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13500 | In one letter , a black soldier heading South wrote his wife , " though great is the present national difficulties yet I look forward to a brighter day when I shall have the oportunity of seeing you in the full enjoyment of freedom . | <response> In one letter , a black soldier heading <location>South</location> wrote his wife , " though great is the present national difficulties yet I look forward to a brighter day when I shall have the oportunity of seeing you in the full enjoyment of freedom . </response> |
13501 | " I would like to no ( sic ) if you are still in slavery if you are , it will not be long before we shall have crushed the system that now oppreses you for in the course of three months you shall have your liberty . | <response> " I would like to no ( sic ) if you are still in slavery if you are , it will not be long before we shall have crushed the system that now oppreses you for in the course of three months you shall have your liberty . </response> |
13502 | Great is the outpouring of the coloured people that is now rallying with the heart of lions against the very curse that has separated you and me . " | <response> Great is the outpouring of the coloured people that is now rallying with the heart of lions against the very curse that has separated you and me . " </response> |
13503 | In another letter dated January 1865 , a well-to-do Washington matron wrote to Lincoln to plead for her son , who faced a dishonourable discharge from the Army . " | <response> In another letter dated January 1865 , a well-to-do <location>Washington</location> matron wrote to <person>Lincoln</person> to plead for her son , who faced a dishonourable discharge from the <organization>Army</organization> . " </response> |
13504 | James is a prisoner for a thoughtless act of folly , while those who have done nothing for the cause are free , " she wrote . | <response> <person>James</person> is a prisoner for a thoughtless act of folly , while those who have done nothing for the cause are free , " she wrote . </response> |
13505 | Lincoln 's notation on the letter read : " If his colonel will say in writing on this sheet he is willing to receive this man back to the regiment , I will pardon and send him . " | <response> <person>Lincoln</person> 's notation on the letter read : " If his colonel will say in writing on this sheet he is willing to receive this man back to the regiment , I will pardon and send him . " </response> |
13506 | The soldier was subsequently pardoned . | <response> The soldier was subsequently pardoned . </response> |
13507 | While the letters speak to the anguish of separation , a photograph of a black amputee speaks to the terrible physical cost of the war . | <response> While the letters speak to the anguish of separation , a photograph of a black amputee speaks to the terrible physical cost of the war . </response> |
13508 | In a picture required for his military discharge , Pvt . | <response> In a picture required for his military discharge , Pvt . </response> |
13509 | Lewis Martin , with haunted eyes , posed bare-chested to reveal his missing arm and leg , blown off during a battle at Petersburg , Virginia , in July 1864 . | <response> <person>Lewis Martin</person> , with haunted eyes , posed bare-chested to reveal his missing arm and leg , blown off during a battle at <location>Petersburg</location> , <location>Virginia</location> , in July 1864 . </response> |
13510 | The work on black troops has provided new insight into the rhythms of plantation talk and culture , said John Simon , professor of history at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and editor of Gen . | <response> The work on black troops has provided new insight into the rhythms of plantation talk and culture , said <person>John Simon</person> , professor of history at <organization>Southern Illinois University at Carbondale</organization> and editor of Gen . </response> |
13511 | Ulysses Grant 's papers . | <response> <person>Ulysses Grant</person> 's papers . </response> |
13512 | " These ( writings ) are not only poetic but a linguistic treasure trove . | <response> " These ( writings ) are not only poetic but a linguistic treasure trove . </response> |
13513 | This is the first generation of African Americans that really can express itself without fear and punishment , " Simon said . | <response> This is the first generation of <misc>African Americans</misc> that really can express itself without fear and punishment , " <person>Simon</person> said . </response> |
13514 | " I think there 's probably a whole lot of material that would expand our understanding of the sociology of the war , " said Edward Smith , director of American Studies at American University in Washington . | <response> " I think there 's probably a whole lot of material that would expand our understanding of the sociology of the war , " said <person>Edward Smith</person> , director of <organization>American Studies</organization> at <organization>American University</organization> in <location>Washington</location> . </response> |
13515 | The war between the North and South raged for nearly four years , claimed the lives of half a million Americans and forever seared the nation 's consciousness . | <response> The war between the <location>North</location> and <location>South</location> raged for nearly four years , claimed the lives of half a million <misc>Americans</misc> and forever seared the nation 's consciousness . </response> |
13516 | Southern records have already been preserved . | <response> <misc>Southern</misc> records have already been preserved . </response> |
13517 | They were put on microfilm about 30 years ago through a grant from the United Daughters of the Confederacy . | <response> They were put on microfilm about 30 years ago through a grant from the <organization>United Daughters of the Confederacy</organization> . </response> |
13518 | The Civil War Conservation Corps is mostly retirees joined by students during the school year . | <response> The <organization>Civil War Conservation Corps</organization> is mostly retirees joined by students during the school year . </response> |
13519 | Director Budge Weidman , who has shepherded the project from the beginning , predicts it will take up to a decade to complete . | <response> Director <person>Budge Weidman</person> , who has shepherded the project from the beginning , predicts it will take up to a decade to complete . </response> |
13520 | The work was inspired by a National Park Service plan to put computer databases at Civil War battlefields across the country so that Americans might research their ancestors . | <response> The work was inspired by a <organization>National Park Service</organization> plan to put computer databases at <misc>Civil War</misc> battlefields across the country so that <misc>Americans</misc> might research their ancestors . </response> |
13521 | The records also provide insight into medical thinking of the day . | <response> The records also provide insight into medical thinking of the day . </response> |
