Friday O
charged O
with O
hijack O
, O
ending O
speculation O
that O
they O
might O
be O
offered O
immediate O
asylum O
in O
Britain I-LOC
. O

Police O
said O
the O
seven O
men O
, O
who O
freed O
all O
their O
hostages O
after O
the O
plane O
landed O
at O
Stansted I-LOC
airport O
on O
Tuesday O
and O
then O
appealed O
for O
asylum O
, O
would O
appear O
in O
court O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
Iraqis I-MISC
claimed O
they O
were O
" O
ordinary O
people O
persecuted O
by O
the O
regime O
of O
Saddam I-PER
( O
Hussein I-PER
) O
" O
but O
interior I-ORG
ministry I-ORG
officials O
had O
consistently O
said O
it O
was O
likely O
the O
seven O
would O
be O
charged O
with O
hijack O
before O
any O
plea O
for O
asylum O
was O
considered O
. O

Under O
English I-MISC
law O
the O
maximum O
sentence O
for O
hijack O
is O
life O
imprisonment O
, O
but O
there O
has O
been O
widespread O
speculation O
that O
the O
seven O
will O
receive O
lesser O
sentences O
and O
then O
be O
allowed O
to O
stay O
rather O
than O
being O
sent O
back O
to O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

The O
hijack O
began O
on O
Monday O
when O
an O
Amman-bound I-MISC
plane O
was O
taken O
over O
shortly O
after O
it O
took O
off O
from O
Khartoum I-LOC
. O

The O
hijackers O
threatened O
to O
blow O
it O
up O
during O
a O
refuelling O
stop O
in O
Cyprus I-LOC
unless O
they O
were O
taken O
to O
London I-LOC
. O

After O
a O
search O
of O
the O
aircraft O
following O
the O
hijackers O
' O
surrender O
, O
police O
found O
only O
knives O
and O
fake O
explosives O
. O

Late O
bond O
market O
prices O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

This O
is O
how O
major O
world O
bond O
markets O
were O
trading O
in O
late O
European I-MISC
business O
on O
Friday O
. O

GERMANY I-LOC
- O
Bunds O
extended O
losses O
, O
flirting O
with O
session O
lows O
after O
falling O
victim O
to O
sharply O
higher O
U.S. I-LOC
economic O
data O
which O
revived O
fears O
that O
interest O
rates O
may O
soon O
turn O
higher O
. O

The O
September O
Bund O
future O
on O
the O
London I-ORG
International I-ORG
Financial I-ORG
Futures I-ORG
and I-ORG
Options I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
( O
LIFFE I-ORG
) O
was O
trading O
at O
97.18 O
, O
down O
0.20 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
settlement O
price O
. O

BRITAIN I-LOC
- O
Gilts O
struggled O
off O
the O
day O
's O
lows O
but O
ended O
10/32 O
down O
on O
the O
day O
. O

A O
sharp O
plunge O
in O
U.S. I-ORG
Treasuries I-ORG
after O
a O
shock O
rise O
in O
the O
Chicago I-MISC
PMI I-MISC
pulled O
gilts O
lower O
, O
but O
traders O
said O
the O
market O
was O
nervous O
anyway O
ahead O
of O
August O
MO O
data O
and O
the O
PMI O
survey O
due O
on O
Monday O
. O

The O
September O
long O
gilt O
future O
on O
LIFFE I-ORG
was O
trading O
at O
107-2/32 O
, O
down O
8/32 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
settlement O
price O
. O

FRANCE I-LOC
- O
Bond O
and O
PIBOR O
futures O
ended O
the O
day O
higher O
despite O
much O
stronger O
than O
expected O
U.S. I-LOC
data O
. O

The O
September O
notional O
bond O
future O
on O
the O
MATIF O
in O
Paris I-LOC
settled O
at O
123.14 O
, O
up O
0.04 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
settlement O
price O
. O

ITALY I-LOC
- O
Bond O
futures O
held O
to O
easier O
levels O
in O
late O
afternoon O
after O
the O
sharp O
drop O
in O
Treasuries I-ORG
, O
but O
a O
resilient O
lira O
helped O
limit O
BTP O
losses O
. O

The O
September O
bond O
future O
on O
LIFFE I-ORG
was O
trading O
at O
115.45 O
, O
down O
0.13 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
settlement O
price O
. O

UNITED I-LOC
STATES I-LOC
- O
Prices O
of O
U.S. I-ORG
Treasury I-ORG
securities O
were O
trading O
sharply O
lower O
near O
midday O
after O
a O
surprisingly O
strong O
Chicago I-ORG
Purchasing I-ORG
Managers I-ORG
' O
report O
shook O
the O
markets O
ahead O
of O
the O
long O
Labour I-MISC
Day I-MISC
weekend O
. O

The O
September O
Treasury I-ORG
bond O
future O
on O
the O
Chicago I-ORG
Board I-ORG
of I-ORG
Trade I-ORG
was O
trading O
at O
107-11/32 O
, O
down O
26/32 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
settlement O
price O
. O

The O
long O
bond O
was O
quoted O
to O
yield O
7.12 O
percent O
. O

JAPAN I-LOC
- O
Yield O
for O
benchmark O
182nd O
cash O
bond O
fell O
on O
buy-backs O
following O
weaker-than-expected O
industrial O
output O
data O
, O
which O
convinced O
traders O
the O
BOJ I-ORG
would O
not O
raise O
interest O
rates O
soon O
. O

Japanese I-MISC
Goverment I-MISC
Bonds I-MISC
futures O
which O
closed O
before O
the O
output O
data O
, O
lost O
much O
of O
day O
's O
gains O
as O
Tokyo I-LOC
stock O
prices O
recovered O
from O
the O
day O
's O
low.In O
after O
hours O
trading O
the O
September O
future O
on O
LIFFE I-ORG
was O
trading O
at O
122.53 O
, O
up O
0.26 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
settlement O
price O
on O
the O
Tokyo I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
. O

EUROBONDS I-MISC
- O
Primary O
market O
activity O
was O
sharply O
lower O
, O
as O
players O
wound O
down O
ahead O
of O
Monday O
's O
U.S. I-LOC
Labour I-MISC
Day I-MISC
holiday O
and O
next O
week O
's O
U.S. I-LOC
employment O
data O
. O

NSW I-ORG
Treasury I-ORG
launched O
a O
A$ I-MISC
100 O
million O
three-year O
discount O
bond O
aimed O
at O
Japanese I-MISC
investors O
. O

DNIB I-ORG
issued O
a O
275 O
million O
Norwegian I-MISC
crown O
bond O
, O
which O
was O
pre-placed O
with O
a O
European I-MISC
institution O
. O

DNIB I-ORG
also O
set O
a O
110 O
million O
guilder O
step-up O
bond O
. O

Next O
week O
Kansai I-ORG
Electric I-ORG
Power I-ORG
and O
Kansai I-ORG
International I-ORG
Airport I-ORG
are O
likely O
to O
launch O
10-year O
dollar O
deals O
. O

Boxing-Bruno I-MISC
quits O
on O
doctor O
's O
advice O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Former O
world O
heavyweight O
champion O
Frank I-PER
Bruno I-PER
has O
quit O
the O
ring O
on O
medical O
advice O
, O
Britain I-LOC
's O
Sun I-ORG
newspaper O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

An O
eye O
specialist O
told O
the O
35-year-old O
Bruno I-PER
that O
he O
could O
be O
blinded O
in O
one O
eye O
if O
he O
boxed O
again O
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

The O
Briton I-MISC
, O
who O
lost O
his O
World I-ORG
Boxing I-ORG
Council I-ORG
( O
WBC I-ORG
) O
title O
to O
Mike I-PER
Tyson I-PER
in O
March O
, O
said O
: O
" O
I O
was O
in O
shock O
as O
soon O
as O
he O
told O
me O
and O
it O
still O
has O
n't O
really O
sunk O
in O
. O

" O
I O
never O
wanted O
to O
end O
like O
this O
but O
at O
the O
end O
of O
the O
day O
I O
'm O
glad O
I O
had O
a O
good O
innings O
. O
" O

Bruno I-PER
, O
for O
years O
one O
of O
Britain I-LOC
's O
most O
popular O
sportsmen O
, O
had O
hoped O
to O
have O
another O
shot O
at O
the O
world O
title O
and O
had O
been O
in O
training O
until O
a O
routine O
eye O
test O
on O
Monday O
highlighted O
a O
problem O
with O
his O
right O
eye O
. O

Professor O
David I-PER
McLeod I-PER
, O
who O
examined O
Bruno I-PER
, O
told O
the O
Sun I-ORG
: O
" O
There O
is O
a O
risk O
he O
could O
be O
blinded O
in O
the O
eye O
if O
he O
steps O
into O
the O
ring O
again O
. O

He O
is O
in O
danger O
of O
getting O
a O
retinal O
detachment O
and O
there O
is O
no O
point O
in O
exposing O
himself O
to O
that O
. O
" O

Bruno I-PER
lost O
three O
world O
title O
fights O
before O
finally O
landing O
the O
crown O
by O
beating O
American I-MISC
Oliver I-PER
McCall I-PER
in O
a O
unanimous O
points O
decision O
at O
Wembley I-LOC
in O
September O
1995 O
. O

He O
was O
only O
the O
third O
Briton I-MISC
ever O
to O
hold O
a O
world O
heavyweight O
title O
. O

But O
Bruno I-PER
lost O
the O
title O
on O
his O
first O
defence O
when O
he O
fought O
American I-MISC
Tyson I-PER
in O
Las I-LOC
Vegas I-LOC
. O

Bruno I-PER
suffered O
a O
cut O
eye O
in O
the O
opening O
round O
and O
the O
referee O
stopped O
the O
fight O
in O
the O
third O
as O
the O
Briton I-MISC
crumbled O
under O
a O
flurry O
of O
punches O
. O

Soccer O
- O
McCarthy I-PER
names O
team O
to O
play O
Liechtenstein I-LOC
. O

DUBLIN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Irish I-MISC
soccer O
manager O
Mick I-PER
McCarthy I-PER
on O
Friday O
announced O
the O
team O
to O
play O
Liechtenstein I-LOC
in O
Saturday O
's O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
qualifying O
match O
. O

Birmingham I-ORG
's O
Gary I-PER
Breen I-PER
was O
selected O
ahead O
of O
Phil I-PER
Babb I-PER
in O
defence O
, O
while O
18-year-old O
Ian I-PER
Harte I-PER
makes O
his O
international O
competitive O
debut O
. O

Keith I-PER
O'Neill I-PER
of O
Norwich I-ORG
City I-ORG
joins O
Niall I-PER
Quinn I-PER
up O
front O
. O

The O
team O
is O
as O
follows O
: O

Given I-PER
, O
Breen I-PER
, O
Staunton I-PER
, O
Irwin I-PER
, O
McAteer I-PER
, O
Harte I-PER
, O
McLoughlin I-PER
, O
Houghton I-PER
, O
Townsend I-PER
, O
Quinn I-PER
, O
O'Neill I-PER
. O

-- O
Dublin I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+353 O
1 O
676 O
9779 O

Nigerian I-MISC
thieves O
hire O
police O
truck O
to O
carry O
loot O
. O

LAGOS I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

A O
gang O
of O
thieves O
in O
eastern O
Nigeria I-LOC
paid O
a O
police O
corporal O
to O
carry O
off O
eight O
air O
conditioners O
they O
had O
just O
stolen O
, O
the O
national O
news O
agency O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Little O
did O
I O
know O
I O
was O
dealing O
with O
robbers O
, O
" O
the O
News I-ORG
Agency I-ORG
of I-ORG
Nigeria I-ORG
quoted O
the O
unnamed O
corporal O
as O
saying O
. O

He O
admitted O
to O
having O
been O
paid O
3,000 O
naira O
( O
$ O
37.50 O
) O
for O
his O
services O
in O
transporting O
the O
loot O
valued O
at O
300,000 O
naira O
( O
$ O
3,750 O
) O
. O

Police O
in O
the O
town O
of O
Uyo I-LOC
said O
the O
corporal O
had O
been O
arrested O
, O
while O
the O
air O
conditioners O
had O
been O
returned O
to O
their O
rightful O
owner O
. O

They O
did O
not O
comment O
on O
the O
whereabouts O
of O
the O
thieves O
. O

( O
$ O
1=80 O
naira O
) O

East I-ORG
Dries I-ORG
miners O
fail O
to O
report O
for O
work O
. O

JOHANNESBURG I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Workers O
at O
Driefontein I-ORG
Consolidated I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
's O
east O
gold O
mine O
have O
failed O
to O
report O
for O
work O
since O
Wednesday O
night O
, O
mine O
managers O
Gold I-ORG
Fields I-ORG
of I-ORG
South I-ORG
Africa I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Discussions O
with O
employee O
and O
union O
representatives O
are O
continuing O
, O
" O
the O
company O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
. O

At O
least O
17 O
miners O
have O
been O
killed O
in O
labour O
unrest O
-- O
sparked O
by O
ethnic O
differences O
-- O
at O
Driefontein I-ORG
Consolidated I-ORG
and I-ORG
Gold I-ORG
Fields I-ORG
' I-ORG
Kloof I-ORG
Gold I-ORG
Mining I-ORG
Co I-ORG
this O
month O
. O

-- O
Johannesburg I-LOC
newsroom O
, O
+27-11 O
482 O
1003 O

Chad I-LOC
government O
closes O
university O
after O
protests O
. O

N'DJAMENA I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
government O
of O
Chad I-LOC
has O
closed O
N'Djamena I-ORG
University I-ORG
after O
two O
days O
of O
protests O
over O
grant O
arrears O
in O
which O
Education O
Minister O
Nagoum I-PER
Yamassoum I-PER
was O
held O
hostage O
for O
four O
hours O
, O
state O
radio O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
The O
minister O
and O
his O
colleagues O
who O
were O
held O
in O
the O
rector O
's O
office O
were O
freed O
thanks O
an O
intervention O
by O
gendarmes O
, O
" O
one O
university O
official O
said O
. O

" O
Angry O
students O
cut O
the O
telephone O
, O
water O
and O
electricity O
of O
the O
university O
offices O
before O
smashing O
the O
windows O
and O
breaking O
down O
the O
doors O
. O
" O

Paramilitary O
police O
detained O
more O
than O
120 O
students O
in O
the O
protest O
. O

The O
students O
' O
union O
said O
second O
and O
third-year O
students O
were O
demanding O
four O
months O
of O
unpaid O
grants O
. O

End-of-year O
examinations O
would O
go O
ahead O
on O
September O
2 O
despite O
the O
closure O
, O
university O
officials O
said O
. O

Yeltsin I-PER
endorses O
Lebed I-PER
Chechnya I-LOC
peace O
plan O
- O
agency O
. O

MOSCOW I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Russian I-MISC
Prime O
Minister O
Viktor I-PER
Chernomyrdin I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
President O
Boris I-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
, O
who O
is O
vacationing O
outside O
Moscow I-LOC
, O
had O
backed O
security O
chief O
Alexander I-PER
Lebed I-PER
's O
peace O
plan O
for O
Chechnya I-LOC
, O
Interfax I-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
. O

" O
Lebed I-PER
is O
now O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
solving O
some O
problems O
, O
" O
Interfax I-ORG
quoted O
Chernomyrdin I-PER
as O
saying O
. O
" O

The O
main O
thing O
is O
his O
programme O
. O

It O
was O
agreed O
with O
Boris I-PER
Nikolayevich I-PER
( O
Yeltsin I-PER
) O
yesterday O
. O
" O

Lebed I-PER
, O
whom O
Yeltsin I-PER
ordered O
to O
restore O
peace O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
, O
struck O
a O
military O
deal O
with O
separatist O
rebels O
last O
week O
ending O
the O
worst O
fighting O
in O
the O
region O
in O
more O
than O
a O
year O
. O

He O
later O
discussed O
with O
rebel O
chief-of-staff O
Aslan I-PER
Maskhadov I-PER
a O
framework O
political O
agreement O
to O
tackle O
the O
most O
painful O
issue O
of O
the O
20-month O
war O
-- O
the O
future O
political O
status O
of O
Chechnya I-LOC
. O

Lebed I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
he O
hoped O
to O
sign O
a O
document O
with O
the O
rebels O
later O
in O
the O
day O
which O
would O
deal O
with O
the O
political O
settlement O
of O
the O
conflict O
. O

Moscow I-LOC
, O
which O
wants O
to O
keep O
Chechnya I-LOC
as O
a O
part O
of O
the O
Russian I-LOC
Federation I-LOC
, O
sent O
troops O
to O
the O
region O
in O
December O
1994 O
to O
quell O
its O
independence O
bid O
. O

Yeltsin I-PER
has O
said O
any O
deal O
should O
preserve O
Russia I-LOC
's O
territorial O
integrity O
. O

Itar-Tass I-ORG
news O
agency O
quoted O
Lebed I-PER
as O
saying O
that O
he O
would O
suggest O
to O
the O
rebels O
that O
the O
decision O
on O
Chechnya I-LOC
's O
future O
political O
status O
be O
deferred O
by O
up O
to O
10 O
years O
. O

Lebed I-PER
said O
he O
had O
a O
telephone O
conversation O
with O
Yeltsin I-PER
late O
on O
Thursday O
but O
gave O
no O
details O
. O

Yeltsin I-PER
's O
press O
office O
could O
not O
confirm O
the O
call O
. O

Chernomyrdin I-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
after O
a O
meeting O
with O
Lebed I-PER
and O
top O
officials O
, O
who O
discussed O
Lebed I-PER
's O
plans O
to O
restore O
peace O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
, O
that O
it O
needed O
more O
work O
. O

Lebed I-PER
, O
Chechens I-MISC
sign O
framework O
political O
deal O
. O

KHASAVYURT I-LOC
, O
Russia I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Russian I-MISC
peacemaker O
Alexander I-PER
Lebed I-PER
said O
he O
and O
rebel O
military O
leader O
Aslan I-PER
Maskhadov I-PER
agreed O
after O
overnight O
talks O
to O
defer O
the O
decision O
on O
whether O
Chechnya I-LOC
should O
be O
independent O
until O
December O
31 O
, O
2001 O
. O

" O
We O
just O
now O
signed O
a O
statement O
and O
attached O
the O
basic O
principles O
of O
relations O
between O
the O
Russian I-LOC
Federation I-LOC
and O
the O
Chechen I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
, O
" O
Lebed I-PER
told O
reporters O
after O
he O
and O
Maskhadov I-PER
signed O
a O
package O
of O
documents O
. O

He O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
. O

" O
That O
's O
it O
, O
the O
war O
is O
over O
, O
" O
Lebed I-PER
told O
reporters O
who O
witnessed O
the O
signing O
. O

Lebed I-PER
said O
he O
and O
Maskhadov I-PER
agreed O
to O
defer O
by O
more O
than O
five O
years O
the O
painful O
issue O
of O
Chechnya I-LOC
's O
political O
status O
. O

" O
Then O
, O
with O
cool O
heads O
, O
calmly O
and O
soberly O
we O
will O
sort O
out O
our O
relations O
, O
" O
Lebed I-PER
said O
after O
the O
late-night O
signing O
ceremony O
in O
this O
settlement O
outside O
Chechnya I-LOC
's O
eastern O
border O
. O

Tens O
of O
thousands O
of O
people O
have O
died O
in O
the O
war O
, O
begun O
in O
late O
1994 O
after O
Moscow I-LOC
sent O
troops O
to O
quell O
Chechnya I-LOC
's O
independence O
bid O
. O

But O
Russia I-LOC
failed O
to O
win O
control O
over O
the O
whole O
of O
Chechnya I-LOC
and O
its O
troops O
suffered O
several O
humiliating O
defeats O
. O

President O
Boris I-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
ordered O
Lebed I-PER
to O
restore O
peace O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
and O
gave O
him O
unspecified O
sweeping O
powers O
to O
carry O
out O
the O
mission O
. O

Prime O
Minister O
Viktor I-PER
Chernomyrdin I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
Yeltsin I-PER
backed O
a O
package O
of O
proposals O
Lebed I-PER
took O
to O
the O
talks O
. O

Ruling O
Moslem I-MISC
party O
ends O
vote O
boycott O
. O

SARAJEVO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Bosnia I-LOC
's O
ruling O
Moslem I-MISC
nationalist O
party O
on O
Friday O
called O
on O
its O
refugee O
voters O
to O
end O
a O
boycott O
of O
absentee O
balloting O
in O
national O
elections O
, O
citing O
assurances O
provided O
by O
a O
U.S. I-LOC
envoy O
, O
government O
radio O
said O
. O

The O
Bosnian I-MISC
government O
radio O
broadcast O
said O
U.S. I-LOC
Assistant O
Secretary O
of O
State O
John I-PER
Kornblum I-PER
had O
reassured O
SDA I-ORG
officials O
, O
including O
presumably O
its O
leader O
, O
Bosnian I-MISC
President O
Alija I-PER
Izetbegovic I-PER
, O
whom O
he O
met O
during O
a O
Friday O
visit O
. O

But O
the O
radio O
report O
did O
not O
specify O
what O
guarantees O
, O
if O
any O
, O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
envoy O
had O
provided O
. O

Absentee O
voting O
in O
the O
elections O
began O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
August O
28 O
and O
runs O
for O
a O
week O
. O

Election O
day O
for O
those O
living O
inside O
Bosnia I-LOC
is O
September O
14 O
. O

The O
Party I-ORG
of I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Action I-ORG
( O
SDA I-ORG
) O
had O
called O
on O
Wednesday O
for O
its O
followers O
abroad O
to O
boycott O
the O
absentee O
balloting O
because O
of O
voter O
registration O
irregularities O
, O
especially O
among O
Serb I-MISC
refugees O
. O

The O
Organisation I-ORG
for I-ORG
Security I-ORG
and I-ORG
Cooperation I-ORG
in I-ORG
Europe I-ORG
( O
OSCE I-ORG
) O
postponed O
municipal O
elections O
as O
a O
result O
of O
the O
irregularities O
but O
decided O
to O
proceed O
with O
voting O
for O
higher O
offices O
. O

The O
SDA I-ORG
, O
joined O
by O
two O
other O
parties O
, O
has O
been O
demanding O
that O
OSCE I-ORG
prohibit O
refugees O
voting O
from O
any O
place O
other O
than O
their O
pre-war O
place O
of O
residence O
as O
a O
means O
to O
prevent O
the O
elections O
from O
ratifying O
the O
results O
of O
ethnic O
cleansing O
. O

Belgrade I-LOC
airport O
runway O
repairs O
Sept O
21-26-agency O
. O

BELGRADE I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Belgrade I-LOC
's O
main O
airport O
Aerodrom I-LOC
Beograd I-LOC
will O
be O
closed O
to O
traffic O
for O
runway O
maintenance O
and O
modernization O
from O
September O
21 O
to O
26 O
, O
the O
Yugoslav I-MISC
news O
agency O
Tanjug I-ORG
reported O
late O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
During O
the O
works O
, O
all O
flights O
will O
be O
re-routed O
to O
the O
nearby O
airport O
in O
Batajnica I-LOC
, O
with O
no O
change O
in O
schedules O
, O
" O
Tanjug I-ORG
quotes O
Belgrade I-LOC
airport O
General O
Director O
Ljubomir I-PER
Acimovic I-PER
as O
saying O
. O

The O
airport O
in O
Surcin I-LOC
will O
continue O
to O
carry O
out O
all O
other O
activities O
and O
has O
secured O
enough O
buses O
to O
transport O
passengers O
to O
Batajnica I-LOC
, O
Acimovic I-PER
said O
. O

The O
value O
of O
maintenance O
works O
, O
which O
will O
last O
120 O
hours O
straight O
, O
is O
20 O
million O
dinars O
and O
the O
funds O
have O
been O
secured O
by O
Belgrade I-LOC
airport O
, O
Tanjug I-ORG
said O
. O

The O
Batajnica I-LOC
airport O
will O
take O
over O
complete O
air O
traffic O
control O
during O
this O
period O
, O
Federal I-ORG
Air I-ORG
Traffic I-ORG
Control I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
Director O
Branko I-PER
Bilbija I-PER
said O
. O

-- O
Amra I-PER
Kevic I-PER
, O
Belgrade I-LOC
newsroom O
+381 O
11 O
2224305 O

Top O
Belarus I-LOC
politician O
blasts O
president O
. O

Larisa I-PER
Sayenko I-PER

MINSK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

A O
senior O
Belarus I-LOC
politician O
accused O
President O
Alexander I-PER
Lukashenko I-PER
on O
Friday O
of O
attempting O
to O
set O
up O
a O
dictatorship O
in O
the O
former O
Soviet I-MISC
republic O
. O

The O
speaker O
of O
the O
Belarus I-LOC
parliament O
, O
Semyon I-PER
Sharetsky I-PER
, O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
that O
a O
draft O
constitution O
, O
due O
to O
be O
put O
to O
a O
national O
referendum O
on O
November O
7 O
, O
would O
dangerously O
increase O
the O
powers O
of O
the O
ruler O
. O

" O
The O
world O
community O
should O
not O
be O
indifferent O
to O
the O
fact O
that O
President O
Lukashenko I-PER
, O
who O
leads O
this O
European I-MISC
state O
of O
10 O
million O
people O
, O
is O
trying O
to O
establish O
a O
dictatorship O
with O
his O
new O
constitution O
, O
" O
Sharetsky I-PER
said O
. O

The O
new O
constitution O
calls O
for O
a O
two-chamber O
parliament O
with O
a O
110-seat O
majority-elected O
house O
of O
representatives O
and O
a O
regionally-represented O
senate O
with O
a O
third O
of O
its O
members O
named O
by O
the O
president O
. O

Lukashenko I-PER
's O
aides O
shrugged O
off O
Sharetsky I-PER
's O
charge O
. O
" O

If O
there O
was O
a O
dictatorship O
they O
would O
n't O
have O
the O
right O
to O
say O
things O
like O
this O
, O
" O
Sergei I-PER
Posukhov I-PER
, O
Lukashenko I-PER
's O
political O
adviser O
, O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

" O
The O
people O
have O
asked O
us O
to O
establish O
order O
and O
that O
's O
our O
main O
aim O
. O
" O

Lukashenko I-PER
, O
41 O
, O
won O
presidential O
polls O
in O
1994 O
on O
promises O
to O
restore O
order O
, O
fight O
corruption O
and O
repair O
the O
strong O
links O
with O
Russia I-LOC
that O
were O
disrupted O
by O
the O
collapse O
of O
the O
Soviet I-LOC
Union I-LOC
. O

But O
during O
his O
period O
in O
office O
he O
has O
battled O
against O
nationalist O
opponents O
, O
trade O
unions O
and O
parliament O
and O
Sharetsky I-PER
said O
the O
current O
parliament O
was O
ready O
to O
try O
to O
impeach O
him O
. O

" O
This O
constitution O
, O
which O
has O
been O
prepared O
in O
secret O
, O
aims O
to O
gather O
all O
power O
in O
one O
man O
's O
hands O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

We O
should O
not O
be O
fooled O
by O
his O
quasi-democratic O
rhetoric O
and O
his O
methods O
, O
like O
this O
referendum O
. O
" O

Lukashenko I-PER
signed O
a O
pact O
with O
Moscow I-LOC
in O
April O
to O
create O
a O
strong O
economic O
and O
political O
union O
which O
he O
believes O
could O
grow O
into O
a O
federation O
. O

But O
nationalist O
groups O
, O
scared O
by O
the O
prospect O
of O
renewed O
Moscow I-LOC
domination O
and O
Russia I-LOC
's O
backing O
for O
Lukashenko I-PER
, O
protested O
against O
the O
deal O
. O

Lukashenko I-PER
responded O
by O
cracking O
down O
on O
the O
nationalist O
opposition O
and O
jailing O
nearly O
200 O
people O
for O
taking O
part O
in O
demonstrations O
against O
the O
pact O
. O

The O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
last O
week O
granted O
political O
asylum O
to O
two O
opposition O
leaders O
, O
Zenon I-PER
Poznyak I-PER
and O
Sergei I-PER
Naumchik I-PER
. O

Tajik I-MISC
troops O
now O
control O
devastated O
town O
. O

Yuri I-PER
Kushko I-PER

TAVILDARA I-LOC
, O
Tajikistan I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Tajik I-MISC
government O
troops O
now O
control O
of O
the O
strategically O
vital O
town O
of O
Tavildara I-LOC
after O
driving O
out O
Islamic I-MISC
rebels O
, O
but O
sporadic O
gunfire O
still O
echoed O
in O
the O
nearby O
Pamir I-LOC
mountains O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
commander-in-chief O
of O
Tajikistan I-LOC
's O
armed O
forces O
, O
Major-General O
Nikolai I-PER
Sherbatov I-PER
, O
took O
a O
group O
of O
journalists O
by O
helicopter O
to O
the O
remote O
, O
and O
now O
devastated O
, O
town O
to O
show O
that O
his O
forces O
held O
it O
. O

He O
said O
his O
troops O
took O
Tavildara I-LOC
without O
casualties O
on O
August O
23 O
, O
but O
the O
crack O
of O
sniper O
and O
machinegun O
fire O
revealed O
the O
presence O
of O
opposition O
fighters O
in O
the O
surrounding O
mountains O
. O

Sherbatov I-PER
said O
the O
rebels O
were O
located O
about O
three O
km O
( O
two O
miles O
) O
east O
of O
Tavildara I-LOC
around O
the O
village O
of O
Layron I-LOC
. O

Tavildara I-LOC
, O
200 O
km O
( O
120 O
miles O
) O
east O
of O
the O
capital O
Dushanbe I-LOC
, O
was O
in O
ruins O
. O

Shells O
had O
smashed O
roofs O
and O
windows O
and O
empty O
shell O
cases O
littered O
the O
streets O
. O

The O
town O
straddles O
a O
strategically O
important O
road O
linking O
government O
and O
rebel-held O
territory O
and O
has O
fallen O
succesively O
to O
both O
sides O
in O
a O
bloody O
tug-of-war O
which O
began O
last O
February O
. O

Tajikistan I-LOC
, O
which O
borders O
Afghanistan I-LOC
and O
China I-LOC
, O
has O
been O
split O
by O
a O
dragging O
four-year O
conflict O
after O
a O
civil O
war O
between O
communists O
and O
a O
frail O
coalition O
of O
Islamic I-MISC
and O
liberal O
groups O
. O

Tens O
of O
thousands O
of O
people O
have O
been O
killed O
and O
many O
more O
have O
been O
displaced O
in O
the O
fighting O
, O
which O
breached O
a O
shaky O
United I-MISC
Nations-sponsored I-MISC
ceasefire O
. O

Tavildara I-LOC
is O
now O
apparently O
inhabited O
only O
by O
a O
few O
old O
men O
, O
women O
and O
their O
grubby O
, O
barefoot O
children O
. O

Fruit O
remained O
on O
the O
trees O
as O
there O
was O
no O
one O
to O
pick O
it O
. O

" O
Help O
me O
, O
help O
me O
, O
" O
said O
a O
chorus O
of O
women O
begging O
soldiers O
for O
food O
. O

The O
town O
's O
school O
and O
a O
shop O
doubling O
as O
a O
warehouse O
for O
humanitarian O
aid O
were O
destroyed O
in O
the O
fighting O
. O

" O
We O
had O
to O
build O
our O
own O
earth O
shelters O
to O
survive O
the O
fighting O
, O
" O
said O
Rajab I-PER
Adinayev I-PER
, O
a O
bearded O
elderly O
Tajik I-MISC
in O
a O
long O
white O
shirt O
. O

Although O
shy O
in O
front O
of O
the O
government O
soldiers O
, O
several O
inhabitants O
accused O
government O
forces O
of O
widespread O
looting O
of O
homes O
and O
livestock O
. O

They O
also O
said O
rebel O
fighters O
had O
looted O
medicines O
from O
the O
local O
hospital O
. O

One O
elderly O
man O
, O
who O
declined O
to O
give O
his O
name O
, O
said O
two O
of O
his O
sons O
were O
now O
refugees O
in O
Moscow I-LOC
and O
the O
other O
two O
had O
left O
to O
fight O
for O
the O
opposition O
. O

He O
also O
said O
government O
soldiers O
had O
raped O
the O
wife O
of O
one O
of O
his O
sons O
. O
" O

It O
's O
not O
important O
who O
holds O
this O
town O
, O
we O
just O
need O
to O
stop O
the O
war O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Polish I-MISC
Foreign O
Minister O
to O
visit O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
. O

WARSAW I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Poland I-LOC
's O
Foreign O
Minister O
Dariusz I-PER
Rosati I-PER
will O
visit O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
on O
September O
3 O
and O
4 O
to O
revive O
a O
dialogue O
between O
the O
two O
governments O
which O
was O
effectively O
frozen O
in O
1992 O
, O
PAP I-ORG
news O
agency O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

During O
Rosati I-PER
's O
trip O
the O
two O
countries O
will O
sign O
an O
agreement O
on O
mutual O
protection O
of O
investments O
and O
a O
note O
easing O
conditions O
on O
the O
granting O
of O
visas O
, O
the O
agency O
quoted O
Foreign I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
officials O
as O
saying O
. O

The O
Federal I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
of I-LOC
Yugoslavia I-LOC
is O
the O
only O
country O
of O
the O
former O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
where O
Poles I-MISC
currently O
require O
visas O
. O

They O
are O
also O
to O
clinch O
protocols O
on O
culture O
and O
understanding O
between O
the O
two O
foreign O
ministries O
. O

Rosati I-PER
will O
meet O
Serbian I-MISC
President O
Slobodan I-PER
Milosevic I-PER
and O
Yugoslav I-MISC
politicians O
in O
Belgrade I-LOC
, O
before O
visiting O
Montenegro I-LOC
. O

Poland I-LOC
revived O
diplomatic O
ties O
at O
ambassadorial O
level O
with O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
in O
April O
but O
economic O
links O
are O
almost O
moribund O
, O
despite O
the O
end O
of O
a O
three-year O
U.N. I-ORG
trade O
embargo O
imposed O
to O
punish O
Belgrade I-LOC
for O
its O
support O
of O
Bosnian I-MISC
Serbs I-MISC
. O

Poland I-LOC
is O
seeking O
pacts O
on O
avoiding O
double O
taxation O
and O
wants O
cooperation O
in O
fighting O
crime O
. O

Yeltsin I-PER
visits O
wife O
Naina I-PER
in O
hospital O
- O
Interfax I-ORG
. O

MOSCOW I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Russian I-MISC
President O
Boris I-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
visited O
his O
wife O
Naina I-PER
in O
hospital O
on O
Friday O
evening O
, O
Interfax I-ORG
news O
agency O
quoted O
spokesman O
Sergei I-PER
Yastrzhembsky I-PER
as O
saying O
. O

Naina I-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
had O
a O
kidney O
operation O
last O
Saturday O
. O

Earlier O
Russian I-MISC
news O
reports O
had O
said O
Yeltsin I-PER
's O
children O
and O
grandchildren O
had O
visited O
the O
Russian I-MISC
first O
lady O
but O
they O
said O
only O
that O
Yeltsin I-PER
, O
on O
vacation O
outside O
Moscow I-LOC
, O
had O
spoken O
to O
her O
by O
telephone O
. O

" O
Naina I-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
looks O
well O
, O
she O
is O
active O
, O
she O
is O
clearly O
getting O
better O
, O
" O
Yastrzhembsky I-PER
quoted O
Yeltsin I-PER
as O
saying O
. O

Naina I-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
is O
recovering O
in O
Moscow I-LOC
's O
Central I-LOC
Clinical I-LOC
Hospital I-LOC
, O
where O
the O
president O
himself O
was O
treated O
twice O
last O
year O
for O
heart O
attacks O
. O

Yeltsin I-PER
, O
65 O
, O
has O
been O
seen O
only O
rarely O
since O
he O
was O
elected O
for O
a O
second O
term O
in O
office O
on O
July O
3 O
, O
although O
his O
aides O
have O
denied O
a O
string O
of O
rumours O
that O
he O
has O
been O
taken O
ill O
again O
. O

Yastrzhembsky I-PER
said O
Yeltsin I-PER
had O
travelled O
from O
the O
hospital O
to O
spend O
the O
night O
at O
the O
Barvikha I-LOC
sanatorium O
outside O
Moscow I-LOC
. O

He O
was O
likely O
to O
return O
on O
Saturday O
to O
his O
holiday O
resort O
, O
a O
hunting O
lodge O
some O
100 O
km O
( O
60 O
miles O
) O
from O
Moscow I-LOC
. O

Lebed I-PER
, O
Chechens I-MISC
start O
peace O
talks O
. O

KHASAVYURT I-LOC
, O
Russia I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Russian I-MISC
peacemaker O
Alexander I-PER
Lebed I-PER
and O
Chechen I-MISC
separatist O
military O
leader O
Aslan I-PER
Maskhadov I-PER
started O
a O
new O
round O
of O
peace O
talks O
on O
Friday O
in O
this O
settlement O
just O
outside O
the O
rebel O
region O
. O

Lebed I-PER
, O
who O
flew O
into O
Chechnya I-LOC
earlier O
in O
the O
day O
, O
said O
he O
hoped O
to O
sign O
a O
framework O
agreement O
on O
a O
political O
settlement O
of O
the O
20-month O
conflict O
in O
which O
tens O
of O
thousands O
of O
people O
have O
died O
. O

Neither O
Lebed I-PER
nor O
Maskhadov I-PER
made O
any O
statement O
before O
the O
talks O
. O

Russian I-MISC
judge O
stabbed O
to O
death O
over O
$ O
7 O
fine O
. O

MOSCOW I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

A O
Moscow I-LOC
street O
vendor O
stabbed O
to O
death O
a O
woman O
judge O
in O
a O
city O
court O
on O
Friday O
after O
she O
fined O
him O
the O
equivalent O
of O
seven O
dollars O
for O
trading O
illegally O
, O
Interfax I-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
. O

Interfax I-ORG
said O
Judge O
Olga I-PER
Lavrentyeva I-PER
, O
28 O
, O
on O
Thursday O
ordered O
the O
confiscation O
of O
several O
overcoats O
, O
suits O
and O
shirts O
which O
vendor O
Valery I-PER
Ivankov I-PER
, O
41 O
, O
was O
illegally O
trading O
on O
Moscow I-LOC
streets O
and O
fined O
him O
38,000 O
roubles O
( O
seven O
dollars O
) O
. O

The O
next O
morning O
, O
Ivankov I-PER
appeared O
in O
the O
courtroom O
and O
stabbed O
Lavrentyeva I-PER
. O

The O
judge O
died O
later O
in O
hospital O
. O

Interfax I-ORG
quoted O
Levrentyeva I-PER
's O
colleagues O
as O
saying O
that O
judges O
were O
generally O
unprotected O
against O
criminal O
attacks O
. O

Cofinec I-ORG
plunges O
on O
H1 O
results O
. O

Emese I-PER
Bartha I-PER

BUDAPEST I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Shares O
of O
France-registered I-MISC
printed O
packaging O
company O
Cofinec I-ORG
S.A. I-ORG
plunged O
sharply O
on O
the O
Budapest I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
( O
BSE I-ORG
) O
on O
Friday O
, O
despite O
a O
mostly O
reassuring O
forecast O
by O
the O
group O
. O

Cofinec I-ORG
's O
Global O
Depositary O
Receipts O
( O
GDRs O
) O
opened O
at O
5,200 O
forints O
on O
the O
BSE I-MISC
, O
down O
600 O
from O
Thursday O
's O
close O
, O
following O
the O
release O
of O
its O
first O
half O
results O
this O
morning O
. O

Cofinec I-ORG
CEO O
Stephen I-PER
Frater I-PER
told O
reporters O
in O
a O
conference O
call O
from O
Vienna I-LOC
on O
Friday O
before O
the O
opening O
of O
the O
bourse O
that O
he O
expects O
a O
stronger O
second O
half O
, O
although O
the O
group O
will O
not O
be O
able O
to O
achieve O
its O
annual O
profit O
goal O
. O

" O
We O
will O
not O
achieve O
the O
full O
37 O
million O
French I-MISC
franc O
( O
net O
) O
profit O
forecast O
, O
" O
Frater I-PER
said O
. O
" O

Obviously O
, O
we O
cannot O
make O
up O
the O
unexpected O
decrease O
that O
has O
been O
experienced O
in O
the O
first O
half O
of O
the O
year O
. O
" O

Frater I-PER
declined O
to O
give O
a O
forecast O
for O
the O
full O
year O
, O
ahead O
of O
a O
supervisory O
board O
meeting O
next O
week O
. O

Cofinec I-ORG
, O
the O
first O
foreign O
company O
to O
list O
on O
the O
Budapest I-LOC
bourse O
, O
released O
its O
consolidated O
first O
half O
figures O
( O
IAS O
) O
this O
morning O
. O

In O
the O
conference O
call O
, O
Frater I-PER
said O
he O
regarded O
Cofinec I-ORG
GDRs O
-- O
which O
are O
trading O
below O
their O
issue O
price O
of O
6,425 O
forints O
-- O
as O
a O
buying O
opportunity O
. O

" O
Obviously O
, O
at O
some O
point O
it O
represents O
a O
buying O
opportunity O
, O
" O
Frater I-PER
said O
. O
" O

I O
think O
the O
reality O
is O
that O
we O
operate O
in O
emerging O
markets O
, O
emerging O
markets O
tend O
to O
be O
more O
volatile O
. O
" O

" O
My O
message O
is O
that O
the O
fundamental O
strategy O
of O
the O
company O
, O
its O
fundamental O
market O
position O
has O
not O
changed O
. O
" O

The O
group O
, O
which O
operates O
in O
Hungary I-LOC
, O
Poland I-LOC
and O
the O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
, O
reported O
an O
operating O
profit O
before O
interest O
of O
21.8 O
million O
French I-MISC
francs O
compared O
to O
34.1 O
million O
in O
the O
same O
six O
months O
of O
1995 O
. O

Net O
profit O
for O
the O
January-June O
1996 O
period O
was O
2.1 O
million O
French I-MISC
francs O
, O
down O
from O
10.3 O
million O
in O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
1995 O
, O
with O
the O
bulk O
of O
this O
decline O
attributable O
to O
the O
performance O
of O
Petofi I-ORG
, O
one O
of O
its O
Hungarian I-MISC
units O
. O

Cofinec I-ORG
said O
Petofi I-ORG
general O
manager O
Laszlo I-PER
Sebesvari I-PER
had O
submitted O
his O
resignation O
and O
will O
be O
leaving O
Petofi I-ORG
but O
will O
remain O
on O
Petofi I-ORG
's O
board O
of O
directors O
. O

" O
Until O
a O
new O
general O
manager O
of O
Petofi I-ORG
is O
appointed O
... O

I O
will O
in O
fact O
move O
to O
Kecskemet I-LOC
( O
site O
of O
Petofi I-ORG
printing O
house O
) O
for O
the O
interim O
and O
will O
serve O
as O
acting O
chief O
executive O
officer O
of O
Petofi I-ORG
, O
" O
Frater I-PER
said O
. O

-- O
Budapest I-LOC
newsroom O
( O
36 O
1 O
) O
327 O
4040 O

Romania I-LOC
cen O
bank O
one-week O
rate O
rises O
to O
50.19 O
pct O
. O

BUCHAREST I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
National I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
of I-ORG
Romania I-ORG
( O
BNR I-ORG
) O
said O
its O
one-week O
refinancing O
rate O
has O
been O
lifted O
this O
week O
to O
50.19 O
percent O
from O
49 O
percent O
after O
two O
banks O
bids O
' O
exceeded O
its O
offer O
at O
Thursday O
's O
auction O
. O

The O
two O
banks O
entered O
bids O
totalling O
497.5 O
billion O
lei O
at O
rates O
ranging O
from O
49 O
to O
51 O
percent O
, O
against O
the O
BNR I-ORG
's O
offer O
of O
420 O
billion O
lei O
. O

Traders O
said O
that O
over O
the O
past O
few O
days O
the O
two O
major O
banks O
, O
keen O
to O
meet O
minimum O
reserve O
targets O
, O
also O
chased O
funds O
on O
the O
money O
market O
, O
being O
ready O
to O
gulp O
short-term O
money O
at O
rates O
up O
to O
49 O
percent O
. O

Other O
banks O
traded O
one-week O
rates O
near O
48 O
percent O
. O

-- O
Bucharest I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
40-1 O
3120264 O

Potent O
landmines O
found O
near O
Colombian I-MISC
presidency O
. O

BOGOTA I-LOC
, O
Colombia I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Eight O
claymore O
mines O
fitted O
with O
powerful O
C-4 O
plastic O
explosives O
were O
found O
stashed O
in O
a O
real O
estate O
office O
on O
Friday O
located O
about O
two O
blocks O
from O
Colombia I-LOC
's O
presidential O
palace O
, O
police O
said O
. O

" O
These O
are O
powerful O
weapons O
, O
" O
a O
spokesman O
with O
the O
Municipal I-ORG
Police I-ORG
told O
Reuters I-ORG
by O
telephone O
, O
adding O
that O
police O
had O
not O
ruled O
out O
a O
possible O
terrorist O
attack O
on O
the O
ornate O
Casa I-LOC
de I-LOC
Narino I-LOC
presidential O
palace O
in O
Bogota I-LOC
's O
historic O
downtown O
area O
. O

" O
They O
could O
cause O
serious O
damage O
as O
much O
as O
500 O
meters O
( O
yards O
) O
away O
from O
wherever O
they O
were O
detonated O
, O
" O
the O
spokesman O
added O
. O

He O
said O
police O
backed O
by O
explosive O
experts O
were O
combing O
the O
area O
in O
search O
of O
other O
possible O
weapons O
or O
explosive O
devices O
. O

The O
police O
spokeman O
said O
plastic O
explosive O
like O
C-4 O
is O
not O
a O
normal O
component O
in O
claymore O
mines O
. O

But O
he O
said O
the O
eight O
mines O
seized O
by O
police O
had O
been O
" O
specially O
adapted O
. O
" O

The O
spokesman O
declined O
further O
comment O
, O
except O
to O
say O
that O
two O
women O
and O
a O
man O
identified O
as O
a O
lawyer O
had O
been O
arrested O
in O
connection O
with O
the O
landmines O
. O

Assault O
charges O
dropped O
against O
Surinam I-LOC
ex-rebel O
. O

PARAMARIBO I-LOC
, O
Surinam I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Flamboyant O
former O
Surinamese I-MISC
guerrilla O
leader O
Ronny I-PER
Brunswijk I-PER
walked O
free O
on O
Friday O
after O
charges O
of O
attempted O
murder O
were O
dropped O
, O
police O
said O
. O

Brunswijk I-PER
had O
been O
in O
police O
custody O
for O
10 O
days O
after O
Freddy I-PER
Pinas I-PER
, O
a O
Surinamese-born I-MISC
visitor O
from O
the O
Netherlands I-LOC
, O
accused O
Brunswijk I-PER
of O
trying O
to O
kill O
him O
in O
a O
bar-room O
brawl O
in O
the O
mining O
town O
of O
Moengo I-LOC
56 O
miles O
( O
90 O
km O
) O
east O
of O
Paramaribo I-LOC
. O

Brunswijk I-PER
, O
35 O
, O
denied O
the O
charge O
and O
reached O
an O
agreement O
with O
Pinas I-PER
after O
replacing O
a O
golden O
necklace O
lost O
in O
the O
scuffle O
. O

It O
was O
the O
second O
time O
Brunswijk I-PER
had O
been O
charged O
with O
attempted O
murder O
in O
less O
than O
two O
years O
. O

In O
1994 O
he O
served O
two O
months O
for O
shooting O
a O
thief O
in O
the O
backside O
. O

Brunswijk I-PER
, O
who O
led O
a O
rebel O
group O
against O
the O
military O
regime O
of O
Desi I-PER
Bouterse I-PER
in O
the O
late O
1980s O
, O
is O
now O
a O
successful O
businessman O
with O
mining O
and O
logging O
interests O
. O

Cambodian I-MISC
opposition O
newspaper O
editor O
pardoned O
. O

PHNOM I-LOC
PENH I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Cambodia I-LOC
's O
King O
Norodom I-PER
Sihanouk I-PER
on O
Friday O
gave O
a O
royal O
pardon O
to O
an O
opposition O
newspaper O
editor O
who O
had O
alleged O
top-level O
corruption O
. O

Hen I-PER
Vipheak I-PER
, O
former O
editor O
of O
the O
Sereipheap I-ORG
Thmei I-ORG
( O
New I-ORG
Liberty I-ORG
) O
newspaper O
, O
stepped O
through O
the O
gates O
of O
the O
run-down O
French I-MISC
colonial-era O
T3 I-LOC
prison O
late O
Friday O
afternoon O
, O
following O
intervention O
on O
his O
behalf O
by O
King O
Sihanouk I-PER
. O

The O
Supreme I-ORG
Court I-ORG
had O
on O
August O
23 O
sent O
the O
opposition O
Khmer I-ORG
Nation I-ORG
Party I-ORG
steering O
committee O
member O
to O
jail O
after O
upholding O
rulings O
by O
the O
municipal O
and O
appeal O
courts O
that O
handed O
down O
a O
five O
million O
riels O
( O
$ O
2,000 O
) O
fine O
and O
one O
year O
's O
imprisonment O
. O

The O
judge O
overturned O
a O
decision O
to O
shut O
down O
Hen I-PER
Vipheak I-PER
's O
newspaper O
. O

The O
editor O
was O
prosecuted O
following O
a O
May O
1995 O
article O
alleging O
top-level O
corruption O
. O

Sihanouk I-PER
promised O
an O
amnesty O
to O
Hen I-PER
Vipheak I-PER
, O
along O
with O
fellow O
KNP I-ORG
member O
and O
journalist O
Chan I-PER
Rattana I-PER
, O
who O
was O
released O
after O
serving O
a O
week O
of O
a O
year-long O
jail O
term O
in O
June O
. O

Co-Premiers O
Prince O
Norodom I-PER
Ranariddh I-PER
and O
Hun I-PER
Sen I-PER
agreed O
earlier O
this O
week O
to O
the O
king O
's O
request O
for O
an O
amnesty O
. O

Far I-LOC
East I-LOC
Gold O
- O
Moribund O
market O
seen O
continuing O
. O

Mishi I-PER
Saran I-PER

HONG I-LOC
KONG I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Far I-LOC
East I-LOC
gold O
traders O
thumped O
foreheads O
in O
frustration O
at O
the O
market O
's O
foot-dragging O
this O
week O
and O
forecast O
on O
Friday O
that O
next O
week O
would O
not O
be O
much O
better O
. O

The O
Southeast I-MISC
Asian I-MISC
gold O
market O
was O
more O
or O
less O
a O
photo-fit O
picture O
of O
the O
previous O
week O
's O
position O
with O
activity O
slow O
and O
bullion O
prices O
trapped O
in O
a O
well-worn O
range O
awaiting O
a O
seasonal O
upturn O
in O
demand O
and O
prices O
into O
the O
fourth O
quarter O
. O

Singapore I-LOC
premiums O
for O
Australian I-MISC
kilo O
bars O
were O
quoted O
unchanged O
at O
between O
25-45 O
cents O
an O
ounce O
over O
spot O
loco O
London I-LOC
prices O
, O
with O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
and O
Indonesian-origin I-MISC
premiums O
also O
steady O
at O
10-20 O
cents O
an O
ounce O
. O

Singapore I-LOC
dealers O
said O
they O
were O
concerned O
that O
there O
had O
been O
a O
marked O
revival O
in O
offers O
to O
sell O
gold O
by O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
traders O
, O
following O
the O
distress O
sales O
of O
recent O
months O
after O
the O
Seoul I-LOC
government O
's O
crackdown O
on O
bullion O
arbitrage O
trade O
. O

" O
I O
was O
shocked O
to O
see O
these O
offers O
coming O
in O
again O
, O
though O
there O
's O
been O
no O
indication O
of O
price O
or O
volume O
. O

I O
dread O
to O
think O
what O
will O
happen O
to O
the O
premiums O
if O
the O
Koreans I-MISC
start O
selling O
in O
force O
, O
" O
one O
dealer O
said O
. O

Continued O
dishoarding O
of O
kilo-bars O
by O
Indonesian I-MISC
sources O
ahead O
of O
next O
year O
's O
presidential O
election O
has O
also O
kept O
a O
lid O
on O
premiums O
. O

Gold O
closed O
down O
at O
$ O
387.00 O
/ O
$ O
387.50 O
an O
ounce O
in O
Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
on O
Friday O
, O
versus O
New I-LOC
York I-LOC
's O
$ O
387.60 O
/ O
$ O
388 O
finish O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Dealers O
said O
the O
precious O
metal O
eased O
on O
a O
report O
that O
the O
International I-ORG
Monetary I-ORG
Fund I-ORG
might O
sell O
some O
of O
its O
gold O
to O
reduce O
the O
debts O
of O
the O
poorest O
developing O
countries O
. O

Easier O
silver O
prices O
mid-week O
helped O
keep O
spot O
gold O
locked O
in O
a O
$ O
386 O
- O
$ O
389 O
an O
ounce O
range O
, O
dealers O
said O
, O
but O
they O
remained O
optimistic O
that O
the O
usual O
seasonal O
pick-up O
in O
jewellery O
fabrication O
demand O
would O
see O
gold O
at O
$ O
395 O
by O
end-October O
. O

" O
I O
still O
think O
we O
'll O
see O
gold O
at O
$ O
395 O
by O
the O
end O
of O
October O
, O
in O
a O
retracement O
of O
the O
$ O
418 O
- O
$ O
380 O
move O
we O
saw O
at O
the O
start O
of O
the O
year O
, O
" O
one O
said O
. O

Silver O
, O
basis O
the O
September O
contract O
on O
New I-LOC
York I-LOC
's O
Comex O
market O
, O
was O
expected O
to O
find O
support O
at O
between O
$ O
5.12 O
- O
$ O
5.15 O
an O
ounce O
and O
meet O
resistance O
from O
$ O
5.25 O
- O
$ O
5.30 O
, O
they O
added O
. O

September O
silver O
closed O
up O
$ O
0.004 O
in O
New I-LOC
York I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
at O
$ O
5.255 O
an O
ounce O
. O

Tripoli I-LOC
decks O
out O
for O
coup O
celebrations O
. O

Mona I-PER
Eltahawy I-PER

TRIPOLI I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Libyans I-MISC
are O
dressing O
up O
their O
capital O
Tripoli I-LOC
for O
celebrations O
on O
Sunday O
of O
the O
27th O
anniversary O
of O
the O
coup O
which O
brought O
Muammar I-PER
Gaddafi I-PER
to O
power O
. O

