-DOCSTART- O

EU B-ORG
rejects O
German B-MISC
call O
to O
boycott O
British B-MISC
lamb O
. O

Peter B-PER
Blackburn I-PER

BRUSSELS B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
European B-ORG
Commission I-ORG
said O
on O
Thursday O
it O
disagreed O
with O
German B-MISC
advice O
to O
consumers O
to O
shun O
British B-MISC
lamb O
until O
scientists O
determine O
whether O
mad O
cow O
disease O
can O
be O
transmitted O
to O
sheep O
. O

Germany B-LOC
's O
representative O
to O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
's O
veterinary O
committee O
Werner B-PER
Zwingmann I-PER
said O
on O
Wednesday O
consumers O
should O
buy O
sheepmeat O
from O
countries O
other O
than O
Britain B-LOC
until O
the O
scientific O
advice O
was O
clearer O
. O

" O
We O
do O
n't O
support O
any O
such O
recommendation O
because O
we O
do O
n't O
see O
any O
grounds O
for O
it O
, O
" O
the O
Commission B-ORG
's O
chief O
spokesman O
Nikolaus B-PER
van I-PER
der I-PER
Pas I-PER
told O
a O
news O
briefing O
. O

He O
said O
further O
scientific O
study O
was O
required O
and O
if O
it O
was O
found O
that O
action O
was O
needed O
it O
should O
be O
taken O
by O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
. O

He O
said O
a O
proposal O
last O
month O
by O
EU B-ORG
Farm O
Commissioner O
Franz B-PER
Fischler I-PER
to O
ban O
sheep O
brains O
, O
spleens O
and O
spinal O
cords O
from O
the O
human O
and O
animal O
food O
chains O
was O
a O
highly O
specific O
and O
precautionary O
move O
to O
protect O
human O
health O
. O

Fischler B-PER
proposed O
EU-wide B-MISC
measures O
after O
reports O
from O
Britain B-LOC
and O
France B-LOC
that O
under O
laboratory O
conditions O
sheep O
could O
contract O
Bovine B-MISC
Spongiform I-MISC
Encephalopathy I-MISC
( O
BSE B-MISC
) O
-- O
mad O
cow O
disease O
. O

But O
Fischler B-PER
agreed O
to O
review O
his O
proposal O
after O
the O
EU B-ORG
's O
standing O
veterinary O
committee O
, O
mational O
animal O
health O
officials O
, O
questioned O
if O
such O
action O
was O
justified O
as O
there O
was O
only O
a O
slight O
risk O
to O
human O
health O
. O

Spanish B-MISC
Farm O
Minister O
Loyola B-PER
de I-PER
Palacio I-PER
had O
earlier O
accused O
Fischler B-PER
at O
an O
EU B-ORG
farm O
ministers O
' O
meeting O
of O
causing O
unjustified O
alarm O
through O
" O
dangerous O
generalisation O
. O
" O

. O

Only O
France B-LOC
and O
Britain B-LOC
backed O
Fischler B-PER
's O
proposal O
. O

The O
EU B-ORG
's O
scientific O
veterinary O
and O
multidisciplinary O
committees O
are O
due O
to O
re-examine O
the O
issue O
early O
next O
month O
and O
make O
recommendations O
to O
the O
senior O
veterinary O
officials O
. O

Sheep O
have O
long O
been O
known O
to O
contract O
scrapie O
, O
a O
brain-wasting O
disease O
similar O
to O
BSE B-MISC
which O
is O
believed O
to O
have O
been O
transferred O
to O
cattle O
through O
feed O
containing O
animal O
waste O
. O

British B-MISC
farmers O
denied O
on O
Thursday O
there O
was O
any O
danger O
to O
human O
health O
from O
their O
sheep O
, O
but O
expressed O
concern O
that O
German B-MISC
government O
advice O
to O
consumers O
to O
avoid O
British B-MISC
lamb O
might O
influence O
consumers O
across O
Europe B-LOC
. O

" O
What O
we O
have O
to O
be O
extremely O
careful O
of O
is O
how O
other O
countries O
are O
going O
to O
take O
Germany B-LOC
's O
lead O
, O
" O
Welsh B-ORG
National I-ORG
Farmers I-ORG
' I-ORG
Union I-ORG
( O
NFU B-ORG
) O
chairman O
John B-PER
Lloyd I-PER
Jones I-PER
said O
on O
BBC B-ORG
radio I-ORG
. O

Bonn B-LOC
has O
led O
efforts O
to O
protect O
public O
health O
after O
consumer O
confidence O
collapsed O
in O
March O
after O
a O
British B-MISC
report O
suggested O
humans O
could O
contract O
an O
illness O
similar O
to O
mad O
cow O
disease O
by O
eating O
contaminated O
beef O
. O

Germany B-LOC
imported O
47,600 O
sheep O
from O
Britain B-LOC
last O
year O
, O
nearly O
half O
of O
total O
imports O
. O

It O
brought O
in O
4,275 O
tonnes O
of O
British B-MISC
mutton O
, O
some O
10 O
percent O
of O
overall O
imports O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Rare O
Hendrix B-PER
song O
draft O
sells O
for O
almost O
$ O
17,000 O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

A O
rare O
early O
handwritten O
draft O
of O
a O
song O
by O
U.S. B-LOC
guitar O
legend O
Jimi B-PER
Hendrix I-PER
was O
sold O
for O
almost O
$ O
17,000 O
on O
Thursday O
at O
an O
auction O
of O
some O
of O
the O
late O
musician O
's O
favourite O
possessions O
. O

A O
Florida B-LOC
restaurant O
paid O
10,925 O
pounds O
( O
$ O
16,935 O
) O
for O
the O
draft O
of O
" O
Ai B-MISC
n't I-MISC
no I-MISC
telling I-MISC
" O
, O
which O
Hendrix B-PER
penned O
on O
a O
piece O
of O
London B-LOC
hotel O
stationery O
in O
late O
1966 O
. O

At O
the O
end O
of O
a O
January O
1967 O
concert O
in O
the O
English B-MISC
city O
of O
Nottingham B-LOC
he O
threw O
the O
sheet O
of O
paper O
into O
the O
audience O
, O
where O
it O
was O
retrieved O
by O
a O
fan O
. O

Buyers O
also O
snapped O
up O
16 O
other O
items O
that O
were O
put O
up O
for O
auction O
by O
Hendrix B-PER
's O
former O
girlfriend O
Kathy B-PER
Etchingham I-PER
, O
who O
lived O
with O
him O
from O
1966 O
to O
1969 O
. O

They O
included O
a O
black O
lacquer O
and O
mother O
of O
pearl O
inlaid O
box O
used O
by O
Hendrix B-PER
to O
store O
his O
drugs O
, O
which O
an O
anonymous O
Australian B-MISC
purchaser O
bought O
for O
5,060 O
pounds O
( O
$ O
7,845 O
) O
. O

The O
guitarist O
died O
of O
a O
drugs O
overdose O
in O
1970 O
aged O
27 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

China B-LOC
says O
Taiwan B-LOC
spoils O
atmosphere O
for O
talks O
. O

BEIJING B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

China B-LOC
on O
Thursday O
accused O
Taipei B-LOC
of O
spoiling O
the O
atmosphere O
for O
a O
resumption O
of O
talks O
across O
the O
Taiwan B-LOC
Strait I-LOC
with O
a O
visit O
to O
Ukraine B-LOC
by O
Taiwanese B-MISC
Vice O
President O
Lien B-PER
Chan I-PER
this O
week O
that O
infuriated O
Beijing B-LOC
. O

Speaking O
only O
hours O
after O
Chinese B-MISC
state O
media O
said O
the O
time O
was O
right O
to O
engage O
in O
political O
talks O
with O
Taiwan B-LOC
, O
Foreign B-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
spokesman O
Shen B-PER
Guofang I-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
: O
" O
The O
necessary O
atmosphere O
for O
the O
opening O
of O
the O
talks O
has O
been O
disrupted O
by O
the O
Taiwan B-LOC
authorities O
. O
" O

State O
media O
quoted O
China B-LOC
's O
top O
negotiator O
with O
Taipei B-LOC
, O
Tang B-PER
Shubei I-PER
, O
as O
telling O
a O
visiting O
group O
from O
Taiwan B-LOC
on O
Wednesday O
that O
it O
was O
time O
for O
the O
rivals O
to O
hold O
political O
talks O
. O

" O
Now O
is O
the O
time O
for O
the O
two O
sides O
to O
engage O
in O
political O
talks O
... O

that O
is O
to O
end O
the O
state O
of O
hostility O
, O
" O
Thursday O
's O
overseas O
edition O
of O
the O
People B-ORG
's I-ORG
Daily I-ORG
quoted O
Tang B-PER
as O
saying O
. O

The O
foreign O
ministry O
's O
Shen B-ORG
told O
Reuters B-ORG
Television I-ORG
in O
an O
interview O
he O
had O
read O
reports O
of O
Tang B-PER
's O
comments O
but O
gave O
no O
details O
of O
why O
the O
negotiator O
had O
considered O
the O
time O
right O
for O
talks O
with O
Taiwan B-LOC
, O
which O
Beijing B-LOC
considers O
a O
renegade O
province O
. O

China B-LOC
, O
which O
has O
long O
opposed O
all O
Taipei B-LOC
efforts O
to O
gain O
greater O
international O
recognition O
, O
was O
infuriated O
by O
a O
visit O
to O
Ukraine B-LOC
this O
week O
by O
Taiwanese B-MISC
Vice O
President O
Lien B-PER
. O

-DOCSTART- O

China B-LOC
says O
time O
right O
for O
Taiwan B-LOC
talks O
. O

BEIJING B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

China B-LOC
has O
said O
it O
was O
time O
for O
political O
talks O
with O
Taiwan B-LOC
and O
that O
the O
rival O
island O
should O
take O
practical O
steps O
towards O
that O
goal O
. O

Consultations O
should O
be O
held O
to O
set O
the O
time O
and O
format O
of O
the O
talks O
, O
the O
official O
Xinhua B-ORG
news O
agency O
quoted O
Tang B-PER
Shubei I-PER
, O
executive O
vice O
chairman O
of O
the O
Association B-ORG
for I-ORG
Relations I-ORG
Across I-ORG
the I-ORG
Taiwan I-ORG
Straits I-ORG
, O
as O
saying O
late O
on O
Wednesday O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

German B-MISC
July O
car O
registrations O
up O
14.2 O
pct O
yr O
/ O
yr O
. O

FRANKFURT B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

German B-MISC
first-time O
registrations O
of O
motor O
vehicles O
jumped O
14.2 O
percent O
in O
July O
this O
year O
from O
the O
year-earlier O
period O
, O
the O
Federal B-ORG
office I-ORG
for I-ORG
motor I-ORG
vehicles I-ORG
said O
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
office O
said O
356,725 O
new O
cars O
were O
registered O
in O
July O
1996 O
-- O
304,850 O
passenger O
cars O
and O
15,613 O
trucks O
. O

The O
figures O
represent O
a O
13.6 O
percent O
increase O
for O
passenger O
cars O
and O
a O
2.2 O
percent O
decline O
for O
trucks O
from O
July O
1995 O
. O

Motor-bike O
registration O
rose O
32.7 O
percent O
in O
the O
period O
. O

The O
growth O
was O
partly O
due O
to O
an O
increased O
number O
of O
Germans B-MISC
buying O
German B-MISC
cars O
abroad O
, O
while O
manufacturers O
said O
that O
domestic O
demand O
was O
weak O
, O
the O
federal O
office O
said O
. O

Almost O
all O
German B-MISC
car O
manufacturers O
posted O
gains O
in O
registration O
numbers O
in O
the O
period O
. O

Volkswagen B-ORG
AG I-ORG
won O
77,719 O
registrations O
, O
slightly O
more O
than O
a O
quarter O
of O
the O
total O
. O

Opel B-ORG
AG I-ORG
together O
with O
General B-ORG
Motors I-ORG
came O
in O
second O
place O
with O
49,269 O
registrations O
, O
16.4 O
percent O
of O
the O
overall O
figure O
. O

Third O
was O
Ford B-ORG
with O
35,563 O
registrations O
, O
or O
11.7 O
percent O
. O

Only O
Seat B-ORG
and O
Porsche B-ORG
had O
fewer O
registrations O
in O
July O
1996 O
compared O
to O
last O
year O
's O
July O
. O

Seat B-ORG
posted O
3,420 O
registrations O
compared O
with O
5522 O
registrations O
in O
July O
a O
year O
earlier O
. O

Porsche B-ORG
's O
registrations O
fell O
to O
554 O
from O
643 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

