. The street protests were the biggest seen in the capital since the student-led pro-democracry demonstrations of September 1988 when the junta crushed the uprising . Thousands were killed or imprisoned . Earlier on Friday some of the students , who were held briefly by police during the protests earlier this week , said they were still dissatisfied with the military government . They told
Reuters
ORG
they were unhappy that the ruling
State Law
PER
and Order
Restoration Council
ORG
(
SLORC
ORG
) had not heeded their calls for the right to organise independent unions on campus . " We still want government answers to our demands . We want police punishment to be published in newspapers , " one student said . But the students stressed their protests were non-political and they had no contact with
Suu Kyi
ORG
's
National League for Democracy
MISC
(
NLD
MISC
) .
Suu Kyi
ORG
, a
Nobel
MISC
laureate and daughter of independence hero
Aung San
PER
, and key
NLD
ORG
officials have also denied any link with the students . But they have said both parties had a " moral link " in that they were against police brutality and injustice . The students also demanded the government announce punishments meted out to policemen who they said had manhandled students involved in a brawl with some restaurant owners near the
Yangon
ORG
institute in October . The students appealed to the government not to close the institute because of their latest demonstration . The institute was shut for nearly two years after the 1988 uprising . On Friday , the road leading to
Suu Kyi
ORG
's lakeside residence in central
Rangoon
LOC
remained closed by police . -DOCSTART-
Union
ORG
leaders outraged by
WTO
ORG
snub to
ILO
ORG
head .
SINGAPORE
LOC
1996-12-06
International
LOC
trade union leaders on Friday expressed outrage that the head of the
International Labour Organisation
ORG
(
ILO
ORG
) had been barred from speaking at next week 's
WTO
ORG
meeting in
Singapore
LOC
.
Bill Jordan
PER
, general secretary of the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ORG
( ICFTU ) , told a news conference the withdrawal of a
WTO
ORG
invitation to
ILO
ORG
director general
Michel Hansenne
PER
was " outrageous behaviour on the part of an organisation that wants to command respect in the world " .
Jordan
LOC
said a small group of developing nations that oppose linking trade talks and labour conditions had pressured
World Trade Organisation
ORG
(
WTO
ORG
) officials to prevent
Hansenne
LOC
from taking the platform to urge such links . " It is to their shame that those who are responsible for encouraging this meeting responded ( to the pressure ) in silencing him , "
Jordan
LOC
said after the opening of an ICFTU conference on international labour standards and trade . The three-day trade union conference in
Singapore
LOC
hopes to push labour issues onto the
WTO
ORG
agenda .
Jordan
LOC
said the
WTO
ORG
's credibility was at stake over the issue of trade and labour . The ICFTU said it wanted the
WTO
ORG
conference beginning on Monday to outlaw forced and child labour , end discrimination in hiring , and guarantee the right to join a union .
Bill Brett
PER
, chairman of the
ILO Workers Group
ORG
, told
Reuters
ORG
before the news conference he was " not too surprised , but very disappointed " that the speaking invitation had been withdrawn . " Some governments are very determined to stop the issue ( of trade and labour rights ) being discussed , " he said , adding that the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ORG
(
ASEAN
ORG
) seemed particularly hostile to the
ILO
ORG
agenda .
ASEAN
MISC
groups
Brunei
PER
,
Indonesia
LOC
,
Malaysia
LOC
, the
Philippines
LOC
,
Singapore
LOC
,
Thailand
LOC
and
Vietnam
PER
. The
ILO
ORG
wants a trade and labour rights " social clause " included in the final ministerial statement issued by
WTO
ORG
leaders at the end of the meeting , the organization 's first ministerial-level gathering . Speaking to ICFTU delegates ,
Richard Eglin
PER
, director of the
WTO
ORG
secretariat , said the
WTO
ORG
was capable of making a significant contribution to governmental efforts to solve social problems . But he said the
WTO
ORG
's organisational structure made it difficult to impose on its members a social clause such as that called for by the
ILO
ORG
. -DOCSTART-
Indian
MISC
rubber demand seen outstripping production .
SINGAPORE
LOC
1996-12-06
Indian
MISC
rubber demand is seen outpacing local production in the 1996/97 April / March season and the trend will persist way into the next century , the chairman of the
Rubber Board of India
ORG
said on Friday .
K.J. Matthew
ORG
said at the
Asia Rubber Markets
ORG
meeting here
Indian
MISC
production of natural rubber in 1996/97 will reach 547,000 tonnes against projected demand of 578,000 tonnes , a gap of 31,000 tonnes . For synthetic rubber , production reached 68,200 tonnes in 1995/96 while consumption in the same season hit 134,085 tonnes ,
Matthew
PER
added . "
Though
PER
schemes designed to realise further increases in the production of natural rubber are being operated successfully , the demand-supply gap is expected to widen , " he said .
Indian
MISC
synthetic rubber output is not expected to rise significantly in the next season but demand will rise to 145,000 tonnes .
Matthew
MISC
estimates that by the 2000/01 season , the gap between natural rubber output and consumption will rise to 51,000 tonnes and 319,000 tonnes in 2010/11 .
Natural
ORG
rubber production will go up to 695,000 tonnes in 2000/01 against consumption of 746,000 tonnes . In 2010/11 , domestic demand should rise further to 1.233 million tonnes while production will only reach about 914,000 tonnes . One way to bridge the widening gap is to put more land under cultivation which the
Rubber Board
ORG
official estimates will reach 220,000 hectares between now and the year 2003 although
Matthew
PER
said this may not be possible at this time in
India
LOC
. " The development objective for the rubber plantation industry will be to increase production to the best extent possibly with a view to minimising imports of natural rubber , " he said . --
Singapore Newsroom
ORG
( 65-8703305 ) -DOCSTART-
Japan
LOC
's authorities seen seeking to rein in dollar .
George Nishiyama TOKYO
PER
1996-12-06
Comments
LOC
by
Japan
LOC
's tight-lipped central bank chief and an influential top bureaucrat are further signs that the nation 's authorities want to keep the dollar at current levels , market sources said on Friday . In a rare expression of a view on currencies by the
Bank of Japan
ORG
(
BOJ
ORG
) governor ,
Yasuo Matsushita
PER
was quoted in
Japan
LOC
's leading economic daily on Friday as saying that he sees no further , immediate fall in the yen . This followed a widely watched television appearance late on Thursday by
Eisuke Sakakibara
PER
, a high-ranking
Finance Ministry
ORG
official , who denied he had said he wants to guide the dollar lower to between 108 and 110 yen . But many in the market thought
Sakakibara
LOC
's real intentions lay elsewhere , and took more notice of his comments about the
U.S.
LOC
government 's stance on the dollar , dealers said . " I think his views on (
U.S. Treasury
ORG
Secretary
Robert
LOC
)
Rubin
PER
's comments were indeed what he himself thinks about the dollar , " said
Hank Note
PER
, chief dealer at
Sumitomo Bank
ORG
. Asked about
Rubin
PER
's comment that a strong dollar was in
U.S.
LOC
interests ,
Sakakibara
LOC
said the remark does not necessarily mean the
United States
LOC
supports a stronger dollar . " It 's a strong dollar , not stronger . In that sense , the comments are not pointing to a certain direction , " he said . " It shows that
Sakakibara
LOC
is not for a stronger dollar either , " said
Sumitomo
ORG
's Note .
Takao Sakoh
PER
, first vice president at
Union Bank of Switzerland
ORG
in
Tokyo
LOC
, said : " Maybe a dollar at 104.50 yen is not acceptable ( to
Sakakibara
LOC
) , but it may be okay at the current level , at the lower end of 112 yen . "
Market
ORG
participants have kept a close eye on
Sakakibara
LOC
, chief of the ministry 's
International Finance Bureau
ORG
, as a comment he made in November after the dollar hit this year 's high of 114.92 yen pushed the currency down sharply . He had said then that the market 's view on
Japan
LOC
's economy was too pessimistic and that he believed it was stronger than the market thought . Dealers have come to refer to 115 yen as the "
Sakakibara
LOC
ceiling " for the dollar following the remark . Adding to the comments by " Mr Yen " , as
Sakakibara
LOC
is known for his prominence in the currency market , was
BOJ
ORG
governor
Matsushita
ORG
's remark . " The recent level of the yen exchange rate has been stable , and it does not appear to be moving towards a further depreciation of the yen immediately , so import prices are likely to stabilise at current levels , "
Matsushita
PER
said in an interview with the
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
PER
. " The fact that he touched on the issue of inflation triggered by import prices shows that the
BOJ
ORG
does not want a further depreciation of the yen , past 115 yen , " said
Yasuhito Kawashima
PER
, chief forex manager at
Toyo Trust & Banking Co
ORG
. Some said the central bank may have been concerned a weaker yen would lead to unfounded pessimism about
Japan
LOC
's economy . " There was concern that foreign investors may sell
Japanese
MISC
stocks if the dollar goes above 115 yen . The
BOJ
ORG
does not want the yen 's weakness to lead to pessimism over the economy , " said
Taisuke Tanaka
PER
, market strategist with
Credit Suisse
ORG
in
Tokyo
LOC
. Senior
BOJ
ORG
officials have separately said financial markets ' views on the economy have been too negative . " I realise there are negative views in the markets about the impact of the consumption tax hike and drop in public spending , but the markets appear to be exaggerating the magnitude of the negative impact , " a senior
BOJ
ORG
official told
Reuters
ORG
on Friday . The consumption tax is due to raised in April from three to five percent . -DOCSTART-
Lebanon
LOC
sentences
pro-Israeli
LOC
warlord to death .
Haitham Haddadin BEIRUT
PER
1996-12-06 A
Lebanese
MISC
military court on Friday sentenced to death in absentia the commander of
Israel
LOC
's surrogate militia in south
Lebanon
LOC
on treason charges . The court convicted General
Antoine Lahd
PER
, head of the
South Lebanon Army
ORG
(
SLA
ORG
) , of collaborating with
Israel
LOC
with which
Lebanon
LOC
is officially at war .
Lahd
LOC
, a 69-year-old former
Lebanese
MISC
army major-general , heads the 3,000-strong
SLA
ORG
militia which helps
Israel
LOC
hold a border zone in south
Lebanon
LOC
to ward off cross-frontier guerrilla raids on northern
Israel
LOC
.
Lahd
LOC
said a few days after the trial began on February 16 that
Lebanese
MISC
authorities must drop the charges or risk blocking any peace deal with the
Jewish
MISC
state . He said
Israel
LOC
was capable of pressuring
Lebanon
LOC
's
Syrian-backed
MISC
government to stop the legal pursuit . The charges against
Lahd
LOC
were : forming a hostile army , carrying weapons on
Israel
LOC
's side , helping
Israel
LOC
strip off a part of
Lebanese
MISC
territory by violence , forming an armed gang , killing or trying to kill
Lebanese
MISC
civilians by artillery shelling and kidnapping
Lebanese
MISC
citizens for long periods .
Shortly
LOC
before
Lahd
PER
's trial began , a
Beirut
LOC
military prosecutor charged another 89 former
Lebanese
MISC
army soldiers with collaborating with
Israel
LOC
. No date has been set for the trial of the men , all members of the
SLA
ORG
living in the
Israeli-held
MISC
zone in south
Lebanon
LOC
.
Israel
LOC
and
Lahd
LOC
have repeatedly demanded safety guarantees for the
SLA
ORG
-- a mixed
Christian-Shi'ite Moslem
MISC
force -- which the
Jewish
MISC
states regards as loyal allies .
Israel
LOC
has said the
Lebanese
MISC
army must incorporate the
SLA
ORG
fighters into its ranks as an army brigade as a condition for peace . But
Lebanese
MISC
political analysts have said that would be out of the question and
Lebanese
MISC
authorities pre-empted the issue by taking legal action against
Lahd
LOC
. Former
Israeli
MISC
Prime Minister
Shimon Peres
PER
, calling
Lahd
LOC
" a great
Lebanese
MISC
patriot " , said earlier this year
Lebanon
LOC
had insulted the
SLA
ORG
commander by ordering his arrest on the treason charges .
Peres
PER
, who was ousted in May by rightwing
Israeli
MISC
leader
Benjamin Netanyahu
PER
, said there could not be real negotiations with
Lebanon
LOC
" unless it will stop the maltreatment of the
SLA
ORG
and its commanders . " The
Beirut
LOC
military court also sentenced to life in jail in absentia
Etian
MISC
Saqr , former head of the
pro-Israeli Guardians of the Cedars
ORG
, a small rightwing
Christian
MISC
civil war militia .
Saqr
PER
, whose trial was concurrent with
Lahd
LOC
's , was convicted of " contacting the
Israeli
MISC
enemy , passing information to
Israel
LOC
and undertaking hostile acts against
Lebanon
LOC
" . -DOCSTART-
Texas
LOC
/ w
Okla
ORG
fed cattle market thin at $ 67 -
USDA
ORG
.
AMARILLO 1996-12-06 Trade
ORG
was slow in the
Panhandle
LOC
area Friday ,
USDA
ORG
said .
Slaughter
PER
steers and heifers were $ 1.00 per cwt lower .
Feedlots
PER
reporting moderate inquiry . Sales reported on 8,200 head slaughter steers and 1,000 heifers ; following weekly movement of 71,200 head . Note - all cattle prices based on net weights FOB the feedlot after a 4 percent shrink .
Slaughter Steers
ORG
-
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-3 1150-1200 lbs 67.00 .
Slaughter Heifers
PER
-
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-3 1050-1100 lbs 67.00 . Confirmed - 9,300 Week Ago - None Year Ago - None ( (
Chicago
LOC
newsdesk<PHONE_NUMBER> ) ) -DOCSTART-
USDA
ORG
daily cattle and hog slaughter - Dec 6 . Est daily livestock slaughter under
Fed
ORG
inspection -
USDA
ORG
CATTLE CALVES
HOGS
MISC
Friday 12/06/96 ( est ) 132,000 7,000 359,000
Week
ORG
ago ( est ) 130,000 6,000 346,000 Year ago ( act ) 132,000 6,000 336,000 Saturday 12/07/96 ( est ) 38,000 0 18,000
Week
ORG
to date ( est ) 688,000 31,000 1,810,000
Same Period Last Week
ORG
( est ) 601,000 26,000 1,547,000
Same Period Last
MISC
Year* ( act ) 685,000 31,000 1,914,000 1996 Year to date 33,549,000 1,589,000 84,894,000 1995 Year to date* 32,970,000 1,305,000 88,800,000 Percent change 1.8 % 21.8 % - 4.4 % *1995 totals adjusted to reflect NASS revisions 1996 Totals are subject to revision
Yearly
PER
totals may not add due to rounding . Previous day estimated
Steer and Heifer Cow
ORG
and
Bull
ORG
Thursday 100,000 33,000 -DOCSTART- BALANCE -
Hartford
ORG
,
Conn
ORG
. , $ 11 mln .
CITY OF HARTFORD
ORG
,
CONNECTICUT RE
ORG
: $ 25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS
PER
MOODY 'S : Aaa / A1
S&P
ORG
:
AAA / AA-
ORG
Delivery Date : 12/16/1996
FSA INSURED Maturity Balance Coupon List
ORG
12/15/2000 1,250M 6.25 4.10 12/15/2001 575M 4.60 4.20 12/15/2003 265M 4.40 4.40 12/15/2004 625M 4.50 4.50 12/15/2005 55M 4.60 4.60 12/15/2006 145M 4.70 4.70 12/15/2007 850M 4.85 4.85 12/15/2008 1,200M 4.95 4.95 12/15/2009 1,240M 5.05 5.05 12/15/2010 1,250M 5.15 5.15 12/15/2011 1,240M 5.25 5.25 12/15/2012 1,200M 5.25 5.30 12/15/2013 1,135M 5.30 5.35 12/15/2014 850M 5.30 5.35 Total : 11,880M
State Street Bank and Trust Company Prudential Securities Incorporated
ORG
PaineWebber
Incorporated First Union Capital Markets Corp.
ORG
-
NJ
ORG
--
U.S. Municipal Desk
ORG
,<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART- 14 years later ,
Florida
LOC
man dies for killing .
TALLAHASSEE
ORG
,
Fla.
LOC
1996-12-06
Fourteen
ORG
years after he bludgeoned and shot a man whose trailer home he robbed in 1982 ,
John Mills Jr
PER
. , 41 , was put to death in
Florida
LOC
's electric chair Friday . As
Glenn Lawhon
PER
, a rural
Florida
LOC
minister who is the victim 's father , looked on ,
Mills
LOC
was pronounced dead at 7:13 a.m. EST ( 1213
GMT
MISC
) for the murder of
Lester Lawhon
PER
. Speaking in
Arabic
MISC
,
Mills
PER
made a final statement before an anonymous citizen flipped the switch that sent 2000 volts of electricity through his body , said
Department of Corrections
ORG
spokesman
Eugene Morris
PER
, who was present at the execution . " I bear witness that there is no
God
PER
but
Allah
LOC
and I bear witness that the prophet
Mohammed
PER
is the messenger of
God
PER
, " he quoted
Mills
LOC
as saying .
Prison
PER
officials said they had no record of
Mills
LOC
' official conversion , but they said that , on May 14 , 1991 , he had asked that a new name ,
Yuhanna Abdullah Muhammed
PER
, be added to his prison file , which is usually an indication of a conversion to
Islam
MISC
.

Prison
PER
officials said
Mills
PER
made no special request for a last meal and did not eat the steak , fried potatoes and orange juice offered him . He spent Thursday with family members and his spiritual adviser ,
Morris
PER
said .
Mills
LOC
was scheduled to die Wednesday but had his sentence temporarily postponed by the
Florida Supreme Court
ORG
. On Thursday , the 11th
Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
ORG
in
Atlanta
LOC
denied his appeal in federal court . In March 1982 ,
Mills
LOC
and accomplice
Michael Frederick
PER
knocked on the door of
Lester Lawhon
PER
's trailer in an attempt to rob it , police said .
Lester Lawhon
PER
was taken to a nearby airstrip where he was bludgeoned with a tire iron .