Green O
flags O
and O
banners O
praise O
the O
" O
great O
revolution O
" O
and O
promise O
defiance O
against O
United I-ORG
Nations I-ORG
sanctions O
imposed O
for O
Libya I-LOC
's O
refusal O
to O
hand O
over O
for O
trial O
two O
suspects O
wanted O
in O
connection O
with O
the O
1988 O
bombing O
of O
a O
Pan I-ORG
Am I-ORG
flight O
over O
Lockerbie I-LOC
, O
Scotland I-LOC
. O

" O
We O
have O
chosen O
the O
challenge O
because O
it O
is O
our O
only O
option O
, O
" O
proclaimed O
one O
banner O
on O
the O
road O
to O
Tripoli I-LOC
airport O
which O
serves O
only O
internal O
flights O
because O
of O
the O
sanctions O
. O

Huge O
stadium O
lights O
are O
directed O
at O
the O
city O
's O
Green I-LOC
Square I-LOC
where O
makeshift O
stages O
await O
Sunday O
's O
festivities O
. O

Three O
African I-MISC
leaders O
-- O
from O
Niger I-LOC
, O
Guinea I-LOC
and O
Ghana I-LOC
-- O
are O
expected O
to O
attend O
the O
celebrations O
marking O
September O
1 O
, O
1969 O
when O
a O
group O
of O
young O
army O
officers O
, O
led O
by O
a O
27-year-old O
Gaddafi I-PER
, O
deposed O
King O
Mohammed I-PER
Idris I-PER
. O

" O
The O
revolution O
has O
brought O
us O
great O
achievements O
... O

We O
are O
comfortable O
the O
revolution O
has O
taken O
care O
of O
us O
, O
improved O
our O
lives O
and O
given O
us O
capabilites O
, O
" O
Samer I-PER
Ammar I-PER
Soliman I-PER
, O
42 O
, O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
as O
he O
came O
out O
of O
Friday O
prayers O
. O

But O
some O
Libyans I-MISC
have O
begun O
to O
show O
their O
discontent O
in O
the O
country O
's O
east O
, O
which O
has O
become O
a O
hotbed O
of O
militant O
violence O
. O

Tripoli-based I-MISC
diplomats O
and O
exiled O
opponents O
said O
Gaddafi I-PER
's O
airforce O
blasted O
in O
July O
rebel O
strongholds O
in O
the O
mountainous O
Jebel I-LOC
al-Akhdar I-LOC
region O
. O

Travellers O
arriving O
in O
Egypt I-LOC
say O
militants O
and O
police O
officers O
clash O
regularly O
in O
Benghazi I-LOC
. O

At O
least O
20 O
people O
were O
killed O
in O
the O
capital O
in O
early O
July O
after O
bodyguards O
loyal O
to O
Gaddafi I-PER
's O
sons O
fired O
at O
spectators O
of O
a O
football O
match O
who O
were O
chanting O
subversive O
slogans O
. O

Gaddafi I-PER
has O
dismissed O
any O
unrest O
as O
the O
work O
of O
foreigners O
, O
and O
last O
year O
deported O
thousands O
of O
Sudanese I-MISC
and O
Egyptian I-MISC
workers O
. O

Twilight O
zone O
for O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
as O
political O
race O
heats O
up O
. O

Pierre I-PER
Belec I-PER

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

For O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
, O
this O
is O
the O
season O
to O
be O
cautious O
as O
the O
presidential O
contest O
puts O
the O
stock O
market O
in O
the O
twilight O
zone O
. O

President O
Clinton I-PER
, O
Bob I-PER
Dole I-PER
and O
Ross I-PER
Perot I-PER
are O
hitting O
the O
road O
now O
that O
the O
partying O
is O
over O
, O
and O
people O
who O
have O
billions O
of O
dollars O
invested O
in O
stocks O
were O
bracing O
for O
political O
promises O
that O
could O
have O
an O
impact O
on O
their O
wealth O
. O

Analysts O
believe O
that O
the O
candidates O
will O
add O
to O
the O
market O
's O
list O
of O
uncertainties O
, O
which O
already O
includes O
the O
question O
of O
whether O
the O
Federal I-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
will O
raise O
interest O
rates O
to O
cool O
economic O
growth O
. O

They O
say O
the O
politicians O
will O
need O
to O
promote O
legislation O
that O
helps O
the O
economy O
without O
scaring O
the O
socks O
off O
financial O
markets O
. O

" O
The O
worst O
thing O
that O
could O
happen O
for O
financial O
markets O
is O
that O
if O
Clinton I-PER
and O
Dole I-PER
start O
to O
trade O
shots O
in O
the O
middle O
of O
the O
ring O
with O
one-upmanship O
, O
" O
said O
Hugh I-PER
Johnson I-PER
, O
chief O
investment O
officer O
at O
First I-ORG
Albany I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
" O
That O
's O
when O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
will O
need O
to O
worry O
. O
" O

He O
said O
that O
the O
bond O
market O
would O
be O
the O
first O
to O
react O
if O
the O
" O
bidding O
" O
intensifies O
and O
stocks O
would O
quickly O
drop O
as O
interest O
rates O
rise O
. O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
think O
it O
would O
imply O
the O
collapse O
of O
the O
stock O
market O
, O
unless O
the O
rise O
in O
rates O
touches O
off O
a O
dynamic O
within O
the O
market O
, O
which O
would O
include O
selling O
by O
portfolio O
managers O
, O
redemptions O
by O
individuals O
of O
mutual O
funds O
that O
would O
, O
in O
turn O
, O
pressure O
the O
portfolio O
managers O
to O
sell O
even O
more O
stock O
. O
" O

This O
week O
, O
the O
market O
weighed O
Dole I-PER
's O
proposal O
to O
lower O
federal O
income O
taxes O
by O
15 O
percent O
across O
the O
board O
, O
a O
package O
that O
carries O
a O
price O
tag O
of O
$ O
548 O
billion O
. O

Clinton I-PER
proposes O
an O
$ O
8.4 O
billion O
re-election O
agenda O
that O
would O
spare O
most O
home-sellers O
from O
capital O
gains O
taxes O
and O
give O
employers O
tax O
incentives O
to O
hire O
people O
off O
the O
welfare O
rolls O
. O

Clinton I-PER
claims O
Dole I-PER
's O
plan O
would O
increase O
the O
deficit O
, O
while O
the O
White I-LOC
House I-LOC
said O
some O
corporate O
taxes O
would O
be O
raised O
to O
offset O
the O
cost O
of O
the O
president O
's O
plan O
. O

The O
experts O
said O
there O
are O
some O
unusual O
risks O
for O
the O
market O
from O
this O
year O
's O
political O
season O
because O
the O
rush O
to O
promise O
tax O
cuts O
to O
win O
votes O
could O
upset O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
's O
expectations O
that O
Washington I-LOC
will O
balance O
the O
budget O
. O

" O
The O
stock O
market O
will O
have O
to O
edit O
the O
promises O
and O
then O
do O
a O
probability O
study O
on O
those O
edited O
promises O
, O
" O
said O
John I-PER
Geraghty I-PER
at O
the O
consulting O
firm O
North I-ORG
American I-ORG
Equity I-ORG
Services I-ORG
. O

During O
the O
past O
four O
presidential O
elections O
, O
the O
candidate O
that O
has O
favoured O
tax O
cuts O
has O
won O
. O

Ronald I-PER
Reagan I-PER
's O
tax O
cut O
won O
him O
a O
second O
four-year O
term O
in O
the O
White I-LOC
House I-LOC
in O
1984 O
, O
while O
Democrat I-MISC
Walter I-PER
Mondale I-PER
, O
who O
promised O
higher O
taxes O
, O
lost O
. O

George I-PER
Bush I-PER
became O
president O
in O
1988 O
on O
his O
no-new-tax O
campaign O
and O
Clinton I-PER
won O
in O
1992 O
with O
a O
promise O
to O
fatten O
workers O
' O
paychecks O
. O

The O
trick O
, O
they O
said O
, O
will O
be O
for O
the O
candidates O
to O
continue O
to O
convince O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
that O
the O
Treasury I-ORG
's O
30-year O
bond O
-- O
the O
most O
closely-watched O
interest O
rate O
-- O
will O
fall O
to O
between O
4 O
percent O
and O
5 O
percent O
by O
the O
end O
of O
the O
decade O
. O

Johnson I-PER
said O
that O
long-term O
interest O
rates O
have O
already O
been O
spooked O
by O
the O
election O
. O

The O
long-term O
bond O
jumped O
this O
week O
to O
7.13 O
percent O
after O
starting O
the O
year O
at O
5.95 O
percent O
. O

The O
surge O
of O
buying O
in O
stocks O
during O
the O
last O
two O
years O
has O
come O
amid O
an O
environment O
of O
low O
interest O
rates O
, O
which O
has O
boosted O
corporate O
profits O
. O

But O
the O
market O
stalled O
this O
summer O
after O
the O
Dow I-MISC
Jones I-MISC
industrial O
average O
set O
a O
record O
high O
of O
5,778.00 O
points O
on O
May O
22 O
. O

" O
The O
market O
does O
n't O
seem O
to O
be O
able O
to O
make O
new O
highs O
and O
it O
has O
been O
back O
and O
forth O
in O
a O
fairly O
horizontal O
mode O
which O
looks O
like O
a O
holding O
pattern O
, O
" O
said O
Geraghty I-PER
. O

He O
said O
the O
market O
reflects O
the O
political O
uncertainty O
, O
now O
that O
Dole I-PER
has O
sharply O
narrowed O
the O
gap O
with O
Clinton I-PER
in O
the O
polls O
. O

Geraghty I-PER
said O
that O
the O
one O
thing O
that O
could O
completely O
turn O
the O
election O
around O
are O
new O
findings O
in O
the O
Whitewater I-LOC
scandal O
that O
would O
damage O
the O
Clintons I-PER
. O

" O
Stocks O
are O
on O
a O
delicate O
edge O
because O
if O
something O
happens O
that O
looks O
like O
it O
could O
upset O
the O
presidency O
, O
it O
could O
throw O
the O
political O
and O
, O
to O
some O
extent O
the O
economic O
, O
process O
into O
chaos O
, O
" O
Geraghty I-PER
said O
. O

Right O
now O
, O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
is O
pondering O
the O
candidates O
. O

" O
We O
have O
an O
election O
where O
there O
are O
so O
many O
unknown O
variables O
that O
most O
people O
will O
probably O
want O
to O
hold O
fire O
, O
and O
even O
take O
the O
chance O
that O
they O
will O
have O
to O
pay O
higher O
prices O
for O
stocks O
after O
the O
November O
election O
, O
than O
take O
the O
risk O
that O
a O
shock O
to O
the O
system O
will O
hurt O
the O
stock O
market O
, O
" O
Geraghty I-PER
said O
. O

On O
Friday O
, O
the O
Dow I-MISC
Jones I-MISC
index O
closed O
down O
31.44 O
points O
at O
5,616.21 O
. O

For O
the O
week O
, O
it O
was O
down O
106.53 O
points O
. O

The O
Nasdaq I-MISC
composite O
index O
closed O
3.53 O
points O
lower O
Friday O
at O
1,141.50 O
. O

For O
the O
week O
, O
it O
was O
down O
1.55 O
points O
. O

The O
Standard I-ORG
& I-ORG
Poor I-ORG
's O
index O
of O
500 O
stocks O
was O
off O
5.41 O
points O
at O
651.99 O
, O
down O
15.03 O
points O
for O
the O
week O
. O

The O
American I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
index O
was O
down O
1.66 O
points O
at O
559.68 O
, O
and O
was O
off O
1.26 O
for O
the O
week O
. O

Brisk O
economic O
reports O
rattle O
markets O
anew O
. O

Glenn I-PER
Somerville I-PER

WASHINGTON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Factory O
orders O
rose O
in O
July O
and O
manufacturing O
surged O
in O
the O
Midwest I-LOC
in O
August O
, O
reports O
said O
Friday O
, O
sparking O
worries O
about O
inflation O
that O
battered O
financial O
markets O
for O
a O
second O
straight O
day O
. O

The O
Commerce I-ORG
Department I-ORG
said O
orders O
for O
manufactured O
goods O
climbed O
1.8 O
percent O
in O
July O
to O
a O
seasonally O
adjusted O
$ O
317.6 O
billion O
-- O
nearly O
twice O
the O
increase O
that O
had O
been O
expected O
. O

Shipments O
of O
everything O
from O
new O
cars O
to O
food O
items O
rose O
, O
as O
did O
order O
backlogs O
, O
in O
a O
sign O
that O
the O
strength O
in O
the O
industrial O
sector O
would O
continue O
in O
coming O
months O
. O

A O
separate O
report O
from O
Chicago I-LOC
area O
purchasing O
managers O
underlined O
the O
strength O
in O
manufacturing O
as O
the O
group O
's O
barometer O
of O
manufacturing O
in O
the O
region O
jumped O
to O
60 O
in O
August O
from O
51.2 O
in O
July O
. O

A O
reading O
above O
50 O
indicates O
growth O
in O
manufacturing O
. O

While O
production O
and O
orders O
rose O
at O
Midwest I-LOC
area O
businesses O
, O
the O
prices O
they O
paid O
for O
goods O
used O
in O
manufacturing O
remained O
well O
in O
check O
. O

Analysts O
said O
the O
reports O
implied O
the O
economy O
was O
not O
slowing O
down O
in O
the O
third O
quarter O
after O
a O
burst O
of O
growth O
in O
the O
spring O
, O
and O
that O
the O
lull O
in O
late O
June O
and O
July O
was O
more O
temporary O
than O
Federal I-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
policy-makers O
had O
wanted O
. O

" O
It O
appears O
that O
August O
is O
showing O
an O
economy O
again O
reversing O
course O
and O
is O
not O
moving O
onto O
a O
significantly O
slower O
track O
at O
this O
point O
, O
" O
said O
economist O
Lynn I-PER
Reaser I-PER
of O
Barnett I-ORG
Banks I-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
in O
Jacksonville I-LOC
, O
Fla I-LOC
. O

The O
reports O
fanned O
worries O
on O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
that O
the O
Fed I-ORG
, O
the O
nation O
's O
central O
bank O
, O
would O
raise O
rates O
next O
month O
in O
a O
bid O
to O
ward O
off O
inflation O
, O
driving O
stock O
and O
bond O
prices O
sharply O
lower O
for O
a O
second O
day O
running O
. O

The O
30-year O
Treasury I-ORG
fell O
almost O
a O
point O
, O
raising O
its O
yield O
, O
which O
moves O
in O
the O
opposite O
direction O
from O
the O
price O
, O
to O
7.12 O
percent O
from O
7.04 O
percent O
late O
Thursday O
. O

The O
Dow I-MISC
Jones I-MISC
industrial O
average O
fell O
31.44 O
points O
to O
5,616.21 O
after O
a O
64.73-point O
decline O
Thursday O
. O

A O
third O
report O
from O
the O
Commerce I-ORG
Department I-ORG
, O
on O
July O
personal O
income O
and O
spending O
, O
pointed O
to O
a O
potential O
slowdown O
in O
consumer O
spending O
that O
some O
analysts O
said O
may O
help O
moderate O
growth O
in O
the O
second O
half O
. O

It O
showed O
spending O
rose O
only O
0.2 O
percent O
last O
month O
to O
a O
seasonally O
adjusted O
annual O
rate O
of O
$ O
5.15 O
trillion O
after O
dropping O
a O
revised O
0.4 O
percent O
in O
June O
. O

Incomes O
from O
wages O
, O
salaries O
and O
all O
other O
sources O
gained O
0.1 O
percent O
to O
a O
rate O
of O
$ O
6.47 O
trillion O
after O
a O
0.9 O
percent O
jump O
in O
June O
. O

July O
's O
slight O
gain O
in O
incomes O
was O
the O
weakest O
in O
six O
months O
, O
since O
January O
when O
they O
were O
flat O
. O

Economist O
Joel I-PER
Naroff I-PER
of O
First I-ORG
Union I-ORG
bank O
in O
Philadelphia I-LOC
said O
consumer O
spending O
, O
which O
fuels O
two-thirds O
of O
the O
nation O
's O
economy O
, O
may O
be O
much O
slower O
in O
the O
third O
quarter O
than O
in O
the O
first O
half O
, O
which O
should O
slow O
economic O
growth O
. O

" O
The O
FOMC I-ORG
( O
Federal I-ORG
Open I-ORG
Market I-ORG
Committee I-ORG
) O
has O
been O
forecasting O
a O
slowing O
in O
economic O
activity O
and O
moderating O
household O
demand O
will O
have O
a O
large O
impact O
on O
overall O
economic O
growth O
, O
" O
Naroff I-PER
said O
in O
a O
written O
comment O
. O

The O
policy-making O
FOMC I-ORG
is O
to O
meet O
on O
Sept O
. O

24 O
to O
plot O
interest-rate O
strategy O
. O

It O
already O
has O
adopted O
a O
bias O
toward O
raising O
rates O
to O
keep O
a O
lid O
on O
wage O
and O
price O
rises O
and O
help O
sustain O
the O
5-1 O
/ O
2-year-old O
economic O
expansion O
. O

In O
an O
interview O
on O
the O
cable O
television O
network O
CNBC I-ORG
Friday O
, O
Federal I-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
Governor O
Lawrence I-PER
Lindsey I-PER
said O
there O
still O
were O
" O
mixed O
signals O
" O
about O
the O
economy O
's O
direction O
. O

" O
I O
think O
that O
, O
on O
balance O
, O
it O
is O
looking O
a O
little O
bit O
on O
the O
strong O
side O
, O
" O
Lindsey I-PER
said O
. O

He O
added O
that O
with O
expansion O
as O
solid O
as O
it O
is O
and O
with O
unemployment O
so O
low O
" O
the O
greater O
risks O
are O
clearly O
that O
we O
might O
see O
some O
overheating O
. O
" O

While O
July O
consumer O
spending O
rose O
only O
slightly O
, O
there O
were O
ample O
indications O
that O
consumers O
remained O
confident O
. O

The O
University I-ORG
of I-ORG
Michigan I-ORG
's O
August O
index O
of O
consumer O
sentiment O
, O
made O
available O
on O
Friday O
to O
paying O
subscribers O
, O
rose O
to O
95.3 O
from O
94.7 O
in O
July O
. O

Reaser I-PER
said O
strong O
consumer O
confidence O
coupled O
with O
relatively O
lean O
inventories O
were O
providing O
manufacturers O
with O
a O
reason O
to O
gear O
up O
production O
. O

" O
The O
economy O
is O
not O
going O
to O
be O
expanding O
at O
the O
4.8 O
percent O
( O
annual O
) O
rate O
that O
we O
had O
in O
the O
second O
quarter O
but O
it O
is O
likely O
to O
keep O
expanding O
in O
the O
3 O
percent O
range O
, O
" O
she O
said O
, O
above O
the O
2 O
percent O
to O
2-1/4 O
percent O
that O
the O
Fed I-ORG
considers O
to O
be O
non-inflationary O
. O

New O
orders O
to O
factories O
were O
strong O
for O
durable O
goods O
like O
new O
cars O
and O
for O
nondurables O
like O
paper O
and O
food O
products O
. O

Orders O
for O
durable O
goods O
, O
meant O
to O
last O
three O
years O
or O
more O
, O
rose O
a O
revised O
1.7 O
percent O
in O
July O
after O
falling O
0.2 O
percent O
in O
June O
. O

Orders O
for O
nondurables O
jumped O
1.8 O
percent O
following O
a O
1.2 O
percent O
decrease O
in O
June O
. O

Mexican I-MISC
avocados O
not O
expected O
in O
U.S I-LOC
. O

Maggie I-PER
McNeil I-PER

WASHINGTON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

U.S. I-ORG
Agriculture I-ORG
Department I-ORG
officials O
said O
Friday O
that O
Mexican I-MISC
avocados O
-- O
which O
are O
restricted O
from O
entering O
the O
continental O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
-- O
will O
not O
likely O
be O
entering O
U.S. I-LOC
markets O
any O
time O
soon O
, O
even O
if O
the O
controversial O
ban O
were O
lifted O
today O
. O

" O
The O
opportunity O
to O
import O
( O
Mexican I-MISC
avocados O
) O
probably O
wo O
n't O
become O
possible O
for O
another O
year O
, O
" O
said O
Paul I-PER
Drazek I-PER
, O
senior O
trade O
advisor O
to O
Agriculture O
Secretary O
Dan I-PER
Glickman I-PER
. O

" O
We O
could O
lift O
the O
ban O
tomorrow O
, O
but O
that O
would O
not O
mean O
anything O
immediately O
, O
" O
said O
Drazek I-PER
. O
" O

We O
probably O
would O
not O
see O
avacados O
come O
in O
until O
next O
season O
, O
next O
November O
. O
" O

The O
Agriculture I-ORG
Department I-ORG
proposed O
more O
than O
a O
year O
ago O
to O
significantly O
ease O
an O
82-year O
ban O
on O
Mexican I-MISC
avocados O
. O

Under O
the O
administration O
's O
proposal O
, O
the O
borders O
to O
the O
Mexican I-MISC
produce O
would O
be O
opened O
into O
19 O
Northern O
and O
Northeastern O
states O
from O
November O
through O
February O
. O

The O
plan O
has O
raised O
a O
storm O
of O
protest O
from O
U.S. I-LOC
avocado O
growers O
, O
who O
are O
largely O
concentrated O
in O
California I-LOC
. O

California I-LOC
growers O
have O
charged O
that O
removing O
the O
restrictions O
, O
even O
on O
a O
limited O
basis O
, O
would O
endanger O
the O
$ O
1 O
billion O
U.S. I-LOC
industry O
if O
potentially O
harmful O
Mexican I-MISC
insects O
were O
brought O
into O
the O
country O
along O
with O
the O
avocados O
. O

Mexican I-MISC
officials O
contend O
that O
there O
is O
no O
scientific O
basis O
for O
the O
ban O
, O
and O
that O
it O
is O
illegal O
under O
international O
trading O
rules O
of O
the O
World I-ORG
Trade I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
. O

Proponents O
of O
the O
plan O
discount O
the O
worries O
of O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
growers O
and O
say O
the O
plan O
has O
enough O
safeguards O
built O
into O
it O
to O
eliminate O
any O
significant O
threat O
to O
American I-MISC
producers O
. O

Under O
the O
proposal O
, O
only O
imports O
of O
export-quality O
avocados O
growing O
in O
approved O
orchards O
in O
Michoacan I-LOC
, O
Mexico I-LOC
, O
the O
country O
's O
main O
avocado O
area O
, O
would O
be O
allowed O
. O

Mexican I-MISC
growers O
and O
distributors O
would O
have O
to O
abide O
by O
strict O
rules O
established O
by O
the O
Mexican I-MISC
and O
U.S. I-LOC
agriculture O
agencies O
. O

The O
California I-ORG
Avocado I-ORG
Commission I-ORG
-- O
which O
has O
spearheaded O
the O
opposition O
to O
lifting O
the O
ban O
-- O
said O
new O
data O
the O
group O
submitted O
to O
the O
Agriculture I-ORG
Department I-ORG
last O
spring O
shows O
the O
department O
underestimated O
the O
pest O
problem O
in O
Mexico I-LOC
and O
have O
urged O
that O
the O
agency O
reopen O
its O
study O
of O
the O
issue O
. O

The O
administration O
is O
still O
studying O
the O
new O
data O
, O
and O
officials O
have O
said O
that O
if O
experts O
think O
the O
information O
is O
significant O
, O
the O
agency O
could O
reopen O
its O
investigation O
. O

But O
U.S. I-LOC
avocado O
industry O
sources O
said O
that O
while O
they O
may O
have O
delayed O
the O
plan O
for O
a O
while O
, O
they O
ultimately O
do O
not O
expect O
the O
administration O
to O
change O
its O
position O
. O

" O
From O
a O
common-sense O
view O
, O
the O
department O
should O
reconsider O
this O
plan O
, O
but O
due O
to O
politics O
they O
will O
probably O
go O
ahead O
with O
this O
, O
" O
said O
Tom I-PER
Bellamore I-PER
of O
the O
California I-LOC
avocado O
group O
. O

Administration O
officials O
said O
they O
want O
to O
get O
the O
issue O
resolved O
as O
quickly O
as O
possible O
, O
but O
said O
there O
is O
no O
timetable O
they O
are O
working O
under O
. O

" O
It O
's O
a O
very O
complicated O
issue O
, O
" O
said O
the O
Agriculture I-ORG
Department I-ORG
's O
Drazek I-PER
. O
" O

We O
'll O
get O
it O
resolved O
as O
quickly O
as O
we O
can O
, O
based O
on O
the O
best O
available O
science O
. O
" O

U.S. I-LOC
Cardinal O
Bernardin I-PER
says O
has O
terminal O
cancer O
. O

CHICAGO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Chicago I-LOC
Cardinal O
Joseph I-PER
Bernardin I-PER
, O
head O
of O
the O
second-largest O
U.S. I-LOC
Roman I-MISC
Catholic I-MISC
archdiocese O
, O
said O
on O
Friday O
his O
doctors O
had O
diagnosed O
him O
as O
having O
liver O
cancer O
and O
he O
had O
a O
year O
or O
less O
to O
live O
. O

Bernardin I-PER
, O
68 O
, O
underwent O
extensive O
surgery O
for O
pancreatic O
cancer O
in O
June O
1995 O
followed O
by O
months O
of O
chemotherapy O
, O
which O
he O
said O
made O
him O
more O
aware O
of O
his O
own O
vulnerabilities O
and O
the O
need O
to O
minister O
to O
the O
sick O
. O

" O
On O
Wednesday O
, O
examinations O
indicated O
that O
the O
cancer O
has O
returned O
, O
this O
time O
in O
the O
liver O
. O

I O
am O
told O
that O
it O
is O
terminal O
and O
that O
my O
life O
expectancy O
is O
one O
year O
or O
less O
, O
" O
a O
composed O
Bernardin I-PER
told O
a O
news O
conference O
. O

In O
14 O
years O
as O
Chicago I-LOC
's O
archbishop O
, O
he O
built O
a O
prayerful O
, O
saintly O
image O
and O
was O
deeply O
involved O
in O
world O
church O
issues O
and O
publicly O
committed O
to O
rooting O
out O
abuses O
by O
clergy O
. O

" O
I O
have O
been O
assured O
that O
I O
still O
have O
some O
quality O
time O
left O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
saying O
he O
would O
undergo O
a O
new O
form O
of O
chemotherapy O
but O
his O
doctors O
have O
told O
him O
there O
was O
only O
a O
slim O
chance O
of O
a O
cure O
and O
the O
liver O
cancer O
was O
inoperable O
. O

" O
It O
's O
not O
going O
to O
be O
easy O
to O
say O
goodbye O
to O
everybody O
. O

Death O
does O
have O
some O
sad O
dimensions O
to O
it O
but O
I O
am O
a O
man O
of O
faith O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

Death O
is O
a O
natural O
phenomenom O
. O
" O

He O
said O
he O
would O
" O
serve O
until O
the O
end O
" O
as O
cardinal O
. O

Pancreatic O
cancer O
is O
among O
the O
most O
deadly O
forms O
of O
the O
disease O
, O
although O
Bernardin I-PER
's O
case O
was O
caught O
early O
. O

Surgeons O
removed O
a O
cancerous O
kidney O
, O
parts O
of O
his O
pancreas O
and O
stomach O
, O
small O
intestine O
, O
bile O
duct O
and O
surrounding O
tissues O
. O

He O
made O
a O
rapid O
recovery O
and O
resumed O
most O
of O
his O
duties O
, O
but O
then O
developed O
a O
deteriorating O
condition O
in O
his O
spine O
that O
caused O
him O
great O
pain O
and O
shortened O
his O
height O
by O
several O
inches O
. O

He O
was O
scheduled O
to O
undergo O
back O
surgery O
next O
month O
, O
but O
that O
was O
cancelled O
when O
the O
cancer O
was O
discovered O
in O
his O
liver O
in O
order O
to O
avoid O
delaying O
the O
start O
of O
chemotherapy O
. O

The O
spare O
, O
soft-spoken O
son O
of O
an O
Italian I-MISC
stonecutter O
took O
over O
the O
Chicago I-LOC
archdiocese O
, O
the O
nation O
's O
second-largest O
after O
Los I-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
, O
with O
2.3 O
million O
parishioners O
, O
in O
1982 O
. O

Ironically O
, O
Bernardin I-PER
, O
who O
developed O
a O
progressive O
, O
much-praised O
programme O
to O
deal O
with O
pedophilia O
involving O
priests O
, O
became O
the O
highest-ranking O
church O
official O
ever O
accused O
of O
sexual O
improprieties O
when O
a O
former O
seminary O
student O
leveled O
charges O
in O
1993 O
that O
he O
had O
been O
sexually O
abused O
by O
Bernardin I-PER
during O
the O
1970s O
. O

Bernardin I-PER
steadfastly O
denied O
the O
charges O
and O
the O
former O
student O
later O
recanted O
his O
tale O
of O
abuse O
. O

Bernardin I-PER
prayed O
with O
him O
before O
he O
died O
from O
AIDS I-MISC
last O
year O
. O

Bernardin I-PER
, O
who O
became O
archbishop O
of O
Cincinnati I-LOC
in O
1972 O
, O
played O
an O
increasingly O
prominent O
role O
in O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
church O
as O
a O
moderate O
voice O
of O
compromise O
among O
liberals O
and O
conservatives O
in O
the O
ranks O
of O
the O
bishops O
. O

This O
month O
, O
he O
announced O
that O
he O
would O
oversee O
a O
series O
of O
conferences O
to O
find O
" O
common O
ground O
" O
among O
American I-MISC
Catholics I-MISC
. O

Previously O
, O
he O
was O
instrumental O
in O
drafting O
church O
policy O
on O
war O
, O
peace O
and O
nuclear O
arms O
, O
and O
for O
seven O
years O
he O
headed O
the O
bishops O
' O
anti-abortion O
policy O
committee O
, O
espousing O
a O
policy O
describing O
human O
life O
as O
a O
" O
seamless O
garment O
. O
" O

Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
deal O
could O
spark O
more O
mergers O
. O

Brad I-PER
Dorfman I-PER

CHICAGO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
$ O
9.5 O
billion O
proposed O
acquisition O
of O
Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
Bancshares I-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
by O
NationsBank I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
could O
spark O
a O
flurry O
of O
other O
mergers O
involving O
Missouri I-LOC
banks O
, O
which O
until O
last O
year O
were O
protected O
from O
outside O
buyers O
by O
state O
regulations O
. O

Whoever O
wants O
a O
big O
market O
position O
in O
the O
Midwest I-LOC
has O
to O
come O
in O
and O
grab O
Mercantile I-ORG
or O
Commerce I-ORG
. O
" O

St. I-MISC
Louis-based I-MISC
Mercantile I-ORG
Bancorp I-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
, O
a O
bank O
holding O
company O
with O
$ O
18.04 O
billion O
in O
assets O
, O
was O
seen O
by O
many O
analysts O
as O
the O
most O
attractive O
Missouri I-LOC
franchise O
in O
size O
after O
Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
. O

Kansas I-LOC
City I-LOC
, O
Mo.-based I-MISC
Commerce I-ORG
Bancshares I-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
, O
with O
$ O
9.32 O
billion O
in O
assets O
, O
also O
could O
help O
a O
regional O
bank O
establish O
a O
strong O
presence O
in O
the O
lower O
Midwest I-LOC
, O
analysts O
added O
. O

" O
It O
focuses O
more O
attention O
on O
Mercantile I-ORG
, O
Commerce I-ORG
and O
Roosevelt I-ORG
, O
" O
said O
James I-PER
Weber I-PER
, O
analyst O
at O
A.G. I-ORG
Edwards I-ORG
& I-ORG
Sons I-ORG
. O

Roosevelt I-ORG
Financial I-ORG
Group I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
is O
a O
$ O
9.33 O
billion O
asset-St I-MISC
. I-MISC

Louis I-MISC
based O
thrift O
. O

" O
Now O
... O
the O
most O
coveted O
bank O
out O
there O
is O
Mercantile I-ORG
, O
" O
Weber I-PER
said O
. O

Mercantile I-ORG
and O
Commerce I-ORG
did O
not O
return O
phone O
calls O
seeking O
comment O
. O

Among O
those O
seen O
as O
having O
an O
interest O
in O
buying O
in O
Missouri I-LOC
are O
Minneapolis-based I-MISC
First I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
System I-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
and O
Norwest I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
, O
Ohio-based I-MISC
KeyCorp I-ORG
and O
Banc I-ORG
One I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
, O
and O
First I-ORG
Chicago I-ORG
NBD I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
in O
Illinois I-LOC
. O

Representatives O
of O
First I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
, O
Norwest I-ORG
, O
Banc I-ORG
One I-ORG
and O
First I-ORG
Chicago I-ORG
said O
the O
banks O
do O
not O
comment O
on O
rumors O
of O
possible O
mergers O
or O
acquisitions O
. O

KeyCorp I-ORG
, O
contacted O
by O
phone O
, O
would O
not O
comment O
. O

With O
a O
presence O
in O
nine O
states O
and O
$ O
41 O
billion O
in O
assets O
, O

Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
was O
the O
prize O
in O
Missouri I-LOC
, O
where O
barriers O
to O
outside O
acquirers O
were O
brought O
down O
last O
year O
by O
a O
federal O
banking O
statute O
. O

" O
Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
was O
the O
plum O
of O
Missouri I-LOC
and O
was O
the O
plum O
of O
the O
central O
Midwest I-LOC
, O
" O
Weber I-PER
said O
. O

Talk O
that O
the O
Missouri I-LOC
banks O
were O
seeking O
inflated O
prices O
from O
buyers O
was O
seen O
as O
a O
reason O
a O
deal O
has O
not O
occurred O
sooner O
. O

But O
NationsBank I-ORG
's O
bid O
, O
representing O
a O
premium O
of O
40 O
percent O
for O
Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
stock O
, O
was O
large O
enough O
to O
get O
the O
deal O
done O
. O

" O
I O
think O
Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
was O
shopping O
itself O
, O
and O
everybody O
knew O
if O
you O
wanted O
to O
be O
the O
winning O
buyer O
here O
, O
you O
had O
to O
make O
the O
bid O
nobody O
would O
beat O
, O
" O
Ancell I-PER
said O
. O

But O
some O
analysts O
cautioned O
that O
other O
targets O
should O
not O
expect O
as O
large O
a O
premium O
. O

They O
also O
questioned O
whether O
NationsBank I-ORG
can O
recoup O
shareholder O
value O
with O
such O
a O
large O
bid O
for O
Boatmen I-ORG
's I-ORG
. O

" O
I O
think O
initially O
some O
stocks O
will O
trade O
up O
on O
sympathy O
, O
but O
the O
wild O
premium O
NationsBank I-ORG
put O
on O
this O
deal O
here O
, O
I O
do O
n't O
see O
a O
lot O
of O
other O
deals O
being O
done O
at O
this O
premium O
, O
" O
said O
Michael I-PER
Durante I-PER
, O
analyst O
at O
McDonald I-ORG
& I-ORG
Co I-ORG
. O

U.S. I-LOC
tight-lipped O
on O
Libya I-LOC
's O
award O
to O
Farrakhan I-PER
. O

WASHINGTON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
State I-ORG
Department I-ORG
refused O
to O
speculate O
on O
Friday O
on O
what O
might O
happen O
in O
the O
case O
of O
Louis I-PER
Farrakhan I-PER
, O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
black O
leader O
who O
was O
awarded O
a O
$ O
250,000 O
human O
rights O
prize O
by O
Libya I-LOC
. O

" O
I O
'm O
not O
going O
to O
speculate O
about O
what O
may O
or O
may O
not O
happen O
in O
that O
case O
, O
" O
State I-ORG
Department I-ORG
spokesman O
Glyn I-PER
Davies I-PER
said O
. O
" O

... O
The O
view O
of O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
government O
on O
( O
Farrakhan I-PER
's O
) O
not O
accepting O
any O
gifts O
from O
Libya I-LOC
is O
well-known O
. O
" O

Davies I-PER
also O
noted O
: O
" O
We O
've O
talked O
about O
the O
passport O
restriction O
for O
travel O
to O
Libya I-LOC
" O
but O
he O
did O
not O
elaborate O
. O

The O
U.S. I-ORG
Treasury I-ORG
Department I-ORG
on O
Wednesday O
denied O
Farrakhan I-PER
's O
application O
to O
receive O
the O
$ O
250,000 O
award O
or O
a O
$ O
1 O
billion O
donation O
Libyan I-MISC
leader O
Muammar I-PER
Gaddafi I-PER
had O
pledged O
to O
Farrakhan I-PER
's O
Nation I-ORG
of I-ORG
Islam I-ORG
group O
after O
they O
met O
last O
January O
. O

Farrakhan I-PER
organised O
last O
October O
's O
Million I-MISC
Man I-MISC
March I-MISC
that O
brought O
thousands O
of O
black O
men O
to O
Washington I-LOC
for O
a O
peaceful O
rally O
. O

The O
Treasury I-ORG
Department I-ORG
said O
Libya I-LOC
was O
on O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
list O
of O
states O
that O
sponsor O
international O
terrorism O
and O
noted O
that O
Tripoli I-LOC
has O
refused O
to O
hand O
over O
two O
Libyan I-MISC
suspects O
in O
the O
1988 O
bombing O
of O
Pan I-MISC
Am I-MISC
flight I-MISC
103 I-MISC
over O
Lockerbie I-LOC
, O
Scotland I-LOC
. O

That O
refusal O
led O
to O
the O
imposition O
of O
U.N. I-ORG
sanctions O
on O
Libya I-LOC
. O

U.S. I-LOC
Gulf I-LOC
rig O
down O
by O
one O
to O
162 O
in O
week O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

There O
were O
162 O
rigs O
under O
contract O
in O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
Gulf I-LOC
as O
of O
August O
30 O
, O
down O
one O
from O
the O
prior O
week O
, O
Offshore I-ORG
Data I-ORG
Services I-ORG
said O
. O

The O
utilization O
rate O
for O
rigs O
working O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
, O
based O
on O
a O
total O
fleet O
of O
181 O
, O
was O
89.5 O
percent O
. O

The O
number O
of O
working O
rigs O
in O
European I-MISC
/ O
Mediterranean I-MISC
remained O
unchanged O
this O
week O
, O
with O
105 O
rigs O
under O
contract O
out O
of O
a O
total O
fleet O
of O
105 O
, O
a O
utilization O
rate O
of O
100 O
percent O
. O

The O
worldwide O
rig O
count O
fell O
by O
one O
to O
554 O
out O
of O
a O
total O
fleet O
of O
608 O
, O
making O
the O
utilization O
rate O
91.1 O
percent O
. O

-- O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Energy I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
212-859-1620 O

Dole I-PER
team O
seeking O
to O
pin O
down O
debate O
details O
. O

IRVINE I-LOC
, O
Calif I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Now O
that O
the O
party O
conventions O
are O
over O
, O
Republicans I-MISC
have O
signalled O
they O
are O
ready O
to O
move O
into O
the O
next O
phase O
of O
the O
campaign O
and O
meet O
with O
President O
Clinton I-PER
's O
aides O
to O
hammer O
out O
details O
of O
presidential O
debates O
. O

The O
Dole I-PER
campaign O
released O
a O
letter O
Friday O
inviting O
their O
Clinton I-PER
counterparts O
to O
meet O
with O
Dole I-PER
campaign O
manager O
Scott I-PER
Reed I-PER
to O
discuss O
particulars O
of O
the O
televised O
debates O
. O

" O
Next O
week O
, O
a O
small O
group O
of O
representatives O
from O
each O
of O
our O
campaigns O
should O
meet O
to O
address O
participants O
, O
format O
, O
timing O
and O
logistical O
issues O
surrounding O
the O
debates O
, O
" O
Dole I-PER
campaign O
manager O
Scott I-PER
Reed I-PER
wrote O
to O
Clinton I-PER
campaign O
manager O
Peter I-PER
Knight I-PER
. O

Tentative O
dates O
for O
the O
debates O
are O
Sept O
. O

25 O
, O
Oct. O
9 O
and O
Oct. O
16 O
. O

The O
vice O
presidential O
debate O
is O
scheduled O
for O
Oct. O
2 O
. O

Former O
South I-LOC
Carolina I-LOC
Gov O
. O

Carroll I-PER
Campbell I-PER
, O
who O
was O
on O
Dole I-PER
's O
vice O
presidential O
short O
list O
before O
Dole I-PER
decided O
on O
Jack I-PER
Kemp I-PER
, O
will O
head O
Dole I-PER
's O
team O
. O

A O
decision O
is O
expected O
by O
mid-September O
on O
whether O
Texas I-LOC
billionaire O
Ross I-PER
Perot I-PER
, O
the O
Reform I-ORG
Party I-ORG
candidate O
, O
will O
be O
allowed O
to O
participate O
in O
the O
debates O
, O
which O
are O
sponsored O
by O
the O
Commission I-ORG
on I-ORG
Presidential I-ORG
Debates I-ORG
, O
a O
non-profit O
, O
non-partisan O
organisation O
that O
took O
over O
the O
forums O
in O
1988 O
from O
the O
League I-ORG
of I-ORG
Women I-ORG
Voters I-ORG
. O

Titanic I-MISC
recovery O
mission O
is O
scrapped O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Equipment O
problems O
and O
mechanical O
failure O
forced O
a O
recovery O
expedition O
to O
give O
up O
efforts O
to O
retrieve O
a O
giant O
slab O
of O
the O
RMS I-MISC
Titanic I-MISC
from O
the O
ocean O
floor O
, O
a O
spokeswoman O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

A O
20-ton O
piece O
of O
the O
Titanic I-MISC
's O
steel O
hull O
, O
which O
had O
been O
attached O
by O
cables O
to O
a O
recovery O
ship O
off O
the O
coast O
of O
Newfoundland I-LOC
, O
Canada I-LOC
, O
fell O
back O
to O
the O
bottom O
of O
the O
sea O
, O
said O
Erin I-PER
Purcell I-PER
of O
Boston-based I-MISC
Reagan I-ORG
Communications I-ORG
that O
represents O
two O
of O
the O
ships O
used O
in O
the O
expedition O
. O

The O
piece O
of O
hull O
, O
lifted O
from O
the O
ocean O
floor O
by O
means O
of O
several O
diesel-filled O
bags O
, O
had O
been O
stuck O
about O
200 O
feet O
( O
about O
70 O
metres O
) O
below O
the O
water O
's O
surface O
before O
it O
fell O
, O
she O
said O
. O

It O
fell O
as O
recovery O
crews O
were O
trying O
to O
haul O
the O
piece O
into O
more O
shallow O
water O
and O
several O
of O
the O
bags O
burst O
and O
cables O
snapped O
, O
she O
said O
. O

The O
steel-hulled O
Titanic I-MISC
, O
thought O
to O
be O
unsinkable O
, O
struck O
an O
iceberg O
on O
April O
14 O
, O
1912 O
, O
and O
sank O
, O
killing O
1,523 O
of O
the O
2,200 O
passengers O
and O
crew O
on O
board O
. O

The O
wreck O
was O
located O
in O
1985 O
. O

Passengers O
who O
had O
paid O
$ O
1,500 O
and O
up O
to O
accompany O
the O
recovery O
expedition O
on O
two O
cruise O
ships O
had O
returned O
back O
to O
port O
on O
Thursday O
, O
Purcell I-PER
said O
. O

Bonn I-LOC
appeals O
for O
Middle I-LOC
East I-LOC
peace O
. O

BONN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
German I-MISC
government O
urged O
Israelis I-MISC
and O
Palestinians I-MISC
on O
Friday O
to O
avoid O
any O
course O
of O
action O
that O
might O
jeopardise O
the O
peace O
process O
in O
the O
Middle I-LOC
East I-LOC
. O

Israel I-LOC
announced O
this O
week O
the O
expansion O
of O
Jewish I-MISC
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
settlements O
surrounding O
Jerusalem I-LOC
and O
the O
demolition O
of O
an O
Arab I-MISC
community O
centre O
in O
East I-LOC
Jerusalem I-LOC
. O

City O
officials O
there O
said O
the O
centre O
was O
being O
erected O
illegally O
. O

But O
Palestinian I-MISC
President O
Yasser I-PER
Arafat I-PER
said O
the O
moves O
by O
Prime O
Minister O
Benjamin I-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
's O
government O
were O
tantamount O
to O
war O
. O

Tension O
has O
been O
rising O
in O
the O
region O
since O
. O

" O
We O
believe O
that O
the O
Israeli I-MISC
settlement O
policy O
in O
the O
occupied O
areas O
is O
an O
obstacle O
to O
the O
establishment O
of O
peace O
, O
" O
German I-MISC
Foreign I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
spokesman O
Martin I-PER
Erdmann I-PER
said O
. O

" O
All O
concerned O
must O
avoid O
taking O
any O
course O
of O
action O
that O
could O
pose O
an O
obstacle O
to O
the O
peace O
process O
and O
which O
could O
make O
a O
peaceful O
solution O
difficult O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
as O
news O
came O
of O
a O
renewed O
breakdown O
in O
Arab-Israeli I-MISC
peace O
talks O
in O
Jerusalem I-LOC
. O

Erdmann I-PER
told O
reporters O
Bonn I-LOC
supported O
European I-ORG
Union I-ORG
efforts O
to O
persuade O
Israel I-LOC
to O
stop O
further O
Jewish I-MISC
settlement O
on O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
. O

The O
foreign O
ministry O
later O
announced O
Israeli I-MISC
Foreign O
Minister O
David I-PER
Levy I-PER
would O
visit O
Bonn I-LOC
for O
talks O
with O
his O
German I-MISC
counterpart O
Klaus I-PER
Kinkel I-PER
next O
month O
. O

The O
ministry O
said O
Levy I-PER
and O
Kinkel I-PER
would O
discuss O
the O
Middle I-LOC
East I-LOC
process O
and O
German-Israeli I-MISC
relations O
at O
their O
meeting O
on O
September O
9 O
. O

Levy I-PER
's O
visit O
would O
be O
the O
first O
by O
an O
Israeli I-MISC
cabinet O
minister O
since O
Netanyahu I-PER
's O
conservative O
government O
took O
power O
in O
une O
this O
year O
, O
the O
ministry O
said O
. O

Before O
Levy I-PER
's O
arrival O
in O
Bonn I-LOC
, O
German I-MISC
Defence O
Minister O
Volker I-PER
Ruehe I-PER
will O
visit O
Israel I-LOC
from O
September O
2 O
to O
4 O
, O
the O
defence O
ministry O
said O
. O

Ruehe I-PER
planned O
to O
meet O
his O
Israeli I-MISC
counterpart O
Yitzhak I-PER
Mordechai I-PER
and O
Israeli I-MISC
President O
Ezer I-PER
Weizman I-PER
, O
the O
ministry O
said O
. O

He O
was O
also O
expected O
to O
meet O
Prime O
Minister O
Netanyahu I-PER
and O
opposition O
leader O
Shimon I-PER
Peres I-PER
for O
talks O
. O

France I-LOC
expels O
African I-MISC
, O
Air I-ORG
France I-ORG
unions O
protest O
. O

PARIS I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

France I-LOC
on O
Friday O
expelled O
another O
African I-MISC
man O
seized O
in O
a O
police O
raid O
on O
a O
Paris I-LOC
church O
as O
about O
100 O
Air I-ORG
France I-ORG
workers O
denounced O
" O
charters O
of O
shame O
" O
used O
to O
fly O
illegal O
immigrants O
home O
. O

A O
Guinean I-MISC
man O
, O
detained O
in O
a O
round-up O
in O
the O
Saint-Bernard I-LOC
church O
a O
week O
ago O
, O
was O
deported O
on O
a O
scheduled O
Air I-ORG
France I-ORG
flight O
to O
Conakry I-LOC
after O
his O
appeals O
failed O
, O
a O
spokesman O
for O
Air I-ORG
France I-ORG
's O
pro-Socialist O
CFDT I-ORG
union O
said O
. O

He O
was O
apparently O
the O
eighth O
African I-MISC
deported O
from O
among O
210 O
people O
evicted O
from O
the O
church O
after O
a O
50-day O
occupation O
aimed O
at O
securing O
residence O
permits O
, O
unions O
said O
. O

Most O
of O
the O
others O
have O
been O
released O
after O
a O
brief O
stay O
in O
detention O
. O

About O
100 O
people O
from O
the O
CFDT I-ORG
and O
the O
Communist-led I-MISC
CGT I-ORG
unions O
marched O
outside O
Air I-ORG
France I-ORG
headquarters O
at O
Charles I-LOC
de I-LOC
Gaulle I-LOC
airport O
north O
of O
Paris I-LOC
against O
the O
use O
of O
civilian O
jets O
and O
staff O
in O
deporting O
illegal O
immigrants O
. O

" O
We O
must O
obtain O
a O
formal O
commitment O
from O
( O
Air I-ORG
France I-ORG
chairman O
) O
Christian I-PER
Blanc I-PER
that O
no O
plane O
, O
no O
personnel O
be O
used O
to O
transform O
our O
air O
companies O
into O
charters O
of O
shame O
, O
" O
CFDT I-ORG
spokesman O
Francois I-PER
Cabrera I-PER
said O
. O

He O
said O
civilians O
should O
not O
be O
police O
accomplices O
. O

Twenty-three O
out O
of O
25 O
charters O
flying O
illegal O
immigrants O
home O
since O
Prime O
Minister O
Alain I-PER
Juppe I-PER
's O
government O
took O
office O
in O
May O
1995 O
have O
been O
civilian O
jets O
. O

The O
other O
two O
were O
military O
jets O
. O

Separately O
, O
Juppe I-PER
confirmed O
the O
conservative O
government O
was O
preparing O
to O
submit O
a O
draft O
bill O
to O
parliament O
to O
tighten O
laws O
on O
illegal O
workers O
as O
part O
of O
a O
crackdown O
on O
immigration O
. O

" O
Legislation O
is O
insufficient O
in O
several O
areas O
, O
notably O
in O
those O
concerning O
illegal O
work O
, O
" O
Juppe I-PER
told O
reporters O
. O

German I-MISC
police O
probe O
sex O
link O
in O
child O
kidnap O
case O
. O

BERLIN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

German I-MISC
police O
searching O
for O
a O
missing O
10-year-old O
schoolgirl O
said O
on O
Friday O
the O
prime O
suspects O
in O
the O
case O
may O
have O
been O
involved O
in O
running O
a O
child O
prostitution O
ring O
. O

Police O
suspect O
Nicole I-PER
Nichterwitz I-PER
's O
aunt O
and O
a O
male O
companion O
abducted O
the O
girl O
and O
took O
her O
to O
the O
Netherlands I-LOC
. O

She O
was O
last O
seen O
being O
collected O
by O
the O
pair O
from O
school O
in O
Velten I-LOC
near O
Berlin I-LOC
on O
Monday O
. O

Public O
prosecutors O
said O
they O
had O
found O
a O
list O
of O
children O
's O
names O
and O
ages O
at O
the O
couple O
's O
flat O
. O

The O
list O
was O
being O
studied O
for O
possible O
links O
to O
previous O
child O
kidnappings O
and O
prostitution O
, O
a O
prosecutors O
' O
spokesman O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

Missing O
German I-MISC
girl O
found O
alive O
at O
Dutch I-MISC
campsite O
. O

GRONINGEN I-LOC
, O
Netherlands I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Dutch I-MISC
police O
said O
on O
Friday O
they O
had O
found O
missing O
German I-MISC
girl O
Nicole I-PER
Nichterwitz I-PER
alive O
on O
a O
campsite O
in O
the O
northern O
city O
of O
Groningen I-LOC
and O
had O
arrested O
her O
aunt O
and O
companion O
on O
charges O
of O
kidnapping O
. O

" O
We O
have O
found O
Nicole I-PER
on O
a O
campsite O
in O
Groningen I-LOC
thanks O
to O
tipoffs O
from O
the O
Dutch I-MISC
public O
. O

We O
have O
also O
found O
and O
arrested O
her O
aunt O
and O
companion O
, O
" O
said O
a O
spokeswoman O
of O
the O
Dutch I-MISC
criminal O
investigation O
service O
. O

Police O
could O
not O
yet O
tell O
whether O
the O
10-year-old O
showed O
any O
signs O
of O
sexual O
abuse O
. O

" O
We O
do O
n't O
know O
yet O
. O

It O
's O
too O
early O
to O
tell O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O

The O
girl O
was O
abducted O
from O
her O
school O
in O
Velten I-LOC
near O
Berlin I-LOC
on O
Monday O
. O

German I-MISC
police O
suspected O
her O
aunt O
, O
47 O
, O
and O
companion O
, O
28 O
, O
were O
involved O
in O
running O
a O
child O
prostitution O
ring O
. O

Public O
prosecutors O
said O
they O
had O
found O
a O
list O
of O
children O
's O
names O
and O
ages O
at O
the O
couple O
's O
flat O
. O

The O
list O
was O
being O
studied O
for O
possible O
links O
to O
previous O
child O
kidnappings O
and O
prostitution O
, O
a O
prosecutors O
' O
spokesman O
said O
. O

The O
couple O
would O
probably O
be O
extradited O
to O
Germany I-LOC
which O
has O
requested O
their O
deportation O
, O
the O
Dutch I-MISC
police O
spokeswoman O
said O
. O

Descriptions O
of O
the O
couple O
's O
car O
released O
to O
Dutch I-MISC
media O
led O
to O
their O
arrest O
, O
she O
added O
. O

Indian I-MISC
copper O
falls O
, O
state O
firm O
may O
cut O
rates O
. O

BOMBAY I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Indian I-MISC
copper O
prices O
fell O
on O
Friday O
as O
dealers O
awaited O
an O
announcement O
relating O
to O
price O
cuts O
by O
state-owned O
producer O
, O
Hindustan I-ORG
Copper I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
, O
traders O
said O
. O

Nickel O
extended O
gains O
while O
other O
base O
metals O
were O
unchanged O
in O
narrow O
trade O
, O
they O
said O
. O

Ready O
copper O
fell O
by O
150 O
rupees O
at O
12,350 O
rupees O
per O
quintal O
on O
fresh O
offerings O
by O
the O
stockists O
who O
expect O
Hindustan I-ORG
Copper I-ORG
to O
cut O
prices O
. O