GREEK B-MISC
SOCIALISTS O
GIVE O
GREEN O
LIGHT O
TO O
PM O
FOR O
ELECTIONS O
. O

ATHENS B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
Greek B-MISC
socialist O
party O
's O
executive O
bureau O
gave O
the O
green O
light O
to O
Prime O
Minister O
Costas B-PER
Simitis I-PER
to O
call O
snap O
elections O
, O
its O
general O
secretary O
Costas B-PER
Skandalidis I-PER
told O
reporters O
. O

Prime O
Minister O
Costas B-PER
Simitis I-PER
is O
going O
to O
make O
an O
official O
announcement O
after O
a O
cabinet O
meeting O
later O
on O
Thursday O
, O
said O
Skandalidis B-PER
. O

-- O
Dimitris B-PER
Kontogiannis I-PER
, O
Athens B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+301 O
3311812-4 O

-DOCSTART- O

BayerVB B-ORG
sets O
C$ B-MISC
100 O
million O
six-year O
bond O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
following O
bond O
was O
announced O
by O
lead O
manager O
Toronto B-PER
Dominion I-PER
. O

BORROWER O
BAYERISCHE B-ORG
VEREINSBANK I-ORG

AMT O
C$ B-MISC
100 O
MLN O
COUPON O
6.625 O
MATURITY O
24.SEP.02 O

TYPE O
STRAIGHT O
ISS O
PRICE O
100.92 O
PAY O
DATE O
24.SEP.96 O

FULL O
FEES O
1.875 O
REOFFER O
99.32 O
SPREAD O
+20 O
BP O

MOODY O
AA1 O
LISTING O
LUX O
PAY O
FREQ O
= O

S&P B-ORG
= O
DENOMS O
( O
K O
) O
1-10-100 O
SALE O
LIMITS O
US B-LOC
/ O
UK B-LOC
/ O
CA B-LOC

NEG O
PLG O
NO O
CRS O
DEFLT O
NO O
FORCE O
MAJ O
= O

GOV O
LAW O
GERMAN B-MISC
HOME O
CTRY O
= O
TAX O
PROVS O
STANDARD O

MGT O
/ O
UND O
0.275 O
SELL O
CONC O
1.60 O
PRAECIP O
= O

UNDERLYING O
GOVT O
BOND O
7.0 O
PCT O
SEPT O
2001 O

NOTES O
BAYERISCHE B-ORG
VEREINSBANK I-ORG
IS O
JOINT O
LEAD O
MANAGER O

-- O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44 O
171 O
542 O
7658 O

-DOCSTART- O

Venantius B-ORG
sets O
$ O
300 O
million O
January O
1999 O
FRN O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
following O
floating-rate O
issue O
was O
announced O
by O
lead O
manager O
Lehman B-ORG
Brothers I-ORG
International I-ORG
. O

BORROWER O
VENANTIUS B-ORG
AB I-ORG
( O
SWEDISH B-MISC
NATIONAL O
MORTGAGE O
AGENCY O
) O

AMT O
$ O
300 O
MLN O
SPREAD O
- O
12.5 O
BP O
MATURITY O
21.JAN.99 O

TYPE O
FRN O
BASE O
3M B-ORG
LIBOR O
PAY O
DATE O
S23.SEP.96 O

LAST O
MOODY O
AA3 O
ISS O
PRICE O
99.956 O
FULL O
FEES O
10 O
BP O

LAST O
S&P B-ORG
AA+ O
REOFFER O
= O

NOTES O
S O
SHORT O
FIRST O
COUPON O

LISTING O
LONDON B-LOC
DENOMS O
( O
K O
) O
1-10-100 O
SALE O
LIMITS O
US B-LOC
/ O
UK B-LOC
/ O
JP B-LOC
/ O
FR B-LOC

NEG O
PLG O
YES O
CRS O
DEFLT O
NO O
FORCE O
MAJ O
IPMA O
2 O

GOV O
LAW O
ENGLISH B-MISC
HOME O
CTRY O
SWEDEN B-LOC
TAX O
PROVS O
STANDARD O

MGT O
/ O
UND O
5 O
BP O
SELL O
CONC O
5 O
BP O
PRAECIP O
= O

NOTES O
ISSUED O
OFF O
EMTN O
PROGRAMME O

-- O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44 O
171 O
542 O
8863 O

-DOCSTART- O

Port O
conditions O
update O
- O
Syria B-LOC
- O
Lloyds B-ORG
Shipping I-ORG
. O

Port O
conditions O
from O
Lloyds B-ORG
Shipping I-ORG
Intelligence I-ORG
Service I-ORG
-- O

LATTAKIA B-LOC
, O
Aug O
10 O
- O
waiting O
time O
at O
Lattakia B-LOC
and O
Tartous B-LOC
presently O
24 O
hours O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Israel B-LOC
plays O
down O
fears O
of O
war O
with O
Syria B-LOC
. O

Colleen B-PER
Siegel I-PER

JERUSALEM B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Israel B-LOC
's O
outgoing O
peace O
negotiator O
with O
Syria B-LOC
said O
on O
Thursday O
current O
tensions O
between O
the O
two O
countries O
appeared O
to O
be O
a O
storm O
in O
a O
teacup O
. O

Itamar B-PER
Rabinovich I-PER
, O
who O
as O
Israel B-LOC
's O
ambassador O
to O
Washington B-LOC
conducted O
unfruitful O
negotiations O
with O
Syria B-LOC
, O
told O
Israel B-ORG
Radio I-ORG
it O
looked O
like O
Damascus B-LOC
wanted O
to O
talk O
rather O
than O
fight O
. O

" O
It O
appears O
to O
me O
the O
Syrian B-MISC
priority O
is O
still O
to O
negotiate O
. O

The O
Syrians B-MISC
are O
confused O
, O
they O
are O
definitely O
tense O
, O
but O
the O
general O
assessment O
here O
in O
Washington B-LOC
is O
that O
this O
is O
essentially O
a O
storm O
in O
a O
teacup O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Rabinovich B-PER
is O
winding O
up O
his O
term O
as O
ambassador O
. O

He O
will O
be O
replaced O
by O
Eliahu B-PER
Ben-Elissar I-PER
, O
a O
former O
Israeli B-MISC
envoy O
to O
Egypt B-LOC
and O
right-wing O
Likud B-ORG
party O
politician O
. O

Israel B-LOC
on O
Wednesday O
sent O
Syria B-LOC
a O
message O
, O
via O
Washington B-LOC
, O
saying O
it O
was O
committed O
to O
peace O
and O
wanted O
to O
open O
negotiations O
without O
preconditions O
. O

But O
it O
slammed O
Damascus B-LOC
for O
creating O
what O
it O
called O
a O
dangerous O
atmosphere O
. O

Syria B-LOC
accused O
Israel B-LOC
on O
Wednesday O
of O
launching O
a O
hysterical O
campaign O
against O
it O
after O
Israeli B-MISC
television O
reported O
that O
Damascus B-LOC
had O
recently O
test O
fired O
a O
missile O
. O

It O
said O
its O
arms O
purchases O
were O
for O
defensive O
purposes O
. O

" O
The O
message O
that O
we O
sent O
to O
( O
Syrian B-MISC
President O
Hafez B-PER
al- I-PER
) O
Assad B-PER
is O
that O
Israel B-LOC
is O
ready O
at O
any O
time O
without O
preconditions O
to O
enter O
peace O
negotiations O
, O
" O
Israeli B-MISC
Foreign O
Minister O
David B-PER
Levy I-PER
told O
Israel B-ORG
Radio I-ORG
in O
an O
interview O
. O

Tension O
has O
mounted O
since O
Israeli B-MISC
Prime O
Minister O
Benjamin B-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
took O
office O
in O
June O
vowing O
to O
retain O
the O
Golan B-LOC
Heights I-LOC
Israel B-LOC
captured O
from O
Syria B-LOC
in O
the O
1967 O
Middle B-LOC
East I-LOC
war O
. O

Israeli-Syrian B-MISC
peace O
talks O
have O
been O
deadlocked O
over O
the O
Golan B-LOC
since O
1991 O
despite O
the O
previous O
government O
's O
willingness O
to O
make O
Golan B-LOC
concessions O
. O

Peace O
talks O
between O
the O
two O
sides O
were O
last O
held O
in O
February O
. O

" O
The O
voices O
coming O
out O
of O
Damascus B-LOC
are O
bad O
, O
not O
good O
. O

The O
media O
... O

are O
full O
of O
expressions O
and O
declarations O
that O
must O
be O
worrying O
... O

this O
artificial O
atmosphere O
is O
very O
dangerous O
because O
those O
who O
spread O
it O
could O
become O
its O
prisoners O
, O
" O
Levy B-PER
said O
. O

" O
We O
expect O
from O
Syria B-LOC
, O
if O
its O
face O
is O
to O
peace O
, O
that O
it O
will O
answer O
Israel B-LOC
's O
message O
to O
enter O
peace O
negotiations O
because O
that O
is O
our O
goal O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

We O
do O
not O
want O
a O
war O
, O
God B-PER
forbid O
. O

No O
one O
benefits O
from O
wars O
. O
" O

Israel B-LOC
's O
Channel B-ORG
Two I-ORG
television O
said O
Damascus B-LOC
had O
sent O
a O
" O
calming O
signal O
" O
to O
Israel B-LOC
. O

It O
gave O
no O
source O
for O
the O
report O
. O

Netanyahu B-PER
and O
Levy B-PER
's O
spokesmen O
said O
they O
could O
not O
confirm O
it O
. O

The O
television O
also O
said O
that O
Netanyahu B-PER
had O
sent O
messages O
to O
reassure O
Syria B-LOC
via O
Cairo B-LOC
, O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
and O
Moscow B-LOC
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Polish B-MISC
diplomat O
denies O
nurses O
stranded O
in O
Libya B-LOC
. O

TUNIS B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

A O
Polish B-MISC
diplomat O
on O
Thursday O
denied O
a O
Polish B-MISC
tabloid O
report O
this O
week O
that O
Libya B-LOC
was O
refusing O
exit O
visas O
to O
100 O
Polish B-MISC
nurses O
trying O
to O
return O
home O
after O
working O
in O
the O
North B-MISC
African I-MISC
country O
. O

" O
This O
is O
not O
true O
. O

Up O
to O
today O
, O
we O
have O
no O
knowledge O
of O
any O
nurse O
stranded O
or O
kept O
in O
Libya B-LOC
without O
her O
will O
, O
and O
we O
have O
not O
received O
any O
complaint O
, O
" O
the O
Polish B-MISC
embassy O
's O
charge O
d'affaires O
in O
Tripoli B-LOC
, O
Tadeusz B-PER
Awdankiewicz I-PER
, O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
by O
telephone O
. O

Poland B-LOC
's O
labour O
ministry O
said O
this O
week O
it O
would O
send O
a O
team O
to O
Libya B-LOC
to O
investigate O
, O
but O
Awdankiewicz B-PER
said O
the O
probe O
was O
prompted O
by O
some O
nurses O
complaining O
about O
their O
work O
conditions O
such O
as O
non-payment O
of O
their O
salaries O
. O

He O
said O
that O
there O
are O
an O
estimated O
800 O
Polish B-MISC
nurses O
working O
in O
Libya B-LOC
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Two O
Iranian B-MISC
opposition O
leaders O
meet O
in O
Baghdad B-LOC
. O

Hassan B-PER
Hafidh I-PER

BAGHDAD B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

An O
Iranian B-MISC
exile O
group O
based O
in O
Iraq B-LOC
vowed O
on O
Thursday O
to O
extend O
support O
to O
Iran B-LOC
's O
Kurdish B-MISC
rebels O
after O
they O
were O
attacked O
by O
Iranian B-MISC
troops O
deep O
inside O
Iraq B-LOC
last O
month O
. O

A O
Mujahideen B-ORG
Khalq I-ORG
statement O
said O
its O
leader O
Massoud B-PER
Rajavi I-PER
met O
in O
Baghdad B-LOC
the O
Secretary-General O
of O
the O
Kurdistan B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
of I-ORG
Iran I-ORG
( O
KDPI B-ORG
) O
Hassan B-PER
Rastegar I-PER
on O
Wednesday O
and O
voiced O
his O
support O
to O
Iran B-LOC
's O
rebel O
Kurds B-MISC
. O

" O
Rajavi B-MISC
emphasised O
that O
the O
Iranian B-MISC
Resistance B-ORG
would O
continue O
to O
stand O
side O
by O
side O
with O
their O
Kurdish B-MISC
compatriots O
and O
the O
resistance O
movement O
in O
Iranian B-LOC
Kurdistan I-LOC
, O
" O
it O
said O
. O

