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EU rejects German call to boycott British lamb . Peter Blackburn BRUSSELS 1996-08-22 The European Commission said on Thursday it disagreed with German advice to consumers to shun British lamb until scientists determine whether mad cow disease can be transmitted to sheep . Germany 's representative to the European Union...
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Rare Hendrix song draft sells for almost $ 17,000 . LONDON 1996-08-22 A rare early handwritten draft of a song by U.S. guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was sold for almost $ 17,000 on Thursday at an auction of some of the late musician 's favourite possessions . A Florida restaurant paid 10,925 pounds ( $ 16,935 ) for the dr...
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China says Taiwan spoils atmosphere for talks . BEIJING 1996-08-22 China on Thursday accused Taipei of spoiling the atmosphere for a resumption of talks across the Taiwan Strait with a visit to Ukraine by Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan this week that infuriated Beijing . Speaking only hours after Chinese state medi...
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China says time right for Taiwan talks . BEIJING 1996-08-22 China has said it was time for political talks with Taiwan and that the rival island should take practical steps towards that goal . Consultations should be held to set the time and format of the talks , the official Xinhua news agency quoted Tang Shubei , exe...
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German July car registrations up 14.2 pct yr / yr . FRANKFURT 1996-08-22 German first-time registrations of motor vehicles jumped 14.2 percent in July this year from the year-earlier period , the Federal office for motor vehicles said on Thursday . The office said 356,725 new cars were registered in July 1996 -- 304,85...
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GREEK SOCIALISTS GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO PM FOR ELECTIONS . ATHENS 1996-08-22 The Greek socialist party 's executive bureau gave the green light to Prime Minister Costas Simitis to call snap elections , its general secretary Costas Skandalidis told reporters . Prime Minister Costas Simitis is going to make an official anno...
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BayerVB sets C$ 100 million six-year bond . LONDON 1996-08-22 The following bond was announced by lead manager Toronto Dominion . BORROWER BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK AMT C$ 100 MLN COUPON 6.625 MATURITY 24.SEP.02 TYPE STRAIGHT ISS PRICE 100.92 PAY DATE 24.SEP.96 FULL FEES 1.875 REOFFER 99.32 SPREAD +20 BP MOODY AA1 LISTING...
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Venantius sets $ 300 million January 1999 FRN . LONDON 1996-08-22 The following floating-rate issue was announced by lead manager Lehman Brothers International . BORROWER VENANTIUS AB ( SWEDISH NATIONAL MORTGAGE AGENCY ) AMT $ 300 MLN SPREAD - 12.5 BP MATURITY 21.JAN.99 TYPE FRN BASE 3M LIBOR PAY DATE S23.SEP.96 LAST M...
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Port conditions update - Syria - Lloyds Shipping . Port conditions from Lloyds Shipping Intelligence Service -- LATTAKIA , Aug 10 - waiting time at Lattakia and Tartous presently 24 hours .
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Israel plays down fears of war with Syria . Colleen Siegel JERUSALEM 1996-08-22 Israel 's outgoing peace negotiator with Syria said on Thursday current tensions between the two countries appeared to be a storm in a teacup . Itamar Rabinovich , who as Israel 's ambassador to Washington conducted unfruitful negotiations ...
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Polish diplomat denies nurses stranded in Libya . TUNIS 1996-08-22 A Polish diplomat on Thursday denied a Polish tabloid report this week that Libya was refusing exit visas to 100 Polish nurses trying to return home after working in the North African country . " This is not true . Up to today , we have no knowledge of ...
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Two Iranian opposition leaders meet in Baghdad . Hassan Hafidh BAGHDAD 1996-08-22 An Iranian exile group based in Iraq vowed on Thursday to extend support to Iran 's Kurdish rebels after they were attacked by Iranian troops deep inside Iraq last month . A Mujahideen Khalq statement said its leader Massoud Rajavi met in...
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Saudi riyal rates steady in quiet summer trade . MANAMA 1996-08-22 The spot Saudi riyal against the dollar and riyal interbank deposit rates were mainly steady this week in quiet summer trade , dealers in the kingdom said . " There were no changes in Saudi riyal rates . The market was very quiet because of summer holid...
