ner_dev.dat

CRICKET
-
LEICESTERSHIRE
TAKE
OVER
AT
TOP
AFTER
INNINGS
VICTORY
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

West
Indian
all-rounder
Phil
Simmons
took
four
for
38
on
Friday
as
Leicestershire
beat
Somerset
by
an
innings
and
39
runs
in
two
days
to
take
over
at
the
head
of
the
county
championship
.

Their
stay
on
top
,
though
,
may
be
short-lived
as
title
rivals
Essex
,
Derbyshire
and
Surrey
all
closed
in
on
victory
while
Kent
made
up
for
lost
time
in
their
rain-affected
match
against
Nottinghamshire
.

After
bowling
Somerset
out
for
83
on
the
opening
morning
at
Grace
Road
,
Leicestershire
extended
their
first
innings
by
94
runs
before
being
bowled
out
for
296
with
England
discard
Andy
Caddick
taking
three
for
83
.

Trailing
by
213
,
Somerset
got
a
solid
start
to
their
second
innings
before
Simmons
stepped
in
to
bundle
them
out
for
174
.

Essex
,
however
,
look
certain
to
regain
their
top
spot
after
Nasser
Hussain
and
Peter
Such
gave
them
a
firm
grip
on
their
match
against
Yorkshire
at
Headingley
.

Hussain
,
considered
surplus
to
England
's
one-day
requirements
,
struck
158
,
his
first
championship
century
of
the
season
,
as
Essex
reached
372
and
took
a
first
innings
lead
of
82
.

By
the
close
Yorkshire
had
turned
that
into
a
37-run
advantage
but
off-spinner
Such
had
scuttled
their
hopes
,
taking
four
for
24
in
48
balls
and
leaving
them
hanging
on
119
for
five
and
praying
for
rain
.

At
the
Oval
,
Surrey
captain
Chris
Lewis
,
another
man
dumped
by
England
,
continued
to
silence
his
critics
as
he
followed
his
four
for
45
on
Thursday
with
80
not
out
on
Friday
in
the
match
against
Warwickshire
.

He
was
well
backed
by
England
hopeful
Mark
Butcher
who
made
70
as
Surrey
closed
on
429
for
seven
,
a
lead
of
234
.

Derbyshire
kept
up
the
hunt
for
their
first
championship
title
since
1936
by
reducing
Worcestershire
to
133
for
five
in
their
second
innings
,
still
100
runs
away
from
avoiding
an
innings
defeat
.

After
the
frustration
of
seeing
the
opening
day
of
their
match
badly
affected
by
the
weather
,
Kent
stepped
up
a
gear
to
dismiss
Nottinghamshire
for
214
.

They
were
held
up
by
a
gritty
84
from
Paul
Johnson
but
ex-England
fast
bowler
Martin
McCague
took
four
for
55
.

By
stumps
Kent
had
reached
108
for
three
.

CRICKET
-
ENGLISH
COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIP
SCORES
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

Result
and
close
of
play
scores
in
English
county
championship
matches
on
Friday
:

Leicester
:
Leicestershire
beat
Somerset
by
an
innings
and
39
runs
.

Somerset
83
and
174
(
P.
Simmons
4-38
)
,
Leicestershire
296
.

Leicestershire
22
points
,
Somerset
4
.

Chester-le-Street
:
Glamorgan
259
and
207
(
A.
Dale
69
,
H.
Morris
69
;
D.
Blenkiron
4-43
)
,
Durham
114
(
S.
Watkin
4-28
)
and
81-3
.

Tunbridge
Wells
:
Nottinghamshire
214
(
P.
Johnson
84
;
M.
McCague
4-55
)
,
Kent
108-3
.

London
(
The
Oval
)
:
Warwickshire
195
,
Surrey
429-7
(
C.
Lewis
80
not
out
,
M.
Butcher
70
,
G.
Kersey
63
,
J.
Ratcliffe
63
,
D.
Bicknell
55
)
.

Hove
:
Sussex
363
(
W.
Athey
111
,
V.
Drakes
52
;
I.
Austin
4-37
)
,
Lancashire
197-8
(
W.
Hegg
54
)

Portsmouth
:
Middlesex
199
and
426
(
J.
Pooley
111
,
M.
Ramprakash
108
,
M.
Gatting
83
)
,
Hampshire
232
and
109-5
.

Chesterfield
:
Worcestershire
238
and
133-5
,
Derbyshire
471
(
J.
Adams
123
,
T.O'Gorman
109
not
out
,
K.
Barnett
87
;
T.
Moody
6-82
)

Bristol
:
Gloucestershire
183
and
185-6
(
J.
Russell
56
not
out
)
,
Northamptonshire
190
(
K.
Curran
52
;
A.
Smith
5-68
)
.

CRICKET
-
1997
ASHES
INTINERARY
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

Australia
will
defend
the
Ashes
in

a
six-test
series
against
England
during
a
four-month
tour

starting
on
May
13
next
year
,
the
Test
and
County
Cricket
Board

said
on
Friday
.

Australia
will
also
play
three
one-day
internationals
and

four
one-day
warm-up
matches
at
the
start
of
the
tour
.

The
tourists
will
play
nine
first-class
matches
against

English
county
sides
and
another
against
British
Universities
,

as
well
as
one-day
matches
against
the
Minor
Counties
and

Scotland
.

Tour
itinerary
:

May

May
13
Arrive
in
London

May
14
Practice
at
Lord
's

May
15
v
Duke
of
Norfolk
's
XI
(
at
Arundel
)

May
17
v
Northampton

May
18
v
Worcestershire

May
20
v
Durham

May
22
First
one-day
international
(
at
Headingley
,

Leeds
)

May
24
Second
one-day
international
(
at
The
Oval
,

London
)

May
25
Third
one-day
international
(
at
Lord
's
,
London
)

May
27-29
v
Gloucestershire
or
Sussex
or
Surrey
(
three

days
)

May
31
-
June
2
v
Derbyshire
(
three
days
)

June

June
5-9
First
test
match
(
at
Edgbaston
,
Birmingham
)

June
11-13
v
a
first
class
county
(
to
be
confirmed
)

June
14-16
v
Leicestershire
(
three
days
)

June
19-23
Second
test
(
at
Lord
's
)

June
25-27
v
British
Universities
(
at
Oxford
,
three
days
)

June
28-30
v
Hampshire
(
three
days
)

July

July
3-7
Third
test
(
at
Old
Trafford
,
Manchester
)

July
9
v
Minor
Counties
XI

July
12
v
Scotland

July
16-18
v
Glamorgan
(
three
days
)

July
19-21
v
Middlesex
(
three
days
)

July
24-28
Fourth
test
(
at
Headingley
)

August

August
1-4
v
Somerset
(
four
days
)

August
7-11
Fifth
test
(
at
Trent
Bridge
,
Nottingham
)

August
16-18
v
Kent
(
three
days
)

August
21-25
Sixth
test
(
at
The
Oval
,
London
)
.

SOCCER
-
SHEARER
NAMED
AS
ENGLAND
CAPTAIN
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

The
world
's
costliest
footballer
Alan
Shearer
was
named
as
the
new
England
captain
on
Friday
.

The
26-year-old
,
who
joined
Newcastle
for
15
million
pounds
sterling
(
$
23.4
million
)
,
takes
over
from
Tony
Adams
,
who
led
the
side
during
the
European
championship
in
June
,
and
former
captain
David
Platt
.

Adams
and
Platt
are
both
injured
and
will
miss
England
's
opening
World
Cup
qualifier
against
Moldova
on
Sunday
.

Shearer
takes
the
captaincy
on
a
trial
basis
,
but
new
coach
Glenn
Hoddle
said
he
saw
no
reason
why
the
former
Blackburn
and
Southampton
skipper
should
not
make
the
post
his
own
.

"
I
'm
sure
there
wo
n't
be
a
problem
,
I
'm
sure
Alan
is
the
man
for
the
job
,
"
Hoddle
said
.

"
There
were
three
or
four
people
who
could
have
done
it
but
when
I
spoke
to
Alan
he
was
up
for
it
and
really
wanted
it
.

"
In
four
days
it
's
very
difficult
to
come
to
a
100
percent
conclusion
about
something
like
this
...

but
he
knows
how
to
conduct
himself
,
his
team
mates
respect
him
and
he
knows
about
the
team
situation
even
though
he
plays
up
front
.
"

Shearer
's
Euro
96
striking
partner
Teddy
Sheringham
withdrew
from
the
squad
with
an
injury
on
Friday
.

He
will
probably
be
replaced
by
Shearer
's
Newcastle
team
mate
Les
Ferdinand
.

BASKETBALL
-
INTERNATIONAL
TOURNAMENT
RESULT
.

BELGRADE
1996-08-30

Result
in
an
international

basketball
tournament
on
Friday
:

Red
Star
(
Yugoslavia
)
beat
Dinamo
(
Russia
)
92-90
(
halftime

47-47
)

SOCCER
-
ROMANIA
BEAT
LITHUANIA
IN
UNDER-21
MATCH
.

BUCHAREST
1996-08-30

Romania
beat
Lithuania
2-1
(
halftime
1-1
)
in
their
European
under-21
soccer
match
on
Friday
.

Scorers
:

Romania
-
Cosmin
Contra
(
31st
)
,
Mihai
Tararache
(
75th
)

Lithuania
-
Danius
Gleveckas
(
13rd
)

Attendance
:
200

SOCCER
-
ROTOR
FANS
LOCKED
OUT
AFTER
VOLGOGRAD
VIOLENCE
.

MOSCOW
1996-08-30

Rotor
Volgograd
must
play
their
next
home
game
behind
closed
doors
after
fans
hurled
bottles
and
stones
at
Dynamo
Moscow
players
during
a
1-0
home
defeat
on
Saturday
that
ended
Rotor
's
brief
spell
as
league
leaders
.

The
head
of
the
Russian
league
's
disciplinary
committee
,
Anatoly
Gorokhovsky
,
said
on
Friday
that
Rotor
would
play
Lada
Togliatti
to
empty
stands
on
September
3
.

The
club
,
who
put
Manchester
United
out
of
last
year
's
UEFA
Cup
,
were
fined
$
1,000
.

Despite
the
defeat
,
Rotor
are
well
placed
with
11
games
to
play
in
the
championship
.

Lying
three
points
behind
Alania
and
two
behind
Dynamo
Moscow
,
the
Volgograd
side
have
a
game
in
hand
over
the
leaders
and
two
over
the
Moscow
club
.

BOXING
-
PANAMA
'S
ROBERTO
DURAN
FIGHTS
THE
SANDS
OF
TIME
.

PANAMA
CITY
1996-08-30

Panamanian
boxing
legend
Roberto
"
Hands
of
Stone
"
Duran
climbs
into
the
ring
on
Saturday
in
another
age-defying
attempt
to
sustain
his
long
career
.

Duran
,
45
,
takes
on
little-known
Mexican
Ariel
Cruz
,
30
,
in
a
super
middleweight
non-title
bout
in
Panama
City
.

The
fight
,
Duran
's
first
on
home
soil
for
10
years
,
is
being
billed
here
as
the
"
Return
of
the
Legend
"
and
Duran
still
talks
as
if
he
was
in
his
prime
.

"
I
want
a
fifth
title
.

This
match
is
to
prepare
me
.

I
feel
good
.

I
'm
not
retiring
,
"
Duran
told
Reuters
.

But
those
close
to
the
boxer
acknowledge
that
the
man
who
has
won
championships
in
four
different
weight
classes
--
lightweight
,
welterweight
,
junior
middleweight
and
middleweight
--
is
drawing
close
to
the
end
of
his
career
.

"
Each
time
he
fights
,
he
's
on
the
last
frontier
of
his
career
.

If
he
loses
Saturday
,
it
could
devalue
his
position
as
one
of
the
world
's
great
boxers
,
"
Panamanian
Boxing
Association
President
Ramon
Manzanares
said
.

Duran
,
whose
97-12
record
spans
three
decades
,
hopes
a
win
in
the
10-round
bout
will
earn
him
a
rematch
against
Puerto
Rico
's
Hector
"
Macho
"
Camacho
.

Camacho
took
a
controversial
points
decision
against
the
Panamanian
in
Atlantic
City
in
June
in
a
title
fight
.

SQUASH
-
HONG
KONG
OPEN
QUARTER-FINAL
RESULTS
.

HONG
KONG
1996-08-30

Quarter-final
results
in
the
Hong
Kong
Open
on
Friday
(
prefix
number
denotes
seeding
)
:
1
-
Jansher
Khan
(
Pakistan
)
beat
Mark
Cairns
(
England
)
15-10
15-6
15-7

Anthony
Hill
(
Australia
)
beat
Dan
Jenson
(
Australia
)
15-9
15-8
15-17
17-15

4
-
Peter
Nicol
(
Scotland
)
beat
7
-
Chris
Walker
(
England
)
15-8
15-13
13-15
15-9

2
-
Rodney
Eyles
(
Australia
)
beat
Derek
Ryan
(
Ireland
)
15-6
15-9
11-15
15-10
.

SOCCER
-
RESULTS
OF
SOUTH
KOREAN
PRO-SOCCER
GAMES
.

SEOUL
1996-08-30

Results
of
South
Korean
pro-soccer

games
played
on
Thursday
.

Pohang
3
Ulsan
2
(
halftime
1-0
)

Puchon
2
Chonbuk
1
(
halftime
1-1
)

Standings
after
games
played
on
Thursday
(
tabulate
under
-

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

W
D
L
G
/
F
G
/
A
P

Puchon
3
1
0
6
1
10

Chonan
3
0
1
13
10
9

Pohang
2
1
1
11
10
7

Suwan
1
3
0
7
3
6

Ulsan
1
0
2
8
9
3

Anyang
0
3
1
6
9
3

Chonnam
0
2
1
4
5
2

Pusan
0
2
1
3
7
2

Chonbuk
0
0
3
3
7
0

BASEBALL
-
RESULTS
OF
S.
KOREAN
PROFESSIONAL
GAMES
.

SEOUL
1996-08-30

Results
of
South
Korean

professional
baseball
games
played
on
Thursday
.

LG
2
OB
0

Lotte
6
Hyundai
2

Hyundai
6
Lotte
5

Haitai
2
Samsung
0

Samsung
10
Haitai
3

Hanwha
6
Ssangbangwool
5

Note
-
Lotte
and
Hyundai
,
Haitai
and
Samsung
played
two
games
.

Standings
after
games
played
on
Thursday
(
tabulate
under

won
,
drawn
,
lost
,
winning
percentage
,
games
behind
first
place
)

W
D
L
PCT
GB

Haitai
64
2
43
.596
-

Ssangbangwool
59
2
49
.545
5
1/2

Hanwha
58
1
49
.542
6

Hyundai
57
5
49
.536
6
1/2

Samsung
49
5
56
.468
14

Lotte
46
6
54
.462
14
1/2

LG
46
5
59
.441
17

OB
42
6
62
.409
20
1/2

TENNIS
-
FRIDAY
'S
RESULTS
FROM
THE
U.S.
OPEN
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

Results
from
the
U.S.
Open
Tennis
Championships
at
the
National
Tennis
Centre
on
Friday
(
prefix
number
denotes
seeding
)
:

Women
's
singles
,
third
round

Sandrine
Testud
(
France
)
beat
Ines
Gorrochategui
(
Argentina
)
4-6
6-2
6-1

Men
's
singles
,
second
round

4
-
Goran
Ivanisevic
(
Croatia
)
beat
Scott
Draper
(
Australia
)
6-7
(
1-7
)
6-3
6-4
6-4

Tim
Henman
(
Britain
)
beat
Doug
Flach
(
U.S.
)
6-3
6-4
6-2

Mark
Philippoussis
(
Australia
)
beat
Andrei
Olhovskiy
(
Russia
)
6
-
3
6-4
6-2

Sjeng
Schalken
(
Netherlands
)
beat
David
Rikl
(
Czech
Republic
)
6
-
2
6-4
6-4

Guy
Forget
(
France
)
beat
17
-
Felix
Mantilla
(
Spain
)
6-4
7-5
6-3

Men
's
singles
,
second
round

Alexander
Volkov
(
Russia
)
beat
Mikael
Tillstrom
(
Sweden
)
1-6
6-
4
6-1
4-6
7-6
(
10-8
)

Jonas
Bjorkman
(
Sweden
)
beat
David
Nainkin
(
South
Africa
)
)
6-4
6-1
6-1

Women
's
singles
,
third
round

8
-
Lindsay
Davenport
(
U.S.
)
beat
Anne-Gaelle
Sidot
(
France
)
6-0
6-3

4
-
Conchita
Martinez
(
Spain
)
beat
Helena
Sukova
(
Czech
Republic
)
6-4
6-3

Amanda
Coetzer
(
South
Africa
)
beat
Irina
Spirlea
(
Romania
)
7-6
(
7-5
)
7-5

Add
Men
's
singles
,
second
round
16
-
Cedric
Pioline
(
France
)
beat
Roberto
Carretero
(
Spain
)
4-6
6
-
2
6-2
6-1
Alex
Corretja
(
Spain
)
beat
Filippo
Veglio
(
Switzerland
)
6-7
(
4-
7
)
6-4
6-4
6-0

Add
Women
's
singles
,
third
round
Linda
Wild
(
U.S.
)
beat
Barbara
Rittner
(
Germany
)
6-4
4-6
7-5
Asa
Carlsson
(
Sweden
)
beat
15
-
Gabriela
Sabatini
(
Argentina
)
7-5
3-6
6-2

Add
Men
's
singles
,
second
round
1
-
Pete
Sampras
(
U.S.
)
beat
Jiri
Novak
(
Czech
Republic
)
6-3
1-6
6-3
4-6
6-4
Paul
Haarhuis
(
Netherlands
)
beat
Michael
Tebbutt
(
Australia
)
1-
6
6-2
6-2
6-3

Add
Women
's
singles
,
third
round
Lisa
Raymond
(
U.S.
)
beat
Kimberly
Po
(
U.S.
)
6-3
6-2

:

Add
men
's
singles
,
second
round

Hendrik
Dreekmann
(
Germany
)
beat
Thomas
Johansson
(
Sweden
)

7-6
(
7-1
)
6-2
4-6
6-1

Andrei
Medvedev
(
Ukraine
)
beat
Jan
Kroslak
(
Slovakia
)
6-4
6-3

6-2

Petr
Korda
(
Czech
Republic
)
bat
Bohdan
Ulihrach
(
Czech

Republic
)
6-0
7-6
(
7-5
)
6-2

Add
women
's
singles
,
third
round

2
-
Monica
Seles
(
U.S.
)
beat
Dally
Randriantefy
(
Madagascar
)

6-0
6-2

:

Add
men
's
singles
,
second
round
12
-
Todd
Martin
(
U.S.
)
beat
Andrea
Gaudenzi
(
Italy
)
6-3
6-2
6-2
Stefan
Edberg
(
Sweden
)
beat
Bernd
Karbacher
(
Germany
)
3-6
6-3
6-3
1-0
retired
(
leg
injury
)

BASEBALL
-
MAJOR
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
AFTER
THURSDAY
'S
GAMES
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

Major
League
Baseball

standings
after
games
played
on
Thursday
(
tabulate
under
won
,

lost
,
winning
percentage
and
games
behind
)
:

AMERICAN
LEAGUE

EASTERN
DIVISION

W
L
PCT
GB

NEW
YORK
74
59
.556
-

BALTIMORE
70
63
.526
4

BOSTON
69
65
.515
5
1/2

TORONTO
63
71
.470
11
1/2

DETROIT
48
86
.358
26
1/2

CENTRAL
DIVISION

CLEVELAND
80
53
.602
-

CHICAGO
71
64
.526
10

MINNESOTA
67
67
.500
13
1/2

MILWAUKEE
64
71
.474
17

KANSAS
CITY
61
74
.452
20

WESTERN
DIVISION

TEXAS
75
58
.564
-

SEATTLE
70
63
.526
5

OAKLAND
64
72
.471
12
1/2

CALIFORNIA
62
72
.463
13
1/2

FRIDAY
,
AUGUST
30
SCHEDULE

KANSAS
CITY
AT
DETROIT

CHICAGO
AT
TORONTO

MINNESOTA
AT
MILWAUKEE

CLEVELAND
AT
TEXAS

NEW
YORK
AT
CALIFORNIA

BOSTON
AT
OAKLAND

BALTIMORE
AT
SEATTLE

NATIONAL
LEAGUE

EASTERN
DIVISION

W
L
PCT
GB

ATLANTA
83
49
.629
-

MONTREAL
71
61
.538
12

FLORIDA
64
70
.478
20

NEW
YORK
59
75
.440
25

PHILADELPHIA
54
80
.403
30

CENTRAL
DIVISION

HOUSTON
72
63
.533
-

ST
LOUIS
69
65
.515
2
1/2

CINCINNATI
66
67
.496
5

CHICAGO
65
66
.496
5

PITTSBURGH
56
77
.421
15

WESTERN
DIVISION

SAN
DIEGO
75
60
.556
-

LOS
ANGELES
72
61
.541
2

COLORADO
70
65
.519
5

SAN
FRANCISCO
57
74
.435
16

FRIDAY
,
AUGUST
30
SCHEDULE

ATLANTA
AT
CHICAGO

FLORIDA
AT
CINCINNATI

SAN
DIEGO
AT
MONTREAL

LOS
ANGELES
AT
PHILADELPHIA

HOUSTON
AT
PITTSBURGH

SAN
FRANCISCO
AT
NEW
YORK

COLORADO
AT
ST
LOUIS

BASEBALL
-
MAJOR
LEAGUE
RESULTS
THURSDAY
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

Results
of
Major
League

Baseball
games
played
on
Thursday
(
home
team
in
CAPS
)
:

American
League

DETROIT
4
Kansas
City
1

Minnesota
6
MILWAUKEE
1

CALIFORNIA
14
New
York
3

SEATTLE
9
Baltimore
6

National
League

San
Diego
3
NEW
YORK
2

Chicago
4
HOUSTON
3

Cincinnati
18
COLORADO
7

Atlanta
5
PITTSBURGH
1

Los
Angeles
2
MONTREAL
1

Florida
10
ST
LOUIS
9

TENNIS
-
TARANGO
,
O'BRIEN
SPRING
TWIN
UPSETS
UNDER
THE
LIGHTS
.

Larry
Fine

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

Andre
Agassi
escaped
disaster
on
Thursday
but
Wimbledon
finalist
MaliVai
Washington
and
Marcelo
Rios
were
not
so
fortunate
on
a
night
of
upsets
at
the
U.S.
Open
.

The
11th-seeded
Washington
fell
short
of
reprising
his
Wimbledon
miracle
comeback
as
he
lost
to
red-hot
wildcard
Alex
O'Brien
6-3
6-4
5-7
3-6
6-3
in
a
two
hour
51
minute
struggle
on
the
Stadium
court
.

Next
door
on
the
grandstand
,
10th
seed
Rios
lost
to
another
player
with
a
Wimbledon
connection
--
bad
boy
Jeff
Tarango
.

The
temperamental
left-hander
defeated
the
Chilean
6-4
4-6
7-6
6-2
.

The
day
programme
went
smoothly
although
sixth-seeded
former
champion
Agassi
had
to
wriggle
out
of
a
dangerous
3-6
0-4
hole
,
winning
18
of
the
last
19
games
against
India
's
Leander
Paes
.

But
the
night
belonged
to
the
upstarts
.

Washington
,
who
climbed
back
from
a
1-5
deficit
,
two
sets
down
in
the
third
set
against
Todd
Martin
in
the
Wimbledon
semifinals
,
looked
poised
for
another
sensational
comeback
.

O'Brien
,
a
winner
two
weeks
ago
in
New
Haven
for
his
first
pro
title
,
served
for
the
match
at
5-4
in
the
third
set
before
Washington
came
charging
back
.

"
I
just
kept
saying
to
myself
,
'
keep
giving
yourself
the
best
chance
to
win
,
keep
battling
,
maybe
something
will
happen
,
'
"
said
the
26-year-old
O'Brien
,
ranked
65th
.

"
I
kept
my
composure
and
I
was
proud
of
myself
for
that
--
usually
I
would
have
folded
up
the
tent
and
gone
home
.
"

The
hard-serving
O'Brien
,
a
former
U.S.
collegiate
national
champion
,
fired
up
17
aces
to
ultimately
subdue
the
never-say-die
Washington
.

The
fifth
set
stayed
on
serve
until
the
sixth
game
,
when
Washington
,
after
saving
one
break
point
with
a
forehand
winner
down
the
line
,
netted
a
backhand
to
give
O'Brien
a
4-2
lead
.

The
Texan
blasted
in
two
aces
to
hold
serve
at
5-2
and
then
converted
his
eighth
match
point
for
victory
when
Washington
found
the
net
with
another
backhand
from
40-0
.

"
You
just
kind
of
keep
fighting
and
you
keep
trying
to
make
him
play
a
little
bit
.

I
think
he
got
a
little
tight
at
a
couple
of
moments
,
"
said
Washington
.
"

But
I
think
he
served
pretty
well
when
he
had
to
.
"

Tarango
,
whose
Wimbledon
tantrum
two
years
ago
brought
him
a
$
28,000
fine
and
suspension
from
this
year
's
tournament
at
the
All-England
Club
,
argued
calls
and
taunted
fans
in
his
lively
two
hour
,
24
minute
tango
with
Rios
on
the
grandstand
.

A
boisterous
cheering
section
backed
the
distracted
Chilean
and
booed
the
lanky
American
,
who
ate
up
all
the
attention
.

"
I
'm
an
emotional
player
,
"
said
the
104th-ranked
Tarango
.
"

I
think
I
played
very
well
tonight
,
very
focused
.
"

The
match
turned
on
the
third-set
tiebreaker
,
which
the
American
won
7-5
much
to
the
dismay
of
the
spectators
.

"
I
love
the
crowd
if
they
boo
me
every
day
.

It
fires
me
up
,
makes
me
play
my
best
tennis
,
"
Tarango
said
.

"
I
played
some
of
my
best
tennis
in
college
when
fraternities
were
throwing
beer
on
me
.

If
tennis
was
like
that
every
day
,
I
think
everybody
wold
be
having
a
lot
more
fun
.
"

Rios
did
not
appreciate
Tarango
's
antics
.

"
He
's
always
complaining
too
much
,
"
said
Rios
.
"

But
I
think
it
's
not
that
.

I
think
I
played
really
bad
.

It
was
tough
to
play
at
night
.

Balls
were
going
really
fast
.

I
lost
too
many
points
that
I
never
lose
.

I
did
n't
play
my
tennis
.
"

"
I
do
n't
see
the
ball
like
I
see
during
the
day
.

I
play
an
American
so
that
's
why
I
play
at
night
.

I
did
n't
feel
good
on
the
court
.
"

At
the
end
of
the
match
,
Tarango
blew
sarcastic
kisses
to
the
crowd
,
then
jiggled
his
body
to
a
Rios
rooting
section
in
a
jeering
salute
.

"
I
support
their
enthusiasm
,
"
Tarango
said
about
the
fans
.
"

At
the
same
time
,
they
're
cheering
blatantly
against
me
.

After
I
won
I
figured
I
could
give
them
a
little
razzle-dazzle
.
"

NFL
AMERICAN
FOOTBALL-RANDALL
CUNNINGHAM
RETIRES
.

PHILADELPHIA
1996-08-29

Randall
Cunningham
,
the
National
Football
League
's
all-time
leading
rusher
as
a
quarterback
and
one
of
the
most
athletic
players
ever
to
line
up
over
centre
,
retired
Thursday
.

Cunningham
played
his
entire
11-year
career
with
the
Philadelphia
Eagles
.

A
three-time
Pro
Bowl
selection
,
Cunningham
rushed
for
4,482
yards
on
677
carries
.

"
I
would
like
to
thank
the
Eagles
organisation
and
the
wonderful
fans
of
Philadelphia
for
supporting
me
throughout
my
career
,
"
Cunningham
said
.

"
Although
it
saddens
me
to
leave
,
I
am
looking
forward
to
spending
more
time
with
my
family
and
pursuing
other
interests
that
have
been
on
the
back
burner
for
sometime
.
"

"
Randall
was
one
of
the
most
exciting
quarterbacks
in
NFL
history
,
"
said
Eagles
owner
Jeffrey
Lurie
.
"

During
his
11
years
in
Philadelphia
,
Randall
was
the
cornerstone
of
the
Eagles
'
franchise
and
brought
many
great
moments
to
fans
in
Philadelphia
as
well
as
across
the
NFL
.
"

A
second-round
choice
in
1985
,
Cunningham
completed
1,874-of-3,362
passes
(
55.7
percent
)
for
22,877
yards
and
150
touchdowns
.

Cunningham
has
already
been
signed
as
a
broadcaster
.

GOLF
-
LEADING
SCORES
AT
GREATER
MILWAUKEE
OPEN
.

MILWAUKEE
,
Wisconsin
1996-08-29

Leading
scores
in

the
$
1.2
million
Greater
Milwaukee
Open
at
the
par-71
,

6,739-yard
Brown
Deer
Park
Golf
Course
after
the
first
round

on
Thursday
(
players
U.S.
unless
stated
)
:

62
Nolan
Henke

64
Bob
Estes

65
Billy
Andrade
,
Duffy
Waldorf
,
Jesper
Parnevik
(
Sweden
)

66
Neal
Lancaster
,
Dave
Barr
(
Canada
)
,
Mike
Sullivan
,
Willie

Wood
,
Loren
Roberts
,
Steve
Stricker
,
Brian
Claar
,
Russ
Cochran

67
Mark
Calcavecchia
,
Payne
Stewart
,
Billy
Mayfair
,
Ken

Green
,
Jerry
Kelly
,
Tim
Simpson
,
Olin
Browne
,
Shane
Bortsch
,

Mike
Hulbert
,
Brian
Henninger
,
Tiger
Woods
,
Steve
Jurgenson
,

Bryan
Gorman

GOLF
-
HENKE
TAKES
LEAD
IN
MILWAUKEE
,
WOODS
MAKES
PRO
DEBUT
.

MILWAUKEE
,
Wisconsin
1996-08-29

Nolan
Henke
fired
a
nine-under-par
62
to
grab
a
two-shot
lead
after
the
opening
round
of
the
$
1.2
million
Greater
Milwaukee
Open
Thursday
as
20-year-old
Tiger
Woods
shot
67
in
his
professional
debut
.

Henke
stood
two
strokes
ahead
of
Bob
Estes
and
three
up
on
Billy
Andrade
,
Duffy
Waldorf
and
Jesper
Parnevik
.

Woods
,
who
turned
pro
Tuesday
after
winning
an
unprecedented
third
successive
U.S.
Amateur
Championship
,
almost
eagled
the
18th
hole
.

He
settled
for
a
birdie
and
a
four-under
opening
round
that
left
him
five
shots
off
the
pace
.

"
Yesterday
was
the
toughest
day
I
've
had
for
a
long
time
,
"
Woods
said
.
"

Today
,
I
got
to
play
golf
.
"

He
added
:
"
I
thought
I
got
off
off
to
a
great
start
.

It
was
a
perfect
start
.

I
'm
in
a
good
position
.
"

Henke
,
who
called
his
round
a
"
pleasant
surprise
,
"
finished
with
six
birdies
on
the
final
eight
holes
.

"
We
finally
got
things
going
in
the
right
direction
,
"
he
said
.
"

It
was
my
best
round
in
a
very
long
time
.

My
short
game
has
improved
since
I
've
had
to
use
it
so
often
.

That
's
always
been
the
worst
part
of
my
game
.

All
in
all
,
playing
bad
's
been
a
good
experience
.
"

Henke
,
who
came
within
one
shot
of
the
course
record
set
by
Andrew
Magee
during
Wednesday
's
pro-am
,
has
three
career
PGA
Tour
victories
,
but
none
since
the
1993
BellSouth
Classic
.

Estes
,
whose
only
win
came
at
the
1994
Texas
Open
and
whose
best
finish
this
year
was
a
third-place
tie
at
the
Nortel
Open
in
January
,
eagled
the
par-five
fourth
hole
and
added
five
birdies
to
grab
sole
possession
of
second
place
.

"
No
bogeys
on
the
card
,
"
he
noted
.
"

Sometimes
I
take
more
pride
in
that
.
"

Woods
was
among
a
group
of
13
players
at
four
under
,
including
1993
champion
Billy
Mayfair
,
who
tied
for
second
at
last
week
's
World
Series
of
Golf
,
and
former
U.S.
Open
champ
Payne
Stewart
.

Defending
champion
Scott
Hoch
shot
a
three-under
68
and
was
six
strokes
back
.

Phil
Mickelson
,
the
only
four-time
winner
on
the
PGA
Tour
,
skipped
the
tournament
after
winning
the
World
Series
of
Golf
last
week
.

Mark
Brooks
,
Tom
Lehman
and
Mark
O'Meara
,
who
make
up
the
rest
of
the
top
four
on
the
money
list
,
also
took
the
week
off
.

SOCCER
-
SILVA
'S
`LOST
PASSPORT
'
EXCUSE
NOT
ENOUGH
FOR
FIFA
.

MADRID
1996-08-30

Spanish
first
division
team
Deportivo
Coruna
will
be
without
key
midfielder
Mauro
Silva
for
Saturday
's
game
with
Real
Madrid
after
FIFA
,
soccer
's
world
governing
body
,
suspended
the
Brazilian
for
one
game
for
missing
his
national
side
's
European
tour
.

Silva
excused
his
absence
from
Brazil
's
game
against
Russia
,
on
Wednesday
,
and
Saturday
's
match
with
the
Netherlands
by
saying
he
had
lost
his
passport
.

But
that
did
not
prevent
him
from
collecting
the
one-match
suspension
.

ATHLETICS
-
MITCHELL
DEFEATS
BAILEY
IN
FRONT
OF
FORMER
CHAMPIONS
.

Adrian
Warner

BERLIN
1996-08-30

American
Dennis
Mitchell
outclassed
Olympic
100
metres
champion
Donovan
Bailey
for
the
third
time
at
a
major
post-Games
meeting
in
front
of
the
most
experienced
sprinting
crowd
in
the
world
on
Friday
.

Watched
by
an
array
of
former
Olympic
sprint
champions
at
the
Berlin
grand
prix
meeting
,
Mitchell
made
a
brilliant
start
in
the
100
metres
and
held
off
Bailey
's
strong
finish
to
win
in
10.08
seconds
despite
cool
conditions
.

Bailey
,
who
set
a
world
record
of
9.84
on
his
way
to
victory
in
Atlanta
,
could
not
catch
his
American
rival
and
had
to
settle
for
third
in
a
tight
finish
.

Jamaica
's
Michael
Green
was
second
with
10.09
with
Bailey
finishing
in
10.13
.

Last
Friday
Mitchell
,
who
finished
fourth
at
the
Atlanta
Games
,
upstaged
a
trio
of
Olympic
champions
including
Bailey
to
win
the
100
in
Brussels
.

Earlier
this
month
he
also
beat
world
champion
Bailey
in
Zurich
.

Berlin
,
Brussels
and
Zurich
all
belong
to
the
most
lucrative
series
in
the
sport
,
the
Golden
Four
.

Among
the
crowd
on
Friday
were
Olympic
100
metres
champions
going
back
to
1948
.

They
had
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
watch
a
special
relay
to
mark
the
60th
anniversary
of
Jesse
Owens
's
four
gold
medals
at
the
1936
Olympics
in
the
same
Berlin
stadium
.

"
Today
the
concentration
was
the
most
important
thing
for
me
,
"
Mitchell
said
.

Despite
the
coolish
conditions
American
Olympic
champion
Gail
Devers
looked
in
commanding
form
in
the
women
's
100
,
clocking
10.89
to
defeat
Jamaican
rival
Merlene
Ottey
,
who
was
second
in
10.94
.

ATHLETICS
-
BERLIN
GRAND
PRIX
RESULTS
.

BERLIN
1996-08-30

Leading
results
at
the
Berlin

Grand
Prix
athletics
meeting
on
Friday
:

Women
's
100
metres
hurdles

1.
Michelle
Freeman
(
Jamaica
)
12.71
seconds

2.
Ludmila
Engquist
(
Sweden
)
12.74

3.
Aliuska
Lopez
(
Cuba
)
12.92

4.
Brigita
Bokovec
(
Slovenia
)
12.92

5.
Dionne
Rose
(
Jamaica
)
12.92

6.
Julie
Baumann
(
Switzerland
)
13.11

7.
Gillian
Russell
(
Jamaica
)
13.17

Women
's
1,500
metres

1.
Svetlana
Masterkova
(
Russia
)
four
minutes
6.87
seconds

2.
Patricia
Djate-Taillard
(
France
)
4:08.22

3.
Carla
Sacramento
(
Portugal
)
4:08.96

4.
Yekaterina
Podkopayeva
(
Russia
)
4:09.25

5.
Leah
Pells
(
Canada
)
4:09.95

6.
Carmen
Wuestenhagen
(
Germany
)
4:10.38

7.
Margarita
Maruseva
(
Russia
)
4:10.87

8.
Sara
Thorsett
(
U.S.
)
4:11.06

Men
's
110
metres
hurdles

1.
Mark
Crear
(
U.S.
)
13.26
seconds

2.
Tony
Jarrett
(
Britain
)
13.35

3.
Florian
Schwarthoff
(
Germany
)
13.36

4.
Emilio
Valle
(
Cuba
)
13.52

5.
Falk
Balzer
(
Germany
)
13.52

6.
Steve
Brown
(
U.S.
)
13.53

7.
Frank
Busemann
(
Germany
)
13.58

8.
Jack
Pierce
(
U.S.
)
13.60

Men
's
200
metres

1.
Frankie
Fredericks
(
Namibia
)
19.97
seconds

2.
Michael
Johnson
(
U.S.
)
20.02

3.
Ato
Boldon
(
Trinidad
)
20.37

4.
Geir
Moen
(
Norway
)
20.41

5.
Patrick
Stevens
(
Belgium
)
20.54

6.
Jon
Drummond
(
U.S.
)
20.78

7.
Claus
Hirsbro
(
Denmark
)
20.90

8.
Ivan
Garcia
(
Cuba
)
20.96

Women
's
shot
put

1.
Astrid
Kumbernuss
(
Germany
)
19.89
metres

2.
Claudia
Mues
(
Germany
)
18.80

3.
Irina
Korzhanenko
(
Russia
)
18.63

4.
Valentina
Fedyushina
(
Russia
)
18.55

5.
Stephanie
Storp
(
Germany
)
18.41

Men
's
mile

1.
Noureddine
Morceli
(
Algeria
)
3
minutes
49.09
seconds

2.
Venuste
Niyongabo
(
Burundi
)
3:51.01

3.
William
Tanui
(
Kenya
)
3:51.40

4.
Laban
Rotich
(
Kenya
)
3:53.42

5.
Marko
Koers
(
Netherlands
)
3:53.47

6.
Isaac
Viciosa
(
Spain
)
3:53.85

7.
John
Mayock
(
Britain
)
3:54.67

8.
Marcus
O'Sullivan
(
Ireland
)
3:54.87

Men
's
discus

1.
Lars
Riedel
(
Germany
)
70.60
metres

2.
Anthony
Washington
(
U.S.
)
68.44

3.
Vasily
Kaptyukh
(
Belarus
)
66.24

4.
Vladimir
Dubrovshchik
(
Belarus
)
65.30

5.
Virgilijus
Alekna
(
Lithuania
)
65.00

6.
Juergen
Schult
(
Germany
)
64.46

7.
Andreas
Seelig
(
Germany
)
62.00

8.
Michael
Moellenbeck
(
Germany
)
58.56

Women
's
100
metres

1.
Gail
Devers
(
U.S.
)
10.89
seconds

2.
Merlene
Ottey
(
Jamaica
)
10.94

3.
Gwen
Torrence
(
U.S.
)
11.07

4.
Mary
Onyali
(
Nigeria
)
11.14

5.
Chryste
Gaines
(
U.S.
)
11.20

6.
Chandra
Sturrup
(
Bahamas
)
11.26

7.
Irina
Privalova
(
Russia
)
11.27

8.
Inger
Miller
(
U.S.
)
11.37

Women
's
5,000
metres

1.
Gabriela
Szabo
(
Romania
)
15
minutes
04.95
seconds

2.
Gete
Wami
(
Ethiopia
)
15:05.21

3.
Rose
Cheruiyot
(
Kenya
)
15:05.41

4.
Annemari
Sandell
(
Finland
)
15:06.33

5.
Tegla
Loroupe
(
Kenya
)
15:08.79

6.
Gunhild
Halle
(
Norway
)
15:09.00

7.
Pauline
Konga
(
Kenya
)
15:09.74

8.
Sally
Barsosio
(
Kenya
)
15:14.34

Men
's
400
metres
hurdles

1.
Torrance
Zellner
(
U.S.
)
48.23
seconds

2.
Samuel
Matete
(
Zambia
)
48.34

3.
Derrick
Adkins
(
U.S.
)
48.62

4.
Fabrizio
Mori
(
Italy
)
49.21

5.
Sven
Nylander
(
Sweden
)
49.22

6.
Eric
Thomas
(
U.S.
)
49.35

7.
Rohan
Robinson
(
Australia
)
49.36

8.
Dusan
Kovacs
(
Hungary
)
49.58

Women
's
400
metres

1.
Falilat
Ogunkoya
(
Nigeria
)
50.31
seconds

2.
Jearl
Miles
(
U.S.
)
50.42

3.
Fatima
Yusuf
(
Nigeria
)
51.43

4.
Anja
Ruecker
(
Germany
)
51.61

5.
Olabisi
Afolabi
(
Nigeria
)
51.98

6.
Phylis
Smith
(
Britain
)
52.05

7.
Linda
Kisabaka
(
Germany
)
52.41

8.
Karin
Janke
(
Germany
)
53.13

Men
's
100
metres

1.
Dennis
Mitchell
(
U.S.
)
10.08

2.
Michael
Green
(
Jamaica
)
10.09

3.
Donovan
Bailey
(
Canada
)
10.13

4.
Jon
Drummond
(
U.S.
)
10.22

5.
Davidson
Ezinwa
(
Nigeria
)
10.24

6.
Geir
Moen
(
Norway
)
10.33

7.
Marc
Blume
(
Germany
)
10.48

Men
's
800
metres

1.
Wilson
Kipketer
(
Denmark
)
1:43.34

2.
Norberto
Tellez
(
Cuba
)
1:44.58

3.
Sammy
Langat
(
Kenya
)
1:44.96

4.
Nico
Motchebon
(
Germany
)
1:45.03

5.
David
Kiptoo
(
Kenya
)
1:45.27

6.
Adem
Hacini
(
Algeria
)
1:45.64

7.
Vebjoen
Rodal
(
Norway
)
1:46.45

8.
Craig
Winrow
(
Britain
)
1:46.66

Men
's
pole
vault

1=
Andrei
Tiwontschik
(
Germany
)
5.86

1=
Igor
Trandenkov
(
Russia
)
5.86

3.
Maksim
Tarasov
(
Russia
)
5.86

4.
Tim
Lobinger
(
Germany
)
5.80

5.
Igor
Potapovich
(
Kazakstan
)
5.80

6.
Jean
Galfione
(
France
)
5.65

7.
Pyotr
Bochkary
(
Russia
)
5.65

8.
Dmitri
Markov
(
Belarus
)
5.65

Women
's
high
jump

1.
Stefka
Kostadinova
(
Bulgaria
)
2.03

2.
Inga
Babakova
(
Ukraine
)
2.00
metres

3.
Alina
Astafei
(
Germany
)
1.97

4.
Tatyana
Motkova
(
Russia
)
1.97

5.
Hanne
Haugland
(
Norway
)
1.91

6=
Nele
Zilinskiene
(
Lithuania
)
1.91

6=
Yelena
Gulyayeva
(
Russia
)
1.91

8.
Natalya
Golodnova
(
Russia
)
1.85

Men
's
5,000
metres

1.
Daniel
Komen
(
Kenya
)
13
minutes
2.62
seconds

2.
Bob
Kennedy
(
U.S.
)
13:06.12

3.
Paul
Koech
(
Kenya
)
13:06.45

4.
El
Hassane
Lahssini
(
Morocco
)
13:06.57

5.
Shem
Kororia
(
Kenya
)
13:06.65

6.
Brahim
Lahlafi
(
Morocco
)
13:08.05

7.
Tom
Nyariki
(
Kenya
)
13:20.12

8.
Fita
Bayissa
(
Ethiopia
)
13:21.35

Men
's
triple
jump

1.
Jonathan
Edwards
(
Britain
)
17.69
metres

2.
Yoelvis
Quesada
(
Cuba
)
17.44

3.
Kenny
Harrison
(
U.S.
)
17.16

4.
Mike
Conley
(
U.S.
)
16.79

5.
Armen
Martirosyan
(
Armenia
)
16.57

6.
Sigurd
Njerve
(
Norway
)
16.41

7.
Carlos
Calado
(
Portugal
)
16.31

8.
Charles-Michael
Friedek
(
Germany
)
16.12

Women
's
javelin

1.
Tanja
Damaske
(
Germany
)
66.60
metres

2.
Trine
Hattesta
(
Norway
)
65.12

3.
Isel
Lopez
(
Cuba
)
65.10

4.
Heli
Rantanen
(
Finland
)
62.78

5.
Louise
McPaul
(
Australia
)
62.06

6.
Xiomara
Rivero
(
Cuba
)
61.94

7.
Natalya
Shikolen
(
Belarus
)
60.74

8.
Rita
Ramaunaskaite
(
Lithuania
)
60.74

Men
's
4x100
relay
Jesse
Owens
memorial
race

1.
Donovan
Bailey
(
Canada
)
,
Michael
Johnson
(
U.S.
)
,
Frankie

Fredericks
(
Namibia
)
,
Linford
Christie
(
Britain
)
38.87
seconds

2.
Michael
Green
(
Jamaica
)
,
Osmond
Ezinwa
(
Nigeria
)
,
Oeji
Aliu

(
Nigeria
)
,
Davidson
Ezinwa
(
Nigeria
)
38.87

3.
Peter
Karlsson
(
Sweden
)
,
Falk
Balzer
(
Germany
)
,
George

Panayiotopoulos
(
Greece
)
,
Florian
Schwarthoff
(
Germany
)
39.93

SOCCER
-
THREE
STANDARD
LIEGE
PLAYERS
BANNED
,
CLUB
FINED
.

