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EU rejects German call to boycott British lamb.
Organization : EU Miscellaneous : German Miscellaneous : British
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Peter Blackburn
Person : Peter Blackburn
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BRUSSELS 1996-08-22
Location : BRUSSELS
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The European Commission said on Thursday it disagreed with German advice to consumers to shun British lamb until scientists determine whether mad cow disease can be transmitted to sheep.
Organization : European Commission Miscellaneous : German Miscellaneous : British
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Germany's representative to the European Union's veterinary committee Werner Zwingmann said on Wednesday consumers should buy sheepmeat from countries other than Britain until the scientific advice was clearer.
Location : Germany Organization : European Union Person : Werner Zwingmann Location : Britain
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" We don't support any such recommendation because we don't see any grounds for it, " the Commission's chief spokesman Nikolaus van der Pas told a news briefing.
Organization : Commission Person : Nikolaus van der Pas
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He said further scientific study was required and if it was found that action was needed it should be taken by the European Union.
Organization : European Union
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He said a proposal last month by EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler to ban sheep brains, spleens and spinal cords from the human and animal food chains was a highly specific and precautionary move to protect human health.
Organization : EU Person : Franz Fischler
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Fischler proposed EU-wide measures after reports from Britain and France that under laboratory conditions sheep could contract Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy( BSE) -- mad cow disease.
Person : Fischler Miscellaneous : EU-wide Location : Britain Location : France Miscellaneous : Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Miscellaneous : BSE
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But Fischler agreed to review his proposal after the EU's standing veterinary committee, mational animal health officials, questioned if such action was justified as there was only a slight risk to human health.
Person : Fischler Organization : EU
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Spanish Farm Minister Loyola de Palacio had earlier accused Fischler at an EU farm ministers' meeting of causing unjustified alarm through" dangerous generalisation. "
Miscellaneous : Spanish Person : Loyola de Palacio Person : Fischler Organization : EU
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Only France and Britain backed Fischler's proposal.
Location : France Location : Britain Person : Fischler
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The EU's scientific veterinary and multidisciplinary committees are due to re-examine the issue early next month and make recommendations to the senior veterinary officials.
Organization : EU
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Sheep have long been known to contract scrapie, a brain-wasting disease similar to BSE which is believed to have been transferred to cattle through feed containing animal waste.
Miscellaneous : BSE
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British farmers denied on Thursday there was any danger to human health from their sheep, but expressed concern that German government advice to consumers to avoid British lamb might influence consumers across Europe.
Miscellaneous : British Miscellaneous : German Miscellaneous : British Location : Europe
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" What we have to be extremely careful of is how other countries are going to take Germany's lead, " Welsh National Farmers' Union( NFU) chairman John Lloyd Jones said on BBC radio.
Location : Germany Organization : Welsh National Farmers ' Union Organization : NFU Person : John Lloyd Jones Organization : BBC radio
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Bonn has led efforts to protect public health after consumer confidence collapsed in March after a British report suggested humans could contract an illness similar to mad cow disease by eating contaminated beef.
Location : Bonn Miscellaneous : British
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Germany imported 47,600 sheep from Britain last year, nearly half of total imports.
Location : Germany Location : Britain
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It brought in 4,275 tonnes of British mutton, some 10 percent of overall imports.
Miscellaneous : British
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Rare Hendrix song draft sells for almost $ 17,000.
Person : Hendrix
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LONDON 1996-08-22
Location : LONDON
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A rare early handwritten draft of a song by U.S. guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was sold for almost $ 17,000 on Thursday at an auction of some of the late musician's favourite possessions.
Location : U.S. Person : Jimi Hendrix
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A Florida restaurant paid 10,925 pounds( $ 16,935) for the draft of" Ain't no telling" , which Hendrix penned on a piece of London hotel stationery in late 1966.
Location : Florida Miscellaneous : Ai n't no telling Person : Hendrix Location : London
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At the end of a January 1967 concert in the English city of Nottingham he threw the sheet of paper into the audience, where it was retrieved by a fan.
Miscellaneous : English Location : Nottingham
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Buyers also snapped up 16 other items that were put up for auction by Hendrix's former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, who lived with him from 1966 to 1969.
Person : Hendrix Person : Kathy Etchingham
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They included a black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid box used by Hendrix to store his drugs, which an anonymous Australian purchaser bought for 5,060 pounds( $ 7,845) .