Nickel O
rose O
by O
500 O
to O
39,200 O
rupees O
on O
thin O
supply O
and O
fresh O
buying O
by O
stainless O
steel O
makers O
. O

Tin O
was O
unchanged O
at O
36,000 O
rupees O
, O
so O
did O
zinc O
at O
6,300 O
rupees O
and O
lead O
at O
4,900 O
rupees O
. O

Aluminium O
was O
quiet O
at O
7,450 O
rupees O
. O

-- O
Bombay I-ORG
Commodities I-ORG
+91-22-265 O
9000 O

MARTELA I-ORG
H1 O
PROFIT O
FIM O
6.3 O
MLN O
VS O
21.0 O
MLN O
. O

HELSINKI I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Six O
months O
to O
June O
30 O
, O

( O
million O
markka O
unless O
stated O
) O

Profit O
before O
extraordinaries O
, O
appropriations O
, O

taxes O
6.3 O
vs O
21.0 O

Earnings O
per O
share O
( O
markka O
) O
2.2 O
vs O
7.2 O

Net O
sales O
289.1 O
vs O
256.9 O

Canadian I-MISC
bonds O
open O
softer O
, O
spreads O
to O
U.S. I-LOC
shrink O
. O

TORONTO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Canadian I-MISC
bonds O
opened O
softer O
on O
Friday O
, O
pulled O
lower O
by O
a O
sinking O
U.S. I-LOC
market O
, O
but O
outperformed O
U.S. I-LOC
bonds O
on O
positive O
Canadian I-MISC
economic O
data O
, O
analysts O
said O
. O

" O
I O
think O
this O
morning O
's O
Canadian I-MISC
numbers O
were O
very O
supportive O
of O
narrower O
spreads O
, O
particularly O
the O
current O
account O
number O
, O
" O
said O
Jim I-PER
Webber I-PER
, O
director O
of O
fixed-income O
research O
with O
TD I-ORG
Securities I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
. O

Canada I-LOC
's O
8.0 O
percent O
bond O
due O
2023 O
fell O
C$ I-MISC
0.45 O
to O
C$ I-MISC
101.15 O
to O
yield O
7.894 O
percent O
. O

The O
U.S. I-LOC
30-year O
benchmark O
fell O
30/32 O
to O
yield O
7.12 O
percent O
. O

The O
spread O
between O
benchmark O
bonds O
narrowed O
77 O
basis O
points O
from O
81 O
basis O
points O
at O
the O
close O
of O
trading O
on O
Wednesday O
. O

Statistics I-ORG
Canada I-ORG
on O
Friday O
reported O
Canada I-LOC
's O
current O
account O
moved O
to O
a O
higher-than-expected O
C$ I-MISC
1.15 O
billion O
second O
quarter O
surplus O
from O
a O
C$ I-MISC
1.62 O
billion O
deficit O
in O
the O
first O
quarter O
. O

It O
was O
the O
first O
surplus O
since O
the O
fourth O
quarter O
of O
1984 O
. O

The O
agency O
also O
reported O
Canada I-LOC
's O
real O
gross O
domestic O
product O
rose O
a O
weaker-than-expected O
0.3 O
percent O
in O
the O
second O
quarter O
or O
1.3 O
percent O
at O
an O
annualized O
rate O
. O

While O
the O
data O
provided O
support O
for O
Canadian I-MISC
bonds O
, O
both O
Canadian I-MISC
and O
U.S. I-LOC
markets O
weakened O
after O
the O
release O
of O
strong O
U.S. I-LOC
economic O
data O
, O
including O
a O
report O
showing O
the O
Chicago I-ORG
Purchasing I-ORG
Managers I-ORG
August O
index O
rose O
to O
60 O
from O
51.2 O
in O
July O
. O

" O
The O
purchasing O
managers O
' O
number O
is O
extremely O
, O
extremely O
strong O
, O
" O
said O
Webber I-PER
. O

In O
other O
news O
, O
the O
Toronto I-ORG
Bond I-ORG
Traders I-ORG
' I-ORG
Association I-ORG
said O
it O
is O
recommending O
that O
dealings O
in O
the O
Canadian I-MISC
bond O
market O
end O
early O
at O
1400 O
EDT O
/ O
1800 O
GMT I-MISC
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
Canadian I-MISC
market O
typically O
closes O
early O
on O
holiday O
weekends O
and O
Canadian I-MISC
financial O
markets O
will O
be O
closed O
on O
Monday O
for O
Labour I-MISC
Day I-MISC
. O

In O
other O
prices O
, O
the O
7.0 O
percent O
of O
2006 O
fell O
C$ I-MISC
0.28 O
to O
C$ I-MISC
96.89 O
to O
yield O
7.437 O
percent O
. O

The O
U.S. I-LOC
10-year O
benchmark O
fell O
21/32 O
to O
yield O
6.95 O
percent O
. O

The O
spread O
between O
the O
two O
bonds O
narrowed O
to O
49 O
basis O
points O
from O
54 O
basis O
points O
at O
the O
close O
of O
trading O
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
three-month O
cash O
bill O
traded O
at O
4.04 O
percent O
against O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
three-month O
bill O
at O
5.26 O
percent O
. O

-- O
Jeffrey I-PER
Hodgson I-PER
( O
416 O
) O
941-8105 O
, O
e-mail O
: O
jeffrey.hodgson@reuters.com O

Aw O
Computer I-ORG
Systems I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
Q2 O
loss O
widens O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

1996 O
1995 O

Shr O
loss O
$ O
0.22 O
loss O
$ O
0.07 O

Net O
loss O
1,071 O
loss O
277 O

Revs O
130 O
1,279 O

Avg O
shrs O
4,841 O
3,990 O

First O
Half O

Shr O
loss O
$ O
0.42 O
loss O
$ O
0.21 O

Net O
loss O
1,967 O
loss O
841 O

Revs O
476 O
2,253 O

Avg O
shrs O
4,666 O
3,944 O

( O
All O
Data O
Above O
000s O
Except O
Per O
Share O
Numbers O
) O

-- O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Newsdesk I-ORG
212-859-1610 O
. O

IPO O
FILING O
-- O
Homegate I-ORG
Hospitality I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
. O

WASHINGTON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Company O
Name I-MISC
Homegate I-ORG
Hospitality I-ORG
Inc I-ORG

Nasdaq I-MISC
Stock O
symbol O
HMGT O

Estimated O
price O
range O
N O
/ O
A O

Total O
shares O
to O
be O
offered O
N O
/ O
A O

Shrs O
offered O
by O
company O
N O
/ O
A O

Shrs O
outstanding O
after O
ipo O
N O
/ O
A O

Lead O
Underwriter O
Bear I-ORG
Stearns I-ORG
& I-ORG
Co I-ORG
Inc I-ORG

Underwriters O
over-allotment O
N O
/ O
A O

Business O
: O
Company O
's O
goal O
is O
to O
become O
a O
national O
provider O
of O
high O
quality O
extended-stay O
hotels O
in O
strategically O
selected O
markets O
located O
throughout O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
. O

Use O
of O
Proceeds O
: O
To O
finance O
the O
development O
of O
additional O
extended-stay O
hotels O
and O
other O
general O
corporate O
purposes O
. O

Financial O
Data O
in O
000s O
: O
1995 O
1994 O

- O
Revenue O
N O
/ O
A O
N O
/ O
A O

- O
Net O
Income O
N O
/ O
A O
N O
/ O
A O

Syria I-LOC
slams O
Israel I-LOC
on O
settlements O
. O

DAMASCUS I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Syria I-LOC
on O
Friday O
condemned O
Israel I-LOC
's O
settlement O
policy O
and O
said O
Prime O
Minister O
Benjamin I-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
was O
preparing O
for O
war O
with O
Arabs I-MISC
. O

" O
Practices O
of O
the O
Israeli I-MISC
government O
, O
especially O
its O
settlement O
activities O
, O
came O
to O
confirm O
that O
dealing O
with O
this O
government O
inflicts O
the O
biggest O
harm O
on O
the O
Arab I-MISC
cause O
, O
" O
state-run O
Damascus I-ORG
Radio I-ORG
said O
in O
a O
commentary O
. O

" O
When O
this O
government O
insists O
on O
stabbing O
the O
peace O
process O
and O
tearing O
it O
apart O
, O
this O
means O
that O
it O
is O
preparing O
for O
war O
, O
" O
the O
radio O
said O
. O

Palestinian I-MISC
President O
Yasser I-PER
Arafat I-PER
described O
this O
week O
the O
decision O
to O
expand O
settlements O
in O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
as O
a O
declaration O
of O
war O
. O

Palestinians I-MISC
in O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
and O
Gaza I-LOC
observed O
a O
strike O
on O
Thursday O
to O
protest O
against O
the O
Israeli I-MISC
move O
. O

The O
radio O
urged O
Arabs I-MISC
to O
unify O
their O
ranks O
to O
thwart O
the O
policies O
of O
the O
right-wing O
Israeli I-MISC
government O
. O

" O
Israel I-LOC
could O
not O
confront O
a O
united O
Arab I-MISC
stand O
or O
usurp O
their O
rights O
because O
the O
Arab I-MISC
rights O
could O
be O
regained O
when O
they O
achieve O
unity O
and O
solidarity O
, O
" O
Damascus I-LOC
radio O
said O
. O

It O
welcomed O
the O
international O
criticism O
of O
Israel I-LOC
's O
settlement O
policies O
but O
called O
for O
practical O
steps O
to O
force O
the O
Israeli I-MISC
government O
to O
abandon O
this O
policy O
. O

" O
It O
is O
important O
to O
translate O
the O
criticism O
into O
pressuring O
action O
to O
prevent O
Israel I-LOC
from O
undermining O
the O
big O
international O
efforts O
aimed O
at O
making O
the O
peace O
process O
achieve O
success O
, O
" O
the O
radio O
said O
. O

Syria I-LOC
and O
Arabs I-MISC
have O
been O
dismayed O
by O
Netanyahu I-PER
's O
refusal O
to O
trade O
the O
occupied O
Arab I-MISC
lands O
for O
peace O
, O
his O
support O
for O
the O
expansion O
of O
settlements O
and O
his O
insistance O
on O
Jerusalem I-LOC
as O
a O
unifed O
capital O
for O
Israel I-LOC
. O

Syria I-LOC
has O
held O
sporadic O
peace O
talks O
with O
Israel I-LOC
since O
1991 O
without O
achieving O
a O
breakthrough O
. O

Egypt I-LOC
police O
detain O
26 O
suspected O
Moslem I-MISC
militants O
. O

CAIRO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Police O
have O
detained O
26 O
suspected O
members O
of O
Egypt I-LOC
's O
largest O
militant O
group O
al-Gama'a I-ORG
al-Islamiya I-ORG
( O
Islamic I-ORG
Group I-ORG
) O
, O
government O
newspapers O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

They O
said O
police O
arrested O
the O
militants O
in O
the O
eastern O
Sharqiyah I-LOC
province O
after O
capturing O
their O
leader O
Rami I-PER
al-Saadani I-PER
in O
a O
satellite O
city O
outside O
Cairo I-LOC
. O

Al-Akhbar I-ORG
newspapers O
said O
the O
men O
had O
been O
plotting O
against O
" O
strategic O
institutions O
and O
prominent O
individuals O
" O
but O
gave O
no O
other O
details O
. O

The O
newspapers O
said O
the O
men O
were O
being O
interrogated O
. O

State O
security O
officials O
were O
not O
immediately O
available O
for O
comment O
. O

More O
than O
960 O
people O
have O
been O
killed O
in O
the O
armed O
struggle O
the O
Gama'a I-MISC
launched O
in O
1992 O
to O
topple O
President O
Hosni I-PER
Mubarak I-PER
's O
government O
and O
establish O
a O
purist O
Islamic I-MISC
state O
in O
its O
place O

Israel I-LOC
blocks O
Palestinian I-MISC
pilgrims O
' O
progress O
. O

Sami I-PER
Aboudi I-PER

AL-RAM I-LOC
, O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Kamil I-PER
Jamil I-PER
did O
n't O
have O
a O
prayer O
. O

An O
Israeli I-MISC
roadblock O
stopped O
the O
38-year-old O
Palestinian I-MISC
from O
answering O
Yasser I-PER
Arafat I-PER
's O
call O
to O
worship O
at O
Jerusalem I-LOC
's O
al-Aqsa I-LOC
mosque O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Go O
home O
. O

There O
are O
no O
prayers O
today O
, O
" O
an O
Israeli I-MISC
soldier O
yelled O
at O
Jamil I-PER
in O
Hebrew I-MISC
. O

Palestinian I-MISC
President O
Arafat I-PER
, O
attacking O
Israel I-LOC
's O
decision O
to O
expand O
Jewish I-MISC
settlements O
and O
its O
policy O
on O
Jerusalem I-LOC
, O
went O
before O
the O
Palestinian I-MISC
legislature O
on O
Wednesday O
to O
urge O
the O
two O
million O
Arabs I-MISC
in O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
and O
Gaza I-LOC
to O
go O
to O
the O
holy O
city O
. O

Pilgrims O
stood O
little O
chance O
of O
making O
progress O
. O

Palestinians I-MISC
have O
been O
banned O
by O
Israel I-LOC
from O
travelling O
from O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
to O
Jerusalem I-LOC
since O
suicide O
bombings O
by O
Moslem I-MISC
militants O
killed O
59 O
people O
in O
the O
Jewish I-MISC
state O
in O
February O
and O
March O
. O

And O
Israeli I-MISC
checkpoints O
have O
circled O
Jerusalem I-LOC
since O
1993 O
, O
a O
concrete O
and O
constant O
reminder O
of O
Israel I-LOC
's O
hold O
on O
a O
city O
it O
considers O
its O
eternal O
capital O
. O

The O
PLO I-ORG
wants O
Arab I-LOC
East I-LOC
Jerusalem I-LOC
as O
the O
capital O
of O
a O
future O
Palestinian I-MISC
state O
. O

Only O
a O
few O
Palestinians I-MISC
trickled O
to O
the O
roadblocks O
. O

They O
were O
immediately O
turned O
back O
. O

" O
I O
am O
heeding O
Abu I-PER
Ammar I-PER
's O
( O
Arafat I-PER
's O
) O
call O
to O
pray O
at O
al-Aqsa I-LOC
and O
I O
came O
. O

It O
is O
our O
duty O
towards O
al-Aqsa I-LOC
to O
come O
and O
pray O
, O
" O
Jamil I-PER
said O
. O

A O
tourist O
from O
Jordan I-LOC
was O
also O
told O
by O
Israeli I-MISC
soldiers O
at O
the O
al-Ram I-LOC
checkpoint O
that O
he O
could O
not O
enter O
Jerusalem I-LOC
. O

" O
We O
have O
a O
peace O
treaty O
with O
them O
and O
we O
let O
them O
go O
wherever O
they O
want O
when O
they O
come O
to O
Jordan I-LOC
, O
" O
said O
the O
tourist O
, O
Khaled I-PER
Hijazi I-PER
, O
37 O
. O
" O

I O
feel O
terrible O
. O

I O
am O
entitled O
to O
see O
Jerusalem I-LOC
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Some O
Palestinians I-MISC
took O
to O
back O
roads O
, O
only O
to O
run O
into O
waiting O
Israeli I-MISC
security O
forces O
. O

" O
The O
Israelis I-MISC
have O
no O
right O
to O
prevent O
us O
from O
going O
to O
pray O
. O

What O
kind O
of O
peace O
is O
this O
that O
prevents O
us O
from O
reaching O
our O
holy O
places O
? O
" O

asked O
Mustafa I-PER
Hoshiyeh I-PER
, O
a O
27-year-old O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
labourer O
turned O
around O
by O
a O
police O
patrol O
on O
a O
back O
road O
. O

" O
Abu I-PER
Ammar I-PER
( O
Arafat I-PER
) O
is O
right O
. O

We O
have O
signed O
a O
peace O
treaty O
with O
the O
Israelis I-MISC
but O
on O
the O
ground O
, O
we O
see O
that O
nothing O
has O
changed O
, O
" O
said O
20-year-old O
Ali I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
from O
Qalandia I-LOC
refugee O
camp O
. O

PRESALE O
- O
Bay I-ORG
Co I-ORG
Bldg I-ORG
Auth I-ORG
, O
Mich I-LOC
.. O

AMT O
: O
1,200,000 O
DATE O
: O
09/05/96 O
NYC I-MISC
Time O
: O
1600 O
CUSIP O
: O
072261 O

ISSUER O
: O
Bay I-ORG
Co I-ORG
Building I-ORG
Authority I-ORG
ST O
: O
MI I-LOC

ISSUE O
: O
Bldg O
auth O
( O
law O
enforcement O
ctr O
) O
Series O
1996-A O
TAX O
STAT O
: O
Exempt-REV O

M O
/ O
SP O
/ O
F O
: O
NA O
/ O
NA O
/ O
NA O
BOOK O
ENTRY O
: O
N O

ENHANCEMENTS O
: O
None O
BANK O
QUAL O
: O
Y O

DTD O
: O
09/01/96 O
SURE O
BID O
: O
Y O

DUE O
: O
11/1/96-11 O
SR O
MGR O
: O

1ST O
CPN O
: O
11/01/96 O

CALL O
: O
11/1/05 O
@ O
101 O
, O
dtp O
11/1/07 O
NIC O

DELIVERY O
: O
45 O
days O
approx O
ORDERS O
: O

PAYING O
AGENT O
: O
Michigan I-ORG
National I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
, O
Detroit I-LOC

L.O. O
: O
Bodman I-ORG
, I-ORG
Longely I-ORG
& I-ORG
Dahling I-ORG
, O
Detroit I-LOC

F.A. O
: O
First I-ORG
of I-ORG
Michigan I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
, O
Detroit I-LOC

LAST O
SALE O
: O
None O

Year O
Amount O
Coupon O
Yield O
Price O
Conc O
. O

1996 O
45,000 O

1997 O
50,000 O

1998 O
55,000 O

1999 O
55,000 O

2000 O
60,000 O

2001 O
65,000 O

2002 O
70,000 O

2003 O
70,000 O

2004 O
75,000 O

2005 O
80,000 O

2006 O
85,000 O

2007 O
90,000 O

2008 O
90,000 O

2009 O
95,000 O

2010 O
105,000 O

2011 O
110,000 O

COMPETITIVE O
PRE-SALE O
CONTRIBUTED O
BY O
J.J. I-ORG
KENNY I-ORG
K-SHEETS O
: O

Consumer O
spending O
, O
incomes O
edge O
up O
in O
July O
. O

Glenn I-PER
Somerville I-PER

WASHINGTON I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Consumer O
spending O
barely O
edged O
up O
in O
July O
, O
the O
Commerce I-ORG
Department I-ORG
said O
Friday O
, O
as O
income O
growth O
slowed O
abruptly O
to O
the O
weakest O
pace O
in O
six O
months O
. O

Spending O
rose O
0.2 O
percent O
to O
a O
seasonally O
adjusted O
annual O
rate O
of O
$ O
5.15 O
trillion O
after O
dropping O
a O
revised O
0.4 O
percent O
in O
June O
. O

Incomes O
from O
wages O
, O
salaries O
and O
all O
other O
sources O
gained O
0.1 O
percent O
to O
a O
rate O
of O
$ O
6.47 O
trillion O
after O
a O
0.9 O
percent O
jump O
in O
June O
. O

Department O
officials O
said O
July O
's O
slight O
gain O
in O
incomes O
was O
the O
weakest O
for O
any O
month O
since O
January O
, O
when O
they O
were O
flat O
. O

Wages O
and O
salaries O
came O
under O
pressure O
in O
July O
as O
a O
shorter O
average O
workweek O
and O
lower O
hourly O
earnings O
cut O
into O
paychecks O
. O

The O
department O
said O
wages O
and O
salaries O
decreased O
by O
$ O
6.9 O
billion O
in O
July O
after O
climbing O
$ O
45 O
billion O
in O
June O
. O

" O
In O
July O
, O
average O
weekly O
hours O
and O
average O
hourly O
earnings O
declined O
, O
more O
than O
offsetting O
the O
effect O
of O
an O
increase O
in O
employment O
, O
" O
Commerce I-ORG
said O
. O

But O
more O
money O
went O
into O
savings O
accounts O
, O
as O
savings O
held O
at O
5.3 O
cents O
out O
of O
each O
dollar O
earned O
in O
both O
June O
and O
July O
. O

That O
was O
the O
highest O
savings O
rate O
since O
October O
last O
year O
, O
when O
5.5 O
cents O
out O
of O
each O
dollar O
earned O
was O
being O
saved O
. O

The O
generally O
lackluster O
report O
on O
spending O
and O
incomes O
in O
July O
had O
been O
expected O
. O

At O
the O
same O
time O
, O
the O
department O
said O
in O
a O
separate O
report O
that O
new O
orders O
received O
by O
U.S. I-LOC
factories O
climbed O
strongly O
in O
July O
, O
with O
widespread O
gains O
across O
most O
major O
categories O
. O

Orders O
increased O
1.8 O
percent O
to O
a O
seasonally O
adjusted O
$ O
317.6 O
billion O
, O
significantly O
stronger O
than O
the O
1 O
percent O
rise O
forecast O
by O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
economists O
. O

That O
followed O
a O
revised O
0.7 O
percent O
decline O
in O
June O
orders O
. O

Commerce O
said O
previously O
that O
spending O
at O
retail O
stores O
was O
up O
only O
0.1 O
percent O
in O
July O
, O
partly O
because O
of O
softer O
sales O
of O
new O
cars O
and O
light O
trucks O
. O

In O
addition O
, O
the O
Labour I-ORG
Department I-ORG
's O
July O
employment O
report O
had O
foreshadowed O
the O
muted O
income O
growth O
. O

It O
showed O
average O
hourly O
earnings O
fell O
in O
July O
by O
0.2 O
percent O
to O
$ O
11.00 O
and O
the O
average O
workweek O
shortened O
to O
34.3 O
hours O
from O
34.7 O
in O
June O
. O

Gains O
in O
personal O
income O
, O
which O
includes O
wages O
and O
salaries O
as O
well O
as O
income O
from O
sources O
such O
as O
dividends O
, O
interest O
and O
businesses O
, O
are O
essential O
for O
funding O
consumer O
purchases O
, O
which O
fuel O
two-thirds O
of O
national O
economic O
activity O
. O

Spending O
on O
all O
types O
of O
durable O
goods O
, O
which O
includes O
cars O
, O
fell O
to O
an O
annual O
rate O
of O
$ O
626.3 O
billion O
in O
July O
from O
$ O
633.6 O
billion O
in O
June O
. O

But O
spending O
on O
nondurable O
products O
increased O
moderately O
to O
a O
rate O
of O
$ O
1.55 O
trillion O
from O
$ O
1.54 O
trillion O
in O
June O
, O
while O
spending O
for O
services O
was O
up O
to O
$ O
2.97 O
trillion O
in O
July O
from O
$ O
2.96 O
trillion O
. O

Payrolls O
of O
manufacturing O
companies O
rose O
in O
July O
by O
$ O
2.3 O
billion O
to O
an O
annual O
rate O
of O
$ O
678 O
billion O
. O

World O
Markets O
Overnight O
Summary O
- O
Aug O
30 O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-29 O

WORLD O
MARKETS O
ROUND-UP O

STOCKS O
GOLD O
METALS O

NY I-MISC
Dow I-MISC
close O
London I-LOC
opening O
LME I-ORG
close O

5647.65 O
( O
- O
64.73 O
) O
$ O
387.70 O
copper O
per O
tonne O

Nikkei I-MISC
latest O
CRUDE O
OIL O
$ O
1987.0 O

20202.87 O
( O
- O
350.29 O
) O
Sept O
Brent I-ORG
zinc O
per O
tonne O

FTSE I-MISC
close O
$ O
21.25 O
$ O
1000.0 O

3885.0 O
( O
- O
33.7 O
) O

----- O
oOo----- O

STOCKS O
SINK O
AS O
BOND O
RATES O
JUMP O
ON O
STRONG O
DATA O

Blue-chip O
stocks O
sank O
to O
their O
biggest O
loss O
since O
mid-July O
Thursday O
as O
fresh O
signs O
of O
a O
surprisingly O
strong O
economy O
boosted O
long-term O
bond O
interest O
rates O
above O
7 O
percent O
. O

The O
dollar O
rose O
slightly O
against O
the O
German I-MISC
mark O
, O
but O
edged O
lower O
against O
the O
Japanese I-MISC
yen O
. O

The O
Dow I-MISC
Jones I-MISC
industrial O
average O
ended O
down O
64.73 O
points O
at O
5,647.65 O
, O
its O
largest O
drop O
since O
July O
15 O
, O
when O
it O
closed O
with O
a O
loss O
of O
161 O
points O
. O

In O
the O
broader O
market O
, O
declining O
issues O
beat O
advances O
1,627 O
to O
743 O
on O
moderate O
volume O
of O
321 O
million O
shares O
on O
the O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
. O

In O
the O
bond O
market O
, O
the O
30-year O
Treasury I-ORG
bond O
fell O
23/32 O
of O
a O
point O
, O
or O
$ O
7.1875 O
on O
a O
$ O
1,000 O
bond O
, O
raising O
its O
yield O
to O
7.04 O
percent O
-- O
the O
highest O
since O
July O
31 O
-- O
from O
6.98 O
percent O
at O
Wednesday O
's O
close O
. O

" O
Seven O
percent O
creates O
psychological O
problems O
and O
a O
legitimate O
competitor O
for O
money O
from O
equities O
, O
" O
said O
Ralph I-PER
Bloch I-PER
, O
chief O
technical O
analyst O
at O
Raymond I-PER
James I-PER
. O

" O
We O
could O
carry O
another O
100 O
points O
lower O
in O
the O
Dow I-MISC
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

I O
'm O
telling O
clients O
things O
are O
dicey O
going O
into O
next O
Friday O
( O
Sept O
. O

6 O
) O
so O
let O
's O
be O
careful O
. O
" O

Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
on O
Sept O
. O

6 O
faces O
the O
key O
monthly O
employment O
report O
, O
which O
has O
been O
known O
to O
cause O
dramatic O
swings O
in O
stock O
prices O
. O

" O
We O
had O
two O
very O
strong O
economic O
reports O
, O
" O
said O
David I-PER
Shulman I-PER
, O
Salomon I-ORG
Bros I-ORG
. I-ORG
' O

chief O
equity O
strategist O
. O
" O

There O
are O
more O
worries O
in O
bond O
land O
. O

Fears O
of O
a O
Fed I-ORG
tightening O
next O
month O
have O
resurfaced O
for O
the O
first O
time O
since O
the O
end O
of O
July O
. O
" O

The O
Commerce I-ORG
Department I-ORG
reported O
that O
the O
nation O
's O
gross O
domestic O
product O
expanded O
at O
a O
4.8 O
percent O
annual O
rate O
in O
the O
three O
months O
from O
April O
through O
June O
instead O
of O
the O
4.2 O
percent O
estimated O
a O
month O
ago O
. O

In O
another O
report O
, O
sales O
of O
new O
homes O
jumped O
unexpectedly O
in O
July O
to O
the O
briskest O
rate O
in O
five O
months O
, O
driving O
prices O
up O
in O
a O
strong O
housing O
market O
. O

Sales O
shot O
up O
7.9 O
percent O
last O
month O
to O
a O
seasonally O
adjusted O
annual O
rate O
of O
783,000 O
units O
-- O
the O
strongest O
since O
February O
, O
when O
new O
homes O
were O
selling O
at O
a O
rate O
of O
784,000 O
a O
year O
. O

Analysts O
said O
the O
stock O
market O
was O
also O
worried O
about O
the O
impact O
on O
President O
Clinton I-PER
's O
re-election O
bid O
of O
his O
top O
political O
strategist O
resigning O
. O

Dick I-PER
Morris I-PER
, O
who O
is O
credited O
with O
resurrecting O
Clinton I-PER
's O
political O
fortunes O
over O
the O
past O
18 O
months O
by O
masterminding O
his O
turn O
to O
the O
political O
centre O
, O
quit O
after O
a O
supermarket O
tabloid O
reported O
he O
engaged O
in O
a O
yearlong O
affair O
with O
a O
prostitute O
, O
with O
whom O
he O
allegedly O
shared O
confidential O
campaign O
documents O
. O

Analysts O
said O
Wall I-LOC
Street I-LOC
had O
grown O
accustomed O
to O
a O
moderate O
Republican I-MISC
in O
the O
form O
of O
Democratic I-MISC
President O
Clinton I-PER
. O

Morris I-PER
' O
departure O
raised O
fears O
that O
Clinton I-PER
would O
veer O
more O
to O
the O
left O
in O
a O
second O
term O
. O

The O
dollar O
closed O
at O
1.4772 O
marks O
, O
up O
from O
1.4767 O
late O
Wednesday O
. O

The O
dollar O
slipped O
to O
108.40 O
yen O
from O
108.45 O
. O

Oil O
markets O
rose O
sharply O
on O
a O
combination O
of O
low O
stocks O
, O
two O
hurricanes O
and O
allegations O
of O
illicit O
trading O
by O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

September O
heating O
oil O
on O
the O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Mercantile I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
closed O
1.63 O
cents O
higher O
at O
63.67 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
, O
September O
unleaded O
gasoline O
finished O
1.39 O
cents O
up O
at O
63.72 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
and O
October O
crude O
rose O
44 O
cents O
to O
$ O
22.15 O
a O
barrel O
. O

December O
cotton O
closed O
0.95 O
cent O
higher O
at O
77.06 O
cents O
per O
pound O
on O
the O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Cotton I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
despite O
some O
easing O
of O
concern O
about O
the O
twin O
hurricane O
threat O
to O
key O
U.S. I-LOC
growing O
areas O
with O
forecasts O
indicating O
both O
storms O
may O
remain O
offshore O
. O

Overseas O
, O
London I-LOC
's O
FTSE I-MISC
100 I-MISC
index O
had O
earlier O
climbed O
to O
3,8921.1 O
just O
below O
its O
record O
of O
3,922.1 O
, O
before O
edging O
down O
through O
the O
afternoon O
session O
to O
finish O
the O
day O
at O
3,885.0 O
, O
a O
fall O
of O
33.7 O
points O
. O

In O
Tokyo I-LOC
, O
the O
key O
225-share O
Nikkei I-MISC
average O
shed O
156.65 O
points O
, O
or O
0.76 O
percent O
, O
to O
end O
at O
20,553.16 O
. O

Pirelli I-ORG
cables O
look O
to O
tap O
Chinese I-MISC
growth O
. O

David I-PER
Jones I-PER

MILAN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Italian I-MISC
tyre O
and O
cables O
giant O
Pirelli I-ORG
on O
Friday O
announced O
its O
long-awaited O
move O
into O
China I-LOC
with O
a O
cables O
joint O
venture O
set O
to O
capitalise O
on O
the O
rapidly-growing O
Chinese I-MISC
telecommunications O
market O
. O

Pirelli I-ORG
is O
linking O
with O
Hong I-MISC
Kong-based I-MISC
group O
CITIC I-ORG
Pacific I-ORG
in O
a O
venture O
to O
be O
called O
the O
Wuxi I-ORG
Tong I-ORG
Ling I-ORG
Company I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
, O
which O
will O
operate O
in O
partnership O
with O
a O
local O
industrial O
company O
at O
its O
existing O
factory O
in O
Wuxi I-LOC
, O
Jiangsu I-LOC
province O
, O
Shanghai I-LOC
. O

The O
partners O
will O
invest O
around O
$ O
30 O
million O
in O
the O
existing O
copper O
cable O
plant O
at O
Wuxi I-LOC
to O
update O
technology O
and O
include O
optic O
fibre O
production O
, O
with O
annual O
turnover O
expected O
to O
reach O
$ O
60 O
million O
within O
the O
next O
few O
years O
. O

The O
move O
marks O
a O
further O
move O
by O
Pirelli I-ORG
's O
cables O
division O
to O
expand O
in O
the O
fast-growing O
Far I-MISC
Eastern I-MISC
developing O
markets O
with O
the O
group O
already O
present O
in O
Indonesia I-LOC
, O
India I-LOC
and O
Malaysia I-LOC
. O

" O
This O
is O
really O
positive O
news O
for O
Pirelli I-ORG
, O
and O
I O
expect O
that O
it O
will O
produce O
one O
of O
the O
best O
half-year O
results O
in O
late O
September O
compared O
to O
other O
industrial O
Italian I-MISC
companies O
, O
" O
said O
analyst O
Paula I-PER
Buratti I-PER
at O
Indosuez I-ORG
. O

She O
emphasised O
that O
the O
move O
was O
positive O
because O
Pirelli I-ORG
will O
have O
management O
control O
of O
the O
Chinese I-MISC
venture O
, O
and O
it O
also O
showed O
another O
example O
of O
Pirelli I-ORG
exporting O
its O
technical O
know-how O
to O
developing O
markets O
. O

Pirelli I-ORG
shares O
reacted O
favourable O
even O
though O
talks O
had O
been O
underway O
for O
some O
time O
and O
news O
about O
a O
venture O
had O
been O
widely O
expected O
. O

The O
shares O
rose O
0.2 O
percent O
to O
2,555 O
lire O
by O
1350 O
GMT I-MISC
in O
an O
easier O
Milan I-LOC
stock O
market O
. O

This O
will O
be O
Pirelli I-ORG
's O
first O
industrial O
involvement O
in O
a O
Chinese I-MISC
market O
where O
demand O
for O
telecommunication O
networks O
is O
expected O
to O
grow O
to O
80-100 O
million O
new O
lines O
between O
1996 O
and O
2000 O
, O
doubling O
demand O
for O
optical O
cables O
. O

China I-LOC
's O
second O
largest O
telecoms O
operator O
Unicom I-ORG
already O
has O
a O
mandate O
from O
the O
central O
government O
to O
establish O
15 O
million O
new O
phone O
lines O
by O
the O
year O
2000 O
, O
which O
will O
necessitate O
new O
trunk O
line O
systems O
and O
local O
distribution O
networks O
. O

" O
The O
starting O
of O
this O
production O
base O
in O
China I-LOC
has O
for O
our O
group O
an O
undoubted O
strategic O
value O
, O
representing O
an O
important O
enhancement O
of O
our O
presence O
in O
Asia I-LOC
, O
" O
said O
Pirelli I-ORG
SpA I-ORG
chairman O
and O
chief O
executive O
officer O
Marco I-PER
Tonchetti I-PER
Provera I-PER
. O

Pirelli I-ORG
Cables I-ORG
has O
global O
sales O
of O
over O
$ O
3.5 O
billion O
, O
and O
has O
become O
a O
large O
supplier O
of O
optic O
cables O
and O
systems O
to O
major O
telecoms O
carriers O
in O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
, O
Europe I-LOC
and O
the O
Far I-LOC
East I-LOC
. O

CITIC I-ORG
Pacific I-ORG
is O
a O
major O
Hong I-MISC
Kong-listed I-MISC
company O
focusing O
on O
infrastruture O
, O
trading O
, O
distribution O
and O
property O
, O
with O
28 O
percent O
of O
its O
1995 O
profits O
coming O
from O
telecoms O
. O

It O
has O
investments O
in O
several O
industrial O
joint O
ventures O
in O
China I-LOC
. O

Dutch I-MISC
bond O
futures O
revival O
delayed O
- O
EOE I-ORG
. O

AMSTERDAM I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

A O
broad O
attempt O
to O
spur O
activity O
in O
Dutch I-MISC
bond O
futures O
has O
been O
delayed O
to O
give O
participants O
a O
chance O
to O
become O
familiar O
with O
the O
trading O
system O
, O
the O
European I-ORG
Options I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
( O
EOE I-ORG
) O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Market-making O
in O
the O
rarely-traded O
FTO I-ORG
contract O
was O
expected O
to O
begin O
today O
, O
but O
an O
EOE I-ORG
spokesman O
said O
the O
10 O
banks O
and O
brokers O
involved O
in O
the O
initiative O
needed O
time O
to O
get O
accustomed O
to O
changes O
in O
the O
electronic O
trading O
system O
. O

" O
It O
's O
not O
ready O
yet O
. O

We O
found O
it O
wise O
to O
take O
some O
time O
between O
the O
commitment O
to O
start O
and O
the O
actual O
start O
, O
" O
EOE I-ORG
spokesman O
Lex I-PER
van I-PER
Drooge I-PER
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

He O
said O
no O
date O
had O
been O
fixed O
yet O
for O
the O
start O
of O
price O
making O
in O
the O
10-year O
contract O
, O
but O
the O
EOE I-ORG
had O
agreed O
to O
speak O
again O
to O
the O
participants O
in O
one O
to O
two O
weeks O
. O

Investors O
in O
Dutch I-MISC
bonds O
currently O
use O
German I-MISC
bond O
futures O
to O
hedge O
their O
portfolios O
because O
the O
FTO I-ORG
contract O
is O
so O
illiquid O
. O

A O
limited O
attempt O
to O
reinvigorate O
the O
contract O
two O
years O
ago O
failed O
. O

-- O
Amsterdam I-LOC
newsroom O
+31 O
20 O
504 O
5000 O
, O
Fax O
+31 O
20 O
504 O
5040 O

OSCE I-ORG
defends O
record O
over O
Chechnya I-LOC
peace O
mission O
. O

BONN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
head O
of O
an O
international O
mediating O
mission O
defended O
its O
record O
on O
Friday O
in O
the O
face O
of O
criticism O
by O
pro-Moscow O
leaders O
in O
breakway O
Chechnya I-LOC
and O
insisted O
it O
was O
doing O
its O
best O
to O
bring O
peace O
to O
the O
region O
. O

Flavio I-PER
Cotti I-PER
, O
the O
chairman O
of O
the O
Organisation I-ORG
for I-ORG
Security I-ORG
and I-ORG
Cooperation I-ORG
in I-ORG
Europe I-ORG
( O
OSCE I-ORG
) O
, O
told O
German I-MISC
radio O
the O
Vienna-based I-MISC
body O
viewed O
the O
conflict O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
as O
an O
internal O
Russian I-MISC
problem O
. O

" O
The O
OSCE I-ORG
is O
completely O
involved O
. O

But O
one O
must O
not O
forget O
that O
the O
OSCE I-ORG
only O
has O
limited O
powers O
there O
, O
" O
said O
Cotti O
, O
who O
is O
also O
the O
Swiss I-MISC
foreign O
minister O
. O
" O

Our O
mission O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
has O
done O
all O
it O
can O
within O
the O
given O
limitations O
. O
" O

Pro-Moscow I-MISC
leaders O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
have O
criticised O
Tim I-PER
Guldimann I-PER
, O
the O
Swiss I-MISC
diplomat O
who O
heads O
the O
OSCE I-ORG
Chechnya I-LOC
mission O
, O
saying O
he O
was O
biased O
toward O
Zelimkhan I-PER
Yandarbiyev I-PER
, O
president O
of O
the O
self-declared O
separatist O
government O
. O

Russian I-MISC
peacemaker O
Alexander I-PER
Lebed I-PER
and O
Chechen I-MISC
separatist O
military O
leader O
Aslan I-PER
Maskhadov I-PER
started O
a O
new O
round O
of O
peace O
talks O
on O
Friday O
just O
outside O
the O
rebel O
region O
. O

Cotti I-PER
said O
Chechnya I-LOC
must O
remain O
part O
of O
Russia I-LOC
, O
but O
the O
solution O
to O
the O
conflict O
would O
be O
to O
accord O
the O
region O
maximum O
autonomy O
within O
Russia I-LOC
's O
borders O
. O

" O
There O
is O
no O
doubt O
that O
Chechnya I-LOC
, O
according O
to O
OSCE I-ORG
principles O
, O
belongs O
to O
a O
state O
called O
Russia I-LOC
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
pointing O
out O
that O
Russia I-LOC
was O
an O
OSCE I-ORG
member O
and O
it O
was O
not O
the O
organisation O
's O
policy O
to O
challenge O
members O
' O
sovereignty O
. O

He O
added O
that O
the O
OSCE I-ORG
was O
the O
only O
international O
body O
which O
has O
been O
allowed O
into O
the O
Chechnya I-LOC
to O
monitor O
the O
human O
rights O
situation O
there O
, O
but O
that O
its O
means O
were O
restricted O
by O
the O
fact O
that O
the O
conflict O
was O
a O
" O
internal O
issue O
" O
. O

" O
We O
have O
a O
small O
concept O
, O
the O
details O
of O
which O
have O
yet O
to O
be O
worked O
out O
. O

Chechnya I-LOC
must O
be O
accorded O
the O
maximum O
autonomy O
possible O
within O
the O
framework O
of O
Russian I-MISC
integrity O
, O
" O
said O
Cotti I-PER
. O

Dutch I-MISC
say O
no O
reason O
to O
reopen O
El I-ORG
Al I-ORG
carqo O
enquiry O
. O

THE I-LOC
HAGUE I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
Dutch I-MISC
transport O
minister O
Annemarie I-PER
Jorritsma I-PER
told O
the O
country O
' O
second O
chamber O
that O
there O
is O
no O
further O
need O
to O
investigate O
the O
1992 O
crash O
of O
an O
El I-ORG
Al I-ORG
freighter O
which O
left O
43 O
dead O
in O
an O
Amsterdam I-LOC
suburb O
. O

She O
said O
that O
a O
request O
from O
her O
ministry O
for O
the O
aircraft O
's O
waybill O
documentation O
and O
further O
information O
about O
the O
contents O
of O
its O
hold O
had O
been O
complied O
with O
by O
El I-ORG
Al I-ORG
's O
head O
office O
in O
Tel I-LOC
Aviv I-LOC
. O

The O
Dutch I-MISC
transport O
ministry O
had O
come O
in O
for O
pressure O
from O
a O
cross-section O
of O
Dutch I-MISC
members O
of O
parliaments O
in O
May O
this O
year O
, O
some O
of O
whom O
believed O
the O
aircraft O
had O
been O
carrying O
unlisted O
, O
dangerous O
goods O
. O

Others O
said O
they O
thought O
the O
aircraft O
was O
loaded O
with O
too O
much O
airfreight O
. O

Jorritsma I-PER
said O
the O
latest O
evidence O
from O
El I-ORG
Al I-ORG
in O
no O
way O
supported O
the O
allegations O
, O
and O
added O
there O
is O
no O
justification O
for O
a O
further O
investigation O
into O
the O
incident O
. O

-- O
Air I-ORG
Cargo I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
Tel+44 O
171 O
542 O
8982 O
Fax O
+44 O
171 O
542 O
5017 O

Armenians I-MISC
, O
Azeris I-MISC
hold O
peace O
talks O
in O
Germany I-LOC
. O

BONN I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Representatives O
from O
Armenia I-LOC
and O
Azerbaijan I-LOC
held O
talks O
earlier O
this O
week O
in O
Germany I-LOC
on O
bringing O
a O
lasting O
peace O
to O
the O
disputed O
Nagorno-Karabakh I-LOC
region O
, O
a O
diplomatic O
source O
close O
to O
the O
talks O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
source O
, O
who O
spoke O
on O
condition O
of O
anonymity O
, O
said O
Azerbaijani I-PER
presidential O
adviser O
Vafa I-PER
Gulizade I-PER
and O
his O
Armenian I-MISC
counterpart O
Zhirayr I-PER
Liparityan I-PER
met O
to O
discuss O
the O
disputed O
enclave O
on O
Wednesday O
and O
had O
now O
flown O
home O
. O

An O
uneasy O
ceasefire O
has O
prevailed O
in O
Nagorno-Karabakh I-LOC
, O
which O
represents O
around O
20 O
percent O
of O
Azeri I-MISC
territory O
, O
since O
May O
1994 O
after O
ethnic O
Armenians I-MISC
drove O
Azeris I-MISC
out O
of O
the O
region O
. O

The O
conflict O
, O
which O
began O
in O
1988 O
, O
claimed O
over O
10,000 O
lives O
. O

" O
The O
main O
subject O
( O
of O
the O
talks O
) O
was O
the O
search O
for O
a O
peaceful O
solution O
for O
Nagorno-Karabakh I-LOC
, O
" O
the O
source O
said O
. O

He O
declined O
to O
reveal O
any O
more O
details O
about O
the O
content O
of O
the O
talks O
or O
their O
exact O
location O
in O
Germany I-LOC
. O

Azerbaijan I-LOC
has O
said O
it O
is O
prepared O
to O
grant O
autonomy O
to O
Nagorno-Karabakh I-LOC
if O
Armenian O
forces O
pull O
out O
, O
but O
will O
not O
accept O
Armenia I-LOC
's O
demands O
for O
the O
independence O
of O
the O
enclave O
. O

Russia I-LOC
's O
Interfax I-ORG
news O
agency O
reported O
on O
Tuesday O
the O
officials O
had O
departed O
for O
negotiations O
in O
Germany I-LOC
, O
adding O
that O
face-to-face O
talks O
between O
the O
two O
sides O
first O
took O
place O
last O
December O
in O
Amsterdam I-LOC
. O

Interfax I-ORG
said O
the O
discussions O
were O
being O
held O
in O
parallel O
with O
peace O
talks O
mediated O
by O
the O
Organisation I-ORG
for I-ORG
Security I-ORG
and I-ORG
Cooperation I-ORG
in I-ORG
Europe I-ORG
( O
OSCE I-ORG
) O
and O
the O
broad-based O
Minsk I-ORG
Group I-ORG
of O
countries O
led O
by O
Russia I-LOC
and O
Finland I-LOC
. O

Sombre O
mood O
on O
Arctic I-MISC
island O
after O
plane O
crash O
. O

Rolf I-PER
Soderlind I-PER

LONGYEAR I-LOC
, O
Norway I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
windblown O
, O
chilly O
streets O
of O
this O
tiny O
Arctic I-MISC
town O
are O
all O
but O
deserted O
and O
flags O
are O
flying O
at O
half-mast O
beneath O
a O
brooding O
, O
clouded O
sky O
. O

Longyear I-LOC
is O
a O
town O
in O
mourning O
, O
a O
close-knit O
community O
that O
has O
been O
shattered O
. O

Disaster O
struck O
on O
Thursday O
when O
a O
Russian I-MISC
airliner O
bringing O
coal O
miners O
to O
work O
crashed O
as O
it O
came O
in O
to O
land O
at O
the O
airport O
, O
killing O
all O
141 O
people O
on O
board O
. O

" O
It O
's O
a O
sight O
I O
will O
never O
forget O
. O

I O
will O
remember O
it O
for O
the O
rest O
of O
my O
life O
, O
" O
said O
Stig I-PER
Onarheim I-PER
. O

He O
was O
one O
of O
a O
handful O
of O
rescuers O
who O
raced O
to O
the O
scene O
of O
the O
crash O
in O
a O
helicopter O
on O
Thursday O
, O
hoping O
in O
vain O
to O
find O
survivors O
. O

The O
plane O
smashed O
into O
a O
snow-capped O
mountain O
on O
the O
Arctic I-MISC
island O
of O
Spitzbergen I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
, O
just O
east O
of O
Longyear I-LOC
. O

" O
Imagine O
a O
big O
plane O
with O
a O
lot O
of O
luggage O
and O
people O
on O
board O
. O

Think O
of O
all O
that O
mixed O
together O
, O
with O
twisted O
, O
wrecked O
parts O
on O
the O
slope O
, O
" O
Onarheim I-LOC
, O
29 O
, O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

Police O
and O
local O
officials O
have O
sealed O
off O
the O
crash O
site O
, O
protecting O
it O
from O
intrusive O
reporters O
and O
from O
the O
polar O
bears O
that O
roam O
freely O
across O
the O
icy O
expanses O
. O

The O
dead O
were O
all O
Russians I-MISC
and O
Ukrainians I-MISC
, O
coming O
to O
work O
in O
the O
mining O
towns O
of O
Barentsburg I-LOC
and O
Pyramiden I-LOC
. O

Longyear I-LOC
is O
a O
Norwegian I-MISC
settlement O
of O
just O
over O
1,000 O
people O
, O
but O
it O
also O
feels O
the O
loss O
keenly O
. O

" O
I O
have O
trouble O
finding O
the O
words O
to O
express O
my O
grief O
. O

It O
's O
a O
tragedy O
for O
everyone O
. O

We O
know O
many O
of O
the O
people O
who O
live O
in O
Barentsburg I-LOC
, O
some O
of O
them O
could O
have O
been O
on O
the O
plane O
, O
" O
said O
Johan I-PER
Sletten I-PER
, O
52 O
. O

Sletten I-PER
, O
a O
caretaker O
who O
has O
lived O
on O
the O
island O
for O
30 O
years O
, O
said O
the O
Norwegian I-MISC
and O
Russian I-MISC
communities O
visit O
frequently O
, O
competing O
at O
soccer O
in O
the O
summer O
and O
with O
snow-scooter O
races O
in O
the O
winter O
. O

Teenage O
shop O
assistant O
Heidi I-PER
Groenstein I-PER
was O
blunter O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
glad O
it O
was O
not O
a O
Norwegian I-MISC
plane O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O

Just O
think O
of O
it O
-- O
a O
mining O
village O
where O
so O
many O
workers O
die O
. O

They O
must O
be O
having O
a O
tough O
time O
of O
it O
now O
. O
" O

Barentsburg I-LOC
, O
just O
a O
few O
hours O
ride O
by O
snow-scooter O
or O
15 O
minutes O
by O
helicopter O
from O
Longyear I-LOC
, O
has O
asked O
to O
be O
left O
alone O
with O
its O
grief O
and O
told O
reporters O
to O
stay O
away O
. O

Around O
100 O
Russian I-MISC
and O
Ukrainian I-MISC
miners O
were O
waiting O
in O
Longyear I-LOC
to O
fly O
home O
on O
the O
plane O
that O
crashed O
. O

They O
were O
given O
shelter O
in O
the O
town O
's O
church O
overnight O
and O
ate O
a O
sombre O
breakfast O
before O
getting O
on O
a O
bus O
for O
the O
airport O
. O

Another O
plane O
had O
been O
sent O
from O
Moscow I-LOC
to O
pick O
them O
up O
. O

At O
this O
time O
of O
year O
, O
the O
only O
colour O
in O
Longyear I-LOC
comes O
from O
the O
brightly-painted O
wooden O
houses O
. O

Everything O
else O
is O
muddy O
, O
the O
waters O
of O
the O
fjord O
leaden O
. O

Winter O
is O
in O
the O
air O
. O

Barentsburg I-LOC
is O
an O
even O
grimmer O
place O
, O
a O
run-down O
testament O
to O
the O
hardships O
of O
the O
new O
Russia I-LOC
. O

Spitzbergen I-LOC
lies O
some O
500 O
miles O
( O
800 O
km O
) O
off O
the O
northern O
tip O
of O
Norway I-LOC
and O
endures O
one O
of O
the O
most O
extreme O
climates O
on O
the O
planet O
. O

Inhabited O
by O
fewer O
than O
3,000 O
people O
in O
total O
, O
it O
sees O
the O
sun O
for O
24 O
hours O
a O
day O
during O
summer O
and O
is O
plunged O
into O
round-the-clock O
darkness O
in O
the O
winter O
months O
. O

The O
terrain O
is O
mountainous O
, O
the O
only O
roads O
are O
dirt O
tracks O
. O

Norway I-LOC
rules O
the O
island O
group O
under O
the O
terms O
of O
a O
1920s O
international O
treaty O
which O
gave O
many O
other O
nations O
the O
right O
to O
establish O
setttlements O
and O
exploit O
the O
coal O
that O
is O
still O
mined O
there O
. O

Only O
Russia I-LOC
has O
chosen O
to O
do O
so O
. O

Ericsson I-ORG
says O
wins O
1.2 O
bln O
SKR O
China I-LOC
order O
. O

STOCKHOLM I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Swedish I-MISC
telecoms O
group O
LM I-ORG
Ericsson I-ORG
AB I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
it O
won O
an O
order O
worth O
1.2 O
billion O
crowns O
for O
a O
fixed O
public O
telecoms O
network O
in O
the O
Guangdong I-LOC
province O
of O
China I-LOC
. O

Ericsson I-ORG
said O
in O
a O
statement O
the O
order O
was O
from O
the O
Guangdong I-ORG
Post I-ORG
and I-ORG
Telecommunications I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
( O
GPTA I-ORG
) O
. O

The O
order O
included O
AXE I-MISC
switching O
equipment O
, O
ISDN O
equipment O
, O
Intelligent I-MISC
Network I-MISC
( O
IN I-MISC
) O
products O
, O
broad-band O
multi-media O
communication O
network O
products O
, O
services O
and O
training O
, O
Ericsson I-ORG
spokesman O
Per I-PER
Zetterquist I-PER
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

Deliveries O
are O
due O
to O
be O
completed O
by O
1999 O
, O
the O
company O
said O
. O

-- O
Stockholm I-LOC
newsroom O
+46-8-700 O
1017 O

HK I-LOC
has O
infrastructure O
in O
place O
for O
post-97 O
- O
Tsang I-PER
. O

AUCKLAND I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
Financial O
Secretary O
Donald I-PER
Tsang I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
the O
territory O
had O
the O
" O
infrastructural O
hardware O
" O
to O
make O
a O
success O
of O
its O
future O
under O
Chinese I-MISC
sovereignty O
from O
mid-1997 O
. O

" O
We O
have O
the O
largest O
and O
most O
efficient O
port O
on O
the O
South I-LOC
China I-LOC
coast O
; O
we O
have O
the O
best O
transport O
and O
telecommunications O
infrastructure O
in O
the O
world O
; O
and O
we O
are O
investing O
in O
this O
hardware O
on O
an O
enormous O
scale O
, O
" O
Tsang I-PER
said O
in O
a O
speech O
to O
Auckland I-LOC
during O
a O
visit O
to O
New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
. O

Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
also O
had O
the O
necessary O
" O
constitutional O
infrastructure O
" O
in O
place O
, O
with O
the O
promise O
of O
autonomy O
in O
running O
its O
affairs O
after O
the O
handover O
from O
Britain I-LOC
to O
China I-LOC
. O

" O
What O
this O
means O
in O
practice O
is O
that O
Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
will O
go O
on O
raising O
its O
own O
taxes O
, O
issuing O
its O
own O
currency O
, O
setting O
its O
own O
expenditure O
priorities O
and O
managing O
its O
own O
enormous O
financial O
reserves O
, O
" O
Tsang I-PER
said O
. O

