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Subject: Soccer News, Other News
Date: 12 Nov 1992 01:19:05 -0600
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Soccer news related to the Turkish National team is
towards the end...

CYPRIOT LEADERS ENDING U.N. TALKS; RESUME IN MARCH

    UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10 - Cypriot President George
Vassiliou and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash ended two
weeks of fruitless joint meetings with the U.N. secretary-
general on Tuesday but scheduled separate farewell calls on
Wednesday.
    Another round of talks here aimed at reuniting their
partitioned island under a federal system has been set for
March, the two leaders, who have repeatedly lamented lack of
progress during daily meetings which began on October 28 and
blamed each other, told reporters.
    Each Cypriot leader was given a document on Monday
summarising his own position, together with a paper
outlining previously discussed U.N. proposals for settling
the Cyprus problem.
    Both sent back amendments or corrections on Tuesday and
at their meeting with Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-
Ghali later in the day were to have received a composite
document setting out both sides' positions and the U.N.
proposals.
    But Denktash, who emerged first, said: "Because the
papers of the two sides arrived late and they (the U.N.)
could not join them together, they will see us tomorrow
separately...And they will give us the joint paper tomorrow.
    "The whole work finishes and we come back in March," he
added.
    Vassiliou, who heads the Greek Cypriot community, told
reporters he thanked the secretary-general and his staff for
their efforts "and expressed the hope that when we resume in
March, it will be possible to make progress."
    He said his Wednesday call on Boutros-Ghali would be "a
goodbye meeting and an appraisal before we leave."
    Denktash, referring to the document setting out the
views of both sides, said: "This is the first time we shall
be seeing the Greek Cypriot hands, openly, clearly, in 28
years' time. It is a very good exercise."
    He was alluding to the break-up in 1964 of the last
Cypriot government, which represented both communities.
    The island was virtually partitioned in 1974 when
Turkish troops occupied the north of the island after a coup
in Nicosia engineered by the military junta then ruling
Greece.
    The Turkish Cypriots proclaimed their own state in
November 1983, with Denktash as president. It is recognised
only by Turkey.
    Boutros-Ghali will now have to submit a report to the
Security Council which, in an August resolution, said that
if there was no agreement at the latest round of talks, the
secretary-general should "identify the reasons for the
failure and...recommend to the council alternative courses
of action to resolve the Cyprus problem."
    The council's five permanent members -- the United
States, Russia, Britain, China and France -- have been
following the talks closely and several sent special envoys
to New York for that purpose.
    Most of their efforts have been directed at persuading
Denktash to align his positions more closely with the
secretary-general's proposals.
    The joint sessions with the the secretary-general were a
continuation of mostly separate meetings which Vassiliou and
Denktash held with Boutros-Ghali from June 18 to 23 and
again from July 15 to August 14.


   DIYARBAKIR, Turkey -- Kurdish separatists raided a town
in southeastern Turkey in retaliation for army attacks on
their bases in Iraq and killed 12 people, official sources
said Tuesday.
   The attack Monday night was directed at military targets
and government buildings in Hani, a town near Diyarbakir,
the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
   Four children, four women, a journalist for a right-wing
newspaper, a non-commissioned army officer and two policemen
were killed and a policeman was wounded, the officials said.
   Most of the casualties occurred in a compound housing the
families of soldiers, they said.
   The attackers reportedly destroyed one armored car and
damaged several others in the three-hour attack.
   A statement faxed to local newspaper offices by a rebel
commander said 200 guerrillas took part in the raid. It
claimed about 100 soldiers were killed. The rebel chief said
three guerrillas died in the fighting.
   The statement said the attack was made to avenge the
recent Turkish army offensive that chased the separatists of
the Kurdistan Workers Party from their hideouts in the
mountains of northern Iraq. The party has been fighting for
self rule in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast since
1984.
   Thousands of Turkish soldiers were supported in the
month-long operation by jets, helicopters and tanks as well
as Iraqi Kurds.
   The Iraqi Kurds, who are trying to consolidate self rule
in northern Iraq with Western help, depend on Turkey as a
supply route and a base for a Western warplanes protecting
them from Saddam Hussein's troops.
   More than 1,000 Turkish Kurds reported have been interned
by the Iraqi Kurds and moved away from the border.