Person : Hendrix Miscellaneous : Australian
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The guitarist died of a drugs overdose in 1970 aged 27.
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China says Taiwan spoils atmosphere for talks.
Location : China Location : Taiwan
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BEIJING 1996-08-22
Location : BEIJING
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China on Thursday accused Taipei of spoiling the atmosphere for a resumption of talks across the Taiwan Strait with a visit to Ukraine by Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan this week that infuriated Beijing.
Location : China Location : Taipei Location : Taiwan Strait Location : Ukraine Miscellaneous : Taiwanese Person : Lien Chan Location : Beijing
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Speaking only hours after Chinese state media said the time was right to engage in political talks with Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang told Reuters: " The necessary atmosphere for the opening of the talks has been disrupted by the Taiwan authorities. "
Miscellaneous : Chinese Location : Taiwan Organization : Foreign Ministry Person : Shen Guofang Organization : Reuters Location : Taiwan
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State media quoted China's top negotiator with Taipei, Tang Shubei, as telling a visiting group from Taiwan on Wednesday that it was time for the rivals to hold political talks.
Location : China Location : Taipei Person : Tang Shubei Location : Taiwan
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" Now is the time for the two sides to engage in political talks...
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that is to end the state of hostility, " Thursday's overseas edition of the People's Daily quoted Tang as saying.
Organization : People 's Daily Person : Tang
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The foreign ministry's Shen told Reuters Television in an interview he had read reports of Tang's comments but gave no details of why the negotiator had considered the time right for talks with Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province.
Organization : Shen Organization : Reuters Television Person : Tang Location : Taiwan Location : Beijing
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China, which has long opposed all Taipei efforts to gain greater international recognition, was infuriated by a visit to Ukraine this week by Taiwanese Vice President Lien.
Location : China Location : Taipei Location : Ukraine Miscellaneous : Taiwanese Person : Lien
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China says time right for Taiwan talks.
Location : China Location : Taiwan
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BEIJING 1996-08-22
Location : BEIJING
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China has said it was time for political talks with Taiwan and that the rival island should take practical steps towards that goal.
Location : China Location : Taiwan
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Consultations should be held to set the time and format of the talks, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Tang Shubei, executive vice chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, as saying late on Wednesday.
Organization : Xinhua Person : Tang Shubei Organization : Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
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German July car registrations up 14.2 pct yr / yr.
Miscellaneous : German
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FRANKFURT 1996-08-22
Location : FRANKFURT
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German first-time registrations of motor vehicles jumped 14.2 percent in July this year from the year-earlier period, the Federal office for motor vehicles said on Thursday.
Miscellaneous : German Organization : Federal office for motor vehicles
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The office said 356,725 new cars were registered in July 1996 -- 304,850 passenger cars and 15,613 trucks.
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The figures represent a 13.6 percent increase for passenger cars and a 2.2 percent decline for trucks from July 1995.
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Motor-bike registration rose 32.7 percent in the period.
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The growth was partly due to an increased number of Germans buying German cars abroad, while manufacturers said that domestic demand was weak, the federal office said.
Miscellaneous : Germans Miscellaneous : German
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Almost all German car manufacturers posted gains in registration numbers in the period.
Miscellaneous : German
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Volkswagen AG won 77,719 registrations, slightly more than a quarter of the total.
Organization : Volkswagen AG
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Opel AG together with General Motors came in second place with 49,269 registrations, 16.4 percent of the overall figure.
Organization : Opel AG Organization : General Motors
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Third was Ford with 35,563 registrations, or 11.7 percent.
Organization : Ford
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Only Seat and Porsche had fewer registrations in July 1996 compared to last year's July.
Organization : Seat Organization : Porsche
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Seat posted 3,420 registrations compared with 5522 registrations in July a year earlier.
Organization : Seat
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Porsche's registrations fell to 554 from 643.
Organization : Porsche
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GREEK SOCIALISTS GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO PM FOR ELECTIONS.
Miscellaneous : GREEK
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ATHENS 1996-08-22
Location : ATHENS
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The Greek socialist party's executive bureau gave the green light to Prime Minister Costas Simitis to call snap elections, its general secretary Costas Skandalidis told reporters.
Miscellaneous : Greek Person : Costas Simitis Person : Costas Skandalidis
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Prime Minister Costas Simitis is going to make an official announcement after a cabinet meeting later on Thursday, said Skandalidis.