He O
acknowledged O
that O
many O
Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
people O
had O
decided O
to O
seek O
their O
future O
elsewhere O
and O
others O
were O
sure O
to O
follow O
in O
the O
next O
nine O
months O
. O
" O

But O
for O
the O
great O
majority O
of O
us O
, O
Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
is O
our O
home O
and O
Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
's O
future O
is O
our O
future O
. O
" O

-- O
Wellington I-LOC
newsroom O
64 O
4 O
473-4746 O

PRESS O
DIGEST O
- O
Indonesian I-MISC
newspapers O
- O
August O
30 O
. O

Following O
is O
a O
summary O
of O
major O
Indonesian I-MISC
political O
and O
business O
stories O
in O
leading O
newspapers O
, O
prepared O
by O
Reuters I-ORG
in O
Jakarta I-LOC
. O

Reuters I-ORG
has O
not O
checked O
the O
stories O
and O
does O
not O
guarantee O
their O
accuracy O
. O

Telephone O
: O
( O
6221 O
) O
384-6364 O
. O

Fax O
: O
( O
6221 O
) O
344-8404 O
. O

- O
- O
- O
- O

KOMPAS I-ORG

Indonesian I-MISC
President O
Suharto I-PER
has O
asked O
businessmen O
to O
share O
their O
experiences O
with O
each O
other O
in O
an O
effort O
to O
boost O
the O
country O
's O
exports O
. O

- O
- O
- O
- O

JAKARTA I-ORG
POST I-ORG

Speaker O
of O
the O
House I-ORG
of I-ORG
Representatives I-ORG
Wahono I-PER
has O
called O
on O
those O
serving O
in O
high O
state O
institutions O
to O
direct O
their O
efforts O
in O
the O
coming O
years O
towards O
dismantling O
all O
barriers O
to O
social O
justice O
. O

An O
agreement O
to O
bring O
peace O
to O
the O
southern O
Philippines I-LOC
is O
set O
to O
be O
initialed O
on O
Friday O
after O
delegates O
from O
the O
Philippine I-LOC
government O
and O
the O
Moro I-ORG
National I-ORG
Liberation I-ORG
Front I-ORG
( O
MNLF I-ORG
) O
concluded O
negotiations O
on O
the O
treaty O
which O
is O
set O
to O
end O
almost O
25 O
years O
of O
conflict O
in O
the O
region O
. O

- O
- O
- O
- O

MEDIA I-ORG
INDONESIA I-ORG

Around O
2,000 O
of O
Indonesia I-LOC
's O
controversial O
Timor O
national O
car O
made O
by O
Kia I-ORG
Motor I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
of O
South I-LOC
Korea I-LOC
arrived O
at O
Jakarta I-LOC
's O
Tanjung I-LOC
Priok I-LOC
port O
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
cars O
will O
be O
jointly O
marketed O
by O
Kia I-ORG
and O
PT I-ORG
Timor I-ORG
Putra I-ORG
Nasional I-ORG
, O
controlled O
by O
a O
son O
of O
President O
Suharto I-PER
, O
which O
plans O
next O
year O
to O
start O
assembling O
the O
vehicles O
in O
Indonesia I-LOC
. O

- O
- O
- O
- O

REPUBLIKA I-ORG

The O
Central I-ORG
Jakarta I-ORG
District I-ORG
Court I-ORG
has O
started O
to O
hear O
the O
suit O
filed O
by O
ousted O
Indonesian I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
PDI I-ORG
) O
leader O
Megawati I-PER
Sukarnoputri I-PER
against O
the O
government O
and O
party O
rivals O
after O
the O
parties O
failed O
to O
reach O
an O
out-of-court O
settlement O
. O

Megawati I-PER
has O
sued O
the O
defendants O
over O
a O
government-backed O
rebel O
congress O
which O
ousted O
her O
last O
June O
. O

Jeans I-ORG
Mate I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
- O
6mth O
parent O
forecast O
. O

TOKYO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Six O
months O
to O
August O
20 O
, O
1996 O

( O
in O
billions O
of O
yen O
unless O
specified O
) O

LATEST O
PREVIOUS O
ACTUAL O

( O
Parent O
) O
FORECAST O
FORECAST O
YEAR-AGO O

Sales O
9.06 O
9.31 O
8.42 O

Current O
818 O
million O
979 O
million O
882 O
million O

Net O
415 O
million O
490 O
million O
412 O
million O

NOTE O
- O
Jeans I-ORG
Mate I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
is O
the O
full O
company O
name O
. O

Apic I-ORG
Yamada I-ORG
- O
6mth O
parent O
forecast O
. O

TOKYO I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Six O
months O
to O
September O
30 O
, O
1996 O

( O
in O
billions O
of O
yen O
unless O
specified O
) O

LATEST O
PREVIOUS O
ACTUAL O

( O
Parent O
) O
FORECAST O
FORECAST O
YEAR-AGO O

Sales O
12.50 O
13.00 O
11.27 O

Current O
1.30 O
1.35 O
1.09 O

Net O
650 O
million O
680 O
million O
600 O
million O

NOTE O
- O
Apic I-ORG
Yamada I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
is O
a O
leading O
manufacturer O
of O
semiconductor O
leadframes O
. O

Bootleg O
brew O
kills O
35 O
in O
China I-LOC
, O
police O
nab O
suspects O
. O

BEIJING I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Police O
in O
southwest O
China I-LOC
have O
arrested O
30 O
people O
suspected O
of O
making O
and O
selling O
homemade O
alcohol O
that O
killed O
35 O
people O
and O
poisoned O
157 O
, O
the O
Xinhua I-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

A O
group O
of O
farmers O
in O
Huize I-LOC
county O
in O
the O
southwestern O
province O
of O
Yunnan I-LOC
were O
arrested O
for O
blending O
alcohol O
with O
methanol O
and O
selling O
the O
toxic O
liquor O
to O
local O
residents O
, O
the O
agency O
said O
. O

Between O
late O
June O
and O
July O
, O
a O
total O
of O
192 O
people O
were O
poisoned O
by O
the O
toxic O
liquor O
, O
and O
35 O
of O
them O
died O
and O
six O
were O
left O
severely O
handicapped O
, O
it O
said O
. O

Local O
authorities O
launched O
an O
investigation O
after O
they O
received O
reports O
of O
several O
similar O
deaths O
in O
the O
area O
, O
it O
said O
. O

Post-mortem O
examinations O
showed O
they O
were O
all O
caused O
by O
methanol O
poisoning O
. O

Police O
had O
confiscated O
the O
remainder O
of O
the O
poisonous O
liquor O
, O
Xinhua I-ORG
said O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
. O

Singapore I-LOC
hangs O
Thai I-MISC
drug O
trafficker O
. O

SINGAPORE I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Singapore I-LOC
hanged O
a O
Thai I-MISC
farmer O
at O
Changi I-LOC
Prison I-LOC
on O
Friday O
for O
drug O
trafficking O
, O
the O
Central I-ORG
Narcotics I-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
( O
CNB I-ORG
) O
said O
. O

Jeerasak I-PER
Densakul I-PER
, O
24 O
, O
was O
arrested O
in O
1995 O
when O
he O
was O
found O
with O
11 O
slabs O
of O
cannabis O
weighing O
2.2 O
kg O
( O
4.8 O
pounds O
) O
, O
the O
CNB I-ORG
said O
. O

Singapore I-LOC
has O
a O
mandatory O
death O
sentence O
for O
anyone O
over O
18 O
years O
of O
age O
found O
guilty O
of O
trafficking O
in O
more O
than O
15 O
grams O
( O
half O
an O
ounce O
) O
of O
heroin O
, O
30 O
grams O
( O
an O
ounce O
) O
of O
morphine O
or O
500 O
grams O
( O
18 O
oz O
) O
of O
cannabis O
or O
marijuana O
. O

Of O
the O
nearly O
270 O
people O
hanged O
for O
various O
crimes O
in O
Singapore I-LOC
since O
1975 O
, O
almost O
half O
have O
been O
for O
drug-related O
charges O
. O

Arafat I-PER
goes O
to O
Nablus I-LOC
ahead O
of O
cabinet O
meeting O
. O

NABLUS I-LOC
, O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Palestinian I-MISC
President O
Yasser I-PER
Arafat I-PER
arrived O
in O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
self-rule O
enclave O
of O
Nablus I-LOC
from O
Ramallah I-LOC
on O
Friday O
, O
witnesses O
said O
. O

His O
aides O
said O
Arafat I-PER
would O
hold O
the O
weekly O
meeting O
of O
the O
Palestinian I-ORG
self-rule I-ORG
Authority I-ORG
's O
cabinet O
in O
Nablus I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

In O
Jerusalem I-LOC
, O
Israeli I-MISC
security O
forces O
were O
bracing O
for O
thousands O
of O
Palestinians I-MISC
expected O
to O
answer O
Arafat I-PER
's O
call O
earlier O
this O
week O
to O
come O
to O
the O
city O
holy O
to O
Moslems I-MISC
, O
Arabs I-MISC
and O
Jews I-MISC
to O
pray O
in O
protest O
against O
Israel I-LOC
's O
settlement O
policy O
in O
the O
West I-LOC
Bank I-LOC
and O
delay O
in O
peace O
negotiations O
. O

Palestinians I-MISC
want O
Arab I-LOC
East I-LOC
Jerusalem I-LOC
as O
the O
capital O
of O
a O
future O
independent O
state O
. O

Israel I-LOC
, O
which O
captured O
and O
annexed O
East I-LOC
Jerusalem I-LOC
in O
1967 O
, O
says O
it O
will O
never O
cede O
any O
part O
of O
the O
city O
. O

Arafat I-PER
, O
who O
made O
an O
interim O
peace O
deal O
with O
Israel I-LOC
in O
1993 O
that O
set O
up O
self-rule O
, O
says O
he O
will O
only O
visit O
Jerusalem I-LOC
once O
Israeli I-MISC
occupation O
has O
ended O
. O

U.N. I-ORG
Council I-ORG
concerned O
about O
Israeli I-MISC
bulldozers O
. O

UNITED I-ORG
NATIONS I-ORG
1996-08-29 O

Security I-ORG
Council I-ORG
members O
expressed O
concern O
on O
Thursday O
that O
Israel I-LOC
's O
bulldozing O
of O
a O
Palestinian I-MISC
day-care O
centre O
for O
the O
disabled O
might O
further O
injure O
the O
Middle I-LOC
East I-LOC
peace O
process O
. O

Responding O
to O
a O
letter O
from O
the O
the O
Palestinian I-MISC
U.N. I-ORG
observer O
mission O
, O
Security I-ORG
Council I-ORG
President O
Tono I-PER
Eitel I-PER
of O
Germany I-LOC
said O
that O
members O
asked O
him O
to O
convey O
their O
views O
to O
Israel I-LOC
's O
charge O
d'affaires O
, O
David I-PER
Peleg I-PER
. O

" O
The O
members O
expressed O
their O
concern O
about O
the O
maintenance O
of O
the O
peace O
process O
and O
they O
urged O
that O
no O
action O
be O
taken O
that O
would O
have O
a O
negative O
impact O
on O
the O
negotiations O
, O
" O
Eitel I-PER
said O
after O
an O
informal O
council O
session O
. O

" O
They O
asked O
me O
to O
call O
in O
the O
Israeli I-MISC
charge O
d'affaires O
and O
discuss O
the O
matter O
with O
him O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

The O
Palestinian I-MISC
letter O
from O
Marwan I-PER
Jilani I-PER
said O
the O
destruction O
of O
the O
Jerusalem I-LOC
centre O
was O
an O
effort O
by O
Israel I-LOC
to O
" O
alter O
the O
character O
, O
demographic O
composition O
and O
status O
of O
the O
Holy I-LOC
City I-LOC
of I-LOC
Jerusalem I-LOC
" O
and O
violated O
agreements O
between O
Israel I-LOC
and O
the O
Palestinian I-ORG
Liberation I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
. O

" O
This O
most O
recent O
measure O
represents O
a O
revival O
of O
old O
, O
malicious O
plans O
to O
confiscate O
the O
land O
and O
build O
units O
for O
Israeli I-MISC
settlers O
within O
the O
walls O
of O
the O
Old I-LOC
City I-LOC
. O
" O

" O
We O
expect O
the O
international O
community O
to O
take O
a O
clear O
and O
firm O
position O
, O
based O
on O
international O
law O
and O
in O
accordance O
with O
U.N. I-ORG
resolutions O
, O
against O
all O
such O
Israeli I-MISC
violations O
and O
illegal O
practices O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
, O
Israeli I-MISC
crews O
hoisted O
a O
bulldozer O
over O
the O
walls O
of O
Jerusalem I-LOC
's O
old O
city O
and O
demolished O
the O
centre O
, O
saying O
it O
was O
being O
restored O
without O
a O
building O
permit O
. O

Canada I-LOC
had O
recently O
donated O
$ O
30 O
million O
to O
the O
centre O
, O
called O
the O
Burj I-LOC
al-Laqlaq I-LOC
Society I-LOC
. O

SOCCER O
- O
REAL I-ORG
SCRAPE O
1-1 O
DRAW O
IN O
SCRAPPY O
OPENING O
MATCH O
. O

LA I-LOC
CORUNA I-LOC
, O
Spain I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
late O
goal O
by O
newly-signed O
defender O
Roberto I-PER
Carlos I-PER
saved O
the O
blushes O
of O
Real I-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
coach O
Fabio I-PER
Capello I-PER
and O
his O
multi-billion O
peseta O
line-up O
in O
the O
opening O
game O
of O
the O
Spanish I-MISC
championship O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
Brazilian I-MISC
's O
79th-minute O
effort O
was O
enough O
to O
earn O
Real I-ORG
a O
point O
from O
a O
scrappy O
1-1 O
draw O
at O
fellow O
title O
contenders O
Deportivo I-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
. O

Deportivo I-ORG
started O
strongly O
, O
taking O
the O
lead O
midway O
through O
the O
first O
half O
when O
former O
Auxerre I-ORG
playmaker O
Corentine I-PER
Martins I-PER
headed O
home O
a O
corner O
after O
a O
flick-on O
by O
Brazilian-born I-MISC
Spanish B-MISC
international O
midfielder O
Donato I-PER
. O

Real I-ORG
looked O
to O
be O
in O
deep O
trouble O
shortly O
after O
the O
break O
when O
Luis I-PER
Milla I-PER
was O
sent O
off O
for O
committing O
two O
bookable O
offences O
in O
as O
many O
minutes O
. O

But O
Deportivo I-ORG
were O
unable O
to O
capitalise O
on O
their O
numerical O
advantage O
, O
and O
were O
themselves O
reduced O
to O
ten O
men O
when O
Armando I-PER
Alvarez I-PER
was O
sent O
off O
15 O
minutes O
from O
time O
. O

Shortly O
afterwards O
Roberto I-PER
Carlos I-PER
found O
space O
in O
the O
home O
defence O
and O
equalised O
for O
Real I-ORG
with O
a O
shot O
that O
was O
deflected O
past O
despairing O
Deportivo I-ORG
' O
keeper O
Jacques I-PER
Songo'o I-PER
. O

In O
a O
frantic O
final O
five O
minutes O
there O
were O
chances O
at O
both O
ends O
, O
and O
Donato I-PER
, O
who O
had O
earlier O
been O
booked O
, O
was O
sent O
off O
for O
protesting O
about O
the O
incursion O
of O
Real I-ORG
players O
at O
a O
free O
kick O
. O

Before O
the O
match O
Deportivo I-ORG
chairman O
Augusto I-PER
Lendoiro I-PER
said O
he O
would O
ignore O
a O
FIFA I-ORG
decision O
banning O
Brazilian I-MISC
midfielder O
Mauro I-PER
Silva I-PER
from O
playing O
in O
the O
match O
for O
failing O
to O
join O
his O
national O
side O
's O
tour O
of O
Europe I-LOC
. O

In O
the O
event O
, O
coach O
John I-PER
Toshack I-PER
decided O
not O
to O
use O
Silva I-PER
, O
who O
had O
claimed O
he O
did O
not O
join O
the O
Brazil I-LOC
squad O
because O
he O
had O
lost O
his O
passport O
. O

RUGBY I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
- O
WIGAN I-ORG
BEAT O
BRADFORD I-ORG
42-36 O
IN O
SEMIFINAL O
. O

WIGAN I-LOC
, O
England I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Result O
of O
English I-MISC
rugby O
league O
premiership O
semifinal O
played O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Wigan I-ORG
42 O
Bradford I-ORG
Bulls I-ORG
36 O

SOCCER O
- O
ISRAEL I-LOC
BEAT O
BULGARIA I-LOC
IN O
EUROPEAN I-MISC
UNDER-21 O
QUALIFIER O
. O

HERZLIYA I-LOC
, O
Israel I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Result O
of O
European I-MISC
under-21 O
championship O
group O
5 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Israel I-LOC
2 O
, O
Bulgaria I-LOC
0 O
( O
halftime O
0-0 O
) O
Scorers O
: O
Haim I-PER
Hajaj I-PER
( O
47th O
) O
, O
Nir I-PER
Sivilia I-PER
( O
57th O
) O
. O

Attendance O
: O
2,000 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
IRISH I-MISC
ERASE O
PAINFUL O
MEMORIES O
WITH O
5-0 O
WIN O
. O

ESCHEN I-LOC
, O
Liechtenstein I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The O
Republic I-LOC
of I-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
's O
new-look O
side O
dispelled O
painful O
memories O
of O
their O
last O
visit O
to O
Liechtenstein I-LOC
by O
beating O
the O
Alpine I-MISC
part-timers O
5-0 O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
Irish I-MISC
, O
under O
new O
manager O
Mick I-PER
McCarthy I-PER
, O
took O
a O
4-0 O
lead O
within O
20 O
minutes O
through O
captain O
Andy I-PER
Townsend I-PER
, O
20-year-old O
Norwich I-ORG
striker O
Keith I-PER
O'Neill I-PER
, O
Sunderland I-ORG
forward O
Niall I-PER
Quinn I-PER
and O
teenager O
Ian I-PER
Harte I-PER
. O

Quinn I-PER
added O
his O
second O
and O
Ireland I-LOC
's O
fifth O
just O
after O
the O
hour O
to O
complete O
the O
rout O
and O
give O
the O
Irish I-MISC
their O
biggest-ever O
away O
win O
. O

The O
result O
helped O
erase O
memories O
of O
Ireland I-LOC
's O
visit O
to O
the O
Eschen I-LOC
stadium O
14 O
months O
ago O
, O
when O
Jack I-PER
Charlton I-PER
's O
side O
were O
held O
to O
a O
frustrating O
0-0 O
draw O
which O
ultimately O
cost O
them O
a O
place O
in O
the O
European I-MISC
championship O
finals O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
IRELAND I-LOC
BEAT O
LIECHTENSTEIN I-LOC
5-0 O
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

ESCHEN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The O
Republic I-LOC
of I-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
beat O
Liechtenstein I-LOC
5-0 O
( O
halftime O
4-0 O
) O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
8 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O
Andy I-PER
Townsend I-PER
( O
5th O
) O
, O
Keith I-PER
O'Neill I-PER
( O
7th O
) O
, O
Niall I-PER
Quinn I-PER
( O
11th O
, O
61st O
) O
, O
Ian I-PER
Harte I-PER
( O
19th O
) O
. O

Attendance O
: O
3,900 O

GOLF O
- O
BRITISH I-MISC
MASTERS I-MISC
FINAL O
SCORES O
. O

NORTHAMPTON I-LOC
, O
England I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Leading O
scores O
after O
the O
final O
round O
of O
the O
British I-MISC
Masters I-MISC
golf O
tournament O
on O
Saturday O
( O
British I-MISC
unless O
stated O
) O
: O

284 O
Robert I-PER
Allenby I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
69 O
71 O
71 O
73 O
, O
Miguel I-PER
Angel I-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
75 O
70 O
71 O
68 O
( O
Allenby I-PER
won O
at O
first O
play-off O
hole O
) O

285 O
Costantino I-PER
Rocca I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
71 O
73 O
72 O
69 O

286 O
Miguel I-PER
Angel I-PER
Jimenez I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
74 O
72 O
73 O
67 O

287 O
Ian I-PER
Woosnam I-PER
70 O
76 O
71 O
70 O

288 O
Jose I-PER
Coceres I-PER
( O
Argentina I-LOC
) O
69 O
78 O
71 O
70 O

289 O
Joakim I-PER
Haeggman I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
71 O
77 O
70 O
71 O
, O
Antoine I-PER
Lebouc I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
74 O
73 O
70 O
72 O

290 O
Colin I-PER
Montgomerie I-PER
68 O
76 O
77 O
69 O
, O
Robert I-PER
Coles I-PER
74 O
76 O
71 O
69 O
, O
Philip I-PER
Walton I-PER
( O
Ireland I-LOC
) O
71 O
74 O
74 O
71 O
, O
Peter I-PER
Mitchell I-PER
74 O
71 O
74 O
71 O
, O
Klas I-PER
Eriksson I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
71 O
75 O
72 O
72 O
, O
Pedro I-PER
Linhart I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
72 O
73 O
67 O
78 O

291 O
Phillip I-PER
Price I-PER
72 O
76 O
74 O
69 O
, O
Adam I-PER
Hunter I-PER
70 O
79 O
73 O
69 O
, O
Peter I-PER
O'Malley I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
71 O
73 O
75 O
72 O
, O
Mark I-PER
Roe I-PER
69 O
71 O
78 O
73 O
, O
Mike I-PER
Clayton I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
69 O
76 O
73 O
73 O

292 O
Iain I-PER
Pyman I-PER
71 O
75 O
75 O
71 O
, O
David I-PER
Gilford I-PER
69 O
74 O
77 O
72 O
, O
Peter I-PER
Hedblom I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
70 O
75 O
75 O
72 O
, O
Stephen I-PER
McAllister I-PER
73 O
76 O
69 O
74 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SLOVAKIA I-LOC
BEAT O
FAROES I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

TOFTIR I-LOC
, O
Faroe I-LOC
Islands I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Slovakia I-LOC
beat O
the O
Faroe I-LOC
Islands I-LOC
2-1 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O
in O
their O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
six O
qualifying O
match O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Faroe I-LOC
Islands I-LOC
- O
Jan I-PER
Allan I-PER
Mueller I-PER
( O
60th O
minute O
) O

Slovakia I-LOC
- O
Lubomir I-PER
Moravcik I-PER
( O
13th O
) O
, O
Peter I-PER
Dubovsky I-PER
( O
88th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
1,445 O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLAND I-LOC
BEAT O
PAKISTAN I-LOC
BY O
107 O
RUNS O
IN O
SECOND O
ONE-DAYER O
. O

BIRMINGHAM I-LOC
, O
England I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

England I-LOC
beat O
Pakistan I-LOC
by O
107 O
runs O
in O
the O
second O
one-day O
international O
at O
Edgbaston I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
to O
take O
the O
series O
2-0 O
. O

Scores O
: O
England I-LOC
292-8 O
innings O
closed O
( O
N. I-PER
Knight I-PER
113 O
) O
, O
Pakistan I-LOC
185 O
( O
Ijaz I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
79 O
; O
A. I-PER
Hollioake I-PER
4-23 O
) O

CYCLING O
- O
TOUR I-MISC
OF I-MISC
NETHERLANDS I-MISC
FINAL O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

LANDGRAAF I-LOC
, O
Netherlands I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Leading O
results O
of O

the O
205-km O
sixth O
and O
final O
stage O
of O
the O
Tour I-MISC
of I-MISC
the I-MISC
Netherlands I-MISC

between O
Roermond I-LOC
and O
Landgraaf I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
: O

1. O
Olaf I-PER
Ludwig I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
Telekom I-ORG
4 O
hours O
48 O
mins O
2 O
seconds O

2. O
Giovanni I-PER
Lombardi I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
Polti I-ORG
5 O
seconds O
behind O

3. O
Tristan I-PER
Hoffman I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
TVM I-ORG
same O
time O

4. O
Erik I-PER
Breukink I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
Rabobank I-ORG
8 O
seconds O

5. O
Jesper I-PER
Skibby I-PER
( O
Denmark I-LOC
) O
TVM I-ORG
9 O

6. O
Vyacheslav I-PER
Ekimov I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
Rabobank I-ORG
same O
time O

7. O
Luca I-PER
Pavanello I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
Aki I-PER
11 O

8. O
Eleuterio I-PER
Anguita I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
MX I-ORG
Onda I-ORG

9. O
Michael I-PER
Andersson I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
Telekom I-ORG

10. O
Johan I-PER
Capiot I-PER
( O
Belgium I-LOC
) O
Collstrop I-ORG
all O
same O
time O

Final O
overall O
placings O
( O
after O
six O
stages O
) O
: O

1. O
Rolf I-PER
Sorensen I-PER
( O
Denmark I-LOC
) O
Rabobank I-ORG
20:36:54 O

2. O
Lance I-PER
Armstrong I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
Motorola I-ORG
2 O
seconds O
behind O

3. O
Ekimov I-PER
1:7 O

4. O
Marco I-PER
Lietti I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
MG-Technogym I-ORG
1:16 O

5. O
Erik I-PER
Dekker I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
Rabobank I-ORG
1:23 O

6. O
Ludwig I-PER
1:25 O

6. O
Breukink I-PER
same O
time O

8. O
Maarten I-PER
den I-PER
Bakker I-PER
( O
Netherlands I-LOC
) O
TVM I-ORG
1:33 O

9. O
Andersson I-PER
1:34 O

10. O
Skibby I-PER
1:45 O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLAND I-LOC
V O
PAKISTAN I-LOC
ONE-DAY O
SCOREBOARD O
. O

BIRMINGHAM I-ORG
, O
England I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Scoreboard O
of O
the O
second O
one-day O
cricket O
match O
between O
England I-LOC
and O
Pakistan I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
: O

England I-LOC

N. I-PER
Knight I-PER
st O
Moin I-PER
Khan I-PER
b O
Saqlain I-PER
Mushtaq I-PER
113 O

A. I-PER
Stewart I-PER
b O
Mushtaq I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
46 O

M. I-PER
Atherton I-PER
lbw O
b O
Mushtaq I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
1 O

G. I-PER
Thorpe I-PER
lbw O
b O
Ata-ur-Rehman I-PER
21 O

M. I-PER
Maynard I-PER
run O
out O
1 O

R. I-PER
Irani I-PER
not O
out O
45 O

A. I-PER
Hollioake I-PER
run O
out O
15 O

D. I-PER
Gough I-PER
run O
out O
0 O

R. I-PER
Croft I-PER
b O
Waqar I-PER
Younis I-PER
15 O

D. I-PER
Headley I-PER
not O
out O
3 O

Extras O
( O
lb-25 O
w-4 O
nb-3 O
) O
32 O

Total O
( O
for O
8 O
wickets O
, O
innings O
closed O
) O
292 O

Fall O
: O
1-103 O
2-105 O
3-163 O
4-168 O
5-221 O
6-257 O
7-257 O
8-286 O
. O

Did O
Not O
Bat O
: O
A. I-PER
Mullally I-PER
. O

Bowling O
: O
Wasim I-PER
Akram I-PER
10-0-50-0 O
, O
Waqar I-PER
Younis I-PER
9-0-54-1 O
, O

Ata-ur-Rehman I-PER
6-0-40-1 O
, O
Saqlain I-PER
Mushtaq I-PER
10-0-59-1 O
, O
Mushtaq I-PER
Ahmed I-PER

10-0-33-2 O
, O
Aamir I-PER
Sohail I-PER
5-0-31-0 O
. O

pakistan O

Saeed I-PER
Anwar I-PER
c O
Stewart I-PER
b O
Gough I-PER
33 O

Aamir I-PER
Sohail I-PER
c O
Croft I-PER
b O
Gough I-PER
0 O

Moin I-PER
Khan I-PER
lbw O
b O
Mullally I-PER
0 O

Ijaz I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
b O
Croft I-PER
79 O

Inzamam-ul-Haq I-PER
c O
Thorpe I-PER
b O
Croft I-PER
6 O

Salim I-PER
Malik I-PER
c O
Stewart I-PER
b O
Hollioake I-PER
23 O

Wasim I-PER
Akram I-PER
c O
Knight I-PER
b O
Hollioake I-PER
21 O

Mushtaq I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
not O
out O
14 O

Saqlain I-PER
Mushtaq I-PER
b O
Hollioake I-PER
0 O

Waqar I-PER
Younis I-PER
lbw O
b O
Gough I-PER
4 O

Ata-ur-Rehman I-PER
c O
Knight I-PER
b O
Hollioake I-PER
2 O

Extras O
( O
lb-2 O
nb-1 O
) O
3 O

Total O
( O
37.5 O
overs O
) O
185 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-1 O
2-6 O
3-54 O
4-104 O
5-137 O
6-164 O
7-164 O
8-168 O

9-177 O
. O

Bowling O
: O
Gough I-PER
8-0-39-3 O
, O
Mullally I-PER
6-0-30-1 O
, O
Headley I-PER

7-0-32-0 O
, O
Irani I-PER
2-0-22-0 O
, O
Croft I-PER
8-0-37-2 O
, O
Hollioake I-PER
6.5-1-23-4 O
. O

CYCLING O
- O
WORLD O
TRACK O
CHAMPIONSHIP O
RESULTS O
. O

MANCHESTER I-LOC
, O
England I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
at O
the O
world O

track O
cycling O
championships O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Women O
's O
3,000 O
metres O
individual O
pursuit O
qualifying O
round O

( O
fastest O
eight O
to O
quarter O
finals O
) O
: O

1. O
Antonella I-PER
Bellutti I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
3:31.526 O
( O
world O
record O
) O

2. O
Marion I-PER
Clignet I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
3:31.674 O

3. O
Lucy I-PER
Tyler-Sharman I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
3:31.830 O

4. O
Yvonne I-PER
McGregor I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
3:41.823 O

5. O
Natalia I-PER
Karimova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
3:45.061 O

6. O
Svetlana I-PER
Samokhalova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
3:46.216 O

7 O
Jane I-PER
Quigley I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
3:46.493 O

8. O
Rasa I-PER
Mazeikyte I-PER
( O
Lithuania I-LOC
) O
3:46.834 O

9. O
Tatian I-PER
Stiajkina I-PER
( O
Ukraine I-LOC
) O
3:52.204 O

World O
4,000 O
metres O
team O
pursuit O
semifinals O
: O

Italy I-LOC
( O
Adler I-PER
Capelli I-PER
, O
Cristiano I-PER
Citto I-PER
, O
Andrea I-PER
Collinelli I-PER
, O
Mauro I-PER
Trentino I-PER
) O
4:00.958 O
( O
world O
record O
) O
beat O
Russia I-LOC
( O
Anton I-PER
Chantyr I-PER
, O
Edouard I-PER
Gritsoun I-PER
, O
Nikolai I-PER
Kouznetsov I-PER
) O
4:06.534 O
. O

France I-LOC
( O
Cyril I-PER
Bos I-PER
, O
Philippe I-PER
Ermenault I-PER
, O
Jean-Michel I-PER
Monin I-PER
, O
Francis I-PER
Moreau I-PER
) O
4:05.104 O
beat O
Germany I-LOC
( O
Guido I-PER
Fulst I-PER
, O
Danilo I-PER
Hondo I-PER
, O
Thorsten I-PER
Rund I-PER
, O
Heiko I-PER
Szonn I-PER
) O
4:05.463 O

Germany I-LOC
take O
the O
bronze O
medal O
as O
fastest O
losing O
semifinalist O
. O

Women O
's O
world O
500 O
metres O
time O
trial O
final O
: O

1. O
Felicia I-PER
Ballanger I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
34.829 O

2. O
Annett I-PER
Neumann I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
35.202 O

3. O
Michelle I-PER
Ferris I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
35.694 O

4. O
Magali I-PER
Faure I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
35.888 O

5. O
Olga I-PER
Slioussareva I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
36.170 O

6. O
Oksana I-PER
Grichina I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
36.242 O

7. O
Tanya I-PER
Dubnicoff I-PER
( O
Canada I-LOC
) O
36.307 O

8. O
Kathrin I-PER
Freitag I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
36.491 O

9. O
Donna I-PER
Wynd I-PER
( O
New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
) O
36.831 O

10. O
Mira I-PER
Kasslin I-PER
( O
Finland I-LOC
) O
37.273 O

11. O
Wendy I-PER
Everson I-PER
( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
37.624 O

12. O
Giovanna I-PER
Troldi I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
38.285 O

13. O
Rita I-PER
Razmaite I-PER
( O
Lithuania I-LOC
) O
38.546 O

World O
4,000 O
metres O
team O
pursuit O
championship O
final O
: O

Italy I-LOC
( O
Adler I-PER
Capelli I-PER
, O
Cristiano I-PER
Citto I-PER
, O
Andrea I-PER
Collinelli I-PER
, O
Mauro I-PER
Trentino I-PER
) O
4:02.752 O
beat O
France I-LOC
( O
Cyril I-PER
Bos I-PER
, O
Philippe I-PER
Ermenault I-PER
, O
Jean-Michel I-PER
Monin I-PER
, O
Francis I-PER
Moreau I-PER
) O
4:04.539 O

World O
sprint O
championship O
quarter O
finals O
( O
best O
of O
three O

matches O
) O

Florian I-PER
Rousseau I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
beat O
Ainars I-PER
Kiksis I-PER
( O
Latvia I-LOC
) O
2-0 O

Darryn I-PER
Hill I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
beat O
Christian I-PER
Arrue I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
2-0 O

Roberto I-PER
Chiappa I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
beat O
Frederic I-PER
Magne I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
2-0 O

Marty I-PER
Nothstein I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
beat O
Pavel I-PER
Buran I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
2-0 O

Women O
's O
world O
3,000 O
metres O
individual O
pursuit O
championship O

quarter-finals O
: O

Marion I-PER
Clignet I-PER
( O
France I-LOC
) O
3:30.974 O
( O
World O
Record O
) O
beat O
Jane I-PER

Quigley I-PER
( O
USA I-LOC
) O
3:42.852 O

Natalia I-PER
Karimova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
3:40.036 O
beat O
Yvonne I-PER
McGregor I-PER

( O
Britain I-LOC
) O
3:43.078 O

Lucy I-PER
Tyler-Sharman I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
3:35.087 O
beat O
Svetlana I-PER

Samokhvalova I-PER
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
3:45.011 O

Antonella I-PER
Bellutti I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
3:32.174 O
caught O
and O
eliminated O
Rasa I-PER

Mazeikyte I-PER
( O
Lithuania I-LOC
) O

CRICKET O
- O
PAKISTAN I-LOC
WIN O
TOSS O
, O
PUT O
ENGLAND I-LOC
IN O
TO O
BAT O
. O

BIRMINGHAM I-LOC
, O
England I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Pakistan I-LOC
won O
the O
toss O
and O
put O
England I-LOC
in O
to O
bat O
in O
the O
second O
limited O
overs O
cricket O
international O
at O
Edgbaston I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

Surrey I-ORG
all-rounder O
Adam I-PER
Hollioake I-PER
was O
making O
his O
England I-LOC
debut O
, O
replacing O
Lancashire I-ORG
batsman O
Graham I-PER
Lloyd I-PER
, O
with O
seamer O
Peter I-PER
Martin I-PER
again O
being O
omitted O
from O
the O
13 O
. O

Pakistan I-LOC
kept O
the O
side O
who O
lost O
to O
England I-LOC
by O
five O
wickets O
at O
Old I-LOC
Trafford I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
in O
the O
first O
of O
the O
three O
one-day O
matches O
. O

Teams O
: O

England I-LOC
: O
Mike I-PER
Atherton I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Nick I-PER
Knight I-PER
, O
Alec I-PER
Stewart I-PER
, O
Graham I-PER
Thorpe I-PER
, O
Matthew I-PER
Maynard I-PER
, O
Adam I-PER
Hollioake I-PER
, O
Ronnie I-PER
Irani I-PER
, O
Robert I-PER
Croft I-PER
, O
Darren I-PER
Gough I-PER
, O
Dean I-PER
Headley I-PER
, O
Alan I-PER
Mullally I-PER
. O

Pakistan I-LOC
: O
Aamir I-PER
Sohail I-PER
, O
Saeed I-PER
Anwar I-PER
, O
Ijaz I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
, O
Salim I-PER
Malik I-PER
, O
Inzamam-ul-Haq I-PER
, O
Wasim I-PER
Akram I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Moin I-PER
Khan I-PER
, O
Saqlain I-PER
Mushtaq I-PER
, O
Mushtaq I-PER
Ahmed I-PER
, O
Waqar I-PER
Younis I-PER
, O
Ata-ur-Rehman I-PER
. O

BASEBALL O
- O
GONZALEZ I-PER
HOMERS O
TWICE O
AS O
RANGERS I-ORG
BEAT O
INDIANS I-ORG
. O

ARLINGTON I-LOC
, O
Texas I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Juan I-PER
Gonzalez I-PER
homered O
twice O
and O
Ivan I-PER
Rodriguez I-PER
added O
a O
two-run O
shot O
as O
the O
Texas I-ORG
Rangers I-ORG
defeated O
the O
Cleveland I-ORG
Indians I-ORG
5-3 O
in O
a O
matchup O
of O
division O
leaders O
Friday O
. O

Rodriguez I-PER
's O
18th O
homer O
, O
off O
Chad I-PER
Ogea I-PER
( O
7-5 O
) O
in O
the O
first O
, O
gave O
Texas I-LOC
a O
2-0 O
lead O
. O

One O
out O
later O
, O
Gonzalez I-PER
smacked O
his O
40th O
homer O
, O
extending O
his O
hitting O
streak O
to O
20 O
games O
. O

Gonzalez I-PER
, O
who O
hit O
in O
21 O
straight O
games O
earlier O
this O
season O
, O
joined O
Mickey I-PER
Rivers I-PER
as O
the O
only O
players O
in O
Texas I-LOC
history O
with O
two O
20-game O
streaks O
in O
the O
same O
year O
. O

Gonzalez I-PER
hit O
his O
second O
homer O
in O
the O
third O
for O
his O
fifth O
multi-homer O
game O
of O
the O
season O
. O

Gonzalez I-PER
has O
three O
40-homer O
seasons O
and O
his O
121 O
RBI I-MISC
broke O
Ruben I-PER
Sierra I-PER
's O
team O
record O
of O
119 O
set O
in O
1989 O
. O

The O
Indians I-MISC
had O
their O
four-game O
winning O
streak O
stopped O
. O

" O
It O
's O
not O
something O
I O
'm O
going O
to O
try O
to O
explain O
, O
" O
said O
Texas I-LOC
manager O
Johnny I-PER
Oates I-PER
about O
his O
team O
winning O
seven O
of O
the O
10 O
meetings O
from O
Cleveland I-ORG
this O
season O
. O

" O
We O
've O
got O
two O
more O
regular O
season O
games O
against O
them O
and O
we O
might O
get O
lucky O
enough O
or O
unlucky O
enough O
to O
play O
them O
in O
the O
post-season O
. O
" O

Roger I-PER
Pavlik I-PER
( O
15-7 O
) O
gave O
up O
three O
runs O
and O
seven O
hits O
in O
6 O
1/3 O
innings O
and O
became O
the O
fourth O
15-game O
winner O
in O
the O
American I-MISC
League I-MISC
. O

Jeff I-PER
Russell I-PER
pitched O
two O
perfect O
innings O
for O
his O
third O
save O
. O

Brian I-PER
Giles I-PER
and O
Jim I-PER
Thome I-PER
homered O
for O
Cleveland I-ORG
. O

Cleveland I-ORG
's O
lead O
over O
the O
White I-ORG
Sox I-ORG
in O
the O
American I-MISC
League I-MISC
Central I-MISC
dropped O
to O
nine O
games O
. O

Texas I-ORG
's O
lead O
over O
Seattle I-ORG
in O
the O
West I-LOC
increased O
to O
six O
. O

At O
California I-LOC
, O
Tino I-PER
Martinez I-PER
's O
two-run O
homer O
keyed O
a O
three-run O
first O
and O
Andy I-PER
Pettitte I-PER
became O
the O
league O
's O
first O
19-game O
winner O
as O
the O
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
Yankees I-ORG
beat O
the O
Angels I-ORG
6-2 O
. O

New I-LOC
York I-LOC
snapped O
a O
season-high O
five-game O
losing O
streak O
and O
also O
got O
homers O
from O
Mariano I-PER
Duncan I-PER
, O
Darryl I-PER
Strawberry I-PER
and O
Jim I-PER
Leyritz I-PER
. O

Pettite I-PER
( O
19-7 O
) O
allowed O
two O
runs O
and O
eight O
hits O
over O
eight O
innings O
with O
a O
walk O
and O
seven O
strikeouts O
. O

He O
improved O
to O
12-2 O
following O
Yankees I-ORG
' O
losses O
. O

Mariano I-PER
Rivera I-PER
pitched O
a O
scoreless O
ninth O
, O
striking O
out O
two O
. O

Ex-Yankee O
Randy I-PER
Velarde I-PER
hit O
his O
11th O
homer O
, O
his O
most O
at O
any O
professional O
level O
. O

In O
Seattle I-LOC
, O
Pete I-PER
Incaviglia I-PER
's O
grand O
slam O
with O
one O
out O
in O
the O
sixth O
snapped O
a O
tie O
and O
lifted O
the O
Baltimore I-ORG
Orioles I-ORG
past O
the O
Seattle I-ORG
Mariners I-ORG
, O
5-2 O
. O

It O
was O
Incaviglia I-PER
's O
sixth O
grand O
slam O
and O
200th O
homer O
of O
his O
career O
. O

Baltimore I-ORG
's O
Eddie I-PER
Murray I-PER
cracked O
his O
20th O
homer O
of O
the O
season O
and O
499th O
of O
his O
career O
. O

Jay I-PER
Buhner I-PER
hit O
his O
38th O
homer O
and O
Edgar I-PER
Martinez I-PER
his O
23rd O
for O
Seattle I-ORG
. O

The O
Orioles I-ORG
remained O
tied O
with O
the O
White I-ORG
Sox I-ORG
for O
the O
American I-MISC
League I-MISC
wild O
card O
with O
the O
Mariners I-ORG
a O
game O
back O
. O

In O
Toronto I-LOC
, O
Kevin I-PER
Tapani I-PER
( O
12-8 O
) O
allowed O
two O
runs O
and O
six O
hits O
over O
7 O
1/3 O
innings O
and O
Frank I-PER
Thomas I-PER
hit O
his O
29th O
homer O
and O
drove O
in O
three O
runs O
as O
the O
Chicago I-ORG
White I-ORG
Sox I-ORG
cruised O
to O
an O
11-2 O
victory O
over O
the O
Blue I-ORG
Jays I-ORG
. O

Thomas I-PER
, O
Harold I-PER
Baines I-PER
and O
Robin I-PER
Ventura I-PER
each O
collected O
three O
hits O
. O

Baines I-PER
homered O
and O
scored O
three O
runs O
. O

Danny I-PER
Tartabull I-PER
added O
two O
hits O
and O
three O
RBI I-MISC
as O
all O
Chicago I-LOC
starters O
got O
at O
least O
one O
hit O
. O

In O
Oakland I-LOC
, O
Dave I-PER
Telgheder I-PER
scattered O
seven O
hits O
over O
eight O
innings O
and O
Mark I-PER
McGwire I-PER
hit O
his O
major-league O
leading O
45th O
homer O
and O
drove O
in O
three O
runs O
as O
the O
Athetlics I-ORG
blanked O
the O
Boston I-ORG
Red I-ORG
Sox I-ORG
7-0 O
. O

Telgheder I-PER
( O
2-5 O
) O
snapped O
a O
personal O
three-game O
losing O
streak O
. O

Buddy I-PER
Groom I-PER
pitched O
a O
perfect O
ninth O
inning O
. O

McGwire I-PER
singled O
home O
a O
run O
to O
spark O
a O
three-run O
sixth O
and O
capped O
the O
scoring O
with O
a O
two-run O
homer O
in O
the O
seventh O
. O

The O
loss O
was O
Boston I-ORG
's O
seventh O
in O
its O
last O
29 O
games O
. O

In O
Detroit I-LOC
, O
Todd I-PER
Van I-PER
Poppel I-PER
pitched O
a O
five-hitter O
for O
his O
first O
career O
shutout O
and O
Tony I-PER
Clark I-PER
homered O
to O
cap O
a O
four-run O
first O
inning O
as O
the O
Tigers I-ORG
blanked O
the O
Kansas I-ORG
City I-ORG
Royals I-ORG
4-0 O
. O

Van I-PER
Poppel I-PER
( O
3-6 O
) O
walked O
two O
and O
struck O
out O
two O
in O
defeating O
the O
Royals I-ORG
for O
the O
second O
time O
this O
week O
. O

He O
threw O
108 O
pitches O
as O
he O
lowered O
his O
ERA I-MISC
from O
8.08 O
to O
7.24 O
. O

Kansas I-LOC
City I-LOC
has O
scored O
only O
one O
run O
in O
two O
games O
. O

In O
Milwaukee I-LOC
, O
Marc I-PER
Newfield I-PER
homered O
off O
Jose I-PER
Parra I-PER
( O
5-4 O
) O
leading O
off O
the O
bottom O
of O
the O
12th O
as O
the O
Brewers I-ORG
rallied O
for O
a O
5-4 O
victory O
over O
the O
Minnesota I-ORG
Twins I-ORG
. O

Milwaukee I-ORG
has O
won O
10 O
of O
its O
last O
15 O
. O

Bob I-PER
Wickman I-PER
( O
6-1 O
) O
pitched O
2 O
2/3 O
hitless O
innings O
for O
the O
win O
, O
his O
second O
for O
the O
Brewers I-ORG
. O

Matt I-PER
Lawton I-PER
hit O
a O
three-run O
homer O
off O
closer O
Mike I-PER
Fetters I-PER
with O
one O
out O
in O
the O
ninth O
to O
give O
Minnesota I-ORG
a O
4-2 O
lead O
. O

But O
Milwaukee I-ORG
tied O
it O
up O
in O
the O
bottom O
of O
the O
ninth O
on O
pinch-hitter O
Dave I-PER
Nilsson I-PER
's O
two-run O
double O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
ESSEX I-ORG
AND O
KENT I-ORG
MADE O
TO O
SWEAT O
IN O
TITLE O
RACE O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Essex I-ORG
and O
Kent I-ORG
both O
face O
tense O
finishes O
on O
Monday O
as O
they O
attempt O
to O
keep O
pace O
with O
title O
hopefuls O
Derbyshire I-ORG
and O
Surrey I-ORG
, O
convincing O
three-day O
victors O
on O
Saturday O
, O
in O
the O
English I-MISC
county O
championship O
run-in O
. O

Essex I-ORG
need O
another O
148 O
with O
five O
wickets O
in O
hand O
to O
beat O
Yorkshire I-ORG
after O
a O
maiden O
first-class O
century O
from O
Richard I-PER
Kettleborough I-PER
transformed O
a O
match O
which O
his O
side O
had O
seemed O
certain O
to O
lose O
. O

Kent I-ORG
will O
also O
need O
to O
keep O
their O
nerve O
against O
struggling O
Nottinghamshire I-ORG
who O
will O
enter O
the O
final O
day O
137 O
ahead O
with O
four O
wickets O
left O
in O
a O
relatively O
low-scoring O
match O
at O
Tunbridge I-LOC
Wells I-LOC
. O

Derbyshire I-ORG
, O
nine-wicket O
winners O
over O
Worcestershire I-ORG
, O
and O
Surrey I-ORG
, O
who O
thrashed O
Warwickshire I-ORG
by O
an O
innings O
and O
164 O
runs O
, O
can O
instead O
take O
the O
day O
off O
along O
with O
rivals O
Leicestershire I-ORG
, O
who O
beat O
Somerset I-ORG
inside O
two O
days O
. O

Warwickshire I-ORG
captain O
Tim I-PER
Munton I-PER
is O
tipping O
Surrey I-ORG
to O
emerge O
on O
top O
, O
impressed O
by O
the O
positive O
influence O
of O
Australian I-MISC
coach O
Dave I-PER
Gilbert I-PER
, O
but O
Derbyshire I-ORG
's O
Australian I-MISC
captain O
Dean I-PER
Jones I-PER
is O
conceding O
nothing O
as O
his O
side O
chase O
their O
first O
title O
for O
60 O
years O
. O

" O
We O
took O
three O
absolutely O
brilliant O
catches O
in O
this O
match O
and O
our O
catching O
all O
season O
has O
been O
pretty O
impressive O
. O

Our O
catching O
will O
win O
or O
lose O
us O
the O
championship O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

GOLF O
- O
LEADING O
MONEY O
WINNERS O
ON O
EUROPEAN I-MISC
TOUR I-MISC
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Leading O
money O
winners O
on O
the O

European I-MISC
Tour I-MISC
after O
the O
British I-MISC
Masters I-MISC
won O
by O
Robert I-PER
Allenby I-PER
on O

Saturday O
( O
British I-MISC
unless O
stated O
) O
: O

1. O
Ian I-PER
Woosnam I-PER
510,258 O
pounds O
sterling O

2. O
Colin I-PER
Montgomerie I-PER
442,201 O

3. O
Robert I-PER
Allenby I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
407,748 O

4. O
Lee I-PER
Westwood I-PER
301,972 O

5. O
Costantino I-PER
Rocca I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
297,157 O

6. O
Mark I-PER
McNulty I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe I-LOC
) O
254,247 O

7. O
Andrew I-PER
Coltart I-PER
248,142 O

8. O
Wayne I-PER
Riley I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
239,733 O

9. O
Raymond I-PER
Russell I-PER
234,330 O

10. O
Paul I-PER
Lawrie I-PER
211,420 O

11. O
Stephen I-PER
Ames I-PER
( O
Trinidad I-LOC
) O
211,175 O

12. O
Frank I-PER
Nobilo I-PER
( O
New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
) O
209,412 O

13. O
Paul I-PER
McGinley I-PER
( O
Ireland I-LOC
) O
208,978 O

14. O
Padraig I-PER
Harrington I-PER
( O
Ireland I-LOC
) O
202,593 O

15. O
Retief I-PER
Goosen I-PER
( O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
195,283 O

16. O
Miguel I-PER
Angel I-PER
Jimenez I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
184,180 O

17. O
Peter I-PER
Mitchell I-PER
183,704 O

18. O
Miguel I-PER
Angel I-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
Spain I-LOC
) O
182,533 O

19. O
Jonathan I-PER
Lomas I-PER
181,005 O

20. O
Paul I-PER
Broadhurst I-PER
176,780 O

RUGBY I-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
ENGLISH I-MISC
, O
SCOTTISH I-MISC
AND O
WELSH I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
English I-MISC
, O
Scottish I-MISC
and O

Welsh I-MISC
rugby O
union O
matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

English I-MISC
National I-MISC
League I-MISC
one O

Harlequins I-ORG
75 O
Gloucester I-ORG
19 O

London I-ORG
Irish I-ORG
27 O
Bristol I-ORG
28 O

Northampton I-ORG
46 O
West I-ORG
Hartlepool I-ORG
20 O

Orrell I-ORG
13 O
Bath I-ORG
56 O

Sale I-ORG
31 O
Wasps I-ORG
33 O

Saracens I-ORG
25 O
Leicester I-ORG
23 O

Welsh I-MISC
division O
one O

Bridgend I-ORG
13 O
Llanelli I-ORG
9 O

Dunvant I-ORG
21 O
Ebbw I-ORG
Vale I-ORG
10 O

Treorchy I-ORG
17 O
Newbridge I-ORG
23 O

Newport I-ORG
29 O
Caerphilly I-ORG
10 O

Swansea I-ORG
49 O
Cardiff I-ORG
23 O

Scottish I-MISC
premier O
league O
division O
one O

Boroughmuir I-ORG
20 O
Hawick I-ORG
23 O

Currie I-ORG
45 O
Heriot I-ORG
's I-ORG
F.P. I-ORG
5 O

Jed-Forest I-ORG
17 O
Watsonians I-ORG
54 O

Melrose I-ORG
107 O
Stirling I-ORG
County O
10 O

SOCCER O
- O
WALES I-LOC
BEAT O
SAN I-LOC
MARINO I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

CARDIFF I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Wales I-LOC
beat O
San I-LOC
Marino I-LOC
6-0 O
( O
halftime O
4-0 O
) O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
7 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O
Dean I-PER
Saunders I-PER
( O
2nd O
minute O
, O
75th O
) O
, O
Mark I-PER
Hughes I-PER
( O
25th O
, O
54th O
) O
, O
Andy I-PER
Melville I-PER
( O
33rd O
) O
, O
John I-PER
Robinson I-PER
( O
45th O
) O
. O

Attendance O
: O
15,150 O

SOCCER O
- O
UKRAINE I-LOC
BEAT O
NORTHERN I-LOC
IRELAND I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

BELFAST I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Ukraine I-LOC
beat O
Northern I-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
1-0 O
( O
halftime O
0-0 O
) O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
nine O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorer O
: O
Sergei I-PER
Rebrov I-PER
( O
79th O
minute O
) O

Attendance O
: O
9,358 O

RUGBY I-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
LYNAGH I-PER
SEALS O
VICTORY O
OVER O
DWYER I-ORG
AND O
LEICESTER I-ORG
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Former O
Wallaby I-ORG
captain O
Michael I-PER
Lynagh I-PER
began O
his O
career O
in O
English I-MISC
club O
rugby O
in O
impeccable O
fashion O
on O
Saturday O
to O
frustrate O
his O
old O
coach O
Bob I-PER
Dwyer I-PER
on O
his O
league O
coaching O
debut O
with O
Leicester I-LOC
. O

Lynagh I-PER
kicked O
five O
penalties O
and O
a O
conversion O
from O
his O
six O
attempts O
at O
goal O
to O
steer O
his O
multi-national O
Saracens I-ORG
side O
to O
a O
25-23 O
home O
win O
and O
offer O
millionaire O
backer O
Nigel I-PER
Wray I-PER
an O
early O
return O
on O
his O
big O
investment O
in O
the O
north O
London I-LOC
club O
. O

French I-MISC
centre O
Philippe I-PER
Sella I-PER
also O
enjoyed O
a O
good O
game O
alongside O
Lynagh I-PER
, O
although O
the O
home O
team O
scored O
only O
one O
try O
through O
England I-LOC
scrum-half O
Kyran I-PER
Bracken I-PER
. O