GENEVA
1996-08-30

UEFA
came
down
heavily
on
Belgian
club
Standard
Liege
on
Friday
for
"
disgraceful
behaviour
"
in
an
Intertoto
final
match
against
Karlsruhe
of
Germany
.

The
Belgian
club
were
fined
25,000
Swiss
francs
(
$
20,850
)
for
unsporting
conduct
and
captain
Guy
Hellers
banned
for
seven
games
.

He
was
sent
off
for
insulting
the
referee
and
then
urged
his
team
mates
to
protest
.

Roberto
Bisconti
will
be
sidelined
for
six
Euro
ties
after
pushing
the
referee
in
the
back
as
he
protested
about
a
Karlsruhe
goal
,
while
Didier
Ernst
was
banned
for
four
matches
for
a
verbal
attack
soon
after
Bisconti
was
also
dismissed
.

Karlsruhe
won
the
August
20
match
3-1
thanks
to
two
late
goals
.

They
took
the
tie
3-2
on
aggregate
and
qualified
for
the
UEFA
Cup
.

ATHLETICS
-
HARRISON
,
EDWARDS
TO
MEET
IN
SARAJEVO
.

MONTE
CARLO
1996-08-30

Olympic
champion
Kenny
Harrison
and
world
record
holder
Jonathan
Edwards
will
both
take
part
in
a
triple
jump
competition
at
the
Solidarity
Meeting
for
Sarajevo
on
September
9
.

The
International
Amateur
Athletic
Federation
said
on
Friday
that
a
schedule
reshuffle
had
allowed
organisers
to
hold
a
men
's
triple
jump
as
well
as
the
women
's
long
jump
on
the
"
one
usable
runway
at
the
war-devastated
"
Kosevo
stadium
.

Atlanta
Games
silver
medal
winner
Edwards
has
called
on
other
leading
athletes
to
take
part
in
the
Sarajevo
meeting
--
a
goodwill
gesture
towards
Bosnia
as
it
recovers
from
the
war
in
the
Balkans
--
two
days
after
the
grand
prix
final
in
Milan
.

Edwards
was
quoted
as
saying
:
"
What
type
of
character
do
we
show
by
going
to
the
IAAF
Grand
Prix
Final
in
Milan
where
there
is
a
lot
of
money
to
make
but
refusing
to
make
the
trip
to
Sarajevo
as
a
humanitarian
gesture
?
"

SOCCER
-
BARATELLI
TO
COACH
NICE
.

NICE
,
France
1996-08-30

Former
international
goalkeeper
Dominique
Baratelli
is
to
coach
struggling
French
first
division
side
Nice
,
the
club
said
on
Friday
.

Baratelli
,
who
played
for
Nice
and
Paris
St
Germain
,
takes
over
from
Albert
Emon
who
was
fired
on
Thursday
after
Nice
's
home
defeat
to
Guingamp
2-1
in
the
league
.

Nice
have
been
unable
to
win
any
of
their
four
league
matches
played
this
season
and
are
lying
a
lowly
18th
in
the
table
.

SOCCER
-
MILAN
'S
LENTINI
MOVES
TO
ATALANTA
.

MILAN
1996-08-30

Former
Italian
international
winger
Gianluigi
Lentini
,
transferred
to
Milan
in
1992
for
what
was
believed
to
be
a
world
record
sum
,
has
been
loaned
to
serie
A
club
Atalanta
for
a
year
,
newspapers
reported
on
Friday
.

The
Gazzetta
dello
Sport
said
the
deal
would
cost
Atalanta
around
$
600,000
.

Lentini
,
27
,
joined
Milan
from
Torino
in
a
$
12
million
deal
that
many
have
speculated
involved
far
more
money
changing
hands
and
which
has
subsequently
been
investigated
by
magistrates
for
alleged
financial
irregularities
.

The
player
suffered
severe
head
injuries
in
a
near-fatal
car
crash
the
following
year
and
has
since
struggled
to
regain
the
form
that
made
him
a
hero
in
Turin
.

The
move
to
Bergamo-based
Atalanta
reunites
Lentini
,
who
fell
out
with
ex-Milan
coach
Fabio
Capello
last
season
,
with
his
former
coach
at
Torino
,
Emiliano
Mondonico
.

CRICKET
-
SRI
LANKA
BEAT
AUSTRALIA
BY
FOUR
WICKETS
.

COLOMBO
1996-08-30

Sri
Lanka
beat
Australia
by
four
wickets
in
the
third
match
of
the
Singer
World
Series
one-day
(
50
overs
)
cricket
tournament
on
Friday
.

Scores
:
Australia
228-9
in
50
overs
,
Sri
Lanka
232-6
in
45.5
overs
.

CRICKET
-
AUSTRALIA
V
SRI
LANKA
SCOREBOARD
.

COLOMBO
1996-08-30

Scoreboard
of
the
third
Singer

World
Series
cricket
match
between
Australia
and
Sri
Lanka
on

Friday
:

Australia

M.
Waugh
c
and
b
Jayasuriya
50

M.
Slater
run
out
9

S.
Law
c
Tillekeratne
b
Dharmasena
13

M.
Bevan
c
Vaas
b
Chandana
56

S.
Waugh
b
Muralitharan
22

R.
Ponting
not
out
46

D.
Lehmann
st
Kaluwitharana
b
Chandana
2

I.
Healy
c
Ranatunga
b
Muralitharan
8

J.
Gillespie
st
Kaluwitharana
b
Chandana
6

D.
Fleming
c
Chandana
b
Jayasuriya
3

G.
McGrath
not
out
8

Extras
(
lb-3
nb-2
)
5

Total
(
nine
wickets
,
50
overs
)
228

Fall
of
wickets
:
1-21
2-52
3-97
4-149
5-157
6-163
7-178

8-198
9-203
.

Bowling
:
Vass
7-0-29-0
,
de
Silva
4-0-25-0
,
Dharmasena

9-0-49-1
,
Muralitharan
10-0-41-2
,
Jayasuriya
10-0-43-2
,
Chandana

10-0-38-3
.

Sri
Lanka

S.
Jayasuriya
c
Healy
b
Fleming
44

R.
Kaluwitharana
b
S.
Waugh
8

A.
Gurusinha
run
out
16

A.de
Silva
not
out
83

A.
Ranatunga
lbw
b
Fleming
0

H.
Tillekeratne
lbw
b
Fleming
1

R.
Mahanama
b
McGrath
50

U.
Chandana
not
out
14

Extras
(
lb-3
nb-6
w-7
)
16

Total
(
six
wickets
,
45.5
overs
)
232

Fall
of
wickets
:
1-22
2-78
3-78
4-78
5-81
6-196
.

Did
not
bat
:
Dharmasena
,
Vaas
,
Muralitharan
.

Bowling
:
S.
Waugh
5-1-36-1
,
Law
2-0-23-0
,
McGrath
9.5-0-44-1
,

Fleming
8-1-26-3
,
Gillespie
6-0-27-0
,
M.
Waugh
5-0-29-0
,
Lehmann

6-0-26-0
,
Bevan
4-0-18-0
.

Man
of
the
Match
:
Aravinda
de
Silva

Next
Series
match
:
India
v
Zimbabwe
,
September
1
.

CRICKET
-
AUSTRALIA
228-9
IN
50
OVERS
V
SRI
LANKA
.

COLOMBO
1996-08-30

Australia
scored
228
for
nine
wickets
in
their
50
overs
against
Sri
Lanka
in
the
third
day-night
limited
overs
match
of
the
Singer
World
Series
tournament
on
Friday
.

CRICKET
-
AUSTRALIA
WIN
TOSS
AND
CHOOSE
TO
BAT
.

COLOMBO
1996-08-30

Australia
won
the
toss
and

elected
to
bat
against
Sri
Lanka
in
the
third
day-night
limited

overs
cricket
match
in
the
Singer
world
series
tournament
on

Friday
.

Teams
:

Australia
-
Ian
Healy
(
captain
)
,
Michael
Bevan
,
Damien

Flemming
,
Jason
Gillespie
,
Stuart
Law
,
Glenn
McGrath
,
Ricky

Ponting
,
Michael
Slater
,
Darren
Lehmann
,
Mark
Waugh
,
Steve

Waugh
.

Sri
Lanka
-
Arjuna
Ranatunga
(
captain
)
,
Sanath
Jayasuriya
,

Romesh
Kaluwitharana
,
Asanka
Gurusinha
,
Aravinda
de
Silva
,

Hashan
Tillekeratne
,
Roshan
Mahanama
,
Kumara
Dharmasena
,

Chaminda
Vaas
,
Muthiah
Muralitharan
,
Upul
Chandana
.

ROMANIA
COMELF
H1
PROFIT
RISE
BELOW
TARGET
.

BUCHAREST
1996-08-30

Romanian
listed
state
engineer
Comelf
said
it
almost
doubled
six-month
output
,
with
net
profit
rising
by
33
percent
to
1.069
billion
lei
.

But
the
company
complained
inflation
and
the
artificially
high
rate
of
the
leu
cut
profit
margins
on
exports
,
keeping
profits
well
below
its
forecast
of
1.4
billion
lei
.

Comelf
's
six-month
output
rose
to
4,378
tonnes
of
equipment
from
2,684
tonnes
in
the
equivalent
period
in
1995
,
the
company
report
to
the
Bucharest
stock
exchange
showed
.

Comelf
,
based
in
the
central
Transylvanian
town
of
Bistrita
,
manufactures
water
purification
equipment
,
machinery
for
the
thermal
power
sector
and
other
equipment
.

"
In
the
first
six
months
of
1996
we
concentrated
on
increasing
the
volume
of
our
output
and
exports
in
particular
and
improving
the
quality
of
our
products
,
"
the
report
said
.

From
January
to
June
Comelf
exported
59
percent
of
its
output
,
up
from
37.3
percent
in
the
same
period
last
year
.

The
company
said
higher
than
anticipated
inflation
and
rising
raw
materials
and
wage
costs
also
hit
profits
.

Year-on-year
inflation
,
initially
estimated
at
20
percent
in
December
,
was
33.8
percent
in
June
,
higher
than
a
revised
end-year
forecast
of
30
percent
.

The
12
month
figure
quickened
to
40.3
percent
in
July
.

The
leu
currency
has
slipped
only
gradually
this
year
,
and
is
currently
quoted
at
an
official
rate
of
3,162
to
the
dollar
,
well
below
the
3,550
retail
price
that
exporters
say
is
more
realistic
.

--
Luli
Popescu
,
Bucharest
Newsroom
40-1
3120264

POLISH
NBP
REFRAINS
FROM
REVERSE
REPO
OPERATION
.

WARSAW
1996-08-30

The
National
Bank
of
Poland

refrained
from
staging
a
reverse
repo
operation
on
Friday
,
the

bank
said
.

--
Warsaw
Newsroom
+48
22
653
9700

Canada
government
cash
balances
fall
in
week
.

OTTAWA
1996-08-30

The
government
of
Canada
's
cash
balances
fell
in
the
week
that
ended
August
28
,
the
Bank
of
Canada
said
on
Friday
.

Wk
to
Aug
28
Chg
on
wk
Chg
on
yr

Notes
in
circulation
27.35
+0.435
+0.237

Government
cash
balances
3.54
-
0.629
+0.089

Govt
securities
outstanding
463.73
+1.660
+10.436

Treasury
bills
152.80
+0.300
-
11.900

Canada
savings
bonds
30.12
-
0.004
+0.578

All
figures
in
billions
of
dollars
.

Chartered
bank
assets
July
June

Net
foreign
currency
-
12.63
-
12.08

Canadian
dollar
639.55
639.38

Total
Canadian
liquid
assets
107.83
107.24

July
96
June
96
July
95

M1
63.02
62.83
57.50

M2
389.79
391.32
381.65

M3
482.13
480.72
461.42

Note
-
Figures
are
unadjusted
,
in
billions
of
dollars
.

--
Reuters
Ottawa
Bureau
(
613
)
235-6745

Jones
Medical
completes
acquisition
.

ST.
LOUIS
1996-08-30

Jones
Medical
Industries
Inc
said
Friday
it
completed
the
acquisition
of
Daniels
Pharmaceuticals
Inc
of
St.
Petersburg
,
Fla.
,
for
about
2,960,000
shares
of
Jones
common
stock
.

Jones
stock
closed
down
1/8
at
40
Friday
.

Daniels
Pharmaceuticals
manufactures
prescription
pharmaceutical
products
,
the
largest
of
which
is
Levoxyl
,
a
synthetic
thyroid
hormone
for
treating
hypothyroidism
.

--
Chicago
newsdesk
,
312
408-8787

NYMEX
heating
oil
near
session
lows
in
pre-close
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

NYMEX
refined
product
prices
lingered
at
session
lows
amid
slim
volume
before
the
close
while
crude
experienced
lackluster
buying
ahead
of
the
U.S.
Labor
Day
weekend
,
traders
said
.

"
There
was
some
profit-taking
early
on
,
and
it
's
just
sitting
there
,
"
a
Texas
trader
said
of
heating
oil
's
and
gasoline
's
losses
.

September
heating
oil
stood
1.02
cents
lower
at
62.65
cents
a
gallon
.

Heat
hit
a
session
low
of
62.45
shortly
before
the
close
.

September
gasoline
stood
0.87
cent
lower
at
62.85
cents
a
gallon
.

Friday
's
low
in
September
gasoline
was
62.75
.

Traders
also
said
players
were
selling
refined
products
in
favor
of
crude
ahead
of
the
front
month
's
Friday
expiry
in
the
refined
products
.

The
October
heating
oil-to-crude
crack
spread
narrowed
to
$
4.22
a
barrel
from
Thursday
's
$
4.58
while
the
October
gasoline-to-crude
spread
narrowed
to
$
3.60
from
Thursday
's
$
3.86
a
barrel
.

October
crude
stood
eight
cents
higher
at
$
22.23
barrel
.

Buying
interest
in
crude
did
not
have
enough
conviction
to
send
it
much
higher
since
many
players
had
left
early
to
start
the
Labor
Day
holiday
weekend
,
traders
said
.

NYMEX
will
be
closed
Monday
due
to
Labor
Day
.

--
Harry
Milling
,
New
York
Energy
Desk
,
+1
212-859-1761

U.S.
debt
futures
end
lower
,
shaken
by
Chicago
NAPM
.

CHICAGO
1996-08-30

U.S.
debt
futures
finished
a
shortened
pre-holiday
session
sharply
lower
,
as
the
markets
were
shaken
by
a
stronger
than
expected
rise
in
the
August
National
Association
of
Purchasing
Management
(
NAPM
)
index
for
the
Chicago
area
,
traders
and
analysts
said
.

The
August
Chicago
NAPM
rose
8.8
points
to
60.0
,
its
highest
level
since
62.6
in
February
1995
and
the
largest
monthly
rise
since
December
1993
.

Primary
dealers
immediately
sold
Eurodollar
and
bond
futures
,
after
the
market
on
average
was
expecting
the
index
to
rise
marginally
to
51.9
from
July
's
51.2
.

Traders
also
said
Japanese
investors
were
unwinding
long
Eurodollar
futures
/
short
swaps
,
and
that
heavy
put
buying
helped
pressure
Eurodollars
to
lower
levels
before
the
close
.

One
U.S.
firm
bought
35,000
September
97
mid-curve
put
options
at
a
strike
price
of
93.25
to
93.30
in
the
last
two
sessions
,
while
a
French
firm
bought
4,000
September
93.30
to
93.32
put
spreads
.

"
Even
before
the
data
came
out
,
we
were
seeing
put
buying
,
"
one
floor
trader
said
.

Meanwhile
,
funds
were
reportedly
good
sellers
of
five-year
notes
.

Rumors
circulated
that
the
Federal
Reserve
was
buying
five-year
notes
,
and
that
a
renowned
hedge
fund
manager
was
buying
10-year
notes
in
the
cash
markets
.

However
,
December
T-bonds
ended
below
a
major
trendline
level
at
106-26/32
,
as
the
yield
in
the
cash
bond
market
set
its
highest
monthly
close
since
April
1995
at
7.12
percent
,
one
analyst
said
.

December
bonds
blew
through
the
July
30
low
of
107-06/32
,
even
though
conditions
were
slightly
oversold
,
traders
said
.

The
December
calendar
spread
continued
to
widen
,
also
reflecting
the
market
's
fear
of
rising
inflation
.

While
the
market
continues
to
price-in
higher
U.S.
interest
rates
,
there
was
little
conviction
to
the
theory
that
the
Federal
Reserve
would
tighten
rates
before
the
next
Federal
Open
Market
Committee
meeting
on
September
24
.

Federal
Reserve
governor
Lawrence
Lindsey
,
speaking
on
U.S.
cable
television
network
CNBC
,
said
the
U.S.
economy
appears
on
balance
to
be
a
bit
strong
,
adding
the
central
bank
would
not
curb
growth
provided
inflation
remains
in
check
.

Earlier
in
the
day
,
Fed
chairman
Alan
Greenspan
said
at
the
annual
Jackson
Hole
symposium
that
the
goal
of
price
stability
is
within
reach
for
major
nations
.

Traders
said
the
Fed
's
decision
to
adopt
a
tightening
bias
at
the
July
FOMC
meeting
has
cast
more
focus
on
every
piece
of
U.S.
economic
news
.

"
The
Fed
's
stance
has
really
sensitized
us
to
all
this
data
,
"
one
analyst
said
.
"

The
revisions
to
GDP
,
for
example
,
may
not
have
attracted
a
lot
of
attention
.
"

At
the
end
of
pit
trade
,
December
bonds
were
off
27/32
at
106-25/32
,
10-year
notes
down
21/32
at
105-17/32
,
munibonds
off
17/32
at
111-20/32
,
December
Eurodollars
were
down
11
bps
at
93.94
,
March
Eurodollars
were
off
13
bps
at
93.72
and
March
T-bills
were
down
12
bps
at
94.33
.

Douglas
&
Lomason
shares
rise
on
merger
.

FARMINGTON
HILLS
,
Mich
.

1996-08-30

Shares
of
Douglas
&
Lomason
Co
were
up
4-1/2
at
30-5/8
Friday
afternoon
after
Thursday
's
announcement
that
the
vehicle
seat
maker
had
agreed
to
be
acquired
by
Magna
International
Inc
for
$
31
a
share
,
or
$
135
million
.

Magna
was
up
1/8
to
48-1/4
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
.

Douglas
&
Lomason
has
4.45
million
common
shares
outstanding
,
some
of
which
are
option
shares
to
be
purchased
at
exercise
prices
less
than
the
$
31
offered
price
.

The
acquisition
will
beef
up
Markham
,
Ontario-based
Magna
's
North
American
car
and
truck
seating
business
,
allowing
it
to
better
compete
with
Johnson
Controls
Inc
and
Lear
Corp
.

Family-controlled
Douglas
&
Lomason
,
which
had
1995
revenue
of
$
561
million
,
was
finding
it
more
difficult
to
compete
for
new
seating
contracts
from
vehicle
makers
,
said
James
Hoey
,
chief
financial
officer
.

"
Unfortunately
,
in
the
auto
industry
these
days
,
a
$
500
million
company
is
not
a
big
company
anymore
,
"
Hoey
said
.
"

This
merger
makes
us
much
more
competitive
.
"

He
added
that
Douglas
&
Lomason
's
top
executives
have
been
asked
to
stay
on
with
Magna
after
the
merger
,
though
their
future
roles
have
not
yet
been
defined
.

Douglas
&
Lomason
's
profits
were
hurt
in
the
past
year
by
model
changeovers
,
which
had
reduced
production
at
some
important
customers
,
but
are
now
recovering
,
analysts
said
.

The
company
earned
$
11.2
million
on
sales
of
$
299
million
in
the
first
six
months
of
1996
,
up
from
year-earlier
earnings
of
$
4.7
million
on
sales
of
$
285.7
million
.

Ford
plans
to
cut
its
roster
of
2,300
tier-one
suppliers
--
those
it
deals
with
directly
--
in
half
over
the
next
five
years
.

"
The
deal
really
levels
the
seating
field
somewhat
,
"
said
John
Casesa
of
Schroder
Wertheim
&
Co
.
"

It
should
give
Magna
the
critical
mass
to
be
a
bigger
player
in
that
market
.
"

Magna
's
traditional
strength
has
been
instrument
panels
,
door
panels
and
other
interior
components
.

Magna
,
Johnson
Controls
and
Lear
have
been
working
to
build
up
their
capabilties
to
supply
complete
interiors
to
automakers
,
including
seats
,
instrument
panels
,
door
panels
carpeting
and
headliners
.

UK
meals
/
feeds
follow
Chicago
higher
,
trade
slow
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

UK
meals
and
feeds
sellers
marked
up
high
protein
soymeal
by
around
1.50
stg
a
tonne
on
Friday
following
gains
in
Chicago
at
Thursday
's
close
.

Trade
was
very
quiet
with
only
one
deal
reported
when
spot
high
protein
soymeal
fetched
215
stg
a
tonne
ex-store
on
the
south
coast
.

"
I
would
n't
get
too
excited
about
this
one
becuase
I
think
it
's
for
all
of
five
tonnes
,
which
when
you
think
about
just
about
sums
up
the
state
of
the
market
at
the
moment
,
"
said
a
trader
.

--
Jim
Ballantyne
,
London
Newsroom
+44
171
542
8062

Iraqi
captors
of
Sudanese
jet
charged
with
hijack
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

Seven
Iraqis
who
seized
a
Sudanese
airliner
with
199
people
aboard
and
forced
it
to
fly
to
London
were
on
Friday
charged
with
hijack
,
ending
speculation
that
they
might
be
offered
immediate
asylum
in
Britain
.

Police
said
the
seven
men
,
who
freed
all
their
hostages
after
the
plane
landed
at
Stansted
airport
on
Tuesday
and
then
appealed
for
asylum
,
would
appear
in
court
on
Saturday
.

The
Iraqis
claimed
they
were
"
ordinary
people
persecuted
by
the
regime
of
Saddam
(
Hussein
)
"
but
interior
ministry
officials
had
consistently
said
it
was
likely
the
seven
would
be
charged
with
hijack
before
any
plea
for
asylum
was
considered
.

Under
English
law
the
maximum
sentence
for
hijack
is
life
imprisonment
,
but
there
has
been
widespread
speculation
that
the
seven
will
receive
lesser
sentences
and
then
be
allowed
to
stay
rather
than
being
sent
back
to
Iraq
.

The
hijack
began
on
Monday
when
an
Amman-bound
plane
was
taken
over
shortly
after
it
took
off
from
Khartoum
.

The
hijackers
threatened
to
blow
it
up
during
a
refuelling
stop
in
Cyprus
unless
they
were
taken
to
London
.

After
a
search
of
the
aircraft
following
the
hijackers
'
surrender
,
police
found
only
knives
and
fake
explosives
.

Late
bond
market
prices
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

This
is
how
major
world
bond
markets
were
trading
in
late
European
business
on
Friday
.

GERMANY
-
Bunds
extended
losses
,
flirting
with
session
lows
after
falling
victim
to
sharply
higher
U.S.
economic
data
which
revived
fears
that
interest
rates
may
soon
turn
higher
.

The
September
Bund
future
on
the
London
International
Financial
Futures
and
Options
Exchange
(
LIFFE
)
was
trading
at
97.18
,
down
0.20
from
Thursday
's
settlement
price
.

BRITAIN
-
Gilts
struggled
off
the
day
's
lows
but
ended
10/32
down
on
the
day
.

A
sharp
plunge
in
U.S.
Treasuries
after
a
shock
rise
in
the
Chicago
PMI
pulled
gilts
lower
,
but
traders
said
the
market
was
nervous
anyway
ahead
of
August
MO
data
and
the
PMI
survey
due
on
Monday
.

The
September
long
gilt
future
on
LIFFE
was
trading
at
107-2/32
,
down
8/32
from
Thursday
's
settlement
price
.

FRANCE
-
Bond
and
PIBOR
futures
ended
the
day
higher
despite
much
stronger
than
expected
U.S.
data
.

The
September
notional
bond
future
on
the
MATIF
in
Paris
settled
at
123.14
,
up
0.04
from
Thursday
's
settlement
price
.

ITALY
-
Bond
futures
held
to
easier
levels
in
late
afternoon
after
the
sharp
drop
in
Treasuries
,
but
a
resilient
lira
helped
limit
BTP
losses
.

The
September
bond
future
on
LIFFE
was
trading
at
115.45
,
down
0.13
from
Thursday
's
settlement
price
.

UNITED
STATES
-
Prices
of
U.S.
Treasury
securities
were
trading
sharply
lower
near
midday
after
a
surprisingly
strong
Chicago
Purchasing
Managers
'
report
shook
the
markets
ahead
of
the
long
Labour
Day
weekend
.

The
September
Treasury
bond
future
on
the
Chicago
Board
of
Trade
was
trading
at
107-11/32
,
down
26/32
from
Thursday
's
settlement
price
.

The
long
bond
was
quoted
to
yield
7.12
percent
.

JAPAN
-
Yield
for
benchmark
182nd
cash
bond
fell
on
buy-backs
following
weaker-than-expected
industrial
output
data
,
which
convinced
traders
the
BOJ
would
not
raise
interest
rates
soon
.

Japanese
Goverment
Bonds
futures
which
closed
before
the
output
data
,
lost
much
of
day
's
gains
as
Tokyo
stock
prices
recovered
from
the
day
's
low.In
after
hours
trading
the
September
future
on
LIFFE
was
trading
at
122.53
,
up
0.26
from
Thursday
's
settlement
price
on
the
Tokyo
Stock
Exchange
.

EUROBONDS
-
Primary
market
activity
was
sharply
lower
,
as
players
wound
down
ahead
of
Monday
's
U.S.
Labour
Day
holiday
and
next
week
's
U.S.
employment
data
.

NSW
Treasury
launched
a
A$
100
million
three-year
discount
bond
aimed
at
Japanese
investors
.

DNIB
issued
a
275
million
Norwegian
crown
bond
,
which
was
pre-placed
with
a
European
institution
.

DNIB
also
set
a
110
million
guilder
step-up
bond
.

Next
week
Kansai
Electric
Power
and
Kansai
International
Airport
are
likely
to
launch
10-year
dollar
deals
.

Boxing-Bruno
quits
on
doctor
's
advice
.

LONDON
1996-08-30

Former
world
heavyweight
champion
Frank
Bruno
has
quit
the
ring
on
medical
advice
,
Britain
's
Sun
newspaper
reported
on
Friday
.

An
eye
specialist
told
the
35-year-old
Bruno
that
he
could
be
blinded
in
one
eye
if
he
boxed
again
,
the
newspaper
said
.

The
Briton
,
who
lost
his
World
Boxing
Council
(
WBC
)
title
to
Mike
Tyson
in
March
,
said
:
"
I
was
in
shock
as
soon
as
he
told
me
and
it
still
has
n't
really
sunk
in
.

"
I
never
wanted
to
end
like
this
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
I
'm
glad
I
had
a
good
innings
.
"

Bruno
,
for
years
one
of
Britain
's
most
popular
sportsmen
,
had
hoped
to
have
another
shot
at
the
world
title
and
had
been
in
training
until
a
routine
eye
test
on
Monday
highlighted
a
problem
with
his
right
eye
.

Professor
David
McLeod
,
who
examined
Bruno
,
told
the
Sun
:
"
There
is
a
risk
he
could
be
blinded
in
the
eye
if
he
steps
into
the
ring
again
.

He
is
in
danger
of
getting
a
retinal
detachment
and
there
is
no
point
in
exposing
himself
to
that
.
"

Bruno
lost
three
world
title
fights
before
finally
landing
the
crown
by
beating
American
Oliver
McCall
in
a
unanimous
points
decision
at
Wembley
in
September
1995
.

He
was
only
the
third
Briton
ever
to
hold
a
world
heavyweight
title
.

But
Bruno
lost
the
title
on
his
first
defence
when
he
fought
American
Tyson
in
Las
Vegas
.

Bruno
suffered
a
cut
eye
in
the
opening
round
and
the
referee
stopped
the
fight
in
the
third
as
the
Briton
crumbled
under
a
flurry
of
punches
.

Soccer
-
McCarthy
names
team
to
play
Liechtenstein
.

DUBLIN
1996-08-30

Irish
soccer
manager
Mick
McCarthy
on
Friday
announced
the
team
to
play
Liechtenstein
in
Saturday
's
World
Cup
qualifying
match
.

Birmingham
's
Gary
Breen
was
selected
ahead
of
Phil
Babb
in
defence
,
while
18-year-old
Ian
Harte
makes
his
international
competitive
debut
.

Keith
O'Neill
of
Norwich
City
joins
Niall
Quinn
up
front
.

The
team
is
as
follows
:

Given
,
Breen
,
Staunton
,
Irwin
,
McAteer
,
Harte
,
McLoughlin
,
Houghton
,
Townsend
,
Quinn
,
O'Neill
.

--
Dublin
Newsroom
+353
1
676
9779

Nigerian
thieves
hire
police
truck
to
carry
loot
.

LAGOS
1996-08-30

A
gang
of
thieves
in
eastern
Nigeria
paid
a
police
corporal
to
carry
off
eight
air
conditioners
they
had
just
stolen
,
the
national
news
agency
reported
on
Friday
.

"
Little
did
I
know
I
was
dealing
with
robbers
,
"
the
News
Agency
of
Nigeria
quoted
the
unnamed
corporal
as
saying
.

He
admitted
to
having
been
paid
3,000
naira
(
$
37.50
)
for
his
services
in
transporting
the
loot
valued
at
300,000
naira
(
$
3,750
)
.

Police
in
the
town
of
Uyo
said
the
corporal
had
been
arrested
,
while
the
air
conditioners
had
been
returned
to
their
rightful
owner
.

They
did
not
comment
on
the
whereabouts
of
the
thieves
.

(
$
1=80
naira
)

East
Dries
miners
fail
to
report
for
work
.

JOHANNESBURG
1996-08-30

Workers
at
Driefontein
Consolidated
Ltd
's
east
gold
mine
have
failed
to
report
for
work
since
Wednesday
night
,
mine
managers
Gold
Fields
of
South
Africa
Ltd
said
on
Friday
.

"
Discussions
with
employee
and
union
representatives
are
continuing
,
"
the
company
said
in
a
statement
.

It
gave
no
further
details
.

At
least
17
miners
have
been
killed
in
labour
unrest
--
sparked
by
ethnic
differences
--
at
Driefontein
Consolidated
and
Gold
Fields
'
Kloof
Gold
Mining
Co
this
month
.

--
Johannesburg
newsroom
,
+27-11
482
1003

Chad
government
closes
university
after
protests
.

N'DJAMENA
1996-08-30

The
government
of
Chad
has
closed
N'Djamena
University
after
two
days
of
protests
over
grant
arrears
in
which
Education
Minister
Nagoum
Yamassoum
was
held
hostage
for
four
hours
,
state
radio
said
on
Friday
.

"
The
minister
and
his
colleagues
who
were
held
in
the
rector
's
office
were
freed
thanks
an
intervention
by
gendarmes
,
"
one
university
official
said
.

"
Angry
students
cut
the
telephone
,
water
and
electricity
of
the
university
offices
before
smashing
the
windows
and
breaking
down
the
doors
.
"

Paramilitary
police
detained
more
than
120
students
in
the
protest
.

The
students
'
union
said
second
and
third-year
students
were
demanding
four
months
of
unpaid
grants
.

End-of-year
examinations
would
go
ahead
on
September
2
despite
the
closure
,
university
officials
said
.

Yeltsin
endorses
Lebed
Chechnya
peace
plan
-
agency
.

MOSCOW
1996-08-30

Russian
Prime
Minister
Viktor
Chernomyrdin
said
on
Friday
that
President
Boris
Yeltsin
,
who
is
vacationing
outside
Moscow
,
had
backed
security
chief
Alexander
Lebed
's
peace
plan
for
Chechnya
,
Interfax
news
agency
said
.

"
Lebed
is
now
in
Chechnya
solving
some
problems
,
"
Interfax
quoted
Chernomyrdin
as
saying
.
"

The
main
thing
is
his
programme
.

It
was
agreed
with
Boris
Nikolayevich
(
Yeltsin
)
yesterday
.
"

Lebed
,
whom
Yeltsin
ordered
to
restore
peace
in
Chechnya
,
struck
a
military
deal
with
separatist
rebels
last
week
ending
the
worst
fighting
in
the
region
in
more
than
a
year
.

He
later
discussed
with
rebel
chief-of-staff
Aslan
Maskhadov
a
framework
political
agreement
to
tackle
the
most
painful
issue
of
the
20-month
war
--
the
future
political
status
of
Chechnya
.

Lebed
said
on
Friday
he
hoped
to
sign
a
document
with
the
rebels
later
in
the
day
which
would
deal
with
the
political
settlement
of
the
conflict
.

Moscow
,
which
wants
to
keep
Chechnya
as
a
part
of
the
Russian
Federation
,
sent
troops
to
the
region
in
December
1994
to
quell
its
independence
bid
.

Yeltsin
has
said
any
deal
should
preserve
Russia
's
territorial
integrity
.

Itar-Tass
news
agency
quoted
Lebed
as
saying
that
he
would
suggest
to
the
rebels
that
the
decision
on
Chechnya
's
future
political
status
be
deferred
by
up
to
10
years
.

Lebed
said
he
had
a
telephone
conversation
with
Yeltsin
late
on
Thursday
but
gave
no
details
.

Yeltsin
's
press
office
could
not
confirm
the
call
.

Chernomyrdin
said
on
Thursday
after
a
meeting
with
Lebed
and
top
officials
,
who
discussed
Lebed
's
plans
to
restore
peace
in
Chechnya
,
that
it
needed
more
work
.

Lebed
,
Chechens
sign
framework
political
deal
.

KHASAVYURT
,
Russia
1996-08-31

Russian
peacemaker
Alexander
Lebed
said
he
and
rebel
military
leader
Aslan
Maskhadov
agreed
after
overnight
talks
to
defer
the
decision
on
whether
Chechnya
should
be
independent
until
December
31
,
2001
.

"
We
just
now
signed
a
statement
and
attached
the
basic
principles
of
relations
between
the
Russian
Federation
and
the
Chechen
Republic
,
"
Lebed
told
reporters
after
he
and
Maskhadov
signed
a
package
of
documents
.

He
gave
no
further
details
.

"
That
's
it
,
the
war
is
over
,
"
Lebed
told
reporters
who
witnessed
the
signing
.

Lebed
said
he
and
Maskhadov
agreed
to
defer
by
more
than
five
years
the
painful
issue
of
Chechnya
's
political
status
.

"
Then
,
with
cool
heads
,
calmly
and
soberly
we
will
sort
out
our
relations
,
"
Lebed
said
after
the
late-night
signing
ceremony
in
this
settlement
outside
Chechnya
's
eastern
border
.

Tens
of
thousands
of
people
have
died
in
the
war
,
begun
in
late
1994
after
Moscow
sent
troops
to
quell
Chechnya
's
independence
bid
.

But
Russia
failed
to
win
control
over
the
whole
of
Chechnya
and
its
troops
suffered
several
humiliating
defeats
.

President
Boris
Yeltsin
ordered
Lebed
to
restore
peace
in
Chechnya
and
gave
him
unspecified
sweeping
powers
to
carry
out
the
mission
.

Prime
Minister
Viktor
Chernomyrdin
said
on
Friday
that
Yeltsin
backed
a
package
of
proposals
Lebed
took
to
the
talks
.

Ruling
Moslem
party
ends
vote
boycott
.

SARAJEVO
1996-08-30

Bosnia
's
ruling
Moslem
nationalist
party
on
Friday
called
on
its
refugee
voters
to
end
a
boycott
of
absentee
balloting
in
national
elections
,
citing
assurances
provided
by
a
U.S.
envoy
,
government
radio
said
.

The
Bosnian
government
radio
broadcast
said
U.S.
Assistant
Secretary
of
State
John
Kornblum
had
reassured
SDA
officials
,
including
presumably
its
leader
,
Bosnian
President
Alija
Izetbegovic
,
whom
he
met
during
a
Friday
visit
.

But
the
radio
report
did
not
specify
what
guarantees
,
if
any
,
the
U.S.
envoy
had
provided
.

Absentee
voting
in
the
elections
began
on
Wednesday
,
August
28
and
runs
for
a
week
.

Election
day
for
those
living
inside
Bosnia
is
September
14
.

The
Party
of
Democratic
Action
(
SDA
)
had
called
on
Wednesday
for
its
followers
abroad
to
boycott
the
absentee
balloting
because
of
voter
registration
irregularities
,
especially
among
Serb
refugees
.

The
Organisation
for
Security
and
Cooperation
in
Europe
(
OSCE
)
postponed
municipal
elections
as
a
result
of
the
irregularities
but
decided
to
proceed
with
voting
for
higher
offices
.

The
SDA
,
joined
by
two
other
parties
,
has
been
demanding
that
OSCE
prohibit
refugees
voting
from
any
place
other
than
their
pre-war
place
of
residence
as
a
means
to
prevent
the
elections
from
ratifying
the
results
of
ethnic
cleansing
.

Belgrade
airport
runway
repairs
Sept
21-26-agency
.

BELGRADE
1996-08-30

Belgrade
's
main
airport
Aerodrom
Beograd
will
be
closed
to
traffic
for
runway
maintenance
and
modernization
from
September
21
to
26
,
the
Yugoslav
news
agency
Tanjug
reported
late
on
Friday
.

"
During
the
works
,
all
flights
will
be
re-routed
to
the
nearby
airport
in
Batajnica
,
with
no
change
in
schedules
,
"
Tanjug
quotes
Belgrade
airport
General
Director
Ljubomir
Acimovic
as
saying
.

The
airport
in
Surcin
will
continue
to
carry
out
all
other
activities
and
has
secured
enough
buses
to
transport
passengers
to
Batajnica
,
Acimovic
said
.

The
value
of
maintenance
works
,
which
will
last
120
hours
straight
,
is
20
million
dinars
and
the
funds
have
been
secured
by
Belgrade
airport
,
Tanjug
said
.

The
Batajnica
airport
will
take
over
complete
air
traffic
control
during
this
period
,
Federal
Air
Traffic
Control
Administration
Director
Branko
Bilbija
said
.

--
Amra
Kevic
,
Belgrade
newsroom
+381
11
2224305

Top
Belarus
politician
blasts
president
.

Larisa
Sayenko

MINSK
1996-08-30

A
senior
Belarus
politician
accused
President
Alexander
Lukashenko
on
Friday
of
attempting
to
set
up
a
dictatorship
in
the
former
Soviet
republic
.

The
speaker
of
the
Belarus
parliament
,
Semyon
Sharetsky
,
told
Reuters
that
a
draft
constitution
,
due
to
be
put
to
a
national
referendum
on
November
7
,
would
dangerously
increase
the
powers
of
the
ruler
.

"
The
world
community
should
not
be
indifferent
to
the
fact
that
President
Lukashenko
,
who
leads
this
European
state
of
10
million
people
,
is
trying
to
establish
a
dictatorship
with
his
new
constitution
,
"
Sharetsky
said
.

The
new
constitution
calls
for
a
two-chamber
parliament
with
a
110-seat
majority-elected
house
of
representatives
and
a
regionally-represented
senate
with
a
third
of
its
members
named
by
the
president
.

Lukashenko
's
aides
shrugged
off
Sharetsky
's
charge
.
"

If
there
was
a
dictatorship
they
would
n't
have
the
right
to
say
things
like
this
,
"
Sergei
Posukhov
,
Lukashenko
's
political
adviser
,
told
Reuters
.

"
The
people
have
asked
us
to
establish
order
and
that
's
our
main
aim
.
"

Lukashenko
,
41
,
won
presidential
polls
in
1994
on
promises
to
restore
order
,
fight
corruption
and
repair
the
strong
links
with
Russia
that
were
disrupted
by
the
collapse
of
the
Soviet
Union
.

But
during
his
period
in
office
he
has
battled
against
nationalist
opponents
,
trade
unions
and
parliament
and
Sharetsky
said
the
current
parliament
was
ready
to
try
to
impeach
him
.

"
This
constitution
,
which
has
been
prepared
in
secret
,
aims
to
gather
all
power
in
one
man
's
hands
,
"
he
said
.
"

We
should
not
be
fooled
by
his
quasi-democratic
rhetoric
and
his
methods
,
like
this
referendum
.
"

Lukashenko
signed
a
pact
with
Moscow
in
April
to
create
a
strong
economic
and
political
union
which
he
believes
could
grow
into
a
federation
.

But
nationalist
groups
,
scared
by
the
prospect
of
renewed
Moscow
domination
and
Russia
's
backing
for
Lukashenko
,
protested
against
the
deal
.

Lukashenko
responded
by
cracking
down
on
the
nationalist
opposition
and
jailing
nearly
200
people
for
taking
part
in
demonstrations
against
the
pact
.

The
United
States
last
week
granted
political
asylum
to
two
opposition
leaders
,
Zenon
Poznyak
and
Sergei
Naumchik
.

Tajik
troops
now
control
devastated
town
.

Yuri
Kushko

TAVILDARA
,
Tajikistan
1996-08-30

Tajik
government
troops
now
control
of
the
strategically
vital
town
of
Tavildara
after
driving
out
Islamic
rebels
,
but
sporadic
gunfire
still
echoed
in
the
nearby
Pamir
mountains
on
Friday
.

The
commander-in-chief
of
Tajikistan
's
armed
forces
,
Major-General
Nikolai
Sherbatov
,
took
a
group
of
journalists
by
helicopter
to
the
remote
,
and
now
devastated
,
town
to
show
that
his
forces
held
it
.

He
said
his
troops
took
Tavildara
without
casualties
on
August
23
,
but
the
crack
of
sniper
and
machinegun
fire
revealed
the
presence
of
opposition
fighters
in
the
surrounding
mountains
.

Sherbatov
said
the
rebels
were
located
about
three
km
(
two
miles
)
east
of
Tavildara
around
the
village
of
Layron
.

Tavildara
,
200
km
(
120
miles
)
east
of
the
capital
Dushanbe
,
was
in
ruins
.

Shells
had
smashed
roofs
and
windows
and
empty
shell
cases
littered
the
streets
.

The
town
straddles
a
strategically
important
road
linking
government
and
rebel-held
territory
and
has
fallen
succesively
to
both
sides
in
a
bloody
tug-of-war
which
began
last
February
.

Tajikistan
,
which
borders
Afghanistan
and
China
,
has
been
split
by
a
dragging
four-year
conflict
after
a
civil
war
between
communists
and
a
frail
coalition
of
Islamic
and
liberal
groups
.

Tens
of
thousands
of
people
have
been
killed
and
many
more
have
been
displaced
in
the
fighting
,
which
breached
a
shaky
United
Nations-sponsored
ceasefire
.

Tavildara
is
now
apparently
inhabited
only
by
a
few
old
men
,
women
and
their
grubby
,
barefoot
children
.

Fruit
remained
on
the
trees
as
there
was
no
one
to
pick
it
.

"
Help
me
,
help
me
,
"
said
a
chorus
of
women
begging
soldiers
for
food
.

The
town
's
school
and
a
shop
doubling
as
a
warehouse
for
humanitarian
aid
were
destroyed
in
the
fighting
.

"
We
had
to
build
our
own
earth
shelters
to
survive
the
fighting
,
"
said
Rajab
Adinayev
,
a
bearded
elderly
Tajik
in
a
long
white
shirt
.

Although
shy
in
front
of
the
government
soldiers
,
several
inhabitants
accused
government
forces
of
widespread
looting
of
homes
and
livestock
.

They
also
said
rebel
fighters
had
looted
medicines
from
the
local
hospital
.

One
elderly
man
,
who
declined
to
give
his
name
,
said
two
of
his
sons
were
now
refugees
in
Moscow
and
the
other
two
had
left
to
fight
for
the
opposition
.

He
also
said
government
soldiers
had
raped
the
wife
of
one
of
his
sons
.
"

It
's
not
important
who
holds
this
town
,
we
just
need
to
stop
the
war
,
"
he
said
.

Polish
Foreign
Minister
to
visit
Yugoslavia
.

WARSAW
1996-08-30

Poland
's
Foreign
Minister
Dariusz
Rosati
will
visit
Yugoslavia
on
September
3
and
4
to
revive
a
dialogue
between
the
two
governments
which
was
effectively
frozen
in
1992
,
PAP
news
agency
reported
on
Friday
.

During
Rosati
's
trip
the
two
countries
will
sign
an
agreement
on
mutual
protection
of
investments
and
a
note
easing
conditions
on
the
granting
of
visas
,
the
agency
quoted
Foreign
Ministry
officials
as
saying
.

The
Federal
Republic
of
Yugoslavia
is
the
only
country
of
the
former
Yugoslavia
where
Poles
currently
require
visas
.