A O
spokesman O
for O
the O
group O
said O
the O
meeting O
" O
signals O
a O
new O
level O
of O
cooperation O
between O
Mujahideen B-ORG
Khalq I-ORG
and O
the O
Iranian B-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
oppositions O
" O
. O

Iran B-LOC
heavily O
bombarded O
targets O
in O
northern O
Iraq B-LOC
in O
July O
in O
pursuit O
of O
KDPI B-ORG
guerrillas O
based O
in O
Iraqi B-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
areas O
outside O
the O
control O
of O
the O
government O
in O
Baghdad B-LOC
. O

Iraqi B-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
areas O
bordering O
Iran B-LOC
are O
under O
the O
control O
of O
guerrillas O
of O
the O
Iraqi B-ORG
Kurdish I-ORG
Patriotic I-ORG
Union I-ORG
of I-ORG
Kurdistan I-ORG
( O
PUK B-ORG
) O
group O
. O

PUK B-ORG
and O
Iraq B-LOC
's O
Kurdistan B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
KDP B-ORG
) O
the O
two O
main O
Iraqi B-MISC
Kurdish I-MISC
factions O
, O
have O
had O
northern O
Iraq B-LOC
under O
their O
control O
since O
Iraqi B-MISC
forces O
were O
ousted O
from O
Kuwait B-LOC
in O
the O
1991 O
Gulf B-MISC
War I-MISC
. O

Clashes O
between O
the O
two O
parties O
broke O
out O
at O
the O
weekend O
in O
the O
most O
serious O
fighting O
since O
a O
U.S.-sponsored B-MISC
ceasefire O
last O
year O
. O

Mujahideen B-ORG
Khalq I-ORG
said O
Iranian B-MISC
troops O
had O
also O
been O
shelling O
KDP B-ORG
positions O
in O
Qasri B-LOC
region O
in O
Suleimaniya B-LOC
province O
near O
the O
Iranian B-MISC
border O
over O
the O
last O
two O
days O
. O

It O
said O
about O
100 O
Iraqi B-MISC
Kurds I-MISC
were O
killed O
or O
wounded O
in O
the O
attack O
. O

Both O
Iran B-LOC
and O
Turkey B-LOC
mount O
air O
and O
land O
strikes O
at O
targets O
in O
northern O
Iraq B-LOC
in O
pursuit O
of O
their O
own O
Kurdish B-MISC
rebels O
. O

A O
U.S.-led B-MISC
air O
force O
in O
southern O
Turkey B-LOC
protects O
Iraqi B-MISC
Kurds I-MISC
from O
possible O
attacks O
by O
Baghdad B-LOC
troops O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Saudi B-MISC
riyal O
rates O
steady O
in O
quiet O
summer O
trade O
. O

MANAMA B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
spot O
Saudi B-MISC
riyal O
against O
the O
dollar O
and O
riyal O
interbank O
deposit O
rates O
were O
mainly O
steady O
this O
week O
in O
quiet O
summer O
trade O
, O
dealers O
in O
the O
kingdom O
said O
. O

" O
There O
were O
no O
changes O
in O
Saudi B-MISC
riyal O
rates O
. O

The O
market O
was O
very O
quiet O
because O
of O
summer O
holidays O
, O
" O
one O
dealer O
said O
. O

The O
spot O
riyal O
was O
put O
at O
3.7504 O
/ O
06 O
to O
the O
dollar O
. O

One-month B-MISC
interbank O
deposits O
were O
at O
5-1/2 O
, O
3/8 O
percent O
, O
three O
months O
were O
5-5/8 O
, O
1/2 O
percent O
and O
six O
months O
were O
5-3/4 O
, O
5/8 O
percent O
. O

One-year B-MISC
funds O
were O
at O
six O
, O
5-7/8 O
percent O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Israel B-LOC
approves O
Arafat B-PER
's O
flight O
to O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
. O

JERUSALEM B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Israel B-LOC
gave O
Palestinian B-MISC
President O
Yasser B-PER
Arafat I-PER
permission O
on O
Thursday O
to O
fly O
over O
its O
territory O
to O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
, O
ending O
a O
brief O
Israeli-PLO B-MISC
crisis O
, O
an O
Arafat B-PER
adviser O
said O
. O

" O
The O
problem O
is O
over O
. O

The O
president O
's O
aircraft O
has O
received O
permission O
to O
pass O
through O
Israeli B-MISC
airspace O
but O
the O
president O
is O
not O
expected O
to O
travel O
to O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
before O
Monday O
, O
" O
Nabil B-PER
Abu I-PER
Rdainah I-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

Arafat B-PER
had O
been O
scheduled O
to O
meet O
former O
Israeli B-MISC
prime O
minister O
Shimon B-PER
Peres I-PER
in O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
town O
of O
Ramallah B-LOC
on O
Thursday O
but O
the O
venue O
was O
changed O
to O
Gaza B-LOC
after O
Israel B-LOC
denied O
flight O
clearance O
to O
the O
Palestinian B-MISC
leader O
's O
helicopters O
. O

Palestinian B-MISC
officials O
accused O
right-wing O
Prime O
Minister O
Benjamin B-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
of O
trying O
to O
stop O
the O
Ramallah B-LOC
meeting O
by O
keeping O
Arafat B-PER
grounded O
. O

Arafat B-PER
subsequently O
cancelled O
a O
meeting O
between O
Israeli B-MISC
and O
PLO B-ORG
officials O
, O
on O
civilian O
affairs O
, O
at O
the O
Allenby B-LOC
Bridge I-LOC
crossing O
between O
Jordan B-LOC
and O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
. O

Abu B-PER
Rdainah I-PER
said O
Arafat B-PER
had O
decided O
against O
flying O
to O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
, O
after O
Israel B-LOC
lifted O
the O
ban O
, O
because O
he O
had O
a O
busy O
schedule O
in O
Gaza B-LOC
and O
would O
not O
be O
free O
until O
Monday O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Arafat B-PER
to O
meet O
Peres B-PER
in O
Gaza B-LOC
after O
flight O
ban O
. O

JERUSALEM B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Yasser B-PER
Arafat I-PER
will O
meet O
Shimon B-PER
Peres I-PER
in O
Gaza B-LOC
on O
Thursday O
after O
Palestinians B-MISC
said O
the O
right-wing O
Israeli B-MISC
government O
had O
barred O
the O
Palestinian B-MISC
leader O
from O
flying O
to O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
for O
talks O
with O
the O
former O
prime O
minister O
. O

" O
The O
meeting O
between O
Peres B-PER
and O
Arafat B-PER
will O
take O
place O
at O
Erez B-LOC
checkpoint O
in O
Gaza B-LOC
and O
not O
in O
Ramallah B-LOC
as O
planned O
, O
" O
Peres B-PER
' O
office O
said O
. O

Palestinian B-MISC
officials O
said O
the O
Israeli B-MISC
government O
had O
barred O
Arafat B-PER
from O
overflying O
Israel B-LOC
in O
a O
Palestinian B-MISC
helicopter O
to O
the O
West B-LOC
Bank I-LOC
in O
an O
attempt O
to O
bar O
the O
meeting O
with O
Peres B-PER
. O

Israeli B-MISC
Prime O
Minister O
Benjamin B-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
has O
accused O
opposition O
leader O
Peres B-PER
, O
who O
he O
defeated O
in O
May O
elections O
, O
of O
trying O
to O
undermine O
his O
Likud B-ORG
government O
's O
authority O
to O
conduct O
peace O
talks O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Afghan B-MISC
UAE B-LOC
embassy O
says O
Taleban B-MISC
guards O
going O
home O
. O

Hilary B-PER
Gush I-PER

DUBAI B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Three O
Afghan B-MISC
guards O
brought O
to O
the O
United B-LOC
Arab I-LOC
Emirates I-LOC
last O
week O
by O
Russian B-MISC
hostages O
who O
escaped O
from O
the O
Taleban B-MISC
militia O
will O
return O
to O
Afghanistan B-LOC
in O
a O
few O
days O
, O
the O
Afghan B-MISC
embassy O
in O
Abu B-LOC
Dhabi I-LOC
said O
on O
Thursday O
. O

" O
Our O
ambassador O
is O
in O
touch O
with O
the O
UAE B-LOC
foreign O
ministry O
. O

Their O
return O
to O
Afghanistan B-LOC
will O
take O
place O
in O
two O
or O
three O
days O
, O
" O
an O
embassy O
official O
said O
. O

" O
The O
embassy O
is O
issuing O
them O
travel O
documents O
for O
their O
return O
to O
their O
homeland O
. O

There O
is O
no O
objection O
to O
their O
travel O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

The O
three O
Islamic B-MISC
Taleban I-MISC
guards O
were O
overpowered O
by O
seven O
Russian B-MISC
aircrew O
who O
escaped O
to O
UAE B-LOC
state O
Sharjah B-LOC
last O
Friday O
on O
board O
their O
own O
aircraft O
after O
a O
year O
in O
the O
captivity O
of O
Taleban B-MISC
militia O
in O
Kandahar B-LOC
in O
southern O
Afghanistan B-LOC
. O

The O
UAE B-LOC
said O
on O
Monday O
it O
would O
hand O
over O
the O
three O
to O
the O
International B-ORG
Red I-ORG
Crescent I-ORG
, O
possibly O
last O
Tuesday O
. O

It O
has O
since O
been O
silent O
on O
the O
issue O
. O

When O
asked O
whether O
the O
three O
guards O
would O
travel O
back O
to O
Kandahar B-LOC
or O
the O
Afghan B-MISC
capital O
Kabul B-LOC
, O
the O
embassy O
official O
said O
: O
" O
That O
has O
not O
been O
decided O
, O
but O
possibly O
Kandahar B-LOC
. O
" O

Kandahar B-LOC
is O
the O
headquarters O
of O
the O
opposition O
Taleban B-MISC
militia O
. O

Kabul B-LOC
is O
controlled O
by O
President O
Burhanuddin B-PER
Rabbani I-PER
's O
government O
, O
which O
Taleban B-MISC
is O
fighting O
to O
overthrow O
. O

The O
embassy O
official O
said O
the O
three O
men O
, O
believed O
to O
be O
in O
their O
20s O
, O
were O
currently O
in O
Abu B-LOC
Dhabi I-LOC
. O

He O
did O
not O
elaborate O
. O

The O
Russians B-MISC
, O
working O
for O
the O
Aerostan B-ORG
firm O
in O
the O
Russian B-MISC
republic O
of O
Tatarstan B-LOC
, O
were O
taken O
hostage O
after O
a O
Taleban B-MISC
MiG-19 B-MISC
fighter O
forced O
their O
cargo O
plane O
to O
land O
in O
August O
1995 O
. O

Taleban B-MISC
said O
its O
shipment O
of O
ammunition O
from O
Albania B-LOC
was O
evidence O
of O
Russian B-MISC
military O
support O
for O
Rabbani B-PER
's O
government O
. O

Moscow B-LOC
said O
the O
crew O
's O
nationality O
was O
coincidental O
. O

Numerous O
diplomatic O
attempts O
to O
free O
the O
seven O
failed O
. O

The O
Russians B-MISC
, O
who O
said O
they O
overpowered O
the O
guards O
-- O
two O
armed O
with O
Kalashnikov B-MISC
automatic O
rifles O
-- O
while O
doing O
regular O
maintenance O
work O
on O
their O
Ilyushin B-MISC
76 I-MISC
cargo O
plane O
last O
Friday O
, O
left O
the O
UAE B-LOC
capital O
Abu B-LOC
Dhabi I-LOC
for O
home O
on O
Sunday O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Iraq B-LOC
's O
Saddam B-PER
meets O
Russia B-LOC
's O
Zhirinovsky B-PER
. O

BAGHDAD B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Iraqi B-MISC
President O
Saddam B-PER
Hussein I-PER
has O
told O
visiting O
Russian B-MISC
ultra-nationalist O
Vladimir B-PER
Zhirinovsky I-PER
that O
Baghdad B-LOC
wanted O
to O
maintain O
" O
friendship O
and O
cooperation O
" O
with O
Moscow B-LOC
, O
official O
Iraqi B-MISC
newspapers O
said O
on O
Thursday O
. O

" O
President O
Saddam B-PER
Hussein I-PER
stressed O
during O
the O
meeting O
Iraq B-LOC
's O
keenness O
to O
maintain O
friendship O
and O
cooperation O
with O
Russia B-LOC
, O
" O
the O
papers O
said O
. O

They O
said O
Zhirinovsky B-PER
told O
Saddam B-PER
before O
he O
left O
Baghdad B-LOC
on O
Wednesday O
that O
his O
Liberal B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
party I-ORG
and O
the O
Russian B-MISC
Duma B-ORG
( O
parliament O
) O
" O
are O
calling O
for O
an O
immediate O
lifting O
of O
the O
embargo O
" O
imposed O
on O
Iraq B-LOC
after O
its O
1990 O
invasion O
of O
Kuwait B-LOC
. O

