SOCCER O
- O
JAPAN B-LOC
GET O
LUCKY O
WIN O
, O
CHINA B-ORG
IN O
SURPRISE O
DEFEAT O
. O

Nadim B-PER
Ladki I-PER

AL-AIN B-LOC
, O
United B-LOC
Arab I-LOC
Emirates I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Japan B-LOC
began O
the O
defence O
of O
their O
Asian O
Cup O
title O
with O
a O
lucky O
2-1 O
win O
against O
Syria B-LOC
in O
a O
Group O
C O
championship O
match O
on O
Friday O
. O

But O
China B-LOC
saw O
their O
luck O
desert O
them O
in O
the O
second O
match O
of O
the O
group O
, O
crashing O
to O
a O
surprise O
2-0 O
defeat O
to O
newcomers O
Uzbekistan B-LOC
. O

China B-LOC
controlled O
most O
of O
the O
match O
and O
saw O
several O
chances O
missed O
until O
the O
78th O
minute O
when O
Uzbek O
striker O
Igor B-PER
Shkvyrin I-PER
took O
advantage O
of O
a O
misdirected O
defensive O
header O
to O
lob O
the O
ball O
over O
the O
advancing O
Chinese O
keeper O
and O
into O
an O
empty O
net O
. O

Oleg B-PER
Shatskiku I-PER
made O
sure O
of O
the O
win O
in O
injury O
time O
, O
hitting O
an O
unstoppable O
left O
foot O
shot O
from O
just O
outside O
the O
area O
. O

The O
former O
Soviet O
republic O
was O
playing O
in O
an O
Asian O
Cup O
finals O
tie O
for O
the O
first O
time O
. O

Despite O
winning O
the O
Asian O
Games O
title O
two O
years O
ago O
, O
Uzbekistan B-LOC
are O
in O
the O
finals O
as O
outsiders O
. O

Two O
goals O
from O
defensive O
errors O
in O
the O
last O
six O
minutes O
allowed O
Japan B-LOC
to O
come O
from O
behind O
and O
collect O
all O
three O
points O
from O
their O
opening O
meeting O
against O
Syria B-LOC
. O

Takuya B-PER
Takagi I-PER
scored O
the O
winner O
in O
the O
88th O
minute O
, O
rising O
to O
head O
a O
Hiroshige B-PER
Yanagimoto I-PER
cross O
towards O
the O
Syrian O
goal O
which O
goalkeeper O
Salem B-PER
Bitar I-PER
appeared O
to O
have O
covered O
but O
then O
allowed O
to O
slip O
into O
the O
net O
. O

It O
was O
the O
second O
costly O
blunder O
by O
Syria B-LOC
in O
four O
minutes O
. O

Defender O
Hassan B-PER
Abbas I-PER
rose O
to O
intercept O
a O
long O
ball O
into O
the O
area O
in O
the O
84th O
minute O
but O
only O
managed O
to O
divert O
it O
into O
the O
top O
corner O
of O
Bitar B-PER
's O
goal O
. O

Nader B-PER
Jokhadar I-PER
had O
given O
Syria B-LOC
the O
lead O
with O
a O
well-struck O
header O
in O
the O
seventh O
minute O
. O

Japan B-LOC
then O
laid O
siege O
to O
the O
Syrian O
penalty O
area O
for O
most O
of O
the O
game O
but O
rarely O
breached O
the O
Syrian O
defence O
. O

Bitar B-PER
pulled O
off O
fine O
saves O
whenever O
they O
did O
. O

Japan B-LOC
coach O
Shu B-PER
Kamo I-PER
said O
: O
' O
' O
The O
Syrian O
own O
goal O
proved O
lucky O
for O
us O
. O

The O
Syrians O
scored O
early O
and O
then O
played O
defensively O
and O
adopted O
long O
balls O
which O
made O
it O
hard O
for O
us O
. O
' O

' O

Japan B-LOC
, O
co-hosts O
of O
the O
World O
Cup O
in O
2002 O
and O
ranked O
20th O
in O
the O
world O
by O
FIFA B-ORG
, O
are O
favourites O
to O
regain O
their O
title O
here O
. O

Hosts O
UAE B-LOC
play O
Kuwait B-LOC
and O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
take O
on O
Indonesia B-LOC
on O
Saturday O
in O
Group O
A O
matches O
. O

All O
four O
teams O
are O
level O
with O
one O
point O
each O
from O
one O
game O
. O

RUGBY B-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
CUTTITTA B-PER
BACK O
FOR O
ITALY B-LOC
AFTER O
A O
YEAR O
. O

ROME B-PER
1996-12-06 O

Italy B-LOC
recalled O
Marcello B-PER
Cuttitta I-PER

on O
Friday O
for O
their O
friendly O
against O
Scotland B-LOC
at O
Murrayfield B-LOC
more O
than O
a O
year O
after O
the O
30-year-old O
wing O
announced O
he O
was O
retiring O
following O
differences O
over O
selection O
. O

Cuttitta B-PER
, O
who O
trainer O
George B-PER
Coste I-PER
said O
was O
certain O
to O
play O
on O
Saturday O
week O
, O
was O
named O
in O
a O
21-man O
squad O
lacking O
only O
two O
of O
the O
team O
beaten O
54-21 O
by O
England B-LOC
at O
Twickenham B-LOC
last O
month O
. O

Stefano B-PER
Bordon I-PER
is O
out O
through O
illness O
and O
Coste B-PER
said O
he O
had O
dropped O
back O
row O
Corrado B-PER
Covi I-PER
, O
who O
had O
been O
recalled O
for O
the O
England B-LOC
game O
after O
five O
years O
out O
of O
the O
national O
team O
. O

Cuttitta B-PER
announced O
his O
retirement O
after O
the O
1995 O
World O
Cup O
, O
where O
he O
took O
issue O
with O
being O
dropped O
from O
the O
Italy B-LOC
side O
that O
faced O
England B-LOC
in O
the O
pool O
stages O
. O

Coste B-PER
said O
he O
had O
approached O
the O
player O
two O
months O
ago O
about O
a O
comeback O
. O

" O
He O
ended O
the O
World O
Cup O
on O
the O
wrong O
note O
, O
" O
Coste B-PER
said O
. O

" O
I O
thought O
it O
would O
be O
useful O
to O
have O
him O
back O
and O
he O
said O
he O
would O
be O
available O
. O

I O
think O
now O
is O
the O
right O
time O
for O
him O
to O
return O
. O
" O

Squad O
: O
Javier B-PER
Pertile I-PER
, O
Paolo B-PER
Vaccari I-PER
, O
Marcello B-PER
Cuttitta I-PER
, O
Ivan B-PER
Francescato I-PER
, O
Leandro B-PER
Manteri I-PER
, O
Diego B-PER
Dominguez I-PER
, O
Francesco B-PER
Mazzariol I-PER
, O
Alessandro B-PER
Troncon I-PER
, O
Orazio B-PER
Arancio I-PER
, O
Andrea B-PER
Sgorlon I-PER
, O
Massimo B-PER
Giovanelli I-PER
, O
Carlo B-PER
Checchinato I-PER
, O
Walter B-PER
Cristofoletto I-PER
, O
Franco B-PER
Properzi I-PER
Curti I-PER
, O
Carlo B-PER
Orlandi I-PER
, O
Massimo B-PER
Cuttitta I-PER
, O
Giambatista B-PER
Croci I-PER
, O
Gianluca B-PER
Guidi I-PER
, O
Nicola B-PER
Mazzucato I-PER
, O
Alessandro B-PER
Moscardi I-PER
, O
Andrea B-PER
Castellani I-PER
. O

SOCCER O
- O
LATE O
GOALS O
GIVE O
JAPAN O
WIN O
OVER O
SYRIA B-LOC
. O

AL-AIN B-LOC
, O
United B-LOC
Arab I-LOC
Emirates I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Two O
goals O
in O
the O
last O
six O
minutes O
gave O
holders O
Japan B-LOC
an O
uninspiring O
2-1 O
Asian O
Cup O
victory O
over O
Syria B-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

Takuya B-PER
Takagi I-PER
headed O
the O
winner O
in O
the O
88th O
minute O
of O
the O
group O
C O
game O
after O
goalkeeper O
Salem B-PER
Bitar I-PER
spoiled O
a O
mistake-free O
display O
by O
allowing O
the O
ball O
to O
slip O
under O
his O
body O
. O

It O
was O
the O
second O
Syrian O
defensive O
blunder O
in O
four O
minutes O
. O

Defender O
Hassan B-PER
Abbas I-PER
rose O
to O
intercept O
a O
long O
ball O
into O
the O
area O
in O
the O
84th O
minute O
but O
only O
managed O
to O
divert O
it O
into O
the O
top O
corner O
of O
Bitar B-PER
's O
goal O
. O

Syria B-LOC
had O
taken O
the O
lead O
from O
their O
first O
serious O
attack O
in O
the O
seventh O
minute O
. O

Nader B-PER
Jokhadar I-PER
headed O
a O
cross O
from O
the O
right O
by O
Ammar B-PER
Awad I-PER
into O
the O
top O
right O
corner O
of O
Kenichi B-PER
Shimokawa I-PER
's O
goal O
. O

Japan B-LOC
then O
laid O
siege O
to O
the O
Syrian O
penalty O
area O
and O
had O
a O
goal O
disallowed O
for O
offside O
in O
the O
16th O
minute O
. O

A O
minute O
later O
, O
Bitar B-PER
produced O
a O
good O
double O
save O
, O
first O
from O
Kazuyoshi B-PER
Miura I-PER
's O
header O
and O
then O
blocked O
a O
Takagi B-PER
follow-up O
shot O
. O

Bitar B-PER
saved O
well O
again O
from O
Miura B-PER
in O
the O
37th O
minute O
, O
parrying O
away O
his O
header O
from O
a O
corner O
. O

Japan B-LOC
started O
the O
second O
half O
brightly O
but O
Bitar B-PER
denied O
them O
an O
equaliser O
when O
he O
dived O
to O
his O
right O
to O
save O
Naoki B-PER
Soma I-PER
's O
low O
drive O
in O
the O
53rd O
minute O
. O

Japan B-LOC
: O
19 O
- O
Kenichi B-PER
Shimokawa I-PER
, O
2 O
- O
Hiroshige B-PER
Yanagimoto I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Naoki B-PER
Soma I-PER
, O
4 O
- O
Masami B-PER
Ihara I-PER
, O
5 O
- O
Norio B-PER
Omura I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Motohiro B-PER
Yamaguchi I-PER
, O
8 O
- O
Masakiyo B-PER
Maezono I-PER
( O
7 O
- O
Yasuto B-PER
Honda I-PER
71 O
) O
, O
9 O
- O
Takuya B-PER
Takagi I-PER
, O
10 O
- O
Hiroshi B-PER
Nanami I-PER
, O
11 O
- O
Kazuyoshi B-PER
Miura I-PER
, O
15 O
- O
Hiroaki B-PER
Morishima I-PER
( O
14 O
- O
Masayuki B-PER
Okano I-PER
75 O
) O
. O

Syria B-LOC
: O
24 O
- O
Salem B-PER
Bitar I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Bachar B-PER
Srour I-PER
; O
4 O
- O
Hassan B-PER
Abbas I-PER
, O
5 O
- O
Tarek B-PER
Jabban I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Ammar B-PER
Awad I-PER
( O
9 O
- O
Louay B-PER
Taleb I-PER
69 O
) O
, O
8 O
- O
Nihad B-PER
al-Boushi I-PER
, O
10 O
- O
Mohammed B-PER
Afash I-PER
, O
12 O
- O
Ali B-PER
Dib I-PER
, O
13 O
- O
Abdul B-PER
Latif I-PER
Helou I-PER
( O
17 O
- O
Ammar B-PER
Rihawiy I-PER
46 O
) O
, O
14 O
- O
Khaled B-PER
Zaher I-PER
; O
16 O
- O
Nader B-PER
Jokhadar I-PER
. O

FREESTYLE O
SKIING-WORLD O
CUP O
MOGUL O
RESULTS O
. O

TIGNES B-LOC
, O
France B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Results O
of O
the O
World O
Cup O

freestyle O
skiing O
moguls O
competition O
on O
Friday O
: O

Men O

1. O
Jesper B-PER
Ronnback I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
25.76 O
points O

2. O
Andrei B-PER
Ivanov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
24.88 O

3. O
Ryan B-PER
Johnson I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
24.57 O

4. O
Jean-Luc B-PER
Brassard I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
24.40 O

5. O
Korneilus B-PER
Hole I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
23.92 O

6. O
Jeremie B-PER
Collomb-Patton I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
23.87 O

7. O
Jim B-PER
Moran I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
23.25 O

8. O
Dominick B-PER
Gauthier I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
22.73 O

9. O
Johann B-PER
Gregoire I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
22.58 O

10. O
Troy B-PER
Benson I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
22.56 O

Women O

1. O
Tatjana B-PER
Mittermayer I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
24.32 O

2. O
Candice B-PER
Gilg I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
24.31 O

3. O
Minna B-PER
Karhu I-PER
( O
Finland B-LOC
) O
24.05 O

4. O
Tae B-PER
Satoya I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
23.75 O

5. O
Ann B-PER
Battellle I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
23.56 O

6. O
Donna B-PER
Weinbrecht I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
22.48 O

7. O
Liz B-PER
McIntyre I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
22.00 O

8. O
Elena B-PER
Koroleva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
21.77 O

9. O
Ljudmila B-PER
Dymchenko I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
21.59 O

10. O
Katleen B-PER
Allais I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
21.58 O

SOCCER O
- O
ASIAN O
CUP O
GROUP O
C O
RESULTS O
. O

AL-AIN B-LOC
, O
United B-LOC
Arab I-LOC
Emirates I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Results O
of O
Asian O
Cup O
group O
C O
matches O
played O
on O
Friday O
: O

Japan B-LOC
2 O
Syria B-LOC
1 O
( O
halftime O
0-1 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

Japan B-LOC
- O
Hassan B-PER
Abbas I-PER
84 O
own O
goal O
, O
Takuya B-PER
Takagi I-PER
88 O
. O

Syria B-LOC
- O
Nader B-PER
Jokhadar I-PER
7 O

Attendance O
: O
10,000 O
. O

China B-LOC
0 O
Uzbekistan B-LOC
2 O
( O
halftime O
0-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O
Shkvyrin B-PER
Igor I-PER
78 O
, O
Shatskikh B-PER
Oleg I-PER
90 O

Attendence O
: O
3,000 O

Standings O
( O
tabulate O
under O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O

for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Uzbekistan B-ORG
1 O
1 O
0 O
0 O
2 O
0 O
3 O

Japan B-LOC
1 O
1 O
0 O
0 O
2 O
1 O
3 O

Syria B-LOC
1 O
0 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
2 O
0 O

China B-LOC
1 O
0 O
0 O
1 O
0 O
2 O
0 O

CRICKET O
- O
PAKISTAN B-LOC
V O
NEW B-LOC
ZEALAND I-LOC
ONE-DAY O
SCOREBOARD O
. O

[ O
CORRECTED O
14:06 O
GMT O
] O

SIALKOT B-LOC
, O
Pakistan B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Scoreboard O
in O
the O
second O

one-day O
cricket O
international O
between O
Pakistan B-LOC
and O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC

on O
Friday O
: O

Pakistan B-LOC

Saeed B-PER
Anwar I-PER
run O
out O
91 O
( O
corrects O
from O
90 O
) O

Zahoor B-PER
Elahi I-PER
b O
Cairns B-PER
86 O
( O
corrects O
from O
87 O
) O

Ijaz B-PER
Ahmad I-PER
c O
Spearman B-PER
b O
Vaughan B-PER
59 O

Inzamamul B-PER
Haq I-PER
st O
Germon B-PER
b O
Astle B-PER
2 O

Wasim B-PER
Akram I-PER
b O
Harris B-PER
4 O

Shahid B-PER
Afridi I-PER
b O
Harris B-PER
2 O

Moin B-PER
Khan I-PER
c O
Astle B-PER
b O
Harris B-PER
1 O

Waqar B-PER
Younis I-PER
st O
Germon B-PER
b O
Harris B-PER
0 O

Saqlain B-PER
Mushtaq I-PER
b O
Harris B-PER
2 O

Mushtaq B-PER
Ahmad I-PER
not O
out O
5 O

Salim B-PER
Malik I-PER
not O
out O
1 O

Extras O
( O
lb-8 O
nb-2 O
w-14 O
) O
24 O

Total O
( O
for O
9 O
wickets O
in O
47 O
overs O
) O
277 O

Fall O
of O
wicket O
: O
1-177 O
( O
corrects O
from O
1-178 O
) O
2-225 O
3-240 O
4-247 O
5-252 O
6-260 O
7-261 O
8-269 O
9-276 O

Bowling O
: O
Doull B-PER
8-1-60-0 O
( O
w-3 O
) O
, O
Kennedy B-PER
3-0-24-0 O
( O
w-7 O
nb-1 O
) O
, O

Cairns B-PER
8-1-35-1 O
( O
w-2 O
) O
, O
Vaughan B-PER
9-1-55-1 O
, O
Harris B-PER
10-0-42-5 O
( O
w-1 O
) O
, O

Astle B-ORG
9-0-53-1 O
( O
w-1 O
nb-1 O
) O

New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
innings O

B. B-PER
Young I-PER
c O
Moin B-PER
Khan I-PER
b O
Waqar B-PER
5 O

C. B-PER
Spearman I-PER
c O
Moin B-PER
Khan I-PER
b O
Wasim B-PER
0 O

A. B-PER
Parore I-PER
c O
Ijaz B-PER
Ahmad I-PER
b O
Saqlain B-PER
37 O

S. B-PER
Fleming I-PER
c O
and O
b O
Afridi B-PER
88 O

C. B-PER
Cairns I-PER
b O
Saqlain B-PER
10 O

N. B-PER
Astle I-PER
c O
Ijaz B-PER
Ahmad I-PER
b O
Salim B-PER
Malik I-PER
20 O

C. B-PER
Harris I-PER
lbw O
b O
Wasim B-PER
22 O

L. B-PER
Germon I-PER
lbw O
b O
Afridi B-PER
2 O

J. B-PER
Vaughan I-PER
c O
Moin B-PER
Khan I-PER
b O
Wasim B-PER
13 O

S. B-PER
Doull I-PER
c O
subs O
( O
M. B-PER
Wasim I-PER
) O
b O
Waqar B-PER
1 O

R. B-PER
Kennedy I-PER
not O
out O
7 O

Extras O
( O
b-9 O
lb-3 O
w-12 O
nb-2 O
) O
26 O

Total O
( O
all O
out O
in O
42.1 O
overs O
) O
231 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-3 O
2-7 O
3-125 O
4-146 O
5-170 O
6-190 O
7-195 O

8-213 O
9-216 O
. O

Bowling O
: O
Wasim B-PER
Akram I-PER
8.1-0-43-3 O
( O
9w O
, O
1nb O
) O
, O
Waqar B-PER
Younis I-PER

6-0-32-2 O
( O
2w O
, O
1nb O
) O
, O
Saqlain B-PER
Mushtaq I-PER
8-0-54-2 O
, O
Mushtaq B-PER
Ahmad I-PER

10-0-42-0 O
( O
1w O
) O
, O
Shahid B-PER
Afridi I-PER
7-0-40-2 O
, O
Salim B-PER
Malik I-PER
2.5-0-8-1 O
, O

Ijaz B-PER
Ahmad I-PER
0.1-0-0-0 O
. O

Result O
: O
Pakistan B-LOC
won O
by O
46 O
runs O
. O

Third O
one-day O
match O
: O
December O
8 O
, O
in O
Karachi B-LOC
. O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISH O
F.A. O
CUP O
SECOND O
ROUND O
RESULT O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Result O
of O
an O
English O
F.A. O
Challenge O

Cup O
second O
round O
match O
on O
Friday O
: O

Plymouth B-ORG
4 O
Exeter B-ORG
1 O

SOCCER O
- O
BLINKER O
BAN B-PER
LIFTED O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Dutch O
forward O
Reggie B-PER
Blinker I-PER
had O
his O
indefinite O
suspension O
lifted O
by O
FIFA B-ORG
on O
Friday O
and O
was O
set O
to O
make O
his O
Sheffield B-ORG
Wednesday I-ORG
comeback O
against O
Liverpool B-ORG
on O
Saturday O
. O

Blinker B-PER
missed O
his O
club O
's O
last O
two O
games O
after O
FIFA B-ORG
slapped O
a O
worldwide O
ban O
on O
him O
for O
appearing O
to O
sign O
contracts O
for O
both O
Wednesday B-ORG
and O
Udinese B-ORG
while O
he O
was O
playing O
for O
Feyenoord B-ORG
. O

FIFA B-ORG
's O
players O
' O
status O
committee O
, O
meeting O
in O
Barcelona B-LOC
, O
decided O
that O
although O
the O
Udinese B-ORG
document O
was O
basically O
valid O
, O
it O
could O
not O
be O
legally O
protected O
. O

The O
committee O
said O
the O
Italian O
club O
had O
violated O
regulations O
by O
failing O
to O
inform O
Feyenoord B-ORG
, O
with O
whom O
the O
player O
was O
under O
contract O
. O

Blinker B-PER
was O
fined O
75,000 O
Swiss O
francs O
( O
$ O
57,600 O
) O
for O
failing O
to O
inform O
the O
Engllsh B-ORG
club O
of O
his O
previous O
commitment O
to O
Udinese B-ORG
. O

SOCCER O
- O
LEEDS B-ORG
' O
BOWYER O
FINED O
FOR O
PART O
IN O
FAST-FOOD O
FRACAS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Leeds B-ORG
' O
England B-LOC
under-21 O
striker O
Lee B-PER
Bowyer I-PER
was O
fined O
4,500 O
pounds O
( O
$ O
7,400 O
) O
on O
Friday O
for O
hurling O
chairs O
at O
restaurant O
staff O
during O
a O
disturbance O
at O
a O
McDonald B-ORG
's I-ORG
fast-food O
restaurant O
. O

Bowyer B-PER
, O
19 O
, O
who O
was O
caught O
in O
the O
act O
by O
security O
cameras O
, O
pleaded O
guilty O
to O
a O
charge O
of O
affray O
at O
a O
court O
in O
London B-LOC
. O

He O
was O
fined O
and O
ordered O
to O
pay O
a O
total O
of O
175 O
pounds O
to O
two O
members O
of O
staff O
injured O
in O
the O
fracas O
in O
an O
east O
London B-LOC
restaurant O
in O
October O
. O

Leeds B-ORG
had O
already O
fined O
Bowyer B-PER
4,000 O
pounds O
( O
$ O
6,600 O
) O
and O
warned O
him O
a O
repeat O
of O
his O
criminal O
behaviour O
could O
cost O
him O
his O
place O
in O
the O
side O
. O

Bowyer B-PER
, O
who O
moved O
to O
the O
Yorkshire B-ORG
club O
in O
August O
for O
3.5 O
million O
pounds O
( O
$ O
5.8 O
million O
) O
, O
was O
expected O
to O
play O
against O
Middlesbrough B-ORG
on O
Saturday O
. O

BASKETBALL O
- O
EUROLEAGUE O
STANDINGS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Standings O
in O
the O
men O
's O
EuroLeague O

basketball O
championship O
after O
Thursday O
's O
matches O
( O
tabulate O
under O

played O
, O
won O
, O
lost O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Group O
A O

CSKA B-ORG
Moscow I-ORG
( O
Russia B-LOC
9 O
6 O
3 O
15 O

Stefanel B-PER
Milan I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
9 O
6 O
3 O
15 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Tel I-ORG
Aviv I-ORG
( O
Israel B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Ulker B-ORG
Spor I-ORG
( O
Turkey B-LOC
) O
9 O
4 O
5 O
13 O

Limoges B-ORG
( O
France B-LOC
) O
9 O
3 O
6 O
12 O

Panionios B-ORG
( O
Greece B-LOC
) O
9 O
3 O
6 O
12 O

Group O
B O

Teamsystem B-ORG
Bologna I-ORG
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
9 O
7 O
2 O
16 O

Olympiakos B-ORG
( O
Greece B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Cibona B-ORG
Zagreb I-ORG
( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Alba B-PER
Berlin I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Estudiantes B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Charleroi B-ORG
( O
Belgium B-LOC
) O
9 O
0 O
9 O
9 O

Group O
C O

Panathinaikos B-ORG
( O
Greece B-LOC
) O
9 O
7 O
2 O
16 O

Ljubljana B-ORG
( O
Slovenia B-LOC
) O
9 O
6 O
3 O
15 O

Villeurbanne B-ORG
( O
France B-LOC
) O
9 O
6 O
3 O
15 O

Barcelona B-ORG
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
9 O
4 O
5 O
13 O

Split B-ORG
( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O
9 O
4 O
5 O
13 O

Bayer B-ORG
Leverkusen I-ORG
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
9 O
0 O
9 O
9 O

Group O
D O

Efes B-PER
Pilsen I-PER
( O
Turkey B-LOC
) O
9 O
7 O
2 O
16 O

Pau-Orthez B-ORG
( O
France B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Partizan B-ORG
Belgrade I-ORG
( O
Yugoslavia B-LOC
) O
9 O
5 O
4 O
14 O

Kinder O
Bologna B-ORG
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
9 O
4 O
5 O
13 O

Sevilla B-ORG
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
9 O
4 O
5 O
13 O

Dynamo B-ORG
Moscow I-ORG
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
9 O
2 O
7 O
11 O

RUGBY B-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
LITTLE B-PER
TO O
MISS O
CAMPESE O
FAREWELL O
. O

Robert B-PER
Kitson I-PER

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Centre O
Jason B-PER
Little I-PER
will O
miss O
Australia B-LOC
's O
end-of-tour O
fixture O
against O
the O
Barbarians O
at O
Twickenham B-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

Little B-PER
has O
opted O
not O
to O
risk O
aggravating O
the O
knee O
injury O
which O
ruled O
him O
out O
of O
a O
large O
chunk O
of O
the O
tour O
and O
is O
replaced O
by O
fellow O
Queenslander O
Daniel B-PER
Herbert I-PER
. O

Owen B-PER
Finegan I-PER
has O
recovered O
from O
the O
knocks O
he O
took O
in O
last O
weekend O
's O
test O
against O
Wales B-LOC
and O
retains O
his O
place O
in O
the O
back-row O
ahead O
of O
Daniel B-PER
Manu I-PER
. O

The O
Wallabies O
have O
their O
sights O
set O
on O
a O
13th O
successive O
victory O
to O
end O
their O
European O
tour O
with O
a O
100 O
percent O
record O
but O
also O
want O
to O
turn O
on O
the O
style O
and O
provide O
David B-PER
Campese I-PER
with O
a O
fitting O
send-off O
in O
his O
final O
match O
in O
Australian O
colours O
. O

The O
Wallabies O
currently O
have O
no O
plans O
to O
make O
any O
special O
presentation O
to O
the O
34-year-old O
winger O
but O
a O
full O
house O
of O
75,000 O
spectators O
will O
still O
gather O
in O
the O
hope O
of O
witnessing O
one O
last O
moment O
of O
magic O
. O

Campese O
will O
be O
up O
against O
a O
familiar O
foe O
in O
the O
shape O
of O
Barbarians O
captain O
Rob B-PER
Andrew I-PER
, O
the O
man O
who O
kicked O
Australia B-LOC
to O
defeat O
with O
a O
last-ditch O
drop-goal O
in O
the O
World O
Cup O
quarter-final O
in O
Cape B-LOC
Town I-LOC
. O

" O
Campo B-PER
has O
a O
massive O
following O
in O
this O
country O
and O
has O
had O
the O
public O
with O
him O
ever O
since O
he O
first O
played O
here O
in O
1984 O
, O
" O
said O
Andrew B-PER
, O
also O
likely O
to O
be O
making O
his O
final O
Twickenham B-LOC
appearance O
. O

On O
tour O
, O
Australia B-LOC
have O
won O
all O
four O
tests O
against O
Italy B-LOC
, O
Scotland B-LOC
, O
Ireland B-LOC
and O
Wales B-LOC
, O
and O
scored O
414 O
points O
at O
an O
average O
of O
almost O
35 O
points O
a O
game O
. O

League O
duties O
restricted O
the O
Barbarians O
' O
selectorial O
options O
but O
they O
still O
boast O
13 O
internationals O
including O
England B-LOC
full-back O
Tim B-PER
Stimpson I-PER
and O
recalled O
wing O
Tony B-PER
Underwood I-PER
, O
plus O
All B-ORG
Black I-ORG
forwards O
Ian B-PER
Jones I-PER
and O
Norm B-PER
Hewitt I-PER
. O

Teams O
: O

Barbarians O
- O
15 O
- O
Tim B-PER
Stimpson I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
; O
14 O
- O
Nigel B-PER
Walker I-PER
( O
Wales B-LOC
) O
, O
13 O
- O
Allan B-PER
Bateman I-PER
( O
Wales B-LOC
) O
, O
12 O
- O
Gregor B-PER
Townsend I-PER
( O
Scotland B-LOC
) O
, O
11 O
- O
Tony B-PER
Underwood I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
; O
10 O
- O
Rob B-PER
Andrew I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
, O
9 O
- O
Rob B-PER
Howley I-PER
( O
Wales B-LOC
) O
; O
8 O
- O
Scott B-PER
Quinnell I-PER
( O
Wales B-LOC
) O
, O
7 O
- O
Neil B-PER
Back I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
, O
6 O
- O
Dale B-PER
McIntosh I-PER
( O
Pontypridd B-LOC
) O
, O
5 O
- O
Ian B-PER
Jones I-PER
( O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
) O
, O
4 O
- O
Craig B-PER
Quinnell I-PER
( O
Wales B-LOC
) O
, O
3 O
- O
Darren B-PER
Garforth I-PER
( O
Leicester B-LOC
) O
, O
2 O
- O
Norm B-PER
Hewitt I-PER
( O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
) O
, O
1 O
- O
Nick B-PER
Popplewell I-PER
( O
Ireland B-LOC
) O
. O

Australia B-LOC
- O
15 O
- O
Matthew B-PER
Burke I-PER
; O
14 O
- O
Joe B-PER
Roff I-PER
, O
13 O
- O
Daniel B-PER
Herbert I-PER
, O
12 O
- O
Tim B-PER
Horan I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
11 O
- O
David B-PER
Campese I-PER
; O
10 O
- O
Pat B-PER
Howard I-PER
, O
9 O
- O
Sam B-PER
Payne I-PER
; O
8 O
- O
Michael B-PER
Brial I-PER
, O
7 O
- O
David B-PER
Wilson I-PER
, O
6 O
- O
Owen B-PER
Finegan I-PER
, O
5 O
- O
David B-PER
Giffin I-PER
, O
4 O
- O
Tim B-PER
Gavin I-PER
, O
3 O
- O
Andrew B-PER
Blades I-PER
, O
2 O
- O
Marco B-PER
Caputo I-PER
, O
1 O
- O
Dan B-PER
Crowley I-PER
. O

GOLF O
- O
ZIMBABWE O
OPEN O
SECOND O
ROUND O
SCORES O
. O

HARARE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Leading O
second O
round O
scores O
in O
the O
Zimbabwe O
Open O
at O
the O
par-72 O
Chapman B-LOC
Golf I-LOC
Club I-LOC
on O
Friday O
( O
South O
African O
unless O
stated O
) O
: O
132 O
Des B-PER
Terblanche I-PER
65 O
67 O
133 O
Mark B-PER
McNulty I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
72 O
61 O
134 O
Steve B-PER
van I-PER
Vuuren I-PER
65 O
69 O
136 O
Nick B-PER
Price I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
68 O
68 O
, O
Justin B-PER
Hobday I-PER
71 O
65 O
, O

Andrew B-PER
Pitts I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
69 O
67 O
138 O
Mark B-PER
Cayeux I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
69 O
69 O
, O
Mark B-PER
Murless I-PER
71 O
67 O
139 O
Hennie B-PER
Swart I-PER
75 O
64 O
, O
Andrew B-PER
Park I-PER
72 O
67 O
140 O
Schalk B-PER
van I-PER
der I-PER
Merwe I-PER
( O
Namibia B-LOC
) O
67 O
73 O
, O
Desvonde B-PER

Botes B-PER
72 O
68 O
, O
Greg B-PER
Reid I-PER
72 O
68 O
, O
Clinton B-PER
Whitelaw I-PER
70 O

70 O
, O
Brett B-PER
Liddle I-PER
75 O
65 O
, O
Hugh B-PER
Baiocchi I-PER
73 O
67 O
141 O
Adilson B-PER
da I-PER
Silva I-PER
( O
Brazil B-LOC
) O
72 O
69 O
, O
Sammy B-PER
Daniels I-PER
73 O

68 O
, O
Trevor B-PER
Dodds I-PER
( O
Namibia B-LOC
) O
72 O
69 O
142 O
Don B-PER
Robertson I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
73 O
69 O
, O
Dion B-PER
Fourie I-PER
69 O
73 O
, O

Steve B-PER
Waltman I-PER
72 O
70 O
, O
Ian B-PER
Dougan I-PER
73 O
69 O

SOCCER O
- O
UNCAPPED O
PLAYERS O
CALLED O
TO O
FACE O
MACEDONIA B-LOC
. O

BUCHAREST B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Romania B-LOC
trainer O
Anghel B-PER
Iordanescu I-PER
called O
up O
three O
uncapped O
players O
on O
Friday O
in O
his O
squad O
to O
face O
Macedonia B-LOC
next O
week O
in O
a O
World O
Cup O
qualifier O
. O

Midfielder O
Valentin B-PER
Stefan I-PER
and O
striker O
Viorel B-PER
Ion I-PER
of O
Otelul B-ORG
Galati I-ORG
and O
defender O
Liviu B-PER
Ciobotariu I-PER
of O
National B-ORG
Bucharest I-ORG
are O
the O
newcomers O
for O
the O
European O
group O
eight O
clash O
in O
Macedonia B-LOC
on O
December O
14 O
. O

Iordanescu B-PER
said O
he O
had O
picked O
them O
because O
of O
their O
good O
performances O
in O
the O
domestic O
championship O
in O
which O
National B-ORG
Bucharest I-ORG
are O
top O
and O
Otelul B-ORG
Galati I-ORG
third O
. O
" O

I O
think O
it O
's O
fair O
to O
give O
them O
a O
chance O
, O
" O
he O
told O
reporters O
. O

League O
title-holders O
Steaua B-ORG
Bucharest I-ORG
, O
who O
finished O
bottom O
of O
their O
Champions O
' O
League O
group O
in O
the O
European O
Cup O
, O
have O
only O
two O
players O
in O
the O
squad O
. O

Attacking O
midfielder O
Adrian B-PER
Ilie I-PER
, O
who O
recently O
moved O
from O
Steaua B-ORG
to O
Turkish O
club O
Galatasaray B-ORG
, O
is O
ruled O
out O
after O
two O
yellow-card O
offences O
. O

Squad O
: O

Goalkeepers O
- O
Bogdan B-PER
Stelea I-PER
, O
Florin B-PER
Prunea I-PER
. O

Defenders O
- O
Dan B-PER
Petrescu I-PER
, O
Daniel B-PER
Prodan I-PER
, O
Anton B-PER
Dobos I-PER
, O
Cornel B-PER
Papura I-PER
, O
Liviu B-PER
Ciobotariu I-PER
, O
Tibor B-PER
Selymess I-PER
, O
Iulian B-PER
Filipescu I-PER
. O

Midfielders O
- O
Gheorghe B-PER
Hagi I-PER
, O
Gheorghe B-PER
Popescu I-PER
, O
Constantin B-PER
Galca I-PER
, O
Valentin B-PER
Stefan I-PER
, O
Basarab B-PER
Panduru I-PER
, O
Dorinel B-PER
Munteanu I-PER
, O
Ovidiu B-PER
Stinga I-PER
. O

Forwards O
- O
Ioan B-PER
Vladoiu I-PER
, O
Gheorghe B-PER
Craioveanu I-PER
, O
Ionel B-PER
Danciulescu I-PER
, O
Viorel B-PER
Ion I-PER
. O

REUTER B-PER

SOCCER O
- O
BRAZILIAN O
CHAMPIONSHIP O
RESULTS O
. O

RIO B-LOC
DE I-LOC
JANEIRO I-LOC
1996-12-05 O

Results O
of O
Brazilian O

soccer O
championship O
semifinal O
, O
first O
leg O
matches O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Goias B-ORG
1 O
Gremio B-ORG
3 O

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

CRICKET O
- O
LARA B-LOC
ENDURES O
ANOTHER O
MISERABLE O
DAY O
. O

Robert B-PER
Galvin I-PER

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Australia B-LOC
gave O
Brian B-PER
Lara I-PER
another O
reason O
to O
be O
miserable O
when O
they O
beat O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
by O
five O
wickets O
in O
the O
opening O
World O
Series O
limited O
overs O
match O
on O
Friday O
. O

Lara B-PER
, O
disciplined O
for O
misconduct O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
was O
dismissed O
for O
five O
to O
extend O
a O
disappointing O
run O
of O
form O
on O
tour O
. O

Australia B-LOC
, O
who O
hold O
a O
2-0 O
lead O
in O
the O
five-match O
test O
series O
, O
overhauled O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
' O
total O
of O
172 O
all O
out O
with O
eight O
balls O
to O
spare O
to O
end O
a O
run O
of O
six O
successive O
one-day O
defeats O
. O

All-rounder O
Greg B-PER
Blewett I-PER
steered O
his O
side O
to O
a O
comfortable O
victory O
with O
an O
unbeaten O
57 O
in O
90 O
balls O
to O
the O
delight O
of O
the O
42,442 O
crowd O
. O

Man-of-the O
match O
Blewett B-PER
came O
to O
the O
wicket O
with O
the O
total O
on O
70 O
for O
two O
and O
hit O
three O
fours O
during O
an O
untroubled O
innings O
lasting O
129 O
minutes O
. O

His O
crucial O
fifth-wicket O
partnership O
with O
fellow O
all-rounder O
Stuart B-PER
Law I-PER
, O
who O
scored O
21 O
, O
added O
71 O
off O
85 O
balls O
. O

Lara B-PER
looked O
out O
of O
touch O
during O
his O
brief O
stay O
at O
the O
crease O
before O
chipping O
a O
simple O
catch O
to O
Shane B-PER
Warne I-PER
at O
mid-wicket O
. O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
tour O
manager O
Clive B-PER
Lloyd I-PER
has O
apologised O
for O
Lara B-PER
's O
behaviour O
on O
Tuesday O
. O

He O
( O
Lara B-PER
) O
had O
told O
Australia B-LOC
coach O
Geoff B-PER
Marsh I-PER
that O
wicketkeeper O
Ian B-PER
Healy I-PER
was O
unwelcome O
in O
the O
visitors O
' O
dressing O
room O
. O

The O
Melbourne B-LOC
crowd O
were O
clearly O
angered O
by O
the O
incident O
, O
loudly O
jeering O
the O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
vice-captain O
as O
he O
walked O
to O
the O
middle O
. O

It O
was O
left O
to O
fellow O
left-hander O
Shivnarine B-PER
Chanderpaul I-PER
to O
hold O
the O
innings O
together O
with O
a O
gritty O
54 O
despite O
the O
handicap O
of O
an O
injured O
groin O
. O

Chanderpaul B-PER
was O
forced O
to O
rely O
on O
a O
runner O
for O
most O
of O
his O
innings O
after O
hurting O
himself O
as O
he O
scurried O
back O
to O
his O
crease O
to O
avoid O
being O
run O
out O
. O

Pakistan B-LOC
, O
who O
arrive O
in O
Australia B-LOC
later O
this O
month O
, O
are O
the O
other O
team O
competing O
in O
the O
World O
Series O
tournament O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
V O
WEST B-LOC
INDIES O
WORLD O
SERIES O
SCOREBOARD O
. O

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Scoreboard O
in O
the O
World O
Series O

limited O
overs O
match O
between O
Australia B-LOC
and O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
on O
Friday O
: O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC

S. B-PER
Campbell I-PER
c O
Healy B-PER
b O
Gillespie B-PER
31 O

R. B-PER
Samuels I-PER
c O
M. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
b O
Gillespie B-PER
7 O

B. B-PER
Lara I-PER
c O
Warne B-PER
b O
Moody B-PER
5 O

S. B-PER
Chanderpaul I-PER
c O
Healy B-PER
b O
Blewett B-PER
54 O

C. B-PER
Hooper I-PER
run O
out O
7 O

J. B-PER
Adams I-PER
lbw O
b O
Moody B-PER
5 O

J. B-PER
Murray I-PER
c O
Blewett B-PER
b O
Warne B-PER
24 O

N. B-PER
McLean I-PER
c O
and O
b O
M. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
7 O

K. B-PER
Benjamin I-PER
b O
Warne B-PER
8 O

C. B-PER
Ambrose I-PER
run O
out O
2 O

C. B-PER
Walsh I-PER
not O
out O
8 O

Extras O
( O
lb-10 O
w-1 O
nb-3 O
) O
14 O

Total O
( O
49.2 O
overs O
) O
172 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-11 O
2-38 O
3-64 O
4-73 O
5-81 O
6-120 O
7-135 O
8-150 O

9-153 O
. O

Bowling O
: O
Reiffel B-PER
10-2-26-0 O
( O
nb-3 O
) O
, O
Gillespie B-PER
10-0-39-2 O
, O

Moody B-PER
10-1-25-2 O
, O
Blewett B-PER
6.2-0-27-1 O
, O
Warne B-PER
10-0-34-2 O
( O
w-1 O
) O
, O

M. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
3-0-11-1 O
. O

Australia B-LOC

M. B-PER
Taylor I-PER
b O
McLean B-PER
29 O

M. B-PER
Waugh I-PER
c O
Murray B-PER
b O
Benjamin B-PER
27 O

R. B-PER
Ponting I-PER
lbw O
McLean B-PER
5 O

G. B-PER
Blewett I-PER
not O
out O
57 O

M. B-PER
Bevan I-PER
st O
Murray B-PER
b O
Hooper B-PER
3 O

S. B-PER
Law I-PER
b O
Hooper B-PER
21 O

T. B-PER
Moody I-PER
not O
out O
3 O

Extras O
( O
lb-17 O
nb-8 O
w-3 O
) O
28 O

Total O
( O
for O
five O
wickets O
, O
48.4 O
overs O
) O
173 O

Fall O
of O
wickets O
: O
1-59 O
2-70 O
3-78 O
4-90 O
5-160 O
. O

Did O
not O
bat O
: O
I. B-PER
Healy I-PER
, O
P. B-PER
Reiffel I-PER
, O
S. B-PER
Warne I-PER
, O
J. B-PER
Gillespie I-PER
. O

Bowling O
: O
Ambrose B-PER
10-3-19-0 O
( O
2nb O
1w O
) O
, O
Walsh B-PER
9-0-34-0 O
( O
4nb O
) O
, O

Benjamin B-PER
9.4-0-43-1 O
( O
1nb O
1w O
) O
, O
Hooper B-PER
10-0-27-2 O
( O
1nb O
) O
, O
McLean B-PER

10-1-33-2 O
( O
1w O
) O
. O

Result O
: O
Australia B-LOC
won O
by O
five O
wickets O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
BEAT O
WEST B-LOC
INDIES O
BY O
FIVE O
WICKETS O
. O

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Australia B-LOC
beat O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
by O
five O
wickets O
in O
a O
World O
Series O
limited O
overs O
match O
at O
the O
Melbourne B-LOC
Cricket I-LOC
Ground I-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

Scores O
: O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
172 O
all O
out O
in O
49.2 O
overs O
( O
Shivnarine B-PER
Chanderpaul I-PER
54 O
) O
; O
Australia B-LOC
173-5 O
in O
48.4 O
overs O
( O
Greg B-PER
Blewett I-PER
57 O
not O
out O
) O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
WEST B-LOC
INDIES O
172 O
ALL O
OUT O
IN O
49.2 O
OVERS O
V O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
. O

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
were O
all O
out O
for O
172 O
off O
49.2 O
overs O
in O
the O
World O
Series O
limited O
overs O
match O
against O
Australia B-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
SHEFFIELD B-LOC
SHIELD O
SCORE O
. O

HOBART B-LOC
, O
Australia B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Score O
on O
the O
first O
day O
of O
the O
four-day O
Sheffield O
Shield O
match O
between O
Tasmania B-LOC
and O
Victoria B-LOC
at O
Bellerive B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
on O
Friday O
: O

Tasmania B-ORG
352 O
for O
three O
( O
David B-PER
Boon I-PER
106 O
not O
out O
, O
Shaun B-PER
Young I-PER
86 O
not O
out O
, O
Michael B-PER
DiVenuto I-PER
119 O
) O
v O
Victoria B-ORG
. O

CRICKET O
- O
LARA B-LOC
SUFFERS O
MORE O
AUSTRALIAN O
TOUR O
MISERY O
. O

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
batsman O
Brian B-PER
Lara I-PER
suffered O
another O
blow O
to O
his O
Australian O
tour O
, O
after O
already O
being O
disciplined O
for O
misconduct O
, O
when O
he O
was O
dismissed O
cheaply O
in O
the O
first O
limited O
overs O
match O
against O
Australia B-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

Lara B-PER
, O
who O
earned O
a O
stern O
rebuke O
from O
his O
own O
tour O
management O
after O
an O
angry O
outburst O
against O
Australia B-LOC
wicketkeeper O
Ian B-PER
Healy I-PER
, O
scored O
five O
to O
prolong O
a O
run O
of O
poor O
form O
with O
the O
bat O
. O

The O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
vice-captain O
struggled O
for O
timing O
during O
his O
36-minute O
stay O
at O
the O
crease O
before O
chipping O
a O
ball O
from O
medium O
pacer O
Tom B-PER
Moody I-PER
straight O
to O
Shane B-PER
Warne I-PER
at O
mid-wicket O
. O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
were O
53 O
for O
two O
in O
15 O
overs O
when O
rain O
stopped O
play O
at O
the O
Melbourne B-LOC
Cricket I-LOC
Ground I-LOC
after O
captain O
Courtney B-PER
Walsh I-PER
won O
the O
toss O
and O
elected O
to O
bat O
. O

Lara B-PER
's O
outburst O
three O
days O
ago O
has O
clearly O
turned O
some O
of O
the O
Australian O
public O
against O
him O
. O

As O
he O
walked O
to O
the O
wicket O
he O
was O
greeted O
by O
loud O
jeers O
from O
sections O
of O
the O
crowd O
. O

On O
several O
occasions O
during O
his O
innings O
, O
the O
crowd O
joined O
together O
in O
a O
series O
of O
obscene O
chants O
against O
him O
. O

Tour O
manager O
Clive B-PER
Lloyd I-PER
on O
Wednesday O
apologised O
for O
Lara B-PER
's O
behaviour O
in O
confronting O
Australia B-LOC
coach O
Geoff B-PER
Marsh I-PER
in O
the O
opposition O
dressing O
room O
to O
protest O
against O
his O
dismissal O
in O
the O
second O
test O
on O
Tuesday O
. O

Lloyd B-PER
did O
not O
say O
what O
form O
the O
discipline O
would O
take O
. O

Lara B-PER
, O
who O
holds O
the O
record O
for O
the O
highest O
score O
in O
test O
and O
first-class O
cricket O
, O
was O
unhappy O
about O
Healy B-PER
's O
role O
in O
the O
incident O
and O
questioned O
whether O
the O
ball O
had O
carried O
to O
the O
Australia B-LOC
keeper O
. O

Australia B-LOC
went O
on O
to O
win O
the O
match O
at O
the O
Sydney B-LOC
Cricket I-LOC
Ground I-LOC
by O
124 O
runs O
to O
take O
a O
two-nil O
lead O
in O
the O
five-test O
series O
after O
Lara B-PER
failed O
in O
both O
innings O
. O

Lara B-PER
has O
yet O
to O
score O
a O
century O
since O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
arrived O
in O
Australia B-LOC
five O
weeks O
ago O
. O

Both O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
and O
Australia B-LOC
team O
management O
have O
played O
down O
the O
incident O
, O
stressing O
that O
relations O
between O
the O
two O
sides O
have O
not O
been O
adversely O
affected O
. O

Pakistan B-LOC
, O
who O
arrive O
next O
week O
, O
are O
the O
third O
team O
in O
the O
triangular O
World O
Series O
tournament O
. O

CRICKET O
- O
WEST B-LOC
INDIES O
TO O
BAT O
AFTER O
WINNING O
THE O
TOSS O
. O

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
captain O
Courtney B-PER
Walsh I-PER
elected O
to O
bat O
after O
winning O
the O
toss O
in O
the O
first O
match O
in O
the O
World O
Series O
limited O
overs O
competition O
against O
Australia B-LOC
at O
the O
Melbourne B-LOC
Cricket I-LOC
Ground I-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

Teams O
: O

Australia B-LOC
- O
Mark B-PER
Taylor I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Mark B-PER
Waugh I-PER
, O
Ricky B-PER
Ponting I-PER
, O
Greg B-PER
Blewett I-PER
, O
Michael B-PER
Bevan I-PER
, O
Stuart B-PER
Law I-PER
, O
Tom B-PER
Moody I-PER
, O
Ian B-PER
Healy I-PER
, O
Paul B-PER
Reiffel I-PER
, O
Shane B-PER
Warne I-PER
, O
Jason B-PER
Gillespie I-PER
, O
Glenn B-PER
McGrath I-PER
12th O
man O
. O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
- O
Sherwin B-PER
Campbell I-PER
, O
Robert B-PER
Samuels I-PER
, O
Brian B-PER
Lara I-PER
, O
Shivnarine B-PER
Chanderpaul I-PER
, O
Carl B-PER
Hooper I-PER
, O
Jimmy B-PER
Adams I-PER
, O
Junior B-PER
Murray I-PER
, O
Nixon B-PER
McLean I-PER
, O
Kenneth B-PER
Benjamin I-PER
, O
Curtly B-PER
Ambrose I-PER
, O
Courtney B-PER
Walsh I-PER
( O
captain O
) O
, O
Roland B-PER
Holder I-PER
12th O
man O
. O

BADMINTON O
- O
WORLD O
GRAND O
PRIX O
RESULTS O
. O

BALI B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Results O
in O
last O
of O
the O
group O
matches O
at O
the O
World O
Grand O
Prix O
badminton O
finals O
on O
Friday O
: O

Men O
's O
singles O

Group O
B O

Chen B-PER
Gang I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Martin B-PER
Londgaard I-PER
Hansen I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
15-12 O
15-6 O

Dong B-PER
Jiong I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Thomas B-PER
Stuer-Lauridsen I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
15-10 O
15-6 O

Indra B-PER
Wijaya I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Ong B-PER
Ewe I-PER
Hock I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
5-15 O
15-11 O
15-11 O

Group O
C O

Sun B-PER
Jun I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Rashid B-PER
Sidek I-PER
( O
Malaysia B-LOC
) O
15-12 O
17-14 O

Hermawan B-PER
Susanto I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Soren B-PER
B. I-PER
Nielsen I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
15-8 O
15-2 O

Group O
D O

Allan B-PER
Budi I-PER
Kuksuma I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Poul-Erik B-PER
Hoyer-Larsen I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
15-7 O
15-4 O

Budi B-PER
Santoso I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Hu B-PER
Zhilan I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
15-4 O
15-5 O

Semifinals O
( O
on O
Saturday O
) O
: O
Fung B-PER
Permadi I-PER
( O
Taiwan B-LOC
) O
v O
Indra B-PER

Wijaya B-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
; O
Sun B-PER
Jun I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
v O
Allan B-PER
Budi I-PER
Kusuma I-PER

( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O

Women O
's O
singles O

Group O
A O

Gong B-PER
Zhichao I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Mia B-PER
Audina I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
11-2 O
12-10 O

Group O
B O

Ye B-PER
Zhaoying I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Meiluawati B-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
11-6 O
12-10 O

Group O
C O

Camilla B-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
beat O
Wang B-PER
Chen I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
11-0 O
12-10 O

Group O
D O

Susi B-PER
Susanti I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Han B-PER
Jingna I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
11-5 O
11-4 O
. O

Semifinals O
( O
on O
Saturday O
) O
: O
Susi B-PER
Susanti I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
v O
Camilla B-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
; O
Ye B-PER
Zhaoying I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
v O
Gong B-PER
Zichao I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
ARAB O
CONTRACTORS O
WIN O
AFRICAN O
CUP O
WINNERS O
' O
CUP O
. O

CAIRO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Result O
of O
the O
second O
leg O
of O
the O
African O
Cup O
Winners O
' O
Cup O
final O
at O
the O
National B-LOC
stadium O
on O
Friday O
: O
Arab B-ORG
Contractors I-ORG
( O
Egypt B-LOC
) O
4 O
Sodigraf B-ORG
( O
Zaire B-LOC
) O
0 O
( O
halftime O
2-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

Aly B-PER
Ashour I-PER
7 O
, O
56 O
penalty O
, O
Mohamed B-PER
Ouda I-PER
24 O
, O
73 O

Contractors B-ORG
won O
4-0 O
on O
aggregate O
. O

NHL O
ICE O
HOCKEY O
- O
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
THURSDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Standings O
of O
National O
Hockey O

League O
teams O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O
( O
tabulate O
under O

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

EASTERN O
CONFERENCE O

NORTHEAST O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

HARTFORD B-ORG
12 O
7 O
6 O
77 O
76 O
30 O

BUFFALO B-ORG
13 O
12 O
1 O
77 O
76 O
27 O

BOSTON B-ORG
10 O
11 O
4 O
74 O
84 O
24 O

MONTREAL B-ORG
10 O
14 O
4 O
96 O
103 O
24 O

PITTSBURGH B-ORG
9 O
13 O
3 O
81 O
91 O
21 O

OTTAWA B-ORG
7 O
11 O
6 O
62 O
72 O
20 O

ATLANTIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

FLORIDA B-ORG
17 O
4 O
6 O
83 O
53 O
40 O

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
14 O
12 O
2 O
75 O
75 O
30 O

NEW B-ORG
JERSEY I-ORG
14 O
10 O
1 O
61 O
61 O
29 O

WASHINGTON B-ORG
13 O
12 O
1 O
69 O
66 O
27 O

NY B-ORG
RANGERS I-ORG
10 O
13 O
5 O
91 O
81 O
25 O

NY B-ORG
ISLANDERS I-ORG
7 O
11 O
8 O
65 O
72 O
22 O

TAMPA B-ORG
BAY I-ORG
8 O
15 O
2 O
69 O
81 O
18 O

WESTERN O
CONFERENCE O

CENTRAL O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

DETROIT B-ORG
15 O
9 O
4 O
81 O
53 O
34 O

DALLAS B-ORG
16 O
9 O
1 O
74 O
60 O
33 O

CHICAGO B-ORG
12 O
12 O
3 O
71 O
67 O
27 O

ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
13 O
14 O
0 O
78 O
81 O
26 O

TORONTO B-ORG
11 O
15 O
0 O
76 O
89 O
22 O

PHOENIX B-ORG
9 O
13 O
4 O
61 O
74 O
22 O

PACIFIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

COLORADO B-ORG
17 O
6 O
4 O
97 O
56 O
38 O

VANCOUVER B-ORG
14 O
11 O
1 O
84 O
83 O
29 O

EDMONTON B-ORG
13 O
14 O
1 O
94 O
88 O
27 O

LOS B-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
11 O
13 O
3 O
72 O
83 O
25 O

SAN B-ORG
JOSE I-ORG
10 O
13 O
4 O
69 O
87 O
24 O

CALGARY B-ORG
10 O
16 O
2 O
65 O
77 O
22 O

ANAHEIM B-ORG
9 O
14 O
4 O
73 O
86 O
22 O

FRIDAY O
, O
DECEMBER O
6 O

ANAHEIM B-ORG
AT O
BUFFALO B-LOC

TORONTO B-ORG
AT O
NY B-LOC
RANGERS O

PITTSBURGH B-ORG
AT O
WASHINGTON B-LOC

MONTREAL B-ORG
AT O
CHICAGO B-LOC

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
AT O
DALLAS B-LOC

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

OTTAWA B-ORG
AT O
EDMONTON B-LOC

NHL B-ORG
ICE O
HOCKEY O
- O
THURSDAY O
'S O
RESULTS O
. O

[ O
CORRECTED O
08:40 O
GMT O
] O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

( O
Corrects O
headline O
from O
NBA B-ORG
to O
NHL B-ORG
and O
corrects O
team O
name O
in O
second O
result O
from O
La B-ORG
Clippers I-ORG
to O
Ny B-ORG
Islanders I-ORG
. O

) O

Results O
of O
National O
Hockey O

League O
games O
on O
Thursday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

Hartford B-ORG
4 O
BOSTON B-ORG
2 O

FLORIDA B-ORG
4 O
Ny B-ORG
Islanders I-ORG
2 O

NEW B-ORG
JERSEY I-ORG
2 O
Calgary B-ORG
1 O

Phoenix B-ORG
3 O
ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
0 O

Tampa B-ORG
Bay I-ORG
2 O
LOS B-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
1 O

NFL B-ORG
AMERICAN O
FOOTBALL-COLTS O
CLOBBER O
EAGLES O
TO O
STAY O
IN O
PLAYOFF B-LOC
HUNT O
. O

INDIANAPOLIS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
injury-plagued O
Indianapolis B-ORG
Colts I-ORG
lost O
another O
quarterback O
on O
Thursday O
but O
last O
year O
's O
AFC B-ORG
finalists O
rallied O
together O
to O
shoot O
down O
the O
Philadelphia B-ORG
Eagles I-ORG
37-10 O
in O
a O
showdown O
of O
playoff O
contenders O
. O

Marshall B-PER
Faulk I-PER
rushed O
for O
101 O
yards O
and O
two O
touchdowns O
and O
Jason B-PER
Belser I-PER
returned O
an O
interception O
44 O
yards O
for O
a O
score O
as O
the O
Colts B-ORG
improved O
to O
8-6 O
, O
the O
same O
mark O
as O
the O
Eagles B-ORG
, O
who O
lost O
for O
the O
fourth O
time O
in O
five O
games O
. O

Paul B-PER
Justin I-PER
, O
starting O
for O
the O
sidelined O
Jim B-PER
Harbaugh I-PER
, O
was O
14-of-23 O
for O
144 O
yards O
and O
a O
touchdown O
for O
the O
the O
Colts B-ORG
, O
who O
played O
their O
last O
home O
game O
of O
the O
season O
. O

Indianapolis B-LOC
closes O
with O
games O
at O
Kansas B-LOC
City I-LOC
and O
Cincinnati B-LOC
. O

The O
Eagles B-ORG
were O
held O
without O
a O
touchdown O
until O
the O
final O
five O
seconds O
. O

Philadelphia B-ORG
, O
which O
fell O
from O
an O
NFC O
East O
tie O
with O
the O
Dallas B-ORG
Cowboys I-ORG
and O
Washington B-ORG
Redskins I-ORG
, O
go O
on O
the O
road O
against O
the O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Jets I-ORG
and O
then O
entertain O
Arizona B-LOC
. O

The O
loss O
by O
Philadelphia B-ORG
allowed O
the O
idle O
Green B-ORG
Bay I-ORG
Packers I-ORG
( O
10-3 O
) O
to O
clinch O
the O
first O
NFC O
playoff O
berth O
. O

The O
Colts B-ORG
won O
despite O
the O
absence O
of O
injured O
starting O
defensive O
tackle O
Tony B-PER
Siragusa I-PER
, O
cornerback O
Ray B-PER
Buchanan I-PER
and O
linebacker O
Quentin B-PER
Coryatt I-PER
. O

Faulk B-PER
carried O
16 O
times O
, O
including O
a O
13-yard O
TD O
run O
in O
the O
first O
quarter O
and O
a O
seven-yard O
score O
early O
in O
the O
final O
period O
. O

Justin B-PER
made O
his O
second O
straight O
start O
for O
Harbaugh B-PER
, O
who O
has O
a O
knee O
injury O
. O

Justin B-PER
suffered O
a O
sprained O
right O
shoulder O
in O
the O
third O
quarter O
and O
did O
not O
return O
. O

Third-stringer O
Kerwin B-PER
Bell I-PER
, O
a O
1988 O
draft O
choice O
of O
the O
Miami B-ORG
Dolphins I-ORG
, O
made O
his O
NFL B-ORG
debut O
and O
was O
5-of-5 O
for O
75 O
yards O
, O
including O
a O
20-yard O
scoring O
strike O
to O
Marvin B-PER
Harrison I-PER
in O
the O
third O
period O
. O

A O
39-yard O
interference O
penalty O
against O
Philadelphia B-ORG
's O
Troy B-PER
Vincent I-PER
set O
up O
Faulk B-PER
's O
first O
score O
around O
left O
end O
that O
capped O
an O
80-yard O
march O
5:17 O
into O
the O
game O
and O
the O
rout O
was O
on O
. O