They
are
also
to
clinch
protocols
on
culture
and
understanding
between
the
two
foreign
ministries
.

Rosati
will
meet
Serbian
President
Slobodan
Milosevic
and
Yugoslav
politicians
in
Belgrade
,
before
visiting
Montenegro
.

Poland
revived
diplomatic
ties
at
ambassadorial
level
with
Yugoslavia
in
April
but
economic
links
are
almost
moribund
,
despite
the
end
of
a
three-year
U.N.
trade
embargo
imposed
to
punish
Belgrade
for
its
support
of
Bosnian
Serbs
.

Poland
is
seeking
pacts
on
avoiding
double
taxation
and
wants
cooperation
in
fighting
crime
.

Yeltsin
visits
wife
Naina
in
hospital
-
Interfax
.

MOSCOW
1996-08-30

Russian
President
Boris
Yeltsin
visited
his
wife
Naina
in
hospital
on
Friday
evening
,
Interfax
news
agency
quoted
spokesman
Sergei
Yastrzhembsky
as
saying
.

Naina
Yeltsin
had
a
kidney
operation
last
Saturday
.

Earlier
Russian
news
reports
had
said
Yeltsin
's
children
and
grandchildren
had
visited
the
Russian
first
lady
but
they
said
only
that
Yeltsin
,
on
vacation
outside
Moscow
,
had
spoken
to
her
by
telephone
.

"
Naina
Yeltsin
looks
well
,
she
is
active
,
she
is
clearly
getting
better
,
"
Yastrzhembsky
quoted
Yeltsin
as
saying
.

Naina
Yeltsin
is
recovering
in
Moscow
's
Central
Clinical
Hospital
,
where
the
president
himself
was
treated
twice
last
year
for
heart
attacks
.

Yeltsin
,
65
,
has
been
seen
only
rarely
since
he
was
elected
for
a
second
term
in
office
on
July
3
,
although
his
aides
have
denied
a
string
of
rumours
that
he
has
been
taken
ill
again
.

Yastrzhembsky
said
Yeltsin
had
travelled
from
the
hospital
to
spend
the
night
at
the
Barvikha
sanatorium
outside
Moscow
.

He
was
likely
to
return
on
Saturday
to
his
holiday
resort
,
a
hunting
lodge
some
100
km
(
60
miles
)
from
Moscow
.

Lebed
,
Chechens
start
peace
talks
.

KHASAVYURT
,
Russia
1996-08-30

Russian
peacemaker
Alexander
Lebed
and
Chechen
separatist
military
leader
Aslan
Maskhadov
started
a
new
round
of
peace
talks
on
Friday
in
this
settlement
just
outside
the
rebel
region
.

Lebed
,
who
flew
into
Chechnya
earlier
in
the
day
,
said
he
hoped
to
sign
a
framework
agreement
on
a
political
settlement
of
the
20-month
conflict
in
which
tens
of
thousands
of
people
have
died
.

Neither
Lebed
nor
Maskhadov
made
any
statement
before
the
talks
.

Russian
judge
stabbed
to
death
over
$
7
fine
.

MOSCOW
1996-08-30

A
Moscow
street
vendor
stabbed
to
death
a
woman
judge
in
a
city
court
on
Friday
after
she
fined
him
the
equivalent
of
seven
dollars
for
trading
illegally
,
Interfax
news
agency
said
.

Interfax
said
Judge
Olga
Lavrentyeva
,
28
,
on
Thursday
ordered
the
confiscation
of
several
overcoats
,
suits
and
shirts
which
vendor
Valery
Ivankov
,
41
,
was
illegally
trading
on
Moscow
streets
and
fined
him
38,000
roubles
(
seven
dollars
)
.

The
next
morning
,
Ivankov
appeared
in
the
courtroom
and
stabbed
Lavrentyeva
.

The
judge
died
later
in
hospital
.

Interfax
quoted
Levrentyeva
's
colleagues
as
saying
that
judges
were
generally
unprotected
against
criminal
attacks
.

Cofinec
plunges
on
H1
results
.

Emese
Bartha

BUDAPEST
1996-08-30

Shares
of
France-registered
printed
packaging
company
Cofinec
S.A.
plunged
sharply
on
the
Budapest
Stock
Exchange
(
BSE
)
on
Friday
,
despite
a
mostly
reassuring
forecast
by
the
group
.

Cofinec
's
Global
Depositary
Receipts
(
GDRs
)
opened
at
5,200
forints
on
the
BSE
,
down
600
from
Thursday
's
close
,
following
the
release
of
its
first
half
results
this
morning
.

Cofinec
CEO
Stephen
Frater
told
reporters
in
a
conference
call
from
Vienna
on
Friday
before
the
opening
of
the
bourse
that
he
expects
a
stronger
second
half
,
although
the
group
will
not
be
able
to
achieve
its
annual
profit
goal
.

"
We
will
not
achieve
the
full
37
million
French
franc
(
net
)
profit
forecast
,
"
Frater
said
.
"

Obviously
,
we
cannot
make
up
the
unexpected
decrease
that
has
been
experienced
in
the
first
half
of
the
year
.
"

Frater
declined
to
give
a
forecast
for
the
full
year
,
ahead
of
a
supervisory
board
meeting
next
week
.

Cofinec
,
the
first
foreign
company
to
list
on
the
Budapest
bourse
,
released
its
consolidated
first
half
figures
(
IAS
)
this
morning
.

In
the
conference
call
,
Frater
said
he
regarded
Cofinec
GDRs
--
which
are
trading
below
their
issue
price
of
6,425
forints
--
as
a
buying
opportunity
.

"
Obviously
,
at
some
point
it
represents
a
buying
opportunity
,
"
Frater
said
.
"

I
think
the
reality
is
that
we
operate
in
emerging
markets
,
emerging
markets
tend
to
be
more
volatile
.
"

"
My
message
is
that
the
fundamental
strategy
of
the
company
,
its
fundamental
market
position
has
not
changed
.
"

The
group
,
which
operates
in
Hungary
,
Poland
and
the
Czech
Republic
,
reported
an
operating
profit
before
interest
of
21.8
million
French
francs
compared
to
34.1
million
in
the
same
six
months
of
1995
.

Net
profit
for
the
January-June
1996
period
was
2.1
million
French
francs
,
down
from
10.3
million
in
the
first
six
months
of
1995
,
with
the
bulk
of
this
decline
attributable
to
the
performance
of
Petofi
,
one
of
its
Hungarian
units
.

Cofinec
said
Petofi
general
manager
Laszlo
Sebesvari
had
submitted
his
resignation
and
will
be
leaving
Petofi
but
will
remain
on
Petofi
's
board
of
directors
.

"
Until
a
new
general
manager
of
Petofi
is
appointed
...

I
will
in
fact
move
to
Kecskemet
(
site
of
Petofi
printing
house
)
for
the
interim
and
will
serve
as
acting
chief
executive
officer
of
Petofi
,
"
Frater
said
.

--
Budapest
newsroom
(
36
1
)
327
4040

Romania
cen
bank
one-week
rate
rises
to
50.19
pct
.

BUCHAREST
1996-08-30

The
National
Bank
of
Romania
(
BNR
)
said
its
one-week
refinancing
rate
has
been
lifted
this
week
to
50.19
percent
from
49
percent
after
two
banks
bids
'
exceeded
its
offer
at
Thursday
's
auction
.

The
two
banks
entered
bids
totalling
497.5
billion
lei
at
rates
ranging
from
49
to
51
percent
,
against
the
BNR
's
offer
of
420
billion
lei
.

Traders
said
that
over
the
past
few
days
the
two
major
banks
,
keen
to
meet
minimum
reserve
targets
,
also
chased
funds
on
the
money
market
,
being
ready
to
gulp
short-term
money
at
rates
up
to
49
percent
.

Other
banks
traded
one-week
rates
near
48
percent
.

--
Bucharest
Newsroom
40-1
3120264

Potent
landmines
found
near
Colombian
presidency
.

BOGOTA
,
Colombia
1996-08-30

Eight
claymore
mines
fitted
with
powerful
C-4
plastic
explosives
were
found
stashed
in
a
real
estate
office
on
Friday
located
about
two
blocks
from
Colombia
's
presidential
palace
,
police
said
.

"
These
are
powerful
weapons
,
"
a
spokesman
with
the
Municipal
Police
told
Reuters
by
telephone
,
adding
that
police
had
not
ruled
out
a
possible
terrorist
attack
on
the
ornate
Casa
de
Narino
presidential
palace
in
Bogota
's
historic
downtown
area
.

"
They
could
cause
serious
damage
as
much
as
500
meters
(
yards
)
away
from
wherever
they
were
detonated
,
"
the
spokesman
added
.

He
said
police
backed
by
explosive
experts
were
combing
the
area
in
search
of
other
possible
weapons
or
explosive
devices
.

The
police
spokeman
said
plastic
explosive
like
C-4
is
not
a
normal
component
in
claymore
mines
.

But
he
said
the
eight
mines
seized
by
police
had
been
"
specially
adapted
.
"

The
spokesman
declined
further
comment
,
except
to
say
that
two
women
and
a
man
identified
as
a
lawyer
had
been
arrested
in
connection
with
the
landmines
.

Assault
charges
dropped
against
Surinam
ex-rebel
.

PARAMARIBO
,
Surinam
1996-08-30

Flamboyant
former
Surinamese
guerrilla
leader
Ronny
Brunswijk
walked
free
on
Friday
after
charges
of
attempted
murder
were
dropped
,
police
said
.

Brunswijk
had
been
in
police
custody
for
10
days
after
Freddy
Pinas
,
a
Surinamese-born
visitor
from
the
Netherlands
,
accused
Brunswijk
of
trying
to
kill
him
in
a
bar-room
brawl
in
the
mining
town
of
Moengo
56
miles
(
90
km
)
east
of
Paramaribo
.

Brunswijk
,
35
,
denied
the
charge
and
reached
an
agreement
with
Pinas
after
replacing
a
golden
necklace
lost
in
the
scuffle
.

It
was
the
second
time
Brunswijk
had
been
charged
with
attempted
murder
in
less
than
two
years
.

In
1994
he
served
two
months
for
shooting
a
thief
in
the
backside
.

Brunswijk
,
who
led
a
rebel
group
against
the
military
regime
of
Desi
Bouterse
in
the
late
1980s
,
is
now
a
successful
businessman
with
mining
and
logging
interests
.

Cambodian
opposition
newspaper
editor
pardoned
.

PHNOM
PENH
1996-08-30

Cambodia
's
King
Norodom
Sihanouk
on
Friday
gave
a
royal
pardon
to
an
opposition
newspaper
editor
who
had
alleged
top-level
corruption
.

Hen
Vipheak
,
former
editor
of
the
Sereipheap
Thmei
(
New
Liberty
)
newspaper
,
stepped
through
the
gates
of
the
run-down
French
colonial-era
T3
prison
late
Friday
afternoon
,
following
intervention
on
his
behalf
by
King
Sihanouk
.

The
Supreme
Court
had
on
August
23
sent
the
opposition
Khmer
Nation
Party
steering
committee
member
to
jail
after
upholding
rulings
by
the
municipal
and
appeal
courts
that
handed
down
a
five
million
riels
(
$
2,000
)
fine
and
one
year
's
imprisonment
.

The
judge
overturned
a
decision
to
shut
down
Hen
Vipheak
's
newspaper
.

The
editor
was
prosecuted
following
a
May
1995
article
alleging
top-level
corruption
.

Sihanouk
promised
an
amnesty
to
Hen
Vipheak
,
along
with
fellow
KNP
member
and
journalist
Chan
Rattana
,
who
was
released
after
serving
a
week
of
a
year-long
jail
term
in
June
.

Co-Premiers
Prince
Norodom
Ranariddh
and
Hun
Sen
agreed
earlier
this
week
to
the
king
's
request
for
an
amnesty
.

Far
East
Gold
-
Moribund
market
seen
continuing
.

Mishi
Saran

HONG
KONG
1996-08-30

Far
East
gold
traders
thumped
foreheads
in
frustration
at
the
market
's
foot-dragging
this
week
and
forecast
on
Friday
that
next
week
would
not
be
much
better
.

The
Southeast
Asian
gold
market
was
more
or
less
a
photo-fit
picture
of
the
previous
week
's
position
with
activity
slow
and
bullion
prices
trapped
in
a
well-worn
range
awaiting
a
seasonal
upturn
in
demand
and
prices
into
the
fourth
quarter
.

Singapore
premiums
for
Australian
kilo
bars
were
quoted
unchanged
at
between
25-45
cents
an
ounce
over
spot
loco
London
prices
,
with
South
Korean
and
Indonesian-origin
premiums
also
steady
at
10-20
cents
an
ounce
.

Singapore
dealers
said
they
were
concerned
that
there
had
been
a
marked
revival
in
offers
to
sell
gold
by
South
Korean
traders
,
following
the
distress
sales
of
recent
months
after
the
Seoul
government
's
crackdown
on
bullion
arbitrage
trade
.

"
I
was
shocked
to
see
these
offers
coming
in
again
,
though
there
's
been
no
indication
of
price
or
volume
.

I
dread
to
think
what
will
happen
to
the
premiums
if
the
Koreans
start
selling
in
force
,
"
one
dealer
said
.

Continued
dishoarding
of
kilo-bars
by
Indonesian
sources
ahead
of
next
year
's
presidential
election
has
also
kept
a
lid
on
premiums
.

Gold
closed
down
at
$
387.00
/
$
387.50
an
ounce
in
Hong
Kong
on
Friday
,
versus
New
York
's
$
387.60
/
$
388
finish
on
Thursday
.

Dealers
said
the
precious
metal
eased
on
a
report
that
the
International
Monetary
Fund
might
sell
some
of
its
gold
to
reduce
the
debts
of
the
poorest
developing
countries
.

Easier
silver
prices
mid-week
helped
keep
spot
gold
locked
in
a
$
386
-
$
389
an
ounce
range
,
dealers
said
,
but
they
remained
optimistic
that
the
usual
seasonal
pick-up
in
jewellery
fabrication
demand
would
see
gold
at
$
395
by
end-October
.

"
I
still
think
we
'll
see
gold
at
$
395
by
the
end
of
October
,
in
a
retracement
of
the
$
418
-
$
380
move
we
saw
at
the
start
of
the
year
,
"
one
said
.

Silver
,
basis
the
September
contract
on
New
York
's
Comex
market
,
was
expected
to
find
support
at
between
$
5.12
-
$
5.15
an
ounce
and
meet
resistance
from
$
5.25
-
$
5.30
,
they
added
.

September
silver
closed
up
$
0.004
in
New
York
on
Thursday
at
$
5.255
an
ounce
.

Tripoli
decks
out
for
coup
celebrations
.

Mona
Eltahawy

TRIPOLI
1996-08-30

Libyans
are
dressing
up
their
capital
Tripoli
for
celebrations
on
Sunday
of
the
27th
anniversary
of
the
coup
which
brought
Muammar
Gaddafi
to
power
.

Green
flags
and
banners
praise
the
"
great
revolution
"
and
promise
defiance
against
United
Nations
sanctions
imposed
for
Libya
's
refusal
to
hand
over
for
trial
two
suspects
wanted
in
connection
with
the
1988
bombing
of
a
Pan
Am
flight
over
Lockerbie
,
Scotland
.

"
We
have
chosen
the
challenge
because
it
is
our
only
option
,
"
proclaimed
one
banner
on
the
road
to
Tripoli
airport
which
serves
only
internal
flights
because
of
the
sanctions
.

Huge
stadium
lights
are
directed
at
the
city
's
Green
Square
where
makeshift
stages
await
Sunday
's
festivities
.

Three
African
leaders
--
from
Niger
,
Guinea
and
Ghana
--
are
expected
to
attend
the
celebrations
marking
September
1
,
1969
when
a
group
of
young
army
officers
,
led
by
a
27-year-old
Gaddafi
,
deposed
King
Mohammed
Idris
.

"
The
revolution
has
brought
us
great
achievements
...

We
are
comfortable
the
revolution
has
taken
care
of
us
,
improved
our
lives
and
given
us
capabilites
,
"
Samer
Ammar
Soliman
,
42
,
told
Reuters
as
he
came
out
of
Friday
prayers
.

But
some
Libyans
have
begun
to
show
their
discontent
in
the
country
's
east
,
which
has
become
a
hotbed
of
militant
violence
.

Tripoli-based
diplomats
and
exiled
opponents
said
Gaddafi
's
airforce
blasted
in
July
rebel
strongholds
in
the
mountainous
Jebel
al-Akhdar
region
.

Travellers
arriving
in
Egypt
say
militants
and
police
officers
clash
regularly
in
Benghazi
.

At
least
20
people
were
killed
in
the
capital
in
early
July
after
bodyguards
loyal
to
Gaddafi
's
sons
fired
at
spectators
of
a
football
match
who
were
chanting
subversive
slogans
.

Gaddafi
has
dismissed
any
unrest
as
the
work
of
foreigners
,
and
last
year
deported
thousands
of
Sudanese
and
Egyptian
workers
.

Twilight
zone
for
Wall
Street
as
political
race
heats
up
.

Pierre
Belec

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

For
Wall
Street
,
this
is
the
season
to
be
cautious
as
the
presidential
contest
puts
the
stock
market
in
the
twilight
zone
.

President
Clinton
,
Bob
Dole
and
Ross
Perot
are
hitting
the
road
now
that
the
partying
is
over
,
and
people
who
have
billions
of
dollars
invested
in
stocks
were
bracing
for
political
promises
that
could
have
an
impact
on
their
wealth
.

Analysts
believe
that
the
candidates
will
add
to
the
market
's
list
of
uncertainties
,
which
already
includes
the
question
of
whether
the
Federal
Reserve
will
raise
interest
rates
to
cool
economic
growth
.

They
say
the
politicians
will
need
to
promote
legislation
that
helps
the
economy
without
scaring
the
socks
off
financial
markets
.

"
The
worst
thing
that
could
happen
for
financial
markets
is
that
if
Clinton
and
Dole
start
to
trade
shots
in
the
middle
of
the
ring
with
one-upmanship
,
"
said
Hugh
Johnson
,
chief
investment
officer
at
First
Albany
Corp.
"
That
's
when
Wall
Street
will
need
to
worry
.
"

He
said
that
the
bond
market
would
be
the
first
to
react
if
the
"
bidding
"
intensifies
and
stocks
would
quickly
drop
as
interest
rates
rise
.

"
I
do
n't
think
it
would
imply
the
collapse
of
the
stock
market
,
unless
the
rise
in
rates
touches
off
a
dynamic
within
the
market
,
which
would
include
selling
by
portfolio
managers
,
redemptions
by
individuals
of
mutual
funds
that
would
,
in
turn
,
pressure
the
portfolio
managers
to
sell
even
more
stock
.
"

This
week
,
the
market
weighed
Dole
's
proposal
to
lower
federal
income
taxes
by
15
percent
across
the
board
,
a
package
that
carries
a
price
tag
of
$
548
billion
.

Clinton
proposes
an
$
8.4
billion
re-election
agenda
that
would
spare
most
home-sellers
from
capital
gains
taxes
and
give
employers
tax
incentives
to
hire
people
off
the
welfare
rolls
.

Clinton
claims
Dole
's
plan
would
increase
the
deficit
,
while
the
White
House
said
some
corporate
taxes
would
be
raised
to
offset
the
cost
of
the
president
's
plan
.

The
experts
said
there
are
some
unusual
risks
for
the
market
from
this
year
's
political
season
because
the
rush
to
promise
tax
cuts
to
win
votes
could
upset
Wall
Street
's
expectations
that
Washington
will
balance
the
budget
.

"
The
stock
market
will
have
to
edit
the
promises
and
then
do
a
probability
study
on
those
edited
promises
,
"
said
John
Geraghty
at
the
consulting
firm
North
American
Equity
Services
.

During
the
past
four
presidential
elections
,
the
candidate
that
has
favoured
tax
cuts
has
won
.

Ronald
Reagan
's
tax
cut
won
him
a
second
four-year
term
in
the
White
House
in
1984
,
while
Democrat
Walter
Mondale
,
who
promised
higher
taxes
,
lost
.

George
Bush
became
president
in
1988
on
his
no-new-tax
campaign
and
Clinton
won
in
1992
with
a
promise
to
fatten
workers
'
paychecks
.

The
trick
,
they
said
,
will
be
for
the
candidates
to
continue
to
convince
Wall
Street
that
the
Treasury
's
30-year
bond
--
the
most
closely-watched
interest
rate
--
will
fall
to
between
4
percent
and
5
percent
by
the
end
of
the
decade
.

Johnson
said
that
long-term
interest
rates
have
already
been
spooked
by
the
election
.

The
long-term
bond
jumped
this
week
to
7.13
percent
after
starting
the
year
at
5.95
percent
.

The
surge
of
buying
in
stocks
during
the
last
two
years
has
come
amid
an
environment
of
low
interest
rates
,
which
has
boosted
corporate
profits
.

But
the
market
stalled
this
summer
after
the
Dow
Jones
industrial
average
set
a
record
high
of
5,778.00
points
on
May
22
.

"
The
market
does
n't
seem
to
be
able
to
make
new
highs
and
it
has
been
back
and
forth
in
a
fairly
horizontal
mode
which
looks
like
a
holding
pattern
,
"
said
Geraghty
.

He
said
the
market
reflects
the
political
uncertainty
,
now
that
Dole
has
sharply
narrowed
the
gap
with
Clinton
in
the
polls
.

Geraghty
said
that
the
one
thing
that
could
completely
turn
the
election
around
are
new
findings
in
the
Whitewater
scandal
that
would
damage
the
Clintons
.

"
Stocks
are
on
a
delicate
edge
because
if
something
happens
that
looks
like
it
could
upset
the
presidency
,
it
could
throw
the
political
and
,
to
some
extent
the
economic
,
process
into
chaos
,
"
Geraghty
said
.

Right
now
,
Wall
Street
is
pondering
the
candidates
.

"
We
have
an
election
where
there
are
so
many
unknown
variables
that
most
people
will
probably
want
to
hold
fire
,
and
even
take
the
chance
that
they
will
have
to
pay
higher
prices
for
stocks
after
the
November
election
,
than
take
the
risk
that
a
shock
to
the
system
will
hurt
the
stock
market
,
"
Geraghty
said
.

On
Friday
,
the
Dow
Jones
index
closed
down
31.44
points
at
5,616.21
.

For
the
week
,
it
was
down
106.53
points
.

The
Nasdaq
composite
index
closed
3.53
points
lower
Friday
at
1,141.50
.

For
the
week
,
it
was
down
1.55
points
.

The
Standard
&
Poor
's
index
of
500
stocks
was
off
5.41
points
at
651.99
,
down
15.03
points
for
the
week
.

The
American
Stock
Exchange
index
was
down
1.66
points
at
559.68
,
and
was
off
1.26
for
the
week
.

Brisk
economic
reports
rattle
markets
anew
.

Glenn
Somerville

WASHINGTON
1996-08-30

Factory
orders
rose
in
July
and
manufacturing
surged
in
the
Midwest
in
August
,
reports
said
Friday
,
sparking
worries
about
inflation
that
battered
financial
markets
for
a
second
straight
day
.

The
Commerce
Department
said
orders
for
manufactured
goods
climbed
1.8
percent
in
July
to
a
seasonally
adjusted
$
317.6
billion
--
nearly
twice
the
increase
that
had
been
expected
.

Shipments
of
everything
from
new
cars
to
food
items
rose
,
as
did
order
backlogs
,
in
a
sign
that
the
strength
in
the
industrial
sector
would
continue
in
coming
months
.

A
separate
report
from
Chicago
area
purchasing
managers
underlined
the
strength
in
manufacturing
as
the
group
's
barometer
of
manufacturing
in
the
region
jumped
to
60
in
August
from
51.2
in
July
.

A
reading
above
50
indicates
growth
in
manufacturing
.

While
production
and
orders
rose
at
Midwest
area
businesses
,
the
prices
they
paid
for
goods
used
in
manufacturing
remained
well
in
check
.

Analysts
said
the
reports
implied
the
economy
was
not
slowing
down
in
the
third
quarter
after
a
burst
of
growth
in
the
spring
,
and
that
the
lull
in
late
June
and
July
was
more
temporary
than
Federal
Reserve
policy-makers
had
wanted
.

"
It
appears
that
August
is
showing
an
economy
again
reversing
course
and
is
not
moving
onto
a
significantly
slower
track
at
this
point
,
"
said
economist
Lynn
Reaser
of
Barnett
Banks
Inc.
in
Jacksonville
,
Fla
.

The
reports
fanned
worries
on
Wall
Street
that
the
Fed
,
the
nation
's
central
bank
,
would
raise
rates
next
month
in
a
bid
to
ward
off
inflation
,
driving
stock
and
bond
prices
sharply
lower
for
a
second
day
running
.

The
30-year
Treasury
fell
almost
a
point
,
raising
its
yield
,
which
moves
in
the
opposite
direction
from
the
price
,
to
7.12
percent
from
7.04
percent
late
Thursday
.

The
Dow
Jones
industrial
average
fell
31.44
points
to
5,616.21
after
a
64.73-point
decline
Thursday
.

A
third
report
from
the
Commerce
Department
,
on
July
personal
income
and
spending
,
pointed
to
a
potential
slowdown
in
consumer
spending
that
some
analysts
said
may
help
moderate
growth
in
the
second
half
.

It
showed
spending
rose
only
0.2
percent
last
month
to
a
seasonally
adjusted
annual
rate
of
$
5.15
trillion
after
dropping
a
revised
0.4
percent
in
June
.

Incomes
from
wages
,
salaries
and
all
other
sources
gained
0.1
percent
to
a
rate
of
$
6.47
trillion
after
a
0.9
percent
jump
in
June
.

July
's
slight
gain
in
incomes
was
the
weakest
in
six
months
,
since
January
when
they
were
flat
.

Economist
Joel
Naroff
of
First
Union
bank
in
Philadelphia
said
consumer
spending
,
which
fuels
two-thirds
of
the
nation
's
economy
,
may
be
much
slower
in
the
third
quarter
than
in
the
first
half
,
which
should
slow
economic
growth
.

"
The
FOMC
(
Federal
Open
Market
Committee
)
has
been
forecasting
a
slowing
in
economic
activity
and
moderating
household
demand
will
have
a
large
impact
on
overall
economic
growth
,
"
Naroff
said
in
a
written
comment
.

The
policy-making
FOMC
is
to
meet
on
Sept
.

24
to
plot
interest-rate
strategy
.

It
already
has
adopted
a
bias
toward
raising
rates
to
keep
a
lid
on
wage
and
price
rises
and
help
sustain
the
5-1
/
2-year-old
economic
expansion
.

In
an
interview
on
the
cable
television
network
CNBC
Friday
,
Federal
Reserve
Governor
Lawrence
Lindsey
said
there
still
were
"
mixed
signals
"
about
the
economy
's
direction
.

"
I
think
that
,
on
balance
,
it
is
looking
a
little
bit
on
the
strong
side
,
"
Lindsey
said
.

He
added
that
with
expansion
as
solid
as
it
is
and
with
unemployment
so
low
"
the
greater
risks
are
clearly
that
we
might
see
some
overheating
.
"

While
July
consumer
spending
rose
only
slightly
,
there
were
ample
indications
that
consumers
remained
confident
.

The
University
of
Michigan
's
August
index
of
consumer
sentiment
,
made
available
on
Friday
to
paying
subscribers
,
rose
to
95.3
from
94.7
in
July
.

Reaser
said
strong
consumer
confidence
coupled
with
relatively
lean
inventories
were
providing
manufacturers
with
a
reason
to
gear
up
production
.

"
The
economy
is
not
going
to
be
expanding
at
the
4.8
percent
(
annual
)
rate
that
we
had
in
the
second
quarter
but
it
is
likely
to
keep
expanding
in
the
3
percent
range
,
"
she
said
,
above
the
2
percent
to
2-1/4
percent
that
the
Fed
considers
to
be
non-inflationary
.

New
orders
to
factories
were
strong
for
durable
goods
like
new
cars
and
for
nondurables
like
paper
and
food
products
.

Orders
for
durable
goods
,
meant
to
last
three
years
or
more
,
rose
a
revised
1.7
percent
in
July
after
falling
0.2
percent
in
June
.

Orders
for
nondurables
jumped
1.8
percent
following
a
1.2
percent
decrease
in
June
.

Mexican
avocados
not
expected
in
U.S
.

Maggie
McNeil

WASHINGTON
1996-08-30

U.S.
Agriculture
Department
officials
said
Friday
that
Mexican
avocados
--
which
are
restricted
from
entering
the
continental
United
States
--
will
not
likely
be
entering
U.S.
markets
any
time
soon
,
even
if
the
controversial
ban
were
lifted
today
.

"
The
opportunity
to
import
(
Mexican
avocados
)
probably
wo
n't
become
possible
for
another
year
,
"
said
Paul
Drazek
,
senior
trade
advisor
to
Agriculture
Secretary
Dan
Glickman
.

"
We
could
lift
the
ban
tomorrow
,
but
that
would
not
mean
anything
immediately
,
"
said
Drazek
.
"

We
probably
would
not
see
avacados
come
in
until
next
season
,
next
November
.
"

The
Agriculture
Department
proposed
more
than
a
year
ago
to
significantly
ease
an
82-year
ban
on
Mexican
avocados
.

Under
the
administration
's
proposal
,
the
borders
to
the
Mexican
produce
would
be
opened
into
19
Northern
and
Northeastern
states
from
November
through
February
.

The
plan
has
raised
a
storm
of
protest
from
U.S.
avocado
growers
,
who
are
largely
concentrated
in
California
.

California
growers
have
charged
that
removing
the
restrictions
,
even
on
a
limited
basis
,
would
endanger
the
$
1
billion
U.S.
industry
if
potentially
harmful
Mexican
insects
were
brought
into
the
country
along
with
the
avocados
.

Mexican
officials
contend
that
there
is
no
scientific
basis
for
the
ban
,
and
that
it
is
illegal
under
international
trading
rules
of
the
World
Trade
Organisation
.

Proponents
of
the
plan
discount
the
worries
of
the
U.S.
growers
and
say
the
plan
has
enough
safeguards
built
into
it
to
eliminate
any
significant
threat
to
American
producers
.

Under
the
proposal
,
only
imports
of
export-quality
avocados
growing
in
approved
orchards
in
Michoacan
,
Mexico
,
the
country
's
main
avocado
area
,
would
be
allowed
.

Mexican
growers
and
distributors
would
have
to
abide
by
strict
rules
established
by
the
Mexican
and
U.S.
agriculture
agencies
.

The
California
Avocado
Commission
--
which
has
spearheaded
the
opposition
to
lifting
the
ban
--
said
new
data
the
group
submitted
to
the
Agriculture
Department
last
spring
shows
the
department
underestimated
the
pest
problem
in
Mexico
and
have
urged
that
the
agency
reopen
its
study
of
the
issue
.

The
administration
is
still
studying
the
new
data
,
and
officials
have
said
that
if
experts
think
the
information
is
significant
,
the
agency
could
reopen
its
investigation
.

But
U.S.
avocado
industry
sources
said
that
while
they
may
have
delayed
the
plan
for
a
while
,
they
ultimately
do
not
expect
the
administration
to
change
its
position
.

"
From
a
common-sense
view
,
the
department
should
reconsider
this
plan
,
but
due
to
politics
they
will
probably
go
ahead
with
this
,
"
said
Tom
Bellamore
of
the
California
avocado
group
.

Administration
officials
said
they
want
to
get
the
issue
resolved
as
quickly
as
possible
,
but
said
there
is
no
timetable
they
are
working
under
.

"
It
's
a
very
complicated
issue
,
"
said
the
Agriculture
Department
's
Drazek
.
"

We
'll
get
it
resolved
as
quickly
as
we
can
,
based
on
the
best
available
science
.
"

U.S.
Cardinal
Bernardin
says
has
terminal
cancer
.

CHICAGO
1996-08-30

Chicago
Cardinal
Joseph
Bernardin
,
head
of
the
second-largest
U.S.
Roman
Catholic
archdiocese
,
said
on
Friday
his
doctors
had
diagnosed
him
as
having
liver
cancer
and
he
had
a
year
or
less
to
live
.

Bernardin
,
68
,
underwent
extensive
surgery
for
pancreatic
cancer
in
June
1995
followed
by
months
of
chemotherapy
,
which
he
said
made
him
more
aware
of
his
own
vulnerabilities
and
the
need
to
minister
to
the
sick
.

"
On
Wednesday
,
examinations
indicated
that
the
cancer
has
returned
,
this
time
in
the
liver
.

I
am
told
that
it
is
terminal
and
that
my
life
expectancy
is
one
year
or
less
,
"
a
composed
Bernardin
told
a
news
conference
.

In
14
years
as
Chicago
's
archbishop
,
he
built
a
prayerful
,
saintly
image
and
was
deeply
involved
in
world
church
issues
and
publicly
committed
to
rooting
out
abuses
by
clergy
.

"
I
have
been
assured
that
I
still
have
some
quality
time
left
,
"
he
said
,
saying
he
would
undergo
a
new
form
of
chemotherapy
but
his
doctors
have
told
him
there
was
only
a
slim
chance
of
a
cure
and
the
liver
cancer
was
inoperable
.

"
It
's
not
going
to
be
easy
to
say
goodbye
to
everybody
.

Death
does
have
some
sad
dimensions
to
it
but
I
am
a
man
of
faith
,
"
he
said
.
"

Death
is
a
natural
phenomenom
.
"

He
said
he
would
"
serve
until
the
end
"
as
cardinal
.

Pancreatic
cancer
is
among
the
most
deadly
forms
of
the
disease
,
although
Bernardin
's
case
was
caught
early
.

Surgeons
removed
a
cancerous
kidney
,
parts
of
his
pancreas
and
stomach
,
small
intestine
,
bile
duct
and
surrounding
tissues
.

He
made
a
rapid
recovery
and
resumed
most
of
his
duties
,
but
then
developed
a
deteriorating
condition
in
his
spine
that
caused
him
great
pain
and
shortened
his
height
by
several
inches
.

He
was
scheduled
to
undergo
back
surgery
next
month
,
but
that
was
cancelled
when
the
cancer
was
discovered
in
his
liver
in
order
to
avoid
delaying
the
start
of
chemotherapy
.

The
spare
,
soft-spoken
son
of
an
Italian
stonecutter
took
over
the
Chicago
archdiocese
,
the
nation
's
second-largest
after
Los
Angeles
,
with
2.3
million
parishioners
,
in
1982
.

Ironically
,
Bernardin
,
who
developed
a
progressive
,
much-praised
programme
to
deal
with
pedophilia
involving
priests
,
became
the
highest-ranking
church
official
ever
accused
of
sexual
improprieties
when
a
former
seminary
student
leveled
charges
in
1993
that
he
had
been
sexually
abused
by
Bernardin
during
the
1970s
.

Bernardin
steadfastly
denied
the
charges
and
the
former
student
later
recanted
his
tale
of
abuse
.

Bernardin
prayed
with
him
before
he
died
from
AIDS
last
year
.

Bernardin
,
who
became
archbishop
of
Cincinnati
in
1972
,
played
an
increasingly
prominent
role
in
the
U.S.
church
as
a
moderate
voice
of
compromise
among
liberals
and
conservatives
in
the
ranks
of
the
bishops
.

This
month
,
he
announced
that
he
would
oversee
a
series
of
conferences
to
find
"
common
ground
"
among
American
Catholics
.

Previously
,
he
was
instrumental
in
drafting
church
policy
on
war
,
peace
and
nuclear
arms
,
and
for
seven
years
he
headed
the
bishops
'
anti-abortion
policy
committee
,
espousing
a
policy
describing
human
life
as
a
"
seamless
garment
.
"

Boatmen
's
deal
could
spark
more
mergers
.

Brad
Dorfman

CHICAGO
1996-08-30

The
$
9.5
billion
proposed
acquisition
of
Boatmen
's
Bancshares
Inc.
by
NationsBank
Corp.
could
spark
a
flurry
of
other
mergers
involving
Missouri
banks
,
which
until
last
year
were
protected
from
outside
buyers
by
state
regulations
.

Whoever
wants
a
big
market
position
in
the
Midwest
has
to
come
in
and
grab
Mercantile
or
Commerce
.
"

St.
Louis-based
Mercantile
Bancorp
Inc.
,
a
bank
holding
company
with
$
18.04
billion
in
assets
,
was
seen
by
many
analysts
as
the
most
attractive
Missouri
franchise
in
size
after
Boatmen
's
.

Kansas
City
,
Mo.-based
Commerce
Bancshares
Inc.
,
with
$
9.32
billion
in
assets
,
also
could
help
a
regional
bank
establish
a
strong
presence
in
the
lower
Midwest
,
analysts
added
.

"
It
focuses
more
attention
on
Mercantile
,
Commerce
and
Roosevelt
,
"
said
James
Weber
,
analyst
at
A.G.
Edwards
&
Sons
.

Roosevelt
Financial
Group
Inc
is
a
$
9.33
billion
asset-St
.

Louis
based
thrift
.

"
Now
...
the
most
coveted
bank
out
there
is
Mercantile
,
"
Weber
said
.

Mercantile
and
Commerce
did
not
return
phone
calls
seeking
comment
.

Among
those
seen
as
having
an
interest
in
buying
in
Missouri
are
Minneapolis-based
First
Bank
System
Inc.
and
Norwest
Corp.
,
Ohio-based
KeyCorp
and
Banc
One
Corp.
,
and
First
Chicago
NBD
Corp.
in
Illinois
.

Representatives
of
First
Bank
,
Norwest
,
Banc
One
and
First
Chicago
said
the
banks
do
not
comment
on
rumors
of
possible
mergers
or
acquisitions
.

KeyCorp
,
contacted
by
phone
,
would
not
comment
.

With
a
presence
in
nine
states
and
$
41
billion
in
assets
,

Boatmen
's
was
the
prize
in
Missouri
,
where
barriers
to
outside
acquirers
were
brought
down
last
year
by
a
federal
banking
statute
.

"
Boatmen
's
was
the
plum
of
Missouri
and
was
the
plum
of
the
central
Midwest
,
"
Weber
said
.

Talk
that
the
Missouri
banks
were
seeking
inflated
prices
from
buyers
was
seen
as
a
reason
a
deal
has
not
occurred
sooner
.

But
NationsBank
's
bid
,
representing
a
premium
of
40
percent
for
Boatmen
's
stock
,
was
large
enough
to
get
the
deal
done
.

"
I
think
Boatmen
's
was
shopping
itself
,
and
everybody
knew
if
you
wanted
to
be
the
winning
buyer
here
,
you
had
to
make
the
bid
nobody
would
beat
,
"
Ancell
said
.

But
some
analysts
cautioned
that
other
targets
should
not
expect
as
large
a
premium
.

They
also
questioned
whether
NationsBank
can
recoup
shareholder
value
with
such
a
large
bid
for
Boatmen
's
.

"
I
think
initially
some
stocks
will
trade
up
on
sympathy
,
but
the
wild
premium
NationsBank
put
on
this
deal
here
,
I
do
n't
see
a
lot
of
other
deals
being
done
at
this
premium
,
"
said
Michael
Durante
,
analyst
at
McDonald
&
Co
.

U.S.
tight-lipped
on
Libya
's
award
to
Farrakhan
.

WASHINGTON
1996-08-30

The
State
Department
refused
to
speculate
on
Friday
on
what
might
happen
in
the
case
of
Louis
Farrakhan
,
the
U.S.
black
leader
who
was
awarded
a
$
250,000
human
rights
prize
by
Libya
.

"
I
'm
not
going
to
speculate
about
what
may
or
may
not
happen
in
that
case
,
"
State
Department
spokesman
Glyn
Davies
said
.
"

...
The
view
of
the
U.S.
government
on
(
Farrakhan
's
)
not
accepting
any
gifts
from
Libya
is
well-known
.
"

Davies
also
noted
:
"
We
've
talked
about
the
passport
restriction
for
travel
to
Libya
"
but
he
did
not
elaborate
.

The
U.S.
Treasury
Department
on
Wednesday
denied
Farrakhan
's
application
to
receive
the
$
250,000
award
or
a
$
1
billion
donation
Libyan
leader
Muammar
Gaddafi
had
pledged
to
Farrakhan
's
Nation
of
Islam
group
after
they
met
last
January
.

Farrakhan
organised
last
October
's
Million
Man
March
that
brought
thousands
of
black
men
to
Washington
for
a
peaceful
rally
.

The
Treasury
Department
said
Libya
was
on
the
U.S.
list
of
states
that
sponsor
international
terrorism
and
noted
that
Tripoli
has
refused
to
hand
over
two
Libyan
suspects
in
the
1988
bombing
of
Pan
Am
flight
103
over
Lockerbie
,
Scotland
.

That
refusal
led
to
the
imposition
of
U.N.
sanctions
on
Libya
.

U.S.
Gulf
rig
down
by
one
to
162
in
week
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

There
were
162
rigs
under
contract
in
the
U.S.
Gulf
as
of
August
30
,
down
one
from
the
prior
week
,
Offshore
Data
Services
said
.

The
utilization
rate
for
rigs
working
in
the
Gulf
,
based
on
a
total
fleet
of
181
,
was
89.5
percent
.

The
number
of
working
rigs
in
European
/
Mediterranean
remained
unchanged
this
week
,
with
105
rigs
under
contract
out
of
a
total
fleet
of
105
,
a
utilization
rate
of
100
percent
.

The
worldwide
rig
count
fell
by
one
to
554
out
of
a
total
fleet
of
608
,
making
the
utilization
rate
91.1
percent
.

--
New
York
Energy
Desk
212-859-1620

Dole
team
seeking
to
pin
down
debate
details
.

IRVINE
,
Calif
1996-08-30

Now
that
the
party
conventions
are
over
,
Republicans
have
signalled
they
are
ready
to
move
into
the
next
phase
of
the
campaign
and
meet
with
President
Clinton
's
aides
to
hammer
out
details
of
presidential
debates
.

The
Dole
campaign
released
a
letter
Friday
inviting
their
Clinton
counterparts
to
meet
with
Dole
campaign
manager
Scott
Reed
to
discuss
particulars
of
the
televised
debates
.

"
Next
week
,
a
small
group
of
representatives
from
each
of
our
campaigns
should
meet
to
address
participants
,
format
,
timing
and
logistical
issues
surrounding
the
debates
,
"
Dole
campaign
manager
Scott
Reed
wrote
to
Clinton
campaign
manager
Peter
Knight
.

Tentative
dates
for
the
debates
are
Sept
.

25
,
Oct.
9
and
Oct.
16
.

The
vice
presidential
debate
is
scheduled
for
Oct.
2
.

Former
South
Carolina
Gov
.

Carroll
Campbell
,
who
was
on
Dole
's
vice
presidential
short
list
before
Dole
decided
on
Jack
Kemp
,
will
head
Dole
's
team
.

A
decision
is
expected
by
mid-September
on
whether
Texas
billionaire
Ross
Perot
,
the
Reform
Party
candidate
,
will
be
allowed
to
participate
in
the
debates
,
which
are
sponsored
by
the
Commission
on
Presidential
Debates
,
a
non-profit
,
non-partisan
organisation
that
took
over
the
forums
in
1988
from
the
League
of
Women
Voters
.

Titanic
recovery
mission
is
scrapped
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

Equipment
problems
and
mechanical
failure
forced
a
recovery
expedition
to
give
up
efforts
to
retrieve
a
giant
slab
of
the
RMS
Titanic
from
the
ocean
floor
,
a
spokeswoman
said
on
Friday
.

A
20-ton
piece
of
the
Titanic
's
steel
hull
,
which
had
been
attached
by
cables
to
a
recovery
ship
off
the
coast
of
Newfoundland
,
Canada
,
fell
back
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea
,
said
Erin
Purcell
of
Boston-based
Reagan
Communications
that
represents
two
of
the
ships
used
in
the
expedition
.

The
piece
of
hull
,
lifted
from
the
ocean
floor
by
means
of
several
diesel-filled
bags
,
had
been
stuck
about
200
feet
(
about
70
metres
)
below
the
water
's
surface
before
it
fell
,
she
said
.

It
fell
as
recovery
crews
were
trying
to
haul
the
piece
into
more
shallow
water
and
several
of
the
bags
burst
and
cables
snapped
,
she
said
.

The
steel-hulled
Titanic
,
thought
to
be
unsinkable
,
struck
an
iceberg
on
April
14
,
1912
,
and
sank
,
killing
1,523
of
the
2,200
passengers
and
crew
on
board
.

The
wreck
was
located
in
1985
.

Passengers
who
had
paid
$
1,500
and
up
to
accompany
the
recovery
expedition
on
two
cruise
ships
had
returned
back
to
port
on
Thursday
,
Purcell
said
.

Bonn
appeals
for
Middle
East
peace
.

BONN
1996-08-30

The
German
government
urged
Israelis
and
Palestinians
on
Friday
to
avoid
any
course
of
action
that
might
jeopardise
the
peace
process
in
the
Middle
East
.

Israel
announced
this
week
the
expansion
of
Jewish
West
Bank
settlements
surrounding
Jerusalem
and
the
demolition
of
an
Arab
community
centre
in
East
Jerusalem
.

City
officials
there
said
the
centre
was
being
erected
illegally
.

But
Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
said
the
moves
by
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu
's
government
were
tantamount
to
war
.

Tension
has
been
rising
in
the
region
since
.

"
We
believe
that
the
Israeli
settlement
policy
in
the
occupied
areas
is
an
obstacle
to
the
establishment
of
peace
,
"
German
Foreign
Ministry
spokesman
Martin
Erdmann
said
.