Update On : ENGLAND VS. TURKIYE ( Next Week ) BARDSLEY OUT
AND LEEDS DUO DOUBTFUL FOR ENGLAND

    LONDON, Nov 11 - Defender David Bardsley has withdrawn
because of injury from the England squad for next week's
World Cup soccer qualifier against Turkey.
    The Queen's Park Rangers defender suffered an ankle
injury during a premier league match at the weekend.
    England manager Graham Taylor said on Wednesday that
David Batty and Tony Dorigo of Leeds were also doubtful.
    Injured Crystal Palace forward John Salako, who has a
knee problem, would join the rest of the squad on Friday and
a decision would be made about him on Saturday.
    Taylor said he would not be calling up replacements
until the injury situation was clearer.

-[ WORLD CUP ACTION ] ----------------------------------------------------

Greece 0 - Hungary 0

    SALONIKA, Greece, Nov 11 - Greece and Hungary drew 0-0
in a World Cup European group five soccer qualifier on
Wednesday.

    Group five standings
                    P   W   D   L   G   A   Points
 Greece             3   2   1   0   2   0   5
 Russia             2   2   0   0   3   0   4
 Hungary            3   1   1   1   4   2   3
 Iceland            4   1   0   3   2   4   2
 Luxembourg         2   0   0   2   0   5   0

    Remaining matches: Feb 17 Greece v Luxembourg, March 31
Hungary v Greece, April 14 Luxembourg v Russia, April 28
Russia v Hungary, May 20 Luxembourg v Iceland, May 23 Russia
v Greece, June 2 Iceland v Russia, June 16 Iceland v
Hungary, Sept 8 Hungary v Russia, Iceland v Luxembourg, Oct
12 Luxembourg v Greece, Oct 27 Hungary v Luxembourg, Nov 17
Greece v Russia


Israel 1 - Sweden 3

    TEL AVIV, Nov 11, - Sweden beat Israel 3-1 (halftime 1-
1) in a World Cup European group six soccer qualifier on
Wednesday.
    Scorers:
    Sweden - Anders Limpar (37th minute), Martin Dahlin
(58th), Klas Ingesson (74th)
    Israel - Banin (42nd min)


Albania 1 - Latvia 1

    TIRANA, Nov 11 - Albania and Latvia drew 1-1 (halftime
0-1) in a World Cup European group three soccer qualifier on
Wednesday.
    Scorers:
    Albania - Ilir Kepa (69th minute)
    Latvia - Oleg Aleksejenko (3rd min)

    Group three standings
                    P   W   D   L   G   A   Points
 Ireland            3   2   1   0   6   0   5
 Lithuania          5   1   3   1   5   5   5
 Northern Ireland   3   1   2   0   5   2   4
 Spain              3   1   2   0   3   0   4
 Latvia             6   0   4   2   3   8   4
 Denmark            3   0   3   0   0   0   3
 Albania            5   1   1   3   2   9   3
    Remaining matches: Nov 18 Spain v  Ireland, Northern
Ireland v Denmark, Dec 16 Spain v Latvia, 1993: Feb 17
Albania v Northern Ireland, Feb 24 Spain v Lithuania, March
31 Ireland v Northern Ireland, Denmark v Spain, April 14
Denmark v Latvia, Lithuania v Albania, April 28 Spain v
Northern Ireland, Ireland v Denmark, May 15 Latvia v
Albania, May 25 Lithuania v Northern Ireland, May 26 Albania
v Ireland, June 2 Latvia v Northern Ireland, Denmark v
Albania, Lithuania v Spain, June 9 Latvia v Ireland, June 16
Lithuania v Ireland, Aug 25 Denmark v Lithuania, Sept 8
Albania v Denmark, Northern Ireland v Latvia, Ireland v
Lithuania, Sept 22 Albania v Spain, Oct 13 Ireland v Spain,
Denmark v Northern Ireland, Nov 17 Northern Ireland v
Ireland, Spain v Denmark

