model/model6
-DOCSTART- SOCCER -
JAPAN
LOC
GET LUCKY WIN ,
CHINA
ORG
IN SURPRISE DEFEAT .
Nadim Ladki
PER
AL-AIN ,
United Arab Emirates
LOC
1996-12-06
Japan
LOC
began the defence of their
Asian Cup
MISC
title with a lucky 2-1 win against
Syria
LOC
in a Group C championship match on Friday . But
China
LOC
saw their luck desert them in the second match of the group , crashing to a surprise 2-0 defeat to newcomers
Uzbekistan
LOC
.
China
LOC
controlled most of the match and saw several chances missed until the 78th minute when
Uzbek
LOC
striker
Igor Shkvyrin
PER
took advantage of a misdirected defensive header to lob the ball over the advancing
Chinese
MISC
keeper and into an empty net .
Oleg Shatskiku
PER
made sure of the win in injury time , hitting an unstoppable left foot shot from just outside the area . The former
Soviet
MISC
republic was playing in an
Asian Cup
MISC
finals tie for the first time . Despite winning the
Asian Games
MISC
title two years ago ,
Uzbekistan
LOC
are in the finals as outsiders . Two goals from defensive errors in the last six minutes allowed
Japan
LOC
to come from behind and collect all three points from their opening meeting against
Syria
LOC
.
Takuya Takagi
PER
scored the winner in the 88th minute , rising to head a
Hiroshige Yanagimoto
ORG
cross towards the
Syrian
MISC
goal which goalkeeper
Salem Bitar
ORG
appeared to have covered but then allowed to slip into the net . It was the second costly blunder by
Syria
LOC
in four minutes . Defender
Hassan Abbas
PER
rose to intercept a long ball into the area in the 84th minute but only managed to divert it into the top corner of
Bitar 's
ORG
goal .
Nader Jokhadar
PER
had given
Syria
LOC
the lead with a well-struck header in the seventh minute .
Japan
LOC
then laid siege to the
Syrian
MISC
penalty area for most of the game but rarely breached the
Syrian
MISC
defence .
Bitar
MISC
pulled off fine saves whenever they did .
Japan
LOC
coach
Shu Kamo
PER
said : ' ' The
Syrian
MISC
own goal proved lucky for us . The
Syrians
MISC
scored early and then played defensively and adopted long balls which made it hard for us . ' '
Japan
LOC
, co-hosts of the
World Cup
MISC
in 2002 and ranked 20th in the world by
FIFA
ORG
, are favourites to regain their title here .
Hosts UAE
PER
play
Kuwait
LOC
and
South Korea
LOC
take on
Indonesia
LOC
on Saturday in Group A matches .
All
MISC
four teams are level with one point each from one game . -DOCSTART-
RUGBY UNION
ORG
-
CUTTITTA BACK
LOC
FOR
ITALY
LOC
AFTER A YEAR .
ROME
LOC
1996-12-06
Italy
LOC
recalled
Marcello Cuttitta
PER
on Friday for their friendly against
Scotland
LOC
at
Murrayfield
LOC
more than a year after the 30-year-old wing announced he was retiring following differences over selection .
Cuttitta
LOC
, who trainer
George Coste
PER
said was certain to play on Saturday week , was named in a 21-man squad lacking only two of the team beaten 54-21 by
England
LOC
at
Twickenham
MISC
last month .
Stefano Bordon
PER
is out through illness and
Coste
ORG
said he had dropped back row
Corrado Covi
PER
, who had been recalled for the
England
LOC
game after five years out of the national team .
Cuttitta
LOC
announced his retirement after the 1995
World Cup
MISC
, where he took issue with being dropped from the
Italy
LOC
side that faced
England
LOC
in the pool stages . Coste said he had approached the player two months ago about a comeback . " He ended the
World Cup
MISC
on the wrong note , " Coste said . " I thought it would be useful to have him back and he said he would be available . I think now is the right time for him to return . " Squad :
Javier Pertile
PER
,
Paolo Vaccari
PER
,
Marcello Cuttitta
PER
,
Ivan Francescato
PER
,
Leandro Manteri
PER
,
Diego Dominguez
PER
,
Francesco Mazzariol
PER
,
Alessandro Troncon
PER
,
Orazio Arancio
PER
,
Andrea Sgorlon
PER
,
Massimo Giovanelli
PER
,
Carlo Checchinato
PER
,
Walter Cristofoletto
PER
,
Franco Properzi Curti
PER
,
Carlo Orlandi
PER
,
Massimo Cuttitta
PER
,
Giambatista Croci
LOC
,
Gianluca Guidi
PER
,
Nicola Mazzucato
ORG
,
Alessandro Moscardi
PER
,
Andrea Castellani
PER
. -DOCSTART- SOCCER - LATE GOALS GIVE JAPAN WIN OVER
SYRIA
LOC
. AL-AIN ,
United Arab Emirates
LOC
1996-12-06 Two goals in the last six minutes gave holders
Japan
LOC
an uninspiring 2-1
Asian Cup
MISC
victory over
Syria
LOC
on Friday .
Takuya Takagi
PER
headed the winner in the 88th minute of the group C game after goalkeeper
Salem Bitar
ORG
spoiled a mistake-free display by allowing the ball to slip under his body . It was the second
Syrian
MISC
defensive blunder in four minutes . Defender
Hassan Abbas
PER
rose to intercept a long ball into the area in the 84th minute but only managed to divert it into the top corner of
Bitar 's
ORG
goal .
Syria
LOC
had taken the lead from their first serious attack in the seventh minute .
Nader Jokhadar
PER
headed a cross from the right by
Ammar Awad
ORG
into the top right corner of
Kenichi Shimokawa
PER
's goal .
Japan
LOC
then laid siege to the
Syrian
MISC
penalty area and had a goal disallowed for offside in the 16th minute . A minute later ,
Bitar
ORG
produced a good double save , first from
Kazuyoshi Miura
LOC
's header and then blocked a
Takagi
LOC
follow-up shot .
Bitar
MISC
saved well again from
Miura
LOC
in the 37th minute , parrying away his header from a corner .
Japan
LOC
started the second half brightly but
Bitar
ORG
denied them an equaliser when he dived to his right to save
Naoki Soma
ORG
's low drive in the 53rd minute .
Japan
LOC
: 19 -
Kenichi Shimokawa
PER
, 2 -
Hiroshige Yanagimoto
PER
, 3 -
Naoki Soma
PER
, 4 -
Masami Ihara
PER
, 5 -
Norio Omura
PER
, 6 -
Motohiro Yamaguchi
PER
, 8 -
Masakiyo Maezono
PER
( 7 -
Yasuto Honda
PER
71 ) , 9 -
Takuya Takagi
PER
, 10 -
Hiroshi Nanami
PER
, 11 -
Kazuyoshi Miura
PER
, 15 -
Hiroaki Morishima
PER
( 14 -
Masayuki Okano
PER
75 ) .
Syria
LOC
: 24 -
Salem Bitar
PER
, 3 -
Bachar Srour
LOC
; 4 -
Hassan Abbas
PER
, 5 -
Tarek Jabban
PER
, 6 -
Ammar Awad
PER
( 9 -
Louay Taleb
PER
69 ) , 8 -
Nihad al-Boushi
PER
, 10 -
Mohammed Afash
PER
, 12 -
Ali Dib
PER
, 13 -
Abdul Latif Helou
PER
( 17 -
Ammar Rihawiy
PER
46 ) , 14 -
Khaled Zaher
PER
; 16 -
Nader Jokhadar
PER
. -DOCSTART-
FREESTYLE SKIING-WORLD CUP
PER
MOGUL RESULTS .
TIGNES
ORG
,
France
LOC
1996-12-06 Results of the
World Cup
MISC
freestyle skiing moguls competition on Friday : Men 1.
Jesper Ronnback
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 25.76 points 2.
Andrei Ivanov
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 24.88 3.
Ryan Johnson
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 24.57 4.
Jean-Luc Brassard
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 24.40 5.
Korneilus Hole
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 23.92 6.
Jeremie Collomb-Patton
PER
(
France
LOC
) 23.87 7.
Jim Moran
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 23.25 8.
Dominick Gauthier
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 22.73 9.
Johann Gregoire
PER
(
France
LOC
) 22.58 10.
Troy Benson
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 22.56 Women 1.
Tatjana Mittermayer
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 24.32 2.
Candice Gilg
PER
(
France
LOC
) 24.31 3.
Minna Karhu
PER
(
Finland
LOC
) 24.05 4.
Tae Satoya
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 23.75 5.
Ann Battellle
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 23.56 6.
Donna Weinbrecht
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 22.48 7.
Liz McIntyre
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 22.00 8.
Elena Koroleva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 21.77 9.
Ljudmila Dymchenko
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 21.59 10.
Katleen Allais
PER
(
France
LOC
) 21.58 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ASIAN CUP
MISC
GROUP C RESULTS . AL-AIN ,
United Arab Emirates
LOC
1996-12-06 Results of
Asian Cup
MISC
group C matches played on Friday :
Japan
LOC
2
Syria
ORG
1 ( halftime 0-1 ) Scorers :
Japan
LOC
-
Hassan Abbas
PER
84 own goal ,
Takuya Takagi
PER
88 .
Syria
LOC
-
Nader Jokhadar
PER
7 Attendance : 10,000 .
China
LOC
0
Uzbekistan
ORG
2 ( halftime 0-0 ) Scorers :
Shkvyrin Igor
ORG
78 ,
Shatskikh Oleg
PER
90 Attendence : 3,000 Standings ( tabulate under played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , goals against , points ) :
Uzbekistan
LOC
1 1 0 0 2 0 3
Japan
LOC
1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Syria
ORG
1 0 0 1 1 2 0
China
ORG
1 0 0 1 0 2 0 -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
PAKISTAN
LOC
V
NEW ZEALAND
LOC
ONE-DAY SCOREBOARD . [ CORRECTED 14:06
GMT
MISC
] SIALKOT ,
Pakistan
LOC
1996-12-06 Scoreboard in the second one-day cricket international between
Pakistan
LOC
and
New Zealand
LOC
on Friday :
Pakistan
LOC
Saeed Anwar
PER
run out 91 ( corrects from 90 )
Zahoor Elahi
PER
b
Cairns
PER
86 ( corrects from 87 )
Ijaz Ahmad
PER
c
Spearman
PER
b
Vaughan
PER
59
Inzamamul Haq
PER
st
Germon
PER
b
Astle
PER
2
Wasim Akram
PER
b
Harris
ORG
4
Shahid Afridi
PER
b
Harris
ORG
2
Moin Khan
PER
c
Astle
PER
b
Harris
LOC
1
Waqar Younis
PER
st
Germon
PER
b
Harris
ORG
0
Saqlain Mushtaq
PER
b
Harris
ORG
2
Mushtaq Ahmad
PER
not out 5
Salim Malik
PER
not out 1 Extras ( lb-8 nb-2 w-14 ) 24 Total ( for 9 wickets in 47 overs ) 277 Fall of wicket : 1-177 ( corrects from 1-178 ) 2-225 3-240 4-247 5-252 6-260 7-261 8-269 9-276 Bowling :
Doull
PER
8-1-60-0 ( w-3 ) ,
Kennedy
PER
3-0-24-0 ( w-7 nb-1 ) ,
Cairns
PER
8-1-35-1 ( w-2 ) ,
Vaughan
PER
9-1-55-1 ,
Harris
PER
10-0-42-5 ( w-1 ) ,
Astle
PER
9-0-53-1 ( w-1 nb-1 )
New Zealand
LOC
innings
B. Young
PER
c
Moin Khan
PER
b
Waqar
PER
5
C. Spearman
PER
c
Moin Khan
PER
b
Wasim
PER
0
A. Parore
PER
c
Ijaz Ahmad
PER
b
Saqlain
PER
37
S. Fleming
PER
c and b
Afridi
PER
88
C. Cairns
PER
b
Saqlain
ORG
10
N. Astle
PER
c
Ijaz Ahmad
PER
b
Salim Malik
PER
20
C. Harris
PER
lbw b
Wasim
PER
22
L. Germon
PER
lbw b
Afridi
ORG
2
J. Vaughan
PER
c
Moin Khan
PER
b
Wasim
PER
13
S. Doull
PER
c subs (
M. Wasim
PER
) b
Waqar
PER
1
R. Kennedy
PER
not out 7 Extras ( b-9 lb-3 w-12 nb-2 ) 26 Total ( all out in 42.1 overs ) 231 Fall of wickets : 1-3 2-7 3-125 4-146 5-170 6-190 7-195 8-213 9-216 . Bowling :
Wasim Akram
PER
8.1-0-43-3 ( 9w , 1nb ) ,
Waqar Younis
PER
6-0-32-2 ( 2w , 1nb ) ,
Saqlain Mushtaq
PER
8-0-54-2 ,
Mushtaq Ahmad
PER
10-0-42-0 ( 1w ) ,
Shahid Afridi
PER
7-0-40-2 ,
Salim Malik
PER
2.5-0-8-1 ,
Ijaz Ahmad
PER
0.1-0-0-0 . Result :
Pakistan
LOC
won by 46 runs . Third one-day match : December 8 , in
Karachi
LOC
. -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ENGLISH F.A. CUP
MISC
SECOND ROUND RESULT .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 Result of an
English
MISC
F.A.
Challenge Cup
MISC
second round match on Friday :
Plymouth
ORG
4
Exeter
ORG
1 -DOCSTART- SOCCER - BLINKER BAN LIFTED .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
Dutch
MISC
forward
Reggie Blinker
PER
had his indefinite suspension lifted by
FIFA
ORG
on Friday and was set to make his
Sheffield Wednesday
ORG
comeback against
Liverpool
ORG
on Saturday .
Blinker
PER
missed his club 's last two games after
FIFA
ORG
slapped a worldwide ban on him for appearing to sign contracts for both Wednesday and
Udinese
ORG
while he was playing for
Feyenoord
ORG
.
FIFA
ORG
's players ' status committee , meeting in
Barcelona
LOC
, decided that although the
Udinese
ORG
document was basically valid , it could not be legally protected . The committee said the
Italian
MISC
club had violated regulations by failing to inform
Feyenoord
ORG
, with whom the player was under contract . Blinker was fined 75,000
Swiss
MISC
francs ( $ 57,600 ) for failing to inform the
Engllsh
MISC
club of his previous commitment to
Udinese
ORG
. -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
LEEDS
ORG
' BOWYER FINED FOR
PART
ORG
IN FAST-FOOD FRACAS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
Leeds
ORG
'
England
LOC
under-21 striker
Lee Bowyer
PER
was fined 4,500 pounds ( $ 7,400 ) on Friday for hurling chairs at restaurant staff during a disturbance at a
McDonald
PER
's fast-food restaurant .
Bowyer
PER
, 19 , who was caught in the act by security cameras , pleaded guilty to a charge of affray at a court in
London
LOC
. He was fined and ordered to pay a total of 175 pounds to two members of staff injured in the fracas in an east
London
LOC
restaurant in October .
Leeds
ORG
had already fined
Bowyer
PER
4,000 pounds ( $ 6,600 ) and warned him a repeat of his criminal behaviour could cost him his place in the side .
Bowyer
PER
, who moved to the
Yorkshire
ORG
club in August for 3.5 million pounds ( $ 5.8 million ) , was expected to play against
Middlesbrough
ORG
on Saturday . -DOCSTART- BASKETBALL -
EUROLEAGUE
MISC
STANDINGS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 Standings in the men 's EuroLeague basketball championship after Thursday 's matches ( tabulate under played , won , lost , points ) : Group A
CSKA Moscow
LOC
(
Russia
LOC
9 6 3 15
Stefanel Milan
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 9 6 3 15 Maccabi
Tel Aviv
PER
(
Israel
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Ulker Spor
PER
(
Turkey
LOC
) 9 4 5 13
Limoges
ORG
(
France
LOC
) 9 3 6 12
Panionios
PER
(
Greece
LOC
) 9 3 6 12 Group B
Teamsystem Bologna
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 9 7 2 16
Olympiakos
ORG
(
Greece
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Cibona Zagreb
PER
(
Croatia
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Alba
ORG
Berlin
LOC
(
Germany
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Estudiantes Madrid
ORG
(
Spain
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Charleroi
LOC
(
Belgium
LOC
) 9 0 9 9 Group C
Panathinaikos
ORG
(
Greece
LOC
) 9 7 2 16
Ljubljana
LOC
(
Slovenia
LOC
) 9 6 3 15
Villeurbanne
PER
(
France
LOC
) 9 6 3 15
Barcelona
ORG
(
Spain
LOC
) 9 4 5 13
Split
ORG
(
Croatia
LOC
) 9 4 5 13
Bayer Leverkusen
ORG
(
Germany
LOC
) 9 0 9 9 Group D
Efes Pilsen
PER
(
Turkey
LOC
) 9 7 2 16
Pau-Orthez
ORG
(
France
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Partizan Belgrade
PER
(
Yugoslavia
LOC
) 9 5 4 14
Kinder Bologna
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 9 4 5 13
Sevilla
PER
(
Spain
LOC
) 9 4 5 13
Dynamo Moscow
ORG
(
Russia
LOC
) 9 2 7 11 -DOCSTART-
RUGBY UNION
ORG
-
LITTLE
PER
TO MISS CAMPESE FAREWELL .
Robert Kitson LONDON
PER
1996-12-06
Centre Jason Little
PER
will miss
Australia
LOC
's end-of-tour fixture against the
Barbarians
MISC
at Twickenham on Saturday .
Little
PER
has opted not to risk aggravating the knee injury which ruled him out of a large chunk of the tour and is replaced by fellow
Queenslander
MISC
Daniel Herbert
PER
.
Owen Finegan
PER
has recovered from the knocks he took in last weekend 's test against
Wales
LOC
and retains his place in the back-row ahead of
Daniel Manu
PER
.
The Wallabies
ORG
have their sights set on a 13th successive victory to end their
European
MISC
tour with a 100 percent record but also want to turn on the style and provide
David Campese
PER
with a fitting send-off in his final match in
Australian
MISC
colours .
The Wallabies
ORG
currently have no plans to make any special presentation to the 34-year-old winger but a full house of 75,000 spectators will still gather in the hope of witnessing one last moment of magic .