"
All
concerned
must
avoid
taking
any
course
of
action
that
could
pose
an
obstacle
to
the
peace
process
and
which
could
make
a
peaceful
solution
difficult
,
"
he
said
,
as
news
came
of
a
renewed
breakdown
in
Arab-Israeli
peace
talks
in
Jerusalem
.

Erdmann
told
reporters
Bonn
supported
European
Union
efforts
to
persuade
Israel
to
stop
further
Jewish
settlement
on
the
West
Bank
.

The
foreign
ministry
later
announced
Israeli
Foreign
Minister
David
Levy
would
visit
Bonn
for
talks
with
his
German
counterpart
Klaus
Kinkel
next
month
.

The
ministry
said
Levy
and
Kinkel
would
discuss
the
Middle
East
process
and
German-Israeli
relations
at
their
meeting
on
September
9
.

Levy
's
visit
would
be
the
first
by
an
Israeli
cabinet
minister
since
Netanyahu
's
conservative
government
took
power
in
une
this
year
,
the
ministry
said
.

Before
Levy
's
arrival
in
Bonn
,
German
Defence
Minister
Volker
Ruehe
will
visit
Israel
from
September
2
to
4
,
the
defence
ministry
said
.

Ruehe
planned
to
meet
his
Israeli
counterpart
Yitzhak
Mordechai
and
Israeli
President
Ezer
Weizman
,
the
ministry
said
.

He
was
also
expected
to
meet
Prime
Minister
Netanyahu
and
opposition
leader
Shimon
Peres
for
talks
.

France
expels
African
,
Air
France
unions
protest
.

PARIS
1996-08-30

France
on
Friday
expelled
another
African
man
seized
in
a
police
raid
on
a
Paris
church
as
about
100
Air
France
workers
denounced
"
charters
of
shame
"
used
to
fly
illegal
immigrants
home
.

A
Guinean
man
,
detained
in
a
round-up
in
the
Saint-Bernard
church
a
week
ago
,
was
deported
on
a
scheduled
Air
France
flight
to
Conakry
after
his
appeals
failed
,
a
spokesman
for
Air
France
's
pro-Socialist
CFDT
union
said
.

He
was
apparently
the
eighth
African
deported
from
among
210
people
evicted
from
the
church
after
a
50-day
occupation
aimed
at
securing
residence
permits
,
unions
said
.

Most
of
the
others
have
been
released
after
a
brief
stay
in
detention
.

About
100
people
from
the
CFDT
and
the
Communist-led
CGT
unions
marched
outside
Air
France
headquarters
at
Charles
de
Gaulle
airport
north
of
Paris
against
the
use
of
civilian
jets
and
staff
in
deporting
illegal
immigrants
.

"
We
must
obtain
a
formal
commitment
from
(
Air
France
chairman
)
Christian
Blanc
that
no
plane
,
no
personnel
be
used
to
transform
our
air
companies
into
charters
of
shame
,
"
CFDT
spokesman
Francois
Cabrera
said
.

He
said
civilians
should
not
be
police
accomplices
.

Twenty-three
out
of
25
charters
flying
illegal
immigrants
home
since
Prime
Minister
Alain
Juppe
's
government
took
office
in
May
1995
have
been
civilian
jets
.

The
other
two
were
military
jets
.

Separately
,
Juppe
confirmed
the
conservative
government
was
preparing
to
submit
a
draft
bill
to
parliament
to
tighten
laws
on
illegal
workers
as
part
of
a
crackdown
on
immigration
.

"
Legislation
is
insufficient
in
several
areas
,
notably
in
those
concerning
illegal
work
,
"
Juppe
told
reporters
.

German
police
probe
sex
link
in
child
kidnap
case
.

BERLIN
1996-08-30

German
police
searching
for
a
missing
10-year-old
schoolgirl
said
on
Friday
the
prime
suspects
in
the
case
may
have
been
involved
in
running
a
child
prostitution
ring
.

Police
suspect
Nicole
Nichterwitz
's
aunt
and
a
male
companion
abducted
the
girl
and
took
her
to
the
Netherlands
.

She
was
last
seen
being
collected
by
the
pair
from
school
in
Velten
near
Berlin
on
Monday
.

Public
prosecutors
said
they
had
found
a
list
of
children
's
names
and
ages
at
the
couple
's
flat
.

The
list
was
being
studied
for
possible
links
to
previous
child
kidnappings
and
prostitution
,
a
prosecutors
'
spokesman
told
Reuters
.

Missing
German
girl
found
alive
at
Dutch
campsite
.

GRONINGEN
,
Netherlands
1996-08-30

Dutch
police
said
on
Friday
they
had
found
missing
German
girl
Nicole
Nichterwitz
alive
on
a
campsite
in
the
northern
city
of
Groningen
and
had
arrested
her
aunt
and
companion
on
charges
of
kidnapping
.

"
We
have
found
Nicole
on
a
campsite
in
Groningen
thanks
to
tipoffs
from
the
Dutch
public
.

We
have
also
found
and
arrested
her
aunt
and
companion
,
"
said
a
spokeswoman
of
the
Dutch
criminal
investigation
service
.

Police
could
not
yet
tell
whether
the
10-year-old
showed
any
signs
of
sexual
abuse
.

"
We
do
n't
know
yet
.

It
's
too
early
to
tell
,
"
she
said
.

The
girl
was
abducted
from
her
school
in
Velten
near
Berlin
on
Monday
.

German
police
suspected
her
aunt
,
47
,
and
companion
,
28
,
were
involved
in
running
a
child
prostitution
ring
.

Public
prosecutors
said
they
had
found
a
list
of
children
's
names
and
ages
at
the
couple
's
flat
.

The
list
was
being
studied
for
possible
links
to
previous
child
kidnappings
and
prostitution
,
a
prosecutors
'
spokesman
said
.

The
couple
would
probably
be
extradited
to
Germany
which
has
requested
their
deportation
,
the
Dutch
police
spokeswoman
said
.

Descriptions
of
the
couple
's
car
released
to
Dutch
media
led
to
their
arrest
,
she
added
.

Indian
copper
falls
,
state
firm
may
cut
rates
.

BOMBAY
1996-08-30

Indian
copper
prices
fell
on
Friday
as
dealers
awaited
an
announcement
relating
to
price
cuts
by
state-owned
producer
,
Hindustan
Copper
Ltd
,
traders
said
.

Nickel
extended
gains
while
other
base
metals
were
unchanged
in
narrow
trade
,
they
said
.

Ready
copper
fell
by
150
rupees
at
12,350
rupees
per
quintal
on
fresh
offerings
by
the
stockists
who
expect
Hindustan
Copper
to
cut
prices
.

Nickel
rose
by
500
to
39,200
rupees
on
thin
supply
and
fresh
buying
by
stainless
steel
makers
.

Tin
was
unchanged
at
36,000
rupees
,
so
did
zinc
at
6,300
rupees
and
lead
at
4,900
rupees
.

Aluminium
was
quiet
at
7,450
rupees
.

--
Bombay
Commodities
+91-22-265
9000

MARTELA
H1
PROFIT
FIM
6.3
MLN
VS
21.0
MLN
.

HELSINKI
1996-08-30

Six
months
to
June
30
,

(
million
markka
unless
stated
)

Profit
before
extraordinaries
,
appropriations
,

taxes
6.3
vs
21.0

Earnings
per
share
(
markka
)
2.2
vs
7.2

Net
sales
289.1
vs
256.9

Canadian
bonds
open
softer
,
spreads
to
U.S.
shrink
.

TORONTO
1996-08-30

Canadian
bonds
opened
softer
on
Friday
,
pulled
lower
by
a
sinking
U.S.
market
,
but
outperformed
U.S.
bonds
on
positive
Canadian
economic
data
,
analysts
said
.

"
I
think
this
morning
's
Canadian
numbers
were
very
supportive
of
narrower
spreads
,
particularly
the
current
account
number
,
"
said
Jim
Webber
,
director
of
fixed-income
research
with
TD
Securities
Inc
.

Canada
's
8.0
percent
bond
due
2023
fell
C$
0.45
to
C$
101.15
to
yield
7.894
percent
.

The
U.S.
30-year
benchmark
fell
30/32
to
yield
7.12
percent
.

The
spread
between
benchmark
bonds
narrowed
77
basis
points
from
81
basis
points
at
the
close
of
trading
on
Wednesday
.

Statistics
Canada
on
Friday
reported
Canada
's
current
account
moved
to
a
higher-than-expected
C$
1.15
billion
second
quarter
surplus
from
a
C$
1.62
billion
deficit
in
the
first
quarter
.

It
was
the
first
surplus
since
the
fourth
quarter
of
1984
.

The
agency
also
reported
Canada
's
real
gross
domestic
product
rose
a
weaker-than-expected
0.3
percent
in
the
second
quarter
or
1.3
percent
at
an
annualized
rate
.

While
the
data
provided
support
for
Canadian
bonds
,
both
Canadian
and
U.S.
markets
weakened
after
the
release
of
strong
U.S.
economic
data
,
including
a
report
showing
the
Chicago
Purchasing
Managers
August
index
rose
to
60
from
51.2
in
July
.

"
The
purchasing
managers
'
number
is
extremely
,
extremely
strong
,
"
said
Webber
.

In
other
news
,
the
Toronto
Bond
Traders
'
Association
said
it
is
recommending
that
dealings
in
the
Canadian
bond
market
end
early
at
1400
EDT
/
1800
GMT
on
Friday
.

The
Canadian
market
typically
closes
early
on
holiday
weekends
and
Canadian
financial
markets
will
be
closed
on
Monday
for
Labour
Day
.

In
other
prices
,
the
7.0
percent
of
2006
fell
C$
0.28
to
C$
96.89
to
yield
7.437
percent
.

The
U.S.
10-year
benchmark
fell
21/32
to
yield
6.95
percent
.

The
spread
between
the
two
bonds
narrowed
to
49
basis
points
from
54
basis
points
at
the
close
of
trading
on
Thursday
.

The
three-month
cash
bill
traded
at
4.04
percent
against
the
U.S.
three-month
bill
at
5.26
percent
.

--
Jeffrey
Hodgson
(
416
)
941-8105
,
e-mail
:
jeffrey.hodgson@reuters.com

Aw
Computer
Systems
Inc
Q2
loss
widens
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

1996
1995

Shr
loss
$
0.22
loss
$
0.07

Net
loss
1,071
loss
277

Revs
130
1,279

Avg
shrs
4,841
3,990

First
Half

Shr
loss
$
0.42
loss
$
0.21

Net
loss
1,967
loss
841

Revs
476
2,253

Avg
shrs
4,666
3,944

(
All
Data
Above
000s
Except
Per
Share
Numbers
)

--
New
York
Newsdesk
212-859-1610
.

IPO
FILING
--
Homegate
Hospitality
Inc
.

WASHINGTON
1996-08-30

Company
Name
Homegate
Hospitality
Inc

Nasdaq
Stock
symbol
HMGT

Estimated
price
range
N
/
A

Total
shares
to
be
offered
N
/
A

Shrs
offered
by
company
N
/
A

Shrs
outstanding
after
ipo
N
/
A

Lead
Underwriter
Bear
Stearns
&
Co
Inc

Underwriters
over-allotment
N
/
A

Business
:
Company
's
goal
is
to
become
a
national
provider
of
high
quality
extended-stay
hotels
in
strategically
selected
markets
located
throughout
the
United
States
.

Use
of
Proceeds
:
To
finance
the
development
of
additional
extended-stay
hotels
and
other
general
corporate
purposes
.

Financial
Data
in
000s
:
1995
1994

-
Revenue
N
/
A
N
/
A

-
Net
Income
N
/
A
N
/
A

Syria
slams
Israel
on
settlements
.

DAMASCUS
1996-08-30

Syria
on
Friday
condemned
Israel
's
settlement
policy
and
said
Prime
Minister
Benjamin
Netanyahu
was
preparing
for
war
with
Arabs
.

"
Practices
of
the
Israeli
government
,
especially
its
settlement
activities
,
came
to
confirm
that
dealing
with
this
government
inflicts
the
biggest
harm
on
the
Arab
cause
,
"
state-run
Damascus
Radio
said
in
a
commentary
.

"
When
this
government
insists
on
stabbing
the
peace
process
and
tearing
it
apart
,
this
means
that
it
is
preparing
for
war
,
"
the
radio
said
.

Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
described
this
week
the
decision
to
expand
settlements
in
the
West
Bank
as
a
declaration
of
war
.

Palestinians
in
the
West
Bank
and
Gaza
observed
a
strike
on
Thursday
to
protest
against
the
Israeli
move
.

The
radio
urged
Arabs
to
unify
their
ranks
to
thwart
the
policies
of
the
right-wing
Israeli
government
.

"
Israel
could
not
confront
a
united
Arab
stand
or
usurp
their
rights
because
the
Arab
rights
could
be
regained
when
they
achieve
unity
and
solidarity
,
"
Damascus
radio
said
.

It
welcomed
the
international
criticism
of
Israel
's
settlement
policies
but
called
for
practical
steps
to
force
the
Israeli
government
to
abandon
this
policy
.

"
It
is
important
to
translate
the
criticism
into
pressuring
action
to
prevent
Israel
from
undermining
the
big
international
efforts
aimed
at
making
the
peace
process
achieve
success
,
"
the
radio
said
.

Syria
and
Arabs
have
been
dismayed
by
Netanyahu
's
refusal
to
trade
the
occupied
Arab
lands
for
peace
,
his
support
for
the
expansion
of
settlements
and
his
insistance
on
Jerusalem
as
a
unifed
capital
for
Israel
.

Syria
has
held
sporadic
peace
talks
with
Israel
since
1991
without
achieving
a
breakthrough
.

Egypt
police
detain
26
suspected
Moslem
militants
.

CAIRO
1996-08-30

Police
have
detained
26
suspected
members
of
Egypt
's
largest
militant
group
al-Gama'a
al-Islamiya
(
Islamic
Group
)
,
government
newspapers
reported
on
Friday
.

They
said
police
arrested
the
militants
in
the
eastern
Sharqiyah
province
after
capturing
their
leader
Rami
al-Saadani
in
a
satellite
city
outside
Cairo
.

Al-Akhbar
newspapers
said
the
men
had
been
plotting
against
"
strategic
institutions
and
prominent
individuals
"
but
gave
no
other
details
.

The
newspapers
said
the
men
were
being
interrogated
.

State
security
officials
were
not
immediately
available
for
comment
.

More
than
960
people
have
been
killed
in
the
armed
struggle
the
Gama'a
launched
in
1992
to
topple
President
Hosni
Mubarak
's
government
and
establish
a
purist
Islamic
state
in
its
place

Israel
blocks
Palestinian
pilgrims
'
progress
.

Sami
Aboudi

AL-RAM
,
West
Bank
1996-08-30

Kamil
Jamil
did
n't
have
a
prayer
.

An
Israeli
roadblock
stopped
the
38-year-old
Palestinian
from
answering
Yasser
Arafat
's
call
to
worship
at
Jerusalem
's
al-Aqsa
mosque
on
Friday
.

"
Go
home
.

There
are
no
prayers
today
,
"
an
Israeli
soldier
yelled
at
Jamil
in
Hebrew
.

Palestinian
President
Arafat
,
attacking
Israel
's
decision
to
expand
Jewish
settlements
and
its
policy
on
Jerusalem
,
went
before
the
Palestinian
legislature
on
Wednesday
to
urge
the
two
million
Arabs
in
the
West
Bank
and
Gaza
to
go
to
the
holy
city
.

Pilgrims
stood
little
chance
of
making
progress
.

Palestinians
have
been
banned
by
Israel
from
travelling
from
the
West
Bank
to
Jerusalem
since
suicide
bombings
by
Moslem
militants
killed
59
people
in
the
Jewish
state
in
February
and
March
.

And
Israeli
checkpoints
have
circled
Jerusalem
since
1993
,
a
concrete
and
constant
reminder
of
Israel
's
hold
on
a
city
it
considers
its
eternal
capital
.

The
PLO
wants
Arab
East
Jerusalem
as
the
capital
of
a
future
Palestinian
state
.

Only
a
few
Palestinians
trickled
to
the
roadblocks
.

They
were
immediately
turned
back
.

"
I
am
heeding
Abu
Ammar
's
(
Arafat
's
)
call
to
pray
at
al-Aqsa
and
I
came
.

It
is
our
duty
towards
al-Aqsa
to
come
and
pray
,
"
Jamil
said
.

A
tourist
from
Jordan
was
also
told
by
Israeli
soldiers
at
the
al-Ram
checkpoint
that
he
could
not
enter
Jerusalem
.

"
We
have
a
peace
treaty
with
them
and
we
let
them
go
wherever
they
want
when
they
come
to
Jordan
,
"
said
the
tourist
,
Khaled
Hijazi
,
37
.
"

I
feel
terrible
.

I
am
entitled
to
see
Jerusalem
,
"
he
said
.

Some
Palestinians
took
to
back
roads
,
only
to
run
into
waiting
Israeli
security
forces
.

"
The
Israelis
have
no
right
to
prevent
us
from
going
to
pray
.

What
kind
of
peace
is
this
that
prevents
us
from
reaching
our
holy
places
?
"

asked
Mustafa
Hoshiyeh
,
a
27-year-old
West
Bank
labourer
turned
around
by
a
police
patrol
on
a
back
road
.

"
Abu
Ammar
(
Arafat
)
is
right
.

We
have
signed
a
peace
treaty
with
the
Israelis
but
on
the
ground
,
we
see
that
nothing
has
changed
,
"
said
20-year-old
Ali
Ahmed
from
Qalandia
refugee
camp
.

PRESALE
-
Bay
Co
Bldg
Auth
,
Mich
..

AMT
:
1,200,000
DATE
:
09/05/96
NYC
Time
:
1600
CUSIP
:
072261

ISSUER
:
Bay
Co
Building
Authority
ST
:
MI

ISSUE
:
Bldg
auth
(
law
enforcement
ctr
)
Series
1996-A
TAX
STAT
:
Exempt-REV

M
/
SP
/
F
:
NA
/
NA
/
NA
BOOK
ENTRY
:
N

ENHANCEMENTS
:
None
BANK
QUAL
:
Y

DTD
:
09/01/96
SURE
BID
:
Y

DUE
:
11/1/96-11
SR
MGR
:

1ST
CPN
:
11/01/96

CALL
:
11/1/05
@
101
,
dtp
11/1/07
NIC

DELIVERY
:
45
days
approx
ORDERS
:

PAYING
AGENT
:
Michigan
National
Bank
,
Detroit

L.O.
:
Bodman
,
Longely
&
Dahling
,
Detroit

F.A.
:
First
of
Michigan
Corp.
,
Detroit

LAST
SALE
:
None

Year
Amount
Coupon
Yield
Price
Conc
.

1996
45,000

1997
50,000

1998
55,000

1999
55,000

2000
60,000

2001
65,000

2002
70,000

2003
70,000

2004
75,000

2005
80,000

2006
85,000

2007
90,000

2008
90,000

2009
95,000

2010
105,000

2011
110,000

COMPETITIVE
PRE-SALE
CONTRIBUTED
BY
J.J.
KENNY
K-SHEETS
:

Consumer
spending
,
incomes
edge
up
in
July
.

Glenn
Somerville

WASHINGTON
1996-08-30

Consumer
spending
barely
edged
up
in
July
,
the
Commerce
Department
said
Friday
,
as
income
growth
slowed
abruptly
to
the
weakest
pace
in
six
months
.

Spending
rose
0.2
percent
to
a
seasonally
adjusted
annual
rate
of
$
5.15
trillion
after
dropping
a
revised
0.4
percent
in
June
.

Incomes
from
wages
,
salaries
and
all
other
sources
gained
0.1
percent
to
a
rate
of
$
6.47
trillion
after
a
0.9
percent
jump
in
June
.

Department
officials
said
July
's
slight
gain
in
incomes
was
the
weakest
for
any
month
since
January
,
when
they
were
flat
.

Wages
and
salaries
came
under
pressure
in
July
as
a
shorter
average
workweek
and
lower
hourly
earnings
cut
into
paychecks
.

The
department
said
wages
and
salaries
decreased
by
$
6.9
billion
in
July
after
climbing
$
45
billion
in
June
.

"
In
July
,
average
weekly
hours
and
average
hourly
earnings
declined
,
more
than
offsetting
the
effect
of
an
increase
in
employment
,
"
Commerce
said
.

But
more
money
went
into
savings
accounts
,
as
savings
held
at
5.3
cents
out
of
each
dollar
earned
in
both
June
and
July
.

That
was
the
highest
savings
rate
since
October
last
year
,
when
5.5
cents
out
of
each
dollar
earned
was
being
saved
.

The
generally
lackluster
report
on
spending
and
incomes
in
July
had
been
expected
.

At
the
same
time
,
the
department
said
in
a
separate
report
that
new
orders
received
by
U.S.
factories
climbed
strongly
in
July
,
with
widespread
gains
across
most
major
categories
.

Orders
increased
1.8
percent
to
a
seasonally
adjusted
$
317.6
billion
,
significantly
stronger
than
the
1
percent
rise
forecast
by
Wall
Street
economists
.

That
followed
a
revised
0.7
percent
decline
in
June
orders
.

Commerce
said
previously
that
spending
at
retail
stores
was
up
only
0.1
percent
in
July
,
partly
because
of
softer
sales
of
new
cars
and
light
trucks
.

In
addition
,
the
Labour
Department
's
July
employment
report
had
foreshadowed
the
muted
income
growth
.

It
showed
average
hourly
earnings
fell
in
July
by
0.2
percent
to
$
11.00
and
the
average
workweek
shortened
to
34.3
hours
from
34.7
in
June
.

Gains
in
personal
income
,
which
includes
wages
and
salaries
as
well
as
income
from
sources
such
as
dividends
,
interest
and
businesses
,
are
essential
for
funding
consumer
purchases
,
which
fuel
two-thirds
of
national
economic
activity
.

Spending
on
all
types
of
durable
goods
,
which
includes
cars
,
fell
to
an
annual
rate
of
$
626.3
billion
in
July
from
$
633.6
billion
in
June
.

But
spending
on
nondurable
products
increased
moderately
to
a
rate
of
$
1.55
trillion
from
$
1.54
trillion
in
June
,
while
spending
for
services
was
up
to
$
2.97
trillion
in
July
from
$
2.96
trillion
.

Payrolls
of
manufacturing
companies
rose
in
July
by
$
2.3
billion
to
an
annual
rate
of
$
678
billion
.

World
Markets
Overnight
Summary
-
Aug
30
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-29

WORLD
MARKETS
ROUND-UP

STOCKS
GOLD
METALS

NY
Dow
close
London
opening
LME
close

5647.65
(
-
64.73
)
$
387.70
copper
per
tonne

Nikkei
latest
CRUDE
OIL
$
1987.0

20202.87
(
-
350.29
)
Sept
Brent
zinc
per
tonne

FTSE
close
$
21.25
$
1000.0

3885.0
(
-
33.7
)

-----
oOo-----

STOCKS
SINK
AS
BOND
RATES
JUMP
ON
STRONG
DATA

Blue-chip
stocks
sank
to
their
biggest
loss
since
mid-July
Thursday
as
fresh
signs
of
a
surprisingly
strong
economy
boosted
long-term
bond
interest
rates
above
7
percent
.

The
dollar
rose
slightly
against
the
German
mark
,
but
edged
lower
against
the
Japanese
yen
.

The
Dow
Jones
industrial
average
ended
down
64.73
points
at
5,647.65
,
its
largest
drop
since
July
15
,
when
it
closed
with
a
loss
of
161
points
.

In
the
broader
market
,
declining
issues
beat
advances
1,627
to
743
on
moderate
volume
of
321
million
shares
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
.

In
the
bond
market
,
the
30-year
Treasury
bond
fell
23/32
of
a
point
,
or
$
7.1875
on
a
$
1,000
bond
,
raising
its
yield
to
7.04
percent
--
the
highest
since
July
31
--
from
6.98
percent
at
Wednesday
's
close
.

"
Seven
percent
creates
psychological
problems
and
a
legitimate
competitor
for
money
from
equities
,
"
said
Ralph
Bloch
,
chief
technical
analyst
at
Raymond
James
.

"
We
could
carry
another
100
points
lower
in
the
Dow
,
"
he
said
.
"

I
'm
telling
clients
things
are
dicey
going
into
next
Friday
(
Sept
.

6
)
so
let
's
be
careful
.
"

Wall
Street
on
Sept
.

6
faces
the
key
monthly
employment
report
,
which
has
been
known
to
cause
dramatic
swings
in
stock
prices
.

"
We
had
two
very
strong
economic
reports
,
"
said
David
Shulman
,
Salomon
Bros
.
'

chief
equity
strategist
.
"

There
are
more
worries
in
bond
land
.

Fears
of
a
Fed
tightening
next
month
have
resurfaced
for
the
first
time
since
the
end
of
July
.
"

The
Commerce
Department
reported
that
the
nation
's
gross
domestic
product
expanded
at
a
4.8
percent
annual
rate
in
the
three
months
from
April
through
June
instead
of
the
4.2
percent
estimated
a
month
ago
.

In
another
report
,
sales
of
new
homes
jumped
unexpectedly
in
July
to
the
briskest
rate
in
five
months
,
driving
prices
up
in
a
strong
housing
market
.

Sales
shot
up
7.9
percent
last
month
to
a
seasonally
adjusted
annual
rate
of
783,000
units
--
the
strongest
since
February
,
when
new
homes
were
selling
at
a
rate
of
784,000
a
year
.

Analysts
said
the
stock
market
was
also
worried
about
the
impact
on
President
Clinton
's
re-election
bid
of
his
top
political
strategist
resigning
.

Dick
Morris
,
who
is
credited
with
resurrecting
Clinton
's
political
fortunes
over
the
past
18
months
by
masterminding
his
turn
to
the
political
centre
,
quit
after
a
supermarket
tabloid
reported
he
engaged
in
a
yearlong
affair
with
a
prostitute
,
with
whom
he
allegedly
shared
confidential
campaign
documents
.

Analysts
said
Wall
Street
had
grown
accustomed
to
a
moderate
Republican
in
the
form
of
Democratic
President
Clinton
.

Morris
'
departure
raised
fears
that
Clinton
would
veer
more
to
the
left
in
a
second
term
.

The
dollar
closed
at
1.4772
marks
,
up
from
1.4767
late
Wednesday
.

The
dollar
slipped
to
108.40
yen
from
108.45
.

Oil
markets
rose
sharply
on
a
combination
of
low
stocks
,
two
hurricanes
and
allegations
of
illicit
trading
by
Iraq
.

September
heating
oil
on
the
New
York
Mercantile
Exchange
closed
1.63
cents
higher
at
63.67
cents
a
gallon
,
September
unleaded
gasoline
finished
1.39
cents
up
at
63.72
cents
a
gallon
and
October
crude
rose
44
cents
to
$
22.15
a
barrel
.

December
cotton
closed
0.95
cent
higher
at
77.06
cents
per
pound
on
the
New
York
Cotton
Exchange
despite
some
easing
of
concern
about
the
twin
hurricane
threat
to
key
U.S.
growing
areas
with
forecasts
indicating
both
storms
may
remain
offshore
.

Overseas
,
London
's
FTSE
100
index
had
earlier
climbed
to
3,8921.1
just
below
its
record
of
3,922.1
,
before
edging
down
through
the
afternoon
session
to
finish
the
day
at
3,885.0
,
a
fall
of
33.7
points
.

In
Tokyo
,
the
key
225-share
Nikkei
average
shed
156.65
points
,
or
0.76
percent
,
to
end
at
20,553.16
.

Pirelli
cables
look
to
tap
Chinese
growth
.

David
Jones

MILAN
1996-08-30

Italian
tyre
and
cables
giant
Pirelli
on
Friday
announced
its
long-awaited
move
into
China
with
a
cables
joint
venture
set
to
capitalise
on
the
rapidly-growing
Chinese
telecommunications
market
.

Pirelli
is
linking
with
Hong
Kong-based
group
CITIC
Pacific
in
a
venture
to
be
called
the
Wuxi
Tong
Ling
Company
Ltd
,
which
will
operate
in
partnership
with
a
local
industrial
company
at
its
existing
factory
in
Wuxi
,
Jiangsu
province
,
Shanghai
.

The
partners
will
invest
around
$
30
million
in
the
existing
copper
cable
plant
at
Wuxi
to
update
technology
and
include
optic
fibre
production
,
with
annual
turnover
expected
to
reach
$
60
million
within
the
next
few
years
.

The
move
marks
a
further
move
by
Pirelli
's
cables
division
to
expand
in
the
fast-growing
Far
Eastern
developing
markets
with
the
group
already
present
in
Indonesia
,
India
and
Malaysia
.

"
This
is
really
positive
news
for
Pirelli
,
and
I
expect
that
it
will
produce
one
of
the
best
half-year
results
in
late
September
compared
to
other
industrial
Italian
companies
,
"
said
analyst
Paula
Buratti
at
Indosuez
.

She
emphasised
that
the
move
was
positive
because
Pirelli
will
have
management
control
of
the
Chinese
venture
,
and
it
also
showed
another
example
of
Pirelli
exporting
its
technical
know-how
to
developing
markets
.

Pirelli
shares
reacted
favourable
even
though
talks
had
been
underway
for
some
time
and
news
about
a
venture
had
been
widely
expected
.

The
shares
rose
0.2
percent
to
2,555
lire
by
1350
GMT
in
an
easier
Milan
stock
market
.

This
will
be
Pirelli
's
first
industrial
involvement
in
a
Chinese
market
where
demand
for
telecommunication
networks
is
expected
to
grow
to
80-100
million
new
lines
between
1996
and
2000
,
doubling
demand
for
optical
cables
.

China
's
second
largest
telecoms
operator
Unicom
already
has
a
mandate
from
the
central
government
to
establish
15
million
new
phone
lines
by
the
year
2000
,
which
will
necessitate
new
trunk
line
systems
and
local
distribution
networks
.

"
The
starting
of
this
production
base
in
China
has
for
our
group
an
undoubted
strategic
value
,
representing
an
important
enhancement
of
our
presence
in
Asia
,
"
said
Pirelli
SpA
chairman
and
chief
executive
officer
Marco
Tonchetti
Provera
.

Pirelli
Cables
has
global
sales
of
over
$
3.5
billion
,
and
has
become
a
large
supplier
of
optic
cables
and
systems
to
major
telecoms
carriers
in
the
U.S.
,
Europe
and
the
Far
East
.

CITIC
Pacific
is
a
major
Hong
Kong-listed
company
focusing
on
infrastruture
,
trading
,
distribution
and
property
,
with
28
percent
of
its
1995
profits
coming
from
telecoms
.

It
has
investments
in
several
industrial
joint
ventures
in
China
.

Dutch
bond
futures
revival
delayed
-
EOE
.

AMSTERDAM
1996-08-30

A
broad
attempt
to
spur
activity
in
Dutch
bond
futures
has
been
delayed
to
give
participants
a
chance
to
become
familiar
with
the
trading
system
,
the
European
Options
Exchange
(
EOE
)
said
on
Friday
.

Market-making
in
the
rarely-traded
FTO
contract
was
expected
to
begin
today
,
but
an
EOE
spokesman
said
the
10
banks
and
brokers
involved
in
the
initiative
needed
time
to
get
accustomed
to
changes
in
the
electronic
trading
system
.

"
It
's
not
ready
yet
.

We
found
it
wise
to
take
some
time
between
the
commitment
to
start
and
the
actual
start
,
"
EOE
spokesman
Lex
van
Drooge
told
Reuters
.

He
said
no
date
had
been
fixed
yet
for
the
start
of
price
making
in
the
10-year
contract
,
but
the
EOE
had
agreed
to
speak
again
to
the
participants
in
one
to
two
weeks
.

Investors
in
Dutch
bonds
currently
use
German
bond
futures
to
hedge
their
portfolios
because
the
FTO
contract
is
so
illiquid
.

A
limited
attempt
to
reinvigorate
the
contract
two
years
ago
failed
.

--
Amsterdam
newsroom
+31
20
504
5000
,
Fax
+31
20
504
5040

OSCE
defends
record
over
Chechnya
peace
mission
.

BONN
1996-08-30

The
head
of
an
international
mediating
mission
defended
its
record
on
Friday
in
the
face
of
criticism
by
pro-Moscow
leaders
in
breakway
Chechnya
and
insisted
it
was
doing
its
best
to
bring
peace
to
the
region
.

Flavio
Cotti
,
the
chairman
of
the
Organisation
for
Security
and
Cooperation
in
Europe
(
OSCE
)
,
told
German
radio
the
Vienna-based
body
viewed
the
conflict
in
Chechnya
as
an
internal
Russian
problem
.

"
The
OSCE
is
completely
involved
.

But
one
must
not
forget
that
the
OSCE
only
has
limited
powers
there
,
"
said
Cotti
,
who
is
also
the
Swiss
foreign
minister
.
"

Our
mission
in
Chechnya
has
done
all
it
can
within
the
given
limitations
.
"

Pro-Moscow
leaders
in
Chechnya
have
criticised
Tim
Guldimann
,
the
Swiss
diplomat
who
heads
the
OSCE
Chechnya
mission
,
saying
he
was
biased
toward
Zelimkhan
Yandarbiyev
,
president
of
the
self-declared
separatist
government
.

Russian
peacemaker
Alexander
Lebed
and
Chechen
separatist
military
leader
Aslan
Maskhadov
started
a
new
round
of
peace
talks
on
Friday
just
outside
the
rebel
region
.

Cotti
said
Chechnya
must
remain
part
of
Russia
,
but
the
solution
to
the
conflict
would
be
to
accord
the
region
maximum
autonomy
within
Russia
's
borders
.

"
There
is
no
doubt
that
Chechnya
,
according
to
OSCE
principles
,
belongs
to
a
state
called
Russia
,
"
he
said
,
pointing
out
that
Russia
was
an
OSCE
member
and
it
was
not
the
organisation
's
policy
to
challenge
members
'
sovereignty
.

He
added
that
the
OSCE
was
the
only
international
body
which
has
been
allowed
into
the
Chechnya
to
monitor
the
human
rights
situation
there
,
but
that
its
means
were
restricted
by
the
fact
that
the
conflict
was
a
"
internal
issue
"
.

"
We
have
a
small
concept
,
the
details
of
which
have
yet
to
be
worked
out
.

Chechnya
must
be
accorded
the
maximum
autonomy
possible
within
the
framework
of
Russian
integrity
,
"
said
Cotti
.

Dutch
say
no
reason
to
reopen
El
Al
carqo
enquiry
.

THE
HAGUE
1996-08-30

The
Dutch
transport
minister
Annemarie
Jorritsma
told
the
country
'
second
chamber
that
there
is
no
further
need
to
investigate
the
1992
crash
of
an
El
Al
freighter
which
left
43
dead
in
an
Amsterdam
suburb
.

She
said
that
a
request
from
her
ministry
for
the
aircraft
's
waybill
documentation
and
further
information
about
the
contents
of
its
hold
had
been
complied
with
by
El
Al
's
head
office
in
Tel
Aviv
.

The
Dutch
transport
ministry
had
come
in
for
pressure
from
a
cross-section
of
Dutch
members
of
parliaments
in
May
this
year
,
some
of
whom
believed
the
aircraft
had
been
carrying
unlisted
,
dangerous
goods
.

Others
said
they
thought
the
aircraft
was
loaded
with
too
much
airfreight
.

Jorritsma
said
the
latest
evidence
from
El
Al
in
no
way
supported
the
allegations
,
and
added
there
is
no
justification
for
a
further
investigation
into
the
incident
.

--
Air
Cargo
Newsroom
Tel+44
171
542
8982
Fax
+44
171
542
5017

Armenians
,
Azeris
hold
peace
talks
in
Germany
.

BONN
1996-08-30

Representatives
from
Armenia
and
Azerbaijan
held
talks
earlier
this
week
in
Germany
on
bringing
a
lasting
peace
to
the
disputed
Nagorno-Karabakh
region
,
a
diplomatic
source
close
to
the
talks
said
on
Friday
.

The
source
,
who
spoke
on
condition
of
anonymity
,
said
Azerbaijani
presidential
adviser
Vafa
Gulizade
and
his
Armenian
counterpart
Zhirayr
Liparityan
met
to
discuss
the
disputed
enclave
on
Wednesday
and
had
now
flown
home
.

An
uneasy
ceasefire
has
prevailed
in
Nagorno-Karabakh
,
which
represents
around
20
percent
of
Azeri
territory
,
since
May
1994
after
ethnic
Armenians
drove
Azeris
out
of
the
region
.

The
conflict
,
which
began
in
1988
,
claimed
over
10,000
lives
.

"
The
main
subject
(
of
the
talks
)
was
the
search
for
a
peaceful
solution
for
Nagorno-Karabakh
,
"
the
source
said
.

He
declined
to
reveal
any
more
details
about
the
content
of
the
talks
or
their
exact
location
in
Germany
.

Azerbaijan
has
said
it
is
prepared
to
grant
autonomy
to
Nagorno-Karabakh
if
Armenian
forces
pull
out
,
but
will
not
accept
Armenia
's
demands
for
the
independence
of
the
enclave
.

Russia
's
Interfax
news
agency
reported
on
Tuesday
the
officials
had
departed
for
negotiations
in
Germany
,
adding
that
face-to-face
talks
between
the
two
sides
first
took
place
last
December
in
Amsterdam
.

Interfax
said
the
discussions
were
being
held
in
parallel
with
peace
talks
mediated
by
the
Organisation
for
Security
and
Cooperation
in
Europe
(
OSCE
)
and
the
broad-based
Minsk
Group
of
countries
led
by
Russia
and
Finland
.

Sombre
mood
on
Arctic
island
after
plane
crash
.

Rolf
Soderlind

LONGYEAR
,
Norway
1996-08-30

The
windblown
,
chilly
streets
of
this
tiny
Arctic
town
are
all
but
deserted
and
flags
are
flying
at
half-mast
beneath
a
brooding
,
clouded
sky
.

Longyear
is
a
town
in
mourning
,
a
close-knit
community
that
has
been
shattered
.

Disaster
struck
on
Thursday
when
a
Russian
airliner
bringing
coal
miners
to
work
crashed
as
it
came
in
to
land
at
the
airport
,
killing
all
141
people
on
board
.

"
It
's
a
sight
I
will
never
forget
.

I
will
remember
it
for
the
rest
of
my
life
,
"
said
Stig
Onarheim
.

He
was
one
of
a
handful
of
rescuers
who
raced
to
the
scene
of
the
crash
in
a
helicopter
on
Thursday
,
hoping
in
vain
to
find
survivors
.

The
plane
smashed
into
a
snow-capped
mountain
on
the
Arctic
island
of
Spitzbergen
on
Thursday
,
just
east
of
Longyear
.

"
Imagine
a
big
plane
with
a
lot
of
luggage
and
people
on
board
.

Think
of
all
that
mixed
together
,
with
twisted
,
wrecked
parts
on
the
slope
,
"
Onarheim
,
29
,
told
Reuters
.

Police
and
local
officials
have
sealed
off
the
crash
site
,
protecting
it
from
intrusive
reporters
and
from
the
polar
bears
that
roam
freely
across
the
icy
expanses
.

The
dead
were
all
Russians
and
Ukrainians
,
coming
to
work
in
the
mining
towns
of
Barentsburg
and
Pyramiden
.

Longyear
is
a
Norwegian
settlement
of
just
over
1,000
people
,
but
it
also
feels
the
loss
keenly
.

"
I
have
trouble
finding
the
words
to
express
my
grief
.

It
's
a
tragedy
for
everyone
.

We
know
many
of
the
people
who
live
in
Barentsburg
,
some
of
them
could
have
been
on
the
plane
,
"
said
Johan
Sletten
,
52
.

Sletten
,
a
caretaker
who
has
lived
on
the
island
for
30
years
,
said
the
Norwegian
and
Russian
communities
visit
frequently
,
competing
at
soccer
in
the
summer
and
with
snow-scooter
races
in
the
winter
.

Teenage
shop
assistant
Heidi
Groenstein
was
blunter
.

"
I
'm
glad
it
was
not
a
Norwegian
plane
,
"
she
said
.
"

Just
think
of
it
--
a
mining
village
where
so
many
workers
die
.

They
must
be
having
a
tough
time
of
it
now
.
"

Barentsburg
,
just
a
few
hours
ride
by
snow-scooter
or
15
minutes
by
helicopter
from
Longyear
,
has
asked
to
be
left
alone
with
its
grief
and
told
reporters
to
stay
away
.

Around
100
Russian
and
Ukrainian
miners
were
waiting
in
Longyear
to
fly
home
on
the
plane
that
crashed
.

They
were
given
shelter
in
the
town
's
church
overnight
and
ate
a
sombre
breakfast
before
getting
on
a
bus
for
the
airport
.

Another
plane
had
been
sent
from
Moscow
to
pick
them
up
.

At
this
time
of
year
,
the
only
colour
in
Longyear
comes
from
the
brightly-painted
wooden
houses
.

Everything
else
is
muddy
,
the
waters
of
the
fjord
leaden
.

Winter
is
in
the
air
.

Barentsburg
is
an
even
grimmer
place
,
a
run-down
testament
to
the
hardships
of
the
new
Russia
.

Spitzbergen
lies
some
500
miles
(
800
km
)
off
the
northern
tip
of
Norway
and
endures
one
of
the
most
extreme
climates
on
the
planet
.

Inhabited
by
fewer
than
3,000
people
in
total
,
it
sees
the
sun
for
24
hours
a
day
during
summer
and
is
plunged
into
round-the-clock
darkness
in
the
winter
months
.

The
terrain
is
mountainous
,
the
only
roads
are
dirt
tracks
.

Norway
rules
the
island
group
under
the
terms
of
a
1920s
international
treaty
which
gave
many
other
nations
the
right
to
establish
setttlements
and
exploit
the
coal
that
is
still
mined
there
.

Only
Russia
has
chosen
to
do
so
.

Ericsson
says
wins
1.2
bln
SKR
China
order
.

STOCKHOLM
1996-08-30

Swedish
telecoms
group
LM
Ericsson
AB
said
on
Friday
it
won
an
order
worth
1.2
billion
crowns
for
a
fixed
public
telecoms
network
in
the
Guangdong
province
of
China
.

Ericsson
said
in
a
statement
the
order
was
from
the
Guangdong
Post
and
Telecommunications
Administration
(
GPTA
)
.

The
order
included
AXE
switching
equipment
,
ISDN
equipment
,
Intelligent
Network
(
IN
)
products
,
broad-band
multi-media
communication
network
products
,
services
and
training
,
Ericsson
spokesman
Per
Zetterquist
told
Reuters
.

Deliveries
are
due
to
be
completed
by
1999
,
the
company
said
.

--
Stockholm
newsroom
+46-8-700
1017

HK
has
infrastructure
in
place
for
post-97
-
Tsang
.

AUCKLAND
1996-08-30

Hong
Kong
Financial
Secretary
Donald
Tsang
said
on
Friday
that
the
territory
had
the
"
infrastructural
hardware
"
to
make
a
success
of
its
future
under
Chinese
sovereignty
from
mid-1997
.

"
We
have
the
largest
and
most
efficient
port
on
the
South
China
coast
;
we
have
the
best
transport
and
telecommunications
infrastructure
in
the
world
;
and
we
are
investing
in
this
hardware
on
an
enormous
scale
,
"
Tsang
said
in
a
speech
to
Auckland
during
a
visit
to
New
Zealand
.

Hong
Kong
also
had
the
necessary
"
constitutional
infrastructure
"
in
place
,
with
the
promise
of
autonomy
in
running
its
affairs
after
the
handover
from
Britain
to
China
.

"
What
this
means
in
practice
is
that
Hong
Kong
will
go
on
raising
its
own
taxes
,
issuing
its
own
currency
,
setting
its
own
expenditure
priorities
and
managing
its
own
enormous
financial
reserves
,
"
Tsang
said
.

He
acknowledged
that
many
Hong
Kong
people
had
decided
to
seek
their
future
elsewhere
and
others
were
sure
to
follow
in
the
next
nine
months
.
"

But
for
the
great
majority
of
us
,
Hong
Kong
is
our
home
and
Hong
Kong
's
future
is
our
future
.
"

--
Wellington
newsroom
64
4
473-4746

PRESS
DIGEST
-
Indonesian
newspapers
-
August
30
.

Following
is
a
summary
of
major
Indonesian
political
and
business
stories
in
leading
newspapers
,
prepared
by
Reuters
in
Jakarta
.

Reuters
has
not
checked
the
stories
and
does
not
guarantee
their
accuracy
.

Telephone
:
(
6221
)
384-6364
.

Fax
:
(
6221
)
344-8404
.

-
-
-
-

KOMPAS

Indonesian
President
Suharto
has
asked
businessmen
to
share
their
experiences
with
each
other
in
an
effort
to
boost
the
country
's
exports
.

-
-
-
-

JAKARTA
POST

Speaker
of
the
House
of
Representatives
Wahono
has
called
on
those
serving
in
high
state
institutions
to
direct
their
efforts
in
the
coming
years
towards
dismantling
all
barriers
to
social
justice
.

An
agreement
to
bring
peace
to
the
southern
Philippines
is
set
to
be
initialed
on
Friday
after
delegates
from
the
Philippine
government
and
the
Moro
National
Liberation
Front
(
MNLF
)
concluded
negotiations
on
the
treaty
which
is
set
to
end
almost
25
years
of
conflict
in
the
region
.