Eagles B-ORG
quarterback O
Ty B-PER
Detmer I-PER
was O
17-of-34 O
for O
182 O
yards O
before O
he O
was O
benched O
. O

Ricky B-PER
Watters I-PER
, O
who O
leads O
the O
NFC B-ORG
in O
rushing O
, O
left O
the O
game O
after O
getting O
kneed O
to O
the O
helmet O
after O
gaining O
33 O
yards O
on O
seven O
carries O
. O

NBA B-ORG
BASKETBALL O
- O
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
THURSDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Standings O
of O
National O

Basketball O
Association O
teams O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Thursday O

( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O
lost O
, O
percentage O
, O
games O
behind O
) O
: O

EASTERN O
CONFERENCE O

ATLANTIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

MIAMI B-ORG
14 O
4 O
.778 O
- O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
10 O
6 O
.625 O
3 O

ORLANDO B-ORG
8 O
6 O
.571 O
4 O

WASHINGTON B-ORG
7 O
9 O
.438 O
6 O

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
7 O
10 O
.412 O
6 O
1/2 O

BOSTON B-ORG
4 O
12 O
.250 O
9 O

NEW B-LOC
JERSEY I-LOC
3 O
10 O
.231 O
8 O
1/2 O

CENTRAL O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

CHICAGO B-ORG
17 O
1 O
.944 O
- O

DETROIT B-ORG
13 O
3 O
.813 O
3 O

CLEVELAND B-ORG
11 O
5 O
.688 O
5 O

ATLANTA B-ORG
10 O
8 O
.556 O
7 O

CHARLOTTE B-ORG
8 O
8 O
.500 O
8 O

MILWAUKEE B-ORG
8 O
8 O
.500 O
8 O

INDIANA B-ORG
7 O
8 O
.467 O
8 O
1/2 O

TORONTO B-ORG
6 O
11 O
.353 O
10 O
1/2 O

WESTERN O
CONFERENCE O

MIDWEST O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

HOUSTON B-LOC
16 O
2 O
.889 O
- O

UTAH B-ORG
14 O
2 O
.875 O
1 O

MINNESOTA B-ORG
7 O
10 O
.412 O
8 O
1/2 O

DALLAS B-ORG
6 O
11 O
.353 O
9 O
1/2 O

DENVER B-ORG
5 O
14 O
.263 O
11 O
1/2 O

SAN B-ORG
ANTONIO I-ORG
3 O
13 O
.188 O
12 O

VANCOUVER B-ORG
2 O
16 O
.111 O
14 O

PACIFIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

SEATTLE B-ORG
15 O
5 O
.750 O
- O

LA B-ORG
LAKERS I-ORG
13 O
7 O
.650 O
2 O

PORTLAND B-ORG
11 O
8 O
.579 O
3 O
1/2 O

LA B-ORG
CLIPPERS I-ORG
7 O
11 O
.389 O
7 O

GOLDEN O
STATE O
6 O
12 O
.333 O
8 O

SACRAMENTO B-ORG
6 O
12 O
.333 O
8 O

PHOENIX B-ORG
2 O
14 O
.125 O
11 O

FRIDAY O
, O
DECEMBER O
6 O

NEW B-ORG
JERSEY I-ORG
AT O
BOSTON B-LOC

CLEVELAND B-ORG
AT O
DETROIT B-LOC

NEW B-ORG
YORK I-ORG
AT O
MIAMI B-LOC

PHOENIX B-ORG
AT O
SACRAMENTO B-LOC

VANCOUVER B-ORG
AT O
SAN B-LOC
ANTONIO I-LOC

MINNESOTA B-ORG
AT O
UTAH B-LOC

CHARLOTTE B-ORG
AT O
PORTLAND B-LOC

INDIANA B-ORG
AT O
GOLDEN B-LOC
STATE I-LOC

ORLANDO B-ORG
AT O
LA B-LOC
LAKERS I-LOC

NFL B-ORG
AMERICAN O
FOOTBALL-STANDINGS O
AFTER O
THURSDAY O
'S O
GAME O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-05 O

National O
Football O
League O

standings O
after O
Thursday O
's O
game O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O
lost O
, O

tied O
, O
points O
for O
and O
points O
against O
) O
: O

AMERICAN O
FOOTBALL O
CONFERENCE O

EASTERN O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
PF O
PA O

NEW B-LOC
ENGLAND I-LOC
9 O
4 O
0 O
355 O
269 O

BUFFALO B-ORG
9 O
4 O
0 O
267 O
215 O

INDIANAPOLIS B-ORG
8 O
6 O
0 O
269 O
284 O

MIAMI B-ORG
6 O
7 O
0 O
285 O
266 O

NY B-ORG
JETS I-ORG
1 O
12 O
0 O
221 O
368 O

CENTRAL O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
PF O
PA O

PITTSBURGH B-ORG
9 O
4 O
0 O
299 O
211 O

HOUSTON B-ORG
7 O
6 O
0 O
291 O
254 O

JACKSONVILLE B-ORG
6 O
7 O
0 O
263 O
288 O

CINCINNATI B-ORG
5 O
8 O
0 O
299 O
318 O

BALTIMORE B-ORG
4 O
9 O
0 O
320 O
369 O

WESTERN O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
PF O
PA O

X-DENVER O
12 O
1 O
0 O
351 O
199 O

KANSAS B-ORG
CITY I-ORG
9 O
4 O
0 O
262 O
230 O

SAN B-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
7 O
6 O
0 O
277 O
323 O

OAKLAND B-LOC
6 O
7 O
0 O
274 O
234 O

SEATTLE B-ORG
5 O
8 O
0 O
250 O
317 O

NATIONAL O
FOOTBALL O
CONFERENCE O

EASTERN O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
PF O
PA O

DALLAS B-ORG
8 O
5 O
0 O
254 O
201 O

WASHINGTON B-LOC
8 O
5 O
0 O
291 O
251 O

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
8 O
6 O
0 O
313 O
302 O

ARIZONA B-ORG
6 O
7 O
0 O
248 O
332 O

NY B-ORG
GIANTS I-ORG
5 O
8 O
0 O
200 O
250 O

CENTRAL O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
PF O
PA O

Y-GREEN O
BAY O
10 O
3 O
0 O
346 O
191 O

MINNESOTA B-ORG
7 O
6 O
0 O
243 O
245 O

CHICAGO B-ORG
5 O
8 O
0 O
202 O
248 O

DETROIT B-ORG
5 O
8 O
0 O
263 O
289 O

TAMPA B-ORG
BAY I-ORG
4 O
9 O
0 O
153 O
243 O

WESTERN O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
PF O
PA O

SAN B-ORG
FRANCISCO I-ORG
10 O
3 O
0 O
325 O
198 O

CAROLINA B-ORG
9 O
4 O
0 O
292 O
164 O

ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
4 O
9 O
0 O
246 O
334 O

ATLANTA B-ORG
2 O
11 O
0 O
234 O
393 O

NEW B-ORG
ORLEANS I-LOC
2 O
11 O
0 O
184 O
291 O

X O
-- O
CLINCHED O
DIVISION O
TITLE O

Y O
-- O
CLINCHED O
PLAYOFF O
BERTH O

SUNDAY O
, O
DECEMBER O
8 O

ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
AT O
CHICAGO B-LOC

BALTIMORE B-ORG
AT O
CINCINNATI B-LOC

DENVER B-ORG
AT O
GREEN B-LOC
BAY I-LOC

JACKSONVILLE B-ORG
AT O
HOUSTON B-LOC

NY B-ORG
GIANTS I-ORG
AT O
MIAMI B-LOC

ATLANTA B-ORG
AT O
NEW B-LOC
ORLEANS I-LOC

SAN B-ORG
DIEGO I-ORG
AT O
PITTSBURGH B-LOC

WASHINGTON B-ORG
AT O
TAMPA B-LOC
BAY I-LOC

DALLAS B-ORG
AT O
ARIZONA B-LOC

NY B-ORG
JETS I-ORG
AT O
NEW B-LOC
ENGLAND I-LOC

BUFFALO B-ORG
AT O
SEATTLE B-LOC

CAROLINA B-ORG
AT O
SAN B-LOC
FRANCISCO I-LOC

MINNESOTA B-ORG
AT O
DETROIT B-LOC

MONDAY O
, O
DECEMBER O
9 O

KANSAS B-ORG
CITY I-ORG
AT O
OAKLAND B-LOC

NFL B-ORG
AMERICAN O
FOOTBALL-THURSDAY O
'S O
RESULT O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-05 O

Result O
of O
National O
Football O

League O
game O
on O
Thursday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

INDIANAPOLIS B-ORG
37 O
Philadelphia B-ORG
10 O

NCAA O
AMERICAN O
FOOTBALL-OHIO O
STATE I-LOC
'S O
PACE O
FIRST O
REPEAT O
LOMBARDI O
AWARD O
WINNER O
. O

HOUSTON B-LOC
1996-12-05 O

Ohio B-ORG
State I-ORG
left O
tackle O
Orlando B-PER
Pace I-PER
became O
the O
first O
repeat O
winner O
of O
the O
Lombardi O
Award O
Thursday O
night O
when O
the O
Rotary B-ORG
Club I-ORG
of I-ORG
Houston I-ORG
again O
honoured O
him O
as O
college O
football O
's O
lineman O
of O
the O
year O
. O

Pace B-PER
, O
a O
junior O
, O
helped O
Ohio B-ORG
State I-ORG
to O
a O
10-1 O
record O
and O
a O
berth O
in O
the O
Rose O
Bowl O
against O
Arizona B-ORG
State I-ORG
. O

He O
was O
the O
most O
dominant O
offensive O
lineman O
in O
the O
country O
and O
also O
played O
defensive O
line O
in O
goal-line O
situations O
. O

Last O
year O
, O
Pace B-PER
became O
the O
first O
sophomore O
to O
win O
the O
award O
since O
its O
inception O
in O
1970 O
. O

Pace B-PER
outdistanced O
three O
senior O
finalists O
-- O
Virginia B-ORG
Tech I-ORG
defensive O
end O
Cornell B-PER
Brown I-PER
, O
Arizona B-ORG
State I-ORG
offensive O
tackle O
Juan B-PER
Roque I-PER
and O
defensive O
end O
Jared B-PER
Tomich I-PER
of O
Nebraska B-LOC
. O

The O
Lombardi O
Award O
is O
presented O
to O
the O
college O
lineman O
who O
, O
in O
addition O
to O
outstanding O
effort O
on O
the O
field O
, O
best O
exemplifies O
the O
characteristics O
and O
discipline O
of O
Vince B-PER
Lombardi I-PER
, O
legendary O
coach O
of O
the O
Green B-ORG
Bay I-ORG
Packers I-ORG
. O

SOCCER O
- O
DUTCH O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

AMSTERDAM B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Result O
of O
Dutch O
first O
division O

soccer O
match O
played O
on O
Friday O
: O

RKC B-ORG
Waalwijk I-ORG
1 O
Willem B-ORG
II I-ORG
Tilburg I-ORG
2 O

Standings O
( O
tabulate O
under O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O

for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

PSV B-ORG
Eindhoven I-ORG
18 O
13 O
3 O
2 O
52 O
14 O
42 O

Feyenoord B-ORG
17 O
11 O
3 O
3 O
29 O
20 O
36 O

Twente B-ORG
Enschede I-ORG
18 O
10 O
4 O
4 O
28 O
15 O
34 O

Graafschap B-ORG
Doetinchem I-ORG
18 O
9 O
3 O
6 O
29 O
22 O
30 O

Vitesse B-ORG
Arnhem I-ORG
18 O
8 O
5 O
5 O
29 O
21 O
29 O

Ajax B-ORG
Amsterdam I-ORG
18 O
7 O
8 O
3 O
23 O
16 O
29 O

Heerenveen B-ORG
18 O
7 O
7 O
4 O
30 O
20 O
28 O

Roda B-ORG
JC I-ORG
Kerkrade I-ORG
17 O
7 O
6 O
4 O
19 O
21 O
27 O

Utrecht B-ORG
18 O
4 O
10 O
4 O
26 O
24 O
22 O

Volendam B-ORG
18 O
5 O
6 O
7 O
20 O
23 O
21 O

Sparta B-ORG
Rotterdam I-ORG
19 O
6 O
3 O
10 O
21 O
25 O
21 O

NAC B-ORG
Breda I-ORG
18 O
6 O
3 O
9 O
17 O
29 O
21 O

Willem B-ORG
II I-ORG
Tilburg I-ORG
18 O
5 O
4 O
9 O
19 O
31 O
19 O

Groningen B-ORG
18 O
4 O
6 O
8 O
20 O
31 O
18 O

AZ B-ORG
Alkmaar I-ORG
18 O
5 O
2 O
11 O
16 O
23 O
17 O

Fortuna B-ORG
Sittard I-ORG
17 O
3 O
7 O
7 O
14 O
28 O
16 O

NEC B-ORG
Nijmegen I-ORG
18 O
3 O
7 O
8 O
19 O
32 O
16 O

RKC B-ORG
Waalwijk I-ORG
19 O
3 O
5 O
11 O
18 O
33 O
14 O

SOCCER O
- O
GERMAN O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

BONN B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Results O
of O
German O
first O
division O

soccer O
matches O
played O
on O
Friday O
: O

Bochum B-ORG
2 O
Bayer B-ORG
Leverkusen I-ORG
2 O

Werder B-ORG
Bremen I-ORG
1 O
1860 B-ORG
Munich I-ORG
1 O

Karlsruhe B-ORG
3 O
Freiburg B-ORG
0 O

Schalke B-ORG
2 O
Hansa B-ORG
Rostock I-ORG
0 O

Standings O
( O
tabulated O
under O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O

for O
goals O
against O
points O
) O
: O

Bayer B-ORG
Leverkusen I-ORG
17 O
10 O
4 O
3 O
38 O
22 O
34 O

Bayern B-ORG
Munich I-ORG
16 O
9 O
6 O
1 O
26 O
14 O
33 O

VfB B-ORG
Stuttgart I-ORG
16 O
9 O
4 O
3 O
39 O
17 O
31 O

Borussia B-ORG
Dortmund I-ORG
16 O
9 O
4 O
3 O
33 O
17 O
31 O

Karlsruhe B-ORG
17 O
8 O
4 O
5 O
30 O
20 O
28 O

VfL B-ORG
Bochum I-ORG
16 O
7 O
6 O
3 O
23 O
21 O
27 O

1. O
FC B-ORG
Cologne I-ORG
16 O
8 O
2 O
6 O
31 O
27 O
26 O

Schalke B-ORG
04 I-ORG
17 O
7 O
4 O
6 O
25 O
26 O
25 O

Werder B-ORG
Bremen I-ORG
17 O
6 O
4 O
7 O
29 O
28 O
22 O

MSV B-ORG
Duisburg I-ORG
16 O
5 O
4 O
7 O
16 O
22 O
19 O

SV B-ORG
1860 I-ORG
Munich I-ORG
17 O
4 O
6 O
7 O
25 O
31 O
18 O

FC B-ORG
St. I-ORG
Pauli I-ORG
15 O
5 O
3 O
7 O
21 O
28 O
18 O

Fortuna B-ORG
Dusseldorf I-ORG
16 O
5 O
3 O
8 O
13 O
24 O
18 O

Hamburger B-ORG
SV I-ORG
16 O
4 O
5 O
7 O
20 O
25 O
17 O

Arminia B-ORG
Bielefeld I-ORG
16 O
4 O
4 O
8 O
18 O
28 O
16 O

FC B-ORG
Hansa I-ORG
Rostock I-ORG
17 O
4 O
3 O
10 O
19 O
26 O
15 O

Borussia B-ORG
Monchengladbach I-ORG
16 O
4 O
3 O
9 O
12 O
22 O
15 O

SC B-ORG
Freiburg I-ORG
17 O
4 O
1 O
12 O
20 O
40 O
13 O

SOCCER O
- O
FRENCH O
LEAGUE O
SUMMARIES O
. O

PARIS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Summaries O
of O
French O
first O
division O

matches O
on O
Friday O
: O

Lens B-ORG
0 O
Nantes B-ORG
4 O
( O
Japhet B-PER
N'Doram I-PER
7 O
, O
Claude B-PER
Makelele I-PER
42 O
, O
Jocelyn B-PER

Gourvennec B-PER
67 O
, O
Christophe B-PER
Pignol I-PER
72 O
) O
. O

Halftime O
0-2 O
. O

Attendance O
: O

15,000 O
. O

Paris B-ORG
St I-ORG
Germain I-ORG
1 O
( O
Bruno B-PER
N'Gotty I-PER
2 O
) O
Nancy B-ORG
2 O
( O
Paul B-PER
Fischer I-PER

70 O
, O
Phil B-PER
Gray I-PER
89 O
) O
. O

1-0 O
. O

30,000 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
DUTCH O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
SUMMARIES O
. O

AMSTERDAM B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Summary O
of O
Dutch O
first O
division O

soccer O
match O
played O
on O
Friday O
: O

RKC B-ORG
Waalwijk I-ORG
1 O
( O
Starbuck B-PER
76 O
) O
Willem B-ORG
II I-ORG
Tilburg I-ORG
2 O
( O
Konterman B-PER
45 O
, O

Van B-PER
der I-PER
Vegt I-PER
77 O
) O
. O

Halftime O
0-1 O
. O

Attendance O
5,300 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
FRENCH O
LEAGUE O
STANDINGS O
. O

PARIS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Standings O
in O
the O
French O
first O

division O
after O
Friday O
's O
matches O
( O
tabulate O
under O
played O
, O
won O
, O

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

Paris B-ORG
Saint-Germain I-ORG
21 O
12 O
6 O
3 O
34 O
15 O
42 O

Monaco B-ORG
20 O
12 O
5 O
3 O
36 O
16 O
41 O

Bordeaux B-ORG
20 O
9 O
7 O
4 O
29 O
21 O
34 O

Strasbourg B-ORG
20 O
11 O
1 O
8 O
27 O
27 O
34 O

Bastia B-ORG
20 O
9 O
6 O
5 O
27 O
22 O
33 O

Auxerre B-ORG
20 O
8 O
8 O
4 O
26 O
12 O
32 O

Metz B-ORG
20 O
8 O
7 O
5 O
21 O
16 O
31 O

Nantes B-ORG
21 O
7 O
9 O
5 O
41 O
25 O
30 O

Guingamp B-ORG
20 O
7 O
7 O
6 O
18 O
18 O
28 O

Lille B-ORG
20 O
7 O
7 O
6 O
22 O
28 O
28 O

Marseille B-ORG
20 O
6 O
8 O
6 O
18 O
17 O
26 O

Lyon B-ORG
20 O
6 O
8 O
6 O
24 O
31 O
26 O

Rennes B-ORG
20 O
7 O
4 O
9 O
23 O
28 O
25 O

Lens B-ORG
21 O
7 O
4 O
10 O
25 O
34 O
25 O

Le B-ORG
Havre I-ORG
20 O
5 O
7 O
8 O
20 O
21 O
22 O

Cannes B-ORG
20 O
5 O
7 O
8 O
13 O
22 O
22 O

Montpellier B-ORG
20 O
3 O
9 O
8 O
17 O
24 O
18 O

Caen B-ORG
20 O
3 O
7 O
10 O
12 O
23 O
16 O

Nancy B-ORG
21 O
3 O
7 O
11 O
14 O
26 O
16 O

Nice B-ORG
20 O
3 O
4 O
13 O
17 O
38 O
13 O

SOCCER O
- O
FRENCH O
LEAGUE O
RESULTS O
. O

PARIS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Results O
of O
French O
first O
division O

matches O
on O
Friday O
: O

Lens B-ORG
0 O
Nantes B-ORG
4 O

Paris B-ORG
St I-ORG
Germain I-ORG
1 O
Nancy B-ORG
2 O

SOCCER O
- O
GERMAN O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
SUMMARIES O
. O

BONN B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Summaries O
of O
matches O
played O
in O
the O
German O
first O
division O
on O
Friday O
: O

Bochum B-ORG
2 O
( O
Stickroth B-PER
30th O
pen O
, O
Wosz B-PER
89th O
) O
Bayer B-ORG
Leverkusen I-ORG
2 O
( O
Kirsten B-PER
18th O
, O
Ramelow B-PER
56th O
) O
. O

Halftime O
1-1 O
. O

Attendance O
: O
24,602 O

Werder B-ORG
Bremen I-ORG
1 O
( O
Bode B-PER
85th O
) O
1860 B-ORG
Munich I-ORG
1 O
( O
Bormirow B-PER
8th O
) O
. O

Halftime O
0-1 O
. O

Attendance O
33,000 O

Karlsruhe B-ORG
3 O
( O
Reich B-PER
29th O
, O
Carl B-PER
44th O
, O
Dundee B-ORG
69th O
) O
Freiburg B-ORG
0 O
. O

Halftime O
2-0 O
. O

Attendance O
33,000 O

Schalke B-ORG
2 O
( O
Mulder B-PER
2nd O
and O
27th O
) O
Hansa B-ORG
Rostock I-ORG
0 O
. O

Halftime O
2-0 O
. O

Attendance O
29,300 O

TENNIS O
- O
GRAND O
SLAM O
CUP O
QUARTER-FINAL O
RESULTS O
. O

MUNICH B-LOC
, O
Germany B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Quarter-final O
results O
at O
the O
$ O
6 O
million O
Grand O
Slam O
Cup O
tennis O
tournament O
on O
Friday O
: O
Goran B-PER
Ivanisevic I-PER
( O
Croatia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Mark B-PER
Woodforde I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
6-4 O
6-4 O

Yevgeny B-PER
Kafelnikov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Jim B-PER
Courier I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
2-6 O
6-4 O
8-6 O

SOCCER O
- O
WEAH O
HEAD-BUTT O
DEPRIVES O
PORTUGAL O
OF O
COSTA B-LOC
. O

LISBON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Portugal B-LOC
called O
up O
Porto B-ORG
central O
defender O
Joao B-PER
Manuel I-PER
Pinto I-PER
on O
Friday O
to O
face O
Germany B-LOC
in O
a O
World O
Cup O
qualifier O
in O
place O
of O
injured O
club O
colleague O
Jorge B-PER
Costa I-PER
, O
who O
is O
still O
nursing O
a O
broken O
nose O
after O
being O
head-butted O
by O
Liberian O
striker O
Georg B-PER
Weah I-PER
. O

Costa B-PER
has O
not O
played O
since O
being O
struck O
by O
the O
AC B-ORG
Milan I-ORG
forward O
after O
a O
bad-tempered O
European O
Champions O
' O
League O
game O
on O
November O
27 O
. O

Portugal B-LOC
lead O
European O
qualifying O
group O
nine O
with O
seven O
points O
from O
four O
games O
, O
one O
more O
than O
Ukraine B-LOC
and O
three O
more O
than O
Germany B-LOC
, O
who O
have O
only O
played O
twice O
. O

The O
Portuguese O
host O
Germany B-LOC
on O
December O
14 O
. O

Squad O
: O

Goalkeepers O
- O
Vitor B-PER
Baia I-PER
( O
Barcelona B-ORG
, O
Spain B-ORG
) O
, O
Rui B-PER
Correia I-PER
( O
Braga B-ORG
) O
: O

Defenders O
- O
Paulinho B-PER
Santos I-PER
( O
Porto B-ORG
) O
, O
Sergio B-PER
Conceicao I-PER
( O
Porto B-ORG
) O
, O
Joao B-PER
Manuel I-PER
Pinto I-PER
( O
Porto B-ORG
) O
, O
Oceano B-PER
Cruz I-PER
( O
Sporting B-ORG
) O
, O
Fernando B-PER
Couto I-PER
( O
Barcelona B-ORG
) O
, O
Helder B-PER
Cristovao I-PER
( O
Deportivo B-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
, O
Spain B-LOC
) O
, O
Dimas B-PER
Teixeira I-PER
( O
Juventus B-ORG
, O
Italy B-ORG
) O
, O
Carlos B-PER
Secretario I-PER
( O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
, O
Spain B-LOC
) O
: O

Midfielders O
- O
Rui B-PER
Barros I-PER
( O
Porto B-ORG
) O
, O
Jose B-PER
Barroso I-PER
( O
Porto B-ORG
) O
, O
Luis B-PER
Figo I-PER
( O
Barcelona B-ORG
) O
, O
Paulo B-PER
Bento I-PER
( O
Oviedo B-ORG
, O
Spain B-LOC
) O
, O
Jose B-PER
Taira I-PER
( O
Salamanca B-ORG
, O
Spain B-LOC
) O
: O

Forwards O
- O
Antonio B-PER
Folha I-PER
( O
Porto B-ORG
) O
, O
Joao B-PER
Vieira I-PER
Pinto I-PER
( O
Benfica B-ORG
) O
, O
Paulo B-PER
Alves I-PER
( O
Sporting B-ORG
) O
, O
Rui B-PER
Costa I-PER
( O
Fiorentina B-ORG
, O
Italy B-LOC
) O
, O
Jorge B-PER
Cadete I-PER
( O
Celtic B-ORG
Glasgow I-ORG
, O
Scotland B-LOC
) O
. O

SOCCER O
SHOWCASE-BETTING O
ON O
REAL O
MADRID O
V O
BARCELONA B-LOC
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

William B-PER
Hill I-PER
betting O
on O
Saturday O
's O

Spanish O
first O
division O
match O
between O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
and O
Barcelona B-ORG
: O

To O
win O
: O
6-5 O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
; O
7-4 O
Barcelona B-ORG

Draw O
: O
9-4 O

Correct O
score O
: O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
to O
win O
Barcelona B-ORG
to O
win O

1-0 O
13-2 O
1-0 O
15-2 O

2-0 O
9-1 O
2-0 O
12-1 O

2-1 O
8-1 O
2-1 O
10-1 O

3-0 O
20-1 O
3-0 O
28-1 O

3-1 O
16-1 O
3-1 O
22-1 O

3-2 O
25-1 O
3-2 O
25-1 O

4-0 O
50-1 O
4-0 O
100-1 O

4-1 O
40-1 O
4-1 O
80-1 O

4-2 O
50-1 O
4-2 O
80-1 O

Draw O
: O

0-0 O
8-1 O

1-1 O
11-2 O

2-2 O
14-1 O

3-3 O
50-1 O

Double O
result O
: O

half-time O
full-time O

5-2 O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
Real I-ORG
Madrid I-ORG

14-1 O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
Draw O

28-1 O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
Barcelona I-ORG

5-1 O
Draw O
Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG

4-1 O
Draw O
Draw O

11-2 O
Draw B-ORG
Barcelona I-ORG

25-1 O
Barcelona B-ORG
Real I-ORG
Madrid I-ORG

14-1 O
Barcelona B-ORG
Draw I-ORG

4-1 O
Barcelona B-ORG
Barcelona I-ORG

First O
goalscorer O
of O
match O
: O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
Barcelona I-ORG

9-2 O
Davor B-PER
Suker I-PER
9-2 O
Ronaldo B-PER

5-1 O
Pedrag B-PER
Mijatovic I-PER
7-1 O
Luis B-PER
Figo I-PER

7-1 O
Raul B-PER
Gonzalez I-PER
7-1 O
Juan B-PER
Pizzi I-PER

12-1 O
Fernando B-PER
Redondo I-PER
9-1 O
Giovanni B-PER

14-1 O
Victor B-PER
Sanchez I-PER
12-1 O
Guillermo B-PER

Amor B-PER

16-1 O
Jose B-PER
Amavisca I-PER
14-1 O
Roger B-PER
Garcia I-PER

16-1 O
Manolo B-PER
Sanchis I-PER
14-1 O
Gheorghe B-PER

Popescu B-PER

16-1 O
Roberto B-PER
Carlos I-PER
16-1 O

JosepGuardiola B-PER

20-1 O
Fernando B-PER
Hierro I-PER
20-1 O
Ivan B-PER
de I-PER

laPena O

20-1 O
Luis B-PER
Milla I-PER
25-1 O
Luis B-PER

Enrique B-PER

33-1 O
Fernando B-PER
Sanz I-PER
25-1 O

AbelardoFernandez B-PER

40-1 O
Carlos B-PER
Secretario I-PER
28-1 O
Sergi B-PER
Barjuan I-PER

40-1 O
Rafael B-PER
Alkorta I-PER
33-1 O
Albert B-PER

Ferrer B-PER

40-1 O
Chendo B-PER
Porlan I-PER
33-1 O
Miguel B-PER
Nadal I-PER

40-1 O

Laurent B-PER
Blanc I-PER

SOCCER O
SHOWCASE-FANS O
FACE O
BREATHALYSER O
TESTS O
, O
PAPER O
SAYS O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Spanish O
police O
will O
breathalyse O
fans O
at O
the O
gates O
of O
the O
Santiago B-LOC
Bernabeu I-LOC
stadium O
and O
ban O
drunk O
supporters O
from O
Saturday O
's O
big O
Real B-ORG
Madrid-Barcelona I-ORG
game O
, O
the O
Madrid B-LOC
daily O
El B-ORG
Mundo I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Although O
there O
are O
no O
known O
precedents O
in O
the O
country O
, O
the O
action O
is O
envisaged O
in O
Spanish O
legislation O
governing O
sports O
events O
. O

Tickets O
for O
the O
game O
stipulate O
that O
supporters O
will O
be O
barred O
if O
they O
are O
" O
under O
the O
effects O
of O
alcohol O
" O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SPANISH O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
STANDINGS O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Standings O
in O
the O
Spanish O
first O

division O
ahead O
of O
this O
weekend O
's O
games O
. O

( O
tabulate O
under O
games O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O
for O
, O

against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
15 O
10 O
5 O
0 O
31 O
12 O
35 O

Barcelona B-ORG
15 O
10 O
4 O
1 O
46 O
19 O
34 O

Deportivo B-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
15 O
9 O
6 O
0 O
23 O
7 O
33 O

Real B-ORG
Betis I-ORG
15 O
8 O
5 O
2 O
28 O
13 O
29 O

Atletico B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
15 O
8 O
3 O
4 O
26 O
17 O
27 O

Athletic B-ORG
Bilbao I-ORG
15 O
7 O
4 O
4 O
28 O
22 O
25 O

Real B-ORG
Sociedad I-ORG
15 O
7 O
3 O
5 O
20 O
18 O
24 O

Valladolid B-ORG
15 O
7 O
3 O
5 O
19 O
18 O
24 O

Racing B-ORG
Santander I-ORG
15 O
5 O
7 O
3 O
15 O
15 O
22 O

Rayo B-ORG
Vallecano I-ORG
15 O
5 O
5 O
5 O
21 O
19 O
20 O

Valencia B-ORG
15 O
6 O
2 O
7 O
23 O
22 O
20 O

Celta B-ORG
Vigo I-ORG
15 O
5 O
5 O
5 O
17 O
17 O
20 O

Tenerife B-ORG
15 O
5 O
4 O
6 O
23 O
17 O
19 O

Espanyol B-ORG
15 O
4 O
4 O
7 O
17 O
20 O
16 O

Oviedo B-ORG
15 O
4 O
4 O
7 O
17 O
21 O
16 O

Sporting B-ORG
Gijon I-ORG
15 O
4 O
4 O
7 O
15 O
22 O
16 O

Logrones B-ORG
15 O
4 O
3 O
8 O
11 O
33 O
15 O

Zaragoza B-ORG
15 O
2 O
8 O
5 O
18 O
23 O
14 O

Sevilla B-ORG
15 O
4 O
2 O
9 O
13 O
20 O
14 O

Compostela B-ORG
15 O
3 O
4 O
8 O
13 O
28 O
13 O

Hercules B-ORG
15 O
2 O
2 O
11 O
11 O
29 O
8 O

Extremadura B-ORG
15 O
1 O
3 O
11 O
8 O
30 O
6 O

SOCCER O
- O
SPAIN B-LOC
PICK O
UNCAPPED O
ARMANDO B-LOC
FOR O
WORLD O
CUP O
CLASH O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Spain B-LOC
coach O
Javier B-PER
Clemente I-PER
has O
added O
uncapped O
Deportivo B-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
midfielder O
Armando B-PER
Alvarez I-PER
to O
his O
squad O
for O
the O
World O
Cup O
qualifier O
against O
Yugoslavia B-LOC
on O
December O
14 O
. O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
believe O
it O
... O

I O
thought O
it O
was O
a O
joke O
, O
" O
said O
Armando B-PER
who O
replaces O
injured O
Atletico B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
playmaker O
Jose B-PER
Luis I-PER
Caminero I-PER
. O

SOCCER O
- O
FIFA B-ORG
BOSS O
HAVELANGE O
STANDS O
BY O
WEAH O
. O

ROME B-PER
1996-12-06 O

FIFA B-ORG
chairman O
Joao B-PER
Havelange I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
he O
would O
personally O
present O
AC B-ORG
Milan I-ORG
George B-PER
Weah I-PER
with O
world O
soccer O
's O
fair O
play O
award O
despite O
the O
striker O
's O
attack O
on O
Porto B-ORG
captain O
Jorge B-PER
Costa I-PER
. O

In O
an O
interview O
with O
the O
Italian O
newspaper O
Gazzetta B-ORG
dello I-ORG
Sport I-ORG
, O
he O
was O
quoted O
as O
saying O
Weah B-PER
had O
been O
provoked O
into O
the O
assault O
which O
left O
Costa B-PER
with O
a O
broken O
nose O
. O

" O
FIFA B-ORG
has O
named O
the O
Liberian O
for O
its O
1996 O
Fair O
Play O
award O
and O
it O
is O
not O
going O
to O
change O
its O
decision O
, O
" O
Havelange B-PER
said O
. O

" O
A O
reaction O
, O
provoked O
, O
cannot O
erase O
10 O
years O
of O
loyalty O
everywhere O
and O
in O
every O
competition O
. O

" O
I O
will O
be O
happy O
to O
give O
him O
the O
award O
personally O
on O
January O
20 O
in O
Lisbon B-LOC
and O
I O
'm O
confident O
that O
Costa B-PER
himself O
will O
be O
there O
beside O
me O
on O
that O
day O
to O
shake O
his O
hand O
. O
" O

Weah B-PER
was O
suspended O
for O
one O
match O
by O
UEFA B-ORG
, O
European O
soccer O
's O
governing O
body O
, O
pending O
a O
fuller O
investigation O
. O

The O
incident O
took O
place O
in O
the O
players O
' O
tunnel O
after O
a O
European O
Champions O
' O
League O
match O
on O
November O
20 O
. O

Weah B-PER
has O
admitted O
head O
butting O
Costa B-PER
but O
said O
he O
reacted O
to O
racist O
taunts O
. O

He O
has O
offered O
to O
apologise O
if O
Costa B-PER
acknowledges O
the O
provocation O
. O

Costa B-PER
, O
who O
needed O
surgery O
on O
his O
nose O
, O
has O
not O
accepted O
the O
offer O
and O
was O
reported O
to O
be O
considering O
suing O
Weah B-PER
. O

Weah B-PER
served O
out O
his O
suspension O
during O
Milan B-ORG
's O
2-1 O
home O
defeat O
by O
Rosenborg B-ORG
of O
Norway B-LOC
on O
Wednesday O
. O

The O
defeat O
put O
the O
Italians O
out O
of O
the O
Europoean O
Cup O
. O

GUNMEN O
WOUND O
TWO O
MANCHESTER B-LOC
UNITED I-LOC
FANS O
IN O
AUSTRIA B-LOC
. O

VIENNA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Two O
Manchester B-ORG
United I-ORG
soccer O
fans O
were O
wounded O
by O
unidentified O
gunmen O
on O
Friday O
and O
taken O
to O
hospital O
in O
the O
Austrian O
capital O
, O
police O
said O
. O

" O
The O
four O
Britons O
were O
shot O
at O
from O
a O
Mercedes B-ORG
car O
at O
around O
1 O
a.m. O
, O
" O
a O
spokeswoman O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

The O
two O
men O
were O
hit O
in O
the O
pelvis O
and O
leg O
. O

Police O
said O
their O
lives O
were O
not O
in O
danger O
. O

The O
fans O
, O
in O
Austria B-LOC
to O
watch O
their O
team O
play O
Rapid B-ORG
Vienna I-ORG
last O
Wednesday O
, O
may O
have O
been O
involved O
in O
a O
pub O
brawl O
earlier O
, O
the O
spokeswoman O
said O
. O

Manchester B-ORG
United I-ORG
won O
2-0 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
ITALIAN O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
MATCHES O
THIS O
WEEKEND O
. O

ROME B-PER
1996-12-06 O

Italian O
Serie O
A O
games O
to O
be O
played O
on O
Sunday O
( O
league O
positions O
in O
parentheses O
, O
all O
kick- O
off O
times O
GMT O
) O
: O

Bologna B-ORG
( O
4 O
) O
v O
Piacenza B-ORG
( O
13 O
) O
1330 O

Along O
with O
leaders O
Vicenza B-ORG
, O
fourth-placed O
Bologna B-ORG
represent O
the O
biggest O
surprise O
of O
this O
Italian O
autumn O
. O

Led O
as O
usual O
by O
Swede O
Kennet B-PER
Andersson I-PER
and O
Russian O
Igor B-PER
Kolyvanov I-PER
in O
attack O
, O
Bologna B-ORG
can O
expect O
a O
tough O
home O
match O
against O
a O
Piacenza B-ORG
side O
still O
exultant O
after O
a O
3-2 O
league O
win O
over O
AC B-ORG
Milan I-ORG
last O
Sunday O
. O

Cagliari B-ORG
( O
16 O
) O
v O
Reggiana B-ORG
( O
18 O
) O
1530 O

Cagliari B-ORG
start O
favourite O
in O
this O
relegation O
scrap O
following O
draws O
with O
Napoli B-ORG
and O
Inter B-ORG
in O
last O
two O
outings O
but O
will O
be O
without O
suspended O
Swiss O
defender O
Ramon B-PER
Vega I-PER
. O

Bottom O
team O
Reggiana B-ORG
are O
also O
without O
a O
suspended O
defender O
, O
German O
Dietmar B-PER
Beiersdorfer I-PER
. O

Fiorentina B-ORG
( O
10 O
) O
v O
Perugia B-ORG
( O
8 O
) O
1330 O

Fiorentina B-ORG
will O
be O
without O
three O
suspended O
players O
-- O
defenders O
Daniele B-PER
Carnasciali I-PER
and O
Lorenzo B-PER
Amoruso I-PER
and O
midfielder O
Emiliano B-PER
Bigica I-PER
-- O
for O
a O
difficult O
home O
match O
against O
unpredictable O
, O
attack-oriented O
Perugia B-ORG
led O
by O
in-form O
Croat O
striker O
Milan B-PER
Rapajic I-PER
and O
the O
experienced O
Fausto B-PER
Pizzi I-PER
. O

Lazio B-ORG
( O
12 O
) O
v O
AS B-ORG
Roma I-ORG
( O
7 O
) O
1930 O

Poor O
man O
's O
Roman O
derby O
in O
what O
has O
been O
a O
miserable O
season O
for O
both O
Rome B-LOC
teams O
, O
already O
eliminated O
from O
the O
Italian O
and O
UEFA O
Cups O
. O

Lazio B-ORG
have O
injury O
doubts O
about O
striker O
Pierluigi B-PER
Casiraghi I-PER
, O
Czech O
midfielder O
Pavel B-PER
Nedved I-PER
and O
defender O
Paolo B-PER
Negro I-PER
, O
while O
Roma B-ORG
present O
a O
full O
strength O
side O
led O
by O
Argentine O
Abel B-PER
Balbo I-PER
, O
Marco B-PER
Delvecchio I-PER
and O
Francesco B-PER
Totti I-PER
in O
attack O
. O

AC B-ORG
Milan I-ORG
( O
9 O
) O
v O
Udinese B-ORG
( O
11 O
) O
1330 O

Can O
Milan B-ORG
sink O
any O
further O
? O

Following O
their O
midweek O
Champions O
' O
League O
elimination O
by O
Norwegian O
side O
Rosenborg B-ORG
, O
a O
morale-boosting O
win O
is O
badly O
needed O
. O

Liberian O
striker O
George B-PER
Weah I-PER
makes O
a O
welcome O
return O
for O
Milan B-ORG
alongside O
Roberto B-PER
Baggio I-PER
, O
with O
Montenegrin O
Dejan B-PER
Savicevic I-PER
in O
midfield O
. O

Good O
news O
for O
Milan B-ORG
is O
that O
Udinese B-ORG
's O
German O
striker O
Oliver B-PER
Bierhoff I-PER
is O
out O
through O
injury O
. O

Napoli B-ORG
( O
5 O
) O
v O
Verona B-ORG
( O
17 O
) O
1330 O

In-form O
Napoli B-ORG
should O
prove O
too O
strong O
for O
second O
from O
bottom O
Verona B-ORG
despite O
the O
absence O
of O
their O
suspended O
Argentine O
defender O
Roberto B-PER
Ayala I-PER
. O

Verona B-ORG
's O
slim O
chances O
have O
been O
further O
reduced O
by O
a O
knee O
injury O
to O
their O
experienced O
midfielder O
Eugenio B-PER
Corini I-PER
. O

Parma B-ORG
( O
14 O
) O
v O
Atlalanta B-ORG
( O
15 O
) O
1330 O

Parma B-ORG
may O
field O
new O
signing O
, O
Croat O
midfielder O
Mario B-PER
Stanic I-PER
, O
in O
an O
attempt O
to O
lift O
a O
miserable O
season O
which O
has O
seen O
them O
go O
without O
a O
win O
since O
a O
1-0 O
triumph O
over O
Cagliari B-ORG
eight O
weeks O
ago O
. O

Parma B-ORG
's O
French O
midfielder O
Daniel B-PER
Bravo I-PER
and O
defender O
Fabio B-PER
Cannavaro I-PER
are O
suspended O
while O
Argentine O
Nestor B-PER
Sensini I-PER
is O
out O
through O
injury O
. O

Atalanta B-ORG
look O
to O
Filippo B-PER
Inzaghi I-PER
, O
scorer O
of O
eight O
goals O
. O

Sampdoria B-ORG
( O
6 O
) O
v O
Juventus B-ORG
( O
3 O
) O
1330 O

All-conquering O
Juventus B-ORG
field O
their O
most O
recent O
signing O
, O
Portuguese O
defender O
Dimas B-PER
, O
while O
Alessandro B-PER
Del I-PER
Piero I-PER
and O
Croat O
Alen B-PER
Boksic I-PER
lead O
the O
attack O
. O

The O
new O
world O
club O
champions O
may O
prove O
too O
strong O
for O
a O
Sampdoria B-ORG
side O
led O
by O
captain O
Roberto B-PER
Mancini I-PER
but O
missing O
injured O
French O
midfielder O
Pierre B-PER
Laigle I-PER
. O

Vicenza B-ORG
( O
1 O
) O
v O
Internazionale B-ORG
( O
2 O
) O
1330 O

Not O
exactly O
a O
clash O
of O
the O
titans O
but O
an O
intriuguing O
match O
nonetheless O
. O

Full O
strength O
Vicenza B-ORG
, O
led O
by O
Uruguayan O
Marcelo B-PER
Otero I-PER
, O
may O
continue O
their O
surprise O
run O
at O
the O
top O
against O
an O
Inter B-ORG
side O
that O
has O
been O
less O
than O
impressive O
in O
three O
successive O
home O
draws O
. O

Inter B-ORG
will O
be O
without O
suspended O
French O
defender O
Joceyln B-PER
Angloma I-PER
and O
injured O
Chilean O
striker O
Ivan B-PER
Zamorano I-PER
. O

BASKETBALL O
- O
EUROLEAGUE O
RESULT O
. O

BRUSSELS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Result O
of O
a O
EuroLeague O
basketball O
match O
on O
Thursday O
: O

Group O
B O

In O
Charleroi B-LOC
: O

Charleroi B-ORG
( O
Belgium B-LOC
) O
75 O
Estudiantes B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
82 O
( O
34-35 O
) O

Leading O
scorers O
: O

Charleroi B-ORG
- O
Eric B-PER
Cleymans I-PER
18 O
, O
Ron B-PER
Ellis I-PER
18 O
, O
Jacques B-PER
Stas I-PER
14 O

Estudiantes B-ORG
- O
Harper B-PER
Williams I-PER
20 O
, O
Chadler B-PER
Thompson I-PER
17 O
, O
Juan B-PER
Aisa I-PER
14 O

Group O
D O

In O
Belgrade B-LOC
: O

Partizan B-ORG
Belgrade I-ORG
( O
Yugoslavia B-LOC
) O
78 O
Kinder B-ORG
Bologna I-ORG
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
70 O
( O
halftime O
44-35 O
) O

Leading O
scorers O
: O

Partizan B-ORG
- O
Dejan B-PER
Koturovic I-PER
21 O

Kinder O
- O
Zoran B-PER
Savic I-PER
18 O

SQUASH O
- O
EYLES B-ORG
WITHIN O
SIGHT O
OF O
FIFTH O
TITLE O
OF O
YEAR O
. O

BOMBAY B-LOC
, O
India B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

World O
number O
two O
Rodney B-PER
Eyles I-PER
moved O
within O
sight O
of O
his O
fifth O
title O
of O
the O
year O
on O
Friday O
when O
he O
hurried O
in O
only O
40 O
minutes O
to O
the O
final O
of O
the O
richest O
squash O
tournament O
outside O
the O
World O
Open O
, O
the O
$ O
105,000 O
Mahindra O
International O
. O

The O
Australian O
brushed O
aside O
unseeded O
Englishman O
Mark B-PER
Cairns I-PER
15-7 O
15-6 O
15-8 O
. O

Top-seeded O
Eyles B-PER
now O
meets O
titleholder O
Peter B-PER
Nicol I-PER
of O
Scotland B-LOC
who O
overcame O
Simon B-PER
Parke I-PER
of O
England B-LOC
15-7 O
15-12 O
15-12 O
. O

Nicol B-PER
was O
full O
of O
praise O
for O
his O
opponent O
who O
has O
battled O
testicular O
cancer O
to O
return O
to O
the O
circuit O
. O
" O

He O
's O
a O
remarkably O
courageous O
player O
, O
" O
said O
Nicol B-PER
. O

SQUASH O
- O
MAHINDRA O
INTERNATIONAL O
SEMIFINAL O
RESULTS O
. O

BOMBAY B-LOC
, O
India B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Results O
of O
semifinals O
in O
the O
Mahindra O
International O
squash O
tournament O
on O
Friday O
: O

Peter B-PER
Nicol I-PER
( O
Scotland B-LOC
) O
beat O
Simon B-PER
Parke I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
15-7 O
15-12 O
15-12 O
Rodney B-PER
Eyles I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Mark B-PER
Cairns I-PER
( O
England B-LOC
) O
15-7 O
15-6 O
15-8 O
. O

Final O
: O
Nicol B-PER
v O
Eyles B-PER
, O
on O
Saturday O
. O

GUNMEN O
KILL O
FOUR O
IN O
S.AFRICA B-LOC
'S O
ZULU O
PROVINCE O
. O

DURBAN B-LOC
, O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

At O
least O
four O
people O
have O
been O
shot O
dead O
in O
two O
suspected O
political O
attacks O
in O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
's O
volatile O
Zulu O
heartland O
, O
police O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

A O
police O
spokesman O
said O
two O
youths O
believed O
to O
be O
supporters O
of O
President O
Nelson B-PER
Mandela I-PER
's O
African B-ORG
National I-ORG
Congress I-ORG
( O
ANC B-ORG
) O
had O
been O
killed O
when O
unknown O
gunmen O
opened O
fire O
at O
the O
rural O
settlement O
of O
Izingolweni B-LOC
on O
KwaZulu-Natal B-LOC
province O
's O
south O
coast O
on O
Thursday O
night O
. O

The O
victims O
were O
18 O
and O
20 O
, O
he O
said O
, O
adding O
one O
other O
youth O
had O
been O
wounded O
in O
the O
shooting O
. O

In O
another O
attack O
, O
also O
on O
the O
province O
's O
south O
coast O
on O
Thursday O
night O
, O
two O
men O
were O
shot O
dead O
near O
Umkomaas B-LOC
. O

" O
We O
suspect O
that O
these O
killings O
are O
linked O
to O
politics O
, O
" O
spokesman O
Bala B-PER
Naidoo I-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

There O
had O
been O
no O
arrests O
. O

The O
killings O
came O
just O
hours O
after O
violence O
monitors O
said O
they O
were O
not O
optimistic O
of O
a O
peaceful O
festive O
season O
in O
KwaZulu-Natal B-LOC
and O
pointed O
the O
south O
coast O
region O
where O
18 O
people O
were O
massacred O
last O
Christmas O
as O
one O
of O
potential O
hot O
spots O
. O

They O
said O
the O
recent O
lull O
in O
political O
feuding O
could O
be O
upset O
as O
thousands O
of O
migrant O
workers O
, O
some O
tense O
with O
grudges O
brewed O
in O
the O
cities O
and O
keen O
to O
settle O
old O
scores O
, O
flock O
back O
to O
their O
home O
villages O
. O

More O
than O
14,000 O
people O
have O
lost O
their O
lives O
in O
over O
a O
decade O
of O
political O
turf O
wars O
between O
the O
ANC B-ORG
and O
Zulu O
Chief O
Mangosuthu B-PER
Buthelezi I-PER
's O
Inkatha B-ORG
Freedom I-ORG
Party I-ORG
in O
the O
province O
. O

HAVEL B-ORG
PRAISES O
CZECH O
NATIVE O
ALBRIGHT O
AS O
FRIEND O
. O

Klara B-PER
Gajduskova I-PER

PRAGUE O
1996-12-06 O

Czech O
President O
Vaclav B-PER
Havel I-PER
on O
Friday O
welcomed O
the O
appointment O
of O
Madeleine B-PER
Albright I-PER
, O
who O
is O
of O
Czech O
extraction O
, O
as O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
' O
first O
woman O
Secretary O
of O
State O
. O

In O
a O
statement O
Havel B-PER
, O
who O
is O
recovering O
from O
cancer O
surgery O
, O
said O
: O
" O
Madeleine B-PER
Albright I-PER
is O
a O
distinguished O
friend O
, O
a O
tested O
diplomat O
, O
and O
a O
true O
American O
of O
fine O
origins O
. O
" O

" O
I O
look O
forward O
to O
continuing O
our O
good O
relations O
... O

with O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
and O
with O
the O
first O
woman O
ever O
to O
hold O
the O
position O
of O
Secretary O
of O
State O
. O

I O
wish O
her O
well O
, O
" O
Havel B-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
to O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

Havel B-PER
, O
who O
helped O
lead O
the O
" O
velvet O
revolution O
" O
that O
ousted O
the O
Communist O
regime O
in O
Prague B-LOC
in O
1989 O
, O
invited O
Albright B-PER
, O
then O
working O
for O
a O
private O
foreign O
policy O
think O
tank O
, O
to O
advise O
his O
new O
democratic O
government O
in O
1990 O
. O

Havel B-PER
had O
a O
small O
malignant O
tumour O
removed O
from O
his O
lung O
on O
Monday O
and O
is O
recovering O
in O
hospital O
. O

Albright B-PER
, O
born O
Marie B-PER
Korbelova I-PER
to O
a O
Czechoslovak O
diplomat O
in O
1937 O
, O
fled O
with O
her O
family O
to O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
after O
the O
Communists O
came O
to O
power O
in O
a O
coup O
in O
1948 O
. O

As O
an O
academic O
, O
Albright B-PER
studied O
and O
lectured O
on O
Europe B-LOC
's O
20th O
century O
problems O
before O
becoming O
U.S. B-LOC
ambassador O
to O
the O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
. O

Czech O
diplomats O
, O
seeking O
to O
have O
their O
country O
included O
in O
the O
expected O
expansion O
of O
NATO B-ORG
, O
praised O
the O
selection O
of O
Albright B-ORG
, O
known O
to O
be O
a O
strong O
supporter O
of O
alliance O
's O
integration O
of O
former O
Soveit-bloc O
countries O
. O

" O
The O
nomination O
... O

is O
a O
clear O
signal O
that O
one O
key O
of O
the O
lines O
of O
foreign O
policy O
will O
be O
the O
strengthening O
of O
the O
trans-Atlantic O
cooperation O
, O
a O
creation O
of O
strategic O
partnership O
between O
Europe B-LOC
and O
the O
US B-LOC
, O
" O
Foreign O
Minister O
Josef B-PER
Zieleniec I-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

" O
( O
Albright B-PER
) O
is O
a O
convinced O
advocate O
of O
NATO B-ORG
enlargement O
and O
of O
stabilisation O
of O
security O
structures O
. O
" O

Czech O
ambassador O
to O
the O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
, O
Karel B-PER
Kovanda I-PER
, O
told O
the O
daily O
Mlada B-ORG
Fronta I-ORG
Dnes I-ORG
that O
Albright B-PER
" O
is O
a O
little O
light O
in O
our O
diplomatic O
heaven O
, O
" O
but O
warned O
against O
expecting O
her O
to O
exert O
any O
influence O
in O
favour O
of O
the O
Czechs O
. O

RADIO B-LOC
ROMANIA I-LOC
AFTERNOON O
HEALINES O
AT O
4 O
PM O
. O

BUCHAREST B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Radio B-ORG
Romania I-ORG
news O
headlines O
: O

* O
The O
Democratic O
Convention O
signed O
an O
agreement O
on O
government O
and O
parliamentary O
support O
with O
its O
coalition O
partners O
the O
Social B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Union I-ORG
and O
the O
Hungarian B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Union I-ORG
( O
UDMR B-ORG
) O
. O

The O
ceremony O
was O
attended O
by O
President O
Emil B-PER
Constantinescu I-PER
. O

* O
The O
three O
parties O
in O
the O
government O
coalition O
have O
committed O
themselves O
to O
a O
real O
reform O
of O
Romania B-LOC
's O
economy O
, O
Constantinescu B-PER
said O
after O
the O
ceremony O
. O

* O
The O
UDMR B-ORG
wants O
to O
contribute O
to O
social O
reform O
and O
economic O
revival O
in O
Romania B-LOC
, O
union O
leader O
Marko B-PER
Bela I-PER
said O
. O

* O
The O
international O
airport O
in O
Timisoara B-LOC
and O
the O
domestic O
airports O
in O
Arad B-LOC
, O
Oradea B-LOC
and O
Sibiu B-LOC
were O
closed O
due O
to O
fog O
. O

-- O
Bucharest B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
40-1 O
3120264 O

CZECH O
VICE-PM O
SEES O
WIDER O
DEBATE O
AT O
PARTY O
CONGRESS O
. O

PRAGUE O
1996-12-06 O

Saturday O
's O
national O
congress O
of O
the O
ruling O
Czech B-ORG
Civic I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
ODS B-ORG
) O
will O
discuss O
making O
the O
party O
more O
efficient O
and O
transparent O
, O
Foreign O
Minister O
and O
ODS B-ORG
vice-chairman O
Josef B-PER
Zieleniec I-PER
, O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Modernisation O
and O
more O
profesionalism O
of O
the O
party O
's O
structure O
, O
having O
financing O
of O
the O
party O
be O
more O
transparent O
... O

are O
absolutely O
fundamental O
, O
" O
Zieleniec B-PER
, O
who O
is O
also O
vice-premier O
in O
the O
government O
, O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

He O
said O
after O
June O
general O
elections O
in O
which O
the O
ruling O
three-party O
coalition O
lost O
its O
parliamentary O
majority O
, O
the O
ODS B-ORG
executive O
, O
led O
by O
Prime O
Minister O
Vaclav B-PER
Klaus I-PER
, O
had O
developed O
proposals O
on O
these O
subjects O
to O
present O
at O
the O
congress O
on O
Saturday O
in O
the O
Czech O
second O
city O
Brno B-LOC
. O

" O
I O
am O
convinced O
, O
that O
the O
congress O
will O
tackle O
these O
proposals O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

The O
ODS B-ORG
, O
a O
party O
in O
which O
Klaus B-PER
often O
tries O
to O
emulate O
the O
style O
of O
former O
British O
Prime O
Minister O
Margaret B-PER
Thatcher I-PER
, O
has O
been O
in O
control O
of O
Czech O
politics O
since O
winning O
general O
elections O
in O
1992 O
. O

Zieleniec B-PER
in O
the O
summer O
led O
calls O
for O
the O
party O
and O
its O
leadership O
to O
listen O
to O
more O
diverse O
opinions O
, O
a O
thinly-veiled O
criticism O
of O
Klaus B-PER
who O
has O
spearheaded O
the O
country O
's O
post-Communist O
economic O
reforms O
. O

The O
party O
, O
led O
by O
the O
vigorously-confident O
Klaus B-PER
, O
took O
32 O
of O
81 O
seats O
after O
late O
November O
runoff O
elections O
to O
the O
new O
upper O
house O
of O
Czech O
parliament O
. O

But O
after O
the O
first O
round O
vote O
a O
week O
before O
, O
the O
ODS B-ORG
had O
the O
potential O
to O
win O
as O
many O
79 O
seats O
. O

Klaus B-PER
and O
his O
coalition O
lost O
its O
majority O
in O
parliament O
in O
June O
lower O
house O
elections O
after O
the O
left-wing O
opposition O
consolidated O
, O
putting O
the O
centre-left O
Social O
Democrats O
in O
a O
strong O
second-place O
position O
. O

-- O
Prague B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
42-2-2423-0003 O

POLAND B-LOC
GOT O
MONEY O
FROM O
POST-WAR O
SWISS O
ACCOUNTS O
. O

Marcin B-PER
Grajewski I-PER

WARSAW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Poland B-LOC
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
Swiss O
bank O
accounts O
, O
which O
in O
many O
cases O
belonged O
to O
Polish O
Jews O
who O
died O
in O
the O
Holocaust O
, O
were O
used O
in O
debt O
settlements O
between O
the O
two O
countries O
after O
the O
World O
War O
Two O
. O

Foreign O
Minister O
Dariusz B-PER
Rosati I-PER
, O
unveiling O
first O
findings O
of O
a O
special O
government O
commission O
, O
said O
that O
in O
1970s O
the O
then O
communist O
Poland B-LOC
received O
460,000 O
Swiss O
francs O
from O
the O
accounts O
. O

" O
In O
1970s O
, O
Poland B-LOC
received O
from O
unclaimed O
accounts O
in O
Switzerland B-LOC
a O
sum O
of O
460,000 O
francs O
. O

What O
was O
its O
right O
( O
to O
the O
money O
) O
...I O
do O
not O
know O
, O
" O
Rosati B-PER
told O
a O
news O
conference O
. O

Switzerland B-LOC
stands O
accused O
by O
Senator O
Alfonse B-PER
D'Amato I-PER
, O
chairman O
of O
the O
powerful O
U.S. B-ORG
Senate I-ORG
Banking I-ORG
Committee I-ORG
, O
of O
agreeing O
to O
give O
money O
to O
Poland B-LOC
from O
unclaimed O
bank O
accounts O
of O
Polish O
citizens O
, O
as O
part O
of O
an O
accord O
on O
compensating O
Swiss O
nationals O
whose O
assets O
had O
been O
seized O
in O
communist O
Poland B-LOC
. O

Many O
of O
these O
citizens O
were O
Jews O
murdered O
during O
the O
war O
, O
when O
Nazi O
German O
invaders O
killed O
most O
of O
Poland B-LOC
's O
3.5 O
million O
Jews O
. O

Rosati B-PER
did O
not O
say O
whether O
the O
payment O
in O
1970s O
was O
part O
of O
the O
1949 O
agreement O
between O
Warsaw B-LOC
and O
Switzerland B-LOC
on O
compensation O
to O
Swiss O
citizens O
whose O
assets O
were O
seized O
by O
the O
Soviet-imposed O
communists O
authorities O
after O
World O
War O
Two O
. O

" O
I O
expect O
that O
the O
commission O
will O
finish O
gathering O
information O
within O
two O
to O
three O
weeks O
and O
then O
more O
details O
will O
be O
provided O
, O
" O
Rosati B-PER
said O
. O

Rosati B-PER
confirmed O
that O
the O
1949 O
agreement O
had O
provided O
for O
granting O
Switzerland B-LOC
about O
53 O
million O
francs O
and O
most O
of O
this O
sum O
was O
repaid O
with O
coal O
exports O
. O

He O
said O
, O
however O
, O
that O
Switzerland B-LOC
did O
get O
about O
16,000 O
francs O
from O
the O
so-called O
" O
dead O
accounts O
" O
as O
part O
of O
the O
compensation O
. O

" O
About O
16,000 O
francs O
were O
seized O
from O
accounts O
of O
four O
or O
five O
Polish O
citizens O
, O
whose O
data O
we O
do O
not O
precisely O
know O
. O