The O
new O
French I-MISC
connection O
at O
Harlequins I-LOC
also O
made O
a O
good O
start O
, O
Laurent I-PER
Cabannes I-PER
and O
Laurent I-PER
Benezech I-PER
scoring O
a O
try O
apiece O
in O
their O
side O
's O
75-19 O
victory O
over O
Gloucester I-ORG
. O

Former O
England I-LOC
captain O
Will I-PER
Carling I-PER
, O
handed O
the O
kicking O
duties O
, O
finished O
with O
20 O
points O
. O

With O
the O
first O
day O
of O
the O
league O
season O
briefly O
shifting O
the O
spotlight O
away O
from O
the O
discord O
between O
the O
clubs O
and O
the O
Rugby I-ORG
Football I-ORG
Union I-ORG
, O
there O
were O
also O
emphatic O
victories O
for O
champions O
Bath I-ORG
, O
56-13 O
winners O
over O
Orrell I-ORG
, O
and O
Northampton I-ORG
and O
narrow O
successes O
for O
Wasps I-ORG
and O
Bristol I-ORG
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SCOTTISH I-MISC
LEAGUE O
STANDINGS O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Scottish I-MISC
league O
standings O
after O

Saturday O
's O
matches O
( O
tabulated O
- O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O

for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Division O
one O

Greenock I-ORG
Morton I-ORG
3 O
2 O
0 O
1 O
5 O
2 O
6 O

Dundee I-ORG
3 O
1 O
2 O
0 O
3 O
2 O
5 O

St I-ORG
Johnstone I-ORG
2 O
1 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
0 O
4 O

St I-ORG
Mirren I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
5 O
4 O
4 O

Airdrieonians I-ORG
2 O
1 O
1 O
0 O
1 O
0 O
4 O

Falkirk I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
4 O

Clydebank I-ORG
2 O
1 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
3 O

Partick I-ORG
3 O
0 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
2 O

Stirling I-ORG
3 O
0 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
1 O

East I-ORG
Fife I-ORG
2 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
0 O
4 O
1 O

Division O
two O

Livingston I-ORG
3 O
3 O
0 O
0 O
6 O
2 O
9 O

Queen I-ORG
of I-ORG
South I-ORG
3 O
2 O
0 O
1 O
5 O
4 O
6 O

Ayr I-ORG
3 O
1 O
2 O
0 O
8 O
2 O
5 O

Stenhousemuir I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
6 O
1 O
4 O

Hamilton I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
2 O
4 O

Stranraer I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
3 O
4 O

Brechin I-ORG
3 O
0 O
3 O
0 O
2 O
2 O
3 O

Clyde I-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
2 O
2 O
5 O
3 O

Dumbarton I-ORG
3 O
0 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
4 O
2 O

Berwick I-ORG
3 O
0 O
0 O
3 O
1 O
14 O
0 O

Division O
three O

Albion I-ORG
3 O
3 O
0 O
0 O
5 O
0 O
9 O

Forfar I-ORG
3 O
2 O
0 O
1 O
7 O
4 O
6 O

Cowdenbeath I-ORG
3 O
2 O
0 O
1 O
4 O
3 O
6 O

Arbroath I-ORG
3 O
1 O
2 O
0 O
4 O
2 O
5 O

Alloa I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
3 O
4 O

Queen I-ORG
's I-ORG
Park I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
6 O
8 O
4 O

Montrose I-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
2 O
3 O
4 O
3 O

Inverness I-ORG
Thistle I-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
2 O
3 O
6 O
3 O

East I-ORG
Stirling I-ORG
3 O
0 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
4 O
2 O

Ross I-ORG
County I-ORG
3 O
0 O
0 O
3 O
3 O
7 O
0 O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISH I-MISC
LEAGUE O
STANDINGS O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

English I-MISC
soccer O
league O
standings O

after O
Saturday O
's O
matches O
( O
tabulated O
- O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O

goals O
for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Division O
one O

Stoke I-ORG
4 O
3 O
1 O
0 O
7 O
4 O
10 O

Barnsley I-ORG
3 O
3 O
0 O
0 O
8 O
2 O
9 O

Norwich I-ORG
4 O
3 O
0 O
1 O
5 O
3 O
9 O

Tranmere I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
6 O
4 O
7 O

Bolton I-ORG
3 O
2 O
1 O
0 O
5 O
2 O
7 O

Queens I-ORG
Park I-ORG
Rangers I-ORG
3 O
2 O
1 O
0 O
5 O
3 O
7 O

Wolverhampton I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
5 O
3 O
7 O

Swindon I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
5 O
4 O
7 O

Bradford I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
4 O
3 O
6 O

Portsmouth I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
4 O
5 O
6 O

Ipswich I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
9 O
7 O
5 O

Crystal I-ORG
Palace I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
4 O
3 O
5 O

Port I-ORG
Vale I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
4 O
4 O
5 O

Birmingham I-ORG
2 O
1 O
1 O
0 O
5 O
4 O
4 O

Reading I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
5 O
10 O
4 O

Huddersfield I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
4 O
4 O
4 O

Oxford I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
6 O
5 O
3 O

Manchester I-ORG
City I-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
2 O
2 O
3 O
3 O

West I-ORG
Bromwich I-ORG
3 O
0 O
2 O
1 O
2 O
3 O
2 O

Oldham I-ORG
4 O
0 O
1 O
3 O
5 O
9 O
1 O

Sheffield I-ORG
United I-ORG
2 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
4 O
5 O
1 O

Grimsby I-ORG
4 O
0 O
1 O
3 O
4 O
8 O
1 O

Southend I-ORG
4 O
0 O
1 O
3 O
2 O
10 O
1 O

Charlton I-ORG
2 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
1 O

Division O
two O

Plymouth I-ORG
4 O
3 O
1 O
0 O
10 O
6 O
10 O

Brentford I-ORG
4 O
3 O
1 O
0 O
9 O
3 O
10 O

Bury I-ORG
4 O
3 O
1 O
0 O
8 O
2 O
10 O

Chesterfield I-ORG
4 O
3 O
0 O
1 O
4 O
2 O
9 O

Millwall I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
7 O
5 O
7 O

Shrewsbury I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
6 O
6 O
7 O

Blackpool I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
2 O
7 O

York I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
6 O
6 O
6 O

Burnley I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
6 O
7 O
6 O

Bournemouth I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
5 O
5 O
6 O

Watford I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
4 O
5 O
6 O

Bristol I-ORG
Rovers I-ORG
3 O
1 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
1 O
5 O

Peterborough I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
4 O
4 O
4 O

Preston I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
4 O
5 O
4 O

Crewe I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
4 O
6 O
4 O

Gillingham I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
4 O
6 O
4 O

Notts I-ORG
County I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
2 O
4 O

Bristol I-ORG
City I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
7 O
8 O
3 O

Luton I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
4 O
10 O
3 O

Wycombe I-ORG
4 O
0 O
3 O
1 O
2 O
3 O
3 O

Wrexham I-ORG
2 O
0 O
2 O
0 O
5 O
5 O
2 O

Stockport I-ORG
4 O
0 O
2 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
2 O

Rotherham I-ORG
4 O
0 O
1 O
3 O
3 O
6 O
1 O

Walsall I-ORG
3 O
0 O
1 O
2 O
2 O
4 O
1 O

Division O
three O

Wigan I-ORG
4 O
3 O
1 O
0 O
9 O
4 O
10 O

Fulham I-ORG
4 O
3 O
0 O
1 O
5 O
3 O
9 O

Hull I-ORG
4 O
2 O
2 O
0 O
4 O
2 O
8 O

Hartlepool I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
6 O
5 O
7 O

Torquay I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
5 O
3 O
7 O

Cardiff I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
2 O
7 O

Scunthorpe I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
3 O
7 O

Carlisle I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
7 O

Scarborough I-ORG
4 O
1 O
3 O
0 O
5 O
3 O
6 O

Northampton I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
6 O
4 O
5 O

Lincoln I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
5 O
5 O
5 O

Barnet I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
4 O
2 O
5 O

Exeter I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
4 O
5 O
5 O

Cambridge I-ORG
United I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
4 O
5 O

Darlington I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
9 O
8 O
4 O

Chester I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
6 O
7 O
4 O

Doncaster I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
4 O
5 O
4 O

Leyton I-ORG
Orient I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
3 O
3 O
4 O

Brighton I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
3 O
6 O
4 O

Hereford I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
2 O
3 O
4 O

Swansea I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
4 O
9 O
3 O

Colchester I-ORG
4 O
0 O
3 O
1 O
2 O
4 O
3 O

Rochdale I-ORG
4 O
0 O
2 O
2 O
2 O
4 O
2 O

Mansfield I-ORG
4 O
0 O
2 O
2 O
2 O
6 O
2 O

SOCCER O
- O
SCOTTISH I-MISC
LEAGUE O
RESULTS O
. O

GLASGOW I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
Scottish I-MISC
league O

matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Division O
one O

Greenock I-ORG
Morton I-ORG
1 O
Falkirk I-ORG
0 O

Partick I-ORG
1 O
St I-ORG
Mirren I-ORG
1 O

Stirling I-ORG
1 O
Dundee I-ORG
1 O

Postponed O
: O
East I-ORG
Fife I-ORG
v O
Clydebank I-ORG
, O
St I-ORG
Johnstone I-ORG
v O

Airdrieonians I-ORG
. O

Division O
two O

Ayr I-ORG
6 O
Berwick I-ORG
0 O

Clyde I-ORG
0 O
Queen I-ORG
of I-ORG
South I-ORG
2 O

Dumbarton I-ORG
1 O
Brechin I-ORG
1 O

Livingston I-ORG
1 O
Hamilton I-ORG
0 O

Stenhousemuir I-ORG
0 O
Stranraer I-ORG
1 O

Division O
three O

Albion I-ORG
2 O
Cowdenbeath I-ORG
0 O

Arbroath I-ORG
0 O
East I-ORG
Stirling I-ORG
0 O

Inverness I-ORG
Thistle I-ORG
1 O
Alloa I-ORG
0 O

Montrose I-ORG
2 O
Ross I-ORG
County I-ORG
1 O

Queen I-ORG
's I-ORG
Park I-ORG
1 O
Forfar I-ORG
4 O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISH I-MISC
LEAGUE O
RESULTS O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
English I-MISC
soccer O
matches O

on O
Saturday O
: O

Division O
one O

Bradford I-ORG
1 O
Tranmere I-ORG
0 O

Grimsby I-ORG
0 O
Portsmouth I-ORG
1 O

Huddersfield I-ORG
1 O
Crystal I-ORG
Palace I-ORG
1 O

Norwich I-ORG
1 O
Wolverhampton I-ORG
0 O

Oldham I-ORG
3 O
Ipswich I-ORG
3 O

Port I-ORG
Vale I-ORG
2 O
Oxford I-ORG
0 O

Reading I-ORG
2 O
Stoke I-ORG
2 O

Southend I-ORG
1 O
Swindon I-ORG
3 O

Postponed O
: O
Birmingham I-ORG
v O
Barnsley I-ORG
, O
Manchester I-ORG
City I-ORG
v O
Charlton I-ORG

Playing O
Sunday O
: O
Queens I-ORG
Park I-ORG
Rangers I-ORG
v O
Bolton I-ORG

Division O
two O

Blackpool I-ORG
0 O
Wycombe I-ORG
0 O

Bournemouth I-ORG
1 O
Peterborough I-ORG
2 O

Bristol I-ORG
Rovers I-ORG
1 O
Stockport I-ORG
1 O

Bury I-ORG
4 O
Bristol I-ORG
City I-ORG
0 O

Crewe I-ORG
0 O
Watford I-ORG
2 O

Gillingham I-ORG
0 O
Chesterfield I-ORG
1 O

Luton I-ORG
1 O
Rotherham I-ORG
0 O

Millwall I-ORG
2 O
Burnley I-ORG
1 O

Notts I-ORG
County I-ORG
0 O
York I-ORG
1 O

Shrewsbury I-ORG
0 O
Brentford3 I-ORG

Postponed O
: O
Walsall I-ORG
v O
Wrexham I-ORG

Division O
three O

Brighton I-ORG
1 O
Scunthorpe I-ORG
1 O

Cambridge I-ORG
United I-ORG
0 O
Cardiff I-ORG
2 O

Colchester I-ORG
1 O
Hereford I-ORG
1 O

Doncaster I-ORG
3 O
Darlington I-ORG
2 O

Fulham I-ORG
1 O
Carlisle I-ORG
0 O

Hull I-ORG
0 O
Barnet I-ORG
0 O

Leyton I-ORG
Orient I-ORG
2 O
Hartlepool I-ORG
0 O

Mansfield I-ORG
0 O
Rochdale I-ORG
0 O

Scarborough I-ORG
1 O
Northampton I-ORG
1 O

Torquay I-ORG
2 O
Exeter I-ORG
0 O

Wigan I-ORG
4 O
Chester I-ORG
2 O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLISH I-MISC
COUNTY I-MISC
CHAMPIONSHIP I-MISC
SCORES O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
and O
close O
scores O
of O
four-day O
English I-MISC
county O
championship O
matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

At O
Portsmouth I-LOC
: O
Middlesex I-ORG
beat O
Hampshire I-ORG
by O
188 O
runs O
. O

Middlesex I-ORG
199 O
and O
426 O
, O
Hampshire I-ORG
232 O
and O
205 O
( O
A. I-PER
Fraser I-PER
5-79 O
, O
P. I-PER
Tufnell I-PER
4-39 O
) O
. O

Middlesex I-ORG
20 O
points O
, O
Hampshire I-ORG
5 O
. O

At O
Chester-le-Street I-LOC
: O
Glamorgan I-ORG
beat O
Durham I-ORG
by O
141 O
runs O
. O

Glamorgan I-ORG
259 O
and O
207 O
, O
Durham I-ORG
114 O
and O
211 O
. O

Glamorgan I-ORG
22 O
points O
, O
Durham I-ORG
4 O
. O

At O
Chesterfield I-LOC
: O
Derbyshire I-ORG
beat O
Worcestershire I-ORG
by O
nine O
wickets O
. O

Worcestershire I-ORG
238 O
and O
303 O
( O
K. I-PER
Spiring I-PER
130 O
not O
out O
, O
S. I-PER
Rhodes I-PER
57 O
; O
P. I-PER
DeFreitas I-PER
4-70 O
) O
, O
Derbyshire I-ORG
471 O
and O
71-1 O
. O

Derbyshire I-ORG
24 O
points O
, O
Worcestershire I-ORG
5 O
. O

At O
The I-LOC
Oval I-LOC
( O
London I-LOC
) O
: O
Surrey I-ORG
beat O
Warwickshire I-ORG
by O
an O
innings O
and O
164 O
runs O
. O

Warwickshire I-ORG
195 O
and O
109 O
( O
J. I-PER
Benjamin I-PER
4-17 O
, O
M. I-PER
Bicknell I-PER
4-38 O
) O
, O
Surrey I-ORG
468 O
( O
C. I-PER
Lewis I-PER
94 O
, O
M. I-PER
Butcher I-PER
70 O
, O
G. I-PER
Kersey I-PER
63 O
, O
J. I-PER
Ratcliffe I-PER
63 O
, O
D. I-PER
Bicknell I-PER
55 O
) O
. O

Surrey I-ORG
24 O
points O
, O
Warwickshire I-ORG
2 O
. O

At O
Headingley I-LOC
( O
Leeds I-LOC
) O
: O
Yorkshire I-ORG
290 O
and O
329 O
( O
R. I-PER
Kettleborough I-PER
108 O
, O
G. I-PER
Hamilton I-PER
61 O
; O
P. I-PER
Such I-PER
8-118 O
) O
, O
Essex I-ORG
372 O
and O
100-5 O
. O

At O
Hove I-LOC
: O
Sussex I-ORG
363 O
and O
144 O
, O
Lancashire I-ORG
218 O
and O
53-0 O
. O

At O
Tunbridge I-LOC
Wells I-LOC
: O
Nottinghamshire I-ORG
214 O
and O
167-6 O
( O
C. I-PER
Tolley I-PER
64 O
not O
out O
) O
, O
Kent I-ORG
244 O
( O
C. I-PER
Hooper I-PER
58 O
; O
C. I-PER
Tolley I-PER
4-68 O
, O
K. I-PER
Evans I-PER
4-71 O
) O

At O
Bristol I-LOC
: O
Gloucestershire I-ORG
183 O
and O
249 O
( O
J. I-PER
Russell I-PER
75 O
) O
, O
Northamptonshire I-ORG
190 O
and O
218-9 O
. O

MOTOR O
RACING O
- O
LEADING O
QUALIFIERS O
FOR O
VANCOUVER I-LOC
INDYCAR I-MISC
RACE O
. O

VANCOUVER I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Top O
ten O
drivers O
in O
grid O
for O

Sunday O
's O
Vancouver I-LOC
IndyCar I-MISC
race O
after O
final O
qualifying O
on O

Saturday O
( O
tabulate O
by O
driver O
, O
country O
, O
chassis O
, O
motor O
and O
lap O

times O
in O
seconds O
) O
: O

1. O
Alex I-PER
Zanardi I-PER
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
, O
Reynard I-ORG
Honda I-ORG
, O
53.980 O
( O
113.576 O

mph O
/ O
182.778 O
kph O
) O

2. O
Michael I-PER
Andretti I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
, O
Lola I-ORG
Ford I-ORG
Cosworth I-ORG
, O
54.483 O

3. O
Bobby I-PER
Rahal I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
, O
Reynard I-ORG
Mercedes-Benz I-ORG
, O
54.507 O

4. O
Bryan I-PER
Herta I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
, O
Reynard I-ORG
Mercedes-Benz I-ORG
, O
54.578 O

5. O
Jimmy I-PER
Vasser I-PER
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
, O
Reynard I-ORG
Honda I-ORG
, O
54.617 O

6. O
Paul I-PER
Tracy I-PER
( O
Canada I-LOC
) O
, O
Penske I-ORG
Mercedes-Benz I-ORG
, O
54.620 O

7. O
Al I-PER
Unser I-PER
Jr O
( O
U.S. I-LOC
) O
, O
Penske I-ORG
Mercedes-Benz I-ORG
, O
54.683 O

8. O
Andre I-PER
Ribeiro I-PER
( O
Brazil I-LOC
) O
, O
Lola I-ORG
Honda I-ORG
, O
54.750 O

9. O
Mauricio I-PER
Gugelmin I-PER
( O
Brazil I-LOC
) O
, O
Reynard I-ORG
Ford I-ORG
Cosworth I-ORG
, O
54.762 O

10. O
Gil I-PER
de I-PER
Ferran I-PER
( O
Brazil I-LOC
) O
, O
Reynard I-ORG
Honda I-ORG
, O
54.774 O

SOCCER O
- O
CANADA I-LOC
BEAT O
PANAMA I-LOC
3-1 O
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

EDMONTON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Canada I-LOC
beat O
Panama I-LOC
3-1 O
( O
halftime O
2-0 O
) O
in O
their O
CONCACAF I-ORG
semifinal O
phase O
qualifying O
match O
for O
the O
1998 O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
on O
Friday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Canada I-LOC
- O
Aunger I-PER
( O
41st O
min O
, O
pen O
) O
, O
Paul I-PER
Peschisolido I-PER
( O
42nd O
) O
, O
Carlo I-PER
Corrazin I-PER
( O
87th O
) O

Panama I-LOC
- O
Jorge I-PER
Luis I-PER
Dely I-PER
Valdes I-PER
( O
50th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
9,402 O

RUGBY I-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
SPRINGBOKS I-ORG
FINALLY O
BREAK O
ALL I-ORG
BLACK I-ORG
SPELL O
. O

Andy I-PER
Colquhoun I-PER

JOHANNESBURG I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
managed O
to O
avoid O
a O
fifth O
successive O
defeat O
in O
1996 O
at O
the O
hands O
of O
the O
All I-ORG
Blacks I-ORG
with O
an O
emphatic O
32-22 O
victory O
in O
front O
of O
an O
ecstatic O
Ellis I-LOC
Park I-LOC
crowd O
on O
Saturday O
. O

They O
scored O
three O
tries O
in O
recording O
their O
highest O
total O
against O
New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
, O
salvaging O
some O
pride O
in O
a O
season O
in O
which O
the O
world O
champions O
have O
lost O
five O
out O
of O
eight O
tests O
. O

It O
also O
ended O
a O
run O
of O
nine O
successive O
victories O
this O
year O
for O
New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
but O
arrived O
too O
late O
to O
prevent O
a O
2-1 O
series O
defeat O
and O
an O
historic O
first O
All I-ORG
Black I-ORG
series O
triumph O
on O
South I-MISC
African I-MISC
soil O
. O

Springbok I-ORG
scrum-half O
Joost I-PER
van I-PER
der I-PER
Westhuizen I-PER
was O
his O
side O
's O
inspiration O
, O
scoring O
their O
opening O
try O
and O
making O
the O
third O
for O
flanker O
Andre I-PER
Venter I-PER
from O
a O
quickly O
taken O
penalty O
to O
give O
his O
side O
a O
29-8 O
lead O
after O
54 O
minutes O
. O

Fullback O
Andre I-PER
Joubert I-PER
scored O
the O
other O
, O
scorching O
in O
from O
40 O
metres O
at O
the O
start O
of O
the O
second O
half O
to O
add O
to O
his O
three O
long-range O
penalties O
. O

The O
All I-ORG
Blacks I-ORG
salvaged O
some O
pride O
by O
scoring O
two O
tries O
from O
centre O
Walter I-PER
Little I-PER
and O
scrum-half O
Justin I-PER
Marshall I-PER
in O
the O
final O
five O
minutes O
to O
close O
a O
gap O
which O
at O
one O
point O
stood O
at O
24 O
points O
. O

But O
they O
generally O
endured O
an O
off-day O
, O
highlighted O
by O
recalled O
fly-half O
Andrew I-PER
Mehrtens I-PER
who O
missed O
five O
out O
of O
eight O
kicks O
at O
goal O
. O

Recalled O
fly-half O
Henry I-PER
Honiball I-PER
kicked O
the O
Springboks I-ORG
into O
a O
6-0 O
lead O
after O
10 O
minutes O
only O
to O
see O
Andrew I-PER
Mehrtens I-PER
launch O
a O
penalty O
from O
eight O
metres O
inside O
his O
own O
half O
to O
narrow O
the O
gap O
. O

Mehrtens I-PER
missed O
three O
further O
penalties O
and O
a O
conversion O
in O
the O
first O
40 O
minutes O
which O
could O
have O
put O
his O
side O
ahead O
, O
but O
it O
was O
the O
Springboks I-ORG
who O
looked O
the O
more O
dangerous O
. O

Their O
promise O
was O
realised O
when O
Joubert I-PER
made O
a O
40-metre O
break O
in O
the O
25th O
minute O
and O
, O
although O
winger O
Pieter I-PER
Hendriks I-PER
appeared O
to O
knock O
on O
Joubert I-PER
's O
reverse O
pass O
, O
Welsh I-MISC
referee O
Derek I-PER
Bevan I-PER
allowed O
Van I-PER
der I-PER
Westhuizen I-PER
to O
pick O
up O
and O
score O
under O
the O
posts O
. O

Honiball I-PER
converted O
and O
Joubert I-PER
kicked O
a O
penalty O
before O
All I-ORG
Black I-ORG
hooker O
Sean I-PER
Fitzpatrick I-PER
scored O
a O
try O
from O
close O
range O
on O
the O
stroke O
of O
half-time O
to O
narrow O
the O
lead O
to O
16-8 O
and O
hint O
at O
a O
comeback O
. O

Instead O
Joubert I-PER
kicked O
another O
long O
penalty O
and O
then O
raced O
around O
the O
outside O
of O
the O
defence O
to O
score O
the O
Springboks I-ORG
' O
second O
try O
. O

A O
quick O
penalty O
from O
Van I-PER
der I-PER
Westhuizen I-PER
five O
metres O
from O
the O
All I-ORG
Black I-ORG
line O
set O
up O
the O
third O
try O
for O
Venter I-PER
five O
minutes O
later O
and O
when O
Joubert I-PER
kicked O
his O
third O
penalty O
the O
Springboks I-ORG
held O
an O
unassailable O
32-8 O
lead O
going O
into O
the O
last O
quarter O
. O

When O
the O
All I-ORG
Blacks I-ORG
did O
break O
through O
, O
it O
was O
too O
late O
. O

Centre O
Walter I-PER
Little I-PER
followed O
up O
Mehrtens I-PER
' O
kick O
to O
score O
under O
the O
posts O
and O
scrum-half O
Justin I-PER
Marshall I-PER
forced O
himself O
over O
from O
a O
ruck O
close O
to O
the O
line O
in O
injury-time O
to O
give O
them O
some O
consolation O
. O

South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
- O
15 O
- O
Andre I-PER
Joubert I-PER
, O
14 O
- O
Justin I-PER
Swart I-PER
, O
13 O
- O
Japie I-PER
Mulder I-PER
( O
Joel I-PER
Stransky I-PER
, O
48 O
mins O
) O
12 O
- O
Danie I-PER
van I-PER
Schalkwyk I-PER
, O
11 O
- O
Pieter I-PER
Hendriks I-PER
; O
10 O
- O
Henry I-PER
Honiball I-PER
, O
9 O
- O
Joost I-PER
van I-PER
der I-PER
Westhuizen I-PER
; O
8 O
- O
Gary I-PER
Teichmann I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
7 O
- O
Andre I-PER
Venter I-PER
( O
Wayne I-PER
Fyvie I-PER
, O
75 O
) O
, O
6 O
- O
Ruben I-PER
Kruge I-PER
, O
5 O
- O
Mark I-PER
Andrews I-PER
( O
Fritz I-PER
van I-PER
Heerden I-PER
, O
39 O
) O
, O
4 O
- O
Kobus I-PER
Wiese I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Marius I-PER
Hurter I-PER
, O
2 O
- O
James I-PER
Dalton I-PER
, O
1 O
- O
Dawie I-PER
Theron I-PER
( O
Garry I-PER
Pagel I-PER
, O
66 O
) O
. O

New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
- O
15 O
- O
Christian I-PER
Cullen I-PER
( O
Alama I-PER
Ieremia I-PER
, O
70 O
) O
, O
14 O
- O
Jeff I-PER
Wilson I-PER
, O
13 O
- O
Walter I-PER
Little I-PER
, O
12 O
- O
Frank I-PER
Bunce I-PER
, O
11 O
- O
Glen I-PER
Osborne I-PER
; O
10 O
- O
Andrew I-PER
Mehrtens I-PER
, O
9 O
- O
Justin I-PER
Marshall I-PER
; O
8 O
- O
Zinzan I-PER
Brooke I-PER
, O
7 O
- O
Josh I-PER
Kronfeld I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Michael I-PER
Jones I-PER
( O
Glenn I-PER
Taylor I-PER
, O
53 O
) O
, O
5 O
- O
Robin I-PER
Brooke I-PER
, O
4 O
- O
Ian I-PER
Jones I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Olo I-PER
Brown I-PER
, O
2 O
- O
Sean I-PER
Fitzpatrick I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
1 O
- O
Craig I-PER
Dowd I-PER
. O

RUGBY I-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
SOUTH I-LOC
AFRICA I-LOC
BEAT O
ALL I-ORG
BLACKS I-ORG
32-22 O
. O

JOHANNESBURG I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
beat O
New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
32-22 O
( O
haltime O
16-8 O
) O
in O
the O
final O
test O
match O
of O
their O
three-test O
series O
at O
Ellis I-LOC
Park I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
- O
Tries O
: O
Joost I-PER
van I-PER
der I-PER
Westhuizen I-PER
( O
2 O
) O
, O
Andre I-PER
Joubert I-PER
. O

Conversion O
: O
Henry I-PER
Honiball I-PER
. O

Penalties O
: O
Honiball I-PER
( O
2 O
) O
, O
Joubert I-PER
( O
3 O
) O
. O

New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
- O
Tries O
: O
Sean I-PER
Fitzpatrick I-PER
, O
Walter I-PER
Little I-PER
, O
Justin I-PER
Marshall I-PER
. O

Conversions O
: O
Andrew I-PER
Mehrtens I-PER
( O
2 O
) O
. O

Penalties O
: O
Mehrtens I-PER
. O

New I-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
win O
test O
series O
2-1 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
MAURITANIA I-LOC
DISSOLVES O
NATIONAL O
TEAM O
AFTER O
CUP I-MISC
EXIT O
. O

NOUAKCHOTT I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Mauritania I-LOC
's O
soccer O
federation O
dissolved O
the O
national O
team O
and O
suspended O
this O
season O
's O
domestic O
championship O
on O
Saturday O
in O
the O
wake O
of O
the O
country O
's O
failure O
to O
qualify O
for O
the O
African I-MISC
Nations I-MISC
' I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
. O

" O
Since O
Mauritania I-LOC
has O
been O
eliminated O
on O
all O
fronts O
and O
the O
next O
commitments O
are O
not O
for O
another O
two O
years O
, O
we O
have O
reason O
to O
take O
a O
break O
, O
" O
federation O
president O
Mohamed I-PER
Lemine I-PER
Cheiguer I-PER
said O
. O

The O
North I-MISC
Africans I-MISC
were O
held O
to O
a O
goalless O
draw O
by O
Benin I-LOC
on O
Friday O
after O
losing O
the O
first O
leg O
of O
their O
qualifying O
tie O
4-1 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
MAURITANIA I-LOC
DRAW O
WITH O
BENIN I-LOC
IN O
AFRICAN I-MISC
NATIONS I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
. O

NOUAKCHOTT I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Mauritania I-LOC
drew O
0-0 O
with O
Benin I-LOC
in O
their O
African I-MISC
Nations I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
preliminary O
round O
, O
second O
leg O
soccer O
match O
on O
Friday O
. O

Benin I-LOC
won O
4-1 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
YUGOSLAV I-MISC
LEAGUE O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

BELGRADE I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
Yugoslav I-MISC
league O

soccer O
matches O
played O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Division O
A O

Hajduk I-ORG
2 O
Proleter I-ORG
( I-ORG
Z I-ORG
) I-ORG
0 O

Zemun I-ORG
1 O
Rad I-ORG
( O
B O
) O
0 O

Borac I-ORG
1 O
Mladost I-ORG
( I-ORG
L I-ORG
) I-ORG
2 O

Cukaricki I-ORG
1 O
Vojvodina I-ORG
0 O

Buducnost I-ORG
1 O
Red I-ORG
Star I-ORG
3 O

Partizan I-ORG
6 O
Becej I-ORG
0 O

Standings O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O
for O
, O
goals O

against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Red I-ORG
Star I-ORG
4 O
4 O
0 O
0 O
9 O
3 O
12 O

Partizan I-ORG
4 O
3 O
1 O
0 O
13 O
3 O
10 O

Mladost I-ORG
( I-ORG
L I-ORG
) I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
8 O
5 O
7 O

Vojvodina I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
5 O
3 O
7 O

Becej I-ORG
4 O
2 O
1 O
1 O
5 O
7 O
7 O

Hajduk I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
5 O
3 O
6 O

Cukaricki I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
6 O
6 O
6 O

Zemun I-ORG
4 O
1 O
2 O
1 O
3 O
3 O
5 O

Rad I-ORG
( I-ORG
B I-ORG
) I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
2 O
3 O
4 O

Buducnost I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
4 O
8 O
3 O

Proleter I-ORG
( I-ORG
Z I-ORG
) I-ORG
4 O
0 O
1 O
3 O
2 O
9 O
1 O

Borac I-ORG
4 O
0 O
0 O
4 O
1 O
10 O
0 O

Division O
B O

Sloboda I-ORG
4 O
Mladost I-ORG
( I-ORG
BJ I-ORG
) I-ORG
0 O

Buducnost I-ORG
( I-ORG
V I-ORG
) I-ORG
0 O
OFK I-ORG
Beograd I-ORG
1 O

Rudar I-ORG
0 O
OFK I-ORG
Kikinda I-ORG
1 O

Obilic I-ORG
2 O
Zeleznik I-ORG
( I-ORG
B I-ORG
) I-ORG
0 O

Sutjeska I-ORG
1 O
Loznica I-ORG
0 O

Radnicki I-ORG
( I-ORG
N I-ORG
) I-ORG
- O
Spartak I-ORG
( O
to O
be O
played O
on O
Sunday O
) O

Standings O
: O

Obilic I-ORG
4 O
4 O
0 O
0 O
10 O
1 O
12 O

OFK I-ORG
Kikinda I-ORG
4 O
3 O
0 O
1 O
8 O
3 O
9 O

Sutjeska I-ORG
4 O
3 O
0 O
1 O
7 O
5 O
9 O

Loznica I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
7 O
4 O
6 O

OFK I-ORG
Beograd I-ORG
4 O
1 O
3 O
0 O
5 O
4 O
6 O

Buducnost I-ORG
( I-ORG
V I-ORG
) I-ORG
4 O
2 O
0 O
2 O
4 O
5 O
6 O

Sloboda I-ORG
4 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
8 O
8 O
4 O

Spartak I-ORG
3 O
1 O
1 O
1 O
3 O
3 O
4 O

Radnicki I-ORG
( I-ORG
N I-ORG
) I-ORG
3 O
1 O
0 O
2 O
5 O
6 O
3 O

Zeleznik I-ORG
( I-ORG
B I-ORG
) I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
4 O
7 O
3 O

Rudar I-ORG
4 O
1 O
0 O
3 O
1 O
7 O
3 O

Mladost I-ORG
( I-ORG
BJ I-ORG
) I-ORG
4 O
0 O
1 O
3 O
2 O
10 O
1 O

SOCCER O
- O
INCE I-PER
EXPOSED O
BY O
GASCOIGNE I-PER
'S O
LATEST O
PRANK O
. O

CHISINAU I-LOC
, O
Moldova I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

England I-LOC
's O
irrepressible O
midfielder O
Paul I-PER
Gascoigne I-PER
was O
up O
to O
his O
old O
tricks O
on O
Saturday O
, O
pulling O
down O
his O
team O
mate O
Paul I-PER
Ince I-PER
's O
trousers O
in O
front O
of O
an O
astonished O
crowd O
in O
Moldova I-LOC
. O

Ince I-PER
was O
clambering O
over O
a O
wall O
at O
the O
Republican I-MISC
stadium O
in O
Chisinau I-LOC
as O
Glenn I-PER
Hoddle I-PER
's O
England I-LOC
players O
tried O
to O
escape O
heavy O
rain O
during O
an O
under-21 O
clash O
. O

Gascoigne I-PER
, O
whose O
compulsive O
practical O
joking O
has O
landed O
him O
in O
trouble O
in O
the O
past O
, O
tugged O
down O
the O
Inter I-ORG
Milan I-ORG
player O
's O
trousers O
in O
front O
of O
a O
group O
of O
press O
photographers O
. O

Hoddle I-PER
, O
coaching O
the O
side O
for O
the O
first O
time O
, O
declined O
to O
comment O
on O
the O
incident O
. O

England I-LOC
face O
Moldova I-LOC
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
qualifier O
in O
the O
same O
stadium O
on O
Sunday O
. O

BASKETBALL O
- O
TROFEJ I-MISC
BEOGRAD I-MISC
TOURNAMENT I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

BELGRADE I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
in O
the O
Trofej I-MISC
Beograd I-MISC
96 I-MISC

international O
basketball O
tournament O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Fifth O
place O
: O

Benetton I-ORG
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
92 O
Dinamo I-ORG
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
81 O
( O
halftime O
50-28 O
) O

Third O
place O
: O

Alba I-ORG
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
75 O
Red I-ORG
Star I-ORG
( O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
) O
70 O
( O
42-41 O
) O

BASKETBALLSOCCER O
- O
TROFEJ I-MISC
BEOGRAD I-MISC
TOURNAMENT I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

BELGRADE I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
in O
the O
Trofej I-MISC
Beograd I-MISC
96 I-MISC

international O
basketball O
tournament O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Fifth O
place O
: O

Benetton I-ORG
( O
Italy I-LOC
) O
92 O
Dinamo I-ORG
( O
Russia I-LOC
) O
81 O
( O
halftime O
50-28 O
) O

Third O
place O
: O

Alba I-ORG
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
75 O
Red I-ORG
Star I-ORG
( O
Yugoslavia I-LOC
) O
70 O
( O
42-41 O
) O

SOCCER O
- O
ROMANIA I-LOC
BEAT O
LITHUANIA I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

BUCHAREST I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Romania I-LOC
beat O
Lithuania I-LOC
3-0 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
8 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Romania I-LOC
- O
Viorel I-PER
Moldovan I-PER
( O
21st O
minute O
) O
, O
Dan I-PER
Petrescu I-PER
( O
65th O
) O
, O
Constantin I-PER
Galca I-PER
( O
77th O
) O

Attendence O
: O
9,000 O

SOCCER O
- O
ARMENIA I-LOC
AND O
PORTUGAL I-LOC
DRAW O
0-0 O
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

YEREVAN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Armenia I-LOC
and O
Portugal I-LOC
drew O
0-0 O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
9 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Attendance O
: O
5,000 O

SOCCER O
- O
AZERBAIJAN I-LOC
BEAT O
SWITZERLAND I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

BAKU I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Azerbaijan I-LOC
beat O
Switzerland I-LOC
1-0 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O
in O
their O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
three O
qualifying O
match O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorer O
: O

Vidadi I-PER
Rzayev I-PER
( O
28th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
20,000 O

BASKETBALL O
- O
BENETTON I-ORG
BEAT O
DINAMO I-ORG
92-81 O
. O

BELGRADE I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Benetton I-ORG
of O
Italy I-LOC
beat O
Dinamo I-ORG
of O
Russia I-LOC
92-81 O
( O
halftime O
50-28 O
) O
in O
a O
fifth O
place O
play-off O
in O
the O
Trofej I-MISC
Beograd I-MISC
96 I-MISC
international O
basketball O
tournament O
on O
Saturday O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SWEDEN I-LOC
BEAT O
LATVIA I-LOC
IN O
EUROPEAN I-MISC
UNDER-21 O
QUALIFIER O
. O

RIGA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Sweden I-LOC
beat O
Latvia I-LOC
2-0 O
( O
halftime O
0-0 O
) O
in O
a O
European I-MISC
under-21 O
soccer O
championship O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O
Joakim I-PER
Persson I-PER
81st O
minute O
, O
Daniel I-PER
Andersson I-PER
( O
89th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
300 O

SOCCER O
- O
BELARUS I-LOC
BEAT O
ESTONIA I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

MINSK I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Belarus I-LOC
beat O
Estonia I-LOC
1-0 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
4 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorer O
: O
Vladimir I-PER
Makovsky I-PER
( O
35th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
6,000 O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLAND I-LOC
BEAT O
MOLDOVA I-LOC
IN O
UNDER-21 O
QUALIFIER O
. O

CHISINAU I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

England I-LOC
beat O
Moldova I-LOC
2-0 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O
in O
a O
European I-MISC
Under-21 O
soccer O
championship O
group O
2 O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O
Bruce I-PER
Dyer I-PER
( O
39th O
minute O
) O
, O
Darren I-PER
Eadie I-PER
( O
53rd O
) O

Attendance O
: O
850 O

SQUASH O
- O
HILL I-PER
BRANDS O
WORLD O
CHAMPION O
JANSHER I-PER
A O
CHEAT O
. O

HONG I-LOC
KONG I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Controversial O
Australian I-MISC
Anthony I-PER
Hill I-PER
called O
Jansher I-PER
Khan I-PER
a O
cheat O
during O
his O
acrimonious O
defeat O
by O
the O
world O
number O
one O
in O
the O
Hong I-MISC
Kong I-MISC
Open I-MISC
semifinals O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
match O
boiled O
over O
when O
Hill I-PER
made O
to O
walk O
off O
court O
after O
what O
he O
claimed O
was O
a O
game-winning O
point O
in O
the O
third O
. O

When O
the O
referee O
called O
Jansher I-PER
's O
return O
good O
and O
the O
decision O
was O
accepted O
by O
the O
player O
, O
Hill I-PER
shrieked O
at O
the O
Pakistani I-MISC
: O
" O
You O
cheat O
. O
" O

" O
He O
was O
standing O
right O
there O
and O
knew O
the O
shot O
was O
down O
so O
I O
called O
him O
a O
cheat O
, O
" O
said O
Hill I-PER
, O
whose O
squash O
career O
has O
been O
blighted O
by O
fines O
and O
suspensions O
for O
unacceptable O
behaviour O
. O

" O
He O
knew O
it O
was O
down O
and O
accepted O
what O
I O
called O
him O
because O
of O
that O
. O
" O

Hill I-PER
won O
the O
game O
on O
the O
next O
point O
and O
said O
later O
that O
Jansher I-PER
was O
generally O
honest O
on O
court O
but O
played O
by O
the O
referee O
's O
decision O
. O

The O
Australian I-MISC
had O
upset O
Jansher I-PER
's O
rhythm O
with O
his O
mixture O
of O
gamesmanship O
and O
fluent O
stroke-making O
but O
eventually O
succumbed O
15-7 O
17-15 O
14-15 O
15-8 O
. O

" O
I O
changed O
my O
strategy O
against O
him O
today O
and O
had O
him O
rattled O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

He O
is O
not O
as O
fit O
as O
he O
used O
to O
be O
be O
but O
was O
too O
good O
for O
me O
in O
the O
end O
. O

I O
shook O
him O
a O
bit O
but O
he O
will O
come O
out O
next O
time O
and O
be O
a O
better O
player O
for O
it O
-- O
that O
's O
Jansher O
. O
" O

Jansher I-PER
said O
that O
he O
was O
disturbed O
to O
be O
called O
a O
cheat O
. O
" O

What O
he O
did O
was O
bad O
for O
squash O
, O
bad O
for O
the O
crowd O
and O
bad O
for O
the O
sponsors O
. O

" O
We O
are O
trying O
to O
build O
up O
squash O
like O
tennis O
and O
players O
should O
not O
say O
things O
like O
that O
. O

" O
I O
think O
the O
Professional I-ORG
Squash I-ORG
Association I-ORG
should O
look O
into O
this O
matter O
and O
deal O
with O
it O
properly O
. O

I O
am O
not O
calling O
for O
him O
to O
be O
banned O
but O
they O
have O
to O
take O
some O
action O
. O
" O

Jansher I-PER
, O
bidding O
for O
an O
eighth O
Hong I-MISC
Kong I-MISC
Open I-MISC
title O
, O
plays O
second-seeded O
Australian I-MISC
Rodney I-PER
Eyles I-PER
in O
the O
final O
. O

Eyles I-PER
played O
his O
best O
squash O
of O
the O
tournament O
to O
beat O
fourth-seeded O
Peter I-PER
Nicol I-PER
of O
Scotland I-LOC
15-10 O
8-15 O
15-10 O
15-4 O
. O

Eyles I-PER
, O
who O
defeated O
Jansher I-PER
in O
the O
semifinals O
of O
the O
Portuguese I-MISC
Open I-MISC
in O
1993 O
, O
said O
that O
he O
would O
like O
to O
win O
for O
the O
good O
of O
the O
game O
. O

" O
I O
have O
nothing O
against O
Jansher I-PER
but O
it O
will O
be O
great O
if O
I O
could O
beat O
him O
, O
" O
said O
Eyles I-PER
. O
" O

My O
biggest O
problem O
against O
Jansher I-PER
is O
concentration O
. O

I O
want O
to O
beat O
him O
so O
badly O
that O
I O
just O
cannot O
get O
it O
together O
. O
" O

SQUASH O
- O
HONG I-MISC
KONG I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
SEMIFINAL O
RESULTS O
. O

HONG I-LOC
KONG I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Semifinal O
results O
in O
the O
Hong I-MISC
Kong I-MISC
Open I-MISC
on O
Saturday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O
1 O
- O
Jansher I-PER
Khan I-PER
( O
Pakistan I-LOC
) O
beat O
Anthony I-PER
Hill I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
15-7 O
17-15 O
14-15 O
15-8 O
2 O
- O
Rodney I-PER
Eyles I-PER
( O
Australia I-LOC
) O
beat O
4 O
- O
Peter I-PER
Nicol I-PER
( O
Scotland I-LOC
) O
15-10 O
8-15 O
15-10 O
15-4 O

GOLF O
- O
PARNEVIK I-PER
TAKES O
ONE-SHOT O
LEAD O
AT O
GREATER I-MISC
MILWAUKEE I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

MILWAUKEE I-LOC
, O
Wisconsin I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Jesper I-PER
Parnevik I-PER
of O
Sweden I-LOC
fired O
a O
course O
record-tying O
eight-under-par O
63 O
Saturday O
to O
take O
a O
one-shot O
lead O
into O
the O
final O
round O
of O
the O
$ O
1.2 O
million O
Greater I-MISC
Milwaukee I-MISC
Open I-MISC
. O

Parnevik I-PER
, O
who O
is O
seeking O
his O
first O
PGA I-MISC
Tour I-MISC
victory O
, O
moved O
to O
19-under O
194 O
for O
the O
tournament O
. O

Parnevik I-PER
tied O
the O
18-hole O
record O
set O
by O
Loren I-PER
Roberts I-PER
in O
1994 O
at O
the O
Brown I-LOC
Deer I-LOC
Park I-LOC
Golf I-LOC
Course I-LOC
and O
also O
equalled O
Saturday O
by O
Greg I-PER
Kraft I-PER
. O

Nolan I-PER
Henke I-PER
, O
who O
led O
by O
two O
strokes O
entering O
the O
third O
round O
, O
carded O
a O
four-under O
67 O
and O
was O
one O
stroke O
back O
at O
18-under O
195 O
. O

He O
is O
striving O
for O
his O
fourth O
career O
PGA I-MISC
Tour I-MISC
victory O
and O
first O
since O
the O
1993 I-MISC
BellSouth I-MISC
Classic I-MISC
. O

Tiger I-PER
Woods I-PER
, O
who O
made O
the O
cut O
in O
his O
first O
tournament O
as O
a O
professional O
, O
shot O
a O
two-over-par O
73 O
and O
was O
four O
under O
for O
the O
tournament O
. O

The O
20-year-old O
Woods I-PER
, O
who O
turned O
professional O
Tuesday O
after O
winning O
an O
unprecedented O
third O
successive O
U.S. I-MISC
Amateur I-MISC
Championship I-MISC
, O
struggled O
on O
the O
front O
nine O
, O
bogeying O
the O
first O
and O
seventh O
holes O
and O
double-bogeying O
the O
par-four O
, O
359-yard O
ninth O
hole O
. O

After O
bogeying O
the O
10th O
hole O
to O
move O
to O
four-over O
for O
the O
round O
, O
he O
rallied O
for O
birdies O
on O
15 O
and O
18 O
. O

After O
Parnevik I-PER
started O
off O
his O
round O
by O
parring O
the O
first O
hole O
and O
bogeying O
the O
second O
, O
the O
Swede I-MISC
birdied O
six O
of O
the O
next O
seven O
holes O
. O

Parnevik I-PER
continued O
to O
storm O
through O
the O
course O
, O
birdying O
three O
holes O
on O
the O
back O
nine O
, O
including O
two O
from O
12 O
feet O
out O
on O
the O
15th O
and O
17th O
holes O
. O

" O
I O
ca O
n't O
remember O
when O
I O
've O
putted O
this O
well O
, O
" O
said O
Parnevik I-PER
. O
" O

I O
was O
disappointed O
when O
a O
12-footer O
did O
n't O
go O
in O
. O

" O
My O
game O
feels O
very O
good O
. O

I O
've O
been O
fading O
my O
driver O
but O
today O
whenever O
I O
set O
up O
for O
a O
fade O
it O
went O
straight O
. O

Whenever O
everyone O
's O
making O
birdies O
, O
you O
never O
want O
to O
be O
even O
par O
. O
" O

Henke I-PER
had O
a O
bogey-free O
round O
and O
birdied O
four O
holes O
, O
including O
a O
45-footer O
on O
the O
par-three O
215-yard O
seventh O
hole O
and O
one O
from O
12 O
feet O
out O
on O
the O
12th O
hole O
. O

" O
I O
did O
n't O
hit O
it O
very O
well O
today O
, O
" O
said O
Henke I-PER
. O
" O

Jasper I-PER
blew O
right O
by O
me O
. O

Once O
he O
did O
, O
I O
knew O
I O
had O
to O
make O
birdies O
just O
to O
keep O
up O
. O

I O
made O
some O
really O
good O
pars O
. O

I O
basically O
picked O
up O
where O
I O
left O
off O
yesterday O
afternoon O
. O

" O
Right O
now O
, O
I O
ca O
n't O
put O
my O
finger O
on O
what O
's O
wrong O
. O
" O

Bob I-PER
Estes I-PER
shot O
a O
67 O
for O
sole O
possession O
of O
third O
place O
at O
15-under O
. O

Steve I-PER
Stricker I-PER
, O
who O
tied O
for O
second O
at O
last O
week O
's O
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
, O
and O
Stuart I-PER
Appleby I-PER
were O
both O
five O
shots O
off O
the O
lead O
at O
14 O
under O
. O

Duffy I-PER
Waldorf I-PER
, O
who O
also O
tied O
for O
second O
at O
the O
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
, O
carded O
a O
70 O
to O
lead O
a O
group O
of O
six O
golfers O
at O
13 O
under O
, O
including O
Kraft I-PER
. O

The O
top O
four O
on O
the O
PGA I-MISC
Tour I-MISC
money O
list O
all O
skipped O
the O
tournament O
. O

TENNIS O
- O
SPAIN I-LOC
, O
U.S. I-LOC
TEAMS O
OPEN O
ON O
ROAD O
FOR O
1997 I-MISC
FED I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
. O

Richard I-PER
Finn I-PER

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

This O
year O
's O
Fed I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
finalists O
-- O
defending O
champion O
Spain I-LOC
and O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
-- O
will O
hit O
the O
road O
to O
open O
the O
1997 O
women O
's O
international O
team O
competition O
, O
based O
on O
the O
draw O
conducted O
Saturday O
at O
the O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
. O

Spain I-LOC
travels O
to O
Belgium I-LOC
, O
while O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
team O
heads O
to O
the O
Netherlands I-LOC
for O
first-round O
matches O
March O
1-2 O
. O

The O
other O
two O
first-round O
ties O
will O
pit O
hosts O
Germany I-LOC
against O
the O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
and O
visiting O
France I-LOC
against O
Japan I-LOC
. O

The O
semifinals O
are O
July O
19-20 O
, O
and O
the O
final O
September O
27- O
28 O
. O

Life O
on O
the O
road O
this O
year O
did O
not O
slow O
the O
Americans I-MISC
, O
who O
will O
try O
to O
avenge O
their O
3-2 O
defeat O
in O
the O
final O
last O
year O
when O
they O
host O
Spain I-LOC
on O
September O
28-29 O
in O
Atlantic I-LOC
City I-LOC
. O

" O
Last O
year O
we O
stood O
on O
the O
court O
after O
we O
had O
lost O
and O
we O
put O
out O
hands O
together O
and O
made O
it O
our O
committment O
to O
bring O
back O
the O
Cup I-MISC
, O
" O
U.S. I-LOC
captain O
Billie I-PER
Jean I-PER
King I-PER
said O
at O
the O
draw O
. O
" O

That O
is O
our O
sole O
goal O
. O
" O

The O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
edged O
Austria I-LOC
in O
Salzburg I-LOC
3-2 O
in O
the O
opening O
round O
in O
April O
, O
and O
then O
blanked O
Japan I-LOC
5-0 O
in O
Nagoya I-LOC
last O
month O
in O
the O
semifinals O
. O

The O
victory O
against O
Japan I-LOC
marked O
the O
Fed I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
debut O
of O
Monica I-PER
Seles I-PER
, O
who O
became O
a O
naturalised O
U.S. I-LOC
citizen O
in O
1994 O
. O

Seles I-PER
easily O
won O
both O
her O
singles O
matches O
and O
King I-PER
is O
counting O
on O
the O
co-world O
number O
one O
to O
lead O
the O
team O
again O
. O

" O
I O
told O
Monica I-PER
we O
need O
her O
if O
we O
want O
to O
win O
, O
" O
King I-PER
said O
. O

Seles I-PER
's O
sore O
left O
shoulder O
and O
a O
wrist O
injury O
to O
Fed I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
veteran O
Mary I-PER
Joe I-PER
Fernandez I-PER
have O
forced O
King I-PER
to O
take O
a O
wait O
and O
see O
attitude O
regarding O
her O
squad O
for O
the O
best-of-five O
match O
. O

Fernandez I-PER
was O
forced O
to O
withdraw O
from O
the O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
. O

" O
We O
will O
wait O
until O
the O
last O
minute O
so O
we O
check O
with O
everybody O
and O
their O
injuries O
, O
" O
said O
King I-PER
. O
" O

What O
we O
like O
would O
be O
Seles I-PER
, O
( O
Olympic I-MISC
champion O
Lindsay I-PER
) O
Davenport I-PER
and O
Mary I-PER
Joe I-PER
Fernandez I-PER
. O
" O

If O
she O
can O
get O
that O
threesome O
together O
, O
King I-PER
will O
feel O
good O
about O
her O
chances O
against O
the O
Spain I-LOC
's O
formidable O
duo O
of O
Arantxa I-PER
Sanchez I-PER
Vicario I-PER
and O
Conchita I-PER
Martinez I-PER
. O

" O
To O
be O
a O
great O
coach O
you O
have O
to O
have O
the O
right O
horses O
and O
I O
got O
the O
right O
horses O
, O
" O
said O
King I-PER
. O

TENNIS O
- O
SATURDAY O
'S O
RESULTS O
FROM O
THE O
U.S. I-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
from O
the O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
Tennis I-MISC
Championships I-MISC
at O
the O
National I-LOC
Tennis I-LOC
Centre I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Women O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O
1 O
- O
Steffi I-PER
Graf I-PER
( O
Germany I-LOC
) O
beat O
Natasha I-PER
Zvereva I-PER
( O
Belarus I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-2 O
16 O
- O
Martina I-PER
Hingis I-PER
( O
Switzerland I-LOC
) O
beat O
Naoko I-PER
Kijimuta I-PER
( O
Japan I-LOC
) O
6-2 O
6-2 O
Judith I-PER
Wiesner I-PER
( O
Austria I-LOC
) O
beat O
Petra I-PER
Langrova I-PER
( O
Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
6 O
- O
2 O
6-0 O