-
-
-
-

MEDIA
INDONESIA

Around
2,000
of
Indonesia
's
controversial
Timor
national
car
made
by
Kia
Motor
Corp
of
South
Korea
arrived
at
Jakarta
's
Tanjung
Priok
port
on
Thursday
.

The
cars
will
be
jointly
marketed
by
Kia
and
PT
Timor
Putra
Nasional
,
controlled
by
a
son
of
President
Suharto
,
which
plans
next
year
to
start
assembling
the
vehicles
in
Indonesia
.

-
-
-
-

REPUBLIKA

The
Central
Jakarta
District
Court
has
started
to
hear
the
suit
filed
by
ousted
Indonesian
Democratic
Party
(
PDI
)
leader
Megawati
Sukarnoputri
against
the
government
and
party
rivals
after
the
parties
failed
to
reach
an
out-of-court
settlement
.

Megawati
has
sued
the
defendants
over
a
government-backed
rebel
congress
which
ousted
her
last
June
.

Jeans
Mate
Corp
-
6mth
parent
forecast
.

TOKYO
1996-08-30

Six
months
to
August
20
,
1996

(
in
billions
of
yen
unless
specified
)

LATEST
PREVIOUS
ACTUAL

(
Parent
)
FORECAST
FORECAST
YEAR-AGO

Sales
9.06
9.31
8.42

Current
818
million
979
million
882
million

Net
415
million
490
million
412
million

NOTE
-
Jeans
Mate
Corp
is
the
full
company
name
.

Apic
Yamada
-
6mth
parent
forecast
.

TOKYO
1996-08-30

Six
months
to
September
30
,
1996

(
in
billions
of
yen
unless
specified
)

LATEST
PREVIOUS
ACTUAL

(
Parent
)
FORECAST
FORECAST
YEAR-AGO

Sales
12.50
13.00
11.27

Current
1.30
1.35
1.09

Net
650
million
680
million
600
million

NOTE
-
Apic
Yamada
Corp
is
a
leading
manufacturer
of
semiconductor
leadframes
.

Bootleg
brew
kills
35
in
China
,
police
nab
suspects
.

BEIJING
1996-08-30

Police
in
southwest
China
have
arrested
30
people
suspected
of
making
and
selling
homemade
alcohol
that
killed
35
people
and
poisoned
157
,
the
Xinhua
news
agency
said
on
Friday
.

A
group
of
farmers
in
Huize
county
in
the
southwestern
province
of
Yunnan
were
arrested
for
blending
alcohol
with
methanol
and
selling
the
toxic
liquor
to
local
residents
,
the
agency
said
.

Between
late
June
and
July
,
a
total
of
192
people
were
poisoned
by
the
toxic
liquor
,
and
35
of
them
died
and
six
were
left
severely
handicapped
,
it
said
.

Local
authorities
launched
an
investigation
after
they
received
reports
of
several
similar
deaths
in
the
area
,
it
said
.

Post-mortem
examinations
showed
they
were
all
caused
by
methanol
poisoning
.

Police
had
confiscated
the
remainder
of
the
poisonous
liquor
,
Xinhua
said
.

It
gave
no
further
details
.

Singapore
hangs
Thai
drug
trafficker
.

SINGAPORE
1996-08-30

Singapore
hanged
a
Thai
farmer
at
Changi
Prison
on
Friday
for
drug
trafficking
,
the
Central
Narcotics
Bureau
(
CNB
)
said
.

Jeerasak
Densakul
,
24
,
was
arrested
in
1995
when
he
was
found
with
11
slabs
of
cannabis
weighing
2.2
kg
(
4.8
pounds
)
,
the
CNB
said
.

Singapore
has
a
mandatory
death
sentence
for
anyone
over
18
years
of
age
found
guilty
of
trafficking
in
more
than
15
grams
(
half
an
ounce
)
of
heroin
,
30
grams
(
an
ounce
)
of
morphine
or
500
grams
(
18
oz
)
of
cannabis
or
marijuana
.

Of
the
nearly
270
people
hanged
for
various
crimes
in
Singapore
since
1975
,
almost
half
have
been
for
drug-related
charges
.

Arafat
goes
to
Nablus
ahead
of
cabinet
meeting
.

NABLUS
,
West
Bank
1996-08-30

Palestinian
President
Yasser
Arafat
arrived
in
the
West
Bank
self-rule
enclave
of
Nablus
from
Ramallah
on
Friday
,
witnesses
said
.

His
aides
said
Arafat
would
hold
the
weekly
meeting
of
the
Palestinian
self-rule
Authority
's
cabinet
in
Nablus
on
Saturday
.

In
Jerusalem
,
Israeli
security
forces
were
bracing
for
thousands
of
Palestinians
expected
to
answer
Arafat
's
call
earlier
this
week
to
come
to
the
city
holy
to
Moslems
,
Arabs
and
Jews
to
pray
in
protest
against
Israel
's
settlement
policy
in
the
West
Bank
and
delay
in
peace
negotiations
.

Palestinians
want
Arab
East
Jerusalem
as
the
capital
of
a
future
independent
state
.

Israel
,
which
captured
and
annexed
East
Jerusalem
in
1967
,
says
it
will
never
cede
any
part
of
the
city
.

Arafat
,
who
made
an
interim
peace
deal
with
Israel
in
1993
that
set
up
self-rule
,
says
he
will
only
visit
Jerusalem
once
Israeli
occupation
has
ended
.

U.N.
Council
concerned
about
Israeli
bulldozers
.

UNITED
NATIONS
1996-08-29

Security
Council
members
expressed
concern
on
Thursday
that
Israel
's
bulldozing
of
a
Palestinian
day-care
centre
for
the
disabled
might
further
injure
the
Middle
East
peace
process
.

Responding
to
a
letter
from
the
the
Palestinian
U.N.
observer
mission
,
Security
Council
President
Tono
Eitel
of
Germany
said
that
members
asked
him
to
convey
their
views
to
Israel
's
charge
d'affaires
,
David
Peleg
.

"
The
members
expressed
their
concern
about
the
maintenance
of
the
peace
process
and
they
urged
that
no
action
be
taken
that
would
have
a
negative
impact
on
the
negotiations
,
"
Eitel
said
after
an
informal
council
session
.

"
They
asked
me
to
call
in
the
Israeli
charge
d'affaires
and
discuss
the
matter
with
him
,
"
he
added
.

The
Palestinian
letter
from
Marwan
Jilani
said
the
destruction
of
the
Jerusalem
centre
was
an
effort
by
Israel
to
"
alter
the
character
,
demographic
composition
and
status
of
the
Holy
City
of
Jerusalem
"
and
violated
agreements
between
Israel
and
the
Palestinian
Liberation
Organisation
.

"
This
most
recent
measure
represents
a
revival
of
old
,
malicious
plans
to
confiscate
the
land
and
build
units
for
Israeli
settlers
within
the
walls
of
the
Old
City
.
"

"
We
expect
the
international
community
to
take
a
clear
and
firm
position
,
based
on
international
law
and
in
accordance
with
U.N.
resolutions
,
against
all
such
Israeli
violations
and
illegal
practices
,
"
he
said
.

On
Tuesday
,
Israeli
crews
hoisted
a
bulldozer
over
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
's
old
city
and
demolished
the
centre
,
saying
it
was
being
restored
without
a
building
permit
.

Canada
had
recently
donated
$
30
million
to
the
centre
,
called
the
Burj
al-Laqlaq
Society
.

SOCCER
-
REAL
SCRAPE
1-1
DRAW
IN
SCRAPPY
OPENING
MATCH
.

LA
CORUNA
,
Spain
1996-08-31

A
late
goal
by
newly-signed
defender
Roberto
Carlos
saved
the
blushes
of
Real
Madrid
coach
Fabio
Capello
and
his
multi-billion
peseta
line-up
in
the
opening
game
of
the
Spanish
championship
on
Saturday
.

The
Brazilian
's
79th-minute
effort
was
enough
to
earn
Real
a
point
from
a
scrappy
1-1
draw
at
fellow
title
contenders
Deportivo
Coruna
.

Deportivo
started
strongly
,
taking
the
lead
midway
through
the
first
half
when
former
Auxerre
playmaker
Corentine
Martins
headed
home
a
corner
after
a
flick-on
by
Brazilian-born
Spanish
international
midfielder
Donato
.

Real
looked
to
be
in
deep
trouble
shortly
after
the
break
when
Luis
Milla
was
sent
off
for
committing
two
bookable
offences
in
as
many
minutes
.

But
Deportivo
were
unable
to
capitalise
on
their
numerical
advantage
,
and
were
themselves
reduced
to
ten
men
when
Armando
Alvarez
was
sent
off
15
minutes
from
time
.

Shortly
afterwards
Roberto
Carlos
found
space
in
the
home
defence
and
equalised
for
Real
with
a
shot
that
was
deflected
past
despairing
Deportivo
'
keeper
Jacques
Songo'o
.

In
a
frantic
final
five
minutes
there
were
chances
at
both
ends
,
and
Donato
,
who
had
earlier
been
booked
,
was
sent
off
for
protesting
about
the
incursion
of
Real
players
at
a
free
kick
.

Before
the
match
Deportivo
chairman
Augusto
Lendoiro
said
he
would
ignore
a
FIFA
decision
banning
Brazilian
midfielder
Mauro
Silva
from
playing
in
the
match
for
failing
to
join
his
national
side
's
tour
of
Europe
.

In
the
event
,
coach
John
Toshack
decided
not
to
use
Silva
,
who
had
claimed
he
did
not
join
the
Brazil
squad
because
he
had
lost
his
passport
.

RUGBY
LEAGUE
-
WIGAN
BEAT
BRADFORD
42-36
IN
SEMIFINAL
.

WIGAN
,
England
1996-08-31

Result
of
English
rugby
league
premiership
semifinal
played
on
Saturday
:

Wigan
42
Bradford
Bulls
36

SOCCER
-
ISRAEL
BEAT
BULGARIA
IN
EUROPEAN
UNDER-21
QUALIFIER
.

HERZLIYA
,
Israel
1996-08-31

Result
of
European
under-21
championship
group
5
qualifier
on
Saturday
:

Israel
2
,
Bulgaria
0
(
halftime
0-0
)
Scorers
:
Haim
Hajaj
(
47th
)
,
Nir
Sivilia
(
57th
)
.

Attendance
:
2,000
.

SOCCER
-
IRISH
ERASE
PAINFUL
MEMORIES
WITH
5-0
WIN
.

ESCHEN
,
Liechtenstein
1996-08-31

The
Republic
of
Ireland
's
new-look
side
dispelled
painful
memories
of
their
last
visit
to
Liechtenstein
by
beating
the
Alpine
part-timers
5-0
in
a
World
Cup
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

The
Irish
,
under
new
manager
Mick
McCarthy
,
took
a
4-0
lead
within
20
minutes
through
captain
Andy
Townsend
,
20-year-old
Norwich
striker
Keith
O'Neill
,
Sunderland
forward
Niall
Quinn
and
teenager
Ian
Harte
.

Quinn
added
his
second
and
Ireland
's
fifth
just
after
the
hour
to
complete
the
rout
and
give
the
Irish
their
biggest-ever
away
win
.

The
result
helped
erase
memories
of
Ireland
's
visit
to
the
Eschen
stadium
14
months
ago
,
when
Jack
Charlton
's
side
were
held
to
a
frustrating
0-0
draw
which
ultimately
cost
them
a
place
in
the
European
championship
finals
.

SOCCER
-
IRELAND
BEAT
LIECHTENSTEIN
5-0
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

ESCHEN
1996-08-31

The
Republic
of
Ireland
beat
Liechtenstein
5-0
(
halftime
4-0
)
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
8
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:
Andy
Townsend
(
5th
)
,
Keith
O'Neill
(
7th
)
,
Niall
Quinn
(
11th
,
61st
)
,
Ian
Harte
(
19th
)
.

Attendance
:
3,900

GOLF
-
BRITISH
MASTERS
FINAL
SCORES
.

NORTHAMPTON
,
England
1996-08-31

Leading
scores
after
the
final
round
of
the
British
Masters
golf
tournament
on
Saturday
(
British
unless
stated
)
:

284
Robert
Allenby
(
Australia
)
69
71
71
73
,
Miguel
Angel
Martin
(
Spain
)
75
70
71
68
(
Allenby
won
at
first
play-off
hole
)

285
Costantino
Rocca
(
Italy
)
71
73
72
69

286
Miguel
Angel
Jimenez
(
Spain
)
74
72
73
67

287
Ian
Woosnam
70
76
71
70

288
Jose
Coceres
(
Argentina
)
69
78
71
70

289
Joakim
Haeggman
(
Sweden
)
71
77
70
71
,
Antoine
Lebouc
(
France
)
74
73
70
72

290
Colin
Montgomerie
68
76
77
69
,
Robert
Coles
74
76
71
69
,
Philip
Walton
(
Ireland
)
71
74
74
71
,
Peter
Mitchell
74
71
74
71
,
Klas
Eriksson
(
Sweden
)
71
75
72
72
,
Pedro
Linhart
(
Spain
)
72
73
67
78

291
Phillip
Price
72
76
74
69
,
Adam
Hunter
70
79
73
69
,
Peter
O'Malley
(
Australia
)
71
73
75
72
,
Mark
Roe
69
71
78
73
,
Mike
Clayton
(
Australia
)
69
76
73
73

292
Iain
Pyman
71
75
75
71
,
David
Gilford
69
74
77
72
,
Peter
Hedblom
(
Sweden
)
70
75
75
72
,
Stephen
McAllister
73
76
69
74
.

SOCCER
-
SLOVAKIA
BEAT
FAROES
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

TOFTIR
,
Faroe
Islands
1996-08-31

Slovakia
beat
the
Faroe
Islands
2-1
(
halftime
1-0
)
in
their
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
six
qualifying
match
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:

Faroe
Islands
-
Jan
Allan
Mueller
(
60th
minute
)

Slovakia
-
Lubomir
Moravcik
(
13th
)
,
Peter
Dubovsky
(
88th
)

Attendance
:
1,445
.

CRICKET
-
ENGLAND
BEAT
PAKISTAN
BY
107
RUNS
IN
SECOND
ONE-DAYER
.

BIRMINGHAM
,
England
1996-08-31

England
beat
Pakistan
by
107
runs
in
the
second
one-day
international
at
Edgbaston
on
Saturday
to
take
the
series
2-0
.

Scores
:
England
292-8
innings
closed
(
N.
Knight
113
)
,
Pakistan
185
(
Ijaz
Ahmed
79
;
A.
Hollioake
4-23
)

CYCLING
-
TOUR
OF
NETHERLANDS
FINAL
RESULTS
/
STANDINGS
.

LANDGRAAF
,
Netherlands
1996-08-31

Leading
results
of

the
205-km
sixth
and
final
stage
of
the
Tour
of
the
Netherlands

between
Roermond
and
Landgraaf
on
Saturday
:

1.
Olaf
Ludwig
(
Germany
)
Telekom
4
hours
48
mins
2
seconds

2.
Giovanni
Lombardi
(
Italy
)
Polti
5
seconds
behind

3.
Tristan
Hoffman
(
Netherlands
)
TVM
same
time

4.
Erik
Breukink
(
Netherlands
)
Rabobank
8
seconds

5.
Jesper
Skibby
(
Denmark
)
TVM
9

6.
Vyacheslav
Ekimov
(
Russia
)
Rabobank
same
time

7.
Luca
Pavanello
(
Italy
)
Aki
11

8.
Eleuterio
Anguita
(
Spain
)
MX
Onda

9.
Michael
Andersson
(
Sweden
)
Telekom

10.
Johan
Capiot
(
Belgium
)
Collstrop
all
same
time

Final
overall
placings
(
after
six
stages
)
:

1.
Rolf
Sorensen
(
Denmark
)
Rabobank
20:36:54

2.
Lance
Armstrong
(
U.S.
)
Motorola
2
seconds
behind

3.
Ekimov
1:7

4.
Marco
Lietti
(
Italy
)
MG-Technogym
1:16

5.
Erik
Dekker
(
Netherlands
)
Rabobank
1:23

6.
Ludwig
1:25

6.
Breukink
same
time

8.
Maarten
den
Bakker
(
Netherlands
)
TVM
1:33

9.
Andersson
1:34

10.
Skibby
1:45

CRICKET
-
ENGLAND
V
PAKISTAN
ONE-DAY
SCOREBOARD
.

BIRMINGHAM
,
England
1996-08-31

Scoreboard
of
the
second
one-day
cricket
match
between
England
and
Pakistan
on
Saturday
:

England

N.
Knight
st
Moin
Khan
b
Saqlain
Mushtaq
113

A.
Stewart
b
Mushtaq
Ahmed
46

M.
Atherton
lbw
b
Mushtaq
Ahmed
1

G.
Thorpe
lbw
b
Ata-ur-Rehman
21

M.
Maynard
run
out
1

R.
Irani
not
out
45

A.
Hollioake
run
out
15

D.
Gough
run
out
0

R.
Croft
b
Waqar
Younis
15

D.
Headley
not
out
3

Extras
(
lb-25
w-4
nb-3
)
32

Total
(
for
8
wickets
,
innings
closed
)
292

Fall
:
1-103
2-105
3-163
4-168
5-221
6-257
7-257
8-286
.

Did
Not
Bat
:
A.
Mullally
.

Bowling
:
Wasim
Akram
10-0-50-0
,
Waqar
Younis
9-0-54-1
,

Ata-ur-Rehman
6-0-40-1
,
Saqlain
Mushtaq
10-0-59-1
,
Mushtaq
Ahmed

10-0-33-2
,
Aamir
Sohail
5-0-31-0
.

pakistan

Saeed
Anwar
c
Stewart
b
Gough
33

Aamir
Sohail
c
Croft
b
Gough
0

Moin
Khan
lbw
b
Mullally
0

Ijaz
Ahmed
b
Croft
79

Inzamam-ul-Haq
c
Thorpe
b
Croft
6

Salim
Malik
c
Stewart
b
Hollioake
23

Wasim
Akram
c
Knight
b
Hollioake
21

Mushtaq
Ahmed
not
out
14

Saqlain
Mushtaq
b
Hollioake
0

Waqar
Younis
lbw
b
Gough
4

Ata-ur-Rehman
c
Knight
b
Hollioake
2

Extras
(
lb-2
nb-1
)
3

Total
(
37.5
overs
)
185

Fall
of
wickets
:
1-1
2-6
3-54
4-104
5-137
6-164
7-164
8-168

9-177
.

Bowling
:
Gough
8-0-39-3
,
Mullally
6-0-30-1
,
Headley

7-0-32-0
,
Irani
2-0-22-0
,
Croft
8-0-37-2
,
Hollioake
6.5-1-23-4
.

CYCLING
-
WORLD
TRACK
CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS
.

MANCHESTER
,
England
1996-08-31

Results
at
the
world

track
cycling
championships
on
Saturday
:

Women
's
3,000
metres
individual
pursuit
qualifying
round

(
fastest
eight
to
quarter
finals
)
:

1.
Antonella
Bellutti
(
Italy
)
3:31.526
(
world
record
)

2.
Marion
Clignet
(
France
)
3:31.674

3.
Lucy
Tyler-Sharman
(
Australia
)
3:31.830

4.
Yvonne
McGregor
(
Britain
)
3:41.823

5.
Natalia
Karimova
(
Russia
)
3:45.061

6.
Svetlana
Samokhalova
(
Russia
)
3:46.216

7
Jane
Quigley
(
U.S.
)
3:46.493

8.
Rasa
Mazeikyte
(
Lithuania
)
3:46.834

9.
Tatian
Stiajkina
(
Ukraine
)
3:52.204

World
4,000
metres
team
pursuit
semifinals
:

Italy
(
Adler
Capelli
,
Cristiano
Citto
,
Andrea
Collinelli
,
Mauro
Trentino
)
4:00.958
(
world
record
)
beat
Russia
(
Anton
Chantyr
,
Edouard
Gritsoun
,
Nikolai
Kouznetsov
)
4:06.534
.

France
(
Cyril
Bos
,
Philippe
Ermenault
,
Jean-Michel
Monin
,
Francis
Moreau
)
4:05.104
beat
Germany
(
Guido
Fulst
,
Danilo
Hondo
,
Thorsten
Rund
,
Heiko
Szonn
)
4:05.463

Germany
take
the
bronze
medal
as
fastest
losing
semifinalist
.

Women
's
world
500
metres
time
trial
final
:

1.
Felicia
Ballanger
(
France
)
34.829

2.
Annett
Neumann
(
Germany
)
35.202

3.
Michelle
Ferris
(
Australia
)
35.694

4.
Magali
Faure
(
France
)
35.888

5.
Olga
Slioussareva
(
Russia
)
36.170

6.
Oksana
Grichina
(
Russia
)
36.242

7.
Tanya
Dubnicoff
(
Canada
)
36.307

8.
Kathrin
Freitag
(
Germany
)
36.491

9.
Donna
Wynd
(
New
Zealand
)
36.831

10.
Mira
Kasslin
(
Finland
)
37.273

11.
Wendy
Everson
(
Britain
)
37.624

12.
Giovanna
Troldi
(
Italy
)
38.285

13.
Rita
Razmaite
(
Lithuania
)
38.546

World
4,000
metres
team
pursuit
championship
final
:

Italy
(
Adler
Capelli
,
Cristiano
Citto
,
Andrea
Collinelli
,
Mauro
Trentino
)
4:02.752
beat
France
(
Cyril
Bos
,
Philippe
Ermenault
,
Jean-Michel
Monin
,
Francis
Moreau
)
4:04.539

World
sprint
championship
quarter
finals
(
best
of
three

matches
)

Florian
Rousseau
(
France
)
beat
Ainars
Kiksis
(
Latvia
)
2-0

Darryn
Hill
(
Australia
)
beat
Christian
Arrue
(
U.S.
)
2-0

Roberto
Chiappa
(
Italy
)
beat
Frederic
Magne
(
France
)
2-0

Marty
Nothstein
(
U.S.
)
beat
Pavel
Buran
(
Czech
Republic
)
2-0

Women
's
world
3,000
metres
individual
pursuit
championship

quarter-finals
:

Marion
Clignet
(
France
)
3:30.974
(
World
Record
)
beat
Jane

Quigley
(
USA
)
3:42.852

Natalia
Karimova
(
Russia
)
3:40.036
beat
Yvonne
McGregor

(
Britain
)
3:43.078

Lucy
Tyler-Sharman
(
Australia
)
3:35.087
beat
Svetlana

Samokhvalova
(
Russia
)
3:45.011

Antonella
Bellutti
(
Italy
)
3:32.174
caught
and
eliminated
Rasa

Mazeikyte
(
Lithuania
)

CRICKET
-
PAKISTAN
WIN
TOSS
,
PUT
ENGLAND
IN
TO
BAT
.

BIRMINGHAM
,
England
1996-08-31

Pakistan
won
the
toss
and
put
England
in
to
bat
in
the
second
limited
overs
cricket
international
at
Edgbaston
on
Saturday
.

Surrey
all-rounder
Adam
Hollioake
was
making
his
England
debut
,
replacing
Lancashire
batsman
Graham
Lloyd
,
with
seamer
Peter
Martin
again
being
omitted
from
the
13
.

Pakistan
kept
the
side
who
lost
to
England
by
five
wickets
at
Old
Trafford
on
Thursday
in
the
first
of
the
three
one-day
matches
.

Teams
:

England
:
Mike
Atherton
(
captain
)
,
Nick
Knight
,
Alec
Stewart
,
Graham
Thorpe
,
Matthew
Maynard
,
Adam
Hollioake
,
Ronnie
Irani
,
Robert
Croft
,
Darren
Gough
,
Dean
Headley
,
Alan
Mullally
.

Pakistan
:
Aamir
Sohail
,
Saeed
Anwar
,
Ijaz
Ahmed
,
Salim
Malik
,
Inzamam-ul-Haq
,
Wasim
Akram
(
captain
)
,
Moin
Khan
,
Saqlain
Mushtaq
,
Mushtaq
Ahmed
,
Waqar
Younis
,
Ata-ur-Rehman
.

BASEBALL
-
GONZALEZ
HOMERS
TWICE
AS
RANGERS
BEAT
INDIANS
.

ARLINGTON
,
Texas
1996-08-31

Juan
Gonzalez
homered
twice
and
Ivan
Rodriguez
added
a
two-run
shot
as
the
Texas
Rangers
defeated
the
Cleveland
Indians
5-3
in
a
matchup
of
division
leaders
Friday
.

Rodriguez
's
18th
homer
,
off
Chad
Ogea
(
7-5
)
in
the
first
,
gave
Texas
a
2-0
lead
.

One
out
later
,
Gonzalez
smacked
his
40th
homer
,
extending
his
hitting
streak
to
20
games
.

Gonzalez
,
who
hit
in
21
straight
games
earlier
this
season
,
joined
Mickey
Rivers
as
the
only
players
in
Texas
history
with
two
20-game
streaks
in
the
same
year
.

Gonzalez
hit
his
second
homer
in
the
third
for
his
fifth
multi-homer
game
of
the
season
.

Gonzalez
has
three
40-homer
seasons
and
his
121
RBI
broke
Ruben
Sierra
's
team
record
of
119
set
in
1989
.

The
Indians
had
their
four-game
winning
streak
stopped
.

"
It
's
not
something
I
'm
going
to
try
to
explain
,
"
said
Texas
manager
Johnny
Oates
about
his
team
winning
seven
of
the
10
meetings
from
Cleveland
this
season
.

"
We
've
got
two
more
regular
season
games
against
them
and
we
might
get
lucky
enough
or
unlucky
enough
to
play
them
in
the
post-season
.
"

Roger
Pavlik
(
15-7
)
gave
up
three
runs
and
seven
hits
in
6
1/3
innings
and
became
the
fourth
15-game
winner
in
the
American
League
.

Jeff
Russell
pitched
two
perfect
innings
for
his
third
save
.

Brian
Giles
and
Jim
Thome
homered
for
Cleveland
.

Cleveland
's
lead
over
the
White
Sox
in
the
American
League
Central
dropped
to
nine
games
.

Texas
's
lead
over
Seattle
in
the
West
increased
to
six
.

At
California
,
Tino
Martinez
's
two-run
homer
keyed
a
three-run
first
and
Andy
Pettitte
became
the
league
's
first
19-game
winner
as
the
New
York
Yankees
beat
the
Angels
6-2
.

New
York
snapped
a
season-high
five-game
losing
streak
and
also
got
homers
from
Mariano
Duncan
,
Darryl
Strawberry
and
Jim
Leyritz
.

Pettite
(
19-7
)
allowed
two
runs
and
eight
hits
over
eight
innings
with
a
walk
and
seven
strikeouts
.

He
improved
to
12-2
following
Yankees
'
losses
.

Mariano
Rivera
pitched
a
scoreless
ninth
,
striking
out
two
.

Ex-Yankee
Randy
Velarde
hit
his
11th
homer
,
his
most
at
any
professional
level
.

In
Seattle
,
Pete
Incaviglia
's
grand
slam
with
one
out
in
the
sixth
snapped
a
tie
and
lifted
the
Baltimore
Orioles
past
the
Seattle
Mariners
,
5-2
.

It
was
Incaviglia
's
sixth
grand
slam
and
200th
homer
of
his
career
.

Baltimore
's
Eddie
Murray
cracked
his
20th
homer
of
the
season
and
499th
of
his
career
.

Jay
Buhner
hit
his
38th
homer
and
Edgar
Martinez
his
23rd
for
Seattle
.

The
Orioles
remained
tied
with
the
White
Sox
for
the
American
League
wild
card
with
the
Mariners
a
game
back
.

In
Toronto
,
Kevin
Tapani
(
12-8
)
allowed
two
runs
and
six
hits
over
7
1/3
innings
and
Frank
Thomas
hit
his
29th
homer
and
drove
in
three
runs
as
the
Chicago
White
Sox
cruised
to
an
11-2
victory
over
the
Blue
Jays
.

Thomas
,
Harold
Baines
and
Robin
Ventura
each
collected
three
hits
.

Baines
homered
and
scored
three
runs
.

Danny
Tartabull
added
two
hits
and
three
RBI
as
all
Chicago
starters
got
at
least
one
hit
.

In
Oakland
,
Dave
Telgheder
scattered
seven
hits
over
eight
innings
and
Mark
McGwire
hit
his
major-league
leading
45th
homer
and
drove
in
three
runs
as
the
Athetlics
blanked
the
Boston
Red
Sox
7-0
.

Telgheder
(
2-5
)
snapped
a
personal
three-game
losing
streak
.

Buddy
Groom
pitched
a
perfect
ninth
inning
.

McGwire
singled
home
a
run
to
spark
a
three-run
sixth
and
capped
the
scoring
with
a
two-run
homer
in
the
seventh
.

The
loss
was
Boston
's
seventh
in
its
last
29
games
.

In
Detroit
,
Todd
Van
Poppel
pitched
a
five-hitter
for
his
first
career
shutout
and
Tony
Clark
homered
to
cap
a
four-run
first
inning
as
the
Tigers
blanked
the
Kansas
City
Royals
4-0
.

Van
Poppel
(
3-6
)
walked
two
and
struck
out
two
in
defeating
the
Royals
for
the
second
time
this
week
.

He
threw
108
pitches
as
he
lowered
his
ERA
from
8.08
to
7.24
.

Kansas
City
has
scored
only
one
run
in
two
games
.

In
Milwaukee
,
Marc
Newfield
homered
off
Jose
Parra
(
5-4
)
leading
off
the
bottom
of
the
12th
as
the
Brewers
rallied
for
a
5-4
victory
over
the
Minnesota
Twins
.

Milwaukee
has
won
10
of
its
last
15
.

Bob
Wickman
(
6-1
)
pitched
2
2/3
hitless
innings
for
the
win
,
his
second
for
the
Brewers
.

Matt
Lawton
hit
a
three-run
homer
off
closer
Mike
Fetters
with
one
out
in
the
ninth
to
give
Minnesota
a
4-2
lead
.

But
Milwaukee
tied
it
up
in
the
bottom
of
the
ninth
on
pinch-hitter
Dave
Nilsson
's
two-run
double
.

CRICKET
-
ESSEX
AND
KENT
MADE
TO
SWEAT
IN
TITLE
RACE
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Essex
and
Kent
both
face
tense
finishes
on
Monday
as
they
attempt
to
keep
pace
with
title
hopefuls
Derbyshire
and
Surrey
,
convincing
three-day
victors
on
Saturday
,
in
the
English
county
championship
run-in
.

Essex
need
another
148
with
five
wickets
in
hand
to
beat
Yorkshire
after
a
maiden
first-class
century
from
Richard
Kettleborough
transformed
a
match
which
his
side
had
seemed
certain
to
lose
.

Kent
will
also
need
to
keep
their
nerve
against
struggling
Nottinghamshire
who
will
enter
the
final
day
137
ahead
with
four
wickets
left
in
a
relatively
low-scoring
match
at
Tunbridge
Wells
.

Derbyshire
,
nine-wicket
winners
over
Worcestershire
,
and
Surrey
,
who
thrashed
Warwickshire
by
an
innings
and
164
runs
,
can
instead
take
the
day
off
along
with
rivals
Leicestershire
,
who
beat
Somerset
inside
two
days
.

Warwickshire
captain
Tim
Munton
is
tipping
Surrey
to
emerge
on
top
,
impressed
by
the
positive
influence
of
Australian
coach
Dave
Gilbert
,
but
Derbyshire
's
Australian
captain
Dean
Jones
is
conceding
nothing
as
his
side
chase
their
first
title
for
60
years
.

"
We
took
three
absolutely
brilliant
catches
in
this
match
and
our
catching
all
season
has
been
pretty
impressive
.

Our
catching
will
win
or
lose
us
the
championship
,
"
he
said
.

GOLF
-
LEADING
MONEY
WINNERS
ON
EUROPEAN
TOUR
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Leading
money
winners
on
the

European
Tour
after
the
British
Masters
won
by
Robert
Allenby
on

Saturday
(
British
unless
stated
)
:

1.
Ian
Woosnam
510,258
pounds
sterling

2.
Colin
Montgomerie
442,201

3.
Robert
Allenby
(
Australia
)
407,748

4.
Lee
Westwood
301,972

5.
Costantino
Rocca
(
Italy
)
297,157

6.
Mark
McNulty
(
Zimbabwe
)
254,247

7.
Andrew
Coltart
248,142

8.
Wayne
Riley
(
Australia
)
239,733

9.
Raymond
Russell
234,330

10.
Paul
Lawrie
211,420

11.
Stephen
Ames
(
Trinidad
)
211,175

12.
Frank
Nobilo
(
New
Zealand
)
209,412

13.
Paul
McGinley
(
Ireland
)
208,978

14.
Padraig
Harrington
(
Ireland
)
202,593

15.
Retief
Goosen
(
South
Africa
)
195,283

16.
Miguel
Angel
Jimenez
(
Spain
)
184,180

17.
Peter
Mitchell
183,704

18.
Miguel
Angel
Martin
(
Spain
)
182,533

19.
Jonathan
Lomas
181,005

20.
Paul
Broadhurst
176,780

RUGBY
UNION
-
ENGLISH
,
SCOTTISH
AND
WELSH
RESULTS
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Results
of
English
,
Scottish
and

Welsh
rugby
union
matches
on
Saturday
:

English
National
League
one

Harlequins
75
Gloucester
19

London
Irish
27
Bristol
28

Northampton
46
West
Hartlepool
20

Orrell
13
Bath
56

Sale
31
Wasps
33

Saracens
25
Leicester
23

Welsh
division
one

Bridgend
13
Llanelli
9

Dunvant
21
Ebbw
Vale
10

Treorchy
17
Newbridge
23

Newport
29
Caerphilly
10

Swansea
49
Cardiff
23

Scottish
premier
league
division
one

Boroughmuir
20
Hawick
23

Currie
45
Heriot
's
F.P.
5

Jed-Forest
17
Watsonians
54

Melrose
107
Stirling
County
10

SOCCER
-
WALES
BEAT
SAN
MARINO
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

CARDIFF
1996-08-31

Wales
beat
San
Marino
6-0
(
halftime
4-0
)
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
7
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:
Dean
Saunders
(
2nd
minute
,
75th
)
,
Mark
Hughes
(
25th
,
54th
)
,
Andy
Melville
(
33rd
)
,
John
Robinson
(
45th
)
.

Attendance
:
15,150

SOCCER
-
UKRAINE
BEAT
NORTHERN
IRELAND
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

BELFAST
1996-08-31

Ukraine
beat
Northern
Ireland
1-0
(
halftime
0-0
)
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
nine
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorer
:
Sergei
Rebrov
(
79th
minute
)

Attendance
:
9,358

RUGBY
UNION
-
LYNAGH
SEALS
VICTORY
OVER
DWYER
AND
LEICESTER
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Former
Wallaby
captain
Michael
Lynagh
began
his
career
in
English
club
rugby
in
impeccable
fashion
on
Saturday
to
frustrate
his
old
coach
Bob
Dwyer
on
his
league
coaching
debut
with
Leicester
.

Lynagh
kicked
five
penalties
and
a
conversion
from
his
six
attempts
at
goal
to
steer
his
multi-national
Saracens
side
to
a
25-23
home
win
and
offer
millionaire
backer
Nigel
Wray
an
early
return
on
his
big
investment
in
the
north
London
club
.

French
centre
Philippe
Sella
also
enjoyed
a
good
game
alongside
Lynagh
,
although
the
home
team
scored
only
one
try
through
England
scrum-half
Kyran
Bracken
.

The
new
French
connection
at
Harlequins
also
made
a
good
start
,
Laurent
Cabannes
and
Laurent
Benezech
scoring
a
try
apiece
in
their
side
's
75-19
victory
over
Gloucester
.

Former
England
captain
Will
Carling
,
handed
the
kicking
duties
,
finished
with
20
points
.

With
the
first
day
of
the
league
season
briefly
shifting
the
spotlight
away
from
the
discord
between
the
clubs
and
the
Rugby
Football
Union
,
there
were
also
emphatic
victories
for
champions
Bath
,
56-13
winners
over
Orrell
,
and
Northampton
and
narrow
successes
for
Wasps
and
Bristol
.

SOCCER
-
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Scottish
league
standings
after

Saturday
's
matches
(
tabulated
-
played
,
won
,
drawn
,
lost
,
goals

for
,
goals
against
,
points
)
:

Division
one

Greenock
Morton
3
2
0
1
5
2
6

Dundee
3
1
2
0
3
2
5

St
Johnstone
2
1
1
0
3
0
4

St
Mirren
3
1
1
1
5
4
4

Airdrieonians
2
1
1
0
1
0
4

Falkirk
3
1
1
1
1
1
4

Clydebank
2
1
0
1
1
3
3

Partick
3
0
2
1
1
2
2

Stirling
3
0
1
2
1
3
1

East
Fife
2
0
1
1
0
4
1

Division
two

Livingston
3
3
0
0
6
2
9

Queen
of
South
3
2
0
1
5
4
6

Ayr
3
1
2
0
8
2
5

Stenhousemuir
3
1
1
1
6
1
4

Hamilton
3
1
1
1
3
2
4

Stranraer
3
1
1
1
3
3
4

Brechin
3
0
3
0
2
2
3

Clyde
3
1
0
2
2
5
3

Dumbarton
3
0
2
1
3
4
2

Berwick
3
0
0
3
1
14
0

Division
three

Albion
3
3
0
0
5
0
9

Forfar
3
2
0
1
7
4
6

Cowdenbeath
3
2
0
1
4
3
6

Arbroath
3
1
2
0
4
2
5

Alloa
3
1
1
1
3
3
4

Queen
's
Park
3
1
1
1
6
8
4

Montrose
3
1
0
2
3
4
3

Inverness
Thistle
3
1
0
2
3
6
3

East
Stirling
3
0
2
1
3
4
2

Ross
County
3
0
0
3
3
7
0

SOCCER
-
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

English
soccer
league
standings

after
Saturday
's
matches
(
tabulated
-
played
,
won
,
drawn
,
lost
,

goals
for
,
goals
against
,
points
)
:

Division
one

Stoke
4
3
1
0
7
4
10

Barnsley
3
3
0
0
8
2
9

Norwich
4
3
0
1
5
3
9

Tranmere
4
2
1
1
6
4
7

Bolton
3
2
1
0
5
2
7

Queens
Park
Rangers
3
2
1
0
5
3
7

Wolverhampton
4
2
1
1
5
3
7

Swindon
4
2
1
1
5
4
7

Bradford
4
2
0
2
4
3
6

Portsmouth
4
2
0
2
4
5
6

Ipswich
4
1
2
1
9
7
5

Crystal
Palace
4
1
2
1
4
3
5

Port
Vale
4
1
2
1
4
4
5

Birmingham
2
1
1
0
5
4
4

Reading
4
1
1
2
5
10
4

Huddersfield
3
1
1
1
4
4
4

Oxford
4
1
0
3
6
5
3

Manchester
City
3
1
0
2
2
3
3

West
Bromwich
3
0
2
1
2
3
2

Oldham
4
0
1
3
5
9
1

Sheffield
United
2
0
1
1
4
5
1

Grimsby
4
0
1
3
4
8
1

Southend
4
0
1
3
2
10
1

Charlton
2
0
1
1
1
3
1

Division
two

Plymouth
4
3
1
0
10
6
10

Brentford
4
3
1
0
9
3
10

Bury
4
3
1
0
8
2
10

Chesterfield
4
3
0
1
4
2
9

Millwall
4
2
1
1
7
5
7

Shrewsbury
4
2
1
1
6
6
7

Blackpool
4
2
1
1
3
2
7

York
4
2
0
2
6
6
6

Burnley
4
2
0
2
6
7
6

Bournemouth
4
2
0
2
5
5
6

Watford
4
2
0
2
4
5
6

Bristol
Rovers
3
1
2
0
2
1
5

Peterborough
3
1
1
1
4
4
4

Preston
4
1
1
2
4
5
4

Crewe
4
1
1
2
4
6
4

Gillingham
4
1
1
2
4
6
4

Notts
County
3
1
1
1
2
2
4

Bristol
City
4
1
0
3
7
8
3

Luton
4
1
0
3
4
10
3

Wycombe
4
0
3
1
2
3
3

Wrexham
2
0
2
0
5
5
2

Stockport
4
0
2
2
1
3
2

Rotherham
4
0
1
3
3
6
1

Walsall
3
0
1
2
2
4
1

Division
three

Wigan
4
3
1
0
9
4
10

Fulham
4
3
0
1
5
3
9

Hull
4
2
2
0
4
2
8

Hartlepool
4
2
1
1
6
5
7

Torquay
4
2
1
1
5
3
7

Cardiff
4
2
1
1
3
2
7

Scunthorpe
4
2
1
1
3
3
7

Carlisle
4
2
1
1
2
1
7

Scarborough
4
1
3
0
5
3
6

Northampton
4
1
2
1
6
4
5

Lincoln
4
1
2
1
5
5
5

Barnet
4
1
2
1
4
2
5

Exeter
4
1
2
1
4
5
5

Cambridge
United
4
1
2
1
3
4
5

Darlington
4
1
1
2
9
8
4

Chester
4
1
1
2
6
7
4

Doncaster
4
1
1
2
4
5
4

Leyton
Orient
4
1
1
2
3
3
4

Brighton
4
1
1
2
3
6
4

Hereford
4
1
1
2
2
3
4

Swansea
4
1
0
3
4
9
3

Colchester
4
0
3
1
2
4
3

Rochdale
4
0
2
2
2
4
2

Mansfield
4
0
2
2
2
6
2

SOCCER
-
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
RESULTS
.

GLASGOW
1996-08-31

Results
of
Scottish
league

matches
on
Saturday
:

Division
one

Greenock
Morton
1
Falkirk
0

Partick
1
St
Mirren
1

Stirling
1
Dundee
1

Postponed
:
East
Fife
v
Clydebank
,
St
Johnstone
v

Airdrieonians
.

Division
two

Ayr
6
Berwick
0

Clyde
0
Queen
of
South
2

Dumbarton
1
Brechin
1

Livingston
1
Hamilton
0

Stenhousemuir
0
Stranraer
1

Division
three

Albion
2
Cowdenbeath
0

Arbroath
0
East
Stirling
0

Inverness
Thistle
1
Alloa
0

Montrose
2
Ross
County
1

Queen
's
Park
1
Forfar
4

SOCCER
-
ENGLISH
LEAGUE
RESULTS
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Results
of
English
soccer
matches

on
Saturday
:

Division
one

Bradford
1
Tranmere
0

Grimsby
0
Portsmouth
1

Huddersfield
1
Crystal
Palace
1

Norwich
1
Wolverhampton
0

Oldham
3
Ipswich
3

Port
Vale
2
Oxford
0

Reading
2
Stoke
2

Southend
1
Swindon
3

Postponed
:
Birmingham
v
Barnsley
,
Manchester
City
v
Charlton

Playing
Sunday
:
Queens
Park
Rangers
v
Bolton

Division
two

Blackpool
0
Wycombe
0

Bournemouth
1
Peterborough
2

Bristol
Rovers
1
Stockport
1

Bury
4
Bristol
City
0

Crewe
0
Watford
2

Gillingham
0
Chesterfield
1

Luton
1
Rotherham
0

Millwall
2
Burnley
1

Notts
County
0
York
1

Shrewsbury
0
Brentford3

Postponed
:
Walsall
v
Wrexham

Division
three

Brighton
1
Scunthorpe
1

Cambridge
United
0
Cardiff
2

Colchester
1
Hereford
1

Doncaster
3
Darlington
2

Fulham
1
Carlisle
0

Hull
0
Barnet
0

Leyton
Orient
2
Hartlepool
0

Mansfield
0
Rochdale
0

Scarborough
1
Northampton
1

Torquay
2
Exeter
0

Wigan
4
Chester
2

CRICKET
-
ENGLISH
COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIP
SCORES
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Results
and
close
scores
of
four-day
English
county
championship
matches
on
Saturday
:

At
Portsmouth
:
Middlesex
beat
Hampshire
by
188
runs
.

Middlesex
199
and
426
,
Hampshire
232
and
205
(
A.
Fraser
5-79
,
P.
Tufnell
4-39
)
.

Middlesex
20
points
,
Hampshire
5
.

At
Chester-le-Street
:
Glamorgan
beat
Durham
by
141
runs
.

Glamorgan
259
and
207
,
Durham
114
and
211
.

Glamorgan
22
points
,
Durham
4
.

At
Chesterfield
:
Derbyshire
beat
Worcestershire
by
nine
wickets
.

Worcestershire
238
and
303
(
K.
Spiring
130
not
out
,
S.
Rhodes
57
;
P.
DeFreitas
4-70
)
,
Derbyshire
471
and
71-1
.

Derbyshire
24
points
,
Worcestershire
5
.

At
The
Oval
(
London
)
:
Surrey
beat
Warwickshire
by
an
innings
and
164
runs
.

Warwickshire
195
and
109
(
J.
Benjamin
4-17
,
M.
Bicknell
4-38
)
,
Surrey
468
(
C.
Lewis
94
,
M.
Butcher
70
,
G.
Kersey
63
,
J.
Ratcliffe
63
,
D.
Bicknell
55
)
.

Surrey
24
points
,
Warwickshire
2
.

At
Headingley
(
Leeds
)
:
Yorkshire
290
and
329
(
R.
Kettleborough
108
,
G.
Hamilton
61
;
P.
Such
8-118
)
,
Essex
372
and
100-5
.

At
Hove
:
Sussex
363
and
144
,
Lancashire
218
and
53-0
.