Campese
ORG
will be up against a familiar foe in the shape of
Barbarians
MISC
captain
Rob Andrew
PER
, the man who kicked
Australia
LOC
to defeat with a last-ditch drop-goal in the
World Cup
MISC
quarter-final in
Cape Town
LOC
. "
Campo
LOC
has a massive following in this country and has had the public with him ever since he first played here in 1984 , " said
Andrew
PER
, also likely to be making his final
Twickenham
PER
appearance . On tour ,
Australia
LOC
have won all four tests against
Italy
LOC
,
Scotland
LOC
,
Ireland
LOC
and
Wales
LOC
, and scored 414 points at an average of almost 35 points a game .
League
ORG
duties restricted the
Barbarians
MISC
' selectorial options but they still boast 13 internationals including
England
LOC
full-back
Tim Stimpson
PER
and recalled wing
Tony Underwood
PER
, plus
All Black
MISC
forwards
Ian Jones
PER
and
Norm Hewitt
PER
. Teams :
Barbarians
MISC
- 15 -
Tim Stimpson
PER
(
England
LOC
) ; 14 -
Nigel Walker
PER
(
Wales
LOC
) , 13 -
Allan Bateman
PER
(
Wales
LOC
) , 12 -
Gregor Townsend
PER
(
Scotland
LOC
) , 11 -
Tony Underwood
PER
(
England
LOC
) ; 10 -
Rob Andrew
PER
(
England
LOC
) , 9 -
Rob Howley
PER
(
Wales
LOC
) ; 8 -
Scott Quinnell
PER
(
Wales
LOC
) , 7 -
Neil Back
PER
(
England
LOC
) , 6 -
Dale McIntosh
PER
(
Pontypridd
PER
) , 5 -
Ian Jones
PER
(
New Zealand
LOC
) , 4 -
Craig Quinnell
PER
(
Wales
LOC
) , 3 -
Darren Garforth
PER
(
Leicester
LOC
) , 2 -
Norm Hewitt
PER
(
New Zealand
LOC
) , 1 -
Nick Popplewell
PER
(
Ireland
LOC
) .
Australia
LOC
- 15 -
Matthew Burke
PER
; 14 -
Joe Roff
PER
, 13 -
Daniel Herbert
PER
, 12 -
Tim Horan
PER
( captain ) , 11 -
David Campese
PER
; 10 -
Pat Howard
PER
, 9 -
Sam Payne
PER
; 8 -
Michael Brial
PER
, 7 -
David Wilson
PER
, 6 -
Owen Finegan
PER
, 5 -
David Giffin
PER
, 4 -
Tim Gavin
PER
, 3 -
Andrew Blades
PER
, 2 -
Marco Caputo
PER
, 1 -
Dan Crowley
PER
. -DOCSTART-
GOLF
LOC
-
ZIMBABWE OPEN
MISC
SECOND ROUND SCORES .
HARARE
LOC
1996-12-06 Leading second round scores in the
Zimbabwe Open
MISC
at the
par-72
MISC
Chapman Golf Club
ORG
on Friday (
South African
MISC
unless stated ) : 132
Des Terblanche
PER
65 67 133
Mark McNulty
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 72 61 134
Steve van Vuuren
PER
65 69 136
Nick Price
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 68 68 ,
Justin Hobday
PER
71 65 ,
Andrew Pitts
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 69 67 138
Mark Cayeux
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 69 69 ,
Mark Murless
PER
71 67 139
Hennie Swart
PER
75 64 ,
Andrew Park
PER
72 67 140
Schalk van der Merwe
PER
(
Namibia
LOC
) 67 73 ,
Desvonde Botes
ORG
72 68 ,
Greg Reid
PER
72 68 ,
Clinton Whitelaw
PER
70 70 ,
Brett Liddle
PER
75 65 ,
Hugh Baiocchi
PER
73 67 141
Adilson da Silva
ORG
(
Brazil
LOC
) 72 69 ,
Sammy Daniels
PER
73 68 ,
Trevor Dodds
PER
(
Namibia
LOC
) 72 69 142
Don Robertson
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 73 69 ,
Dion Fourie
PER
69 73 ,
Steve Waltman
PER
72 70 ,
Ian Dougan
PER
73 69 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
UNCAPPED
ORG
PLAYERS CALLED TO FACE
MACEDONIA
LOC
.
BUCHAREST
LOC
1996-12-06
Romania
LOC
trainer
Anghel Iordanescu
PER
called up three uncapped players on Friday in his squad to face
Macedonia
LOC
next week in a
World Cup
MISC
qualifier . Midfielder
Valentin Stefan
PER
and striker
Viorel Ion
PER
of
Otelul Galati
ORG
and defender
Liviu Ciobotariu
PER
of
National Bucharest
LOC
are the newcomers for the
European
MISC
group eight clash in
Macedonia
LOC
on December 14 .
Iordanescu
MISC
said he had picked them because of their good performances in the domestic championship in which
National Bucharest
ORG
are top and
Otelul Galati
ORG
third . " I think it 's fair to give them a chance , " he told reporters .
League
ORG
title-holders
Steaua Bucharest
ORG
, who finished bottom of their
Champions ' League
MISC
group in the
European Cup
MISC
, have only two players in the squad .
Attacking
ORG
midfielder
Adrian Ilie
PER
, who recently moved from
Steaua
LOC
to
Turkish
MISC
club
Galatasaray
ORG
, is ruled out after two yellow-card offences . Squad : Goalkeepers -
Bogdan Stelea
PER
,
Florin Prunea
PER
. Defenders -
Dan Petrescu
PER
,
Daniel Prodan
PER
,
Anton Dobos
PER
,
Cornel Papura
PER
,
Liviu Ciobotariu
PER
,
Tibor Selymess
PER
,
Iulian Filipescu
PER
. Midfielders -
Gheorghe Hagi
PER
,
Gheorghe Popescu
PER
,
Constantin Galca
PER
,
Valentin Stefan
PER
,
Basarab Panduru
PER
,
Dorinel Munteanu
PER
,
Ovidiu Stinga
PER
. Forwards -
Ioan Vladoiu
PER
,
Gheorghe Craioveanu
PER
,
Ionel Danciulescu
PER
,
Viorel Ion
PER
.
REUTER
PER
-DOCSTART- SOCCER -
BRAZILIAN
MISC
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS .
RIO DE JANEIRO
LOC
1996-12-05 Results of
Brazilian
MISC
soccer championship semifinal , first leg matches on Thursday .
Goias
ORG
1
Gremio
ORG
3
Portuguesa
ORG
1
Atletico Mineiro
ORG
0 -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
LARA
ORG
ENDURES ANOTHER MISERABLE DAY .
Robert Galvin MELBOURNE
PER
1996-12-06
Australia
LOC
gave
Brian Lara
PER
another reason to be miserable when they beat
West Indies
LOC
by five wickets in the opening
World Series
MISC
limited overs match on Friday .
Lara
LOC
, disciplined for misconduct on Wednesday , was dismissed for five to extend a disappointing run of form on tour .
Australia
LOC
, who hold a 2-0 lead in the five-match test series , overhauled
West Indies
LOC
' total of 172 all out with eight balls to spare to end a run of six successive one-day defeats . All-rounder
Greg Blewett
PER
steered his side to a comfortable victory with an unbeaten 57 in 90 balls to the delight of the 42,442 crowd . Man-of-the match
Blewett
PER
came to the wicket with the total on 70 for two and hit three fours during an untroubled innings lasting 129 minutes .
His
ORG
crucial fifth-wicket partnership with fellow all-rounder
Stuart Law
PER
, who scored 21 , added 71 off 85 balls .
Lara
LOC
looked out of touch during his brief stay at the crease before chipping a simple catch to
Shane Warne
PER
at mid-wicket .
West Indies
LOC
tour manager
Clive Lloyd
PER
has apologised for
Lara
LOC
's behaviour on Tuesday . He (
Lara
LOC
) had told
Australia
LOC
coach
Geoff Marsh
PER
that wicketkeeper
Ian Healy
PER
was unwelcome in the visitors ' dressing room . The
Melbourne
LOC
crowd were clearly angered by the incident , loudly jeering the
West Indies
LOC
vice-captain as he walked to the middle . It was left to fellow left-hander
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
PER
to hold the innings together with a gritty 54 despite the handicap of an injured groin .
Chanderpaul
PER
was forced to rely on a runner for most of his innings after hurting himself as he scurried back to his crease to avoid being run out .
Pakistan
LOC
, who arrive in
Australia
LOC
later this month , are the other team competing in the
World Series
MISC
tournament . -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
AUSTRALIA
LOC
V
WEST INDIES
LOC
WORLD SERIES
MISC
SCOREBOARD .
MELBOURNE
LOC
1996-12-06 Scoreboard in the
World Series
MISC
limited overs match between
Australia
LOC
and
West Indies
LOC
on Friday :
West Indies
LOC
S. Campbell
PER
c
Healy
PER
b
Gillespie
PER
31
R. Samuels
PER
c
M. Waugh
PER
b
Gillespie
PER
7
B. Lara
PER
c
Warne
PER
b
Moody
ORG
5
S. Chanderpaul
PER
c
Healy
PER
b
Blewett
PER
54
C. Hooper
PER
run out 7
J. Adams
PER
lbw b
Moody 5
ORG
J. Murray
PER
c
Blewett
PER
b
Warne
PER
24
N. McLean
PER
c and b
M. Waugh
PER
7
K. Benjamin
PER
b
Warne
ORG
8
C. Ambrose
PER
run out 2
C. Walsh
PER
not out 8 Extras ( lb-10 w-1 nb-3 ) 14 Total ( 49.2 overs ) 172 Fall of wickets : 1-11 2-38 3-64 4-73 5-81 6-120 7-135 8-150 9-153 . Bowling :
Reiffel
PER
10-2-26-0 ( nb-3 ) ,
Gillespie
PER
10-0-39-2 ,
Moody 10-1-25-2
ORG
,
Blewett
PER
6.2-0-27-1 ,
Warne
PER
10-0-34-2 ( w-1 ) ,
M. Waugh
PER
3-0-11-1 .
Australia
LOC
M. Taylor
PER
b
McLean
MISC
29
M. Waugh
PER
c
Murray
PER
b
Benjamin
PER
27
R. Ponting
PER
lbw
McLean
ORG
5
G. Blewett
PER
not out 57
M. Bevan
PER
st
Murray
ORG
b
Hooper
ORG
3
S. Law
PER
b
Hooper
ORG
21
T. Moody
PER
not out 3 Extras ( lb-17 nb-8 w-3 ) 28 Total ( for five wickets , 48.4 overs ) 173 Fall of wickets : 1-59 2-70 3-78 4-90 5-160 . Did not bat :
I. Healy
PER
,
P. Reiffel
PER
,
S. Warne
PER
,
J. Gillespie
PER
. Bowling :
Ambrose
ORG
10-3-19-0 ( 2nb 1w ) ,
Walsh
PER
9-0-34-0 ( 4nb ) ,
Benjamin
PER
9.4-0-43-1 ( 1nb 1w ) ,
Hooper
PER
10-0-27-2 ( 1nb ) ,
McLean
PER
10-1-33-2 ( 1w ) . Result :
Australia
LOC
won by five wickets . -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
AUSTRALIA
LOC
BEAT
WEST INDIES
LOC
BY FIVE WICKETS .
MELBOURNE
LOC
1996-12-06
Australia
LOC
beat
West Indies
LOC
by five wickets in a
World Series
MISC
limited overs match at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
LOC
on Friday . Scores :
West Indies
LOC
172 all out in 49.2 overs (
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
PER
54 ) ;
Australia
LOC
173-5 in 48.4 overs (
Greg Blewett
PER
57 not out ) . -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
WEST INDIES
LOC
172 ALL OUT IN 49.2 OVERS V
AUSTRALIA
LOC
.
MELBOURNE
LOC
1996-12-06
West Indies
LOC
were all out for 172 off 49.2 overs in the
World Series
MISC
limited overs match against
Australia
LOC
on Friday . -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
SHEFFIELD SHIELD
ORG
SCORE .
HOBART
LOC
,
Australia
LOC
1996-12-06 Score on the first day of the four-day
Sheffield Shield
ORG
match between
Tasmania
LOC
and
Victoria
LOC
at
Bellerive Oval
LOC
on Friday :
Tasmania
LOC
352 for three (
David Boon
PER
106 not out ,
Shaun Young
PER
86 not out ,
Michael DiVenuto
PER
119 ) v
Victoria
ORG
. -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
LARA SUFFERS
ORG
MORE
AUSTRALIAN
MISC
TOUR MISERY .
MELBOURNE
LOC
1996-12-06
West Indies
LOC
batsman
Brian Lara
PER
suffered another blow to his
Australian
MISC
tour , after already being disciplined for misconduct , when he was dismissed cheaply in the first limited overs match against
Australia
LOC
on Friday .
Lara
LOC
, who earned a stern rebuke from his own tour management after an angry outburst against
Australia
LOC
wicketkeeper
Ian Healy
PER
, scored five to prolong a run of poor form with the bat . The
West Indies
LOC
vice-captain struggled for timing during his 36-minute stay at the crease before chipping a ball from medium pacer
Tom Moody
PER
straight to
Shane Warne
PER
at mid-wicket .
West Indies
LOC
were 53 for two in 15 overs when rain stopped play at the
Melbourne
LOC
Cricket Ground after captain
Courtney Walsh
PER
won the toss and elected to bat .
Lara
LOC
's outburst three days ago has clearly turned some of the
Australian
MISC
public against him . As he walked to the wicket he was greeted by loud jeers from sections of the crowd . On several occasions during his innings , the crowd joined together in a series of obscene chants against him .
Tour
MISC
manager
Clive Lloyd
PER
on Wednesday apologised for
Lara
LOC
's behaviour in confronting
Australia
LOC
coach
Geoff Marsh
PER
in the opposition dressing room to protest against his dismissal in the second test on Tuesday .
Lloyd did
ORG
not say what form the discipline would take .
Lara
LOC
, who holds the record for the highest score in test and first-class cricket , was unhappy about
Healy
PER
's role in the incident and questioned whether the ball had carried to the
Australia
LOC
keeper .
Australia
LOC
went on to win the match at the
Sydney Cricket Ground
ORG
by 124 runs to take a two-nil lead in the five-test series after
Lara
LOC
failed in both innings .
Lara
LOC
has yet to score a century since
West Indies
LOC
arrived in
Australia
LOC
five weeks ago . Both
West Indies
LOC
and
Australia
LOC
team management have played down the incident , stressing that relations between the two sides have not been adversely affected .
Pakistan
LOC
, who arrive next week , are the third team in the triangular
World Series
MISC
tournament . -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
WEST INDIES
LOC
TO BAT AFTER WINNING THE TOSS .
MELBOURNE
LOC
1996-12-06
West Indies
LOC
captain
Courtney Walsh
PER
elected to bat after winning the toss in the first match in the
World Series
MISC
limited overs competition against
Australia
LOC
at the
Melbourne
LOC
Cricket Ground on Friday .
Teams
LOC
:
Australia
LOC
-
Mark Taylor
PER
( captain ) ,
Mark Waugh
PER
,
Ricky Ponting
PER
,
Greg Blewett
PER
,
Michael Bevan
PER
,
Stuart Law
PER
,
Tom Moody
PER
,
Ian Healy
PER
,
Paul Reiffel
PER
,
Shane Warne
PER
,
Jason Gillespie
PER
,
Glenn McGrath
PER
12th man .
West Indies
LOC
-
Sherwin Campbell
PER
,
Robert Samuels
PER
,
Brian Lara
PER
,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
PER
,
Carl Hooper
PER
,
Jimmy Adams
PER
,
Junior Murray
PER
,
Nixon McLean
PER
,
Kenneth Benjamin
PER
,
Curtly Ambrose
PER
,
Courtney Walsh
PER
( captain ) ,
Roland Holder
PER
12th man . -DOCSTART- BADMINTON -
WORLD GRAND PRIX
MISC
RESULTS . BALI 1996-12-06 Results in last of the group matches at the
World Grand Prix
MISC
badminton finals on Friday : Men 's singles Group B
Chen Gang
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Martin Londgaard Hansen
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) 15-12 15-6
Dong Jiong
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) 15-10 15-6
Indra Wijaya
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) beat
Ong Ewe Hock
PER
(
Malaysia
LOC
) 5-15 15-11 15-11 Group C
Sun Jun
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Rashid Sidek
PER
(
Malaysia
LOC
) 15-12 17-14
Hermawan Susanto
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) beat
Soren B. Nielsen
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) 15-8 15-2 Group D
Allan Budi Kuksuma
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) beat
Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) 15-7 15-4
Budi Santoso
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) beat
Hu Zhilan
PER
(
China
LOC
) 15-4 15-5
Semifinals
PER
( on Saturday ) :
Fung Permadi
PER
(
Taiwan
LOC
) v
Indra Wijaya
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) ;
Sun Jun
PER
(
China
LOC
) v
Allan Budi Kusuma
ORG
(
Indonesia
LOC
) Women 's singles Group A
Gong Zhichao
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Mia Audina
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) 11-2 12-10 Group B
Ye Zhaoying
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Meiluawati
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) 11-6 12-10 Group C
Camilla Martin
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) beat
Wang Chen
PER
(
China
LOC
) 11-0 12-10 Group D
Susi Susanti
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) beat
Han Jingna
PER
(
China
LOC
) 11-5 11-4 .
Semifinals
PER
( on Saturday ) :
Susi Susanti
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) v
Camilla Martin
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) ;
Ye Zhaoying
PER
(
China
LOC
) v
Gong Zichao
PER
(
China
LOC
) . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ARAB
MISC
CONTRACTORS WIN
AFRICAN CUP WINNERS ' CUP
MISC
.