Mills
ORG
then fired two shots that killed
Lawhon
PER
as the victim tried to run away .
Frederick
PER
is serving a 347-year sentence . -DOCSTART-
New York
LOC
grain freight fixtures - Dec 5 .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06
Mana
LOC
50,000 tonnes soybeans
USG
ORG
/
China
LOC
10-15/12 $ 23.50 10,000 / 4,000 GeePee . --
New York Commodities Desk
ORG
+1<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
Iowa-S Minn
LOC
fed cattle market quiet , no sales-USDA .
DES MOINES
LOC
1996-12-06
Slaughter
MISC
steers and heifers not tested , compared with Thursday 's close ,
USDA
ORG
said . Trade slow .
Demand
ORG
and seller interest light .
Offerings
ORG
light . Steers -
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-4 no sales . Heifers -
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-4 no sales .
Carcass Basis
ORG
( weight only )
Compared Thursdays Close
ORG
-
Slaughter
PER
steers and heifers not tested . Steers -
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-4 no sales .
Holstein
PER
- ( weight only )
Select
ORG
to mostly
Choice
ORG
2-3 1250-1400 lbs no sales .
Holsteins
ORG
- ( grade and weight )
Choice
ORG
2-3 1250-1450 lbs no sales
Select
ORG
2-3 1250-1450 lbs no sales . Heifers -
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-4 no sales . Confirmed - None Week Ago - 800 Year Ago - 900 Wk to Date - None Week Ago - 800 Year Ago - 900 ( (
Chicago
LOC
newsdesk<PHONE_NUMBER> ) ) -DOCSTART-
Man
LOC
stole pigs , tipped strippers , gets 10 years . APPLETON ,
Wis
LOC
. 1996-12-06 A farmhand used the proceeds from stolen pigs to lavish tips on dancers at strip clubs and offered one $ 3,000 to pay for breast implant surgery , authorities said Friday . In sentencing
Darrel Voeks
PER
, 38 , to a 10-year prison term on Thursday ,
Outagmie County Circuit Court
ORG
Judge
Dennis Luebke
PER
said he was " a thief by habit . " " You are self-indulgent . You are narcissitic , "
Luebke
ORG
said at the sentencing , adding
Voeks
PER
should pay restitution of more than $ 100,000 to the farming family who had hired him .
Voeks
PER
, who was already on probation for prior pig thefts , pleaded that he was trying to pay bills for his ex-wife and children . But the court heard that receipts showed much of the money went to dancers at strip clubs where he was known as a big tipper . One stripper said
Voeks
PER
offered to give her $ 3,000 for breast implant surgery . -DOCSTART-
Canadian
MISC
grain statistics weekly .
CHICAGO
ORG
, Dec 6 (
Reuter
PER
)
Statistics
ORG
for the week ending December 1 in 000 's tonnes . -
Canadian Grain Commission Visible Supplies Farmers Deliveries
ORG
Curr Wk Yr Ago Curr Wk Yr to Date Yr Ago Wheat 4320.2 3909.3 288.5 6278.9 5580.0 Durum 1168.9 1225.0 44.3 965.3 1069.6
Oats
MISC
286.5 284.6 31.9 937.3 581.2
Barley
PER
1074.0 1104.8 178.0 2531.4 1897.1
Rye
PER
44.6 86.3 2.3 108.2 119.2
Flax
PER
165.2 181.9 14.9 231.4 332.9
Canola
PER
646.6 769.4 60.5 1902.0 2147.6
Corn
PER
79.6 163.5 9.4 95.7 252.0 Total 7785.8 7724.8 629.8 13050.2 11979.6 Exports
Domestic Disappearance
ORG
Curr Wk
YTD
ORG
Yr Ago Curr Wk
YTD
ORG
Yr Ago Wheat 387.4 4677.8 4553.6 55.2 1039.7 846.1
Durum
PER
129.0 1515.9 1220.6 4.6 75.8 73.3
Oats
PER
40.0 561.0 391.9 4.8 149.6 115.0
Barley
PER
110.8 1203.4 506.0 48.2 941.0 786.6
Rye
PER
4.1 60.7 57.9 3.0 10.7 18.9
Flax
PER
7.2 154.1 235.7 1.1 22.2 15.7
Canola
PER
47.1 988.1 1135.5 46.7 894.9 822.0
Corn
PER
4.4 15.1 87.0 0.6 22.1 11.1 Total 730.0 9176.1 8188.2 164.2 3156.0 2686.7 In addition ,
Statistics Canada
ORG
indicated the following exports to the
U.S.
LOC
between August and September 1996 , in tonnes :
Oats Rye Flaxseed Canola Corn Exports
PER
29,200 17,200 7,700 100 59,400 Year Ago 47,000 24,300 8,700 8,200 12,200 (
Chicago
LOC
newsdesk<PHONE_NUMBER> ) -DOCSTART- NYMEX natgas ends sharply lower on weather outlook .
NEW YORK
LOC
1996-12-06 NYMEX
Henry Hub
PER
natgas futures settled significantly lower Friday , pressured early by profit taking and driven even lower late by the
National Weather Service
ORG
's bearish six to 10 day forecast , sources said . January ended 29.7 cents lower at $ 3.487 per million
British
MISC
thermal units after dipping to a low of $ 3.46 .
Feb
ORG
settled down 22 cents at $ 3.186 . Most others also were down . "
Weather
PER
forecasts have been sketchy . Now the
National Weather Service
ORG
is calling for above-normal temperatures in more than half of the
U.S.
LOC
, " one futures trader said . In its forecast , the
NWS
ORG
said it expects above-normal temperatures " over the lower 48 states " from December 12 through December 16 . With more room to the downside anticipated early next week , traders said support in January was at $ 3.47 , then $ 3.35 . The next backstops were seen at $ 3.11 and $ 3.04 , the low set on November 21 .
Resistance
ORG
was pegged at the new contract high of $ 3.80 . In the cash market ,
Gulf Coast
LOC
prices were around $ 3.60 shortly before nomination deadlines .
Midcontinent
ORG
prices were similarly lower in the $ 3.40s.
New York
LOC
city gate gas slipped into the $ 4.40s , down almost 15 cents . NYMEX said an estimated 35,662
Hub
LOC
contracts traded , down from Thursday 's revised tally of 43,955 . NYMEX
Alberta
LOC
natgas remained untraded , with January settling at $ 1.65 , off 10 cents from Thursday .
Physical
LOC
prices for the weekend at the
AECO
ORG
storage hub were also down about 10 cents in the
C$
MISC
1.92-1.97 per gigajoule , or $ 1.52-1.56 per mmBtu range , pressured by unseasonably mild weather in western
Canada
LOC
. NYMEX
Permian
MISC
natgas , also untraded , ended 10 cents lower at $ 2.90 . In congruence with futures ,
Permian
MISC
cash prices for the weekend fell more than 10 cents to the high - $ 3.40s. On the
KCBT
LOC
, January finished 26.5 cents lower at $ 3.35 after dipping to a low of $ 3.33 earlier in the session . February was down 22 cents at the close , while other deferreds were 4.5 to nine cents lower .
The East / West
LOC
spread narrowed by 3.2 cents to 13.7 cents ( NYMEX premium ) .
Physical
ORG
prices at
Waha
LOC
for the weekend lost more than 15 cents to the low-to-mid $ 3.50s as milder weather moved into the
Southwest
ORG
. --
H McCulloch
PER
,
New York Power Desk
ORG
+212-859-1628 -DOCSTART-
U.S.
LOC
barges lightly quoted on call session .
ST. LOUIS
LOC
1996-12-06
U.S.
LOC
barge rates were lightly quoted Friday on the
St. Louis Merchants Exchange
ORG
call session . No barges traded versus no trades Thursday . - Two barges next week
Illinois
LOC
bid at a steady 130 percent of tariff , offered at 135 percent . - One barge , week of December 15 , lower
Ohio
LOC
bid 2-1/2 points higher at 105 percent , no offer . Two barges , week of January 5 ,
Illinois
LOC
, offered five points lower at 195 percent , bid at 150 percent . -
Five
PER
barges , 30-day open ,
mid-Mississippi
PER
(
McGregor
PER
and south ) bid at 160 percent , offered at 170 percent , no comparisons . - 36 barges , two each week
May-August
LOC
,
Illinois
LOC
, offered at 130 percent of tariff , no bid or comparison . - 36 barges , two each week
May-August
LOC
,
mid-Mississippi
MISC
offered at a steady 135 percent , bid at 120 percent ( basis one each week ) . --
Chicago
LOC
newsdesk<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART- CBOT grain / oilseed receipts and shipments .
CHICAGO
LOC
1996-12-06 Grain and soybean receipts and shipments , in bushels , at delivery locations for the previous trading day , according to the
Chicago Board of Trade
ORG
-
Receipts Shipments Wheat Chicago
ORG
0 0
St. Louis
ORG
21,346 0
Toledo
ORG
61,514 0
Corn Chicago
ORG
78,056 0
St. Louis
ORG
217,092 75,810
Toledo
ORG
285,505 561,287
Oats Chicago
PER
0 0
Minneapolis
LOC
306,364 153,231
Soybeans
MISC
Chicago
LOC
8,674 484,018
St. Louis
ORG
253,821 223,172
Toledo
ORG
64,334 160,476 ( (
Chicago Newsdesk
ORG
312-408-8720 ) ) -DOCSTART-
Clinton
PER
to have more news conferences in 2nd term .
WASHINGTON
LOC
1996-12-06 President
Clinton
PER
aims to hold more news conferences in his second term and will have one Dec. 13 , the
White House
LOC
said Friday . The president had only two formal , full-blown news conferences last year , one in January and one after he won re-election in November , although he had various other limited sessions with the press .
White House
LOC
spokesman
Mike McCurry
PER
said
Clinton
PER
" plans to have regular news conferences " during his second term . But when asked how frequent these would be , he was evasive , saying , " periodic , occasional . " " He enjoys the give and take " with reporters , the spokesman added . -DOCSTART-
Action Performance
ORG
to acquire firms .
TEMPE
ORG
,
Ariz
ORG
. 1996-12-06
Action Performance Cos Inc
ORG
said Friday it has agreed to acquire
Motorsport Traditions Ltd
ORG
and
Creative Marketing & Promotions Inc
ORG
for about $ 13 million in cash and stock . The two firms to be acquired have about $ 25 million in annual revenues from the design , manufacture and sale and distribution of licensed motorsports products . The deal is expected to close by the end of the year subject to due diligence and other customary closing conditions . -DOCSTART-
Half
PER
of dog bites provoked , says
American
MISC
vet .
CHICAGO
LOC
1996-12-06 As many as 1 million dog bites are recorded in the
United States
LOC
every year and half of them are provoked by humans , a veterinarian told fellow animal doctors on Friday .
The Humane Society of the United States
ORG
estimates that between 500,000 and one million bites are delivered by dogs each year , more than half of which are suffered by children . " Most bites can be prevented by teaching children how to respect a dog , "
Michael Cornwell
PER
of the
Glencoe Animal Hospital
LOC
in
Columbus
LOC
,
Ohio
LOC
, told the annual meeting of the
American Veterinary Medical Association
ORG
. " Let 's not let our kids jump on them or crawl on them . Dogs and children do n't have to have an interaction .
Let
ORG
's respect their territories , " he said .
Cornwell
PER
said 50 percent of reported bites were provoked by a person and 60 percent were suffered by children . He also estimated that only 25 percent of bites were reported because medical attention was not needed .
Don Rieck
PER
, president of the
National Animal Control Association
ORG
, said aggressiveness in dogs was related more to gender than breed and a male dog that had not been neutered was three times more likely to bite than an unspayed female . The five breeds credited with the most incidents were chow chows ,
Rottweilers
ORG
,
German
MISC
shepherds , cocker spaniels and
Dalmatians
MISC
. " The trends in dog bites by particular breeds have more to do with fad pets owned by individuals who need to have something unique .
Speaking
MISC
strictly of dogs , 15 years ago the macho fad pet was a
Doberman
PER
. Today ,
Rottweilers
PER
are on the way up , "
Rieck
PER
said . If approached by a stray dog , children should be taught to stand still with fists folded underneath the neck , elbows in , and gaze forward until the dog goes away . -DOCSTART-
Iowa-S Minn
ORG
feedlot cattle market not tested-
USDA
ORG
.
DES MOINES
LOC
1996-12-06 Steers and heifers were not tested , compared with Thursday 's close ,
USDA
ORG
said .
Reported
PER
sales for
Fri-
MISC
None .
Week
ORG
to Date - None . ( (
Chicago
LOC
newsdesk<PHONE_NUMBER> ) ) -DOCSTART-
Nebraska
LOC
fed cattle roundup -
USDA
ORG
.
OMAHA
LOC
1996-12-06 Slaughter steers and heifers were not established Thursday .
Demand
ORG
limited .
Seller
ORG
interest light . -
USDA
ORG
Thursday 200 Last Week Holiday Last Year N / A
Week
ORG
to
Date
PER
3,500
Sm Pd Lst Wk
ORG
800
Sm Pd Lst Yr N /
ORG
A
Dressed Basis Delivered
PER
not well tested .
Dressed Basis Steers
ORG
:
Few Select
PER
and
Choice
ORG
2-3 , 1200-1300 lbs 112.00 ; load early 114.00 .
Dressed Basis Heifers
PER
:
Few Select
PER
and
Choice
ORG
2-3 , 1100-1200 lbs 112.00 . -DOCSTART-
Four Africans
PER
said to vie for top
U.N.
ORG
post .
Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS 1996-12-06 Four African
PER
states are ready to nominate candidates for the post of
U.N.
ORG
secretary-general on Friday now that
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
PER
has temporarily put aside his bid for re-election . The nominees , according to diplomats , are :
Kofi Annan
PER
of
Ghana
LOC
, the
U.N.
ORG
undersecretary-general for peacekeeping ;
Ahmedou Ould Abdallah
LOC
of
Mauritania
LOC
, the former
U.N.
ORG
special envoy for
Burundi
LOC
;
Amara
LOC
Essy
LOC
of the
Ivory Coast
LOC
, its foreign minister and the
U.N. General Assembly
ORG
president in 1994-95 ; and
Hamid Algabid
PER
of
Niger
LOC
, the secretary-general of the
Organisation of the Islamic Conference . Representatives of the U.N. missions of Ghana
ORG
, the
Ivory Coast
LOC
,
Mauritania
LOC
and
Niger
LOC
have scheduled a meeting with
Security Council
ORG
president
Paolo Fulci of
ORG
Italy
LOC
to hand in the nominations in writing , the envoys said . It was not known if other candidates would step forward .
Diplomats
PER
said General
Joseph Garba
PER
of
Nigeria
LOC
, a
U.N. General Assembly
ORG
president in 1989-90 , was putting forth his own candidacy without being nominated by his country .
Boutros-Ghali
LOC
on Wednesday opened the door for other
Africans
MISC
to contest his job by saying he was suspending temporarily his candidacy but was not withdrawing completely from the race .
His
ORG
supporters said this meant he remained a candidate in case the race reached an impasse . The
United States
LOC
on Nov. 19 vetoed his bid for re-election while the other 14
Security Council
ORG
members supported him . The move by the
African
MISC
states means that the council could begin voting on candidates next week , a procedure that could either result in a decision or turn into a bitter fight with vetoes against each nominee .
The Security Council
ORG
has to vote on a new secretary-general and then seek the endorsement of the 185-members
General Assembly
ORG
before December 31 when
Boutros-Ghali
LOC
's term expires . -DOCSTART-
Spain
LOC
's police seize petrol bombs , arrest five .
MADRID
LOC
1996-12-06
Spanish
MISC
police said on Friday they had arrested five people and seized more than 90 petrol bombs during disturbances after a protest in the
Basque
MISC
country against
Spain
LOC
's constitution .
Hooded
PER
protesters threw burning bottles and other objects at police in
Pamplona
LOC
after the protest organised by
Herri Batasuna
PER
, the political wing of
Basque
MISC
separatist group
ETA
ORG
. Police also confiscated eight kg ( 18 lb ) of screws , balaclavas and spray paint cans . The protest , which attracted several thousand supporters , coincided with the 18th anniversary of
Spain
LOC
's constitution . -DOCSTART-
Mussolini
PER
's granddaughter rejoins far-right party .
ROME
LOC
1996-12-06
Alessandra Mussolini
PER
, the granddaughter of
Italy
LOC
's
Fascist
MISC
dictator
Benito Mussolini
PER
, said on Friday she had rejoined the far-right
National Alliance
ORG
(
AN
ORG
) party she quit over policy differences last month . " I 've gone back , " she told a radio show shortly after
AN
ORG
leader
Gianfranco Fini
PER
, who was being interviewed on the programme , said the row had been resolved . " He did n't want to lose me and I did n't want to lose him . "
Fini
PER
told state radio
RAI
ORG
he met
Mussolini
ORG
thanks to the good offices of
Giuseppe Tatarella
PER
,
AN
PER
's leader in the
Chamber of Deputies
ORG
( lower house ) , and had overcome their differences .
Mussolini
PER
, 33 , resigned from the parliamentary party group for what she said were strictly political reasons . The fiery politician , who is also a niece of screen star
Sophia Loren
ORG
, had accused AN leaders of stifling internal party debate .
Mussolini
PER
, who sits in the
Chamber
PER
, told
La Stampa
ORG
newspaper last month after quitting
AN
PER
's parliamentary party that she was considering joining the neo-fascist
Social Movement
PER
(
MS-Fiamma
MISC
) formed by some of the
Duce
PER
's
World War Two
MISC
followers . -DOCSTART-
German
MISC
Santa in bank nearly gets arrested .
HANOVER
LOC
,
Germany
LOC
1996-12-06 A Santa Claus distributing presents to workers in a
German
MISC
bank on Friday nearly ended up behind bars when a passing police patrol thought he was a robber in disguise . The man , doing his rounds in the northern city of Hanover on the day when
German
MISC
children traditionally receive small presents from
Saint Nicholas
PER
, convinced police eventually that he was genuine . -DOCSTART-
Italy
LOC
commission concludes 1997 budget examination .