At
Tunbridge
Wells
:
Nottinghamshire
214
and
167-6
(
C.
Tolley
64
not
out
)
,
Kent
244
(
C.
Hooper
58
;
C.
Tolley
4-68
,
K.
Evans
4-71
)

At
Bristol
:
Gloucestershire
183
and
249
(
J.
Russell
75
)
,
Northamptonshire
190
and
218-9
.

MOTOR
RACING
-
LEADING
QUALIFIERS
FOR
VANCOUVER
INDYCAR
RACE
.

VANCOUVER
1996-08-31

Top
ten
drivers
in
grid
for

Sunday
's
Vancouver
IndyCar
race
after
final
qualifying
on

Saturday
(
tabulate
by
driver
,
country
,
chassis
,
motor
and
lap

times
in
seconds
)
:

1.
Alex
Zanardi
(
Italy
)
,
Reynard
Honda
,
53.980
(
113.576

mph
/
182.778
kph
)

2.
Michael
Andretti
(
U.S.
)
,
Lola
Ford
Cosworth
,
54.483

3.
Bobby
Rahal
(
U.S.
)
,
Reynard
Mercedes-Benz
,
54.507

4.
Bryan
Herta
(
U.S.
)
,
Reynard
Mercedes-Benz
,
54.578

5.
Jimmy
Vasser
(
U.S.
)
,
Reynard
Honda
,
54.617

6.
Paul
Tracy
(
Canada
)
,
Penske
Mercedes-Benz
,
54.620

7.
Al
Unser
Jr
(
U.S.
)
,
Penske
Mercedes-Benz
,
54.683

8.
Andre
Ribeiro
(
Brazil
)
,
Lola
Honda
,
54.750

9.
Mauricio
Gugelmin
(
Brazil
)
,
Reynard
Ford
Cosworth
,
54.762

10.
Gil
de
Ferran
(
Brazil
)
,
Reynard
Honda
,
54.774

SOCCER
-
CANADA
BEAT
PANAMA
3-1
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

EDMONTON
1996-08-31

Canada
beat
Panama
3-1
(
halftime
2-0
)
in
their
CONCACAF
semifinal
phase
qualifying
match
for
the
1998
World
Cup
on
Friday
.

Scorers
:

Canada
-
Aunger
(
41st
min
,
pen
)
,
Paul
Peschisolido
(
42nd
)
,
Carlo
Corrazin
(
87th
)

Panama
-
Jorge
Luis
Dely
Valdes
(
50th
)

Attendance
:
9,402

RUGBY
UNION
-
SPRINGBOKS
FINALLY
BREAK
ALL
BLACK
SPELL
.

Andy
Colquhoun

JOHANNESBURG
1996-08-31

South
Africa
managed
to
avoid
a
fifth
successive
defeat
in
1996
at
the
hands
of
the
All
Blacks
with
an
emphatic
32-22
victory
in
front
of
an
ecstatic
Ellis
Park
crowd
on
Saturday
.

They
scored
three
tries
in
recording
their
highest
total
against
New
Zealand
,
salvaging
some
pride
in
a
season
in
which
the
world
champions
have
lost
five
out
of
eight
tests
.

It
also
ended
a
run
of
nine
successive
victories
this
year
for
New
Zealand
but
arrived
too
late
to
prevent
a
2-1
series
defeat
and
an
historic
first
All
Black
series
triumph
on
South
African
soil
.

Springbok
scrum-half
Joost
van
der
Westhuizen
was
his
side
's
inspiration
,
scoring
their
opening
try
and
making
the
third
for
flanker
Andre
Venter
from
a
quickly
taken
penalty
to
give
his
side
a
29-8
lead
after
54
minutes
.

Fullback
Andre
Joubert
scored
the
other
,
scorching
in
from
40
metres
at
the
start
of
the
second
half
to
add
to
his
three
long-range
penalties
.

The
All
Blacks
salvaged
some
pride
by
scoring
two
tries
from
centre
Walter
Little
and
scrum-half
Justin
Marshall
in
the
final
five
minutes
to
close
a
gap
which
at
one
point
stood
at
24
points
.

But
they
generally
endured
an
off-day
,
highlighted
by
recalled
fly-half
Andrew
Mehrtens
who
missed
five
out
of
eight
kicks
at
goal
.

Recalled
fly-half
Henry
Honiball
kicked
the
Springboks
into
a
6-0
lead
after
10
minutes
only
to
see
Andrew
Mehrtens
launch
a
penalty
from
eight
metres
inside
his
own
half
to
narrow
the
gap
.

Mehrtens
missed
three
further
penalties
and
a
conversion
in
the
first
40
minutes
which
could
have
put
his
side
ahead
,
but
it
was
the
Springboks
who
looked
the
more
dangerous
.

Their
promise
was
realised
when
Joubert
made
a
40-metre
break
in
the
25th
minute
and
,
although
winger
Pieter
Hendriks
appeared
to
knock
on
Joubert
's
reverse
pass
,
Welsh
referee
Derek
Bevan
allowed
Van
der
Westhuizen
to
pick
up
and
score
under
the
posts
.

Honiball
converted
and
Joubert
kicked
a
penalty
before
All
Black
hooker
Sean
Fitzpatrick
scored
a
try
from
close
range
on
the
stroke
of
half-time
to
narrow
the
lead
to
16-8
and
hint
at
a
comeback
.

Instead
Joubert
kicked
another
long
penalty
and
then
raced
around
the
outside
of
the
defence
to
score
the
Springboks
'
second
try
.

A
quick
penalty
from
Van
der
Westhuizen
five
metres
from
the
All
Black
line
set
up
the
third
try
for
Venter
five
minutes
later
and
when
Joubert
kicked
his
third
penalty
the
Springboks
held
an
unassailable
32-8
lead
going
into
the
last
quarter
.

When
the
All
Blacks
did
break
through
,
it
was
too
late
.

Centre
Walter
Little
followed
up
Mehrtens
'
kick
to
score
under
the
posts
and
scrum-half
Justin
Marshall
forced
himself
over
from
a
ruck
close
to
the
line
in
injury-time
to
give
them
some
consolation
.

South
Africa
-
15
-
Andre
Joubert
,
14
-
Justin
Swart
,
13
-
Japie
Mulder
(
Joel
Stransky
,
48
mins
)
12
-
Danie
van
Schalkwyk
,
11
-
Pieter
Hendriks
;
10
-
Henry
Honiball
,
9
-
Joost
van
der
Westhuizen
;
8
-
Gary
Teichmann
(
captain
)
,
7
-
Andre
Venter
(
Wayne
Fyvie
,
75
)
,
6
-
Ruben
Kruge
,
5
-
Mark
Andrews
(
Fritz
van
Heerden
,
39
)
,
4
-
Kobus
Wiese
,
3
-
Marius
Hurter
,
2
-
James
Dalton
,
1
-
Dawie
Theron
(
Garry
Pagel
,
66
)
.

New
Zealand
-
15
-
Christian
Cullen
(
Alama
Ieremia
,
70
)
,
14
-
Jeff
Wilson
,
13
-
Walter
Little
,
12
-
Frank
Bunce
,
11
-
Glen
Osborne
;
10
-
Andrew
Mehrtens
,
9
-
Justin
Marshall
;
8
-
Zinzan
Brooke
,
7
-
Josh
Kronfeld
,
6
-
Michael
Jones
(
Glenn
Taylor
,
53
)
,
5
-
Robin
Brooke
,
4
-
Ian
Jones
,
3
-
Olo
Brown
,
2
-
Sean
Fitzpatrick
(
captain
)
,
1
-
Craig
Dowd
.

RUGBY
UNION
-
SOUTH
AFRICA
BEAT
ALL
BLACKS
32-22
.

JOHANNESBURG
1996-08-31

South
Africa
beat
New
Zealand
32-22
(
haltime
16-8
)
in
the
final
test
match
of
their
three-test
series
at
Ellis
Park
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:

South
Africa
-
Tries
:
Joost
van
der
Westhuizen
(
2
)
,
Andre
Joubert
.

Conversion
:
Henry
Honiball
.

Penalties
:
Honiball
(
2
)
,
Joubert
(
3
)
.

New
Zealand
-
Tries
:
Sean
Fitzpatrick
,
Walter
Little
,
Justin
Marshall
.

Conversions
:
Andrew
Mehrtens
(
2
)
.

Penalties
:
Mehrtens
.

New
Zealand
win
test
series
2-1
.

SOCCER
-
MAURITANIA
DISSOLVES
NATIONAL
TEAM
AFTER
CUP
EXIT
.

NOUAKCHOTT
1996-08-31

Mauritania
's
soccer
federation
dissolved
the
national
team
and
suspended
this
season
's
domestic
championship
on
Saturday
in
the
wake
of
the
country
's
failure
to
qualify
for
the
African
Nations
'
Cup
.

"
Since
Mauritania
has
been
eliminated
on
all
fronts
and
the
next
commitments
are
not
for
another
two
years
,
we
have
reason
to
take
a
break
,
"
federation
president
Mohamed
Lemine
Cheiguer
said
.

The
North
Africans
were
held
to
a
goalless
draw
by
Benin
on
Friday
after
losing
the
first
leg
of
their
qualifying
tie
4-1
.

SOCCER
-
MAURITANIA
DRAW
WITH
BENIN
IN
AFRICAN
NATIONS
CUP
.

NOUAKCHOTT
1996-08-31

Mauritania
drew
0-0
with
Benin
in
their
African
Nations
Cup
preliminary
round
,
second
leg
soccer
match
on
Friday
.

Benin
won
4-1
on
aggregate
.

SOCCER
-
YUGOSLAV
LEAGUE
RESULTS
/
STANDINGS
.

BELGRADE
1996-08-31

Results
of
Yugoslav
league

soccer
matches
played
on
Saturday
:

Division
A

Hajduk
2
Proleter
(
Z
)
0

Zemun
1
Rad
(
B
)
0

Borac
1
Mladost
(
L
)
2

Cukaricki
1
Vojvodina
0

Buducnost
1
Red
Star
3

Partizan
6
Becej
0

Standings
(
tabulate
under
won
,
drawn
,
lost
,
goals
for
,
goals

against
,
points
)
:

Red
Star
4
4
0
0
9
3
12

Partizan
4
3
1
0
13
3
10

Mladost
(
L
)
4
2
1
1
8
5
7

Vojvodina
4
2
1
1
5
3
7

Becej
4
2
1
1
5
7
7

Hajduk
4
2
0
2
5
3
6

Cukaricki
4
2
0
2
6
6
6

Zemun
4
1
2
1
3
3
5

Rad
(
B
)
4
1
1
2
2
3
4

Buducnost
4
1
0
3
4
8
3

Proleter
(
Z
)
4
0
1
3
2
9
1

Borac
4
0
0
4
1
10
0

Division
B

Sloboda
4
Mladost
(
BJ
)
0

Buducnost
(
V
)
0
OFK
Beograd
1

Rudar
0
OFK
Kikinda
1

Obilic
2
Zeleznik
(
B
)
0

Sutjeska
1
Loznica
0

Radnicki
(
N
)
-
Spartak
(
to
be
played
on
Sunday
)

Standings
:

Obilic
4
4
0
0
10
1
12

OFK
Kikinda
4
3
0
1
8
3
9

Sutjeska
4
3
0
1
7
5
9

Loznica
4
2
0
2
7
4
6

OFK
Beograd
4
1
3
0
5
4
6

Buducnost
(
V
)
4
2
0
2
4
5
6

Sloboda
4
1
1
2
8
8
4

Spartak
3
1
1
1
3
3
4

Radnicki
(
N
)
3
1
0
2
5
6
3

Zeleznik
(
B
)
4
1
0
3
4
7
3

Rudar
4
1
0
3
1
7
3

Mladost
(
BJ
)
4
0
1
3
2
10
1

SOCCER
-
INCE
EXPOSED
BY
GASCOIGNE
'S
LATEST
PRANK
.

CHISINAU
,
Moldova
1996-08-31

England
's
irrepressible
midfielder
Paul
Gascoigne
was
up
to
his
old
tricks
on
Saturday
,
pulling
down
his
team
mate
Paul
Ince
's
trousers
in
front
of
an
astonished
crowd
in
Moldova
.

Ince
was
clambering
over
a
wall
at
the
Republican
stadium
in
Chisinau
as
Glenn
Hoddle
's
England
players
tried
to
escape
heavy
rain
during
an
under-21
clash
.

Gascoigne
,
whose
compulsive
practical
joking
has
landed
him
in
trouble
in
the
past
,
tugged
down
the
Inter
Milan
player
's
trousers
in
front
of
a
group
of
press
photographers
.

Hoddle
,
coaching
the
side
for
the
first
time
,
declined
to
comment
on
the
incident
.

England
face
Moldova
in
a
World
Cup
qualifier
in
the
same
stadium
on
Sunday
.

BASKETBALL
-
TROFEJ
BEOGRAD
TOURNAMENT
RESULTS
.

BELGRADE
1996-08-31

Results
in
the
Trofej
Beograd
96

international
basketball
tournament
on
Saturday
:

Fifth
place
:

Benetton
(
Italy
)
92
Dinamo
(
Russia
)
81
(
halftime
50-28
)

Third
place
:

Alba
(
Germany
)
75
Red
Star
(
Yugoslavia
)
70
(
42-41
)

BASKETBALLSOCCER
-
TROFEJ
BEOGRAD
TOURNAMENT
RESULTS
.

BELGRADE
1996-08-31

Results
in
the
Trofej
Beograd
96

international
basketball
tournament
on
Saturday
:

Fifth
place
:

Benetton
(
Italy
)
92
Dinamo
(
Russia
)
81
(
halftime
50-28
)

Third
place
:

Alba
(
Germany
)
75
Red
Star
(
Yugoslavia
)
70
(
42-41
)

SOCCER
-
ROMANIA
BEAT
LITHUANIA
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

BUCHAREST
1996-08-31

Romania
beat
Lithuania
3-0
(
halftime
1-0
)
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
8
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:

Romania
-
Viorel
Moldovan
(
21st
minute
)
,
Dan
Petrescu
(
65th
)
,
Constantin
Galca
(
77th
)

Attendence
:
9,000

SOCCER
-
ARMENIA
AND
PORTUGAL
DRAW
0-0
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

YEREVAN
1996-08-31

Armenia
and
Portugal
drew
0-0
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
9
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Attendance
:
5,000

SOCCER
-
AZERBAIJAN
BEAT
SWITZERLAND
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

BAKU
1996-08-31

Azerbaijan
beat
Switzerland
1-0
(
halftime
1-0
)
in
their
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
three
qualifying
match
on
Saturday
.

Scorer
:

Vidadi
Rzayev
(
28th
)

Attendance
:
20,000

BASKETBALL
-
BENETTON
BEAT
DINAMO
92-81
.

BELGRADE
1996-08-31

Benetton
of
Italy
beat
Dinamo
of
Russia
92-81
(
halftime
50-28
)
in
a
fifth
place
play-off
in
the
Trofej
Beograd
96
international
basketball
tournament
on
Saturday
.

SOCCER
-
SWEDEN
BEAT
LATVIA
IN
EUROPEAN
UNDER-21
QUALIFIER
.

RIGA
1996-08-31

Sweden
beat
Latvia
2-0
(
halftime
0-0
)
in
a
European
under-21
soccer
championship
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:
Joakim
Persson
81st
minute
,
Daniel
Andersson
(
89th
)

Attendance
:
300

SOCCER
-
BELARUS
BEAT
ESTONIA
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

MINSK
1996-08-31

Belarus
beat
Estonia
1-0
(
halftime
1-0
)
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
4
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorer
:
Vladimir
Makovsky
(
35th
)

Attendance
:
6,000

SOCCER
-
ENGLAND
BEAT
MOLDOVA
IN
UNDER-21
QUALIFIER
.

CHISINAU
1996-08-31

England
beat
Moldova
2-0
(
halftime
1-0
)
in
a
European
Under-21
soccer
championship
group
2
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:
Bruce
Dyer
(
39th
minute
)
,
Darren
Eadie
(
53rd
)

Attendance
:
850

SQUASH
-
HILL
BRANDS
WORLD
CHAMPION
JANSHER
A
CHEAT
.

HONG
KONG
1996-08-31

Controversial
Australian
Anthony
Hill
called
Jansher
Khan
a
cheat
during
his
acrimonious
defeat
by
the
world
number
one
in
the
Hong
Kong
Open
semifinals
on
Saturday
.

The
match
boiled
over
when
Hill
made
to
walk
off
court
after
what
he
claimed
was
a
game-winning
point
in
the
third
.

When
the
referee
called
Jansher
's
return
good
and
the
decision
was
accepted
by
the
player
,
Hill
shrieked
at
the
Pakistani
:
"
You
cheat
.
"

"
He
was
standing
right
there
and
knew
the
shot
was
down
so
I
called
him
a
cheat
,
"
said
Hill
,
whose
squash
career
has
been
blighted
by
fines
and
suspensions
for
unacceptable
behaviour
.

"
He
knew
it
was
down
and
accepted
what
I
called
him
because
of
that
.
"

Hill
won
the
game
on
the
next
point
and
said
later
that
Jansher
was
generally
honest
on
court
but
played
by
the
referee
's
decision
.

The
Australian
had
upset
Jansher
's
rhythm
with
his
mixture
of
gamesmanship
and
fluent
stroke-making
but
eventually
succumbed
15-7
17-15
14-15
15-8
.

"
I
changed
my
strategy
against
him
today
and
had
him
rattled
,
"
he
added
.

He
is
not
as
fit
as
he
used
to
be
be
but
was
too
good
for
me
in
the
end
.

I
shook
him
a
bit
but
he
will
come
out
next
time
and
be
a
better
player
for
it
--
that
's
Jansher
.
"

Jansher
said
that
he
was
disturbed
to
be
called
a
cheat
.
"

What
he
did
was
bad
for
squash
,
bad
for
the
crowd
and
bad
for
the
sponsors
.

"
We
are
trying
to
build
up
squash
like
tennis
and
players
should
not
say
things
like
that
.

"
I
think
the
Professional
Squash
Association
should
look
into
this
matter
and
deal
with
it
properly
.

I
am
not
calling
for
him
to
be
banned
but
they
have
to
take
some
action
.
"

Jansher
,
bidding
for
an
eighth
Hong
Kong
Open
title
,
plays
second-seeded
Australian
Rodney
Eyles
in
the
final
.

Eyles
played
his
best
squash
of
the
tournament
to
beat
fourth-seeded
Peter
Nicol
of
Scotland
15-10
8-15
15-10
15-4
.

Eyles
,
who
defeated
Jansher
in
the
semifinals
of
the
Portuguese
Open
in
1993
,
said
that
he
would
like
to
win
for
the
good
of
the
game
.

"
I
have
nothing
against
Jansher
but
it
will
be
great
if
I
could
beat
him
,
"
said
Eyles
.
"

My
biggest
problem
against
Jansher
is
concentration
.

I
want
to
beat
him
so
badly
that
I
just
cannot
get
it
together
.
"

SQUASH
-
HONG
KONG
OPEN
SEMIFINAL
RESULTS
.

HONG
KONG
1996-08-31

Semifinal
results
in
the
Hong
Kong
Open
on
Saturday
(
prefix
number
denotes
seeding
)
:
1
-
Jansher
Khan
(
Pakistan
)
beat
Anthony
Hill
(
Australia
)
15-7
17-15
14-15
15-8
2
-
Rodney
Eyles
(
Australia
)
beat
4
-
Peter
Nicol
(
Scotland
)
15-10
8-15
15-10
15-4

GOLF
-
PARNEVIK
TAKES
ONE-SHOT
LEAD
AT
GREATER
MILWAUKEE
OPEN
.

MILWAUKEE
,
Wisconsin
1996-08-31

Jesper
Parnevik
of
Sweden
fired
a
course
record-tying
eight-under-par
63
Saturday
to
take
a
one-shot
lead
into
the
final
round
of
the
$
1.2
million
Greater
Milwaukee
Open
.

Parnevik
,
who
is
seeking
his
first
PGA
Tour
victory
,
moved
to
19-under
194
for
the
tournament
.

Parnevik
tied
the
18-hole
record
set
by
Loren
Roberts
in
1994
at
the
Brown
Deer
Park
Golf
Course
and
also
equalled
Saturday
by
Greg
Kraft
.

Nolan
Henke
,
who
led
by
two
strokes
entering
the
third
round
,
carded
a
four-under
67
and
was
one
stroke
back
at
18-under
195
.

He
is
striving
for
his
fourth
career
PGA
Tour
victory
and
first
since
the
1993
BellSouth
Classic
.

Tiger
Woods
,
who
made
the
cut
in
his
first
tournament
as
a
professional
,
shot
a
two-over-par
73
and
was
four
under
for
the
tournament
.

The
20-year-old
Woods
,
who
turned
professional
Tuesday
after
winning
an
unprecedented
third
successive
U.S.
Amateur
Championship
,
struggled
on
the
front
nine
,
bogeying
the
first
and
seventh
holes
and
double-bogeying
the
par-four
,
359-yard
ninth
hole
.

After
bogeying
the
10th
hole
to
move
to
four-over
for
the
round
,
he
rallied
for
birdies
on
15
and
18
.

After
Parnevik
started
off
his
round
by
parring
the
first
hole
and
bogeying
the
second
,
the
Swede
birdied
six
of
the
next
seven
holes
.

Parnevik
continued
to
storm
through
the
course
,
birdying
three
holes
on
the
back
nine
,
including
two
from
12
feet
out
on
the
15th
and
17th
holes
.

"
I
ca
n't
remember
when
I
've
putted
this
well
,
"
said
Parnevik
.
"

I
was
disappointed
when
a
12-footer
did
n't
go
in
.

"
My
game
feels
very
good
.

I
've
been
fading
my
driver
but
today
whenever
I
set
up
for
a
fade
it
went
straight
.

Whenever
everyone
's
making
birdies
,
you
never
want
to
be
even
par
.
"

Henke
had
a
bogey-free
round
and
birdied
four
holes
,
including
a
45-footer
on
the
par-three
215-yard
seventh
hole
and
one
from
12
feet
out
on
the
12th
hole
.

"
I
did
n't
hit
it
very
well
today
,
"
said
Henke
.
"

Jasper
blew
right
by
me
.

Once
he
did
,
I
knew
I
had
to
make
birdies
just
to
keep
up
.

I
made
some
really
good
pars
.

I
basically
picked
up
where
I
left
off
yesterday
afternoon
.

"
Right
now
,
I
ca
n't
put
my
finger
on
what
's
wrong
.
"

Bob
Estes
shot
a
67
for
sole
possession
of
third
place
at
15-under
.

Steve
Stricker
,
who
tied
for
second
at
last
week
's
World
Series
of
Golf
,
and
Stuart
Appleby
were
both
five
shots
off
the
lead
at
14
under
.

Duffy
Waldorf
,
who
also
tied
for
second
at
the
World
Series
of
Golf
,
carded
a
70
to
lead
a
group
of
six
golfers
at
13
under
,
including
Kraft
.

The
top
four
on
the
PGA
Tour
money
list
all
skipped
the
tournament
.

TENNIS
-
SPAIN
,
U.S.
TEAMS
OPEN
ON
ROAD
FOR
1997
FED
CUP
.

Richard
Finn

NEW
YORK
1996-08-31

This
year
's
Fed
Cup
finalists
--
defending
champion
Spain
and
the
United
States
--
will
hit
the
road
to
open
the
1997
women
's
international
team
competition
,
based
on
the
draw
conducted
Saturday
at
the
U.S.
Open
.

Spain
travels
to
Belgium
,
while
the
U.S.
team
heads
to
the
Netherlands
for
first-round
matches
March
1-2
.

The
other
two
first-round
ties
will
pit
hosts
Germany
against
the
Czech
Republic
and
visiting
France
against
Japan
.

The
semifinals
are
July
19-20
,
and
the
final
September
27-
28
.

Life
on
the
road
this
year
did
not
slow
the
Americans
,
who
will
try
to
avenge
their
3-2
defeat
in
the
final
last
year
when
they
host
Spain
on
September
28-29
in
Atlantic
City
.

"
Last
year
we
stood
on
the
court
after
we
had
lost
and
we
put
out
hands
together
and
made
it
our
committment
to
bring
back
the
Cup
,
"
U.S.
captain
Billie
Jean
King
said
at
the
draw
.
"

That
is
our
sole
goal
.
"

The
United
States
edged
Austria
in
Salzburg
3-2
in
the
opening
round
in
April
,
and
then
blanked
Japan
5-0
in
Nagoya
last
month
in
the
semifinals
.

The
victory
against
Japan
marked
the
Fed
Cup
debut
of
Monica
Seles
,
who
became
a
naturalised
U.S.
citizen
in
1994
.

Seles
easily
won
both
her
singles
matches
and
King
is
counting
on
the
co-world
number
one
to
lead
the
team
again
.

"
I
told
Monica
we
need
her
if
we
want
to
win
,
"
King
said
.

Seles
's
sore
left
shoulder
and
a
wrist
injury
to
Fed
Cup
veteran
Mary
Joe
Fernandez
have
forced
King
to
take
a
wait
and
see
attitude
regarding
her
squad
for
the
best-of-five
match
.

Fernandez
was
forced
to
withdraw
from
the
U.S.
Open
.

"
We
will
wait
until
the
last
minute
so
we
check
with
everybody
and
their
injuries
,
"
said
King
.
"

What
we
like
would
be
Seles
,
(
Olympic
champion
Lindsay
)
Davenport
and
Mary
Joe
Fernandez
.
"

If
she
can
get
that
threesome
together
,
King
will
feel
good
about
her
chances
against
the
Spain
's
formidable
duo
of
Arantxa
Sanchez
Vicario
and
Conchita
Martinez
.

"
To
be
a
great
coach
you
have
to
have
the
right
horses
and
I
got
the
right
horses
,
"
said
King
.

TENNIS
-
SATURDAY
'S
RESULTS
FROM
THE
U.S.
OPEN
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-31

Results
from
the
U.S.
Open
Tennis
Championships
at
the
National
Tennis
Centre
on
Saturday
(
prefix
number
denotes
seeding
)
:

Women
's
singles
,
third
round
1
-
Steffi
Graf
(
Germany
)
beat
Natasha
Zvereva
(
Belarus
)
6-4
6-2
16
-
Martina
Hingis
(
Switzerland
)
beat
Naoko
Kijimuta
(
Japan
)
6-2
6-2
Judith
Wiesner
(
Austria
)
beat
Petra
Langrova
(
Czech
Republic
)
6
-
2
6-0

Men
's
singles
,
third
round
13
-
Thomas
Enqvist
(
Sweden
)
beat
Pablo
Campana
(
Ecuador
)
6-4
6-4
6-2

TENNIS
-
DRAW
FOR
1997
FED
CUP
WOMEN
'S
TEAM
TOURNAMENT
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-31

Draw
for
the
women
's
1997
Fed
Cup
team
tennis
championships
,
as
conducted
at
the
U.S.
Open
on
Saturday
:

World
Group
I
,
first
round
(
March
1-2
)

United
States
at
Netherlands

Czech
Republic
at
Germany

France
at
Japan

Spain
at
Belgium

(
semifinals
July
19-20
,
and
finals
September
27-28
)

World
Group
II
,
first
round
(
March
1-2
)

Austria
at
Croatia

Switzerland
at
Slovak
Republic

Argentina
at
South
Korea

Australia
at
South
Africa

SOCCER
-
U.S.
BEAT
EL
SALVADOR
3-1
.

LOS
ANGELES
1996-08-30

The
United
States
beat
El
Salvador
3-1
(
halftime
1-0
)
in
an
international
soccer
friendly
on
Friday
.

Scorers
:

U.S.
-
Joe-Max
Moore
(
3rd
minute
,
88th
on
penalty
kick
)
,
Eric
Wynalda
(
61st
)

El
Salvador
-
Luis
Lazo
(
61st
)

Attendance
-
18,661

BASEBALL
-
MAJOR
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
AFTER
FRIDAY
'S
GAMES
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-31

Major
League
Baseball

standings
after
games
played
on
Friday
(
tabulate
under
won
,

lost
,
winning
percentage
and
games
behind
)
:

AMERICAN
LEAGUE

EASTERN
DIVISION

W
L
PCT
GB

NEW
YORK
75
59
.560
-

BALTIMORE
71
63
.530
4

BOSTON
69
66
.511
6
1/2

TORONTO
63
72
.467
12
1/2

DETROIT
49
86
.363
26
1/2

CENTRAL
DIVISION

CLEVELAND
80
54
.597
-

CHICAGO
72
64
.529
9

MINNESOTA
67
68
.496
13
1/2

MILWAUKEE
65
71
.478
16

KANSAS
CITY
61
75
.449
20

WESTERN
DIVISION

TEXAS
76
58
.567
-

SEATTLE
70
64
.522
6

OAKLAND
65
72
.474
12
1/2

CALIFORNIA
62
73
.459
14
1/2

SATURDAY
,
AUGUST
31
SCHEDULE

KANSAS
CITY
AT
DETROIT

BALTIMORE
AT
SEATTLE

CHICAGO
AT
TORONTO

MINNESOTA
AT
MILWAUKEE

CLEVELAND
AT
TEXAS

BOSTON
AT
OAKLAND

NEW
YORK
AT
CALIFORNIA

NATIONAL
LEAGUE

EASTERN
DIVISION

W
L
PCT
GB

ATLANTA
84
50
.627
-

MONTREAL
71
62
.534
12
1/2

FLORIDA
65
70
.481
19
1/2

NEW
YORK
59
76
.437
25
1/2

PHILADELPHIA
54
81
.400
30
1/2

CENTRAL
DIVISION

HOUSTON
73
63
.537
-

ST
LOUIS
70
65
.519
2
1/2

CHICAGO
66
67
.496
5
1/2

CINCINNATI
66
68
.493
6

PITTSBURGH
56
78
.418
16

WESTERN
DIVISION

SAN
DIEGO
76
60
.559
-

LOS
ANGELES
73
61
.545
2

COLORADO
70
66
.515
6

SAN
FRANCISCO
58
74
.439
16

SATURDAY
,
AUGUST
31
SCHEDULE

ATLANTA
AT
CHICAGO

HOUSTON
AT
PITTSBURGH

SAN
FRANCISCO
AT
NEW
YORK

FLORIDA
AT
CINCINNATI

LOS
ANGELES
AT
PHILADELPHIA

SAN
DIEGO
AT
MONTREAL

COLORADO
AT
ST
LOUIS

BASEBALL
-
MAJOR
LEAGUE
RESULTS
FRIDAY
.

NEW
YORK
1996-08-31

Results
of
Major
League

Baseball
games
played
on
Friday
(
home
team
in
CAPS
)
:

American
League

DETROIT
4
Kansas
City
0

Chicago
11
TORONTO
2

MILWAUKEE
5
Minnesota
4
(
in
12
)

TEXAS
5
Cleveland
3

New
York
6
CALIFORNIA
2

OAKLAND
7
Boston
0

Baltimore
5
SEATTLE
2

National
League

CHICAGO
3
Atlanta
2
(
1st
game
)

Atlanta
6
CHICAGO
5
(
2nd
game
)

Florida
3
CINCINNATI
1

San
Diego
6
MONTREAL
0

Los
Angeles
7
PHILADELPHIA
6
(
in
12
)

Houston
10
PITTSBURGH
0

San
Francisco
6
NEW
YORK
4

ST
LOUIS
7
Colorado
4

BASEBALL
-
KEVIN
BROWN
LOWERS
ERA
AS
MARLINS
BEAT
REDS
.

CINCINNATI
1996-08-31

Major
league
ERA
leader
Kevin
Brown
threw
an
eight-hitter
and
Devon
White
's
RBI
double
snapped
a
fifth-inning
tie
as
the
Florida
Marlins
beat
the
Cincinnati
Reds
3-1
for
their
seventh
straight
win
Friday
.

Brown
(
14-10
)
tied
Todd
Stottlemyre
of
the
Cardinals
for
the
National
League
lead
with
his
fifth
complete
game
and
lowered
his
major
league-leading
earned
run
average
from
1.96
to
1.92
.

He
struck
out
eight
and
did
not
walk
a
batter
.

Brown
threw
119
pitches
and
won
for
the
third
time
in
as
many
starts
against
the
Reds
this
season
.

"
Bolesy
(
Florida
manager
John
Boles
)
told
me
yesterday
,
'
You
have
to
go
nine
tomorrow
,
'
"
Brown
said
.

"
In
the
early
innings
,
I
was
struggling
,
I
was
just
trying
to
make
it
from
pitch
to
pitch
.

I
gave
up
a
lot
of
hits
in
the
early
innings
and
I
was
n't
thinking
about
the
seventh
,
eighth
or
ninth
.

I
was
n't
satisfied
with
any
of
my
pitches
and
I
did
a
better
job
of
moving
the
ball
around
in
the
later
innings
.
"

"
He
has
a
devastating
sinker
,
"
observed
Reds
manager
Ray
Knight
.
"

The
guys
say
it
moved
more
than
everyone
in
the
league
.

I
remember
Nolan
Ryan
saying
in
'
91
or
'
92
that
he
was
the
best
young
pitcher
coming
around
in
a
long
time
and
he
saw
(
Tom
)
Seaver
and
(
Jerry
)
Koosman
when
they
were
starting
.
"

In
Philadelphia
,
Delino
DeShields
's
triple
in
the
top
of
the
12th
off
Jeff
Parrett
(
2-3
)
scored
Chad
Curtis
and
lifted
the
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
to
a
7-6
victory
over
the
Phillies
.

Los
Angeles
won
for
the
seventh
time
in
eight
games
.

Darren
Dreifort
(
1-1
)
picked
up
the
win
after
allowing
a
hit
and
a
walk
over
2
1/3
scoreless
innings
.

Todd
Worrell
worked
the
12th
to
earn
his
league-leading
37th
save
.

The
Phillies
have
dropped
five
of
their
last
six
overall
,
and
nine
of
11
at
home
.

Billy
Ashley
belted
a
three-run
homer
for
Los
Angeles
.

In
Chicago
,
the
Braves
and
Cubs
split
a
doubleheader
.

In
the
first
game
,
Ryne
Sandberg
snapped
an
eighth-inning
tie
with
an
infield
single
and
Kevin
Foster
(
6-2
)
outdueled
Atlanta
's
Tom
Glavine
(
13-8
)
for
his
third
straight
win
,
3-2
.

Foster
,
a
.333
hitter
,
helped
his
own
cause
in
the
second
with
a
two-run
single
.

The
Braves
took
the
second
game
when
Chipper
Jones
singled
home
the
tying
run
in
the
top
of
the
ninth
and
Andruw
Jones
took
advantage
of
a
poor
throw
to
score
the
go-ahead
run
on
a
sacrifice
fly
for
a
6-5
victory
.

Cubs
shortstop
Jose
Hernandez
committed
three
of
Chicago
's
four
errors
.

Mike
Mordecai
singled
,
doubled
and
homered
for
Atlanta
,
which
has
won
14
of
its
last
19
games
and
has
the
best
record
in
the
majors
,
84-50
.

In
Montreal
,
Scott
Sanders
allowed
one
hit
over
eight
innings
and
Wally
Joyner
hit
a
two-run
single
in
a
four-run
third
as
the
San
Diego
Padres
blanked
the
Expos
6-0
for
their
sixth
straight
win
.

Sanders
(
8-4
)
struck
out
10
and
walked
three
to
win
his
fourth
straight
.

He
allowed
a
leadoff
double
to
David
Segui
in
the
second
,
and
won
for
the
seventh
time
in
eight
decisions
.

The
right-hander
retired
14
batters
in
a
row
from
the
second
inning
through
the
seventh
.

Mike
Oquist
allowed
one
Montreal
hit
in
the
ninth
.

Montreal
lost
for
the
ninth
time
in
14
games
.

In
New
York
,
Marvin
Benard
's
two-run
homer
snapped
a
tie
and
Shawn
Estes
came
one
out
away
from
his
first
complete
game
as
the
San
Francisco
Giants
beat
the
Mets
6-4
.

Benard
,
hitting
.467
(
14-for-30
)
against
the
Mets
this
season
,
hit
his
first
pitch
from
Pete
Harnisch
(
8-10
)
in
the
seventh
over
the
right-field
fence
to
put
the
Giants
up
4-2
.

Estes
(
3-4
)
was
lifted
for
closer
Rod
Beck
after
yielding
a
single
with
two
out
in
the
ninth
.

Beck
allowed
a
two-run
double
to
Alvaro
Espinoza
,
who
collected
a
career-high
four
RBI
,
but
struck
out
Brent
Mayne
for
his
31st
save
.

The
loss
was
the
Mets
'
eighth
straight
,
their
longest
slide
since
September
1993
,
and
dropped
them
to
0-4
under
new
manager
Bobby
Valentine
.

In
St
Louis
,
Tom
Pagnozzi
had
three
hits
and
three
RBI
and
Alan
Benes
scattered
six
hits
over
six-plus
innings
as
the
Cardinals
beat
the
Colorado
Rockies
7-4
.

Benes
(
12-8
)
allowed
three
runs
,
walked
three
and
struck
out
three
for
the
win
.

St
Louis
defeated
Colorado
for
just
the
second
time
in
12
meetings
dating
back
to
last
season
.

Ray
Lankford
went
4-for-5
with
a
pair
of
doubles
for
the
Cardinals
,
who
won
for
just
the
third
time
in
11
games
.

Eric
Anthony
hit
a
pair
of
solo
homers
for
the
Rockies
.

In
Pittsburgh
,
Sean
Berry
tied
a
career
high
with
six
RBI
and
Donne
Wall
fired
a
seven-hitter
for
his
first
major-league
shutout
as
the
Houston
Astros
routed
the
Pirates
10-0
.

It
was
the
third
time
Berry
had
six
RBI
in
one
game
.

Wall
(
9-4
)
struck
out
four
and
walked
none
to
post
his
second
complete
game
of
the
season
and
third
straight
win
.

TENNIS
-
EDBERG
REFUSES
TO
QO
QUIETLY
.

Richard
Finn

NEW
YORK
1996-08-30

Refusing
to
go
quietly
in
the
night
,
Stefan
Edberg
extended
his
stay
at
his
14th
and
last
U.S.
Open
when
Bernd
Karbacher
,
trailing
and
hurting
,
quit
in
the
fourth
set
of
their
second-round
match
Friday
.

The
30-year-old
Edberg
,
a
former
two-time
Open
champion
,
had
wrestled
control
of
the
match
away
from
Karbacher
when
the
German
,
hampered
by
a
left
hamstring
injury
,
decided
he
could
n't
continue
under
the
stadium
lights
at
the
National
Tennis
Centre
.

"
A
win
is
a
win
.

I
'll
take
it
,
"
Edberg
,
who
has
announced
that
this
will
be
his
last
Grand
Slam
event
,
said
of
the
3-6
6-3
6-3
1-0
victory
.

Ironically
,
Karbacher
two
years
ago
ended
Ivan
Lendl
's
Grand
Slam
career
here
when
the
former
champion
had
to
retire
in
the
middle
of
their
first-round
match
.

After
seeing
the
trainer
come
out
early
in
the
third
set
,
Edberg
was
not
surprised
by
Karbacher
's
decision
not
to
go
on
.

"
I
knew
he
had
problems
with
something
,
"
Edberg
said
.
"

I
really
was
n't
surprised
.
"

Edberg
had
his
own
problems
early
in
the
match
as
the
Swede
battled
to
acclimate
himself
to
the
nighttime
conditions
while
Karbacher
was
ripping
passing
shots
and
blasting
serves
past
him
.

"
I
did
n't
really
feel
good
to
begin
with
,
I
had
problems
finding
the
timing
on
the
ball
,
seeing
the
ball
,
"
said
Edberg
,
who
upset
Wimbledon
champion
and
fifth-seeded
Richard
Krajicek
in
the
first
round
.

"
This
was
one
of
these
matches
where
I
did
n't
play
up
to
my
standard
.

I
had
to
fight
hard
.
"

Edberg
's
tenacity
paid
off
in
the
second
set
.

Edberg
lost
his
own
serve
twice
,
but
he
rallied
for
three
breaks
of
his
own
,
the
last
to
wrap
up
the
set
.

"
That
's
where
the
match
sort
of
changed
,
"
said
Edberg
.
"

I
think
once
I
got
that
second
set
,
I
felt
a
lot
better
about
my
game
.
"

Edberg
is
starting
to
feel
pretty
good
about
postponing
his
swan
song
a
lot
longer
.

"
It
does
n't
look
all
that
bad
,
"
Edberg
said
of
his
path
through
the
draw
starting
next
with
a
match
against
Krajicek
's
Dutch
countryman
Paul
Haarhuis
.

However
,
the
1991
and
1992
champion
is
not
ready
to
start
making
plans
to
be
in
next
week
's
final
.

"
I
'm
always
being
realistic
,
"
said
Edberg
.
"

Like
I
said
many
times
,
I
think
it
's
a
very
little
chance
,
but
nothing
is
impossible
.

If
I
play
great
tennis
,
that
could
take
me
a
long
way
.

"
A
lot
of
things
can
happen
,
like
tonight
.
"

BOXING
-
PRINCE
NASEEM
RETAINS
WBO
FEATHERWEIGHT
TITLE
.

DUBLIN
1996-08-31

Britain
's
Naseem
Hamed
retained
his
WBO
featherweight
title
on
Saturday
when
Mexico
's
Manuel
Medina
was
retired
by
his
corner
at
the
end
of
the
11th
round
.

SOCCER
-
AUSTRIA
DOMINATE
SCOTLAND
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

Steve
Pagani

VIENNA
1996-08-31

Austria
dominated
their
World
Cup
group
four
qualifier
against
Scotland
on
Saturday
with
wave
after
wave
of
attacks
but
were
unable
to
penetrate
the
visitors
'
defence
and
had
to
settle
for
a
goalless
draw
.

Scotland
,
who
thrashed
Belarus
5-1
in
their
opening
group
four
match
,
were
unable
to
repeat
their
performance
.

Austria
's
best
chance
came
in
the
63rd
minute
with
Stephan
Marasek
of
SC
Freiburg
taking
advantage
of
a
scramble
in
the
Scottish
penalty
area
but
his
shot
narrowly
passing
the
left-hand
post
.

They
also
went
close
a
minute
before
the
interval
when
a
promising
attack
saw
the
ball
fall
to
Markus
Schopp
but
he
hit
his
shot
wide
.

Everton
's
Duncan
Ferguson
went
close
for
Scotland
in
the
65th
minute
when
he
forced
Austrian
goalkeeper
Michael
Konsel
to
a
diving
save
.

Two
Scotland
players
were
shown
yellow
cards
,
captain
Gary
McAllister
for
bringing
down
Andreas
Heraf
and
Ferguson
for
arguing
against
the
referee
's
decision
.

"
The
result
is
acceptable
,
"
Scottish
coach
Craig
Brown
told
reporters
.
"

We
'd
hoped
not
to
lose
and
we
tried
not
to
play
for
a
draw
but
the
Austrian
defence
was
simply
too
good
.
"

SK
Rapid
's
Dietmar
Kuehbauer
,
who
gave
an
impressive
performance
,
said
the
team
started
off
well
but
let
the
game
slip
after
the
first
30
minutes
.

"
Somehow
it
seemed
there
were
less
than
11
players
on
the
pitch
.

We
have
lost
two
points
.

The
Scots
are
not
really
a
great
team
and
we
should
have
won
,
"
he
said
.

Austrian
coach
Herbert
Prohaska
said
his
team
had
displayed
great
fighting
spirit
but
sometimes
lacked
ideas
.

Teams
:

Austria
:
Michael
Konsel
,
Markus
Schopp
,
Peter
Schoettel
,
Anton
Pfeffer
,
Wolfgang
Feiersinger
,
Stephan
Marasek
,
Dieter
Ramusch
(
Andreas
Ogris
77th
)
,
Dietmar
Kuehbauer
,
Anton
Polster
(
(
Herfried
Sabitzer
68th
)
,
Andreas
Herzog
,
Andreas
Heraf
.

Scotland
:
Andrew
Goram
,
Craig
Burley
,
Thomas
Boyd
,
Colin
Calderwood
,
Colin
Hendry
,
Thomas
McKinley
,
Duncan
Ferguson
,
Stuart
McCall
,
Alistair
McCoist
(
Gordon
Durie
75th
)
,
Gary
McAllister
,
John
Collins
.

BOXING
-
JOHNSON
WINS
UNANIMOUS
POIUNTS
VERDICT
.

DUBLIN
1996-08-31

American
Tom
Johnson
successfully
defended
his
IBF
featherweight
title
when
he
earned
a
unanimous
points
decision
over
Venezuela
's
Ramon
Guzman
on
Saturday
.

SOCCER
-
FRANCE
LAUNCH
1998
WORLD
CUP
BUILD-UP
WITH
2-0
WIN
.

PARIS
1996-08-31

Euro
96
absentee
Nicolas
Ouedec
and
Youri
Djorkaeff
scored
the
goals
as
1998
World
Cup
hosts
France
beat
Mexico
2-0
in
a
friendly
international
on
Saturday
.

The
victory
extended
to
29
matches
France
's
unbeaten
run
under
coach
Aime
Jacquet
,
their
Euro
96
semifinal
elimination
having
come
in
a
penalty
shoot-out
,
but
was
marred
by
the
sending-off
of
Chelsea
central
defender
Franck
Leboeuf
.

Leboeuf
was
dismissed
two
minutes
from
time
for
a
second
bookable
offence
,
fouling
Mexican
substitute
Ricardo
Pelaez
who
minutes
earlier
had
also
been
shown
the
yellow
card
for
pushing
the
Chelsea
defender
in
the
back
.