CAIRO
LOC
1996-12-06 Result of the second leg of the
African Cup Winners ' Cup
MISC
final at the
National
LOC
stadium on Friday :
Arab Contractors
LOC
(
Egypt
LOC
) 4
Sodigraf
PER
(
Zaire
LOC
) 0 ( halftime 2-0 ) Scorers :
Aly Ashour
ORG
7 , 56 penalty ,
Mohamed Ouda
PER
24 , 73
Contractors
ORG
won 4-0 on aggregate . -DOCSTART- NHL ICE HOCKEY - STANDINGS AFTER THURSDAY 'S GAMES .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06 Standings of
National Hockey League
ORG
teams after games played on Thursday ( tabulate under won , lost , tied , goals for , goals against , points ) :
EASTERN
ORG
CONFERENCE NORTHEAST DIVISION W L T
GF GA PTS
MISC
HARTFORD 12 7 6 77 76 30
BUFFALO
ORG
13 12 1 77 76 27
BOSTON
ORG
10 11 4 74 84 24
MONTREAL
ORG
10 14 4 96 103 24
PITTSBURGH
ORG
9 13 3 81 91 21
OTTAWA
ORG
7 11 6 62 72 20
ATLANTIC DIVISION
MISC
W L T
GF GA PTS FLORIDA
MISC
17 4 6 83 53 40
PHILADELPHIA
ORG
14 12 2 75 75 30
NEW JERSEY
ORG
14 10 1 61 61 29
WASHINGTON
ORG
13 12 1 69 66 27
NY RANGERS
ORG
10 13 5 91 81 25
NY ISLANDERS
ORG
7 11 8 65 72 22 TAMPA
BAY
ORG
8 15 2 69 81 18
WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION
MISC
W L T
GF GA PTS DETROIT
MISC
15 9 4 81 53 34
DALLAS
ORG
16 9 1 74 60 33
CHICAGO
ORG
12 12 3 71 67 27
ST LOUIS
ORG
13 14 0 78 81 26
TORONTO
ORG
11 15 0 76 89 22
PHOENIX
ORG
9 13 4 61 74 22
PACIFIC DIVISION
MISC
W L T
GF GA PTS COLORADO
MISC
17 6 4 97 56 38
VANCOUVER
ORG
14 11 1 84 83 29
EDMONTON
ORG
13 14 1 94 88 27
LOS ANGELES
ORG
11 13 3 72 83 25
SAN JOSE
ORG
10 13 4 69 87 24
CALGARY
MISC
10 16 2 65 77 22 ANAHEIM 9 14 4 73 86 22 FRIDAY , DECEMBER 6 ANAHEIM AT
BUFFALO TORONTO
PER
AT NY RANGERS
PITTSBURGH
ORG
AT
WASHINGTON
LOC
MONTREAL AT
CHICAGO
LOC
PHILADELPHIA AT
DALLAS
LOC
ST LOUIS AT
COLORADO
LOC
OTTAWA AT
EDMONTON
LOC
-DOCSTART- NHL ICE HOCKEY - THURSDAY 'S RESULTS . [ CORRECTED 08:40
GMT
MISC
]
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06 ( Corrects headline from
NBA
ORG
to NHL and corrects team name in second result from
La Clippers
ORG
to Ny Islanders . ) Results of
National Hockey League
ORG
games on Thursday ( home team in CAPS ) :
Hartford
ORG
4
BOSTON
ORG
2
FLORIDA
ORG
4
Ny Islanders
ORG
2
NEW JERSEY
ORG
2
Calgary
ORG
1
Phoenix
ORG
3
ST LOUIS
ORG
0
Tampa Bay
PER
2
LOS ANGELES
ORG
1 -DOCSTART-
NFL
ORG
AMERICAN FOOTBALL-COLTS CLOBBER EAGLES TO STAY IN PLAYOFF HUNT .
INDIANAPOLIS
LOC
1996-12-06 The injury-plagued
Indianapolis
LOC
Colts lost another quarterback on Thursday but last year 's
AFC
ORG
finalists rallied together to shoot down the
Philadelphia Eagles
ORG
37-10 in a showdown of playoff contenders .
Marshall Faulk
PER
rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns and
Jason Belser
PER
returned an interception 44 yards for a score as the
Colts
MISC
improved to 8-6 , the same mark as the
Eagles
PER
, who lost for the fourth time in five games .
Paul Justin
PER
, starting for the sidelined
Jim Harbaugh
PER
, was 14-of-23 for 144 yards and a touchdown for the the Colts , who played their last home game of the season .
Indianapolis
LOC
closes with games at
Kansas City
LOC
and
Cincinnati
ORG
.
The Eagles
PER
were held without a touchdown until the final five seconds .
Philadelphia
LOC
, which fell from an
NFC East
LOC
tie with the
Dallas Cowboys
ORG
and
Washington Redskins
LOC
, go on the road against the
New York Jets
ORG
and then entertain
Arizona
ORG
. The loss by
Philadelphia
LOC
allowed the idle
Green Bay Packers
PER
( 10-3 ) to clinch the first
NFC
ORG
playoff berth .
The Colts
ORG
won despite the absence of injured starting defensive tackle
Tony Siragusa
PER
, cornerback
Ray Buchanan
PER
and linebacker
Quentin Coryatt
PER
.
Faulk
LOC
carried 16 times , including a 13-yard
TD
ORG
run in the first quarter and a seven-yard score early in the final period .
Justin
PER
made his second straight start for
Harbaugh
PER
, who has a knee injury .
Justin
PER
suffered a sprained right shoulder in the third quarter and did not return .
Third-stringer
MISC
Kerwin Bell
PER
, a 1988 draft choice of the
Miami Dolphins
ORG
, made his
NFL
ORG
debut and was 5-of-5 for 75 yards , including a 20-yard scoring strike to
Marvin Harrison
PER
in the third period . A 39-yard interference penalty against
Philadelphia
LOC
's
Troy Vincent
PER
set up
Faulk
LOC
's first score around left end that capped an 80-yard march 5:17 into the game and the rout was on .
Eagles
PER
quarterback
Ty Detmer
PER
was 17-of-34 for 182 yards before he was benched .
Ricky Watters
PER
, who leads the
NFC
ORG
in rushing , left the game after getting kneed to the helmet after gaining 33 yards on seven carries . -DOCSTART-
NBA
ORG
BASKETBALL - STANDINGS AFTER THURSDAY 'S GAMES .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06 Standings of
National Basketball Association
ORG
teams after games played on Thursday ( tabulate under won , lost , percentage , games behind ) :
EASTERN
MISC
CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB
MIAMI
ORG
14 4 .778 -
NEW YORK
ORG
10 6 .625 3
ORLANDO
ORG
8 6 .571 4
WASHINGTON
ORG
7 9 .438 6
PHILADELPHIA
ORG
7 10 .412 6 1/2
BOSTON
ORG
4 12 .250 9
NEW JERSEY
ORG
3 10 .231 8 1/2
CENTRAL DIVISION
MISC
W L PCT GB
CHICAGO
ORG
17 1 .944 -
DETROIT
ORG
13 3 .813 3
CLEVELAND
ORG
11 5 .688 5
ATLANTA
ORG
10 8 .556 7
CHARLOTTE
ORG
8 8 .500 8
MILWAUKEE
ORG
8 8 .500 8
INDIANA
ORG
7 8 .467 8 1/2
TORONTO
ORG
6 11 .353 10 1/2
WESTERN
MISC
CONFERENCE MIDWEST DIVISION W L PCT GB
HOUSTON
ORG
16 2 .889 -
UTAH
ORG
14 2 .875 1
MINNESOTA
ORG
7 10 .412 8 1/2
DALLAS
ORG
6 11 .353 9 1/2
DENVER
PER
5 14 .263 11 1/2
SAN ANTONIO
ORG
3 13 .188 12
VANCOUVER
ORG
2 16 .111 14
PACIFIC DIVISION
MISC
W L PCT GB
SEATTLE
ORG
15 5 .750 -
LA LAKERS
ORG
13 7 .650 2
PORTLAND
ORG
11 8 .579 3 1/2
LA CLIPPERS
ORG
7 11 .389 7
GOLDEN STATE
ORG
6 12 .333 8
SACRAMENTO
ORG
6 12 .333 8
PHOENIX
ORG
2 14 .125 11 FRIDAY , DECEMBER 6
NEW JERSEY
ORG
AT
BOSTON
LOC
CLEVELAND AT
DETROIT
LOC
NEW YORK AT
MIAMI
LOC
PHOENIX AT
SACRAMENTO
LOC
VANCOUVER AT
SAN ANTONIO MINNESOTA
LOC
AT
UTAH
LOC
CHARLOTTE AT
PORTLAND
LOC
INDIANA AT GOLDEN STATE ORLANDO AT
LA
LOC
LAKERS -DOCSTART-
NFL
ORG
AMERICAN FOOTBALL-STANDINGS AFTER THURSDAY 'S GAME .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-05
National Football League
LOC
standings after Thursday 's game ( tabulate under won , lost , tied , points for and points against ) :
AMERICAN
MISC
FOOTBALL CONFERENCE EASTERN DIVISION W L T
PF PA NEW ENGLAND
ORG
9 4 0 355 269
BUFFALO
ORG
9 4 0 267 215 INDIANAPOLIS 8 6 0 269 284
MIAMI
ORG
6 7 0 285 266
NY JETS
ORG
1 12 0 221 368
CENTRAL DIVISION
MISC
W L T
PF PA PITTSBURGH
ORG
9 4 0 299 211
HOUSTON
ORG
7 6 0 291 254
JACKSONVILLE
ORG
6 7 0 263 288
CINCINNATI
ORG
5 8 0 299 318
BALTIMORE
ORG
4 9 0 320 369
WESTERN DIVISION
MISC
W L T
PF PA
ORG
X-DENVER 12 1 0 351 199
KANSAS CITY
ORG
9 4 0 262 230
SAN DIEGO
ORG
7 6 0 277 323
OAKLAND
ORG
6 7 0 274 234
SEATTLE
ORG
5 8 0 250 317
NATIONAL
MISC
FOOTBALL CONFERENCE EASTERN DIVISION W L T
PF PA DALLAS
ORG
8 5 0 254 201
WASHINGTON
LOC
8 5 0 291 251
PHILADELPHIA
ORG
8 6 0 313 302
ARIZONA
ORG
6 7 0 248 332
NY GIANTS
ORG
5 8 0 200 250
CENTRAL DIVISION
MISC
W L T
PF PA
ORG
Y-GREEN
BAY
ORG
10 3 0 346 191
MINNESOTA
ORG
7 6 0 243 245
CHICAGO
ORG
5 8 0 202 248
DETROIT
ORG
5 8 0 263 289
TAMPA BAY
PER
4 9 0 153 243
WESTERN DIVISION
MISC
W L T
PF PA SAN FRANCISCO
ORG
10 3 0 325 198
CAROLINA
ORG
9 4 0 292 164
ST LOUIS
ORG
4 9 0 246 334
ATLANTA
ORG
2 11 0 234 393
NEW ORLEANS
ORG
2 11 0 184 291 X -- CLINCHED DIVISION TITLE Y -- CLINCHED PLAYOFF BERTH SUNDAY , DECEMBER 8
ST LOUIS
ORG
AT
CHICAGO
LOC
BALTIMORE AT
CINCINNATI
LOC
DENVER AT
GREEN
LOC
BAY JACKSONVILLE AT
HOUSTON
LOC
NY GIANTS AT
MIAMI
LOC
ATLANTA AT NEW ORLEANS SAN DIEGO AT
PITTSBURGH
LOC
WASHINGTON AT TAMPA BAY DALLAS AT ARIZONA NY JETS AT NEW ENGLAND BUFFALO AT
SEATTLE
LOC
CAROLINA AT
SAN FRANCISCO
LOC
MINNESOTA
ORG
AT
DETROIT
LOC
MONDAY , DECEMBER 9
KANSAS CITY
ORG
AT
OAKLAND
LOC
-DOCSTART-
NFL
ORG
AMERICAN FOOTBALL-THURSDAY 'S RESULT .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-05 Result of
National Football League
LOC
game on Thursday ( home team in CAPS ) :
INDIANAPOLIS
LOC
37
Philadelphia
ORG
10 -DOCSTART-
NCAA
PER
AMERICAN FOOTBALL-OHIO STATE 'S PACE FIRST REPEAT
LOMBARDI
PER
AWARD WINNER .
HOUSTON
LOC
1996-12-05
Ohio State
LOC
left tackle
Orlando Pace
PER
became the first repeat winner of the
Lombardi Award
ORG
Thursday night when the
Rotary Club of Houston
ORG
again honoured him as college football 's lineman of the year .
Pace
PER
, a junior , helped
Ohio State
PER
to a 10-1 record and a berth in the
Rose Bowl
LOC
against
Arizona State
ORG
. He was the most dominant offensive lineman in the country and also played defensive line in goal-line situations . Last year ,
Pace
PER
became the first sophomore to win the award since its inception in 1970 .
Pace
PER
outdistanced three senior finalists --
Virginia Tech
LOC
defensive end
Cornell Brown
PER
,
Arizona State
PER
offensive tackle
Juan Roque
PER
and defensive end
Jared Tomich
PER
of
Nebraska
LOC
. The
Lombardi Award
ORG
is presented to the college lineman who , in addition to outstanding effort on the field , best exemplifies the characteristics and discipline of
Vince Lombardi
PER
, legendary coach of the
Green Bay Packers
ORG
. -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
DUTCH
MISC
FIRST DIVISION RESULTS / STANDINGS .
AMSTERDAM
LOC
1996-12-06 Result of
Dutch
MISC
first division soccer match played on Friday :
RKC Waalwijk
ORG
1
Willem II Tilburg
ORG
2 Standings ( tabulate under played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , goals against , points ) :
PSV Eindhoven
ORG
18 13 3 2 52 14 42
Feyenoord
ORG
17 11 3 3 29 20 36
Twente Enschede
ORG
18 10 4 4 28 15 34
Graafschap Doetinchem
ORG
18 9 3 6 29 22 30
Vitesse Arnhem
ORG
18 8 5 5 29 21 29
Ajax Amsterdam
ORG
18 7 8 3 23 16 29
Heerenveen
ORG
18 7 7 4 30 20 28
Roda JC Kerkrade
ORG
17 7 6 4 19 21 27
Utrecht
ORG
18 4 10 4 26 24 22
Volendam
ORG
18 5 6 7 20 23 21
Sparta Rotterdam
ORG
19 6 3 10 21 25 21
NAC Breda
ORG
18 6 3 9 17 29 21
Willem II Tilburg
ORG
18 5 4 9 19 31 19
Groningen
ORG
18 4 6 8 20 31 18
AZ Alkmaar
ORG
18 5 2 11 16 23 17
Fortuna Sittard
ORG
17 3 7 7 14 28 16
NEC Nijmegen
ORG
18 3 7 8 19 32 16
RKC Waalwijk
ORG
19 3 5 11 18 33 14 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
GERMAN
MISC
FIRST DIVISION RESULTS / STANDINGS .
BONN
LOC
1996-12-06 Results of
German
MISC
first division soccer matches played on Friday :
Bochum
ORG
2
Bayer Leverkusen
ORG
2
Werder Bremen
ORG
1
1860 Munich
ORG
1
Karlsruhe
ORG
3
Freiburg
ORG
0
Schalke
ORG
2
Hansa Rostock
ORG
0 Standings ( tabulated under played , won , drawn , lost , goals for goals against points ) :
Bayer Leverkusen
ORG
17 10 4 3 38 22 34
Bayern Munich
ORG
16 9 6 1 26 14 33
VfB Stuttgart
ORG
16 9 4 3 39 17 31
Borussia Dortmund
ORG
16 9 4 3 33 17 31
Karlsruhe
ORG
17 8 4 5 30 20 28
VfL Bochum
ORG
16 7 6 3 23 21 27 1.
FC Cologne
ORG
16 8 2 6 31 27 26
Schalke 04
ORG
17 7 4 6 25 26 25
Werder Bremen
ORG
17 6 4 7 29 28 22
MSV Duisburg
ORG
16 5 4 7 16 22 19
SV 1860 Munich
ORG
17 4 6 7 25 31 18
FC St. Pauli
ORG
15 5 3 7 21 28 18
Fortuna Dusseldorf
ORG
16 5 3 8 13 24 18
Hamburger SV
ORG
16 4 5 7 20 25 17
Arminia Bielefeld
ORG
16 4 4 8 18 28 16
FC Hansa Rostock
ORG
17 4 3 10 19 26 15
Borussia Monchengladbach
ORG
16 4 3 9 12 22 15
SC Freiburg
ORG
17 4 1 12 20 40 13 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
FRENCH
MISC
LEAGUE SUMMARIES .
PARIS
LOC
1996-12-06 Summaries of
French
MISC
first division matches on Friday :
Lens
ORG
0
Nantes
ORG
4 (
Japhet N'Doram
PER
7 ,
Claude Makelele
PER
42 ,
Jocelyn Gourvennec
PER
67 ,
Christophe Pignol
ORG
72 ) . Halftime 0-2 . Attendance : 15,000 .
Paris St Germain
ORG
1 (
Bruno N'Gotty
PER
2 )
Nancy
ORG
2 (
Paul Fischer
PER
70 ,
Phil Gray
PER
89 ) . 1-0 . 30,000 . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
DUTCH
MISC
FIRST DIVISION SUMMARIES .
AMSTERDAM
LOC
1996-12-06 Summary of
Dutch
MISC
first division soccer match played on Friday :
RKC Waalwijk
ORG
1 (
Starbuck
ORG
76 )
Willem II Tilburg
ORG
2 (
Konterman
ORG
45 ,
Van der Vegt
PER
77 ) . Halftime 0-1 . Attendance 5,300 . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
FRENCH
MISC
LEAGUE STANDINGS .
PARIS
LOC
1996-12-06 Standings in the
French
MISC
first division after Friday 's matches ( tabulate under played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , against , points ) :
Paris Saint-Germain
ORG
21 12 6 3 34 15 42
Monaco
ORG
20 12 5 3 36 16 41
Bordeaux
ORG
20 9 7 4 29 21 34
Strasbourg
ORG
20 11 1 8 27 27 34
Bastia
ORG
20 9 6 5 27 22 33
Auxerre
ORG
20 8 8 4 26 12 32
Metz
ORG
20 8 7 5 21 16 31
Nantes
ORG
21 7 9 5 41 25 30
Guingamp
ORG
20 7 7 6 18 18 28
Lille
ORG
20 7 7 6 22 28 28
Marseille
ORG
20 6 8 6 18 17 26
Lyon
ORG
20 6 8 6 24 31 26
Rennes
ORG
20 7 4 9 23 28 25
Lens
ORG
21 7 4 10 25 34 25
Le Havre
ORG
20 5 7 8 20 21 22
Cannes
ORG
20 5 7 8 13 22 22
Montpellier
ORG
20 3 9 8 17 24 18
Caen
ORG
20 3 7 10 12 23 16
Nancy
ORG
21 3 7 11 14 26 16
Nice
ORG
20 3 4 13 17 38 13 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
FRENCH
MISC
LEAGUE RESULTS .
PARIS
LOC
1996-12-06 Results of
French
MISC
first division matches on Friday :
Lens
ORG
0
Nantes
ORG
4
Paris St Germain
ORG
1
Nancy
ORG
2 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
GERMAN
MISC
FIRST DIVISION SUMMARIES .
