From: cvadsbfa@CSUPOMONA.EDU (Russ Linos)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.hellas
Subject: NEA 11/18/92
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:45:00 GMT
Reply-To: Russ Linos <cvadsbfa@CSUPOMONA.EDU>
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Comments: To: hellas <hellas@uga.bitnet>

Gia tov seismo dev brhka tipota. Apo thlefwvo ema0a oti htav
ais0htos, alla oxi toso megalos opws autos to '81.

Av ma0w kati perissotero 0a to grapsw.


PERIEXOMENA:

1.       WEDNESDAY'S EUROPEAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
2.       EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS RESOLUTION FOR ...
3.       U.S. TO CONSULT WITH NATO ON BLOCKADE OF SERBIA ...
4.       WORLD CUP STANDINGS


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11/18 1604  WEDNESDAY'S EUROPEAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
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NEW YORK (NOV. 18) UPI -
                       U.S.Dollar       currency
                       Equivalent    per U.S.Dollar
                      Wed     Tue     Wed     Tue
  Austria schill      .0893   .0886 11.2011 11.2821
  Belgium franc-c     .0305   .0304   32.82   32.85
  Britain pound      1.5250  1.5195   .6557   .6581
  Denmark krne        .1630   .1638  6.1345  6.1045
  Finlnd mrkka        .1931   .1957  5.1800  5.1100
  France franc        .1865   .1863  5.3630  5.3675
  Greece drach      .004831 .004815  207.00  207.70
  Hollnd guildr       .5594   .5580  1.7875  1.7920
  Ireland punt       1.6692  1.6612  0.5991  0.6020
  Italy lira        .000736 .000736 1358.50 1359.00
  Norway krne         .1534   .1536  6.5200  6.5111
  Portugl escud     .007087 .007057  141.10  141.70
  Spain peseta      .008722 .008757  114.65  114.19
  Sweden krona        .1637   .1659  6.1100  6.0274
  Switzrl franc       .6908   .6904  1.4475  1.4485
  Turkey lira       .000124 .000124 8048.03 8048.03
  Germany mark        .6289   .6275  1.5900  1.5935
  Yugosl dinar      .005000 .005000  200.00  200.00

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11/18 1419  EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS RESOLUTION FOR ...
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STRASBOURG, FRANCE (NOV. 18) UPI - The European Parliament Wednesday approved  a
resolution rejecting re-negotiation of the Maastricht Treaty but also  prevented
a move to expel Denmark from the European Community if it does not approve the
document by June 30.
   The resolution, approved by a vote of 257 to 84 with 27 abstentions, called
on EC members that will have ratified the treaty on European unity by June 30 to
continue the process of creating a united Europe even if the document is not
approved by all 12 EC members.
   The Maastricht Treaty would create a single currency and central bank to
manage it by 1999 and bring the Community closer toward the establishment of a
single foreign and defense policy.
   Denmark has officially opposed the treaty and the pact is in serious trouble
in Britain. The treaty also faces opposition in Germany. It has thus far been
approved by Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Portugal, and France.
   The deputies also asked the European Council, composed of the 12 heads of
member governments, not to begin negotiations to admit new members to the EC
until the Maastricht Treaty and a package to finance it are given final
approval.
   The resolution rejecting any re-negotiation of Maastricht in effect says that
the EC will accept an interpretative declarartion by Copenhagen as long as it
"does not question the essential clauses of the treaty."
   But the parliament rejected an amendment that would have expelled Denmark
from the EC if the treaty is not approved in a new referendum. Danish voters
narrowly rejected the treaty last June 2.