Both
goals
came
early
in
the
second
half
after
France
had
surprised
the
Mexicans
with
three
half-time
substitutions
.

After
a
sterile
first
half
,
France
injected
more
sting
in
midfield
with
the
introduction
of
Juventus
's
Zinedine
Zidane
.

This
allowed
Djorkaeff
to
play
further
up
and
his
cross
from
the
right
fell
for
Ouedec
,
who
has
joined
Espanyol
of
Barcelona
from
Nantes
since
missing
the
European
championship
finals
through
injury
,
to
score
after
a
mistake
by
midfielder
Joaquin
del
Olmo
.

Within
four
minutes
Ouedec
was
returning
the
compliment
for
Djorkaeff
,
playing
a
one-two
with
the
Internazionale
Milan
forward
down
the
middle
to
set
him
up
for
a
cross
shot
past
diving
goalkeeper
Osvaldo
Sanchez
.

Jacquet
,
beginning
the
22-month
countdown
to
France
's
hosting
of
the
World
Cup
finals
,
said
:
"
We
have
an
identity
(
as
a
team
)
which
we
are
going
to
work
on
.
"

Teams
:

France
-
1
-
Bernard
Lama
;
2
-
Lilian
Thuram
(
14
-
Sabri
Lamouchi
87th
)
,
5
-
Laurent
Blanc
,
8
-
Marcel
Desailly
(
12
-
Franck
Leboeuf
46th
)
,
3
-
Bixente
Lizarazu
;
4
-
Christian
Karembeu
,
7
-
Didier
Deschamps
,
10
-
Youri
Djorkaeff
,
6
-
Reynald
Pedros
(
13
-
Robert
Pires
46th
)
;
9
-
Nicolas
Ouedec
(
17
-
Florian
Maurice
64th
)
,
11
-
Patrice
Loko
(
15
-
Zinedine
Zidane
46th
)

Mexico
-
1
-
Osvaldo
Sanchez
(
12
-
Alfonso
Rios
78th
)
;
13
-
Pavel
Pardo
,
2
-
Claudio
Suarez
,
5
-
Duilio
Davino
(
Becerril
46th
)
,
4
-
German
Villa
(
16
-
Gomez
86th
)
;
14
-
Joaquin
del
Olmo
,
6
-
Raul
Rodrigo
Lara
(
11
-
Cuauhtemoc
Blanco
65th
)
,
8
-
Alberto
Garcia
Aspe
,
7
-
Ramon
Ramirez
(
15
-
Jesus
Arellano
71st
)
;
18
-
Enrique
Alfaro
(
17
-
Francisco
Palencia
78th
)
,
10
-
Luis
Garcia
(
19
-
Ricardo
Pelaez
69th
)
.

SOCCER
-
FRANCE
BEAT
MEXICO
2-0
IN
FRIENDLY
.

PARIS
1996-08-31

France
beat
Mexico
2-0
(
halftime
0-0
)
in
a
friendly
soccer
international
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:
Nicolas
Ouedec
(
49th
minute
)
,
Youri
Djorkaeff
(
53rd
)

Attendance
:
18,000

SOCCER
-
BELGIUM
SCRAPE
PAST
TURKEY
DESPITE
CROWD
TROUBLE
.

Bert
Lauwers

BRUSSELS
1996-08-31

Belgium
kicked
off
their
1998
World
Cup
campaign
with
a
hard-fought
2-1
victory
over
10-man
Turkey
in
a
tense
match
marred
by
Turkish
crowd
trouble
shortly
after
the
break
.

Turkish
fans
,
upset
at
their
team
's
2-0
first-half
deficit
,
ripped
apart
dozens
of
plastic
seats
and
threw
them
over
the
fence
.

Riot
police
took
10
minutes
to
restore
order
.

The
police
were
given
an
unexpected
hand
by
second-half
substitute
Sergen
Yalcin
who
rekindled
Turkish
hopes
in
the
61st
with
a
splendid
half-volley
which
stunned
Belgian
goalkeeper
Filip
De
Wilde
.

But
Yalcin
,
who
had
come
on
just
four
minutes
earlier
,
turned
from
hero
to
villain
barely
two
minutes
after
his
strike
when
he
was
sent
off
after
spitting
at
an
opponent
and
arguing
with
English
referee
David
Elleray
.

Marc
Degryse
had
opened
the
scoring
for
Belgium
after
13
minutes
,
whacking
a
low
10-metre
drive
into
the
net
after
an
incisive
pass
by
defender
Dirk
Medved
from
the
edge
of
the
penalty
area
.

Brazilian-born
Luis
Oliveira
then
gleefully
slipped
the
ball
past
goalkeeper
Rustu
Recber
from
the
right
of
the
area
to
make
it
2-0
seven
minutes
before
the
interval
,
Turkey
's
best
first-half
effort
proving
to
be
a
vicious
30-metre
shot
by
Ogun
Temizkanoglu
which
De
Wilde
tipped
over
.

The
visitors
,
seeking
to
restore
some
pride
after
failing
to
score
a
single
goal
in
Euro
96
in
June
,
repeatedly
ripped
through
the
left
side
of
the
home
defence
but
De
Wilde
was
able
to
block
several
sharply-angled
efforts
.

With
only
the
group
seven
winners
qualifying
automatically
for
the
1998
finals
in
France
,
Belgium
could
not
afford
a
slip-up
at
home
and
they
frantically
chased
a
decisive
third
goal
.

But
they
were
almost
upset
12
minutes
from
time
when
De
Wilde
fumbled
a
hard
Arif
Erdem
shot
and
Orhan
Cikirikci
almost
pounced
on
the
loose
ball
.

Belgium
's
best
second-half
effort
came
three
minutes
later
when
Degryse
put
the
ball
over
the
bar
from
close
range
with
Recber
beaten
.

Teams
:

Belgium
-
1
-
Filip
De
Wilde
,
2
-
Bertrand
Crasson
,
3
-
Dirk
Medved
,
4
-
Pascal
Renier
,
16
-
Geoffrey
Claeys
,
6
-
Gunther
Schepens
(
15
-
Nico
Van
Kerckhoven
,
81st
)
,
10
-
Enzo
Scifo
,
7
-
Gert
Verheyen
(
14
-
Frederic
Peiremans
,
62nd
)
,
9
-
Marc
Degryse
,
8
-
Luc
Nilis
,
11-
Luis
Oliveira
(
18
-
Gilles
De
Bilde
,
88th
)
.

Turkey
-
1
-
Rustu
Recber
,
4
-
Hakan
Unsal
(
14
-
Sergen
Yalcin
,
57th
)
,
2
-
Recep
Cetin
,
3
-
Ogun
Temizkanoglu
,
5
-
Alpay
Ozalan
,
7-
Abdullah
Ercan
,
6
-
Tolunay
Kafkas
,
10
-
Oguz
Cetin
(
13
-
Arif
Erdem
,
57th
)
,
11
-
Tayfun
Korkut
,
9
-
Hakan
Sukur
,
8
-
Saffet
Sancakli
(
17-
Orhan
Cikirikci
,
76th
)
.

Belgian
coach
Wilfried
Van
Moer
said
he
had
not
expected
Turkey
to
be
so
strong
and
fast
.

"
We
started
panicking
a
bit
after
the
Turkish
goal
...

we
suffered
,
"
said
Van
Moer
,
who
succeeded
Paul
Van
Himst
as
coach
in
April
.

It
was
Belgium
's
first
victory
under
Van
Moer
after
two
draws
in
friendlies
against
Russia
and
Italy
.

SOCCER
-
SUMMARY
IN
THE
SPANISH
FIRST
DIVISION
.

MADRID
1996-08-30

Summary
of
game
played
in
the
Spanish
first
division
on
Saturday
:
Deportivo
Coruna
1
(
Corentine
Martins
,
22nd
minute
)
Real
Madrid
1
(
Roberto
Carlos
79th
)
.

Halftime
1-0
.

Attendancce
35,000
.

SOCCER
-
RESULT
IN
SPANISH
FIRST
DIVISION
.

MADRID
1996-08-31

Result
of
game
played
in
the

Spanish
first
division
on
Saturday
:

Deportivo
Coruna
1
Real
Madrid
1

SOCCER
-
BELGIUM
BEAT
TURKEY
2-1
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

BRUSSELS
1996-08-31

Belgium
beat
Turkey
2-1

(
halftime
2-0
)
in
a
World
Cup
group
seven
soccer
qualifier
on

Saturday
:

Scorers
:

Belgium
-
Marc
Degryse
(
13th
)
,
Luis
Oliveira
(
38th
)

Turkey
-
Sergen
Yalcin
(
61st
)

Attendance
:
30,000

SOCCER
-
AUSTRIA
DRAW
0-0
WITH
SCOTLAND
IN
WORLD
CUP
QUALIFIER
.

VIENNA
1996-08-31

Austria
and
Scotland
drew
0-0
in
a
World
Cup
soccer
European
group
four
qualifier
on
Saturday
.

Attendance
:
29,500

BOXING
-
KNOCK-OUT
SPECIALIST
MILLER
DEFENDS
TITLE
.

DUBLIN
1996-08-31

A
powerful
right
hook
followed
by
a
straight
left
gave
defending
champion
Nate
Miller
a
seventh
round
knock-out
win
over
fellow
American
James
Heath
in
their
WBA
cruiserweight
title
bout
on
Saturday
.

Miller
,
who
went
into
the
contest
with
a
record
of
24
knock-out
wins
in
32
fights
,
took
charge
from
the
opening
bell
and
had
his
opponent
on
the
canvas
inside
90
seconds
when
he
landed
a
deft
left-hook
to
the
head
.

Heath
did
score
with
two
brusing
lefts
to
Miller
's
head
in
the
third
round
but
failed
to
put
his
opponent
under
any
real
pressure
.

Miller
raised
the
pace
of
the
contest
at
the
start
of
the
fifth
round
and
,
once
he
started
to
get
his
right-left
combinations
working
for
him
,
the
fight
was
never
likely
to
go
the
distance
.

SOCCER
-
DUTCH
DRAW
2-2
WITH
BRAZIL
IN
FRIENDLY
INTERNATIONAL
.

AMSTERDAM
1996-08-31

The
Netherlands
drew
2-2
with

Brazil
(
half-time
0-1
)
in
a
soccer
friendly
on
Saturday
.

Scorers
:

Netherlands
-
Ronald
de
Boer
(
52nd
minute
)
,
Van
Gastel

(
90th
,
pen
)

Brazil
-
Giovanni
(
14th
)
,
Marcello
Goncalves
(
55th
)

BOXING
-
MILLER
DEFENDS
WBA
CRUISERWEIGHT
TITLE
.

DUBLIN
1996-08-31

American
Nate
Miller
successfully
defended
his
WBA
cruiserweight
title
when
he
knocked
out
compatriot
James
Heath
in
the
seventh
round
of
their
bout
on
Saturday
.

HORSE
RACING
-
TATTERSALLS
BREEDERS
STAKES
RESULT
.

DUBLIN
1996-08-31

Result
of
the
Tattersalls
Breeders

Stakes
,
a
race
for
two-year-olds
run
over
six
furlongs
(
1,200

metres
)
at
The
Curragh
on
Saturday
:

1.
Miss
Stamper
3-1
joint-favourite
(
ridden
by
David
Harrison
)

2.
Paddy
Lad
16-1
(
Peter
Bloomfield
)

3.
Pelham
10-1
(
Warren
O'Connor
)

Distances
:
Three
lengths
,
two-and-a-half
lengths
.

Winner
owned
by
John
and
Beryll
Remblance
and
trained
in

Britain
by
Richard
Hannon
.

Value
to
the
winning
owner
:
$
233,600

SOCCER
-
KLINSMANN
TO
RETIRE
AFTER
1998
WORLD
CUP
.

BONN
1996-08-31

German
international
striker
Juergen
Klinsmann
has
said
he
will
retire
after
the
1998
World
Cup
in
France
.

"
For
myself
,
personally
,
I
've
planned
things
so
that
that
will
be
the
end
of
me
,
"
the
32-year-old
national
team
captain
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
daily
Sueddeutsche
Zeitung
on
Saturday
.

Klinsmann
said
he
believed
Germany
could
win
in
France
with
the
same
nucleus
of
players
which
won
the
European
championship
in
England
this
summer
.

"
I
think
it
can
be
done
,
"
he
said
,
"
especially
as
experience
is
becoming
more
and
more
valuable
in
sport
.

I
think
we
can
do
it
with
the
same
body
of
players
.

That
's
what
we
're
all
aiming
for
.
"

Coach
Berti
Vogts
has
called
up
a
virtually
identical
squad
for
next
week
's
friendly
against
Poland
--
Germany
's
first
match
since
Euro
96
.

SOCCER
-
GERMAN
CUP
SECOND
ROUND
RESULTS
.

BONN
1996-08-31

Results
of
German
Cup
second
round

matches
on
Saturday
:

Karlsruhe
2
Hansa
Rostock
0

Borussia
Neunkirchen
1
St
Pauli
3

Duisburg
1
Luebeck
0
(
after
extra
time
)

SOCCER
-
ROMANIA
BEAT
LITHUANIA
IN
U-21
QUALIFIER
.

BUCHAREST
1996-08-30

Romania
beat
2-1
(
halftime
1-1
)
Lithuania
in
their
European
Under-21
soccer
match
on
Friday
.

Scorers
:

Romania
-
Cosmin
Contra
(
31st
)
,
Mihai
Tararache
(
75th
)

Lithuania
-
Danius
Gleveckas
(
13rd
)

Attendence
:
200

Paper
says
Thatcher
's
office
consulted
astrologer
.

LONDON
1996-09-01

A
British
newspaper
said
Margaret
Thatcher
was
so
shaken
by
an
IRA
attempt
on
her
life
when
she
was
prime
minister
in
1984
that
an
astrologer
was
asked
to
warn
her
against
future
threats
.

The
Sunday
Telegraph
quoted
Majorie
Orr
as
saying
she
did
a
horoscope
chart
for
Thatcher
,
a
Libran
,
after
she
narrowly
escaped
death
in
the
Irish
guerrilla
bombing
of
a
hotel
during
the
Conservative
Party
conference
more
than
a
decade
ago
.

Orr
said
Thatcher
's
press
secretary
Bernard
Ingram
asked
her
to
telephone
if
she
saw
any
threatening
indications
in
the
future
.

"
Bernard
Ingham
told
me
that
if
I
ever
heard
anything
that
indicated
danger
I
was
to
let
him
know
,
"
Orr
said
.

Orr
said
she
never
had
to
telephone
.

She
added
that
the
horoscope
was
purely
for
security
purposes
and
she
was
never
consulted
about
political
moves
.

Ingram
was
quoted
as
telling
the
newspaper
he
thought
astrology
was
"
a
load
of
rubbish
"
and
that
he
could
not
recall
asking
Orr
to
keep
a
watch
on
Thatcher
's
stars
.

Thatcher
,
dubbed
the
"
Iron
Lady
"
for
her
driven
,
forceful
personality
,
was
never
known
to
have
an
interest
in
the
occult
and
in
fact
has
a
university
degree
in
chemistry
.

Former
U.S.
president
Ronald
Reagan
's
wife
,
Nancy
,
admitted
in
her
biography
My
Turn
that
she
regularly
consulted
an
astrologer
to
help
her
plan
her
husband
's
schedule
.

Reuters
historical
calendar
-
September
7
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Following
are
some
of
the
major
events
to
have
occurred
on
September
7
in
history
.

1533
-
Queen
Elizabeth
I
born
.

Daughter
of
Henry
VIII
and
his
second
wife
Anne
Boleyn
,
she
was
queen
of
England
1558-1603
.

One
of
the
great
monarchs
who
presided
over
a
period
of
English
assertion
in
Europe
in
politics
and
the
arts
.

1706
-
French
troops
under
Duke
of
Orleans
besieging
Turin
were
defeated
by
the
Austrians
under
Prince
Eugene
,
the
French
army
was
destroyed
and
they
ceased
trying
to
capture
northern
Italy
.

1714
-
The
Treaty
of
Baden
was
signed
between
the
Holy
Roman
Emperor
Charles
VI
and
France
,
ending
War
of
Spanish
Succession
.

Charles
ceded
Alsace
and
Strasbourg
to
France
and
got
back
Breisach
,
Kehl
and
Freiburg
.

1812
-
Russian
army
under
General
Kutuzov
was
defeated
at
heavy
cost
by
Napoleon
at
the
battle
of
Borodino
70
miles
west
of
Moscow
.

Napoleon
entered
Moscow
a
week
later
.

1822
-
Brazil
proclaimed
independence
from
Portugal
and
Pedro
I
became
first
Emperor
of
Brazil
in
December
1822
.

1836
-
Scottish
politician
Sir
Henry
Campbell-Bannerman
born
.

As
Liberal
prime
minister
1905-1908
he
granted
self-government
to
the
Transvaal
.

He
also
got
the
House
of
Lords
to
pass
his
Trades
Disputes
Act
which
gave
labour
unions
more
freedom
to
strike
.

1860
-
Giuseppe
Garibaldi
leading
his
"
Red
Shirts
"
seized
Naples
in
the
Italian
war
of
liberation
against
the
Austrians
.

1901
-
In
China
,
the
Boxer
Rising
which
attempted
to
drive
out
all
foreigners
officially
ended
with
the
signing
of
the
Peking
Protocol
.

This
imposed
an
indemnity
to
be
paid
to
the
great
powers
for
Boxer
crimes
.

1909
-
Elia
Kazan
born
as
Elia
Kazanjoglus
.

A
U.S.
stage
and
screen
director
,
he
is
best
known
for
"
Viva
Zapata
"
and
"
On
the
Waterfront
"
.

1913
-
Sir
Anthony
Quayle
born
.

British
actor
of
stage
and
screen
in
films
from
1948
.

Best
known
for
appearances
in
"
Ice
Cold
in
Alex
"
,
"
Lawrence
of
Arabia
"
and
,
as
Cardinal
Wolsey
,
in
"
Anne
of
a
Thousand
Days
"
.

1914
-
James
Alfred
Van
Allen
born
.

U.S.
physicist
who
discovered
the
two
zones
of
radiation
encircling
the
earth
to
which
he
gave
his
name
.

1930
-
Belgian
King
Baudouin
I
born
.

He
succeeded
to
the
throne
in
1951
on
the
abdication
of
his
father
Leopold
III
.

1940
-
In
World
War
Two
the
German
airforce
under
Hermann
Goering
began
its
"
Blitz
"
bombing
campaign
on
London
.

Over
300
people
were
killed
on
this
day
alone
.

1969
-
Scottish
motor
racing
driver
Jackie
Stewart
won
the
Italian
Grand
Prix
to
secure
his
first
world
championship
.

Four
years
later
,
after
winning
his
third
world
crown
,
he
announced
his
retirement
.

1986
-
Bishop
Desmond
Tutu
was
enthroned
as
Archbishop
of
Cape
Town
,
South
Africa
.

He
was
the
first
black
head
of
South
Africa
's
Anglicans
.

1990
-
The
United
States
won
Saudi
and
Kuwaiti
pledges
to
help
pay
for
forces
in
the
Gulf
.

Iraq
ordered
many
restaurants
to
close
indefinitely
to
save
food
in
face
of
a
blockade
.

1990
-
British
historian
Alan
John
Percivale
(
A.J.P.
)
Taylor
died
.

He
won
acclaim
for
the
insights
that
he
gave
into
the
events
which
shaped
modern
Europe
and
was
one
of
Europe
's
leading
authorities
on
the
great
conflicts
of
the
20th
century
.

1993
-
Six
former
Soviet
republics
,
Russia
,
Belarus
,
Kazakhstan
,
Uzbekistan
,
Armenia
and
Tajikistan
,
signed
framework
agreement
to
keep
the
Russian
rouble
as
their
common
currency
.

1994
-
The
Stars
and
Stripes
flag
was
lowered
for
the
last
time
over
U.S.
army
headquarters
in
Berlin
,
formally
ending
the
American
presence
in
the
once-divided
city
after
nearly
half
a
century
.

Escaped
British
paedophile
recaptured
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

A
convicted
British
paedophile
was
arrested
on
Saturday
,
two
days
after
escaping
from
custody
during
a
supervised
day
trip
to
a
zoo
,
police
said
.

Trevor
Holland
,
a
52
year-old
with
who
has
been
convicted
twice
of
gross
indecency
with
children
,
was
captured
after
being
spotted
in
Worthing
,
a
town
on
England
's
southern
coast
.

"
A
member
of
the
public
recognised
Holland
in
a
newsagent
shop
as
he
was
reading
the
headlines
about
himself
,
"
a
police
spokesman
said
.

Police
launched
a
nationwide
search
on
Thursday
after
he
disappeared
during
an
unsupervised
trip
to
the
toilet
while
visiting
a
popular
zoo
and
theme
park
south
of
London
.

Holland
was
moved
to
a
more
secure
centre
earlier
this
year
after
a
similar
incident
.

His
escape
at
the
zoo
caused
outrage
in
Britain
.

A
child
sex
scandal
in
Belgium
in
which
two
eight-year-old
girls
were
murdered
and
two
other
sexually
abused
girls
were
rescued
has
focused
new
attention
on
the
problem
.

Scottish
Labour
Party
narrowly
backs
referendum
.

STIRLING
,
Scotland
1996-08-31

British
Labour
Party
leader
Tony
Blair
won
a
narrow
victory
on
Saturday
when
the
party
's
Scottish
executive
voted
21-18
in
favour
of
his
plans
for
a
referendum
on
a
separate
parliament
for
Scotland
.

Blair
once
pledged
to
set
up
a
Scottish
parliament
if
the
Labour
won
the
next
general
election
,
which
must
be
held
by
May
1997
.

But
many
activists
were
dismayed
when
he
abruptly
decided
earlier
this
year
to
hold
a
two-question
referendum
on
the
issue
,
asking
Scots
if
they
wanted
a
separate
parliament
and
if
it
should
have
tax-raising
powers
.

Many
party
members
argued
that
a
general
election
win
would
demonstrate
popular
support
for
a
separate
parliament
and
others
said
a
single
question
referendum
would
suffice
.

Prime
Minister
John
Major
says
the
300-year-old
union
of
the
Scottish
and
English
parliaments
will
be
a
main
plank
in
his
Conservative
Party
's
election
platform
.

Conservatives
have
only
10
of
the
72
Scottish
seats
in
parliament
and
consistently
run
third
in
opinion
polls
in
Scotland
behind
Labour
and
the
independence-seeking
Scottish
National
Party
.

Britain
condemns
Iraq
involvement
in
Arbil
attack
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Britain
on
Saturday
condemned
Iraqi
involvement
in
an
attack
on
the
Kurdish
city
of
Arbil
and
said
it
was
in
close
touch
with
its
allies
.

"
We
condemn
Iraqi
involvement
.

In
no
way
can
Iraqi
involvement
be
seen
as
helpful
,
"
said
a
Foreign
Office
spokesman
.

U.N.
officials
said
that
a
Kurdish
rebel
faction
backed
up
by
Iraqi
tanks
,
heavy
artillery
and
helicopters
had
taken
control
of
half
of
the
city
after
heavy
fighting
.

Arbil
lies
within
the
so-called
safe
haven
set
up
at
the
end
of
the
1991
Gulf
War
on
the
suggestion
of
British
Prime
Minister
John
Major
to
protect
Iraqi
Kurds
from
attack
by
the
Iraqi
military
.

The
area
is
patrolled
by
U.S.
,
French
and
British
planes
.

"
We
are
in
close
touch
with
all
our
allies
,
"
said
the
Foreign
Office
spokesman
.

He
declined
to
give
any
further
information
.

Seven
Iraqis
charged
with
hijack
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Seven
Iraqi
men
appeared
in
court
on
Saturday
charged
with
air
piracy
following
the
hijacking
to
Britain
of
a
Sudanese
airliner
with
199
people
aboard
.

The
seven
,
including
a
carpenter
and
a
businessmen
and
whose
ages
ranged
from
25
to
38
years
old
,
were
ordered
to
be
held
in
jail
until
another
hearing
next
week
.

No
pleas
were
entered
at
the
preliminary
hearing
.

They
were
accused
of
taking
over
Flight
150
which
was
flying
from
Khartoum
,
Sudan
,
to
Amman
,
Jordan
.

All
the
hostages
were
freed
on
Tuesday
after
the
plane
landed
at
Stansted
airport
,
north
of
London
.

The
men
have
claimed
political
asylum
in
Britain
saying
they
were
persecuted
while
in
Iraq
.

Their
court
appearance
means
they
will
face
trial
and
possible
imprisonment
in
Britain
before
their
applications
for
asylum
are
considered
.

Under
English
law
the
maximum
sentence
for
hijack
is
life
imprisonment
but
there
has
been
widespread
speculation
that
the
seven
will
receive
lesser
sentences
.

After
a
search
of
the
aircraft
following
the
hijack
,
police
found
only
knives
and
fake
explosives
.

Opposition
group
says
Iraqis
advance
in
north
Iraq
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

An
Iraqi
opposition
group
in
exile
said
on
Saturday
it
had
received
reports
that
Iraqi
forces
were
shelling
and
advancing
on
the
Kurdish
town
of
Arbil
in
northern
Iraq
.

A
London-based
spokesman
of
the
Iraqi
National
Congress
said
Iraqi
artillery
was
shelling
the
city
and
Iraqi
tanks
had
advanced
to
within
10
km
(
six
miles
)
of
Arbil
,
the
administrative
centre
of
the
Kurdish
rebel-controlled
region
of
northern
Iraq
.

"
At
4.50
a.m.
Iraq
time
(
0050
GMT
)
Iraqi
forces
began
an
artillery
attack
on
the
outskirts
of
Arbil
,
"
the
spokesman
,
who
asked
not
to
be
identified
,
told
Reuters
in
a
telephone
call
.

There
was
no
independent
confirmation
of
the
report
which
the
spokesman
said
came
from
the
organisation
's
members
in
Arbil
.

He
said
damage
and
casualties
in
the
city
were
heavy
and
Kurdish
forces
were
defending
the
city
.

President
Bill
Clinton
on
Friday
ordered
the
U.S.
military
to
ready
itself
for
any
possible
action
as
Washington
turned
up
the
heat
in
an
escalating
crisis
over
Iraqi
troop
movements
in
northern
Iraq
.

On
Thursday
,
Iraq
accused
Iran
of
aggression
and
said
it
reserved
the
right
to
retaliate
for
Tehran
's
alleged
deployment
of
troops
into
northern
Iraq
,
where
fighting
broke
out
between
the
two
main
Iraqi
Kurdish
rebel
groups
two
weeks
ago
.

Two
die
in
Algeria
restaurant
blast
-
radio
.

LONDON
1996-08-31

Two
people
were
killed
when
a
hand
grenade
exploded
in
a
restaurant
near
Algiers
late
on
Friday
,
Algerian
radio
reported
on
Saturday
.

The
report
,
monitored
by
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation
(
BBC
)
,
quoted
security
services
as
saying
six
other
people
were
injured
in
the
blast
in
the
town
of
Staouelli
.

An
estimated
50,000
people
had
been
killed
in
political
violence
in
Algeria
since
1992
,
when
army-backed
authorities
cancelled
a
general
election
that
Islamic
fundamentalists
had
been
expected
to
win
.

Baseball-Results
of
S.
Korean
pro-baseball
games
.

SEOUL
1996-08-31

Results
of
South
Korean
pro-baseball
games
played
on
Friday
.

OB
5
Samsung
0

Ssangbangwool
2
Hyundai
1

Standings
after
games
played
on
Friday
(
tabulate
under
won
,
drawn
,
lost
,
winning
percentage
,
games
behind
first
place
)

W
D
L
PCT
GB

Haitai
64
2
43
.596
-

Ssangbangwool
60
2
49
.550
5

Hanwha
58
1
49
.542
6

Hyundai
57
5
50
.531
7

Samsung
49
5
57
.464
14
1/2

Lotte
46
6
54
.462
14
1/2

LG
46
5
59
.441
17

OB
43
6
62
.414
20

S.
African
Afrikaners
still
seek
own
territory
.

CAPE
TOWN
1996-08-31

South
African
right-wing
Afrikaners
on
Saturday
revived
their
campaign
for
a
form
of
self-rule
,
identifying
a
sparsely-populated
area
in
Northern
Cape
province
as
the
best
place
for
a
home
of
their
own
.

Constand
Viljoen
,
leader
of
the
Freedom
Front
party
,
told
a
news
conference
in
Pretoria
self-determination
for
Afrikaners
could
begin
at
local
government
level
.

"
Certain
powers
can
be
delegated
from
the
provincial
level
,
towards
the
sub-regions
,
"
he
said
.

"
We
think
that
the
Afrikaner
model
within
this
new
,
multi-
ethnic
society
of
South
Africa
will
have
to
develop
experimentally
with
world
thinking
in
this
regard
.
"

Viljoen
broke
with
other
right-wing
whites
in
1994
by
taking
part
in
the
country
's
first
all-race
elections
in
April
of
that
year
,
saying
the
only
way
to
attain
self-determination
was
by
cooperating
with
President
Nelson
Mandela
's
majority
African
National
Congress
.

Some
right-wingers
demanded
sovereignty
in
their
own
territory
in
the
run-up
to
the
elections
,
saying
the
alternative
was
war
.

Their
threats
came
to
nothing
.

Viljoen
has
hailed
clauses
in
South
Africa
's
new
constitution
as
making
possible
a
form
of
self-rule
for
the
Afrikaners
,
descendants
of
the
country
's
Dutch
,
German
and
French
settlers
.

According
to
state
television
,
Viljoen
told
the
news
conference
the
self-rule
model
should
be
introduced
in
parts
of
the
Northern
Cape
provinces
where
a
majority
of
people
--
whites
and
mixed-race
Coloureds
--
speak
Afrikaans
.

Rwandan
refugee
group
calls
for
calm
over
census
.

NAIROBI
1996-08-31

A
Rwandan
refugee
lobby
group
called
on
Saturday
for
calm
in
refugee
camps
in
eastern
Zaire
during
a
census
from
Sunday
to
be
conducted
by
aid
workers
.

The
Rally
for
the
Return
of
Refugees
and
Democracy
in
Rwanda
(
RDR
)
urged
the
U.N.
High
Commissioner
for
Refugees
to
avoid
any
"
policing
approach
"
and
to
calm
refugees
by
explaining
the
aims
of
the
operation
.

"
The
RDR
appeals
to
all
refugees
to
prepare
themselves
calmly
for
the
demands
of
the
census
agents
because
it
will
be
in
their
ultimate
interest
,
"
the
group
said
in
a
statement
.

It
said
refugees
feared
census
takers
would
use
indelible
ink
to
mark
them
so
they
could
be
detected
by
Rwandan
government
troops
and
mistreated
if
they
were
forced
back
into
Rwanda
.

U.N.
officials
said
more
than
1,000
aid
workers
will
take
part
in
the
census
from
Sunday
until
Tuesday
of
the
estimated
727,000
refugees
in
camps
around
the
eastern
Zairean
border
town
of
Goma
.

Only
about
100
refugees
a
week
are
returning
voluntarily
to
Rwanda
in
contrast
to
the
600
babies
born
in
the
camps
weekly
.

Zairean
Prime
Minister
Kengo
wa
Dondo
said
at
the
end
of
a
visit
to
Rwanda
last
week
that
the
Zairean
and
Rwandan
governments
agreed
on
an
"
organised
,
massive
and
unconditional
repatriation
"
of
the
1.1
million
Rwandan
refugees
in
Zaire
.

He
said
the
repatriation
would
be
carried
out
swiftly
and
would
be
enormous
,
starting
with
the
closure
of
refugee
camps
.

RDR
said
it
feared
forced
expulsions
would
start
in
days
.

Zairean
troops
expelled
15,000
refugees
in
August
last
year
.

Many
of
the
1.1
million
Rwandan
Hutu
refugees
in
Zaire
and
nearly
600,000
in
Tanzania
refuse
to
go
home
,
saying
they
fear
reprisals
for
the
1994
genocide
in
Rwanda
of
up
to
a
million
people
by
Hutus
.

NATO
monitors
Moslem
move
towards
tense
village
.

MAHALA
,
Bosnia
1996-08-31

NATO
said
it
was
closely
monitoring
the
movement
of
about
75
Moslem
men
towards
the
village
of
Mahala
in
Bosnia
's
Serb
republic
on
Saturday
,
two
days
after
a
violent
confrontation
with
Serbs
.

"
I
have
to
report
this
morning
that
we
have
in
fact
received
reports
...

that
up
to
75
Moslem
men
are
believed
to
be
approaching
Mahala
,
"
NATO
spokesman
Lieutenant-Colonel
Max
Marriner
said
in
Sarajevo
.

Marriner
said
that
NATO
troops
had
set
up
a
checkpoint
on
the
road
between
Tuzla
and
Mahala
to
establish
the
identities
and
intentions
of
the
men
headed
towards
the
village
.

Mahala
is
a
Moslem
village
on
Bosnian
Serb
republic
territory
.

Moslems
were
driven
from
the
village
during
the
43-
month
Bosnian
war
and
most
of
their
houses
were
destroyed
.

Some
Moslems
began
returning
to
rebuild
their
properties
earlier
in
the
week
.

Fights
and
shooting
broke
out
between
the
Moslems
and
Serb
police
on
Thursday
and
NATO
troops
finally
brought
restored
order
.

A
Reuters
reporter
who
entered
Mahala
on
Saturday
morning
found
it
tranquil
but
NATO
troops
and
U.N.
police
were
seen
on
the
ground
and
NATO
helicopters
flew
overhead
.

Chechens
exuberant
but
cautious
on
peace
deal
.

Liutauras
Stremaitis

URUS-MARTAN
,
Russia
1996-08-31

Crowds
of
pro-independence
Chechens
greeted
a
newly-signed
peace
deal
by
singing
,
dancing
and
firing
guns
in
the
air
on
Saturday
,
but
the
celebrations
held
a
trace
of
uncertainty
.

More
than
a
thousand
women
,
children
and
men
gathered
in
a
field
to
the
north
of
the
town
of
Urus-Martan
on
Saturday
to
wait
for
a
column
of
rebels
to
withdraw
from
the
capital
Grozny
about
25
km
(
12
miles
)
away
.

The
men
fired
weapons
into
the
air
as
groups
of
women
danced
.

Adults
in
the
crowd
carried
posters
of
former
Chechen
leader
Dzhokhar
Dudayev
--
who
declared
independence
in
1991
--
and
children
,
carrying
photographs
of
him
,
called
"
Troops
out
!
"

.

Russian
military
officials
have
expressed
fears
that
the
rebels
and
their
supporters
will
see
the
deal
signed
by
Russian
peace
envoy
Alexander
Lebed
in
the
early
hours
of
Saturday
as
a
military
victory
for
the
separatists
.

It
involves
the
withdrawal
of
Russian
troops
sent
to
Chechnya
in
December
1994
to
crush
the
separatists
and
a
postponement
of
the
issue
at
the
heart
of
the
conflict
--
the
status
of
the
mainly-Moslem
North
Caucasus
region
.

But
the
people
in
the
crowd
on
Saturday
,
who
had
turned
out
in
support
of
the
rebels
,
did
not
seem
sure
that
the
war
was
over
.

"
We
hope
for
the
best
,
that
it
really
has
ended
so
we
can
live
in
peace
.

It
's
our
only
dream
,
"
said
a
30-year-old
woman
,
Mubatik
Dagayeva
.

Aiza
Dudayeva
,
with
her
10-year-old
son
beside
her
,
shared
the
guarded
optimism
.
"

We
really
want
the
war
to
end
,
we
hope
and
believe
that
our
sons
and
brothers
will
win
,
"
said
Dudayeva
,
adding
that
she
was
from
Urus-Martan
.

Urus-Martan
is
a
traditionally
anti-separatist
pocket
in
Chechnya
and
Moscow-backed
leader
Doku
Zavgayev
,
who
has
been
sidelined
in
the
peace
deal
,
has
warned
that
it
and
places
like
it
could
become
centres
of
civil
war
if
Russian
troops
leave
.

But
on
Saturday
the
people
gathered
just
outside
the
town
seemed
to
be
united
in
favour
of
the
separatists
.

Two
columns
of
rebels
appeared
in
jeeps
and
cars
,
firing
their
guns
in
the
air
,
as
the
crowd
rushed
towards
them
.

Mouldi
Mamatuyev
,
in
his
late
20
's
,
dressed
in
black
and
carrying
a
machine
gun
,
was
welcomed
by
his
mother
and
sister
.

"
Two
sons
have
come
back
,
"
said
his
mother
Nurbika
Mamatuyeva
.
"

It
's
the
end
.

We
believe
in
God
.
"

Mamatuyev
joked
that
his
sister
Lisa
was
a
rebel
too
,
and
she
responded
by
grabbing
hold
of
his
gun
and
shouting
the
Chechen
war
cry
"
Allahu
Akhbar
"
(
God
is
Greatest
)
and
"
Freedom
for
Chechnya
!
"

.

The
fighter
,
sitting
next
to
a
man
dressed
in
green
and
carrying
a
grenade-launcher
,
said
that
the
strict
Islamic
law
adopted
by
the
rebels
during
the
conflict
was
now
needed
to
impose
peace
.

"
The
war
has
ended
if
everything
works
out
,
if
there
is
law
there
will
be
power
.

Only
Sheriat
(
Islamic
law
)
can
end
the
war
.
"

Polish
group
to
bid
for
Ruch
newsstand
chain
-
paper
.

WARSAW
1996-08-31

A
Polish
consortium
including
the
Bank
Rozwoju
Exportu
SA
(
BRE
)
plans
to
rival
France
's
Hachette
in
bidding
for
Polish
state-owned
press
distribution
chain
Ruch
SA
,
Zycie
Warszawy
daily
said
on
Saturday
.

Zycie
Warszawy
said
its
own
publisher
,
mineral
water
firm
Multico
,
and
a
group
headed
by
Polish
businessman
Zygmunt
Solorz
were
forming
a
consortium
which
would
offer
about
$
120
million
,
with
finance
provided
by
BRE
.

The
consortium
wanted
40
percent
of
Ruch
's
shares
,
the
state
would
get
20
percent
of
Ruch
and
40
percent
would
be
offered
on
the
Warsaw
stock
exchange
.

"
This
division
would
guarantee
a
dispersal
of
capital
,
preventing
anyone
from
taking
total
control
over
Ruch
and
dictating
market
conditions
,
"
the
paper
quoted
one
of
the
initiators
of
the
move
as
saying
,
without
giving
a
name
.

A
consortium
of
press
distributor
Hachette
and
Polish
publishers
group
UWP
are
seeking
more
than
than
50
percent
of
Ruch
and
French
President
Jacques
Chirac
is
likely
to
support
its
case
when
he
visits
Poland
in
September
,
the
daily
said
.

News-stand
chain
Ruch
,
which
controls
about
65
percent
of
Poland
's
press
distribution
market
,
had
a
net
profit
of
16.2
million
zlotys
on
sales
of
2.7
billion
zlotys
in
1995
.

It
has
about
17,000
news-stands
and
was
the
country
's
sole
press
distributor
before
the
1989
fall
of
communism
.

Zycie
Warszawy
said
the
new
,
open
consortium
,
which
also
included
several
listed
Polish
firms
,
would
on
Monday
inform
Privatisation
Minister
Wieslaw
Kaczmarek
of
its
plans
.

It
aims
to
invest
$
200
million
in
Ruch
over
five
years
--
more
than
the
sum
Ruch
says
it
needs
to
upgrade
its
outlets
.

Initially
Poland
offered
up
to
75
percent
of
Ruch
but
in
March
Kaczmarek
cancelled
the
tender
and
offered
a
minority
stake
with
an
option
to
increase
the
equity
.

Two
consortia
--
UWP-Hachette
and
a
consortium
of
a
Polish
SPC
group
and
Swiss
firms
--
placed
initial
bids
.

But
after
the
change
of
tender
conditions
Swiss
investors
pulled
out
and
SPC
decided
to
bid
jointly
with
UWP-Hachette
.

Kaczmarek
said
in
May
he
was
unhappy
that
only
one
investor
ended
up
bidding
for
Ruch
,
in
which
the
government
was
initially
offering
up
to
35
percent
of
shares
with
an
option
to
extend
the
holding
after
investment
promises
are
fulfilled
.

--
Anthony
Barker
+48
22
653
9700

Three
Russian
soldiers
killed
in
gun
attack
.

MOSCOW
1996-08-31

Three
Russian
servicemen
were
killed
on
Saturday
when
unidentified
gunmen
attacked
guards
at
an
anti-aircraft
installation
outside
Moscow
,
Interfax
news
agency
said
.

It
quoted
military
officials
as
saying
the
attack
took
place
in
Sergiyev
Posad
70
km
(
45
miles
)
from
the
capital
.

The
officials
said
the
attackers
had
seized
two
Kalashnikov
assault
rifles
and
disappeared
.

Attacks
on
servicemen
aimed
at
seizing
their
guns
have
become
frequent
in
Russia
where
the
number
of
violent
crimes
committed
with
the
use
of
fire
arms
is
growing
.

Cuban
novelist
Jose
Soler
Puig
dies
at
79
.

HAVANA
1996-08-31

One
of
Cuba
's
most
acclaimed
authors
,
Jose
Soler
Puig
,
died
at
the
age
of
79
,
the
official
newspaper
Granma
reported
on
Saturday
.

Puig
's
first
novel
,
"
Bertillon
166
,
"
was
published
in
1960
,
a
year
after
the
Cuban
revolution
brought
President
Fidel
Castro
to
power
.

The
book
,
which
has
been
translated
into
40
languages
,
deals
with
a
day
in
the
life
of
Santiago
de
Cuba
,
Puig
's
native
city
,
under
the
pre-Castro
government
of
Fulgencio
Batista
.

The
titles
of
his
other
novels
translate
as
"
In
the
Year
of
January
"
(
1963
)
,
"
The
Collapse
"
(
1964
)
,
"
Sleeping
Bread
"
(
1975
)
,
"
The
Decaying
Mansion
"
(
1977
)
and
"
A
World
of
Things
"
(
1982
)
,
followed
by
"
The
Knot
,
"
"
Soul
Alone
"
and
,
most
recently
,
"
A
Woman
.
"

Granma
called
"
Sleeping
Bread
"
Puig
's
"
greatest
gift
to
the
modern
novel
in
our
America
.
"

The
author
said
in
an
interview
shortly
before
his
death
that
his
own
experiences
had
lent
his
books
their
strong
sense
of
realism
.
"

I
'm
a
thief
of
ideas
,
"
he
said
.
"

The
stories
have
been
given
to
me
by
people
.
"

In
the
same
interview
,
published
by
Prensa
Latina
on
Saturday
,
Puig
was
asked
if
he
feared
death
.
"

Death
is
not
a
punishment
--
death
is
the
end
of
life
's
punishment
,
"
he
said
.

U.N.
Ambassador
Albright
arrives
in
Chile
.

SANTIAGO
1996-08-31

The
U.S.
ambassador
to
the
United
Nations
,
Madeleine
Albright
,
arrived
in
Chile
late
Friday
for
talks
on
various
Security
Council
issues
with
Chilean
officials
as
part
of
a
five-nation
Latin
American
tour
.

Albright
will
meet
Foreign
Minister
Jose
Miguel
Insulza
Monday
for
talks
on
issues
currently
up
for
debate
on
the
council
,
of
which
Chile
is
a
non-permanent
member
,
a
U.S.
embassy
statement
said
.

The
two
will
also
discuss
various
issues
affecting
relations
between
the
United
States
and
Chile
,
local
officials
said
.

Albright
,
who
arrived
from
Uruguay
,
will
rest
most
of
the
weekend
in
Chile
,
officials
said
.

Her
official
programme
will
begin
on
Monday
,
and
she
will
leave
that
day
for
Bolivia
to
attend
a
Latin
American
summit
meeting
in
the
city
of
Cochabamba
.

Her
tour
will
also
include
Honduras
and
Guatemala
.

Mexican
army
attacked
in
Michoacan
state
-
report
.

MEXICO
CITY
1996-08-30

A
group
of
heavily-armed
men
attacked
a
military
convoy
in
the
western
Mexican
state
of
Michoacan
on
Friday
,
killing
one
soldier
and
wounding
two
,
radio
reports
said
.

Radio
Red
quoted
local
police
in
the
town
of
Tacambaro
,
Michoacan
,
80
km
(
50
miles
)
south
of
the
state
capital
Morelia
,
as
saying
40
to
50
armed
men
attacked
the
convoy
.

Gonzalo
Montoya
,
a
police
commander
in
Tacambaro
,
told
Radio
Red
the
group
was
armed
with
AK-47s
and
other
high-powered
assault
rifles
and
wore
military-style
fatigues
.

Montoya
said
he
thought
the
attackers
were
criminals
linked
to
drug
trafficking
or
kidnapping
in
the
area
.
"

We
often
see
people
dressed
in
military-style
clothing
here
,
"
he
said
.

The
attack
comes
a
day
after
rebels
of
the
self-styled
Popular
Revolutionary
Army
(
EPR
)
launched
coordinated
attacks
in
at
least
three
Mexican
states
,
killing
up
to
14
people
and
wounding
about
20
.

China
said
to
fear
dissidents
more
than
criminals
.

MANILA
1996-08-31

The
detention
of
veteran
dissident
Wang
Donghai
showed
China
's
determination
to
crush
any
vestige
of
dissent
during
the
current
profound
transitions
in
the
nation
's
leadership
,
a
human
rights
activist
said
on
Saturday
.