ROME
LOC
1996-12-06 The
Italian
MISC
upper house
Senate
ORG
budget commission has concluded its examination of
Italy
LOC
's 1997 budget , and it will approve the measure officially by Saturday . From Tuesday , the full assembly of the
Senate
ORG
will start its examination of the financial package . --
Milan
LOC
newsroom +392 66129502 -DOCSTART-
EU
ORG
,
Poland
LOC
agree on oil import tariffs .
BRUSSELS
LOC
1996-12-06 The
European Union
ORG
and
Poland
LOC
have resolved disagreements over a new
Polish
MISC
oil import regime , the
European Commission
ORG
said on Friday . The
EU
ORG
had objected to increases in
Polish
MISC
tariffs on imports of gasoline and gasoil products introduced on January 1 , 1996 , saying they contravened levels envisaged in the so-called
Europe Agreement
MISC
between the
EU
ORG
and
Poland
LOC
. The increases were aimed at protecting the
Polish
MISC
market while helping to modernise the local oil industry . " The
EU
ORG
and
Poland
LOC
have now reached a final settlement regarding issues related to the
Polish
MISC
import regime in the oils sector , " the
Commission
ORG
said in a statement . Under the agreement ,
Poland
LOC
will abolish all oil import tariffs by 2001 , remove all oil price controls and end quantitative restrictions on imports by January 1 , 1997 . The agreement includes the early privatisation and modernisation of
Polish
MISC
oil refineries , which will be obliged to offer equal treatment to all buyers . The
EU
ORG
and
Poland
LOC
will monitor the settlement at six-monthly meetings . -DOCSTART-
Hindu
MISC
party forces
India
LOC
parliament to adjourn .
NEW DELHI
LOC
1996-12-06
Hindu
MISC
nationalists forced adjournment of
India
LOC
's lower house of parliament on Friday , in protest against a proposal to observe a minute 's silence over the destruction of a mosque by a
Hindu
MISC
mob in 1992 .
Members
MISC
of the
Hindu
MISC
nationalist
Bharatiya Janata Party
ORG
(
BJP
ORG
) shouted
pro-Hindu
ORG
slogans in the house after a communist deputy made the proposal in remembrance of the
Babri
LOC
mosque , which was razed on December 6 , 1992 . The house was first adjourned for two hours . When it reconvened ,
BJP
ORG
deputies resumed the slogan-shouting , and deputy speaker
Suraj Bhan
PER
suspended work until Monday . The destruction of the 16th-century mosque in the northern
Indian
MISC
town of
Ayodhya
LOC
triggered nationwide
Hindu-Moslem
MISC
violence in which more than 3,000 people were killed .
Indian
MISC
officials blame revenge-minded
Moslem
MISC
underworld gangs in
Bombay
LOC
for a string of bombings in the city three months later that killed 260 people . The
BJP
ORG
backs a hardline
Hindu
MISC
campaign to build a temple at the site of the mosque , which
Hindus
LOC
believe was the birthplace of the
Lord Rama
MISC
. The campaign catapulted
BJP
ORG
from the political fringe to become
India
LOC
's main opposition party in 1991 . -DOCSTART-
Indian
MISC
Sept crude oil output falls to 2.6 mln T .
NEW DELHI
LOC
1996-12-06
India
LOC
's crude petroleum output fell to 2.56 million tonnes in September from 2.83 million in the same month in 1995 , the government said on Friday . STEEL OUTPUT Sept Sept Apr-Sept Apr-Sept 1996 1995 1996 1995
Crude
PER
petroleum 2,557 2,832 15,838 17,648 Petroleum products 4,605 5,110 30,589 29,328 Note - Figures are in thousands of tonnes and preliminary . -DOCSTART-
LUXEMBOURG CHRISTMAS MARKET
ORG
GOES ON WORLD WIDE WEB .
BRUSSELS
LOC
1996-12-06
Luxembourg
LOC
's traditional
Christmas
PER
market , which starts on Saturday and runs to December 24 , has taken to the world wide web as a way of publicising its activities . The web site (
http://www.pt.lu/infoweb/kreschtmaart
ORG
) gives details of the market 's concert programme as well as its various retailers . --
Brussels Newsroom
ORG
+32 2 287 6810 , Fax +32 2 230 7710 -DOCSTART-
London
LOC
coal / ore fixtures .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 COAL -
Lantau Peak
PER
- 120,000 tones coal
Hay Point
PER
or
Newcastle
LOC
/
Kaohsiung
LOC
20-30/1 $ 5.25 and $ 5.85 fio respectively 40,000-35,000 / 28,000 shinc
China Steel
PER
.
Royal Clipper
PER
- 77,000 tonnes coal
Maracaibo
LOC
/ Fos 19/12-2/1 $ 9.90 fio 20,000 shinc / 25,000 shinc
Coe
ORG
and
Clerici
ORG
.
ORE
ORG
-
IMC TBN
ORG
- 70,000 tonnes Dampier /
Kaohsiung
LOC
20-30/12 $ 5.25 fio 35,000 shinc / 30,000 shinc
China Steel
PER
. -DOCSTART-
UK
LOC
bookmakers lengthen Conservative victory odds .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
UK
LOC
bookmakers
William Hill
PER
said on Friday they have lengthened the odds of a
Conservative
ORG
victory in the next general election from 9-4 to 5-2 .
William Hill
PER
said the odds were the longest they had been for six months .
The Labour
ORG
opposition are now 1-4 favourites , it said . The election must be held by May . --
London Newsroom
ORG
+44<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
Italy
LOC
tops week of meagre bond returns -
Salomon
ORG
.
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 High-flying
Italy
LOC
topped the league in a week of meagre returns on government bonds ,
Salomon Brothers
ORG
said on Friday . In local currency terms ,
Italian
MISC
BTPs
MISC
offered returns of 0.85 percent in the week ended on Thursday , with fellow high-yielder
Sweden
LOC
close behind on 0.80 percent . The weekly government bond index rose 0.07 percent in local currency terms .
France
LOC
managed third place with 0.68 percent in the 16-nation world government bond index .
Canada
LOC
's were the worst performing bonds . They lost 2.21 percent , depressed by a wave of new
Canadian
MISC
supply .
Returns
ORG
on
Treasuries
ORG
were also in negative territory at minus 0.24 percent , the poorest result after
Canada
LOC
and
British
MISC
gilts which lost 0.28 percent .
Australia
LOC
was the only dollar-bloc country in the table to eke out a positive return , albeit a paltry 0.02 percent .
German Bunds
MISC
were not much better , offering returns of 0.05 percent , while
Japanese
MISC
government bonds managed a 0.38 percent gain .
Spanish
MISC
bonds , which had been top performers in
Salomon Brothers
ORG
' league table for November as a whole , turned in a more subdued weekly performance with a return of only 0.27 percent . In
U.S.
LOC
dollar terms ,
Japan
LOC
was the only country to give positive returns at 1.35 percent .
France
LOC
lost 0.37 percent , followed by
Italy
LOC
on minus 0.59 percent . The biggest losers in dollar terms were
British
MISC
gilts , which shed 3.41 percent ,
Canada
LOC
with minus 3.03 percent and
Australia
LOC
at minus 1.54 percent .
Salomon
ORG
's bond index is calculated using all government bonds with over one year to maturity , weighted for market capitalisation . Only bonds freely available to institutional investors and with a certain minimum amount outstanding are included .
Returns
ORG
take account of price moves and accrued interest . --
Stephen Nisbet
PER
,
International Bonds
ORG
+44 171 6320 -DOCSTART-
OPEC
ORG
basket price $ 24.20 on Thursday .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 The price of the
OPEC
MISC
basket of seven crudes stood at $ 24.20 a barrel on Thursday , against $ 23.47 on Wednesday , the
OPECNA
MISC
news agency said , quoting the
OPEC
ORG
secretariat . The basket comprises
Algeria
LOC
's
Saharan Blend
PER
,
Indonesia
LOC
's
Minas
LOC
,
Nigeria
LOC
's
Bonny Light
PER
,
Saudi Arabia
LOC
's
Arabian Light
PER
,
Dubai
LOC
of the
UAE
LOC
,
Venezuela
LOC
's
Tia Juana
PER
and
Mexico
LOC
's
Isthmus
ORG
. --
London Newsroom
ORG
+44<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART- Relations between
Clarke
PER
,
Major
MISC
good - spokesman .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 Relations between
Chancellor
PER
of the
Exchequer Kenneth Clarke
PER
and Prime Minister
John Major
PER
are good despite media reports of a rift over
European
MISC
policy , a spokesman for
Major 's
MISC
office said on Friday . Asked about the reports , the spokesman said : " Relations are good . " Asked about
Major
PER
's mood after a day of media speculation about his political fortunes , the spokesman said : " He is resolute . He is getting on with the job . " The spokesman said he was not aware of any meetings overnight between
Clarke
LOC
and
Major
ORG
, nor of any talks between the prime minister and parliamentary business managers . Both
Major
MISC
and
Clarke
PER
were in their constituencies on Friday . -DOCSTART- Two dead after executive jet crashes in
Newfoundland
LOC
.
STEPHENVILLE
LOC
,
Newfoundland
LOC
1996-12-06 Two people were killed when an executive jet en route to
Ireland
LOC
from
Michigan
LOC
crashed on approach to an airport in
Stephenville
LOC
,
Newfoundland
LOC
, on Friday , authorities said . The pilot and co-pilot , the only two aboard , were killed in the crash of the
Learjet
LOC
36 , airport manager
David Snow
PER
said in a telephone interview .
Snow
ORG
said the plane last reported to air traffic control at about 3
A.M.
ORG
local time / 1:30
A.M.
ORG
EST ( 0630
GMT
MISC
) when it began its final approach about 10 miles ( 16 km ) from the airport in this east coast
Canadian
MISC
province . That was the last communication the aircraft made with the airport , he added . " We considered it as being missing until about 0600 ( 4:30
A.M.
LOC
EST ) ( 0930
GMT
MISC
) . That 's when the wreckage was discovered , "
Snow
ORG
said . He said the cargo flight originated in
Grand Rapids
LOC
,
Michigan
LOC
, and was due to stop at
Stephenville
LOC
for refueling before going to
Shannon
LOC
,
Ireland
LOC
. The cause of the crash was not yet known . Investigators were due to fly to
Stephenville
PER
later on Friday . -DOCSTART-
PLO
ORG
says
Arafat
PER
,
Netanyahu
PER
could meet Saturday .
JERUSALEM
LOC
1996-12-06
PLO
ORG
negotiators said on Friday
Palestinian
MISC
President
Yasser Arafat
PER
,
Israeli
MISC
Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
PER
and
Egyptian
MISC
President
Hosni Mubarak
PER
might all meet on Saturday to try to clinch a deal on
Israel
LOC
's handover of
Hebron
LOC
to the
PLO
ORG
. " It is very possible that
Arafat
PER
and
Netanyahu
PER
will meet in
Cairo
LOC
on Saturday . There is work on arranging such a meeting hosted by President
Mubarak
PER
, " one
PLO
ORG
official , who requested anonymity , told
Reuters
ORG
.
Israeli
MISC
officials said no meeting had yet been set .
Arafat
PER
's adviser
Nabil Abu Rdainah
PER
said : " President
Arafat
PER
is ready to meet Prime Minister
Netanyahu
PER
but no time or date has been set for such a meeting yet . " President
Arafat
PER
's position is clear that such a meeting should come after successful negotiations so that the meeting would have positive results .
Especially
PER
since the
Hebron
LOC
issue has not been agreed yet and the crucial disputed issues have not been resolved . " But
Rdainah
PER
said
Arafat
PER
would go to
Cairo
LOC
on Saturday for talks with
Mubarak
PER
. Both
Arafat
PER
and
Netanyahu
PER
have expressed willingness to meet . They last met in
Washington
LOC
after clashes in September that killed 60
Palestinians
MISC
and 15
Israelis
MISC
. The violence was spurred by
Israel
LOC
's opening an entrance to a tunnel near
Moslem
MISC
sites in
Jerusalem
LOC
.
The Palestine Liberation Organisation
ORG
(
PLO
ORG
) negotiators said the last two weeks of talks with
Israel
LOC
on implementing the long-delayed handover of most of
Hebron
LOC
to
PLO
ORG
rule had been " meaningless " , necessitating an
Arafat-Netanyahu
MISC
meeting .
Mubarak
PER
's adviser
Osama
PER
el-Baz said on Thursday there were efforts to arrange a meeting between the
Israeli
MISC
and
Palestinian
MISC
leaders .
Palestinian Authority
ORG
Secretary General
Ahmed Abdel-Rahman
PER
said on Thursday he understood it could be held in
Cairo
LOC
either on Friday or Sunday .
Abdel-Rahman
PER
had said on Thursday he did not think Saturday would be the date because it is the
Jewish
MISC
sabbath . But the
Jewish
MISC
sabbath ends at sundown , so a night meeting would not interfere with the religious observance . -DOCSTART-
Turkey
LOC
hindered by own landmines on
Syrian
MISC
border .
ANKARA
LOC
1996-12-06
Turkey
LOC
's efforts to prevent
Kurdish
MISC
rebels and smugglers infiltrating from
Syria
LOC
are being badly hindered because the military does not have a map of its own minefields on the border , a commission of parliamentarians said . " It is not known exactly where the mines have been sown because a minefield chart cannot be found , " the commission said in a report on border protection . The report , to be debated in parliament in coming weeks , was seen by
Reuters
ORG
on Friday . " Officials say the minefields present an obstacle to the security forces , " it said . It said
Kurdistan Workers Party
ORG
(
PKK
ORG
) guerrillas sometimes know the layout of mined areas along the border better than the security forces . "
Terrorists
ORG
and smugglers have dug up the mines , defused them and opened up wide paths in some areas . They can come in and out easily as the minefields are not an obstacle , " it said .
An
PER
armed forces spokesman was not available for comment .
Turkey
LOC
says
Syria
LOC
sponsors the
PKK
ORG
, fighting for
Kurdish
MISC
self-rule in southeast
Turkey
LOC
.
Damascus
LOC
denies aiding the rebels . The
PKK
ORG
also crosses into
Turkey
LOC
from bases in the mountains of northern
Iraq
LOC
. More than 21,000 people have died in the 12-year-old conflict . -DOCSTART- Three dead in
Kurd
MISC
militia blood feud in
Turkey
LOC
.
DIYARBAKIR
LOC
,
Turkey
LOC
1996-12-06 Three people were killed on Friday in a gun battle between rival groups of anti-guerrilla militiamen on the streets of this southeastern
Turkish
MISC
city , police said .
Four
ORG
others were wounded in the clash , caused by a blood feud between two families , the
Kesers
ORG
and
Karabuluts
PER
, serving as state-paid village guards against
Kurdish
MISC
rebels . Police said the guards fired automatic weapons at each other . One of the dead was a civilian passer-by . The role of the 70,000 mainly
Kurdish
MISC
village guards who fight
Kurdistan Workers Party
ORG
(
PKK
ORG
) guerrillas in the southeast has been questioned recently after media allegations that many of them are involved in common crime . The head of the region 's main pro-state militia is at the centre of a security scandal that has shaken the government . More than 21,000 people have been killed in the 12-year-old conflict between
Turkish
MISC
security forces and the
PKK
ORG
, fighting for
Kurdish
MISC
autonomy or independence . -DOCSTART-
Texas
LOC
/ w
Okla
ORG
fed cattle roundup -
USDA
ORG
.
AMARILLO 1996-12-06 Trade
ORG
very slow in the
Panhandle
LOC
area Thursday .
Slaughter
MISC
steers and heifers not well tested .
Feedlots
PER
reporting light inquiry from buyers . -
USDA
ORG
Thursday 200
Week Ago
ORG
Holiday Year Ago 10,900 Wk to
Date
PER
69,100 Week Ago 58,100 Year Ago 30,800 Sales reported on 200 head steers ; 69,100 head confirmed for week to date which includes 14,000 formulated and 3,400 contracted cattle to be shipped this week .
Slaughter Steers
PER
:
Pen Select
PER
and
Choice
ORG
2-3 , 1150 lbs 67.00 .
Pen Select
PER
, few choice 2-3 1150 lbs 66.00 . -DOCSTART-
Kansas
LOC
feedlot cattle roundup -
USDA
ORG
.
DODGE CITY
LOC
1996-12-06 Trade slow . Not enough slaughter steer or heifer sales confirmed for an adequate market test . -
USDA
ORG
Thursday 600 week ago holiday year ago 14,200 week to date 89,300 week ago 71,000 year ago 47,200 Inquiry good , demand light . Sales confirmed on 500 slaughter steers and 100 slaughter heifers Thursday . For the week to date 89,300 head confirmed including 30,600 head of contracted or formulated cattle . Steers :
Select and Choice
ORG
2-3 , 1200 lbs 67.00 . Heifers :
Select
ORG
and
Choice
ORG
2-3 , 1150 lbs 67.00 . -DOCSTART-
Delphis Hanover
PER
weekly municipal bond yields .
Delphis Hanover
PER
weekly muni bond yields calculated Dec 5 Aaa Aa A
Baa
LOC
1997 3.50 3.60* 3.70 3.75 4.00 4.00 4.30 4.35 2001 4.20 4.20 4.35 4.40 4.65 4.65 5.00 5.00 2006 4.70 4.70 4.85 4.85 5.15 5.15 5.50 5.50 2011 5.15 5.15 5.30 5.30 5.60 5.60 5.90 5.90 2016 5.35 5.30 5.50 5.45 5.80 5.75 6.10 6.05 2021 5.45 5.40 5.60 5.55 5.90 5.85 6.20 6.15 2026 5.50 5.45 5.65 5.60 5.95 5.90 6.25 6.20 *from previous calculation on Nov 27 --
U.S. Municipal Desk
ORG
,<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART- ACCESS energy futures prices add to daytime gains .
LOS ANGELES
LOC
1996-12-05
U.S.