Men O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O
13 O
- O
Thomas I-PER
Enqvist I-PER
( O
Sweden I-LOC
) O
beat O
Pablo I-PER
Campana I-PER
( O
Ecuador I-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-4 O
6-2 O

TENNIS O
- O
DRAW O
FOR O
1997 I-MISC
FED I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
WOMEN O
'S O
TEAM O
TOURNAMENT O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Draw O
for O
the O
women O
's O
1997 I-MISC
Fed I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
team O
tennis O
championships O
, O
as O
conducted O
at O
the O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
on O
Saturday O
: O

World O
Group O
I O
, O
first O
round O
( O
March O
1-2 O
) O

United I-LOC
States I-LOC
at O
Netherlands I-LOC

Czech I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
at O
Germany I-LOC

France I-LOC
at O
Japan I-LOC

Spain I-LOC
at O
Belgium I-LOC

( O
semifinals O
July O
19-20 O
, O
and O
finals O
September O
27-28 O
) O

World O
Group O
II O
, O
first O
round O
( O
March O
1-2 O
) O

Austria I-LOC
at O
Croatia I-LOC

Switzerland I-LOC
at O
Slovak I-LOC
Republic I-LOC

Argentina I-LOC
at O
South I-LOC
Korea I-LOC

Australia I-LOC
at O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC

SOCCER O
- O
U.S. I-LOC
BEAT O
EL I-LOC
SALVADOR I-LOC
3-1 O
. O

LOS I-LOC
ANGELES I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

The O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
beat O
El I-LOC
Salvador I-LOC
3-1 O
( O
halftime O
1-0 O
) O
in O
an O
international O
soccer O
friendly O
on O
Friday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

U.S. I-LOC
- O
Joe-Max I-PER
Moore I-PER
( O
3rd O
minute O
, O
88th O
on O
penalty O
kick O
) O
, O
Eric I-PER
Wynalda I-PER
( O
61st O
) O

El I-LOC
Salvador I-LOC
- O
Luis I-PER
Lazo I-PER
( O
61st O
) O

Attendance O
- O
18,661 O

BASEBALL O
- O
MAJOR I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
FRIDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Major I-MISC
League I-MISC
Baseball I-MISC

standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Friday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O

lost O
, O
winning O
percentage O
and O
games O
behind O
) O
: O

AMERICAN I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC

EASTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
75 O
59 O
.560 O
- O

BALTIMORE I-ORG
71 O
63 O
.530 O
4 O

BOSTON I-ORG
69 O
66 O
.511 O
6 O
1/2 O

TORONTO I-ORG
63 O
72 O
.467 O
12 O
1/2 O

DETROIT I-ORG
49 O
86 O
.363 O
26 O
1/2 O

CENTRAL I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

CLEVELAND I-ORG
80 O
54 O
.597 O
- O

CHICAGO I-ORG
72 O
64 O
.529 O
9 O

MINNESOTA I-ORG
67 O
68 O
.496 O
13 O
1/2 O

MILWAUKEE I-ORG
65 O
71 O
.478 O
16 O

KANSAS I-ORG
CITY I-ORG
61 O
75 O
.449 O
20 O

WESTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

TEXAS I-ORG
76 O
58 O
.567 O
- O

SEATTLE I-ORG
70 O
64 O
.522 O
6 O

OAKLAND I-ORG
65 O
72 O
.474 O
12 O
1/2 O

CALIFORNIA I-ORG
62 O
73 O
.459 O
14 O
1/2 O

SATURDAY O
, O
AUGUST O
31 O
SCHEDULE O

KANSAS I-ORG
CITY I-ORG
AT O
DETROIT I-LOC

BALTIMORE I-ORG
AT O
SEATTLE I-LOC

CHICAGO I-ORG
AT O
TORONTO I-LOC

MINNESOTA I-ORG
AT O
MILWAUKEE I-LOC

CLEVELAND I-ORG
AT O
TEXAS I-LOC

BOSTON I-ORG
AT O
OAKLAND I-LOC

NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
AT O
CALIFORNIA I-LOC

NATIONAL I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC

EASTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

ATLANTA I-ORG
84 O
50 O
.627 O
- O

MONTREAL I-ORG
71 O
62 O
.534 O
12 O
1/2 O

FLORIDA I-ORG
65 O
70 O
.481 O
19 O
1/2 O

NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
59 O
76 O
.437 O
25 O
1/2 O

PHILADELPHIA I-ORG
54 O
81 O
.400 O
30 O
1/2 O

CENTRAL I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

HOUSTON I-ORG
73 O
63 O
.537 O
- O

ST I-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
70 O
65 O
.519 O
2 O
1/2 O

CHICAGO I-ORG
66 O
67 O
.496 O
5 O
1/2 O

CINCINNATI I-ORG
66 O
68 O
.493 O
6 O

PITTSBURGH I-ORG
56 O
78 O
.418 O
16 O

WESTERN I-MISC
DIVISION I-MISC

SAN I-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
76 O
60 O
.559 O
- O

LOS I-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
73 O
61 O
.545 O
2 O

COLORADO I-ORG
70 O
66 O
.515 O
6 O

SAN I-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
58 O
74 O
.439 O
16 O

SATURDAY O
, O
AUGUST O
31 O
SCHEDULE O

ATLANTA I-ORG
AT O
CHICAGO I-LOC

HOUSTON I-ORG
AT O
PITTSBURGH I-LOC

SAN I-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
AT O
NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC

FLORIDA I-ORG
AT O
CINCINNATI I-LOC

LOS I-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
AT O
PHILADELPHIA I-LOC

SAN I-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
AT O
MONTREAL I-LOC

COLORADO I-ORG
AT O
ST I-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC

BASEBALL O
- O
MAJOR I-MISC
LEAGUE I-MISC
RESULTS O
FRIDAY O
. O

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
Major I-MISC
League I-MISC

Baseball O
games O
played O
on O
Friday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

American I-MISC
League I-MISC

DETROIT I-ORG
4 O
Kansas I-ORG
City I-ORG
0 O

Chicago I-ORG
11 O
TORONTO I-ORG
2 O

MILWAUKEE I-ORG
5 O
Minnesota I-ORG
4 O
( O
in O
12 O
) O

TEXAS I-ORG
5 O
Cleveland I-ORG
3 O

New I-ORG
York I-ORG
6 O
CALIFORNIA I-ORG
2 O

OAKLAND I-ORG
7 O
Boston I-ORG
0 O

Baltimore I-ORG
5 O
SEATTLE I-ORG
2 O

National I-MISC
League I-MISC

CHICAGO I-ORG
3 O
Atlanta I-ORG
2 O
( O
1st O
game O
) O

Atlanta I-ORG
6 O
CHICAGO I-ORG
5 O
( O
2nd O
game O
) O

Florida I-ORG
3 O
CINCINNATI I-ORG
1 O

San I-ORG
Diego I-ORG
6 O
MONTREAL I-ORG
0 O

Los I-ORG
Angeles I-ORG
7 O
PHILADELPHIA I-ORG
6 O
( O
in O
12 O
) O

Houston I-ORG
10 O
PITTSBURGH I-ORG
0 O

San I-ORG
Francisco I-ORG
6 O
NEW I-ORG
YORK I-ORG
4 O

ST I-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
7 O
Colorado I-ORG
4 O

BASEBALL O
- O
KEVIN I-PER
BROWN I-PER
LOWERS O
ERA I-MISC
AS O
MARLINS I-ORG
BEAT O
REDS I-ORG
. O

CINCINNATI I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Major O
league O
ERA I-MISC
leader O
Kevin I-PER
Brown I-PER
threw O
an O
eight-hitter O
and O
Devon I-PER
White I-PER
's O
RBI I-MISC
double O
snapped O
a O
fifth-inning O
tie O
as O
the O
Florida I-ORG
Marlins I-ORG
beat O
the O
Cincinnati I-ORG
Reds I-ORG
3-1 O
for O
their O
seventh O
straight O
win O
Friday O
. O

Brown I-PER
( O
14-10 O
) O
tied O
Todd I-PER
Stottlemyre I-PER
of O
the O
Cardinals I-ORG
for O
the O
National I-MISC
League I-MISC
lead O
with O
his O
fifth O
complete O
game O
and O
lowered O
his O
major O
league-leading O
earned O
run O
average O
from O
1.96 O
to O
1.92 O
. O

He O
struck O
out O
eight O
and O
did O
not O
walk O
a O
batter O
. O

Brown I-PER
threw O
119 O
pitches O
and O
won O
for O
the O
third O
time O
in O
as O
many O
starts O
against O
the O
Reds I-ORG
this O
season O
. O

" O
Bolesy I-PER
( O
Florida I-ORG
manager O
John I-PER
Boles I-PER
) O
told O
me O
yesterday O
, O
' O
You O
have O
to O
go O
nine O
tomorrow O
, O
' O
" O
Brown I-PER
said O
. O

" O
In O
the O
early O
innings O
, O
I O
was O
struggling O
, O
I O
was O
just O
trying O
to O
make O
it O
from O
pitch O
to O
pitch O
. O

I O
gave O
up O
a O
lot O
of O
hits O
in O
the O
early O
innings O
and O
I O
was O
n't O
thinking O
about O
the O
seventh O
, O
eighth O
or O
ninth O
. O

I O
was O
n't O
satisfied O
with O
any O
of O
my O
pitches O
and O
I O
did O
a O
better O
job O
of O
moving O
the O
ball O
around O
in O
the O
later O
innings O
. O
" O

" O
He O
has O
a O
devastating O
sinker O
, O
" O
observed O
Reds I-ORG
manager O
Ray I-PER
Knight I-PER
. O
" O

The O
guys O
say O
it O
moved O
more O
than O
everyone O
in O
the O
league O
. O

I O
remember O
Nolan I-PER
Ryan I-PER
saying O
in O
' O
91 O
or O
' O
92 O
that O
he O
was O
the O
best O
young O
pitcher O
coming O
around O
in O
a O
long O
time O
and O
he O
saw O
( I-PER
Tom I-PER
) I-PER
Seaver I-PER
and O
( I-PER
Jerry I-PER
) I-PER
Koosman I-PER
when O
they O
were O
starting O
. O
" O

In O
Philadelphia I-LOC
, O
Delino I-PER
DeShields I-PER
's O
triple O
in O
the O
top O
of O
the O
12th O
off O
Jeff I-PER
Parrett I-PER
( O
2-3 O
) O
scored O
Chad I-PER
Curtis I-PER
and O
lifted O
the O
Los I-ORG
Angeles I-ORG
Dodgers I-ORG
to O
a O
7-6 O
victory O
over O
the O
Phillies I-ORG
. O

Los I-ORG
Angeles I-ORG
won O
for O
the O
seventh O
time O
in O
eight O
games O
. O

Darren I-PER
Dreifort I-PER
( O
1-1 O
) O
picked O
up O
the O
win O
after O
allowing O
a O
hit O
and O
a O
walk O
over O
2 O
1/3 O
scoreless O
innings O
. O

Todd I-PER
Worrell I-PER
worked O
the O
12th O
to O
earn O
his O
league-leading O
37th O
save O
. O

The O
Phillies I-ORG
have O
dropped O
five O
of O
their O
last O
six O
overall O
, O
and O
nine O
of O
11 O
at O
home O
. O

Billy I-PER
Ashley I-PER
belted O
a O
three-run O
homer O
for O
Los I-ORG
Angeles I-ORG
. O

In O
Chicago I-LOC
, O
the O
Braves I-ORG
and O
Cubs I-ORG
split O
a O
doubleheader O
. O

In O
the O
first O
game O
, O
Ryne I-PER
Sandberg I-PER
snapped O
an O
eighth-inning O
tie O
with O
an O
infield O
single O
and O
Kevin I-PER
Foster I-PER
( O
6-2 O
) O
outdueled O
Atlanta I-ORG
's O
Tom I-PER
Glavine I-PER
( O
13-8 O
) O
for O
his O
third O
straight O
win O
, O
3-2 O
. O

Foster I-PER
, O
a O
.333 O
hitter O
, O
helped O
his O
own O
cause O
in O
the O
second O
with O
a O
two-run O
single O
. O

The O
Braves I-ORG
took O
the O
second O
game O
when O
Chipper I-PER
Jones I-PER
singled O
home O
the O
tying O
run O
in O
the O
top O
of O
the O
ninth O
and O
Andruw I-PER
Jones I-PER
took O
advantage O
of O
a O
poor O
throw O
to O
score O
the O
go-ahead O
run O
on O
a O
sacrifice O
fly O
for O
a O
6-5 O
victory O
. O

Cubs I-ORG
shortstop O
Jose I-PER
Hernandez I-PER
committed O
three O
of O
Chicago I-LOC
's O
four O
errors O
. O

Mike I-PER
Mordecai I-PER
singled O
, O
doubled O
and O
homered O
for O
Atlanta I-LOC
, O
which O
has O
won O
14 O
of O
its O
last O
19 O
games O
and O
has O
the O
best O
record O
in O
the O
majors O
, O
84-50 O
. O

In O
Montreal I-LOC
, O
Scott I-PER
Sanders I-PER
allowed O
one O
hit O
over O
eight O
innings O
and O
Wally I-PER
Joyner I-PER
hit O
a O
two-run O
single O
in O
a O
four-run O
third O
as O
the O
San I-ORG
Diego I-ORG
Padres I-ORG
blanked O
the O
Expos I-ORG
6-0 O
for O
their O
sixth O
straight O
win O
. O

Sanders I-PER
( O
8-4 O
) O
struck O
out O
10 O
and O
walked O
three O
to O
win O
his O
fourth O
straight O
. O

He O
allowed O
a O
leadoff O
double O
to O
David I-PER
Segui I-PER
in O
the O
second O
, O
and O
won O
for O
the O
seventh O
time O
in O
eight O
decisions O
. O

The O
right-hander O
retired O
14 O
batters O
in O
a O
row O
from O
the O
second O
inning O
through O
the O
seventh O
. O

Mike I-PER
Oquist I-PER
allowed O
one O
Montreal I-LOC
hit O
in O
the O
ninth O
. O

Montreal I-LOC
lost O
for O
the O
ninth O
time O
in O
14 O
games O
. O

In O
New I-LOC
York I-LOC
, O
Marvin I-PER
Benard I-PER
's O
two-run O
homer O
snapped O
a O
tie O
and O
Shawn I-PER
Estes I-PER
came O
one O
out O
away O
from O
his O
first O
complete O
game O
as O
the O
San I-ORG
Francisco I-ORG
Giants I-ORG
beat O
the O
Mets I-ORG
6-4 O
. O

Benard I-PER
, O
hitting O
.467 O
( O
14-for-30 O
) O
against O
the O
Mets I-ORG
this O
season O
, O
hit O
his O
first O
pitch O
from O
Pete I-PER
Harnisch I-PER
( O
8-10 O
) O
in O
the O
seventh O
over O
the O
right-field O
fence O
to O
put O
the O
Giants I-ORG
up O
4-2 O
. O

Estes I-PER
( O
3-4 O
) O
was O
lifted O
for O
closer O
Rod I-PER
Beck I-PER
after O
yielding O
a O
single O
with O
two O
out O
in O
the O
ninth O
. O

Beck I-PER
allowed O
a O
two-run O
double O
to O
Alvaro I-PER
Espinoza I-PER
, O
who O
collected O
a O
career-high O
four O
RBI I-MISC
, O
but O
struck O
out O
Brent I-PER
Mayne I-PER
for O
his O
31st O
save O
. O

The O
loss O
was O
the O
Mets I-ORG
' O
eighth O
straight O
, O
their O
longest O
slide O
since O
September O
1993 O
, O
and O
dropped O
them O
to O
0-4 O
under O
new O
manager O
Bobby I-PER
Valentine I-PER
. O

In O
St I-LOC
Louis I-LOC
, O
Tom I-PER
Pagnozzi I-PER
had O
three O
hits O
and O
three O
RBI I-MISC
and O
Alan I-PER
Benes I-PER
scattered O
six O
hits O
over O
six-plus O
innings O
as O
the O
Cardinals I-ORG
beat O
the O
Colorado I-ORG
Rockies I-ORG
7-4 O
. O

Benes I-PER
( O
12-8 O
) O
allowed O
three O
runs O
, O
walked O
three O
and O
struck O
out O
three O
for O
the O
win O
. O

St I-ORG
Louis I-ORG
defeated O
Colorado I-ORG
for O
just O
the O
second O
time O
in O
12 O
meetings O
dating O
back O
to O
last O
season O
. O

Ray I-PER
Lankford I-PER
went O
4-for-5 O
with O
a O
pair O
of O
doubles O
for O
the O
Cardinals I-ORG
, O
who O
won O
for O
just O
the O
third O
time O
in O
11 O
games O
. O

Eric I-PER
Anthony I-PER
hit O
a O
pair O
of O
solo O
homers O
for O
the O
Rockies I-ORG
. O

In O
Pittsburgh I-LOC
, O
Sean I-PER
Berry I-PER
tied O
a O
career O
high O
with O
six O
RBI I-MISC
and O
Donne I-PER
Wall I-PER
fired O
a O
seven-hitter O
for O
his O
first O
major-league O
shutout O
as O
the O
Houston I-ORG
Astros I-ORG
routed O
the O
Pirates I-ORG
10-0 O
. O

It O
was O
the O
third O
time O
Berry I-PER
had O
six O
RBI I-MISC
in O
one O
game O
. O

Wall I-PER
( O
9-4 O
) O
struck O
out O
four O
and O
walked O
none O
to O
post O
his O
second O
complete O
game O
of O
the O
season O
and O
third O
straight O
win O
. O

TENNIS O
- O
EDBERG I-PER
REFUSES O
TO O
QO O
QUIETLY O
. O

Richard I-PER
Finn I-PER

NEW I-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Refusing O
to O
go O
quietly O
in O
the O
night O
, O
Stefan I-PER
Edberg I-PER
extended O
his O
stay O
at O
his O
14th O
and O
last O
U.S. I-MISC
Open I-MISC
when O
Bernd I-PER
Karbacher I-PER
, O
trailing O
and O
hurting O
, O
quit O
in O
the O
fourth O
set O
of O
their O
second-round O
match O
Friday O
. O

The O
30-year-old O
Edberg I-PER
, O
a O
former O
two-time O
Open I-MISC
champion O
, O
had O
wrestled O
control O
of O
the O
match O
away O
from O
Karbacher I-PER
when O
the O
German I-MISC
, O
hampered O
by O
a O
left O
hamstring O
injury O
, O
decided O
he O
could O
n't O
continue O
under O
the O
stadium O
lights O
at O
the O
National I-LOC
Tennis I-LOC
Centre I-LOC
. O

" O
A O
win O
is O
a O
win O
. O

I O
'll O
take O
it O
, O
" O
Edberg I-PER
, O
who O
has O
announced O
that O
this O
will O
be O
his O
last O
Grand I-MISC
Slam I-MISC
event O
, O
said O
of O
the O
3-6 O
6-3 O
6-3 O
1-0 O
victory O
. O

Ironically O
, O
Karbacher I-PER
two O
years O
ago O
ended O
Ivan I-PER
Lendl I-PER
's O
Grand I-MISC
Slam I-MISC
career O
here O
when O
the O
former O
champion O
had O
to O
retire O
in O
the O
middle O
of O
their O
first-round O
match O
. O

After O
seeing O
the O
trainer O
come O
out O
early O
in O
the O
third O
set O
, O
Edberg I-PER
was O
not O
surprised O
by O
Karbacher I-PER
's O
decision O
not O
to O
go O
on O
. O

" O
I O
knew O
he O
had O
problems O
with O
something O
, O
" O
Edberg I-PER
said O
. O
" O

I O
really O
was O
n't O
surprised O
. O
" O

Edberg I-PER
had O
his O
own O
problems O
early O
in O
the O
match O
as O
the O
Swede I-MISC
battled O
to O
acclimate O
himself O
to O
the O
nighttime O
conditions O
while O
Karbacher I-PER
was O
ripping O
passing O
shots O
and O
blasting O
serves O
past O
him O
. O

" O
I O
did O
n't O
really O
feel O
good O
to O
begin O
with O
, O
I O
had O
problems O
finding O
the O
timing O
on O
the O
ball O
, O
seeing O
the O
ball O
, O
" O
said O
Edberg I-PER
, O
who O
upset O
Wimbledon I-MISC
champion O
and O
fifth-seeded O
Richard I-PER
Krajicek I-PER
in O
the O
first O
round O
. O

" O
This O
was O
one O
of O
these O
matches O
where O
I O
did O
n't O
play O
up O
to O
my O
standard O
. O

I O
had O
to O
fight O
hard O
. O
" O

Edberg I-PER
's O
tenacity O
paid O
off O
in O
the O
second O
set O
. O

Edberg I-PER
lost O
his O
own O
serve O
twice O
, O
but O
he O
rallied O
for O
three O
breaks O
of O
his O
own O
, O
the O
last O
to O
wrap O
up O
the O
set O
. O

" O
That O
's O
where O
the O
match O
sort O
of O
changed O
, O
" O
said O
Edberg I-PER
. O
" O

I O
think O
once O
I O
got O
that O
second O
set O
, O
I O
felt O
a O
lot O
better O
about O
my O
game O
. O
" O

Edberg I-PER
is O
starting O
to O
feel O
pretty O
good O
about O
postponing O
his O
swan O
song O
a O
lot O
longer O
. O

" O
It O
does O
n't O
look O
all O
that O
bad O
, O
" O
Edberg I-PER
said O
of O
his O
path O
through O
the O
draw O
starting O
next O
with O
a O
match O
against O
Krajicek I-PER
's O
Dutch I-MISC
countryman O
Paul I-PER
Haarhuis I-PER
. O

However O
, O
the O
1991 O
and O
1992 O
champion O
is O
not O
ready O
to O
start O
making O
plans O
to O
be O
in O
next O
week O
's O
final O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
always O
being O
realistic O
, O
" O
said O
Edberg I-PER
. O
" O

Like O
I O
said O
many O
times O
, O
I O
think O
it O
's O
a O
very O
little O
chance O
, O
but O
nothing O
is O
impossible O
. O

If O
I O
play O
great O
tennis O
, O
that O
could O
take O
me O
a O
long O
way O
. O

" O
A O
lot O
of O
things O
can O
happen O
, O
like O
tonight O
. O
" O

BOXING O
- O
PRINCE O
NASEEM I-PER
RETAINS O
WBO O
FEATHERWEIGHT O
TITLE O
. O

DUBLIN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Britain I-LOC
's O
Naseem I-PER
Hamed I-PER
retained O
his O
WBO I-ORG
featherweight O
title O
on O
Saturday O
when O
Mexico I-LOC
's O
Manuel I-PER
Medina I-PER
was O
retired O
by O
his O
corner O
at O
the O
end O
of O
the O
11th O
round O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
AUSTRIA I-LOC
DOMINATE O
SCOTLAND I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

Steve I-PER
Pagani I-PER

VIENNA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Austria I-LOC
dominated O
their O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
group O
four O
qualifier O
against O
Scotland I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
with O
wave O
after O
wave O
of O
attacks O
but O
were O
unable O
to O
penetrate O
the O
visitors O
' O
defence O
and O
had O
to O
settle O
for O
a O
goalless O
draw O
. O

Scotland I-LOC
, O
who O
thrashed O
Belarus I-LOC
5-1 O
in O
their O
opening O
group O
four O
match O
, O
were O
unable O
to O
repeat O
their O
performance O
. O

Austria I-LOC
's O
best O
chance O
came O
in O
the O
63rd O
minute O
with O
Stephan I-PER
Marasek I-PER
of O
SC I-ORG
Freiburg I-ORG
taking O
advantage O
of O
a O
scramble O
in O
the O
Scottish I-MISC
penalty O
area O
but O
his O
shot O
narrowly O
passing O
the O
left-hand O
post O
. O

They O
also O
went O
close O
a O
minute O
before O
the O
interval O
when O
a O
promising O
attack O
saw O
the O
ball O
fall O
to O
Markus I-PER
Schopp I-PER
but O
he O
hit O
his O
shot O
wide O
. O

Everton I-ORG
's O
Duncan I-PER
Ferguson I-PER
went O
close O
for O
Scotland I-LOC
in O
the O
65th O
minute O
when O
he O
forced O
Austrian I-MISC
goalkeeper O
Michael I-PER
Konsel I-PER
to O
a O
diving O
save O
. O

Two O
Scotland I-LOC
players O
were O
shown O
yellow O
cards O
, O
captain O
Gary I-PER
McAllister I-PER
for O
bringing O
down O
Andreas I-PER
Heraf I-PER
and O
Ferguson I-PER
for O
arguing O
against O
the O
referee O
's O
decision O
. O

" O
The O
result O
is O
acceptable O
, O
" O
Scottish I-MISC
coach O
Craig I-PER
Brown I-PER
told O
reporters O
. O
" O

We O
'd O
hoped O
not O
to O
lose O
and O
we O
tried O
not O
to O
play O
for O
a O
draw O
but O
the O
Austrian I-MISC
defence O
was O
simply O
too O
good O
. O
" O

SK I-ORG
Rapid I-ORG
's O
Dietmar I-PER
Kuehbauer I-PER
, O
who O
gave O
an O
impressive O
performance O
, O
said O
the O
team O
started O
off O
well O
but O
let O
the O
game O
slip O
after O
the O
first O
30 O
minutes O
. O

" O
Somehow O
it O
seemed O
there O
were O
less O
than O
11 O
players O
on O
the O
pitch O
. O

We O
have O
lost O
two O
points O
. O

The O
Scots O
are O
not O
really O
a O
great O
team O
and O
we O
should O
have O
won O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Austrian I-MISC
coach O
Herbert I-PER
Prohaska I-PER
said O
his O
team O
had O
displayed O
great O
fighting O
spirit O
but O
sometimes O
lacked O
ideas O
. O

Teams O
: O

Austria I-LOC
: O
Michael I-PER
Konsel I-PER
, O
Markus I-PER
Schopp I-PER
, O
Peter I-PER
Schoettel I-PER
, O
Anton I-PER
Pfeffer I-PER
, O
Wolfgang I-PER
Feiersinger I-PER
, O
Stephan I-PER
Marasek I-PER
, O
Dieter I-PER
Ramusch I-PER
( O
Andreas I-PER
Ogris I-PER
77th O
) O
, O
Dietmar I-PER
Kuehbauer I-PER
, O
Anton I-PER
Polster I-PER
( O
( O
Herfried I-PER
Sabitzer I-PER
68th O
) O
, O
Andreas I-PER
Herzog I-PER
, O
Andreas I-PER
Heraf I-PER
. O

Scotland I-LOC
: O
Andrew I-PER
Goram I-PER
, O
Craig I-PER
Burley I-PER
, O
Thomas I-PER
Boyd I-PER
, O
Colin I-PER
Calderwood I-PER
, O
Colin I-PER
Hendry I-PER
, O
Thomas I-PER
McKinley I-PER
, O
Duncan I-PER
Ferguson I-PER
, O
Stuart I-PER
McCall I-PER
, O
Alistair I-PER
McCoist I-PER
( O
Gordon I-PER
Durie I-PER
75th O
) O
, O
Gary I-PER
McAllister I-PER
, O
John I-PER
Collins I-PER
. O

BOXING O
- O
JOHNSON I-PER
WINS O
UNANIMOUS O
POIUNTS O
VERDICT O
. O

DUBLIN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

American I-MISC
Tom I-PER
Johnson I-PER
successfully O
defended O
his O
IBF I-ORG
featherweight O
title O
when O
he O
earned O
a O
unanimous O
points O
decision O
over O
Venezuela I-LOC
's O
Ramon I-PER
Guzman I-PER
on O
Saturday O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
FRANCE I-LOC
LAUNCH O
1998 O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
BUILD-UP O
WITH O
2-0 O
WIN O
. O

PARIS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Euro I-MISC
96 I-MISC
absentee O
Nicolas I-PER
Ouedec I-PER
and O
Youri I-PER
Djorkaeff I-PER
scored O
the O
goals O
as O
1998 O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
hosts O
France I-LOC
beat O
Mexico I-LOC
2-0 O
in O
a O
friendly O
international O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
victory O
extended O
to O
29 O
matches O
France I-LOC
's O
unbeaten O
run O
under O
coach O
Aime I-PER
Jacquet I-PER
, O
their O
Euro I-MISC
96 I-MISC
semifinal O
elimination O
having O
come O
in O
a O
penalty O
shoot-out O
, O
but O
was O
marred O
by O
the O
sending-off O
of O
Chelsea I-ORG
central O
defender O
Franck I-PER
Leboeuf I-PER
. O

Leboeuf I-PER
was O
dismissed O
two O
minutes O
from O
time O
for O
a O
second O
bookable O
offence O
, O
fouling O
Mexican I-MISC
substitute O
Ricardo I-PER
Pelaez I-PER
who O
minutes O
earlier O
had O
also O
been O
shown O
the O
yellow O
card O
for O
pushing O
the O
Chelsea I-ORG
defender O
in O
the O
back O
. O

Both O
goals O
came O
early O
in O
the O
second O
half O
after O
France I-LOC
had O
surprised O
the O
Mexicans I-MISC
with O
three O
half-time O
substitutions O
. O

After O
a O
sterile O
first O
half O
, O
France I-LOC
injected O
more O
sting O
in O
midfield O
with O
the O
introduction O
of O
Juventus I-ORG
's O
Zinedine I-PER
Zidane I-PER
. O

This O
allowed O
Djorkaeff I-PER
to O
play O
further O
up O
and O
his O
cross O
from O
the O
right O
fell O
for O
Ouedec I-PER
, O
who O
has O
joined O
Espanyol I-ORG
of O
Barcelona I-LOC
from O
Nantes I-ORG
since O
missing O
the O
European I-MISC
championship O
finals O
through O
injury O
, O
to O
score O
after O
a O
mistake O
by O
midfielder O
Joaquin I-PER
del I-PER
Olmo I-PER
. O

Within O
four O
minutes O
Ouedec I-PER
was O
returning O
the O
compliment O
for O
Djorkaeff I-PER
, O
playing O
a O
one-two O
with O
the O
Internazionale I-ORG
Milan I-ORG
forward O
down O
the O
middle O
to O
set O
him O
up O
for O
a O
cross O
shot O
past O
diving O
goalkeeper O
Osvaldo I-PER
Sanchez I-PER
. O

Jacquet I-PER
, O
beginning O
the O
22-month O
countdown O
to O
France I-LOC
's O
hosting O
of O
the O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
finals O
, O
said O
: O
" O
We O
have O
an O
identity O
( O
as O
a O
team O
) O
which O
we O
are O
going O
to O
work O
on O
. O
" O

Teams O
: O

France I-LOC
- O
1 O
- O
Bernard I-PER
Lama I-PER
; O
2 O
- O
Lilian I-PER
Thuram I-PER
( O
14 O
- O
Sabri I-PER
Lamouchi I-PER
87th O
) O
, O
5 O
- O
Laurent I-PER
Blanc I-PER
, O
8 O
- O
Marcel I-PER
Desailly I-PER
( O
12 O
- O
Franck I-PER
Leboeuf I-PER
46th O
) O
, O
3 O
- O
Bixente I-PER
Lizarazu I-PER
; O
4 O
- O
Christian I-PER
Karembeu I-PER
, O
7 O
- O
Didier I-PER
Deschamps I-PER
, O
10 O
- O
Youri I-PER
Djorkaeff I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Reynald I-PER
Pedros I-PER
( O
13 O
- O
Robert I-PER
Pires I-PER
46th O
) O
; O
9 O
- O
Nicolas I-PER
Ouedec I-PER
( O
17 O
- O
Florian I-PER
Maurice I-PER
64th O
) O
, O
11 O
- O
Patrice I-PER
Loko I-PER
( O
15 O
- O
Zinedine I-PER
Zidane I-PER
46th O
) O

Mexico I-LOC
- O
1 O
- O
Osvaldo I-PER
Sanchez I-PER
( O
12 O
- O
Alfonso I-PER
Rios I-PER
78th O
) O
; O
13 O
- O
Pavel I-PER
Pardo I-PER
, O
2 O
- O
Claudio I-PER
Suarez I-PER
, O
5 O
- O
Duilio I-PER
Davino I-PER
( O
Becerril I-PER
46th O
) O
, O
4 O
- O
German I-PER
Villa I-PER
( O
16 O
- O
Gomez I-PER
86th O
) O
; O
14 O
- O
Joaquin I-PER
del I-PER
Olmo I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Raul I-PER
Rodrigo I-PER
Lara I-PER
( O
11 O
- O
Cuauhtemoc I-PER
Blanco I-PER
65th O
) O
, O
8 O
- O
Alberto I-PER
Garcia I-PER
Aspe I-PER
, O
7 O
- O
Ramon I-PER
Ramirez I-PER
( O
15 O
- O
Jesus I-PER
Arellano I-PER
71st O
) O
; O
18 O
- O
Enrique I-PER
Alfaro I-PER
( O
17 O
- O
Francisco I-PER
Palencia I-PER
78th O
) O
, O
10 O
- O
Luis I-PER
Garcia I-PER
( O
19 O
- O
Ricardo I-PER
Pelaez I-PER
69th O
) O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
FRANCE I-LOC
BEAT O
MEXICO I-LOC
2-0 O
IN O
FRIENDLY O
. O

PARIS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

France I-LOC
beat O
Mexico I-LOC
2-0 O
( O
halftime O
0-0 O
) O
in O
a O
friendly O
soccer O
international O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O
Nicolas I-PER
Ouedec I-PER
( O
49th O
minute O
) O
, O
Youri I-PER
Djorkaeff I-PER
( O
53rd O
) O

Attendance O
: O
18,000 O

SOCCER O
- O
BELGIUM I-LOC
SCRAPE O
PAST O
TURKEY I-LOC
DESPITE O
CROWD O
TROUBLE O
. O

Bert I-PER
Lauwers I-PER

BRUSSELS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Belgium I-LOC
kicked O
off O
their O
1998 I-MISC
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
campaign O
with O
a O
hard-fought O
2-1 O
victory O
over O
10-man O
Turkey I-LOC
in O
a O
tense O
match O
marred O
by O
Turkish I-MISC
crowd O
trouble O
shortly O
after O
the O
break O
. O

Turkish I-MISC
fans O
, O
upset O
at O
their O
team O
's O
2-0 O
first-half O
deficit O
, O
ripped O
apart O
dozens O
of O
plastic O
seats O
and O
threw O
them O
over O
the O
fence O
. O

Riot O
police O
took O
10 O
minutes O
to O
restore O
order O
. O

The O
police O
were O
given O
an O
unexpected O
hand O
by O
second-half O
substitute O
Sergen I-PER
Yalcin I-PER
who O
rekindled O
Turkish I-MISC
hopes O
in O
the O
61st O
with O
a O
splendid O
half-volley O
which O
stunned O
Belgian I-MISC
goalkeeper O
Filip I-PER
De I-PER
Wilde I-PER
. O

But O
Yalcin I-PER
, O
who O
had O
come O
on O
just O
four O
minutes O
earlier O
, O
turned O
from O
hero O
to O
villain O
barely O
two O
minutes O
after O
his O
strike O
when O
he O
was O
sent O
off O
after O
spitting O
at O
an O
opponent O
and O
arguing O
with O
English I-MISC
referee O
David I-PER
Elleray I-PER
. O

Marc I-PER
Degryse I-PER
had O
opened O
the O
scoring O
for O
Belgium I-LOC
after O
13 O
minutes O
, O
whacking O
a O
low O
10-metre O
drive O
into O
the O
net O
after O
an O
incisive O
pass O
by O
defender O
Dirk I-PER
Medved I-PER
from O
the O
edge O
of O
the O
penalty O
area O
. O

Brazilian-born O
Luis I-PER
Oliveira I-PER
then O
gleefully O
slipped O
the O
ball O
past O
goalkeeper O
Rustu I-PER
Recber I-PER
from O
the O
right O
of O
the O
area O
to O
make O
it O
2-0 O
seven O
minutes O
before O
the O
interval O
, O
Turkey I-LOC
's O
best O
first-half O
effort O
proving O
to O
be O
a O
vicious O
30-metre O
shot O
by O
Ogun I-PER
Temizkanoglu I-PER
which O
De I-PER
Wilde I-PER
tipped O
over O
. O

The O
visitors O
, O
seeking O
to O
restore O
some O
pride O
after O
failing O
to O
score O
a O
single O
goal O
in O
Euro I-MISC
96 I-MISC
in O
June O
, O
repeatedly O
ripped O
through O
the O
left O
side O
of O
the O
home O
defence O
but O
De I-PER
Wilde I-PER
was O
able O
to O
block O
several O
sharply-angled O
efforts O
. O

With O
only O
the O
group O
seven O
winners O
qualifying O
automatically O
for O
the O
1998 O
finals O
in O
France I-LOC
, O
Belgium I-LOC
could O
not O
afford O
a O
slip-up O
at O
home O
and O
they O
frantically O
chased O
a O
decisive O
third O
goal O
. O

But O
they O
were O
almost O
upset O
12 O
minutes O
from O
time O
when O
De I-PER
Wilde I-PER
fumbled O
a O
hard O
Arif I-PER
Erdem I-PER
shot O
and O
Orhan I-PER
Cikirikci I-PER
almost O
pounced O
on O
the O
loose O
ball O
. O

Belgium I-LOC
's O
best O
second-half O
effort O
came O
three O
minutes O
later O
when O
Degryse I-PER
put O
the O
ball O
over O
the O
bar O
from O
close O
range O
with O
Recber I-PER
beaten O
. O

Teams O
: O

Belgium I-LOC
- O
1 O
- O
Filip I-PER
De I-PER
Wilde I-PER
, O
2 O
- O
Bertrand I-PER
Crasson I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Dirk I-PER
Medved I-PER
, O
4 O
- O
Pascal I-PER
Renier I-PER
, O
16 O
- O
Geoffrey I-PER
Claeys I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Gunther I-PER
Schepens I-PER
( O
15 O
- O
Nico I-PER
Van I-PER
Kerckhoven I-PER
, O
81st O
) O
, O
10 O
- O
Enzo I-PER
Scifo I-PER
, O
7 O
- O
Gert I-PER
Verheyen I-PER
( O
14 O
- O
Frederic I-PER
Peiremans I-PER
, O
62nd O
) O
, O
9 O
- O
Marc I-PER
Degryse I-PER
, O
8 O
- O
Luc I-PER
Nilis I-PER
, O
11- O
Luis I-PER
Oliveira I-PER
( O
18 O
- O
Gilles I-PER
De I-PER
Bilde I-PER
, O
88th O
) O
. O

Turkey I-LOC
- O
1 O
- O
Rustu I-PER
Recber I-PER
, O
4 O
- O
Hakan I-PER
Unsal I-PER
( O
14 O
- O
Sergen I-PER
Yalcin I-PER
, O
57th O
) O
, O
2 O
- O
Recep I-PER
Cetin I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Ogun I-PER
Temizkanoglu I-PER
, O
5 O
- O
Alpay I-PER
Ozalan I-PER
, O
7- O
Abdullah I-PER
Ercan I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Tolunay I-PER
Kafkas I-PER
, O
10 O
- O
Oguz I-PER
Cetin I-PER
( O
13 O
- O
Arif I-PER
Erdem I-PER
, O
57th O
) O
, O
11 O
- O
Tayfun I-PER
Korkut I-PER
, O
9 O
- O
Hakan I-PER
Sukur I-PER
, O
8 O
- O
Saffet I-PER
Sancakli I-PER
( O
17- O
Orhan I-PER
Cikirikci I-PER
, O
76th O
) O
. O

Belgian I-MISC
coach O
Wilfried I-PER
Van I-PER
Moer I-PER
said O
he O
had O
not O
expected O
Turkey I-LOC
to O
be O
so O
strong O
and O
fast O
. O

" O
We O
started O
panicking O
a O
bit O
after O
the O
Turkish I-MISC
goal O
... O

we O
suffered O
, O
" O
said O
Van I-PER
Moer I-PER
, O
who O
succeeded O
Paul I-PER
Van I-PER
Himst I-PER
as O
coach O
in O
April O
. O

It O
was O
Belgium I-LOC
's O
first O
victory O
under O
Van I-PER
Moer I-PER
after O
two O
draws O
in O
friendlies O
against O
Russia I-LOC
and O
Italy I-LOC
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SUMMARY O
IN O
THE O
SPANISH I-MISC
FIRST O
DIVISION O
. O

MADRID I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Summary O
of O
game O
played O
in O
the O
Spanish I-MISC
first O
division I-MISC
on O
Saturday O
: O
Deportivo I-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
1 O
( O
Corentine I-PER
Martins I-PER
, O
22nd O
minute O
) O
Real I-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
1 O
( O
Roberto I-PER
Carlos I-PER
79th O
) O
. O

Halftime O
1-0 O
. O

Attendancce O
35,000 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
RESULT O
IN O
SPANISH I-MISC
FIRST O
DIVISION O
. O

MADRID I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Result O
of O
game O
played O
in O
the O

Spanish I-MISC
first O
division I-MISC
on O
Saturday O
: O

Deportivo I-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
1 O
Real I-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
1 O

SOCCER O
- O
BELGIUM I-LOC
BEAT O
TURKEY I-LOC
2-1 O
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

BRUSSELS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Belgium I-LOC
beat O
Turkey I-LOC
2-1 O

( O
halftime O
2-0 O
) O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
group O
seven O
soccer O
qualifier O
on O

Saturday O
: O

Scorers O
: O

Belgium I-LOC
- O
Marc I-PER
Degryse I-PER
( O
13th O
) O
, O
Luis I-PER
Oliveira I-PER
( O
38th O
) O

Turkey I-LOC
- O
Sergen I-PER
Yalcin I-PER
( O
61st O
) O

Attendance O
: O
30,000 O

SOCCER O
- O
AUSTRIA I-LOC
DRAW O
0-0 O
WITH O
SCOTLAND I-LOC
IN O
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
QUALIFIER O
. O

VIENNA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Austria I-LOC
and O
Scotland I-LOC
drew O
0-0 O
in O
a O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
soccer O
European I-MISC
group O
four O
qualifier O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Attendance O
: O
29,500 O

BOXING O
- O
KNOCK-OUT O
SPECIALIST O
MILLER I-PER
DEFENDS O
TITLE O
. O

DUBLIN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
powerful O
right O
hook O
followed O
by O
a O
straight O
left O
gave O
defending O
champion O
Nate I-PER
Miller I-PER
a O
seventh O
round O
knock-out O
win O
over O
fellow O
American I-MISC
James I-PER
Heath I-PER
in O
their O
WBA I-ORG
cruiserweight O
title O
bout O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Miller I-PER
, O
who O
went O
into O
the O
contest O
with O
a O
record O
of O
24 O
knock-out O
wins O
in O
32 O
fights O
, O
took O
charge O
from O
the O
opening O
bell O
and O
had O
his O
opponent O
on O
the O
canvas O
inside O
90 O
seconds O
when O
he O
landed O
a O
deft O
left-hook O
to O
the O
head O
. O

Heath I-PER
did O
score O
with O
two O
brusing O
lefts O
to O
Miller I-PER
's O
head O
in O
the O
third O
round O
but O
failed O
to O
put O
his O
opponent O
under O
any O
real O
pressure O
. O

Miller I-PER
raised O
the O
pace O
of O
the O
contest O
at O
the O
start O
of O
the O
fifth O
round O
and O
, O
once O
he O
started O
to O
get O
his O
right-left O
combinations O
working O
for O
him O
, O
the O
fight O
was O
never O
likely O
to O
go O
the O
distance O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
DUTCH I-MISC
DRAW O
2-2 O
WITH O
BRAZIL I-LOC
IN O
FRIENDLY O
INTERNATIONAL O
. O

AMSTERDAM I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The I-LOC
Netherlands I-LOC
drew O
2-2 O
with O

Brazil I-LOC
( O
half-time O
0-1 O
) O
in O
a O
soccer O
friendly O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Netherlands I-LOC
- O
Ronald I-PER
de I-PER
Boer I-PER
( O
52nd O
minute O
) O
, O
Van I-PER
Gastel I-PER

( O
90th O
, O
pen O
) O

Brazil I-LOC
- O
Giovanni I-PER
( O
14th O
) O
, O
Marcello I-PER
Goncalves I-PER
( O
55th O
) O

BOXING O
- O
MILLER I-PER
DEFENDS O
WBA I-ORG
CRUISERWEIGHT O
TITLE O
. O

DUBLIN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

American I-MISC
Nate I-PER
Miller I-PER
successfully O
defended O
his O
WBA I-ORG
cruiserweight O
title O
when O
he O
knocked O
out O
compatriot O
James I-PER
Heath I-PER
in O
the O
seventh O
round O
of O
their O
bout O
on O
Saturday O
. O

HORSE O
RACING O
- O
TATTERSALLS I-MISC
BREEDERS I-MISC
STAKES O
RESULT O
. O

DUBLIN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Result O
of O
the O
Tattersalls I-MISC
Breeders I-MISC

Stakes I-MISC
, O
a O
race O
for O
two-year-olds O
run O
over O
six O
furlongs O
( O
1,200 O

metres O
) O
at O
The I-LOC
Curragh I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
: O

1. O
Miss I-PER
Stamper I-PER
3-1 O
joint-favourite O
( O
ridden O
by O
David I-PER
Harrison I-PER
) O

2. O
Paddy I-PER
Lad I-PER
16-1 O
( O
Peter I-PER
Bloomfield I-PER
) O

3. O
Pelham I-PER
10-1 O
( O
Warren I-PER
O'Connor I-PER
) O

Distances O
: O
Three O
lengths O
, O
two-and-a-half O
lengths O
. O

Winner O
owned O
by O
John I-PER
and O
Beryll I-PER
Remblance I-PER
and O
trained O
in O

Britain I-LOC
by O
Richard I-PER
Hannon I-PER
. O

Value O
to O
the O
winning O
owner O
: O
$ O
233,600 O

SOCCER O
- O
KLINSMANN I-PER
TO O
RETIRE O
AFTER O
1998 I-MISC
WORLD I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
. O

BONN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

German I-MISC
international O
striker O
Juergen I-PER
Klinsmann I-PER
has O
said O
he O
will O
retire O
after O
the O
1998 O
World I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
in O
France I-LOC
. O

" O
For O
myself O
, O
personally O
, O
I O
've O
planned O
things O
so O
that O
that O
will O
be O
the O
end O
of O
me O
, O
" O
the O
32-year-old O
national O
team O
captain O
was O
quoted O
as O
saying O
by O
the O
daily O
Sueddeutsche I-ORG
Zeitung I-ORG
on O
Saturday O
. O

Klinsmann I-PER
said O
he O
believed O
Germany I-LOC
could O
win O
in O
France I-LOC
with O
the O
same O
nucleus O
of O
players O
which O
won O
the O
European I-MISC
championship O
in O
England I-LOC
this O
summer O
. O

" O
I O
think O
it O
can O
be O
done O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
" O
especially O
as O
experience O
is O
becoming O
more O
and O
more O
valuable O
in O
sport O
. O

I O
think O
we O
can O
do O
it O
with O
the O
same O
body O
of O
players O
. O

That O
's O
what O
we O
're O
all O
aiming O
for O
. O
" O

Coach O
Berti I-PER
Vogts I-PER
has O
called O
up O
a O
virtually O
identical O
squad O
for O
next O
week O
's O
friendly O
against O
Poland I-LOC
-- O
Germany I-LOC
's O
first O
match O
since O
Euro I-MISC
96 I-MISC
. O

SOCCER O
- O
GERMAN I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
SECOND O
ROUND O
RESULTS O
. O

BONN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
German I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
second O
round O

matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Karlsruhe I-ORG
2 O
Hansa I-ORG
Rostock I-ORG
0 O

Borussia I-ORG
Neunkirchen I-ORG
1 O
St I-ORG
Pauli I-ORG
3 O

Duisburg I-ORG
1 O
Luebeck I-ORG
0 O
( O
after O
extra O
time O
) O

SOCCER O
- O
ROMANIA I-LOC
BEAT O
LITHUANIA I-LOC
IN O
U-21 O
QUALIFIER O
. O

BUCHAREST I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Romania I-LOC
beat O
2-1 O
( O
halftime O
1-1 O
) O
Lithuania I-LOC
in O
their O
European I-MISC
Under-21 O
soccer O
match O
on O
Friday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Romania I-LOC
- O
Cosmin I-PER
Contra I-PER
( O
31st O
) O
, O
Mihai I-PER
Tararache I-PER
( O
75th O
) O

Lithuania I-LOC
- O
Danius I-PER
Gleveckas I-PER
( O
13rd O
) O

Attendence O
: O
200 O

Paper O
says O
Thatcher I-PER
's O
office O
consulted O
astrologer O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-09-01 O

A O
British I-MISC
newspaper O
said O
Margaret I-PER
Thatcher I-PER
was O
so O
shaken O
by O
an O
IRA I-ORG
attempt O
on O
her O
life O
when O
she O
was O
prime O
minister O
in O
1984 O
that O
an O
astrologer O
was O
asked O
to O
warn O
her O
against O
future O
threats O
. O

The I-ORG
Sunday I-ORG
Telegraph I-ORG
quoted O
Majorie I-PER
Orr I-PER
as O
saying O
she O
did O
a O
horoscope O
chart O
for O
Thatcher I-PER
, O
a O
Libran I-MISC
, O
after O
she O
narrowly O
escaped O
death O
in O
the O
Irish I-MISC
guerrilla O
bombing O
of O
a O
hotel O
during O
the O
Conservative I-ORG
Party I-ORG
conference O
more O
than O
a O
decade O
ago O
. O

Orr I-PER
said O
Thatcher I-PER
's O
press O
secretary O
Bernard I-PER
Ingram I-PER
asked O
her O
to O
telephone O
if O
she O
saw O
any O
threatening O
indications O
in O
the O
future O
. O

" O
Bernard I-PER
Ingham I-PER
told O
me O
that O
if O
I O
ever O
heard O
anything O
that O
indicated O
danger O
I O
was O
to O
let O
him O
know O
, O
" O
Orr I-PER
said O
. O

Orr I-PER
said O
she O
never O
had O
to O
telephone O
. O

She O
added O
that O
the O
horoscope O
was O
purely O
for O
security O
purposes O
and O
she O
was O
never O
consulted O
about O
political O
moves O
. O

Ingram I-PER
was O
quoted O
as O
telling O
the O
newspaper O
he O
thought O
astrology O
was O
" O
a O
load O
of O
rubbish O
" O
and O
that O
he O
could O
not O
recall O
asking O
Orr I-PER
to O
keep O
a O
watch O
on O
Thatcher I-PER
's O
stars O
. O

Thatcher I-PER
, O
dubbed O
the O
" O
Iron I-PER
Lady I-PER
" O
for O
her O
driven O
, O
forceful O
personality O
, O
was O
never O
known O
to O
have O
an O
interest O
in O
the O
occult O
and O
in O
fact O
has O
a O
university O
degree O
in O
chemistry O
. O

Former O
U.S. I-LOC
president O
Ronald I-PER
Reagan I-PER
's O
wife O
, O
Nancy I-PER
, O
admitted O
in O
her O
biography O
My I-MISC
Turn I-MISC
that O
she O
regularly O
consulted O
an O
astrologer O
to O
help O
her O
plan O
her O
husband O
's O
schedule O
. O

Reuters I-ORG
historical O
calendar O
- O
September O
7 O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Following O
are O
some O
of O
the O
major O
events O
to O
have O
occurred O
on O
September O
7 O
in O
history O
. O

1533 O
- O
Queen O
Elizabeth I-PER
I I-PER
born O
. O

Daughter O
of O
Henry I-PER
VIII I-PER
and O
his O
second O
wife O
Anne I-PER
Boleyn I-PER
, O
she O
was O
queen O
of O
England I-LOC
1558-1603 O
. O

One O
of O
the O
great O
monarchs O
who O
presided O
over O
a O
period O
of O
English I-MISC
assertion O
in O
Europe I-LOC
in O
politics O
and O
the O
arts O
. O

1706 O
- O
French I-MISC
troops O
under O
Duke O
of O
Orleans I-LOC
besieging O
Turin I-LOC
were O
defeated O
by O
the O
Austrians I-MISC
under O
Prince O
Eugene I-ORG
, O
the O
French I-MISC
army O
was O
destroyed O
and O
they O
ceased O
trying O
to O
capture O
northern O
Italy I-LOC
. O

1714 O
- O
The O
Treaty I-MISC
of I-MISC
Baden I-MISC
was O
signed O
between O
the O
Holy O
Roman I-MISC
Emperor O
Charles I-PER
VI I-PER
and O
France I-LOC
, O
ending O
War I-MISC
of I-MISC
Spanish I-MISC
Succession I-MISC
. O

Charles I-PER
ceded O
Alsace I-LOC
and O
Strasbourg I-LOC
to O
France I-LOC
and O
got O
back O
Breisach I-LOC
, O
Kehl I-LOC
and O
Freiburg I-LOC
. O

1812 O
- O
Russian I-MISC
army O
under O
General O
Kutuzov I-PER
was O
defeated O
at O
heavy O
cost O
by O
Napoleon I-PER
at O
the O
battle O
of O
Borodino I-LOC
70 O
miles O
west O
of O
Moscow I-LOC
. O

Napoleon I-PER
entered O
Moscow I-LOC
a O
week O
later O
. O

1822 O
- O
Brazil I-LOC
proclaimed O
independence O
from O
Portugal I-LOC
and O
Pedro I-PER
I I-PER
became O
first O
Emperor O
of O
Brazil I-LOC
in O
December O
1822 O
. O

1836 O
- O
Scottish I-MISC
politician O
Sir O
Henry I-PER
Campbell-Bannerman I-PER
born O
. O

As O
Liberal I-MISC
prime O
minister O
1905-1908 O
he O
granted O
self-government O
to O
the O
Transvaal I-LOC
. O

He O
also O
got O
the O
House I-ORG
of I-ORG
Lords I-ORG
to O
pass O
his O
Trades I-MISC
Disputes I-MISC
Act I-MISC
which O
gave O
labour O
unions O
more O
freedom O
to O
strike O
. O

1860 O
- O
Giuseppe I-PER
Garibaldi I-PER
leading O
his O
" O
Red I-MISC
Shirts I-MISC
" O
seized O
Naples I-LOC
in O
the O
Italian I-MISC
war O
of O
liberation O
against O
the O
Austrians I-MISC
. O