BONN
LOC
1996-12-06 Summaries of matches played in the
German
MISC
first division on Friday :
Bochum
ORG
2 ( Stickroth 30th pen ,
Wosz
PER
89th )
Bayer Leverkusen
ORG
2 (
Kirsten
PER
18th ,
Ramelow
PER
56th ) . Halftime 1-1 . Attendance : 24,602
Werder Bremen
ORG
1 (
Bode
PER
85th )
1860 Munich
ORG
1 (
Bormirow
LOC
8th ) . Halftime 0-1 . Attendance 33,000
Karlsruhe
ORG
3 (
Reich
PER
29th ,
Carl
PER
44th ,
Dundee
PER
69th )
Freiburg
ORG
0 . Halftime 2-0 . Attendance 33,000
Schalke
ORG
2 (
Mulder
PER
2nd and 27th )
Hansa Rostock
ORG
0 . Halftime 2-0 . Attendance 29,300 -DOCSTART- TENNIS -
GRAND SLAM CUP
MISC
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS .
MUNICH
LOC
,
Germany
LOC
1996-12-06 Quarter-final results at the $ 6 million
Grand Slam Cup
MISC
tennis tournament on Friday :
Goran Ivanisevic
PER
(
Croatia
LOC
) beat
Mark Woodforde
PER
(
Australia
LOC
) 6-4 6-4
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) beat
Jim Courier
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 2-6 6-4 8-6 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
WEAH
ORG
HEAD-BUTT DEPRIVES PORTUGAL OF
COSTA
LOC
.
LISBON
LOC
1996-12-06
Portugal
LOC
called up
Porto
ORG
central defender
Joao Manuel Pinto
PER
on Friday to face
Germany
LOC
in a
World Cup
MISC
qualifier in place of injured club colleague
Jorge Costa
PER
, who is still nursing a broken nose after being head-butted by
Liberian
MISC
striker
Georg Weah
PER
.
Costa
LOC
has not played since being struck by the
AC Milan
ORG
forward after a bad-tempered
European Champions ' League
MISC
game on November 27 .
Portugal
LOC
lead
European
MISC
qualifying group nine with seven points from four games , one more than
Ukraine
LOC
and three more than
Germany
LOC
, who have only played twice . The
Portuguese
MISC
host
Germany
LOC
on December 14 . Squad : Goalkeepers -
Vitor Baia
PER
(
Barcelona
LOC
,
Spain
LOC
) ,
Rui Correia
PER
(
Braga
ORG
) : Defenders -
Paulinho Santos
PER
(
Porto
ORG
) ,
Sergio Conceicao
PER
(
Porto
ORG
) ,
Joao Manuel Pinto
PER
(
Porto
ORG
) ,
Oceano Cruz
PER
(
Sporting
ORG
) ,
Fernando Couto
PER
(
Barcelona
LOC
) ,
Helder Cristovao
PER
(
Deportivo Coruna
PER
,
Spain
LOC
) ,
Dimas Teixeira
PER
(
Juventus
ORG
,
Italy
LOC
) ,
Carlos Secretario
PER
(
Real Madrid
LOC
,
Spain
LOC
) : Midfielders -
Rui Barros
PER
(
Porto
ORG
) ,
Jose Barroso
PER
(
Porto
ORG
) ,
Luis Figo
PER
(
Barcelona
LOC
) ,
Paulo Bento
PER
(
Oviedo
LOC
,
Spain
LOC
) ,
Jose Taira
PER
(
Salamanca
LOC
,
Spain
LOC
) : Forwards -
Antonio Folha
PER
(
Porto
ORG
) ,
Joao Vieira Pinto
PER
(
Benfica
ORG
) ,
Paulo Alves
PER
(
Sporting
ORG
) ,
Rui Costa
PER
(
Fiorentina
ORG
,
Italy
LOC
) ,
Jorge Cadete
PER
(
Celtic Glasgow
PER
,
Scotland
LOC
) . -DOCSTART- SOCCER SHOWCASE-BETTING ON
REAL MADRID
ORG
V
BARCELONA
ORG
.
MADRID
LOC
1996-12-06
William Hill
PER
betting on Saturday 's
Spanish
MISC
first division match between
Real Madrid
ORG
and
Barcelona
LOC
: To win : 6-5
Real Madrid
ORG
; 7-4
Barcelona
ORG
Draw : 9-4 Correct score :
Real Madrid
ORG
to win
Barcelona
ORG
to win 1-0 13-2 1-0 15-2 2-0 9-1 2-0 12-1 2-1 8-1 2-1 10-1 3-0 20-1 3-0 28-1 3-1 16-1 3-1 22-1 3-2 25-1 3-2 25-1 4-0 50-1 4-0 100-1 4-1 40-1 4-1 80-1 4-2 50-1 4-2 80-1 Draw : 0-0 8-1 1-1 11-2 2-2 14-1 3-3 50-1
Double
ORG
result : half-time full-time 5-2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
ORG
14-1
Real Madrid
ORG
Draw 28-1
Real Madrid Barcelona
ORG
5-1 Draw
Real Madrid
ORG
4-1 Draw Draw 11-2 Draw
Barcelona
ORG
25-1
Barcelona Real Madrid
ORG
14-1
Barcelona
ORG
Draw 4-1
Barcelona Barcelona First
ORG
goalscorer of match :
Real Madrid Barcelona
ORG
9-2
Davor Suker
PER
9-2
Ronaldo
PER
5-1
Pedrag Mijatovic
PER
7-1
Luis Figo
PER
7-1
Raul Gonzalez
PER
7-1
Juan Pizzi
PER
12-1
Fernando Redondo
PER
9-1
Giovanni
ORG
14-1
Victor Sanchez
PER
12-1
Guillermo Amor
ORG
16-1
Jose Amavisca
PER
14-1
Roger Garcia
PER
16-1
Manolo Sanchis
ORG
14-1
Gheorghe Popescu
PER
16-1
Roberto Carlos
PER
16-1
JosepGuardiola
ORG
20-1
Fernando Hierro
PER
20-1
Ivan de
PER
laPena 20-1
Luis Milla
PER
25-1
Luis Enrique
ORG
33-1
Fernando Sanz
PER
25-1
AbelardoFernandez
ORG
40-1
Carlos Secretario
PER
28-1
Sergi Barjuan
PER
40-1
Rafael Alkorta
PER
33-1
Albert Ferrer
PER
40-1
Chendo Porlan
PER
33-1
Miguel Nadal
PER
40-1
Laurent Blanc
PER
-DOCSTART- SOCCER
SHOWCASE-FANS
MISC
FACE BREATHALYSER TESTS ,
PAPER
PER
SAYS .
MADRID
LOC
1996-12-06
Spanish
MISC
police will breathalyse fans at the gates of the
Santiago Bernabeu
LOC
stadium and ban drunk supporters from Saturday 's big
Real Madrid-Barcelona
PER
game , the
Madrid
LOC
daily
El Mundo
ORG
said on Friday . Although there are no known precedents in the country , the action is envisaged in
Spanish
MISC
legislation governing sports events .
Tickets for the
ORG
game stipulate that supporters will be barred if they are " under the effects of alcohol " . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
SPANISH
MISC
FIRST DIVISION STANDINGS .
MADRID
LOC
1996-12-06 Standings in the
Spanish
MISC
first division ahead of this weekend 's games . ( tabulate under games played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , against , points ) :
Real Madrid
ORG
15 10 5 0 31 12 35
Barcelona
ORG
15 10 4 1 46 19 34
Deportivo Coruna
ORG
15 9 6 0 23 7 33
Real Betis
PER
15 8 5 2 28 13 29
Atletico Madrid
ORG
15 8 3 4 26 17 27
Athletic Bilbao
ORG
15 7 4 4 28 22 25
Real Sociedad
ORG
15 7 3 5 20 18 24
Valladolid
ORG
15 7 3 5 19 18 24
Racing Santander
ORG
15 5 7 3 15 15 22
Rayo Vallecano
ORG
15 5 5 5 21 19 20
Valencia
ORG
15 6 2 7 23 22 20
Celta Vigo
ORG
15 5 5 5 17 17 20
Tenerife
ORG
15 5 4 6 23 17 19
Espanyol
ORG
15 4 4 7 17 20 16
Oviedo
ORG
15 4 4 7 17 21 16
Sporting Gijon
ORG
15 4 4 7 15 22 16
Logrones
ORG
15 4 3 8 11 33 15
Zaragoza
ORG
15 2 8 5 18 23 14
Sevilla
ORG
15 4 2 9 13 20 14
Compostela
ORG
15 3 4 8 13 28 13
Hercules
ORG
15 2 2 11 11 29 8
Extremadura
ORG
15 1 3 11 8 30 6 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
SPAIN
LOC
PICK
UNCAPPED
PER
ARMANDO FOR
WORLD CUP CLASH
MISC
.
MADRID
LOC
1996-12-06
Spain
LOC
coach
Javier Clemente
PER
has added uncapped
Deportivo Coruna
PER
midfielder
Armando Alvarez
PER
to his squad for the
World Cup
MISC
qualifier against
Yugoslavia
LOC
on December 14 . " I do n't believe it ... I thought it was a joke , " said
Armando
PER
who replaces injured
Atletico Madrid
ORG
playmaker
Jose Luis Caminero
PER
. -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
FIFA
ORG
BOSS HAVELANGE STANDS BY WEAH .
ROME
LOC
1996-12-06
FIFA
LOC
chairman
Joao Havelange
PER
said on Friday he would personally present
AC Milan
ORG
George Weah
PER
with world soccer 's fair play award despite the striker 's attack on
Porto
ORG
captain
Jorge Costa
PER
. In an interview with the
Italian
MISC
newspaper
Gazzetta
LOC
dello
Sport
ORG
, he was quoted as saying
Weah
ORG
had been provoked into the assault which left
Costa
LOC
with a broken nose . "
FIFA
ORG
has named the
Liberian
MISC
for its 1996
Fair Play
MISC
award and it is not going to change its decision , "
Havelange
PER
said . " A reaction , provoked , cannot erase 10 years of loyalty everywhere and in every competition . " I will be happy to give him the award personally on January 20 in
Lisbon
LOC
and I 'm confident that
Costa
LOC
himself will be there beside me on that day to shake his hand . "
Weah
PER
was suspended for one match by
UEFA
ORG
,
European
MISC
soccer 's governing body , pending a fuller investigation . The incident took place in the players ' tunnel after a
European Champions ' League
MISC
match on November 20 .
Weah
PER
has admitted head butting
Costa
LOC
but said he reacted to racist taunts . He has offered to apologise if
Costa
LOC
acknowledges the provocation .
Costa
LOC
, who needed surgery on his nose , has not accepted the offer and was reported to be considering suing
Weah
ORG
.
Weah
ORG
served out his suspension during
Milan
ORG
's 2-1 home defeat by
Rosenborg of Norway
ORG
on Wednesday . The defeat put the
Italians
MISC
out of the
Europoean Cup
MISC
. -DOCSTART- GUNMEN WOUND TWO
MANCHESTER UNITED
LOC
FANS IN
AUSTRIA
LOC
.
VIENNA
LOC
1996-12-06 Two
Manchester United
ORG
soccer fans were wounded by unidentified gunmen on Friday and taken to hospital in the
Austrian
MISC
capital , police said . " The four Britons were shot at from a
Mercedes
MISC
car at around 1 a.m. , " a spokeswoman told
Reuters
ORG
. The two men were hit in the pelvis and leg . Police said their lives were not in danger . The fans , in
Austria
LOC
to watch their team play
Rapid Vienna
LOC
last Wednesday , may have been involved in a pub brawl earlier , the spokeswoman said .
Manchester United
ORG
won 2-0 . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ITALIAN
MISC
FIRST DIVISION MATCHES THIS WEEKEND .
ROME
LOC
1996-12-06
Italian
MISC
Serie A games to be played on Sunday ( league positions in parentheses , all kick- off times
GMT
MISC
) :
Bologna (
ORG
4 ) v
Piacenza
ORG
( 13 ) 1330 Along with leaders
Vicenza
ORG
, fourth-placed
Bologna
ORG
represent the biggest surprise of this
Italian
MISC
autumn .
Led
PER
as usual by
Swede
MISC
Kennet Andersson
PER
and
Russian
MISC
Igor Kolyvanov
PER
in attack ,
Bologna
LOC
can expect a tough home match against a
Piacenza
ORG
side still exultant after a 3-2 league win over
AC Milan
ORG
last Sunday .
Cagliari
ORG
( 16 ) v
Reggiana
ORG
( 18 ) 1530
Cagliari
ORG
start favourite in this relegation scrap following draws with
Napoli
ORG
and
Inter
LOC
in last two outings but will be without suspended
Swiss
MISC
defender
Ramon Vega
PER
.
Bottom
ORG
team
Reggiana
LOC
are also without a suspended defender ,
German
MISC
Dietmar Beiersdorfer
PER
.
Fiorentina
ORG
( 10 ) v
Perugia
ORG
( 8 ) 1330
Fiorentina
ORG
will be without three suspended players -- defenders
Daniele Carnasciali
PER
and
Lorenzo Amoruso
ORG
and midfielder
Emiliano Bigica
PER
-- for a difficult home match against unpredictable , attack-oriented
Perugia
ORG
led by in-form
Croat
MISC
striker
Milan Rapajic
PER
and the experienced
Fausto Pizzi
PER
.
Lazio
PER
( 12 ) v
AS Roma
ORG
( 7 ) 1930
Poor
PER
man 's
Roman
PER
derby in what has been a miserable season for both
Rome
LOC
teams , already eliminated from the
Italian
MISC
and
UEFA Cups
LOC
.
Lazio
ORG
have injury doubts about striker
Pierluigi Casiraghi
PER
,
Czech
MISC
midfielder
Pavel Nedved
PER
and defender
Paolo Negro
PER
, while
Roma
ORG
present a full strength side led by
Argentine
MISC
Abel Balbo
PER
,
Marco Delvecchio
ORG
and
Francesco Totti
PER
in attack .
AC Milan
ORG
( 9 ) v
Udinese
ORG
( 11 ) 1330 Can
Milan
ORG
sink any further ? Following their midweek
Champions ' League
MISC
elimination by
Norwegian
MISC
side
Rosenborg
PER
, a morale-boosting win is badly needed .
Liberian
MISC
striker
George Weah
PER
makes a welcome return for
Milan
ORG
alongside
Roberto Baggio
PER
, with
Montenegrin
MISC
Dejan Savicevic
PER
in midfield .
Good news
ORG
for
Milan
LOC
is that
Udinese
ORG
's
German
MISC
striker
Oliver Bierhoff
PER
is out through injury .
Napoli
PER
( 5 ) v
Verona
ORG
( 17 ) 1330 In-form
Napoli
ORG
should prove too strong for second from bottom
Verona
PER
despite the absence of their suspended
Argentine
MISC
defender
Roberto Ayala
PER
.
Verona
PER
's slim chances have been further reduced by a knee injury to their experienced midfielder
Eugenio Corini
PER
.
Parma
ORG
( 14 ) v
Atlalanta
ORG
( 15 ) 1330
Parma
ORG
may field new signing ,
Croat
MISC
midfielder
Mario Stanic
PER
, in an attempt to lift a miserable season which has seen them go without a win since a 1-0 triumph over
Cagliari
ORG
eight weeks ago .
Parma
ORG
's
French
MISC
midfielder
Daniel Bravo
PER
and defender
Fabio Cannavaro
PER
are suspended while
Argentine
MISC
Nestor Sensini
PER
is out through injury .
Atalanta
ORG
look to
Filippo Inzaghi
PER
, scorer of eight goals .
Sampdoria
ORG
( 6 ) v
Juventus
ORG
( 3 ) 1330 All-conquering
Juventus
ORG
field their most recent signing ,
Portuguese
MISC
defender
Dimas
PER
, while
Alessandro Del Piero
PER
and
Croat Alen Boksic
MISC
lead the attack . The new world club champions may prove too strong for a
Sampdoria
ORG
side led by captain
Roberto Mancini
PER
but missing injured
French
MISC
midfielder
Pierre Laigle
PER
.
Vicenza
ORG
( 1 ) v
Internazionale
ORG
( 2 ) 1330 Not exactly a clash of the titans but an intriuguing match nonetheless .
Full
ORG
strength
Vicenza
ORG
, led by
Uruguayan
MISC
Marcelo Otero
PER
, may continue their surprise run at the top against an
Inter
LOC
side that has been less than impressive in three successive home draws .
Inter
LOC
will be without suspended
French
MISC
defender
Joceyln Angloma
PER
and injured
Chilean
MISC
striker
Ivan Zamorano
PER
. -DOCSTART- BASKETBALL -
EUROLEAGUE
ORG
RESULT .
BRUSSELS
LOC
1996-12-06 Result of a
EuroLeague
ORG
basketball match on Thursday : Group B In
Charleroi
LOC
:
Charleroi
LOC
(
Belgium
LOC
) 75
Estudiantes Madrid
ORG
(
Spain
LOC
) 82 ( 34-35 ) Leading scorers :
Charleroi
LOC
-
Eric Cleymans
PER
18 ,
Ron Ellis
PER
18 ,
Jacques Stas
PER
14
Estudiantes
ORG
-
Harper Williams
PER
20 ,
Chadler Thompson
PER
17 ,
Juan Aisa
PER
14 Group D In
Belgrade
LOC
:
Partizan Belgrade
PER
(
Yugoslavia
LOC
) 78
Kinder Bologna
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 70 ( halftime 44-35 ) Leading scorers :
Partizan
ORG
-
Dejan Koturovic
PER
21
Kinder
MISC
-
Zoran Savic
ORG
18 -DOCSTART- SQUASH -
EYLES
ORG
WITHIN SIGHT OF FIFTH TITLE OF YEAR .
BOMBAY
LOC
,
India
LOC
1996-12-06 World number two
Rodney Eyles
PER
moved within sight of his fifth title of the year on Friday when he hurried in only 40 minutes to the final of the richest squash tournament outside the
World Open
MISC
, the $ 105,000
Mahindra International
PER
. The
Australian
MISC
brushed aside unseeded
Englishman
MISC
Mark Cairns
PER
15-7 15-6 15-8 . Top-seeded
Eyles
PER
now meets titleholder
Peter Nicol
PER
of
Scotland
LOC
who overcame
Simon Parke
PER
of
England
LOC
15-7 15-12 15-12 .
Nicol
PER
was full of praise for his opponent who has battled testicular cancer to return to the circuit . " He 's a remarkably courageous player , " said
Nicol
PER
. -DOCSTART- SQUASH -
MAHINDRA INTERNATIONAL SEMIFINAL
MISC
RESULTS .