Xiao
Qiang
,
executive
director
of
the
New
York-based
group
Human
Rights
in
China
,
said
Wang
's
arrest
on
Friday
appeared
to
be
part
of
the
national
"
Strike
Hard
"
campaign
that
has
imprisoned
thousands
and
sent
hundreds
to
their
death
.

Although
supposedly
aimed
at
criminals
,
dozens
of
human
rights
activists
have
been
detained
in
the
campaign
,
which
is
meant
to
strengthen
the
Communist
Party
's
grip
on
power
as
senior
leader
Deng
Xiaoping
nears
death
,
Xiao
said
in
an
interview
.

"
China
is
going
through
this
power
transition
period
.

The
authorities
are
apparently
extremely
afraid
of
any
political
and
social
discontent
,
"
said
Xiao
,
in
Manila
to
attend
an
Amnesty
International
conference
on
human
rights
in
China
.

He
said
one
of
Wang
's
apparent
offences
was
to
write
a
public
letter
in
May
suggesting
that
a
free
press
and
an
independent
judicial
system
were
vital
if
the
government
really
meant
to
stamp
out
rampant
corruption
.

Xiao
said
crushing
legitimate
dissent
was
only
making
the
problem
worse
and
one
day
China
would
pay
a
high
price
.

"
Those
issues
are
not
going
to
go
away
by
repression
.

You
only
make
things
more
hidden
but
potentially
more
explosive
,
"
he
said
.

Wang
was
arrested
in
the
east
China
city
of
Hangzhou
by
security
officers
who
told
the
dissident
's
family
he
would
be
sent
to
a
study
class
--
a
euphemism
for
coercive
ideological
reform
.

Wang
,
45
,
was
sentenced
last
month
to
one
year
's
"
re-education
by
labour
"
but
was
released
because
of
ill-health
.

Xiao
said
conditions
in
the
labour
camp
were
so
brutal
they
drove
another
activist
sentenced
with
Wang
to
attempt
suicide
.

Police
beat
Wang
and
his
colleague
,
Chen
Longde
,
and
encouraged
other
camp
inmates
to
attack
them
as
well
,
Xiao
said
.

Manila
hails
Indonesia
,
OIC
for
peace
deal
support
.

MANILA
1996-08-31

Philippine
president
Fidel
Ramos
expressed
gratitude
to
Indonesian
president
Suharto
and
the
Organisation
of
Islamic
Conference
(
OIC
)
on
Saturday
for
supporting
talks
that
ended
a
conflict
with
local
Moslem
rebels
.

"
I
extend
the
deepest
gratitude
...
to
your
excellency
for
your
untiring
and
invaluable
friendship
and
support
,
"
Ramos
told
Suharto
in
a
letter
.

The
full
text
of
the
letter
was
released
to
reporters
on
Saturday
.

Jakarta
served
as
the
host
to
the
series
of
negotiations
which
culminated
in
the
initialling
of
the
agreement
last
Friday
.

The
formal
signing
of
the
peace
agreement
is
scheduled
on
Monday
in
Manila
.

Ramos
said
the
peace
agreement
"
shall
bring
down
the
curtain
on
a
long
and
storied
era
of
strife
in
Philippine
history
.
"

The
war
claimed
more
than
125,000
lives
in
the
southern
Mindanao
island
over
a
quarter
of
a
century
.

Burma
's
Suu
Kyi
says
military
rulers
abuse
law
.

Deborah
Charles

RANGOON
1996-08-31

Burma
's
democracy
leader
Aung
San
Suu
Kyi
hit
out
at
the
government
on
Saturday
for
recent
arrests
and
jailing
of
activists
,
saying
the
military
abused
the
law
to
try
to
crush
the
democracy
movement
.

"
The
main
purpose
of
this
press
conference
is
to
make
it
known
to
the
world
that
the
authorities
are
misusing
the
law
all
the
time
in
order
to
try
to
crush
the
democracy
movement
,
"
Suu
Kyi
told
reporters
at
her
Rangoon
home
.

Suu
Kyi
said
at
least
61
democracy
supporters
had
been
arrested
since
May
,
and
about
30
of
them
had
been
sentenced
,
most
to
long
prison
terms
.

In
May
the
government
launched
a
sweeping
crackdown
on
the
democracy
movement
,
detaining
over
260
members
of
Suu
Kyi
's
National
League
for
Democracy
(
NLD
)
ahead
of
a
party
congress
.

Most
were
released
but
several
dozen
remain
in
custody
.

The
Burmese
government
last
week
confirmed
the
recent
sentencing
of
nine
democracy
activists
who
were
arrested
in
the
May
crackdown
,
including
Suu
Kyi
's
assistant
Win
Htein
.

The
military
government
,
which
in
May
said
it
had
detained
the
politicians
to
prevent
anarchy
,
said
the
activists
were
charged
with
attempting
to
destroy
the
peace
and
stability
of
the
state
.

But
Suu
Kyi
disagreed
with
the
methods
,
saying
officials
often
arrested
NLD
supporters
in
the
middle
of
the
night
,
then
did
not
give
them
the
opportunity
to
defend
themselves
in
trials
.

"
When
our
people
are
tried
,
they
are
tried
in
a
very
secretive
way
.

Their
families
are
not
told
,
"
she
said
.

Suu
Kyi
,
who
spearheads
a
campaign
for
sanctions
on
Burma
's
government
,
was
under
house
arrest
for
six
years
without
being
tried
before
being
released
in
July
1995
.

Several
other
leading
members
of
the
NLD
have
served
prison
terms
.

The
NLD
party
won
a
landslide
victory
in
a
1990
election
but
the
State
Law
and
Order
Restoration
Council
(
SLORC
)
,
which
assumed
power
in
1988
after
crushing
pro-democracy
demonstrations
,
never
recognised
the
poll
.

"
This
lack
of
rule
of
law
is
an
indication
that
the
authorities
are
not
interested
in
fair
play
,
"
she
said
.
"

They
are
using
a
travesty
of
the
law
to
try
and
crush
our
movements
and
to
sentence
our
people
to
long
terms
in
prison
without
proper
trial
.
"

Suu
Kyi
said
once
the
activists
were
sentenced
,
they
suffered
inhuman
conditions
and
lack
of
rights
in
prison
.

"
Almost
all
of
the
prisoners
start
suffering
from
various
health
problems
after
a
couple
of
years
in
jail
,
"
she
said
.
"

Some
of
our
people
have
been
in
prison
for
five
to
six
years
.
"

Most
political
prisoners
are
held
in
Rangoon
's
Insein
Prison
.

Some
who
have
been
released
have
recounted
torture
methods
like
sleep
and
food
deprivation
and
physical
abuse
.

"
If
there
are
any
more
instances
of
death
in
custody
it
will
be
further
proof
that
a
prison
sentence
for
political
prisoners
is
sometimes
almost
the
same
as
a
death
sentence
,
"
Suu
Kyi
said
.

Hla
Than
,
an
elected
member
of
parliament
for
the
NLD
,
died
in
early
August
after
being
at
Insein
for
six
years
.

His
death
came
five
weeks
after
James
Leander
(
Leo
)
Nichols
,
a
close
friend
of
Suu
Kyi
and
Danish
honorary
consul
,
died
while
serving
a
prison
term
at
Insein
.

Suu
Kyi
said
the
government
had
increased
its
repression
tactics
on
the
democracy
movement
because
it
feared
the
growing
popularity
of
the
movement
.

But
she
said
she
and
the
NLD
would
not
stop
their
efforts
to
bring
democracy
to
Burma
even
if
it
meant
more
arrests
of
party
members
or
even
herself
.

"
We
will
carry
on
.

Nobody
is
free
from
arrest
in
Burma
.
"

Dow
Chemical
in
China
ethylene
venture
.

BEIJING
1996-08-31

The
Dow
Chemical
Co
of
the
United
States
will
invest
$
4
billion
to
build
an
ethylene
plant
in
Tianjin
city
in
northern
China
,
the
China
Daily
said
on
Saturday
.

The
plant
will
have
annual
production
of
400,000
tonnes
,
the
newspaper
said
.

It
gave
no
further
details
of
the
venture
.

Tianjin
boasts
a
range
of
infrastructure
facilities
,
attracting
several
multinational
oil
companies
to
invest
in
recent
years
.

Caltex
Petroleum
Corp
plans
to
build
a
lubricants
blender
in
a
bonded
zone
in
Tianjin
,
the
newspaper
said
.

Multinational
firms
including
Mobil
,
Shell
and
Caltex
,
were
also
attracted
to
Tianjin
due
to
China
's
rising
demand
for
lube
and
oil-based
products
,
the
newspaper
said
.

It
gave
no
further
details
.

SEOUL
1996-08-31

North
Korea
demanded
on
Saturday
that
South
Korea
return
a
northern
war
veteran
who
has
been
in
the
South
since
the
1950-53
war
,
Seoul
's
unification
ministry
said
.

"
...I
request
the
immediate
repatriation
of
Kim
In-so
to
North
Korea
where
his
family
is
waiting
,
"
North
Korean
Red
Cross
president
Li
Song-ho
said
in
a
telephone
message
to
his
southern
couterpart
,
Kang
Young-hoon
.

Li
said
Kim
had
been
critically
ill
with
a
cerebral
haemorrhage
.

The
message
was
distributed
to
the
press
by
the
South
Korean
unification
ministry
.

Kim
,
an
unrepentant
communist
,
was
captured
during
the
Korean
War
and
released
after
spending
more
than
30
years
in
a
southern
jail
.

He
submitted
a
petition
to
the
International
Red
Cross
in
1993
asking
for
his
repatriation
.

The
domestic
Yonhap
news
agency
said
the
South
Korean
government
would
consider
the
northern
demand
only
if
the
North
accepted
Seoul
's
requests
,
which
include
regular
reunions
of
families
split
by
the
Korean
War
.

Government
officials
were
not
available
to
comment
.

South
Korea
in
1993
unconditionally
repatriated
Li
In-mo
,
a
nothern
partisan
seized
by
the
South
during
the
war
and
jailed
for
more
than
three
decades
.

Chinese
police
hold
veteran
dissident
.

BEIJING
1996-08-31

Chinese
police
have
detained
veteran
dissident
Wang
Donghai
,
the
New
York-based
pressure
group
Human
Rights
in
China
said
on
Saturday
.

Police
in
Hangzhou
,
capital
of
the
eastern
province
of
Zhejiang
,
told
Wang
's
family
that
Wang
would
be
sent
to
a
study
class
,
a
euphemism
for
coercive
ideological
reform
,
the
group
said
.

Police
gave
no
reason
for
detaining
Wang
on
Friday
and
would
not
let
his
family
meet
him
or
say
where
he
was
being
held
,
the
group
said
.

Police
also
would
not
say
why
Wang
was
being
sent
to
a
study
class
--
a
holdover
from
the
chaotic
1966-76
Cultural
Revolution
--
or
say
when
he
would
be
released
,
the
group
said
.

Wang
's
family
and
Hangzhou
police
could
not
be
reached
for
immediate
comment
.

The
group
demanded
Wang
's
release
and
said
his
detention
was
a
dangerous
signal
China
was
returning
to
its
Cultural
Revolution
days
.

Last
month
,
Wang
,
45
,
a
veteran
dissident
of
the
1979
Democracy
Wall
movement
,
was
ordered
to
serve
one
year
of
"
re-education
through
labour
"
,
but
released
because
of
poor
health
.

Re-education
through
labour
is
an
administrative
punishment
with
a
maximum
of
three
years
that
can
be
imposed
by
police
without
recourse
to
prosecutors
or
the
courts
.

Wang
was
jailed
for
two
years
for
organising
street
protests
after
the
military
crushed
pro-democracy
demonstrations
by
students
at
Beijing
's
Tiananmen
Square
on
June
4
,
1989
,
with
heavy
loss
of
life
.

Chinese
authorities
appeared
to
be
using
administrative
punishment
more
frequently
to
take
dissidents
out
of
circulation
without
having
to
go
through
a
more
complicated
judicial
process
to
impose
criminal
sentences
,
Western
diplomats
have
said
.

China
police
detains
dissident
Wang
Donghai
.

BEIJING
1996-08-31

Chinese
police
have
detained
dissident
Wang
Donghai
,
the
New
York-based
pressure
group
Human
Rights
in
China
said
on
Saturday
.

Police
detained
Wang
on
Friday
and
would
not
let
his
family
meet
him
or
say
where
he
was
being
held
,
the
group
said
.

The
pressure
group
said
Wang
would
be
sent
to
a
study
class
,
often
a
euphemism
in
China
for
ideological
reform
.

Wang
's
family
could
not
immediately
be
reached
for
comment
.

Last
month
,
Wang
,
45
,
a
veteran
dissident
of
the
1979
Democracy
Wall
movement
,
was
ordered
to
serve
one
year
of
"
re-education
through
labour
"
,
but
released
because
of
poor
health
.

Re-education
through
labour
is
an
administrative
punishment
with
a
maximum
of
three
years
that
can
be
imposed
by
police
without
recourse
to
prosecutors
or
the
courts
.

Wang
was
jailed
for
two
years
for
organising
street
protests
after
the
military
brutally
crushed
pro-democracy
demonstrations
by
students
at
Beijing
's
Tiananmen
Square
on
June
4
,
1989
,
with
heavy
loss
of
life
.

Hong
Kong
jails
88-year-old
drug
trafficker
.

HONG
KONG
1996-08-31

An
88-year-old
army
veteran
was
jailed
for
15
years
by
a
Hong
Kong
court
for
drugs
trafficking
after
he
admitted
he
had
stashed
heroin
under
his
mattress
,
a
newspaper
said
on
Saturday
.

"
I
am
sorry
to
my
ancestors
for
five
generations
,
"
Chen
Chun-yeh
told
the
High
Court
after
sentencing
on
Friday
,
the
Hong
Kong
Standard
said
.
"

Tell
my
sons
to
collect
my
bones
,
"
he
said
after
hearing
he
was
likely
to
die
behind
bars
.

Chen
,
a
former
army
secretary
of
the
Chinese
Nationalist
regime
which
fled
from
mainland
China
to
Taiwan
in
1949
,
pleaded
guilty
to
trafficking
42
kg
(
92
pounds
)
of
drugs
that
could
have
been
turned
into
25
kg
(
55
pounds
)
of
heroin
.

The
ex-officer
admitted
stashing
heroin
under
his
mattress
.

China
cities
to
ban
disposable
plastic
containers
.

BEIJING
1996-08-31

Two
Chinese
cities
are
to
ban
the
use
of
disposable
plastic
containers
as
part
of
efforts
to
fight
pollution
,
the
China
Daily
said
on
Saturday
.

Authorities
in
Wuhan
,
capital
of
the
central
province
of
Hubei
,
would
punish
those
who
sell
or
use
disposable
plastic
containers
from
September
1
,
the
newspaper
said
.

It
did
not
elaborate
.

The
city
's
industrial
and
commercial
departments
would
confiscate
disposable
plastic
containers
and
police
would
prevent
new
ones
from
entering
the
city
,
it
said
.

Wuhan
consumes
more
than
200
million
disposable
plastic
containers
a
year
,
the
newspaper
said
.

The
boomtown
of
Guangzhou
,
capital
of
the
southern
province
of
Guangdong
,
would
ban
disposable
plastic
containers
by
the
end
of
1996
,
it
said
.

Guangzhou
uses
up
500,000
such
containers
each
day
,
the
newspaper
said
.

It
gave
no
further
details
.

Iraqi
Kurds
say
Iranian
troops
enter
north
Iraq
.

ISTANBUL
1996-08-31

Iranian
troops
on
Saturday
entered
Kurdish-controlled
northern
Iraq
in
the
wake
of
an
assault
backed
by
Baghdad
into
the
region
,
an
Iraqi
Kurdish
group
told
Reuters
.

"
They
entered
this
morning
.

They
have
occupied
the
area
to
the
depth
of
40
km
(
25
miles
)
.

They
have
established
a
headquarters
in
Chuman
,
"
Faik
Nerweyi
of
the
Kurdistan
Democratic
Party
(
KDP
)
told
Reuters
by
telephone
from
Ankara
.

Nerweyi
said
he
did
not
know
the
size
or
nature
of
the
Iranian
force
in
northern
Iraq
,
but
said
KDP
fighters
had
been
easily
outgunned
in
the
area
close
to
the
Iranian
border
and
had
quickly
withdrawn
further
west
.

"
They
were
far
too
strong
,
"
he
said
.

Nerweyi
said
he
did
not
know
if
there
were
any
casualties
.

A
U.N.
official
in
Baghdad
said
the
KDP
,
backed
by
Iraqi
tanks
,
heavy
artillery
and
helicopters
had
taken
control
of
the
main
northern
Iraqi
city
of
Arbil
after
fighting
on
Saturday
.

U.S.
President
Bill
Clinton
has
authorised
the
repositioning
of
U.S.
firepower
in
the
Gulf
region
in
response
to
the
Iraqi
attacks
.

The
KDP
charges
that
the
rival
Patriotic
Union
of
Kurdistan
,
which
took
control
of
Arbil
in
fighting
in
December
1994
,
has
backing
from
Iran
.

The
PUK
accuses
the
KDP
of
collaborating
with
Baghdad
.

Northern
Iraq
has
been
under
Iraqi
Kurdish
control
since
after
the
1991
Gulf
War
.

U.S.-led
allied
planes
based
in
Turkey
are
intended
to
protect
the
Kurds
from
Baghdad
.

Ceasefire
monitors
to
meet
in
south
Lebanon
.

JERUSALEM
1996-08-31

A
committee
monitoring
the
ceasefire
agreement
between
Israel
and
Hizbollah
guerrillas
will
meet
in
south
Lebanon
on
Sunday
to
discuss
an
Israeli
complaint
against
the
Islamic
group
,
the
Israeli
army
said
.

Representatives
of
the
five
nations
making
up
the
committee
--
Israel
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
,
France
and
the
United
States
--
will
meet
at
11
a.m.
(
0800
GMT
)
in
Naqoura
,
the
coastal
headquarters
of
the
U.N.
Interim
Force
in
Lebanon
(
UNIFIL
)
.

"
The
committee
will
meet
following
a
complaint
by
Israel
over
an
incident
in
which
two
Lebanese
residents
were
injured
by
Hizbollah
fire
in
the
Sikhin
village
...

on
August
29
,
"
an
Israeli
army
spokeswoman
said
on
Saturday
.

The
monitoring
committee
was
set
up
to
deal
with
violations
of
an
April
25
ceasefire
understanding
that
ended
17
days
of
fighting
between
Israel
and
the
guerrillas
.

The
understandings
forbid
firing
from
or
at
civilian
targest
but
do
not
rule
out
guerrilla
attacks
on
Israeli
troops
and
their
local
militia
allies
in
south
Lebanon
.

Around
1,000
Israeli
troops
patrol
a
15
km
(
nine-mile
)
south
Lebanon
occupation
zone
which
the
Jewish
state
carved
out
in
1985
to
prevent
attacks
on
its
northern
bordder
.

Hizbollah
(
Party
of
God
)
gunmen
have
waged
a
guerrilla
war
to
oust
Israel
from
the
area
.

KPD
confirms
Iraqi
military
aid-U.N.
official
.

BAGHDAD
1996-08-31

Kurdistan
Democratic
Party
(
KDP
)
of
Massoud
Barzani
said
that
it
was
being
backed
by
Iraqi
heavy
armour
and
artillery
in
a
battle
with
rival
Kurds
for
the
city
of
Arbil
,
a
senior
U.N.
official
in
Baghdad
said
.

"
They
have
confirmed
to
us
that
Iraqi
troops
are
taking
part
in
the
attack
on
Arbil
...

We
got
the
information
from
KDP
leaders
in
KDP
headquarters
in
Saladdin
,
"
the
official
,
who
asked
not
to
be
identified
,
told
Reuters
.

Fire
destroys
restaurant
in
Bahraini
village
.

MANAMA
1996-08-31

A
fire
has
completely
gutted
a
Turkish-operated
restaurant
in
a
Bahraini
village
,
residents
said
.

They
said
a
fire
broke
out
at
Shul'ala
restaurant
in
the
early
hours
on
Saturday
in
al-Daih
village
,
five
km
(
three
miles
)
west
of
the
capital
Manama
.

It
was
not
immediately
clear
what
caused
the
fire
or
if
there
were
any
casualties
.

Government
officials
had
no
immediate
comment
.

Iraq
's
Aziz
says
Baghdad
aiding
KDP
against
rivals
.

BAGHDAD
1996-08-31

Iraq
's
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Tareq
Aziz
said
on
Saturday
Iraqi
troops
were
fighting
in
northern
Iraq
to
aid
Kurdish
rebel
leader
Massoud
Barzani
against
rival
forces
.

"
The
leadership
has
decided
to
provide
support
and
military
aid
to
Mr
Massoud
Barzani
and
his
comrades
to
enable
them
confront
the
vicious
aggression
...

from
(
Patriotic
Union
of
Kurdistan
chief
)
Jalal
Talabani
,
"
Aziz
said
in
a
statement
carried
by
the
official
Iraqi
News
Agency
(
INA
)
.

Aziz
said
Iraq
's
military
intervention
,
the
first
on
such
scale
since
the
U.S.
and
allies
decided
to
protect
Iraqi
Kurds
against
Baghdad
,
was
in
response
to
a
plea
from
Barzani
to
President
Saddam
Hussein
to
back
him
militarily
and
save
his
people
from
attacks
by
Iran
and
Talabani
.

He
said
Barzani
sent
a
message
to
Saddam
on
August
22
in
which
he
said
:
"
The
conspiracy
is
beyond
our
capability
therefore
we
plead
with
your
excellency
to
order
Iraqi
armed
forces
to
interfere
to
help
us
to
evade
the
foreign
threat
and
put
an
end
to
Talabani
's
treason
and
conspiracy
.
"

U.N.
relief
officials
said
they
were
not
aware
that
the
tanks
advancing
on
Arbil
were
manned
by
Iraqi
troops
as
they
advanced
from
KDP-controlled
areas
and
raised
KDP
flags
.

U.N.
denies
reports
of
Iraqi
tank
assault
on
Arbil
.

BAGHDAD
1996-08-31

United
Nations
relief
officials
said
on
Saturday
the
fighting
in
Arbil
in
northern
Iraq
was
between
rival
Kurdish
factions
and
they
were
not
aware
of
any
Iraqi
military
advance
on
the
city
.

"
KDP
(
Kurdistan
Democratic
Party
)
is
trying
to
overtake
the
city
.

They
are
using
tanks
.

I
think
they
will
succeed
.

We
have
in
no
way
seen
any
Iraqi
troops
in
the
city
or
in
its
approaches
,
"
a
U.N.
relief
official
told
Reuters
.

PRESS
DIGEST
-
Tunisia
-
Aug
31
.

TUNIS
1996-08-31

These
are
the
leading
stories
in
the
Tunisian
press
on
Saturday
.

Reuters
has
not
verified
these
stories
and
does
not
vouch
for
their
accuracy
.

LA
PRESSE

-
After
Tunisia
called
on
France
to
respect
Tunisian
immigrants
'
dignity
,
France
says
it
welcomes
legal
Tunisian
residents
.

-
Tunisia
's
exports
of
spare
parts
amounted
to
220
million
dinars
in
1995
.

LE
TEMPS

-
Trade
talks
between
Tunisia
and
the
Palestinian
Authority
.

-
Speaker
of
parliament
Habib
Boulares
arrives
in
Tripoli
to
represent
President
Zine
al-Abidine
Ben
Ali
at
the
Libyan
revolution
anniversary
celebrations
.

(
$
1
=
0.96
dinar
)

Automakers
,
U.S.
agency
plan
air
bag
safety
ads
.

DETROIT
1996-08-31

Automakers
,
suppliers
,
insurers
and
the
federal
government
's
auto
safety
agency
Saturday
launched
a
$
10
million
safety
awareness
campaign
aimed
at
reducing
the
number
of
children
killed
accidentally
by
air
bags
in
cars
and
trucks
.

Officials
said
they
will
work
with
law
enforcement
agencies
,
pediatricians
and
media
to
warn
parents
about
the
dangers
that
air
bags
pose
to
children
and
adults
not
wearing
seatbelts
.

Since
1993
,
24
children
have
been
killed
by
the
explosive
force
of
automotive
air
bags
,
which
inflate
at
speeds
up
to
200
miles
per
hour
.

The
first
portion
of
the
campaign
involves
pickup
trucks
equipped
with
billboards
that
were
driving
along
some
of
the
nation
's
busiest
interstate
highways
during
the
Labor
Day
weekend
,
including
Interstate
95
on
the
East
Coast
,
Interstates
80
and
90
in
the
Midwest
and
Interstate
5
in
California
.

The
boards
read
:
"
Air
Bag
Safety
:
Everyone
Buckled
,
Kids
in
Back
.
"

Janet
Dewey
,
executive
director
of
the
industry-funded
National
Automobile
Occupant
Protection
Campaign
,
said
most
of
the
injuries
to
children
occurred
because
they
were
not
wearing
seatbelts
.

A
child
's
chances
of
being
killed
in
a
car
accident
,
whether
the
vehicle
was
equipped
with
an
air
bag
or
not
,
is
reduced
by
29
percent
when
they
are
in
the
rear
seat
,
she
said
.

The
auto
industry
was
about
three
to
six
years
away
from
introducing
"
smart
"
air
bags
with
the
ability
to
detect
the
size
and
position
of
an
occupant
and
adjust
inflation
pressures
accordingly
.

Current
air
bags
were
designed
to
halt
the
forward
momentum
of
an
average-sized
,
unbelted
adult
male
,
not
a
small
child
.

Automakers
petitioned
the
National
Highway
Traffic
Safety
Administration
to
allow
them
to
introduce
air
bags
that
inflate
less
aggressively
to
help
reduce
unwanted
injuries
.

"
Even
if
changes
are
made
to
airbags
today
,
we
'd
still
have
20
million
vehicles
on
the
road
with
current
technology
,
"
Dewey
said
.
"

The
public
has
n't
been
getting
the
message
.
"

Two
die
as
New
Hampshire
motel
explodes
and
burns
.

ROCHESTER
,
N.H.
1996-08-30

Adds
deaths
,
other
details
)

An
explosion
leveled
Rochester
's
one-story
Lilac
Falls
Motel
,
killing
two
people
,
fire
officials
said
Friday
.

"
It
was
an
explosion
,
and
then
it
got
involved
in
fire
.

As
far
as
I
know
,
it
's
been
to
four
alarms
--
more
trucks
,
more
people
,
"
said
Don
Penney
of
the
Rochester
Fire
Department
said
.

Eyewitnesses
told
Boston
television
stations
they
saw
a
gasoline
truck
parked
behind
the
Lilac
Falls
Motel
and
smelled
gasoline
shortly
before
the
explosion
.

Fire
department
officials
said
they
were
investigating
the
cause
of
the
blast
and
searching
for
any
more
casualties
.

Officials
did
not
immediately
identify
the
victims
.

Local
hospital
officials
said
a
few
firemen
were
treated
for
smoke
inhalation
but
there
were
no
other
injuries
.

Car
kills
two
trying
to
avoid
Texas
drag
race
.

DALLAS
1996-08-31

An
illegal
drag
race
on
a
Dallas
street
turned
deadly
when
another
vehicle
veered
into
the
crowd
,
killing
two
people
and
injuring
a
dozen
more
,
police
said
Saturday
.

Organisers
tried
to
block
off
traffic
while
preparing
the
drag
race
late
on
Friday
,
but
an
allegedly
drunk
driver
was
unable
to
slow
down
in
time
and
ran
into
a
group
of
spectators
as
he
swerved
to
avoid
one
of
the
cars
that
was
to
take
part
in
the
race
.

A
26-year-old
man
and
an
18-year-old
woman
were
killed
.

The
driver
,
aged
51
,
was
arrested
and
charged
on
two
counts
of
intoxicated
manslaughter
.

A
police
spokesman
said
the
straight
,
flat
stretch
of
road
was
often
used
illegally
as
a
drag
strip
by
Dallas
youths
.

U.S.
warplanes
,
ships
in
Gulf
await
Clinton
order
.

Jim
Adams

WASHINGTON
1996-08-31

More
than
300
U.S.
warplanes
and
20
ships
were
available
on
Saturday
in
case
President
Bill
Clinton
ordered
the
use
of
U.S.
force
against
Iraqi
military
action
in
northern
Iraq
,
U.S.
defense
officials
said
.

They
said
200
fighter
planes
,
including
79
on
the
aircraft
carrier
Carl
Vinson
,
were
already
in
the
Gulf
;
the
aircraft
carrier
Enterprise
was
in
the
eastern
Mediterranean
with
79
more
,
and
an
air
expeditionary
force
with
up
to
40
more
was
ready
to
fly
from
the
United
States
if
ordered
.

"
Yesterday
the
president
ordered
the
Department
of
Defense
to
take
prudent
planning
steps
to
have
forces
ready
to
deploy
to
the
region
should
he
direct
us
to
do
so
,
"
Pentagon
spokesman
Doug
Kennett
said
.
"

We
have
taken
those
prudent
planning
steps
.
"

Clinton
said
on
Saturday
he
had
ordered
U.S.
forces
in
the
Gulf
to
go
on
high
alert
and
was
reinforcing
them
in
response
to
Iraqi
attacks
on
Kurdish
dissidents
in
northern
Iraq
.

"
These
developments
...
cause
me
grave
concern
,
"
Clinton
said
at
a
campaign
stop
in
Troy
,
Tennessee
.

But
he
added
,
"
It
is
premature
at
this
time
,
and
I
want
to
emphasize
that
,
highly
premature
to
speculate
on
any
response
we
might
have
.
"

The
U.S.
defense
officials
said
military
flights
to
enforce
no-fly
zones
in
both
northern
and
southern
Iraq
doubled
over
the
weekend
.

Clinton
said
Iraqi
military
forces
overran
the
city
of
Arbil
,
which
has
been
held
since
1994
by
Kurdish
rebels
who
Baghdad
says
are
backed
by
Iran
.

There
were
unconfirmed
reports
that
Iran
had
sent
troops
into
northern
Iraq
in
response
to
Iraq
's
attack
.

U.S.
plans
rely
heavily
on
U.S.
air
attacks
on
Iraqi
forces
,
but
there
are
also
23,000
U.S.
troops
in
the
region
,
according
to
defense
officials
.

In
addition
to
the
158
F
/
A-18
,
F-14
and
other
fighter
planes
on
the
aircraft
carriers
Vinson
and
Enterprise
,
the
Air
Force
air
expeditionary
force
of
30
to
40
F-15
and
F-16
fighter
planes
and
fuel
tankers
is
ready
to
fly
from
three
U.S.
bases
in
the
United
States
,
they
said
.

The
expeditionary
force
would
include
nearly
1,000
Air
Force
personnel
in
ground
and
support
crews
,
they
said
.

The
23,000
U.S.
military
people
already
in
the
Gulf
consist
of
15,000
sailors
and
Marines
,
6,000
U.S.
servicemen
based
primarily
in
Saudi
Arabia
and
2,000
U.S.
troops
in
the
area
for
military
exercises
.

Most
of
the
Marines
are
on
three
ships
in
the
Tarawa
Amphibious
Readiness
Group
.

The
Carl
Vinson
leads
a
battle
group
that
includes
seven
other
ships
,
and
there
are
nine
other
U.S.
ships
in
the
Gulf
for
a
total
of
20
.

Two
missing
Belgian
teenagers
found
unharmed
.

BRUSSELS
1996-08-31

Two
Belgian
teenage
girls
missing
since
Thursday
have
been
found
unharmed
,
police
said
on
Saturday
.

"
The
girls
,
Rachel
and
Severine
,
have
been
found
.

They
are
unharmed
,
"
a
police
official
in
Liege
said
.

He
declined
to
say
whether
the
girls
had
been
kidnapped
or
whether
they
had
gone
away
of
their
own
accord
.

Late
on
Friday
,
the
two
girls
--
Rachel
Legeard
,
18
,
and
Severine
Potty
,
19
--
were
reported
missing
after
failing
to
return
home
from
a
shopping
trip
to
the
eastern
town
of
Liege
on
Thursday
.

Earlier
,
police
declined
to
comment
on
whether
it
suspected
a
link
with
the
Marc
Dutroux
case
,
the
paedophile
kidnap
,
sex
abuse
and
murder
scandal
which
has
rocked
Belgium
in
the
past
two
weeks
.

Algeria
restaurant
bomb
kills
seven
-
newSpaper
.

PARIS
1996-08-31

A
bomb
explosion
in
a
restaurant
west
of
Algiers
on
Friday
killed
seven
people
,
an
Algerian
newspaper
said
on
Saturday
.

Algerian
security
forces
said
in
a
statement
that
two
people
were
killed
and
six
were
wounded
when
a
home-made
bomb
ripped
through
a
restaurant
in
the
coastal
town
of
Staoueli
.

But
Le
Matin
newspaper
,
quoting
witnesses
,
said
the
bomb
killed
seven
people
and
wounded
20
.

Liberte
newspaper
said
the
bomb
was
hidden
in
a
bag
in
front
of
the
restaurant
and
that
a
booby-trapped
car
was
defused
near
the
restaurant
shortly
before
the
bomb
went
off
.

A
week
ago
a
home-made
bomb
exploded
in
a
market
in
the
western
coastal
town
of
Bou
Haroun
,
65
km
(
40
miles
)
from
Algiers
.

Newspapers
said
it
killed
two
women
and
five
children
.

Algerian
newspapers
quoted
the
Human
Rights
National
Observatory
(
ONDH
)
,
a
government-appointed
watchdog
,
as
saying
earlier
in
August
that
about
1,400
civilians
had
been
killed
in
bomb
attacks
blamed
on
Moslem
guerrillas
in
the
past
two
years
.

An
estimated
50,000
people
have
died
in
Algeria
's
violence
pitting
Moslem
rebels
against
government
forces
since
early
1992
when
the
authorities
cancelled
a
general
election
in
which
radical
Islamists
had
taken
a
commanding
lead
.

Iran
agents
stormed
German
diplomat
's
home
--
Bonn
.

BONN
1996-08-31

Iranian
security
forces
burst
into
the
home
of
a
German
cultural
attache
in
Tehran
a
month
ago
and
seized
his
guests
for
questioning
,
Bonn
's
foreign
ministry
said
on
Saturday
.

A
spokesman
said
he
could
substantially
confirm
a
report
in
the
news
weekly
Der
Spiegel
,
which
said
Iranian
secret
police
burst
in
while
attache
Jens
Gust
was
entertaining
six
Iranian
writers
and
their
wives
.

Gust
was
threatened
with
violence
,
then
locked
into
a
room
to
be
interrogated
on
suspicion
of
"
promoting
activities
hostile
to
the
state
"
while
his
guests
were
taken
away
,
the
magazine
said
.

The
ministry
spokesman
said
the
German
embassy
immediately
made
a
sharp
protest
to
the
Tehran
government
.

The
Iranian
ambassador
was
also
summoned
to
the
ministry
in
Bonn
to
hear
a
sharp
protest
and
"
disapproval
of
this
glaring
breach
of
the
principles
of
international
law
"
,
he
added
.

Iran
subsequently
said
it
regretted
the
incident
,
which
it
said
had
been
the
result
of
a
misunderstanding
.

All
those
detained
appeared
to
have
been
freed
,
the
spokesman
said
.

Relations
between
the
two
countries
are
currently
under
strain
because
of
the
testimony
in
a
Berlin
court
of
former
Iranian
president
Abolhassan
Banisadr
.

Banisadr
,
an
avowed
opponent
of
the
Tehran
government
who
now
lives
in
exile
,
accused
top
Iranian
leaders
of
personally
ordering
the
assassination
of
three
exiled
Kurdish
leaders
in
a
Berlin
restaurant
in
1992
.

Iran
has
asked
Germany
to
extradite
Banisadr
,
who
is
due
is
due
back
in
Berlin
next
Thursday
to
continue
his
testimony
.

Banisadr
,
who
received
political
asylum
in
France
after
fleeing
there
in
1981
,
told
Der
Spiegel
he
did
not
plan
to
ask
for
a
guarantee
of
safe
conduct
.

If
Germany
were
to
extradite
him
,
he
said
,
it
would
"
lose
face
before
the
whole
world
"
.

German
prosecutors
have
already
accused
Iran
's
intelligence
minister
Ali
Fallahiyan
of
ordering
the
killing
of
the
Kurdish
leaders
.

Iran
,
which
denies
the
allegations
,
urged
German
authorities
to
disregard
Banisadr
's
testimony
and
said
it
could
hurt
relations
.

Italy
's
Dini
meets
Burundi
negotiator
Nyerere
.

ROME
1996-08-31

Italian
Foreign
Minister
Lamberto
Dini
on
Saturday
met
former
Tanzanian
president
Julius
Nyerere
,
the
international
negotiator
for
Burundi
,
the
ministry
said
.

Nyerere
arrived
in
Rome
this
week
on
a
private
visit
and
held
talks
with
the
U.S.
special
envoy
to
Burundi
,
Howard
Wolpe
,
and
the
Sant
'
Egidio
Community
,
an
Italian
Roman
Catholic
organisation
which
has
been
monitoring
Burundi
closely
.

"
(
Nyerere
)
informed
Minister
Dini
of
the
latest
developments
in
the
(
Great
Lakes
)
region
,
with
particular
respect
to
Burundi
following
the
military
coup
d'etat
on
July
25
,
"
the
ministry
said
in
a
statement
.

It
gave
no
details
of
their
talks
.

Nyerere
was
due
to
be
presented
with
an
"
Artisans
for
Peace
"
prize
by
the
Lay
Volunteers
'
International
Organisation
on
Sunday
.

He
leaves
Rome
on
Monday
.

The
U.N.
Security
Council
on
Friday
condemned
the
coup
by
retired
Tutsi
major
Pierre
Buyoya
and
for
the
first
time
said
in
a
resolution
it
intended
to
pressure
Buyoya
into
unconditional
negotiations
with
all
parties
and
factions
"
without
exception
"
.

Buyoya
on
Saturday
dismissed
its
threat
of
an
arms
embargo
against
Burundi
and
flatly
ruled
out
talks
with
Hutu
rebels
.

Some
150,000
people
--
mostly
civilians
--
have
died
in
Burundi
since
1993
when
the
country
's
first
democratically
elected
Hutu
president
was
killed
in
an
attempted
army
coup
.

Nato
declines
comment
on
fighting
in
Iraq
.

BRUSSELS
1996-08-31

The
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organisation
's
spokesman
on
Saturday
declined
all
comment
on
reports
of
armed
conflict
in
northern
Iraq
.

But
a
NATO
official
told
Reuters
:
"
We
are
watching
the
situation
closely
.
"

Earlier
on
Saturday
,
an
Iraqi
Kurd
leader
said
both
Iraqi
troops
and
Kurdistan
Democratic
Party
(
KDP
)
forces
were
attacking
the
city
of
Arbil
in
northern
Iraq
.

More
automatic
weapons
stolen
in
Belgium
.

BRUSSELS
1996-08-31

More
than
10
weapons
,
including
automatic
Kalashnikov
rifles
,
were
stolen
from
an
arms
store
in
Belgium
,
police
said
on
Saturday
.

A
policeman
in
the
southern
Belgian
town
of
Chatelet
told
Reuters
that
thieves
used
a
car
to
ram
the
window
of
an
arms
store
in
neighbouring
Chatelineaux
last
night
.

It
was
the
second
arms
robbery
this
week
.

On
Tuesday
,
thieves
stole
about
40
forearms
from
a
shooting
range
in
southern
Belgium
,
including
Kalashnikov
,
Uzi
and
Fal
automatic
weapons
.

No
trace
of
two
missing
teenagers
in
Belgium
.

BRUSSELS
1996-08-31

Belgian
police
said
on
Saturday
they
had
found
no
trace
of
two
teenage
girls
reported
missing
during
a
shopping
trip
three
days
ago
.

"
There
is
no
trace
so
far
,
the
enquiry
is
continuing
,
"
a
Liege
police
official
told
Reuters
.

Late
on
Friday
,
Liege
police
said
in
a
statement
that
on
Thursday
,
Rachel
Legeard
,
18
,
and
Severine
Potty
,
19
,
had
gone
shopping
to
the
eastern
town
of
Liege
on
Thursday
,
where
Legeard
's
wallet
had
been
stolen
.

After
reporting
the
theft
to
the
police
,
they
took
a
bus
home
and
reportedly
got
off
the
bus
before
arriving
in
their
home
village
of
Nandrin
.

They
have
not
been
seen
since
.

Police
declined
to
comment
on
whether
it
suspected
a
link
with
the
Marc
Dutroux
case
,
the
paedophile
kidnap
,
sex
abuse
and
murder
scandal
which
has
rocked
Belgium
in
the
past
two
weeks
.

Controversial
IRA
film
screened
at
Venice
festival
.

Vera
Haller

VENICE
,
Italy
1996-08-31

Dublin-born
director
Neil
Jordan
says
he
never
lost
more
sleep
over
a
film
than
over
"
Michael
Collins
"
,
his
controversial
epic
about
the
IRA
which
has
its
premiere
on
Saturday
at
the
Venice
Film
Festival
.

The
film
,
starring
Liam
Neeson
and
Julia
Roberts
,
recounts
the
life
of
Michael
Collins
,
the
Irish
Republican
Army
's
Director
of
Intelligence
who
fought
for
Irish
independence
from
1919
to
1921
.

Although
not
due
for
release
in
Britain
until
early
next
year
,
some
politicians
have
already
said
they
feared
it
would
fan
sectarian
tensions
in
British-ruled
Northern
Ireland
.

Jordan
defends
his
decision
to
make
the
film
,
whose
screenplay
he
wrote
himself
after
years
of
research
,
saying
it
was
"
more
about
history
than
any
political
statement
"
.

"
The
film
spares
neither
the
Irish
nor
the
British
in
its
depiction
of
the
savagery
of
the
time
,
"
Jordan
said
in
a
statement
released
by
Warner
Bros
.
"

How
often
has
independence
been
achieved
without
bloodshed
?

Very
rarely
.
"

Jordan
,
whose
1992
film
"
The
Crying
Game
"
also
came
under
fire
for
what
was
perceived
as
a
sympathetic
portrayal
of
the
IRA
,
said
Collins
was
more
than
just
a
revolutionary
.

"
He
developed
techniques
of
guerilla
warfare
later
copied
by
independence
movements
around
the
world
,
from
Mao
Tse-Tung
in
China
to
Yitzak
Shamir
in
Israel
,
"
Jordan
said
.

"
Collins
would
never
be
a
proponent
of
contemporary
terrorism
as
practised
today
.

He
was
a
soldier
and
a
statesman
and
,
over
time
,
a
man
of
peace
.
"

Leeson
,
the
Northern
Ireland-born
actor
who
was
nominated
for
an
Oscar
for
best
actor
for
his
performance
in
"
Schindler
's
List
"
,
plays
the
lead
role
in
Jordan
's
film
.

Aidan
Quinn
portrays
Harry
Boland
,
Collins
'
best
friend
,
and
rival
for
the
love
of
Kitty
Kiernan
,
played
by
Roberts
.

Much
of
the
film
was
shot
on
location
in
Dublin
with
Jordan
using
thousands
of
its
citizens
as
unpaid
extras
.

A
set
,
however
,
was
used
for
the
fighting
scenes
.

Noting
that
information
about
Collins
was
"
as
mysterious
as
the
existence
he
maintained
"
,
Jordan
said
he
made
some
historical
assumptions
in
the
film
.

"
I
have
made
choices
about
certain
events
based
on
my
own
extensive
research
into
his
letters
and
reported
speeches
,
"
he
said
.
"

I
wanted
to
make
this
a
story
as
accurate
as
possible
without
killing
it
dramatically
and
I
think
I
have
.

It
is
a
very
true
film
.
"

One
of
the
assumptions
is
his
interpretation
of
the
murky
circumstances
surrounding
the
shooting
death
of
Collins
,
who
had
broken
with
his
comrades
when
he
sought
a
negotiated
settlement
with
Britain
,
in
an
ambush
in
1922
.

"
I
have
never
lost
more
sleep
over
the
making
of
a
film
than
I
have
over
'
Michael
Collins
'
,
but
I
'll
never
make
a
more
important
one
,
"
Jordan
said
.

"
In
the
life
of
one
person
you
can
tell
the
events
that
formed
the
north
and
south
of
Ireland
as
they
are
today
.
"

Dhaka
stocks
seen
steady
in
absence
of
big
players
.

DHAKA
1996-08-31

Shares
on
the
Dhaka
Stock
Exchange
(
DSE
)
may
remain
steady
as
small
investors
are
expected
to
target
mainly
blue
chips
while
overseas
investors
will
prefer
to
keep
to
the
sidelines
when
the
market
reopens
after
Moslem
Friday
weekend
,
brokers
said
.

"
The
market
is
expected
to
remain
steady
.

There
will
be
both
buying
and
selling
pressure
,
"
said
broker
Shakil
Rizvi
.

Broker
Khurshid
Alam
said
:
"
The
market
sentiment
will
remain
strong
.

But
the
prices
may
move
in
a
close
range
following
a
continued
market
uptrend
.
"

Brokers
said
blue
chips
like
IDLC
,
Bangladesh
Lamps
,
Chittagong
Cement
and
Atlas
Bangladesh
were
expected
to
rise
.

They
said
there
was
still
demand
for
blue
chips
in
engineering
sector
despite
their
persistent
rise
over
the
past
several
sessions
.

The
DSE
all
share
price
index
closed
2.73
points
or
0.22
percent
up
at
1,196.35
on
a
turnover
of
133.7
million
taka
on
Thursday
.

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