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11/18 0950  U.S. TO CONSULT WITH NATO ON BLOCKADE OF SERBIA ...
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WASHINGTON (NOV. 18) UPI - The United States will confer with NATO and other
allies to determine what actions to take to enforce a naval blockade imposed by
the United Nations against Serbia and Montenegro, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
   "The U.S. will consult with NATO and other Security Council allies to decide
how best to enforce this latest U.N. resolution," Pentagon spokesman Pete
Williams said.
   The resolution, which the U.N. Security Council passed Monday night, calls on
U.N. member states to act on their own or in alliance with others to stop ships
and inspect their cargos to enforce a trade embargo. The embargo itself was
imposed by the council last May on the two states, which still call themselves
Yugoslavia.
   Compliance with the embargo, which was imposed to halt Serbian aggresssion
against Bosnia after that former Yugoslav state declared its independence last
March, was previously monitored by the United States and its allies but not
enforced. Embargoed goods include crude oil and other petroleum products, coal,
energy equipment, iron, steel and other metals, chemicals, rubber and tires,
vehicles, aircraft and motors.
   "NATO's North Atlantic Council meets tomorrow (Wednesday) and the issue will
be discussed there," Williams said. "If NATO were to elect to participate, then
it would be up to NATO's military committee to plan how to perform the
stop-and-search operation."
   "It would," he said, "likely be similar to the procedures still being used in
the (Persian) Gulf to intercept shipments into and out of Iraq under the
separate U.N. resolutions that govern trade with Iraq."
   "You stop the ship, if necessary, you board the ship, you inspect its cargo
and check it against the manifest," Williams added.
   The U.N. blockade of Serbia and Monetnegro covers both the Adriatic Sea and
the Danube River, which connects Yugoslavia to the inland Black Sea. The U.N.
resolution calls on the other Danubian states - Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria - to enforce the blockade there.
   The United States already has naval forces in the Adriatic to monitor embargo
compliance and support the airlift of relief supplies to the Bosnian capital
Sarajevo.
   On station in the Adriatic is the USS Halyburton, a guided missile frigate
armed with antiaircraft missiles, a deck gun and torpedoes. It is part of a
seven ship NATO standing Mediterranean force that has been monitoring embargo
compliance since last April. Also part of the force are warships from Britain,
Germany, Italy, Turkey, Greece and the Netherlands, although not all are on
station at the same time.
   Also monitoring embargo compliance in the Adriatic are ships from the Western
European Union, a defense grouping that does not include the United States. Its
flotilla includes three ships, one each from Italy, Spain and France. They also
rotate.
   Other American vessels in the Adriatic are the amphibious assault ship USS
Guam and the guided missile cruiser USS Wainwright. They are providing
communications support to the Sarajevo airlift and would provide a search and
rescue effort if one of the airlift transports went down.
   Farther out in the Mediterranean is the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy,
and its associated battle group but the Pentagon spokesman noted that it would
have little direct effect on any blocade operations.
   "If it's going to be an intercept operation," he said, "I'm not sure a
carrier is the best thing to have to do that. You need something that is a
little more agile and that can come up next to a ship so you can easily board
it."

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WORLD CUP STANDINGS
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World Cup Soccer Qualifying
 By United Press International
 Europe
 (Top two finishers in each group qualify)
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 Group 1
                          W  L  T  Pts GF  GA
 Switzerland              3  0  1   7  14   3
 Italy                    0  0  2   2   2   2
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 Scotland                 0  1  2   2   1   3
 Portugal                 0  0  1   1   0   0
 Malta                    0  1  1   1   0   3
 Estonia                  0  1  1   1   0   6
 Wednesday Results
   Italy 0, Scotland 0
   Switzerland 3, Malta 0
 Saturday, Dec. 19
   Italy at Malta
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 Group 2
                          W  L  T  Pts GF  GA
 Norway                   3  0  1   7  15   2
 England                  1  0  1   3   5   1
=============================================
 Poland                   1  0  1   3   3   2
 Turkey                   1  2  0   2   4   6
 Holland                  0  1  1   1   3   4
 San Marino               0  3  0   0   1  16
 Wednesday Result
   England 4, Turkey 0
 Wednesday, Dec. 16
   Holland at Turkey
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 Group 3
                          W  L  T  Pts  GF GA
 Ireland                  2  0  2   6   6   0
 Spain                    1  0  3   5   3   0
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 Denmark                  1  0  3   5   1   0
 Lithuania                1  1  3   5   5   5
 N. Ireland               1  1  2   4   5   3
 Latvia                   0  2  4   4   3   8
 Albania                  1  3  1   3   2   9
 Wednesday Results
   Denmark 1, Northern Ireland 0
   Ireland 0, Spain 0
 Wednesday, Dec. 16
   Latvia at Spain
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 Group 4
                          W  L  T  Pts GF  GA
 Belgium                  5  0  0  10   9   1
 Romania                  2  1  1   5  13   3
 =============================================
 Wales                    2  2  0   4   8   7
 Czechoslovakia           1  1  1   3   6   3
 Cyprus                   1  2  0   2   2   2
 Faroe Islands            0  5  0   0   0  22
 Wednesday Result
   Belgium 2, Wales 0
 Sunday, Nov. 29
   Romania at Cyprus
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 Group 5
                          W  L  T  Pts GF  GA
 Greece                   2  0  1   5   2   0
 Russia                   2  0  0   4   3   0
=============================================
 Hungary                  1  1  1   3   4   2
 Iceland                  1  3  0   2   2   4
 Luxembourg               0  2  0   0   0   5
 Feb. 17, 1993
   Luxembourg at Greece
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 Group 6
                          W  L  T  Pts GF  GA
 Sweden                   3  0  0   6   6   1
 Bulgaria                 2  1  0   4   5   2
=============================================
 France                   2  1  0   4   4   3
 Austria                  1  1  0   2   5   4
 Israel                   0  2  0   0   3   8
 Finland                  0  3  0   0   1   6
 Wednesday, Dec. 2
   Bulgaria at Israel
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Triavtafullos Livos
Dept. of International Management
California Polytechnic University
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