Zhirinovsky B-PER
said O
on O
Tuesday O
he O
would O
press O
the O
Russian B-MISC
government O
to O
help O
end O
U.N. B-ORG
trade O
sanctions O
on O
Iraq B-LOC
and O
blamed O
Moscow B-LOC
for O
delaying O
establishment O
of O
good O
ties O
with O
Baghdad B-LOC
. O

" O
Our O
stand O
is O
firm O
, O
namely O
we O
are O
calling O
on O
( O
the O
Russian B-MISC
) O
government O
to O
end O
the O
economic O
embargo O
on O
Iraq B-LOC
and O
resume O
trade O
ties O
between O
Russia B-LOC
and O
Iraq B-LOC
, O
" O
he O
told O
reporters O
. O

Zhirinovsky B-PER
visited O
Iraq B-LOC
twice O
in O
1995 O
. O

Last O
October O
he O
was O
invited O
to O
attend O
the O
referendum O
held O
on O
Iraq B-LOC
's O
presidency O
, O
which O
extended O
Saddam B-PER
's O
term O
for O
seven O
more O
years O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

PRESS O
DIGEST O
- O
Iraq B-LOC
- O
Aug O
22 O
. O

BAGHDAD B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

These O
are O
some O
of O
the O
leading O
stories O
in O
the O
official O
Iraqi B-MISC
press O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Reuters B-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

THAWRA B-ORG

- O
Iraq B-LOC
's O
President O
Saddam B-PER
Hussein I-PER
meets O
with O
chairman O
of O
the O
Russian B-MISC
liberal O
democratic O
party O
Vladimir B-PER
Zhirinovsky I-PER
. O

- O
Turkish B-MISC
foreign O
minister O
says O
Turkey B-LOC
will O
take O
part O
in O
the O
Baghdad B-LOC
trade O
fair O
that O
will O
be O
held O
in O
November O
. O

IRAQ B-LOC

- O
A O
shipload O
of O
12 O
tonnes O
of O
rice O
arrives O
in O
Umm B-LOC
Qasr I-LOC
port O
in O
the O
Gulf B-LOC
. O

-DOCSTART- O

PRESS O
DIGEST O
- O
Lebanon B-LOC
- O
Aug O
22 O
. O

BEIRUT B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

These O
are O
the O
leading O
stories O
in O
the O
Beirut B-LOC
press O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Reuters B-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

AN-NAHAR B-ORG

- O
Confrontation O
is O
escalating O
between O
Hizbollah B-ORG
and O
the O
government O
. O

- O
Prime O
Minister O
Hariri B-PER
: O
Israeli B-MISC
threats O
do O
no O
serve O
peace O
. O

AS-SAFIR B-ORG

- O
Parliament O
Speaker O
Berri B-PER
: O
Israel B-LOC
is O
preparing O
for O
war O
against O
Syria B-LOC
and O
Lebanon B-LOC
. O

- O
Parliamentary O
battle O
in O
Beirut B-LOC
.. O

The O
three O
main O
lists O
have O
been O
prepared O
. O

AL-ANWAR B-ORG

- O
Continued O
criticism O
of O
law O
violation O
incidents O
-- O
which O
occurred O
in O
the O
Mount B-LOC
Lebanon I-LOC
elections O
last O
Sunday O
. O

AD-DIYAR B-ORG

- O
Financial O
negotiations O
between O
Lebanon B-LOC
and O
Pakistan B-LOC
. O

- O
Hariri B-PER
to O
step O
into O
the O
election O
battle O
with O
an O
incomplete O
list O
. O

NIDA'A B-ORG
AL-WATAN I-ORG

- O
Maronite B-ORG
Patriarch O
Sfeir B-PER
expressed O
sorrow O
over O
the O
violations O
in O
Sunday O
' O
elections O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CME B-ORG
live O
and O
feeder O
cattle O
calls O
range O
mixed O
. O

CHICAGO B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Early O
calls O
on O
CME B-ORG
live O
and O
feeder O
cattle O
futures O
ranged O
from O
0.200 O
cent O
higher O
to O
0.100 O
lower O
, O
livestock O
analysts O
said O
. O

The O
continued O
strong O
tone O
to O
cash O
cattle O
and O
beef O
markets O
should O
prompt O
further O
support O
. O

Outlook O
for O
a O
bullish O
cattle-on-feed O
report O
is O
also O
expected O
to O
lend O
support O
and O
prompt O
some O
bull O
spreading O
, O
analysts O
said O
. O

However O
, O
trade O
will O
likely O
be O
light O
and O
prices O
could O
drift O
on O
evening O
up O
ahead O
of O
the O
report O
. O

Cash O
markets O
are O
also O
expected O
to O
be O
quiet O
after O
the O
record O
amount O
of O
feedlot O
cattle O
traded O
this O
week O
, O
they O
said O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Kindercare O
says O
debt O
buy O
to O
hit O
Q1 O
results O
. O

MONTGOMERY B-LOC
, O
Ala B-LOC
. O

1996-08-22 O

KinderCare B-ORG
Learning I-ORG
Centers I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
said O
on O
Thursday O
that O
a O
debt O
buyback O
would O
mean O
an O
extraordinary O
loss O
of O
$ O
1.2 O
million O
in O
its O
fiscal O
1997 O
first O
quarter O
. O

The O
company O
said O
that O
during O
the O
quarter O
, O
which O
began O
June O
1 O
, O
it O
bought O
$ O
30 O
million O
par O
value O
of O
its O
outstanding O
10-3/8 O
percent O
senior O
notes O
due O
2001 O
. O

The O
notes O
were O
bought O
for O
$ O
31.5 O
million O
. O

Philip B-PER
Maslowe I-PER
, O
chief O
financial O
officer O
of O
the O
preschool O
and O
child O
care O
company O
, O
said O
the O
buyback O
" O
offered O
an O
opportunity O
to O
reduce O
the O
company O
's O
weighted O
average O
interest O
costs O
and O
improve O
future O
cash O
flows O
and O
earnings O
. O
" O

-DOCSTART- O

RESEARCH O
ALERT O
- O
Lehman B-ORG
starts O
SNET B-ORG
. O

-- O
Lehman B-ORG
analyst O
Blake B-PER
Bath I-PER
started O
Southern B-ORG
New I-ORG
England I-ORG
Telecommunciations I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
with O
an O
outperform O
rating O
, O
his O
office O
said O
. O

-- O
The O
analyst O
set O
a O
12-month O
price O
target O
of O
$ O
45 O
and O
a O
fiscal O
1996 O
year O
earnings O
estimate O
of O
$ O
3.09 O
per O
share O
, O
his O
office O
said O
. O

-- O
The O
analyst O
also O
set O
an O
earnings O
estimate O
for O
the O
1997 O
year O
, O
but O
the O
figure O
was O
not O
immediately O
available O
. O

-- O
Southern B-ORG
New I-ORG
England I-ORG
closed O
at O
38-1/2 O
Wednesday O
. O

-- O
E. B-PER
Auchard I-PER
, O
Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
bureau I-ORG
, O
212-859-1736 O

-DOCSTART- O

Gateway B-ORG
Data I-ORG
Sciences I-ORG
Q2 O
net O
rises O
. O

PHOENIX B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Summary O
of O
Consolidated B-ORG
Financial I-ORG
Data I-ORG

( O
In O
Thousands O
, O
except O
per O
share O
data O
) O

Six O
Months O
Ended O
Quarter O
Ended O

Jul O
31 O
, O
Jul O
31 O
, O
Jul O
31 O
, O
Jul O
31 O
, O

1996 O
1995 O
1996 O
1995 O

Income O
Statement O
Data O
: O

Total O
Revenue O
$ O
10,756 O
$ O
13,102 O
$ O
7,961 O
$ O
5,507 O

Software O
Revenue O
2,383 O
1,558 O
1,086 O
1,074 O

Services O
Revenue O
1,154 O
692 O
624 O
465 O

Operating O
Income O
906 O
962 O
599 O
515 O

Net O
Income O
821 O
512 O
565 O
301 O

Earnings O
Per O
Share O
0.31 O
0.34 O
0.19 O
0.20 O

Jul O
31 O
, O
1996 O
Jan O
31 O
, O
1996 O

Balance O
Sheet O
Data O
: O

Working O
Capital O
$ O
5,755 O
( O
$ O
881 O
) O

Cash O
and O
Cash O
Equivalents O
2,386 O
93 O

Total O
Assets O
14,196 O
7,138 O

Shareholders O
' O
Equity O
5,951 O
( O
1,461 O
) O

-DOCSTART- O

Greek B-MISC
socialists O
give O
PM O
green O
light O
for O
election O
. O

ATHENS B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
Greek B-MISC
socialist O
party O
's O
executive O
bureau O
gave O
Prime O
Minister O
Costas B-PER
Simitis I-PER
its O
backing O
if O
he O
chooses O
to O
call O
snap O
elections O
, O
its O
general O
secretary O
Costas B-PER
Skandalidis I-PER
told O
reporters O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Prime O
Minister O
Costas B-PER
Simitis I-PER
will O
make O
an O
official O
announcement O
after O
a O
cabinet O
meeting O
later O
on O
Thursday O
, O
said O
Skandalidis B-PER
. O

-- O
Dimitris B-PER
Kontogiannis I-PER
, O
Athens B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+301 O
3311812-4 O

-DOCSTART- O

PRESS O
DIGEST O
- O
France B-LOC
- O
Le B-ORG
Monde I-ORG
Aug O
22 O
. O

PARIS B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

These O
are O
leading O
stories O
in O
Thursday O
's O
afternoon O
daily O
Le B-ORG
Monde I-ORG
, O
dated O
Aug O
23 O
. O

FRONT O
PAGE O

-- O
Africans B-MISC
seeking O
to O
renew O
or O
obtain O
work O
and O
residence O
rights O
say O
Prime O
Minister O
Alain B-PER
Juppe I-PER
's O
proposals O
are O
insufficient O
as O
hunger O
strike O
enters O
49th O
day O
in O
Paris B-LOC
church O
and O
Wednesday O
rally O
attracts O
8,000 O
sympathisers O
. O

-- O
FLNC B-ORG
Corsican B-MISC
nationalist O
movement O
announces O
end O
of O
truce O
after O
last O
night O
's O
attacks O
. O

BUSINESS O
PAGES O

-- O
Shutdown O
of O
Bally B-ORG
's O
French B-MISC
factories O
points O
up O
shoe O
industry O
crisis O
, O
with O
French B-MISC
manufacturers O
undercut O
by O
low-wage O
country O
competition O
and O
failure O
to O
keep O
abreast O
of O
trends O
. O

-- O
Secretary O
general O
of O
the O
Sud-PTT B-MISC
trade O
union O
at O
France B-ORG
Telecom I-ORG
all O
the O
elements O
are O
in O
place O
for O
social O
unrest O
in O
the O
next O
few O
weeks O
. O

-- O
Paris B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+33 O
1 O
42 O
21 O
53 O
81 O

-DOCSTART- O

Well O
repairs O
to O
lift O
Heidrun B-LOC
oil O
output O
- O
Statoil B-ORG
. O

OSLO B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Three O
plugged O
water O
injection O
wells O
on O
the O
Heidrun B-LOC
oilfield O
off O
mid-Norway B-MISC
will O
be O
reopened O
over O
the O
next O
month O
, O
operator O
Den B-ORG
Norske I-ORG
Stats I-ORG
Oljeselskap I-ORG
AS I-ORG
( O
Statoil B-ORG
) O
said O
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
plugged O
wells O
have O
accounted O
for O
a O
dip O
of O
30,000 O
barrels O
per O
day O
( O
bpd O
) O
in O
Heidrun B-LOC
output O
to O
roughly O
220,000 O
bpd O
, O
according O
to O
the O
company O
's O
Status B-ORG
Weekly I-ORG
newsletter O
. O

The O
wells O
will O
be O
reperforated O
and O
gravel O
will O
be O
pumped O
into O
the O
reservoir O
through O
one O
of O
the O
wells O
to O
avoid O
plugging O
problems O
in O
the O
future O
, O
it O
said O
. O

-- O
Oslo B-LOC
newsroom O
+47 O
22 O
42 O
50 O
41 O

-DOCSTART- O

Finnish B-MISC
April O
trade O
surplus O
3.8 O
billion O
markka O
- O
NCB B-ORG
. O