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Israel approves Arafat 's flight to West Bank . JERUSALEM 1996-08-22 Israel gave Palestinian President Yasser Arafat permission on Thursday to fly over its territory to the West Bank , ending a brief Israeli-PLO crisis , an Arafat adviser said . " The problem is over . The president 's aircraft has received permission ...
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Arafat to meet Peres in Gaza after flight ban . JERUSALEM 1996-08-22 Yasser Arafat will meet Shimon Peres in Gaza on Thursday after Palestinians said the right-wing Israeli government had barred the Palestinian leader from flying to the West Bank for talks with the former prime minister . " The meeting between Peres an...
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Afghan UAE embassy says Taleban guards going home . Hilary Gush DUBAI 1996-08-22 Three Afghan guards brought to the United Arab Emirates last week by Russian hostages who escaped from the Taleban militia will return to Afghanistan in a few days , the Afghan embassy in Abu Dhabi said on Thursday . " Our ambassador is in...
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Iraq 's Saddam meets Russia 's Zhirinovsky . BAGHDAD 1996-08-22 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has told visiting Russian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky that Baghdad wanted to maintain " friendship and cooperation " with Moscow , official Iraqi newspapers said on Thursday . " President Saddam Hussein stressed du...
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PRESS DIGEST - Iraq - Aug 22 . BAGHDAD 1996-08-22 These are some of the leading stories in the official Iraqi press on Thursday . Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy . THAWRA - Iraq 's President Saddam Hussein meets with chairman of the Russian liberal democratic party Vladimir ...
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PRESS DIGEST - Lebanon - Aug 22 . BEIRUT 1996-08-22 These are the leading stories in the Beirut press on Thursday . Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy . AN-NAHAR - Confrontation is escalating between Hizbollah and the government . - Prime Minister Hariri : Israeli threats do no...
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CME live and feeder cattle calls range mixed . CHICAGO 1996-08-22 Early calls on CME live and feeder cattle futures ranged from 0.200 cent higher to 0.100 lower , livestock analysts said . The continued strong tone to cash cattle and beef markets should prompt further support . Outlook for a bullish cattle-on-feed repo...
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Kindercare says debt buy to hit Q1 results . MONTGOMERY , Ala . 1996-08-22 KinderCare Learning Centers Inc said on Thursday that a debt buyback would mean an extraordinary loss of $ 1.2 million in its fiscal 1997 first quarter . The company said that during the quarter , which began June 1 , it bought $ 30 million par ...
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RESEARCH ALERT - Lehman starts SNET . -- Lehman analyst Blake Bath started Southern New England Telecommunciations Corp with an outperform rating , his office said . -- The analyst set a 12-month price target of $ 45 and a fiscal 1996 year earnings estimate of $ 3.09 per share , his office said . -- The analyst also se...
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Gateway Data Sciences Q2 net rises . PHOENIX 1996-08-22 Summary of Consolidated Financial Data ( In Thousands , except per share data ) Six Months Ended Quarter Ended Jul 31 , Jul 31 , Jul 31 , Jul 31 , 1996 1995 1996 1995 Income Statement Data : Total Revenue $ 10,756 $ 13,102 $ 7,961 $ 5,507 Software Revenue 2,383 1,...
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Greek socialists give PM green light for election . ATHENS 1996-08-22 The Greek socialist party 's executive bureau gave Prime Minister Costas Simitis its backing if he chooses to call snap elections , its general secretary Costas Skandalidis told reporters on Thursday . Prime Minister Costas Simitis will make an offic...
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PRESS DIGEST - France - Le Monde Aug 22 . PARIS 1996-08-22 These are leading stories in Thursday 's afternoon daily Le Monde , dated Aug 23 . FRONT PAGE -- Africans seeking to renew or obtain work and residence rights say Prime Minister Alain Juppe 's proposals are insufficient as hunger strike enters 49th day in Paris...
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Well repairs to lift Heidrun oil output - Statoil . OSLO 1996-08-22 Three plugged water injection wells on the Heidrun oilfield off mid-Norway will be reopened over the next month , operator Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS ( Statoil ) said on Thursday . The plugged wells have accounted for a dip of 30,000 barrels per d...