LOC
energy futures added to floor session gains in light NYMEX ACCESS trade Thursday , as forecasts for colder temperatures in distillate-hungry
Northeastern
LOC
markets raised supply concerns . " The cold weather forecasts are helping right now , " a trader said . Earlier , NYMEX crude ended daytime trade 78 cents higher at $ 25.58 a barrel , following breakthroughs of key technical levels and reports of tighter supplies .
Front-month
MISC
heating oil firmed 0.09 cents a gallon to 75.20 cents as roughly 100 lots changed hands within the first few hours of ACCESS . About 112 lots were exchanged overall , traders said . NYMEX gasoline for January delivery climbed 0.12 cents a gallon to 69.80 cents as a light 33 lots traded in the nearby month and 35 moved overall . January crude was barely changed from its settlement , edging up one cent to $ 25.66 a barrel . About 350 lots were traded for January and 870 in all months . --
David Brinkerhoff
PER
,
Los Angeles
LOC
bureau +1<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
U.S.
LOC
blasts release of convicted bomber .
WASHINGTON
LOC
1996-12-05 The
United States
LOC
Thursday blasted the release from a
Greek
MISC
prison of a
Palestinian
MISC
guerrilla convicted of bombing an airliner and killing a teenager in 1982 , saying the move " does not make sense .   '
Mohammed Rashid
PER
" is a terrorist who deserves to be behind bars . It is inexplicable to us why he would have been allowed to leave
Greece
LOC
before serving his just sentence ... This is an incomprehensible move . It does not make sense , "
Burns
PER
told a news briefing . He spoke after
Rashid
PER
left
Greece
LOC
Thursday on being freed from prison early for good behaviour after serving 8-1/2 years .
The Clinton
PER
administration 's strong views on this subject have been conveyed to the
Greek
MISC
government ,
Burns
PER
said .
Mahammad Rashid
PER
was whisked from
Korydallos
PER
maximum security prison just outside
Athens
LOC
to the airport where he boarded a regular
Olympic
MISC
Airways
ORG
flight to
Cairo
LOC
where he would transit to
Tunis
LOC
and the former
Palestine Liberation Organisation
ORG
headquarters .
Rashid
PER
, 46 , was sentenced to 18 years in prison by a
Greek
MISC
court in 1992 after being convicted of premeditated murder in the mid-air bombing of a
Pan American
MISC
airliner in 1982 . His sentence had been reduced to 15 years in 1993 . A parole court ruled recently that
Rashid
MISC
could be freed after serving 8-1/2 years , with time in pre-trial detention counted towards his term , but said he must be expelled immediately from
Greece
LOC
. The
United States
LOC
accuses
Rashid
MISC
of belonging to the May 15
Palestinian
MISC
guerrilla group and being an accomplished student of master
Palestinian
MISC
bombmaker
Abu Ibrahim
PER
. Three
FBI
ORG
agents who testified against
Rashid
MISC
during the trial , held at
Korydallos
LOC
prison , said they had ample evidence against
Rashid
MISC
for a bomb planted on a
Pan American
MISC
plane in
Brazil
LOC
in 1982 and a mid-air bomb blast on a
TWA
ORG
airliner approaching
Athens
LOC
in 1986 which killed four
U.S.
LOC
citizens . -DOCSTART-
School
PER
football player banned for slashing opponents .
ALBUQUERQUE
MISC
, N.M. 1996-12-05 A
New Mexico
LOC
high school football player who used razor-sharp helmet buckles to slash opponents and a referee was expelled from high school banned Thursday from competition for one year .
Mike Cito
PER
, 17 , was expelled from
St Pius
ORG
X High School in Albuquerque after an October game in which he used the sharpened chin strap buckles to injure two opposing players and the referee . One of the players need 10 stitches to a cut on his forearm . Officials said the
New Mexico Activities Association
ORG
decided to bar
Cito
PER
from any inter-scholastic competition until next October , regardless of the school he attends .
Cito
PER
's father ,
Stephen Cito
PER
, had admitted filing the metal buckles to a fine edge , saying he did it to get even with the referee and with players who had roughed up his son in a previous game . -DOCSTART-
Cyberspace
ORG
squabbles overshadow copyright talks .
Elif Kaban
MISC
GENEVA
LOC
1996-12-06 In a gloomy
Geneva
LOC
conference centre built before the dawn of the
Internet
MISC
, groups of staid officials made a first stab on Friday at rewriting copyright laws for the digital age . But critics at the first government-level meeting to revise copyright laws in 25 years said the officials and legislators might as well be trying to police the ether . After four days of diplomatic wrangling over procedures , some 600 delegates from nations small and large got down to the nitty-gritty of setting the digital agenda for the first time . Cyberspace squabbles overshadowed the debate on a stack of proposals covering literary and artistic works , the rights of performers and producers of music and producers of databases . " If it goes on like this , we wo n't have enough time to finish all the discussions , " a frustrated
Western
MISC
delegate said . " They announced they will start evening sessions next week . "
Attempts
ORG
by copyright-based industries to ensure they get a cut from online works led to a storm of protests by
Internet
MISC
companies and critics who say the pacts would curb public access to online information from soccer results to stock prices . " It 's not illegal to make photocopies of newspaper articles . It 's fair use . We can read sports statistics or stock prices . But with the treaty , this kind of fact will be owned and subject to licensing , " said
James Love
PER
, a consumer lobbyist heading the
Washington-based
MISC
Consumer Project
PER
on
Technology
LOC
. " None of the treaties are ready to move . These people do n't understand what they 're doing . " At stake are billions of dollars and the future of the electronic information industry -- the coming medium for the distribution of music , films , literature , software and commerce .
Supporters
PER
of the three pacts say they are only an extension of existing intellectual property rights , covered by the century-old
Berne Convention
MISC
. But an array of opponents from the network industry to consumer , scientific and academic groups say the pacts will give sweeping powers to entertainment and copyright-based industries . A quick survey at the conference centre found few officials who had actually surfed the
Internet
MISC
.
Mongolia
LOC
's state copyright official ,
Gundegma Jargalshaihan
PER
, said apologetically that he had just arrived from
Ulan Bator
PER
and was not aware of the details of the digital agenda . " We do n't have money for
Internet
MISC
in
Mongolia
LOC
, " he added .
Alexander Bavykin
PER
, deputy legal chief at
Russia
LOC
's foreign ministry , said
Moscow
LOC
had yet to formulate a policy on copyright in cybersppace . He too had never browsed the Net . " I 've never tried it and why should I ? There are lots of other things in this life I have n't tried either , " he said . A visit to the computer centre offering
Internet
MISC
services found a lone
European
MISC
official clicking away on his mouse . "
Internet
MISC
is a potential cash cow for copyright-based industries and we need roadmaps on the information superhighway , " said
Marc Pearl
PER
, vice-president of the
Information Technology Association of America
ORG
, a trade association of
U.S.
LOC
network companies opposing the treaties . " But there are a lot of dinosaurs here . People here do n't understand
Internet
MISC
technology . Because they do n't understand technology , they fear the unknown . " Before the
Internet
MISC
, those whose business was to protect copyrights knew where they stood . Their enemies were tangible if elusive , such as the people who pirated music cassettes . But the
Internet
MISC
, a global computer network where anything from music to software can be duplicated and distributed at the click of a computer mouse , has ripped up the rulebooks .
Network
LOC
operators said the draft laws would hold them responsible for copyright infringements in the system and expose them to multi-billion-dollar liabilities . " There are 500 million messages transmitted through the
Internet
MISC
everyday , " said
Tim Casey
PER
of the
U.S.-based
MISC
MCI Communications Corporation
ORG
. " How can we control them all ? " -DOCSTART-
Italy
LOC
evacuates 17 nuns and priests from
Zaire
LOC
.
ROME
LOC
1996-12-06
Italy
LOC
said on Friday it had evacuated 17
Roman Catholic
MISC
nuns and priests from
Zaire
LOC
where they had been at risk from fighting between government troops and ethnic
Tutsi
MISC
rebels .
The Foreign Ministry
ORG
said the 10
Europeans
MISC
and seven
Africans
MISC
took a special flight from the
Garamba
LOC
national park in northern
Zaire
LOC
to the
Ugandan
LOC
capital
Kampala
LOC
where they were being looked after at the
Italian
MISC
embassy . The group had travelled from their mission on the edge of the park to a landing strip to make the rendezvous , a ministry official said . The ministry said the group consisted of 13 nuns , seven
Italians
MISC
and six
Zaireans
MISC
, and four priests , two from
Belgium
LOC
, one from
Spain
LOC
and one from
Zambia
LOC
. -DOCSTART- Third
Paris
LOC
blast victim was
Moroccan
MISC
student .
PARIS
LOC
1996-12-06
Moroccan
MISC
Mohamed Benchaou
PER
, the third person to die after a bombing on a
Paris
LOC
train , was a 25-year-old student about to submit a mathematics doctorate , the
Moroccan
MISC
embassy said on Friday .
Benchaou
PER
died of his injuries on Thursday night , two days after the blast . A newly-married
Canadian
MISC
woman and a man from
New Caledonia
LOC
died instantly in the bomb that injured 90 others in the rush-hour train .
An
PER
embassy spokesman said
Benchaou
PER
, the son of a
Moroccan
MISC
army colonel , had been due to take his doctorate in March and hoped to become a teacher . Investigators have said the explosion bore the hallmarks of
Algerian
MISC
Moslem
MISC
fundamentalists who staged a series of bombings last year which killed eight people and injured more than 160 . -DOCSTART-
Italian
MISC
President urges separatists to turn back .
MANTUA
LOC
,
Italy
LOC
1996-12-06
Italian
MISC
President
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
PER
visited the symbolic heartland of the separatist
Northern League
MISC
on Friday and appealed to its supporters to drop their campaign for a breakaway state .
Addressing
ORG
a convention on
Italian
MISC
unity in
Mantua
LOC
, where the party has set up its own " parliament of the north " ,
Scalfaro
LOC
made a direct appeal to what he called " my friends from the
League
ORG
" to work instead for federal reform . " It is an invitation , a commitment , a promise .
Let
LOC
's march together , "
Scalfaro
ORG
, a northerner himself , said . "
Help Italy
PER
to teach , to propose a capacity for strong local autonomy , for the federalism which can give new vigour to our blood . But turn back from the line you are taking now , " he said .
Scalfaro
ORG
was in
Mantua
LOC
to attend a ceremony commemorating the executions there by
Austrian
MISC
rulers in 1852 and 1853 of a group of
Italians
MISC
who had campaigned for national unity . He was jeered and whistled at by a small group of
League
ORG
supporters when he arrived for a visit marked by heavy security .
Witnesses
ORG
said the protesters were outnumbered by other
Italians
MISC
who waved tricolour flags in the national red , white and green or shouted "
Viva Italia
PER
" .
The League
MISC
won more than eight percent of votes at the last general election in April on a federalist platform but its leader
Umberto Bossi
PER
later switched to a separatist agenda . A three-day " independence " march along the
Po River
LOC
in September , culminating in a declaration in
Venice
LOC
of a self-styled "
Republic
LOC
of
Padania
LOC
" , flopped badly . -DOCSTART-
Denmark
LOC
's
Radiometer
LOC
H1 result seen flat .
COPENHAGEN
LOC
1996-12-06 A
Reuter
PER
consensus survey sees medical equipment group
Radiometer
LOC
reporting largely unchanged earnings when it publishes first half 19996/97 results next Wednesday .
An
PER
average of four analysts ' forecasts predicted pre-tax profit of 147.3 million crowns compared to 144.5 million in the first six months of 1995/96 . They said that the group 's failure to introduce new products was behind the share 's weak performance in 1996 , during which it has lost seven percent so far .
PARIS
LOC
1996-12-06
Moslem
MISC
fundamentalists killed 19 civilians overnight in
Blida
LOC
province south of
Algiers
LOC
,
Algerian
MISC
security forces said on Friday . In a statement carried on the official
Algerian
MISC
news agency
APS
ORG
, the security forces said the 19 had been killed by " a group of terrorists " . -DOCSTART-
Belgian
MISC
police smash major drugs rings , 30 arrested .
BRUSSELS
LOC
1996-12-06 Police smashed two drugs smuggling rings and arrested 30 people after a taxidriver in
Spain
LOC
alerted them to a suitcase of heroin left in his cab ,
Belgian
MISC
police said on Friday . Police seized dozens of kilos of heroin with a street value of hundreds of millions of
Belgian
MISC
francs , a public prosecutor 's office spokesman in the port city of
Antwerp
LOC
said . He said a 24-year-old
Belgian
MISC
woman left a suitcase containing 13 kg ( 29 lb ) of heroin in a taxi in
Barcelona
LOC
. The taxidriver alerted police who arrested a 33-year-old
Turkish
MISC
man when he came to pick up the suitcase at a lost luggage office . The woman was later arrested in
Belgium
LOC
. She and the
Turkish
MISC
man smuggled heroin from
Turkey
LOC
to
Antwerp
LOC
from where it was taken to
Spain
LOC
,
France
LOC
and
Germany
LOC
by others , the spokesman said . He said 14 people were arrested in
Belgium
LOC
and 16 others in other
European
MISC
nations after an investigation lasting nearly a year . ( $ 1=32.14
Belgian
MISC
Franc
ORG
) -DOCSTART-
Port
ORG
conditions update -
Lloyds Shipping
ORG
.
GREECE
LOC
, Dec 5 -
Greek
MISC
port workers called off a strike which had kept the country 's ports closed , giving the government until
Feb
ORG
1 to introduce a promised bonus scheme . -DOCSTART-
German
MISC
Jan-August coffee imports detailed .
HAMBURG
LOC
1996-12-06
German
MISC
net green coffee imports from outside the
EU
ORG
totalled 7.73 million bags in January-August compared with 7.66 million in the year-ago period , the DKV coffee association said .
Imports of
ORG
1.04 million bags in August were down from 1.08 million in August 1995 but up from 992,860 bags in July 1996 .
Colombia
LOC
shipped 198,226 bags in August after 164,185 in July ,
El Salvador
LOC
160,553 ( 129,184 ) ,
Indonesia
LOC
72,218 ( 78,959 ) ,
Ethiopia
LOC
69,252 ( 60,456 ) and
Kenya
LOC
63,969 ( 60,043 ) .
Brazil
LOC
was in seventh position with 54,333 bags ( 29,055 ) . --
Hamburg
LOC
newsroom +49-40-41903275 -DOCSTART-
Munich Re
ORG
says to split stock .
MUNICH
LOC
,
Germany
LOC
1996-12-06
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG
ORG
, the world 's largest reinsurer , said on Friday it expected to switch its shares to a lower par value by September 1997 at the earliest . The group , known as
Munich Re
ORG
, plans to seek approval for the move at its shareholders ' meeting today . The company said the switch would probably become effective in September . The planned 10-for-one stock split would reduce the par value of
Munich Re
ORG
's shares to five marks from 50 , causing their price to drop to around one tenth of the present value .
Munich Re
ORG
's registered shares , part of the blue-chip
DAX
MISC
index , were trading at 3,710 marks on Friday . --
Frankfurt Newsroom
ORG
, +49 69 756525 -DOCSTART-
EU
ORG
experts postpone talks on rice area aid .
BRUSSELS
LOC
1996-12-06
European Union
ORG
rice experts on Thursday postponed discussion on area aid payments to rice producers because the documents were not available in all the
EU
ORG
languages , an
EU
ORG
offcial said on Friday . " The discussion in the experts group had to be postponed because the documents needed to be translated into the official languages and the item will be on next week 's agenda , " the offcial said .
European
MISC
rice producers are due to get compensatory area aid payments similar to those paid to cereal producers because of cuts in intervention prices . --
Brussels Newsroom
ORG
32 2 287 6800 -DOCSTART-
Frankfurt
LOC
dollar fix 1.5338 marks .
FRANKFURT
LOC
1996-12-06 The dollar was fixed at 1.5338 marks in
Frankfurt
LOC
on Friday , after 1.5607 marks on Thursday . There was no
Bundesbank
ORG
intervention . -DOCSTART-
John Lewis UK
PER
store sales up 4.5 % in week .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 The
John Lewis Partnership
PER
said its
UK
LOC
department store sales rose 4.5 percent in the week to November 30 compared with the same week a year earlier . In the 18 weeks to November 30 , sales were up 13.6 percent year-on-year . Total sales , including the
Waitrose
MISC
supermarket chain , rose 5.8 percent in the week and were up 11.4 percent in the 18-week period . --
Rosemary Bennett
PER
,
London Newsroom
ORG
44<PHONE_NUMBER> -DOCSTART-
Timah
LOC
at 15.625 in
London
LOC
at 0931
GMT
MISC
.
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06
PT Tambang Timah
ORG
was traded at $ 15.625 per
GDR
ORG
in
London
LOC
on Friday at around 0931
GMT
MISC
. It recorded a low of $ 15.625 and a high of $ 15.725 . Its previous close on Thursday was $ 15.80 .
One Global Depository Receipt
ORG
represents 10 common shares . --
Jakarta
LOC
newsroom +6221 384-6364 -DOCSTART-
British
MISC
"
Euro-sceptic
MISC
" says
Clarke
PER
should resign .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-06 A "
Euro-sceptic
MISC
" member of the ruling
Conservative
ORG
party said on Thursday
British
MISC
finance minister
Kenneth Clarke
PER
had to resign to prevent the party disintegrating over the issue of a single
European
MISC
currency .
Member
PER
of Parliament
Tony Marlow
PER
said the resignation of the chancellor of the exchequer was the only way to make the
Conservatives
LOC
electable in a general election which must take place by May next year . " We have a divided and split
Cabinet
ORG
. This cannot endure , "
Marlow
ORG
told
BBC television
ORG
's
Newsnight
LOC
programme on Thursday . " It is not sustainable .
Kenneth Clarke
PER
has to go . If he does n't resign , the prime minister has got to fire him . " Marlow 's comment come on the heels of speculation that
Clarke
PER
had threatened to resign if the government changed its " wait and see " policy on a single currency and declared it would not sign up for the currency in the next Parliament .
Clarke
PER
denied on Thursday he had threatened to resign and said his position on the single currency was in tune with that of Prime Minister
John Major
PER
.