Person : Costas Simitis Person : Skandalidis
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-- Dimitris Kontogiannis, Athens Newsroom +301 3311812-4
Person : Dimitris Kontogiannis Organization : Athens Newsroom
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BayerVB sets C$100 million six-year bond.
Organization : BayerVB Miscellaneous : C$
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LONDON 1996-08-22
Location : LONDON
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The following bond was announced by lead manager Toronto Dominion.
Person : Toronto Dominion
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BORROWER BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK
Organization : BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK
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AMT C$100 MLN COUPON 6.625 MATURITY 24.SEP.02
Miscellaneous : C$
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TYPE STRAIGHT ISS PRICE 100.92 PAY DATE 24.SEP.96
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FULL FEES 1.875 REOFFER 99.32 SPREAD +20 BP
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MOODY AA1 LISTING LUX PAY FREQ =
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S&P = DENOMS( K) 1-10-100 SALE LIMITS US / UK / CA
Organization : S&P Location : US Location : UK Location : CA
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NEG PLG NO CRS DEFLT NO FORCE MAJ =
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GOV LAW GERMAN HOME CTRY = TAX PROVS STANDARD
Miscellaneous : GERMAN
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MGT / UND 0.275 SELL CONC 1.60 PRAECIP =
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UNDERLYING GOVT BOND 7.0 PCT SEPT 2001
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NOTES BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK IS JOINT LEAD MANAGER
Organization : BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK
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-- London Newsroom +44 171 542 7658
Organization : London Newsroom
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Venantius sets $ 300 million January 1999 FRN.
Organization : Venantius
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LONDON 1996-08-22
Location : LONDON
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The following floating-rate issue was announced by lead manager Lehman Brothers International.
Organization : Lehman Brothers International
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BORROWER VENANTIUS AB( SWEDISH NATIONAL MORTGAGE AGENCY)
Organization : VENANTIUS AB Miscellaneous : SWEDISH
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AMT $ 300 MLN SPREAD - 12.5 BP MATURITY 21.JAN.99
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TYPE FRN BASE 3M LIBOR PAY DATE S23.SEP.96
Organization : 3M
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LAST MOODY AA3 ISS PRICE 99.956 FULL FEES 10 BP
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LAST S&P AA+ REOFFER =
Organization : S&P
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NOTES S SHORT FIRST COUPON
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LISTING LONDON DENOMS( K) 1-10-100 SALE LIMITS US / UK / JP / FR
Location : LONDON Location : US Location : UK Location : JP Location : FR
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NEG PLG YES CRS DEFLT NO FORCE MAJ IPMA 2
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GOV LAW ENGLISH HOME CTRY SWEDEN TAX PROVS STANDARD
Miscellaneous : ENGLISH Location : SWEDEN
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MGT / UND 5 BP SELL CONC 5 BP PRAECIP =
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NOTES ISSUED OFF EMTN PROGRAMME
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-- London Newsroom +44 171 542 8863
Organization : London Newsroom
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Port conditions update - Syria - Lloyds Shipping.
Location : Syria Organization : Lloyds Shipping
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Port conditions from Lloyds Shipping Intelligence Service --
Organization : Lloyds Shipping Intelligence Service
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LATTAKIA, Aug 10 - waiting time at Lattakia and Tartous presently 24 hours.
Location : LATTAKIA Location : Lattakia Location : Tartous
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Israel plays down fears of war with Syria.
Location : Israel Location : Syria
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Colleen Siegel
Person : Colleen Siegel
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JERUSALEM 1996-08-22
Location : JERUSALEM
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Israel's outgoing peace negotiator with Syria said on Thursday current tensions between the two countries appeared to be a storm in a teacup.
Location : Israel Location : Syria
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Itamar Rabinovich, who as Israel's ambassador to Washington conducted unfruitful negotiations with Syria, told Israel Radio it looked like Damascus wanted to talk rather than fight.
Person : Itamar Rabinovich Location : Israel Location : Washington Location : Syria Organization : Israel Radio Location : Damascus
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" It appears to me the Syrian priority is still to negotiate.
Miscellaneous : Syrian
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The Syrians are confused, they are definitely tense, but the general assessment here in Washington is that this is essentially a storm in a teacup, " he said.
Miscellaneous : Syrians Location : Washington
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