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Finnish April trade surplus 3.8 billion markka - NCB . HELSINKI 1996-08-22 Finland 's trade surplus rose to 3.83 billion markka in April from 3.43 billion in March , the National Customs Board ( NCB ) said in a statement on Thursday . The value of exports fell one percent year-on-year in April and the value of imports ...
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Dutch state raises tap sale price to 99.95 . AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22 The Finance Ministry raised the price for tap sales of the Dutch government 's new 5.75 percent bond due September 2002 to 99.95 from 99.90 . Tap sales began on Monday and are being held daily from 07.00 GMT to 15.00 GMT until further notice . The minist...
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German farm ministry tells consumers to avoid British mutton . BONN 1996-08-22 Germany 's Agriculture Ministry suggested on Wednesday that consumers avoid eating meat from British sheep until scientists determine whether mad cow disease can be transmitted to the animals . " Until this is cleared up by the European Unio...
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GOLF - SCORES AT WORLD SERIES OF GOLF . AKRON , Ohio 1996-08-22 Scores from the $ 2.1 million NEC World Series of Golf after the first round Thursday at the 7,149 yard , par 70 Firestone C.C course ( players U.S. unless stated ) : 66 Paul Goydos , Billy Mayfair , Hidemichi Tanaka ( Japan ) 68 Steve Stricker 69 Justin L...
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SOCCER - GLORIA BISTRITA BEAT 2-1 F.C. VALLETTA . BISTRITA 1996-08-22 Gloria Bistrita ( Romania ) beat 2-1 ( halftime 1-1 ) F.C. Valletta ( Malta ) in their Cup winners Cup match , second leg of the preliminary round , on Thursday . Scorers : Gloria Bistrita - Ilie Lazar ( 32nd ) , Eugen Voica ( 84th ) F.C. La Valletta...
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HORSE RACING - PIVOTAL ENDS 25-YEAR WAIT FOR TRAINER PRESCOTT . YORK , England 1996-08-22 Sir Mark Prescott landed his first group one victory in 25 years as a trainer when his top sprinter Pivotal , a 100-30 chance , won the Nunthorpe Stakes on Thursday . The three-year-old , partnered by veteran George Duffield , sna...
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HORSE RACING - NUNTHORPE STAKES RESULTS . YORK , England 1996-08-22 Result of the Nunthorpe Stakes , a group one race for two-year-olds and upwards , run over five furlongs ( 1 km ) on Thursday : 1. Pivotal 100-30 ( ridden by George Duffield ) 2. Eveningperformance 16-1 ( Chris Rutter ) 3. Hever Golf Rose 11-4 ( Jason ...
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TENNIS - RESULTS AT TOSHIBA CLASSIC . CARLSBAD , California 1996-08-21 Results from the $ 450,000 Toshiba Classic tennis tournament on Wednesday ( prefix number denotes seeding ) : Second round 1 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ( Spain ) beat Naoko Kijimuta ( Japan ) 1-6 6-4 6-3 4 - Kimiko Date ( Japan ) beat Yone Kamio ( Ja...
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TENNIS - RESULTS AT HAMLET CUP . COMMACK , New York 1996-08-21 Results from the Waldbaum Hamlet Cup tennis tournament on Wednesday ( prefix number denotes seeding ) : Second round 1 - Michael Chang ( U.S. ) beat Sergi Bruguera ( Spain ) 6-3 6-2 Michael Joyce ( U.S. ) beat 3 - Richey Reneberg ( U.S. ) 3-6 6-4 6-3 Martin...
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SOCCER - DALGLISH SAD OVER BLACKBURN PARTING . LONDON 1996-08-22 Kenny Dalglish spoke on Thursday of his sadness at leaving Blackburn , the club he led to the English premier league title in 1994-95 . Blackburn announced on Wednesday they and Dalglish had parted by mutual consent . But the ex-manager confessed on Thurs...
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CRICKET - ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES . LONDON 1996-08-22 Close of play scores in four-day English County Championship cricket matches on Thursday : Second day At Weston-super-Mare : Durham 326 ( D. Cox 95 not out , S. Campbell 69 ; G. Rose 7-73 ) . Somerset 236-4 ( M. Lathwell 85 ) . Firsy day At Colchester : G...