Major
ORG
told parliament on Thursday he would keep his options open on single-currency membership .
His
ORG
statement was interpreted as a significant victory for
Clarke
PER
and fellow
pro-European
MISC
Michael Heseltine
PER
, deputy prime minister .
Pro-European Conservative MP Edwina Currie
ORG
told the
BBC that
ORG
if
Clarke
PER
resigned , other ministers would go with him . -DOCSTART-
Court
ORG
ejects head of
Australian
MISC
child-sex inquiry .
CANBERRA
LOC
1996-12-06 The
Australian
MISC
opposition on Friday demanded a high-powered investigation into paedophilia in the
Australian
MISC
diplomatic service after the federal court forced the head of the existing inquiry to stand aside . The court said inquiry head
Chris Hunt
PER
might be biased , since he privately told a newspaper he had turned up no major evidence of paedophile activity , even though he still had months ' of investigation before him . " Today we are left with a ruinous wreck beyond salvage and a continuing pall of doubt and suspicion hanging over our diplomatic service , " opposition foreign affairs spokesman
Laurie Brereton
PER
said . But the government responded by pressing ahead with the original inquiry , established in May , appointing a new head to lead it . Critics say that if there were many paedophiles in senior posts in the
Foreign Affairs Department
ORG
then a secret inquiry would be open to internal influence and would become a public service whitewash .
Accordingly
PER
, they demand an open investigation . A spokesman for
Foreign Affairs
ORG
Minister
Alexander Downer
PER
said the appointment of a new inquiry head , administrative law expert
Pamela O'Neil
PER
, showed the government 's commitment to pursue the matter . A report is due in May next year .
One Australian
MISC
diplomat has been prosecuted this year for having sex with a
Cambodian
MISC
boy under 16 but was acquitted . Police have investigated others .  -DOCSTART-
Australian
MISC
hitman killed wrong victim .
SYDNEY
LOC
1996-12-06 An
Australian
MISC
hitman who went to the wrong house and killed the wrong man was sentenced to 20 years jail on Friday .
Paul Crofts
PER
, 33 , and an accomplice were contracted to shoot a man , identified only as
Tony
PER
, in the leg to punish him for his misconduct with a female friend of the contractor , the
New South Wales Supreme Court
LOC
was told . But in February 1993
Leszic Betcher
PER
, was shot and killed after answering a knock at the door of his
Sydney
LOC
home . " The inference from all the material is that the marauders had come to the wrong house , "
Judge Michael Grove
ORG
said . In sentencing
Crofts
PER
, who pleaded guilty ,
Grove
LOC
took into account his " mildly retarded " intellectual state , which placed him in the lowest two percent of the population .
Grove
LOC
said
Betcher
PER
was " not only the victim of a horrendous crime , but his death was brought about in circumstances of an equally ghastly error on the part of the prisoner and his accomplices " . The unnamed accomplice was earlier sentenced to 20 years in prison . -DOCSTART-
NZ
LOC
's
Bolger
PER
says
Nats
PER
to meet
NZ First
ORG
on Sunday .
WELLINGTON
LOC
1996-12-06
New Zealand
LOC
Prime Minister
Jim Bolger
PER
, emerging from coalition talks with the nationalist
New Zealand First
LOC
party on Friday afternoon , said
National and
LOC
NZ First
ORG
would meet again on Sunday .
Bolger
PER
said he expected a government to be formed by Thursday . -DOCSTART-
NZ
LOC
's
Peters
ORG
says
Nat
ORG
,
Lab
ORG
talks at similar stage .
WELLINGTON
LOC
1996-12-06
New Zealand First
LOC
leader
Winston Peters
PER
on Friday said coalition talks with the
National and Labour
ORG
parties were at a similar level of completion .
Peters
ORG
left a meeting between
NZ First
ORG
and
National
LOC
negotiators to spend 20 minutes speaking to
Labour
ORG
leader
Helen Clark
PER
. He told
Reuters
ORG
he had needed to speak to her before she left
Wellington
LOC
later on Friday .
Peters
PER
said the talks with
Labour
ORG
and
National
ORG
had reached " about the same level of completion , and that 's good " . -DOCSTART-
RTRS
ORG
-
Australian
MISC
MP
John Langmore
PER
formally resigns .
CANBERRA
LOC
1996-12-06
Australian
MISC
parliamentarian
John Langmore
PER
has formally resigned from his lower house seat , the office of
House of Representatives
ORG
speaker
Bob Halverson
PER
said on Friday . "
Halverson
PER
announced that he had received today from Mr
John Vance Langmore
PER
, a letter resigning his place as member of the
House of Representatives
ORG
for the electoral division of
Fraser
PER
in the
Australian Capital Territory
MISC
, " his office said in a statement .
Halverson
PER
was considering possible dates for the by-election , his office said .
Langmore
LOC
, 57 , announced in November that he intended to resign from parliament to take up a position as
Australia
LOC
's senior representative at the
United Nations
ORG
headquarters in
New York
LOC
. He played an active role at the
U.N.
ORG
social development conference in
Copenhagen
LOC
last year and has co-authored articles with
U.N.
ORG
development programme officer
Inge Kaul
PER
.
Langmore
LOC
, a persistent campaigner for interventionist economic policy , has been
Labor
ORG
member for
Fraser
PER
since 1984 . He was senior private secretary to the employment and industrial relations minister from 1983 to 1984 and was economic advisor to then treasurer
Paul Keating
PER
in 1983 . His previous posts include assistant director of the national planning office of
Papua New Guinea
ORG
from 1969 to 1973 . --
Canberra Bureau
ORG
61-6 273-2730 -DOCSTART-
Burmese
MISC
students march out of campus again .
RANGOON
LOC
1996-12-06 A group of
Burmese
MISC
students on Friday marched out of the
Yangon Institute
PER
of Technology (
YIT
MISC
) in the northern outskirts of
Rangoon
LOC
and moved toward the
University of Yangon
ORG
about six km ( four miles ) away , witnesses said . The witnesses could not give exact numbers of those taking part in the march or any other details immediately . On Monday and Tuesday , students from the
YIT
MISC
and the university launched street protests against what they called unfair handling by police of a brawl between some of their colleagues and restaurant owners in October . The protests culminated at dawn on Tuesday with several hundred of the student protesters being detained briefly by police near the central
Shwe Dagon
PER
pagoda in
Rangoon
LOC
. They were later released . On Friday , some students told
Reuters
ORG
that they were still dissatisfied with the ruling
State Law
PER
and Order
Restoration Council
ORG
's (
SLORC
ORG
) handling of their demands . They said they wanted to organise independent unions on university campuses and demanded that details of the punishment of policemen who allegedly manhandled some students at the October brawl be published in newspapers . -DOCSTART-
Thai
MISC
rice vessels loading and movements at Dec 06 .
BANGKOK
LOC
1996-11-29 The
Thai
MISC
Commerce Ministry
ORG
detailed rice loading at
Thai
MISC
ports as follows ( in tonnes ) :
Vessel Date
PER
of
Arrival Quantity Destination Iran Sabr
ORG
19/11/96 9,000
Iran
LOC
Princess of
Loine
PER
19/11/96 10,000
Philippines Deligst
ORG
20/11/96 5,500
Indonesia Seagramd
PER
ace 20/11/96 5,000
Japan Lucky Emdldm
ORG
20/11/96 5,000
Japan Algoa Day
MISC
21/11/96 6,000
Africa
LOC
Sangthai Glory
ORG
22/11/96 3,000
Singapore Myos Yang
ORG
5 22/11/96 4,000
Indonesia Budisuryana
ORG
22/11/96 3,800
Malaysia
LOC
King
Ace
PER
22/11/96 5,000
Japan Tong Shun
LOC
25/11/96 3,000
Vietnam
PER
But 2 27/11/96 5,000
Burma
LOC
--
Bangkok
LOC
newsroom ( 662 ) 652-0642 -DOCSTART-
Chinese
MISC
girl nearly dies from cigarette smoke .
SHANGHAI
LOC
1996-12-06 A five-year-old girl in the east
China
LOC
city of
Tianjin
LOC
choked and almost died from cigarette smoke at her grandfather 's birthday with relatives smoking for hours in a small room , the
Wen Hui Bao
ORG
newspaper said on Friday . The newspaper said the girl was rushed to hospital and found to be having extreme difficulty breathing . It said eight of the people at the party , including the girl 's father , immediately announced they would give up smoking . -DOCSTART-
South Korean
MISC
won closes down on import settlements .
SEOUL
LOC
1996-12-06 The won slid against the
U.S.
LOC
unit on Friday as players prepared for Monday 's import settlement needs , traders said . The won ended at 831.00 , slightly down from an opening of 830.60 . It ranged between 830.20 and 831.40 . " A sale of about $ 60 million by
Hyundai Heavy
ORG
pushed the dollar down earlier in the day , but Monday 's import needs helped it recover , " said a
Koram Bank
ORG
dealer .
Dealers
ORG
said the dollar / yen 's movement on the world market would continue to set the trend for the dollar / won next week . -DOCSTART- Foreign planes to land in
China
LOC
's popular
Guilin
LOC
.
BEIJING
LOC
1996-12-06
China
LOC
's tourist spot of
Guilin
LOC
in the southern region of
Guangxi
LOC
will open its airport to foreign aircraft , the
Xinhua
ORG
news agency said on Friday .
An
PER
assessment group made up of the
State Council
ORG
's
Port Office
ORG
, the
Civil Aviation Administration of China
ORG
, the
General Administration of Customs
ORG
and other authorities had granted the airport permission to handle foreign aircraft ,
Xinhua
ORG
said . " The move is expected to give a shot in the arm to the economic expansion of
Guangxi
LOC
and southwest
China
LOC
as a whole , " the agency said but gave no further details .
Guilin
LOC
is well known for its mountain and river scenery and is one of
China
LOC
's most popular tourist destinations . -DOCSTART-
EPA
ORG
says economic assessment unchanged by GDP data .
TOKYO
LOC
1996-12-06
Japan
LOC
's
Economic Planning Agency
ORG
has not changed its view that the economy is gradually recovering , despite relatively weak gross domestic product figures released on Tuesday ,
EPA
ORG
Vice Minister
Shimpei Nukaya
PER
told reporters on Friday . He said the GDP growth was weak but that this reflected the economy between July and September and did not take into account more recent data . When asked about the outlook for the fiscal year beginning in April ,
Nukaya
PER
said the economy may slow down in the early part of the fiscal year due to a planned consumption tax hike , but that would be only temporary . The consumption tax will be raised to five percent from three percent from April 1 . -DOCSTART-
Sangetsu
PER
- 96/97 parent forecast .
TOKYO
LOC
1996-12-06 Year to March 31 , 1997 ( in billions of yen unless specified ) LATEST ACTUAL ( Parent ) FORECAST YEAR-AGO Sales 128.00 117.56 Current 12.00 9.94 Net 6.20 5.36 EPS 143.56 yen 127.64 yen Ord div 30.00 yen 30.00 yen NOTE -
Sangetsu Co Ltd
ORG
is a trader specialising in interiors . -DOCSTART- Bre-X ,
Barrick
ORG
said to continue
Busang
LOC
talks .
K.T. Arasu JAKARTA
PER
1996-12-06
Canada
LOC
's
Bre-X Minerals Ltd
ORG
and
Barrick Gold Corp
ORG
are to continue negotiations to hammer out a partnership agreement to develop the spectacular
Busang
LOC
gold find in
Indonesia
LOC
, sources close to the talks said on Friday . " The negotiations will be held both in
Toronto
LOC
and in
Jakarta
LOC
, " one source , speaking on condition of anonymity , told
Reuters
ORG
. Another source said most of the key negotiators from both Bre-X and
Barrick
ORG
had returned to
Toronto
LOC
, but declined to say if there had been any progress in their negotiations . Both sources said Bre-X and
Barrick
ORG
did not hold talks on Thursday with
Mines and Energy Ministry
ORG
Secretary-General
Umar Said
PER
, who is coordinating the negotiations over the
Busang
LOC
find in
East Kalimantan
LOC
. The first source also said Bre-X had until December 21 to submit to the
Indonesian Mines and
MISC
Energy Ministry
ORG
a feasibility study on the central region of the
Busang
LOC
property , estimated to contain 2.6 million ounces of gold . The richest parts of the property to the north and south of the central region have been estimated by Bre-X to contain 57 million ounces of gold . " Bre-X is expected to complete the feasibility report by December 16 and submit it to the government before the December 21 deadline , " the source said . He said Bre-X would then formally seek the permission of the
Indonesian
MISC
government to begin construction to develop
Busang
LOC
's central region , which might take up to two years . The source declined to say if there had been any progress in the talks between Bre-X and
Barrick
ORG
. " This is a huge project ... we are not selling furniture , and Bre-X has 13,000 shareholders to answer to , " the source said . " While there has been some agreement in principle on some issues , there are still others such as procedures and mechanisms that needed to be sorted out , " he added . The source said no new deadline had been set by the
Mines and Energy Ministry
ORG
for Bre-X and
Barrick
ORG
to strike a deal .
The Ministry
ORG
had given the companies until December 4 to complete a partnership deal , and advised Bre-X to take a 25 percent stake and
Barrick
ORG
75 percent to develop the property . " As far as I am aware , there 's been no new deadline , " the source said .
The Ministry
ORG
's
Umar
ORG
said on Thursday that both Bre-X and
Barrick
ORG
had responded positively to a government letter recommending a 25-75 split in the
Busang
LOC
gold property . The government also wants 10 percent of the property .
Umar
PER
said the government had yet to receive a formal reply from the companies . He had said earlier that if the two companies failed to reach a partnership agreement , the government would explore other ways to expedite development of the
Busang
LOC
find . Bre-X has a partnership deal with
PT Panutan Duta of the Panutan Group
ORG
run by President
Suharto
PER
's eldest son ,
Sigit Harjojudanto
PER
, under which
Panutan
ORG
would receive $ 40 million over 40 months plus a 10 percent stake
Busang
LOC
's richest parts .
Barrick
ORG
has teamed up with a construction company in the
Citra Group of Suharto
ORG
's eldest daughter ,
Siti Hardianti Rukmana
PER
, in what
Barrick
ORG
had said was a partnership " to prepare us for a potential mining development project " . -DOCSTART-
Honda RV
ORG
exceeds sales target .
TOKYO
LOC
1996-12-06
Honda Motor Co Ltd
ORG
said on Friday that it had received 15,000 domestic orders for its S-MX recreational vehicle in the first two weeks after its launch .
Honda
ORG
launched the S-MX light minivan , featuring cubic body styling , on November 22 with a monthly sales target of 5,000 units . A version with lower road clearance and front and rear spoilers accounted for two-thirds of the sales . -DOCSTART- FEATURE -
Singapore
LOC
sees prestige in hosting
WTO
ORG
.
Ramthan Hussain SINGAPORE
PER
1996-12-06
Singapore
LOC
's winning campaign to host the
World Trade Organisation
ORG
(
WTO
ORG
) 's first ministerial meeting reflected its ambition to play a key role in shaping global free trade , the lifeblood of its economy , analysts said . " As one of the world 's most externally oriented economies ,
Singapore
LOC
has a disproportionately large stake in the
WTO
ORG
, " said
Desmond Supple
PER
, economist at research house
I.D.E.A
MISC
. "
Singapore
LOC
stands to benefit more than most from continued global trade liberalisation as trade is the engine of its growth , accounting for nearly three times its gross domestic product . " The city-state met
U.S.
LOC
opposition two years ago in its bid to host the meeting , expected to gather 4,000 officials from 160 countries from December 9 to 13 . In a stand some analysts linked to controversy over
Singapore
LOC
's caning of an
American
MISC
teenager for vandalism , then-U.S.
Trade Representative Mickey Kantor
ORG
had said the meeting ought to be held where the
WTO
ORG
was going to be headquartered . That would have meant
Geneva
LOC
. But
Singapore
LOC
had the support of other
WTO
ORG
members .
Derek da Cunha
PER
, senior fellow at the
Institute of Policy Studies
ORG
(
ISEAS
LOC
) , said
Singapore
LOC
's hosting of the conference " carries a great deal of symbolism for the city-state , underscoring its commitment to free trade and its trading links across the globe . " There is the international prestige
Singapore
LOC
would enjoy , but " more importantly there is a genuine national interest in fostering better global free trade and an open market " , said
Tan Kong Yam
PER
, head of
Business Policy
ORG
at the
National University of Singapore
ORG
. At the ministerial meeting , trade ministers will review the work of the
WTO
ORG
and the implementation of the
Uruguay Round
LOC
free trade commitments under its predecessor the
General Agreement
MISC
on
Tariffs and Trade
ORG
(
GATT
ORG
) . In June , the
WTO
ORG
hailed
Singapore
LOC
for its open market policies but the
European Union
ORG
and other trading powers called on
Singapore
LOC
to speed up the opening of its services sector .
Supple
ORG
said the struggle that
Singapore
LOC
had to wage in vying to host the meeting would be repeated during the talks . " There is tension at every step of the way , " since a battle line between the
West
LOC
and developing countries has been drawn over the issue of linking trade liberalisation with labour rights , he said .
Supple
PER
said hosting the meeting carried prestige for
Singapore
LOC
, " however , this is quite intangible as the prestige factor may not necessarily lead to any additional investment and trade flows to this region . " From a commercial point of view , the meeting would be good for
Singapore
LOC
's tourism industry ,
Tan
PER
said . A large part of
Singapore
LOC
's workforce would be mobilised to ensure the meeting would run without a glitch but the average
Singaporean
MISC
" would probably not be too concerned about some of the issues , "
Tan
PER
said . " But the more educated public will realise that these kind of things are important for
Singapore
LOC
as a small economy . "
Supple
PER
said any political gains the
Singapore
LOC
government would get from the
WTO
ORG
meeting -- ahead of a general election due by April 1997 -- would depend on how successful it was in pushing its economic agenda . " If there are any movements toward freer trade , then
Singapore
LOC
's economy and the electorate would gain , " he said . " But I do n't think it would be wise to play up the political aspect of this . I think political issues will take secondary importance to all these economic issues that will be displayed . " -DOCSTART-
Japan
LOC
NTT
ORG
says hopes to start int'l business soon .