The O
issue O
is O
of O
moral O
and O
legal O
nature O
, O
because O
its O
financial O
significance O
is O
small O
, O
" O
Rosati B-PER
said O
. O

Under O
pressure O
from O
international O
Jewish O
organisations O
, O
Swiss O
government O
has O
devised O
a O
plan O
to O
pay O
out O
millions O
of O
dollars O
in O
unclaimed O
bank O
accounts O
as O
a O
conciliatory O
gesture O
toward O
Holocaust O
victims O
. O

The O
conservative O
Radical O
Democrats O
( O
FDP B-ORG
) O
have O
said O
they O
would O
ask O
parliament O
next O
week O
to O
order O
Swiss O
banks O
to O
put O
some O
40 O
million O
Swiss O
francs O
( O
$ O
31 O
million O
) O
in O
dormant O
wealth O
into O
a O
fund O
earmarked O
for O
Jewish O
groups O
and O
charitable O
organisations O
. O

But O
Swiss O
banks O
and O
the O
country O
's O
Jewish O
community O
voiced O
doubts O
whether O
the O
plan O
would O
work O
. O

INTERVIEW-ZYWIEC O
SEES O
NO O
BIG O
97 O
NET O
RISE O
. O

Steven B-PER
Silber I-PER

WARSAW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Polish O
brewer O
Zywiec B-ORG
's O
1996 O
profit O
slump O
may O
last O
into O
next O
year O
due O
in O
part O
to O
hefty O
depreciation O
charges O
, O
but O
recent O
high O
investment O
should O
help O
the O
firm O
defend O
its O
10-percent O
market O
share O
, O
the O
firm O
's O
chief O
executive O
said O
. O

Company O
President O
Jean B-PER
van I-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
in O
an O
interview O
on O
Friday O
that O
the O
firm O
, O
whose O
net O
profit O
fell O
77 O
percent O
in O
the O
first O
10 O
months O
of O
1996 O
despite O
a O
30-percent O
rise O
in O
sales O
, O
might O
only O
post O
slightly O
better O
profits O
in O
1997 O
before O
having O
a O
chance O
to O
make O
a O
more O
significant O
turnaround O
. O

So O
far O
this O
year O
Zywiec B-ORG
, O
whose O
full O
name O
is O
Zaklady B-ORG
Piwowarskie I-ORG
w O
Zywcu I-ORG
SA I-ORG
, O
has O
netted O
six O
million O
zlotys O
on O
sales O
of O
224 O
million O
zlotys O
. O

It O
has O
produced O
1.5 O
million O
hectolitres O
. O

Van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
would O
not O
say O
how O
much O
higher O
1997 O
profits O
or O
market O
share O
could O
be O
but O
said O
sales O
of O
leading O
Polish O
brewers O
should O
rise O
as O
the O
country O
's O
young O
urban O
professionals O
gradually O
switch O
from O
vodka O
to O
beer O
. O

" O
The O
perspective O
on O
growth O
is O
such O
that O
reasonably O
we O
can O
think O
that O
somewhere O
between O
65 O
and O
80 O
litres O
per O
year O
is O
certainly O
reachable O
, O
" O
van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
said O
on O
Polish O
per-capita O
beer O
consumption O
, O
currently O
around O
40 O
litres O
. O

He O
said O
the O
65-80-litre O
level O
could O
be O
reached O
in O
the O
next O
ten O
years O
and O
make O
Poland B-LOC
, O
with O
its O
40-million O
population O
, O
Europe B-LOC
's O
third O
largest O
beer O
market O
after O
Germany B-LOC
and O
Britain B-LOC
. O

Van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
said O
Poland B-LOC
's O
top O
five O
brewers O
, O
which O
produce O
about O
55 O
percent O
of O
the O
country O
's O
beer O
, O
could O
all O
raise O
market O
share O
as O
some O
of O
the O
numerous O
small O
brewers O
fall O
to O
competition O
from O
the O
large O
brewers O
with O
foreign O
investors O
. O

Zywiec B-ORG
is O
31.8-percent O
owned O
by O
Heineken B-ORG
while O
Carlsberg B-ORG
has O
the O
same O
amount O
in O
Okocim B-LOC
. O

Earlier O
this O
year O
South B-ORG
African I-ORG
Breweries I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
( O
SAB B-ORG
) O
bought O
strategic O
stakes O
in O
the O
unlisted O
Lech B-ORG
and O
Tychy B-ORG
brewers O
, O
which O
together O
hold O
more O
than O
20 O
percent O
of O
the O
market O
, O
and O
Australia B-LOC
's O
Brewpole B-ORG
BV I-ORG
has O
a O
controlling O
stake O
in O
Poland B-LOC
's O
larges O
t O
brewery O
, O
Elbrewery B-ORG
Company I-ORG
Ltd. I-ORG
( O
EB B-ORG
) O
. O

Van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
said O
the O
tough O
competition O
had O
prevented O
Zywiec B-ORG
from O
raising O
prices O
in O
line O
with O
inflation O
, O
which O
had O
added O
to O
the O
pressure O
on O
the O
firm O
's O
margins O
. O

He O
said O
advertising O
costs O
would O
also O
increase O
in O
the O
fight O
for O
market O
share O
. O

But O
he O
said O
the O
company O
's O
investment O
of O
more O
than O
$ O
100 O
million O
already O
this O
decade O
, O
largely O
in O
production O
, O
would O
help O
position O
it O
to O
compete O
with O
such O
competitors O
as O
brewers O
from O
the O
neighbouring O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
. O

Some O
analysts O
say O
cheaper O
but O
high-quality O
Czech O
imports O
could O
invade O
Poland B-LOC
once O
tariffs O
for O
CEFTA B-ORG
countries O
are O
lifted O
in O
1998 O
, O
but O
van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
says O
such O
a O
threat O
might O
be O
exaggerated O
despite O
the O
Czech O
beer O
market O
's O
overcapacity O
. O

" O
I O
think O
Polish O
consumers O
in O
general O
are O
quite O
proud O
of O
their O
beers O
-- O
and O
I O
'm O
speaking O
about O
all O
the O
brands O
-- O
and O
as O
we O
make O
good O
beers O
... O

I O
think O
that O
this O
fidelity O
to O
our O
beers O
is O
a O
factor O
which O
can O
limit O
the O
Czech O
beers O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
said O
Zywiec B-ORG
had O
its O
eye O
on O
Okocim B-ORG
, O
which O
has O
said O
it O
would O
start O
producing O
Carlsberg B-ORG
beer O
next O
year O
, O
but O
that O
Zywiec B-ORG
's O
potential O
production O
of O
Heineken B-ORG
was O
a O
medium-term O
possibility O
rather O
than O
a O
short-term O
one O
. O

He O
said O
his O
firm O
would O
be O
better O
off O
concentrating O
on O
its O
leading O
brand O
, O
Zywiec B-ORG
Full I-ORG
Light I-ORG
, O
which O
accounts O
for O
85 O
percent O
of O
sales O
and O
is O
the O
country O
's O
largest-selling O
brand O
. O

" O
You O
will O
not O
win O
the O
war O
of O
the O
Polish O
beer O
market O
with O
imported O
international O
brands O
, O
" O
van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
said O
, O
adding O
that O
Heineken B-ORG
would O
remain O
an O
up-market O
import O
in O
Poland B-LOC
. O

Van B-PER
Boxmeer I-PER
also O
said O
Zywiec B-ORG
would O
be O
boosted O
by O
its O
recent O
shedding O
of O
soft O
drinks O
which O
only O
accounted O
for O
about O
three O
percent O
of O
the O
firm O
's O
overall O
sales O
and O
for O
which O
7.6 O
million O
zlotys O
in O
provisions O
had O
already O
been O
made O
. O

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

HAVEL B-PER
HAS O
TRAECHEOTOMY O
AFTER O
CONDITIONS O
WORSENS O
. O

PRAGUE O
1996-12-06 O

Doctors O
performed O
an O
emergency O
tracheotomy O
to O
help O
Czech O
President O
Vaclav B-PER
Havel I-PER
breathe O
after O
cancer O
surgery O
on O
his O
lungs O
earlier O
this O
week O
, O
a O
spokesman O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

He O
said O
that O
the O
procedure O
to O
insert O
a O
device O
into O
Havel B-PER
's O
throat O
, O
done O
after O
his O
breathing O
worsened O
on O
Thursday O
, O
had O
helped O
, O
and O
the O
president O
's O
condition O
significantly O
improved O
. O

" O
A O
worsening O
in O
the O
president O
's O
lung O
functions O
took O
place O
yesterday O
, O
" O
presidential O
spokesman O
Ladlislav B-PER
Spacek I-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

" O
A O
tracheotomy O
was O
performed O
and O
supportive O
breathing O
was O
installed O
through O
the O
help O
of O
a O
breathing O
device O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

After O
these O
steps O
, O
the O
president O
's O
condition O
signigicantly O
improved O
. O
" O

Havel B-PER
has O
been O
recovering O
from O
surgery O
on O
Monday O
which O
removed O
a O
small O
malignant O
tumour O
and O
half O
of O
his O
right O
lung O
. O

Doctors O
after O
the O
operation O
said O
that O
they O
had O
caught O
the O
cancer O
early O
, O
and O
that O
Havel B-PER
could O
fully O
recover O
from O
the O
surgery O
within O
six O
weeks O
. O

His O
spokesman O
said O
on O
Thursday O
that O
Havel B-PER
, O
60 O
and O
a O
heavy O
smoker O
, O
had O
also O
developed O
a O
slight O
case O
of O
pneumonia O
in O
the O
left O
lung O
. O

UK-US B-LOC
open O
skies O
talks O
end O
, O
no O
date O
to O
restart O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
UK B-ORG
Department I-ORG
of I-ORG
Transport I-ORG
on O
Friday O
said O
that O
the O
latest O
round O
of O
" O
open O
skies O
" O
talks O
with O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
had O
ended O
with O
no O
deal O
on O
liberalising O
the O
transatlantic O
flight O
market O
and O
no O
date O
set O
for O
when O
talks O
would O
restart O
. O

A O
spokesman O
for O
the O
DOT B-ORG
told O
Reuters B-ORG
" O
We O
have O
had O
talks O
towards O
concluding O
a O
new O
air O
service O
agreement O
which O
would O
produce O
liberalisation O
... O

useful O
progress O
was O
made O
on O
a O
number O
of O
issues O
, O
but O
not O
all O
. O

No O
date O
has O
been O
set O
for O
further O
talks O
. O
" O

Tambang B-PER
Timah I-PER
at O
$ O
15.575 O
in O
London B-LOC
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

PT B-ORG
Tambang I-ORG
Timah I-ORG
closed O
at O
$ O
15.575 O
per O
GDR O
in O
London B-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

It O
recorded O
the O
day O
's O
low O
of O
$ O
15.475 O
and O
the O
day O
's O
high O
of O
$ O
15.725 O
. O

It O
closed O
at O
$ O
15.80 O
on O
Thursday O
. O

One B-ORG
Global I-ORG
Depository I-ORG
Receipt I-ORG
represents O
10 O
common O
shares O
. O

-- O
Jakarta B-LOC
newsroom O
+6221 O
384-6364 O

Telkom B-ORG
at O
$ O
35 O
in O
London B-LOC
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

PT B-ORG
Telekomunikasi I-ORG
Indonesia I-ORG
( O
Telkom B-ORG
) O
closed O
at O
$ O
35 O
in O
London B-LOC
on O
Friday O
. O

It O
recorded O
the O
day O
's O
low O
of O
$ O
34.475 O
and O
the O
day O
's O
high O
of O
$ O
35.375 O
. O

Its O
previous O
close O
on O
Thursday O
as O
$ O
35.63 O
. O

One O
ADS B-ORG
represents O
20 O
ordinary O
shares O
-- O
Jakarta B-LOC
newsroom O
+6221 O
384-6364 O
. O

Woman O
charged O
over O
N. B-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
arms O
find O
. O

BELFAST B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
woman O
was O
charged O
on O
Friday O
with O
terrorist O
offences O
after O
three O
Irish B-ORG
Republican I-ORG
Army I-ORG
mortar O
bombs O
were O
found O
in O
a O
Belfast B-LOC
house O
, O
police O
said O
. O

Police O
said O
the O
bombs O
were O
found O
hidden O
with O
incendiaries O
and O
ammunition O
that O
were O
blocked O
up O
behind O
a O
kitchen O
wall O
. O

The O
35-year-old O
woman O
was O
charged O
with O
possession O
of O
explosives O
with O
intent O
to O
endanger O
life O
and O
making O
a O
house O
available O
for O
the O
purpose O
of O
terrorism O
, O
police O
said O
. O

She O
will O
appear O
in O
court O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Her O
name O
was O
not O
released O
. O

Security O
forces O
said O
the O
bombs O
may O
have O
been O
intended O
for O
use O
in O
a O
pre-Christmas O
bombing O
campaign O
by O
the O
guerrilla O
group O
that O
is O
battling O
to O
oust O
Britain B-LOC
from O
Northern B-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
. O

Britain B-LOC
sets O
conditions O
to O
clear O
American O
alliance O
. O

Edna B-PER
Fernandes I-PER

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
British O
government O
warned O
Friday O
that O
it O
would O
refer O
the O
proposed O
trans-Atlantic O
alliance O
between O
British B-ORG
Airways I-ORG
Plc I-ORG
and O
American B-ORG
Airlines I-ORG
to O
Britain B-LOC
's O
Monopolies B-ORG
and O
Mergers B-ORG
Commission I-ORG
unless O
the O
carriers O
complied O
with O
a O
number O
of O
conditions O
. O

Trade B-ORG
and I-ORG
Industry I-ORG
Secretary O
Ian B-PER
Lang I-PER
added O
that O
even O
if O
the O
conditions O
were O
met O
by O
both O
airlines O
, O
final O
clearance O
would O
hinge O
on O
an O
open O
skies O
deal O
between O
Britain B-LOC
and O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
to O
liberalise O
trans-Atlantic O
air O
traffic O
, O
which O
would O
create O
greater O
competition O
on O
the O
routes O
. O

Lang B-PER
said O
he O
supported O
conditions O
proposed O
by O
Britain B-LOC
's O
Office B-ORG
of I-ORG
Fair I-ORG
Trading I-ORG
, O
which O
was O
asked O
to O
examine O
the O
case O
last O
month O
. O

" O
I O
agree O
... O
that O
without O
suitable O
undertakings O
the O
alliance O
would O
be O
likely O
to O
lead O
to O
a O
significant O
loss O
of O
actual O
and O
potential O
passengers O
, O
on O
those O
routes O
where O
BA B-ORG
and O
AA B-ORG
currently O
compete O
and O
for O
all O
passengers O
on O
the O
trans-Atlantic O
market O
route O
between O
the O
UK B-LOC
and O
U.S. B-LOC
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

His O
comments O
came O
just O
minutes O
after O
the O
latest O
set O
of O
open O
skies O
talks O
ended O
in O
London B-LOC
with O
no O
deal O
signed O
. O

Industry O
sources O
said O
there O
was O
no O
new O
date O
for O
fresh O
talks O
and O
blamed O
the O
deadlock O
on O
uncertainty O
over O
whether O
the O
British O
Airways-American O
deal O
would O
be O
cleared O
. O

The O
conditions O
for O
clearance O
of O
the O
alliance O
were O
that O
British B-ORG
Airways I-ORG
and O
American O
drop O
168 O
slots O
at O
London B-LOC
Heathrow I-LOC
airport O
, O
the O
busiest O
in O
Europe B-LOC
. O

American O
's O
parent O
, O
AMR B-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
, O
said O
it O
did O
not O
view O
the O
terms O
as O
a O
" O
deal O
breaker O
. O
" O

However O
, O
it O
called O
the O
conditions O
" O
more O
severe O
" O
than O
those O
imposed O
by O
other O
regulatory O
authorities O
on O
similar O
airline O
alliances O
. O

British B-ORG
Airways I-ORG
's O
initial O
response O
was O
that O
" O
unconditional O
divestiture O
of O
slots O
is O
unprecedented O
and O
if O
done O
it O
must O
be O
on O
the O
basis O
of O
fair O
market O
value O
. O
" O

It O
added O
that O
it O
would O
be O
" O
prepared O
to O
take O
reasonable O
steps O
to O
assist O
the O
introduction O
of O
additional O
competition O
. O
" O

The O
government O
also O
wants O
British B-ORG
Airways I-ORG
to O
drop O
a O
clause O
in O
its O
agreement O
with O
USAir B-ORG
that O
bars O
it O
from O
competing O
on O
trans-Atlantic O
routes O
, O
and O
said O
both O
British B-ORG
Airways I-ORG
and O
American O
should O
be O
prepared O
to O
reduce O
services O
on O
the O
London B-LOC
to O
Dallas-Fort B-LOC
Worth I-LOC
route O
in O
the O
event O
that O
a O
new O
entrant O
wishes O
to O
enter O
. O

It O
also O
suggested O
losing O
some O
slots O
on O
the O
London-to-Boston B-LOC
route O
. O

The O
Office B-ORG
of I-ORG
Fair I-ORG
Trade I-ORG
called O
for O
British B-ORG
Airways I-ORG
/ O
American O
to O
allow O
third-party O
access O
to O
their O
joint O
frequent O
flyer O
programme O
where O
the O
applicant O
does O
not O
have O
access O
to O
an O
equivalent O
programme O
. O

Lang B-PER
said O
responses O
should O
be O
made O
to O
the O
Office B-ORG
of I-ORG
Fair I-ORG
Trading I-ORG
by O
Jan. O
10 O
, O
1997 O
. O

Med O
oil O
products O
mostly O
lower O
as O
Elf B-ORG
strike O
ends O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Mediterranean O
oil O
products O
were O
steady O
to O
mostly O
lower O
on O
Friday O
after O
Elf B-ORG
refinery O
workers O
voted O
to O
end O
their O
nine-day O
strike O
. O

Gas O
oil O
erased O
Thursday O
's O
gains O
, O
plunging O
$ O
5.50 O
a O
tonne O
in O
line O
with O
the O
screen O
. O

Volume O
was O
very O
thin O
and O
market O
remained O
long O
, O
with O
premiums O
down O
$ O
1 O
at O
about O
high O
cif O
quotes O
+$0.50 O
basis O
Genoa B-ORG
. O
" O

The O
sharp O
moves O
on O
the O
screen O
make O
everyone O
nervous O
, O
" O
a O
trader O
said O
. O

Trades O
were O
discussed O
in O
0.2 O
, O
0.5 O
and O
one O
percent O
heating O
oil O
into O
Syria B-LOC
and O
Lebanon B-LOC
and O
there O
were O
fresh O
inquiries O
from O
France B-LOC
and O
Spain B-LOC
for O
low O
sulphur O
diesel O
. O

Interest O
remains O
focussed O
on O
a O
tender O
by O
India B-LOC
for O
a O
second O
purchase O
of O
high O
speed O
diesel O
for O
January O
delivery O
. O

Fuel O
oil O
lost O
ground O
sharply O
with O
weaker O
crude O
, O
but O
also O
suffered O
from O
some O
pricing O
pressure O
. O

High O
sulphur O
cracked O
fuel O
lost O
about O
$ O
3 O
to O
$ O
109-111 O
fob O
Med B-ORG
with O
several O
cargoes O
threatening O
to O
overhang O
the O
market O
. O

The O
chance O
of O
material O
heading O
north O
, O
talked O
earlier O
this O
week O
, O
may O
be O
in O
jeopardy O
now O
since O
American O
fuel O
oil O
is O
expected O
to O
head O
transatlantic O
following O
outages O
at O
two O
coking O
units O
in O
the O
U.S B-LOC
. O

Up O
to O
165,000 O
tonnes O
of O
fuel O
will O
have O
to O
find O
a O
new O
home O
and O
with O
the O
arbitrage O
from O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
to O
Europe B-LOC
open O
Rotterdam B-LOC
is O
a O
prime O
candidate O
. O

Low O
sulphur O
prices O
were O
lower O
with O
cif O
Med O
pegged O
in O
the O
mid O
to O
low O
$ O
140s O
. O

Gasoline O
prices O
fell O
after O
striking O
Elf B-ORG
refinery O
workers O
voted O
to O
go O
back O
to O
work O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

But O
an O
open O
arbitrage O
to O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
tight O
Italian O
supplies O
after O
Elf B-ORG
scooped O
up O
Med B-ORG
material O
over O
the O
last O
week O
, O
continued O
to O
underpin O
prices O
into O
next O
week O
. O

New O
meningitis O
scare O
hits O
Britain B-LOC
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
boy O
has O
died O
from O
meningitis O
and O
a O
girl O
from O
the O
same O
school O
has O
contracted O
the O
disease O
in O
the O
second O
such O
scare O
to O
hit O
Britain B-LOC
in O
as O
many O
weeks O
, O
health O
authorities O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
16-year-old O
who O
attended O
Sale B-ORG
Grammar I-ORG
School I-ORG
in O
the O
northern O
England B-LOC
city O
of O
Manchester B-LOC
died O
less O
than O
a O
day O
after O
becoming O
ill O
. O

The O
15-year-old O
girl O
is O
also O
suffering O
from O
the O
disease O
and O
hospital O
officials O
described O
her O
condition O
as O
serious O
. O

" O
At O
the O
moment O
there O
is O
no O
evidence O
the O
two O
cases O
are O
linked O
. O

However O
, O
we O
are O
assuming O
they O
are O
as O
a O
precaution O
for O
the O
time O
being O
, O
" O
a O
spokeswoman O
said O
. O

The O
more O
than O
1,260 O
students O
at O
the O
school O
are O
being O
given O
antibiotics O
as O
a O
precaution O
. O

Wales B-LOC
grappled O
with O
its O
own O
cluster O
of O
meningitis O
cases O
on O
a O
university O
campus O
in O
Cardiff B-LOC
. O

At O
least O
two O
people O
have O
died O
and O
hundreds O
have O
been O
vaccinated O
in O
an O
effort O
to O
contain O
the O
virus O
. O

In O
Scotland B-LOC
, O
eight O
people O
have O
died O
and O
hundreds O
more O
are O
fighting O
a O
widespread O
food-poisoning O
outbreak O
. O

A O
health O
authority O
spokeswoman O
said O
78 O
people O
suspected O
of O
having O
the O
disease O
, O
including O
64 O
confirmed O
cases O
, O
were O
still O
being O
treated O
. O

Three O
were O
listed O
in O
poor O
condition O
. O

More O
than O
290 O
people O
have O
reported O
symptoms O
in O
Lanarkshire B-LOC
county O
, O
the O
worst-hit O
area O
, O
since O
the O
outbreak O
first O
came O
to O
light O
after O
people O
ate O
tainted O
meat O
pies O
at O
a O
pensioners O
' O
lunch O
. O

Major B-PER
's O
office-Conservatives O
still O
have O
majority O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

British O
Prime O
Minister O
John B-PER
Major I-PER
's O
office O
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
rebel O
Conservative O
MP O
Sir O
John B-PER
Gorst I-PER
had O
not O
" O
resigned O
the O
whip O
" O
( O
quit O
the O
parliamentary O
party O
) O
and O
the O
government O
still O
had O
a O
majority O
in O
the O
651-seat O
parliament O
. O

" O
He O
( O
Gorst B-PER
) O
isreserving O
the O
right O
not O
to O
cooperate O
, O
but O
he O
has O
not O
resigned O
the O
whip O
. O

The O
government O
still O
has O
a O
majority O
, O
" O
a O
spokesman O
from O
Major B-PER
's O
office O
in O
Downing B-LOC
Street I-LOC
said O
. O

Gorst B-PER
's O
office O
said O
later O
the O
MP O
would O
not O
feel O
himself O
obliged O
to O
vote O
with O
the O
government O
. O

He O
said O
at O
one O
point O
during O
a O
press O
conference O
: O
" O
I O
have O
seen O
my O
whip O
( O
party O
manager O
) O
for O
next O
week O
which O
, O
of O
course O
, O
does O
n't O
mean O
very O
much O
to O
me O
now O
. O
" O

Before O
Gorst B-PER
's O
statement O
, O
Major B-PER
had O
a O
one-seat O
majority O
in O
the O
651-seat O
House B-ORG
of I-ORG
Commons I-ORG
lower O
house O
of O
parliament O
. O

In O
his O
formal O
statement O
, O
Gorst B-PER
said O
: O
" O
I O
am O
today O
withdrawing O
my O
cooperation O
from O
the O
government O
and O
shall O
not O
treat O
the O
" O
whip O
' O
as O
either O
a O
summons O
to O
attend O
the O
House B-ORG
of I-ORG
Commons I-ORG
or O
as O
placing O
me O
under O
any O
obligation O
to O
vote O
as O
advised O
. O
" O

Gorst B-PER
resigned O
over O
a O
hospital O
closure O
in O
his O
constituency O
. O

Electronic B-ORG
Data I-ORG
bags O
flight O
data O
contract O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Information O
technology O
firm O
Electronic B-ORG
Data I-ORG
Systems I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
it O
had O
bagged O
a O
contract O
for O
the O
first O
air O
traffic O
control O
project O
being O
funded O
under O
the O
Private B-ORG
Finance I-ORG
Initiative I-ORG
. O

In O
a O
statement O
, O
EDS B-ORG
said O
the O
contract O
would O
be O
in O
the O
region O
of O
50 O
million O
stg O
. O

The O
contract O
involved O
upgrading O
the O
flight O
data O
processing O
system O
at O
the O
Oceanic B-ORG
Control I-ORG
Centre I-ORG
in O
Prestwick B-LOC
in O
south O
west O
Scotland B-LOC
for O
National B-ORG
Air I-ORG
Traffic I-ORG
Services I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
( O
NATS B-ORG
) O
, O
subsidiary O
of O
the O
Civil B-ORG
Aviation I-ORG
Authority I-ORG
. O

The O
system O
is O
responsible O
for O
the O
control O
of O
aircraft O
flying O
transatlantic O
routes O
from O
Europe B-LOC
and O
North B-LOC
America I-LOC
. O

The O
system O
, O
which O
would O
use O
satellite O
technology O
, O
is O
scheduled O
to O
enter O
service O
in O
2000 O
. O

-- O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44-171-542 O
7717 O

RTRS B-ORG
- O
Cricket O
- O
Play O
restarts O
in O
Australia-West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
match O
. O

MELBOURNE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Play O
restarted O
in O
the O
first O
World O
Series O
limited O
overs O
match O
between O
West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
and O
Australia B-LOC
after O
a O
rain O
delay O
of O
50 O
minutes O
on O
Friday O
. O

West B-LOC
Indies I-LOC
resumed O
their O
innings O
on O
53 O
for O
two O
with O
opener O
Sherwin B-PER
Campbell I-PER
on O
25 O
and O
Shivnarine B-PER
Chanderpaul I-PER
10 O
. O

Rain O
earlier O
delayed O
the O
start O
of O
play O
by O
30 O
minutes O
. O

-- O
Sydney B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
61-2 O
9373-1800 O

Cricket O
- O
Pakistan B-LOC
beat O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
by O
46 O
runs O
. O

SIALKOT B-LOC
, O
Pakistan B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Pakistan B-LOC
beat O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
by O
46 O
runs O
on O
Friday O
to O
take O
an O
unbeatable O
2-0 O
lead O
in O
the O
three-match O
one-day O
series O
. O

Scores O
: O
Pakistan B-LOC
277-9 O
, O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
231 O

Manitoba B-ORG
Pork I-ORG
forward O
contract O
PM O
prices O
- O
Dec O
6 O
. O

WINNIPEG B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Manitoba B-ORG
Pork I-ORG
closing O
forward O
contract O
prices O
in O
Canadian O
dollars O
per O
hundred O
lbs O
( O
Cwt O
) O
for O
Dec O
6 O
including O
minimum O
guaranteed O
price O
-- O

CONTRACT O
PREVIOUS O
CLOSE O
PM O
CLOSE O
PM O
CLOSING O
RANGE O

DATE O
PM O
CLOSE O
FIXED O
MINIMUM O
AT O
1230 O
CST O

Feb O
97 O
79.94 O
79.67 O
75.55 O
77.01-81.80 O

Mar O
97 O
76.37 O
76.12 O
72.02 O
73.47-78.24 O

Apr O
97 O
74.13 O
74.69 O
70.59 O
72.04-76.81 O

May O
97 O
76.51 O
77.07 O
72.97 O
74.42-79.19 O

Jun O
97 O
77.53 O
77.24 O
73.17 O
74.62-79.35 O

Jul O
97 O
74.45 O
74.01 O
69.95 O
71.39-76.12 O

Aug O
97 O
72.41 O
72.07 O
68.01 O
69.45-74.18 O

Sep O
97 O
69.18 O
69.24 O
65.17 O
66.61-71.34 O

Oct O
97 O
68.00 O
68.05 O
63.98 O
65.43-70.16 O

Nov O
97 O
68.00 O
68.05 O
63.98 O
65.43-70.16 O

Note O
: O
Manitoba B-LOC
Government O
Price O
Index O
( O
C$ O
per O
cwt O
) O
- O

Dec O
4 O
87.16 O

Manitoba B-LOC
's O
Hog B-LOC
Price I-LOC
Range O
: O
84.00-86.00 O
per O
cwt O

CAN B-LOC
/ O
U.S. B-LOC
DOLLAR I-LOC
EXCHANGE O
RATE O
: O
1.3570 O

Source O
: O
Manitoba B-ORG
Pork I-ORG
. O

( O
( O
Winnipeg B-LOC
bureau O
204-947-3548 O
) O
) O

Canadian O
West B-ORG
Coast I-ORG
Vessel I-ORG
Loadings O
- O
CWB B-ORG
. O

WINNIPEG B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
Canadian B-ORG
Wheat I-ORG
Board I-ORG
reported O
six O
ships O
loading O
, O
10 O
waiting O
and O
four O
due O
at O
the O
Canadian O
West B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
, O
as O
of O
Friday O
. O

The O
longest O
wait O
to O
load O
on O
the O
West B-ORG
Coast I-ORG
was O
13 O
days O
. O

Two O
ship O
loaded O
in O
Thunder B-LOC
Bay I-LOC
, O
one O
waited O
and O
seven O
were O
due O
. O

Two O
ships O
loaded O
on O
the O
East B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
, O
three O
waited O
to O
load O
, O
six O
were O
due O
. O

Port O
Loading O
Waiting O

Vancouver B-ORG
5 O
7 O

Prince B-ORG
Rupert I-ORG
1 O
3 O

( O
( O
Gilbert B-PER
Le I-PER
Gras I-PER
204 O
947 O
3548 O
) O
) O

New B-LOC
York I-LOC
timecharter O
fixtures O
- O
Dec O
6 O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

No O
new O
fixtures O
reported O
from O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
. O

-- O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Commodities I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
+1 O
212 O
859 O
1640 O

New B-LOC
York I-LOC
coal O
/ O
ore O
/ O
scrap O
fixtures O
- O
Dec O
6 O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

ORE B-ORG
- O
Maritime O
Queen O
70,000 O
tonnes O
Dampier B-LOC
/ O
Kaohsiung B-LOC
20-30/12 O
$ O
5.25 O
fio O
35,000 O
/ O
30,000 O
China B-ORG
Steel I-ORG
. O

-- O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Commodities I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
+1 O
212 O
859 O
1640 O

Clean O
tankers O
fixtures O
and O
enquiries O
- O
2321 O
GMT O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

FIXTURES O
- O

WESTERN O
HEMISPHERE O
- O

Danila B-PER
28.5 O
16/12 O
Caribs B-LOC
/ O
up O
W224 O
Mobil B-ORG
. O

-- O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Commodities I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
, O
212-859-1640 O

Dirty O
tanker O
fixtures O
and O
enquiries O
- O
2317 O
GMT O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

MIDEAST B-LOC
/ O
RED B-LOC
SEA I-LOC
- O

Thai B-ORG
Resource I-ORG
264 O
31/12 O
Ras B-LOC
Tanura I-LOC
/ O
Red B-LOC
Sea I-LOC
W46.50 O
Mobil B-ORG
. O

MEDITERRANEAN O
- O

Lula B-PER
I I-PER
85 O
25/12 O
Sidi B-LOC
Kreir I-LOC
/ O
Augusta B-ORG
W100 O
Exxon B-ORG
. O

Spetses B-PER
139 O
17/12 O
Sidi B-LOC
Kreir I-LOC
/ O
Augusta B-LOC
W97.50 O
Exxon B-ORG
. O

Mesipia B-ORG
77.5 O
17/12 O
Bajaia B-LOC
/ O
Fos B-LOC
W105 O
Exxon B-ORG
. O

-- O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Commodities I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
+1 O
212 O
859 O
1640 O

NYC B-LOC
Jan O
refunding O
has O
its O
1st O
Euro O
floating O
rate O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
on O
Friday O
said O
that O
it O
planned O
a O
$ O
775 O
million O
refunding O
for O
January O
that O
will O
include O
its O
first O
floating O
rate O
issue O
of O
taxable O
debt O
for O
European O
investors O
. O

A O
city O
official O
, O
who O
declined O
to O
be O
named O
, O
explained O
that O
Goldman B-ORG
, O
Sachs B-ORG
, O
which O
this O
summer O
was O
demoted O
to O
the O
second O
tier O
of O
the O
syndicate O
, O
proposed O
the O
floating O
rate O
issue O
and O
as O
a O
result O
was O
promoted O
to O
book O
runner O
for O
this O
offering O
. O

By O
selling O
the O
floating O
rate O
debt O
, O
the O
city O
hopes O
to O
establish O
a O
benchmark O
, O
the O
city O
official O
said O
, O
adding O
that O
it O
needed O
a O
large O
deal O
to O
accomplish O
this O
objective O
. O

The O
city O
in O
late O
June O
sold O
its O
first O
issue O
of O
Euronotes O
, O
a O
strategy O
that O
it O
says O
saved O
it O
$ O
500,000 O
in O
interest O
costs O
, O
and O
it O
has O
been O
trying O
to O
build O
on O
this O
strategy O
of O
expanding O
the O
pool O
of O
potential O
investors O
since O
then O
. O

In O
November O
, O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
said O
it O
became O
the O
first O
U.S. B-LOC
municipality O
to O
offer O
bonds O
for O
sale O
in O
European O
markets O
by O
competitive O
bidding O
as O
it O
listed O
taxable O
bonds O
on O
the O
London B-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
. O

The O
refunding O
planned O
for O
January O
also O
includes O
a O
$ O
475 O
million O
tax-exempt O
offering O
. O

No O
specific O
date O
in O
January O
has O
been O
selected O
for O
the O
debt O
sale O
, O
the O
official O
added O
. O

-- O
Joan B-PER
Gralla I-PER
, O
212-859-1654 O

USDA B-ORG
gross O
cutout O
hide O
and O
offal O
value O
. O

DES B-LOC
MOINES I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
hide O
and O
offal O
value O
from O
a O
typical O
slaughter O
steer O
for O
Friday O
was O
estimated O
at O
$ O
9.54 O
per O
cwt O
live O
, O
dn O
0.05 O
when O
compared O
to O
Thursday O
's O
value O
. O

- O
USDA B-ORG

Wall B-LOC
St I-LOC
speculates O
about O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
savior O
. O

Brendan B-PER
Intindola I-PER

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Homestake B-ORG
Mining I-ORG
Co I-ORG
tops O
Wall B-LOC
Street I-LOC
's O
list O
as O
the O
most O
likely O
white O
knight O
buyer O
for O
Santa B-ORG
Fe I-ORG
Pacific I-ORG
Gold I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
if O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
rejects O
unsolicited O
suitor O
Newmont B-ORG
Mining I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
. O

Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
is O
so O
far O
mum O
on O
the O
more O
than O
$ O
2 O
billion O
stock O
swap O
takeover O
proposal O
from O
Newmont B-LOC
, O
announced O
Thursday O
. O

Wall B-LOC
Street I-LOC
, O
since O
the O
bid O
, O
has O
speculated O
that O
any O
deal O
between O
Newmont B-LOC
and O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
would O
be O
a O
" O
bear O
hug O
, O
" O
or O
a O
reluctantly O
negotiated O
agreement O
where O
the O
buyer O
is O
not O
necessarily O
a O
friendly O
suitor O
. O

Newmont B-ORG
said O
the O
companies O
have O
had O
previous O
contact O
, O
though O
declined O
to O
detail O
the O
encounters O
. O

Analysts O
predict O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
will O
go O
to O
the O
highest O
bidder O
, O
and O
that O
if O
a O
rival O
buyer O
is O
found O
, O
Newmont B-ORG
may O
not O
be O
able O
to O
match O
its O
offer O
. O

They O
said O
the O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
deal O
, O
which O
includes O
desirable O
Nevada B-LOC
mining O
territory O
, O
would O
only O
payoff O
for O
Newmont B-LOC
longer O
term O
. O

Newmont B-ORG
, O
in O
fact O
, O
will O
not O
benefit O
from O
the O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
acquisition O
on O
an O
earnings O
basis O
for O
at O
least O
two O
years O
, O
which O
also O
limits O
its O
capacity O
to O
raise O
its O
offer O
. O

Any O
deal O
, O
friendly O
or O
hostile O
, O
would O
almost O
assuredly O
be O
a O
stock O
swap O
, O
which O
is O
necessary O
to O
preserve O
the O
tax-free O
, O
pooling-of-interest O
accounting O
, O
they O
said O
. O

Analysts O
and O
arbitrageurs O
immediately O
ruled O
out O
Barrick B-ORG
Gold I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
and O
Bre-X B-ORG
Minerals I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
as O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
saviors O
because O
they O
are O
locked O
in O
negotiations O
over O
their O
splitting O
Indonesia B-LOC
's O
Busang B-LOC
vast O
gold O
deposit O
. O

Placer B-ORG
Dome I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
too O
was O
considered O
unlikley O
because O
it O
is O
focusing O
on O
geographic O
expansion O
in O
areas O
that O
do O
match O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
's O
Nevada B-LOC
, O
South B-LOC
America I-LOC
and O
Central B-LOC
Asia I-LOC
presence O
, O
they O
said O
. O

A O
Homestake B-ORG
spokesman O
was O
not O
immediately O
available O
to O
comment O
on O
speculation O
that O
it O
tops O
the O
list O
. O

Homestake B-ORG
, O
based O
in O
San B-LOC
Francisco I-LOC
, O
operates O
gold O
mines O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
, O
Australia B-LOC
, O
Chile B-LOC
and O
Canada B-LOC
. O

Earnings O
in O
1995 O
were O
$ O
0.22 O
per O
share O
, O
or O
$ O
30.3 O
million O
, O
on O
revenues O
of O
$ O
746.3 O
million O
. O

Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
is O
headquartered O
Albuquerque B-LOC
, O
N.M. O
and O
reported O
1995 O
earnings O
of O
$ O
0.30 O
per O
share O
, O
or O
$ O
40 O
million O
, O
on O
revenues O
of O
$ O
350 O
million O
. O

Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
has O
mining O
and O
exploration O
operations O
in O
Nevada B-LOC
, O
California B-LOC
, O
Montana B-LOC
, O
Canada B-LOC
, O
Brazil B-LOC
, O
Australia B-LOC
, O
Chile B-LOC
, O
Kazakstan B-LOC
, O
Mexico B-LOC
and O
Ghana B-LOC
. O

PaineWebber B-ORG
analyst O
Marc B-PER
Cohen I-PER
said O
he O
lowered O
his O
rating O
on O
Newmont B-ORG
to O
neutral O
from O
attractive O
today O
because O
if O
Newmont B-ORG
merged O
with O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
, O
investors O
would O
have O
to O
wait O
until O
the O
second O
half O
of O
1998 O
to O
realize O
earnings O
accretion O
. O

" O
I O
think O
Homestake B-PER
could O
come O
in O
as O
a O
white O
knight O
, O
but O
how O
much O
is O
someone O
willing O
to O
come O
in O
above O
the O
Newmont B-LOC
number O
. O

One O
would O
have O
to O
outbid O
by O
at O
least O
15 O
percent O
, O
but O
there O
is O
going O
to O
be O
a O
( O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
) O
deal O
with O
someone O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

" O
Longer O
term O
, O
two O
to O
three O
years O
out O
, O
( O
a O
Newmont-Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
deal O
) O
is O
positive O
, O
it O
does O
all O
the O
right O
things O
. O

But O
in O
the O
near-term O
it O
is O
, O
at O
worst O
, O
neutral O
, O
" O
the O
analyst O
added O
. O

Newmont B-ORG
proposed O
to O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
a O
stock-swap O
merger O
at O
a O
ratio O
of O
0.33 O
Newmont B-ORG
shares O
for O
each O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
shares O
. O

In O
Friday O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
trade O
, O
Newmonth B-ORG
was O
off O
1/2 O
to O
46-5/8 O
while O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
added O
1/4 O
to O
15-1/8 O
. O

" O
Newmont B-LOC
said O
it O
wants O
to O
discuss O
a O
friendly O
deal O
with O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
, O
which O
is O
almost O
always O
a O
euphemism O
for O
' O
We O
have O
more O
money O
in O
our O
pocket O
, O
' O
" O
said O
an O
arb O
, O
referring O
to O
a O
possible O
sweetened O
bid O
from O
Newmont B-LOC
. O

Two O
other O
arbs O
called O
Newmont B-ORG
's O
move O
a O
" O
a O
32 O
cent O
bid O
" O
because O
there O
is O
no O
formal O
tender O
offer O
, O
only O
the O
proposal O
letter O
" O
mailed O
" O
to O
Santa B-LOC
Fe I-LOC
's O
board O
. O

-- O
Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
, O
212-859-1734 O
. O

Russ B-PER
Berrie I-PER
president O
to O
retire O
in O
July O
. O

OAKLAND B-LOC
, O
N.J. B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Russ B-ORG
Berrie I-ORG
and I-ORG
Co I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
A. B-PER
Curts I-PER
Cooke I-PER
will O
retire O
as O
president O
and O
chief O
operating O
officer O
effective O
July O
1 O
, O
1997 O
. O

Cooke B-PER
will O
provide O
consulting O
services O
to O
the O
company O
through O
July O
1 O
, O
1998 O
, O
and O
will O
continue O
to O
serve O
as O
a O
director O
, O
the O
toy O
and O
gift O
maker O
said O
. O

Zimbabwe B-LOC
executes O
convicted O
murderer O
. O

HARARE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Zimbabwe B-LOC
hanged O
a O
convicted O
murderer O
on O
Friday O
, O
bringing O
to O
eight O
the O
number O
of O
executions O
carried O
out O
in O
the O
past O
year O
. O

A O
statement O
said O
Piniel B-PER
Sindiso I-PER
Ncube I-PER
was O
hanged O
at O
dawn O
. O

President O
Robert B-PER
Mugabe I-PER
's O
government O
has O
resisted O
pressure O
from O
local O
and O
international O
human O
rights O
groups O
to O
abolish O
the O
death O
sentence O
. O

Multinational O
commander O
going O
back O
to O
east O
Zaire B-LOC
. O

Jonathan B-PER
Wright I-PER

NAIROBI B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
Canadian O
general O
in O
charge O
of O
a O
multinational O
force O
for O
eastern O
Zaire B-LOC
said O
on O
Friday O
he O
was O
going O
back O
to O
Zaire B-LOC
for O
more O
information O
about O
the O
plight O
of O
about O
165,000 O
Rwandan O
refugees O
adrift O
in O
the O
countryside O
. O

Lieutenant-General O
Maurice B-PER
Baril I-PER
told O
a O
news O
conference O
in O
Nairobi B-LOC
his O
main O
concern O
was O
for O
a O
large O
group O
of O
about O
150,000 O
refugees O
living O
off O
the O
land O
in O
a O
valley O
about O
65 O
km O
( O
40 O
miles O
) O
west O
of O
the O
eastern O
city O
of O
Goma B-LOC
. O

If O
he O
decided O
it O
was O
necessary O
and O
safe O
for O
the O
aircrew O
, O
he O
would O
not O
hesitate O
to O
order O
airdrops O
of O
food O
for O
the O
refugees O
, O
even O
against O
the O
wishes O
of O
the O
government O
in O
Kinshasa B-LOC
and O
the O
Zairean O
rebels O
who O
control O
much O
of O
eastern O
Zaire B-LOC
, O
he O
said O
. O

" O
Tomorrow O
I O
'm O
going O
into O
Rwanda B-LOC
and O
my O
intention O
is O
to O
go O
across O
into O
eastern O
Zaire B-LOC
and O
try O
to O
find O
out O
for O
the O
second O
time O
what O
the O
situation O
is O
on O
the O
ground O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

General O
Baril B-PER
saw O
rebel O
leader O
Laurent B-PER
Kabila I-PER
in O
Goma B-LOC
last O
week O
but O
the O
rebels O
told O
him O
the O
crisis O
was O
over O
because O
most O
of O
the O
Rwandan O
refugees O
have O
already O
gone O
home O
. O

The O
rebels O
do O
not O
want O
the O
multinational O
force O
to O
deploy O
on O
the O
ground O
, O
for O
fear O
it O
might O
help O
the O
Zairean O
army O
regain O
control O
of O
the O
area O
. O

Kinshasa B-LOC
opposes O
airdrops O
, O
apparently O
because O
the O
food O
could O
fall O
into O
the O
hands O
of O
the O
rebels O
and O
their O
local O
supporters O
. O

Canadian O
Defence O
Minister O
Doug B-PER
Young I-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
that O
the O
multinational O
force O
would O
probably O
not O
have O
to O
make O
food O
airdrops O
or O
intervene O
militarily O
in O
any O
major O
way O
. O

" O
It O
does O
n't O
look O
as O
though O
they O
( O
airdrops O
) O
are O
going O
to O
be O
required O
in O
any O
significant O
way O
because O
the O
NGOs B-ORG
( O
non-governmental O
organisations O
) O
are O
in O
that O
area O
on O
the O
border O
between O
Zaire B-LOC
and O
Rwanda B-LOC
, O
" O
Young B-PER
told O
reporters O
. O

But O
General O
Baril B-PER
said O
it O
would O
be O
premature O
to O
rule O
out O
any O
course O
of O
action O
until O
he O
had O
more O
information O
. O

" O
We O
hope O
that O
if O
the O
front O
moves O
forward O
or O
stabilises O
then O
we O
will O
have O
access O
( O
to O
the O
large O
group O
of O
refugees O
) O
with O
reconnaissance O
or O
humanitarian O
agencies O
. O

" O
If O
they O
ca O
n't O
move O
because O
they O
are O
too O
weak O
, O
then O
we O
will O
probably O
consider O
very O
seriously O
using O
air O
delivery O
means O
( O
airdrops O
) O
...It O
's O
complex O
, O
it O
's O
dangerous O
for O
the O
air O
crew O
that O
fly O
in O
there O
and O
it O
will O
have O
to O
be O
absolutely O
necessary O
. O

If O
it O
is O
necessary O
, O
I O
wo O
n't O
hesitate O
to O
use O
it O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Asked O
if O
he O
would O
disregard O
the O
objections O
of O
the O
Zairean O
government O
, O
he O
said O
: O
" O
It O
would O
have O
to O
be O
in O
the O
last O
resort O
. O

It O
would O
have O
to O
mean O
that O
tens O
of O
thousands O
of O
lives O
are O
in O
danger O
. O

Do O
you O
think O
that O
I O
would O
have O
a O
conscience O
problem O
doing O
it O
or O
not O
at O
that O
time O
? O

And O
my O
mandate O
is O
also O
under O
Chapter O
Seven O
to O
operate O
in O
eastern O
Zaire B-LOC
. O
" O

Under O
Chapter O
Seven O
of O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
charter O
, O
the O
Security B-ORG
Council I-ORG
has O
wide O
powers O
to O
preserve O
peace O
and O
security O
. O

" O
I O
know O
their O
( O
the O
Zairean O
government O
's O
) O
position O
and O
I O
know O
it O
's O
very O
delicate O
and O
we O
are O
very O
sensitive O
to O
their O
position O
also O
, O
" O
the O
general O
added O
. O

He O
denied O
that O
his O
contacts O
, O
criticised O
by O
Kinshasa B-LOC
, O
with O
the O
Zairean O
rebels O
amounted O
to O
negotiations O
. O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
negotiate O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

I O
coordinate O
with O
those O
who O
are O
holding O
ground O
and O
that O
's O
a O
wise O
thing O
to O
do O
. O

When O
we O
do O
n't O
know O
where O
the O
front O
is O
, O
we O
do O
n't O
know O
what O
the O
risk O
is O
. O
" O

Baril B-PER
said O
that O
apart O
from O
the O
group O
of O
150,000 O
, O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
British O
reconnaissance O
plans O
had O
tracked O
two O
much O
smaller O
groups O
of O
refugees O
-- O
one O
of O
up O
to O
1,000 O
north O
of O
the O
town O
of O
Masisi B-LOC
and O
one O
of O
up O
to O
8,000 O
on O
the O
road O
from O
Bukavu B-LOC
west O
to O
Kindu B-LOC
. O

The O
Kisangani B-ORG
office O
of O
the O
medical O
charity O
Medecins B-ORG
sans I-ORG
Frontieres I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
more O
than O
100,000 O
refugees O
were O
trekking O
northwest O
from O
the O
Goma-Bukavu B-LOC
area O
and O
many O
of O
them O
were O
now O
in O
the O
town O
of O
Walikale B-LOC
. O

The O
general O
did O
not O
mention O
these O
refugees O
, O
who O
are O
on O
the O
outer O
limit O
of O
the O
strip O
the O
planes O
have O
been O
checking O
. O

Mauritius B-LOC
put O
on O
cyclone O
alert O
. O

PORT B-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Mauritian O
authorities O
put O
the O
Indian B-LOC
Ocean I-LOC
island O
on O
cyclone O
alert O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
weather O
services O
office O
said O
the O
centre O
of O
the O
intense O
tropical O
cyclone O
Daniella B-PER
was O
570 O
km O
( O
310 O
miles O
) O
north O
by O
northwest O
of O
the O
island O
on O
Friday O
afternoon O
and O
was O
moving O
south O
by O
southwest O
at O
eight O
km O
an O
hour O
( O
four O
knots O
) O
. O

Although O
not O
threatening O
Mauritius B-LOC
directly O
, O
it O
is O
coming O
closer O
to O
the O
island O
and O
could O
change O
direction O
, O
it O
added O
. O

Winds O
up O
to O
75 O
km O
an O
hour O
( O
40 O
knots O
) O
could O
blow O
over O
Mauritius B-LOC
during O
the O
night O
of O
Friday O
to O
Saturday O
, O
it O
said O
. O

The O
weather O
in O
the O
capital O
Port B-LOC
Louis I-LOC
was O
heavily O
cloudy O
on O
Friday O
afternoon O
with O
occasional O
showers O
. O

The O
northeastern O
coast O
of O
the O
nearby O
island O
of O
Madagascar B-LOC
has O
also O
gone O
on O
alert O
. O

U.N. B-ORG
evacuates O
staff O
from O
Central B-LOC
African I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
. O

ABIDJAN B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
evacuated O
its O
staff O
in O
the O
Central B-LOC
African I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
on O
Friday O
because O
of O
mounting O
violence O
in O
a O
two-week-old O
army O
mutiny O
in O
the O
capital O
, O
a O
U.N. B-ORG
official O
said O
. O

The O
official O
from O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
refugee O
agency O
UNHCR B-ORG
said O
a O
chartered O
plane O
had O
picked O
up O
the O
staff O
from O
Bangui B-LOC
and O
was O
heading O
for O
Abidjan B-LOC
, O
Ivory B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
. O

Senegal B-LOC
proposes O
foreign O
minister O
for O
U.N. B-ORG
post O
. O

DAKAR B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Senegal B-LOC
's O
President O
Abdou B-PER
Diouf I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
he O
was O
proposing O
his O
foreign O
minister O
Moustapha B-PER
Niasse I-PER
for O
the O
post O
of O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
secretary-general O
. O

Diouf B-PER
announced O
his O
intention O
to O
reporters O
when O
he O
returned O
from O
the O
Franco-African O
summit O
in O
Burkina B-LOC
Faso I-LOC
where O
an O
African O
successor O
to O
Secretary-General O
Boutros B-PER
Boutros-Ghali I-PER
was O
discussed O
. O

The O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
has O
vetoed O
a O
second O
term O
for O
the O
Egyptian O
but O
left O
the O
door O
open O
for O
another O
African O
candidate O
. O

" O
If O
Africa B-LOC
does O
not O
wish O
to O
lose O
its O
turn O
we O
have O
to O
act O
fast O
, O
" O
Diouf B-PER
said O
. O
" O

Some O
of O
my O
brother O
heads O
of O
state O
asked O
me O
if O
I O
would O
n't O
nominate O
Moustapha B-PER
Niasse I-PER
. O

I O
see O
in O
him O
the O
profile O
of O
a O
secretray-general O
of O
the O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
and O
I O
have O
given O
my O
endorsement O
. O
" O

Ex-minister O
, O
son O
killed O
in O
Central B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
unrest O
. O

Raphael B-PER
Kopessoua I-PER

BANGUI B-PER
1996-12-06 O

A O
former O
cabinet O
minister O
in O
Central B-LOC
African I-LOC
Republic I-LOC
and O
his O
son O
were O
abducted O
from O
their O
home O
and O
murdered O
in O
growing O
ethnic O
violence O
in O
the O
capital O
Bangui B-LOC
, O
a O
government O
minister O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

With O
violence O
spiralling O
out O
of O
control O
, O
France B-LOC
voiced O
backing O
for O
the O
elected O
Bangui B-LOC
government O
but O
said O
its O
troops O
based O
in O
the O
former O
colony O
under O
defence O
pacts O
would O
not O
help O
it O
combat O
army O
mutineers O
. O

" O
France B-LOC
cannot O
be O
involved O
in O
the O
domestic O
political O
debate O
, O
" O
President O
Jacques B-PER
Chirac I-PER
told O
a O
news O
conference O
at O
the O
end O
of O
a O
Franco-African O
summit O
in O
Burkina B-LOC
Faso I-LOC
. O

" O
French O
troops O
may O
only O
take O
part O
in O
maintaining O
order O
to O
avoid O
major O
abuses O
and O
protect O
foreign O
communities O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Public O
Service O
Minister O
David B-PER
Dofara I-PER
, O
who O
is O
the O
head O
of O
the O
national O
Red B-ORG
Cross I-ORG
, O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
he O
had O
seen O
the O
bodies O
of O
former O
interior O
minister O
Christophe B-PER
Grelombe I-PER
and O
his O
son O
, O
who O
was O
not O
named O
. O

Witnesses O
said O
they O
had O
been O
seized O
by O
troops O
loyal O
to O
President O
Ange-Felix B-PER
Patasse I-PER
at O
dawn O
on O
Thursday O
when O
they O
clashed O
with O
soldiers O
staging O
a O
mutiny O
since O
November O
16 O
. O

Grelombe B-PER
is O
from O
the O
Yakoma O
tribe O
to O
which O
most O
of O
the O
rebel O
soldiers O
belong O
. O

The O
uprising O
began O
over O
pay O
demands O
but O
has O
turned O
into O
a O
campaign O
to O
topple O
Patasse B-PER
, O
sparking O
ethnic O
violence O
and O
dividing O
the O
capital O
. O

The O
former O
minister O
and O
his O
son O
had O
been O
taken O
from O
their O
home O
close O
to O
the O
presidential O
palace O
, O
which O
is O
guarded O
by O
loyalist O
soldiers O
backed O
by O
French O
troops O
based O
in O
Bangui B-LOC
. O

The O
bodies O
were O
found O
on O
Thursday O
in O
an O
open O
field O
about O
two O
km O
( O
one O
mile O
) O
further O
away O
, O
said O
Dofora B-PER
and O
other O
witnesses O
. O

The O
men O
were O
seized O
as O
loyalist O
forces O
and O
French O
troops O
fought O
gunbattles O
with O
mutineers O
who O
fired O
rockets O
into O
the O
city O
centre O
. O

A O
French-owned O
hotel O
was O
slightly O
damaged O
. O

Yakomas O
are O
hounded O
in O
stronghold O
districts O
of O
Patasse B-LOC
's O
Baya B-LOC
people O
while O
other O
tribes O
have O
fled O
areas O
in O
rebel O
hands O
. O

Roadblocks O
have O
been O
erected O
in O
city O
districts O
while O
central O
Bangui B-LOC
, O
which O
is O
patrolled O
by O
French O
troops O
with O
tanks O
, O
is O
deserted O
. O

Shops O
and O
businesses O
have O
remained O
shut O
this O
week O
. O

The O
Franco-African O
summit O
decided O
to O
send O
a O
mission O
Bangui B-LOC
to O
seek O
ways O
of O
containing O
the O
mutiny O
and O
a O
threat O
of O
civil O
war O
. O

Chirac B-PER
said O
Burkina B-LOC
Faso I-LOC
President O
Blaise B-PER
Compaore I-PER
would O
visit O
Bangui B-LOC
" O
in O
the O
coming O
hours O
" O
with O
the O
heads O
of O
state O
of O
Gabon B-LOC
, O
Mali B-LOC
and O
Chad B-LOC
to O
try O
and O
establish O
dialogue O
between O
authorities O
and O
rebels O
. O

The O
mutiny O
forced O
Patasse B-PER
to O
miss O
the O
summit O
. O

His O
spokesman O
had O
predicted O
the O
meeting O
to O
send O
an O
assessment O
mission O
. O

Patasse B-PER
, O
who O
won O
Central B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
's O
first O
multi-party O
elections O
, O
refuses O
to O
resign O
. O

Church-led O
meadiation O
attempts O
hit O
deadlock O
over O
rebel O
demands O
for O
his O
departure O
. O

Soldiers O
staged O
mutinies O
in O
April O
and O
May O
, O
with O
French O
troops O
stepping O
in O
with O
tanks O
and O
helicopters O
to O
quell O
the O
more O
serious O
second O
uprising O
. O

Patasse B-PER
offered O
concessions O
and O
amnesty O
to O
rebels O
before O
the O
May O
rebellion O
ended O
after O
rebels O
looted O
the O
city O
centre O
. O

Rebels O
accuse O
Patasse B-PER
of O
tribalism O
and O
of O
arming O
his O
civilian O
supporters O
and O
hired O
guns O
from O
Sudan B-LOC
and O
Chad B-LOC
. O

Mutineers O
have O
vowed O
to O
disarm O
all O
civilians O
and O
to O
chase O
out O
the O
foreign O
forces O
knwon O
as O
Codos B-LOC
. O

Hospital O
sources O
and O
witnesses O
said O
about O
10 O
people O
were O
known O
to O
have O
been O
killed O
in O
the O
more O
than O
two O
weeks O
of O
fighting O
, O
including O
two O
rebels O
killed O
in O
Thursday O
's O
clashes O
. O

An O
undetermined O
number O
of O
people O
are O
reported O
to O
have O
been O
abducted O
and O
killed O
outside O
the O
town O
by O
tribal O
vigilante O
groups O
. O

In O
Thursday O
's O
fighting O
, O
French O
troops O
fired O
back O
as O
mutineers O
trying O
to O
break O
out O
of O
their O
strongholds O
rained O
mortar O
shells O
on O
the O
city O
centre O
. O

Five O
die O
as O
SAfrican O
crop O
plane O
hits O
pickup O
. O

JOHANNESBURG B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Five O
people O
were O
killed O
when O
a O
crop-spraying O
plane O
preparing O
for O
takeoff O
crashed O
into O
a O
light O
delivery O
vehicle O
in O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
's O
North B-LOC
West I-LOC
region O
, O
state O
radio O
reported O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
freak O
accident O
occurred O
in O
Mafikeng B-LOC
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
pilot O
survived O
the O
crash O
, O
but O
the O
driver O
and O
passengers O
of O
the O
van O
were O
killed O
. O

WEATHER O
- O
Conditions O
at O
CIS B-LOC
airports O
- O
Dec O
6 O
. O

MOSCOW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

No O
weather-related O
closures O
of O
CIS B-LOC
airports O
are O
expected O
on O
December O
7 O
and O
8 O
, O
the O
Russian B-ORG
Weather I-ORG
Service I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

-- O
Moscow B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+7095 O
941 O
8520 O

Skinheads O
attack O
Bratislava B-LOC
Rabbi O
- O
police O
. O

BRATISLAVA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Four O
skinheads O
attacked O
and O
insulted O
the O
rabbi O
of O
Bratislava B-LOC
, O
Baruch B-PER
Meyers I-PER
, O
in O
the O
city O
centre O
on O
Friday O
, O
but O
he O
escaped O
unharmed O
, O
a O
police O
spokesman O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

" O
A O
group O
of O
four O
skinheads O
attacked O
the O
rabbi O
, O
one O
kicked O
him O
in O
the O
hand O
but O
caused O
no O
injury O
, O
" O
the O
spokesman O
said O
. O

" O
All O
four O
attackers O
were O
apprehended O
and O
two O
have O
been O
detained O
, O
" O
the O
spokesman O
added O