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CRICKET - ENGLAND V PAKISTAN FINAL TEST SCOREBOARD . LONDON 1996-08-22 Scoreboard on the first day of the third and final test between England and Pakistan at The Oval on Thursday : England first innings M. Atherton b Waqar Younis 31 A. Stewart b Mushtaq Ahmed 44 N. Hussain c Saeed Anwar b Waqar Younis 12 G. Thorpe lbw...
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SOCCER - FERGUSON BACK IN SCOTTISH SQUAD AFTER 20 MONTHS . GLASGOW 1996-08-22 Everton 's Duncan Ferguson , who scored twice against Manchester United on Wednesday , was picked on Thursday for the Scottish squad after a 20-month exile . Glasgow Rangers striker Ally McCoist , another man in form after two hat-tricks in f...
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CRICKET - ENGLAND 100-2 AT LUNCH ON FIRST DAY OF THIRD TEST . LONDON 1996-08-22 England were 100 for two at lunch on the first day of the third and final test against Pakistan at The Oval on Thursday .
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SOCCER - KEANE SIGNS FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT WITH MANCHESTER UNITED . LONDON 1996-08-22 Ireland midfielder Roy Keane has signed a new four-year contract with English league and F.A. Cup champions Manchester United . " Roy agreed a new deal before last night 's game against Everton and we are delighted , " said United manage...
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TENNIS - RESULTS AT CANADIAN OPEN . TORONTO 1996-08-21 Results from the Canadian Open tennis tournament on Wednesday ( prefix number denotes seeding ) : Second round Daniel Nestor ( Canada ) beat 1 - Thomas Muster ( Austria ) 6-3 7-5 Mikael Tillstrom ( Sweden ) beat 2 - Goran Ivanisevic ( Croatia ) 6-7 ( 3-7 ) 6-4 6-4 ...
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CRICKET - MILLNS SIGNS FOR BOLAND . CAPE TOWN 1996-08-22 South African provincial side Boland said on Thursday they had signed Leicestershire fast bowler David Millns on a one year contract . Millns , who toured Australia with England A in 1992/93 , replaces former England all-rounder Phillip DeFreitas as Boland 's ove...
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SOCCER - EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS ' CUP RESULTS . TIRANA 1996-08-22 Results of European Cup Winners ' Cup qualifying round , second leg soccer matches on Thursday : In Tirana : Flamurtari Vlore ( Albania ) 0 Chemlon Humenne ( Slovakia ) 2 ( halftime 0-0 ) Scorers : Lubarskij ( 50th minute ) , Valkucak ( 54th ) Attendance :...
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SOCCER - GOTHENBURG PUT FERENCVAROS OUT OF EURO CUP . BUDAPEST 1996-08-21 IFK Gothenburg of Sweden drew 1-1 ( 1-0 ) with Ferencvaros of Hungary in the second leg of their European Champions Cup preliminary round tie played on Wednesday . Gothenburg go through 4-1 on aggregate . Scorers : Ferencvaros : Ferenc Horvath ( ...
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SOCCER - BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS . RIO DE JANEIRO 1996-08-22 Results of midweek matches in the Brazilian soccer championship . Bahia 2 Atletico Paranaense 0 Corinthians 1 Guarani 0 Coritiba 1 Atletico Mineiro 0 Cruzeiro 2 Vitoria 1 Flamengo 0 Juventude 1 Goias 3 Sport Recife 1 Gremio 6 Bragantino 1 Palmeiras 3 V...
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TENNIS - NEWCOMBE PONDERS HIS DAVIS CUP FUTURE . SYDNEY 1996-08-22 Australian Davis Cup captain John Newcombe on Thursday signalled his possible resignation if his team loses an away tie against Croatia next month . The former Wimbledon champion said the immediate future of Australia 's Davis Cup coach Tony Roche could...
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BADMINTON - MALAYSIAN OPEN RESULTS . KUALA LUMPUR 1996-08-22 Results in the Malaysian Open badminton tournament on Thursday ( prefix number denotes seeding ) : Men 's singles , third round 9/16 - Luo Yigang ( China ) beat Hwang Sun-ho ( South Korea ) 15-3 15-7 Jason Wong ( Malaysia ) beat Abdul Samad Ismail ( Malaysia ...