1901 O
- O
In O
China I-LOC
, O
the O
Boxer I-MISC
Rising I-MISC
which O
attempted O
to O
drive O
out O
all O
foreigners O
officially O
ended O
with O
the O
signing O
of O
the O
Peking I-MISC
Protocol I-MISC
. O

This O
imposed O
an O
indemnity O
to O
be O
paid O
to O
the O
great O
powers O
for O
Boxer I-MISC
crimes O
. O

1909 O
- O
Elia I-PER
Kazan I-PER
born O
as O
Elia I-PER
Kazanjoglus I-PER
. O

A O
U.S. I-LOC
stage O
and O
screen O
director O
, O
he O
is O
best O
known O
for O
" O
Viva I-MISC
Zapata I-MISC
" O
and O
" O
On I-MISC
the I-MISC
Waterfront I-MISC
" O
. O

1913 O
- O
Sir O
Anthony I-PER
Quayle I-PER
born O
. O

British I-MISC
actor O
of O
stage O
and O
screen O
in O
films O
from O
1948 O
. O

Best O
known O
for O
appearances O
in O
" O
Ice I-MISC
Cold I-MISC
in I-MISC
Alex I-MISC
" O
, O
" O
Lawrence I-MISC
of I-MISC
Arabia I-MISC
" O
and O
, O
as O
Cardinal O
Wolsey I-PER
, O
in O
" O
Anne I-MISC
of I-MISC
a I-MISC
Thousand I-MISC
Days I-MISC
" O
. O

1914 O
- O
James I-PER
Alfred I-PER
Van I-PER
Allen I-PER
born O
. O

U.S. I-LOC
physicist O
who O
discovered O
the O
two O
zones O
of O
radiation O
encircling O
the O
earth O
to O
which O
he O
gave O
his O
name O
. O

1930 O
- O
Belgian I-MISC
King O
Baudouin I-PER
I I-PER
born O
. O

He O
succeeded O
to O
the O
throne O
in O
1951 O
on O
the O
abdication O
of O
his O
father O
Leopold I-PER
III I-PER
. O

1940 O
- O
In O
World I-MISC
War I-MISC
Two I-MISC
the O
German I-MISC
airforce O
under O
Hermann I-PER
Goering I-PER
began O
its O
" O
Blitz I-MISC
" O
bombing O
campaign O
on O
London I-LOC
. O

Over O
300 O
people O
were O
killed O
on O
this O
day O
alone O
. O

1969 O
- O
Scottish I-MISC
motor O
racing O
driver O
Jackie I-PER
Stewart I-PER
won O
the O
Italian I-MISC
Grand I-MISC
Prix I-MISC
to O
secure O
his O
first O
world O
championship O
. O

Four O
years O
later O
, O
after O
winning O
his O
third O
world O
crown O
, O
he O
announced O
his O
retirement O
. O

1986 O
- O
Bishop O
Desmond I-PER
Tutu I-PER
was O
enthroned O
as O
Archbishop O
of O
Cape I-LOC
Town I-LOC
, O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
. O

He O
was O
the O
first O
black O
head O
of O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
's O
Anglicans I-MISC
. O

1990 O
- O
The O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
won O
Saudi I-MISC
and O
Kuwaiti I-MISC
pledges O
to O
help O
pay O
for O
forces O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
. O

Iraq I-LOC
ordered O
many O
restaurants O
to O
close O
indefinitely O
to O
save O
food O
in O
face O
of O
a O
blockade O
. O

1990 O
- O
British I-MISC
historian O
Alan I-PER
John I-PER
Percivale I-PER
( I-PER
A.J.P. I-PER
) I-PER
Taylor I-PER
died O
. O

He O
won O
acclaim O
for O
the O
insights O
that O
he O
gave O
into O
the O
events O
which O
shaped O
modern O
Europe I-LOC
and O
was O
one O
of O
Europe I-LOC
's O
leading O
authorities O
on O
the O
great O
conflicts O
of O
the O
20th O
century O
. O

1993 O
- O
Six O
former O
Soviet I-MISC
republics O
, O
Russia I-LOC
, O
Belarus I-LOC
, O
Kazakhstan I-LOC
, O
Uzbekistan I-LOC
, O
Armenia I-LOC
and O
Tajikistan I-LOC
, O
signed O
framework O
agreement O
to O
keep O
the O
Russian I-MISC
rouble O
as O
their O
common O
currency O
. O

1994 O
- O
The O
Stars I-MISC
and I-MISC
Stripes I-MISC
flag O
was O
lowered O
for O
the O
last O
time O
over O
U.S. I-LOC
army O
headquarters O
in O
Berlin I-LOC
, O
formally O
ending O
the O
American I-MISC
presence O
in O
the O
once-divided O
city O
after O
nearly O
half O
a O
century O
. O

Escaped O
British I-MISC
paedophile O
recaptured O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
convicted O
British I-MISC
paedophile O
was O
arrested O
on O
Saturday O
, O
two O
days O
after O
escaping O
from O
custody O
during O
a O
supervised O
day O
trip O
to O
a O
zoo O
, O
police O
said O
. O

Trevor I-PER
Holland I-PER
, O
a O
52 O
year-old O
with O
who O
has O
been O
convicted O
twice O
of O
gross O
indecency O
with O
children O
, O
was O
captured O
after O
being O
spotted O
in O
Worthing I-LOC
, O
a O
town O
on O
England I-LOC
's O
southern O
coast O
. O

" O
A O
member O
of O
the O
public O
recognised O
Holland I-PER
in O
a O
newsagent O
shop O
as O
he O
was O
reading O
the O
headlines O
about O
himself O
, O
" O
a O
police O
spokesman O
said O
. O

Police O
launched O
a O
nationwide O
search O
on O
Thursday O
after O
he O
disappeared O
during O
an O
unsupervised O
trip O
to O
the O
toilet O
while O
visiting O
a O
popular O
zoo O
and O
theme O
park O
south O
of O
London I-LOC
. O

Holland I-PER
was O
moved O
to O
a O
more O
secure O
centre O
earlier O
this O
year O
after O
a O
similar O
incident O
. O

His O
escape O
at O
the O
zoo O
caused O
outrage O
in O
Britain I-LOC
. O

A O
child O
sex O
scandal O
in O
Belgium I-LOC
in O
which O
two O
eight-year-old O
girls O
were O
murdered O
and O
two O
other O
sexually O
abused O
girls O
were O
rescued O
has O
focused O
new O
attention O
on O
the O
problem O
. O

Scottish I-ORG
Labour I-ORG
Party I-ORG
narrowly O
backs O
referendum O
. O

STIRLING I-LOC
, O
Scotland I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

British I-ORG
Labour I-ORG
Party I-ORG
leader O
Tony I-PER
Blair I-PER
won O
a O
narrow O
victory O
on O
Saturday O
when O
the O
party O
's O
Scottish I-MISC
executive O
voted O
21-18 O
in O
favour O
of O
his O
plans O
for O
a O
referendum O
on O
a O
separate O
parliament O
for O
Scotland I-LOC
. O

Blair I-PER
once O
pledged O
to O
set O
up O
a O
Scottish I-MISC
parliament O
if O
the O
Labour I-ORG
won O
the O
next O
general O
election O
, O
which O
must O
be O
held O
by O
May O
1997 O
. O

But O
many O
activists O
were O
dismayed O
when O
he O
abruptly O
decided O
earlier O
this O
year O
to O
hold O
a O
two-question O
referendum O
on O
the O
issue O
, O
asking O
Scots I-MISC
if O
they O
wanted O
a O
separate O
parliament O
and O
if O
it O
should O
have O
tax-raising O
powers O
. O

Many O
party O
members O
argued O
that O
a O
general O
election O
win O
would O
demonstrate O
popular O
support O
for O
a O
separate O
parliament O
and O
others O
said O
a O
single O
question O
referendum O
would O
suffice O
. O

Prime O
Minister O
John I-PER
Major I-PER
says O
the O
300-year-old O
union O
of O
the O
Scottish I-MISC
and O
English I-MISC
parliaments O
will O
be O
a O
main O
plank O
in O
his O
Conservative I-ORG
Party I-ORG
's O
election O
platform O
. O

Conservatives O
have O
only O
10 O
of O
the O
72 O
Scottish I-MISC
seats O
in O
parliament O
and O
consistently O
run O
third O
in O
opinion O
polls O
in O
Scotland I-LOC
behind O
Labour I-ORG
and O
the O
independence-seeking O
Scottish I-ORG
National I-ORG
Party I-ORG
. O

Britain I-LOC
condemns O
Iraq I-LOC
involvement O
in O
Arbil I-LOC
attack O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Britain I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
condemned O
Iraqi I-MISC
involvement O
in O
an O
attack O
on O
the O
Kurdish I-MISC
city O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
and O
said O
it O
was O
in O
close O
touch O
with O
its O
allies O
. O

" O
We O
condemn O
Iraqi I-MISC
involvement O
. O

In O
no O
way O
can O
Iraqi I-MISC
involvement O
be O
seen O
as O
helpful O
, O
" O
said O
a O
Foreign I-ORG
Office I-ORG
spokesman O
. O

U.N. I-ORG
officials O
said O
that O
a O
Kurdish I-MISC
rebel O
faction O
backed O
up O
by O
Iraqi I-MISC
tanks O
, O
heavy O
artillery O
and O
helicopters O
had O
taken O
control O
of O
half O
of O
the O
city O
after O
heavy O
fighting O
. O

Arbil I-LOC
lies O
within O
the O
so-called O
safe O
haven O
set O
up O
at O
the O
end O
of O
the O
1991 O
Gulf I-MISC
War I-MISC
on O
the O
suggestion O
of O
British I-MISC
Prime O
Minister O
John I-PER
Major I-PER
to O
protect O
Iraqi I-MISC
Kurds I-MISC
from O
attack O
by O
the O
Iraqi I-MISC
military O
. O

The O
area O
is O
patrolled O
by O
U.S. I-LOC
, O
French I-MISC
and O
British I-MISC
planes O
. O

" O
We O
are O
in O
close O
touch O
with O
all O
our O
allies O
, O
" O
said O
the O
Foreign I-ORG
Office I-ORG
spokesman O
. O

He O
declined O
to O
give O
any O
further O
information O
. O

Seven O
Iraqis I-MISC
charged O
with O
hijack O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Seven O
Iraqi I-MISC
men O
appeared O
in O
court O
on O
Saturday O
charged O
with O
air O
piracy O
following O
the O
hijacking O
to O
Britain I-LOC
of O
a O
Sudanese I-MISC
airliner O
with O
199 O
people O
aboard O
. O

The O
seven O
, O
including O
a O
carpenter O
and O
a O
businessmen O
and O
whose O
ages O
ranged O
from O
25 O
to O
38 O
years O
old O
, O
were O
ordered O
to O
be O
held O
in O
jail O
until O
another O
hearing O
next O
week O
. O

No O
pleas O
were O
entered O
at O
the O
preliminary O
hearing O
. O

They O
were O
accused O
of O
taking O
over O
Flight I-MISC
150 I-MISC
which O
was O
flying O
from O
Khartoum I-LOC
, O
Sudan I-LOC
, O
to O
Amman I-LOC
, O
Jordan I-LOC
. O

All O
the O
hostages O
were O
freed O
on O
Tuesday O
after O
the O
plane O
landed O
at O
Stansted I-LOC
airport O
, O
north O
of O
London I-LOC
. O

The O
men O
have O
claimed O
political O
asylum O
in O
Britain I-LOC
saying O
they O
were O
persecuted O
while O
in O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

Their O
court O
appearance O
means O
they O
will O
face O
trial O
and O
possible O
imprisonment O
in O
Britain I-LOC
before O
their O
applications O
for O
asylum O
are O
considered O
. O

Under O
English I-MISC
law O
the O
maximum O
sentence O
for O
hijack O
is O
life O
imprisonment O
but O
there O
has O
been O
widespread O
speculation O
that O
the O
seven O
will O
receive O
lesser O
sentences O
. O

After O
a O
search O
of O
the O
aircraft O
following O
the O
hijack O
, O
police O
found O
only O
knives O
and O
fake O
explosives O
. O

Opposition O
group O
says O
Iraqis I-MISC
advance O
in O
north O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

An O
Iraqi I-MISC
opposition O
group O
in O
exile O
said O
on O
Saturday O
it O
had O
received O
reports O
that O
Iraqi I-MISC
forces O
were O
shelling O
and O
advancing O
on O
the O
Kurdish I-MISC
town O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

A O
London-based I-MISC
spokesman O
of O
the O
Iraqi I-ORG
National I-ORG
Congress I-ORG
said O
Iraqi I-MISC
artillery O
was O
shelling O
the O
city O
and O
Iraqi I-MISC
tanks O
had O
advanced O
to O
within O
10 O
km O
( O
six O
miles O
) O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
, O
the O
administrative O
centre O
of O
the O
Kurdish I-MISC
rebel-controlled O
region O
of O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

" O
At O
4.50 O
a.m. O
Iraq I-LOC
time O
( O
0050 O
GMT I-MISC
) O
Iraqi I-MISC
forces O
began O
an O
artillery O
attack O
on O
the O
outskirts O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
, O
" O
the O
spokesman O
, O
who O
asked O
not O
to O
be O
identified O
, O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
in O
a O
telephone O
call O
. O

There O
was O
no O
independent O
confirmation O
of O
the O
report O
which O
the O
spokesman O
said O
came O
from O
the O
organisation O
's O
members O
in O
Arbil I-LOC
. O

He O
said O
damage O
and O
casualties O
in O
the O
city O
were O
heavy O
and O
Kurdish I-MISC
forces O
were O
defending O
the O
city O
. O

President O
Bill I-PER
Clinton I-PER
on O
Friday O
ordered O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
military O
to O
ready O
itself O
for O
any O
possible O
action O
as O
Washington I-LOC
turned O
up O
the O
heat O
in O
an O
escalating O
crisis O
over O
Iraqi I-MISC
troop O
movements O
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

On O
Thursday O
, O
Iraq I-LOC
accused O
Iran I-LOC
of O
aggression O
and O
said O
it O
reserved O
the O
right O
to O
retaliate O
for O
Tehran I-LOC
's O
alleged O
deployment O
of O
troops O
into O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
, O
where O
fighting O
broke O
out O
between O
the O
two O
main O
Iraqi I-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
rebel O
groups O
two O
weeks O
ago O
. O

Two O
die O
in O
Algeria I-LOC
restaurant O
blast O
- O
radio O
. O

LONDON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Two O
people O
were O
killed O
when O
a O
hand O
grenade O
exploded O
in O
a O
restaurant O
near O
Algiers I-LOC
late O
on O
Friday O
, O
Algerian I-MISC
radio O
reported O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
report O
, O
monitored O
by O
the O
British I-ORG
Broadcasting I-ORG
Corporation I-ORG
( O
BBC I-ORG
) O
, O
quoted O
security O
services O
as O
saying O
six O
other O
people O
were O
injured O
in O
the O
blast O
in O
the O
town O
of O
Staouelli I-LOC
. O

An O
estimated O
50,000 O
people O
had O
been O
killed O
in O
political O
violence O
in O
Algeria I-LOC
since O
1992 O
, O
when O
army-backed O
authorities O
cancelled O
a O
general O
election O
that O
Islamic I-MISC
fundamentalists O
had O
been O
expected O
to O
win O
. O

Baseball-Results O
of O
S. I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
pro-baseball O
games O
. O

SEOUL I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Results O
of O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
pro-baseball O
games O
played O
on O
Friday O
. O

OB I-ORG
5 O
Samsung I-ORG
0 O

Ssangbangwool I-ORG
2 O
Hyundai I-ORG
1 O

Standings O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Friday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
winning O
percentage O
, O
games O
behind O
first O
place O
) O

W O
D O
L O
PCT O
GB O

Haitai I-ORG
64 O
2 O
43 O
.596 O
- O

Ssangbangwool I-ORG
60 O
2 O
49 O
.550 O
5 O

Hanwha I-ORG
58 O
1 O
49 O
.542 O
6 O

Hyundai I-ORG
57 O
5 O
50 O
.531 O
7 O

Samsung I-ORG
49 O
5 O
57 O
.464 O
14 O
1/2 O

Lotte I-ORG
46 O
6 O
54 O
.462 O
14 O
1/2 O

LG I-ORG
46 O
5 O
59 O
.441 O
17 O

OB I-ORG
43 O
6 O
62 O
.414 O
20 O

S. I-MISC
African I-MISC
Afrikaners B-MISC
still O
seek O
own O
territory O
. O

CAPE I-LOC
TOWN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

South I-MISC
African I-MISC
right-wing O
Afrikaners O
on O
Saturday O
revived O
their O
campaign O
for O
a O
form O
of O
self-rule O
, O
identifying O
a O
sparsely-populated O
area O
in O
Northern I-LOC
Cape I-LOC
province O
as O
the O
best O
place O
for O
a O
home O
of O
their O
own O
. O

Constand I-PER
Viljoen I-PER
, O
leader O
of O
the O
Freedom I-ORG
Front I-ORG
party O
, O
told O
a O
news O
conference O
in O
Pretoria I-LOC
self-determination O
for O
Afrikaners I-MISC
could O
begin O
at O
local O
government O
level O
. O

" O
Certain O
powers O
can O
be O
delegated O
from O
the O
provincial O
level O
, O
towards O
the O
sub-regions O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

" O
We O
think O
that O
the O
Afrikaner I-MISC
model O
within O
this O
new O
, O
multi- O
ethnic O
society O
of O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
will O
have O
to O
develop O
experimentally O
with O
world O
thinking O
in O
this O
regard O
. O
" O

Viljoen I-PER
broke O
with O
other O
right-wing O
whites O
in O
1994 O
by O
taking O
part O
in O
the O
country O
's O
first O
all-race O
elections O
in O
April O
of O
that O
year O
, O
saying O
the O
only O
way O
to O
attain O
self-determination O
was O
by O
cooperating O
with O
President O
Nelson I-PER
Mandela I-PER
's O
majority O
African I-ORG
National I-ORG
Congress I-ORG
. O

Some O
right-wingers O
demanded O
sovereignty O
in O
their O
own O
territory O
in O
the O
run-up O
to O
the O
elections O
, O
saying O
the O
alternative O
was O
war O
. O

Their O
threats O
came O
to O
nothing O
. O

Viljoen I-PER
has O
hailed O
clauses O
in O
South I-LOC
Africa I-LOC
's O
new O
constitution O
as O
making O
possible O
a O
form O
of O
self-rule O
for O
the O
Afrikaners I-MISC
, O
descendants O
of O
the O
country O
's O
Dutch I-MISC
, O
German I-MISC
and O
French I-MISC
settlers O
. O

According O
to O
state O
television O
, O
Viljoen I-PER
told O
the O
news O
conference O
the O
self-rule O
model O
should O
be O
introduced O
in O
parts O
of O
the O
Northern I-LOC
Cape I-LOC
provinces O
where O
a O
majority O
of O
people O
-- O
whites O
and O
mixed-race O
Coloureds O
-- O
speak O
Afrikaans I-MISC
. O

Rwandan I-MISC
refugee O
group O
calls O
for O
calm O
over O
census O
. O

NAIROBI I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
Rwandan I-MISC
refugee O
lobby O
group O
called O
on O
Saturday O
for O
calm O
in O
refugee O
camps O
in O
eastern O
Zaire I-LOC
during O
a O
census O
from O
Sunday O
to O
be O
conducted O
by O
aid O
workers O
. O

The O
Rally I-ORG
for I-ORG
the I-ORG
Return I-ORG
of I-ORG
Refugees I-ORG
and I-ORG
Democracy I-ORG
in I-ORG
Rwanda I-ORG
( O
RDR I-ORG
) O
urged O
the O
U.N. I-ORG
High O
Commissioner O
for O
Refugees O
to O
avoid O
any O
" O
policing O
approach O
" O
and O
to O
calm O
refugees O
by O
explaining O
the O
aims O
of O
the O
operation O
. O

" O
The O
RDR I-ORG
appeals O
to O
all O
refugees O
to O
prepare O
themselves O
calmly O
for O
the O
demands O
of O
the O
census O
agents O
because O
it O
will O
be O
in O
their O
ultimate O
interest O
, O
" O
the O
group O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

It O
said O
refugees O
feared O
census O
takers O
would O
use O
indelible O
ink O
to O
mark O
them O
so O
they O
could O
be O
detected O
by O
Rwandan I-MISC
government O
troops O
and O
mistreated O
if O
they O
were O
forced O
back O
into O
Rwanda I-LOC
. O

U.N. I-ORG
officials O
said O
more O
than O
1,000 O
aid O
workers O
will O
take O
part O
in O
the O
census O
from O
Sunday O
until O
Tuesday O
of O
the O
estimated O
727,000 O
refugees O
in O
camps O
around O
the O
eastern O
Zairean I-MISC
border O
town O
of O
Goma I-LOC
. O

Only O
about O
100 O
refugees O
a O
week O
are O
returning O
voluntarily O
to O
Rwanda I-LOC
in O
contrast O
to O
the O
600 O
babies O
born O
in O
the O
camps O
weekly O
. O

Zairean I-MISC
Prime O
Minister O
Kengo I-PER
wa I-PER
Dondo I-PER
said O
at O
the O
end O
of O
a O
visit O
to O
Rwanda I-LOC
last O
week O
that O
the O
Zairean I-MISC
and O
Rwandan I-MISC
governments O
agreed O
on O
an O
" O
organised O
, O
massive O
and O
unconditional O
repatriation O
" O
of O
the O
1.1 O
million O
Rwandan I-MISC
refugees O
in O
Zaire I-LOC
. O

He O
said O
the O
repatriation O
would O
be O
carried O
out O
swiftly O
and O
would O
be O
enormous O
, O
starting O
with O
the O
closure O
of O
refugee O
camps O
. O

RDR I-ORG
said O
it O
feared O
forced O
expulsions O
would O
start O
in O
days O
. O

Zairean I-MISC
troops O
expelled O
15,000 O
refugees O
in O
August O
last O
year O
. O

Many O
of O
the O
1.1 O
million O
Rwandan I-MISC
Hutu B-MISC
refugees O
in O
Zaire I-LOC
and O
nearly O
600,000 O
in O
Tanzania I-LOC
refuse O
to O
go O
home O
, O
saying O
they O
fear O
reprisals O
for O
the O
1994 O
genocide O
in O
Rwanda I-LOC
of O
up O
to O
a O
million O
people O
by O
Hutus I-MISC
. O

NATO I-ORG
monitors O
Moslem I-MISC
move O
towards O
tense O
village O
. O

MAHALA I-LOC
, O
Bosnia I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

NATO I-ORG
said O
it O
was O
closely O
monitoring O
the O
movement O
of O
about O
75 O
Moslem I-MISC
men O
towards O
the O
village O
of O
Mahala I-LOC
in O
Bosnia I-LOC
's O
Serb I-MISC
republic O
on O
Saturday O
, O
two O
days O
after O
a O
violent O
confrontation O
with O
Serbs I-MISC
. O

" O
I O
have O
to O
report O
this O
morning O
that O
we O
have O
in O
fact O
received O
reports O
... O

that O
up O
to O
75 O
Moslem I-MISC
men O
are O
believed O
to O
be O
approaching O
Mahala I-LOC
, O
" O
NATO I-ORG
spokesman O
Lieutenant-Colonel O
Max I-PER
Marriner I-PER
said O
in O
Sarajevo I-LOC
. O

Marriner I-PER
said O
that O
NATO I-ORG
troops O
had O
set O
up O
a O
checkpoint O
on O
the O
road O
between O
Tuzla I-LOC
and O
Mahala I-LOC
to O
establish O
the O
identities O
and O
intentions O
of O
the O
men O
headed O
towards O
the O
village O
. O

Mahala I-LOC
is O
a O
Moslem I-MISC
village O
on O
Bosnian I-MISC
Serb I-MISC
republic O
territory O
. O

Moslems I-MISC
were O
driven O
from O
the O
village O
during O
the O
43- O
month O
Bosnian I-MISC
war O
and O
most O
of O
their O
houses O
were O
destroyed O
. O

Some O
Moslems I-MISC
began O
returning O
to O
rebuild O
their O
properties O
earlier O
in O
the O
week O
. O

Fights O
and O
shooting O
broke O
out O
between O
the O
Moslems I-MISC
and O
Serb I-MISC
police O
on O
Thursday O
and O
NATO I-ORG
troops O
finally O
brought O
restored O
order O
. O

A O
Reuters I-ORG
reporter O
who O
entered O
Mahala I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
morning O
found O
it O
tranquil O
but O
NATO I-ORG
troops O
and O
U.N. I-ORG
police O
were O
seen O
on O
the O
ground O
and O
NATO I-ORG
helicopters O
flew O
overhead O
. O

Chechens I-MISC
exuberant O
but O
cautious O
on O
peace O
deal O
. O

Liutauras I-PER
Stremaitis I-PER

URUS-MARTAN I-LOC
, O
Russia I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Crowds O
of O
pro-independence O
Chechens I-MISC
greeted O
a O
newly-signed O
peace O
deal O
by O
singing O
, O
dancing O
and O
firing O
guns O
in O
the O
air O
on O
Saturday O
, O
but O
the O
celebrations O
held O
a O
trace O
of O
uncertainty O
. O

More O
than O
a O
thousand O
women O
, O
children O
and O
men O
gathered O
in O
a O
field O
to O
the O
north O
of O
the O
town O
of O
Urus-Martan I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
to O
wait O
for O
a O
column O
of O
rebels O
to O
withdraw O
from O
the O
capital O
Grozny I-LOC
about O
25 O
km O
( O
12 O
miles O
) O
away O
. O

The O
men O
fired O
weapons O
into O
the O
air O
as O
groups O
of O
women O
danced O
. O

Adults O
in O
the O
crowd O
carried O
posters O
of O
former O
Chechen I-MISC
leader O
Dzhokhar I-PER
Dudayev I-PER
-- O
who O
declared O
independence O
in O
1991 O
-- O
and O
children O
, O
carrying O
photographs O
of O
him O
, O
called O
" O
Troops O
out O
! O
" O

. O

Russian I-MISC
military O
officials O
have O
expressed O
fears O
that O
the O
rebels O
and O
their O
supporters O
will O
see O
the O
deal O
signed O
by O
Russian I-MISC
peace O
envoy O
Alexander I-PER
Lebed I-PER
in O
the O
early O
hours O
of O
Saturday O
as O
a O
military O
victory O
for O
the O
separatists O
. O

It O
involves O
the O
withdrawal O
of O
Russian I-MISC
troops O
sent O
to O
Chechnya I-LOC
in O
December O
1994 O
to O
crush O
the O
separatists O
and O
a O
postponement O
of O
the O
issue O
at O
the O
heart O
of O
the O
conflict O
-- O
the O
status O
of O
the O
mainly-Moslem I-MISC
North I-LOC
Caucasus I-LOC
region O
. O

But O
the O
people O
in O
the O
crowd O
on O
Saturday O
, O
who O
had O
turned O
out O
in O
support O
of O
the O
rebels O
, O
did O
not O
seem O
sure O
that O
the O
war O
was O
over O
. O

" O
We O
hope O
for O
the O
best O
, O
that O
it O
really O
has O
ended O
so O
we O
can O
live O
in O
peace O
. O

It O
's O
our O
only O
dream O
, O
" O
said O
a O
30-year-old O
woman O
, O
Mubatik I-PER
Dagayeva I-PER
. O

Aiza I-PER
Dudayeva I-PER
, O
with O
her O
10-year-old O
son O
beside O
her O
, O
shared O
the O
guarded O
optimism O
. O
" O

We O
really O
want O
the O
war O
to O
end O
, O
we O
hope O
and O
believe O
that O
our O
sons O
and O
brothers O
will O
win O
, O
" O
said O
Dudayeva I-PER
, O
adding O
that O
she O
was O
from O
Urus-Martan I-LOC
. O

Urus-Martan I-LOC
is O
a O
traditionally O
anti-separatist O
pocket O
in O
Chechnya I-LOC
and O
Moscow-backed I-MISC
leader O
Doku I-PER
Zavgayev I-PER
, O
who O
has O
been O
sidelined O
in O
the O
peace O
deal O
, O
has O
warned O
that O
it O
and O
places O
like O
it O
could O
become O
centres O
of O
civil O
war O
if O
Russian I-MISC
troops O
leave O
. O

But O
on O
Saturday O
the O
people O
gathered O
just O
outside O
the O
town O
seemed O
to O
be O
united O
in O
favour O
of O
the O
separatists O
. O

Two O
columns O
of O
rebels O
appeared O
in O
jeeps O
and O
cars O
, O
firing O
their O
guns O
in O
the O
air O
, O
as O
the O
crowd O
rushed O
towards O
them O
. O

Mouldi I-PER
Mamatuyev I-PER
, O
in O
his O
late O
20 O
's O
, O
dressed O
in O
black O
and O
carrying O
a O
machine O
gun O
, O
was O
welcomed O
by O
his O
mother O
and O
sister O
. O

" O
Two O
sons O
have O
come O
back O
, O
" O
said O
his O
mother O
Nurbika I-PER
Mamatuyeva I-PER
. O
" O

It O
's O
the O
end O
. O

We O
believe O
in O
God I-PER
. O
" O

Mamatuyev I-PER
joked O
that O
his O
sister O
Lisa I-PER
was O
a O
rebel O
too O
, O
and O
she O
responded O
by O
grabbing O
hold O
of O
his O
gun O
and O
shouting O
the O
Chechen I-MISC
war O
cry O
" O
Allahu I-PER
Akhbar I-PER
" O
( O
God I-PER
is O
Greatest O
) O
and O
" O
Freedom O
for O
Chechnya I-LOC
! O
" O

. O

The O
fighter O
, O
sitting O
next O
to O
a O
man O
dressed O
in O
green O
and O
carrying O
a O
grenade-launcher O
, O
said O
that O
the O
strict O
Islamic I-MISC
law O
adopted O
by O
the O
rebels O
during O
the O
conflict O
was O
now O
needed O
to O
impose O
peace O
. O

" O
The O
war O
has O
ended O
if O
everything O
works O
out O
, O
if O
there O
is O
law O
there O
will O
be O
power O
. O

Only O
Sheriat I-MISC
( O
Islamic I-MISC
law O
) O
can O
end O
the O
war O
. O
" O

Polish I-MISC
group O
to O
bid O
for O
Ruch I-ORG
newsstand O
chain O
- O
paper O
. O

WARSAW I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
Polish I-MISC
consortium O
including O
the O
Bank I-ORG
Rozwoju I-ORG
Exportu I-ORG
SA I-ORG
( O
BRE I-ORG
) O
plans O
to O
rival O
France I-LOC
's O
Hachette I-ORG
in O
bidding O
for O
Polish I-MISC
state-owned O
press O
distribution O
chain O
Ruch I-ORG
SA I-ORG
, O
Zycie I-ORG
Warszawy I-ORG
daily O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Zycie I-ORG
Warszawy I-ORG
said O
its O
own O
publisher O
, O
mineral O
water O
firm O
Multico I-ORG
, O
and O
a O
group O
headed O
by O
Polish I-MISC
businessman O
Zygmunt I-PER
Solorz I-PER
were O
forming O
a O
consortium O
which O
would O
offer O
about O
$ O
120 O
million O
, O
with O
finance O
provided O
by O
BRE I-ORG
. O

The O
consortium O
wanted O
40 O
percent O
of O
Ruch I-ORG
's O
shares O
, O
the O
state O
would O
get O
20 O
percent O
of O
Ruch I-ORG
and O
40 O
percent O
would O
be O
offered O
on O
the O
Warsaw I-LOC
stock O
exchange O
. O

" O
This O
division I-MISC
would O
guarantee O
a O
dispersal O
of O
capital O
, O
preventing O
anyone O
from O
taking O
total O
control O
over O
Ruch I-ORG
and O
dictating O
market O
conditions O
, O
" O
the O
paper O
quoted O
one O
of O
the O
initiators O
of O
the O
move O
as O
saying O
, O
without O
giving O
a O
name O
. O

A O
consortium O
of O
press O
distributor O
Hachette I-ORG
and O
Polish I-MISC
publishers O
group O
UWP I-ORG
are O
seeking O
more O
than O
than O
50 O
percent O
of O
Ruch I-ORG
and O
French I-MISC
President O
Jacques I-PER
Chirac I-PER
is O
likely O
to O
support O
its O
case O
when O
he O
visits O
Poland I-LOC
in O
September O
, O
the O
daily O
said O
. O

News-stand O
chain O
Ruch I-ORG
, O
which O
controls O
about O
65 O
percent O
of O
Poland I-LOC
's O
press O
distribution O
market O
, O
had O
a O
net O
profit O
of O
16.2 O
million O
zlotys O
on O
sales O
of O
2.7 O
billion O
zlotys O
in O
1995 O
. O

It O
has O
about O
17,000 O
news-stands O
and O
was O
the O
country O
's O
sole O
press O
distributor O
before O
the O
1989 O
fall O
of O
communism O
. O

Zycie I-ORG
Warszawy I-ORG
said O
the O
new O
, O
open O
consortium O
, O
which O
also O
included O
several O
listed O
Polish I-MISC
firms O
, O
would O
on O
Monday O
inform O
Privatisation O
Minister O
Wieslaw I-PER
Kaczmarek I-PER
of O
its O
plans O
. O

It O
aims O
to O
invest O
$ O
200 O
million O
in O
Ruch I-ORG
over O
five O
years O
-- O
more O
than O
the O
sum O
Ruch I-ORG
says O
it O
needs O
to O
upgrade O
its O
outlets O
. O

Initially O
Poland I-LOC
offered O
up O
to O
75 O
percent O
of O
Ruch I-ORG
but O
in O
March O
Kaczmarek I-PER
cancelled O
the O
tender O
and O
offered O
a O
minority O
stake O
with O
an O
option O
to O
increase O
the O
equity O
. O

Two O
consortia O
-- O
UWP-Hachette I-ORG
and O
a O
consortium O
of O
a O
Polish I-MISC
SPC I-ORG
group O
and O
Swiss I-MISC
firms O
-- O
placed O
initial O
bids O
. O

But O
after O
the O
change O
of O
tender O
conditions O
Swiss I-MISC
investors O
pulled O
out O
and O
SPC I-ORG
decided O
to O
bid O
jointly O
with O
UWP-Hachette I-ORG
. O

Kaczmarek I-PER
said O
in O
May O
he O
was O
unhappy O
that O
only O
one O
investor O
ended O
up O
bidding O
for O
Ruch I-ORG
, O
in O
which O
the O
government O
was O
initially O
offering O
up O
to O
35 O
percent O
of O
shares O
with O
an O
option O
to O
extend O
the O
holding O
after O
investment O
promises O
are O
fulfilled O
. O

-- O
Anthony I-PER
Barker I-PER
+48 O
22 O
653 O
9700 O

Three O
Russian I-MISC
soldiers O
killed O
in O
gun O
attack O
. O

MOSCOW I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Three O
Russian I-MISC
servicemen O
were O
killed O
on O
Saturday O
when O
unidentified O
gunmen O
attacked O
guards O
at O
an O
anti-aircraft O
installation O
outside O
Moscow I-LOC
, O
Interfax I-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
. O

It O
quoted O
military O
officials O
as O
saying O
the O
attack O
took O
place O
in O
Sergiyev I-LOC
Posad I-LOC
70 O
km O
( O
45 O
miles O
) O
from O
the O
capital O
. O

The O
officials O
said O
the O
attackers O
had O
seized O
two O
Kalashnikov I-MISC
assault O
rifles O
and O
disappeared O
. O

Attacks O
on O
servicemen O
aimed O
at O
seizing O
their O
guns O
have O
become O
frequent O
in O
Russia I-LOC
where O
the O
number O
of O
violent O
crimes O
committed O
with O
the O
use O
of O
fire O
arms O
is O
growing O
. O

Cuban I-MISC
novelist O
Jose I-PER
Soler I-PER
Puig I-PER
dies O
at O
79 O
. O

HAVANA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

One O
of O
Cuba I-LOC
's O
most O
acclaimed O
authors O
, O
Jose I-PER
Soler I-PER
Puig I-PER
, O
died O
at O
the O
age O
of O
79 O
, O
the O
official O
newspaper O
Granma I-ORG
reported O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Puig I-PER
's O
first O
novel O
, O
" O
Bertillon I-MISC
166 I-MISC
, O
" O
was O
published O
in O
1960 O
, O
a O
year O
after O
the O
Cuban I-MISC
revolution O
brought O
President O
Fidel I-PER
Castro I-PER
to O
power O
. O

The O
book O
, O
which O
has O
been O
translated O
into O
40 O
languages O
, O
deals O
with O
a O
day O
in O
the O
life O
of O
Santiago I-LOC
de I-LOC
Cuba I-LOC
, O
Puig I-PER
's O
native O
city O
, O
under O
the O
pre-Castro I-MISC
government O
of O
Fulgencio I-PER
Batista I-PER
. O

The O
titles O
of O
his O
other O
novels O
translate O
as O
" O
In I-MISC
the I-MISC
Year I-MISC
of I-MISC
January I-MISC
" O
( O
1963 O
) O
, O
" O
The I-MISC
Collapse I-MISC
" O
( O
1964 O
) O
, O
" O
Sleeping I-MISC
Bread I-MISC
" O
( O
1975 O
) O
, O
" O
The I-MISC
Decaying I-MISC
Mansion I-MISC
" O
( O
1977 O
) O
and O
" O
A I-MISC
World I-MISC
of I-MISC
Things I-MISC
" O
( O
1982 O
) O
, O
followed O
by O
" O
The I-MISC
Knot I-MISC
, O
" O
" O
Soul I-MISC
Alone I-MISC
" O
and O
, O
most O
recently O
, O
" O
A I-MISC
Woman I-MISC
. O
" O

Granma I-ORG
called O
" O
Sleeping I-MISC
Bread I-MISC
" O
Puig I-PER
's O
" O
greatest O
gift O
to O
the O
modern O
novel O
in O
our O
America I-LOC
. O
" O

The O
author O
said O
in O
an O
interview O
shortly O
before O
his O
death O
that O
his O
own O
experiences O
had O
lent O
his O
books O
their O
strong O
sense O
of O
realism O
. O
" O

I O
'm O
a O
thief O
of O
ideas O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

The O
stories O
have O
been O
given O
to O
me O
by O
people O
. O
" O

In O
the O
same O
interview O
, O
published O
by O
Prensa I-ORG
Latina I-ORG
on O
Saturday O
, O
Puig I-PER
was O
asked O
if O
he O
feared O
death O
. O
" O

Death O
is O
not O
a O
punishment O
-- O
death O
is O
the O
end O
of O
life O
's O
punishment O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

U.N. I-ORG
Ambassador O
Albright I-PER
arrives O
in O
Chile I-LOC
. O

SANTIAGO I-PER
1996-08-31 O

The O
U.S. I-LOC
ambassador O
to O
the O
United I-ORG
Nations I-ORG
, O
Madeleine I-PER
Albright I-PER
, O
arrived O
in O
Chile I-LOC
late O
Friday O
for O
talks O
on O
various O
Security I-ORG
Council I-ORG
issues O
with O
Chilean I-MISC
officials O
as O
part O
of O
a O
five-nation O
Latin I-MISC
American I-MISC
tour O
. O

Albright I-PER
will O
meet O
Foreign O
Minister O
Jose I-PER
Miguel I-PER
Insulza I-PER
Monday O
for O
talks O
on O
issues O
currently O
up O
for O
debate O
on O
the O
council O
, O
of O
which O
Chile I-LOC
is O
a O
non-permanent O
member O
, O
a O
U.S. I-LOC
embassy O
statement O
said O
. O

The O
two O
will O
also O
discuss O
various O
issues O
affecting O
relations O
between O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
and O
Chile I-LOC
, O
local O
officials O
said O
. O

Albright I-PER
, O
who O
arrived O
from O
Uruguay I-LOC
, O
will O
rest O
most O
of O
the O
weekend O
in O
Chile I-LOC
, O
officials O
said O
. O

Her O
official O
programme O
will O
begin O
on O
Monday O
, O
and O
she O
will O
leave O
that O
day O
for O
Bolivia I-LOC
to O
attend O
a O
Latin I-MISC
American I-MISC
summit O
meeting O
in O
the O
city O
of O
Cochabamba I-LOC
. O

Her O
tour O
will O
also O
include O
Honduras I-LOC
and O
Guatemala I-LOC
. O

Mexican I-MISC
army O
attacked O
in O
Michoacan I-LOC
state O
- O
report O
. O

MEXICO I-LOC
CITY I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

A O
group O
of O
heavily-armed O
men O
attacked O
a O
military O
convoy O
in O
the O
western O
Mexican I-MISC
state O
of O
Michoacan I-LOC
on O
Friday O
, O
killing O
one O
soldier O
and O
wounding O
two O
, O
radio O
reports O
said O
. O

Radio I-ORG
Red I-ORG
quoted O
local O
police O
in O
the O
town O
of O
Tacambaro I-LOC
, O
Michoacan I-LOC
, O
80 O
km O
( O
50 O
miles O
) O
south O
of O
the O
state O
capital O
Morelia I-LOC
, O
as O
saying O
40 O
to O
50 O
armed O
men O
attacked O
the O
convoy O
. O

Gonzalo I-PER
Montoya I-PER
, O
a O
police O
commander O
in O
Tacambaro I-LOC
, O
told O
Radio I-ORG
Red I-ORG
the O
group O
was O
armed O
with O
AK-47s I-MISC
and O
other O
high-powered O
assault O
rifles O
and O
wore O
military-style O
fatigues O
. O

Montoya I-PER
said O
he O
thought O
the O
attackers O
were O
criminals O
linked O
to O
drug O
trafficking O
or O
kidnapping O
in O
the O
area O
. O
" O

We O
often O
see O
people O
dressed O
in O
military-style O
clothing O
here O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

The O
attack O
comes O
a O
day O
after O
rebels O
of O
the O
self-styled O
Popular I-ORG
Revolutionary I-ORG
Army I-ORG
( O
EPR I-ORG
) O
launched O
coordinated O
attacks O
in O
at O
least O
three O
Mexican I-MISC
states O
, O
killing O
up O
to O
14 O
people O
and O
wounding O
about O
20 O
. O

China I-LOC
said O
to O
fear O
dissidents O
more O
than O
criminals O
. O

MANILA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The O
detention O
of O
veteran O
dissident O
Wang I-PER
Donghai I-PER
showed O
China I-LOC
's O
determination O
to O
crush O
any O
vestige O
of O
dissent O
during O
the O
current O
profound O
transitions O
in O
the O
nation O
's O
leadership O
, O
a O
human O
rights O
activist O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Xiao I-PER
Qiang I-PER
, O
executive O
director O
of O
the O
New I-MISC
York-based I-MISC
group O
Human I-ORG
Rights I-ORG
in I-ORG
China I-ORG
, O
said O
Wang I-PER
's O
arrest O
on O
Friday O
appeared O
to O
be O
part O
of O
the O
national O
" O
Strike I-MISC
Hard I-MISC
" O
campaign O
that O
has O
imprisoned O
thousands O
and O
sent O
hundreds O
to O
their O
death O
. O

Although O
supposedly O
aimed O
at O
criminals O
, O
dozens O
of O
human O
rights O
activists O
have O
been O
detained O
in O
the O
campaign O
, O
which O
is O
meant O
to O
strengthen O
the O
Communist I-ORG
Party I-ORG
's O
grip O
on O
power O
as O
senior O
leader O
Deng I-PER
Xiaoping I-PER
nears O
death O
, O
Xiao I-PER
said O
in O
an O
interview O
. O

" O
China I-LOC
is O
going O
through O
this O
power O
transition O
period O
. O

The O
authorities O
are O
apparently O
extremely O
afraid O
of O
any O
political O
and O
social O
discontent O
, O
" O
said O
Xiao I-PER
, O
in O
Manila I-LOC
to O
attend O
an O
Amnesty I-ORG
International I-ORG
conference O
on O
human O
rights O
in O
China I-LOC
. O

He O
said O
one O
of O
Wang I-PER
's O
apparent O
offences O
was O
to O
write O
a O
public O
letter O
in O
May O
suggesting O
that O
a O
free O
press O
and O
an O
independent O
judicial O
system O
were O
vital O
if O
the O
government O
really O
meant O
to O
stamp O
out O
rampant O
corruption O
. O

Xiao I-PER
said O
crushing O
legitimate O
dissent O
was O
only O
making O
the O
problem O
worse O
and O
one O
day O
China I-LOC
would O
pay O
a O
high O
price O
. O

" O
Those O
issues O
are O
not O
going O
to O
go O
away O
by O
repression O
. O

You O
only O
make O
things O
more O
hidden O
but O
potentially O
more O
explosive O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Wang I-PER
was O
arrested O
in O
the O
east O
China I-LOC
city O
of O
Hangzhou I-LOC
by O
security O
officers O
who O
told O
the O
dissident O
's O
family O
he O
would O
be O
sent O
to O
a O
study O
class O
-- O
a O
euphemism O
for O
coercive O
ideological O
reform O
. O

Wang I-PER
, O
45 O
, O
was O
sentenced O
last O
month O
to O
one O
year O
's O
" O
re-education O
by O
labour O
" O
but O
was O
released O
because O
of O
ill-health O
. O

Xiao I-PER
said O
conditions O
in O
the O
labour O
camp O
were O
so O
brutal O
they O
drove O
another O
activist O
sentenced O
with O
Wang I-PER
to O
attempt O
suicide O
. O

Police O
beat O
Wang I-PER
and O
his O
colleague O
, O
Chen I-PER
Longde I-PER
, O
and O
encouraged O
other O
camp O
inmates O
to O
attack O
them O
as O
well O
, O
Xiao I-PER
said O
. O

Manila I-LOC
hails O
Indonesia I-LOC
, O
OIC I-ORG
for O
peace O
deal O
support O
. O

MANILA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Philippine I-LOC
president O
Fidel I-PER
Ramos I-PER
expressed O
gratitude O
to O
Indonesian I-MISC
president O
Suharto I-PER
and O
the O
Organisation I-ORG
of I-ORG
Islamic I-ORG
Conference I-ORG
( O
OIC I-ORG
) O
on O
Saturday O
for O
supporting O
talks O
that O
ended O
a O
conflict O
with O
local O
Moslem I-MISC
rebels O
. O

" O
I O
extend O
the O
deepest O
gratitude O
... O
to O
your O
excellency O
for O
your O
untiring O
and O
invaluable O
friendship O
and O
support O
, O
" O
Ramos I-PER
told O
Suharto I-PER
in O
a O
letter O
. O

The O
full O
text O
of O
the O
letter O
was O
released O
to O
reporters O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Jakarta I-LOC
served O
as O
the O
host O
to O
the O
series O
of O
negotiations O
which O
culminated O
in O
the O
initialling O
of O
the O
agreement O
last O
Friday O
. O

The O
formal O
signing O
of O
the O
peace O
agreement O
is O
scheduled O
on O
Monday O
in O
Manila I-LOC
. O

Ramos I-PER
said O
the O
peace O
agreement O
" O
shall O
bring O
down O
the O
curtain O
on O
a O
long O
and O
storied O
era O
of O
strife O
in O
Philippine I-LOC
history O
. O
" O

The O
war O
claimed O
more O
than O
125,000 O
lives O
in O
the O
southern O
Mindanao I-LOC
island O
over O
a O
quarter O
of O
a O
century O
. O

Burma I-LOC
's O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
says O
military O
rulers O
abuse O
law O
. O

Deborah I-PER
Charles I-PER

RANGOON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Burma I-LOC
's O
democracy O
leader O
Aung I-PER
San I-PER
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
hit O
out O
at O
the O
government O
on O
Saturday O
for O
recent O
arrests O
and O
jailing O
of O
activists O
, O
saying O
the O
military O
abused O
the O
law O
to O
try O
to O
crush O
the O
democracy O
movement O
. O

" O
The O
main O
purpose O
of O
this O
press O
conference O
is O
to O
make O
it O
known O
to O
the O
world O
that O
the O
authorities O
are O
misusing O
the O
law O
all O
the O
time O
in O
order O
to O
try O
to O
crush O
the O
democracy O
movement O
, O
" O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
told O
reporters O
at O
her O
Rangoon I-LOC
home O
. O

Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
said O
at O
least O
61 O
democracy O
supporters O
had O
been O
arrested O
since O
May O
, O
and O
about O
30 O
of O
them O
had O
been O
sentenced O
, O
most O
to O
long O
prison O
terms O
. O

In O
May O
the O
government O
launched O
a O
sweeping O
crackdown O
on O
the O
democracy O
movement O
, O
detaining O
over O
260 O
members O
of O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
's O
National I-ORG
League I-ORG
for I-ORG
Democracy I-ORG
( O
NLD I-ORG
) O
ahead O
of O
a O
party O
congress O
. O

Most O
were O
released O
but O
several O
dozen O
remain O
in O
custody O
. O

The O
Burmese I-MISC
government O
last O
week O
confirmed O
the O
recent O
sentencing O
of O
nine O
democracy O
activists O
who O
were O
arrested O
in O
the O
May O
crackdown O
, O
including O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
's O
assistant O
Win I-PER
Htein I-PER
. O

The O
military O
government O
, O
which O
in O
May O
said O
it O
had O
detained O
the O
politicians O
to O
prevent O
anarchy O
, O
said O
the O
activists O
were O
charged O
with O
attempting O
to O
destroy O
the O
peace O
and O
stability O
of O
the O
state O
. O

But O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
disagreed O
with O
the O
methods O
, O
saying O
officials O
often O
arrested O
NLD I-ORG
supporters O
in O
the O
middle O
of O
the O
night O
, O
then O
did O
not O
give O
them O
the O
opportunity O
to O
defend O
themselves O
in O
trials O
. O

" O
When O
our O
people O
are O
tried O
, O
they O
are O
tried O
in O
a O
very O
secretive O
way O
. O

Their O
families O
are O
not O
told O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O

Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
, O
who O
spearheads O
a O
campaign O
for O
sanctions O
on O
Burma I-LOC
's O
government O
, O
was O
under O
house O
arrest O
for O
six O
years O
without O
being O
tried O
before O
being O
released O
in O
July O
1995 O
. O

Several O
other O
leading O
members O
of O
the O
NLD I-ORG
have O
served O
prison O
terms O
. O

The O
NLD I-ORG
party O
won O
a O
landslide O
victory O
in O
a O
1990 O
election O
but O
the O
State I-ORG
Law I-ORG
and I-ORG
Order I-ORG
Restoration I-ORG
Council I-ORG
( O
SLORC I-ORG
) O
, O
which O
assumed O
power O
in O
1988 O
after O
crushing O
pro-democracy O
demonstrations O
, O
never O
recognised O
the O
poll O
. O

" O
This O
lack O
of O
rule O
of O
law O
is O
an O
indication O
that O
the O
authorities O
are O
not O
interested O
in O
fair O
play O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O

They O
are O
using O
a O
travesty O
of O
the O
law O
to O
try O
and O
crush O
our O
movements O
and O
to O
sentence O
our O
people O
to O
long O
terms O
in O
prison O
without O
proper O
trial O
. O
" O

Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
said O
once O
the O
activists O
were O
sentenced O
, O
they O
suffered O
inhuman O
conditions O
and O
lack O
of O
rights O
in O
prison O
. O

" O
Almost O
all O
of O
the O
prisoners O
start O
suffering O
from O
various O
health O
problems O
after O
a O
couple O
of O
years O
in O
jail O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O

Some O
of O
our O
people O
have O
been O
in O
prison O
for O
five O
to O
six O
years O
. O
" O

Most O
political O
prisoners O
are O
held O
in O
Rangoon I-LOC
's O
Insein I-LOC
Prison I-LOC
. O

Some O
who O
have O
been O
released O
have O
recounted O
torture O
methods O
like O
sleep O
and O
food O
deprivation O
and O
physical O
abuse O
. O

" O
If O
there O
are O
any O
more O
instances O
of O
death O
in O
custody O
it O
will O
be O
further O
proof O
that O
a O
prison O
sentence O
for O
political O
prisoners O
is O
sometimes O
almost O
the O
same O
as O
a O
death O
sentence O
, O
" O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
said O
. O

Hla I-PER
Than I-PER
, O
an O
elected O
member O
of O
parliament O
for O
the O
NLD I-ORG
, O
died O
in O
early O
August O
after O
being O
at O
Insein I-LOC
for O
six O
years O
. O

His O
death O
came O
five O
weeks O
after O
James I-PER
Leander I-PER
( I-PER
Leo I-PER
) I-PER
Nichols I-PER
, O
a O
close O
friend O
of O
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
and O
Danish I-MISC
honorary O
consul O
, O
died O
while O
serving O
a O
prison O
term O
at O
Insein I-LOC
. O

Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
said O
the O
government O
had O
increased O
its O
repression O
tactics O
on O
the O
democracy O
movement O
because O
it O
feared O
the O
growing O
popularity O
of O
the O
movement O
. O

But O
she O
said O
she O
and O
the O
NLD I-ORG
would O
not O
stop O
their O
efforts O
to O
bring O
democracy O
to O
Burma I-LOC
even O
if O
it O
meant O
more O
arrests O
of O
party O
members O
or O
even O
herself O
. O

" O
We O
will O
carry O
on O
. O

Nobody O
is O
free O
from O
arrest O
in O
Burma I-LOC
. O
" O

Dow I-ORG
Chemical I-ORG
in O
China I-LOC
ethylene O
venture O
. O

BEIJING I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The O
Dow I-ORG
Chemical I-ORG
Co I-ORG
of O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
will O
invest O
$ O
4 O
billion O
to O
build O
an O
ethylene O
plant O
in O
Tianjin I-LOC
city O
in O
northern O
China I-LOC
, O
the O
China I-ORG
Daily I-ORG
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
plant O
will O
have O
annual O
production O
of O
400,000 O
tonnes O
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
of O
the O
venture O
. O

Tianjin I-LOC
boasts O
a O
range O
of O
infrastructure O
facilities O
, O
attracting O
several O
multinational O
oil O
companies O
to O
invest O
in O
recent O
years O
. O

Caltex I-ORG
Petroleum I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
plans O
to O
build O
a O
lubricants O
blender O
in O
a O
bonded O
zone O
in O
Tianjin I-LOC
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

Multinational O
firms O
including O
Mobil I-ORG
, O
Shell I-ORG
and O
Caltex I-ORG
, O
were O
also O
attracted O
to O
Tianjin I-LOC
due O
to O
China I-LOC
's O
rising O
demand O
for O
lube O
and O
oil-based O
products O
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
. O