TOKYO
LOC
1996-12-06
Nippon Telegraph
LOC
and
Telephone Corp
ORG
(
NTT
ORG
) said on Friday that it hopes to move into the international telecommunications business as soon as possible following the government 's decision to split
NTT
ORG
into three firms under a holding company . " We hope to start international telephone business as soon as possible , " a company official told
Reuters
ORG
. The official said the latest government decision to split the company under a holding company would allow flexibility in
NTT
ORG
's international phone business . Earlier ,
Posts and Telecommunications
ORG
Minister
Hisao Horinouchi
PER
told a news conference the government plans to split
NTT
ORG
into three firms under a holding company , but did not specify when the restructuring would likely take effect . One of the three new companies will be a long-distance operator and the other two will be local-call operators ,
Horinouchi
ORG
said . One of the local firms will operate in west
Japan
LOC
and the other in east
Japan
LOC
, he added . The long-distance operator will offer international services ,
Horinouchi
PER
said . The
NTT
ORG
official said the timing of the planned split-up was uncertain because more discussions by government officials were required . -DOCSTART-
Ahold
ORG
launches
Asian
MISC
food discount stores .
ZAANDAM
ORG
,
Netherlands
LOC
1996-12-06
Dutch
MISC
supermarkets group
Ahold NV
ORG
said on Friday it had launched a second food store format for
Asian
MISC
consumers today , opening 16
BILO
MISC
food discount stores in
Malaysia
LOC
. The
BILO
MISC
stores are located in
Malysia
LOC
's capital
Kuala Lumpur
LOC
and in the country 's second city
Johor Bahru
PER
. The discount price format store
BILO
PER
is to complement
Ahold
PER
's full service supermarket
TOPS
ORG
, recently launched in
Asia
LOC
. " In the coming five to ten years ,
Ahold
PER
plans to open many more stores of both formats , making
TOPS
PER
and
BILO
PER
household names in the region , "
Ahold
PER
said in a statement . As well as its activities in
Asia
LOC
,
Dutch
MISC
retail group
Ahold
PER
has a strong presence in
Europe
LOC
, in the
U.S.
LOC
and the company recently announced a joint venture agreement in
Brazil
LOC
.
Ahold
ORG
has annualised sales of approximately
US$
MISC
24 billion , and employs 180,000 people worldwide . --
Amsterdam
LOC
newsroom +31 20 504 5000 , Fax +31 20 504 504 -DOCSTART-
ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN
PER
'S
WORLD CUP
MISC
SUPER G WINNER
PROFILE
LOC
.
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07
Profile
LOC
of the winner of Saturday 's women 's
World Cup
MISC
super G race : Name :
Svetlana Gladishiva Age
PER
: 25 Nation :
Russia Previous World Cup
MISC
victories : None Other Facts :
Gladishiva
PER
won a silver medal in super G at the 1994
Lillehammer Winter
PER
Olympics
MISC
and a bronze medal in downhill at the 1991
World Championships
MISC
. -DOCSTART-
ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN
PER
'S
WORLD CUP
MISC
SUPER G RESULTS .
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07
Provisional
ORG
results from Saturday 's women 's
World Cup
MISC
super G race : 1.
Svetlana Gladishiva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) one minute 17.76 seconds 2.
Pernila Wiberg
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 1:17.97 3.
Carole Montillet
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:18.11 4.
Hilde Gerg
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:18.15 5.
Isolde Kostner
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:18.19 6.
Warwara Zelenskaja
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 1:18.21 7.
Madlen Brigger-Summermatter
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 1:18.23 8.
Florence Masnada
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:18.31 9.
Katja Seizinger
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:18.32 10=
Martina Ertl
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:18.48 10=
Stefanie Schuster
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:18.48 12.
Bibiana Perez
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:18.52 13.
Barbara Merlin
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:18.67 14.
Sybille Brauner
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:18.81 15.
Katharina Gutensohn
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:18.92 16.
Leatitia Dalloz
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:18.96 17.
Renate Goetschl
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:18.98 18.
Marianne Brechu
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:19.02 19.
Heidi Zurbriggen
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 1:19.03 20.
Spela Bracun
PER
(
Slovenia
LOC
) 1:19.07 21.
Shannon Nobis
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 1:19.08 22=
Regine Cavagnoud
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:19.21 22=
Anita Wachter
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:19.21 24.
Megan Gerety
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 1:19.39 25.
Hilary Lindh
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 1:19.41 26=
Catherine Borghi
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 1:19.44 26=
Michaela Dorfmeister
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:19.44 28.
Alexandra Meissnitzer
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:19.53 29.
Ingeborg Helen Marken
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 1:19.54 30.
Monika Tschirky
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 1:19.60 The results were declared official . -DOCSTART-
ALPINE SKIING-GLADISHIVA
PER
WINS
WORLD CUP
MISC
SUPER G .
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07
Svetlana Gladishiva
PER
of
Russia
LOC
won the women 's
World Cup Super
MISC
G race on Saturday .
Pernilla Wiberg
PER
of
Sweden
LOC
finished second and
Carole Montillet
PER
of
France
LOC
came in third , according to provisional results . -DOCSTART-
GOLF
ORG
- THIRD ROUND OF JCPENNEY CLASSIC WASHED OUT . TARPON
SPRINGS
LOC
,
Florida
LOC
1996-12-07 Heavy rains on Saturday washed out the third round of the $ 1.5 million
JCPenney Classic
MISC
at the
Innisbrook
MISC
Hilton Resort
ORG
. Officials said the tournament would be reduced to 54 holes for the first time in its 37-year history . The final round of the special event , which pairs players from the
PGA
MISC
and
LPGA Tours
LOC
, will be played in the alternate shot format on Sunday . The duo of
Pat Hurst
LOC
and
Scott McCarron
PER
were tied for the lead with the team of
Donna Andrews
PER
and
Mike Hulbert
PER
at 13-under-par 129 through 36 holes . The tandem of reigning
U.S.
LOC
Amateur champions
Kelli Kuehne
PER
and
Tiger Woods
PER
were another shot back at 12-under 130 .
Defending
ORG
champions
Beth Daniel
PER
and
Davis Love
PER
will start the final round six shots off the pace . -DOCSTART-
ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN
PER
'S DOWNHILL WINNER
PROFILE
LOC
.
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07
Profile
LOC
of the winner of Saturday 's women 's
World Cup
MISC
downhill race : Name :
Renate Goetschl Age
ORG
: 20 Nation :
Austria Previous
ORG
victories ( two ) : slalom ,
Lillehammer Norway
PER
, 1993 ; super G ,
Flachau
LOC
,
Austria
LOC
, 1995 . Other facts : As a qualifier for the 1993
World Cup
MISC
finals through
Europa Cup
MISC
results , 16-year-old
Goetschl
PER
won the slalom to become history 's youngest
World Cup
MISC
victor . -DOCSTART-
ALPINE
MISC
SKIING-WOMEN 'S
WORLD CUP
MISC
STANDINGS .
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07 Women 's
World Cup
MISC
standings after Saturday 's downhill race :
Downhill Standings
PER
1.
Katja Seizinger
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 180 points 2.
Renate Goetschl
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 132 3.
Carole Montillet
PER
(
France
LOC
) 86 4.
Pernilla Wiberg
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 75 5.
Heidi Zurbriggen
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 69 6.
Regina Haeusl
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 66 7.
Alexandra Meissnitzer
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 65 8.
Isolde Kostner
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 60 9.
Ingeborg Helen Markein
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 58 10=
Megan Gerety
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 51 10=
Warwara Zelenskaja
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 51 10=
Florence Masnada
PER
(
France
LOC
) 51 13=
Picabo Street
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 50 13=
Stefanie Schuster
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 50 15.
Miriam Vogt
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 47 16.
Bibiana Perez
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 45 17.
Hilde Gerg
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 42 18.
Barbara Merlin
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 38 19=
Kate Pace Lindsay
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 23 19=
Svetlana Gladishiva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 23 19=
Regine Cavagnoud
PER
(
France
LOC
) 23 Overall women 's
World Cup
MISC
standings leaders after Saturday 's downhill and super G races : 1.
Katja Seizinger
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 414 points 2.
Pernilla Wiberg
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 353 3.
Hide Gerg
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 276 4.
Anita Wachter
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 180 5.
Isolde Kostner
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 157 6.
Heidi Zurbriggen
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 153 7.
Warwara Zelenskaja
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 151 8=
Renate Goetschl
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 146 8=
Carole Montillet
PER
(
France
LOC
) 146 10.
Svetlana Gladishiva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 137 11.
Florence Masnada
PER
(
France
LOC
) 133 12.
Deborah Compagnoni
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 120 13.
Martina Ertl
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 119 14.
Alexandra Meissnitzer
PER
(
Austria)118
ORG
15.
Urska Horvat
PER
(
Slovenia
LOC
) 108 16=
Claudia Riegler
PER
(
New Zealand
LOC
) 100 16=
Sabina Panzanini
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 100 18.
Barbara Merlin
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 92 19.
Stefanie Schuster
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 89 20.
Miriam Vogt
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 76
Super G
MISC
standings : 1.
Pernilla Wiberg
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 180 2.
Hilde Gerg
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 130 3.
Svetland Gladishiva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 114 4.
Warwara Zelenskaja
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 100 5.
Florence Masnada
PER
(
France
LOC
) 82 6.
Katja Seizinger
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 74 7.
Isolde Kostner
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 65 8.
Carole Montillet
PER
(
France
LOC
) 60 9.
Martina Ertl
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 58 10.
Anita Wachter
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 49 11.
Heidi Zurbriggen
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 43 12=
Madlen Brigger-Summermatter
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 42 12=
Barbara Merlin
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 42 12=
Katharina Gutensohn
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 42 15.
Stefanie Schuster
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 39 16.
Leatitia Dalloz
PER
(
France
LOC
) 33 17.
Bibiana Perez
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 30 18=
Miriam Vogt
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 29 18=
Marianne Brechu
PER
(
France
LOC
) 29 20.
Alexandra Meissnitzer
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 27
Nation
ORG
's Cup
MISC
standings : 1.
Austria
LOC
1,973 points 2.
Germany
LOC
1,135 3.
Switzerland
LOC
972 4.
Italy
LOC
887 5.
France
LOC
853 6.
Norway
LOC
746 7.
Sweden
LOC
673 8.
Slovenia
LOC
432 9.
Russia
LOC
288 10.
United States
LOC
164 -DOCSTART-
ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN
PER
'S
WORLD CUP
MISC
DOWNHILL RESULTS .
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07
Provisional
ORG
results from Saturday 's women 's
World Cup
MISC
downhill race : 1.
Renate Goetschl
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) one minute 47.71 seconds 2.
Katja Seizinger
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:48.53 3.
Isolde Kostner
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:48.91 4.
Alexandra Meissnitzer
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:49.13 5.
Megan Gerety
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 1:49.26 6.
Miriam Vogt
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:49.28 7.
Stefanie Schuster
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:49.38 8.
Ingeborg Helen Marken
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 1:49.41 9.
Florence Masnada
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:49.51 10.
Regina Haeusl
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:49.53 11.
Heidi Zurbriggen
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 1:49.65 12.
Warwara Zelenskaja
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 1:49.66 13.
Barbara Merlin
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:49.76 14.
Hilde Gerg
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:49.84 15.
Martina Ertl
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:49.85 16.
Pernilla Wiberg
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 1:49.88 17.
Svetlana Gladishiva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 1:50.03 18.
Anita Wachter
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:50.10 19.
Spela Bracun
PER
(
Slovenia
LOC
) 1:50.40 20.
Regine Cavagnoud
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:50.51 21.
Kate Pace Lindsay
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 1:50.54 22.
Bibiana Perez
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:50.65 23.
Hilary Lindh
PER
(
United States
LOC
) 1:50.69 24.
Catherine Borghi
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 1:50.72 25.
Carole Montillet
PER
(
France
LOC
) 1:50.91 26.
Brigitte Obermoser
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 1:50.99 27.
Sybille Brauner
PER
(
Germay
LOC
) 1:51.04 28.
Grete Stroem
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 1:51.07 29.
Patrizia Bassis
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:51.13 30.
Alessandra Merlin
PER
(
Italy
LOC
) 1:51.16 The results were declared official . -DOCSTART-
NORDIC SKIING-WORLD CUP
MISC
BIATHLON RESULTS . OESTERSUND ,
Sweden
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of Saturday 's
World Cup
MISC
biathlon races : Men 's 10 kms 1.
Vadim Sashurin
PER
(
Belarus
LOC
) 26 minutes 17.2 seconds ( no penalty rounds ) 2.
Frode Andresen
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 26:17.8 ( 2 ) 3.
Ole Einar Bjorndalen
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 26:24.9 ( 2 ) 4.
Sven Fischer
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 26:28.2 ( 1 ) 5.
Ricco Gross
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 26:33.0 ( 1 )
World Cup
MISC
standings 1.
Fischer
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 82 points 2.
Pavel Muslimov
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 82 3.
Sashurin
PER
68 . Women 's 7.5 kms 1.
Olga Melnik
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 23:13.3 ( 0 ) 2.
Svetlana Paramygina
PER
(
Belorus
LOC
) 23:58.6 ( 0 ) 3.
Gunn Margit Andreassen
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 24:00.4 ( 0 ) 4.
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 24:09.5 ( 1 ) 5.
Petra Behle
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 24:15.4 ( 2 )
World Cup
MISC
standings 1.
Behle
ORG
89 2.
Paramygina
LOC
79 3.
Greiner-Petter-Memm
PER
78 -DOCSTART-
ALPINE SKIING-GOETCHL
PER
WINS
WORLD CUP
MISC
DOWNHILL .
VAIL
LOC
,
Colorado
LOC
1996-12-07
Renate Goetschl
PER
of
Austria
LOC
won the women 's
World Cup
MISC
downhill race on Saturday , according to provisional results .
Katja Seizinger
PER
of
Germany
LOC
finished second and
Islode Kostner
PER
of
Italy
LOC
took third . -DOCSTART-
BOBSLEIGH-SHIMER
PER
PILOTS USA III TO SURPRISE WIN . IGLS ,
Austria
LOC
1996-12-07
Brian Shimer
PER
piloted
USA III
ORG
to a surprise victory in a
World Cup
MISC
two-man bobsleigh race on Saturday . Lying fifth after the first run ,
Shimer
LOC
and breakman
Randy Jones
PER
delivered a near-perfect second trip down the 1976
Olympic
MISC
course for an aggregate time of one minute 45.91 seconds . First run leaders
Guenther Huber
PER
and breakman
Antonio Tartaglia
PER
in the
Italy
LOC
I sleigh finished second two-hundredths of a second behind the
Americans
MISC
.
Canada
LOC
I , represented by
Pierre Lueders
PER
and breakman
Dave MacEachern
PER
, completed the third
World cup
MISC
event of the winter a further one-hundredth of a second behind the
Italians
MISC
. The
Canadians
MISC
, winners of the opening two events in
Altenberg
LOC
,
Germany
LOC
, and
La Plagne
LOC
,
France
LOC
, increased their lead in the
World Cup
MISC
standings . They have 104 points , 15 ahead of
USA
LOC
I 's
Jim Herberich
PER
and breakman
Garrett Hines
ORG
who managed only 10th place on Saturday . -DOCSTART-
SKIING-CHINESE
MISC
MAKE PROMISING FREESTYLE SKIING DEBUT .
TIGNES
ORG
,
France
LOC
1996-12-07
China
LOC
made a promising debut on the freestyle skiing world cup circuit in an aerials event in the
French
MISC
resort of
Tignes
LOC
on Saturday . While the
Chinese
MISC
failed to gain a place in the men 's final , they had two in the top 10 of the women 's competition ,
Cuo Dan
PER
finishing a respectable seventh and
Xu Nannan
PER
ninth . But overall , it was
France
LOC
and
Canada
LOC
who dominated the day .
Alexis Blanc
PER
and
Sebastien Foucras
PER
gave
France
LOC
a one-two finish in the first aerials competition of the season .
Blanc
LOC
collected his seventh career
World Cup
MISC
win with a two jump combined score of 238.36 points , easily beating
Foucras
PER
, the overall
World Cup
MISC
aerials champion , who was a distant second with 223.60 .
Canada
LOC
's
Jeff Bean
PER
, who had never finished higher than ninth in a
World Cup
MISC
event , made his first trip to the podium taking third place with a mark of 209.96 .
Veronica Brenner
PER
of
Canada
LOC
, who picked up her first career victory at
Tignes
LOC
last year , made it two wins in a row at the
French
MISC
resort taking first in the women 's competition with a score of 170.42 .
Swiss
MISC
skiers occupied the other two places on the podium ,
Karin Kuster
PER
taking second with 160.55 narrowly ahead of
Evelyne Leu
PER
with 160.36 . -DOCSTART-
BOBSLEIGH-WORLD CUP TWO-MAN
MISC
RESULTS . IGLS ,
Austria
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of a
World Cup
MISC
two-man bobsleigh event on Saturday : 1.
United States III
LOC
(
Brian Shimer
PER
,
Randy Jones
PER
) one minute 45.91 seconds ( 52.90 / 53.01 ) 2.
Italy
LOC
I (
Guenther Huber
PER
,
Antonio Tartaglia
PER
) 1:45.93 ( 52.74 / 53.19 ) 3.
Canada
LOC
I (
Pierre Lueders
PER
,
Dave MacEachern
PER
) 1:45.94 ( 52.76 / 53.18 ) 4.
German
MISC
I (
Sepp Dostthaler
PER
,
Thomas Lebsa
PER
) 1:45.95 ( 52.82 / 53.13 ) 5.
Switzerland
LOC
I (
Reto Goetschi
PER
,
Guido Acklin
PER
) 1:45.98 ( 52.91 / 53.07 ) 6.
Germany III
PER
(
Dirk Wiese
PER
,
Jakobs Marco
PER
) 1:46.02 ( 52.89 / 53.13 ) 7.