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TENNIS - REVISED MEN 'S DRAW FOR U.S. OPEN . NEW YORK 1996-08-22 Revised singles draw for the U.S. Open tennis championships beginning Monday at the U.S . National Tennis Centre ( prefix denotes seeding ) : Men 's Draw 1 - Pete Sampras ( U.S. ) vs. Adrian Voinea ( Romania ) Jiri Novak ( Czech Republic ) vs. qualifier M...
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BASEBALL - ORIOLES ' MANAGER DAVEY JOHNSON HOSPITALIZED . BALTIMORE 1996-08-22 Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson will miss Thursday night 's game against the Seattle Mariners after being admitted to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat . The 53-year-old Johnson was hospitalized after experiencing dizziness . " ...
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BASEBALL - MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER WEDNESDAY 'S GAMES . NEW YORK 1996-08-22 Major League Baseball standings after games played on Wednesday ( tabulate under won , lost , winning percentage and games behind ) : AMERICAN LEAGUE EASTERN DIVISION W L PCT GB NEW YORK 72 53 .576 - BALTIMORE 67 58 .536 5 BOSTON 63 64 .49...
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BASEBALL - MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS WEDNESDAY . NEW YORK 1996-08-22 Results of Major League Baseball games played on Wednesday ( home team in CAPS ) : American League California 7 NEW YORK 1 DETROIT 7 Chicago 4 Milwaukee 10 MINNESOTA 7 BOSTON 6 Oakland 4 BALTIMORE 10 Seattle 5 Texas 10 CLEVELAND 8 ( in 10 ) Toronto 6 KANSA...
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BASEBALL - GREER HOMER IN 10TH LIFTS TEXAS PAST INDIANS . CLEVELAND 1996-08-22 Rusty Greer 's two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning rallied the Texas Rangers to a 10-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians Wednesday in the rubber game of a three-game series between division leaders . With one out , Greer hit a 1-1 p...
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SOCCER - COCU DOUBLE EARNS PSV 4-1 WIN . AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22 Philip Cocu scored twice in the second half to spur PSV Eindhoven to a 4-1 away win over NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch first division on Thursday . He scored from close range in the 54th minute and from a bicycle kick 13 minutes later . Arthur Numan and Luc Nili...
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SOCCER - DUTCH FIRST DIVISION SUMMARY . AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22 Summary of Thursday 's only Dutch first division match : NEC Nijmegen 1 ( Van Eykeren 15th ) PSV Eindhoven 4 ( Numan 11th , Nilis 42nd , Cocu 54th , 67th ) . Halftime 1-2 . Attendance 8,000
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SOCCER - DUTCH FIRST DIVISION RESULT . AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22 Result of a Dutch first division match on Thursday : NEC Nijmegen 1 PSV Eindhoven 4
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SOCCER - SHARPSHOOTER KNUP BACK IN SWISS SQUAD . GENEVA 1996-08-22 Galatasaray striker Adrian Knup , scorer of 26 goals in 45 internationals , has been recalled by Switzerland for the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku on August 31 . Knup was overlooked by Artur Jorge for the European championship finals ea...
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ATHLETICS - IT 'S A RECORD - 40,000 BEERS ON THE HOUSE . BRUSSELS 1996-08-22 Spectators at Friday 's Brussels grand prix meeting have an extra incentive to cheer on the athletes to world record performances -- a free glass of beer . A Belgian brewery has offered to pay for a free round of drinks for all of the 40,000 c...
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GOLF - GERMAN OPEN FIRST ROUND SCORES . STUTTGART , Germany 1996-08-22 Leading first round scores in the German Open golf championship on Thursday ( Britain unless stated ) : 62 Paul Broadhurst 63 Raymond Russell 64 David J. Russell , Michael Campbell ( New Zealand ) , Ian Woosnam , Bernhard Langer ( Germany ) , Ronan ...
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SOCCER - UEFA REWARDS THREE COUNTRIES FOR FAIR PLAY . GENEVA 1996-08-22 Norway , England and Sweden were rewarded for their fair play on Thursday with an additional place in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup competition . Norway headed the UEFA Fair Play rankings for 1995-96 with 8.62 points , ahead of England with 8.61 and Sweden ...