HELSINKI B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Finland B-LOC
's O
trade O
surplus O
rose O
to O
3.83 O
billion O
markka O
in O
April O
from O
3.43 O
billion O
in O
March O
, O
the O
National B-ORG
Customs I-ORG
Board I-ORG
( O
NCB B-ORG
) O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
value O
of O
exports O
fell O
one O
percent O
year-on-year O
in O
April O
and O
the O
value O
of O
imports O
fell O
two O
percent O
, O
NCB B-ORG
said O
. O

Trade O
balance O
( O
million O
markka O
) O
: O

April O
' O
96 O
March O
' O
96 O
Jan-April O
' O
96 O
Jan-April O
' O
95 O

Imports O
10,663 O
10,725 O
43,430 O
40,989 O

Exports O
14,494 O
14,153 O
56,126 O
56,261 O

Balance O
+3,831 O
+3,428 O
+12,696 O
+15,272 O

The O
January-April O
1995 O
import O
figure O
was O
revised O
from O
39,584 O
million O
markka O
and O
the O
export O
figure O
from O
55,627 O
million O
markka O
. O

The O
Bank B-ORG
of I-ORG
Finland I-ORG
earlier O
estimated O
the O
April O
trade O
surplus O
at O
3.2 O
billion O
markka O
with O
exports O
projected O
at O
14.5 O
billion O
and O
imports O
at O
11.3 O
billion O
. O

The O
NCB B-ORG
's O
official O
monthly O
trade O
statistics O
are O
lagging O
behind O
due O
to O
changes O
in O
customs O
procedures O
when O
Finland B-LOC
joined O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
at O
the O
start O
of O
1995 O
. O

-- O
Helsinki B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+358 O
- O
0 O
- O
680 O
50 O
245 O

-DOCSTART- O

Dutch B-MISC
state O
raises O
tap O
sale O
price O
to O
99.95 O
. O

AMSTERDAM B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

The O
Finance B-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
raised O
the O
price O
for O
tap O
sales O
of O
the O
Dutch B-MISC
government O
's O
new O
5.75 O
percent O
bond O
due O
September O
2002 O
to O
99.95 O
from O
99.90 O
. O

Tap O
sales O
began O
on O
Monday O
and O
are O
being O
held O
daily O
from O
07.00 O
GMT B-MISC
to O
15.00 O
GMT B-MISC
until O
further O
notice O
. O

The O
ministry O
had O
raised O
2.3 O
billion O
guilders O
from O
sales O
of O
the O
new O
bond O
by O
the O
close O
of O
trade O
on O
Wednesday O
. O

-- O
Amsterdam B-LOC
newsroom O
+31 O
20 O
504 O
5000 O

-DOCSTART- O

German B-MISC
farm O
ministry O
tells O
consumers O
to O
avoid O
British B-MISC
mutton O
. O

BONN B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Germany B-LOC
's O
Agriculture B-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
suggested O
on O
Wednesday O
that O
consumers O
avoid O
eating O
meat O
from O
British B-MISC
sheep O
until O
scientists O
determine O
whether O
mad O
cow O
disease O
can O
be O
transmitted O
to O
the O
animals O
. O

" O
Until O
this O
is O
cleared O
up O
by O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
's O
scientific O
panels O
-- O
and O
we O
have O
asked O
this O
to O
be O
done O
as O
quickly O
as O
possible O
-- O
( O
consumers O
) O
should O
if O
at O
all O
possible O
give O
preference O
to O
sheepmeat O
from O
other O
countries O
, O
" O
ministry O
official O
Werner B-PER
Zwingmann I-PER
told O
ZDF B-ORG
television O
. O

" O
I O
do O
not O
want O
to O
say O
that O
there O
is O
a O
concrete O
danger O
for O
consumers O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O
" O

There O
are O
too O
many O
holes O
in O
what O
we O
know O
, O
and O
these O
must O
be O
filled O
very O
quickly O
. O
" O

Bonn B-LOC
has O
led O
efforts O
to O
ensure O
consumer O
protection O
tops O
the O
list O
of O
priorities O
in O
dealing O
with O
the O
mad O
cow O
crisis O
, O
which O
erupted O
in O
March O
when O
Britain B-LOC
acknowledged O
humans O
could O
contract O
a O
similar O
illness O
by O
eating O
contaminated O
beef O
. O

The O
European B-ORG
Commission I-ORG
agreed O
this O
month O
to O
rethink O
a O
proposal O
to O
ban O
the O
use O
of O
suspect O
sheep O
tissue O
after O
some O
EU B-ORG
veterinary O
experts O
questioned O
whether O
it O
was O
justified O
. O

EU B-ORG
Farm O
Commissioner O
Franz B-PER
Fischler I-PER
had O
proposed O
banning O
sheep O
brains O
, O
spleens O
and O
spinal O
cords O
from O
the O
human O
and O
animal O
food O
chains O
after O
reports O
from O
Britain B-LOC
and O
France B-LOC
that O
under O
laboratory O
conditions O
sheep O
could O
contract O
Bovine B-MISC
Spongiform I-MISC
Encephalopathy I-MISC
( O
BSE B-MISC
) O
-- O
mad O
cow O
disease O
. O

But O
some O
members O
of O
the O
EU B-ORG
's O
standing O
veterinary O
committee O
questioned O
whether O
the O
action O
was O
necessary O
given O
the O
slight O
risk O
to O
human O
health O
. O

The O
question O
is O
being O
studied O
separately O
by O
two O
EU B-ORG
scientific O
committees O
. O

Sheep O
have O
long O
been O
known O
to O
contract O
scrapie O
, O
a O
similar O
brain-wasting O
disease O
to O
BSE B-MISC
which O
is O
believed O
to O
have O
been O
transferred O
to O
cattle O
through O
feed O
containing O
animal O
waste O
. O

British B-MISC
officials O
say O
sheep O
meat O
is O
perfectly O
safe O
to O
eat O
. O

ZDF B-ORG
said O
Germany B-LOC
imported O
47,600 O
sheep O
from O
Britain B-LOC
last O
year O
, O
nearly O
half O
of O
total O
imports O
. O

It O
brought O
in O
4,275 O
tonnes O
of O
British B-MISC
mutton O
, O
some O
10 O
percent O
of O
overall O
imports O
. O

After O
the O
British B-MISC
government O
admitted O
a O
possible O
link O
between O
mad O
cow O
disease O
and O
its O
fatal O
human O
equivalent O
, O
the O
EU B-ORG
imposed O
a O
worldwide O
ban O
on O
British B-MISC
beef O
exports O
. O

EU B-ORG
leaders O
agreed O
at O
a O
summit O
in O
June O
to O
a O
progressive O
lifting O
of O
the O
ban O
as O
Britain B-LOC
takes O
parallel O
measures O
to O
eradicate O
the O
disease O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

GOLF O
- O
SCORES O
AT O
WORLD B-MISC
SERIES I-MISC
OF I-MISC
GOLF I-MISC
. O

AKRON B-LOC
, O
Ohio B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Scores O
from O
the O
$ O
2.1 O

million O
NEC B-MISC
World I-MISC
Series I-MISC
of I-MISC
Golf I-MISC
after O
the O
first O
round O

Thursday O
at O
the O
7,149 O
yard O
, O
par O
70 O
Firestone B-LOC
C.C I-LOC
course O

( O
players O
U.S. B-LOC
unless O
stated O
) O
: O

66 O
Paul B-PER
Goydos I-PER
, O
Billy B-PER
Mayfair I-PER
, O
Hidemichi B-PER
Tanaka I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O

68 O
Steve B-PER
Stricker I-PER

69 O
Justin B-PER
Leonard I-PER
, O
Mark B-PER
Brooks I-PER

70 O
Tim B-PER
Herron I-PER
, O
Duffy B-PER
Waldorf I-PER
, O
Davis B-PER
Love I-PER
, O
Anders B-PER
Forsbrand I-PER

( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
, O
Nick B-PER
Faldo I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
, O
John B-PER
Cook I-PER
, O
Steve B-PER
Jones I-PER
, O
Phil B-PER

Mickelson B-PER
, O
Greg B-PER
Norman I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O

71 O
Ernie B-PER
Els I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
, O
Scott B-PER
Hoch I-PER

72 O
Clarence B-PER
Rose I-PER
, O
Loren B-PER
Roberts I-PER
, O
Fred B-PER
Funk I-PER
, O
Sven B-PER
Struver I-PER

( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
, O
Alexander B-PER
Cejka I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
, O
Hal B-PER
Sutton I-PER
, O
Tom B-PER
Lehman I-PER

73 O
D.A. B-PER
Weibring I-PER
, O
Brad B-PER
Bryant I-PER
, O
Craig B-PER
Parry I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
, O

Stewart B-PER
Ginn I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
, O
Corey B-PER
Pavin I-PER
, O
Craig B-PER
Stadler I-PER
, O
Mark B-PER

O'Meara B-PER
, O
Fred B-PER
Couples I-PER

74 O
Paul B-PER
Stankowski I-PER
, O
Costantino B-PER
Rocca I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O

75 O
Jim B-PER
Furyk I-PER
, O
Satoshi B-PER
Higashi I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
, O
Willie B-PER
Wood I-PER
, O
Shigeki B-PER

Maruyama B-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O

76 O
Scott B-PER
McCarron I-PER

77 O
Wayne B-PER
Westner I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
, O
Steve B-PER
Schneiter I-PER

79 O
Tom B-PER
Watson I-PER

81 O
Seiki B-PER
Okuda I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
GLORIA B-ORG
BISTRITA I-ORG
BEAT O
2-1 O
F.C. B-ORG
VALLETTA I-ORG
. O

BISTRITA B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Gloria B-ORG
Bistrita I-ORG
( O
Romania B-LOC
) O
beat O
2-1 O
( O
halftime O
1-1 O
) O
F.C. B-ORG
Valletta I-ORG
( O
Malta B-LOC
) O
in O
their O
Cup B-MISC
winners I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
match O
, O
second O
leg O
of O
the O
preliminary O
round O
, O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Gloria B-ORG
Bistrita I-ORG
- O
Ilie B-PER
Lazar I-PER
( O
32nd O
) O
, O
Eugen B-PER
Voica I-PER
( O
84th O
) O

F.C. B-ORG
La I-ORG
Valletta I-ORG
- O
Gilbert B-PER
Agius I-PER
( O
24th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
8,000 O

Gloria B-ORG
Bistrita I-ORG
won O
4-2 O
on O
aggregate O
and O
qualified O
for O
the O
first O
round O
of O
the O
Cup B-MISC
winners I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
. O

REUTER B-PER

-DOCSTART- O

HORSE O
RACING O
- O
PIVOTAL B-PER
ENDS O
25-YEAR O
WAIT O
FOR O
TRAINER O
PRESCOTT B-PER
. O

YORK B-LOC
, O
England B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Sir O
Mark B-PER
Prescott I-PER
landed O
his O
first O
group O
one O
victory O
in O
25 O
years O
as O
a O
trainer O
when O
his O
top O
sprinter O
Pivotal B-PER
, O
a O
100-30 O
chance O
, O
won O
the O
Nunthorpe B-MISC
Stakes I-MISC
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
three-year-old O
, O
partnered O
by O
veteran O
George B-PER
Duffield I-PER
, O
snatched O
a O
short O
head O
verdict O
in O
the O
last O
stride O
to O
deny O
Eveningperformance B-PER
( O
16-1 O
) O
, O
trained O
by O
Henry B-PER
Candy I-PER
and O
ridden O
by O
Chris B-PER
Rutter I-PER
. O

Hever B-PER
Golf I-PER
Rose I-PER
( O
11-4 O
) O
, O
last O
year O
's O
Prix B-MISC
de I-MISC
l I-MISC
' I-MISC
Abbaye I-MISC
winner O
at O
Longchamp B-LOC
, O
finished O
third O
, O
a O
further O
one O
and O
a O
quarter O
lengths O
away O
with O
the O
7-4 O
favourite O
Mind B-PER
Games I-PER
in O
fourth O
. O

Pivotal B-PER
, O
a O
Royal B-PER
Ascot I-PER
winner O
in O
June O
, O
may O
now O
be O
aimed O
at O
this O
season O
's O
Abbaye B-MISC
, O
Europe B-LOC
's O
top O
sprint O
race O
. O

Prescott B-PER
, O
reluctant O
to O
go O
into O
the O
winner O
's O
enclosure O
until O
the O
result O
of O
the O
photo-finish O
was O
announced O
, O
said O
: O
" O
Twenty-five O
years O
and O
I O
have O
never O
been O
there O
so O
I O
thought O
I O
had O
better O
wait O
a O
bit O
longer O
. O
" O

He O
added O
: O
" O
It O
's O
very O
sad O
to O
beat O
Henry B-PER
Candy I-PER
because O
I O
am O
godfather O
to O
his O
daughter O
. O
" O