Czech Republic
LOC
I (
Jiri Dzmura
PER
,
Pavel Polomsky
ORG
) 1:46.06 ( 53.01 / 53.05 ) 8.
Austria
LOC
I (
Hubert Schoesser
PER
,
Erwin Arnold
PER
) 1:46.13 ( 52.92 / 53.21 ) 9.
Britain
LOC
I (
Sean Olsson
PER
,
Dean Ward
PER
) 1:46.26 ( 52.97/ 53.29 ) 10 equal .
United States
LOC
I (
Jim Herberich
PER
,
Garrett Hines
ORG
) 1:46.34 ( 53.14 / 53.20 ) and
Austria III
PER
(
Hannes Conti
PER
,
Georg Kuttner
PER
) 1:46.34 ( 53.30/ 53.04). -DOCSTART- CRICKET -
WOOLMER
PER
MAKES SENTIMENTAL RETURN TO
KANPUR
LOC
.
KANPUR
LOC
,
India
LOC
1996-12-07
South Africa
LOC
's trip to
Kanpur
LOC
for the third test against
India
LOC
has given former
England
LOC
test cricketer
Bob Woolmer
PER
the chance of a sentimental return to his birthplace .
Woolmer
PER
was born in the northern city of
Kanpur
LOC
when his father worked there for an insurance compnay and was himself an active cricketer . " It 's been a sentimental journey ... A visit to
India
LOC
is always an intriguing experience , "
Woolmer
PER
, now the
South African
MISC
coach , said on Saturday .
Woolmer
PER
, 48 , played 19 tests for
England
LOC
between 1975 and 1981 . His first cricketing sojurn to
India
LOC
was as a member of
Tony Greig
PER
's
England
LOC
side in 1976-77 . His father
Clarence Woolmer
PER
represented
United Province
ORG
, now renamed
Uttar Pradesh
LOC
, in
India
LOC
's
Ranji Trophy
MISC
national championship and captained the state during 1949 . Now aged 86 ,
Woolmer
PER
senior lives with his son in
Cape Town
LOC
.
Woolmer
PER
's memories of
Kanpur
LOC
are few and blurred . " I do n't remember much of the place , " he said . " I came here on zero and left at three ( aged three ) when my father was transferred to
Calcutta
LOC
where I spent another four and half years . " But I do remember we had a cobra snake in the basement of our house . Also that my father bought a bicycle and when we rode over a hose pipe it broke into two . "
Woolmer
PER
said the hospital where he was born is close to the stadium where the
India-South Africa
LOC
test will be played . -DOCSTART-
FREESTYLE
ORG
SKIING-WORLD CUP
MISC
AERIALS RESULTS .
TIGNES
ORG
,
France
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of the
World Cup
MISC
freestyle skiing aerials competition on Saturday : Men : 1.
Alexis Blanc
PER
(
France
LOC
) 238.36 points 2.
Sebastien Foucras
PER
(
France
LOC
) 223.60 3.
Jeff Bean
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 209.96 4.
Eric Bergoust
PER
(
U.S
LOC
) 207.15 5.
Christian Rijavec
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 204.17 6.
Alexandre Mikhailov
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 202.59 7.
Ales Valenta
PER
(
Czech Republic
LOC
) 194.02 8.
Andy Capicik
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 193.82 9.
Trace Worthington
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 192.36 10.
Dmitri Dashinski Belarus
PER
) 190.70 Women : 1.
Veronica Brenner
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 170.42 2.
Karin Kuster
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 160.55 3.
Evelyne Leu
PER
(
Switzerland
LOC
) 160.36 4.
Caroline Olivier
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 157.10 5.
Jacqui Cooper
PER
(
Australia
LOC
) 156.52 6.
Marie Lindgren
PER
(
Sweden
LOC
) 154.82 7.
Dan Cuo
PER
(
China
LOC
) 154.61 8.
Kristie Marshall
PER
(
Australia
LOC
) 154.60 9.
Xu Nannan
PER
(
China
LOC
) 152.08 10.
Hilde Synnove Lid
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 148.20 -DOCSTART-
SKI
ORG
JUMPING-LEADING
WORLD CUP
MISC
RESULTS / STANDINGS .
KUUSAMO
LOC
,
Finland
LOC
1996-12-07 Leading results in a
World Cup
MISC
high hill ( 120-metre ) ski jumping event on Saturday : 1.
Takanobu Okabe
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 303.4 points ( first jump 145.4 / second jump 158 ) 2.
Kazuyoshi Funaki
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 295.4 ( 151.5 / 143.9 ) 3.
Andreas Goldberger
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 274.4 ( 144.4 / 130 ) 4.
Dieter Thoma
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 267 ( 141.6 / 124.4 ) 5.
Ari-Pekka Nikkola
PER
(
Finland
LOC
) 256.4 ( 126 / 130.4 ) 6.
Reinhard Schwarzenberger
PER
(
Austria
LOC
) 252.6 ( 119.7 / 132.9 ) 7.
Noriaki Kasai
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 242 ( 124.2 / 117.8 ) 8.
Hiroya Saitoh
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 234.7 ( 124.6 / 110.1 ) 9.
Jani Soininen
PER
(
Finland
LOC
) 231.5 ( 115 / 116.5 ) 10.
Kristian Brenden
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 228.1 ( 129.4 / 98.7 ) Leading
World Cup
MISC
standings ( after three events ) : 1.
Thoma
ORG
210 points 2.
Brenden
LOC
206 3.
Goldberger
PER
160 4.
Okabe
MISC
146 5.
Funaki
PER
143 6.
Saitoh
PER
121 7.
Espen Bredesen
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 112 8.
Nikkola
MISC
101 9.
Soininen
PER
85 10.
Primoz Peterka
PER
(
Slovakia
LOC
) 76 -DOCSTART- BADMINTON -
WORLD GRAND PRIX
MISC
SEMIFINAL RESULTS . TEMBAU DENPASAR ,
Bali
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of semifinals at the
World Grand Prix
MISC
finals on Saturday : Men 's singles
Fung Permadi
PER
(
Taiwan
LOC
) beat
Indra Wijaya
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) 15-6 15-8
Sun Jun
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Allan Budi Kusuma
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) 15-9 15-10 Women 's singles
Susi Susanti
PER
(
Indonesia
LOC
) beat
Camilla Martin
PER
(
Denmark
LOC
) 11-1 11-3
Ye Zhaoying
PER
(
China
LOC
) beat
Gong Zhichao
PER
(
China
LOC
) 11-8 11-3 -DOCSTART- SPEED SKATING-RESULTS OF
WORLD CUP
MISC
SPEED SKATING RACES .
CHONJU
LOC
,
South Korea
LOC
1996-12-07 Results on the first day of the
World Cup
MISC
speed skating races here on Saturday . Men 's 500 metres first round : 1 .
Horii Manabu
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 37.23 seconds ; 2 .
Jaegal Sung-Yeol
PER
(
South Korea
LOC
) 37.46 ; 3 .
Grunde Njos
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 37.49 ; 4 .
Shimizu Hiroyasu
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 37.68 ; 5 .
Sergey Klevchenya
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 37.86 ; 6 .
Yamakage Hiroaki
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 37.93 ; 7 .
Casey Fitzrandolph
PER
(
US
LOC
) 37.97 ; 8 .
Sylvain Bouchard
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 38.00 ; 9 .
Kim Yoon-man
PER
(
South Korea
LOC
) 38.05 ; 10 .
Inoue Junichi
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 38.08 . Women 's 500 metres first round : 1 .
Xuc Rulhong
PER
(
China
LOC
) 40.78 ; 2 .
Svetlana Jhurova
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 41.08 ; 3 .
Franziska Schenk
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 41.13 ; 4 .
Okazaki Tomomi
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 41.19 ; 5 .
Shimazaki Kyoko
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 41.45 ; 6 .
Marianne Timmer
PER
(
Netherlands
LOC
) 41.58 ; 7 .
Jin Hua
PER
(
China
LOC
) 41.59 ; 8 .
Alena Koroleva
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 41.64 ; 9 .
Chris Witty
PER
(
US
LOC
) 41.75 ; 10 .
Anke Baler
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 41.76 . Men 's 1,000 metres first round : 1.
Sylvain Bouchard
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 1 minute 16.24 seconds 2.
Sergey Klevchenya
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 1:16.31 3.
Jan Bos
PER
(
Netherlands
LOC
) 1:16.38 4.
Grunde Njos
PER
(
Norway
LOC
) 1:16.44 5.
Lee Kyou-hyuk
PER
(
South Korea
LOC
) 1:16.47 6.
Inoue Junichi
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 1:16.61 7.
Gerard Van Velde
PER
(
Netherlands
LOC
) 1:16.63 8.
Kim Yoon-man
PER
(
South Korea
LOC
) 1:16.75 9.
Jeremy Wotherspoon
PER
(
Canada
LOC
) 1:16.75 10.
Miyabe Yasunori
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 1:16.86 Women 's 1,000 metres first round : 1.
Franziska Schenk
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:23.17 2.
Kusunose Shiho
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 1:24.77 3.
Marianne Timmer
PER
(
Netherlands
LOC
) 1:24.86 4.
Anka Baier
PER
(
Germany
LOC
) 1:25.16 5.
Becky Sundstrom
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 1:25.39 6.
Shimazaki Kyoko
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 1:25.51 7.
Oksana Ravllova
PER
(
Russia
LOC
) 1:25.55 8.
Sammiya Eriko
PER
(
Japan
LOC
) 1:25.79 9.
Chris Witty
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 1:25.85 10.
Xue Rulhong
PER
(
China
LOC
) 1:25.89 -DOCSTART-
ALPINE
ORG
SKIING-OFFICIALS HOPE TO SALVAGE
WORLD CUP
MISC
WEEKEND . WHISTLER ,
British Columbia
LOC
1996-12-06
World Cup
MISC
ski officials hope to be able to get in at least one men 's downhill training run on Saturday in an effort to salvage the weekend racing programme . For the third consecutive day , Friday 's scheduled training runs were cancelled due to heavy wet snow and fog on
Whistler Mountain
LOC
, leaving the scheduled
World Cup
MISC
events in jeopardy .
Rules
MISC
call for at least one training run to be completed before a
World Cup
MISC
downhill race can be staged . Organisers hope to get that run in on Saturday morning , conditions permitting , and stage the race later in the day or on Sunday . " There was no possibility today to make a training run , " said
Bernd Zobel
PER
, the
Canadian
MISC
men 's national coach , citing too much new snow and poor visibility . If organisers are forced to run the downhill on Sunday , the super-giant slalom originally scheduled for Sunday would likely be abandoned . -DOCSTART- SOCCER - LEADING
SCOTTISH
MISC
PREMIER DIVISION SCORERS .
GLASGOW
LOC
1996-12-07 Leading goalscorers in the
Scottish
MISC
premier division after Saturday 's matches : 10 -
Billy Dodds
PER
(
Aberdeen
ORG
) ,
Pierre Van Hooydonk
PER
(
Celtic
LOC
) 9 -
Paul Gascoigne
PER
(
Rangers
ORG
) 7 -
Paul Wright
PER
(
Kilmarnock
LOC
) ,
Ally McCoist
PER
(
Rangers
ORG
) 6 -
Andreas Thom
PER
(
Celtic
ORG
) ,
Dean Windass
PER
(
Aberdeen
ORG
) ,
Brian Laudrup
PER
(
Rangers
ORG
) ,
Darren Jackson
PER
(
Hibernian
LOC
) 5 -
Peter van Vossen
PER
(
Rangers
ORG
) ,
Gerry Britton
PER
(
Dunfermline
ORG
) ,
Colin Cameron
PER
(
Hearts
ORG
) ,
Robert Winters
PER
(
Dundee United
ORG
) ,
Paolo Di Canio
ORG
(
Celtic
ORG
) . -DOCSTART- SOCCER - LEADING
ENGLISH
MISC
GOALSCORERS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07 Leading goalscorers in the
English
MISC
premier league after Saturday 's matches : 13 -
Ian Wright
PER
(
Arsenal
ORG
) 9 -
Fabrizio Ravanelli
PER
(
Middlesbrough
ORG
) ,
Alan Shearer
PER
(
Newcastle
ORG
) 8 -
Matthew Le Tissier
PER
(
Southampton
ORG
) ,
Dwight Yorke
PER
(
Aston Villa
ORG
) ,
Les Ferdinand
PER
(
Newcastle
ORG
) ,
Efan Ekoku
PER
(
Wimbledon
LOC
) ,
Gianluca Vialli
PER
(
Chelsea
ORG
) 7 -
Robbie Earle
PER
(
Wimbledon
LOC
) ,
Les Ferdinand
PER
(
Newcastle
ORG
) 6 -
Marcus Gayle
PER
(
Wimbledon
MISC
) ,
Gary Speed
PER
(
Everton
ORG
) ,
Chris Sutton
PER
(
Blackburn
ORG
) 5 -
Robbie Fowler
PER
(
Liverpool
ORG
) ,
Steve McManaman
PER
(
Liverpool
ORG
) 4 -
Peter Beardsley
PER
(
Newcastle
ORG
) . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
NORTHERN IRELAND
LOC
PREMIER DIVISION RESULTS / STANDINGS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of
Northern Ireland
LOC
premier division matches on Saturday :
Ards
ORG
0
Crusaders
ORG
0
Cliftonville
ORG
1
Portadown
ORG
1
Glenavon
ORG
2
Linfield
ORG
1
Glentoran
ORG
1
Coleraine
ORG
0 Standings ( tabulated - played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , goals against , points ) :
Coleraine
ORG
10 7 1 2 18 11 22
Linfield
ORG
10 4 3 3 13 10 15
Crusaders
ORG
10 3 4 3 11 9 13
Glenavon
ORG
10 3 4 3 15 14 13
Glentoran
ORG
10 3 3 4 18 18 12
Portadown
ORG
9 3 3 3 11 12 12
Ards
ORG
10 3 2 5 12 17 11
Cliftonville
ORG
9 1 4 4 5 12 7 -DOCSTART-
RUGBY UNION
ORG
-
BRITISH
MISC
RESULTS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of
British
MISC
rugby union matches on Saturday :
Pilkington Cup
MISC
fourth round
Reading
ORG
50
Widnes
ORG
3
English
MISC
division one
Bath
ORG
35
Harlequins
ORG
20
Gloucester
ORG
29
London Irish
ORG
19
Orrell
ORG
22
West Hartlepool
MISC
15
Wasps
ORG
15
Bristol
ORG
13
Welsh
MISC
division one
Caerphilly
MISC
20
Cardiff
ORG
34
Llanelli
ORG
97
Newbridge
ORG
10
Newport
ORG
45 Dunvant 22
Pontypridd
ORG
53
Bridgend
ORG
9
Swansea
ORG
49
Neath
ORG
10
Treorchy
ORG
13
Ebbw Vale
ORG
17
Scottish
MISC
division one
Boroughmuir
ORG
31
Watsonians
MISC
35 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
SCOTTISH
MISC
PREMIER DIVISION SUMMARIES .
GLASGOW
LOC
1996-12-07 Summaries of
Scottish
MISC
premier division matches played on Saturday :
Dunfermline
ORG
2 (
Millar
MISC
43 , 46 penalty )
Aberdeen
ORG
3 (
Miller
PER
10 ,
Rowson
PER
55 ,
Windass
PER
78 ) . Halftime 1-1 . Attendance : 5,465
Hearts
ORG
0
Raith
ORG
0 . 10,719
Kilmarnock
ORG
0
Dundee United
ORG
2 (
Olafsson
MISC
22 , 51 ) . 0-1 . 5,812
Motherwell
ORG
2 (
Davies
PER
39 ,
Ross
PER
89 )
Celtic
ORG
1 (
Hay
PER
83 ) . 1-0 . 11,589
Rangers
ORG
4 (
Ferguson
PER
34 ,
McCoist
PER
71 74 ,
Laudrup
PER
83 )
Hibernian
ORG
3 (
Wright
PER
21 ,
Jackson
PER
41 ,
McGinlay
PER
86 ) . 1-2 . 48,053 . -DOCSTART-
RUGBY UNION
ORG
- RETIRING CAMPESE
WEIGHS
ORG
UP OPTIONS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07
David Campese
PER
will consider offers to play club rugby in
England
LOC
but looks more likely to spend the next year chasing business opportunities in
Australia
LOC
. The 34-year-old winger played his final game in a
Wallaby
LOC
jersey on Saturday but is currently a target for clubs eager to match
London
LOC
side
Saracens
ORG
who have already snapped up
Francois Pienaar
PER
,
Michael Lynagh
PER
and
Philippe Sella
PER
. " If the opportunity is there I 'd obviously think about it but the thing that holds me back is business , " said
Campese
ORG
. " I 'd like to come over but there are a lot of things happening at home . I 've also got a contract to play for
New South Wales
LOC
in the
Super 12
MISC
next year . "
Former Wallaby
ORG
captain
Nick Farr-Jones
PER
believes
Campese
MISC
may yet be tempted to
England
LOC
. " I 'm sure there are a few people in
England
LOC
who 'd be delighted to have
David Campese
PER
in their club 's jersey , " he said . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ENGLISH
MISC
PREMIER LEAGUE SUMMARIES .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07 Summaries of
English
MISC
premier lealgue matches on Saturday :
Arsenal
ORG
2 (
Adams
PER
45 ,
Vieira
ORG
90 )
Derby
ORG
2 (
Sturridge
PER
62 ,
Powell
PER
71 ) . Halftime 1-0 . Attendance : 38,018
Chelsea
PER
2 (
Zola
PER
12 ,
Vialli
PER
55 )
Everton
ORG
2 (
Branch
PER
17 ,
Kanchelskis
ORG
28 ) . 1-2 . 28,418
Coventry
ORG
1 (
Whelan
PER
60 )
Tottenham
ORG
2 (
Sheringham
PER
27 ,
Sinton
PER
75 ) . 0-1 . 19,675
Leicester
LOC
1 (
Marshall
PER
78 )
Blackburn
ORG
1 (
Sutton
PER
34 ) . 0-1 . 19,306
Liverpool
ORG
0
Sheffield Wednesday
ORG
1 (
Whittingham
ORG
22 ) . 0-1 . 39,507
Middlesbrough
ORG
0
Leeds
ORG
0 . 30,018
Southampton
ORG
0
Aston Villa
ORG
1 (
Townsend
ORG
34 ) . 0-1 . 15,232
Sunderland
ORG
1 (
Melville
PER
83 )
Wimbledon
ORG
3 (
Ekoku
PER
8 , 29 ,
Holdsworth
PER
89 ) . 0-2 . 19,672 . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
SCOTTISH
MISC
LEAGUE STANDINGS .