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CRICKET - POLICE COMMANDOS ON HAND FOR AUSTRALIANS ' FIRST MATCH . COLOMBO 1996-08-22 Armed police commandos patrolled the ground when Australia opened their short tour of Sri Lanka with a five-run win over the country 's youth team on Thursday . Australia , in Sri Lanka for a limited overs tournament which also includ...
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ONE ROMANIAN DIES IN BUS CRASH IN BULGARIA . SOFIA 1996-08-22 One Romanian passenger was killed , and 14 others were injured on Thursday when a Romanian-registered bus collided with a Bulgarian one in northern Bulgaria , police said . The two buses collided head on at 5 o'clock this morning on the road between the town...
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL CONTENTS - OJ L 211 OF AUGUST 21 , 1996 . * ( Note - contents are displayed in reverse order to that in the printed Journal ) * Corrigendum to Commission Regulation ( EC ) No 1464/96 of 25 July 1996 relating to a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and / or refunds on exports of white sug...
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In Home Health to appeal payment denial . MINNETONKA , Minn . 1996-08-22 In Home Health Inc said on Thursday it will appeal to the U.S. Federal District Court in Minneapolis a decision by the Health Care Financing Administration ( HCFA ) that denied reimbursement of certain costs under Medicaid . The HCFA Administrator...
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Oppenheimer Capital to review Oct. div . NEW YORK 1996-08-22 Oppenheimer Capital LP said on Thursday it will review its cash distribution rate for the October quarterly distribution , assuming continued favorable results . The company , which reported improved first quarter earnings for the period ended July 31 , 1996 ...
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Best sees Q2 loss similar to Q1 loss . RICHMOND , Va . 1996-08-22 Best Products Co Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Levy said Thursday he expected the company 's second-quarter results to be similar to the $ 34.6 million loss posted in the first quarter . He also told Reuters before the retailer 's annual meeting th...
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Measles exposure can lead to bowel disease - study . LONDON 1996-08-23 Women who get measles while pregnant may have babies at higher risk of Crohn 's disease , a debilitating bowel disorder , researchers said on Friday . Three out of four Swedish babies born to mothers who caught measles developed serious cases of Cro...
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All the key numbers - CBI August industrial trends . LONDON 1996-08-23 Following are key data from the August monthly survey of trends in UK manufacturing by the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) . CBI MONTHLY TRENDS ENQUIRY ( a ) AUG JULY JUNE MAY - total order book - 10 - 22 - 13 - 17 - export order book - 14...
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London shipsales . LONDON 1996-08-22 - Secondhand tonnage brokers reported the sale of the following vessels . Iron Gippsland - ( built 1989 ) 87,241 dwt sold to Greek buyers for $ 30 million . Sairyu Maru No : 2 - ( built 1982 ) 60,960 dwt sold to Greek buyers for $ 15.5 million . Stainless Fighter - ( built 1970 ) 21...
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Garlic pills do n't lower cholesterol , study finds . LONDON 1996-08-22 Garlic pills may not lower blood cholesterol and studies that show they do may be flawed , British researchers have reported . A study by a team of doctors at Oxford University has found people with high blood cholesterol do not benefit significant...
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Britain gives aid to volcano-hit Caribbean island . LONDON 1996-08-22 Britain said on Thursday it would give 25 million pounds ( $ 39 million ) of development aid to the Caribbean island of Montserrat , where much of the population living in the south has fled to avoid a volcano . The volcano in the Soufriere hills has...
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Tennis - Philippoussis looms for Sampras in U.S. Open . Bill Berkrot NEW YORK 1996-08-22 World number one Pete Sampras , seeking his first Grand Slam title of the year , and women 's top seed Steffi Graf , aiming for her third , should be able to ease into the year 's final major , which begins on Monday . Sampras open...
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RTRS - Tennis - Muster upset , Philippoussis wins , Stoltenberg loses . TORONTO 1996-08-21 Top-seeded Thomas Muster of Austria was beaten 6-3 7-5 by 123rd-ranked Daniel Nestor of Canada on Wednesday in his first match of the $ 2 million Canadian Open . A lefthander with a strong serve , Nestor kept the rallies short by...
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Soccer - Results of South Korean pro-soccer games . SEOUL 1996-08-22 Results of South Korean pro-soccer games played on Wednesday . Anyang 3 Chonnam 3 ( halftime 2-0 ) Puchon 0 Suwon 0 ( halftime 0-0 ) Standings after games played on Wednesday ( tabulate under - won , drawn , lost , goals for , goals against , points )...