He O
was O
unable O
to O
give O
more O
details O
. O

" O
The O
further O
procedure O
is O
now O
in O
the O
hands O
of O
the O
local O
police O
investigator O
, O
" O
the O
spokesman O
said O
. O

It O
was O
the O
second O
attack O
by O
skinheads O
in O
two O
years O
on O
Meyers B-PER
, O
an O
American O
. O

Meyers B-PER
was O
not O
available O
for O
comment O
. O

Albanian O
jailed O
for O
threat O
of O
bomb O
suicide O
. O

TIRANA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

An O
Albanian O
court O
on O
Friday O
sentenced O
a O
man O
who O
threatened O
to O
blow O
himself O
up O
outside O
President O
Sali B-PER
Berisha I-PER
's O
office O
to O
13 O
years O
in O
jail O
for O
guerrilla O
action O
and O
illegal O
possession O
of O
arms O
. O

Buza B-PER
last O
April O
said O
he O
would O
blow O
himself O
up O
outside O
the O
presidential O
palace O
unless O
he O
was O
allowed O
to O
speak O
to O
Berisha B-PER
, O
who O
was O
at O
the O
time O
meeting O
Italian O
President O
Oscar B-PER
Luigi I-PER
Scalfaro I-PER
. O

Buza B-PER
was O
overpowered O
by O
riot O
police O
less O
than O
one O
hour O
after O
he O
began O
his O
action O
. O

" O
Evaluating O
all O
the O
conditions O
of O
the O
case O
the O
court O
thinks O
the O
sentence O
should O
be O
lower O
than O
the O
minimum O
( O
15 O
years O
) O
, O
" O
Tirana B-LOC
judge O
Qazim B-PER
Gjonaj I-PER
added O
. O

The O
defendant O
denied O
the O
charges O
, O
saying O
his O
action O
was O
intended O
to O
urge O
the O
authorities O
to O
give O
him O
a O
$ O
20,000 O
loan O
. O

Medical O
experts O
had O
concluded O
Buza B-PER
was O
mentally O
unstable O
but O
fully O
responsible O
for O
the O
act O
he O
had O
committed O
, O
Gjonaj B-PER
said O
. O

Polish O
ex-communist O
president O
to O
visit O
Pope B-PER
. O

WARSAW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Poland B-LOC
's O
ex-communist O
President O
Aleksander B-PER
Kwasniewski I-PER
is O
likely O
to O
visit O
Polish-born O
Pope O
John I-PER
Paul I-PER
in O
early O
1997 O
despite O
uneasy O
relations O
between O
the O
Vatican B-LOC
and O
Warsaw B-LOC
, O
the O
foreign O
minister O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
President O
Kwasniewski B-PER
plans O
to O
visit O
Italy B-LOC
on O
a O
invitation O
from O
President O
Oscar B-PER
Scalfaro I-PER
. O

A O
meeting O
with O
the O
Pope B-PER
is O
also O
planned O
, O
" O
Dariusz B-PER
Rosati I-PER
told O
a O
news O
conference O
. O

Rosati B-PER
said O
that O
the O
atmosphere O
of O
the O
meeting O
, O
if O
it O
takes O
place O
, O
would O
largely O
depend O
on O
the O
progress O
in O
talks O
on O
ratification O
of O
a O
treaty O
between O
Warsaw B-LOC
and O
the O
Vatican B-LOC
. O

@ O

The O
ratification O
of O
the O
treaty O
, O
which O
was O
signed O
in O
1993 O
by O
the O
then O
right-centrist O
government O
, O
is O
being O
delayed O
by O
an O
ex-communist O
party O
, O
which O
won O
parliamentary O
elections O
in O
the O
same O
year O
and O
now O
dominates O
parliament O
. O

The O
party O
, O
the O
Democratic B-ORG
Left I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
, O
says O
the O
agreement O
would O
give O
the O
Catholic B-ORG
Church I-ORG
too O
much O
influence O
over O
life O
in O
Poland B-LOC
and O
could O
infringe O
on O
rights O
of O
other O
religious O
groups O
and O
non-believers O
. O

The O
relations O
with O
the O
Vatican B-LOC
have O
also O
been O
soured O
by O
a O
recent O
relaxation O
of O
Poland B-LOC
's O
anti-abortion O
rules O
, O
which O
Kwasniewski B-PER
signed O
into O
law O
last O
month O
. O

Russia B-LOC
warns O
Norilsk B-ORG
, O
not O
expected O
to O
liquidate O
it O
. O

Lynnley B-PER
Browning I-PER

MOSCOW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Russian O
Finance O
Minister O
Alexander B-PER
Livshits I-PER
warned O
financially-troubled O
Norilsk B-ORG
Nickel I-ORG
on O
Friday O
that O
it O
must O
pay O
overdue O
taxes O
, O
but O
analysts O
said O
the O
firm O
would O
not O
be O
liquidated O
or O
that O
its O
would O
assets O
would O
be O
frozen O
. O

" O
Norilsk B-ORG
really O
is O
a O
big O
debtor O
, O
both O
to O
the O
federal O
and O
regional O
budgets O
, O
" O
said O
Konstantin B-PER
Chernyshev I-PER
, O
equities O
analyst O
at O
Moscow B-LOC
brokerage O
Rinaco B-ORG
Plus I-ORG
and O
a O
Norilsk B-ORG
watcher O
. O
" O

Livshits B-PER
's O
words O
are O
an O
attempt O
to O
put O
pressure O
on O
the O
company O
. O
" O

The O
official O
Itar-Tass B-ORG
news O
agency O
quoted O
Livshits B-PER
as O
telling O
parliamentary O
deputies O
that O
RAO B-ORG
Norilsky I-ORG
Nikel I-ORG
0#NKEL.RUO O
had O
to O
pay O
its O
tax O
arrears O
and O
that O
bankruptcy O
procedures O
applied O
to O
the O
metals O
group O
. O

" O
If O
it O
was O
an O
unsolicited O
statement O
and O
a O
bolt O
out O
of O
the O
blue O
, O
then O
it O
obviously O
means O
something O
, O
" O
said O
Christopher B-PER
Granville I-PER
, O
chief O
economist O
at O
United B-ORG
City I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
in O
Moscow B-LOC
. O

" O
But O
if O
it O
was O
a O
response O
to O
a O
deputy O
's O
question O
that O
was O
essentially O
loaded O
, O
then O
it O
was O
the O
only O
answer O
he O
could O
have O
given O
. O
" O

Russian O
tax O
and O
cabinet O
authorities O
, O
under O
pressure O
from O
the O
International B-ORG
Monetary I-ORG
Fund I-ORG
to O
boost O
tax O
revenues O
as O
a O
condition O
for O
receiving O
payments O
of O
a O
$ O
10 O
billion O
, O
three-year O
loan O
to O
Moscow B-LOC
, O
have O
been O
striking O
fear O
into O
the O
hearts O
of O
some O
of O
Russia B-LOC
's O
most O
prominent O
industrial O
firms O
by O
saying O
they O
must O
pay O
up O
or O
face O
liquidation O
. O

" O
They O
could O
freeze O
metal O
, O
but O
it O
's O
not O
a O
long-term O
solution O
to O
the O
problem O
and O
would O
n't O
put O
money O
in O
the O
budget O
, O
" O
Chernyshev B-PER
said O
. O
" O

I O
do O
n't O
think O
they O
would O
do O
that O
. O
" O

Entire O
social O
infrastructures O
in O
the O
icy O
Far B-LOC
North I-LOC
where O
Norilsk B-ORG
is O
based O
depend O
on O
the O
company O
, O
and O
Moscow B-LOC
has O
said O
it O
has O
no O
finances O
to O
resettle O
hundreds O
of O
thousands O
of O
people O
-- O
an O
expenditure O
which O
could O
far O
outstrip O
Norilsk B-ORG
's O
debts O
. O

Norilsk O
officials O
declined O
to O
comment O
. O

Analysts O
said O
the O
government O
, O
while O
anxious O
about O
Norilsk B-ORG
's O
debts O
, O
is O
highly O
unlikely O
to O
bring O
the O
nickel O
, O
copper O
, O
cobalt O
, O
platinum O
and O
platinum O
group O
metals O
producer O
to O
its O
knees O
or O
take O
measures O
that O
could O
significantly O
affect O
output O
. O

But O
it O
also O
wants O
Norilsk B-ORG
, O
the O
world O
's O
second-largest O
nickel O
producer O
, O
to O
clean O
up O
its O
act O
. O

" O
The O
procedure O
of O
bankruptcy O
will O
be O
applied O
, O
" O
Tass B-ORG
quoted O
Livshits B-PER
as O
telling O
Duma B-ORG
deputies O
about O
Norilsk B-LOC
. O

It O
indirectly O
quoted O
him O
as O
saying O
Norilsk O
should O
first O
pay O
salary O
arrears O
, O
which O
in O
the O
past O
have O
led O
to O
worker O
strikes O
. O

" O
It O
is O
unlikely O
that O
Norilsk B-ORG
will O
pay O
these O
debts O
in O
the O
near-term O
-- O
the O
company O
will O
remain O
a O
debtor O
in O
the O
near O
future O
, O
" O
Chernyshev B-PER
said O
. O

He O
estimated O
the O
company O
's O
regional O
debts O
at O
least O
one O
trillion O
roubles O
and O
said O
30 O
percent O
of O
the O
giant O
Krasnoyarsk B-LOC
regional O
budget O
was O
fuelled O
by O
Norilsk B-ORG
money O
. O

Norilsk B-ORG
's O
new O
majority O
shareholder O
, O
Russian O
commerical O
bank O
Uneximbank B-ORG
, O
has O
said O
it O
is O
reorganising O
metal O
exports O
through O
Interrosimpex B-ORG
in O
order O
to O
boost O
revenues O
. O

But O
the O
changes O
have O
yet O
to O
improve O
significantly O
Norilsk B-ORG
's O
situation O
. O

" O
Uneximbank B-ORG
has O
inherited O
a O
mountain O
and O
whether O
or O
not O
they O
climb O
out O
and O
over O
it O
remains O
to O
be O
seen O
, O
" O
said O
one O
metals O
source O
. O

Norilsk B-ORG
said O
in O
September O
that O
it O
total O
debts O
, O
including O
unpaid O
salaries O
to O
workers O
, O
were O
13 O
trillion O
roubles O
. O

The O
company O
said O
last O
month O
that O
it O
had O
worked O
out O
a O
tax O
payment O
schedule O
with O
authorities O
, O
after O
regional O
tax O
officials O
threatened O
to O
seize O
some O
nickel O
and O
copper O
assets O
. O

-- O
Moscow B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
, O
+7095 O
941 O
8520 O

Estonian O
Tallinna B-ORG
Pank I-ORG
11-mo O
net O
46.6 O
mln O
kroons O
. O

TALLINN B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Tallinna B-ORG
Pank I-ORG
, O
one O
of O
the O
largest O
banks O
in O
Estonia B-LOC
, O
made O
a O
11-month O
1996 O
net O
profit O
of O
46.6 O
million O
kroons O
, O
the O
bank O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

It O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
that O
it O
made O
profits O
of O
4.5 O
million O
kroons O
in O
November O
. O

The O
bank O
made O
a O
profit O
of O
20.1 O
million O
kroons O
in O
the O
first O
half O
of O
the O
year O
. O

Tallinna B-ORG
Pank I-ORG
said O
its O
assets O
rose O
17.8 O
million O
kroons O
to O
1.84 O
billion O
kroons O
. O

Demand O
deposits O
rose O
to O
855.8 O
million O
kroons O
from O
834.6 O
million O
kroons O
and O
time O
deposits O
increased O
to O
295.1 O
million O
kroons O
from O
285.3 O
million O
kroons O
. O

-- O
Riga B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
, O
+371 O
721 O
5240 O

Russia B-LOC
ready O
for O
constructive O
work O
with O
Albright B-ORG
. O

MOSCOW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Russia B-LOC
said O
on O
Friday O
it O
expected O
a O
constructive O
relationship O
with O
Madeleine B-PER
Albright I-PER
, O
nominated O
by O
U.S. B-LOC
President O
Bill B-PER
Clinton I-PER
to O
be O
Secretary O
of O
State O
. O

Interfax B-ORG
news O
agency O
quoted O
First O
Deputy O
Foreign O
Minister O
Igor B-PER
Ivanov I-PER
as O
saying O
Moscow B-LOC
was O
ready O
for O
" O
most O
active O
and O
constructive O
" O
work O
with O
Albright B-ORG
. O

But O
he O
noted O
that O
policy O
would O
be O
shaped O
by O
Clinton B-PER
and O
President O
Boris B-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
. O

Clinton B-PER
and O
Yeltsin B-PER
are O
due O
to O
meet O
next O
March O
for O
their O
first O
summit O
since O
both O
were O
re-elected O
. O

" O
Our O
countries O
' O
leaders O
have O
agreed O
to O
meet O
in O
March O
, O
1997 O
. O

The O
Russian O
foreign O
ministry O
believes O
the O
new O
directions O
in O
the O
development O
of O
Russian-U.S. O
relations O
will O
be O
worked O
out O
there O
, O
" O
Ivanov B-PER
told O
Interfax B-ORG
. O

Interfax B-ORG
, O
outlining O
Albright B-PER
's O
biography O
, O
pointed O
out O
that O
she O
had O
defended O
Washington B-LOC
's O
interests O
fiercely O
as O
U.S. B-LOC
ambassador O
to O
the O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
and O
that O
this O
had O
included O
actively O
supporting O
NATO B-ORG
's O
plans O
to O
expand O
eastwards O
. O

Russia B-LOC
opposes O
NATO B-ORG
's O
plans O
to O
take O
in O
countries O
of O
eastern O
and O
central O
Europe B-LOC
which O
used O
to O
be O
part O
of O
the O
Soviet-led O
Warsaw O
Pact O
, O
saying O
such O
moves O
would O
threaten O
its O
security O
. O

Yeltsin B-PER
plans O
return O
to O
Kremlin B-LOC
for O
Dec O
25 O
- O
speaker O
. O

MOSCOW B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Russian O
President O
Boris B-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
, O
who O
had O
heart O
bypass O
surgery O
a O
month O
ago O
, O
plans O
to O
return O
to O
work O
on O
December O
25 O
, O
the O
head O
of O
the O
upper O
chamber O
of O
parliament O
told O
Interfax B-ORG
news O
agency O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Today O
he O
is O
a O
mobile O
, O
energetic O
man O
with O
lots O
of O
colour O
in O
his O
cheeks O
, O
" O
said O
Yegor B-PER
Stroyev I-PER
who O
met O
Yeltsin B-PER
, O
65 O
, O
on O
Friday O
at O
a O
country O
residence O
. O
" O

He O
told O
me O
that O
he O
had O
lost O
20 O
kg O
( O
44 O
lbs O
) O
which O
is O
natural O
after O
such O
an O
operation O
. O
" O

December O
25 O
, O
a O
normal O
working O
day O
in O
Russia B-LOC
, O
is O
the O
fifth O
anniversary O
of O
Yeltsin B-PER
's O
arrival O
in O
the O
Kremlin B-LOC
. O

He O
took O
over O
there O
, O
and O
took O
control O
of O
the O
red O
button O
controlling O
nuclear O
arms O
, O
in O
December O
1991 O
when O
Mikhail B-PER
Gorbachev I-PER
resigned O
, O
marking O
the O
end O
of O
the O
Soviet B-LOC
Union I-LOC
. O

Yeltsin B-PER
has O
been O
shown O
a O
few O
times O
on O
television O
since O
his O
quintuple O
bypass O
on O
November O
5 O
but O
has O
yet O
to O
deliver O
any O
major O
television O
or O
radio O
address O
to O
the O
nation O
. O

Surgeon O
Renat B-PER
Akchurin I-PER
who O
led O
the O
operation O
, O
told O
Itar-Tass B-ORG
news O
agency O
Yeltsin B-PER
was O
working O
up O
to O
four O
hours O
a O
day O
at O
his O
residence O
. O

Bomb O
explodes O
outside O
home O
of O
expelled O
Slovak O
MP O
. O

BRATISLAVA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
bomb O
exploded O
on O
Friday O
outside O
the O
home O
of O
a O
Slovak O
politician O
expelled O
from O
parliament O
after O
he O
quit O
the O
ruling O
party O
, O
complaining O
of O
a O
lack O
of O
democracy O
in O
the O
country O
. O

The O
official O
TASR B-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
the O
explosion O
blew O
out O
all O
ground O
floor O
windows O
of O
Frantisek B-PER
Gaulieder I-PER
's O
family O
home O
in O
Galanta B-LOC
, O
western O
Slovakia B-LOC
, O
and O
damaged O
the O
main O
entrance O
, O
but O
no-one O
was O
injured O
. O

Gaulieder B-PER
, O
formerly O
a O
member O
of O
Prime O
Minister O
Vladimir B-PER
Meciar I-PER
's O
ruling O
Movement B-ORG
for I-ORG
a I-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Slovakia I-ORG
, O
was O
stripped O
of O
his O
parliamentary O
mandate O
on O
Wednesday O
after O
leaving O
the O
party O
last O
month O
in O
protest O
over O
what O
he O
said O
was O
a O
lack O
of O
democracy O
in O
the O
country O
. O

He O
said O
he O
had O
been O
receiving O
anonymous O
death O
threats O
since O
making O
the O
move O
. O

" O
This O
was O
an O
act O
of O
terrorism O
and O
now O
I O
fear O
not O
only O
for O
my O
own O
life O
, O
but O
also O
of O
that O
of O
my O
wife O
and O
children O
, O
" O
he O
told O
TASR B-ORG
. O

Gaulieder B-PER
's O
family O
was O
sleeping O
in O
a O
bedroom O
at O
the O
back O
of O
the O
house O
and O
were O
unharmed O
by O
the O
blast O
. O

It O
was O
not O
immediately O
clear O
who O
was O
behind O
the O
blast O
. O

Bomb O
explodes O
at O
mosque O
in O
central O
Bulgaria B-LOC
. O

SOFIA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
bomb O
exploded O
on O
Friday O
at O
a O
mosque O
in O
the O
central O
Bulgarian O
town O
of O
Kazanluk B-LOC
, O
causing O
damage O
but O
no O
injuries O
, O
state O
radio O
said O
. O

Violent O
crime O
has O
soared O
since O
the O
collapse O
of O
communism O
in O
1989 O
as O
Bulgaria B-LOC
moves O
to O
a O
market O
economy O
. O

Bombings O
are O
often O
carried O
out O
by O
criminals O
to O
settle O
scores O
but O
the O
motive O
in O
this O
case O
was O
not O
immediately O
clear O
. O

Some O
residents O
of O
the O
Kazanluk B-LOC
area O
are O
Moslems O
who O
converted O
to O
Islam O
during O
Ottoman O
Turkish O
rule O
. O

The O
majority O
in O
Bulgaria B-LOC
are O
Christians O
. O

The O
radio O
quoted O
police O
as O
saying O
the O
blast O
broke O
windows O
and O
shattered O
the O
door O
of O
the O
mosque O
. O

Hungary B-LOC
o O
/ O
n O
rates O
end O
up O
before O
Dec O
10 O
tax O
payment O
. O

BUDAPEST B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Hungarian O
overnight O
interest O
rates O
closed O
higher O
on O
Friday O
as O
market O
liquidity O
tightened O
before O
the O
December O
10 O
social O
security O
contribution O
payment O
deadline O
, O
dealers O
said O
. O

" O
The O
banks O
are O
already O
preparing O
for O
the O
December O
10 O
tax O
payment O
, O
" O
said O
Budapest B-ORG
Bank I-ORG
's O
Sandor B-PER
Tolonics I-PER
. O
" O

They O
expect O
a O
larger-than-average O
payment O
. O
" O

The O
overnight O
market O
opened O
at O
22.00 O
/ O
22.75 O
percent O
, O
then O
substantial O
money O
was O
taken O
up O
at O
22.5 O
percent O
. O

But O
later O
, O
rates O
dropped O
and O
closed O
at O
22.00 O
/ O
22.25 O
as O
a O
large O
bank O
finished O
borrowing O
money O
. O

On O
Thursday O
, O
overnight O
rates O
moved O
between O
21.625 O
and O
22.125 O
. O

Dealers O
said O
liquidity O
could O
tighten O
further O
early O
next O
week O
as O
the O
social O
security O
contribution O
payments O
date O
approaches O
. O

-- O
Sandor B-PER
Peto I-PER
, O
Budapest B-LOC
newsroom O
( O
36 O
1 O
) O
327 O
4040 O

Mexico B-LOC
stocks O
off O
lows O
but O
still O
hit O
by O
Greenspan B-ORG
. O

MEXICO B-ORG
CITY I-ORG

Mexican O
stocks O
closed O
sharply O
lower O
Friday O
, O
but O
had O
made O
a O
tentative O
recovery O
as O
initial O
panic O
and O
volatility O
abated O
. O

" O
It O
was O
Greenspan B-PER
at O
first O
. O

Then O
once O
we O
saw O
the O
Dow O
( O
Jones O
industrial O
average O
) O
was O
not O
about O
to O
crash O
, O
some O
buyers O
stepped O
in O
, O
" O
said O
a O
trader O
, O
referring O
to O
Federal B-ORG
Reserve I-ORG
Chairman O
Alan B-PER
Greenspan I-PER
, O
whose O
comments O
that O
assets O
were O
" O
irrationally O
exhuberant O
" O
upset O
financial O
markets O
worldwide O
. O

The O
blue-chip O
IPC O
index O
ended O
down O
1.29 O
points O
, O
or O
43.56 O
percent O
, O
at O
3,333.05 O
. O

Volume O
was O
regular O
at O
74.7 O
million O
shares O
traded O
. O

Mexican O
stocks O
were O
also O
hurt O
by O
U.S. B-LOC
long O
bond O
rates O
which O
had O
begun O
to O
rise O
before O
Greenspan B-ORG
's O
comments O
and O
were O
inflated O
by O
employment O
data O
released O
before O
trade O
began O
in O
Mexico B-LOC
. O

Yields O
on O
U.S. B-LOC
30-year O
Treasury B-ORG
bonds O
were O
6.51 O
percent O
when O
stock O
trading O
closed O
in O
Mexico B-LOC
, O
unchanged O
from O
Thursday O
. O

On O
the O
broad O
market O
, O
107 O
stocks O
changed O
hands O
, O
of O
which O
losers O
well O
outnumbered O
winners O
by O
75 O
to O
13 O
. O

Traders O
noted O
the O
lack O
of O
blue O
chips O
or O
stocks O
traded O
at O
significant O
volume O
among O
the O
gainers O
. O

Simec B-ORG
, O
the O
steelmaking O
arm O
of O
the O
debt-ridden O
Sidek B-ORG
group O
headed O
the O
losers O
, O
off O
7 O
centavos O
( O
1 O
cent O
) O
at O
1.40 O
pesos O
( O
18 O
cents O
) O
. O

Sidek O
fell O
4 O
centavos O
( O
1 O
cent O
) O
to O
95 O
centavos O
( O
12 O
cents O
) O
. O

Traders O
also O
remarked O
that O
Mexican O
ADRs O
suffered O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
. O

Heavyweights O
Telmex B-ORG
and O
Televisa B-ORG
ended O
off O
25 O
cents O
and O
75 O
cents O
, O
respectively O
, O
at O
$ O
31.125 O
and O
$ O
25.875 O
. O

" O
Falling O
share O
prices O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
do O
n't O
hurt O
Mexico B-LOC
as O
long O
as O
it O
happens O
gradually O
, O
as O
earlier O
this O
week O
. O

It O
's O
a O
sudden O
plunge O
that O
takes O
its O
toll O
, O
" O
said O
Carlos B-PER
Ponce I-PER
, O
research O
director O
at O
Santander B-LOC
. O

Traders O
and O
analysts O
differed O
as O
to O
how O
firm O
the O
relative O
recovery O
on O
Friday O
was O
. O

" O
Some O
buyers O
stepped O
in O
, O
but O
the O
market O
was O
not O
very O
convinced O
. O

Volume O
was O
lackluster O
, O
" O
said O
one O
trader O
. O

" O
The O
market O
's O
very O
healthy O
, O
we O
're O
buying O
, O
" O
said O
another O
trader O
. O

Ponce B-PER
said O
shares O
were O
certainly O
attractively O
priced O
in O
Mexico B-LOC
, O
but O
would O
not O
appreciate O
until O
foreign O
buyers O
stepped O
in O
, O
which O
they O
had O
yet O
to O
do O
. O
' O

Plastic O
surgery O
gets O
boost O
in O
Brazil B-LOC
. O

Simona B-PER
de I-PER
Logu I-PER

RIO B-LOC
DE I-LOC
JANEIRO I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Plastic O
surgery O
is O
booming O
, O
especially O
among O
men O
, O
as O
Brazilians O
spend O
much O
of O
their O
new-found O
wealth O
on O
the O
latest O
beauty O
treatments O
, O
said O
the O
organisers O
of O
a O
four-day O
international O
plastic O
surgery O
conference O
that O
opened O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
number O
of O
plastic O
surgeries O
in O
Brazil B-LOC
has O
jumped O
30 O
percent O
to O
an O
estimated O
150,000 O
this O
year O
since O
an O
anti-inflation O
plan O
was O
introduced O
in O
July O
1994 O
, O
Farid B-PER
Hakme I-PER
, O
the O
president O
of O
the O
Brazilian B-ORG
Plastic I-ORG
Surgery I-ORG
Society I-ORG
( O
SBCP B-ORG
) O
, O
said O
. O

The O
number O
of O
operations O
on O
men O
increased O
even O
more O
-- O
by O
80 O
percent O
, O
from O
8,000 O
in O
1994 O
to O
15,000 O
in O
1995 O
, O
he O
said O
. O

" O
Brazil B-LOC
ranks O
right O
at O
the O
top O
for O
plastic O
surgery O
with O
respect O
to O
the O
number O
of O
surgeons O
, O
the O
number O
of O
patients O
, O
number O
of O
operations O
, O
number O
of O
conferences O
. O

Our O
statistics O
are O
the O
highest O
for O
everything O
, O
" O
Hakme B-PER
said O
. O

" O
We O
believe O
the O
increase O
in O
plastic O
surgeries O
for O
men O
results O
from O
the O
difficulties O
in O
the O
job O
market O
. O

People O
need O
to O
have O
a O
more O
youthful O
look O
to O
compete O
in O
the O
job O
market O
, O
given O
the O
profound O
changes O
in O
Latin B-LOC
America I-LOC
's O
economy O
. O
" O

A O
controlled O
exchange O
rate O
, O
trade O
liberalisation O
and O
tight O
monetary O
policies O
have O
also O
dramatically O
curbed O
inflation O
, O
making O
more O
money O
available O
for O
cosmetic O
surgery O
. O

Brazil B-LOC
has O
been O
at O
the O
forefront O
in O
plastic O
surgery O
for O
decades O
and O
is O
home O
to O
one O
of O
the O
most O
famous O
surgeons O
, O
Ivo B-PER
Pitangy I-PER
. O

There O
are O
6,000 O
plastic O
surgeons O
there O
, O
of O
which O
4,500 O
have O
qualified O
to O
be O
members O
of O
the O
SBCP B-ORG
. O

Every O
year O
, O
500 O
new O
plastic O
surgeons O
graduate O
in O
Brazil B-LOC
and O
medical O
students O
from O
all O
over O
the O
world O
come O
to O
study O
there O
. O

Hakme B-PER
attributes O
Brazil B-LOC
's O
fascination O
with O
plastic O
surgery O
not O
to O
excessive O
vanity O
but O
to O
the O
country O
's O
mix O
and O
match O
of O
different O
races O
, O
which O
can O
create O
physical O
disharmonies O
. O
" O

What O
happens O
is O
the O
nose O
sometimes O
does O
n't O
match O
the O
mouth O
or O
the O
buttocks O
do O
n't O
match O
with O
the O
legs O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Brazil B-LOC
's O
most O
sought-after O
beauty O
treatment O
is O
liposuction O
in O
which O
fat O
is O
sucked O
away O
from O
areas O
of O
the O
body O
, O
with O
about O
30,000 O
operations O
a O
year O
at O
a O
cost O
of O
$ O
3,000 O
to O
$ O
4,000 O
each O
. O

Stomach O
tucks O
and O
breast O
operations O
are O
also O
popular O
since O
the O
tropical O
climate O
calls O
for O
flesh-baring O
fashions O
, O
but O
unlike O
women O
elsewhere O
Brazilians O
tend O
to O
have O
breast O
reductions O
and O
buttock O
implants O
. O

" O
The O
women O
who O
want O
to O
reduce O
their O
breasts O
here O
would O
probably O
want O
to O
increase O
them O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
, O
" O
SBCP B-ORG
Vice-President O
Oswaldo B-PER
Saldanha I-PER
said O
. O
" O

Beauty O
ideals O
and O
cultures O
are O
different O
in O
every O
country O
. O
" O

Plastic O
surgery O
scares O
like O
the O
case O
in O
which O
Brazilian O
model O
Claudia B-PER
Liz I-PER
fell O
into O
a O
coma O
after O
being O
anaesthetised O
for O
a O
liposuction O
in O
October O
are O
not O
much O
of O
a O
deterrent O
. O

Saldanha B-PER
said O
operations O
fell O
30 O
percent O
immediately O
after O
that O
case O
but O
the O
rate O
was O
back O
to O
normal O
now O
. O

Daily O
Argentine O
grain O
fixings O
- O
Camaras B-ORG
Arbitrales I-ORG
. O

BUENOS B-LOC
AIRES I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Avg O
December O
5 O
price O
fix O
: O

Buenos B-LOC
Aires I-LOC
Quequen B-ORG
Rosario I-LOC
Bahia I-LOC
Blanca I-LOC

Oats O
unq O
unq O
unq O
unq O

Wheat O
121 O
130 O
121.3 O
121 O

Maize B-PER
( O
Flint B-PER
) O
113 O
114 O
113.7 O
112 O

Maize B-PER
( O
Dent B-ORG
) O
113 O
114 O
113.7 O
112 O

Sorghum O
unq O
unq O
unq O
unq O

Millet O
unq O
unq O
90 O
unq O

Soybeans O
283 O
unq O
283 O
unq O

Sunseeds B-ORG
219 O
216 O
220 O
216 O

-- O
Buenos B-ORG
Aires I-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+541 O
318-0655 O

Mexican O
daily O
port O
, O
shipping O
update O
for O
Dec O
6 O
. O

MEXICO B-LOC
CITY I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

All O
major O
ports O
were O
open O
as O
of O
1000 O
local O
/ O
1600 O
GMT O
, O
the O
Communications B-ORG
and I-ORG
Transportation I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
said O
in O
a O
daily O
update O
. O

Tampico B-LOC
port O
authorities O
said O
fishing O
restrictions O
were O
in O
place O
in O
an O
area O
adjacent O
to O
the O
port O
because O
of O
a O
geophysical O
study O
being O
carried O
out O
in O
deep O
waters O
of O
the O
region O
from O
the O
ship O
Kenda B-PER
. O

The O
ministry O
updated O
port O
conditions O
and O
shipping O
warnings O
for O
the O
Gulf B-LOC
of I-LOC
Mexico I-LOC
, O
Caribbean B-LOC
and O
Pacific B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
. O

- O
Pacific B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
: O

Light O
rains O
along O
the O
coast O
of O
southern O
Baja B-LOC
California I-LOC
and O
Sinaloa B-LOC
, O
with O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
coast O
seeing O
clear O
skies O
. O

Winds O
from O
the O
northeast O
of O
10 O
to O
15 O
knots O
( O
19 O
to O
28 O
kilometers O
/ O
11 O
to O
17 O
miles O
per O
hour O
) O
. O

A O
new O
front O
is O
seen O
emerging O
during O
the O
course O
of O
Friday O
, O
affecting O
the O
north O
of O
the O
Baja B-LOC
California I-LOC
peninsula O
and O
Sonora B-LOC
state O
, O
bringing O
lower O
temperatures O
, O
light O
rains O
and O
waves O
up O
to O
six O
feet O
. O

- O
Gulf B-LOC
of I-LOC
Mexico I-LOC
: O

Cold O
front O
bringing O
light O
rains O
to O
the O
coast O
of O
Tamaulipas B-LOC
, O
but O
with O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
Gulf B-LOC
in O
clear O
skies O
. O

Winds O
from O
the O
northeast O
at O
10 O
to O
15 O
knots O
( O
19 O
to O
28 O
kilometers O
/ O
11 O
to O
17 O
miles O
per O
hour O
) O
. O

- O
Caribbean B-LOC
: O

Tropical O
air O
carrying O
sporadic O
light O
rains O
over O
the O
coast O
of O
Quintana B-LOC
Roo I-LOC
state O
. O

Winds O
from O
the O
northeast O
at O
10 O
to O
15 O
knots O
with O
waves O
three O
to O
five O
feet O
high O
. O

-- O
Chris B-PER
Aspin I-PER
, O
Mexico B-LOC
City I-LOC
newsroom O
+525 O
728-7903 O

Brazil B-LOC
exam O
cheats O
caught O
using O
" O
pager O
" O
watches O
. O

RIO B-LOC
DE I-LOC
JANEIRO I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Brazilian O
students O
have O
been O
caught O
cheating O
in O
university O
entrance O
exams O
by O
using O
digital O
watches O
which O
gave O
the O
correct O
answers O
to O
test O
questions O
, O
a O
newspaper O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Rio B-LOC
de I-LOC
Janeiro I-LOC
state O
university O
officials O
discovered O
students O
were O
paying O
15,000 O
reais O
( O
$ O
14,563 O
) O
for O
the O
special O
watches O
, O
which O
operated O
like O
a O
telephone O
pager O
to O
receive O
correct O
answers O
, O
O B-ORG
Globo I-ORG
said O
. O

Seventy-seven O
students O
were O
found O
with O
the O
watches O
and O
disqualified O
, O
O B-ORG
Globo I-ORG
said O
. O

Chile B-LOC
, O
Mexico B-LOC
to O
seek O
to O
broaden O
trade O
deal O
. O

SANTIAGO B-LOC
1996-12-05 O

Chile B-LOC
and O
Mexico B-LOC
will O
start O
negotiations O
next O
year O
to O
broaden O
their O
free O
trade O
agreement O
to O
include O
services O
and O
investments O
, O
Finance O
Minister O
Eduardo B-PER
Aninat I-PER
said O
. O

Chile B-LOC
hopes O
to O
broaden O
the O
treaty O
signed O
in O
1994 O
beyond O
reduction O
of O
tariffs O
on O
imports O
and O
exports O
and O
add O
provisions O
covering O
services O
and O
investment O
codes O
, O
said O
Aninat B-PER
. O

Both O
areas O
tend O
to O
more O
laden O
with O
friction O
in O
free O
trade O
negotiations O
than O
tariff O
reduction O
. O

' O
' O
In O
January O
or O
February O
, O
we O
'll O
have O
some O
very O
close O
contacts O
with O
Mexico B-LOC
to O
add O
the O
issue O
of O
services O
and O
advance O
on O
the O
issue O
of O
investments O
, O
' O
' O
Aninat B-PER
told O
reporters O
after O
signing O
a O
free O
trade O
deal O
with O
Canada B-LOC
. O

' O
' O
We O
want O
to O
give O
the O
treaty O
between O
Mexico B-LOC
and O
Chile B-LOC
greater O
depth O
and O
coverage O
than O
it O
has O
now O
. O

It O
's O
very O
good O
now O
, O
but O
it O
practically O
only O
covers O
trade O
in O
goods O
, O
' O
' O
he O
said O
. O

Aninat B-PER
also O
said O
he O
was O
confident O
the O
Chilean O
Congress B-ORG
would O
ratify O
the O
treaty O
with O
Congress B-ORG
quickly O
. O

' O
' O
The O
reactions O
from O
business O
and O
unions O
which O
I O
have O
seen O
have O
been O
almost O
unanimously O
positive O
, O
so O
I O
do O
n't O
see O
any O
problem O
, O
' O
' O
he O
said O
. O

-- O
Roger B-PER
Atwood I-PER
, O
Santiago B-LOC
newsroom O
+56-2-699-5595 O
x211 O

Indonesia B-LOC
's O
Belo B-PER
leaves O
for O
Nobel O
award O
ceremony O
. O

DILI B-LOC
, O
East B-LOC
Timor I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

East O
Timorese O
Roman O
Catholic O
Bishop O
Carlos B-PER
Belo I-PER
left O
Dili B-LOC
on O
Friday O
on O
his O
way O
to O
Norway B-LOC
for O
the O
awards O
ceremony O
as O
co-recipient O
of O
the O
1996 O
Nobel O
Peace O
Prize O
. O

Witnesses O
said O
Belo B-PER
left O
the O
territory O
for O
the O
Indonesian O
capital O
Jakarta B-LOC
accompanied O
by O
five O
other O
people O
. O

It O
was O
not O
immediately O
known O
when O
he O
would O
arrive O
in O
Oslo B-LOC
. O

The O
bishop O
will O
jointly O
receive O
the O
Nobel O
award O
next O
Tuesday O
with O
East O
Timorese-born O
activist O
Jose B-PER
Ramos I-PER
Horta I-PER
, O
who O
lives O
in O
self-exile O
in O
Australia B-LOC
. O

The O
Indonesian O
government O
has O
condemned O
the O
inclusion O
of O
Ramos B-PER
Horta I-PER
in O
the O
award O
, O
and O
Foreign O
Minister O
Ali B-PER
Alatas I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
Indonesia B-LOC
would O
not O
be O
represented O
officially O
at O
the O
ceremony O
in O
the O
Norwegian O
capital O
. O

" O
I O
sincerely O
believe O
that O
this O
unfortunate O
choice O
in O
giving O
the O
honour O
to O
such O
a O
controversial O
figure O
as O
Ramos B-PER
Horta I-PER
... O

will O
exacerbate O
the O
problem O
in O
finding O
a O
solution O
( O
to O
East B-LOC
Timor I-LOC
) O
, O
" O
Alatas B-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

He O
was O
responding O
to O
questions O
at O
a O
news O
conference O
called O
to O
discuss O
next O
week O
's O
ministerial O
meeting O
of O
the O
Organisation B-ORG
of I-ORG
the I-ORG
Islamic I-ORG
Conference I-ORG
( O
OIC B-ORG
) O
in O
Jakarta B-LOC
. O

Ramos B-PER
Horta I-PER
has O
been O
a O
vocal O
leader O
of O
the O
opposition O
to O
Jakarta B-LOC
's O
rule O
in O
the O
territory O
. O

Belo B-PER
and O
Ramos B-PER
Horta I-PER
were O
awared O
the O
prize O
for O
their O
efforts O
to O
secure O
a O
peaceful O
solution O
to O
the O
issue O
of O
East B-LOC
Timor I-LOC
, O
a O
former O
Portuguese O
colony O
which O
Indonesia B-LOC
invaded O
in O
1975 O
and O
annexed O
the O
following O
year O
. O

The O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
has O
never O
recognised O
Jakarta B-LOC
's O
move O
. O

Alatas B-PER
said O
the O
government O
's O
position O
on O
the O
Nobel O
Peace O
Prize O
would O
have O
been O
different O
if O
it O
had O
been O
awarded O
solely O
to O
Belo B-LOC
. O

Asked O
if O
the O
Indonesian O
ambassador O
to O
Norway B-LOC
would O
have O
attended O
the O
ceremony O
if O
only O
Belo B-PER
had O
been O
involved O
, O
Alatas B-PER
replied O
: O
" O
Probably O
, O
yes O
, O
but O
that O
is O
a O
hypothetical O
question O
. O
" O

Alatas B-PER
said O
on O
Tuesday O
that O
on O
his O
way O
back O
from O
Oslo B-LOC
, O
Belo B-PER
would O
visit O
the O
Vatican B-LOC
to O
see O
the O
Pope O
, O
and O
would O
also O
meet O
German O
Chancellor O
Helmut B-PER
Kohl I-PER
in O
Bonn B-LOC
. O

Kohl B-PER
had O
wanted O
to O
meet O
Belo B-PER
during O
the O
chancellor O
's O
official O
visit O
to O
Indonesia B-LOC
last O
month O
, O
but O
the O
bishop O
was O
too O
busy O
in O
East B-LOC
Timor I-LOC
to O
come O
to O
Jakarta B-LOC
. O

China B-LOC
to O
open O
port O
in O
Hainan B-LOC
to O
foreign O
ships O
. O

BEIJING B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

China B-LOC
's O
State B-ORG
Council I-ORG
, O
or O
cabinet O
, O
has O
given O
a O
port O
in O
the O
southern O
province O
of O
Hainan B-LOC
permission O
to O
open O
to O
foreign O
vessels O
, O
the O
Xinhua B-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Xinhua B-ORG
did O
not O
say O
when O
Qinglan B-LOC
port O
in O
Wenchang B-LOC
city O
would O
be O
opened O
to O
foreign O
vessels O
. O

Wenchang B-LOC
has O
built O
a O
berth O
for O
5,000 O
deadweight-tonne O
container O
ships O
at O
the O
port O
and O
invested O
34 O
million O
yuan O
( O
$ O
4.1 O
million O
) O
to O
dredge O
the O
harbour O
, O
Xinhua B-ORG
said O
. O

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

( O
$ O
1 O
= O
8.3 O
yuan O
) O

Government O
disperses O
protest O
with O
water O
cannons O
. O

RANGOON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Burmese O
troops O
and O
riot O
police O
moved O
in O
to O
disperse O
a O
student O
street O
protest O
at O
a O
suburban O
road O
junction O
near O
the O
Ranyon B-LOC
( O
Rangoon B-LOC
) O
University B-ORG
early O
on O
Saturday O
, O
witnesses O
said O
. O

They O
said O
police O
and O
troops O
used O
water O
cannons O
from O
fire O
engines O
to O
subdue O
about O
120 O
university O
students O
sitting O
in O
at O
the O
centre O
of O
the O
junction O
at O
about O
3 O
a.m. O
before O
they O
moved O
in O
to O
round O
them O
up O
. O

The O
students O
, O
who O
had O
staged O
an O
11-hour O
protest O
at O
the O
junction O
in O
northern O
Rangoon B-LOC
, O
were O
taken O
away O
in O
three O
vehicles O
. O

The O
witnesses O
said O
some O
of O
the O
students O
were O
hit O
with O
batons O
while O
they O
were O
herded O
onto O
the O
vehicles O
and O
it O
was O
believed O
they O
were O
taken O
to O
the O
Insein B-LOC
prison O
in O
suburban O
Rangoon B-LOC
. O

The O
protesting O
students O
, O
mostly O
from O
Rangoon B-ORG
University I-ORG
, O
were O
demanding O
the O
right O
to O
organise O
independent O
unions O
on O
campuses O
and O
the O
release O
of O
about O
80 O
student O
leaders O
currently O
in O
jail O
. O

They O
were O
among O
500 O
students O
who O
started O
demonstrating O
at O
the O
intersection O
on O
late O
Friday O
afternoon O
. O

The O
protest O
was O
the O
second O
major O
one O
in O
five O
days O
in O
the O
capital O
. O

Burmese O
students O
march O
briefly O
out O
of O
campus O
. O

Vithoon B-PER
Amorn I-PER

RANGOON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

About O
200 O
Burmese O
students O
marched O
briefly O
from O
troubled O
Yangon B-ORG
Institute I-ORG
of I-ORG
Technology I-ORG
in O
northern O
Rangoon B-LOC
on O
Friday O
towards O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Yangon I-ORG
six O
km O
( O
four O
miles O
) O
away O
, O
and O
returned O
to O
their O
campus O
, O
witnesses O
said O
. O

Seven O
truckloads O
of O
armed O
riot O
police O
and O
three O
fire O
engines O
were O
on O
standby O
at O
one O
of O
the O
junctions O
near O
the O
institute O
. O

There O
were O
no O
clashes O
. O

" O
They O
are O
now O
back O
in O
the O
YIT B-LOC
campus O
, O
" O
an O
institute O
official O
who O
declined O
to O
be O
identified O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
by O
telephone O
. O

One O
of O
two O
roads O
leading O
to O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Yangon I-ORG
from O
the O
institute O
had O
been O
closed O
by O
authorities O
. O

But O
about O
300 O
university O
students O
were O
still O
gathered O
outside O
the O
gates O
of O
their O
campus O
, O
witnesses O
said O
. O

They O
were O
singing O
peacefully O
. O

On O
Monday O
and O
Tuesday O
, O
students O
from O
the O
institute O
and O
the O
university O
launched O
protests O
against O
what O
they O
said O
was O
unfair O
handling O
by O
police O
of O
a O
brawl O
between O
some O
of O
their O
colleagues O
and O
restaurant O
owners O
in O
October O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
and O
Wednesday O
, O
opposition O
leader O
Aung B-PER
San I-PER
Suu I-PER
Kyi I-PER
was O
restricted O
to O
her O
home O
by O
the O
military O
government O
to O
prevent O
her O
from O
being O
drawn O
into O
the O
protests O
. O

She O
was O
allowed O
to O
move O
freely O
on O
Thursday O
. O

The O
protest O
culminated O
at O
dawn O
on O
Tuesday O
with O
several O
hundred O
students O
being O
detained O
briefly O
by O
police O
in O
central O
Rangoon B-LOC
. O

The O
street O
protests O
were O
the O
biggest O
seen O
in O
the O
capital O
since O
the O
student-led O
pro-democracry O
demonstrations O
of O
September O
1988 O
when O
the O
junta O
crushed O
the O
uprising O
. O

Thousands O
were O
killed O
or O
imprisoned O
. O

Earlier O
on O
Friday O
some O
of O
the O
students O
, O
who O
were O
held O
briefly O
by O
police O
during O
the O
protests O
earlier O
this O
week O
, O
said O
they O
were O
still O
dissatisfied O
with O
the O
military O
government O
. O

They O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
they O
were O
unhappy O
that O
the O
ruling O
State B-ORG
Law I-ORG
and I-ORG
Order I-ORG
Restoration I-ORG
Council I-ORG
( O
SLORC B-ORG
) O
had O
not O
heeded O
their O
calls O
for O
the O
right O
to O
organise O
independent O
unions O
on O
campus O
. O

" O
We O
still O
want O
government O
answers O
to O
our O
demands O
. O

We O
want O
police O
punishment O
to O
be O
published O
in O
newspapers O
, O
" O
one O
student O
said O
. O

But O
the O
students O
stressed O
their O
protests O
were O
non-political O
and O
they O
had O
no O
contact O
with O
Suu B-PER
Kyi I-PER
's O
National B-ORG
League I-ORG
for I-ORG
Democracy I-ORG
( O
NLD B-ORG
) O
. O

Suu B-PER
Kyi I-PER
, O
a O
Nobel O
laureate O
and O
daughter O
of O
independence O
hero O
Aung B-PER
San I-PER
, O
and O
key O
NLD B-ORG
officials O
have O
also O
denied O
any O
link O
with O
the O
students O
. O

But O
they O
have O
said O
both O
parties O
had O
a O
" O
moral O
link O
" O
in O
that O
they O
were O
against O
police O
brutality O
and O
injustice O
. O

The O
students O
also O
demanded O
the O
government O
announce O
punishments O
meted O
out O
to O
policemen O
who O
they O
said O
had O
manhandled O
students O
involved O
in O
a O
brawl O
with O
some O
restaurant O
owners O
near O
the O
Yangon B-ORG
institute O
in O
October O
. O

The O
students O
appealed O
to O
the O
government O
not O
to O
close O
the O
institute O
because O
of O
their O
latest O
demonstration O
. O

The O
institute O
was O
shut O
for O
nearly O
two O
years O
after O
the O
1988 O
uprising O
. O

On O
Friday O
, O
the O
road O
leading O
to O
Suu B-PER
Kyi I-PER
's O
lakeside O
residence O
in O
central O
Rangoon B-LOC
remained O
closed O
by O
police O
. O

Union O
leaders O
outraged O
by O
WTO B-ORG
snub O
to O
ILO B-ORG
head O
. O

SINGAPORE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

International O
trade O
union O
leaders O
on O
Friday O
expressed O
outrage O
that O
the O
head O
of O
the O
International B-ORG
Labour I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
( O
ILO B-ORG
) O
had O
been O
barred O
from O
speaking O
at O
next O
week O
's O
WTO B-ORG
meeting O
in O
Singapore B-LOC
. O

Bill B-PER
Jordan I-PER
, O
general O
secretary O
of O
the O
International B-ORG
Confederation I-ORG
of I-ORG
Free I-ORG
Trade I-ORG
Unions I-ORG
( O
ICFTU B-ORG
) O
, O
told O
a O
news O
conference O
the O
withdrawal O
of O
a O
WTO B-ORG
invitation O
to O
ILO B-ORG
director O
general O
Michel B-PER
Hansenne I-PER
was O
" O
outrageous O
behaviour O
on O
the O
part O
of O
an O
organisation O
that O
wants O
to O
command O
respect O
in O
the O
world O
" O
. O

Jordan B-LOC
said O
a O
small O
group O
of O
developing O
nations O
that O
oppose O
linking O
trade O
talks O
and O
labour O
conditions O
had O
pressured O
World B-ORG
Trade I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
( O
WTO B-ORG
) O
officials O
to O
prevent O
Hansenne B-PER
from O
taking O
the O
platform O
to O
urge O
such O
links O
. O

" O
It O
is O
to O
their O
shame O
that O
those O
who O
are O
responsible O
for O
encouraging O
this O
meeting O
responded O
( O
to O
the O
pressure O
) O
in O
silencing O
him O
, O
" O
Jordan B-LOC
said O
after O
the O
opening O
of O
an O
ICFTU B-ORG
conference O
on O
international O
labour O
standards O
and O
trade O
. O

The O
three-day O
trade O
union O
conference O
in O
Singapore B-LOC
hopes O
to O
push O
labour O
issues O
onto O
the O
WTO B-ORG
agenda O
. O

Jordan B-LOC
said O
the O
WTO B-ORG
's O
credibility O
was O
at O
stake O
over O
the O
issue O
of O
trade O
and O
labour O
. O

The O
ICFTU B-ORG
said O
it O
wanted O
the O
WTO B-ORG
conference O
beginning O
on O
Monday O
to O
outlaw O
forced O
and O
child O
labour O
, O
end O
discrimination O
in O
hiring O
, O
and O
guarantee O
the O
right O
to O
join O
a O
union O
. O

Bill B-PER
Brett I-PER
, O
chairman O
of O
the O
ILO B-ORG
Workers I-ORG
Group I-ORG
, O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
before O
the O
news O
conference O
he O
was O
" O
not O
too O
surprised O
, O
but O
very O
disappointed O
" O
that O
the O
speaking O
invitation O
had O
been O
withdrawn O
. O

" O
Some O
governments O
are O
very O
determined O
to O
stop O
the O
issue O
( O
of O
trade O
and O
labour O
rights O
) O
being O
discussed O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
adding O
that O
the O
Association B-ORG
of I-ORG
Southeast I-ORG
Asian I-ORG
Nations I-ORG
( O
ASEAN B-ORG
) O
seemed O
particularly O
hostile O
to O
the O
ILO B-ORG
agenda O
. O

ASEAN B-ORG
groups O
Brunei B-LOC
, O
Indonesia B-LOC
, O
Malaysia B-LOC
, O
the O
Philippines B-LOC
, O
Singapore B-LOC
, O
Thailand B-LOC
and O
Vietnam B-LOC
. O

The O
ILO B-ORG
wants O
a O
trade O
and O
labour O
rights O
" O
social O
clause O
" O
included O
in O
the O
final O
ministerial O
statement O
issued O
by O
WTO B-ORG
leaders O
at O
the O
end O
of O
the O
meeting O
, O
the O
organization O
's O
first O
ministerial-level O
gathering O
. O

Speaking O
to O
ICFTU B-ORG
delegates O
, O
Richard B-PER
Eglin I-PER
, O
director O
of O
the O
WTO B-ORG
secretariat O
, O
said O
the O
WTO B-ORG
was O
capable O
of O
making O
a O
significant O
contribution O
to O
governmental O
efforts O
to O
solve O
social O
problems O
. O

But O
he O
said O
the O
WTO B-ORG
's O
organisational O
structure O
made O
it O
difficult O
to O
impose O
on O
its O
members O
a O
social O
clause O
such O
as O
that O
called O
for O
by O
the O
ILO B-ORG
. O

Indian O
rubber O
demand O
seen O
outstripping O
production O
. O

SINGAPORE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Indian O
rubber O
demand O
is O
seen O
outpacing O
local O
production O
in O
the O
1996/97 O
April O
/ O
March O
season O
and O
the O
trend O
will O
persist O
way O
into O
the O
next O
century O
, O
the O
chairman O
of O
the O
Rubber B-ORG
Board I-ORG
of I-ORG
India I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

K.J. B-PER
Matthew I-PER
said O
at O
the O
Asia B-ORG
Rubber I-ORG
Markets I-ORG
meeting O
here O
Indian O
production O
of O
natural O
rubber O
in O
1996/97 O
will O
reach O
547,000 O
tonnes O
against O
projected O
demand O
of O
578,000 O
tonnes O
, O
a O
gap O
of O
31,000 O
tonnes O
. O

For O
synthetic O
rubber O
, O
production O
reached O
68,200 O
tonnes O
in O
1995/96 O
while O
consumption O
in O
the O
same O
season O
hit O
134,085 O
tonnes O
, O
Matthew B-PER
added O
. O

" O
Though O
schemes O
designed O
to O
realise O
further O
increases O
in O
the O
production O
of O
natural O
rubber O
are O
being O
operated O
successfully O
, O
the O
demand-supply O
gap O
is O
expected O
to O
widen O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Indian O
synthetic O
rubber O
output O
is O
not O
expected O
to O
rise O
significantly O
in O
the O
next O
season O
but O
demand O
will O
rise O
to O
145,000 O
tonnes O
. O

Matthew B-PER
estimates O
that O
by O
the O
2000/01 O
season O
, O
the O
gap O
between O
natural O
rubber O
output O
and O
consumption O
will O
rise O
to O
51,000 O
tonnes O
and O
319,000 O
tonnes O
in O
2010/11 O
. O

Natural O
rubber O
production O
will O
go O
up O
to O
695,000 O
tonnes O
in O
2000/01 O
against O
consumption O
of O
746,000 O
tonnes O
. O

In O
2010/11 O
, O
domestic O
demand O
should O
rise O
further O
to O
1.233 O
million O
tonnes O
while O
production O
will O
only O
reach O
about O
914,000 O
tonnes O
. O

One O
way O
to O
bridge O
the O
widening O
gap O
is O
to O
put O
more O
land O
under O
cultivation O
which O
the O
Rubber B-ORG
Board I-ORG
official O
estimates O
will O
reach O
220,000 O
hectares O
between O
now O
and O
the O
year O
2003 O
although O
Matthew B-PER
said O
this O
may O
not O
be O
possible O
at O
this O
time O
in O
India B-LOC
. O

" O
The O
development O
objective O
for O
the O
rubber O
plantation O
industry O
will O
be O
to O
increase O
production O
to O
the O
best O
extent O
possibly O
with O
a O
view O
to O
minimising O
imports O
of O
natural O
rubber O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

-- O
Singapore B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
( O
65-8703305 O
) O

Japan B-LOC
's O
authorities O
seen O
seeking O
to O
rein O
in O
dollar O
. O

George B-PER
Nishiyama I-PER

TOKYO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Comments O
by O
Japan B-LOC
's O
tight-lipped O
central O
bank O
chief O
and O
an O
influential O
top O
bureaucrat O
are O
further O
signs O
that O
the O
nation O
's O
authorities O
want O
to O
keep O
the O
dollar O
at O
current O
levels O
, O
market O
sources O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

In O
a O
rare O
expression O
of O
a O
view O
on O
currencies O
by O
the O
Bank B-ORG
of I-ORG
Japan I-ORG
( O
BOJ B-ORG
) O
governor O
, O
Yasuo B-PER
Matsushita I-PER
was O
quoted O
in O
Japan B-LOC
's O
leading O
economic O
daily O
on O
Friday O
as O
saying O
that O
he O
sees O
no O
further O
, O
immediate O
fall O
in O
the O
yen O
. O

This O
followed O
a O
widely O
watched O
television O
appearance O
late O
on O
Thursday O
by O
Eisuke B-PER
Sakakibara I-PER
, O
a O
high-ranking O
Finance B-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
official O
, O
who O
denied O
he O
had O
said O
he O
wants O
to O
guide O
the O
dollar O
lower O
to O
between O
108 O
and O
110 O
yen O
. O

But O
many O
in O
the O
market O
thought O
Sakakibara B-PER
's O
real O
intentions O
lay O
elsewhere O
, O
and O
took O
more O
notice O
of O
his O
comments O
about O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
government O
's O
stance O
on O
the O
dollar O
, O
dealers O
said O
. O

" O
I O
think O
his O
views O
on O
( O
U.S. B-LOC
Treasury O
Secretary O
Robert B-PER
) O
Rubin B-PER
's O
comments O
were O
indeed O
what O
he O
himself O
thinks O
about O
the O
dollar O
, O
" O
said O
Hank B-PER
Note I-PER
, O
chief O
dealer O
at O
Sumitomo B-ORG
Bank I-ORG
. O

Asked O
about O
Rubin B-PER
's O
comment O
that O
a O
strong O
dollar O
was O
in O
U.S. B-LOC
interests O
, O
Sakakibara B-PER
said O
the O
remark O
does O
not O
necessarily O
mean O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
supports O
a O
stronger O
dollar O
. O

" O
It O
's O
a O
strong O
dollar O
, O
not O
stronger O
. O

In O
that O
sense O
, O
the O
comments O
are O
not O
pointing O
to O
a O
certain O
direction O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

" O
It O
shows O
that O
Sakakibara B-PER
is O
not O
for O
a O
stronger O
dollar O
either O
, O
" O
said O
Sumitomo B-ORG
's O
Note O
. O

Takao B-PER
Sakoh I-PER
, O
first O
vice O
president O
at O
Union B-ORG
Bank I-ORG
of I-ORG
Switzerland I-ORG
in O
Tokyo B-LOC
, O
said O
: O
" O
Maybe O
a O
dollar O
at O
104.50 O
yen O
is O
not O
acceptable O
( O
to O
Sakakibara B-ORG
) O
, O
but O
it O
may O
be O
okay O
at O
the O
current O
level O
, O
at O
the O
lower O
end O
of O
112 O
yen O
. O
" O

Market O
participants O
have O
kept O
a O
close O
eye O
on O
Sakakibara B-PER
, O
chief O
of O
the O
ministry O
's O
International B-ORG
Finance I-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
, O
as O
a O
comment O
he O
made O
in O
November O
after O
the O
dollar O
hit O
this O
year O
's O
high O
of O
114.92 O
yen O
pushed O
the O
currency O
down O
sharply O
. O

He O
had O
said O
then O
that O
the O
market O
's O
view O
on O
Japan B-LOC
's O
economy O
was O
too O
pessimistic O
and O
that O
he O
believed O
it O
was O
stronger O
than O
the O
market O
thought O
. O

Dealers O
have O
come O
to O
refer O
to O
115 O
yen O
as O
the O
" O
Sakakibara B-LOC
ceiling O
" O
for O
the O
dollar O
following O
the O
remark O
. O

Adding O
to O
the O
comments O
by O
" O
Mr O
Yen O
" O
, O
as O
Sakakibara B-PER
is O
known O
for O
his O
prominence O
in O
the O
currency O
market O
, O
was O
BOJ B-ORG
governor O
Matsushita B-PER
's O
remark O
. O

" O
The O
recent O
level O
of O
the O
yen O
exchange O
rate O
has O
been O
stable O
, O
and O
it O
does O
not O
appear O
to O
be O
moving O
towards O
a O
further O
depreciation O
of O
the O
yen O
immediately O
, O
so O
import O
prices O
are O
likely O
to O
stabilise O
at O
current O
levels O
, O
" O
Matsushita B-PER
said O
in O
an O
interview O
with O
the O
Nihon B-ORG
Keizai I-ORG
Shimbun I-ORG
. O

" O
The O
fact O
that O
he O
touched O
on O
the O
issue O
of O
inflation O
triggered O
by O
import O
prices O
shows O
that O
the O
BOJ B-ORG
does O
not O
want O
a O
further O
depreciation O
of O
the O
yen O
, O
past O
115 O
yen O
, O
" O
said O
Yasuhito B-PER
Kawashima I-PER
, O
chief O
forex O
manager O
at O
Toyo B-ORG
Trust I-ORG
& I-ORG
Banking I-ORG
Co I-ORG
. O

Some O
said O
the O
central O
bank O
may O
have O
been O
concerned O
a O
weaker O
yen O
would O
lead O
to O
unfounded O
pessimism O
about O
Japan B-LOC
's O
economy O
. O