GLASGOW
LOC
1996-12-07
Scottish
MISC
league standings after Saturday 's matches ( tabulated - played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , goals against , points ) : Premier division
Rangers
ORG
14 11 2 1 35 12 35
Celtic
ORG
14 8 3 3 32 15 27
Aberdeen
ORG
15 7 4 4 28 19 25
Hearts
ORG
15 5 6 4 18 19 21
Hibernian
ORG
15 5 3 7 16 25 18
Dundee United
ORG
15 4 5 6 17 17 17
Motherwell
ORG
15 4 5 6 17 23 17
Dunfermline
ORG
14 4 5 5 19 27 17
Raith
ORG
15 3 3 9 14 27 12
Kilmarnock
ORG
14 3 2 9 17 29 11
Division One St Johnstone
MISC
17 12 2 3 36 8 38
Falkirk
ORG
17 9 2 6 18 15 29
Airdrieonians
ORG
16 6 8 2 26 16 26
Dundee
ORG
16 7 5 4 12 8 26
Partick
ORG
16 6 6 4 23 16 24
St Mirren
ORG
16 7 2 7 22 21 23
Greenock Morton
ORG
16 6 4 6 17 16 22
Clydebank
ORG
16 4 2 10 11 25 14
Stirling
ORG
16 3 3 10 18 33 12
East Fife
ORG
14 1 4 9 10 35 7 Division Two
Ayr
ORG
16 11 2 3 30 18 35
Livingston
ORG
16 10 4 2 27 13 34
Hamilton
ORG
15 9 4 2 31 11 31
Clyde
ORG
15 6 4 5 21 20 22
Queen of South
ORG
16 6 4 6 24 27 22
Stenhousemuir
ORG
15 4 5 6 18 12 17
Stranraer
ORG
15 5 2 8 13 21 17
Dumbarton
ORG
16 4 4 8 18 29 16
Brechin
ORG
16 3 6 7 14 20 15
Berwick
ORG
16 1 3 12 16 41 6 Division Three Montrose 17 9 3 5 30 25 30
Inverness Thistle
ORG
16 8 5 3 28 20 29
Ross County
ORG
17 8 3 6 27 23 27
Alloa
ORG
16 7 4 5 24 21 25
Cowdenbeath
ORG
15 7 3 5 22 16 24
Albion
ORG
16 6 6 4 21 17 24
Forfar
ORG
15 6 4 5 26 24 22
Queen 's Park
ORG
16 3 5 8 20 30 14
Arbroath
ORG
16 2 6 8 12 23 12
East Stirling
ORG
16 2 5 9 14 25 11 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ENGLISH
MISC
LEAGUE STANDINGS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07 Standings in
English
MISC
league soccer after Saturday 's matches ( tabulated - played , won , drawn , lost , goals for , goals against , points ) : Premier league
Arsenal
ORG
17 10 5 2 34 16 35
Wimbledon
ORG
16 9 4 3 29 17 31
Liverpool
ORG
16 9 4 3 26 14 31
Aston Villa
ORG
17 9 3 5 22 15 30
Newcastle
ORG
15 9 2 4 26 17 29
Manchester United
ORG
15 7 5 3 29 22 26
Chelsea
ORG
16 6 7 3 25 23 25
Everton
ORG
16 6 6 4 25 20 24
Sheffield Wednesday
ORG
16 6 6 4 17 18 24
Tottenham
ORG
16 7 2 7 17 17 23
Derby
ORG
16 5 7 4 19 19 22
Leicester
ORG
17 6 3 8 17 22 21
Leeds
ORG
16 6 2 8 15 20 20
Sunderland
ORG
16 4 5 7 14 21 17
West Ham
ORG
16 4 5 7 13 20 17
Middlesbrough
ORG
17 3 6 8 20 28 15
Blackburn
ORG
16 2 7 7 16 21 13
Southampton
ORG
17 3 4 10 24 32 13
Coventry
ORG
16 1 7 8 10 23 10
Nottingham Forest
ORG
15 1 6 8 12 25 9
Division One Bolton
MISC
21 11 8 2 43 28 41
Sheffield United
ORG
21 11 6 4 38 20 39
Barnsley
ORG
21 10 8 3 38 26 38
Crystal Palace
ORG
21 9 8 4 46 22 35
Wolverhampton
ORG
21 9 6 6 29 21 33
Tranmere
ORG
22 9 5 8 31 26 32
Norwich
ORG
20 9 5 6 27 21 32
Birmingham
ORG
22 8 8 6 23 21 32
Oxford
ORG
22 8 6 8 27 21 30
Stoke
ORG
20 8 6 6 27 30 30
Swindon
ORG
22 9 2 11 32 28 29
Charlton
ORG
21 9 2 10 23 29 29
Huddersfield
ORG
22 7 7 8 25 28 28
Queens Park Rangers
ORG
22 7 7 8 25 28 28
Port Vale
ORG
22 6 10 6 19 22 28
Ipswich
ORG
22 6 8 8 27 32 26
Manchester City
ORG
22 8 2 12 26 35 26
Portsmouth
ORG
22 7 5 10 25 29 26
Reading
ORG
22 7 5 10 25 33 26
West Bromwich
ORG
20 5 9 6 26 31 24
Southend
ORG
22 5 9 8 23 36 24
Grimsby
ORG
22 5 6 11 24 41 21
Bradford
ORG
22 5 6 11 21 37 21
Oldham
ORG
22 4 8 10 23 28 20 Division
Two Brentford
PER
22 11 7 4 35 23 40
Millwall
ORG
22 11 7 4 32 22 40
Bury
ORG
21 11 6 4 33 20 39
Luton
ORG
21 11 4 6 34 25 37
Burnley
ORG
22 11 4 7 30 22 37
Chesterfield
ORG
21 11 4 6 22 16 37
Stockport
ORG
22 10 6 6 29 25 36
Watford
ORG
21 9 9 3 24 18 36
Wrexham
ORG
20 9 8 3 27 22 35
Crewe
ORG
21 11 1 9 29 21 34
Bristol City
ORG
21 9 6 6 36 23 33
Bristol Rovers
ORG
22 7 7 8 22 23 28
Shrewsbury
ORG
22 7 6 9 26 33 27
York
ORG
21 7 5 9 23 29 26
Blackpool
ORG
22 5 10 7 22 24 25
Walsall
ORG
21 7 4 10 21 25 25
Gillingham
ORG
22 7 4 11 21 27 25
Preston
ORG
22 7 4 11 21 27 25
Bournemouth
ORG
22 7 4 11 20 27 25
Plymouth
ORG
22 5 8 9 24 31 23
Peterborough
ORG
22 4 8 10 32 41 20
Notts County
ORG
21 5 5 11 15 23 20
Wycombe
ORG
22 4 5 13 17 33 17
Rotherham
ORG
21 3 6 12 18 33 15 Division Three
Fulham
ORG
22 15 3 4 36 16 48
Cambridge
ORG
22 13 3 6 33 27 42
Wigan
ORG
21 12 4 5 39 24 40
Carlisle
ORG
22 11 7 4 32 20 40
Cardiff
ORG
21 10 4 7 25 22 34
Swansea
ORG
22 9 5 8 25 25 32
Barnet
ORG
22 8 8 6 23 17 32
Colchester
ORG
22 7 10 5 32 26 31
Scunthorpe
ORG
22 9 4 9 28 30 31
Northampton
ORG
22 8 6 8 31 26 30
Scarborough
ORG
21 7 9 5 30 27 30
Lincoln
ORG
22 8 6 8 28 33 30
Chester
ORG
21 8 6 7 23 23 30
Hull
ORG
22 6 11 5 20 22 29
Torquay
ORG
22 8 4 10 22 24 28
Rochdale
ORG
21 6 8 7 27 26 26
Exeter
ORG
22 7 5 10 21 28 26
Doncaster
ORG
22 7 3 12 24 33 24
Mansfield
ORG
21 5 9 7 21 22 24
Leyton Orient
ORG
21 6 6 9 16 19 24
Hereford
ORG
22 6 5 11 23 31 23
Darlington
ORG
22 6 4 12 30 39 22
Hartlepool
ORG
21 6 4 11 23 28 22
Brighton
ORG
22 3 4 15 18 42 13 -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
VIEIRA
ORG
SAVES ARSENAL WITH
LAST-MINUTE
LOC
EQUALISER .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07
Frenchman
MISC
Patrick Vieira
PER
blasted a last-minute goal to salvage a 2-2 draw for
English
MISC
premier league leaders
Arsenal
ORG
at home to
Derby
MISC
on Saturday .
The London
LOC
club had been rocked by a two-goal burst from forwards
Dean Sturridge
PER
and
Darryl Powell
PER
in the 62nd and 71st minutes which overturned
Arsenal
ORG
's 1-0 lead from a diving header by captain
Tony Adams
PER
on the stroke of halftime .
Liverpool
ORG
suffered an upset first home league defeat of the season , beaten 1-0 by a
Guy Whittingham
PER
goal for
Sheffield Wednesday
ORG
.
Wimbledon
MISC
leap-frogged over
Liverpool
ORG
into second place by winning 3-1 at
Sunderland
LOC
to extend their unbeaten league and cup run to 18 games . Two strikes by
Efan Ekoku
PER
in the first half and a late goal from fellow forward
Dean Holdsworth
PER
secured victory for
Wimbledon
LOC
, who trail pacemakers
Arsenal
ORG
by four points . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
SCOTTISH
MISC
LEAGUE AND CUP RESULTS .
GLASGOW
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of
Scottish
MISC
league and cup matches played on Saturday : Premier division
Dunfermline
ORG
2
Aberdeen
ORG
3
Hearts
ORG
0
Raith
ORG
0
Kilmarnock
ORG
0
Dundee United
ORG
2
Motherwell
ORG
2
Celtic
ORG
1
Rangers
ORG
4
Hibernian
ORG
3 Division one
Dundee
ORG
2
Falkirk
ORG
0
Greenock Morton
ORG
0
St Johnstone
ORG
2 Postponed :
Airdrieonians
ORG
v
Clydebank
ORG
( to Wednesday ) ,
East Fife
ORG
v
Partick
ORG
,
Stirling
ORG
v
St Mirren
ORG
( to Tuesday ) Division two
Livingston
ORG
2
Stenhousemuir
ORG
1
Stranraer
ORG
0
Brechin
ORG
1 Division three
Ross County
ORG
4
Montrose
ORG
4 Postponed :
Forfar
ORG
v
Alloa
ORG
,
Inverness Thistle
ORG
v
Queen 's Park Scottish Cup
ORG
first round
Alloa
ORG
3
Hawick
ORG
1
Elgin City
ORG
0
Whitehill
ORG
3 Postponed :
Albion
ORG
v
Forfar
ORG
,
Huntly
ORG
v
Clyde
ORG
( both now play on December 14 ) -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
ENGLISH
MISC
LEAGUE AND CUP RESULTS .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07 Results of
English
MISC
league and cup matches on Saturday : Premier league
Arsenal
ORG
2
Derby
ORG
2
Chelsea
ORG
2
Everton
ORG
2
Coventry
ORG
1
Tottenham
ORG
2
Leicester
ORG
1
Blackburn
ORG
1
Liverpool
ORG
0
Sheffield Wednesday
ORG
1
Middlesbrough
ORG
0
Leeds
ORG
0
Southampton
ORG
0
Aston Villa
ORG
1
Sunderland
ORG
1
Wimbledon
ORG
3 Division one
Barnsley
ORG
3
Southend
ORG
0
Birmingham
ORG
0
Grimsby
ORG
0
Charlton
ORG
2
Swindon
ORG
0
Crystal Palace
ORG
2
Oxford
ORG
2
Huddersfield
ORG
2
Norwich
ORG
0
Ipswich
ORG
0
Wolverhampton
ORG
0
Manchester City
ORG
3
Bradford
ORG
2
Oldham
ORG
0
Queens Park Rangers
ORG
2
Reading
ORG
0
Port Vale
ORG
1
Sheffield United
ORG
1
Portsmouth
ORG
0
Stoke
ORG
2
Tranmere
ORG
0 Playing Sunday :
West Bromwich
ORG
v
Bolton F.A. Challenge Cup
MISC
second round
Barnet
ORG
3
Wycombe
ORG
3
Blackpool
ORG
0
Hednesford
ORG
1
Bristol City
ORG
9
St Albans
ORG
2
Cambridge United
ORG
0
Woking
ORG
2
Carlisle
ORG
1
Darlington
ORG
0
Chester
ORG
1
Boston
ORG
0
Chesterfield
ORG
2
Scarborough
ORG
0
Enfield
ORG
1
Peterborough
ORG
1
Hull
ORG
1
Crewe
ORG
5
Leyton Orient 1 Stevenage
ORG
2
Luton
ORG
2
Boreham Wood
ORG
1
Mansfield
ORG
0
Stockport
ORG
3
Notts County
ORG
3
Rochdale
ORG
1
Preston
ORG
2
York
ORG
3
Sudbury Town
ORG
1
Brentford
ORG
3
Walsall
ORG
1
Burnley
ORG
1
Watford
ORG
5
Ashford Town
ORG
0
Wrexham
ORG
2
Scunthorpe
ORG
2
Cardiff
ORG
0
Gillingham
ORG
2 -DOCSTART-
RUGBY UNION
ORG
-
CAMPESE
PER
SIGNS OFF WITH
TRY
ORG
IN WALLABY ROMP .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07
Australia
LOC
bade farewell to
David Campese
PER
in spectacular fashion by overwhelming the
Barbarians
MISC
39-12 in the final match of their
European
MISC
tour at
Twickenham
MISC
on Saturday .
The Wallabies
ORG
ran in five tries with
Campese
ORG
, who has retired from test rugby after collecting 101 caps and a world record 64 tries , adding one last touchdown in a
Wallaby
LOC
jersey before departing the international game . The
Barbarians
MISC
included 14 internationals but , with only two pre-match practice sessions behind them , proved no real match for a
Wallaby
ORG
side determined to finish their 12-match tour unbeaten . The touring team were 27-0 ahead by half-time before easing up in the second-half .
Full-back Matthew Burke
MISC
finished with a personal haul of 24 points to take his tour aggregate to 136 . -DOCSTART-
RUGBY UNION
ORG
-
AUSTRALIA
LOC
BEAT
BARBARIANS
ORG
39-12 .
LONDON
LOC
1996-12-07
Australia
LOC
beat the
Barbarians
ORG
39-12 ( halftime 27-0 ) in the final match of their
European
MISC
tour on Saturday : Scorers :
Australia
LOC
- Tries :
Matthew Burke
PER
( 2 ) ,
Joe Roff
PER
,
David Campese
PER
,
Tim Horan
PER
. Penalties :
Burke
PER
( 2 ) . Conversions :
Burke
PER
( 4 ) .
Barbarians
MISC
- Tries :
Alan Bateman
PER
,
Scott Quinnell
PER
. Conversion :
Rob Andrew
PER
. -DOCSTART-
GOLF
LOC
-
ZIMBABWE OPEN
MISC
THIRD ROUND SCORES .
HARARE
LOC
1996-12-07 Leading third round scores in the
Zimbabwe Open
MISC
on Saturday (
South African
MISC
unless stated ) : 201
Mark McNulty
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 72 61 68 205
Des Terblanche
PER
65 67 73 206
Nick Price
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 68 68 70 207
Clinton Whitelaw
PER
70 70 67 ,
Mark Cayeux
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 69 69 69 ,
Justin Hobday
PER
71 65 71 209
Steve van Vuuren
PER
65 69 75 210
Brett Liddle
ORG
75 65 70 211
Hugh Baiocchi
PER
73 67 71 ,
Greg Reid
PER
72 68 71 ,
Mark Murless
PER
71 67 73 212
Trevor Dodds
PER
(
Namibia
LOC
) 72 69 71 ,
Schalk van der Merwe
PER
(
Namibia
LOC
) 67 73 72 ,
Hennie Swart
PER
75 64 73 ,
Andrew Pitts
PER
(
U.S.
LOC
) 69 67 76 213
Sean Farrell
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 77 68 68 ,
Glen Cayeux
PER
(
Zimbabwe
LOC
) 75 68 70 ,
Nic Henning
PER
73 70 70 ,
Dion Fourie
PER
69 73 71 214
Steven Waltman
PER
72 70 72 ,
Bradford Vaughan
PER
72 71 71 ,
Andrew Park
PER
72 67 75 ,
Desvonde Botes
ORG
72 68 74 . -DOCSTART- SOCCER -
REINSTATED ALBANIA
PER
NAMES
MISC
SQUAD TO PLAY N.IRELAND .
TIRANA
LOC
1996-12-07
Albanian
MISC
coach
Astrit Hafizi
PER
said on Saturday it was important that his players brush aside the country 's short ban by
FIFA
ORG
in order to concentrate on next
Saturday'sWorld Cup
MISC
group nine qualifier against
Northern Ireland
LOC
.
World
LOC
soccer 's governing body reinstated
Albania
LOC
last Tuesday after the
Balkan
LOC
country 's government lifted suspensions on various soccer officials .
FIFA
ORG
had banned
Albania
LOC
indefinitely after its sports ministry had ordered the suspension of
Albanian Football Association
LOC
general secretary
Eduard Dervishi
PER
and dissolved the executive committee . " We would be very happy with a draw in
Belfast
LOC
, " said
Hafizi
PER
. "
Especially
PER
if one takes into consideration our difficult post-suspension situation and the fact
Northern Ireland
LOC
is very keen to win . "
Regular
MISC
defender
Artur Lekbello
PER