BOMBAY
LOC
,
India
LOC
1996-12-06 Results of semifinals in the
Mahindra International
MISC
squash tournament on Friday :
Peter Nicol
PER
(
Scotland
LOC
) beat
Simon Parke
PER
(
England
LOC
) 15-7 15-12 15-12
Rodney Eyles
PER
(
Australia
LOC
) beat
Mark Cairns
PER
(
England
LOC
) 15-7 15-6 15-8 . Final :
Nicol
ORG
v
Eyles
PER
, on Saturday . -DOCSTART-
GUNMEN
MISC
KILL FOUR IN
S.AFRICA
MISC
'S ZULU PROVINCE .
DURBAN
LOC
,
South Africa
LOC
1996-12-06 At least four people have been shot dead in two suspected political attacks in
South Africa
LOC
's volatile
Zulu
PER
heartland , police said on Friday . A police spokesman said two youths believed to be supporters of President
Nelson Mandela
PER
's
African National Congress
ORG
(
ANC
ORG
) had been killed when unknown gunmen opened fire at the rural settlement of
Izingolweni
ORG
on
KwaZulu-Natal
LOC
province 's south coast on Thursday night . The victims were 18 and 20 , he said , adding one other youth had been wounded in the shooting . In another attack , also on the province 's south coast on Thursday night , two men were shot dead near Umkomaas .  There had been no arrests . The killings came just hours after violence monitors said they were not optimistic of a peaceful festive season in
KwaZulu-Natal
LOC
and pointed the south coast region where 18 people were massacred last
Christmas
PER
as one of potential hot spots . They said the recent lull in political feuding could be upset as thousands of migrant workers , some tense with grudges brewed in the cities and keen to settle old scores , flock back to their home villages . More than 14,000 people have lost their lives in over a decade of political turf wars between the
ANC
ORG
and Zulu Chief
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
PER
's
Inkatha Freedom Party
ORG
in the province . -DOCSTART-
HAVEL
PER
PRAISES
CZECH
MISC
NATIVE ALBRIGHT AS FRIEND .
Klara
LOC
Gajduskova
PRAGUE
LOC
1996-12-06
Czech
MISC
President
Vaclav Havel
PER
on Friday welcomed the appointment of
Madeleine Albright
PER
, who is of
Czech
MISC
extraction , as the
United States
LOC
' first woman Secretary of
State
LOC
. In a statement
Havel
PER
, who is recovering from cancer surgery , said : "
Madeleine Albright
PER
is a distinguished friend , a tested diplomat , and a true
American
MISC
of fine origins . " " I look forward to continuing our good relations ... with the
United States
LOC
and with the first woman ever to hold the position of Secretary of
State
LOC
. I wish her well , "
Havel
PER
said in a statement to
Reuters
ORG
.
Havel
PER
, who helped lead the " velvet revolution " that ousted the
Communist
MISC
regime in
Prague
LOC
in 1989 , invited
Albright
PER
, then working for a private foreign policy think tank , to advise his new democratic government in 1990 .
Havel
PER
had a small malignant tumour removed from his lung on Monday and is recovering in hospital .
Albright
PER
, born
Marie Korbelova
PER
to a
Czechoslovak
MISC
diplomat in 1937 , fled with her family to the
United States
LOC
after the
Communists
ORG
came to power in a coup in 1948 . As an academic ,
Albright
PER
studied and lectured on
Europe
LOC
's 20th century problems before becoming
U.S.
LOC
ambassador to the
United Nations
ORG
.
Czech
MISC
diplomats , seeking to have their country included in the expected expansion of
NATO
ORG
, praised the selection of
Albright
LOC
, known to be a strong supporter of alliance 's integration of former
Soveit-bloc
MISC
countries . " The nomination ... is a clear signal that one key of the lines of foreign policy will be the strengthening of the
trans-Atlantic
MISC
cooperation , a creation of strategic partnership between
Europe
LOC
and the
US
LOC
, " Foreign Minister
Josef Zieleniec
PER
told
Reuters
ORG
. " ( Albright ) is a convinced advocate of
NATO
ORG
enlargement and of stabilisation of security structures . "
Czech
MISC
ambassador to the
United Nations
ORG
,
Karel Kovanda
PER
, told the daily
Mlada Fronta Dnes
ORG
that Albright " is a little light in our diplomatic heaven , " but warned against expecting her to exert any influence in favour of the
Czechs
LOC
. -DOCSTART-
RADIO
ORG
ROMANIA
AFTERNOON
MISC
HEALINES AT 4 PM .
BUCHAREST
LOC
1996-12-06
Radio Romania
LOC
news headlines : * The
Democratic Convention
MISC
signed an agreement on government and parliamentary support with its coalition partners the
Social Democratic Union
ORG
and the
Hungarian Democratic Union
ORG
(
UDMR
ORG
) . The ceremony was attended by President
Emil Constantinescu
PER
. * The three parties in the government coalition have committed themselves to a real reform of
Romania
LOC
's economy ,
Constantinescu
PER
said after the ceremony . *
The UDMR
ORG
wants to contribute to social reform and economic revival in
Romania
LOC
, union leader
Marko Bela
PER
said . * The international airport in
Timisoara
LOC
and the domestic airports in
Arad
LOC
,
Oradea
PER
and
Sibiu
PER
were closed due to fog . --
Bucharest Newsroom
ORG
40-1 3120264 -DOCSTART-
CZECH
MISC
VICE-PM SEES WIDER DEBATE AT
PARTY CONGRESS
MISC
.
PRAGUE
LOC
1996-12-06 Saturday 's national congress of the ruling
Czech Civic Democratic Party
ORG
(
ODS
ORG
) will discuss making the party more efficient and transparent , Foreign Minister and
ODS
ORG
vice-chairman
Josef Zieleniec
PER
, said on Friday . "
Modernisation
ORG
and more profesionalism of the party 's structure , having financing of the party be more transparent ... are absolutely fundamental , "
Zieleniec
MISC
, who is also vice-premier in the government , told
Reuters
ORG
. He said after June general elections in which the ruling three-party coalition lost its parliamentary majority , the
ODS
ORG
executive , led by Prime Minister
Vaclav Klaus
PER
, had developed proposals on these subjects to present at the congress on Saturday in the
Czech
MISC
second city
Brno
LOC
. " I am convinced , that the congress will tackle these proposals , " he said . The
ODS
ORG
, a party in which
Klaus
ORG
often tries to emulate the style of former
British
MISC
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
PER
, has been in control of
Czech
MISC
politics since winning general elections in 1992 .
Zieleniec
MISC
in the summer led calls for the party and its leadership to listen to more diverse opinions , a thinly-veiled criticism of
Klaus
PER
who has spearheaded the country 's
post-Communist
MISC
economic reforms . The party , led by the vigorously-confident
Klaus
PER
, took 32 of 81 seats after late November runoff elections to the new upper house of
Czech
MISC
parliament . But after the first round vote a week before , the
ODS
ORG
had the potential to win as many 79 seats .
Klaus
ORG
and his coalition lost its majority in parliament in June lower house elections after the left-wing opposition consolidated , putting the centre-left
Social Democrats
MISC
in a strong second-place position . --
Prague Newsroom
ORG
42-2-2423-0003 -DOCSTART-
POLAND
LOC
GOT MONEY FROM POST-WAR
SWISS
MISC
ACCOUNTS
ORG
.
Marcin Grajewski WARSAW
PER
1996-12-06
Poland
LOC
said on Friday that
Swiss
MISC
bank accounts , which in many cases belonged to
Polish
MISC
Jews
MISC
who died in the
Holocaust
ORG
, were used in debt settlements between the two countries after the
World War Two
MISC
. Foreign Minister
Dariusz Rosati
PER
, unveiling first findings of a special government commission , said that in 1970s the then communist
Poland
LOC
received 460,000
Swiss
MISC
francs from the accounts . " In 1970s ,
Poland
LOC
received from unclaimed accounts in
Switzerland
LOC
a sum of 460,000 francs . What was its right ( to the money ) ...I do not know , "
Rosati
PER
told a news conference .
Switzerland
LOC
stands accused by
Senator
MISC
Alfonse D'Amato
PER
, chairman of the powerful
U.S. Senate Banking Committee
ORG
, of agreeing to give money to
Poland
LOC
from unclaimed bank accounts of
Polish
MISC
citizens , as part of an accord on compensating
Swiss
MISC
nationals whose assets had been seized in communist
Poland
LOC
. Many of these citizens were
Jews
MISC
murdered during the war , when
Nazi German
MISC
invaders killed most of
Poland
LOC
's 3.5 million
Jews
MISC
.
Rosati
PER
did not say whether the payment in 1970s was part of the 1949 agreement between
Warsaw
LOC
and
Switzerland
LOC
on compensation to
Swiss
MISC
citizens whose assets were seized by the
Soviet-imposed
MISC
communists authorities after
World War Two
MISC
. " I expect that the commission will finish gathering information within two to three weeks and then more details will be provided , "
Rosati
PER
said .
Rosati
PER
confirmed that the 1949 agreement had provided for granting
Switzerland
LOC
about 53 million francs and most of this sum was repaid with coal exports . He said , however , that
Switzerland
LOC
did get about 16,000 francs from the so-called " dead accounts " as part of the compensation . " About 16,000 francs were seized from accounts of four or five
Polish
MISC
citizens , whose data we do not precisely know . The issue is of moral and legal nature , because its financial significance is small , "
Rosati
PER
said . Under pressure from international
Jewish
MISC
organisations ,
Swiss
MISC
government has devised a plan to pay out millions of dollars in unclaimed bank accounts as a conciliatory gesture toward
Holocaust
PER
victims . The conservative
Radical Democrats
PER
(
FDP
ORG
) have said they would ask parliament next week to order
Swiss
MISC
banks to put some 40 million
Swiss
MISC
francs ( $ 31 million ) in dormant wealth into a fund earmarked for
Jewish
MISC
groups and charitable organisations . But
Swiss
MISC
banks and the country 's
Jewish
MISC
community voiced doubts whether the plan would work . -DOCSTART-
INTERVIEW-ZYWIEC
ORG
SEES NO BIG 97
NET
ORG
RISE .
Steven Silber
PER
WARSAW
LOC
1996-12-06
Polish
MISC
brewer
Zywiec
LOC
's 1996 profit slump may last into next year due in part to hefty depreciation charges , but recent high investment should help the firm defend its 10-percent market share , the firm 's chief executive said .
Company
LOC
President
Jean van Boxmeer
PER
told
Reuters
ORG
in an interview on Friday that the firm , whose net profit fell 77 percent in the first 10 months of 1996 despite a 30-percent rise in sales , might only post slightly better profits in 1997 before having a chance to make a more significant turnaround . So far this year
Zywiec
LOC
, whose full name is
Zaklady Piwowarskie
PER
w
Zywcu SA
ORG
, has netted six million zlotys on sales of 224 million zlotys . It has produced 1.5 million hectolitres .
Van Boxmeer
PER
would not say how much higher 1997 profits or market share could be but said sales of leading
Polish
MISC
brewers should rise as the country 's young urban professionals gradually switch from vodka to beer . " The perspective on growth is such that reasonably we can think that somewhere between 65 and 80 litres per year is certainly reachable , "
van Boxmeer
PER
said on
Polish
MISC
per-capita beer consumption , currently around 40 litres . He said the 65-80-litre level could be reached in the next ten years and make
Poland
LOC
, with its 40-million population ,
Europe
LOC
's third largest beer market after
Germany
LOC
and
Britain
LOC
.
Van Boxmeer
PER
said
Poland
LOC
's top five brewers , which produce about 55 percent of the country 's beer , could all raise market share as some of the numerous small brewers fall to competition from the large brewers with foreign investors .
Zywiec
LOC
is 31.8-percent owned by
Heineken
PER
while
Carlsberg
ORG
has the same amount in
Okocim
LOC
. Earlier this year
South African Breweries Ltd
MISC
(
SAB
ORG
) bought strategic stakes in the unlisted
Lech
ORG
and
Tychy
LOC
brewers , which together hold more than 20 percent of the market , and
Australia
LOC
's
Brewpole BV
LOC
has a controlling stake in
Poland
LOC
's larges t brewery ,
Elbrewery Company Ltd.
ORG
(
EB
ORG
) .
Van Boxmeer
PER
said the tough competition had prevented
Zywiec
LOC
from raising prices in line with inflation , which had added to the pressure on the firm 's margins . He said advertising costs would also increase in the fight for market share . But he said the company 's investment of more than $ 100 million already this decade , largely in production , would help position it to compete with such competitors as brewers from the neighbouring
Czech Republic
LOC
. Some analysts say cheaper but high-quality
Czech
MISC
imports could invade
Poland
LOC
once tariffs for CEFTA countries are lifted in 1998 , but
van Boxmeer
PER
says such a threat might be exaggerated despite the
Czech
MISC
beer market 's overcapacity . " I think
Polish
MISC
consumers in general are quite proud of their beers -- and I 'm speaking about all the brands -- and as we make good beers ... I think that this fidelity to our beers is a factor which can limit the
Czech
MISC
beers , " he said .
Van Boxmeer
PER
said
Zywiec
PER
had its eye on
Okocim
LOC
, which has said it would start producing
Carlsberg
LOC
beer next year , but that
Zywiec
LOC
's potential production of
Heineken
LOC
was a medium-term possibility rather than a short-term one . He said his firm would be better off concentrating on its leading brand ,
Zywiec Full Light
PER
, which accounts for 85 percent of sales and is the country 's largest-selling brand . " You will not win the war of the
Polish
MISC
beer market with imported international brands , "
van Boxmeer
PER
said , adding that
Heineken
PER
would remain an up-market import in
Poland
LOC
.
Van Boxmeer
PER
also said
Zywiec
LOC
would be boosted by its recent shedding of soft drinks which only accounted for about three percent of the firm 's overall sales and for which 7.6 million zlotys in provisions had already been made . --
Warsaw Newsroom
ORG
+48 22 653 9700 -DOCSTART-
HAVEL
PER
HAS TRAECHEOTOMY AFTER CONDITIONS
WORSENS
PER
.
PRAGUE
LOC
1996-12-06 Doctors performed an emergency tracheotomy to help
Czech
MISC
President
Vaclav Havel
PER
breathe after cancer surgery on his lungs earlier this week , a spokesman said on Friday . He said that the procedure to insert a device into
Havel
PER
's throat , done after his breathing worsened on Thursday , had helped , and the president 's condition significantly improved . " A worsening in the president 's lung functions took place yesterday , " presidential spokesman
Ladlislav Spacek
PER
said in a statement . " A tracheotomy was performed and supportive breathing was installed through the help of a breathing device , " he said . " After these steps , the president 's condition signigicantly improved . "
Havel
PER
has been recovering from surgery on Monday which removed a small malignant tumour and half of his right lung . Doctors after the operation said that they had caught the cancer early , and that
Havel
PER
could fully recover from the surgery within six weeks .
His
ORG
spokesman said on Thursday that
Havel
PER
, 60 and a heavy smoker , had also developed a slight case of pneumonia in the left lung . -DOCSTART-
UK-US
ORG
open skies talks end , no date to restart .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
The UK Department of Transport
ORG
on Friday said that the latest round of " open skies " talks with the
U.S.
LOC
had ended with no deal on liberalising the transatlantic flight market and no date set for when talks would restart . A spokesman for the
DOT
ORG
told
Reuters
ORG
" We have had talks towards concluding a new air service agreement which would produce liberalisation ... useful progress was made on a number of issues , but not all . No date has been set for further talks . " -DOCSTART-
Tambang Timah
PER
at $ 15.575 in
London
LOC
.
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07
PT Tambang Timah
ORG
closed at $ 15.575 per
GDR
ORG
in
London
LOC
on Friday . It recorded the day 's low of $ 15.475 and the day 's high of $ 15.725 . It closed at $ 15.80 on Thursday . One Global Depository
Receipt
LOC
represents 10 common shares . --
Jakarta
LOC
newsroom +6221 384-6364 -DOCSTART-
Telkom
PER
at $ 35 in
London
LOC
.
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia
ORG
(
Telkom
ORG
) closed at $ 35 in
London
LOC
on Friday . It recorded the day 's low of $ 34.475 and the day 's high of $ 35.375 . Its previous close on Thursday as $ 35.63 . One ADS represents 20 ordinary shares --
Jakarta
LOC
newsroom +6221 384-6364 . -DOCSTART-
Woman
PER
charged over
N. Ireland
PER
arms find .
BELFAST
LOC
1996-12-06 A woman was charged on Friday with terrorist offences after three
Irish Republican Army
ORG
mortar bombs were found in a
Belfast
ORG
house , police said . Police said the bombs were found hidden with incendiaries and ammunition that were blocked up behind a kitchen wall . The 35-year-old woman was charged with possession of explosives with intent to endanger life and making a house available for the purpose of terrorism , police said . She will appear in court on Saturday . Her name was not released .
Security
ORG
forces said the bombs may have been intended for use in a
pre-Christmas
MISC
bombing campaign by the guerrilla group that is battling to oust
Britain
LOC
from
Northern Ireland
LOC
. -DOCSTART-
Britain
LOC
sets conditions to clear
American
MISC
alliance .
Edna Fernandes LONDON
PER
1996-12-06
The British
ORG
government warned Friday that it would refer the proposed trans-Atlantic alliance between
British Airways Plc
ORG
and
American Airlines
ORG
to
Britain
LOC
's
Monopolies
LOC
and
Mergers Commission
ORG
unless the carriers complied with a number of conditions .
Trade and Industry
ORG
Secretary
Ian Lang
PER
added that even if the conditions were met by both airlines , final clearance would hinge on an open skies deal between
Britain
LOC
and the
United States
LOC
to liberalise trans-Atlantic air traffic , which would create greater competition on the routes .
Lang
PER
said he supported conditions proposed by
Britain
LOC
's
Office of Fair Trading
MISC
, which was asked to examine the case last month . " I agree ... that without suitable undertakings the alliance would be likely to lead to a significant loss of actual and potential passengers , on those routes where
BA
ORG
and AA currently compete and for all passengers on the trans-Atlantic market route between the
UK
LOC
and
U.S.
LOC
, " he said . His comments came just minutes after the latest set of open skies talks ended in
London
LOC
with no deal signed .