Like O
Prescott B-PER
, O
Jack B-PER
Berry I-PER
, O
trainer O
of O
Mind B-PER
Games I-PER
, O
had O
gone O
into O
Thursday O
's O
race O
in O
search O
of O
a O
first O
group O
one O
success O
after O
many O
years O
around O
the O
top O
of O
his O
profession O
. O

Berry B-PER
said O
: O
" O
I`m O
disappointed O
but O
I O
do O
n't O
feel O
suicidal O
. O

He O
( O
Mind B-PER
Games I-PER
) O
was O
going O
as O
well O
as O
any O
of O
them O
one O
and O
a O
half O
furlongs O
( O
300 O
metres O
) O
out O
but O
he O
just O
did O
n't O
quicken O
. O
" O

-DOCSTART- O

HORSE O
RACING O
- O
NUNTHORPE O
STAKES O
RESULTS O
. O

YORK B-LOC
, O
England B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Result O
of O
the O
Nunthorpe B-MISC
Stakes I-MISC
, O
a O
group O
one O
race O
for O
two-year-olds O
and O
upwards O
, O
run O
over O
five O
furlongs O
( O
1 O
km O
) O
on O
Thursday O
: O

1. O
Pivotal B-PER
100-30 O
( O
ridden O
by O
George B-PER
Duffield I-PER
) O

2. O
Eveningperformance B-PER
16-1 O
( O
Chris B-PER
Rutter I-PER
) O

3. O
Hever B-PER
Golf I-PER
Rose I-PER
11-4 O
( O
Jason B-PER
Weaver I-PER
) O

Eight O
ran O
. O

Favourite O
: O
Mind B-PER
Games I-PER
( O
7-4 O
) O
finished O
4th O

Distances O
: O
a O
short O
head O
, O
1-1/4 O
lengths O
. O

Winner O
owned O
by O
the O
Cheveley B-ORG
Park I-ORG
Stud I-ORG
and O
trained O
by O
Sir O

Mark B-PER
Prescott I-PER
at O
Newmarket B-LOC
. O

Value O
to O
winner O
: O
72,464 O
pounds O
sterling O
( O
$ O
112,200 O
) O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
RESULTS O
AT O
TOSHIBA B-MISC
CLASSIC I-MISC
. O

CARLSBAD B-LOC
, O
California B-LOC
1996-08-21 O

Results O
from O
the O

$ O
450,000 O
Toshiba B-MISC
Classic I-MISC
tennis O
tournament O
on O
Wednesday O

( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Second O
round O

1 O
- O
Arantxa B-PER
Sanchez I-PER
Vicario I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
beat O
Naoko B-PER
Kijimuta I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O

1-6 O
6-4 O
6-3 O

4 O
- O
Kimiko B-PER
Date I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
beat O
Yone B-PER
Kamio I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
6-2 O
7-5 O

Sandrine B-PER
Testud I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
beat O
7 O
- O
Ai B-PER
Sugiyama I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
4-6 O

6-4 O

8 O
- O
Nathalie B-PER
Tauziat I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
beat O
Shi-Ting B-PER
Wang I-PER
( O
Taiwan B-LOC
) O
6-4 O

6-2 O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
RESULTS O
AT O
HAMLET B-MISC
CUP I-MISC
. O

COMMACK B-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
1996-08-21 O

Results O
from O
the O

Waldbaum B-MISC
Hamlet I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
tennis O
tournament O
on O
Wednesday O
( O
prefix O

number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Second O
round O

1 O
- O
Michael B-PER
Chang I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Sergi B-PER
Bruguera I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-2 O

Michael B-PER
Joyce I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
3 O
- O
Richey B-PER
Reneberg I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
3-6 O
6-4 O

6-3 O

Martin B-PER
Damm I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
beat O
6 O
- O
Younes B-PER
El I-PER
Aynaoui I-PER

( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O
5-7 O
6-3 O
3-0 O
retired O

Karol B-PER
Kucera I-PER
( O
Slovakia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Hicham B-PER
Arazi I-PER
( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O
7-6 O
( O
7-4 O
) O

7-5 O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
DALGLISH B-PER
SAD O
OVER O
BLACKBURN B-ORG
PARTING O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Kenny B-PER
Dalglish I-PER
spoke O
on O
Thursday O
of O
his O
sadness O
at O
leaving O
Blackburn B-ORG
, O
the O
club O
he O
led O
to O
the O
English B-MISC
premier O
league O
title O
in O
1994-95 O
. O

Blackburn B-ORG
announced O
on O
Wednesday O
they O
and O
Dalglish B-PER
had O
parted O
by O
mutual O
consent O
. O

But O
the O
ex-manager O
confessed O
on O
Thursday O
to O
being O
" O
sad O
" O
at O
leaving O
after O
taking O
Blackburn B-ORG
from O
the O
second O
division O
to O
the O
premier O
league O
title O
inside O
three O
and O
a O
half O
years O
. O

In O
a O
telephone O
call O
to O
a O
local O
newspaper O
from O
his O
holiday O
home O
in O
Spain B-LOC
, O
Dalglish B-PER
said O
: O
" O
We O
came O
to O
the O
same O
opinion O
, O
albeit O
the O
club O
came O
to O
it O
a O
little O
bit O
earlier O
than O
me O
. O
" O

He O
added O
: O
" O
If O
no O
one O
asked O
, O
I O
never O
opened O
my O
mouth O
. O

I O
have O
stayed O
out O
of O
the O
way O
and O
let O
them O
get O
on O
with O
the O
job O
. O

The O
club O
thought O
it O
( O
the O
job O
) O
had O
run O
its O
course O
and O
I O
came O
to O
the O
same O
conclusion O
. O
" O

Dalglish B-PER
had O
been O
with O
Blackburn B-ORG
for O
nearly O
five O
years O
, O
first O
as O
manager O
and O
then O
, O
for O
the O
past O
15 O
months O
, O
as O
director O
of O
football O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

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

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Close O
of O
play O
scores O
in O
four-day O

English B-MISC
County B-MISC
Championship I-MISC
cricket O
matches O
on O
Thursday O
: O

Second O
day O

At O
Weston-super-Mare B-LOC
: O
Durham B-ORG
326 O
( O
D. B-PER
Cox I-PER
95 O
not O
out O
, O

S. B-PER
Campbell I-PER
69 O
; O
G. B-PER
Rose I-PER
7-73 O
) O
. O

Somerset B-ORG
236-4 O
( O
M. B-PER
Lathwell I-PER
85 O
) O
. O

Firsy O
day O

At O
Colchester B-LOC
: O
Gloucestershire B-ORG
280 O
( O
J. B-PER
Russell I-PER
63 O
, O
A. B-PER
Symonds I-PER

52 O
; O
A. B-PER
Cowan I-PER
5-68 O
) O
. O

Essex B-ORG
72-0 O
. O

At O
Cardiff B-LOC
: O
Kent B-ORG
128-1 O
( O
M. B-PER
Walker I-PER
59 O
, O
D. B-PER
Fulton I-PER
53 O
not O
out O
) O
v O

Glamorgan B-ORG
. O

At O
Leicester B-LOC
: O
Leicestershire B-ORG
343-8 O
( O
P. B-PER
Simmons I-PER
108 O
, O
P. B-PER
Nixon I-PER

67 O
not O
out O
) O
v O
Hampshire B-ORG
. O

At O
Northampton B-LOC
: O
Sussex B-ORG
368-7 O
( O
N. B-PER
Lenham I-PER
145 O
, O
V. B-PER
Drakes I-PER
59 O
not O

out O
, O
A. B-PER
Wells I-PER
51 O
) O
v O
Northamptonshire B-ORG
. O

At O
Trent B-LOC
Bridge I-LOC
: O
Nottinghamshire B-ORG
392-6 O
( O
G. B-PER
Archer I-PER
143 O
not O

out O
, O
M. B-PER
Dowman I-PER
107 O
) O
v O
Surrey B-ORG
. O

At O
Worcester B-LOC
: O
Warwickshire B-ORG
255-9 O
( O
A. B-PER
Giles I-PER
57 O
not O
out O
, O
W. B-PER
Khan I-PER

52 O
) O
v O
Worcestershire B-ORG
. O

At O
Headingley B-LOC
: O
Yorkshire B-ORG
305-5 O
( O
C. B-PER
White I-PER
66 O
not O
out O
, O
M. B-PER
Moxon I-PER

66 O
, O
M. B-PER
Vaughan I-PER
57 O
) O
v O
Lancashire B-ORG
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLAND B-LOC
V O
PAKISTAN B-LOC
FINAL O
TEST O
SCOREBOARD O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Scoreboard O
on O
the O
first O
day O
of O
the O

third O
and O
final O
test O
between O
England B-LOC
and O
Pakistan B-LOC
at O
The B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
on O

Thursday O
: O

England B-LOC
first O
innings O

M. B-PER
Atherton I-PER
b O
Waqar B-PER
Younis I-PER
31 O

A. B-PER
Stewart I-PER
b O
Mushtaq B-PER
Ahmed I-PER
44 O

N. B-PER
Hussain I-PER
c O
Saeed B-PER
Anwar I-PER
b O
Waqar B-PER
Younis I-PER
12 O

G. B-PER
Thorpe I-PER
lbw O
b O
Mohammad B-PER
Akram I-PER
54 O

J. B-PER
Crawley I-PER
not O
out O
94 O

N. B-PER
Knight I-PER
b O
Mushtaq B-PER
Ahmed I-PER
17 O

C. B-PER
Lewis I-PER
b O
Wasim B-PER
Akram I-PER
5 O

I. B-PER
Salisbury I-PER
not O
out O
1 O

Extras O
( O
lb-11 O
w-1 O
nb-8 O
) O
20 O

Total O
( O
for O
six O
wickets O
) O
278 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-64 O
2-85 O
3-116 O
4-205 O
5-248 O
6-273 O

To O
bat O
: O
R. B-PER
Croft I-PER
, O
D. B-PER
Cork I-PER
, O
A. B-PER
Mullally I-PER

Bowling O
( O
to O
date O
) O
: O
Wasim B-PER
Akram I-PER
25-8-61-1 O
, O
Waqar B-PER
Younis I-PER

20-6-70-2 O
, O
Mohammad B-PER
Akram I-PER
12-1-41-1 O
, O
Mushtaq B-PER
Ahmed I-PER
27-5-78-2 O
, O

Aamir B-PER
Sohail I-PER
6-1-17-0 O

Pakistan B-LOC
: O
Aamir B-PER
Sohail I-PER
, O
Saeed B-PER
Anwar I-PER
, O
Ijaz B-PER
Ahmed I-PER
, O

Inzamam-ul-Haq B-PER
, O
Salim B-PER
Malik I-PER
, O
Asif B-PER
Mujtaba I-PER
, O
Wasim B-PER
Akram I-PER
, O
Moin B-PER

Khan B-PER
, O
Mushtaq B-PER
Ahmed I-PER
, O
Waqar B-PER
Younis I-PER
, O
Mohammad B-PER
Akam I-PER

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
FERGUSON B-PER
BACK O
IN O
SCOTTISH B-MISC
SQUAD O
AFTER O
20 O
MONTHS O
. O

GLASGOW B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Everton B-ORG
's O
Duncan B-PER
Ferguson I-PER
, O
who O
scored O
twice O
against O
Manchester B-ORG
United I-ORG
on O
Wednesday O
, O
was O
picked O
on O
Thursday O
for O
the O
Scottish B-MISC
squad O
after O
a O
20-month O
exile O
. O

Glasgow B-ORG
Rangers I-ORG
striker O
Ally B-PER
McCoist I-PER
, O
another O
man O
in O
form O
after O
two O
hat-tricks O
in O
four O
days O
, O
was O
also O
named O
for O
the O
August O
31 O
World B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
qualifier O
against O
Austria B-LOC
in O
Vienna B-LOC
. O

Ferguson B-PER
, O
who O
served O
six O
weeks O
in O
jail O
in O
late O
1995 O
for O
head-butting O
an O
opponent O
, O
won O
the O
last O
of O
his O
five O
Scotland B-LOC
caps O
in O
December O
1994 O
. O

Scotland B-LOC
manager O
Craig B-PER
Brown I-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
: O
" O
I O
've O
watched O
Duncan B-PER
Ferguson I-PER
in O
action O
twice O
recently O
and O
he O
's O
bang O
in O
form O
. O

Ally B-PER
McCoist I-PER
is O
also O
in O
great O
scoring O
form O
at O
the O
moment O
. O
" O

Celtic B-ORG
's O
Jackie B-PER
McNamara I-PER
, O
who O
did O
well O
with O
last O
season O
's O
successful O
under-21 O
team O
, O
earns O
a O
call-up O
to O
the O
senior O
squad O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
ENGLAND B-LOC
100-2 O
AT O
LUNCH O
ON O
FIRST O
DAY O
OF O
THIRD O
TEST O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