Update On Turkey vs. England ( next week's game )

11/11/92  INJURED DILMEN OUT OF TURKEY WORLD CUP SQUAD

    ISTANBUL, Nov 11 - Leading striker Ridvan Dilmen will
miss Turkey's World Cup soccer qualifier against England
next week.
    Dilmen, who plays for Fenerbahce, was omitted from the
19-man squad named by the Turkish Soccer Federation on
Wednesday. He suffered a leg muscle injury at the weekend.
   Saffet Sancakli, leading scorer in the Turkish first
division this season, will replace Dilmen for the November
18 European group two match at Wembley.
   Sancakli, who plays for league leaders Kocaelispor, has
scored 11 goals in 10 league matches.
    Squad - Engin Ipekoglu, Oguz Cetin, Aykut Kocaman,
Gokhan Keskin, Recep Cetin, Riza Calimbay, Mehmet Ozdilek,
Hayrettin Demirbas, Bulent Korkmaz, Tugay Kerimoglu, Ugur
Tutuneker, Hakan Sukur, Okan Buruk, Unal Karaman, Hami
Mandirali, Orhan Cikirikci, Ogun Temizkanoglu, Ersel Ugur,
Saffet Sancakli.

        TROUBLES IN TAJIKISTAN

   MOSCOW -- Clashes broke out across the Central Asian
state of Tajikistan on Wednesday, a day after a coalition
government collapsed.
   The resignation of the Tajik Cabinet was a victory for
militants opposed to the coalition that took power in
September after forcing President Rakhmon Nabiyev, a former
Communist, to resign.
   Tajikistan has been engulfed in fighting involving
ethnic, clan and political differences for several months.
Thousands have died and more than 200,000 have been made
homeless.
   In another hotspot of the former Soviet Union, Russian
troops pulled back from a confrontation with the self-
proclaimed Chechen republic in the northern Caucasus
mountains. The president of the breakaway region, former
bomber pilot Dzhokar Dudayev, had mobilized all adult males
to fend off what he called a Russian invasion.
   Ethnic Ingush and Chechen officials agreed Wednesday on a
boundary for their separate regions in the area once known
as Chechen-Ingushetia.
   Ingush militants also have laid claim to a district in
the neighboring North Ossetia republic, leading to fighting
last month that has left more than 250 dead.
   Russian troops imposed emergency rule in North Ossetia
and Ingushetia last week, but then provoked a confrontation
with Chechens by moving into Ingush areas claimed by
Chechenia.
   Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who was visiting the
area Wednesday, endorsed the pulling back of Russian forces,
ITAR-Tass said.
   Russian troops are deeply involved both in Tajikistan and
the Caucasus, showing Moscow's readiness to use military
force as well as diplomacy to deal with violence in the
former Soviet Union.
   Russia's 201st Motorized Rifle Division controlled key
sites in Tajikistan, a poor state bordering Afghanistan and
China.
   The division claimed to be neutral and interested only in
enforcing order, and its commander, Maj. Gen. Mukhriddin
Ashurov, an ethnic Tajik, has refused requests by Tajik
opposition forces that want him to take over as provisional
leader.
   Fighting was reported about 25 miles south of the Tajik
capital, Dushanbe, and near the border with Afghanistan,
officials said. ITAR-Tass new agency said rural residents
fled their homes.
   A Russian border guard unit was shelled in the southern
Pyandzh border region, apparently by one of the warring
factions, said Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gritsan, a border guard
commander. No casualties were reported.

        EXCHANGE RATE OF TURKISH LIRA ON 11/11/92

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