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Senegal cholera outbreak kills five . DAKAR 1996-08-22 An outbreak of cholera has killed five people in the central Senegal town of Kaolack , where health authorities have recorded 291 cases since August 11 , a medical official said on Thursday . Doctor Masserigne Ndiaye said medical staff were overwhelmed with work . ...
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Nigerian general takes over Liberia ECOMOG force . MONROVIA 1996-08-22 Nigerian Major General Sam Victor Malu took over on Thursday as commander of the ECOMOG peacekeeping force in Liberia , two days after the start of the latest ceasefire in the six-year civil war . Malu replaced another Nigerian major general , John ...
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Guinea calls two days of prayer . CONAKRY 1996-08-22 The West African state of Guinea declared Thursday and Friday days of national prayer . A government statement , broadcast repeatedly by state radio , said the two days of prayer were " for the dead , for peace and prosperity in Guinea , the victory of the new govern...
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South African answers U.S. message in a bottle . JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-22 A South African boy is writing back to an American girl whose message in a bottle he found washed up on President Nelson Mandela 's old prison island . But Carlo Hoffmann , an 11-year-old jailer 's son who found the bottle on the beach at Robben I...
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Rottweiler kills South African toddler . JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-22 A rottweiler dog belonging to an elderly South African couple savaged to death their two-year-old grandson who was visiting , police said on Thursday . The dog attacked Louis Booy in the front garden of his grandparents ' house in Vanderbijlpark near Joha...
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INDICATORS - Hungary - updated Aug 22 . BUDAPEST 1996-08-22 The latest indicators : CPI ( pct ) July +0.4m / m ; 23.0yr / yr ( June +0.9;+23.6 ) PPI ( pct ) June +0.7 m / m;+21.5yr / yr ( May +1.7;+22.0 ) Industry output ( pct ) June - 7.8 m / m;-0.2yr / yr ( May +7.3;-3.6 ) Current account Jan-May - $ 738 million ( Ja...
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Fifty Russians die in clash with rebels-Interfax . MOSCOW 1996-08-22 At least 50 Russian servicemen have been killed in a battle with separatist rebels which erupted in the Chechen capital Grozny on Thursday and continued after Russia and the rebels agreed a truce , Interfax news agency said . Interfax quoted Russian m...
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Polish schoolgirl blackmailer wanted textbooks . GDANSK , Poland 1996-08-22 A Polish schoolgirl blackmailed two women with anonymous letters threatening death and later explained that she needed money for textbooks , police said on Thursday . " The 13-year-old girl tried to extract 60 and 70 zlotys ( $ 22 and $ 26 ) fr...
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Czech CNB-120 index rises 1.2 pts to 869.3 . PRAGUE 1996-08-22 The CNB-120 index , a broad daily measure of Czech equities , rose 1.2 points on Thursday to 869.3 , the Czech National Bank ( CNB ) said . Eight of the ten sectoral indices rose , with the banking index rising the most , up 14.4 points to 1,294.5 . -- Prag...
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Russians , rebels sign deal in Chechnya . NOVYE ATAGI , Russia 1996-08-22 Russian President Boris Yeltsin 's security supremo Alexander Lebed and Chechen rebel chief-of-staff Aslan Maskhadov signed a deal on Thursday aimed at ending three weeks of renewed fighting in the region . The final contents of the document nego...
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Lebed aide says Russian-Chechen talks going well . NOVYE ATAGI , Russia 1996-08-22 Talks between Russia 's Alexander Lebed and Chechen separatist leaders were going well on Thursday and the two sides were working out a detailed schedule on how to stop the war , a Lebed aide said . Press spokesman Alexander Barkhatov to...
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Yeltsin shown on Russian television . MOSCOW 1996-08-22 Russian television showed a brief clip of Boris Yeltsin on Thursday , with the president laughing and smiling as he spoke to nominee health minister Tatyana Dmitrieva . It was the first time the president had been shown on television since he was inaugurated for a...