England B-LOC
were O
100 O
for O
two O
at O
lunch O
on O
the O
first O
day O
of O
the O
third O
and O
final O
test O
against O
Pakistan B-LOC
at O
The B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
on O
Thursday O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
KEANE B-PER
SIGNS O
FOUR-YEAR O
CONTRACT O
WITH O
MANCHESTER B-LOC
UNITED I-LOC
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Ireland B-LOC
midfielder O
Roy B-PER
Keane I-PER
has O
signed O
a O
new O
four-year O
contract O
with O
English B-MISC
league O
and O
F.A. B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
champions O
Manchester B-ORG
United I-ORG
. O

" O
Roy B-PER
agreed O
a O
new O
deal O
before O
last O
night O
's O
game O
against O
Everton B-ORG
and O
we O
are O
delighted O
, O
" O
said O
United B-ORG
manager O
Alex B-PER
Ferguson I-PER
on O
Thursday O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
RESULTS O
AT O
CANADIAN B-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

TORONTO B-LOC
1996-08-21 O

Results O
from O
the O
Canadian B-MISC
Open I-MISC

tennis O
tournament O
on O
Wednesday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O

seeding O
) O
: O

Second O
round O

Daniel B-PER
Nestor I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
beat O
1 O
- O
Thomas B-PER
Muster I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
7-5 O

Mikael B-PER
Tillstrom I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
beat O
2 O
- O
Goran B-PER
Ivanisevic I-PER
( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O

6-7 O
( O
3-7 O
) O
6-4 O
6-4 O

3 O
- O
Wayne B-PER
Ferreira I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
beat O
Jiri B-PER
Novak I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC

Republic B-LOC
) O
7-5 O
6-3 O

4 O
- O
Marcelo B-PER
Rios I-PER
( O
Chile B-LOC
) O
beat O
Kenneth B-PER
Carlsen I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
6-2 O

6 O
- O
MaliVai B-PER
Washington I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Alex B-PER
Corretja I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
6-4 O

6-2 O

7 O
- O
Todd B-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Renzo B-PER
Furlan I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
7-6 O
( O
7-3 O
) O
6-3 O

Mark B-PER
Philippoussis I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
beat O
8 O
- O
Marc B-PER
Rosset I-PER

( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
6-3 O
3-6 O
7-6 O
( O
8-6 O
) O

9 O
- O
Cedric B-PER
Pioline I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
beat O
Gregory B-PER
Carraz I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
7-6 O

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

Patrick B-PER
Rafter I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
beat O
11 O
- O
Alberto B-PER
Berasategui I-PER

( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
6-1 O
6-2 O

Petr B-PER
Korda I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
beat O
12 O
- O
Francisco B-PER
Clavet I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O

6-3 O
6-4 O

Daniel B-PER
Vacek I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
beat O
13 O
- O
Jason B-PER
Stoltenberg I-PER

( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
5-7 O
7-6 O
( O
7-1 O
) O
7-6 O
( O
13-11 O
) O

Todd B-PER
Woodbridge I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
beat O
Sebastien B-PER
Lareau I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
6-3 O

1-6 O
6-3 O

Alex B-PER
O'Brien I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
beat O
Byron B-PER
Black I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
7-6 O
( O
7-2 O
) O
6-2 O

Bohdan B-PER
Ulihrach I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
beat O
Andrea B-PER
Gaudenzi I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O

6-3 O
4-6 O
6-1 O

Tim B-PER
Henman I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O
beat O
Chris B-PER
Woodruff I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
, O
walkover O

-DOCSTART- O

CRICKET O
- O
MILLNS B-PER
SIGNS O
FOR O
BOLAND B-ORG
. O

CAPE B-LOC
TOWN I-LOC
1996-08-22 O

South B-MISC
African I-MISC
provincial O
side O
Boland B-ORG
said O
on O
Thursday O
they O
had O
signed O
Leicestershire B-ORG
fast O
bowler O
David B-PER
Millns I-PER
on O
a O
one O
year O
contract O
. O

Millns B-MISC
, O
who O
toured O
Australia B-LOC
with O
England B-LOC
A O
in O
1992/93 O
, O
replaces O
former O
England B-LOC
all-rounder O
Phillip B-PER
DeFreitas I-PER
as O
Boland B-ORG
's O
overseas O
professional O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
EUROPEAN B-MISC
CUP I-MISC
WINNERS I-MISC
' I-MISC
CUP I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

TIRANA B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Results O
of O
European B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
Winners I-MISC
' I-MISC

Cup B-MISC
qualifying O
round O
, O
second O
leg O
soccer O
matches O
on O
Thursday O
: O

In O
Tirana B-LOC
: O
Flamurtari B-ORG
Vlore I-ORG
( O
Albania B-LOC
) O
0 O
Chemlon B-ORG
Humenne I-ORG

( O
Slovakia B-LOC
) O
2 O
( O
halftime O
0-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O
Lubarskij B-PER
( O
50th O
minute O
) O
, O
Valkucak B-PER
( O
54th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
5,000 O

Chemlon B-ORG
Humenne I-ORG
win O
3-0 O
on O
aggregate O

In O
Bistrita B-LOC
: O
Gloria B-ORG
Bistrita I-ORG
( O
Romania B-LOC
) O
2 O
Valletta B-LOC
( O
Malta B-LOC
) O
1 O

( O
1-1 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

Gloria B-ORG
Bistrita I-ORG
- O
Ilie B-PER
Lazar I-PER
( O
32nd O
) O
, O
Eugen B-PER
Voica I-PER
( O
84th O
) O

Valletta B-LOC
- O
Gilbert B-PER
Agius I-PER
( O
24th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
8,000 O

Gloria B-ORG
Bistrita I-ORG
win O
4-2 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

In O
Chorzow B-LOC
: O
Ruch B-ORG
Chorzow I-ORG
( O
Poland B-LOC
) O
5 O
Llansantffraid B-ORG
( O
Wales B-LOC
) O
0 O

( O
1-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O
Arkadiusz B-PER
Bak I-PER
( O
1st O
and O
55th O
) O
, O
Arwel B-PER
Jones I-PER
( O
47th O
, O

own O
goal O
) O
, O
Miroslav B-PER
Bak I-PER
( O
62nd O
and O
63rd O
) O

Attendance O
: O
6,500 O

Ruch B-ORG
Chorzow I-ORG
win O
6-1 O
on O
aggregate O

In O
Larnaca B-LOC
: O
AEK B-ORG
Larnaca I-ORG
( O
Cyprus B-LOC
) O
5 O
Kotaik B-ORG
Abovyan I-ORG
( O
Armenia B-LOC
) O

0 O
( O
2-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O
Zoran B-PER
Kundic I-PER
( O
28th O
) O
, O
Klimis B-PER
Alexandrou I-PER
( O
41st O
) O
, O

Milenko B-PER
Kovasevic I-PER
( O
60th O
, O
penalty O
) O
, O
Goran B-PER
Koprinovic I-PER
( O
82nd O
) O
, O

Pavlos B-PER
Markou I-PER
( O
84th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
5,000 O

AEK B-ORG
Larnaca I-ORG
win O
5-1 O
on O
aggregate O

In O
Siauliai B-LOC
: O
Kareda B-ORG
Siauliai I-ORG
( O
Lithuania B-LOC
) O
0 O
Sion B-ORG

( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
0 O

Attendance O
: O
5,000 O

Sion B-ORG
win O
4-2 O
on O
agrregate O
. O

In O
Vinnytsya B-LOC
: O

Nyva B-ORG
Vinnytsya I-ORG
( O
Ukraine B-LOC
) O
1 O
Tallinna B-ORG
Sadam I-ORG
( O
Estonia B-LOC
) O
0 O
( O
0-0 O
) O

Attendance O
: O
3,000 O

Aggregate O
score O
2-2 O
. O

Nyva B-ORG
qualified O
on O
away O
goals O
rule O
. O

In O
Bergen B-LOC
: O
Brann B-ORG
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
2 O
Shelbourne B-ORG
( O
Ireland B-LOC
) O
1 O
( O
1-1 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

Brann B-ORG
- O
Mons B-PER
Ivar I-PER
Mjelde I-PER
( O
10th O
) O
, O
Jan B-PER
Ove I-PER
Pedersen I-PER
( O
72nd O
) O

Shelbourne B-ORG
- O
Mark B-PER
Rutherford I-PER
( O
5th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
2,189 O

Brann B-ORG
win O
5-2 O
on O
aggregate O

In O
Sofia B-LOC
: O
Levski B-ORG
Sofia I-ORG
( O
Bulgaria B-LOC
) O
1 O
Olimpija B-ORG
( O
Slovenia B-LOC
) O
0 O

( O
0-0 O
) O

Scorer O
: O
Ilian B-PER
Simeonov I-PER
( O
58th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
25,000 O

Aggregate O
1-1 O
. O

Olimpija B-ORG
won O
4-3 O
on O
penalties O
. O

In O
Vaduz B-LOC
: O
Vaduz B-LOC
( O
Liechtenstein B-LOC
) O
1 O
RAF B-ORG
Riga I-ORG
( O
Latvia B-LOC
) O
1 O
( O
0-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

Vaduz B-LOC
- O
Daniele B-PER
Polverino I-PER
( O
90th O
) O

RAF B-ORG
Riga I-ORG
- O
Agrins B-PER
Zarins I-PER
( O
47th O
) O

Aggregate O
2-2 O
. O

Vaduz B-LOC
won O
4-2 O
on O
penalties O
. O

In O
Luxembourg B-LOC
: O
US B-ORG
Luxembourg I-ORG
( O
Luxembourg B-LOC
) O
0 O
Varteks B-ORG
Varazdin I-ORG

( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O
3 O
( O
0-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O
Drazen B-PER
Beser I-PER
( O
63rd O
) O
, O
Miljenko B-PER
Mumler I-PER
( O
penalty O
, O

78th O
) O
, O
Jamir B-PER
Cvetko I-PER
( O
87th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
800 O

Varteks B-ORG
Varazdin I-ORG
win O
5-1 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

In O
Torshavn B-LOC
: O
Havnar B-ORG
Boltfelag I-ORG
( O
Faroe B-LOC
Islands I-LOC
) O
0 O
Dynamo B-ORG

Batumi B-ORG
( O
Georgia B-LOC
) O
3 O
( O
0-2 O
) O

Dynamo B-ORG
Batumi I-ORG
win O
9-0 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

In O
Prague B-LOC
: O
Sparta B-ORG
Prague I-ORG
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
8 O
Glentoran B-ORG

( O
Northern B-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
) O
0 O
( O
4-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O
Petr B-PER
Gunda I-PER
( O
1st O
and O
26th O
) O
, O
Lumir B-PER
Mistr I-PER
( O
19th O
) O
, O

Horst B-PER
Siegl I-PER
( O
24th O
, O
48th O
, O
80th O
) O
, O
Zdenek B-PER
Svoboda I-PER
( O
76th O
) O
, O
Petr B-PER

Gabriel B-PER
( O
86th O
) O

Sparta B-ORG
win O
10-1 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

In O
Edinburgh B-LOC
: O
Hearts B-ORG
( O
Scotland B-LOC
) O
1 O
Red B-ORG
Star I-ORG
Belgrade I-ORG

( O
Yugoslavia B-LOC
) O
1 O
( O
1-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

Hearts B-ORG
- O
Dave B-PER
McPherson I-PER
( O
44th O
) O

Red B-ORG
Star I-ORG
- O
Vinko B-MISC
Marinovic I-MISC
( O
59th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
15,062 O

Aggregate O
1-1 O
. O

Red B-ORG
Star I-ORG
win O
on O
away O
goals O
rule O
. O

In O
Rishon-Lezion B-LOC
: O
Hapoel B-ORG
Ironi I-ORG
( O
Israel B-LOC
) O
3 O
Constructorul B-ORG

Chisinau B-ORG
( O
Moldova B-LOC
) O
2 O
( O
2-1 O
) O

Aggregate O
3-3 O
. O

Constructorul B-ORG
win O
on O
away O
goals O
rule O
. O

In O
Anjalonkoski B-MISC
: O
MyPa-47 B-ORG
( O
Finland B-LOC
) O
1 O
Karabach B-ORG
Agdam I-ORG

( O
Azerbaijan B-LOC
) O
1 O
( O
0-0 O
) O

Mypa-47 B-ORG
win O
2-1 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

In O
Skopje B-LOC
: O
Sloga B-ORG
Jugomagnat I-ORG
( O
Macedonia B-LOC
) O
0 O
Kispest B-ORG
Honved I-ORG