" O
There O
was O
concern O
that O
foreign O
investors O
may O
sell O
Japanese O
stocks O
if O
the O
dollar O
goes O
above O
115 O
yen O
. O

The O
BOJ B-ORG
does O
not O
want O
the O
yen O
's O
weakness O
to O
lead O
to O
pessimism O
over O
the O
economy O
, O
" O
said O
Taisuke B-PER
Tanaka I-PER
, O
market O
strategist O
with O
Credit B-ORG
Suisse I-ORG
in O
Tokyo B-LOC
. O

Senior O
BOJ B-ORG
officials O
have O
separately O
said O
financial O
markets O
' O
views O
on O
the O
economy O
have O
been O
too O
negative O
. O

" O
I O
realise O
there O
are O
negative O
views O
in O
the O
markets O
about O
the O
impact O
of O
the O
consumption O
tax O
hike O
and O
drop O
in O
public O
spending O
, O
but O
the O
markets O
appear O
to O
be O
exaggerating O
the O
magnitude O
of O
the O
negative O
impact O
, O
" O
a O
senior O
BOJ B-ORG
official O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
consumption O
tax O
is O
due O
to O
raised O
in O
April O
from O
three O
to O
five O
percent O
. O

Lebanon B-LOC
sentences O
pro-Israeli O
warlord O
to O
death O
. O

Haitham B-PER
Haddadin I-PER

BEIRUT B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
Lebanese O
military O
court O
on O
Friday O
sentenced O
to O
death O
in O
absentia O
the O
commander O
of O
Israel B-LOC
's O
surrogate O
militia O
in O
south O
Lebanon B-LOC
on O
treason O
charges O
. O

The O
court O
convicted O
General O
Antoine B-PER
Lahd I-PER
, O
head O
of O
the O
South B-ORG
Lebanon I-ORG
Army I-ORG
( O
SLA B-ORG
) O
, O
of O
collaborating O
with O
Israel B-LOC
with O
which O
Lebanon B-LOC
is O
officially O
at O
war O
. O

Lahd B-PER
, O
a O
69-year-old O
former O
Lebanese O
army O
major-general O
, O
heads O
the O
3,000-strong O
SLA B-ORG
militia O
which O
helps O
Israel B-LOC
hold O
a O
border O
zone O
in O
south O
Lebanon B-LOC
to O
ward O
off O
cross-frontier O
guerrilla O
raids O
on O
northern O
Israel B-LOC
. O

Lahd B-PER
said O
a O
few O
days O
after O
the O
trial O
began O
on O
February O
16 O
that O
Lebanese O
authorities O
must O
drop O
the O
charges O
or O
risk O
blocking O
any O
peace O
deal O
with O
the O
Jewish O
state O
. O

He O
said O
Israel B-LOC
was O
capable O
of O
pressuring O
Lebanon B-LOC
's O
Syrian-backed O
government O
to O
stop O
the O
legal O
pursuit O
. O

The O
charges O
against O
Lahd B-PER
were O
: O
forming O
a O
hostile O
army O
, O
carrying O
weapons O
on O
Israel B-LOC
's O
side O
, O
helping O
Israel B-LOC
strip O
off O
a O
part O
of O
Lebanese O
territory O
by O
violence O
, O
forming O
an O
armed O
gang O
, O
killing O
or O
trying O
to O
kill O
Lebanese O
civilians O
by O
artillery O
shelling O
and O
kidnapping O
Lebanese O
citizens O
for O
long O
periods O
. O

Shortly O
before O
Lahd B-PER
's O
trial O
began O
, O
a O
Beirut B-LOC
military O
prosecutor O
charged O
another O
89 O
former O
Lebanese O
army O
soldiers O
with O
collaborating O
with O
Israel B-LOC
. O

No O
date O
has O
been O
set O
for O
the O
trial O
of O
the O
men O
, O
all O
members O
of O
the O
SLA B-ORG
living O
in O
the O
Israeli-held O
zone O
in O
south O
Lebanon B-LOC
. O

Israel B-LOC
and O
Lahd B-LOC
have O
repeatedly O
demanded O
safety O
guarantees O
for O
the O
SLA B-ORG
-- O
a O
mixed O
Christian-Shi'ite O
Moslem O
force O
-- O
which O
the O
Jewish O
states O
regards O
as O
loyal O
allies O
. O

Israel B-LOC
has O
said O
the O
Lebanese O
army O
must O
incorporate O
the O
SLA B-ORG
fighters O
into O
its O
ranks O
as O
an O
army O
brigade O
as O
a O
condition O
for O
peace O
. O

But O
Lebanese O
political O
analysts O
have O
said O
that O
would O
be O
out O
of O
the O
question O
and O
Lebanese O
authorities O
pre-empted O
the O
issue O
by O
taking O
legal O
action O
against O
Lahd B-PER
. O

Former O
Israeli O
Prime O
Minister O
Shimon B-PER
Peres I-PER
, O
calling O
Lahd B-PER
" O
a O
great O
Lebanese O
patriot O
" O
, O
said O
earlier O
this O
year O
Lebanon B-LOC
had O
insulted O
the O
SLA B-ORG
commander O
by O
ordering O
his O
arrest O
on O
the O
treason O
charges O
. O

Peres B-PER
, O
who O
was O
ousted O
in O
May O
by O
rightwing O
Israeli O
leader O
Benjamin B-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
, O
said O
there O
could O
not O
be O
real O
negotiations O
with O
Lebanon B-LOC
" O
unless O
it O
will O
stop O
the O
maltreatment O
of O
the O
SLA B-ORG
and O
its O
commanders O
. O
" O

The O
Beirut B-LOC
military O
court O
also O
sentenced O
to O
life O
in O
jail O
in O
absentia O
Etian B-PER
Saqr I-PER
, O
former O
head O
of O
the O
pro-Israeli O
Guardians B-ORG
of I-ORG
the I-ORG
Cedars I-ORG
, O
a O
small O
rightwing O
Christian O
civil O
war O
militia O
. O

Saqr B-ORG
, O
whose O
trial O
was O
concurrent O
with O
Lahd B-PER
's O
, O
was O
convicted O
of O
" O
contacting O
the O
Israeli O
enemy O
, O
passing O
information O
to O
Israel B-LOC
and O
undertaking O
hostile O
acts O
against O
Lebanon B-LOC
" O
. O

Texas B-LOC
/ O
w O
Okla O
fed O
cattle O
market O
thin O
at O
$ O
67 O
- O
USDA B-ORG
. O

AMARILLO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Trade O
was O
slow O
in O
the O
Panhandle B-LOC
area O
Friday O
, O
USDA B-ORG
said O
. O

Slaughter O
steers O
and O
heifers O
were O
$ O
1.00 O
per O
cwt O
lower O
. O

Feedlots B-ORG
reporting O
moderate O
inquiry O
. O

Sales O
reported O
on O
8,200 O
head O
slaughter O
steers O
and O
1,000 O
heifers O
; O
following O
weekly O
movement O
of O
71,200 O
head O
. O

Note O
- O
all O
cattle O
prices O
based O
on O
net O
weights O
FOB O
the O
feedlot O
after O
a O
4 O
percent O
shrink O
. O

Slaughter B-ORG
Steers O
- O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
1150-1200 O
lbs O
67.00 O
. O

Slaughter O
Heifers O
- O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
1050-1100 O
lbs O
67.00 O
. O

Confirmed O
- O
9,300 O
Week O
Ago O
- O
None O
Year O
Ago O
- O
None O

( O
( O
Chicago B-LOC
newsdesk O
312 O
408 O
8720 O
) O
) O

USDA B-ORG
daily O
cattle O
and O
hog O
slaughter O
- O
Dec O
6 O
. O

Est O
daily O
livestock O
slaughter O
under O
Fed B-ORG
inspection O
- O
USDA B-ORG

CATTLE B-ORG
CALVES O
HOGS O

Friday O
12/06/96 O
( O
est O
) O
132,000 O
7,000 O
359,000 O

Week O
ago O
( O
est O
) O
130,000 O
6,000 O
346,000 O

Year O
ago O
( O
act O
) O
132,000 O
6,000 O
336,000 O

Saturday O
12/07/96 O
( O
est O
) O
38,000 O
0 O
18,000 O

Week O
to O
date O
( O
est O
) O
688,000 O
31,000 O
1,810,000 O

Same O
Period O
Last O
Week O
( O
est O
) O
601,000 O
26,000 O
1,547,000 O

Same O
Period O
Last O
Year* O
( O
act O
) O
685,000 O
31,000 O
1,914,000 O

1996 O
Year O
to O
date O
33,549,000 O
1,589,000 O
84,894,000 O

1995 O
Year O
to O
date* O
32,970,000 O
1,305,000 O
88,800,000 O

Percent O
change O
1.8 O
% O
21.8 O
% O
- O
4.4 O
% O

*1995 O
totals O
adjusted O
to O
reflect O
NASS B-ORG
revisions O
1996 O
Totals O
are O
subject O
to O
revision O
Yearly O
totals O
may O
not O
add O
due O
to O
rounding O
. O

Previous O
day O
estimated O
Steer B-PER
and O
Heifer B-PER
Cow I-PER
and O
Bull B-PER

Thursday O
100,000 O
33,000 O

BALANCE O
- O
Hartford B-LOC
, O
Conn B-LOC
. O

, O
$ O
11 O
mln O
. O

CITY O
OF O
HARTFORD O
, O
CONNECTICUT O

RE O
: O
$ O
25,000,000 O

GENERAL O
OBLIGATION O
BONDS O

MOODY B-ORG
'S I-ORG
: O
Aaa O
/ O
A1 O
S&P B-ORG
: O
AAA B-ORG
/ O
AA- O

Delivery O
Date O
: O
12/16/1996 O

FSA B-LOC
INSURED O

Maturity O
Balance O
Coupon O
List O

12/15/2000 O
1,250M O
6.25 O
4.10 O

12/15/2001 O
575M O
4.60 O
4.20 O

12/15/2003 O
265M O
4.40 O
4.40 O

12/15/2004 O
625M O
4.50 O
4.50 O

12/15/2005 O
55M O
4.60 O
4.60 O

12/15/2006 O
145M O
4.70 O
4.70 O

12/15/2007 O
850M O
4.85 O
4.85 O

12/15/2008 O
1,200M O
4.95 O
4.95 O

12/15/2009 O
1,240M O
5.05 O
5.05 O

12/15/2010 O
1,250M O
5.15 O
5.15 O

12/15/2011 O
1,240M O
5.25 O
5.25 O

12/15/2012 O
1,200M O
5.25 O
5.30 O

12/15/2013 O
1,135M O
5.30 O
5.35 O

12/15/2014 O
850M O
5.30 O
5.35 O

Total O
: O
11,880M O

State B-ORG
Street I-ORG
Bank I-ORG
and I-ORG
Trust I-ORG
Company I-ORG

Prudential B-ORG
Securities I-ORG
Incorporated I-ORG

PaineWebber B-ORG
Incorporated I-ORG

First B-ORG
Union I-ORG
Capital I-ORG
Markets I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
- O
NJ B-LOC

-- O
U.S. B-ORG
Municipal I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
, O
212-859-1650 O

14 O
years O
later O
, O
Florida B-LOC
man O
dies O
for O
killing O
. O

TALLAHASSEE B-LOC
, O
Fla. B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Fourteen O
years O
after O
he O
bludgeoned O
and O
shot O
a O
man O
whose O
trailer O
home O
he O
robbed O
in O
1982 O
, O
John B-PER
Mills I-PER
Jr I-PER
. O

, O
41 O
, O
was O
put O
to O
death O
in O
Florida B-LOC
's O
electric O
chair O
Friday O
. O

As O
Glenn B-PER
Lawhon I-PER
, O
a O
rural O
Florida B-LOC
minister O
who O
is O
the O
victim O
's O
father O
, O
looked O
on O
, O
Mills B-PER
was O
pronounced O
dead O
at O
7:13 O
a.m. O
EST O
( O
1213 O
GMT O
) O
for O
the O
murder O
of O
Lester B-PER
Lawhon I-PER
. O

Speaking O
in O
Arabic O
, O
Mills B-PER
made O
a O
final O
statement O
before O
an O
anonymous O
citizen O
flipped O
the O
switch O
that O
sent O
2000 O
volts O
of O
electricity O
through O
his O
body O
, O
said O
Department B-ORG
of I-ORG
Corrections I-ORG
spokesman O
Eugene B-PER
Morris I-PER
, O
who O
was O
present O
at O
the O
execution O
. O

" O
I O
bear O
witness O
that O
there O
is O
no O
God B-PER
but O
Allah B-PER
and O
I O
bear O
witness O
that O
the O
prophet O
Mohammed B-PER
is O
the O
messenger O
of O
God B-PER
, O
" O
he O
quoted O
Mills B-PER
as O
saying O
. O

Prison O
officials O
said O
they O
had O
no O
record O
of O
Mills B-PER
' O
official O
conversion O
, O
but O
they O
said O
that O
, O
on O
May O
14 O
, O
1991 O
, O
he O
had O
asked O
that O
a O
new O
name O
, O
Yuhanna B-PER
Abdullah I-PER
Muhammed I-PER
, O
be O
added O
to O
his O
prison O
file O
, O
which O
is O
usually O
an O
indication O
of O
a O
conversion O
to O
Islam O
. O

Mills B-PER
is O
the O
38th O
person O
to O
die O
in O
Florida B-LOC
's O
electric O
chair O
since O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
Supreme I-ORG
Court I-ORG
reversed O
itself O
in O
1976 O
and O
legalised O
the O
death O
penalty O
. O

Prison O
officials O
said O
Mills B-PER
made O
no O
special O
request O
for O
a O
last O
meal O
and O
did O
not O
eat O
the O
steak O
, O
fried O
potatoes O
and O
orange O
juice O
offered O
him O
. O

He O
spent O
Thursday O
with O
family O
members O
and O
his O
spiritual O
adviser O
, O
Morris B-PER
said O
. O

Mills B-PER
was O
scheduled O
to O
die O
Wednesday O
but O
had O
his O
sentence O
temporarily O
postponed O
by O
the O
Florida B-ORG
Supreme I-ORG
Court I-ORG
. O

On O
Thursday O
, O
the O
11th B-ORG
Circuit I-ORG
U.S. I-ORG
Court I-ORG
of I-ORG
Appeals I-ORG
in O
Atlanta B-LOC
denied O
his O
appeal O
in O
federal O
court O
. O

In O
March O
1982 O
, O
Mills B-PER
and O
accomplice O
Michael B-PER
Frederick I-PER
knocked O
on O
the O
door O
of O
Lester B-PER
Lawhon I-PER
's O
trailer O
in O
an O
attempt O
to O
rob O
it O
, O
police O
said O
. O

Lester B-PER
Lawhon I-PER
was O
taken O
to O
a O
nearby O
airstrip O
where O
he O
was O
bludgeoned O
with O
a O
tire O
iron O
. O

Mills B-PER
then O
fired O
two O
shots O
that O
killed O
Lawhon B-PER
as O
the O
victim O
tried O
to O
run O
away O
. O

Frederick B-PER
is O
serving O
a O
347-year O
sentence O
. O

New B-LOC
York I-LOC
grain O
freight O
fixtures O
- O
Dec O
5 O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Mana O
50,000 O
tonnes O
soybeans O
USG B-LOC
/ O
China B-LOC
10-15/12 O
$ O
23.50 O
10,000 O
/ O
4,000 O
GeePee O
. O

-- O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Commodities I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
+1 O
212 O
859 O
1640 O

Iowa-S B-LOC
Minn O
fed O
cattle O
market O
quiet O
, O
no O
sales-USDA O
. O

DES B-LOC
MOINES I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Slaughter O
steers O
and O
heifers O
not O
tested O
, O
compared O
with O
Thursday O
's O
close O
, O
USDA B-ORG
said O
. O

Trade O
slow O
. O

Demand O
and O
seller O
interest O
light O
. O

Offerings O
light O
. O

Steers O
- O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-4 O
no O
sales O
. O

Heifers B-ORG
- O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-4 O
no O
sales O
. O

Carcass O
Basis O
( O
weight O
only O
) O
Compared O
Thursdays O
Close O
- O
Slaughter O
steers O
and O
heifers O
not O
tested O
. O

Steers O
- O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-4 O
no O
sales O
. O

Holstein B-LOC
- O
( O
weight O
only O
) O
Select O
to O
mostly O
Choice O
2-3 O
1250-1400 O
lbs O
no O
sales O
. O

Holsteins O
- O
( O
grade O
and O
weight O
) O
Choice O
2-3 O
1250-1450 O
lbs O
no O
sales O
Select O
2-3 O
1250-1450 O
lbs O
no O
sales O
. O

Heifers B-ORG
- O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-4 O
no O
sales O
. O

Confirmed O
- O
None O
Week O
Ago O
- O
800 O
Year O
Ago O
- O
900 O

Wk O
to O
Date O
- O
None O
Week O
Ago O
- O
800 O
Year O
Ago O
- O
900 O

( O
( O
Chicago B-LOC
newsdesk O
312-408-8720 O
) O
) O

Man O
stole O
pigs O
, O
tipped O
strippers O
, O
gets O
10 O
years O
. O

APPLETON B-LOC
, O
Wis B-LOC
. O

1996-12-06 O

A O
farmhand O
used O
the O
proceeds O
from O
stolen O
pigs O
to O
lavish O
tips O
on O
dancers O
at O
strip O
clubs O
and O
offered O
one O
$ O
3,000 O
to O
pay O
for O
breast O
implant O
surgery O
, O
authorities O
said O
Friday O
. O

In O
sentencing O
Darrel B-PER
Voeks I-PER
, O
38 O
, O
to O
a O
10-year O
prison O
term O
on O
Thursday O
, O
Outagmie B-ORG
County I-ORG
Circuit I-ORG
Court I-ORG
Judge O
Dennis B-PER
Luebke I-PER
said O
he O
was O
" O
a O
thief O
by O
habit O
. O
" O

" O
You O
are O
self-indulgent O
. O

You O
are O
narcissitic O
, O
" O
Luebke B-PER
said O
at O
the O
sentencing O
, O
adding O
Voeks O
should O
pay O
restitution O
of O
more O
than O
$ O
100,000 O
to O
the O
farming O
family O
who O
had O
hired O
him O
. O

Voeks O
, O
who O
was O
already O
on O
probation O
for O
prior O
pig O
thefts O
, O
pleaded O
that O
he O
was O
trying O
to O
pay O
bills O
for O
his O
ex-wife O
and O
children O
. O

But O
the O
court O
heard O
that O
receipts O
showed O
much O
of O
the O
money O
went O
to O
dancers O
at O
strip O
clubs O
where O
he O
was O
known O
as O
a O
big O
tipper O
. O

One O
stripper O
said O
Voeks B-PER
offered O
to O
give O
her O
$ O
3,000 O
for O
breast O
implant O
surgery O
. O

Canadian O
grain O
statistics O
weekly O
. O

CHICAGO B-LOC
, O
Dec O
6 O
( O
Reuter B-PER
) O
Statistics O
for O
the O
week O
ending O
December O
1 O
in O
000 O
's O
tonnes O
. O

- O
Canadian B-ORG
Grain I-ORG
Commission I-ORG

Visible B-ORG
Supplies I-ORG
Farmers I-ORG
Deliveries I-ORG

Curr O
Wk O
Yr O
Ago O
Curr O
Wk O
Yr O
to O
Date O
Yr O
Ago O

Wheat O
4320.2 O
3909.3 O
288.5 O
6278.9 O
5580.0 O

Durum O
1168.9 O
1225.0 O
44.3 O
965.3 O
1069.6 O

Oats B-PER
286.5 O
284.6 O
31.9 O
937.3 O
581.2 O

Barley B-LOC
1074.0 O
1104.8 O
178.0 O
2531.4 O
1897.1 O

Rye B-ORG
44.6 O
86.3 O
2.3 O
108.2 O
119.2 O

Flax O
165.2 O
181.9 O
14.9 O
231.4 O
332.9 O

Canola B-ORG
646.6 O
769.4 O
60.5 O
1902.0 O
2147.6 O

Corn B-ORG
79.6 O
163.5 O
9.4 O
95.7 O
252.0 O

Total O
7785.8 O
7724.8 O
629.8 O
13050.2 O
11979.6 O

Exports O
Domestic O
Disappearance O

Curr O
Wk O
YTD O
Yr O
Ago O
Curr O
Wk O
YTD O
Yr O
Ago O

Wheat O
387.4 O
4677.8 O
4553.6 O
55.2 O
1039.7 O
846.1 O

Durum O
129.0 O
1515.9 O
1220.6 O
4.6 O
75.8 O
73.3 O

Oats B-ORG
40.0 O
561.0 O
391.9 O
4.8 O
149.6 O
115.0 O

Barley B-ORG
110.8 O
1203.4 O
506.0 O
48.2 O
941.0 O
786.6 O

Rye B-ORG
4.1 O
60.7 O
57.9 O
3.0 O
10.7 O
18.9 O

Flax O
7.2 O
154.1 O
235.7 O
1.1 O
22.2 O
15.7 O

Canola B-ORG
47.1 O
988.1 O
1135.5 O
46.7 O
894.9 O
822.0 O

Corn B-ORG
4.4 O
15.1 O
87.0 O
0.6 O
22.1 O
11.1 O

Total O
730.0 O
9176.1 O
8188.2 O
164.2 O
3156.0 O
2686.7 O

In O
addition O
, O
Statistics B-ORG
Canada I-ORG
indicated O
the O
following O
exports O
to O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
between O
August O
and O
September O
1996 O
, O
in O
tonnes O
: O

Oats O
Rye O
Flaxseed O
Canola O
Corn I-ORG

Exports O
29,200 O
17,200 O
7,700 O
100 O
59,400 O

Year O
Ago O
47,000 O
24,300 O
8,700 O
8,200 O
12,200 O

( O
Chicago B-LOC
newsdesk O
312 O
408 O
8720 O
) O

NYMEX O
natgas O
ends O
sharply O
lower O
on O
weather O
outlook O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

NYMEX O
Henry O
Hub I-ORG
natgas O
futures O
settled O
significantly O
lower O
Friday O
, O
pressured O
early O
by O
profit O
taking O
and O
driven O
even O
lower O
late O
by O
the O
National B-ORG
Weather I-ORG
Service I-ORG
's O
bearish O
six O
to O
10 O
day O
forecast O
, O
sources O
said O
. O

January O
ended O
29.7 O
cents O
lower O
at O
$ O
3.487 O
per O
million O
British O
thermal O
units O
after O
dipping O
to O
a O
low O
of O
$ O
3.46 O
. O

Feb O
settled O
down O
22 O
cents O
at O
$ O
3.186 O
. O

Most O
others O
also O
were O
down O
. O

" O
Weather O
forecasts O
have O
been O
sketchy O
. O

Now O
the O
National B-ORG
Weather I-ORG
Service I-ORG
is O
calling O
for O
above-normal O
temperatures O
in O
more O
than O
half O
of O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
, O
" O
one O
futures O
trader O
said O
. O

In O
its O
forecast O
, O
the O
NWS B-ORG
said O
it O
expects O
above-normal O
temperatures O
" O
over O
the O
lower O
48 O
states O
" O
from O
December O
12 O
through O
December O
16 O
. O

With O
more O
room O
to O
the O
downside O
anticipated O
early O
next O
week O
, O
traders O
said O
support O
in O
January O
was O
at O
$ O
3.47 O
, O
then O
$ O
3.35 O
. O

The O
next O
backstops O
were O
seen O
at O
$ O
3.11 O
and O
$ O
3.04 O
, O
the O
low O
set O
on O
November O
21 O
. O

Resistance O
was O
pegged O
at O
the O
new O
contract O
high O
of O
$ O
3.80 O
. O

In O
the O
cash O
market O
, O
Gulf B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
prices O
were O
around O
$ O
3.60 O
shortly O
before O
nomination O
deadlines O
. O

Midcontinent O
prices O
were O
similarly O
lower O
in O
the O
$ O
3.40s. O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
city O
gate O
gas O
slipped O
into O
the O
$ O
4.40s O
, O
down O
almost O
15 O
cents O
. O

NYMEX B-ORG
said O
an O
estimated O
35,662 O
Hub O
contracts O
traded O
, O
down O
from O
Thursday O
's O
revised O
tally O
of O
43,955 O
. O

NYMEX O
Alberta B-LOC
natgas O
remained O
untraded O
, O
with O
January O
settling O
at O
$ O
1.65 O
, O
off O
10 O
cents O
from O
Thursday O
. O

Physical O
prices O
for O
the O
weekend O
at O
the O
AECO B-ORG
storage O
hub O
were O
also O
down O
about O
10 O
cents O
in O
the O
C$ O
1.92-1.97 O
per O
gigajoule O
, O
or O
$ O
1.52-1.56 O
per O
mmBtu O
range O
, O
pressured O
by O
unseasonably O
mild O
weather O
in O
western O
Canada B-LOC
. O

NYMEX O
Permian O
natgas O
, O
also O
untraded O
, O
ended O
10 O
cents O
lower O
at O
$ O
2.90 O
. O

In O
congruence O
with O
futures O
, O
Permian O
cash O
prices O
for O
the O
weekend O
fell O
more O
than O
10 O
cents O
to O
the O
high O
- O
$ O
3.40s. O

On O
the O
KCBT O
, O
January O
finished O
26.5 O
cents O
lower O
at O
$ O
3.35 O
after O
dipping O
to O
a O
low O
of O
$ O
3.33 O
earlier O
in O
the O
session O
. O

February O
was O
down O
22 O
cents O
at O
the O
close O
, O
while O
other O
deferreds O
were O
4.5 O
to O
nine O
cents O
lower O
. O

The O
East O
/ O
West O
spread O
narrowed O
by O
3.2 O
cents O
to O
13.7 O
cents O
( O
NYMEX O
premium O
) O
. O

Physical O
prices O
at O
Waha B-LOC
for O
the O
weekend O
lost O
more O
than O
15 O
cents O
to O
the O
low-to-mid O
$ O
3.50s O
as O
milder O
weather O
moved O
into O
the O
Southwest B-LOC
. O

-- O
H B-PER
McCulloch I-PER
, O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
Power I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
+212-859-1628 O

U.S. B-LOC
barges O
lightly O
quoted O
on O
call O
session O
. O

ST. B-LOC
LOUIS I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

U.S. B-LOC
barge O
rates O
were O
lightly O
quoted O
Friday O
on O
the O
St. B-ORG
Louis I-ORG
Merchants I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
call O
session O
. O

No O
barges O
traded O
versus O
no O
trades O
Thursday O
. O

- O
Two O
barges O
next O
week O
Illinois B-LOC
bid O
at O
a O
steady O
130 O
percent O
of O
tariff O
, O
offered O
at O
135 O
percent O
. O

- O
One O
barge O
, O
week O
of O
December O
15 O
, O
lower O
Ohio B-LOC
bid O
2-1/2 O
points O
higher O
at O
105 O
percent O
, O
no O
offer O
. O

Two O
barges O
, O
week O
of O
January O
5 O
, O
Illinois B-LOC
, O
offered O
five O
points O
lower O
at O
195 O
percent O
, O
bid O
at O
150 O
percent O
. O

- O
Five O
barges O
, O
30-day O
open O
, O
mid-Mississippi O
( O
McGregor B-PER
and O
south O
) O
bid O
at O
160 O
percent O
, O
offered O
at O
170 O
percent O
, O
no O
comparisons O
. O

- O
36 O
barges O
, O
two O
each O
week O
May-August O
, O
Illinois B-LOC
, O
offered O
at O
130 O
percent O
of O
tariff O
, O
no O
bid O
or O
comparison O
. O

- O
36 O
barges O
, O
two O
each O
week O
May-August O
, O
mid-Mississippi O
offered O
at O
a O
steady O
135 O
percent O
, O
bid O
at O
120 O
percent O
( O
basis O
one O
each O
week O
) O
. O

-- O
Chicago B-LOC
newsdesk O
312-408 O
8720 O

CBOT O
grain O
/ O
oilseed O
receipts O
and O
shipments O
. O

CHICAGO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Grain O
and O
soybean O
receipts O
and O
shipments O
, O
in O
bushels O
, O
at O
delivery O
locations O
for O
the O
previous O
trading O
day O
, O
according O
to O
the O
Chicago B-ORG
Board I-ORG
of I-ORG
Trade I-ORG
- O

Receipts O
Shipments O

Wheat O

Chicago B-ORG
0 O
0 O

St. B-LOC
Louis I-LOC
21,346 O
0 O

Toledo B-LOC
61,514 O
0 O

Corn B-PER

Chicago B-LOC
78,056 O
0 O

St. B-LOC
Louis I-LOC
217,092 O
75,810 O

Toledo B-LOC
285,505 O
561,287 O

Oats B-PER

Chicago B-ORG
0 O
0 O

Minneapolis B-LOC
306,364 O
153,231 O

Soybeans B-ORG

Chicago B-LOC
8,674 O
484,018 O

St. B-LOC
Louis I-LOC
253,821 O
223,172 O

Toledo B-LOC
64,334 O
160,476 O

( O
( O
Chicago B-ORG
Newsdesk I-ORG
312-408-8720 O
) O
) O

Clinton B-PER
to O
have O
more O
news O
conferences O
in O
2nd O
term O
. O

WASHINGTON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

President O
Clinton B-PER
aims O
to O
hold O
more O
news O
conferences O
in O
his O
second O
term O
and O
will O
have O
one O
Dec. O
13 O
, O
the O
White B-LOC
House I-LOC
said O
Friday O
. O

The O
president O
had O
only O
two O
formal O
, O
full-blown O
news O
conferences O
last O
year O
, O
one O
in O
January O
and O
one O
after O
he O
won O
re-election O
in O
November O
, O
although O
he O
had O
various O
other O
limited O
sessions O
with O
the O
press O
. O

White B-LOC
House I-LOC
spokesman O
Mike B-PER
McCurry I-PER
said O
Clinton B-PER
" O
plans O
to O
have O
regular O
news O
conferences O
" O
during O
his O
second O
term O
. O

But O
when O
asked O
how O
frequent O
these O
would O
be O
, O
he O
was O
evasive O
, O
saying O
, O
" O
periodic O
, O
occasional O
. O
" O

" O
He O
enjoys O
the O
give O
and O
take O
" O
with O
reporters O
, O
the O
spokesman O
added O
. O

Action O
Performance O
to O
acquire O
firms O
. O

TEMPE B-LOC
, O
Ariz B-LOC
. O

1996-12-06 O

Action B-ORG
Performance I-ORG
Cos I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
said O
Friday O
it O
has O
agreed O
to O
acquire O
Motorsport B-ORG
Traditions I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
and O
Creative B-ORG
Marketing I-ORG
& I-ORG
Promotions I-ORG
Inc I-ORG
for O
about O
$ O
13 O
million O
in O
cash O
and O
stock O
. O

The O
two O
firms O
to O
be O
acquired O
have O
about O
$ O
25 O
million O
in O
annual O
revenues O
from O
the O
design O
, O
manufacture O
and O
sale O
and O
distribution O
of O
licensed O
motorsports O
products O
. O

The O
deal O
is O
expected O
to O
close O
by O
the O
end O
of O
the O
year O
subject O
to O
due O
diligence O
and O
other O
customary O
closing O
conditions O
. O

Half O
of O
dog O
bites O
provoked O
, O
says O
American O
vet O
. O

CHICAGO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

As O
many O
as O
1 O
million O
dog O
bites O
are O
recorded O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
every O
year O
and O
half O
of O
them O
are O
provoked O
by O
humans O
, O
a O
veterinarian O
told O
fellow O
animal O
doctors O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
Humane B-ORG
Society I-ORG
of I-ORG
the I-ORG
United I-ORG
States I-ORG
estimates O
that O
between O
500,000 O
and O
one O
million O
bites O
are O
delivered O
by O
dogs O
each O
year O
, O
more O
than O
half O
of O
which O
are O
suffered O
by O
children O
. O

" O
Most O
bites O
can O
be O
prevented O
by O
teaching O
children O
how O
to O
respect O
a O
dog O
, O
" O
Michael B-PER
Cornwell I-PER
of O
the O
Glencoe B-LOC
Animal I-LOC
Hospital I-LOC
in O
Columbus B-LOC
, O
Ohio B-LOC
, O
told O
the O
annual O
meeting O
of O
the O
American B-ORG
Veterinary I-ORG
Medical I-ORG
Association I-ORG
. O

" O
Let O
's O
not O
let O
our O
kids O
jump O
on O
them O
or O
crawl O
on O
them O
. O

Dogs O
and O
children O
do O
n't O
have O
to O
have O
an O
interaction O
. O

Let O
's O
respect O
their O
territories O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Cornwell B-ORG
said O
50 O
percent O
of O
reported O
bites O
were O
provoked O
by O
a O
person O
and O
60 O
percent O
were O
suffered O
by O
children O
. O

He O
also O
estimated O
that O
only O
25 O
percent O
of O
bites O
were O
reported O
because O
medical O
attention O
was O
not O
needed O
. O

Don B-PER
Rieck I-PER
, O
president O
of O
the O
National B-ORG
Animal I-ORG
Control I-ORG
Association I-ORG
, O
said O
aggressiveness O
in O
dogs O
was O
related O
more O
to O
gender O
than O
breed O
and O
a O
male O
dog O
that O
had O
not O
been O
neutered O
was O
three O
times O
more O
likely O
to O
bite O
than O
an O
unspayed O
female O
. O

The O
five O
breeds O
credited O
with O
the O
most O
incidents O
were O
chow O
chows O
, O
Rottweilers O
, O
German O
shepherds O
, O
cocker O
spaniels O
and O
Dalmatians O
. O
" O

The O
trends O
in O
dog O
bites O
by O
particular O
breeds O
have O
more O
to O
do O
with O
fad O
pets O
owned O
by O
individuals O
who O
need O
to O
have O
something O
unique O
. O

Speaking O
strictly O
of O
dogs O
, O
15 O
years O
ago O
the O
macho O
fad O
pet O
was O
a O
Doberman O
. O

Today O
, O
Rottweilers O
are O
on O
the O
way O
up O
, O
" O
Rieck B-PER
said O
. O

If O
approached O
by O
a O
stray O
dog O
, O
children O
should O
be O
taught O
to O
stand O
still O
with O
fists O
folded O
underneath O
the O
neck O
, O
elbows O
in O
, O
and O
gaze O
forward O
until O
the O
dog O
goes O
away O
. O

Iowa-S B-LOC
Minn O
feedlot O
cattle O
market O
not O
tested- O
USDA B-ORG
. O

DES B-LOC
MOINES I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Steers O
and O
heifers O
were O
not O
tested O
, O
compared O
with O
Thursday O
's O
close O
, O
USDA B-ORG
said O
. O

Reported O
sales O
for O
Fri- O
None O
. O

Week O
to O
Date O
- O
None O
. O

( O
( O
Chicago B-LOC
newsdesk O
312-408-8720 O
) O
) O

Nebraska B-LOC
fed O
cattle O
roundup O
- O
USDA B-ORG
. O

OMAHA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Slaughter O
steers O
and O
heifers O
were O
not O
established O
Thursday O
. O

Demand O
limited O
. O

Seller O
interest O
light O
. O

- O
USDA B-ORG

Thursday O
200 O
Last O
Week O
Holiday O
Last O
Year O
N O
/ O
A O

Week O
to O
Date O
3,500 O
Sm O
Pd O
Lst O
Wk O
800 O
Sm O
Pd O
Lst O
Yr O
N O
/ O
A O

Dressed O
Basis O
Delivered O
not O
well O
tested O
. O

Dressed O
Basis O
Steers O
: O
Few O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
, O
1200-1300 O
lbs O
112.00 O
; O
load O
early O
114.00 O
. O

Dressed O
Basis O
Heifers O
: O
Few O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
, O
1100-1200 O
lbs O
112.00 O
. O

Four O
Africans O
said O
to O
vie O
for O
top O
U.N. B-ORG
post O
. O

Evelyn B-PER
Leopold I-PER

UNITED B-ORG
NATIONS I-ORG
1996-12-06 O

Four O
African O
states O
are O
ready O
to O
nominate O
candidates O
for O
the O
post O
of O
U.N. B-ORG
secretary-general O
on O
Friday O
now O
that O
Boutros B-PER
Boutros-Ghali I-PER
has O
temporarily O
put O
aside O
his O
bid O
for O
re-election O
. O

The O
nominees O
, O
according O
to O
diplomats O
, O
are O
: O
Kofi B-PER
Annan I-PER
of O
Ghana B-LOC
, O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
undersecretary-general O
for O
peacekeeping O
; O
Ahmedou B-PER
Ould I-PER
Abdallah I-PER
of O
Mauritania B-LOC
, O
the O
former O
U.N. B-ORG
special O
envoy O
for O
Burundi B-LOC
; O
Amara B-PER
Essy I-PER
of O
the O
Ivory B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
, O
its O
foreign O
minister O
and O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
General I-ORG
Assembly I-ORG
president O
in O
1994-95 O
; O
and O
Hamid B-PER
Algabid I-PER
of O
Niger B-LOC
, O
the O
secretary-general O
of O
the O
Organisation B-ORG
of I-ORG
the I-ORG
Islamic I-ORG
Conference I-ORG
. O

Representatives O
of O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
missions O
of O
Ghana B-LOC
, O
the O
Ivory B-LOC
Coast I-LOC
, O
Mauritania B-LOC
and O
Niger B-LOC
have O
scheduled O
a O
meeting O
with O
Security B-ORG
Council I-ORG
president O
Paolo B-PER
Fulci I-PER
of O
Italy B-LOC
to O
hand O
in O
the O
nominations O
in O
writing O
, O
the O
envoys O
said O
. O

It O
was O
not O
known O
if O
other O
candidates O
would O
step O
forward O
. O

Diplomats O
said O
General O
Joseph B-PER
Garba I-PER
of O
Nigeria B-LOC
, O
a O
U.N. B-ORG
General I-ORG
Assembly I-ORG
president O
in O
1989-90 O
, O
was O
putting O
forth O
his O
own O
candidacy O
without O
being O
nominated O
by O
his O
country O
. O

Boutros-Ghali B-PER
on O
Wednesday O
opened O
the O
door O
for O
other O
Africans O
to O
contest O
his O
job O
by O
saying O
he O
was O
suspending O
temporarily O
his O
candidacy O
but O
was O
not O
withdrawing O
completely O
from O
the O
race O
. O

His O
supporters O
said O
this O
meant O
he O
remained O
a O
candidate O
in O
case O
the O
race O
reached O
an O
impasse O
. O

The O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
on O
Nov. O
19 O
vetoed O
his O
bid O
for O
re-election O
while O
the O
other O
14 O
Security B-ORG
Council I-ORG
members O
supported O
him O
. O

The O
move O
by O
the O
African O
states O
means O
that O
the O
council O
could O
begin O
voting O
on O
candidates O
next O
week O
, O
a O
procedure O
that O
could O
either O
result O
in O
a O
decision O
or O
turn O
into O
a O
bitter O
fight O
with O
vetoes O
against O
each O
nominee O
. O

The O
Security B-ORG
Council I-ORG
has O
to O
vote O
on O
a O
new O
secretary-general O
and O
then O
seek O
the O
endorsement O
of O
the O
185-members O
General B-ORG
Assembly I-ORG
before O
December O
31 O
when O
Boutros-Ghali B-PER
's O
term O
expires O
. O

Spain B-LOC
's O
police O
seize O
petrol O
bombs O
, O
arrest O
five O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Spanish O
police O
said O
on O
Friday O
they O
had O
arrested O
five O
people O
and O
seized O
more O
than O
90 O
petrol O
bombs O
during O
disturbances O
after O
a O
protest O
in O
the O
Basque O
country O
against O
Spain B-LOC
's O
constitution O
. O

Hooded O
protesters O
threw O
burning O
bottles O
and O
other O
objects O
at O
police O
in O
Pamplona B-LOC
after O
the O
protest O
organised O
by O
Herri B-ORG
Batasuna I-ORG
, O
the O
political O
wing O
of O
Basque O
separatist O
group O
ETA B-ORG
. O

Police O
also O
confiscated O
eight O
kg O
( O
18 O
lb O
) O
of O
screws O
, O
balaclavas O
and O
spray O
paint O
cans O
. O

The O
protest O
, O
which O
attracted O
several O
thousand O
supporters O
, O
coincided O
with O
the O
18th O
anniversary O
of O
Spain B-LOC
's O
constitution O
. O

Mussolini B-PER
's O
granddaughter O
rejoins O
far-right O
party O
. O

ROME B-PER
1996-12-06 O

Alessandra B-PER
Mussolini I-PER
, O
the O
granddaughter O
of O
Italy B-LOC
's O
Fascist O
dictator O
Benito B-PER
Mussolini I-PER
, O
said O
on O
Friday O
she O
had O
rejoined O
the O
far-right O
National B-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
( O
AN B-ORG
) O
party O
she O
quit O
over O
policy O
differences O
last O
month O
. O

" O
I O
've O
gone O
back O
, O
" O
she O
told O
a O
radio O
show O
shortly O
after O
AN B-ORG
leader O
Gianfranco B-PER
Fini I-PER
, O
who O
was O
being O
interviewed O
on O
the O
programme O
, O
said O
the O
row O
had O
been O
resolved O
. O

" O
He O
did O
n't O
want O
to O
lose O
me O
and O
I O
did O
n't O
want O
to O
lose O
him O
. O
" O

Fini B-PER
told O
state O
radio O
RAI B-ORG
he O
met O
Mussolini B-PER
thanks O
to O
the O
good O
offices O
of O
Giuseppe B-PER
Tatarella I-PER
, O
AN B-ORG
's O
leader O
in O
the O
Chamber B-ORG
of I-ORG
Deputies I-ORG
( O
lower O
house O
) O
, O
and O
had O
overcome O
their O
differences O
. O

Mussolini B-PER
, O
33 O
, O
resigned O
from O
the O
parliamentary O
party O
group O
for O
what O
she O
said O
were O
strictly O
political O
reasons O
. O

The O
fiery O
politician O
, O
who O
is O
also O
a O
niece O
of O
screen O
star O
Sophia B-PER
Loren I-PER
, O
had O
accused O
AN B-ORG
leaders O
of O
stifling O
internal O
party O
debate O
. O

Mussolini B-PER
, O
who O
sits O
in O
the O
Chamber B-ORG
, O
told O
La B-ORG
Stampa I-ORG
newspaper O
last O
month O
after O
quitting O
AN B-ORG
's O
parliamentary O
party O
that O
she O
was O
considering O
joining O
the O
neo-fascist O
Social B-ORG
Movement I-ORG
( O
MS-Fiamma B-ORG
) O
formed O
by O
some O
of O
the O
Duce B-PER
's O
World O
War O
Two O
followers O
. O

German O
Santa B-LOC
in O
bank O
nearly O
gets O
arrested O
. O

HANOVER B-LOC
, O
Germany B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
Santa O
Claus I-LOC
distributing O
presents O
to O
workers O
in O
a O
German O
bank O
on O
Friday O
nearly O
ended O
up O
behind O
bars O
when O
a O
passing O
police O
patrol O
thought O
he O
was O
a O
robber O
in O
disguise O
. O

The O
man O
, O
doing O
his O
rounds O
in O
the O
northern O
city O
of O
Hanover B-LOC
on O
the O
day O
when O
German O
children O
traditionally O
receive O
small O
presents O
from O
Saint B-LOC
Nicholas I-LOC
, O
convinced O
police O
eventually O
that O
he O
was O
genuine O
. O

Italy B-LOC
commission O
concludes O
1997 O
budget O
examination O
. O

ROME B-PER
1996-12-06 O

The O
Italian O
upper O
house O
Senate B-ORG
budget O
commission O
has O
concluded O
its O
examination O
of O
Italy B-LOC
's O
1997 O
budget O
, O
and O
it O
will O
approve O
the O
measure O
officially O
by O
Saturday O
. O

From O
Tuesday O
, O
the O
full O
assembly O
of O
the O
Senate B-ORG
will O
start O
its O
examination O
of O
the O
financial O
package O
. O

-- O
Milan B-ORG
newsroom O
+392 O
66129502 O

EU B-ORG
, O
Poland B-LOC
agree O
on O
oil O
import O
tariffs O
. O

BRUSSELS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
and O
Poland B-LOC
have O
resolved O
disagreements O
over O
a O
new O
Polish O
oil O
import O
regime O
, O
the O
European B-ORG
Commission I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
EU B-ORG
had O
objected O
to O
increases O
in O
Polish O
tariffs O
on O
imports O
of O
gasoline O
and O
gasoil O
products O
introduced O
on O
January O
1 O
, O
1996 O
, O
saying O
they O
contravened O
levels O
envisaged O
in O
the O
so-called O
Europe O
Agreement O
between O
the O
EU B-ORG
and O
Poland B-LOC
. O

The O
increases O
were O
aimed O
at O
protecting O
the O
Polish O
market O
while O
helping O
to O
modernise O
the O
local O
oil O
industry O
. O

" O
The O
EU B-ORG
and O
Poland B-LOC
have O
now O
reached O
a O
final O
settlement O
regarding O
issues O
related O
to O
the O
Polish O
import O
regime O
in O
the O
oils O
sector O
, O
" O
the O
Commission B-ORG
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Under O
the O
agreement O
, O
Poland B-LOC
will O
abolish O
all O
oil O
import O
tariffs O
by O
2001 O
, O
remove O
all O
oil O
price O
controls O
and O
end O
quantitative O
restrictions O
on O
imports O
by O
January O
1 O
, O
1997 O
. O

The O
agreement O
includes O
the O
early O
privatisation O
and O
modernisation O
of O
Polish O
oil O
refineries O
, O
which O
will O
be O
obliged O
to O
offer O
equal O
treatment O
to O
all O
buyers O
. O

The O
EU B-ORG
and O
Poland B-LOC
will O
monitor O
the O
settlement O
at O
six-monthly O
meetings O
. O

Hindu O
party O
forces O
India B-LOC
parliament O
to O
adjourn O
. O

NEW B-LOC
DELHI I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Hindu O
nationalists O
forced O
adjournment O
of O
India B-LOC
's O
lower O
house O
of O
parliament O
on O
Friday O
, O
in O
protest O
against O
a O
proposal O
to O
observe O
a O
minute O
's O
silence O
over O
the O
destruction O
of O
a O
mosque O
by O
a O
Hindu O
mob O
in O
1992 O
. O

Members O
of O
the O
Hindu O
nationalist O
Bharatiya B-ORG
Janata I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
BJP B-ORG
) O
shouted O
pro-Hindu O
slogans O
in O
the O
house O
after O
a O
communist O
deputy O
made O
the O
proposal O
in O
remembrance O
of O
the O
Babri B-LOC
mosque O
, O
which O
was O
razed O
on O
December O
6 O
, O
1992 O
. O

The O
house O
was O
first O
adjourned O
for O
two O
hours O
. O

When O
it O
reconvened O
, O
BJP B-ORG
deputies O
resumed O
the O
slogan-shouting O
, O
and O
deputy O
speaker O
Suraj B-PER
Bhan I-PER
suspended O
work O
until O
Monday O
. O

The O
destruction O
of O
the O
16th-century O
mosque O
in O
the O
northern O
Indian O
town O
of O
Ayodhya B-LOC
triggered O
nationwide O
Hindu-Moslem O
violence O
in O
which O
more O
than O
3,000 O
people O
were O
killed O
. O

Indian O
officials O
blame O
revenge-minded O
Moslem O
underworld O
gangs O
in O
Bombay B-LOC
for O
a O
string O
of O
bombings O
in O
the O
city O
three O
months O
later O
that O
killed O
260 O
people O
. O

The O
BJP B-ORG
backs O
a O
hardline O
Hindu O
campaign O
to O
build O
a O
temple O
at O
the O
site O
of O
the O
mosque O
, O
which O
Hindus O
believe O
was O
the O
birthplace O
of O
the O
Lord B-PER
Rama I-PER
. O

The O
campaign O
catapulted O
BJP B-ORG
from O
the O
political O
fringe O
to O
become O
India B-LOC
's O
main O
opposition O
party O
in O
1991 O
. O

Indian O
Sept O
crude O
oil O
output O
falls O
to O
2.6 O
mln O
T O
. O

NEW B-LOC
DELHI I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

India B-LOC
's O
crude O
petroleum O
output O
fell O
to O
2.56 O
million O
tonnes O
in O
September O
from O
2.83 O
million O
in O
the O
same O
month O
in O
1995 O
, O
the O
government O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

STEEL O
OUTPUT O
Sept O
Sept O
Apr-Sept O
Apr-Sept O

1996 O
1995 O
1996 O
1995 O

Crude O
petroleum O
2,557 O
2,832 O
15,838 O
17,648 O

Petroleum O
products O
4,605 O
5,110 O
30,589 O
29,328 O

Note O
- O
Figures O
are O
in O
thousands O
of O
tonnes O
and O
preliminary O
. O

LUXEMBOURG O
CHRISTMAS O
MARKET O
GOES O
ON O
WORLD O
WIDE O
WEB O
. O

BRUSSELS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Luxembourg B-LOC
's O
traditional O
Christmas O
market O
, O
which O
starts O
on O
Saturday O
and O
runs O
to O
December O
24 O
, O
has O
taken O
to O
the O
world O
wide O
web O
as O
a O
way O
of O
publicising O
its O
activities O
. O

The O
web O
site O
( O
http://www.pt.lu/infoweb/kreschtmaart O
) O
gives O
details O
of O
the O
market O
's O
concert O
programme O
as O
well O
as O
its O
various O
retailers O
. O

-- O
Brussels B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+32 O
2 O
287 O
6810 O
, O
Fax O
+32 O
2 O
230 O
7710 O

London B-LOC
coal O
/ O
ore O
fixtures O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

COAL O
- O
Lantau B-LOC
Peak I-LOC
- O
120,000 O
tones O
coal O
Hay B-LOC
Point I-LOC
or O
Newcastle B-LOC
/ O
Kaohsiung B-LOC
20-30/1 O
$ O
5.25 O
and O
$ O
5.85 O
fio O
respectively O
40,000-35,000 O
/ O
28,000 O
shinc O
China B-ORG
Steel I-ORG
. O

Royal O
Clipper O
- O
77,000 O
tonnes O
coal O
Maracaibo B-LOC
/ O
Fos B-LOC
19/12-2/1 O
$ O
9.90 O
fio O
20,000 O
shinc O
/ O
25,000 O
shinc O
Coe B-PER
and O
Clerici B-PER
. O

ORE B-LOC
- O
IMC O
TBN O
- O
70,000 O
tonnes O
Dampier O
/ O
Kaohsiung B-LOC
20-30/12 O
$ O
5.25 O
fio O
35,000 O
shinc O
/ O
30,000 O
shinc O
China B-ORG
Steel I-ORG
. O

UK B-LOC
bookmakers O
lengthen O
Conservative O
victory O
odds O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

UK B-LOC
bookmakers O
William B-PER
Hill I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
they O
have O
lengthened O
the O
odds O
of O
a O
Conservative O
victory O
in O
the O
next O
general O
election O
from O
9-4 O
to O
5-2 O
. O

William B-PER
Hill I-PER
said O
the O
odds O
were O
the O
longest O
they O
had O
been O
for O
six O
months O
. O

The O
Labour B-ORG
opposition O
are O
now O
1-4 O
favourites O
, O
it O
said O
. O

The O
election O
must O
be O
held O
by O
May O
. O

-- O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44 O
171 O
542-7768 O

Italy B-LOC
tops O
week O
of O
meagre O
bond O
returns O
- O
Salomon B-ORG
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

High-flying O
Italy B-LOC
topped O
the O
league O
in O
a O
week O
of O
meagre O
returns O
on O
government O
bonds O
, O
Salomon B-ORG
Brothers I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

In O
local O
currency O
terms O
, O
Italian O
BTPs O
offered O
returns O
of O
0.85 O
percent O
in O
the O
week O
ended O
on O
Thursday O
, O
with O
fellow O
high-yielder O
Sweden B-LOC
close O
behind O
on O
0.80 O
percent O
. O

The O
weekly O
government O
bond O
index O
rose O
0.07 O
percent O
in O
local O
currency O
terms O
. O

France B-LOC
managed O
third O
place O
with O
0.68 O
percent O
in O
the O
16-nation O
world O
government O
bond O
index O
. O

Canada B-LOC
's O
were O
the O
worst O
performing O
bonds O
. O

They O
lost O
2.21 O
percent O
, O
depressed O
by O
a O
wave O
of O
new O
Canadian O
supply O
. O

Returns O
on O
Treasuries B-ORG
were O
also O
in O
negative O
territory O
at O
minus O
0.24 O
percent O
, O
the O
poorest O
result O
after O
Canada B-LOC
and O
British O
gilts O
which O
lost O
0.28 O
percent O
. O

Australia B-LOC
was O
the O
only O
dollar-bloc O
country O
in O
the O
table O
to O
eke O
out O
a O
positive O
return O
, O
albeit O
a O
paltry O
0.02 O
percent O
. O

German O
Bunds O
were O
not O
much O
better O
, O
offering O
returns O
of O
0.05 O
percent O
, O
while O
Japanese O
government O
bonds O
managed O
a O
0.38 O
percent O
gain O
. O

Spanish O
bonds O
, O
which O
had O
been O
top O
performers O
in O
Salomon B-ORG
Brothers I-ORG
' O
league O
table O
for O
November O
as O
a O
whole O
, O
turned O
in O
a O
more O
subdued O
weekly O
performance O
with O
a O
return O
of O
only O
0.27 O
percent O
. O

In O
U.S. B-LOC
dollar O
terms O
, O
Japan B-LOC
was O
the O
only O
country O
to O
give O
positive O
returns O
at O
1.35 O
percent O
. O

France B-LOC
lost O
0.37 O
percent O
, O
followed O
by O
Italy B-LOC
on O
minus O
0.59 O
percent O
. O

The O
biggest O
losers O
in O
dollar O
terms O
were O
British O
gilts O
, O
which O
shed O
3.41 O
percent O
, O
Canada B-LOC
with O
minus O
3.03 O
percent O
and O
Australia B-LOC
at O
minus O
1.54 O
percent O
. O

Salomon B-ORG
's O
bond O
index O
is O
calculated O
using O
all O
government O
bonds O
with O
over O
one O
year O
to O
maturity O
, O
weighted O
for O
market O
capitalisation O
. O

Only O
bonds O
freely O
available O
to O
institutional O
investors O
and O
with O
a O
certain O
minimum O
amount O
outstanding O
are O
included O
. O

Returns O
take O
account O
of O
price O
moves O
and O
accrued O
interest O
. O

-- O
Stephen B-PER
Nisbet I-PER
, O
International O
Bonds O
+44 O
171 O
6320 O

OPEC O
basket O
price O
$ O
24.20 O
on O
Thursday O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
price O
of O
the O
OPEC O
basket O
of O
seven O
crudes O
stood O
at O
$ O
24.20 O
a O
barrel O
on O
Thursday O
, O
against O
$ O
23.47 O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
the O
OPECNA B-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
, O
quoting O
the O
OPEC O
secretariat O
. O

The O
basket O
comprises O
Algeria B-LOC
's O
Saharan B-PER
Blend I-PER
, O
Indonesia B-LOC
's O
Minas B-ORG
, O
Nigeria B-LOC
's O
Bonny O
Light I-ORG
, O
Saudi B-LOC
Arabia I-LOC
's O
Arabian B-ORG
Light I-ORG
, O
Dubai B-LOC
of O
the O
UAE B-LOC
, O
Venezuela B-LOC
's O
Tia B-PER
Juana I-PER
and O
Mexico B-LOC
's O
Isthmus B-PER
. O

-- O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
+44 O
171 O
542 O
7630 O

Relations O
between O
Clarke B-PER
, O
Major B-PER
good O
- O
spokesman O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Relations O
between O
Chancellor O
of O
the O
Exchequer O
Kenneth B-PER
Clarke I-PER
and O
Prime O
Minister O
John B-PER
Major I-PER
are O
good O
despite O
media O
reports O
of O
a O
rift O
over O
European O
policy O
, O
a O
spokesman O
for O
Major B-PER
's O
office O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Asked O
about O
the O
reports O
, O
the O
spokesman O
said O
: O
" O
Relations O
are O
good O
. O
" O

Asked O
about O
Major B-PER
's O
mood O
after O
a O
day O
of O
media O
speculation O
about O
his O
political O
fortunes O
, O
the O
spokesman O
said O
: O
" O
He O
is O
resolute O
. O

He O
is O
getting O
on O
with O
the O
job O
. O
" O

The O
spokesman O
said O
he O
was O
not O
aware O
of O
any O
meetings O
overnight O
between O
Clarke B-PER
and O
Major B-PER
, O
nor O
of O
any O
talks O
between O
the O
prime O
minister O
and O
parliamentary O
business O
managers O
. O

Both O
Major B-PER
and O
Clarke B-PER
were O
in O
their O
constituencies O
on O
Friday O
. O

Two O
dead O
after O
executive O
jet O
crashes O
in O
Newfoundland B-LOC
. O

STEPHENVILLE B-LOC
, O
Newfoundland B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Two O
people O
were O
killed O
when O
an O
executive O
jet O
en O
route O
to O
Ireland B-LOC
from O
Michigan B-LOC
crashed O
on O
approach O
to O
an O
airport O
in O
Stephenville B-LOC
, O
Newfoundland B-LOC
, O
on O
Friday O
, O
authorities O
said O
. O

The O
pilot O
and O
co-pilot O
, O
the O
only O
two O
aboard O
, O
were O
killed O
in O
the O
crash O
of O
the O
Learjet O
36 O
, O
airport O
manager O
David B-PER
Snow I-PER
said O
in O
a O
telephone O
interview O
. O

Snow B-PER
said O
the O
plane O
last O
reported O
to O
air O
traffic O
control O
at O
about O
3 O
A.M. O
local O
time O
/ O
1:30 O
A.M. O
EST O
( O
0630 O
GMT O
) O
when O
it O
began O
its O
final O
approach O
about O
10 O
miles O
( O
16 O
km O
) O
from O
the O
airport O
in O
this O
east O
coast O
Canadian O
province O
. O

That O
was O
the O
last O
communication O
the O
aircraft O
made O
with O
the O
airport O
, O
he O
added O
. O

" O
We O
considered O
it O
as O
being O
missing O
until O
about O
0600 O
( O
4:30 O
A.M. O
EST O
) O
( O
0930 O
GMT O
) O
. O

That O
's O
when O
the O
wreckage O
was O
discovered O
, O
" O
Snow B-PER
said O
. O

He O
said O
the O
cargo O
flight O
originated O
in O
Grand B-LOC
Rapids I-LOC
, O
Michigan B-LOC
, O
and O
was O
due O
to O
stop O
at O
Stephenville B-LOC
for O
refueling O
before O
going O
to O
Shannon B-LOC
, O
Ireland B-LOC
. O

The O
cause O
of O
the O
crash O
was O
not O
yet O
known O
. O

Investigators O
were O
due O
to O
fly O
to O
Stephenville B-LOC
later O
on O
Friday O
. O

PLO B-ORG
says O
Arafat B-PER
, O
Netanyahu B-PER
could O
meet O
Saturday O
. O

JERUSALEM B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

PLO B-ORG
negotiators O
said O
on O
Friday O
Palestinian O
President O
Yasser B-PER
Arafat I-PER
, O
Israeli O
Prime O
Minister O
Benjamin B-PER
Netanyahu I-PER
and O
Egyptian O
President O
Hosni B-PER
Mubarak I-PER
might O
all O
meet O
on O
Saturday O
to O
try O
to O
clinch O
a O
deal O
on O
Israel B-LOC
's O
handover O
of O
Hebron B-LOC
to O
the O
PLO B-ORG
. O

" O
It O
is O
very O
possible O
that O
Arafat B-PER
and O
Netanyahu B-PER
will O
meet O
in O
Cairo B-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

There O
is O
work O
on O
arranging O
such O
a O
meeting O
hosted O
by O
President O
Mubarak B-PER
, O
" O
one O
PLO B-ORG
official O
, O
who O
requested O
anonymity O
, O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

Israeli O
officials O
said O
no O
meeting O
had O
yet O
been O
set O
. O

Arafat B-PER
's O
adviser O
Nabil B-PER
Abu I-PER
Rdainah I-PER
said O
: O

" O
President O
Arafat B-PER
is O
ready O
to O
meet O
Prime O
Minister O
Netanyahu B-PER
but O
no O
time O
or O
date O
has O
been O
set O
for O
such O
a O
meeting O
yet O
. O

" O
President O
Arafat B-PER
's O
position O
is O
clear O
that O
such O
a O
meeting O
should O
come O
after O
successful O
negotiations O
so O
that O
the O
meeting O
would O
have O
positive O
results O
. O