SEOUL I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

North I-LOC
Korea I-LOC
demanded O
on O
Saturday O
that O
South I-LOC
Korea I-LOC
return O
a O
northern O
war O
veteran O
who O
has O
been O
in O
the O
South I-LOC
since O
the O
1950-53 O
war O
, O
Seoul I-LOC
's O
unification O
ministry O
said O
. O

" O
...I O
request O
the O
immediate O
repatriation O
of O
Kim I-PER
In-so I-PER
to O
North I-LOC
Korea I-LOC
where O
his O
family O
is O
waiting O
, O
" O
North I-ORG
Korean I-ORG
Red I-ORG
Cross I-ORG
president O
Li I-PER
Song-ho I-PER
said O
in O
a O
telephone O
message O
to O
his O
southern O
couterpart O
, O
Kang I-PER
Young-hoon I-PER
. O

Li I-PER
said O
Kim I-PER
had O
been O
critically O
ill O
with O
a O
cerebral O
haemorrhage O
. O

The O
message O
was O
distributed O
to O
the O
press O
by O
the O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
unification O
ministry O
. O

Kim I-PER
, O
an O
unrepentant O
communist O
, O
was O
captured O
during O
the O
Korean I-MISC
War O
and O
released O
after O
spending O
more O
than O
30 O
years O
in O
a O
southern O
jail O
. O

He O
submitted O
a O
petition O
to O
the O
International I-ORG
Red I-ORG
Cross I-ORG
in O
1993 O
asking O
for O
his O
repatriation O
. O

The O
domestic O
Yonhap I-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
the O
South I-MISC
Korean I-MISC
government O
would O
consider O
the O
northern O
demand O
only O
if O
the O
North I-LOC
accepted O
Seoul I-LOC
's O
requests O
, O
which O
include O
regular O
reunions O
of O
families O
split O
by O
the O
Korean I-MISC
War O
. O

Government O
officials O
were O
not O
available O
to O
comment O
. O

South I-LOC
Korea I-LOC
in O
1993 O
unconditionally O
repatriated O
Li I-PER
In-mo I-PER
, O
a O
nothern O
partisan O
seized O
by O
the O
South I-LOC
during O
the O
war O
and O
jailed O
for O
more O
than O
three O
decades O
. O

Chinese I-MISC
police O
hold O
veteran O
dissident O
. O

BEIJING I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Chinese I-MISC
police O
have O
detained O
veteran O
dissident O
Wang I-PER
Donghai I-PER
, O
the O
New I-MISC
York-based I-MISC
pressure O
group O
Human I-ORG
Rights I-ORG
in I-ORG
China I-ORG
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Police O
in O
Hangzhou I-LOC
, O
capital O
of O
the O
eastern O
province O
of O
Zhejiang I-LOC
, O
told O
Wang I-PER
's O
family O
that O
Wang I-PER
would O
be O
sent O
to O
a O
study O
class O
, O
a O
euphemism O
for O
coercive O
ideological O
reform O
, O
the O
group O
said O
. O

Police O
gave O
no O
reason O
for O
detaining O
Wang I-PER
on O
Friday O
and O
would O
not O
let O
his O
family O
meet O
him O
or O
say O
where O
he O
was O
being O
held O
, O
the O
group O
said O
. O

Police O
also O
would O
not O
say O
why O
Wang I-PER
was O
being O
sent O
to O
a O
study O
class O
-- O
a O
holdover O
from O
the O
chaotic O
1966-76 I-MISC
Cultural I-MISC
Revolution I-MISC
-- O
or O
say O
when O
he O
would O
be O
released O
, O
the O
group O
said O
. O

Wang I-PER
's O
family O
and O
Hangzhou I-LOC
police O
could O
not O
be O
reached O
for O
immediate O
comment O
. O

The O
group O
demanded O
Wang I-PER
's O
release O
and O
said O
his O
detention O
was O
a O
dangerous O
signal O
China I-LOC
was O
returning O
to O
its O
Cultural I-MISC
Revolution I-MISC
days O
. O

Last O
month O
, O
Wang I-PER
, O
45 O
, O
a O
veteran O
dissident O
of O
the O
1979 O
Democracy I-ORG
Wall I-ORG
movement O
, O
was O
ordered O
to O
serve O
one O
year O
of O
" O
re-education O
through O
labour O
" O
, O
but O
released O
because O
of O
poor O
health O
. O

Re-education O
through O
labour O
is O
an O
administrative O
punishment O
with O
a O
maximum O
of O
three O
years O
that O
can O
be O
imposed O
by O
police O
without O
recourse O
to O
prosecutors O
or O
the O
courts O
. O

Wang I-PER
was O
jailed O
for O
two O
years O
for O
organising O
street O
protests O
after O
the O
military O
crushed O
pro-democracy O
demonstrations O
by O
students O
at O
Beijing I-LOC
's O
Tiananmen I-LOC
Square I-LOC
on O
June O
4 O
, O
1989 O
, O
with O
heavy O
loss O
of O
life O
. O

Chinese I-MISC
authorities O
appeared O
to O
be O
using O
administrative O
punishment O
more O
frequently O
to O
take O
dissidents O
out O
of O
circulation O
without O
having O
to O
go O
through O
a O
more O
complicated O
judicial O
process O
to O
impose O
criminal O
sentences O
, O
Western I-MISC
diplomats O
have O
said O
. O

China I-LOC
police O
detains O
dissident O
Wang I-PER
Donghai I-PER
. O

BEIJING I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Chinese I-MISC
police O
have O
detained O
dissident O
Wang I-PER
Donghai I-PER
, O
the O
New I-MISC
York-based I-MISC
pressure O
group O
Human I-ORG
Rights I-ORG
in I-ORG
China I-ORG
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Police O
detained O
Wang I-PER
on O
Friday O
and O
would O
not O
let O
his O
family O
meet O
him O
or O
say O
where O
he O
was O
being O
held O
, O
the O
group O
said O
. O

The O
pressure O
group O
said O
Wang I-PER
would O
be O
sent O
to O
a O
study O
class O
, O
often O
a O
euphemism O
in O
China I-LOC
for O
ideological O
reform O
. O

Wang I-PER
's O
family O
could O
not O
immediately O
be O
reached O
for O
comment O
. O

Last O
month O
, O
Wang I-PER
, O
45 O
, O
a O
veteran O
dissident O
of O
the O
1979 O
Democracy I-ORG
Wall I-ORG
movement O
, O
was O
ordered O
to O
serve O
one O
year O
of O
" O
re-education O
through O
labour O
" O
, O
but O
released O
because O
of O
poor O
health O
. O

Re-education O
through O
labour O
is O
an O
administrative O
punishment O
with O
a O
maximum O
of O
three O
years O
that O
can O
be O
imposed O
by O
police O
without O
recourse O
to O
prosecutors O
or O
the O
courts O
. O

Wang I-PER
was O
jailed O
for O
two O
years O
for O
organising O
street O
protests O
after O
the O
military O
brutally O
crushed O
pro-democracy O
demonstrations O
by O
students O
at O
Beijing I-LOC
's O
Tiananmen I-LOC
Square I-LOC
on O
June O
4 O
, O
1989 O
, O
with O
heavy O
loss O
of O
life O
. O

Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
jails O
88-year-old O
drug O
trafficker O
. O

HONG I-LOC
KONG I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

An O
88-year-old O
army O
veteran O
was O
jailed O
for O
15 O
years O
by O
a O
Hong I-LOC
Kong I-LOC
court O
for O
drugs O
trafficking O
after O
he O
admitted O
he O
had O
stashed O
heroin O
under O
his O
mattress O
, O
a O
newspaper O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

" O
I O
am O
sorry O
to O
my O
ancestors O
for O
five O
generations O
, O
" O
Chen I-PER
Chun-yeh I-PER
told O
the O
High I-ORG
Court I-ORG
after O
sentencing O
on O
Friday O
, O
the O
Hong I-ORG
Kong I-ORG
Standard I-ORG
said O
. O
" O

Tell O
my O
sons O
to O
collect O
my O
bones O
, O
" O
he O
said O
after O
hearing O
he O
was O
likely O
to O
die O
behind O
bars O
. O

Chen I-PER
, O
a O
former O
army O
secretary O
of O
the O
Chinese I-MISC
Nationalist O
regime O
which O
fled O
from O
mainland O
China I-LOC
to O
Taiwan I-LOC
in O
1949 O
, O
pleaded O
guilty O
to O
trafficking O
42 O
kg O
( O
92 O
pounds O
) O
of O
drugs O
that O
could O
have O
been O
turned O
into O
25 O
kg O
( O
55 O
pounds O
) O
of O
heroin O
. O

The O
ex-officer O
admitted O
stashing O
heroin O
under O
his O
mattress O
. O

China I-LOC
cities O
to O
ban O
disposable O
plastic O
containers O
. O

BEIJING I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Two O
Chinese I-MISC
cities O
are O
to O
ban O
the O
use O
of O
disposable O
plastic O
containers O
as O
part O
of O
efforts O
to O
fight O
pollution O
, O
the O
China I-ORG
Daily I-ORG
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Authorities O
in O
Wuhan I-LOC
, O
capital O
of O
the O
central O
province O
of O
Hubei I-LOC
, O
would O
punish O
those O
who O
sell O
or O
use O
disposable O
plastic O
containers O
from O
September O
1 O
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

It O
did O
not O
elaborate O
. O

The O
city O
's O
industrial O
and O
commercial O
departments O
would O
confiscate O
disposable O
plastic O
containers O
and O
police O
would O
prevent O
new O
ones O
from O
entering O
the O
city O
, O
it O
said O
. O

Wuhan I-LOC
consumes O
more O
than O
200 O
million O
disposable O
plastic O
containers O
a O
year O
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

The O
boomtown O
of O
Guangzhou I-LOC
, O
capital O
of O
the O
southern O
province O
of O
Guangdong I-LOC
, O
would O
ban O
disposable O
plastic O
containers O
by O
the O
end O
of O
1996 O
, O
it O
said O
. O

Guangzhou I-LOC
uses O
up O
500,000 O
such O
containers O
each O
day O
, O
the O
newspaper O
said O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
. O

Iraqi I-MISC
Kurds I-MISC
say O
Iranian I-MISC
troops O
enter O
north O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

ISTANBUL I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Iranian I-MISC
troops O
on O
Saturday O
entered O
Kurdish-controlled I-MISC
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
in O
the O
wake O
of O
an O
assault O
backed O
by O
Baghdad I-LOC
into O
the O
region O
, O
an O
Iraqi I-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
group O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

" O
They O
entered O
this O
morning O
. O

They O
have O
occupied O
the O
area O
to O
the O
depth O
of O
40 O
km O
( O
25 O
miles O
) O
. O

They O
have O
established O
a O
headquarters O
in O
Chuman I-LOC
, O
" O
Faik I-PER
Nerweyi I-PER
of O
the O
Kurdistan I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
KDP I-ORG
) O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
by O
telephone O
from O
Ankara I-LOC
. O

Nerweyi I-PER
said O
he O
did O
not O
know O
the O
size O
or O
nature O
of O
the O
Iranian I-MISC
force O
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
, O
but O
said O
KDP I-ORG
fighters O
had O
been O
easily O
outgunned O
in O
the O
area O
close O
to O
the O
Iranian I-MISC
border O
and O
had O
quickly O
withdrawn O
further O
west O
. O

" O
They O
were O
far O
too O
strong O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Nerweyi I-PER
said O
he O
did O
not O
know O
if O
there O
were O
any O
casualties O
. O

A O
U.N. I-ORG
official O
in O
Baghdad I-LOC
said O
the O
KDP I-ORG
, O
backed O
by O
Iraqi I-MISC
tanks O
, O
heavy O
artillery O
and O
helicopters O
had O
taken O
control O
of O
the O
main O
northern O
Iraqi I-MISC
city O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
after O
fighting O
on O
Saturday O
. O

U.S. I-LOC
President O
Bill I-PER
Clinton I-PER
has O
authorised O
the O
repositioning O
of O
U.S. I-LOC
firepower O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
region O
in O
response O
to O
the O
Iraqi I-MISC
attacks O
. O

The O
KDP I-ORG
charges O
that O
the O
rival O
Patriotic I-ORG
Union I-ORG
of I-ORG
Kurdistan I-ORG
, O
which O
took O
control O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
in O
fighting O
in O
December O
1994 O
, O
has O
backing O
from O
Iran I-LOC
. O

The O
PUK I-ORG
accuses O
the O
KDP I-ORG
of O
collaborating O
with O
Baghdad I-LOC
. O

Northern O
Iraq I-LOC
has O
been O
under O
Iraqi I-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
control O
since O
after O
the O
1991 O
Gulf I-MISC
War I-MISC
. O

U.S.-led I-MISC
allied O
planes O
based O
in O
Turkey I-LOC
are O
intended O
to O
protect O
the O
Kurds I-MISC
from O
Baghdad I-LOC
. O

Ceasefire O
monitors O
to O
meet O
in O
south O
Lebanon I-LOC
. O

JERUSALEM I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
committee O
monitoring O
the O
ceasefire O
agreement O
between O
Israel I-LOC
and O
Hizbollah I-ORG
guerrillas O
will O
meet O
in O
south O
Lebanon I-LOC
on O
Sunday O
to O
discuss O
an O
Israeli I-MISC
complaint O
against O
the O
Islamic I-MISC
group O
, O
the O
Israeli I-MISC
army O
said O
. O

Representatives O
of O
the O
five O
nations O
making O
up O
the O
committee O
-- O
Israel I-LOC
, O
Lebanon I-LOC
, O
Syria I-LOC
, O
France I-LOC
and O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
-- O
will O
meet O
at O
11 O
a.m. O
( O
0800 O
GMT I-MISC
) O
in O
Naqoura I-LOC
, O
the O
coastal O
headquarters O
of O
the O
U.N. I-ORG
Interim I-ORG
Force I-ORG
in I-ORG
Lebanon I-ORG
( O
UNIFIL I-ORG
) O
. O

" O
The O
committee O
will O
meet O
following O
a O
complaint O
by O
Israel I-LOC
over O
an O
incident O
in O
which O
two O
Lebanese I-MISC
residents O
were O
injured O
by O
Hizbollah I-ORG
fire O
in O
the O
Sikhin I-LOC
village O
... O

on O
August O
29 O
, O
" O
an O
Israeli I-MISC
army O
spokeswoman O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
monitoring O
committee O
was O
set O
up O
to O
deal O
with O
violations O
of O
an O
April O
25 O
ceasefire O
understanding O
that O
ended O
17 O
days O
of O
fighting O
between O
Israel I-LOC
and O
the O
guerrillas O
. O

The O
understandings O
forbid O
firing O
from O
or O
at O
civilian O
targest O
but O
do O
not O
rule O
out O
guerrilla O
attacks O
on O
Israeli I-MISC
troops O
and O
their O
local O
militia O
allies O
in O
south O
Lebanon I-LOC
. O

Around O
1,000 O
Israeli I-MISC
troops O
patrol O
a O
15 O
km O
( O
nine-mile O
) O
south O
Lebanon I-LOC
occupation O
zone O
which O
the O
Jewish I-MISC
state O
carved O
out O
in O
1985 O
to O
prevent O
attacks O
on O
its O
northern O
bordder O
. O

Hizbollah I-ORG
( O
Party I-ORG
of I-ORG
God I-ORG
) O
gunmen O
have O
waged O
a O
guerrilla O
war O
to O
oust O
Israel I-LOC
from O
the O
area O
. O

KPD I-ORG
confirms O
Iraqi I-MISC
military O
aid-U.N. I-MISC
official O
. O

BAGHDAD I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Kurdistan I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
KDP I-ORG
) O
of O
Massoud I-PER
Barzani I-PER
said O
that O
it O
was O
being O
backed O
by O
Iraqi I-MISC
heavy O
armour O
and O
artillery O
in O
a O
battle O
with O
rival O
Kurds I-MISC
for O
the O
city O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
, O
a O
senior O
U.N. I-ORG
official O
in O
Baghdad I-LOC
said O
. O

" O
They O
have O
confirmed O
to O
us O
that O
Iraqi I-MISC
troops O
are O
taking O
part O
in O
the O
attack O
on O
Arbil I-LOC
... O

We O
got O
the O
information O
from O
KDP I-ORG
leaders O
in O
KDP I-ORG
headquarters O
in O
Saladdin I-LOC
, O
" O
the O
official O
, O
who O
asked O
not O
to O
be O
identified O
, O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

Fire O
destroys O
restaurant O
in O
Bahraini I-LOC
village O
. O

MANAMA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
fire O
has O
completely O
gutted O
a O
Turkish-operated O
restaurant O
in O
a O
Bahraini I-LOC
village O
, O
residents O
said O
. O

They O
said O
a O
fire O
broke O
out O
at O
Shul'ala I-LOC
restaurant O
in O
the O
early O
hours O
on O
Saturday O
in O
al-Daih I-LOC
village O
, O
five O
km O
( O
three O
miles O
) O
west O
of O
the O
capital O
Manama I-LOC
. O

It O
was O
not O
immediately O
clear O
what O
caused O
the O
fire O
or O
if O
there O
were O
any O
casualties O
. O

Government O
officials O
had O
no O
immediate O
comment O
. O

Iraq I-LOC
's O
Aziz I-PER
says O
Baghdad I-LOC
aiding O
KDP I-ORG
against O
rivals O
. O

BAGHDAD I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Iraq I-LOC
's O
Deputy O
Prime O
Minister O
Tareq I-PER
Aziz I-PER
said O
on O
Saturday O
Iraqi I-MISC
troops O
were O
fighting O
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
to O
aid O
Kurdish I-MISC
rebel O
leader O
Massoud I-PER
Barzani I-PER
against O
rival O
forces O
. O

" O
The O
leadership O
has O
decided O
to O
provide O
support O
and O
military O
aid O
to O
Mr O
Massoud I-PER
Barzani I-PER
and O
his O
comrades O
to O
enable O
them O
confront O
the O
vicious O
aggression O
... O

from O
( O
Patriotic I-ORG
Union I-ORG
of I-ORG
Kurdistan I-ORG
chief O
) O
Jalal I-PER
Talabani I-PER
, O
" O
Aziz I-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
carried O
by O
the O
official O
Iraqi I-ORG
News I-ORG
Agency I-ORG
( O
INA I-ORG
) O
. O

Aziz I-PER
said O
Iraq I-LOC
's O
military O
intervention O
, O
the O
first O
on O
such O
scale O
since O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
and O
allies O
decided O
to O
protect O
Iraqi I-MISC
Kurds I-MISC
against O
Baghdad I-LOC
, O
was O
in O
response O
to O
a O
plea O
from O
Barzani I-PER
to O
President O
Saddam I-PER
Hussein I-PER
to O
back O
him O
militarily O
and O
save O
his O
people O
from O
attacks O
by O
Iran I-LOC
and O
Talabani I-PER
. O

He O
said O
Barzani I-PER
sent O
a O
message O
to O
Saddam I-PER
on O
August O
22 O
in O
which O
he O
said O
: O
" O
The O
conspiracy O
is O
beyond O
our O
capability O
therefore O
we O
plead O
with O
your O
excellency O
to O
order O
Iraqi I-MISC
armed O
forces O
to O
interfere O
to O
help O
us O
to O
evade O
the O
foreign O
threat O
and O
put O
an O
end O
to O
Talabani I-PER
's O
treason O
and O
conspiracy O
. O
" O

U.N. I-ORG
relief O
officials O
said O
they O
were O
not O
aware O
that O
the O
tanks O
advancing O
on O
Arbil I-LOC
were O
manned O
by O
Iraqi I-MISC
troops O
as O
they O
advanced O
from O
KDP-controlled O
areas O
and O
raised O
KDP I-ORG
flags O
. O

U.N. I-ORG
denies O
reports O
of O
Iraqi I-MISC
tank O
assault O
on O
Arbil I-LOC
. O

BAGHDAD I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

United I-ORG
Nations I-ORG
relief O
officials O
said O
on O
Saturday O
the O
fighting O
in O
Arbil I-LOC
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
was O
between O
rival O
Kurdish I-MISC
factions O
and O
they O
were O
not O
aware O
of O
any O
Iraqi I-MISC
military O
advance O
on O
the O
city O
. O

" O
KDP I-ORG
( O
Kurdistan I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
) O
is O
trying O
to O
overtake O
the O
city O
. O

They O
are O
using O
tanks O
. O

I O
think O
they O
will O
succeed O
. O

We O
have O
in O
no O
way O
seen O
any O
Iraqi I-MISC
troops O
in O
the O
city O
or O
in O
its O
approaches O
, O
" O
a O
U.N. I-ORG
relief O
official O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

PRESS O
DIGEST O
- O
Tunisia I-LOC
- O
Aug O
31 O
. O

TUNIS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

These O
are O
the O
leading O
stories O
in O
the O
Tunisian I-MISC
press O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Reuters I-ORG
has O
not O
verified O
these O
stories O
and O
does O
not O
vouch O
for O
their O
accuracy O
. O

LA I-ORG
PRESSE I-ORG

- O
After O
Tunisia I-LOC
called O
on O
France I-LOC
to O
respect O
Tunisian I-MISC
immigrants O
' O
dignity O
, O
France I-LOC
says O
it O
welcomes O
legal O
Tunisian I-MISC
residents O
. O

- O
Tunisia I-LOC
's O
exports O
of O
spare O
parts O
amounted O
to O
220 O
million O
dinars O
in O
1995 O
. O

LE I-ORG
TEMPS I-ORG

- O
Trade O
talks O
between O
Tunisia I-LOC
and O
the O
Palestinian I-ORG
Authority I-ORG
. O

- O
Speaker O
of O
parliament O
Habib I-PER
Boulares I-PER
arrives O
in O
Tripoli I-LOC
to O
represent O
President O
Zine I-PER
al-Abidine I-PER
Ben I-PER
Ali I-PER
at O
the O
Libyan I-MISC
revolution O
anniversary O
celebrations O
. O

( O
$ O
1 O
= O
0.96 O
dinar O
) O

Automakers O
, O
U.S. I-LOC
agency O
plan O
air O
bag O
safety O
ads O
. O

DETROIT I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Automakers O
, O
suppliers O
, O
insurers O
and O
the O
federal O
government O
's O
auto O
safety O
agency O
Saturday O
launched O
a O
$ O
10 O
million O
safety O
awareness O
campaign O
aimed O
at O
reducing O
the O
number O
of O
children O
killed O
accidentally O
by O
air O
bags O
in O
cars O
and O
trucks O
. O

Officials O
said O
they O
will O
work O
with O
law O
enforcement O
agencies O
, O
pediatricians O
and O
media O
to O
warn O
parents O
about O
the O
dangers O
that O
air O
bags O
pose O
to O
children O
and O
adults O
not O
wearing O
seatbelts O
. O

Since O
1993 O
, O
24 O
children O
have O
been O
killed O
by O
the O
explosive O
force O
of O
automotive O
air O
bags O
, O
which O
inflate O
at O
speeds O
up O
to O
200 O
miles O
per O
hour O
. O

The O
first O
portion O
of O
the O
campaign O
involves O
pickup O
trucks O
equipped O
with O
billboards O
that O
were O
driving O
along O
some O
of O
the O
nation O
's O
busiest O
interstate O
highways O
during O
the O
Labor I-MISC
Day I-MISC
weekend O
, O
including O
Interstate I-LOC
95 I-LOC
on O
the O
East I-LOC
Coast I-LOC
, O
Interstates I-LOC
80 I-LOC
and O
90 I-LOC
in O
the O
Midwest I-LOC
and O
Interstate I-LOC
5 I-LOC
in O
California I-LOC
. O

The O
boards O
read O
: O
" O
Air O
Bag O
Safety O
: O
Everyone O
Buckled O
, O
Kids O
in O
Back O
. O
" O

Janet I-PER
Dewey I-PER
, O
executive O
director O
of O
the O
industry-funded O
National I-ORG
Automobile I-ORG
Occupant I-ORG
Protection I-ORG
Campaign I-ORG
, O
said O
most O
of O
the O
injuries O
to O
children O
occurred O
because O
they O
were O
not O
wearing O
seatbelts O
. O

A O
child O
's O
chances O
of O
being O
killed O
in O
a O
car O
accident O
, O
whether O
the O
vehicle O
was O
equipped O
with O
an O
air O
bag O
or O
not O
, O
is O
reduced O
by O
29 O
percent O
when O
they O
are O
in O
the O
rear O
seat O
, O
she O
said O
. O

The O
auto O
industry O
was O
about O
three O
to O
six O
years O
away O
from O
introducing O
" O
smart O
" O
air O
bags O
with O
the O
ability O
to O
detect O
the O
size O
and O
position O
of O
an O
occupant O
and O
adjust O
inflation O
pressures O
accordingly O
. O

Current O
air O
bags O
were O
designed O
to O
halt O
the O
forward O
momentum O
of O
an O
average-sized O
, O
unbelted O
adult O
male O
, O
not O
a O
small O
child O
. O

Automakers O
petitioned O
the O
National I-ORG
Highway I-ORG
Traffic I-ORG
Safety I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
to O
allow O
them O
to O
introduce O
air O
bags O
that O
inflate O
less O
aggressively O
to O
help O
reduce O
unwanted O
injuries O
. O

" O
Even O
if O
changes O
are O
made O
to O
airbags O
today O
, O
we O
'd O
still O
have O
20 O
million O
vehicles O
on O
the O
road O
with O
current O
technology O
, O
" O
Dewey I-PER
said O
. O
" O

The O
public O
has O
n't O
been O
getting O
the O
message O
. O
" O

Two O
die O
as O
New I-LOC
Hampshire I-LOC
motel O
explodes O
and O
burns O
. O

ROCHESTER I-LOC
, O
N.H. I-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Adds O
deaths O
, O
other O
details O
) O

An O
explosion O
leveled O
Rochester I-LOC
's O
one-story O
Lilac I-LOC
Falls I-LOC
Motel O
, O
killing O
two O
people O
, O
fire O
officials O
said O
Friday O
. O

" O
It O
was O
an O
explosion O
, O
and O
then O
it O
got O
involved O
in O
fire O
. O

As O
far O
as O
I O
know O
, O
it O
's O
been O
to O
four O
alarms O
-- O
more O
trucks O
, O
more O
people O
, O
" O
said O
Don I-PER
Penney I-PER
of O
the O
Rochester I-ORG
Fire I-ORG
Department I-ORG
said O
. O

Eyewitnesses O
told O
Boston I-LOC
television O
stations O
they O
saw O
a O
gasoline O
truck O
parked O
behind O
the O
Lilac I-LOC
Falls I-LOC
Motel I-LOC
and O
smelled O
gasoline O
shortly O
before O
the O
explosion O
. O

Fire O
department O
officials O
said O
they O
were O
investigating O
the O
cause O
of O
the O
blast O
and O
searching O
for O
any O
more O
casualties O
. O

Officials O
did O
not O
immediately O
identify O
the O
victims O
. O

Local O
hospital O
officials O
said O
a O
few O
firemen O
were O
treated O
for O
smoke O
inhalation O
but O
there O
were O
no O
other O
injuries O
. O

Car O
kills O
two O
trying O
to O
avoid O
Texas I-LOC
drag O
race O
. O

DALLAS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

An O
illegal O
drag O
race O
on O
a O
Dallas I-LOC
street O
turned O
deadly O
when O
another O
vehicle O
veered O
into O
the O
crowd O
, O
killing O
two O
people O
and O
injuring O
a O
dozen O
more O
, O
police O
said O
Saturday O
. O

Organisers O
tried O
to O
block O
off O
traffic O
while O
preparing O
the O
drag O
race O
late O
on O
Friday O
, O
but O
an O
allegedly O
drunk O
driver O
was O
unable O
to O
slow O
down O
in O
time O
and O
ran O
into O
a O
group O
of O
spectators O
as O
he O
swerved O
to O
avoid O
one O
of O
the O
cars O
that O
was O
to O
take O
part O
in O
the O
race O
. O

A O
26-year-old O
man O
and O
an O
18-year-old O
woman O
were O
killed O
. O

The O
driver O
, O
aged O
51 O
, O
was O
arrested O
and O
charged O
on O
two O
counts O
of O
intoxicated O
manslaughter O
. O

A O
police O
spokesman O
said O
the O
straight O
, O
flat O
stretch O
of O
road O
was O
often O
used O
illegally O
as O
a O
drag O
strip O
by O
Dallas I-LOC
youths O
. O

U.S. I-LOC
warplanes O
, O
ships O
in O
Gulf I-LOC
await O
Clinton I-PER
order O
. O

Jim I-PER
Adams I-PER

WASHINGTON I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

More O
than O
300 O
U.S. I-LOC
warplanes O
and O
20 O
ships O
were O
available O
on O
Saturday O
in O
case O
President O
Bill I-PER
Clinton I-PER
ordered O
the O
use O
of O
U.S. I-LOC
force O
against O
Iraqi I-MISC
military O
action O
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
, O
U.S. I-LOC
defense O
officials O
said O
. O

They O
said O
200 O
fighter O
planes O
, O
including O
79 O
on O
the O
aircraft O
carrier O
Carl I-MISC
Vinson I-MISC
, O
were O
already O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
; O
the O
aircraft O
carrier O
Enterprise I-MISC
was O
in O
the O
eastern O
Mediterranean I-MISC
with O
79 O
more O
, O
and O
an O
air O
expeditionary O
force O
with O
up O
to O
40 O
more O
was O
ready O
to O
fly O
from O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
if O
ordered O
. O

" O
Yesterday O
the O
president O
ordered O
the O
Department I-ORG
of I-ORG
Defense I-ORG
to O
take O
prudent O
planning O
steps O
to O
have O
forces O
ready O
to O
deploy O
to O
the O
region O
should O
he O
direct O
us O
to O
do O
so O
, O
" O
Pentagon I-ORG
spokesman O
Doug I-PER
Kennett I-PER
said O
. O
" O

We O
have O
taken O
those O
prudent O
planning O
steps O
. O
" O

Clinton I-PER
said O
on O
Saturday O
he O
had O
ordered O
U.S. I-LOC
forces O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
to O
go O
on O
high O
alert O
and O
was O
reinforcing O
them O
in O
response O
to O
Iraqi I-MISC
attacks O
on O
Kurdish I-MISC
dissidents O
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

" O
These O
developments O
... O
cause O
me O
grave O
concern O
, O
" O
Clinton I-PER
said O
at O
a O
campaign O
stop O
in O
Troy I-LOC
, O
Tennessee I-LOC
. O

But O
he O
added O
, O
" O
It O
is O
premature O
at O
this O
time O
, O
and O
I O
want O
to O
emphasize O
that O
, O
highly O
premature O
to O
speculate O
on O
any O
response O
we O
might O
have O
. O
" O

The O
U.S. I-LOC
defense O
officials O
said O
military O
flights O
to O
enforce O
no-fly O
zones O
in O
both O
northern O
and O
southern O
Iraq I-LOC
doubled O
over O
the O
weekend O
. O

Clinton I-PER
said O
Iraqi I-MISC
military O
forces O
overran O
the O
city O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
, O
which O
has O
been O
held O
since O
1994 O
by O
Kurdish I-MISC
rebels O
who O
Baghdad I-LOC
says O
are O
backed O
by O
Iran I-LOC
. O

There O
were O
unconfirmed O
reports O
that O
Iran I-LOC
had O
sent O
troops O
into O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
in O
response O
to O
Iraq I-LOC
's O
attack O
. O

U.S. I-LOC
plans O
rely O
heavily O
on O
U.S. I-LOC
air O
attacks O
on O
Iraqi I-MISC
forces O
, O
but O
there O
are O
also O
23,000 O
U.S. I-LOC
troops O
in O
the O
region O
, O
according O
to O
defense O
officials O
. O

In O
addition O
to O
the O
158 O
F I-MISC
/ I-MISC
A-18 I-MISC
, O
F-14 I-MISC
and O
other O
fighter O
planes O
on O
the O
aircraft O
carriers O
Vinson I-MISC
and O
Enterprise I-MISC
, O
the O
Air I-ORG
Force I-ORG
air O
expeditionary O
force O
of O
30 O
to O
40 O
F-15 I-MISC
and O
F-16 I-MISC
fighter O
planes O
and O
fuel O
tankers O
is O
ready O
to O
fly O
from O
three O
U.S. I-LOC
bases O
in O
the O
United I-LOC
States I-LOC
, O
they O
said O
. O

The O
expeditionary O
force O
would O
include O
nearly O
1,000 O
Air I-ORG
Force I-ORG
personnel O
in O
ground O
and O
support O
crews O
, O
they O
said O
. O

The O
23,000 O
U.S. I-LOC
military O
people O
already O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
consist O
of O
15,000 O
sailors O
and O
Marines I-MISC
, O
6,000 O
U.S. I-LOC
servicemen O
based O
primarily O
in O
Saudi I-LOC
Arabia I-LOC
and O
2,000 O
U.S. I-LOC
troops O
in O
the O
area O
for O
military O
exercises O
. O

Most O
of O
the O
Marines I-MISC
are O
on O
three O
ships O
in O
the O
Tarawa I-ORG
Amphibious I-ORG
Readiness I-ORG
Group I-ORG
. O

The O
Carl I-MISC
Vinson I-MISC
leads O
a O
battle O
group O
that O
includes O
seven O
other O
ships O
, O
and O
there O
are O
nine O
other O
U.S. I-LOC
ships O
in O
the O
Gulf I-LOC
for O
a O
total O
of O
20 O
. O

Two O
missing O
Belgian I-MISC
teenagers O
found O
unharmed O
. O

BRUSSELS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Two O
Belgian I-MISC
teenage O
girls O
missing O
since O
Thursday O
have O
been O
found O
unharmed O
, O
police O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

" O
The O
girls O
, O
Rachel I-PER
and O
Severine I-PER
, O
have O
been O
found O
. O

They O
are O
unharmed O
, O
" O
a O
police O
official O
in O
Liege I-LOC
said O
. O

He O
declined O
to O
say O
whether O
the O
girls O
had O
been O
kidnapped O
or O
whether O
they O
had O
gone O
away O
of O
their O
own O
accord O
. O

Late O
on O
Friday O
, O
the O
two O
girls O
-- O
Rachel I-PER
Legeard I-PER
, O
18 O
, O
and O
Severine I-PER
Potty I-PER
, O
19 O
-- O
were O
reported O
missing O
after O
failing O
to O
return O
home O
from O
a O
shopping O
trip O
to O
the O
eastern O
town O
of O
Liege I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
. O

Earlier O
, O
police O
declined O
to O
comment O
on O
whether O
it O
suspected O
a O
link O
with O
the O
Marc I-PER
Dutroux I-PER
case O
, O
the O
paedophile O
kidnap O
, O
sex O
abuse O
and O
murder O
scandal O
which O
has O
rocked O
Belgium I-LOC
in O
the O
past O
two O
weeks O
. O

Algeria I-LOC
restaurant O
bomb O
kills O
seven O
- O
newSpaper O
. O

PARIS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
bomb O
explosion O
in O
a O
restaurant O
west O
of O
Algiers I-LOC
on O
Friday O
killed O
seven O
people O
, O
an O
Algerian I-MISC
newspaper O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Algerian I-MISC
security O
forces O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
that O
two O
people O
were O
killed O
and O
six O
were O
wounded O
when O
a O
home-made O
bomb O
ripped O
through O
a O
restaurant O
in O
the O
coastal O
town O
of O
Staoueli I-LOC
. O

But O
Le I-ORG
Matin I-ORG
newspaper O
, O
quoting O
witnesses O
, O
said O
the O
bomb O
killed O
seven O
people O
and O
wounded O
20 O
. O

Liberte I-ORG
newspaper O
said O
the O
bomb O
was O
hidden O
in O
a O
bag O
in O
front O
of O
the O
restaurant O
and O
that O
a O
booby-trapped O
car O
was O
defused O
near O
the O
restaurant O
shortly O
before O
the O
bomb O
went O
off O
. O

A O
week O
ago O
a O
home-made O
bomb O
exploded O
in O
a O
market O
in O
the O
western O
coastal O
town O
of O
Bou I-LOC
Haroun I-LOC
, O
65 O
km O
( O
40 O
miles O
) O
from O
Algiers I-LOC
. O

Newspapers O
said O
it O
killed O
two O
women O
and O
five O
children O
. O

Algerian I-MISC
newspapers O
quoted O
the O
Human I-ORG
Rights I-ORG
National I-ORG
Observatory I-ORG
( O
ONDH I-ORG
) O
, O
a O
government-appointed O
watchdog O
, O
as O
saying O
earlier O
in O
August O
that O
about O
1,400 O
civilians O
had O
been O
killed O
in O
bomb O
attacks O
blamed O
on O
Moslem I-MISC
guerrillas O
in O
the O
past O
two O
years O
. O

An O
estimated O
50,000 O
people O
have O
died O
in O
Algeria I-LOC
's O
violence O
pitting O
Moslem I-MISC
rebels O
against O
government O
forces O
since O
early O
1992 O
when O
the O
authorities O
cancelled O
a O
general O
election O
in O
which O
radical O
Islamists I-MISC
had O
taken O
a O
commanding O
lead O
. O

Iran I-LOC
agents O
stormed O
German I-MISC
diplomat O
's O
home O
-- O
Bonn I-LOC
. O

BONN I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Iranian I-MISC
security O
forces O
burst O
into O
the O
home O
of O
a O
German I-MISC
cultural O
attache O
in O
Tehran I-LOC
a O
month O
ago O
and O
seized O
his O
guests O
for O
questioning O
, O
Bonn I-LOC
's O
foreign O
ministry O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

A O
spokesman O
said O
he O
could O
substantially O
confirm O
a O
report O
in O
the O
news O
weekly O
Der I-ORG
Spiegel I-ORG
, O
which O
said O
Iranian I-MISC
secret O
police O
burst O
in O
while O
attache O
Jens I-PER
Gust I-PER
was O
entertaining O
six O
Iranian I-MISC
writers O
and O
their O
wives O
. O

Gust I-PER
was O
threatened O
with O
violence O
, O
then O
locked O
into O
a O
room O
to O
be O
interrogated O
on O
suspicion O
of O
" O
promoting O
activities O
hostile O
to O
the O
state O
" O
while O
his O
guests O
were O
taken O
away O
, O
the O
magazine O
said O
. O

The O
ministry O
spokesman O
said O
the O
German I-MISC
embassy O
immediately O
made O
a O
sharp O
protest O
to O
the O
Tehran I-LOC
government O
. O

The O
Iranian I-MISC
ambassador O
was O
also O
summoned O
to O
the O
ministry O
in O
Bonn I-LOC
to O
hear O
a O
sharp O
protest O
and O
" O
disapproval O
of O
this O
glaring O
breach O
of O
the O
principles O
of O
international O
law O
" O
, O
he O
added O
. O

Iran I-LOC
subsequently O
said O
it O
regretted O
the O
incident O
, O
which O
it O
said O
had O
been O
the O
result O
of O
a O
misunderstanding O
. O

All O
those O
detained O
appeared O
to O
have O
been O
freed O
, O
the O
spokesman O
said O
. O

Relations O
between O
the O
two O
countries O
are O
currently O
under O
strain O
because O
of O
the O
testimony O
in O
a O
Berlin I-LOC
court O
of O
former O
Iranian I-MISC
president O
Abolhassan I-PER
Banisadr I-PER
. O

Banisadr I-PER
, O
an O
avowed O
opponent O
of O
the O
Tehran I-LOC
government O
who O
now O
lives O
in O
exile O
, O
accused O
top O
Iranian I-MISC
leaders O
of O
personally O
ordering O
the O
assassination O
of O
three O
exiled O
Kurdish I-MISC
leaders O
in O
a O
Berlin I-LOC
restaurant O
in O
1992 O
. O

Iran I-LOC
has O
asked O
Germany I-LOC
to O
extradite O
Banisadr I-PER
, O
who O
is O
due O
is O
due O
back O
in O
Berlin I-LOC
next O
Thursday O
to O
continue O
his O
testimony O
. O

Banisadr I-PER
, O
who O
received O
political O
asylum O
in O
France I-LOC
after O
fleeing O
there O
in O
1981 O
, O
told O
Der I-ORG
Spiegel I-ORG
he O
did O
not O
plan O
to O
ask O
for O
a O
guarantee O
of O
safe O
conduct O
. O

If O
Germany I-LOC
were O
to O
extradite O
him O
, O
he O
said O
, O
it O
would O
" O
lose O
face O
before O
the O
whole O
world O
" O
. O

German I-MISC
prosecutors O
have O
already O
accused O
Iran I-LOC
's O
intelligence O
minister O
Ali I-PER
Fallahiyan I-PER
of O
ordering O
the O
killing O
of O
the O
Kurdish I-MISC
leaders O
. O

Iran I-LOC
, O
which O
denies O
the O
allegations O
, O
urged O
German I-MISC
authorities O
to O
disregard O
Banisadr I-PER
's O
testimony O
and O
said O
it O
could O
hurt O
relations O
. O

Italy I-LOC
's O
Dini I-PER
meets O
Burundi I-LOC
negotiator O
Nyerere I-PER
. O

ROME I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Italian I-MISC
Foreign O
Minister O
Lamberto I-PER
Dini I-PER
on O
Saturday O
met O
former O
Tanzanian I-MISC
president O
Julius I-PER
Nyerere I-PER
, O
the O
international O
negotiator O
for O
Burundi I-LOC
, O
the O
ministry O
said O
. O

Nyerere I-PER
arrived O
in O
Rome I-LOC
this O
week O
on O
a O
private O
visit O
and O
held O
talks O
with O
the O
U.S. I-LOC
special O
envoy O
to O
Burundi I-LOC
, O
Howard I-PER
Wolpe I-PER
, O
and O
the O
Sant I-ORG
' I-ORG
Egidio I-ORG
Community I-ORG
, O
an O
Italian I-MISC
Roman B-MISC
Catholic I-MISC
organisation O
which O
has O
been O
monitoring O
Burundi I-LOC
closely O
. O

" O
( O
Nyerere I-PER
) O
informed O
Minister O
Dini I-PER
of O
the O
latest O
developments O
in O
the O
( O
Great I-LOC
Lakes I-LOC
) O
region O
, O
with O
particular O
respect O
to O
Burundi I-LOC
following O
the O
military O
coup O
d'etat O
on O
July O
25 O
, O
" O
the O
ministry O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
details O
of O
their O
talks O
. O

Nyerere I-PER
was O
due O
to O
be O
presented O
with O
an O
" O
Artisans I-MISC
for I-MISC
Peace I-MISC
" O
prize O
by O
the O
Lay I-ORG
Volunteers I-ORG
' I-ORG
International I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
on O
Sunday O
. O

He O
leaves O
Rome I-LOC
on O
Monday O
. O

The O
U.N. I-ORG
Security I-ORG
Council I-ORG
on O
Friday O
condemned O
the O
coup O
by O
retired O
Tutsi I-MISC
major O
Pierre I-PER
Buyoya I-PER
and O
for O
the O
first O
time O
said O
in O
a O
resolution O
it O
intended O
to O
pressure O
Buyoya I-PER
into O
unconditional O
negotiations O
with O
all O
parties O
and O
factions O
" O
without O
exception O
" O
. O

Buyoya I-PER
on O
Saturday O
dismissed O
its O
threat O
of O
an O
arms O
embargo O
against O
Burundi I-LOC
and O
flatly O
ruled O
out O
talks O
with O
Hutu I-MISC
rebels O
. O

Some O
150,000 O
people O
-- O
mostly O
civilians O
-- O
have O
died O
in O
Burundi I-LOC
since O
1993 O
when O
the O
country O
's O
first O
democratically O
elected O
Hutu I-MISC
president O
was O
killed O
in O
an O
attempted O
army O
coup O
. O

Nato O
declines O
comment O
on O
fighting O
in O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

BRUSSELS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The O
North I-ORG
Atlantic I-ORG
Treaty I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
's O
spokesman O
on O
Saturday O
declined O
all O
comment O
on O
reports O
of O
armed O
conflict O
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

But O
a O
NATO I-ORG
official O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
: O
" O
We O
are O
watching O
the O
situation O
closely O
. O
" O

Earlier O
on O
Saturday O
, O
an O
Iraqi I-MISC
Kurd I-MISC
leader O
said O
both O
Iraqi I-MISC
troops O
and O
Kurdistan I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
KDP I-ORG
) O
forces O
were O
attacking O
the O
city O
of O
Arbil I-LOC
in O
northern O
Iraq I-LOC
. O

More O
automatic O
weapons O
stolen O
in O
Belgium I-LOC
. O

BRUSSELS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

More O
than O
10 O
weapons O
, O
including O
automatic O
Kalashnikov I-MISC
rifles O
, O
were O
stolen O
from O
an O
arms O
store O
in O
Belgium I-LOC
, O
police O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

A O
policeman O
in O
the O
southern O
Belgian I-MISC
town O
of O
Chatelet I-LOC
told O
Reuters I-ORG
that O
thieves O
used O
a O
car O
to O
ram O
the O
window O
of O
an O
arms O
store O
in O
neighbouring O
Chatelineaux I-LOC
last O
night O
. O

It O
was O
the O
second O
arms O
robbery O
this O
week O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
, O
thieves O
stole O
about O
40 O
forearms O
from O
a O
shooting O
range O
in O
southern O
Belgium I-LOC
, O
including O
Kalashnikov I-MISC
, O
Uzi I-MISC
and O
Fal I-MISC
automatic O
weapons O
. O

No O
trace O
of O
two O
missing O
teenagers O
in O
Belgium I-LOC
. O

BRUSSELS I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Belgian I-MISC
police O
said O
on O
Saturday O
they O
had O
found O
no O
trace O
of O
two O
teenage O
girls O
reported O
missing O
during O
a O
shopping O
trip O
three O
days O
ago O
. O

" O
There O
is O
no O
trace O
so O
far O
, O
the O
enquiry O
is O
continuing O
, O
" O
a O
Liege I-LOC
police O
official O
told O
Reuters I-ORG
. O

Late O
on O
Friday O
, O
Liege I-LOC
police O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
that O
on O
Thursday O
, O
Rachel I-PER
Legeard I-PER
, O
18 O
, O
and O
Severine I-PER
Potty I-PER
, O
19 O
, O
had O
gone O
shopping O
to O
the O
eastern O
town O
of O
Liege I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
, O
where O
Legeard I-PER
's O
wallet O
had O
been O
stolen O
. O

After O
reporting O
the O
theft O
to O
the O
police O
, O
they O
took O
a O
bus O
home O
and O
reportedly O
got O
off O
the O
bus O
before O
arriving O
in O
their O
home O
village O
of O
Nandrin I-LOC
. O

They O
have O
not O
been O
seen O
since O
. O

Police O
declined O
to O
comment O
on O
whether O
it O
suspected O
a O
link O
with O
the O
Marc I-PER
Dutroux I-PER
case O
, O
the O
paedophile O
kidnap O
, O
sex O
abuse O
and O
murder O
scandal O
which O
has O
rocked O
Belgium I-LOC
in O
the O
past O
two O
weeks O
. O

Controversial O
IRA I-ORG
film O
screened O
at O
Venice I-LOC
festival O
. O

Vera I-PER
Haller I-PER

VENICE O
, O
Italy I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Dublin-born O
director O
Neil I-PER
Jordan I-PER
says O
he O
never O
lost O
more O
sleep O
over O
a O
film O
than O
over O
" O
Michael I-MISC
Collins I-MISC
" O
, O
his O
controversial O
epic O
about O
the O
IRA I-ORG
which O
has O
its O
premiere O
on O
Saturday O
at O
the O
Venice I-MISC
Film I-MISC
Festival I-MISC
. O

The O
film O
, O
starring O
Liam I-PER
Neeson I-PER
and O
Julia I-PER
Roberts I-PER
, O
recounts O
the O
life O
of O
Michael I-PER
Collins I-PER
, O
the O
Irish I-ORG
Republican I-ORG
Army I-ORG
's O
Director O
of O
Intelligence O
who O
fought O
for O
Irish I-MISC
independence O
from O
1919 O
to O
1921 O
. O

Although O
not O
due O
for O
release O
in O
Britain I-LOC
until O
early O
next O
year O
, O
some O
politicians O
have O
already O
said O
they O
feared O
it O
would O
fan O
sectarian O
tensions O
in O
British-ruled I-MISC
Northern I-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
. O

Jordan I-PER
defends O
his O
decision O
to O
make O
the O
film O
, O
whose O
screenplay O
he O
wrote O
himself O
after O
years O
of O
research O
, O
saying O
it O
was O
" O
more O
about O
history O
than O
any O
political O
statement O
" O
. O

" O
The O
film O
spares O
neither O
the O
Irish I-MISC
nor O
the O
British I-MISC
in O
its O
depiction O
of O
the O
savagery O
of O
the O
time O
, O
" O
Jordan I-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
released O
by O
Warner I-ORG
Bros I-ORG
. O
" O

How O
often O
has O
independence O
been O
achieved O
without O
bloodshed O
? O

Very O
rarely O
. O
" O

Jordan I-PER
, O
whose O
1992 O
film O
" O
The I-MISC
Crying I-MISC
Game I-MISC
" O
also O
came O
under O
fire O
for O
what O
was O
perceived O
as O
a O
sympathetic O
portrayal O
of O
the O
IRA I-ORG
, O
said O
Collins I-PER
was O
more O
than O
just O
a O
revolutionary O
. O

" O
He O
developed O
techniques O
of O
guerilla O
warfare O
later O
copied O
by O
independence O
movements O
around O
the O
world O
, O
from O
Mao I-PER
Tse-Tung I-PER
in O
China I-LOC
to O
Yitzak I-PER
Shamir I-PER
in O
Israel I-LOC
, O
" O
Jordan I-PER
said O
. O

" O
Collins I-PER
would O
never O
be O
a O
proponent O
of O
contemporary O
terrorism O
as O
practised O
today O
. O

He O
was O
a O
soldier O
and O
a O
statesman O
and O
, O
over O
time O
, O
a O
man O
of O
peace O
. O
" O

Leeson I-PER
, O
the O
Northern I-MISC
Ireland-born I-MISC
actor O
who O
was O
nominated O
for O
an O
Oscar I-PER
for O
best O
actor O
for O
his O
performance O
in O
" O
Schindler I-MISC
's I-MISC
List I-MISC
" O
, O
plays O
the O
lead O
role O
in O
Jordan I-PER
's O
film O
. O

Aidan I-PER
Quinn I-PER
portrays O
Harry I-PER
Boland I-PER
, O
Collins I-PER
' O
best O
friend O
, O
and O
rival O
for O
the O
love O
of O
Kitty I-PER
Kiernan I-PER
, O
played O
by O
Roberts I-PER
. O

Much O
of O
the O
film O
was O
shot O
on O
location O
in O
Dublin I-LOC
with O
Jordan I-PER
using O
thousands O
of O
its O
citizens O
as O
unpaid O
extras O
. O

A O
set O
, O
however O
, O
was O
used O
for O
the O
fighting O
scenes O
. O

Noting O
that O
information O
about O
Collins I-PER
was O
" O
as O
mysterious O
as O
the O
existence O
he O
maintained O
" O
, O
Jordan I-PER
said O
he O
made O
some O
historical O
assumptions O
in O
the O
film O
. O

" O
I O
have O
made O
choices O
about O
certain O
events O
based O
on O
my O
own O
extensive O
research O
into O
his O
letters O
and O
reported O
speeches O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

I O
wanted O
to O
make O
this O
a O
story O
as O
accurate O
as O
possible O
without O
killing O
it O
dramatically O
and O
I O
think O
I O
have O
. O

It O
is O
a O
very O
true O
film O
. O
" O

One O
of O
the O
assumptions O
is O
his O
interpretation O
of O
the O
murky O
circumstances O
surrounding O
the O
shooting O
death O
of O
Collins I-PER
, O
who O
had O
broken O
with O
his O
comrades O
when O
he O
sought O
a O
negotiated O
settlement O
with O
Britain I-LOC
, O
in O
an O
ambush O
in O
1922 O
. O

" O
I O
have O
never O
lost O
more O
sleep O
over O
the O
making O
of O
a O
film O
than O
I O
have O
over O
' O
Michael I-MISC
Collins I-MISC
' O
, O
but O
I O
'll O
never O
make O
a O
more O
important O
one O
, O
" O
Jordan I-PER
said O
. O

" O
In O
the O
life O
of O
one O
person O
you O
can O
tell O
the O
events O
that O
formed O
the O
north O
and O
south O
of O
Ireland I-LOC
as O
they O
are O
today O
. O
" O

Dhaka I-LOC
stocks O
seen O
steady O
in O
absence O
of O
big O
players O
. O

DHAKA I-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Shares O
on O
the O
Dhaka I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
( O
DSE I-ORG
) O
may O
remain O
steady O
as O
small O
investors O
are O
expected O
to O
target O
mainly O
blue O
chips O
while O
overseas O
investors O
will O
prefer O
to O
keep O
to O
the O
sidelines O
when O
the O
market O
reopens O
after O
Moslem I-MISC
Friday O
weekend O
, O
brokers O
said O
. O

" O
The O
market O
is O
expected O
to O
remain O
steady O
. O

There O
will O
be O
both O
buying O
and O
selling O
pressure O
, O
" O
said O
broker O
Shakil I-PER
Rizvi I-PER
. O

Broker O
Khurshid I-PER
Alam I-PER
said O
: O
" O
The O
market O
sentiment O
will O
remain O
strong O
. O

But O
the O
prices O
may O
move O
in O
a O
close O
range O
following O
a O
continued O
market O
uptrend O
. O
" O

Brokers O
said O
blue O
chips O
like O
IDLC I-ORG
, O
Bangladesh I-ORG
Lamps I-ORG
, O
Chittagong I-ORG
Cement I-ORG
and O
Atlas I-ORG
Bangladesh I-ORG
were O
expected O
to O
rise O
. O

They O
said O
there O
was O
still O
demand O
for O
blue O
chips O
in O
engineering O
sector O
despite O
their O
persistent O
rise O
over O
the O
past O
several O
sessions O
. O

The O
DSE I-ORG
all O
share O
price O
index O
closed O
2.73 O
points O
or O
0.22 O
percent O
up O
at O
1,196.35 O
on O
a O
turnover O
of O
133.7 O
million O
taka O
on O
Thursday O
. O

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