( O
Hungary B-LOC
1 O
( O
0-0 O
) O

Kispest B-ORG
Honved I-ORG
win O
2-0 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

Add B-ORG
Hapoel I-ORG
Ironi I-ORG
v O
Constructorul B-ORG
Chisinau I-ORG

Scorers O
: O

Rishon B-ORG
- O
Moshe B-PER
Sabag I-PER
( O
10th O
minute O
) O
, O
Nissan B-PER
Kapeta I-PER
( O
26th O
) O
, O

Tomas B-PER
Cibola I-PER
( O
58th O
) O
. O

Constructorol B-ORG
- O
Sergei B-PER
Rogachev I-PER
( O
42nd O
) O
, O
Gennadi B-PER
Skidan I-PER

( O
87th O
) O
. O

Attendance O
: O
1,500 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
GOTHENBURG B-LOC
PUT O
FERENCVAROS B-ORG
OUT O
OF O
EURO B-MISC
CUP I-MISC
. O

BUDAPEST B-LOC
1996-08-21 O

IFK B-ORG
Gothenburg I-ORG
of O
Sweden B-LOC
drew O
1-1 O
( O
1-0 O
) O
with O
Ferencvaros B-ORG
of O
Hungary B-LOC
in O
the O
second O
leg O
of O
their O
European B-MISC
Champions I-MISC
Cup I-MISC
preliminary O
round O
tie O
played O
on O
Wednesday O
. O

Gothenburg B-LOC
go O
through O
4-1 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

Scorers O
: O

Ferencvaros B-ORG
: O

Ferenc B-PER
Horvath I-PER
( O
15th O
) O

IFK B-ORG
Gothenburg I-ORG
: O

Andreas B-PER
Andersson I-PER
( O
87th O
) O

Attendance O
: O
9,000 O

-DOCSTART- O

SOCCER O
- O
BRAZILIAN B-MISC
CHAMPIONSHIP O
RESULTS O
. O

RIO B-LOC
DE I-LOC
JANEIRO I-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Results O
of O
midweek O

matches O
in O
the O
Brazilian B-MISC
soccer O
championship O
. O

Bahia B-ORG
2 O
Atletico B-ORG
Paranaense I-ORG
0 O

Corinthians B-ORG
1 O
Guarani B-ORG
0 O

Coritiba B-ORG
1 O
Atletico B-ORG
Mineiro I-ORG
0 O

Cruzeiro B-ORG
2 O
Vitoria B-ORG
1 O

Flamengo B-ORG
0 O
Juventude B-ORG
1 O

Goias B-ORG
3 O
Sport B-ORG
Recife I-ORG
1 O

Gremio B-ORG
6 O
Bragantino B-ORG
1 O

Palmeiras B-ORG
3 O
Vasco B-ORG
da I-ORG
Gama I-ORG
1 O

Portuguesa B-ORG
2 O
Parana B-ORG
0 O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
NEWCOMBE B-PER
PONDERS O
HIS O
DAVIS B-MISC
CUP I-MISC
FUTURE O
. O

SYDNEY B-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Australian B-MISC
Davis B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
captain O
John B-PER
Newcombe I-PER
on O
Thursday O
signalled O
his O
possible O
resignation O
if O
his O
team O
loses O
an O
away O
tie O
against O
Croatia B-LOC
next O
month O
. O

The O
former O
Wimbledon B-MISC
champion O
said O
the O
immediate O
future O
of O
Australia B-LOC
's O
Davis B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
coach O
Tony B-PER
Roche I-PER
could O
also O
be O
determined O
by O
events O
in O
Split B-LOC
. O

" O
If O
we O
lose O
this O
one O
, O
Tony B-PER
and O
I O
will O
have O
to O
have O
a O
good O
look O
at O
giving O
someone O
else O
a O
go O
, O
" O
Newcombe B-PER
was O
quoted O
as O
saying O
in O
Sydney B-LOC
's O
Daily B-ORG
Telegraph I-ORG
newspaper O
. O

Australia B-LOC
face O
Croatia B-LOC
in O
the O
world O
group O
qualifying O
tie O
on O
clay O
from O
September O
20-22 O
. O

Under O
Newcombe B-PER
's O
leadership O
, O
Australia B-LOC
were O
relegated O
from O
the O
elite O
world O
group O
last O
year O
, O
the O
first O
time O
the O
26-time O
Davis B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
winners O
had O
slipped O
from O
the O
top O
rank O
. O

Since O
taking O
over O
as O
captain O
from O
Neale B-PER
Fraser I-PER
in O
1994 O
, O
Newcombe B-PER
's O
record O
in O
tandem O
with O
Roche B-PER
, O
his O
former O
doubles O
partner O
, O
has O
been O
three O
wins O
and O
three O
losses O
. O

Newcombe B-PER
has O
selected O
Wimbledon B-MISC
semifinalist O
Jason B-PER
Stoltenberg I-PER
, O
Patrick B-PER
Rafter I-PER
, O
Mark B-PER
Philippoussis I-PER
, O
and O
Olympic B-MISC
doubles O
champions O
Todd B-PER
Woodbridge I-PER
and O
Mark B-PER
Woodforde I-PER
to O
face O
the O
Croatians B-MISC
. O

The O
home O
side O
boasts O
world O
number O
six O
Goran B-PER
Ivanisevic I-PER
, O
and O
Newcombe B-PER
conceded O
his O
players O
would O
be O
hard-pressed O
to O
beat O
the O
Croatian B-MISC
number O
one O
. O

" O
We O
are O
ready O
to O
fight O
to O
our O
last O
breath O
-- O
Australia B-LOC
must O
play O
at O
its O
absolute O
best O
to O
win O
, O
" O
said O
Newcombe B-PER
, O
who O
described O
the O
tie O
as O
the O
toughest O
he O
has O
faced O
as O
captain O
. O

Australia B-LOC
last O
won O
the O
Davis B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
in O
1986 O
, O
but O
they O
were O
beaten O
finalists O
against O
Germany B-LOC
three O
years O
ago O
under O
Fraser B-PER
's O
guidance O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

BADMINTON O
- O
MALAYSIAN B-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
RESULTS O
. O

KUALA B-LOC
LUMPUR I-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Results O
in O
the O
Malaysian B-MISC

Open B-MISC
badminton O
tournament O
on O
Thursday O
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O

seeding O
) O
: O

Men O
's O
singles O
, O
third O
round O

9/16 O
- O
Luo B-PER
Yigang I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Hwang B-PER
Sun-ho B-MISC
( O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
) O
15-3 O

15-7 O

Jason B-PER
Wong I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Abdul B-PER
Samad I-PER
Ismail I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
16-18 O

15-2 O
17-14 O

P. B-PER
Kantharoopan I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
beat O
3/4 O
- O
Jeroen B-PER
Van I-PER
Dijk I-PER

( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
15-11 O
18-14 O

Wijaya B-PER
Indra I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
5/8 O
- O
Pang B-PER
Chen I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
15-6 O

6-15 O
15-7 O

3/4 O
- O
Hu B-PER
Zhilan I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Nunung B-PER
Subandoro I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
5-15 O

18-15 O
15-6 O

9/16 O
- O
Hermawan B-PER
Susanto I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
1 O
- O
Fung B-PER
Permadi I-PER
( O
Taiwan B-LOC
) O

15-8 O
15-12 O

Women O
's O
singles O
2nd O
round O

1 O
- O
Wang B-PER
Chen I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Cindana B-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
11-3 O
1ama B-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
beat O
Margit B-PER
Borg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
11-6 O
11-6 O

Sun B-PER
Jian I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Marina B-PER
Andrievskaqya I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
11-8 O
11-2 O

5/8 O
- O
Meluawati B-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Chan B-PER
Chia I-PER
Fong I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
11-6 O

11-1 O

Gong B-PER
Zhichao I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Liu B-PER
Lufung I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
6-11 O
11-7 O
11-3 O

Zeng B-PER
Yaqiong I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Li B-PER
Feng I-PER
( O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
) O
11-9 O
11-6 O

5/8 O
- O
Christine B-PER
Magnusson I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
beat O
Ishwari B-PER
Boopathy I-PER

( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
11-1 O
10-12 O
11-4 O

2 O
- O
Zhang B-PER
Ning I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Olivia B-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
11-8 O
11-6 O

-DOCSTART- O

TENNIS O
- O
REVISED O
MEN O
'S O
DRAW O
FOR O
U.S. B-MISC
OPEN I-MISC
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-08-22 O

Revised O
singles O
draw O
for O
the O

U.S. B-MISC
Open I-MISC
tennis O
championships O
beginning O
Monday O
at O
the O
U.S B-LOC
. O

National B-LOC
Tennis I-LOC
Centre I-LOC
( O
prefix O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Men O
's O
Draw O

1 O
- O
Pete B-PER
Sampras I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Adrian B-PER
Voinea I-PER
( O
Romania B-LOC
) O

Jiri B-PER
Novak I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
vs. O
qualifier O

Magnus B-PER
Larsson I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Alexander B-PER
Volkov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O

Mikael B-PER
Tillstrom I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
vs O
qualifier O

Qualifier O
vs. O
Andrei B-PER
Olhovskiy I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O

Mark B-PER
Woodforde I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Mark B-PER
Philippoussis I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O

Roberto B-PER
Carretero I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Jordi B-PER
Burillo I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O

Francisco B-PER
Clavet I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
vs. O
16 O
- O
Cedric B-PER
Pioline I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O

------------------------ O

9 O
- O
Wayne B-PER
Ferreira I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
vs. O
qualifier O

Karol B-PER
Kucera I-PER
( O
Slovakia B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Jonas B-PER
Bjorkman I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O

Qualifier O
vs. O
Christian B-PER
Rudd I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O

Alex B-PER
Corretja I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Byron B-PER
Black I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O

David B-PER
Rikl I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
vs. O
Hicham B-PER
Arazi I-PER
( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O

Sjeng B-PER
Schalken I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Gilbert B-PER
Schaller I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O

Grant B-PER
Stafford I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
vs. O
Guy B-PER
Forget I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O

Fernando B-PER
Meligeni I-PER
( O
Brazil B-LOC
) O
vs. O
7 O
- O
Yevgeny B-PER
Kafelnikov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O

------------------------ O

4 O
- O
Goran B-PER
Ivanisevic I-PER
( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Andrei B-PER
Chesnokov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O

Scott B-PER
Draper I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Galo B-PER
Blanco I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O

Renzo B-PER
Furlan I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Thomas B-PER
Johansson I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O

Hendrik B-PER
Dreekman I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Greg B-PER
Rusedski I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O

Andrei B-PER
Medvedev I-PER
( O
Ukraine B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Jean-Philippe B-PER
Fleurian I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O

Jan B-PER
Kroslak I-PER
( O
Slovakia B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Chris B-PER
Woodruff I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

Qualifier O
vs. O
Petr B-PER
Korda I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O

Bohdan B-PER
Ulihrach I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
vs. O
14 O
- O
Alberto B-PER
Costa I-PER

( O
Spain B-LOC
) O

------------------------ O

12 O
- O
Todd B-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Younnes B-PER
El I-PER
Aynaoui I-PER
( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O

Andrea B-PER
Gaudenzi I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Shuzo B-PER
Matsuoka I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O

Doug B-PER
Flach I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
vs. O
qualifier O

Mats B-PER
Wilander I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Tim B-PER
Henman I-PER
( O
Britain B-LOC
) O

Paul B-PER
Haarhuis I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Michael B-PER
Joyce I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

Michael B-PER
Tebbutt I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Richey B-PER
Reneberg I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

Jonathan B-PER
Stark I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Bernd B-PER
Karbacher I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O

Stefan B-PER
Edberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
vs. O
5 O
- O
Richard B-PER
Krajicek I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O

------------------------ O

6 O
- O
Andre B-PER
Agassi I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Mauricio B-PER
Hadad I-PER
( O
Colombia B-LOC
) O

Marcos B-PER
Ondruska I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O
vs. O
Felix B-PER
Mantilla I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O

Carlos B-PER
Moya I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Scott B-PER
Humphries I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

Jan B-PER
Siemerink I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Carl-Uwe B-PER
Steeb I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O

Qualifier O
vs. O
qualifier O

David B-PER
Wheaton I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Kevin B-PER
Kim I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

Nicolas B-PER
Lapentti I-PER
( O
Ecuador B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Alex B-PER
O'Brien I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

Karim B-PER
Alami I-PER
( O
Morocco B-LOC
) O
vs. O
11 O
- O
MaliVai B-PER
Washington I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O

13 O
- O
Thomas B-PER
Enqvist I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
vs. O
Stephane B-PER
Simian I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