Especially O
since O
the O
Hebron B-ORG
issue O
has O
not O
been O
agreed O
yet O
and O
the O
crucial O
disputed O
issues O
have O
not O
been O
resolved O
. O
" O

But O
Rdainah B-PER
said O
Arafat B-PER
would O
go O
to O
Cairo B-LOC
on O
Saturday O
for O
talks O
with O
Mubarak B-PER
. O

Both O
Arafat B-PER
and O
Netanyahu B-PER
have O
expressed O
willingness O
to O
meet O
. O

They O
last O
met O
in O
Washington B-LOC
after O
clashes O
in O
September O
that O
killed O
60 O
Palestinians O
and O
15 O
Israelis O
. O

The O
violence O
was O
spurred O
by O
Israel B-LOC
's O
opening O
an O
entrance O
to O
a O
tunnel O
near O
Moslem O
sites O
in O
Jerusalem B-LOC
. O

The O
Palestine B-ORG
Liberation I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
( O
PLO B-ORG
) O
negotiators O
said O
the O
last O
two O
weeks O
of O
talks O
with O
Israel B-LOC
on O
implementing O
the O
long-delayed O
handover O
of O
most O
of O
Hebron B-LOC
to O
PLO B-ORG
rule O
had O
been O
" O
meaningless O
" O
, O
necessitating O
an O
Arafat-Netanyahu B-PER
meeting O
. O

Mubarak B-PER
's O
adviser O
Osama B-PER
el-Baz I-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
there O
were O
efforts O
to O
arrange O
a O
meeting O
between O
the O
Israeli O
and O
Palestinian O
leaders O
. O

Palestinian B-ORG
Authority I-ORG
Secretary O
General O
Ahmed B-PER
Abdel-Rahman I-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
he O
understood O
it O
could O
be O
held O
in O
Cairo B-LOC
either O
on O
Friday O
or O
Sunday O
. O

Abdel-Rahman B-PER
had O
said O
on O
Thursday O
he O
did O
not O
think O
Saturday O
would O
be O
the O
date O
because O
it O
is O
the O
Jewish O
sabbath O
. O

But O
the O
Jewish O
sabbath O
ends O
at O
sundown O
, O
so O
a O
night O
meeting O
would O
not O
interfere O
with O
the O
religious O
observance O
. O

Turkey B-LOC
hindered O
by O
own O
landmines O
on O
Syrian O
border O
. O

ANKARA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Turkey B-LOC
's O
efforts O
to O
prevent O
Kurdish O
rebels O
and O
smugglers O
infiltrating O
from O
Syria B-LOC
are O
being O
badly O
hindered O
because O
the O
military O
does O
not O
have O
a O
map O
of O
its O
own O
minefields O
on O
the O
border O
, O
a O
commission O
of O
parliamentarians O
said O
. O

" O
It O
is O
not O
known O
exactly O
where O
the O
mines O
have O
been O
sown O
because O
a O
minefield O
chart O
cannot O
be O
found O
, O
" O
the O
commission O
said O
in O
a O
report O
on O
border O
protection O
. O

The O
report O
, O
to O
be O
debated O
in O
parliament O
in O
coming O
weeks O
, O
was O
seen O
by O
Reuters B-ORG
on O
Friday O
. O
" O

Officials O
say O
the O
minefields O
present O
an O
obstacle O
to O
the O
security O
forces O
, O
" O
it O
said O
. O

It O
said O
Kurdistan B-ORG
Workers I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
PKK B-ORG
) O
guerrillas O
sometimes O
know O
the O
layout O
of O
mined O
areas O
along O
the O
border O
better O
than O
the O
security O
forces O
. O

" O
Terrorists O
and O
smugglers O
have O
dug O
up O
the O
mines O
, O
defused O
them O
and O
opened O
up O
wide O
paths O
in O
some O
areas O
. O

They O
can O
come O
in O
and O
out O
easily O
as O
the O
minefields O
are O
not O
an O
obstacle O
, O
" O
it O
said O
. O

An O
armed O
forces O
spokesman O
was O
not O
available O
for O
comment O
. O

Turkey B-LOC
says O
Syria B-LOC
sponsors O
the O
PKK B-ORG
, O
fighting O
for O
Kurdish O
self-rule O
in O
southeast O
Turkey B-LOC
. O

Damascus B-LOC
denies O
aiding O
the O
rebels O
. O

The O
PKK B-ORG
also O
crosses O
into O
Turkey B-LOC
from O
bases O
in O
the O
mountains O
of O
northern O
Iraq B-LOC
. O

More O
than O
21,000 O
people O
have O
died O
in O
the O
12-year-old O
conflict O
. O

Three O
dead O
in O
Kurd O
militia O
blood O
feud O
in O
Turkey B-LOC
. O

DIYARBAKIR B-LOC
, O
Turkey B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Three O
people O
were O
killed O
on O
Friday O
in O
a O
gun O
battle O
between O
rival O
groups O
of O
anti-guerrilla O
militiamen O
on O
the O
streets O
of O
this O
southeastern O
Turkish O
city O
, O
police O
said O
. O

Four O
others O
were O
wounded O
in O
the O
clash O
, O
caused O
by O
a O
blood O
feud O
between O
two O
families O
, O
the O
Kesers B-ORG
and O
Karabuluts B-ORG
, O
serving O
as O
state-paid O
village O
guards O
against O
Kurdish O
rebels O
. O

Police O
said O
the O
guards O
fired O
automatic O
weapons O
at O
each O
other O
. O

One O
of O
the O
dead O
was O
a O
civilian O
passer-by O
. O

The O
role O
of O
the O
70,000 O
mainly O
Kurdish O
village O
guards O
who O
fight O
Kurdistan B-ORG
Workers I-ORG
Party I-ORG
( O
PKK B-ORG
) O
guerrillas O
in O
the O
southeast O
has O
been O
questioned O
recently O
after O
media O
allegations O
that O
many O
of O
them O
are O
involved O
in O
common O
crime O
. O

The O
head O
of O
the O
region O
's O
main O
pro-state O
militia O
is O
at O
the O
centre O
of O
a O
security O
scandal O
that O
has O
shaken O
the O
government O
. O

More O
than O
21,000 O
people O
have O
been O
killed O
in O
the O
12-year-old O
conflict O
between O
Turkish O
security O
forces O
and O
the O
PKK B-ORG
, O
fighting O
for O
Kurdish O
autonomy O
or O
independence O
. O

Texas B-LOC
/ O
w O
Okla O
fed O
cattle O
roundup O
- O
USDA B-ORG
. O

AMARILLO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Trade O
very O
slow O
in O
the O
Panhandle B-LOC
area O
Thursday O
. O

Slaughter O
steers O
and O
heifers O
not O
well O
tested O
. O

Feedlots B-ORG
reporting O
light O
inquiry O
from O
buyers O
. O

- O
USDA B-ORG

Thursday O
200 O
Week O
Ago O
Holiday O
Year O
Ago O
10,900 O

Wk O
to O
Date O
69,100 O
Week O
Ago O
58,100 O
Year O
Ago O
30,800 O

Sales O
reported O
on O
200 O
head O
steers O
; O
69,100 O
head O
confirmed O
for O
week O
to O
date O
which O
includes O
14,000 O
formulated O
and O
3,400 O
contracted O
cattle O
to O
be O
shipped O
this O
week O
. O

Slaughter O
Steers O
: O
Pen O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
, O
1150 O
lbs O
67.00 O
. O

Pen O
Select O
, O
few O
choice O
2-3 O
1150 O
lbs O
66.00 O
. O

Kansas B-LOC
feedlot O
cattle O
roundup O
- O
USDA B-ORG
. O

DODGE B-LOC
CITY I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Trade O
slow O
. O

Not O
enough O
slaughter O
steer O
or O
heifer O
sales O
confirmed O
for O
an O
adequate O
market O
test O
. O

- O
USDA B-ORG

Thursday O
600 O
week O
ago O
holiday O
year O
ago O
14,200 O

week O
to O
date O
89,300 O
week O
ago O
71,000 O
year O
ago O
47,200 O

Inquiry O
good O
, O
demand O
light O
. O

Sales O
confirmed O
on O
500 O
slaughter O
steers O
and O
100 O
slaughter O
heifers O
Thursday O
. O

For O
the O
week O
to O
date O
89,300 O
head O
confirmed O
including O
30,600 O
head O
of O
contracted O
or O
formulated O
cattle O
. O

Steers O
: O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
, O
1200 O
lbs O
67.00 O
. O

Heifers O
: O
Select O
and O
Choice O
2-3 O
, O
1150 O
lbs O
67.00 O
. O

Delphis B-ORG
Hanover I-ORG
weekly O
municipal O
bond O
yields O
. O

Delphis B-ORG
Hanover I-ORG
weekly O
muni O
bond O
yields O
calculated O
Dec O
5 O

Aaa O
Aa O
A O
Baa O

1997 O
3.50 O
3.60* O
3.70 O
3.75 O
4.00 O
4.00 O
4.30 O
4.35 O

2001 O
4.20 O
4.20 O
4.35 O
4.40 O
4.65 O
4.65 O
5.00 O
5.00 O

2006 O
4.70 O
4.70 O
4.85 O
4.85 O
5.15 O
5.15 O
5.50 O
5.50 O

2011 O
5.15 O
5.15 O
5.30 O
5.30 O
5.60 O
5.60 O
5.90 O
5.90 O

2016 O
5.35 O
5.30 O
5.50 O
5.45 O
5.80 O
5.75 O
6.10 O
6.05 O

2021 O
5.45 O
5.40 O
5.60 O
5.55 O
5.90 O
5.85 O
6.20 O
6.15 O

2026 O
5.50 O
5.45 O
5.65 O
5.60 O
5.95 O
5.90 O
6.25 O
6.20 O

*from O
previous O
calculation O
on O
Nov O
27 O

-- O
U.S. B-ORG
Municipal I-ORG
Desk I-ORG
, O
212-859-1650 O

ACCESS O
energy O
futures O
prices O
add O
to O
daytime O
gains O
. O

LOS B-LOC
ANGELES I-LOC
1996-12-05 O

U.S. B-LOC
energy O
futures O
added O
to O
floor O
session O
gains O
in O
light O
NYMEX O
ACCESS O
trade O
Thursday O
, O
as O
forecasts O
for O
colder O
temperatures O
in O
distillate-hungry O
Northeastern B-LOC
markets O
raised O
supply O
concerns O
. O

" O
The O
cold O
weather O
forecasts O
are O
helping O
right O
now O
, O
" O
a O
trader O
said O
. O

Earlier O
, O
NYMEX O
crude O
ended O
daytime O
trade O
78 O
cents O
higher O
at O
$ O
25.58 O
a O
barrel O
, O
following O
breakthroughs O
of O
key O
technical O
levels O
and O
reports O
of O
tighter O
supplies O
. O

Front-month O
heating O
oil O
firmed O
0.09 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
to O
75.20 O
cents O
as O
roughly O
100 O
lots O
changed O
hands O
within O
the O
first O
few O
hours O
of O
ACCESS O
. O

About O
112 O
lots O
were O
exchanged O
overall O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

NYMEX O
gasoline O
for O
January O
delivery O
climbed O
0.12 O
cents O
a O
gallon O
to O
69.80 O
cents O
as O
a O
light O
33 O
lots O
traded O
in O
the O
nearby O
month O
and O
35 O
moved O
overall O
. O

January O
crude O
was O
barely O
changed O
from O
its O
settlement O
, O
edging O
up O
one O
cent O
to O
$ O
25.66 O
a O
barrel O
. O

About O
350 O
lots O
were O
traded O
for O
January O
and O
870 O
in O
all O
months O
. O

-- O
David B-PER
Brinkerhoff I-PER
, O
Los B-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
bureau O
+1 O
213 O
380 O
2014 O

U.S. B-LOC
blasts O
release O
of O
convicted O
bomber O
. O

WASHINGTON B-LOC
1996-12-05 O

The O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
Thursday O
blasted O
the O
release O
from O
a O
Greek O
prison O
of O
a O
Palestinian O
guerrilla O
convicted O
of O
bombing O
an O
airliner O
and O
killing O
a O
teenager O
in O
1982 O
, O
saying O
the O
move O
" O
does O
not O
make O
sense O
. O
" O

" O
All O
of O
us O
who O
have O
been O
victimised O
by O
terrorists O
... O
need O
to O
stand O
together O
against O
terrorists O
. O

We O
ca O
n't O
let O
terrorists O
out O
of O
jail O
when O
they O
are O
a O
danger O
to O
civilians O
all O
around O
the O
world O
, O
" O
State B-ORG
Department I-ORG
spokesman O
Nicholas B-PER
Burns I-PER
said O
. O
' O

Mohammed B-PER
Rashid I-PER
" O
is O
a O
terrorist O
who O
deserves O
to O
be O
behind O
bars O
. O

It O
is O
inexplicable O
to O
us O
why O
he O
would O
have O
been O
allowed O
to O
leave O
Greece B-LOC
before O
serving O
his O
just O
sentence O
... O
This O
is O
an O
incomprehensible O
move O
. O

It O
does O
not O
make O
sense O
, O
" O
Burns B-PER
told O
a O
news O
briefing O
. O

He O
spoke O
after O
Rashid B-PER
left O
Greece B-LOC
Thursday O
on O
being O
freed O
from O
prison O
early O
for O
good O
behaviour O
after O
serving O
8-1/2 O
years O
. O

The O
Clinton B-PER
administration O
's O
strong O
views O
on O
this O
subject O
have O
been O
conveyed O
to O
the O
Greek O
government O
, O
Burns B-PER
said O
. O

Mahammad B-PER
Rashid I-PER
was O
whisked O
from O
Korydallos B-LOC
maximum O
security O
prison O
just O
outside O
Athens B-LOC
to O
the O
airport O
where O
he O
boarded O
a O
regular O
Olympic O
Airways B-ORG
flight O
to O
Cairo B-LOC
where O
he O
would O
transit O
to O
Tunis B-LOC
and O
the O
former O
Palestine B-ORG
Liberation I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
headquarters O
. O

Rashid B-PER
, O
46 O
, O
was O
sentenced O
to O
18 O
years O
in O
prison O
by O
a O
Greek O
court O
in O
1992 O
after O
being O
convicted O
of O
premeditated O
murder O
in O
the O
mid-air O
bombing O
of O
a O
Pan O
American O
airliner O
in O
1982 O
. O

His O
sentence O
had O
been O
reduced O
to O
15 O
years O
in O
1993 O
. O

A O
parole O
court O
ruled O
recently O
that O
Rashid B-PER
could O
be O
freed O
after O
serving O
8-1/2 O
years O
, O
with O
time O
in O
pre-trial O
detention O
counted O
towards O
his O
term O
, O
but O
said O
he O
must O
be O
expelled O
immediately O
from O
Greece B-LOC
. O

The O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
accuses O
Rashid B-PER
of O
belonging O
to O
the O
May O
15 O
Palestinian O
guerrilla O
group O
and O
being O
an O
accomplished O
student O
of O
master O
Palestinian O
bombmaker O
Abu B-PER
Ibrahim I-PER
. O

Three O
FBI B-ORG
agents O
who O
testified O
against O
Rashid B-PER
during O
the O
trial O
, O
held O
at O
Korydallos B-LOC
prison O
, O
said O
they O
had O
ample O
evidence O
against O
Rashid B-PER
for O
a O
bomb O
planted O
on O
a O
Pan O
American O
plane O
in O
Brazil B-LOC
in O
1982 O
and O
a O
mid-air O
bomb O
blast O
on O
a O
TWA B-ORG
airliner O
approaching O
Athens B-LOC
in O
1986 O
which O
killed O
four O
U.S. B-LOC
citizens O
. O

School O
football O
player O
banned O
for O
slashing O
opponents O
. O

ALBUQUERQUE B-LOC
, O
N.M. O
1996-12-05 O

A O
New B-LOC
Mexico I-LOC
high O
school O
football O
player O
who O
used O
razor-sharp O
helmet O
buckles O
to O
slash O
opponents O
and O
a O
referee O
was O
expelled O
from O
high O
school O
banned O
Thursday O
from O
competition O
for O
one O
year O
. O

Mike B-PER
Cito I-PER
, O
17 O
, O
was O
expelled O
from O
St B-LOC
Pius I-LOC
X I-LOC
High I-ORG
School I-LOC
in O
Albuquerque B-LOC
after O
an O
October O
game O
in O
which O
he O
used O
the O
sharpened O
chin O
strap O
buckles O
to O
injure O
two O
opposing O
players O
and O
the O
referee O
. O

One O
of O
the O
players O
need O
10 O
stitches O
to O
a O
cut O
on O
his O
forearm O
. O

Officials O
said O
the O
New B-ORG
Mexico I-ORG
Activities I-ORG
Association I-ORG
decided O
to O
bar O
Cito B-ORG
from O
any O
inter-scholastic O
competition O
until O
next O
October O
, O
regardless O
of O
the O
school O
he O
attends O
. O

Cito B-PER
's O
father O
, O
Stephen B-PER
Cito I-PER
, O
had O
admitted O
filing O
the O
metal O
buckles O
to O
a O
fine O
edge O
, O
saying O
he O
did O
it O
to O
get O
even O
with O
the O
referee O
and O
with O
players O
who O
had O
roughed O
up O
his O
son O
in O
a O
previous O
game O
. O

Cyberspace B-ORG
squabbles O
overshadow O
copyright O
talks O
. O

Elif B-PER
Kaban I-PER

GENEVA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

In O
a O
gloomy O
Geneva B-LOC
conference O
centre O
built O
before O
the O
dawn O
of O
the O
Internet O
, O
groups O
of O
staid O
officials O
made O
a O
first O
stab O
on O
Friday O
at O
rewriting O
copyright O
laws O
for O
the O
digital O
age O
. O

But O
critics O
at O
the O
first O
government-level O
meeting O
to O
revise O
copyright O
laws O
in O
25 O
years O
said O
the O
officials O
and O
legislators O
might O
as O
well O
be O
trying O
to O
police O
the O
ether O
. O

After O
four O
days O
of O
diplomatic O
wrangling O
over O
procedures O
, O
some O
600 O
delegates O
from O
nations O
small O
and O
large O
got O
down O
to O
the O
nitty-gritty O
of O
setting O
the O
digital O
agenda O
for O
the O
first O
time O
. O

Cyberspace B-ORG
squabbles O
overshadowed O
the O
debate O
on O
a O
stack O
of O
proposals O
covering O
literary O
and O
artistic O
works O
, O
the O
rights O
of O
performers O
and O
producers O
of O
music O
and O
producers O
of O
databases O
. O

" O
If O
it O
goes O
on O
like O
this O
, O
we O
wo O
n't O
have O
enough O
time O
to O
finish O
all O
the O
discussions O
, O
" O
a O
frustrated O
Western O
delegate O
said O
. O
" O

They O
announced O
they O
will O
start O
evening O
sessions O
next O
week O
. O
" O

Attempts O
by O
copyright-based O
industries O
to O
ensure O
they O
get O
a O
cut O
from O
online O
works O
led O
to O
a O
storm O
of O
protests O
by O
Internet O
companies O
and O
critics O
who O
say O
the O
pacts O
would O
curb O
public O
access O
to O
online O
information O
from O
soccer O
results O
to O
stock O
prices O
. O

" O
It O
's O
not O
illegal O
to O
make O
photocopies O
of O
newspaper O
articles O
. O

It O
's O
fair O
use O
. O

We O
can O
read O
sports O
statistics O
or O
stock O
prices O
. O

But O
with O
the O
treaty O
, O
this O
kind O
of O
fact O
will O
be O
owned O
and O
subject O
to O
licensing O
, O
" O
said O
James B-PER
Love I-PER
, O
a O
consumer O
lobbyist O
heading O
the O
Washington-based O
Consumer B-ORG
Project I-ORG
on I-ORG
Technology I-ORG
. O

" O
None O
of O
the O
treaties O
are O
ready O
to O
move O
. O

These O
people O
do O
n't O
understand O
what O
they O
're O
doing O
. O
" O

At O
stake O
are O
billions O
of O
dollars O
and O
the O
future O
of O
the O
electronic O
information O
industry O
-- O
the O
coming O
medium O
for O
the O
distribution O
of O
music O
, O
films O
, O
literature O
, O
software O
and O
commerce O
. O

Supporters O
of O
the O
three O
pacts O
say O
they O
are O
only O
an O
extension O
of O
existing O
intellectual O
property O
rights O
, O
covered O
by O
the O
century-old O
Berne O
Convention O
. O

But O
an O
array O
of O
opponents O
from O
the O
network O
industry O
to O
consumer O
, O
scientific O
and O
academic O
groups O
say O
the O
pacts O
will O
give O
sweeping O
powers O
to O
entertainment O
and O
copyright-based O
industries O
. O

A O
quick O
survey O
at O
the O
conference O
centre O
found O
few O
officials O
who O
had O
actually O
surfed O
the O
Internet O
. O

Mongolia B-LOC
's O
state O
copyright O
official O
, O
Gundegma B-PER
Jargalshaihan I-PER
, O
said O
apologetically O
that O
he O
had O
just O
arrived O
from O
Ulan B-LOC
Bator I-LOC
and O
was O
not O
aware O
of O
the O
details O
of O
the O
digital O
agenda O
. O

" O
We O
do O
n't O
have O
money O
for O
Internet O
in O
Mongolia B-LOC
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

Alexander B-PER
Bavykin I-PER
, O
deputy O
legal O
chief O
at O
Russia B-LOC
's O
foreign O
ministry O
, O
said O
Moscow B-LOC
had O
yet O
to O
formulate O
a O
policy O
on O
copyright O
in O
cybersppace O
. O

He O
too O
had O
never O
browsed O
the O
Net O
. O

" O
I O
've O
never O
tried O
it O
and O
why O
should O
I O
? O

There O
are O
lots O
of O
other O
things O
in O
this O
life O
I O
have O
n't O
tried O
either O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

A O
visit O
to O
the O
computer O
centre O
offering O
Internet O
services O
found O
a O
lone O
European O
official O
clicking O
away O
on O
his O
mouse O
. O

" O
Internet O
is O
a O
potential O
cash O
cow O
for O
copyright-based O
industries O
and O
we O
need O
roadmaps O
on O
the O
information O
superhighway O
, O
" O
said O
Marc B-PER
Pearl I-PER
, O
vice-president O
of O
the O
Information B-ORG
Technology I-ORG
Association I-ORG
of I-ORG
America I-ORG
, O
a O
trade O
association O
of O
U.S. B-LOC
network O
companies O
opposing O
the O
treaties O
. O

" O
But O
there O
are O
a O
lot O
of O
dinosaurs O
here O
. O

People O
here O
do O
n't O
understand O
Internet O
technology O
. O

Because O
they O
do O
n't O
understand O
technology O
, O
they O
fear O
the O
unknown O
. O
" O

Before O
the O
Internet O
, O
those O
whose O
business O
was O
to O
protect O
copyrights O
knew O
where O
they O
stood O
. O

Their O
enemies O
were O
tangible O
if O
elusive O
, O
such O
as O
the O
people O
who O
pirated O
music O
cassettes O
. O

But O
the O
Internet O
, O
a O
global O
computer O
network O
where O
anything O
from O
music O
to O
software O
can O
be O
duplicated O
and O
distributed O
at O
the O
click O
of O
a O
computer O
mouse O
, O
has O
ripped O
up O
the O
rulebooks O
. O

Network O
operators O
said O
the O
draft O
laws O
would O
hold O
them O
responsible O
for O
copyright O
infringements O
in O
the O
system O
and O
expose O
them O
to O
multi-billion-dollar O
liabilities O
. O

" O
There O
are O
500 O
million O
messages O
transmitted O
through O
the O
Internet O
everyday O
, O
" O
said O
Tim B-PER
Casey I-PER
of O
the O
U.S.-based O
MCI B-ORG
Communications I-ORG
Corporation I-ORG
. O
" O

How O
can O
we O
control O
them O
all O
? O
" O

Italy B-LOC
evacuates O
17 O
nuns O
and O
priests O
from O
Zaire B-LOC
. O

ROME B-PER
1996-12-06 O

Italy B-LOC
said O
on O
Friday O
it O
had O
evacuated O
17 O
Roman O
Catholic O
nuns O
and O
priests O
from O
Zaire B-LOC
where O
they O
had O
been O
at O
risk O
from O
fighting O
between O
government O
troops O
and O
ethnic O
Tutsi O
rebels O
. O

The O
Foreign B-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
said O
the O
10 O
Europeans O
and O
seven O
Africans O
took O
a O
special O
flight O
from O
the O
Garamba B-LOC
national O
park O
in O
northern O
Zaire B-LOC
to O
the O
Ugandan O
capital O
Kampala B-LOC
where O
they O
were O
being O
looked O
after O
at O
the O
Italian O
embassy O
. O

The O
group O
had O
travelled O
from O
their O
mission O
on O
the O
edge O
of O
the O
park O
to O
a O
landing O
strip O
to O
make O
the O
rendezvous O
, O
a O
ministry O
official O
said O
. O

The O
ministry O
said O
the O
group O
consisted O
of O
13 O
nuns O
, O
seven O
Italians O
and O
six O
Zaireans O
, O
and O
four O
priests O
, O
two O
from O
Belgium B-LOC
, O
one O
from O
Spain B-LOC
and O
one O
from O
Zambia B-LOC
. O

Third O
Paris B-LOC
blast O
victim O
was O
Moroccan O
student O
. O

PARIS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Moroccan O
Mohamed B-PER
Benchaou I-PER
, O
the O
third O
person O
to O
die O
after O
a O
bombing O
on O
a O
Paris B-LOC
train O
, O
was O
a O
25-year-old O
student O
about O
to O
submit O
a O
mathematics O
doctorate O
, O
the O
Moroccan O
embassy O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Benchaou B-PER
died O
of O
his O
injuries O
on O
Thursday O
night O
, O
two O
days O
after O
the O
blast O
. O

A O
newly-married O
Canadian O
woman O
and O
a O
man O
from O
New B-LOC
Caledonia I-LOC
died O
instantly O
in O
the O
bomb O
that O
injured O
90 O
others O
in O
the O
rush-hour O
train O
. O

An O
embassy O
spokesman O
said O
Benchaou B-PER
, O
the O
son O
of O
a O
Moroccan O
army O
colonel O
, O
had O
been O
due O
to O
take O
his O
doctorate O
in O
March O
and O
hoped O
to O
become O
a O
teacher O
. O

Investigators O
have O
said O
the O
explosion O
bore O
the O
hallmarks O
of O
Algerian O
Moslem O
fundamentalists O
who O
staged O
a O
series O
of O
bombings O
last O
year O
which O
killed O
eight O
people O
and O
injured O
more O
than O
160 O
. O

Italian O
President O
urges O
separatists O
to O
turn O
back O
. O

MANTUA B-LOC
, O
Italy B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Italian O
President O
Oscar B-PER
Luigi I-PER
Scalfaro I-PER
visited O
the O
symbolic O
heartland O
of O
the O
separatist O
Northern O
League O
on O
Friday O
and O
appealed O
to O
its O
supporters O
to O
drop O
their O
campaign O
for O
a O
breakaway O
state O
. O

Addressing O
a O
convention O
on O
Italian O
unity O
in O
Mantua B-LOC
, O
where O
the O
party O
has O
set O
up O
its O
own O
" O
parliament O
of O
the O
north O
" O
, O
Scalfaro B-PER
made O
a O
direct O
appeal O
to O
what O
he O
called O
" O
my O
friends O
from O
the O
League B-ORG
" O
to O
work O
instead O
for O
federal O
reform O
. O

" O
It O
is O
an O
invitation O
, O
a O
commitment O
, O
a O
promise O
. O

Let O
's O
march O
together O
, O
" O
Scalfaro B-PER
, O
a O
northerner O
himself O
, O
said O
. O

" O
Help O
Italy B-LOC
to O
teach O
, O
to O
propose O
a O
capacity O
for O
strong O
local O
autonomy O
, O
for O
the O
federalism O
which O
can O
give O
new O
vigour O
to O
our O
blood O
. O

But O
turn O
back O
from O
the O
line O
you O
are O
taking O
now O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Scalfaro B-PER
was O
in O
Mantua B-LOC
to O
attend O
a O
ceremony O
commemorating O
the O
executions O
there O
by O
Austrian O
rulers O
in O
1852 O
and O
1853 O
of O
a O
group O
of O
Italians O
who O
had O
campaigned O
for O
national O
unity O
. O

He O
was O
jeered O
and O
whistled O
at O
by O
a O
small O
group O
of O
League O
supporters O
when O
he O
arrived O
for O
a O
visit O
marked O
by O
heavy O
security O
. O

Witnesses O
said O
the O
protesters O
were O
outnumbered O
by O
other O
Italians O
who O
waved O
tricolour O
flags O
in O
the O
national O
red O
, O
white O
and O
green O
or O
shouted O
" O
Viva O
Italia I-ORG
" O
. O

The O
League O
won O
more O
than O
eight O
percent O
of O
votes O
at O
the O
last O
general O
election O
in O
April O
on O
a O
federalist O
platform O
but O
its O
leader O
Umberto B-PER
Bossi I-PER
later O
switched O
to O
a O
separatist O
agenda O
. O

A O
three-day O
" O
independence O
" O
march O
along O
the O
Po B-LOC
River I-LOC
in O
September O
, O
culminating O
in O
a O
declaration O
in O
Venice B-LOC
of O
a O
self-styled O
" O
Republic B-LOC
of I-LOC
Padania I-LOC
" O
, O
flopped O
badly O
. O

Denmark B-LOC
's O
Radiometer O
H1 O
result O
seen O
flat O
. O

COPENHAGEN B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
Reuter B-ORG
consensus O
survey O
sees O
medical O
equipment O
group O
Radiometer B-ORG
reporting O
largely O
unchanged O
earnings O
when O
it O
publishes O
first O
half O
19996/97 O
results O
next O
Wednesday O
. O

An O
average O
of O
four O
analysts O
' O
forecasts O
predicted O
pre-tax O
profit O
of O
147.3 O
million O
crowns O
compared O
to O
144.5 O
million O
in O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
1995/96 O
. O

They O
said O
that O
the O
group O
's O
failure O
to O
introduce O
new O
products O
was O
behind O
the O
share O
's O
weak O
performance O
in O
1996 O
, O
during O
which O
it O
has O
lost O
seven O
percent O
so O
far O
. O

-- O
Soeren B-PER
Linding I-PER
Jakobsen I-PER
, O
Copenhagen B-LOC
newsroom O
+45 O
33969650 O

Moslem O
fundamentalists O
kill O
19 O
Algerians O
- O
agency O
. O

PARIS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Moslem O
fundamentalists O
killed O
19 O
civilians O
overnight O
in O
Blida B-LOC
province O
south O
of O
Algiers B-LOC
, O
Algerian O
security O
forces O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

In O
a O
statement O
carried O
on O
the O
official O
Algerian O
news O
agency O
APS B-ORG
, O
the O
security O
forces O
said O
the O
19 O
had O
been O
killed O
by O
" O
a O
group O
of O
terrorists O
" O
. O

Belgian O
police O
smash O
major O
drugs O
rings O
, O
30 O
arrested O
. O

BRUSSELS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Police O
smashed O
two O
drugs O
smuggling O
rings O
and O
arrested O
30 O
people O
after O
a O
taxidriver O
in O
Spain B-LOC
alerted O
them O
to O
a O
suitcase O
of O
heroin O
left O
in O
his O
cab O
, O
Belgian O
police O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

Police O
seized O
dozens O
of O
kilos O
of O
heroin O
with O
a O
street O
value O
of O
hundreds O
of O
millions O
of O
Belgian O
francs O
, O
a O
public O
prosecutor O
's O
office O
spokesman O
in O
the O
port O
city O
of O
Antwerp B-LOC
said O
. O

He O
said O
a O
24-year-old O
Belgian O
woman O
left O
a O
suitcase O
containing O
13 O
kg O
( O
29 O
lb O
) O
of O
heroin O
in O
a O
taxi O
in O
Barcelona B-LOC
. O

The O
taxidriver O
alerted O
police O
who O
arrested O
a O
33-year-old O
Turkish O
man O
when O
he O
came O
to O
pick O
up O
the O
suitcase O
at O
a O
lost O
luggage O
office O
. O

The O
woman O
was O
later O
arrested O
in O
Belgium B-LOC
. O

She O
and O
the O
Turkish O
man O
smuggled O
heroin O
from O
Turkey B-LOC
to O
Antwerp B-LOC
from O
where O
it O
was O
taken O
to O
Spain B-LOC
, O
France B-LOC
and O
Germany B-LOC
by O
others O
, O
the O
spokesman O
said O
. O

He O
said O
14 O
people O
were O
arrested O
in O
Belgium B-LOC
and O
16 O
others O
in O
other O
European O
nations O
after O
an O
investigation O
lasting O
nearly O
a O
year O
. O

( O
$ O
1=32.14 O
Belgian O
Franc O
) O

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

GREECE B-LOC
, O
Dec O
5 O
- O
Greek O
port O
workers O
called O
off O
a O
strike O
which O
had O
kept O
the O
country O
's O
ports O
closed O
, O
giving O
the O
government O
until O
Feb O
1 O
to O
introduce O
a O
promised O
bonus O
scheme O
. O

German O
Jan-August O
coffee O
imports O
detailed O
. O

HAMBURG B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

German O
net O
green O
coffee O
imports O
from O
outside O
the O
EU B-ORG
totalled O
7.73 O
million O
bags O
in O
January-August O
compared O
with O
7.66 O
million O
in O
the O
year-ago O
period O
, O
the O
DKV B-ORG
coffee O
association O
said O
. O

Imports O
of O
1.04 O
million O
bags O
in O
August O
were O
down O
from O
1.08 O
million O
in O
August O
1995 O
but O
up O
from O
992,860 O
bags O
in O
July O
1996 O
. O

Colombia B-LOC
shipped O
198,226 O
bags O
in O
August O
after O
164,185 O
in O
July O
, O
El B-LOC
Salvador I-LOC
160,553 O
( O
129,184 O
) O
, O
Indonesia B-LOC
72,218 O
( O
78,959 O
) O
, O
Ethiopia B-LOC
69,252 O
( O
60,456 O
) O
and O
Kenya B-LOC
63,969 O
( O
60,043 O
) O
. O

Brazil B-LOC
was O
in O
seventh O
position O
with O
54,333 O
bags O
( O
29,055 O
) O
. O

-- O
Hamburg B-LOC
newsroom O
+49-40-41903275 O

Munich B-ORG
Re I-ORG
says O
to O
split O
stock O
. O

MUNICH B-LOC
, O
Germany B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Muenchener B-ORG
Rueckversicherungs I-ORG
AG I-ORG
, O
the O
world O
's O
largest O
reinsurer O
, O
said O
on O
Friday O
it O
expected O
to O
switch O
its O
shares O
to O
a O
lower O
par O
value O
by O
September O
1997 O
at O
the O
earliest O
. O

The O
group O
, O
known O
as O
Munich B-ORG
Re I-ORG
, O
plans O
to O
seek O
approval O
for O
the O
move O
at O
its O
shareholders O
' O
meeting O
today O
. O

The O
company O
said O
the O
switch O
would O
probably O
become O
effective O
in O
September O
. O

The O
planned O
10-for-one O
stock O
split O
would O
reduce O
the O
par O
value O
of O
Munich B-ORG
Re I-ORG
's O
shares O
to O
five O
marks O
from O
50 O
, O
causing O
their O
price O
to O
drop O
to O
around O
one O
tenth O
of O
the O
present O
value O
. O

Munich B-ORG
Re I-ORG
's O
registered O
shares O
, O
part O
of O
the O
blue-chip O
DAX O
index O
, O
were O
trading O
at O
3,710 O
marks O
on O
Friday O
. O

-- O
Frankfurt B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
, O
+49 O
69 O
756525 O

EU B-ORG
experts O
postpone O
talks O
on O
rice O
area O
aid O
. O

BRUSSELS B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
rice O
experts O
on O
Thursday O
postponed O
discussion O
on O
area O
aid O
payments O
to O
rice O
producers O
because O
the O
documents O
were O
not O
available O
in O
all O
the O
EU B-ORG
languages O
, O
an O
EU B-ORG
offcial O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
The O
discussion O
in O
the O
experts O
group O
had O
to O
be O
postponed O
because O
the O
documents O
needed O
to O
be O
translated O
into O
the O
official O
languages O
and O
the O
item O
will O
be O
on O
next O
week O
's O
agenda O
, O
" O
the O
offcial O
said O
. O

European O
rice O
producers O
are O
due O
to O
get O
compensatory O
area O
aid O
payments O
similar O
to O
those O
paid O
to O
cereal O
producers O
because O
of O
cuts O
in O
intervention O
prices O
. O

-- O
Brussels B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
32 O
2 O
287 O
6800 O

Frankfurt B-LOC
dollar O
fix O
1.5338 O
marks O
. O

FRANKFURT B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
dollar O
was O
fixed O
at O
1.5338 O
marks O
in O
Frankfurt B-LOC
on O
Friday O
, O
after O
1.5607 O
marks O
on O
Thursday O
. O

There O
was O
no O
Bundesbank B-ORG
intervention O
. O

John B-PER
Lewis I-PER
UK B-LOC
store O
sales O
up O
4.5 O
% O
in O
week O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
John B-ORG
Lewis I-ORG
Partnership I-ORG
said O
its O
UK B-LOC
department O
store O
sales O
rose O
4.5 O
percent O
in O
the O
week O
to O
November O
30 O
compared O
with O
the O
same O
week O
a O
year O
earlier O
. O

In O
the O
18 O
weeks O
to O
November O
30 O
, O
sales O
were O
up O
13.6 O
percent O
year-on-year O
. O

Total O
sales O
, O
including O
the O
Waitrose B-ORG
supermarket O
chain O
, O
rose O
5.8 O
percent O
in O
the O
week O
and O
were O
up O
11.4 O
percent O
in O
the O
18-week O
period O
. O

-- O
Rosemary B-PER
Bennett I-PER
, O
London B-ORG
Newsroom I-ORG
44 O
171 O
542 O
2774 O

Timah B-PER
at O
15.625 O
in O
London B-LOC
at O
0931 O
GMT O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

PT B-ORG
Tambang I-ORG
Timah I-ORG
was O
traded O
at O
$ O
15.625 O
per O
GDR O
in O
London B-LOC
on O
Friday O
at O
around O
0931 O
GMT O
. O

It O
recorded O
a O
low O
of O
$ O
15.625 O
and O
a O
high O
of O
$ O
15.725 O
. O

Its O
previous O
close O
on O
Thursday O
was O
$ O
15.80 O
. O

One B-ORG
Global I-ORG
Depository I-ORG
Receipt I-ORG
represents O
10 O
common O
shares O
. O

-- O
Jakarta B-LOC
newsroom O
+6221 O
384-6364 O

British O
" O
Euro-sceptic O
" O
says O
Clarke B-PER
should O
resign O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
" O
Euro-sceptic O
" O
member O
of O
the O
ruling O
Conservative O
party O
said O
on O
Thursday O
British O
finance O
minister O
Kenneth B-PER
Clarke I-PER
had O
to O
resign O
to O
prevent O
the O
party O
disintegrating O
over O
the O
issue O
of O
a O
single O
European O
currency O
. O

Member O
of O
Parliament O
Tony B-PER
Marlow I-PER
said O
the O
resignation O
of O
the O
chancellor O
of O
the O
exchequer O
was O
the O
only O
way O
to O
make O
the O
Conservatives O
electable O
in O
a O
general O
election O
which O
must O
take O
place O
by O
May O
next O
year O
. O

" O
We O
have O
a O
divided O
and O
split O
Cabinet O
. O

This O
cannot O
endure O
, O
" O
Marlow B-PER
told O
BBC B-ORG
television O
's O
Newsnight B-ORG
programme O
on O
Thursday O
. O
" O

It O
is O
not O
sustainable O
. O

Kenneth B-PER
Clarke I-PER
has O
to O
go O
. O

If O
he O
does O
n't O
resign O
, O
the O
prime O
minister O
has O
got O
to O
fire O
him O
. O
" O

Marlow B-PER
's O
comment O
come O
on O
the O
heels O
of O
speculation O
that O
Clarke B-PER
had O
threatened O
to O
resign O
if O
the O
government O
changed O
its O
" O
wait O
and O
see O
" O
policy O
on O
a O
single O
currency O
and O
declared O
it O
would O
not O
sign O
up O
for O
the O
currency O
in O
the O
next O
Parliament O
. O

Clarke B-PER
denied O
on O
Thursday O
he O
had O
threatened O
to O
resign O
and O
said O
his O
position O
on O
the O
single O
currency O
was O
in O
tune O
with O
that O
of O
Prime O
Minister O
John B-PER
Major I-PER
. O

Major B-PER
told O
parliament O
on O
Thursday O
he O
would O
keep O
his O
options O
open O
on O
single-currency O
membership O
. O

His O
statement O
was O
interpreted O
as O
a O
significant O
victory O
for O
Clarke B-PER
and O
fellow O
pro-European O
Michael B-PER
Heseltine I-PER
, O
deputy O
prime O
minister O
. O

Pro-European O
Conservative O
MP O
Edwina B-PER
Currie I-PER
told O
the O
BBC B-ORG
that O
if O
Clarke B-PER
resigned O
, O
other O
ministers O
would O
go O
with O
him O
. O

Court O
ejects O
head O
of O
Australian O
child-sex O
inquiry O
. O

CANBERRA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
Australian O
opposition O
on O
Friday O
demanded O
a O
high-powered O
investigation O
into O
paedophilia O
in O
the O
Australian O
diplomatic O
service O
after O
the O
federal O
court O
forced O
the O
head O
of O
the O
existing O
inquiry O
to O
stand O
aside O
. O

The O
court O
said O
inquiry O
head O
Chris B-PER
Hunt I-PER
might O
be O
biased O
, O
since O
he O
privately O
told O
a O
newspaper O
he O
had O
turned O
up O
no O
major O
evidence O
of O
paedophile O
activity O
, O
even O
though O
he O
still O
had O
months O
' O
of O
investigation O
before O
him O
. O

" O
Today O
we O
are O
left O
with O
a O
ruinous O
wreck O
beyond O
salvage O
and O
a O
continuing O
pall O
of O
doubt O
and O
suspicion O
hanging O
over O
our O
diplomatic O
service O
, O
" O
opposition O
foreign O
affairs O
spokesman O
Laurie B-PER
Brereton I-PER
said O
. O

But O
the O
government O
responded O
by O
pressing O
ahead O
with O
the O
original O
inquiry O
, O
established O
in O
May O
, O
appointing O
a O
new O
head O
to O
lead O
it O
. O

Critics O
say O
that O
if O
there O
were O
many O
paedophiles O
in O
senior O
posts O
in O
the O
Foreign B-ORG
Affairs I-ORG
Department I-ORG
then O
a O
secret O
inquiry O
would O
be O
open O
to O
internal O
influence O
and O
would O
become O
a O
public O
service O
whitewash O
. O

Accordingly O
, O
they O
demand O
an O
open O
investigation O
. O

A O
spokesman O
for O
Foreign O
Affairs O
Minister O
Alexander B-PER
Downer I-PER
said O
the O
appointment O
of O
a O
new O
inquiry O
head O
, O
administrative O
law O
expert O
Pamela B-PER
O'Neil I-PER
, O
showed O
the O
government O
's O
commitment O
to O
pursue O
the O
matter O
. O

A O
report O
is O
due O
in O
May O
next O
year O
. O

One O
Australian O
diplomat O
has O
been O
prosecuted O
this O
year O
for O
having O
sex O
with O
a O
Cambodian O
boy O
under O
16 O
but O
was O
acquitted O
. O

Police O
have O
investigated O
others O
. O

A O
newspaper O
reported O
allegations O
in O
April O
that O
diplomats O
had O
directed O
Australian O
government O
aid O
to O
certain O
foreign O
orphanages O
to O
secure O
sex O
with O
children O
. O

Australian O
hitman O
killed O
wrong O
victim O
. O

SYDNEY B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

An O
Australian O
hitman O
who O
went O
to O
the O
wrong O
house O
and O
killed O
the O
wrong O
man O
was O
sentenced O
to O
20 O
years O
jail O
on O
Friday O
. O

Paul B-PER
Crofts I-PER
, O
33 O
, O
and O
an O
accomplice O
were O
contracted O
to O
shoot O
a O
man O
, O
identified O
only O
as O
Tony B-PER
, O
in O
the O
leg O
to O
punish O
him O
for O
his O
misconduct O
with O
a O
female O
friend O
of O
the O
contractor O
, O
the O
New B-ORG
South I-ORG
Wales I-ORG
Supreme I-ORG
Court I-ORG
was O
told O
. O

But O
in O
February O
1993 O
Leszic B-PER
Betcher I-PER
, O
was O
shot O
and O
killed O
after O
answering O
a O
knock O
at O
the O
door O
of O
his O
Sydney B-LOC
home O
. O
" O

The O
inference O
from O
all O
the O
material O
is O
that O
the O
marauders O
had O
come O
to O
the O
wrong O
house O
, O
" O
Judge O
Michael B-PER
Grove I-PER
said O
. O

In O
sentencing O
Crofts B-PER
, O
who O
pleaded O
guilty O
, O
Grove B-PER
took O
into O
account O
his O
" O
mildly O
retarded O
" O
intellectual O
state O
, O
which O
placed O
him O
in O
the O
lowest O
two O
percent O
of O
the O
population O
. O

Grove B-PER
said O
Betcher B-PER
was O
" O
not O
only O
the O
victim O
of O
a O
horrendous O
crime O
, O
but O
his O
death O
was O
brought O
about O
in O
circumstances O
of O
an O
equally O
ghastly O
error O
on O
the O
part O
of O
the O
prisoner O
and O
his O
accomplices O
" O
. O

The O
unnamed O
accomplice O
was O
earlier O
sentenced O
to O
20 O
years O
in O
prison O
. O

NZ B-LOC
's O
Bolger B-PER
says O
Nats O
to O
meet O
NZ O
First O
on O
Sunday O
. O

WELLINGTON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
Prime O
Minister O
Jim B-PER
Bolger I-PER
, O
emerging O
from O
coalition O
talks O
with O
the O
nationalist O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-ORG
First I-ORG
party O
on O
Friday O
afternoon O
, O
said O
National B-ORG
and O
NZ B-ORG
First I-ORG
would O
meet O
again O
on O
Sunday O
. O

Bolger B-PER
said O
he O
expected O
a O
government O
to O
be O
formed O
by O
Thursday O
. O

NZ B-LOC
's O
Peters B-PER
says O
Nat O
, O
Lab B-ORG
talks O
at O
similar O
stage O
. O

WELLINGTON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
First O
leader O
Winston B-PER
Peters I-PER
on O
Friday O
said O
coalition O
talks O
with O
the O
National B-ORG
and O
Labour I-ORG
parties O
were O
at O
a O
similar O
level O
of O
completion O
. O

Peters B-PER
left O
a O
meeting O
between O
NZ B-ORG
First I-ORG
and O
National B-ORG
negotiators O
to O
spend O
20 O
minutes O
speaking O
to O
Labour B-ORG
leader O
Helen B-PER
Clark I-PER
. O

He O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
he O
had O
needed O
to O
speak O
to O
her O
before O
she O
left O
Wellington B-LOC
later O
on O
Friday O
. O

Peters B-PER
said O
the O
talks O
with O
Labour B-ORG
and O
National B-ORG
had O
reached O
" O
about O
the O
same O
level O
of O
completion O
, O
and O
that O
's O
good O
" O
. O

RTRS B-ORG
- O
Australian O
MP O
John B-PER
Langmore I-PER
formally O
resigns O
. O

CANBERRA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Australian O
parliamentarian O
John B-PER
Langmore I-PER
has O
formally O
resigned O
from O
his O
lower O
house O
seat O
, O
the O
office O
of O
House B-ORG
of I-ORG
Representatives I-ORG
speaker O
Bob B-PER
Halverson I-PER
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Halverson B-PER
announced O
that O
he O
had O
received O
today O
from O
Mr O
John B-PER
Vance I-PER
Langmore I-PER
, O
a O
letter O
resigning O
his O
place O
as O
member O
of O
the O
House B-ORG
of I-ORG
Representatives I-ORG
for O
the O
electoral O
division O
of O
Fraser B-PER
in O
the O
Australian B-LOC
Capital I-LOC
Territory I-LOC
, O
" O
his O
office O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Halverson B-PER
was O
considering O
possible O
dates O
for O
the O
by-election O
, O
his O
office O
said O
. O

Langmore B-PER
, O
57 O
, O
announced O
in O
November O
that O
he O
intended O
to O
resign O
from O
parliament O
to O
take O
up O
a O
position O
as O
Australia B-LOC
's O
senior O
representative O
at O
the O
United B-ORG
Nations I-ORG
headquarters O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
. O

He O
played O
an O
active O
role O
at O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
social O
development O
conference O
in O
Copenhagen B-LOC
last O
year O
and O
has O
co-authored O
articles O
with O
U.N. B-ORG
development O
programme O
officer O
Inge B-PER
Kaul I-PER
. O

Langmore B-PER
, O
a O
persistent O
campaigner O
for O
interventionist O
economic O
policy O
, O
has O
been O
Labor B-ORG
member O
for O
Fraser B-PER
since O
1984 O
. O

He O
was O
senior O
private O
secretary O
to O
the O
employment O
and O
industrial O
relations O
minister O
from O
1983 O
to O
1984 O
and O
was O
economic O
advisor O
to O
then O
treasurer O
Paul B-PER
Keating I-PER
in O
1983 O
. O

His O
previous O
posts O
include O
assistant O
director O
of O
the O
national O
planning O
office O
of O
Papua B-LOC
New I-LOC
Guinea I-LOC
from O
1969 O
to O
1973 O
. O

-- O
Canberra B-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
61-6 O
273-2730 O

Burmese O
students O
march O
out O
of O
campus O
again O
. O

RANGOON B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
group O
of O
Burmese O
students O
on O
Friday O
marched O
out O
of O
the O
Yangon B-ORG
Institute I-ORG
of I-ORG
Technology I-ORG
( O
YIT B-ORG
) O
in O
the O
northern O
outskirts O
of O
Rangoon B-LOC
and O
moved O
toward O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Yangon I-ORG
about O
six O
km O
( O
four O
miles O
) O
away O
, O
witnesses O
said O
. O

The O
witnesses O
could O
not O
give O
exact O
numbers O
of O
those O
taking O
part O
in O
the O
march O
or O
any O
other O
details O
immediately O
. O

On O
Monday O
and O
Tuesday O
, O
students O
from O
the O
YIT B-ORG
and O
the O
university O
launched O
street O
protests O
against O
what O
they O
called O
unfair O
handling O
by O
police O
of O
a O
brawl O
between O
some O
of O
their O
colleagues O
and O
restaurant O
owners O
in O
October O
. O

The O
protests O
culminated O
at O
dawn O
on O
Tuesday O
with O
several O
hundred O
of O
the O
student O
protesters O
being O
detained O
briefly O
by O
police O
near O
the O
central O
Shwe B-LOC
Dagon I-LOC
pagoda O
in O
Rangoon B-LOC
. O

They O
were O
later O
released O
. O

On O
Friday O
, O
some O
students O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
that O
they O
were O
still O
dissatisfied O
with O
the O
ruling O
State B-ORG
Law I-ORG
and I-ORG
Order I-ORG
Restoration I-ORG
Council I-ORG
's O
( O
SLORC B-ORG
) O
handling O
of O
their O
demands O
. O

They O
said O
they O
wanted O
to O
organise O
independent O
unions O
on O
university O
campuses O
and O
demanded O
that O
details O
of O
the O
punishment O
of O
policemen O
who O
allegedly O
manhandled O
some O
students O
at O
the O
October O
brawl O
be O
published O
in O
newspapers O
. O

Thai O
rice O
vessels O
loading O
and O
movements O
at O
Dec O
06 O
. O

BANGKOK B-LOC
1996-11-29 O

The O
Thai B-ORG
Commerce I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
detailed O
rice O
loading O
at O
Thai O
ports O
as O
follows O
( O
in O
tonnes O
) O
: O

Vessel O
Date O
of O
Arrival O
Quantity O
Destination O

Iran B-LOC
Sabr B-PER
19/11/96 O
9,000 O
Iran B-LOC

Princess O
of O
Loine B-LOC
19/11/96 O
10,000 O
Philippines B-LOC

Deligst O
20/11/96 O
5,500 O
Indonesia B-LOC

Seagramd O
ace O
20/11/96 O
5,000 O
Japan B-LOC

Lucky B-PER
Emdldm I-PER
20/11/96 O
5,000 O
Japan B-LOC

Algoa O
Day O
21/11/96 O
6,000 O
Africa B-LOC

Sangthai B-PER
Glory I-PER
22/11/96 O
3,000 O
Singapore B-LOC

Myos B-PER
Yang I-PER
5 O
22/11/96 O
4,000 O
Indonesia B-LOC

Budisuryana B-PER
22/11/96 O
3,800 O
Malaysia B-LOC

King B-ORG
Ace I-ORG
22/11/96 O
5,000 O
Japan B-LOC

Tong B-PER
Shun I-PER
25/11/96 O
3,000 O
Vietnam B-LOC

But O
2 O
27/11/96 O
5,000 O
Burma B-LOC

-- O
Bangkok B-LOC
newsroom O
( O
662 O
) O
652-0642 O

Chinese O
girl O
nearly O
dies O
from O
cigarette O
smoke O
. O

SHANGHAI B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

A O
five-year-old O
girl O
in O
the O
east O
China B-LOC
city O
of O
Tianjin B-LOC
choked O
and O
almost O
died O
from O
cigarette O
smoke O
at O
her O
grandfather O
's O
birthday O
with O
relatives O
smoking O
for O
hours O
in O
a O
small O
room O
, O
the O
Wen B-ORG
Hui I-ORG
Bao I-ORG
newspaper O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

The O
newspaper O
said O
the O
girl O
was O
rushed O
to O
hospital O
and O
found O
to O
be O
having O
extreme O
difficulty O
breathing O
. O

It O
said O
eight O
of O
the O
people O
at O
the O
party O
, O
including O
the O
girl O
's O
father O
, O
immediately O
announced O
they O
would O
give O
up O
smoking O
. O

South O
Korean O
won O
closes O
down O
on O
import O
settlements O
. O

SEOUL B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

The O
won O
slid O
against O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
unit O
on O
Friday O
as O
players O
prepared O
for O
Monday O
's O
import O
settlement O
needs O
, O
traders O
said O
. O

The O
won O
ended O
at O
831.00 O
, O
slightly O
down O
from O
an O
opening O
of O
830.60 O
. O

It O
ranged O
between O
830.20 O
and O
831.40 O
. O

" O
A O
sale O
of O
about O
$ O
60 O
million O
by O
Hyundai B-ORG
Heavy I-ORG
pushed O
the O
dollar O
down O
earlier O
in O
the O
day O
, O
but O
Monday O
's O
import O
needs O
helped O
it O
recover O
, O
" O
said O
a O
Koram B-ORG
Bank I-ORG
dealer O
. O

Dealers O
said O
the O
dollar O
/ O
yen O
's O
movement O
on O
the O
world O
market O
would O
continue O
to O
set O
the O
trend O
for O
the O
dollar O
/ O
won O
next O
week O
. O

Foreign O
planes O
to O
land O
in O
China B-LOC
's O
popular O
Guilin B-PER
. O

BEIJING B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

China B-LOC
's O
tourist O
spot O
of O
Guilin B-LOC
in O
the O
southern O
region O
of O
Guangxi B-LOC
will O
open O
its O
airport O
to O
foreign O
aircraft O
, O
the O
Xinhua B-ORG
news O
agency O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

An O
assessment O
group O
made O
up O
of O
the O
State B-ORG
Council I-ORG
's O
Port B-ORG
Office I-ORG
, O
the O
Civil B-ORG
Aviation I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
of I-ORG
China I-ORG
, O
the O
General B-ORG
Administration I-ORG
of I-ORG
Customs I-ORG
and O
other O
authorities O
had O
granted O
the O
airport O
permission O
to O
handle O
foreign O
aircraft O
, O
Xinhua B-ORG
said O
. O

" O
The O
move O
is O
expected O
to O
give O
a O
shot O
in O
the O
arm O
to O
the O
economic O
expansion O
of O
Guangxi B-LOC
and O
southwest O
China B-LOC
as O
a O
whole O
, O
" O
the O
agency O
said O
but O
gave O
no O
further O
details O
. O

Guilin B-LOC
is O
well O
known O
for O
its O
mountain O
and O
river O
scenery O
and O
is O
one O
of O
China B-LOC
's O
most O
popular O
tourist O
destinations O
. O

EPA B-ORG
says O
economic O
assessment O
unchanged O
by O
GDP O
data O
. O

TOKYO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Japan B-LOC
's O
Economic B-ORG
Planning I-ORG
Agency I-ORG
has O
not O
changed O
its O
view O
that O
the O
economy O
is O
gradually O
recovering O
, O
despite O
relatively O
weak O
gross O
domestic O
product O
figures O
released O
on O
Tuesday O
, O
EPA B-ORG
Vice O
Minister O
Shimpei B-PER
Nukaya I-PER
told O
reporters O
on O
Friday O
. O

He O
said O
the O
GDP O
growth O
was O
weak O
but O
that O
this O
reflected O
the O
economy O
between O
July O
and O
September O
and O
did O
not O
take O
into O
account O
more O
recent O
data O
. O

When O
asked O
about O
the O
outlook O
for O
the O
fiscal O
year O
beginning O
in O
April O
, O
Nukaya B-PER
said O
the O
economy O
may O
slow O
down O
in O
the O
early O
part O
of O
the O
fiscal O
year O
due O
to O
a O
planned O
consumption O
tax O
hike O
, O
but O
that O
would O
be O
only O
temporary O
. O

The O
consumption O
tax O
will O
be O
raised O
to O
five O
percent O
from O
three O
percent O
from O
April O
1 O
. O

Sangetsu B-ORG
- O
96/97 O
parent O
forecast O
. O

TOKYO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Year O
to O
March O
31 O
, O
1997 O

( O
in O
billions O
of O
yen O
unless O
specified O
) O

LATEST O
ACTUAL O

( O
Parent O
) O
FORECAST O
YEAR-AGO O

Sales O
128.00 O
117.56 O

Current O
12.00 O
9.94 O

Net O
6.20 O
5.36 O

EPS O
143.56 O
yen O
127.64 O
yen O

Ord O
div O
30.00 O
yen O
30.00 O
yen O

NOTE O
- O
Sangetsu B-ORG
Co I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
is O
a O
trader O
specialising O
in O
interiors O
. O

Bre-X O
, O
Barrick B-ORG
said O
to O
continue O
Busang B-ORG
talks O
. O

K.T. B-PER
Arasu I-PER

JAKARTA B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Canada B-LOC
's O
Bre-X B-ORG
Minerals I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
and O
Barrick B-ORG
Gold I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
are O
to O
continue O
negotiations O
to O
hammer O
out O
a O
partnership O
agreement O
to O
develop O
the O
spectacular O
Busang B-LOC
gold O
find O
in O
Indonesia B-LOC
, O
sources O
close O
to O
the O
talks O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
The O
negotiations O
will O
be O
held O
both O
in O
Toronto B-LOC
and O
in O
Jakarta B-LOC
, O
" O
one O
source O
, O
speaking O
on O
condition O
of O
anonymity O
, O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

Another O
source O
said O
most O
of O
the O
key O
negotiators O
from O
both O
Bre-X B-ORG
and O
Barrick B-ORG
had O
returned O
to O
Toronto B-LOC
, O
but O
declined O
to O
say O
if O
there O
had O
been O
any O
progress O
in O
their O
negotiations O
. O

Both O
sources O
said O
Bre-X B-ORG
and O
Barrick B-ORG
did O
not O
hold O
talks O
on O
Thursday O
with O
Mines B-ORG
and I-ORG
Energy I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
Secretary-General O
Umar B-PER
Said I-PER
, O
who O
is O
coordinating O
the O
negotiations O
over O
the O
Busang B-ORG
find O
in O
East B-LOC
Kalimantan I-LOC
. O

The O
first O
source O
also O
said O
Bre-X B-ORG
had O
until O
December O
21 O
to O
submit O
to O
the O
Indonesian B-ORG
Mines I-ORG
and I-ORG
Energy I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
a O
feasibility O
study O
on O
the O
central O
region O
of O
the O
Busang B-LOC
property O
, O
estimated O
to O
contain O
2.6 O
million O
ounces O
of O
gold O
. O