Industry
ORG
sources said there was no new date for fresh talks and blamed the deadlock on uncertainty over whether the
British Airways-American
MISC
deal would be cleared . The conditions for clearance of the alliance were that
British Airways
ORG
and
American
MISC
drop 168 slots at
London Heathrow
LOC
airport , the busiest in
Europe
LOC
.
American
MISC
's parent ,
AMR Corp.
ORG
, said it did not view the terms as a " deal breaker . " However , it called the conditions " more severe " than those imposed by other regulatory authorities on similar airline alliances .
British Airways
ORG
's initial response was that " unconditional divestiture of slots is unprecedented and if done it must be on the basis of fair market value . " It added that it would be " prepared to take reasonable steps to assist the introduction of additional competition . " The government also wants
British Airways
ORG
to drop a clause in its agreement with
USAir
ORG
that bars it from competing on
trans-Atlantic
MISC
routes , and said both
British Airways
ORG
and
American
MISC
should be prepared to reduce services on the
London
LOC
to
Dallas-Fort Worth
LOC
route in the event that a new entrant wishes to enter . It also suggested losing some slots on the
London-to-Boston
ORG
route .
The Office of Fair Trade
ORG
called for
British Airways
ORG
/
American
MISC
to allow third-party access to their joint frequent flyer programme where the applicant does not have access to an equivalent programme .
Lang
PER
said responses should be made to the
Office of Fair Trading
MISC
by Jan. 10 , 1997 . -DOCSTART-
Med
PER
oil products mostly lower as
Elf
ORG
strike ends .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
Mediterranean
MISC
oil products were steady to mostly lower on Friday after
Elf
ORG
refinery workers voted to end their nine-day strike . Gas oil erased Thursday 's gains , plunging $ 5.50 a tonne in line with the screen .
Volume
ORG
was very thin and market remained long , with premiums down $ 1 at about high cif quotes +$0.50 basis
Genoa
ORG
. " The sharp moves on the screen make everyone nervous , " a trader said .
Trades
PER
were discussed in 0.2 , 0.5 and one percent heating oil into
Syria
LOC
and
Lebanon
LOC
and there were fresh inquiries from
France
LOC
and
Spain
LOC
for low sulphur diesel . Interest remains focussed on a tender by
India
LOC
for a second purchase of high speed diesel for January delivery . Fuel oil lost ground sharply with weaker crude , but also suffered from some pricing pressure . High sulphur cracked fuel lost about $ 3 to $ 109-111 fob
Med
PER
with several cargoes threatening to overhang the market . The chance of material heading north , talked earlier this week , may be in jeopardy now since
American
MISC
fuel oil is expected to head transatlantic following outages at two coking units in the
U.S
LOC
. Up to 165,000 tonnes of fuel will have to find a new home and with the arbitrage from the
U.S.
LOC
to
Europe
LOC
open
Rotterdam
LOC
is a prime candidate .
Low
PER
sulphur prices were lower with cif
Med
LOC
pegged in the mid to low $ 140s .
Gasoline
MISC
prices fell after striking
Elf
ORG
refinery workers voted to go back to work , traders said . But an open arbitrage to the
U.S.
LOC
and tight
Italian
MISC
supplies after
Elf
ORG
scooped up
Med
LOC
material over the last week , continued to underpin prices into next week . -DOCSTART- New meningitis scare hits
Britain
LOC
.
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 A boy has died from meningitis and a girl from the same school has contracted the disease in the second such scare to hit
Britain
LOC
in as many weeks , health authorities said on Friday . The 16-year-old who attended
Sale Grammar School
PER
in the northern
England
LOC
city of
Manchester
LOC
died less than a day after becoming ill . The 15-year-old girl is also suffering from the disease and hospital officials described her condition as serious . " At the moment there is no evidence the two cases are linked . However , we are assuming they are as a precaution for the time being , " a spokeswoman said . The more than 1,260 students at the school are being given antibiotics as a precaution .
Wales
LOC
grappled with its own cluster of meningitis cases on a university campus in
Cardiff
LOC
. At least two people have died and hundreds have been vaccinated in an effort to contain the virus . In
Scotland
LOC
, eight people have died and hundreds more are fighting a widespread food-poisoning outbreak . A health authority spokeswoman said 78 people suspected of having the disease , including 64 confirmed cases , were still being treated . Three were listed in poor condition . More than 290 people have reported symptoms in
Lanarkshire
LOC
county , the worst-hit area , since the outbreak first came to light after people ate tainted meat pies at a pensioners ' lunch . -DOCSTART-
Major 's
MISC
office-Conservatives
MISC
still have majority .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
British
MISC
Prime Minister
John Major
PER
's office said on Friday that rebel
Conservative MP
ORG
Sir
John Gorst
PER
had not " resigned the whip " ( quit the parliamentary party ) and the government still had a majority in the 651-seat parliament . " He (
Gorst
ORG
) isreserving the right not to cooperate , but he has not resigned the whip . The government still has a majority , " a spokesman from
Major 's
MISC
office in
Downing Street
ORG
said .
Gorst
ORG
's office said later the
MP
ORG
would not feel himself obliged to vote with the government . He said at one point during a press conference : " I have seen my whip ( party manager ) for next week which , of course , does n't mean very much to me now . "
Before Gorst
PER
's statement ,
Major
PER
had a one-seat majority in the 651-seat
House of Commons
ORG
lower house of parliament . In his formal statement ,
Gorst
ORG
said : " I am today withdrawing my cooperation from the government and shall not treat the " whip ' as either a summons to attend the
House of Commons
ORG
or as placing me under any obligation to vote as advised . "
Gorst
ORG
resigned over a hospital closure in his constituency . -DOCSTART-
Electronic Data
PER
bags flight data contract .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 Information technology firm
Electronic Data Systems
ORG
said on Friday it had bagged a contract for the first air traffic control project being funded under the
Private Finance Initiative
ORG
. In a statement ,
EDS
ORG
said the contract would be in the region of 50 million stg . The contract involved upgrading the flight data processing system at the
Oceanic Control Centre
LOC
in
Prestwick
PER
in south west
Scotland
LOC
for
National Air Traffic Services Ltd
ORG
(
NATS
ORG
) , subsidiary of the
Civil Aviation Authority
ORG
. The system is responsible for the control of aircraft flying transatlantic routes from
Europe
LOC
and
North America
LOC
. The system , which would use satellite technology , is scheduled to enter service in 2000 . --
London Newsroom
ORG
+44-171-542 7717 -DOCSTART-
RTRS
ORG
- Cricket - Play restarts in
Australia-West Indies
LOC
match .
MELBOURNE
LOC
1996-12-06 Play restarted in the first
World Series
MISC
limited overs match between
West Indies
LOC
and
Australia
LOC
after a rain delay of 50 minutes on Friday .
West Indies
LOC
resumed their innings on 53 for two with opener
Sherwin Campbell
PER
on 25 and
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
PER
10 . Rain earlier delayed the start of play by 30 minutes . --
Sydney Newsroom
ORG
61-2 9373-1800 -DOCSTART- Cricket -
Pakistan
LOC
beat
New Zealand
LOC
by 46 runs . SIALKOT ,
Pakistan
LOC
1996-12-06
Pakistan
LOC
beat
New Zealand
LOC
by 46 runs on Friday to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series . Scores :
Pakistan
LOC
277-9 ,
New Zealand
LOC
231 -DOCSTART-
Manitoba Pork
LOC
forward contract PM prices - Dec 6 .
WINNIPEG
LOC
1996-12-06
Manitoba Pork
PER
closing forward contract prices in
Canadian
MISC
dollars per hundred lbs (
Cwt
LOC
) for Dec 6 including minimum guaranteed price -- CONTRACT PREVIOUS CLOSE PM CLOSE PM CLOSING RANGE DATE PM CLOSE FIXED
MINIMUM
ORG
AT 1230
CST Feb
ORG
97 79.94 79.67 75.55 77.01-81.80 Mar 97 76.37 76.12 72.02 73.47-78.24 Apr 97 74.13 74.69 70.59 72.04-76.81 May 97 76.51 77.07 72.97 74.42-79.19 Jun 97 77.53 77.24 73.17 74.62-79.35 Jul 97 74.45 74.01 69.95 71.39-76.12 Aug 97 72.41 72.07 68.01 69.45-74.18 Sep 97 69.18 69.24 65.17 66.61-71.34 Oct 97 68.00 68.05 63.98 65.43-70.16 Nov 97 68.00 68.05 63.98 65.43-70.16 Note :
Manitoba Government Price Index
MISC
(
C$
MISC
per cwt ) - Dec 4 87.16
Manitoba
LOC
's
Hog Price Range
LOC
: 84.00-86.00 per cwt CAN /
U.S.
LOC
DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE : 1.3570 Source :
Manitoba Pork
PER
. ( (
Winnipeg
PER
bureau<PHONE_NUMBER> ) ) -DOCSTART-
Canadian
MISC
West Coast Vessel Loadings - CWB .
WINNIPEG
LOC
1996-12-06 The
Canadian Wheat Board
ORG
reported six ships loading , 10 waiting and four due at the
Canadian West Coast
LOC
, as of Friday . The longest wait to load on the
West Coast
LOC
was 13 days . Two ship loaded in
Thunder Bay
LOC
, one waited and seven were due . Two ships loaded on the
East Coast
LOC
, three waited to load , six were due .
Port Loading Waiting Vancouver
ORG
5 7
Prince Rupert
PER
1 3 ( (
Gilbert Le Gras
PER
204 947 3548 ) ) -DOCSTART-
New York
LOC
timecharter fixtures - Dec 6 .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06 No new fixtures reported from
New York
LOC
. --
New York Commodities Desk
ORG
+1<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
New York
LOC
coal / ore / scrap fixtures - Dec 6 .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06
ORE
LOC
-
Maritime Queen
PER
70,000 tonnes Dampier /
Kaohsiung
LOC
20-30/12 $ 5.25 fio 35,000 / 30,000
China Steel
LOC
. --
New York Commodities Desk
ORG
+1<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART- Clean tankers fixtures and enquiries - 2321
GMT
MISC
.
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06 FIXTURES -
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
LOC
-
Danila
LOC
28.5 16/12
Caribs
LOC
/ up
W224 Mobil
MISC
. --
New York Commodities Desk
ORG
,<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
Dirty
LOC
tanker fixtures and enquiries - 2317
GMT
MISC
.
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06
MIDEAST
LOC
/
RED SEA
LOC
-
Thai
MISC
Resource
ORG
264 31/12
Ras Tanura
PER
/
Red Sea
LOC
W46.50
Mobil
PER
.
MEDITERRANEAN
MISC
-
Lula
LOC
I 85 25/12
Sidi Kreir
PER
/ Augusta W100
Exxon
ORG
. Spetses 139 17/12
Sidi Kreir
PER
/ Augusta W97.50 Exxon .
Mesipia
LOC
77.5 17/12
Bajaia / Fos W105 Exxon
ORG
. --
New York Commodities Desk
ORG
+1<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
NYC Jan
MISC
refunding has its 1st
Euro
MISC
floating rate .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06
New York City
LOC
on Friday said that it planned a $ 775 million refunding for January that will include its first floating rate issue of taxable debt for
European
MISC
investors . A city official , who declined to be named , explained that
Goldman , Sachs
ORG
, which this summer was demoted to the second tier of the syndicate , proposed the floating rate issue and as a result was promoted to book runner for this offering . By selling the floating rate debt , the city hopes to establish a benchmark , the city official said , adding that it needed a large deal to accomplish this objective . The city in late June sold its first issue of
Euronotes
LOC
, a strategy that it says saved it $ 500,000 in interest costs , and it has been trying to build on this strategy of expanding the pool of potential investors since then . In November ,
New York City
LOC
said it became the first
U.S.
LOC
municipality to offer bonds for sale in
European
MISC
markets by competitive bidding as it listed taxable bonds on the
London Stock Exchange
ORG
. The refunding planned for January also includes a $ 475 million tax-exempt offering . No specific date in January has been selected for the debt sale , the official added . --
Joan Gralla
PER
,<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
USDA
ORG
gross cutout hide and offal value .
DES MOINES
LOC
1996-12-06 The hide and offal value from a typical slaughter steer for Friday was estimated at $ 9.54 per cwt live , dn 0.05 when compared to Thursday 's value . -
USDA
ORG
-DOCSTART-
Wall St
LOC
speculates about
Santa Fe
PER
savior .
Brendan Intindola NEW YORK
MISC
1996-12-06
Homestake Mining Co
ORG
tops
Wall Street
LOC
's list as the most likely white knight buyer for
Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp
ORG
if
Santa Fe
LOC
rejects unsolicited suitor
Newmont Mining Corp
ORG
.
Santa Fe
LOC
is so far mum on the more than $ 2 billion stock swap takeover proposal from
Newmont
LOC
, announced Thursday .
Wall Street
LOC
, since the bid , has speculated that any deal between
Newmont
LOC
and
Santa Fe
LOC
would be a " bear hug , " or a reluctantly negotiated agreement where the buyer is not necessarily a friendly suitor .
Newmont
PER
said the companies have had previous contact , though declined to detail the encounters . Analysts predict
Santa Fe
PER
will go to the highest bidder , and that if a rival buyer is found ,
Newmont
PER
may not be able to match its offer . They said the
Santa Fe
LOC
deal , which includes desirable
Nevada
LOC
mining territory , would only payoff for
Newmont
LOC
longer term .
Newmont
LOC
, in fact , will not benefit from the
Santa Fe
LOC
acquisition on an earnings basis for at least two years , which also limits its capacity to raise its offer .
Any
ORG
deal , friendly or hostile , would almost assuredly be a stock swap , which is necessary to preserve the tax-free , pooling-of-interest accounting , they said .
Analysts
ORG
and arbitrageurs immediately ruled out
Barrick Gold Corp
ORG
and
Bre-X Minerals Ltd
ORG
as
Santa Fe
LOC
saviors because they are locked in negotiations over their splitting
Indonesia
LOC
's
Busang
LOC
vast gold deposit .
Placer Dome Inc
ORG
too was considered unlikley because it is focusing on geographic expansion in areas that do match
Santa Fe 's Nevada
LOC
,
South America
LOC
and
Central Asia
LOC
presence , they said . A
Homestake
ORG
spokesman was not immediately available to comment on speculation that it tops the list .
Homestake
PER
, based in
San Francisco
LOC
, operates gold mines in the
United States
LOC
,
Australia
LOC
,
Chile
LOC
and
Canada
LOC
. Earnings in 1995 were $ 0.22 per share , or $ 30.3 million , on revenues of $ 746.3 million .
Santa Fe
LOC
is headquartered
Albuquerque
ORG
, N.M. and reported 1995 earnings of $ 0.30 per share , or $ 40 million , on revenues of $ 350 million .
Santa Fe
LOC
has mining and exploration operations in
Nevada
LOC
,
California
LOC
,
Montana
LOC
,
Canada
LOC
,
Brazil
LOC
,
Australia
LOC
,
Chile
LOC
,
Kazakstan
LOC
,
Mexico
LOC
and
Ghana
LOC
. PaineWebber analyst
Marc Cohen
PER
said he lowered his rating on
Newmont
LOC
to neutral from attractive today because if
Newmont
LOC
merged with
Santa Fe
LOC
, investors would have to wait until the second half of 1998 to realize earnings accretion . " I think
Homestake
PER
could come in as a white knight , but how much is someone willing to come in above the
Newmont
LOC
number . One would have to outbid by at least 15 percent , but there is going to be a (
Santa Fe
LOC
) deal with someone , " he said . "
Longer
LOC
term , two to three years out , ( a
Newmont-Santa Fe
MISC
deal ) is positive , it does all the right things . But in the near-term it is , at worst , neutral , " the analyst added .
Newmont
LOC
proposed to
Santa Fe
LOC
a stock-swap merger at a ratio of 0.33
Newmont
LOC
shares for each
Santa Fe
MISC
shares . In Friday
New York Stock Exchange
ORG
trade ,
Newmonth
ORG
was off 1/2 to 46-5/8 while
Santa Fe
PER
added 1/4 to 15-1/8 . "
Newmont
PER
said it wants to discuss a friendly deal with
Santa Fe
LOC
, which is almost always a euphemism for ' We have more money in our pocket , ' " said an arb , referring to a possible sweetened bid from
Newmont
LOC
. Two other arbs called
Newmont
LOC
's move a " a 32 cent bid " because there is no formal tender offer , only the proposal letter " mailed " to
Santa Fe
LOC
's board . --
Wall Street Desk
ORG
,<PHONE_NUMBER> . -DOCSTART-
Russ Berrie
ORG
president to retire in July .
OAKLAND
ORG
,
N.J.
LOC
1996-12-06
Russ Berrie and Co Inc
ORG
said on Friday that
A. Curts Cooke
PER
will retire as president and chief operating officer effective July 1 , 1997 .
Cooke
ORG
will provide consulting services to the company through July 1 , 1998 , and will continue to serve as a director , the toy and gift maker said . -DOCSTART-
Zimbabwe
LOC
executes convicted murderer .
HARARE
LOC
1996-12-06
Zimbabwe
LOC
hanged a convicted murderer on Friday , bringing to eight the number of executions carried out in the past year . A statement said
Piniel Sindiso Ncube
PER
was hanged at dawn . President
Robert Mugabe
PER
's government has resisted pressure from local and international human rights groups to abolish the death sentence . -DOCSTART-
Multinational
LOC
commander going back to east
Zaire
LOC
.
Jonathan Wright
PER
NAIROBI
LOC
1996-12-06 The
Canadian
MISC
general in charge of a multinational force for eastern
Zaire
LOC
said on Friday he was going back to
Zaire
LOC
for more information about the plight of about 165,000
Rwandan
MISC
refugees adrift in the countryside .
Lieutenant-General Maurice Baril
ORG
told a news conference in
Nairobi
LOC
his main concern was for a large group of about 150,000 refugees living off the land in a valley about 65 km ( 40 miles ) west of the eastern city of
Goma
LOC
. If he decided it was necessary and safe for the aircrew , he would not hesitate to order airdrops of food for the refugees , even against the wishes of the government in
Kinshasa
LOC
and the
Zairean
MISC
rebels who control much of eastern
Zaire
LOC
, he said . " Tomorrow I 'm going into
Rwanda
LOC
and my intention is to go across into eastern
Zaire
LOC
and try to find out for the second time what the situation is on the ground , " he said . General Baril saw rebel leader
Laurent Kabila
PER
in
Goma
LOC
last week but the rebels told him the crisis was over because most of the
Rwandan
MISC
refugees have already gone home . The rebels do not want the multinational force to deploy on the ground , for fear it might help the
Zairean
MISC
army regain control of the area .