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PRESS DIGEST - Bosnia - Aug 22 . SARAJEVO 1996-08-22 These are the leading stories in the Sarajevo press on Thursday . Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy . OSLOBODJENJE - The Bosnian federation launches a common payment system on Friday . Under the new system taxes and customs ...
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Grozny quiet overnight after raids . ALKHAN-YURT , Russia 1996-08-22 The city of Grozny , pounded by Russian planes and artillery for hours on Wednesday , calmed down overnight , although sporadic explosions and shooting could still be heard . Reuters correspondent Lawrence Sheets , speaking from the nearby village of ...
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Boat passengers rescued off Colombian coast . BOGOTA , Colombia 1996-08-22 Colombia 's Coast Guard on Thursday rescued 12 people lost for three days in an open boat off the Pacific coast , officials said . The boat had been missing since Monday afternoon when it left the tiny island of Gorgona off Colombia 's southwest...
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Argentine July raw steel output up 14.8 pct vs ' 95 . BUENOS AIRES 1996-08-22 Argentine raw steel output was 355,900 tonnes in July , 14.8 percent higher than in July 1995 and up 1.9 percent from June , Steel Industry Center said Thursday . Primary iron output was 297,700 tonnes , 14.5 percent more than last July and 0...
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Peru 's guerrillas kill one , take 8 hostage in jungle . LIMA , Peru 1996-08-21 Peruvian guerrillas killed one man and took eight people hostage after taking over a village in the country 's northeastern jungle region , anti- terrorist police sources said on Wednesday . For three hours on Tuesday , around 100 members o...
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Former Surinam rebel leader held after shooting . PARAMARIBO , Surinam 1996-08-21 Flamboyant former Surinamese rebel leader Ronny Brunswijk was in custody on Wednesday charged with attempted murder , police said . Brunswijk turned himself into police after Freddy Pinas , a Surinamese-born visitor from the Netherlands ,...
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Noisy saw leads Thai police to heroin hideaway . BANGKOK 1996-08-22 A Hong Kong carpenter was arrested in the Thai seaside town of Pattaya after police seized 18 kg ( 39.7 pounds ) of heroin following complaints by residents of a noisy saw , police said on Thursday . Cheung Siu Man , 40 , was arrested late on Wednesday...
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Australia foreign minister arrives in China . BEIJING 1996-08-22 Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a four-day visit that follows rising friction between the two nations in recent weeks . Downer was to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and sign an agreement on an Aus...
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Palestinians accuse PA of banning books . NABLUS , West Bank 1996-08-22 A West Bank bookseller charged on Thursday that the Palestinian Information Ministry has forced him to sign an undertaking not to distribute books written by critics of Israeli-PLO self-rule deals . " They made me sign an undertaking not to sell th...
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Egypt blames Istanbul control tower for accident . CAIRO 1996-08-22 The chairman of national carrier EgyptAir on Thursday blamed the control tower at Istanbul airport for the EgyptAir plane accident . Twenty people were injured on Wednesday when the EgyptAir Boeing 707 overshot the runway , caught fire , hit a taxi and...
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Egypt wants nothing to do with Sudanese rulers . CAIRO 1996-08-22 The Egyptian government will have nothing more to do with the Sudanese government because it continues to shelter and support Egyptian militants , President Hosni Mubarak said in a speech on Thursday . Egypt says the Sudanese government helped the Moslem...
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Turkish shares shed gains in profit-taking . ISTANBUL 1996-08-22 Turkish shares ended lower on Thursday , shedding gains of earlier in the week amid profit-taking sales , brokers said . The IMKB-100 lost 0.19 percent or 123.89 points to end at 64,178.78 . Gains so far this week have totalled 2.92 percent . Daily volume...
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Miss Universe hides behind veil of silence . Kieran Murray LAS CRUCES , N.M. 1996-08-22 Miss Universe , Venezuela 's Alicia Machado , left New Mexico on Thursday , refusing to answer questions about her weight or claims she was told to either go on a crash diet or give up her title . Machado , 19 , flew to Los Angeles ...
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Kevorkian attends third suicide in week . PONTIAC , Mich . 1996-08-22 Dr. Jack Kevorkian attended his third suicide in less than a week on Thursday , bringing the body of a 40-year-old Missouri woman suffering from multiple sclerosis to a hospital emergency room , doctors said . Dr Robert Aranosian , emergency room dir...
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