The O
richest O
parts O
of O
the O
property O
to O
the O
north O
and O
south O
of O
the O
central O
region O
have O
been O
estimated O
by O
Bre-X O
to O
contain O
57 O
million O
ounces O
of O
gold O
. O

" O
Bre-X O
is O
expected O
to O
complete O
the O
feasibility O
report O
by O
December O
16 O
and O
submit O
it O
to O
the O
government O
before O
the O
December O
21 O
deadline O
, O
" O
the O
source O
said O
. O

He O
said O
Bre-X B-ORG
would O
then O
formally O
seek O
the O
permission O
of O
the O
Indonesian O
government O
to O
begin O
construction O
to O
develop O
Busang B-LOC
's O
central O
region O
, O
which O
might O
take O
up O
to O
two O
years O
. O

The O
source O
declined O
to O
say O
if O
there O
had O
been O
any O
progress O
in O
the O
talks O
between O
Bre-X B-ORG
and O
Barrick B-ORG
. O

" O
This O
is O
a O
huge O
project O
... O

we O
are O
not O
selling O
furniture O
, O
and O
Bre-X B-ORG
has O
13,000 O
shareholders O
to O
answer O
to O
, O
" O
the O
source O
said O
. O

" O
While O
there O
has O
been O
some O
agreement O
in O
principle O
on O
some O
issues O
, O
there O
are O
still O
others O
such O
as O
procedures O
and O
mechanisms O
that O
needed O
to O
be O
sorted O
out O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

The O
source O
said O
no O
new O
deadline O
had O
been O
set O
by O
the O
Mines B-ORG
and I-ORG
Energy I-ORG
Ministry I-ORG
for O
Bre-X B-ORG
and O
Barrick B-ORG
to O
strike O
a O
deal O
. O

The O
Ministry B-ORG
had O
given O
the O
companies O
until O
December O
4 O
to O
complete O
a O
partnership O
deal O
, O
and O
advised O
Bre-X B-ORG
to O
take O
a O
25 O
percent O
stake O
and O
Barrick B-ORG
75 O
percent O
to O
develop O
the O
property O
. O

" O
As O
far O
as O
I O
am O
aware O
, O
there O
's O
been O
no O
new O
deadline O
, O
" O
the O
source O
said O
. O

The O
Ministry B-ORG
's O
Umar B-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
that O
both O
Bre-X B-ORG
and O
Barrick B-ORG
had O
responded O
positively O
to O
a O
government O
letter O
recommending O
a O
25-75 O
split O
in O
the O
Busang B-LOC
gold O
property O
. O

The O
government O
also O
wants O
10 O
percent O
of O
the O
property O
. O

Umar B-PER
said O
the O
government O
had O
yet O
to O
receive O
a O
formal O
reply O
from O
the O
companies O
. O

He O
had O
said O
earlier O
that O
if O
the O
two O
companies O
failed O
to O
reach O
a O
partnership O
agreement O
, O
the O
government O
would O
explore O
other O
ways O
to O
expedite O
development O
of O
the O
Busang B-ORG
find O
. O

Bre-X B-ORG
has O
a O
partnership O
deal O
with O
PT B-ORG
Panutan I-ORG
Duta I-ORG
of O
the O
Panutan B-ORG
Group I-ORG
run O
by O
President O
Suharto B-ORG
's O
eldest O
son O
, O
Sigit B-PER
Harjojudanto I-PER
, O
under O
which O
Panutan B-PER
would O
receive O
$ O
40 O
million O
over O
40 O
months O
plus O
a O
10 O
percent O
stake O
Busang B-ORG
's O
richest O
parts O
. O

Barrick B-ORG
has O
teamed O
up O
with O
a O
construction O
company O
in O
the O
Citra B-ORG
Group I-ORG
of O
Suharto B-ORG
's O
eldest O
daughter O
, O
Siti B-PER
Hardianti I-PER
Rukmana I-PER
, O
in O
what O
Barrick B-ORG
had O
said O
was O
a O
partnership O
" O
to O
prepare O
us O
for O
a O
potential O
mining O
development O
project O
" O
. O

Honda B-ORG
RV O
exceeds O
sales O
target O
. O

TOKYO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Honda B-ORG
Motor I-ORG
Co I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
it O
had O
received O
15,000 O
domestic O
orders O
for O
its O
S-MX O
recreational O
vehicle O
in O
the O
first O
two O
weeks O
after O
its O
launch O
. O

Honda B-ORG
launched O
the O
S-MX O
light O
minivan O
, O
featuring O
cubic O
body O
styling O
, O
on O
November O
22 O
with O
a O
monthly O
sales O
target O
of O
5,000 O
units O
. O

A O
version O
with O
lower O
road O
clearance O
and O
front O
and O
rear O
spoilers O
accounted O
for O
two-thirds O
of O
the O
sales O
. O

FEATURE O
- O
Singapore B-LOC
sees O
prestige O
in O
hosting O
WTO B-ORG
. O

Ramthan B-PER
Hussain I-PER

SINGAPORE B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Singapore B-LOC
's O
winning O
campaign O
to O
host O
the O
World B-ORG
Trade I-ORG
Organisation I-ORG
( O
WTO B-ORG
) O
's O
first O
ministerial O
meeting O
reflected O
its O
ambition O
to O
play O
a O
key O
role O
in O
shaping O
global O
free O
trade O
, O
the O
lifeblood O
of O
its O
economy O
, O
analysts O
said O
. O

" O
As O
one O
of O
the O
world O
's O
most O
externally O
oriented O
economies O
, O
Singapore B-LOC
has O
a O
disproportionately O
large O
stake O
in O
the O
WTO B-ORG
, O
" O
said O
Desmond B-PER
Supple I-PER
, O
economist O
at O
research O
house O
I.D.E.A B-ORG
. O

" O
Singapore B-LOC
stands O
to O
benefit O
more O
than O
most O
from O
continued O
global O
trade O
liberalisation O
as O
trade O
is O
the O
engine O
of O
its O
growth O
, O
accounting O
for O
nearly O
three O
times O
its O
gross O
domestic O
product O
. O
" O

The O
city-state O
met O
U.S. B-LOC
opposition O
two O
years O
ago O
in O
its O
bid O
to O
host O
the O
meeting O
, O
expected O
to O
gather O
4,000 O
officials O
from O
160 O
countries O
from O
December O
9 O
to O
13 O
. O

In O
a O
stand O
some O
analysts O
linked O
to O
controversy O
over O
Singapore B-LOC
's O
caning O
of O
an O
American O
teenager O
for O
vandalism O
, O
then-U.S. O
Trade O
Representative O
Mickey B-PER
Kantor I-PER
had O
said O
the O
meeting O
ought O
to O
be O
held O
where O
the O
WTO B-ORG
was O
going O
to O
be O
headquartered O
. O

That O
would O
have O
meant O
Geneva B-LOC
. O

But O
Singapore B-LOC
had O
the O
support O
of O
other O
WTO B-ORG
members O
. O

Derek B-PER
da I-PER
Cunha I-PER
, O
senior O
fellow O
at O
the O
Institute B-ORG
of I-ORG
Policy I-ORG
Studies I-ORG
( O
ISEAS B-ORG
) O
, O
said O
Singapore B-LOC
's O
hosting O
of O
the O
conference O
" O
carries O
a O
great O
deal O
of O
symbolism O
for O
the O
city-state O
, O
underscoring O
its O
commitment O
to O
free O
trade O
and O
its O
trading O
links O
across O
the O
globe O
. O
" O

There O
is O
the O
international O
prestige O
Singapore B-LOC
would O
enjoy O
, O
but O
" O
more O
importantly O
there O
is O
a O
genuine O
national O
interest O
in O
fostering O
better O
global O
free O
trade O
and O
an O
open O
market O
" O
, O
said O
Tan B-PER
Kong I-PER
Yam I-PER
, O
head O
of O
Business B-ORG
Policy I-ORG
at O
the O
National B-ORG
University I-ORG
of I-ORG
Singapore I-ORG
. O

At O
the O
ministerial O
meeting O
, O
trade O
ministers O
will O
review O
the O
work O
of O
the O
WTO B-ORG
and O
the O
implementation O
of O
the O
Uruguay O
Round O
free O
trade O
commitments O
under O
its O
predecessor O
the O
General O
Agreement O
on O
Tariffs O
and O
Trade O
( O
GATT O
) O
. O

In O
June O
, O
the O
WTO B-ORG
hailed O
Singapore B-LOC
for O
its O
open O
market O
policies O
but O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
and O
other O
trading O
powers O
called O
on O
Singapore B-LOC
to O
speed O
up O
the O
opening O
of O
its O
services O
sector O
. O

Supple B-PER
said O
the O
struggle O
that O
Singapore B-LOC
had O
to O
wage O
in O
vying O
to O
host O
the O
meeting O
would O
be O
repeated O
during O
the O
talks O
. O

" O
There O
is O
tension O
at O
every O
step O
of O
the O
way O
, O
" O
since O
a O
battle O
line O
between O
the O
West O
and O
developing O
countries O
has O
been O
drawn O
over O
the O
issue O
of O
linking O
trade O
liberalisation O
with O
labour O
rights O
, O
he O
said O
. O

Supple B-ORG
said O
hosting O
the O
meeting O
carried O
prestige O
for O
Singapore B-LOC
, O
" O
however O
, O
this O
is O
quite O
intangible O
as O
the O
prestige O
factor O
may O
not O
necessarily O
lead O
to O
any O
additional O
investment O
and O
trade O
flows O
to O
this O
region O
. O
" O

From O
a O
commercial O
point O
of O
view O
, O
the O
meeting O
would O
be O
good O
for O
Singapore B-LOC
's O
tourism O
industry O
, O
Tan B-PER
said O
. O

A O
large O
part O
of O
Singapore B-LOC
's O
workforce O
would O
be O
mobilised O
to O
ensure O
the O
meeting O
would O
run O
without O
a O
glitch O
but O
the O
average O
Singaporean O
" O
would O
probably O
not O
be O
too O
concerned O
about O
some O
of O
the O
issues O
, O
" O
Tan B-PER
said O
. O

" O
But O
the O
more O
educated O
public O
will O
realise O
that O
these O
kind O
of O
things O
are O
important O
for O
Singapore B-LOC
as O
a O
small O
economy O
. O
" O

Supple B-ORG
said O
any O
political O
gains O
the O
Singapore B-LOC
government O
would O
get O
from O
the O
WTO B-ORG
meeting O
-- O
ahead O
of O
a O
general O
election O
due O
by O
April O
1997 O
-- O
would O
depend O
on O
how O
successful O
it O
was O
in O
pushing O
its O
economic O
agenda O
. O

" O
If O
there O
are O
any O
movements O
toward O
freer O
trade O
, O
then O
Singapore B-LOC
's O
economy O
and O
the O
electorate O
would O
gain O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

But O
I O
do O
n't O
think O
it O
would O
be O
wise O
to O
play O
up O
the O
political O
aspect O
of O
this O
. O

I O
think O
political O
issues O
will O
take O
secondary O
importance O
to O
all O
these O
economic O
issues O
that O
will O
be O
displayed O
. O
" O

Japan B-LOC
NTT B-ORG
says O
hopes O
to O
start O
int'l O
business O
soon O
. O

TOKYO B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Nippon B-ORG
Telegraph I-ORG
and I-ORG
Telephone I-ORG
Corp I-ORG
( O
NTT B-ORG
) O
said O
on O
Friday O
that O
it O
hopes O
to O
move O
into O
the O
international O
telecommunications O
business O
as O
soon O
as O
possible O
following O
the O
government O
's O
decision O
to O
split O
NTT B-ORG
into O
three O
firms O
under O
a O
holding O
company O
. O

" O
We O
hope O
to O
start O
international O
telephone O
business O
as O
soon O
as O
possible O
, O
" O
a O
company O
official O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

The O
official O
said O
the O
latest O
government O
decision O
to O
split O
the O
company O
under O
a O
holding O
company O
would O
allow O
flexibility O
in O
NTT B-ORG
's O
international O
phone O
business O
. O

Earlier O
, O
Posts O
and I-ORG
Telecommunications I-ORG
Minister O
Hisao B-PER
Horinouchi I-PER
told O
a O
news O
conference O
the O
government O
plans O
to O
split O
NTT B-ORG
into O
three O
firms O
under O
a O
holding O
company O
, O
but O
did O
not O
specify O
when O
the O
restructuring O
would O
likely O
take O
effect O
. O

One O
of O
the O
three O
new O
companies O
will O
be O
a O
long-distance O
operator O
and O
the O
other O
two O
will O
be O
local-call O
operators O
, O
Horinouchi B-PER
said O
. O

One O
of O
the O
local O
firms O
will O
operate O
in O
west O
Japan B-LOC
and O
the O
other O
in O
east O
Japan B-LOC
, O
he O
added O
. O

The O
long-distance O
operator O
will O
offer O
international O
services O
, O
Horinouchi B-PER
said O
. O

The O
NTT B-ORG
official O
said O
the O
timing O
of O
the O
planned O
split-up O
was O
uncertain O
because O
more O
discussions O
by O
government O
officials O
were O
required O
. O

Ahold B-ORG
launches O
Asian O
food O
discount O
stores O
. O

ZAANDAM B-LOC
, O
Netherlands B-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Dutch O
supermarkets O
group O
Ahold B-ORG
NV I-ORG
said O
on O
Friday O
it O
had O
launched O
a O
second O
food O
store O
format O
for O
Asian O
consumers O
today O
, O
opening O
16 O
BILO O
food O
discount O
stores O
in O
Malaysia B-LOC
. O

The O
BILO B-ORG
stores O
are O
located O
in O
Malysia B-LOC
's O
capital O
Kuala B-LOC
Lumpur I-LOC
and O
in O
the O
country O
's O
second O
city O
Johor B-LOC
Bahru I-LOC
. O

The O
discount O
price O
format O
store O
BILO B-ORG
is O
to O
complement O
Ahold B-ORG
's O
full O
service O
supermarket O
TOPS O
, O
recently O
launched O
in O
Asia B-LOC
. O

" O
In O
the O
coming O
five O
to O
ten O
years O
, O
Ahold B-ORG
plans O
to O
open O
many O
more O
stores O
of O
both O
formats O
, O
making O
TOPS O
and O
BILO O
household O
names O
in O
the O
region O
, O
" O
Ahold B-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

As O
well O
as O
its O
activities O
in O
Asia B-LOC
, O
Dutch O
retail O
group O
Ahold B-ORG
has O
a O
strong O
presence O
in O
Europe B-LOC
, O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
the O
company O
recently O
announced O
a O
joint O
venture O
agreement O
in O
Brazil B-LOC
. O

Ahold B-ORG
has O
annualised O
sales O
of O
approximately O
US$ O
24 O
billion O
, O
and O
employs O
180,000 O
people O
worldwide O
. O

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

ALPINE O
SKIING-WOMEN O
'S O
WORLD O
CUP O
SUPER O
G O
WINNER O
PROFILE O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Profile O
of O
the O
winner O
of O
Saturday O
's O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
super O
G O
race O
: O

Name O
: O
Svetlana B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER

Age O
: O
25 O

Nation O
: O
Russia B-LOC

Previous O
World O
Cup O
victories O
: O
None O

Other O
Facts O
: O
Gladishiva B-PER
won O
a O
silver O
medal O
in O
super O
G O
at O
the O
1994 O
Lillehammer B-LOC
Winter O
Olympics O
and O
a O
bronze O
medal O
in O
downhill O
at O
the O
1991 O
World O
Championships O
. O

ALPINE O
SKIING-WOMEN O
'S O
WORLD O
CUP O
SUPER O
G O
RESULTS O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Provisional O
results O
from O

Saturday O
's O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
super O
G O
race O
: O

1. O
Svetlana B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
one O
minute O
17.76 O
seconds O

2. O
Pernila B-PER
Wiberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
1:17.97 O

3. O
Carole B-PER
Montillet I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:18.11 O

4. O
Hilde B-PER
Gerg I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:18.15 O

5. O
Isolde B-PER
Kostner I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:18.19 O

6. O
Warwara B-PER
Zelenskaja I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1:18.21 O

7. O
Madlen B-PER
Brigger-Summermatter I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
1:18.23 O

8. O
Florence B-PER
Masnada I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:18.31 O

9. O
Katja B-PER
Seizinger I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:18.32 O

10= O
Martina B-PER
Ertl I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:18.48 O

10= O
Stefanie B-PER
Schuster I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:18.48 O

12. O
Bibiana B-PER
Perez I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:18.52 O

13. O
Barbara B-PER
Merlin I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:18.67 O

14. O
Sybille B-PER
Brauner I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:18.81 O

15. O
Katharina B-PER
Gutensohn I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:18.92 O

16. O
Leatitia B-PER
Dalloz I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:18.96 O

17. O
Renate B-PER
Goetschl I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:18.98 O

18. O
Marianne B-PER
Brechu I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:19.02 O

19. O
Heidi B-PER
Zurbriggen I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
1:19.03 O

20. O
Spela B-PER
Bracun I-PER
( O
Slovenia B-LOC
) O
1:19.07 O

21. O
Shannon B-PER
Nobis I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
1:19.08 O

22= O
Regine B-PER
Cavagnoud I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:19.21 O

22= O
Anita B-PER
Wachter I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:19.21 O

24. O
Megan B-PER
Gerety I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
1:19.39 O

25. O
Hilary B-PER
Lindh I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
1:19.41 O

26= O
Catherine B-PER
Borghi I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
1:19.44 O

26= O
Michaela B-PER
Dorfmeister I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:19.44 O

28. O
Alexandra B-PER
Meissnitzer I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:19.53 O

29. O
Ingeborg B-PER
Helen I-PER
Marken I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
1:19.54 O

30. O
Monika B-PER
Tschirky I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
1:19.60 O

The O
results O
were O
declared O
official O
. O

ALPINE O
SKIING-GLADISHIVA O
WINS O
WORLD O
CUP O
SUPER O
G O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Svetlana B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER
of O
Russia B-LOC
won O
the O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
Super O
G O
race O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Pernilla B-PER
Wiberg I-PER
of O
Sweden B-LOC
finished O
second O
and O
Carole B-PER
Montillet I-PER
of O
France B-LOC
came O
in O
third O
, O
according O
to O
provisional O
results O
. O

GOLF O
- O
THIRD O
ROUND O
OF O
JCPENNEY O
CLASSIC O
WASHED O
OUT O
. O

TARPON B-LOC
SPRINGS I-LOC
, O
Florida B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Heavy O
rains O
on O
Saturday O
washed O
out O
the O
third O
round O
of O
the O
$ O
1.5 O
million O
JCPenney O
Classic O
at O
the O
Innisbrook B-LOC
Hilton I-LOC
Resort I-LOC
. O

Officials O
said O
the O
tournament O
would O
be O
reduced O
to O
54 O
holes O
for O
the O
first O
time O
in O
its O
37-year O
history O
. O

The O
final O
round O
of O
the O
special O
event O
, O
which O
pairs O
players O
from O
the O
PGA B-ORG
and O
LPGA B-ORG
Tours I-ORG
, O
will O
be O
played O
in O
the O
alternate O
shot O
format O
on O
Sunday O
. O

The O
duo O
of O
Pat B-PER
Hurst I-PER
and O
Scott B-PER
McCarron I-PER
were O
tied O
for O
the O
lead O
with O
the O
team O
of O
Donna B-PER
Andrews I-PER
and O
Mike B-PER
Hulbert I-PER
at O
13-under-par O
129 O
through O
36 O
holes O
. O

The O
tandem O
of O
reigning O
U.S. B-LOC
Amateur O
champions O
Kelli B-PER
Kuehne I-PER
and O
Tiger B-PER
Woods I-PER
were O
another O
shot O
back O
at O
12-under O
130 O
. O

Defending O
champions O
Beth B-PER
Daniel I-PER
and O
Davis B-PER
Love I-PER
will O
start O
the O
final O
round O
six O
shots O
off O
the O
pace O
. O

ALPINE O
SKIING-WOMEN O
'S O
DOWNHILL B-PER
WINNER O
PROFILE O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Profile O
of O
the O
winner O
of O
Saturday O
's O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
downhill O
race O
: O

Name O
: O
Renate B-PER
Goetschl I-PER

Age O
: O
20 O

Nation O
: O
Austria B-LOC

Previous O
victories O
( O
two O
) O
: O
slalom O
, O
Lillehammer B-LOC
Norway I-LOC
, O
1993 O
; O
super O
G O
, O
Flachau B-PER
, O
Austria B-LOC
, O
1995 O
. O

Other O
facts O
: O
As O
a O
qualifier O
for O
the O
1993 O
World O
Cup O
finals O
through O
Europa O
Cup O
results O
, O
16-year-old O
Goetschl B-PER
won O
the O
slalom O
to O
become O
history O
's O
youngest O
World O
Cup O
victor O
. O

ALPINE O
SKIING-WOMEN O
'S O
WORLD O
CUP O
STANDINGS O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Women O
's O
World O
Cup O

standings O
after O
Saturday O
's O
downhill O
race O
: O

Downhill O
Standings O

1. O
Katja B-PER
Seizinger I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
180 O
points O

2. O
Renate B-PER
Goetschl I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
132 O

3. O
Carole B-PER
Montillet I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
86 O

4. O
Pernilla B-PER
Wiberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
75 O

5. O
Heidi B-PER
Zurbriggen I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
69 O

6. O
Regina B-PER
Haeusl I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
66 O

7. O
Alexandra B-PER
Meissnitzer I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
65 O

8. O
Isolde B-PER
Kostner I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
60 O

9. O
Ingeborg B-PER
Helen I-PER
Markein I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
58 O

10= O
Megan B-PER
Gerety I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
51 O

10= O
Warwara B-PER
Zelenskaja I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
51 O

10= O
Florence B-PER
Masnada I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
51 O

13= O
Picabo B-PER
Street I-LOC
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
50 O

13= O
Stefanie B-PER
Schuster I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
50 O

15. O
Miriam B-PER
Vogt I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
47 O

16. O
Bibiana B-PER
Perez I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
45 O

17. O
Hilde B-PER
Gerg I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
42 O

18. O
Barbara B-PER
Merlin I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
38 O

19= O
Kate B-PER
Pace I-PER
Lindsay I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
23 O

19= O
Svetlana B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
23 O

19= O
Regine B-PER
Cavagnoud I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
23 O

Overall O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
standings O
leaders O
after O

Saturday O
's O
downhill O
and O
super O
G O
races O
: O

1. O
Katja B-PER
Seizinger I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
414 O
points O

2. O
Pernilla B-PER
Wiberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
353 O

3. O
Hide B-PER
Gerg I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
276 O

4. O
Anita B-PER
Wachter I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
180 O

5. O
Isolde B-PER
Kostner I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
157 O

6. O
Heidi B-PER
Zurbriggen I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
153 O

7. O
Warwara B-PER
Zelenskaja I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
151 O

8= O
Renate B-PER
Goetschl I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
146 O

8= O
Carole B-PER
Montillet I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
146 O

10. O
Svetlana B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
137 O

11. O
Florence B-PER
Masnada I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
133 O

12. O
Deborah B-PER
Compagnoni I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
120 O

13. O
Martina B-PER
Ertl I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
119 O

14. O
Alexandra B-PER
Meissnitzer I-PER
( O
Austria)118 B-LOC

15. O
Urska B-PER
Horvat I-PER
( O
Slovenia B-LOC
) O
108 O

16= O
Claudia B-PER
Riegler I-PER
( O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
) O
100 O

16= O
Sabina B-PER
Panzanini I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
100 O

18. O
Barbara B-PER
Merlin I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
92 O

19. O
Stefanie B-PER
Schuster I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
89 O

20. O
Miriam B-PER
Vogt I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
76 O

Super O
G O
standings O
: O

1. O
Pernilla B-PER
Wiberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
180 O

2. O
Hilde B-PER
Gerg I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
130 O

3. O
Svetland B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
114 O

4. O
Warwara B-PER
Zelenskaja I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
100 O

5. O
Florence B-PER
Masnada I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
82 O

6. O
Katja B-PER
Seizinger I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
74 O

7. O
Isolde B-PER
Kostner I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
65 O

8. O
Carole B-PER
Montillet I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
60 O

9. O
Martina B-PER
Ertl I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
58 O

10. O
Anita B-PER
Wachter I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
49 O

11. O
Heidi B-PER
Zurbriggen I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
43 O

12= O
Madlen B-PER
Brigger-Summermatter I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
42 O

12= O
Barbara B-PER
Merlin I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
42 O

12= O
Katharina B-PER
Gutensohn I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
42 O

15. O
Stefanie B-PER
Schuster I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
39 O

16. O
Leatitia B-PER
Dalloz I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
33 O

17. O
Bibiana B-PER
Perez I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
30 O

18= O
Miriam B-PER
Vogt I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
29 O

18= O
Marianne B-PER
Brechu I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
29 O

20. O
Alexandra B-PER
Meissnitzer I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
27 O

Nation O
's O
Cup O
standings O
: O

1. O
Austria B-LOC
1,973 O
points O

2. O
Germany B-LOC
1,135 O

3. O
Switzerland B-LOC
972 O

4. O
Italy B-LOC
887 O

5. O
France B-LOC
853 O

6. O
Norway B-LOC
746 O

7. O
Sweden B-LOC
673 O

8. O
Slovenia B-LOC
432 O

9. O
Russia B-LOC
288 O

10. O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
164 O

ALPINE O
SKIING-WOMEN O
'S O
WORLD O
CUP O
DOWNHILL O
RESULTS O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Provisional O
results O
from O

Saturday O
's O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
downhill O
race O
: O

1. O
Renate B-PER
Goetschl I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
one O
minute O
47.71 O
seconds O

2. O
Katja B-PER
Seizinger I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:48.53 O

3. O
Isolde B-PER
Kostner I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:48.91 O

4. O
Alexandra B-PER
Meissnitzer I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:49.13 O

5. O
Megan B-PER
Gerety I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
1:49.26 O

6. O
Miriam B-PER
Vogt I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:49.28 O

7. O
Stefanie B-PER
Schuster I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:49.38 O

8. O
Ingeborg B-PER
Helen I-PER
Marken I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
1:49.41 O

9. O
Florence B-PER
Masnada I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:49.51 O

10. O
Regina B-PER
Haeusl I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:49.53 O

11. O
Heidi B-PER
Zurbriggen I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
1:49.65 O

12. O
Warwara B-PER
Zelenskaja I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1:49.66 O

13. O
Barbara B-PER
Merlin I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:49.76 O

14. O
Hilde B-PER
Gerg I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:49.84 O

15. O
Martina B-PER
Ertl I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:49.85 O

16. O
Pernilla B-PER
Wiberg I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
1:49.88 O

17. O
Svetlana B-PER
Gladishiva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1:50.03 O

18. O
Anita B-PER
Wachter I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:50.10 O

19. O
Spela B-PER
Bracun I-PER
( O
Slovenia B-LOC
) O
1:50.40 O

20. O
Regine B-PER
Cavagnoud I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:50.51 O

21. O
Kate B-PER
Pace I-PER
Lindsay I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
1:50.54 O

22. O
Bibiana B-PER
Perez I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:50.65 O

23. O
Hilary B-PER
Lindh I-PER
( O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
) O
1:50.69 O

24. O
Catherine B-PER
Borghi I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
1:50.72 O

25. O
Carole B-PER
Montillet I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
1:50.91 O

26. O
Brigitte B-PER
Obermoser I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
1:50.99 O

27. O
Sybille B-PER
Brauner I-PER
( O
Germay B-LOC
) O
1:51.04 O

28. O
Grete B-PER
Stroem I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
1:51.07 O

29. O
Patrizia B-PER
Bassis I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:51.13 O

30. O
Alessandra B-PER
Merlin I-PER
( O
Italy B-LOC
) O
1:51.16 O

The O
results O
were O
declared O
official O
. O

NORDIC O
SKIING-WORLD O
CUP O
BIATHLON O
RESULTS O
. O

OESTERSUND B-LOC
, O
Sweden B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
Saturday O
's O

World O
Cup O
biathlon O
races O
: O

Men O
's O
10 O
kms O

1. O
Vadim B-PER
Sashurin I-PER
( O
Belarus B-LOC
) O
26 O
minutes O
17.2 O
seconds O
( O
no O
penalty O

rounds O
) O

2. O
Frode B-PER
Andresen I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
26:17.8 O
( O
2 O
) O

3. O
Ole B-PER
Einar I-PER
Bjorndalen I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
26:24.9 O
( O
2 O
) O

4. O
Sven B-PER
Fischer I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
26:28.2 O
( O
1 O
) O

5. O
Ricco B-PER
Gross I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
26:33.0 O
( O
1 O
) O

World O
Cup O
standings O

1. O
Fischer B-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
82 O
points O

2. O
Pavel B-PER
Muslimov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
82 O

3. O
Sashurin B-PER
68 O
. O

Women O
's O
7.5 O
kms O

1. O
Olga B-PER
Melnik I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
23:13.3 O
( O
0 O
) O

2. O
Svetlana B-PER
Paramygina I-PER
( O
Belorus B-LOC
) O
23:58.6 O
( O
0 O
) O

3. O
Gunn B-PER
Margit I-PER
Andreassen I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
24:00.4 O
( O
0 O
) O

4. O
Simone B-PER
Greiner-Petter-Memm I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
24:09.5 O
( O
1 O
) O

5. O
Petra B-PER
Behle I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
24:15.4 O
( O
2 O
) O

World O
Cup O
standings O

1. O
Behle B-PER
89 O

2. O
Paramygina B-PER
79 O

3. O
Greiner-Petter-Memm B-PER
78 O

ALPINE O
SKIING-GOETCHL O
WINS O
WORLD O
CUP O
DOWNHILL O
. O

VAIL B-LOC
, O
Colorado B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Renate B-PER
Goetschl I-PER
of O
Austria B-LOC
won O
the O
women O
's O
World O
Cup O
downhill O
race O
on O
Saturday O
, O
according O
to O
provisional O
results O
. O

Katja B-PER
Seizinger I-PER
of O
Germany B-LOC
finished O
second O
and O
Islode B-PER
Kostner I-PER
of O
Italy B-LOC
took O
third O
. O

BOBSLEIGH-SHIMER O
PILOTS O
USA B-LOC
III O
TO O
SURPRISE O
WIN O
. O

IGLS B-LOC
, O
Austria B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Brian B-PER
Shimer I-PER
piloted O
USA B-ORG
III O
to O
a O
surprise O
victory O
in O
a O
World O
Cup O
two-man O
bobsleigh O
race O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Lying O
fifth O
after O
the O
first O
run O
, O
Shimer B-PER
and O
breakman O
Randy B-PER
Jones I-PER
delivered O
a O
near-perfect O
second O
trip O
down O
the O
1976 O
Olympic O
course O
for O
an O
aggregate O
time O
of O
one O
minute O
45.91 O
seconds O
. O

First O
run O
leaders O
Guenther B-PER
Huber I-PER
and O
breakman O
Antonio B-PER
Tartaglia I-PER
in O
the O
Italy B-LOC
I O
sleigh O
finished O
second O
two-hundredths O
of O
a O
second O
behind O
the O
Americans O
. O

Canada B-LOC
I I-ORG
, O
represented O
by O
Pierre B-PER
Lueders I-PER
and O
breakman O
Dave B-PER
MacEachern I-PER
, O
completed O
the O
third O
World O
cup O
event O
of O
the O
winter O
a O
further O
one-hundredth O
of O
a O
second O
behind O
the O
Italians O
. O

The O
Canadians O
, O
winners O
of O
the O
opening O
two O
events O
in O
Altenberg B-LOC
, O
Germany B-LOC
, O
and O
La B-LOC
Plagne I-LOC
, O
France B-LOC
, O
increased O
their O
lead O
in O
the O
World O
Cup O
standings O
. O

They O
have O
104 O
points O
, O
15 O
ahead O
of O
USA B-LOC
I O
's O
Jim B-PER
Herberich I-PER
and O
breakman O
Garrett B-PER
Hines I-PER
who O
managed O
only O
10th O
place O
on O
Saturday O
. O

SKIING-CHINESE O
MAKE O
PROMISING O
FREESTYLE O
SKIING O
DEBUT O
. O

TIGNES B-LOC
, O
France B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

China B-LOC
made O
a O
promising O
debut O
on O
the O
freestyle O
skiing O
world O
cup O
circuit O
in O
an O
aerials O
event O
in O
the O
French O
resort O
of O
Tignes B-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

While O
the O
Chinese O
failed O
to O
gain O
a O
place O
in O
the O
men O
's O
final O
, O
they O
had O
two O
in O
the O
top O
10 O
of O
the O
women O
's O
competition O
, O
Cuo B-PER
Dan I-PER
finishing O
a O
respectable O
seventh O
and O
Xu B-PER
Nannan I-PER
ninth O
. O

But O
overall O
, O
it O
was O
France B-LOC
and O
Canada B-LOC
who O
dominated O
the O
day O
. O

Alexis B-PER
Blanc I-PER
and O
Sebastien B-PER
Foucras I-PER
gave O
France B-LOC
a O
one-two O
finish O
in O
the O
first O
aerials O
competition O
of O
the O
season O
. O

Blanc B-PER
collected O
his O
seventh O
career O
World O
Cup O
win O
with O
a O
two O
jump O
combined O
score O
of O
238.36 O
points O
, O
easily O
beating O
Foucras B-PER
, O
the O
overall O
World O
Cup O
aerials O
champion O
, O
who O
was O
a O
distant O
second O
with O
223.60 O
. O

Canada B-LOC
's O
Jeff B-PER
Bean I-PER
, O
who O
had O
never O
finished O
higher O
than O
ninth O
in O
a O
World O
Cup O
event O
, O
made O
his O
first O
trip O
to O
the O
podium O
taking O
third O
place O
with O
a O
mark O
of O
209.96 O
. O

Veronica B-PER
Brenner I-PER
of O
Canada B-LOC
, O
who O
picked O
up O
her O
first O
career O
victory O
at O
Tignes B-LOC
last O
year O
, O
made O
it O
two O
wins O
in O
a O
row O
at O
the O
French O
resort O
taking O
first O
in O
the O
women O
's O
competition O
with O
a O
score O
of O
170.42 O
. O

Swiss O
skiers O
occupied O
the O
other O
two O
places O
on O
the O
podium O
, O
Karin B-PER
Kuster I-PER
taking O
second O
with O
160.55 O
narrowly O
ahead O
of O
Evelyne B-PER
Leu I-PER
with O
160.36 O
. O

BOBSLEIGH-WORLD O
CUP O
TWO-MAN O
RESULTS O
. O

IGLS B-LOC
, O
Austria B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
a O
World O
Cup O
two-man O
bobsleigh O
event O
on O
Saturday O
: O

1. O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
III I-LOC
( O
Brian B-PER
Shimer I-PER
, O
Randy B-PER
Jones I-PER
) O
one O

minute O
45.91 O
seconds O
( O
52.90 O
/ O
53.01 O
) O

2. O
Italy B-LOC
I O
( O
Guenther B-PER
Huber I-PER
, O
Antonio B-PER
Tartaglia I-PER
) O
1:45.93 O

( O
52.74 O
/ O
53.19 O
) O

3. O
Canada B-LOC
I O
( O
Pierre B-PER
Lueders I-PER
, O
Dave B-PER
MacEachern I-PER
) O
1:45.94 O

( O
52.76 O
/ O
53.18 O
) O

4. O
German O
I O
( O
Sepp B-PER
Dostthaler I-PER
, O
Thomas B-PER
Lebsa I-PER
) O
1:45.95 O

( O
52.82 O
/ O
53.13 O
) O

5. O
Switzerland B-LOC
I O
( O
Reto B-PER
Goetschi I-PER
, O
Guido B-PER
Acklin I-PER
) O
1:45.98 O

( O
52.91 O
/ O
53.07 O
) O

6. O
Germany B-LOC
III I-LOC
( O
Dirk B-PER
Wiese I-PER
, O
Jakobs B-PER
Marco I-PER
) O
1:46.02 O

( O
52.89 O
/ O
53.13 O
) O

7. O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
I O
( O
Jiri B-PER
Dzmura I-PER
, O
Pavel B-PER
Polomsky I-PER
) O

1:46.06 O
( O
53.01 O
/ O
53.05 O
) O

8. O
Austria B-LOC
I O
( O
Hubert B-PER
Schoesser I-PER
, O
Erwin B-PER
Arnold I-PER
) O
1:46.13 O

( O
52.92 O
/ O
53.21 O
) O

9. O
Britain B-LOC
I O
( O
Sean B-PER
Olsson I-PER
, O
Dean B-PER
Ward I-PER
) O
1:46.26 O
( O
52.97/ O

53.29 O
) O

10 O
equal O
. O

United B-LOC
States I-LOC
I O
( O
Jim B-PER
Herberich I-PER
, O
Garrett B-PER

Hines B-PER
) O
1:46.34 O
( O
53.14 O
/ O
53.20 O
) O
and O
Austria B-LOC
III I-LOC

( O
Hannes B-PER
Conti I-PER
, O
Georg B-PER
Kuttner I-PER
) O
1:46.34 O
( O
53.30/ O

53.04). O

CRICKET O
- O
WOOLMER O
MAKES O
SENTIMENTAL O
RETURN O
TO O
KANPUR B-LOC
. O

KANPUR B-LOC
, O
India B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
's O
trip O
to O
Kanpur B-LOC
for O
the O
third O
test O
against O
India B-LOC
has O
given O
former O
England B-LOC
test O
cricketer O
Bob B-PER
Woolmer I-PER
the O
chance O
of O
a O
sentimental O
return O
to O
his O
birthplace O
. O

Woolmer B-PER
was O
born O
in O
the O
northern O
city O
of O
Kanpur B-LOC
when O
his O
father O
worked O
there O
for O
an O
insurance O
compnay O
and O
was O
himself O
an O
active O
cricketer O
. O

" O
It O
's O
been O
a O
sentimental O
journey O
... O

A O
visit O
to O
India B-LOC
is O
always O
an O
intriguing O
experience O
, O
" O
Woolmer B-PER
, O
now O
the O
South O
African O
coach O
, O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Woolmer B-PER
, O
48 O
, O
played O
19 O
tests O
for O
England B-LOC
between O
1975 O
and O
1981 O
. O

His O
first O
cricketing O
sojurn O
to O
India B-LOC
was O
as O
a O
member O
of O
Tony B-PER
Greig I-PER
's O
England B-LOC
side O
in O
1976-77 O
. O

His O
father O
Clarence B-PER
Woolmer I-PER
represented O
United B-ORG
Province I-ORG
, O
now O
renamed O
Uttar B-LOC
Pradesh I-ORG
, O
in O
India B-LOC
's O
Ranji O
Trophy O
national O
championship O
and O
captained O
the O
state O
during O
1949 O
. O

Now O
aged O
86 O
, O
Woolmer B-PER
senior O
lives O
with O
his O
son O
in O
Cape B-LOC
Town I-LOC
. O

Woolmer B-PER
's O
memories O
of O
Kanpur B-LOC
are O
few O
and O
blurred O
. O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
remember O
much O
of O
the O
place O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

I O
came O
here O
on O
zero O
and O
left O
at O
three O
( O
aged O
three O
) O
when O
my O
father O
was O
transferred O
to O
Calcutta B-LOC
where O
I O
spent O
another O
four O
and O
half O
years O
. O

" O
But O
I O
do O
remember O
we O
had O
a O
cobra O
snake O
in O
the O
basement O
of O
our O
house O
. O

Also O
that O
my O
father O
bought O
a O
bicycle O
and O
when O
we O
rode O
over O
a O
hose O
pipe O
it O
broke O
into O
two O
. O
" O

Woolmer B-PER
said O
the O
hospital O
where O
he O
was O
born O
is O
close O
to O
the O
stadium O
where O
the O
India-South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
test O
will O
be O
played O
. O

FREESTYLE O
SKIING-WORLD O
CUP O
AERIALS O
RESULTS O
. O

TIGNES B-LOC
, O
France B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
the O
World O
Cup O

freestyle O
skiing O
aerials O
competition O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Men O
: O

1. O
Alexis B-PER
Blanc I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
238.36 O
points O

2. O
Sebastien B-PER
Foucras I-PER
( O
France B-LOC
) O
223.60 O

3. O
Jeff B-PER
Bean I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
209.96 O

4. O
Eric B-PER
Bergoust I-PER
( O
U.S B-LOC
) O
207.15 O

5. O
Christian B-PER
Rijavec I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
204.17 O

6. O
Alexandre B-PER
Mikhailov I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
202.59 O

7. O
Ales B-PER
Valenta I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
194.02 O

8. O
Andy B-PER
Capicik I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
193.82 O

9. O
Trace B-PER
Worthington I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
192.36 O

10. O
Dmitri B-PER
Dashinski I-PER
Belarus B-LOC
) O
190.70 O

Women O
: O

1. O
Veronica B-PER
Brenner I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
170.42 O

2. O
Karin B-PER
Kuster I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
160.55 O

3. O
Evelyne B-PER
Leu I-PER
( O
Switzerland B-LOC
) O
160.36 O

4. O
Caroline B-PER
Olivier I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
157.10 O

5. O
Jacqui B-PER
Cooper I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
156.52 O

6. O
Marie B-PER
Lindgren I-PER
( O
Sweden B-LOC
) O
154.82 O

7. O
Dan B-PER
Cuo I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
154.61 O

8. O
Kristie B-PER
Marshall I-PER
( O
Australia B-LOC
) O
154.60 O

9. O
Xu B-PER
Nannan I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
152.08 O

10. O
Hilde B-PER
Synnove I-PER
Lid I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
148.20 O

SKI B-ORG
JUMPING-LEADING O
WORLD O
CUP O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

KUUSAMO B-LOC
, O
Finland B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Leading O
results O
in O
a O

World O
Cup O
high O
hill O
( O
120-metre O
) O
ski O
jumping O
event O
on O
Saturday O
: O

1. O
Takanobu B-PER
Okabe I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
303.4 O
points O
( O
first O
jump O

145.4 O
/ O
second O
jump O
158 O
) O

2. O
Kazuyoshi B-PER
Funaki I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
295.4 O
( O
151.5 O
/ O
143.9 O
) O

3. O
Andreas B-PER
Goldberger I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
274.4 O
( O
144.4 O
/ O
130 O
) O

4. O
Dieter B-PER
Thoma I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
267 O
( O
141.6 O
/ O
124.4 O
) O

5. O
Ari-Pekka B-PER
Nikkola I-PER
( O
Finland B-LOC
) O
256.4 O
( O
126 O
/ O
130.4 O
) O

6. O
Reinhard B-PER
Schwarzenberger I-PER
( O
Austria B-LOC
) O
252.6 O
( O
119.7 O
/ O
132.9 O
) O

7. O
Noriaki B-PER
Kasai I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
242 O
( O
124.2 O
/ O
117.8 O
) O

8. O
Hiroya B-PER
Saitoh I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
234.7 O
( O
124.6 O
/ O
110.1 O
) O

9. O
Jani B-PER
Soininen I-PER
( O
Finland B-LOC
) O
231.5 O
( O
115 O
/ O
116.5 O
) O

10. O
Kristian B-PER
Brenden I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
228.1 O
( O
129.4 O
/ O
98.7 O
) O

Leading O
World O
Cup O
standings O
( O
after O
three O
events O
) O
: O

1. O
Thoma B-PER
210 O
points O

2. O
Brenden B-PER
206 O

3. O
Goldberger B-PER
160 O

4. O
Okabe B-PER
146 O

5. O
Funaki B-PER
143 O

6. O
Saitoh B-PER
121 O

7. O
Espen B-PER
Bredesen I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
112 O

8. O
Nikkola B-PER
101 O

9. O
Soininen B-PER
85 O

10. O
Primoz B-PER
Peterka I-PER
( O
Slovakia B-LOC
) O
76 O

BADMINTON O
- O
WORLD O
GRAND O
PRIX O
SEMIFINAL O
RESULTS O
. O

TEMBAU B-LOC
DENPASAR I-LOC
, O
Bali B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O

semifinals O
at O
the O
World O
Grand O
Prix O
finals O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Men O
's O
singles O

Fung B-PER
Permadi I-PER
( O
Taiwan B-LOC
) O
beat O
Indra B-PER
Wijaya I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
15-6 O
15-8 O

Sun B-PER
Jun I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Allan B-PER
Budi I-PER
Kusuma I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
15-9 O
15-10 O

Women O
's O
singles O

Susi B-PER
Susanti I-PER
( O
Indonesia B-LOC
) O
beat O
Camilla B-PER
Martin I-PER
( O
Denmark B-LOC
) O
11-1 O

11-3 O

Ye B-PER
Zhaoying I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
beat O
Gong B-PER
Zhichao I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
11-8 O
11-3 O

SPEED O
SKATING-RESULTS O
OF O
WORLD O
CUP O
SPEED O
SKATING O
RACES O
. O

CHONJU B-LOC
, O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
on O
the O
first O
day O
of O
the O
World O
Cup O
speed O
skating O
races O
here O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Men O
's O
500 O
metres O
first O
round O
: O
1 O
. O

Horii B-PER
Manabu I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
37.23 O
seconds O
; O
2 O
. O

Jaegal B-PER
Sung-Yeol I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
) O
37.46 O
; O
3 O
. O

Grunde B-PER
Njos I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
37.49 O
; O
4 O
. O

Shimizu B-PER
Hiroyasu I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
37.68 O
; O
5 O
. O

Sergey B-PER
Klevchenya I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
37.86 O
; O
6 O
. O

Yamakage B-PER
Hiroaki I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
37.93 O
; O
7 O
. O

Casey B-PER
Fitzrandolph I-PER
( O
US B-LOC
) O
37.97 O
; O
8 O
. O

Sylvain B-PER
Bouchard I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
38.00 O
; O
9 O
. O

Kim B-PER
Yoon-man I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
) O
38.05 O
; O
10 O
. O

Inoue B-PER
Junichi I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
38.08 O
. O

Women O
's O
500 O
metres O
first O
round O
: O
1 O
. O

Xuc B-PER
Rulhong I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
40.78 O
; O
2 O
. O

Svetlana B-PER
Jhurova I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
41.08 O
; O
3 O
. O

Franziska B-PER
Schenk I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
41.13 O
; O
4 O
. O

Okazaki B-PER
Tomomi I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
41.19 O
; O
5 O
. O

Shimazaki B-PER
Kyoko I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
41.45 O
; O
6 O
. O

Marianne B-PER
Timmer I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
41.58 O
; O
7 O
. O

Jin B-PER
Hua I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
41.59 O
; O
8 O
. O

Alena B-PER
Koroleva I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
41.64 O
; O
9 O
. O

Chris B-PER
Witty I-PER
( O
US B-LOC
) O
41.75 O
; O
10 O
. O

Anke B-PER
Baler I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
41.76 O
. O

Men O
's O
1,000 O
metres O
first O
round O
: O

1. O
Sylvain B-PER
Bouchard I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
1 O
minute O
16.24 O
seconds O

2. O
Sergey B-PER
Klevchenya I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1:16.31 O

3. O
Jan B-PER
Bos I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
1:16.38 O

4. O
Grunde B-PER
Njos I-PER
( O
Norway B-LOC
) O
1:16.44 O

5. O
Lee B-PER
Kyou-hyuk I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
) O
1:16.47 O

6. O
Inoue B-PER
Junichi I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
1:16.61 O

7. O
Gerard B-PER
Van I-PER
Velde I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
1:16.63 O

8. O
Kim B-PER
Yoon-man I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
) O
1:16.75 O

9. O
Jeremy B-PER
Wotherspoon I-PER
( O
Canada B-LOC
) O
1:16.75 O

10. O
Miyabe B-PER
Yasunori I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
1:16.86 O

Women O
's O
1,000 O
metres O
first O
round O
: O

1. O
Franziska B-PER
Schenk I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:23.17 O

2. O
Kusunose B-PER
Shiho I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
1:24.77 O

3. O
Marianne B-PER
Timmer I-PER
( O
Netherlands B-LOC
) O
1:24.86 O

4. O
Anka B-PER
Baier I-PER
( O
Germany B-LOC
) O
1:25.16 O

5. O
Becky B-PER
Sundstrom I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
1:25.39 O

6. O
Shimazaki B-PER
Kyoko I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
1:25.51 O

7. O
Oksana B-PER
Ravllova I-PER
( O
Russia B-LOC
) O
1:25.55 O

8. O
Sammiya B-PER
Eriko I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
1:25.79 O

9. O
Chris B-PER
Witty I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
1:25.85 O

10. O
Xue B-PER
Rulhong I-PER
( O
China B-LOC
) O
1:25.89 O

ALPINE O
SKIING-OFFICIALS O
HOPE O
TO O
SALVAGE O
WORLD O
CUP O
WEEKEND O
. O

WHISTLER B-LOC
, O
British B-LOC
Columbia I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

World O
Cup O
ski O
officials O
hope O
to O
be O
able O
to O
get O
in O
at O
least O
one O
men O
's O
downhill O
training O
run O
on O
Saturday O
in O
an O
effort O
to O
salvage O
the O
weekend O
racing O
programme O
. O

For O
the O
third O
consecutive O
day O
, O
Friday O
's O
scheduled O
training O
runs O
were O
cancelled O
due O
to O
heavy O
wet O
snow O
and O
fog O
on O
Whistler B-LOC
Mountain I-LOC
, O
leaving O
the O
scheduled O
World O
Cup O
events O
in O
jeopardy O
. O

Rules O
call O
for O
at O
least O
one O
training O
run O
to O
be O
completed O
before O
a O
World O
Cup O
downhill O
race O
can O
be O
staged O
. O

Organisers O
hope O
to O
get O
that O
run O
in O
on O
Saturday O
morning O
, O
conditions O
permitting O
, O
and O
stage O
the O
race O
later O
in O
the O
day O
or O
on O
Sunday O
. O

" O
There O
was O
no O
possibility O
today O
to O
make O
a O
training O
run O
, O
" O
said O
Bernd B-PER
Zobel I-PER
, O
the O
Canadian O
men O
's O
national O
coach O
, O
citing O
too O
much O
new O
snow O
and O
poor O
visibility O
. O

If O
organisers O
are O
forced O
to O
run O
the O
downhill O
on O
Sunday O
, O
the O
super-giant O
slalom O
originally O
scheduled O
for O
Sunday O
would O
likely O
be O
abandoned O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
LEADING O
SCOTTISH O
PREMIER O
DIVISION O
SCORERS O
. O

GLASGOW B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Leading O
goalscorers O
in O
the O

Scottish O
premier O
division O
after O
Saturday O
's O
matches O
: O

10 O
- O
Billy B-PER
Dodds I-PER
( O
Aberdeen B-ORG
) O
, O
Pierre B-PER
Van I-PER
Hooydonk I-PER
( O
Celtic B-ORG
) O

9 O
- O
Paul B-PER
Gascoigne I-PER
( O
Rangers B-ORG
) O

7 O
- O
Paul B-PER
Wright I-PER
( O
Kilmarnock B-ORG
) O
, O
Ally B-PER
McCoist I-PER
( O
Rangers B-ORG
) O

6 O
- O
Andreas B-PER
Thom I-PER
( O
Celtic B-ORG
) O
, O
Dean B-PER
Windass I-PER
( O
Aberdeen B-ORG
) O
, O

Brian B-PER
Laudrup I-PER
( O
Rangers B-ORG
) O
, O
Darren B-PER
Jackson I-PER

( O
Hibernian B-LOC
) O

5 O
- O
Peter B-PER
van I-PER
Vossen I-PER
( O
Rangers B-ORG
) O
, O
Gerry B-PER
Britton I-PER

( O
Dunfermline B-ORG
) O
, O
Colin B-PER
Cameron I-PER
( O
Hearts B-ORG
) O
, O
Robert B-PER

Winters B-PER
( O
Dundee B-ORG
United I-ORG
) O
, O
Paolo B-PER
Di I-PER
Canio I-PER
( O
Celtic B-ORG
) O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
LEADING O
ENGLISH O
GOALSCORERS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Leading O
goalscorers O
in O
the O
English O

premier O
league O
after O
Saturday O
's O
matches O
: O

13 O
- O
Ian B-PER
Wright I-PER
( O
Arsenal B-ORG
) O

9 O
- O
Fabrizio B-PER
Ravanelli I-PER
( O
Middlesbrough B-ORG
) O
, O
Alan B-PER
Shearer I-PER

( O
Newcastle B-ORG
) O

8 O
- O
Matthew B-PER
Le I-PER
Tissier I-PER
( O
Southampton B-ORG
) O
, O
Dwight B-PER
Yorke I-PER
( O
Aston B-ORG

Villa B-ORG
) O
, O
Les B-PER
Ferdinand I-PER
( O
Newcastle B-ORG
) O
, O
Efan B-PER
Ekoku I-PER
( O
Wimbledon B-ORG
) O
, O

Gianluca B-PER
Vialli I-PER
( O
Chelsea B-ORG
) O

7 O
- O
Robbie B-PER
Earle I-PER
( O
Wimbledon B-ORG
) O
, O
Les B-PER
Ferdinand I-PER
( O
Newcastle B-ORG
) O

6 O
- O
Marcus B-PER
Gayle I-PER
( O
Wimbledon B-ORG
) O
, O
Gary B-PER
Speed I-PER
( O
Everton B-ORG
) O
, O
Chris B-PER

Sutton B-PER
( O
Blackburn B-ORG
) O

5 O
- O
Robbie B-PER
Fowler I-PER
( O
Liverpool B-ORG
) O
, O
Steve B-PER
McManaman I-PER
( O
Liverpool B-ORG
) O

4 O
- O
Peter B-PER
Beardsley I-PER
( O
Newcastle B-ORG
) O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
NORTHERN O
IRELAND O
PREMIER O
DIVISION O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
Northern B-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
premier O

division O
matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Ards B-ORG
0 O
Crusaders B-ORG
0 O

Cliftonville B-ORG
1 O
Portadown B-ORG
1 O

Glenavon B-ORG
2 O
Linfield B-ORG
1 O

Glentoran B-ORG
1 O
Coleraine B-ORG
0 O

Standings O
( O
tabulated O
- O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O
for O
, O

goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Coleraine B-ORG
10 O
7 O
1 O
2 O
18 O
11 O
22 O

Linfield B-ORG
10 O
4 O
3 O
3 O
13 O
10 O
15 O

Crusaders B-ORG
10 O
3 O
4 O
3 O
11 O
9 O
13 O

Glenavon B-ORG
10 O
3 O
4 O
3 O
15 O
14 O
13 O

Glentoran B-ORG
10 O
3 O
3 O
4 O
18 O
18 O
12 O

Portadown B-ORG
9 O
3 O
3 O
3 O
11 O
12 O
12 O

Ards B-ORG
10 O
3 O
2 O
5 O
12 O
17 O
11 O

Cliftonville B-ORG
9 O
1 O
4 O
4 O
5 O
12 O
7 O

RUGBY B-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
BRITISH O
RESULTS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
British O
rugby O
union O

matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Pilkington O
Cup O
fourth O
round O

Reading B-ORG
50 O
Widnes B-ORG
3 O

English O
division O
one O

Bath B-ORG
35 O
Harlequins B-ORG
20 O

Gloucester B-ORG
29 O
London B-ORG
Irish I-ORG
19 O

Orrell B-ORG
22 O
West B-ORG
Hartlepool I-ORG
15 O

Wasps B-ORG
15 O
Bristol B-ORG
13 O

Welsh O
division O
one O

Caerphilly B-ORG
20 O
Cardiff B-ORG
34 O

Llanelli B-ORG
97 O
Newbridge B-ORG
10 O

Newport B-ORG
45 O
Dunvant B-ORG
22 O

Pontypridd B-ORG
53 O
Bridgend B-ORG
9 O

Swansea B-ORG
49 O
Neath B-ORG
10 O

Treorchy B-ORG
13 O
Ebbw B-ORG
Vale I-ORG
17 O

Scottish O
division O
one O

Boroughmuir B-ORG
31 O
Watsonians B-ORG
35 O

SOCCER O
- O
SCOTTISH O
PREMIER O
DIVISION O
SUMMARIES O
. O

GLASGOW B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Summaries O
of O
Scottish O
premier O
division O
matches O
played O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Dunfermline B-ORG
2 O
( O
Millar B-PER
43 O
, O
46 O
penalty O
) O
Aberdeen B-ORG
3 O
( O
Miller B-PER
10 O
, O
Rowson B-PER
55 O
, O
Windass B-PER
78 O
) O
. O

Halftime O
1-1 O
. O

Attendance O
: O
5,465 O

Hearts B-ORG
0 O
Raith B-ORG
0 O
. O

10,719 O

Kilmarnock B-ORG
0 O
Dundee B-ORG
United I-ORG
2 O
( O
Olafsson B-PER
22 O
, O
51 O
) O
. O

0-1 O
. O

5,812 O

Motherwell B-ORG
2 O
( O
Davies B-PER
39 O
, O
Ross B-PER
89 O
) O
Celtic B-ORG
1 O
( O
Hay B-PER
83 O
) O
. O

1-0 O
. O

11,589 O

Rangers B-ORG
4 O
( O
Ferguson B-PER
34 O
, O
McCoist B-PER
71 O
74 O
, O
Laudrup B-PER
83 O
) O
Hibernian B-ORG
3 O
( O
Wright B-PER
21 O
, O
Jackson B-PER
41 O
, O
McGinlay B-PER
86 O
) O
. O

1-2 O
. O

48,053 O
. O

RUGBY B-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
RETIRING O
CAMPESE O
WEIGHS O
UP O
OPTIONS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

David B-PER
Campese I-PER
will O
consider O
offers O
to O
play O
club O
rugby O
in O
England B-LOC
but O
looks O
more O
likely O
to O
spend O
the O
next O
year O
chasing O
business O
opportunities O
in O
Australia B-LOC
. O

The O
34-year-old O
winger O
played O
his O
final O
game O
in O
a O
Wallaby O
jersey O
on O
Saturday O
but O
is O
currently O
a O
target O
for O
clubs O
eager O
to O
match O
London B-LOC
side O
Saracens B-ORG
who O
have O
already O
snapped O
up O
Francois B-PER
Pienaar I-PER
, O
Michael B-PER
Lynagh I-PER
and O
Philippe B-PER
Sella I-PER
. O

" O
If O
the O
opportunity O
is O
there O
I O
'd O
obviously O
think O
about O
it O
but O
the O
thing O
that O
holds O
me O
back O
is O
business O
, O
" O
said O
Campese B-PER
. O

" O
I O
'd O
like O
to O
come O
over O
but O
there O
are O
a O
lot O
of O
things O
happening O
at O
home O
. O

I O
've O
also O
got O
a O
contract O
to O
play O
for O
New B-LOC
South I-LOC
Wales I-LOC
in O
the O
Super O
12 O
next O
year O
. O
" O

Former O
Wallaby O
captain O
Nick B-PER
Farr-Jones I-PER
believes O
Campese B-PER
may O
yet O
be O
tempted O
to O
England B-LOC
. O

" O
I O
'm O
sure O
there O
are O
a O
few O
people O
in O
England B-LOC
who O
'd O
be O
delighted O
to O
have O
David B-PER
Campese I-PER
in O
their O
club O
's O
jersey O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISH O
PREMIER O
LEAGUE O
SUMMARIES O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Summaries O
of O
English O
premier O

lealgue O
matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Arsenal B-ORG
2 O
( O
Adams B-PER
45 O
, O
Vieira B-PER
90 O
) O
Derby B-ORG
2 O
( O
Sturridge B-PER
62 O
, O
Powell B-PER

71 O
) O
. O

Halftime O
1-0 O
. O

Attendance O
: O
38,018 O

Chelsea B-ORG
2 O
( O
Zola B-PER
12 O
, O
Vialli B-PER
55 O
) O
Everton B-ORG
2 O
( O
Branch B-PER
17 O
, O

Kanchelskis B-PER
28 O
) O
. O

1-2 O
. O

28,418 O

Coventry B-ORG
1 O
( O
Whelan B-PER
60 O
) O
Tottenham B-ORG
2 O
( O
Sheringham B-PER
27 O
, O
Sinton B-PER
75 O
) O
. O

0-1 O
. O

19,675 O

Leicester B-ORG
1 O
( O
Marshall B-PER
78 O
) O
Blackburn B-ORG
1 O
( O
Sutton B-PER
34 O
) O
. O

0-1 O
. O

19,306 O

Liverpool B-ORG
0 O
Sheffield B-ORG
Wednesday I-ORG
1 O
( O
Whittingham B-PER
22 O
) O
. O

0-1 O
. O

39,507 O

Middlesbrough B-ORG
0 O
Leeds B-ORG
0 O
. O

30,018 O

Southampton B-ORG
0 O
Aston B-ORG
Villa I-ORG
1 O
( O
Townsend B-PER
34 O
) O
. O