Kinshasa
LOC
opposes airdrops , apparently because the food could fall into the hands of the rebels and their local supporters .
Canadian
MISC
Defence Minister
Doug Young
PER
said on Thursday that the multinational force would probably not have to make food airdrops or intervene militarily in any major way . " It does n't look as though they ( airdrops ) are going to be required in any significant way because the
NGOs
MISC
( non-governmental organisations ) are in that area on the border between
Zaire
LOC
and
Rwanda
LOC
, "
Young
PER
told reporters . But General
Baril
PER
said it would be premature to rule out any course of action until he had more information . " We hope that if the front moves forward or stabilises then we will have access ( to the large group of refugees ) with reconnaissance or humanitarian agencies . " If they ca n't move because they are too weak , then we will probably consider very seriously using air delivery means ( airdrops ) ...It 's complex , it 's dangerous for the air crew that fly in there and it will have to be absolutely necessary . If it is necessary , I wo n't hesitate to use it , " he said . Asked if he would disregard the objections of the
Zairean
MISC
government , he said : " It would have to be in the last resort . It would have to mean that tens of thousands of lives are in danger . Do you think that I would have a conscience problem doing it or not at that time ? And my mandate is also under
Chapter Seven
MISC
to operate in eastern
Zaire
LOC
. " Under
Chapter Seven
MISC
of the
U.N.
ORG
charter , the
Security Council
ORG
has wide powers to preserve peace and security . " I know their ( the
Zairean
MISC
government 's ) position and I know it 's very delicate and we are very sensitive to their position also , " the general added . He denied that his contacts , criticised by
Kinshasa
LOC
, with the
Zairean
MISC
rebels amounted to negotiations . " I do n't negotiate , " he said . " I coordinate with those who are holding ground and that 's a wise thing to do . When we do n't know where the front is , we do n't know what the risk is . "
Baril
PER
said that apart from the group of 150,000 ,
U.S.
LOC
and
British
MISC
reconnaissance plans had tracked two much smaller groups of refugees -- one of up to 1,000 north of the town of
Masisi
ORG
and one of up to 8,000 on the road from
Bukavu
ORG
west to
Kindu
LOC
. The
Kisangani
LOC
office of the medical charity
Medecins
ORG
sans
Frontieres
ORG
said on Friday that more than 100,000 refugees were trekking northwest from the
Goma-Bukavu
MISC
area and many of them were now in the town of
Walikale
LOC
. The general did not mention these refugees , who are on the outer limit of the strip the planes have been checking . -DOCSTART-
Mauritius
LOC
put on cyclone alert .
PORT LOUIS
LOC
1996-12-06
Mauritian
MISC
authorities put the
Indian Ocean
LOC
island on cyclone alert on Friday . The weather services office said the centre of the intense tropical cyclone
Daniella
ORG
was 570 km ( 310 miles ) north by northwest of the island on Friday afternoon and was moving south by southwest at eight km an hour ( four knots ) . Although not threatening
Mauritius
LOC
directly , it is coming closer to the island and could change direction , it added .
Winds
LOC
up to 75 km an hour ( 40 knots ) could blow over
Mauritius
LOC
during the night of Friday to Saturday , it said . The weather in the capital
Port Louis
LOC
was heavily cloudy on Friday afternoon with occasional showers . The northeastern coast of the nearby island of
Madagascar
LOC
has also gone on alert . -DOCSTART-
U.N.
ORG
evacuates staff from
Central African Republic
LOC
.
ABIDJAN
LOC
1996-12-06
The United Nations
ORG
evacuated its staff in the
Central African Republic
LOC
on Friday because of mounting violence in a two-week-old army mutiny in the capital , a
U.N.
ORG
official said . The official from the
U.N.
ORG
refugee agency
UNHCR
ORG
said a chartered plane had picked up the staff from
Bangui
LOC
and was heading for
Abidjan
LOC
,
Ivory Coast
LOC
. -DOCSTART-
Senegal
LOC
proposes foreign minister for
U.N.
ORG
post .
DAKAR
LOC
1996-12-06
Senegal
LOC
's President
Abdou Diouf
PER
said on Friday he was proposing his foreign minister
Moustapha Niasse
PER
for the post of
United Nations
ORG
secretary-general .
Diouf
PER
announced his intention to reporters when he returned from the
Franco-African
MISC
summit in
Burkina
LOC
Faso where an
African
MISC
successor to Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
PER
was discussed . The
United States
LOC
has vetoed a second term for the
Egyptian
MISC
but left the door open for another
African
MISC
candidate . " If
Africa
LOC
does not wish to lose its turn we have to act fast , "
Diouf
PER
said . " Some of my brother heads of state asked me if I would n't nominate
Moustapha Niasse
PER
. I see in him the profile of a secretray-general of the
United Nations
ORG
and I have given my endorsement . " -DOCSTART-
Ex-minister
ORG
, son killed in
Central Africa
LOC
unrest .
Raphael Kopessoua
PER
BANGUI
LOC
1996-12-06 A former cabinet minister in
Central African Republic
LOC
and his son were abducted from their home and murdered in growing ethnic violence in the capital
Bangui
LOC
, a government minister said on Friday . With violence spiralling out of control ,
France
LOC
voiced backing for the elected
Bangui
LOC
government but said its troops based in the former colony under defence pacts would not help it combat army mutineers . "
France
LOC
cannot be involved in the domestic political debate , " President
Jacques Chirac
PER
told a news conference at the end of a
Franco-African
MISC
summit in
Burkina
LOC
Faso . "
French
MISC
troops may only take part in maintaining order to avoid major abuses and protect foreign communities , " he said .
Public Service
ORG
Minister
David Dofara
PER
, who is the head of the national
Red Cross
ORG
, told
Reuters
ORG
he had seen the bodies of former interior minister
Christophe Grelombe
PER
and his son , who was not named .
Witnesses
ORG
said they had been seized by troops loyal to President
Ange-Felix Patasse
PER
at dawn on Thursday when they clashed with soldiers staging a mutiny since November 16 .
Grelombe
PER
is from the
Yakoma
ORG
tribe to which most of the rebel soldiers belong . The uprising began over pay demands but has turned into a campaign to topple
Patasse
PER
, sparking ethnic violence and dividing the capital . The former minister and his son had been taken from their home close to the presidential palace , which is guarded by loyalist soldiers backed by
French
MISC
troops based in
Bangui
LOC
. The bodies were found on Thursday in an open field about two km ( one mile ) further away , said
Dofora
ORG
and other witnesses . The men were seized as loyalist forces and
French
MISC
troops fought gunbattles with mutineers who fired rockets into the city centre . A
French-owned
MISC
hotel was slightly damaged .
Yakomas
PER
are hounded in stronghold districts of
Patasse
PER
's
Baya
MISC
people while other tribes have fled areas in rebel hands .
Roadblocks
LOC
have been erected in city districts while central
Bangui
LOC
, which is patrolled by
French
MISC
troops with tanks , is deserted .
Shops
MISC
and businesses have remained shut this week .
The
ORG
Franco-African
MISC
summit decided to send a mission
Bangui
LOC
to seek ways of containing the mutiny and a threat of civil war .
Chirac
PER
said
Burkina Faso
PER
President
Blaise Compaore
PER
would visit
Bangui
LOC
" in the coming hours " with the heads of state of
Gabon
LOC
,
Mali
LOC
and
Chad
LOC
to try and establish dialogue between authorities and rebels . The mutiny forced Patasse to miss the summit .
His
ORG
spokesman had predicted the meeting to send an assessment mission .
Patasse
PER
, who won
Central Africa
LOC
's first multi-party elections , refuses to resign .
Church-led
MISC
meadiation attempts hit deadlock over rebel demands for his departure . Soldiers staged mutinies in April and May , with
French
MISC
troops stepping in with tanks and helicopters to quell the more serious second uprising . Patasse offered concessions and amnesty to rebels before the May rebellion ended after rebels looted the city centre . Rebels accuse Patasse of tribalism and of arming his civilian supporters and hired guns from
Sudan
LOC
and
Chad
LOC
.
Mutineers
LOC
have vowed to disarm all civilians and to chase out the foreign forces knwon as
Codos
PER
.
Hospital
LOC
sources and witnesses said about 10 people were known to have been killed in the more than two weeks of fighting , including two rebels killed in Thursday 's clashes .
An
PER
undetermined number of people are reported to have been abducted and killed outside the town by tribal vigilante groups . In Thursday 's fighting ,
French
MISC
troops fired back as mutineers trying to break out of their strongholds rained mortar shells on the city centre . -DOCSTART-
Five
PER
die as
SAfrican
MISC
crop plane hits pickup .
JOHANNESBURG
LOC
1996-12-06 Five people were killed when a crop-spraying plane preparing for takeoff crashed into a light delivery vehicle in
South Africa
LOC
's
North West
LOC
region , state radio reported on Friday . The freak accident occurred in
Mafikeng
LOC
on Thursday . The pilot survived the crash , but the driver and passengers of the
van
MISC
were killed . -DOCSTART- WEATHER - Conditions at
CIS
LOC
airports - Dec 6 .
MOSCOW
LOC
1996-12-06 No weather-related closures of
CIS
LOC
airports are expected on December 7 and 8 , the
Russian Weather Service
ORG
said on Friday . --
Moscow Newsroom
ORG
+7095 941 8520 -DOCSTART-
Skinheads
ORG
attack
Bratislava Rabbi
ORG
- police .
BRATISLAVA
LOC
1996-12-06 Four skinheads attacked and insulted the rabbi of
Bratislava
LOC
,
Baruch Meyers
PER
, in the city centre on Friday , but he escaped unharmed , a police spokesman told
Reuters
ORG
. " A group of four skinheads attacked the rabbi , one kicked him in the hand but caused no injury , " the spokesman said . " All four attackers were apprehended and two have been detained , " the spokesman added He was unable to give more details . " The further procedure is now in the hands of the local police investigator , " the spokesman said . It was the second attack by skinheads in two years on
Meyers
ORG
, an
American
MISC
.
Meyers
ORG
was not available for comment . -DOCSTART-
Albanian
MISC
jailed for threat of bomb suicide .
TIRANA
LOC
1996-12-06 An
Albanian
MISC
court on Friday sentenced a man who threatened to blow himself up outside President
Sali Berisha
PER
's office to 13 years in jail for guerrilla action and illegal possession of arms .
Buza
ORG
last April said he would blow himself up outside the presidential palace unless he was allowed to speak to
Berisha
LOC
, who was at the time meeting
Italian
MISC
President
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
PER
.
Buza
ORG
was overpowered by riot police less than one hour after he began his action . "
Evaluating
ORG
all the conditions of the case the court thinks the sentence should be lower than the minimum ( 15 years ) , "
Tirana
LOC
judge
Qazim Gjonaj
PER
added . The defendant denied the charges , saying his action was intended to urge the authorities to give him a $ 20,000 loan .
Medical
ORG
experts had concluded
Buza
ORG
was mentally unstable but fully responsible for the act he had committed ,
Gjonaj
PER
said . -DOCSTART-
Polish
MISC
ex-communist president to visit
Pope
LOC
.
WARSAW
LOC
1996-12-06
Poland
LOC
's ex-communist President
Aleksander Kwasniewski
PER
is likely to visit
Polish-born
MISC
Pope John Paul
PER
in early 1997 despite uneasy relations between the
Vatican
LOC
and
Warsaw
LOC
, the foreign minister said on Friday . " President
Kwasniewski
PER
plans to visit
Italy
LOC
on a invitation from President
Oscar Scalfaro
PER
. A meeting with the
Pope
LOC
is also planned , "
Dariusz Rosati
PER
told a news conference .
Rosati
PER
said that the atmosphere of the meeting , if it takes place , would largely depend on the progress in talks on ratification of a treaty between
Warsaw
LOC
and the
Vatican
LOC
. @ The ratification of the treaty , which was signed in 1993 by the then right-centrist government , is being delayed by an ex-communist party , which won parliamentary elections in the same year and now dominates parliament . The party , the
Democratic
MISC
Left Alliance
ORG
, says the agreement would give the
Catholic Church
ORG
too much influence over life in
Poland
LOC
and could infringe on rights of other religious groups and non-believers . The relations with the
Vatican
LOC
have also been soured by a recent relaxation of
Poland
LOC
's anti-abortion rules , which
Kwasniewski
PER
signed into law last month . -DOCSTART-
Russia
LOC
warns
Norilsk
LOC
, not expected to liquidate it .
Lynnley
PER
Browning
MOSCOW
LOC
1996-12-06
Russian
MISC
Finance Minister
Alexander Livshits
PER
warned financially-troubled
Norilsk Nickel
PER
on Friday that it must pay overdue taxes , but analysts said the firm would not be liquidated or that its would assets would be frozen . "
Norilsk
LOC
really is a big debtor , both to the federal and regional budgets , " said
Konstantin Chernyshev
PER
, equities analyst at
Moscow
LOC
brokerage
Rinaco Plus
ORG
and a
Norilsk
ORG
watcher . "
Livshits 's
ORG
words are an attempt to put pressure on the company . " The official
Itar-Tass
ORG
news agency quoted
Livshits
ORG
as telling parliamentary deputies that
RAO Norilsky Nikel
ORG
0#NKEL.RUO had to pay its tax arrears and that bankruptcy procedures applied to the metals group . " If it was an unsolicited statement and a bolt out of the blue , then it obviously means something , " said
Christopher Granville
PER
, chief economist at
United City Bank
ORG
in
Moscow
LOC
. " But if it was a response to a deputy 's question that was essentially loaded , then it was the only answer he could have given . "
Russian
MISC
tax and cabinet authorities , under pressure from the
International Monetary Fund
ORG
to boost tax revenues as a condition for receiving payments of a $ 10 billion , three-year loan to
Moscow
LOC
, have been striking fear into the hearts of some of
Russia
LOC
's most prominent industrial firms by saying they must pay up or face liquidation . " They could freeze metal , but it 's not a long-term solution to the problem and would n't put money in the budget , "
Chernyshev
PER
said . " I do n't think they would do that . "
Entire
ORG
social infrastructures in the icy
Far North
LOC
where
Norilsk
LOC
is based depend on the company , and
Moscow
LOC
has said it has no finances to resettle hundreds of thousands of people -- an expenditure which could far outstrip
Norilsk
LOC
's debts .
Norilsk
ORG
officials declined to comment .
Analysts
ORG
said the government , while anxious about
Norilsk
PER
's debts , is highly unlikely to bring the nickel , copper , cobalt , platinum and platinum group metals producer to its knees or take measures that could significantly affect output . But it also wants
Norilsk
LOC
, the world 's second-largest nickel producer , to clean up its act . " The procedure of bankruptcy will be applied , "
Tass
ORG
quoted
Livshits
ORG
as telling
Duma
ORG
deputies about
Norilsk
LOC
. It indirectly quoted him as saying
Norilsk
LOC
should first pay salary arrears , which in the past have led to worker strikes . " It is unlikely that
Norilsk
ORG
will pay these debts in the near-term -- the company will remain a debtor in the near future , "
Chernyshev
PER
said . He estimated the company 's regional debts at least one trillion roubles and said 30 percent of the giant
Krasnoyarsk
MISC
regional budget was fuelled by
Norilsk
LOC
money .
Norilsk
LOC
's new majority shareholder ,
Russian
MISC
commerical bank
Uneximbank
ORG
, has said it is reorganising metal exports through
Interrosimpex
PER
in order to boost revenues . But the changes have yet to improve significantly
Norilsk
LOC
's situation . "
Uneximbank
ORG
has inherited a mountain and whether or not they climb out and over it remains to be seen , " said one metals source .
Norilsk
ORG
said in September that it total debts , including unpaid salaries to workers , were 13 trillion roubles . The company said last month that it had worked out a tax payment schedule with authorities , after regional tax officials threatened to seize some nickel and copper assets . --
Moscow Newsroom
ORG
, +7095 941 8520 -DOCSTART-
Estonian
MISC
Tallinna Pank
ORG
11-mo net 46.6 mln kroons .
TALLINN
LOC
1996-12-06
Tallinna Pank
ORG
, one of the largest banks in
Estonia
LOC
, made a 11-month 1996 net profit of 46.6 million kroons , the bank said on Friday . It said in a statement that it made profits of 4.5 million kroons in November . The bank made a profit of 20.1 million kroons in the first half of the year .
Tallinna Pank
ORG
said its assets rose 17.8 million kroons to 1.84 billion kroons .
Demand
ORG
deposits rose to 855.8 million kroons from 834.6 million kroons and time deposits increased to 295.1 million kroons from 285.3 million kroons . --
Riga Newsroom
ORG
, +371 721 5240 -DOCSTART-
Russia
LOC
ready for constructive work with
Albright
PER
.
MOSCOW
LOC
1996-12-06
Russia
LOC
said on Friday it expected a constructive relationship with
Madeleine Albright
PER
, nominated by
U.S.
LOC
President
Bill Clinton
PER
to be Secretary of
State
LOC
.
Interfax
ORG
news agency quoted First Deputy Foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov
PER
as saying
Moscow
LOC
was ready for " most active and constructive " work with
Albright
PER
. But he noted that policy would be shaped by
Clinton
PER
and President
Boris Yeltsin
PER
.
Clinton
PER
and
Yeltsin
PER
are due to meet next March for their first summit since both were re-elected . " Our countries ' leaders have agreed to meet in March , 1997 . The
Russian
MISC
foreign ministry believes the new directions in the development of
Russian-U.S.
MISC
relations will be worked out there , "
Ivanov
LOC
told
Interfax
ORG
.
Interfax
ORG
, outlining
Albright
PER
's biography , pointed out that she had defended
Washington
LOC
's interests fiercely as
U.S.
LOC
ambassador to the
United Nations
ORG
and that this had included actively supporting
NATO
ORG
's plans to expand eastwards .
Russia
LOC
opposes
NATO
ORG
's plans to take in countries of eastern and central
Europe
LOC
which used to be part of the
Soviet-led
MISC
Warsaw Pact
LOC
, saying such moves would threaten its security . -DOCSTART-
Yeltsin
PER
plans return to
Kremlin
LOC
for Dec 25 - speaker .
MOSCOW
LOC
1996-12-06
Russian
MISC
President
Boris Yeltsin
PER
, who had heart bypass surgery a month ago , plans to return to work on December 25 , the head of the upper chamber of parliament told
Interfax
ORG
news agency on Friday . " Today he is a mobile , energetic man with lots of colour in his cheeks , " said
Yegor Stroyev
PER
who met
Yeltsin
PER
, 65 , on Friday at a country residence . " He told me that he had lost 20 kg ( 44 lbs ) which is natural after such an operation . " December 25 , a normal working day in
Russia
LOC
, is the fifth anniversary of
Yeltsin
PER
's arrival in the
Kremlin
LOC
. He took over there , and took control of the red button controlling nuclear arms , in December 1991 when
Mikhail Gorbachev
PER
resigned , marking the end of the
Soviet Union
LOC
.
Yeltsin
PER
has been shown a few times on television since his quintuple bypass on November 5 but has yet to deliver any major television or radio address to the nation .
Surgeon Renat Akchurin
ORG
who led the operation , told
Itar-Tass
ORG
news agency
Yeltsin
PER
was working up to four hours a day at his residence . -DOCSTART-
Bomb
PER
explodes outside home of expelled
Slovak MP
MISC
.
BRATISLAVA
LOC
1996-12-06 A bomb exploded on Friday outside the home of a
Slovak
MISC
politician expelled from parliament after he quit the ruling party , complaining of a lack of democracy in the country . The official
TASR
ORG
news agency said the explosion blew out all ground floor windows of
Frantisek Gaulieder
MISC
's family home in
Galanta
LOC
, western
Slovakia
LOC
, and damaged the main entrance , but no-one was injured . Gaulieder , formerly a member of Prime Minister
Vladimir Meciar
PER
's ruling
Movement
ORG
for a
Democratic
MISC
Slovakia
LOC
, was stripped of his parliamentary mandate on Wednesday after leaving the party last month in protest over what he said was a lack of democracy in the country . He said he had been receiving anonymous death threats since making the move . " This was an act of terrorism and now I fear not only for my own life , but also of that of my wife and children , " he told
TASR
ORG
. Gaulieder 's family was sleeping in a bedroom at the back of the house and were unharmed by the blast . It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast . -DOCSTART-
Bomb
PER
explodes at mosque in central
Bulgaria
LOC
.
SOFIA
LOC
1996-12-06 A bomb exploded on Friday at a mosque in the central
Bulgarian
MISC
town of
Kazanluk
LOC
, causing damage but no injuries , state radio said .
Violent
ORG
crime has soared since the collapse of communism in 1989 as
Bulgaria
LOC
moves to a market economy .
Bombings
ORG
are often carried out by criminals to settle scores but the motive in this case was not immediately clear . Some residents of the
Kazanluk
MISC
area are
Moslems
MISC
who converted to
Islam
MISC
during
Ottoman
PER
Turkish
MISC
rule . The majority in
Bulgaria
LOC
are
Christians
MISC
. The radio quoted police as saying the blast broke windows and shattered the door of the mosque . -DOCSTART-
Hungary
LOC
o / n rates end up before Dec 10 tax payment .
BUDAPEST
LOC
1996-12-06
Hungarian
MISC
overnight interest rates closed higher on Friday as market liquidity tightened before the December 10 social security contribution payment deadline , dealers said . " The banks are already preparing for the December 10 tax payment , " said
Budapest Bank
ORG
's
Sandor Tolonics
ORG
. " They expect a larger-than-average payment . " The overnight market opened at 22.00 / 22.75 percent , then substantial money was taken up at 22.5 percent . But later , rates dropped and closed at 22.00 / 22.25 as a large bank finished borrowing money . On Thursday , overnight rates moved between 21.625 and 22.125 .
Dealers
ORG
said liquidity could tighten further early next week as the social security contribution payments date approaches . --
Sandor Peto
ORG
,
Budapest
LOC
newsroom ( 36 1 ) 327 4040 -DOCSTART-
Mexico
LOC
stocks off lows but still hit by
Greenspan
LOC
.
MEXICO CITY
LOC
Mexican
MISC
stocks closed sharply lower Friday , but had made a tentative recovery as initial panic and volatility abated . " It was
Greenspan
PER
at first . Then once we saw the
Dow
MISC
(
Jones
PER
industrial average ) was not about to crash , some buyers stepped in , " said a trader , referring to
Federal Reserve
ORG
Chairman
Alan Greenspan
PER
, whose comments that assets were " irrationally exhuberant " upset financial markets worldwide . The blue-chip
IPC
ORG
index ended down 1.29 points , or 43.56 percent , at 3,333.05 . Volume was regular at 74.7 million shares traded .
Mexican
MISC
stocks were also hurt by
U.S.
LOC
long bond rates which had begun to rise before
Greenspan
ORG
's comments and were inflated by employment data released before trade began in
Mexico
LOC
.
Yields
LOC
on
U.S.
LOC
30-year
Treasury
ORG
bonds were 6.51 percent when stock trading closed in
Mexico
LOC
, unchanged from Thursday . On the broad market , 107 stocks changed hands , of which losers well outnumbered winners by 75 to 13 . Traders noted the lack of blue chips or stocks traded at significant volume among the gainers .
Simec
LOC
, the steelmaking arm of the debt-ridden Sidek group headed the losers , off 7 centavos ( 1 cent ) at 1.40 pesos ( 18 cents ) . Sidek fell 4 centavos ( 1 cent ) to 95 centavos ( 12 cents ) . Traders also remarked that
Mexican ADRs
MISC
suffered in
New York
LOC
.
Heavyweights Telmex
PER
and
Televisa
PER
ended off 25 cents and 75 cents , respectively , at $ 31.125 and $ 25.875 . "
Falling
PER
share prices in
New York
LOC
do n't hurt
Mexico
LOC
as long as it happens gradually , as earlier this week . It 's a sudden plunge that takes its toll , " said
Carlos Ponce
PER
, research director at
Santander
ORG
. Traders and analysts differed as to how firm the relative recovery on Friday was . " Some buyers stepped in , but the market was not very convinced .
Volume
ORG
was lackluster , " said one trader . " The market 's very healthy , we 're buying , " said another trader .
Ponce
PER
said shares were certainly attractively priced in
Mexico
LOC
, but would not appreciate until foreign buyers stepped in , which they had yet to do . ' -DOCSTART-
Plastic
MISC
surgery gets boost in
Brazil
LOC
.
Simona de Logu RIO DE JANEIRO
ORG
1996-12-06
Plastic
MISC
surgery is booming , especially among men , as
Brazilians
MISC
spend much of their new-found wealth on the latest beauty treatments , said the organisers of a four-day international plastic surgery conference that opened on Friday . The number of plastic surgeries in
Brazil
LOC
has jumped 30 percent to an estimated 150,000 this year since an anti-inflation plan was introduced in July 1994 ,
Farid Hakme
PER
, the president of the
Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society
ORG
(
SBCP
ORG
) , said . The number of operations on men increased even more -- by 80 percent , from 8,000 in 1994 to 15,000 in 1995 , he said . "
Brazil
LOC
ranks right at the top for plastic surgery with respect to the number of surgeons , the number of patients , number of operations , number of conferences . Our statistics are the highest for everything , "
Hakme
PER
said . " We believe the increase in plastic surgeries for men results from the difficulties in the job market . People need to have a more youthful look to compete in the job market , given the profound changes in
Latin America
MISC
's economy . " A controlled exchange rate , trade liberalisation and tight monetary policies have also dramatically curbed inflation , making more money available for cosmetic surgery .
Brazil
LOC
has been at the forefront in plastic surgery for decades and is home to one of the most famous surgeons ,
Ivo Pitangy
PER
. There are 6,000 plastic surgeons there , of which 4,500 have qualified to be members of the
SBCP
ORG
. Every year , 500 new plastic surgeons graduate in
Brazil
LOC
and medical students from all over the world come to study there .
Hakme
LOC
attributes
Brazil
LOC
's fascination with plastic surgery not to excessive vanity but to the country 's mix and match of different races , which can create physical disharmonies . " What happens is the nose sometimes does n't match the mouth or the buttocks do n't match with the legs , " he said .
Brazil
LOC
's most sought-after beauty treatment is liposuction in which fat is sucked away from areas of the body , with about 30,000 operations a year at a cost of $ 3,000 to $ 4,000 each .
Stomach
MISC
tucks and breast operations are also popular since the tropical climate calls for flesh-baring fashions , but unlike women elsewhere
Brazilians
MISC
tend to have breast reductions and buttock implants . " The women who want to reduce their breasts here would probably want to increase them in the
United States
LOC
, "
SBCP
PER
Vice-President
Oswaldo Saldanha
PER
said . "
Beauty
ORG
ideals and cultures are different in every country . "
Plastic
PER
surgery scares like the case in which
Brazilian
MISC
model
Claudia Liz
PER
fell into a coma after being anaesthetised for a liposuction in October are not much of a deterrent .
Saldanha
ORG
said operations fell 30 percent immediately after that case but the rate was back to normal now . -DOCSTART-
Daily Argentine
MISC
grain fixings -
Camaras Arbitrales
PER
.
BUENOS AIRES
LOC
1996-12-06
Avg
LOC
December 5 price fix :
Buenos Aires Quequen
ORG
Rosario Bahia Blanca Oats unq unq unq unq
Wheat
ORG
121 130 121.3 121
Maize
PER
(
Flint
LOC
) 113 114 113.7 112
Maize
PER
(
Dent
ORG
) 113 114 113.7 112
Sorghum
ORG
unq unq unq unq
Millet
ORG
unq unq 90 unq
Soybeans
MISC
283 unq 283 unq
Sunseeds
PER
219 216 220 216 --
Buenos Aires Newsroom
ORG
+541 318-0655 -DOCSTART-
Mexican
MISC
daily port , shipping update for Dec 6 .
MEXICO CITY
LOC
1996-12-06 All major ports were open as of 1000 local / 1600
GMT
MISC
, the
Communications and Transportation Ministry
ORG
said in a daily update .
Tampico
MISC
port authorities said fishing restrictions were in place in an area adjacent to the port because of a geophysical study being carried out in deep waters of the region from the ship
Kenda
PER
. The ministry updated port conditions and shipping warnings for the
Gulf of Mexico
MISC
,
Caribbean
LOC
and
Pacific Coast
LOC
. -
Pacific Coast
LOC
:
Light
PER
rains along the coast of southern
Baja California
LOC
and
Sinaloa
ORG
, with the rest of the coast seeing clear skies .
Winds
LOC
from the northeast of 10 to 15 knots ( 19 to 28 kilometers / 11 to 17 miles per hour ) . A new front is seen emerging during the course of Friday , affecting the north of the
Baja California
LOC
peninsula and
Sonora
LOC
state , bringing lower temperatures , light rains and waves up to six feet . -
Gulf of Mexico
MISC
:
Cold
LOC
front bringing light rains to the coast of
Tamaulipas
LOC
, but with the rest of the
Gulf
LOC
in clear skies .
Winds
LOC
from the northeast at 10 to 15 knots ( 19 to 28 kilometers / 11 to 17 miles per hour ) . -
Caribbean
LOC
: Tropical air carrying sporadic light rains over the coast of
Quintana Roo
LOC
state .
Winds
LOC
from the northeast at 10 to 15 knots with waves three to five feet high . --
Chris Aspin
PER
,
Mexico City
LOC
newsroom +525 728-7903 -DOCSTART-
Brazil
LOC
exam cheats caught using " pager " watches .
RIO DE JANEIRO
LOC
1996-12-06
Brazilian
MISC
students have been caught cheating in university entrance exams by using digital watches which gave the correct answers to test questions , a newspaper said on Friday .
Rio de Janeiro
LOC
state university officials discovered students were paying 15,000 reais ( $ 14,563 ) for the special watches , which operated like a telephone pager to receive correct answers ,
O Globo
ORG
said .
Seventy-seven
MISC
students were found with the watches and disqualified ,
O Globo
ORG
said . -DOCSTART-
Chile
LOC
,
Mexico
LOC
to seek to broaden trade deal .
SANTIAGO
LOC
1996-12-05
Chile
LOC
and
Mexico
LOC
will start negotiations next year to broaden their free trade agreement to include services and investments , Finance Minister
Eduardo Aninat
PER
said .
Chile
LOC
hopes to broaden the treaty signed in 1994 beyond reduction of tariffs on imports and exports and add provisions covering services and investment codes , said
Aninat
PER
. Both areas tend to more laden with friction in free trade negotiations than tariff reduction . ' ' In January or February , we 'll have some very close contacts with
Mexico
LOC
to add the issue of services and advance on the issue of investments , ' '
Aninat
ORG
told reporters after signing a free trade deal with
Canada
LOC
. ' ' We want to give the treaty between
Mexico
LOC
and
Chile
LOC
greater depth and coverage than it has now . It 's very good now , but it practically only covers trade in goods , ' ' he said .
Aninat
ORG
also said he was confident the
Chilean
MISC
Congress
ORG
would ratify the treaty with
Congress
ORG
quickly . ' ' The reactions from business and unions which I have seen have been almost unanimously positive , so I do n't see any problem , ' ' he said . --
Roger Atwood
PER
,
Santiago
MISC
newsroom +56-2-699-5595
x211
LOC
-DOCSTART-
Indonesia
LOC
's
Belo
LOC
leaves for
Nobel
MISC
award ceremony . DILI ,
East Timor
MISC
1996-12-06 East Timorese
Roman Catholic
MISC
Bishop
Carlos Belo
PER
left Dili on Friday on his way to
Norway
LOC
for the awards ceremony as co-recipient of the 1996
Nobel Peace Prize
MISC
.
Witnesses said
MISC
Belo
PER
left the territory for the
Indonesian
MISC
capital
Jakarta
LOC
accompanied by five other people . It was not immediately known when he would arrive in
Oslo
LOC
. The bishop will jointly receive the
Nobel
MISC
award next Tuesday with
East Timorese-born
MISC
activist
Jose Ramos Horta
PER
, who lives in self-exile in
Australia
LOC
. The
Indonesian
MISC
government has condemned the inclusion of
Ramos Horta
PER
in the award , and Foreign Minister
Ali Alatas
PER
said on Friday that
Indonesia
LOC
would not be represented officially at the ceremony in the
Norwegian
MISC
capital . " I sincerely believe that this unfortunate choice in giving the honour to such a controversial figure as
Ramos Horta
PER
... will exacerbate the problem in finding a solution ( to
East Timor
MISC
) , "
Alatas
PER
said on Friday . He was responding to questions at a news conference called to discuss next week 's ministerial meeting of the
Organisation of the Islamic Conference
ORG
(
OIC
ORG
) in
Jakarta
LOC
.
Ramos Horta
PER
has been a vocal leader of the opposition to
Jakarta
LOC
's rule in the territory .
Belo
LOC
and
Ramos Horta
PER
were awared the prize for their efforts to secure a peaceful solution to the issue of
East Timor
PER
, a former
Portuguese
MISC
colony which
Indonesia
LOC
invaded in 1975 and annexed the following year .
The United Nations
ORG
has never recognised
Jakarta
LOC
's move .
Alatas
PER
said the government 's position on the
Nobel Peace Prize
MISC
would have been different if it had been awarded solely to
Belo
LOC
. Asked if the
Indonesian
MISC
ambassador to
Norway
LOC
would have attended the ceremony if only
Belo
LOC
had been involved ,
Alatas
PER
replied : " Probably , yes , but that is a hypothetical question . "
Alatas
PER
said on Tuesday that on his way back from
Oslo
LOC
,
Belo
LOC
would visit the
Vatican
LOC
to see the
Pope
LOC
, and would also meet
German
MISC
Chancellor
Helmut Kohl
PER
in
Bonn
LOC
.
Kohl
PER
had wanted to meet
Belo
LOC
during the chancellor 's official visit to
Indonesia
LOC
last month , but the bishop was too busy in
East Timor
MISC
to come to
Jakarta
LOC
. -DOCSTART-
China
LOC
to open port in
Hainan
PER
to foreign ships .
BEIJING
LOC
1996-12-06
China
LOC
's
State Council
ORG
, or cabinet , has given a port in the southern province of
Hainan
PER
permission to open to foreign vessels , the
Xinhua
ORG
news agency said on Friday .
Xinhua
ORG
did not say when
Qinglan
LOC
port in
Wenchang
LOC
city would be opened to foreign vessels .
Wenchang
PER
has built a berth for 5,000 deadweight-tonne container ships at the port and invested 34 million yuan ( $ 4.1 million ) to dredge the harbour ,
Xinhua
ORG
said . It gave no further details . ( $ 1 = 8.3 yuan ) -DOCSTART-
Government
ORG
disperses protest with water cannons .
RANGOON
LOC
1996-12-07
Burmese
MISC
troops and riot police moved in to disperse a student street protest at a suburban road junction near the
Ranyon
MISC
(
Rangoon
LOC
)
University
ORG
early on Saturday , witnesses said . They said police and troops used water cannons from fire engines to subdue about 120 university students sitting in at the centre of the junction at about 3 a.m. before they moved in to round them up . The students , who had staged an 11-hour protest at the junction in northern
Rangoon
LOC
, were taken away in three vehicles . The witnesses said some of the students were hit with batons while they were herded onto the vehicles and it was believed they were taken to the
Insein
ORG
prison in suburban
Rangoon
LOC
. The protesting students , mostly from
Rangoon University
ORG
, were demanding the right to organise independent unions on campuses and the release of about 80 student leaders currently in jail . They were among 500 students who started demonstrating at the intersection on late Friday afternoon . The protest was the second major one in five days in the capital . -DOCSTART-
Burmese
MISC
students march briefly out of campus .
Vithoon Amorn RANGOON
LOC
1996-12-06 About 200
Burmese
MISC
students marched briefly from troubled
Yangon Institute
PER
of
Technology
LOC
in northern
Rangoon
LOC
on Friday towards the
University of Yangon
ORG
six km ( four miles ) away , and returned to their campus , witnesses said . Seven truckloads of armed riot police and three fire engines were on standby at one of the junctions near the institute . There were no clashes . " They are now back in the
YIT
MISC
campus , " an institute official who declined to be identified told
Reuters
ORG
by telephone . One of two roads leading to the
University of Yangon
ORG
from the institute had been closed by authorities . But about 300 university students were still gathered outside the gates of their campus , witnesses said . They were singing peacefully . On Monday and Tuesday , students from the institute and the university launched protests against what they said was unfair handling by police of a brawl between some of their colleagues and restaurant owners in October . On Tuesday and Wednesday , opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi
ORG
was restricted to her home by the military government to prevent her from being drawn into the protests . She was allowed to move freely on Thursday . The protest culminated at dawn on Tuesday with several hundred students being detained briefly by police in central
Rangoon
LOC