0-1 O
. O

15,232 O

Sunderland B-ORG
1 O
( O
Melville B-PER
83 O
) O
Wimbledon B-ORG
3 O
( O
Ekoku B-PER
8 O
, O
29 O
, O
Holdsworth B-PER

89 O
) O
. O

0-2 O
. O

19,672 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SCOTTISH O
LEAGUE O
STANDINGS O
. O

GLASGOW B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Scottish O
league O
standings O
after O

Saturday O
's O
matches O
( O
tabulated O
- O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O

for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Premier O
division O

Rangers B-ORG
14 O
11 O
2 O
1 O
35 O
12 O
35 O

Celtic B-ORG
14 O
8 O
3 O
3 O
32 O
15 O
27 O

Aberdeen B-ORG
15 O
7 O
4 O
4 O
28 O
19 O
25 O

Hearts B-ORG
15 O
5 O
6 O
4 O
18 O
19 O
21 O

Hibernian B-ORG
15 O
5 O
3 O
7 O
16 O
25 O
18 O

Dundee B-ORG
United I-ORG
15 O
4 O
5 O
6 O
17 O
17 O
17 O

Motherwell B-ORG
15 O
4 O
5 O
6 O
17 O
23 O
17 O

Dunfermline B-ORG
14 O
4 O
5 O
5 O
19 O
27 O
17 O

Raith B-ORG
15 O
3 O
3 O
9 O
14 O
27 O
12 O

Kilmarnock B-ORG
14 O
3 O
2 O
9 O
17 O
29 O
11 O

Division O
One O

St B-ORG
Johnstone I-ORG
17 O
12 O
2 O
3 O
36 O
8 O
38 O

Falkirk B-ORG
17 O
9 O
2 O
6 O
18 O
15 O
29 O

Airdrieonians B-ORG
16 O
6 O
8 O
2 O
26 O
16 O
26 O

Dundee B-ORG
16 O
7 O
5 O
4 O
12 O
8 O
26 O

Partick B-ORG
16 O
6 O
6 O
4 O
23 O
16 O
24 O

St B-ORG
Mirren I-ORG
16 O
7 O
2 O
7 O
22 O
21 O
23 O

Greenock B-ORG
Morton I-ORG
16 O
6 O
4 O
6 O
17 O
16 O
22 O

Clydebank B-ORG
16 O
4 O
2 O
10 O
11 O
25 O
14 O

Stirling B-ORG
16 O
3 O
3 O
10 O
18 O
33 O
12 O

East B-ORG
Fife I-ORG
14 O
1 O
4 O
9 O
10 O
35 O
7 O

Division O
Two O

Ayr B-ORG
16 O
11 O
2 O
3 O
30 O
18 O
35 O

Livingston B-ORG
16 O
10 O
4 O
2 O
27 O
13 O
34 O

Hamilton B-ORG
15 O
9 O
4 O
2 O
31 O
11 O
31 O

Clyde B-ORG
15 O
6 O
4 O
5 O
21 O
20 O
22 O

Queen B-ORG
of I-ORG
South I-ORG
16 O
6 O
4 O
6 O
24 O
27 O
22 O

Stenhousemuir B-ORG
15 O
4 O
5 O
6 O
18 O
12 O
17 O

Stranraer B-ORG
15 O
5 O
2 O
8 O
13 O
21 O
17 O

Dumbarton B-ORG
16 O
4 O
4 O
8 O
18 O
29 O
16 O

Brechin B-ORG
16 O
3 O
6 O
7 O
14 O
20 O
15 O

Berwick B-ORG
16 O
1 O
3 O
12 O
16 O
41 O
6 O

Division O
Three O

Montrose B-ORG
17 O
9 O
3 O
5 O
30 O
25 O
30 O

Inverness B-ORG
Thistle I-ORG
16 O
8 O
5 O
3 O
28 O
20 O
29 O

Ross B-ORG
County I-ORG
17 O
8 O
3 O
6 O
27 O
23 O
27 O

Alloa B-ORG
16 O
7 O
4 O
5 O
24 O
21 O
25 O

Cowdenbeath B-ORG
15 O
7 O
3 O
5 O
22 O
16 O
24 O

Albion B-ORG
16 O
6 O
6 O
4 O
21 O
17 O
24 O

Forfar B-ORG
15 O
6 O
4 O
5 O
26 O
24 O
22 O

Queen B-ORG
's I-ORG
Park I-ORG
16 O
3 O
5 O
8 O
20 O
30 O
14 O

Arbroath B-ORG
16 O
2 O
6 O
8 O
12 O
23 O
12 O

East B-ORG
Stirling I-ORG
16 O
2 O
5 O
9 O
14 O
25 O
11 O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISH O
LEAGUE O
STANDINGS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Standings O
in O
English O
league O
soccer O

after O
Saturday O
's O
matches O
( O
tabulated O
- O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O

goals O
for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Premier O
league O

Arsenal B-ORG
17 O
10 O
5 O
2 O
34 O
16 O
35 O

Wimbledon B-ORG
16 O
9 O
4 O
3 O
29 O
17 O
31 O

Liverpool B-ORG
16 O
9 O
4 O
3 O
26 O
14 O
31 O

Aston B-ORG
Villa I-ORG
17 O
9 O
3 O
5 O
22 O
15 O
30 O

Newcastle B-ORG
15 O
9 O
2 O
4 O
26 O
17 O
29 O

Manchester B-ORG
United I-ORG
15 O
7 O
5 O
3 O
29 O
22 O
26 O

Chelsea B-ORG
16 O
6 O
7 O
3 O
25 O
23 O
25 O

Everton B-ORG
16 O
6 O
6 O
4 O
25 O
20 O
24 O

Sheffield B-ORG
Wednesday I-ORG
16 O
6 O
6 O
4 O
17 O
18 O
24 O

Tottenham B-ORG
16 O
7 O
2 O
7 O
17 O
17 O
23 O

Derby B-ORG
16 O
5 O
7 O
4 O
19 O
19 O
22 O

Leicester B-ORG
17 O
6 O
3 O
8 O
17 O
22 O
21 O

Leeds B-ORG
16 O
6 O
2 O
8 O
15 O
20 O
20 O

Sunderland B-ORG
16 O
4 O
5 O
7 O
14 O
21 O
17 O

West B-ORG
Ham I-ORG
16 O
4 O
5 O
7 O
13 O
20 O
17 O

Middlesbrough B-ORG
17 O
3 O
6 O
8 O
20 O
28 O
15 O

Blackburn B-ORG
16 O
2 O
7 O
7 O
16 O
21 O
13 O

Southampton B-ORG
17 O
3 O
4 O
10 O
24 O
32 O
13 O

Coventry B-ORG
16 O
1 O
7 O
8 O
10 O
23 O
10 O

Nottingham B-ORG
Forest I-ORG
15 O
1 O
6 O
8 O
12 O
25 O
9 O

Division O
One O

Bolton B-ORG
21 O
11 O
8 O
2 O
43 O
28 O
41 O

Sheffield B-ORG
United I-ORG
21 O
11 O
6 O
4 O
38 O
20 O
39 O

Barnsley B-ORG
21 O
10 O
8 O
3 O
38 O
26 O
38 O

Crystal B-ORG
Palace I-ORG
21 O
9 O
8 O
4 O
46 O
22 O
35 O

Wolverhampton B-ORG
21 O
9 O
6 O
6 O
29 O
21 O
33 O

Tranmere B-ORG
22 O
9 O
5 O
8 O
31 O
26 O
32 O

Norwich B-ORG
20 O
9 O
5 O
6 O
27 O
21 O
32 O

Birmingham B-ORG
22 O
8 O
8 O
6 O
23 O
21 O
32 O

Oxford B-ORG
22 O
8 O
6 O
8 O
27 O
21 O
30 O

Stoke B-ORG
20 O
8 O
6 O
6 O
27 O
30 O
30 O

Swindon B-ORG
22 O
9 O
2 O
11 O
32 O
28 O
29 O

Charlton B-ORG
21 O
9 O
2 O
10 O
23 O
29 O
29 O

Huddersfield B-ORG
22 O
7 O
7 O
8 O
25 O
28 O
28 O

Queens B-ORG
Park I-ORG
Rangers I-ORG
22 O
7 O
7 O
8 O
25 O
28 O
28 O

Port B-ORG
Vale I-ORG
22 O
6 O
10 O
6 O
19 O
22 O
28 O

Ipswich B-ORG
22 O
6 O
8 O
8 O
27 O
32 O
26 O

Manchester B-ORG
City I-ORG
22 O
8 O
2 O
12 O
26 O
35 O
26 O

Portsmouth B-ORG
22 O
7 O
5 O
10 O
25 O
29 O
26 O

Reading B-ORG
22 O
7 O
5 O
10 O
25 O
33 O
26 O

West B-ORG
Bromwich I-ORG
20 O
5 O
9 O
6 O
26 O
31 O
24 O

Southend B-ORG
22 O
5 O
9 O
8 O
23 O
36 O
24 O

Grimsby B-ORG
22 O
5 O
6 O
11 O
24 O
41 O
21 O

Bradford B-ORG
22 O
5 O
6 O
11 O
21 O
37 O
21 O

Oldham B-ORG
22 O
4 O
8 O
10 O
23 O
28 O
20 O

Division O
Two O

Brentford B-ORG
22 O
11 O
7 O
4 O
35 O
23 O
40 O

Millwall B-ORG
22 O
11 O
7 O
4 O
32 O
22 O
40 O

Bury B-ORG
21 O
11 O
6 O
4 O
33 O
20 O
39 O

Luton B-ORG
21 O
11 O
4 O
6 O
34 O
25 O
37 O

Burnley B-ORG
22 O
11 O
4 O
7 O
30 O
22 O
37 O

Chesterfield B-ORG
21 O
11 O
4 O
6 O
22 O
16 O
37 O

Stockport B-ORG
22 O
10 O
6 O
6 O
29 O
25 O
36 O

Watford B-ORG
21 O
9 O
9 O
3 O
24 O
18 O
36 O

Wrexham B-ORG
20 O
9 O
8 O
3 O
27 O
22 O
35 O

Crewe B-ORG
21 O
11 O
1 O
9 O
29 O
21 O
34 O

Bristol B-ORG
City I-ORG
21 O
9 O
6 O
6 O
36 O
23 O
33 O

Bristol B-ORG
Rovers I-ORG
22 O
7 O
7 O
8 O
22 O
23 O
28 O

Shrewsbury B-ORG
22 O
7 O
6 O
9 O
26 O
33 O
27 O

York B-ORG
21 O
7 O
5 O
9 O
23 O
29 O
26 O

Blackpool B-ORG
22 O
5 O
10 O
7 O
22 O
24 O
25 O

Walsall B-ORG
21 O
7 O
4 O
10 O
21 O
25 O
25 O

Gillingham B-ORG
22 O
7 O
4 O
11 O
21 O
27 O
25 O

Preston B-ORG
22 O
7 O
4 O
11 O
21 O
27 O
25 O

Bournemouth B-ORG
22 O
7 O
4 O
11 O
20 O
27 O
25 O

Plymouth B-ORG
22 O
5 O
8 O
9 O
24 O
31 O
23 O

Peterborough B-ORG
22 O
4 O
8 O
10 O
32 O
41 O
20 O

Notts B-ORG
County I-ORG
21 O
5 O
5 O
11 O
15 O
23 O
20 O

Wycombe B-ORG
22 O
4 O
5 O
13 O
17 O
33 O
17 O

Rotherham B-ORG
21 O
3 O
6 O
12 O
18 O
33 O
15 O

Division O
Three O

Fulham B-ORG
22 O
15 O
3 O
4 O
36 O
16 O
48 O

Cambridge B-ORG
22 O
13 O
3 O
6 O
33 O
27 O
42 O

Wigan B-ORG
21 O
12 O
4 O
5 O
39 O
24 O
40 O

Carlisle B-ORG
22 O
11 O
7 O
4 O
32 O
20 O
40 O

Cardiff B-ORG
21 O
10 O
4 O
7 O
25 O
22 O
34 O

Swansea B-ORG
22 O
9 O
5 O
8 O
25 O
25 O
32 O

Barnet B-ORG
22 O
8 O
8 O
6 O
23 O
17 O
32 O

Colchester B-ORG
22 O
7 O
10 O
5 O
32 O
26 O
31 O

Scunthorpe B-ORG
22 O
9 O
4 O
9 O
28 O
30 O
31 O

Northampton B-ORG
22 O
8 O
6 O
8 O
31 O
26 O
30 O

Scarborough B-ORG
21 O
7 O
9 O
5 O
30 O
27 O
30 O

Lincoln B-ORG
22 O
8 O
6 O
8 O
28 O
33 O
30 O

Chester B-ORG
21 O
8 O
6 O
7 O
23 O
23 O
30 O

Hull B-ORG
22 O
6 O
11 O
5 O
20 O
22 O
29 O

Torquay B-ORG
22 O
8 O
4 O
10 O
22 O
24 O
28 O

Rochdale B-ORG
21 O
6 O
8 O
7 O
27 O
26 O
26 O

Exeter B-ORG
22 O
7 O
5 O
10 O
21 O
28 O
26 O

Doncaster B-ORG
22 O
7 O
3 O
12 O
24 O
33 O
24 O

Mansfield B-ORG
21 O
5 O
9 O
7 O
21 O
22 O
24 O

Leyton B-ORG
Orient I-ORG
21 O
6 O
6 O
9 O
16 O
19 O
24 O

Hereford B-ORG
22 O
6 O
5 O
11 O
23 O
31 O
23 O

Darlington B-ORG
22 O
6 O
4 O
12 O
30 O
39 O
22 O

Hartlepool B-ORG
21 O
6 O
4 O
11 O
23 O
28 O
22 O

Brighton B-ORG
22 O
3 O
4 O
15 O
18 O
42 O
13 O

SOCCER O
- O
VIEIRA B-ORG
SAVES O
ARSENAL O
WITH O
LAST-MINUTE O
EQUALISER O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Frenchman O
Patrick B-PER
Vieira I-PER
blasted O
a O
last-minute O
goal O
to O
salvage O
a O
2-2 O
draw O
for O
English O
premier O
league O
leaders O
Arsenal B-ORG
at O
home O
to O
Derby B-ORG
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
London B-LOC
club O
had O
been O
rocked O
by O
a O
two-goal O
burst O
from O
forwards O
Dean B-PER
Sturridge I-PER
and O
Darryl B-PER
Powell I-PER
in O
the O
62nd O
and O
71st O
minutes O
which O
overturned O
Arsenal B-ORG
's O
1-0 O
lead O
from O
a O
diving O
header O
by O
captain O
Tony B-PER
Adams I-PER
on O
the O
stroke O
of O
halftime O
. O

Liverpool B-ORG
suffered O
an O
upset O
first O
home O
league O
defeat O
of O
the O
season O
, O
beaten O
1-0 O
by O
a O
Guy B-PER
Whittingham I-PER
goal O
for O
Sheffield B-ORG
Wednesday I-ORG
. O

Wimbledon B-ORG
leap-frogged O
over O
Liverpool B-ORG
into O
second O
place O
by O
winning O
3-1 O
at O
Sunderland B-ORG
to O
extend O
their O
unbeaten O
league O
and O
cup O
run O
to O
18 O
games O
. O

Two O
strikes O
by O
Efan B-PER
Ekoku I-PER
in O
the O
first O
half O
and O
a O
late O
goal O
from O
fellow O
forward O
Dean B-PER
Holdsworth I-PER
secured O
victory O
for O
Wimbledon B-ORG
, O
who O
trail O
pacemakers O
Arsenal B-ORG
by O
four O
points O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SCOTTISH O
LEAGUE O
AND O
CUP O
RESULTS O
. O

GLASGOW B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
Scottish O
league O
and O
cup O

matches O
played O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Premier O
division O

Dunfermline B-ORG
2 O
Aberdeen B-ORG
3 O

Hearts B-ORG
0 O
Raith B-ORG
0 O

Kilmarnock B-ORG
0 O
Dundee B-ORG
United I-ORG
2 O

Motherwell B-ORG
2 O
Celtic B-ORG
1 O

Rangers B-ORG
4 O
Hibernian B-ORG
3 O

Division O
one O

Dundee B-ORG
2 O
Falkirk B-ORG
0 O

Greenock B-ORG
Morton I-ORG
0 O
St B-ORG
Johnstone I-ORG
2 O

Postponed O
: O
Airdrieonians B-ORG
v O
Clydebank B-ORG
( O
to O
Wednesday O
) O
, O
East B-LOC

Fife B-ORG
v O
Partick B-ORG
, O
Stirling B-ORG
v O
St B-ORG
Mirren I-ORG
( O
to O
Tuesday O
) O

Division O
two O

Livingston B-ORG
2 O
Stenhousemuir B-ORG
1 O

Stranraer B-ORG
0 O
Brechin B-ORG
1 O

Division O
three O

Ross B-ORG
County I-ORG
4 O
Montrose B-ORG
4 O

Postponed O
: O
Forfar B-ORG
v O
Alloa B-ORG
, O
Inverness B-ORG
Thistle I-ORG
v O
Queen B-ORG
's I-ORG
Park I-ORG

Scottish O
Cup O
first O
round O

Alloa B-ORG
3 O
Hawick B-ORG
1 O

Elgin B-ORG
City I-ORG
0 O
Whitehill B-ORG
3 O

Postponed O
: O
Albion B-ORG
v O
Forfar B-ORG
, O
Huntly B-ORG
v O
Clyde B-ORG
( O
both O
now O
play O
on O

December O
14 O
) O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISH O
LEAGUE O
AND O
CUP O
RESULTS O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
English O
league O
and O
cup O

matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Premier O
league O

Arsenal B-ORG
2 O
Derby B-ORG
2 O

Chelsea B-ORG
2 O
Everton B-ORG
2 O

Coventry B-ORG
1 O
Tottenham B-ORG
2 O

Leicester B-ORG
1 O
Blackburn B-ORG
1 O

Liverpool B-ORG
0 O
Sheffield B-ORG
Wednesday I-ORG
1 O

Middlesbrough B-ORG
0 O
Leeds B-ORG
0 O

Southampton B-ORG
0 O
Aston B-ORG
Villa I-ORG
1 O

Sunderland B-ORG
1 O
Wimbledon B-ORG
3 O

Division O
one O

Barnsley B-ORG
3 O
Southend B-ORG
0 O

Birmingham B-ORG
0 O
Grimsby B-ORG
0 O

Charlton B-ORG
2 O
Swindon B-ORG
0 O

Crystal B-ORG
Palace I-ORG
2 O
Oxford B-ORG
2 O

Huddersfield B-ORG
2 O
Norwich B-ORG
0 O

Ipswich B-ORG
0 O
Wolverhampton B-ORG
0 O

Manchester B-ORG
City I-ORG
3 O
Bradford B-ORG
2 O

Oldham B-ORG
0 O
Queens B-ORG
Park I-ORG
Rangers I-ORG
2 O

Reading B-ORG
0 O
Port B-ORG
Vale I-ORG
1 O

Sheffield B-ORG
United I-ORG
1 O
Portsmouth B-ORG
0 O

Stoke B-ORG
2 O
Tranmere B-ORG
0 O

Playing O
Sunday O
: O
West B-ORG
Bromwich I-ORG
v O
Bolton B-ORG

F.A. O
Challenge O
Cup O
second O
round O

Barnet B-ORG
3 O
Wycombe B-ORG
3 O

Blackpool B-ORG
0 O
Hednesford B-ORG
1 O

Bristol B-ORG
City I-ORG
9 O
St B-ORG
Albans I-ORG
2 O

Cambridge B-ORG
United I-ORG
0 O
Woking B-ORG
2 O

Carlisle B-ORG
1 O
Darlington B-ORG
0 O

Chester B-ORG
1 O
Boston B-ORG
0 O

Chesterfield B-ORG
2 O
Scarborough B-ORG
0 O

Enfield B-ORG
1 O
Peterborough B-ORG
1 O

Hull B-ORG
1 O
Crewe B-ORG
5 O

Leyton B-ORG
Orient I-ORG
1 O
Stevenage B-ORG
2 O

Luton B-ORG
2 O
Boreham B-ORG
Wood I-ORG
1 O

Mansfield B-ORG
0 O
Stockport B-ORG
3 O

Notts B-ORG
County I-ORG
3 O
Rochdale B-ORG
1 O

Preston B-ORG
2 O
York B-ORG
3 O

Sudbury B-ORG
Town I-ORG
1 O
Brentford B-ORG
3 O

Walsall B-ORG
1 O
Burnley B-ORG
1 O

Watford B-ORG
5 O
Ashford B-ORG
Town I-ORG
0 O

Wrexham B-ORG
2 O
Scunthorpe B-ORG
2 O

Cardiff B-ORG
0 O
Gillingham B-ORG
2 O

RUGBY B-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
CAMPESE B-PER
SIGNS O
OFF O
WITH O
TRY O
IN O
WALLABY O
ROMP O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Australia B-LOC
bade O
farewell O
to O
David B-PER
Campese I-PER
in O
spectacular O
fashion O
by O
overwhelming O
the O
Barbarians O
39-12 O
in O
the O
final O
match O
of O
their O
European O
tour O
at O
Twickenham B-LOC
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
Wallabies O
ran O
in O
five O
tries O
with O
Campese B-PER
, O
who O
has O
retired O
from O
test O
rugby O
after O
collecting O
101 O
caps O
and O
a O
world O
record O
64 O
tries O
, O
adding O
one O
last O
touchdown O
in O
a O
Wallaby B-LOC
jersey O
before O
departing O
the O
international O
game O
. O

The O
Barbarians O
included O
14 O
internationals O
but O
, O
with O
only O
two O
pre-match O
practice O
sessions O
behind O
them O
, O
proved O
no O
real O
match O
for O
a O
Wallaby B-LOC
side O
determined O
to O
finish O
their O
12-match O
tour O
unbeaten O
. O

The O
touring O
team O
were O
27-0 O
ahead O
by O
half-time O
before O
easing O
up O
in O
the O
second-half O
. O

Full-back O
Matthew B-PER
Burke I-PER
finished O
with O
a O
personal O
haul O
of O
24 O
points O
to O
take O
his O
tour O
aggregate O
to O
136 O
. O

RUGBY B-ORG
UNION I-ORG
- O
AUSTRALIA B-LOC
BEAT O
BARBARIANS B-LOC
39-12 O
. O

LONDON B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Australia B-LOC
beat O
the O
Barbarians O
39-12 O
( O
halftime O
27-0 O
) O
in O
the O
final O
match O
of O
their O
European O
tour O
on O
Saturday O
: O

Scorers O
: O

Australia B-LOC
- O
Tries O
: O
Matthew B-PER
Burke I-PER
( O
2 O
) O
, O
Joe B-PER
Roff I-PER
, O
David B-PER
Campese I-PER
, O
Tim B-PER
Horan I-PER
. O

Penalties O
: O
Burke B-PER
( O
2 O
) O
. O

Conversions O
: O
Burke B-PER
( O
4 O
) O
. O

Barbarians O
- O
Tries O
: O
Alan B-PER
Bateman I-PER
, O
Scott B-PER
Quinnell I-PER
. O

Conversion O
: O
Rob B-PER
Andrew I-PER
. O

GOLF O
- O
ZIMBABWE O
OPEN O
THIRD O
ROUND O
SCORES O
. O

HARARE B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Leading O
third O
round O
scores O
in O
the O

Zimbabwe O
Open O
on O
Saturday O
( O
South O
African O
unless O
stated O
) O
: O

201 O
Mark B-PER
McNulty I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
72 O
61 O
68 O

205 O
Des B-PER
Terblanche I-PER
65 O
67 O
73 O

206 O
Nick B-PER
Price I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
68 O
68 O
70 O

207 O
Clinton B-PER
Whitelaw I-PER
70 O
70 O
67 O
, O
Mark B-PER
Cayeux I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O

69 O
69 O
69 O
, O
Justin B-PER
Hobday I-PER
71 O
65 O
71 O

209 O
Steve B-PER
van I-PER
Vuuren I-PER
65 O
69 O
75 O

210 O
Brett B-PER
Liddle I-PER
75 O
65 O
70 O

211 O
Hugh B-PER
Baiocchi I-PER
73 O
67 O
71 O
, O
Greg B-PER
Reid I-PER
72 O
68 O
71 O
, O
Mark B-PER

Murless B-PER
71 O
67 O
73 O

212 O
Trevor B-PER
Dodds I-PER
( O
Namibia B-LOC
) O
72 O
69 O
71 O
, O
Schalk B-PER
van I-PER
der I-PER

Merwe B-PER
( O
Namibia B-LOC
) O
67 O
73 O
72 O
, O
Hennie B-PER
Swart I-PER
75 O
64 O
73 O
, O

Andrew B-PER
Pitts I-PER
( O
U.S. B-LOC
) O
69 O
67 O
76 O

213 O
Sean B-PER
Farrell I-PER
( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
77 O
68 O
68 O
, O
Glen B-PER
Cayeux I-PER

( O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
) O
75 O
68 O
70 O
, O
Nic B-PER
Henning I-PER
73 O
70 O
70 O
, O
Dion B-PER

Fourie B-PER
69 O
73 O
71 O

214 O
Steven B-PER
Waltman I-PER
72 O
70 O
72 O
, O
Bradford B-PER
Vaughan I-PER
72 O
71 O

71 O
, O
Andrew B-PER
Park I-PER
72 O
67 O
75 O
, O
Desvonde B-PER
Botes I-PER
72 O
68 O
74 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
REINSTATED O
ALBANIA B-LOC
NAMES O
SQUAD O
TO O
PLAY O
N.IRELAND O
. O

TIRANA B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Albanian O
coach O
Astrit B-PER
Hafizi I-PER
said O
on O
Saturday O
it O
was O
important O
that O
his O
players O
brush O
aside O
the O
country O
's O
short O
ban O
by O
FIFA B-ORG
in O
order O
to O
concentrate O
on O
next O
Saturday'sWorld O
Cup O
group O
nine O
qualifier O
against O
Northern B-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
. O

World O
soccer O
's O
governing O
body O
reinstated O
Albania B-LOC
last O
Tuesday O
after O
the O
Balkan B-LOC
country O
's O
government O
lifted O
suspensions O
on O
various O
soccer O
officials O
. O

FIFA B-ORG
had O
banned O
Albania B-LOC
indefinitely O
after O
its O
sports O
ministry O
had O
ordered O
the O
suspension O
of O
Albanian B-ORG
Football I-ORG
Association I-ORG
general O
secretary O
Eduard B-PER
Dervishi I-PER
and O
dissolved O
the O
executive O
committee O
. O

" O
We O
would O
be O
very O
happy O
with O
a O
draw O
in O
Belfast B-LOC
, O
" O
said O
Hafizi B-PER
. O
" O

Especially O
if O
one O
takes O
into O
consideration O
our O
difficult O
post-suspension O
situation O
and O
the O
fact O
Northern B-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
is O
very O
keen O
to O
win O
. O
" O

Regular O
defender O
Artur B-PER
Lekbello I-PER
, O
who O
is O
injured O
, O
was O
missing O
from O
Hafizi B-PER
's O
squad O
named O
on O
Saturday O
for O
the O
Belfast B-LOC
match O
. O

Squad O
: O

Goalkeepers O
- O
Blendi B-PER
Nallbani I-PER
, O
Armir B-PER
Grima I-PER

Defenders O
- O
Rudi B-PER
Vata I-PER
, O
Saimir B-PER
Malko I-PER
, O
Arjan B-PER
Xhumba I-PER
, O
Ilir B-PER
Shulku I-PER
, O
Afrim B-PER
Tole I-PER
, O
Nevil B-PER
Dede I-PER
, O
Arjan B-PER
Bellai I-PER

Midfielders O
- O
Bledar B-PER
Kola I-PER
, O
Altin B-PER
Haxhi I-PER
, O
Sokol B-PER
Prenga I-PER
, O
Ervin B-PER
Fakaj I-PER

Forwards O
- O
Altin B-PER
Rraklli I-PER
, O
Viktor B-PER
Paco I-PER
, O
Fatmir B-PER
Vata I-PER
, O
Erjon B-PER
Bogdani I-PER
. O

CRICKET O
- O
JONES O
HITS O
CENTURY O
AS O
VICTORIA B-LOC
FIGHT O
BACK O
. O

HOBART B-LOC
, O
Australia B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Former O
Australia B-LOC
test O
batsman O
Dean B-PER
Jones I-PER
hit O
an O
unbeaten O
130 O
to O
lead O
Victoria B-ORG
's O
fightback O
in O
their O
Sheffield O
Shield O
match O
against O
Tasmania B-ORG
on O
Saturday O
. O

Replying O
to O
the O
home O
side O
's O
first O
innings O
481 O
for O
eight O
declared O
, O
Victoria B-ORG
reached O
220 O
for O
three O
at O
close O
of O
play O
on O
the O
second O
day O
of O
the O
four-day O
match O
at O
Hobart B-LOC
's O
Bellerive B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
. O

Jones B-PER
became O
the O
fourth O
century-maker O
of O
the O
match O
, O
equalling O
the O
feats O
of O
Tasmanian O
trio O
David B-PER
Boon I-PER
, O
Shaun B-PER
Young I-PER
and O
Michael B-PER
DiVenuto I-PER
. O

Jones B-PER
, O
who O
took O
over O
as O
captain O
for O
the O
match O
in O
the O
absence O
of O
Australia B-LOC
test O
leg-spinner O
Shane B-PER
Warne I-PER
, O
added O
195 O
runs O
for O
the O
third O
wicket O
with O
left-hander O
Laurie B-PER
Harper I-PER
. O

Harper B-PER
was O
eventually O
dismissed O
for O
77 O
after O
the O
pair O
joined O
forces O
with O
their O
side O
reeling O
on O
nine O
for O
two O
. O

Earlier O
, O
former O
Australia B-LOC
test O
batsman O
David B-PER
Boon I-PER
scored O
118 O
and O
all-rounder O
Shaun B-PER
Young I-PER
hit O
113 O
. O

The O
pair O
hammered O
36 O
boundaries O
between O
them O
. O

Pace O
bowler O
Ian B-PER
Harvey I-PER
claimed O
three O
for O
81 O
for O
Victoria B-ORG
. O

CRICKET O
- O
SHEFFIELD B-LOC
SHIELD O
SCORE O
. O

HOBART B-LOC
, O
Australia B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Close O
of O
play O
score O
on O
the O
second O
day O
of O
the O
four-day O
Sheffield O
Shield O
cricket O
match O
between O
Tasmania B-LOC
and O
Victoria B-LOC
at O
Bellerive B-LOC
Oval I-LOC
on O
Saturday O
: O

Tasmania B-ORG
481 O
for O
eight O
declared O
( O
Michael B-PER
DiVenuto I-PER
119 O
, O
David B-PER
Boon I-PER
118 O
, O
Shaun B-PER
Young I-PER
113 O
) O
; O
Victoria B-ORG
220 O
for O
three O
( O
Dean B-PER
Jones I-PER
130 O
not O
out O
) O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SOUTH B-LOC
KOREA B-LOC
MOVE O
CLOSE O
TO O
QUARTER-FINAL O
BERTH O
. O

ABU B-LOC
DHABI I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
made O
virtually O
certain O
of O
an O
Asian O
Cup O
quarter-final O
spot O
with O
a O
4-2 O
win O
over O
Indonesia B-LOC
in O
a O
Group O
A O
match O
on O
Saturday O
. O

After O
going O
four O
up O
in O
the O
first O
55 O
minutes O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
allowed O
Indonesia B-LOC
, O
newcomers O
to O
Asian O
Cup O
finals O
, O
back O
into O
the O
match O
, O
conceding O
two O
goals O
from O
rare O
counter O
attacks O
. O

Kim B-PER
Do I-PER
Hoon I-PER
opened O
the O
scoring O
for O
South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
in O
only O
the O
fifth O
minute O
, O
turning O
unmarked O
on O
the O
penalty O
spot O
to O
fire O
a O
shot O
into O
the O
top O
corner O
. O

It O
looked O
like O
turning O
into O
a O
rout O
as O
Hwang B-PER
Sun I-PER
Hong I-PER
rapidly O
added O
two O
more O
in O
the O
seventh O
and O
15th O
minutes O
but O
although O
the O
Koreans O
continued O
to O
dominate O
they O
failed O
to O
add O
to O
the O
score O
before O
the O
interval O
. O

But O
they O
started O
the O
second O
half O
where O
they O
had O
left O
off O
and O
it O
was O
not O
long O
before O
they O
went O
four O
up O
, O
Ko B-PER
Jeong I-PER
Woon I-PER
heading O
in O
from O
a O
free O
kick O
in O
the O
55th O
minute O
. O

The O
Koreans O
then O
appeared O
to O
relax O
, O
allowing O
the O
Indonesians O
to O
get O
back O
into O
the O
match O
. O

Ronny B-PER
Wabia I-PER
scored O
for O
Indonesia B-LOC
three O
minutes O
later O
direct O
from O
a O
a O
corner O
kick O
that O
Korean O
goalkeeper O
Kim B-PER
Byung I-PER
reached O
with O
one O
hand O
but O
failed O
to O
keep O
out O
. O

With O
65 O
minutes O
gone O
Indonesia B-LOC
's O
Widodo B-PER
Putra I-PER
, O
who O
scored O
a O
spectacular O
goal O
against O
Kuwait B-LOC
on O
Wednesday O
, O
was O
again O
on O
target O
, O
breaking O
through O
the O
Korean O
defence O
to O
beat O
the O
keeper O
with O
a O
low O
shot O
. O

Indonesian O
keeper O
Hendro B-PER
Kartiko I-PER
produced O
a O
string O
of O
fine O
saves O
to O
prevent O
the O
Koreans O
increasing O
their O
lead O
. O

Teams O
: O

Indonesia B-LOC
: O
20 O
- O
Hendro B-PER
Kartiko I-PER
; O
2 O
- O
Agung B-PER
Setyabudi I-PER
; O
3 O
- O
Suwandi B-PER
Siswoyo I-PER
; O
4 O
- O
Yeyen B-PER
Tumera I-PER
; O
5 O
- O
Aples B-PER
Tecuari I-PER
; O
6 O
- O
Sudiriman B-PER
; O
7 O
- O
Widodo B-PER
Gahyo I-PER
Purta I-PER
; O
8 O
- O
Ronny B-PER
Wabia I-PER
; O
11 O
- O
Bima B-PER
Sakti I-PER
; O
12 O
- O
Chris B-PER
Yarangga I-PER
( O
15 O
- O
Francis B-PER
Wewengken I-PER
36 O
) O
; O
16 O
- O
Marzuki B-PER
Badriawan I-PER
. O

South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
: O
1 O
- O
Kim B-PER
Byung I-PER
Ji I-PER
; O
2 O
- O
Kim B-PER
Pan I-PER
Keun I-PER
; O
5 O
- O
Huh B-PER
Ki I-PER
Tae I-PER
; O
8 O
- O
Roh B-PER
Sang I-PER
Rae I-PER
( O
7 O
- O
Sin B-PER
Tae I-PER
Yong I-PER
33 O
) O
; O
9 O
- O
Kim B-PER
Do I-PER
Hoon I-PER
; O
11 O
- O
Ko B-PER
Jeong I-PER
Woon I-PER
; O
17 O
- O
Ha B-PER
Seok I-PER
Ju I-PER
; O
18 O
- O
Hwang B-PER
Sun I-PER
Hong I-PER
; O
22 O
- O
Lee B-PER
Young I-PER
Jin I-PER
; O
23 O
- O
Yoo B-PER
Sang I-PER
Chul I-PER
; O
24 O
- O
Kim B-PER
Joo I-PER
Sung I-PER
. O

SOCCER O
- O
ISRAELI O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
RESULTS O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

JERUSALEM B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
first O
division O
soccer O

matches O
played O
over O
the O
weekend O
: O

Zafririm B-ORG
Holon I-ORG
1 O
Hapoel B-ORG
Petah I-ORG
Tikva I-ORG
1 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Haifa I-ORG
1 O
Hapoel B-ORG
Taibe I-ORG
1 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Kfar I-ORG
Sava I-ORG
1 O
Bnei B-ORG
Yehuda I-ORG
0 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Tel I-ORG
Aviv I-ORG
1 O
Betar B-ORG
Jerusalem I-ORG
4 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Jerusalem I-ORG
0 O
Maccabi B-ORG
Tel I-ORG
Aviv I-ORG
4 O

Ironi B-ORG
Rishon I-ORG
Lezion I-ORG
1 O
Maccabi B-ORG
Herzliya I-ORG
0 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Beit I-ORG
She'an I-ORG
2 O
Hapoel B-ORG
Beersheba I-ORG
1 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Petah I-ORG
Tikva I-ORG
0 O
Hapoel B-ORG
Haifa I-ORG
2 O

Standings O
( O
tabulate O
under O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O
goals O

for O
, O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Betar B-ORG
Jerusalem I-ORG
12 O
10 O
2 O
0 O
28 O
7 O
32 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Petah I-ORG
Tikva I-ORG
12 O
9 O
2 O
1 O
27 O
13 O
29 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Beersheba I-ORG
12 O
8 O
0 O
4 O
18 O
9 O
24 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Tel I-ORG
Aviv I-ORG
12 O
6 O
4 O
2 O
21 O
14 O
22 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Petah I-ORG
Tikva I-ORG
12 O
6 O
2 O
4 O
14 O
12 O
20 O

Bnei B-ORG
Yehuda I-ORG
12 O
6 O
2 O
4 O
15 O
15 O
20 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Haifa I-ORG
12 O
6 O
1 O
5 O
21 O
16 O
19 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Haifa I-ORG
12 O
4 O
4 O
4 O
14 O
15 O
16 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Kfar I-ORG
Sava I-ORG
12 O
5 O
1 O
6 O
10 O
11 O
16 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Jerusalem I-ORG
12 O
4 O
1 O
7 O
10 O
18 O
13 O

Ironi B-ORG
Rishon I-ORG
Lezion I-ORG
12 O
4 O
1 O
7 O
13 O
24 O
13 O

Zafririm B-PER
Holon I-PER
12 O
2 O
4 O
6 O
8 O
14 O
10 O

Maccabi B-ORG
Herzliya I-ORG
12 O
3 O
1 O
8 O
5 O
12 O
10 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Taiba I-ORG
12 O
3 O
1 O
8 O
10 O
21 O
10 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Beit I-ORG
She'an I-ORG
12 O
2 O
3 O
7 O
9 O
13 O
9 O

Hapoel B-ORG
Tel I-ORG
Aviv I-ORG
12 O
2 O
3 O
7 O
7 O
16 O
9 O

SOCCER O
- O
ASIAN O
CUP O
RESULTS O
. O

ABU B-LOC
DHABI I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
Asian O
Cup O
group O
A O
matches O
on O
Saturday O
: O

United B-ORG
Arab I-ORG
Emirates I-ORG
3 O
Kuwait B-ORG
2 O
( O
halftime O
0-2 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

UAE B-LOC
- O
Hassan B-PER
Ahmed I-PER
53 O
, O
Adnan B-PER
Al I-PER
Talyani I-PER
55 O
, O
Bakhit B-PER
Saad I-PER
80 O

Kuwait B-LOC
- O
Jassem B-PER
Al-Huwaidi I-PER
9 O
, O
44 O

Attendance O
: O
15,000 O

South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
4 O
Indonesia B-LOC
2 O
( O
3-0 O
) O

Scorers O
: O

South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
- O
Kim B-PER
Do I-PER
Hoon I-PER
5 O
, O
Hwang B-PER
Sun I-PER
Hong I-PER
7 O
and O
15 O
, O
Koo B-PER

Jeon B-PER
Woon I-PER
55 O

Indonesia B-LOC
- O
Ronny B-PER
Wabia I-PER
58 O
, O
Widodo B-PER
Putra I-PER
65 O

Attendance O
: O
2,000 O

Group O
A O
standings O
( O
tabulate O
under O
: O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O

goals O
for O
, O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

South B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
2 O
1 O
1 O
0 O
5 O
3 O
4 O

UAE B-ORG
2 O
1 O
1 O
0 O
4 O
3 O
4 O

Kuwait B-ORG
2 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
4 O
5 O
1 O

Indonesia B-LOC
2 O
0 O
1 O
1 O
4 O
6 O
1 O

NBA B-ORG
BASKETBALL O
- O
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
FRIDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Standings O
of O
National O

Basketball O
Association O
teams O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Friday O

( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O
lost O
, O
percentage O
, O
games O
behind O
) O
: O

EASTERN O
CONFERENCE O

ATLANTIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

MIAMI B-ORG
14 O
5 O
.737 O
- O

NEW B-ORG
YORK I-ORG
11 O
6 O
.647 O
2 O

ORLANDO B-ORG
8 O
7 O
.533 O
4 O

WASHINGTON B-LOC
7 O
9 O
.438 O
5 O
1/2 O

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
7 O
10 O
.412 O
6 O

NEW B-ORG
JERSEY I-LOC
4 O
10 O
.286 O
7 O
1/2 O

BOSTON B-ORG
4 O
13 O
.235 O
9 O

CENTRAL O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

CHICAGO B-ORG
17 O
1 O
.944 O
- O

DETROIT B-ORG
14 O
3 O
.824 O
2 O
1/2 O

CLEVELAND B-ORG
11 O
6 O
.647 O
5 O
1/2 O

ATLANTA B-ORG
10 O
8 O
.556 O
7 O

MILWAUKEE B-ORG
8 O
8 O
.500 O
8 O

INDIANA B-ORG
8 O
8 O
.500 O
8 O

CHARLOTTE B-ORG
8 O
9 O
.471 O
8 O
1/2 O

TORONTO B-ORG
6 O
11 O
.353 O
10 O
1/2 O

WESTERN O
CONFERENCE O

MIDWEST O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

HOUSTON B-LOC
16 O
2 O
.889 O
- O

UTAH B-ORG
15 O
2 O
.882 O
1/2 O

MINNESOTA B-ORG
7 O
11 O
.389 O
9 O

DALLAS B-ORG
6 O
11 O
.353 O
9 O
1/2 O

DENVER B-ORG
5 O
14 O
.263 O
11 O
1/2 O

SAN B-ORG
ANTONIO I-ORG
3 O
14 O
.176 O
12 O
1/2 O

VANCOUVER B-ORG
3 O
16 O
.158 O
13 O
1/2 O

PACIFIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
PCT O
GB O

SEATTLE B-ORG
15 O
5 O
.750 O
- O

LA B-ORG
LAKERS I-ORG
14 O
7 O
.667 O
1 O
1/2 O

PORTLAND B-ORG
12 O
8 O
.600 O
3 O

LA B-ORG
CLIPPERS I-ORG
7 O
11 O
.389 O
7 O

GOLDEN O
STATE O
6 O
13 O
.316 O
8 O
1/2 O

SACRAMENTO B-ORG
6 O
13 O
.316 O
8 O
1/2 O

PHOENIX B-ORG
3 O
14 O
.176 O
10 O
1/2 O

SATURDAY O
, O
DECEMBER O
7 O
SCHEDULE O

TORONTO B-ORG
AT O
ATLANTA B-LOC

LA B-ORG
CLIPPERS I-ORG
AT O
NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC

MILWAUKEE B-ORG
AT O
WASHINGTON B-LOC

DETROIT B-ORG
AT O
NEW B-LOC
JERSEY I-LOC

MIAMI B-ORG
AT O
CHICAGO B-LOC

VANCOUVER B-ORG
AT O
DALLAS B-LOC

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
AT O
HOUSTON B-LOC

UTAH B-ORG
AT O
DENVER B-LOC

CHARLOTTE B-ORG
AT O
SEATTLE B-LOC

NBA O
BASKETBALL O
- O
FRIDAY O
'S O
RESULTS O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
National O
Basketball O

Association O
games O
on O
Friday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

New B-ORG
Jersey I-ORG
110 O
BOSTON B-ORG
108 O
( O
OT O
) O

DETROIT B-ORG
93 O
Cleveland B-ORG
81 O

New B-ORG
York I-ORG
103 O
MIAMI B-ORG
85 O

Phoenix B-ORG
101 O
SACRAMENTO B-ORG
95 O

Vancouver B-ORG
105 O
SAN B-ORG
ANTONIO I-ORG
89 O

UTAH B-ORG
106 O
Minnesota B-ORG
95 O

PORTLAND B-ORG
97 O
Charlotte B-ORG
93 O

Indiana B-ORG
86 O
GOLDEN B-ORG
STATE I-ORG
71 O

LA B-ORG
LAKERS I-ORG
92 O
Orlando B-ORG
81 O

NHL O
ICE O
HOCKEY O
- O
STANDINGS O
AFTER O
FRIDAY O
'S O
GAMES O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Standings O
of O
National O
Hockey O

League O
teams O
after O
games O
played O
on O
Friday O
( O
tabulate O
under O
won O
, O

lost O
, O
tied O
, O
goals O
for O
, O
goals O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

EASTERN O
CONFERENCE O

NORTHEAST O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

HARTFORD B-ORG
12 O
7 O
6 O
77 O
76 O
30 O

BUFFALO B-ORG
13 O
12 O
2 O
78 O
77 O
28 O

MONTREAL B-ORG
11 O
14 O
4 O
99 O
104 O
26 O

BOSTON B-ORG
10 O
11 O
4 O
74 O
84 O
24 O

PITTSBURGH B-ORG
10 O
13 O
3 O
86 O
94 O
23 O

OTTAWA B-ORG
7 O
12 O
6 O
64 O
77 O
20 O

ATLANTIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

FLORIDA B-ORG
17 O
4 O
6 O
83 O
53 O
40 O

PHILADELPHIA B-ORG
15 O
12 O
2 O
81 O
78 O
32 O

NEW B-ORG
JERSEY I-ORG
14 O
10 O
1 O
61 O
61 O
29 O

WASHINGTON B-ORG
13 O
13 O
1 O
72 O
71 O
27 O

NY B-ORG
RANGERS I-ORG
11 O
13 O
5 O
97 O
86 O
27 O

NY B-ORG
ISLANDERS I-ORG
7 O
11 O
8 O
65 O
72 O
22 O

TAMPA B-ORG
BAY I-ORG
8 O
15 O
2 O
69 O
81 O
18 O

WESTERN O
CONFERENCE O

CENTRAL O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

DETROIT B-ORG
15 O
9 O
4 O
81 O
53 O
34 O

DALLAS B-ORG
16 O
10 O
1 O
77 O
66 O
33 O

ST B-ORG
LOUIS I-ORG
14 O
14 O
0 O
82 O
84 O
28 O

CHICAGO B-ORG
12 O
13 O
3 O
72 O
70 O
27 O

TORONTO B-ORG
11 O
16 O
0 O
81 O
95 O
22 O

PHOENIX B-ORG
9 O
13 O
4 O
61 O
74 O
22 O

PACIFIC O
DIVISION O

W O
L O
T O
GF O
GA O
PTS O

COLORADO B-ORG
17 O
7 O
4 O
100 O
60 O
38 O

VANCOUVER B-ORG
14 O
11 O
1 O
84 O
83 O
29 O

EDMONTON B-ORG
14 O
14 O
1 O
99 O
90 O
29 O

LOS B-ORG
ANGELES I-ORG
11 O
13 O
3 O
72 O
83 O
25 O

SAN B-ORG
JOSE I-ORG
10 O
13 O
4 O
69 O
87 O
24 O

ANAHEIM B-ORG
9 O
14 O
5 O
74 O
87 O
23 O

CALGARY B-ORG
10 O
16 O
2 O
65 O
77 O
22 O

SATURDAY O
, O
DECEMBER O
7 O
SCHEDULE O

PHOENIX B-ORG
AT O
NEW B-LOC
JERSEY I-LOC

CALGARY B-ORG
AT O
BOSTON B-LOC

BUFFALO B-ORG
AT O
HARTFORD B-LOC

WASHINGTON B-ORG
AT O
NY B-LOC
ISLANDERS I-LOC

CHICAGO B-ORG
AT O
MONTREAL B-LOC

NY B-ORG
RANGERS I-ORG
AT O
TORONTO B-LOC

ANAHEIM B-ORG
AT O
PITTSBURGH B-LOC

COLORADO B-ORG
AT O
LOS B-LOC
ANGELES I-LOC

TAMPA B-ORG
BAY I-ORG
AT O
SAN B-LOC
JOSE I-LOC

OTTAWA B-ORG
AT O
VANCOUVER B-LOC

NHL B-ORG
ICE O
HOCKEY O
- O
FRIDAY O
'S O
RESULTS O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Results O
of O
National O
Hockey O

League O
games O
on O
Friday O
( O
home O
team O
in O
CAPS O
) O
: O

NY B-ORG
RANGERS I-ORG
6 O
Toronto B-ORG
5 O

BUFFALO B-ORG
1 O
Anaheim B-ORG
1 O
( O
OT O
) O

Pittsburgh B-ORG
5 O
WASHINGTON B-ORG
3 O

Montreal B-ORG
3 O
CHICAGO B-ORG
1 O

Philadelphia B-ORG
6 O
DALLAS B-ORG
3 O

St B-ORG
Louis I-ORG
4 O
COLORADO B-ORG
3 O

EDMONTON B-ORG
5 O
Ottawa B-ORG
2 O

NHL O
ICE O
HOCKEY O
- O
CANUCKS B-PER
RW O
BURE O
SUSPENDED O
FOR O
ONE O
GAME O
. O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
1996-12-06 O

Vancouver B-ORG
Canucks I-ORG
star O
right O
wing O
Pavel B-PER
Bure I-PER
was O
suspended O
for O
one O
game O
by O
the O
National O
Hockey O
League O
and O
fined O
$ O
1,000 O
Friday O
for O
his O
hit O
on O
Buffalo B-ORG
Sabres I-ORG
defenceman O
Garry B-PER
Galley I-PER
on O
Wednesday O
. O

Bure B-PER
received O
a O
double-minor O
penalty O
for O
high-sticking O
with O
2:22 O
left O
in O
the O
first O
period O
of O
Wednesday O
's O
7-6 O
overtime O
win O
by O
Vancouver B-LOC
after O
colliding O
with O
Galley B-ORG
in O
Buffalo B-LOC
zone O
. O

Galley B-PER
suffered O
a O
concussion O
and O
did O
not O
return O
to O
the O
game O
. O

" O
Mr O
Bure B-PER
left O
his O
feet O
to O
deliver O
a O
forearm O
blow O
to O
Mr O
Galley B-PER
as O
he O
was O
about O
to O
be O
checked O
legally O
by O
his O
opponent O
, O
" O
said O
NHL B-ORG
discipline O
chief O
Brian B-PER
Burke I-PER
in O
handing O
out O
the O
suspension O
. O

" O
Although O
it O
is O
clear O
from O
the O
videotape O
that O
Mr O
Bure B-PER
's O
actions O
were O
a O
reaction O
to O
the O
impending O
hit O
and O
there O
was O
no O
intent O
to O
injure O
his O
opponent O
, O
there O
can O
be O
no O
excuse O
for O
this O
type O
of O
conduct O
, O
" O
Burke B-PER
said O
. O

Bure B-PER
, O
who O
is O
struggling O
with O
only O
nine O
goals O
and O
12 O
assists O
in O
26 O
games O
, O
will O
miss O
Saturday O
's O
home O
game O
against O
Ottawa B-ORG
. O

BOXING O
- O
SCHULZ O
DEFEATS O
RIBALTA B-ORG
IN O
IBF O
HEAVYWEIGHT O
FIGHT O
. O

VIENNA B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

German O
Axel B-PER
Schulz I-PER
outpointed O
Cuba B-LOC
's O
Jose B-PER
Ribalta I-PER
in O
their O
International B-ORG
Boxing I-ORG
Federation I-ORG
non-title O
10-round O
heavyweight O
fight O
on O
Saturday O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SPANISH O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
SUMMARY O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Summary O
of O
Saturday O
's O
Spanish O
first O
division O
match O
: O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
2 O
( O
Davor B-PER
Suker I-PER
24 O
, O
Predrag B-PER
Mijatovic I-PER
48 O
) O
Barcelona B-ORG
0 O
. O

Halftime O
1-0 O
. O

Attendance O
106,000 O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
BALKAN O
STRIKE O
FORCE O
WIN O
OLD B-ORG
FIRM O
GAME O
FOR O
REAL O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
's O
Balkan B-LOC
strike O
force O
of O
Davor B-PER
Suker I-PER
and O
Predrag B-PER
Mijatovic I-PER
shot O
their O
side O
to O
a O
2-0 O
win O
over O
Barcelona B-ORG
in O
Spain B-LOC
's O
old O
firm O
game O
on O
Saturday O
. O

The O
result O
leaves O
Real B-ORG
on O
38 O
points O
after O
16 O
games O
, O
four O
ahead O
of O
Barcelona B-ORG
. O

With O
just O
one O
league O
match O
scheduled O
before O
the O
New O
Year O
break O
, O
Real B-ORG
are O
also O
assured O
of O
spending O
Christmas O
ahead O
of O
their O
arch-rivals O
. O

A O
mix-up O
in O
the O
Barcelona B-ORG
defence O
let O
Croatian O
international O
Suker B-PER
in O
midway O
through O
the O
first O
half O
, O
and O
Montenegrin O
striker O
Mijatovic B-PER
made O
it O
2-0 O
after O
fine O
work O
by O
Clarence B-PER
Seedorf I-PER
just O
after O
the O
break O
. O

Barcelona B-ORG
fought O
back O
strongly O
but O
were O
twice O
denied O
by O
the O
woodwork O
on O
an O
unusually O
quiet O
night O
for O
Brazilian O
striker O
Ronaldo B-PER
. O

SOCCER O
- O
PSV B-ORG
HIT O
VOLENDAM B-LOC
FOR O
SIX O
. O

AMSTERDAM B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Brazilian O
striker O
Marcelo B-PER
and O
Yugoslav O
midfielder O
Zeljko B-PER
Petrovic I-PER
each O
scored O
twice O
as O
Dutch O
first O
division O
leaders O
PSV B-ORG
Eindhoven I-ORG
romped O
to O
a O
6-0 O
win O
over O
Volendam B-ORG
on O
Saturday O
. O

Their O
other O
marksmen O
were O
Brazilian O
defender O
Vampeta B-PER
and O
Belgian O
striker O
Luc B-PER
Nilis I-PER
, O
his O
14th O
of O
the O
season O
. O

PSV B-ORG
, O
well O
on O
the O
way O
to O
their O
14th O
league O
title O
, O
outgunned O
Volendam B-ORG
in O
every O
department O
of O
the O
game O
. O

They O
boast O
a O
nine-point O
lead O
over O
Feyenoord B-ORG
, O
who O
have O
two O
games O
in O
hand O
, O
and O
are O
16 O
points O
clear O
of O
champions O
Ajax B-ORG
Amsterdam I-ORG
, O
who O
have O
played O
18 O
matches O
compared O
to O
PSV B-ORG
's O
19 O
. O

Ajax B-ORG
face O
AZ B-ORG
Alkmaar I-ORG
away O
on O
Sunday O
and O
Feyenoord B-ORG
, O
eliminated O
from O
the O
UEFA O
Cup O
after O
losing O
4-2 O
on O
aggregate O
to O
Tenerife B-ORG
on O
Tuesday O
, O
travel O
to O
De B-ORG
Graafschap I-ORG
Doetinchem I-ORG
. O

The O
Doetinchem B-ORG
side O
, O
dubbed O
" O
The O
Super O
Peasants O
" O
, O
are O
one O
of O
the O
surprise O
packages O
of O
the O
season O
. O

They O
are O
fourth O
in O
the O
table O
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SPANISH O
FIRST O
DIVISION O
RESULT O
/ O
STANDINGS O
. O

MADRID B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Result O
of O
Saturday O
's O
only O
Spanish O

first O
division O
match O
: O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
2 O
Barcelona B-ORG
0 O

Standings O
( O
tabulate O
under O
games O
played O
, O
won O
, O
drawn O
, O
lost O
, O

goals O
for O
, O
against O
, O
points O
) O
: O

Real B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
16 O
11 O
5 O
0 O
32 O
12 O
38 O

Barcelona B-ORG
16 O
10 O
4 O
2 O
46 O
21 O
34 O

Deportivo B-ORG
Coruna I-ORG
15 O
9 O
6 O
0 O
23 O
7 O
33 O

Real B-ORG
Betis I-ORG
15 O
8 O
5 O
2 O
28 O
13 O
29 O

Atletico B-ORG
Madrid I-ORG
15 O
8 O
3 O
4 O
26 O
17 O
27 O

Athletic B-ORG
Bilbao I-ORG
15 O
7 O
4 O
4 O
28 O
22 O
25 O

Real B-ORG
Sociedad I-ORG
15 O
7 O
3 O
5 O
20 O
18 O
24 O

Valladolid B-ORG
15 O
7 O
3 O
5 O
19 O
18 O
24 O

Racing B-ORG
Santander I-ORG
15 O
5 O
7 O
3 O
15 O
15 O
22 O

Rayo B-ORG
Vallecano I-ORG
15 O
5 O
5 O
5 O
21 O
19 O
20 O

Valencia B-ORG
15 O
6 O
2 O
7 O
23 O
22 O
20 O

Celta B-ORG
Vigo I-ORG
15 O
5 O
5 O
5 O
17 O
17 O
20 O

Tenerife B-ORG
15 O
5 O
4 O
6 O
23 O
17 O
19 O

Espanyol B-ORG
15 O
4 O
4 O
7 O
17 O
20 O
16 O

Oviedo B-ORG
15 O
4 O
4 O
7 O
17 O
21 O
16 O

Sporting B-ORG
Gijon I-ORG
15 O
4 O
4 O
7 O
15 O
22 O
16 O

Logrones B-ORG
15 O
4 O
3 O
8 O
11 O
33 O
15 O

Zaragoza B-ORG
15 O
2 O
8 O
5 O
18 O
23 O
14 O

Sevilla B-ORG
15 O
4 O
2 O
9 O
13 O
20 O
14 O

Compostela B-ORG
15 O
3 O
4 O
8 O
13 O
28 O
13 O

Hercules B-ORG
15 O
2 O
2 O
11 O
11 O
29 O
8 O

Extremadura B-ORG
15 O
1 O
3 O
11 O
8 O
30 O
6 O

SOCCER O
- O
ENGLISHMAN O
CHARLTON B-PER
IS O
MADE O
AN O
HONORARY O
IRISHMAN B-LOC
. O

DUBLIN B-LOC
1996-12-07 O

Jack B-PER
Charlton I-PER
's O
relationship O
with O
the O
people O
of O
Ireland B-LOC
was O
cemented O
on O
Saturday O
when O
the O
Englishman O
was O
officially O
declared O
one O
of O
their O
own O
. O

Charlton B-PER
, O
61 O
, O
and O
his O
wife O
, O
Peggy B-PER
, O
became O
citizens O
of O
Ireland B-LOC
when O
they O
formally O
received O
Irish O
passports O
from O
deputy O
Prime O
Minister O
Dick B-PER
Spring I-PER
who O
said O
the O
honour O
had O
been O
made O
in O
recognition O
of O
Charlton B-PER
's O
achievements O
as O
the O
national O
soccer O
manager O
. O

" O
The O
years O
I O
spent O
as O
manager O
of O
the O
Republic B-LOC
of I-LOC
Ireland I-LOC
were O
the O
best O
years O
of O
my O
life O
. O

It O
all O
culminated O
in O
the O
fact O
that O
I O
now O
have O
lots O
of O
great O
, O
great O
friends O
in O
Ireland B-LOC
. O

That O
is O
why O
this O
is O
so O
emotional O
a O
night O
for O
me O
, O
" O
Charlton B-PER
said O
. O

" O
It O
was O
the O
joy O
that O
we O
all O
had O
over O
the O
period O
, O
that O
I O
shared O
with O
people O
that O
I O
grew O
to O
love O
, O
that O
I O
treasure O
most O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

Charlton B-PER
managed O
Ireland B-LOC
for O
93 O
matches O
, O
during O
which O
time O
they O
lost O
only O
17 O
times O
in O
almost O
10 O
years O
until O
he O
resigned O
in O
December O
1995 O
. O

He O
guided O
Ireland B-LOC
to O
two O
successive O
World O
Cup O
finals O
tournaments O
and O
to O
the O
1988 O
European O
championship O
finals O
in O
Germany B-LOC
, O
after O
the O
Irish O
beat O
a O
well-fancied O
England B-LOC
team O
1-0 O
in O
their O
group O
qualifier O
. O

The O
lanky O
former O
Leeds B-ORG
United I-ORG
defender O
did O
not O
make O
his O
England B-LOC
debut O
until O
the O
age O
of O
30 O
but O
eventually O
won O
35 O
caps O
and O
was O
a O
key O
member O
of O
the O
1966 O
World O
Cup O
winning O
team O
with O
his O
younger O
brother O
, O
Bobby B-PER
. O