13522 | One soldier was discharged because of " mental incapacity and inebetude ( sic ) of the brain , alleged by the Patient to be connected with a fall on the head but believed to arise from long continued and excessive masturbation . " | <response> One soldier was discharged because of " mental incapacity and inebetude ( sic ) of the brain , alleged by the Patient to be connected with a fall on the head but believed to arise from long continued and excessive masturbation . " </response> |
13523 | Clinton arrives in Chicago on day of re-nomination . | <response> <person>Clinton</person> arrives in <location>Chicago</location> on day of re-nomination . </response> |
13524 | CHICAGO 1996-08-28 | <response> <location>CHICAGO</location> 1996-08-28 </response> |
13525 | President Bill Clinton arrived in Chicago on Wednesday as the Democratic convention prepared to re-nominate him for a second four-year term . | <response> President <person>Bill Clinton</person> arrived in <location>Chicago</location> on Wednesday as the <misc>Democratic</misc> convention prepared to re-nominate him for a second four-year term . </response> |
13526 | Clinton flew in by helicopter from Michigan City , Indiana , after ending a four-day , 559-mile trip aboard a campaign train from Washington . | <response> <person>Clinton</person> flew in by helicopter from <location>Michigan City</location> , <location>Indiana</location> , after ending a four-day , 559-mile trip aboard a campaign train from <location>Washington</location> . </response> |
13527 | New bomb attacks on Corsica despite crackdown vow . | <response> New bomb attacks on <location>Corsica</location> despite crackdown vow . </response> |
13528 | Sylvie Florence | <response> <person>Sylvie Florence</person> </response> |
13529 | AJACCIO , Corsica 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>AJACCIO</location> , <location>Corsica</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13530 | Separatist guerrillas planted two bombs overnight at government offices on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica despite fresh warnings of a crackdown by Paris , police said on Thursday . | <response> Separatist guerrillas planted two bombs overnight at government offices on the <misc>French</misc> <misc>Mediterranean</misc> island of <location>Corsica</location> despite fresh warnings of a crackdown by <location>Paris</location> , police said on Thursday . </response> |
13531 | In the latest in a wave of attacks , a two kg ( four lb ) bomb seriously damaged two floors of Agriculture Ministry offices located just 50 metres ( yards ) from a police station in the centre of the island capital Ajaccio . | <response> In the latest in a wave of attacks , a two kg ( four lb ) bomb seriously damaged two floors of <organization>Agriculture Ministry</organization> offices located just 50 metres ( yards ) from a police station in the centre of the island capital <organization>Ajaccio</organization> . </response> |
13532 | No one was hurt . | <response> No one was hurt . </response> |
13533 | A second device , packed with five kg ( 10 lbs ) of explosive , was defused before it could go off , police said . | <response> A second device , packed with five kg ( 10 lbs ) of explosive , was defused before it could go off , police said . </response> |
13534 | The new attacks followed by a day a warning of a new " get-tough " policy by Paris toward the separatists , who seek greater autonomy . | <response> The new attacks followed by a day a warning of a new " get-tough " policy by <location>Paris</location> toward the separatists , who seek greater autonomy . </response> |
13535 | Interior Minister Jean-Louis Debre , under fire for staging secret talks with one of the largest of several rival underground nationalist groups , told the daily La Corse in a statement he had given " firm orders " to police to round up those responsible for the bombings and bring them to justice . | <response> Interior Minister <person>Jean-Louis Debre</person> , under fire for staging secret talks with one of the largest of several rival underground nationalist groups , told the daily <organization>La Corse</organization> in a statement he had given " firm orders " to police to round up those responsible for the bombings and bring them to justice . </response> |
13536 | Judges on the island had accused Paris of taking a lax stance on guerrilla violence while conducting secret but widely-reported talks with separatists which have now failed . | <response> Judges on the island had accused <location>Paris</location> of taking a lax stance on guerrilla violence while conducting secret but widely-reported talks with separatists which have now failed . </response> |
13537 | The latest bombing , close on the heels of the new orders , brought charges that police were powerless . | <response> The latest bombing , close on the heels of the new orders , brought charges that police were powerless . </response> |
13538 | " No searches , no arrests , no police reinforcements visible on the island , despite the ministry 's promises , " the daily France-Soir lamented . | <response> " No searches , no arrests , no police reinforcements visible on the island , despite the ministry 's promises , " the daily <organization>France-Soir</organization> lamented . </response> |
13539 | " On the island , as at the Place Beauvau ( the Interior Ministry 's Paris address ) , people are well aware who is who and who is doing what . | <response> " On the island , as at the <location>Place Beauvau</location> ( the <organization>Interior Ministry</organization> 's <location>Paris</location> address ) , people are well aware who is who and who is doing what . </response> |
13540 | It is time to end this nightly farce , " said the pro-government daily Le Figaro in an editorial . | <response> It is time to end this nightly farce , " said the pro-government daily <organization>Le Figaro</organization> in an editorial . </response> |
13541 | No one immediately claimed responsibility for Thursday 's incidents , which brought to 23 the number of guerrilla attacks on the resort island since mid-August , when separatist guerrillas ended a shaky seven-month truce . | <response> No one immediately claimed responsibility for Thursday 's incidents , which brought to 23 the number of guerrilla attacks on the resort island since mid-August , when separatist guerrillas ended a shaky seven-month truce . </response> |
13542 | Corsica has been racked by low-level separatist-inspired violence , principally directed against government targets , for two decades . | <response> <location>Corsica</location> has been racked by low-level separatist-inspired violence , principally directed against government targets , for two decades . </response> |
13543 | The daily Le Monde reported on Wednesday some separatist movements were considering taking their attacks to the French mainland on the principle that " 300 grammes of explosives on the continent have more impact than 300 kilos in Corsica " . | <response> The daily <organization>Le Monde</organization> reported on Wednesday some separatist movements were considering taking their attacks to the <misc>French</misc> mainland on the principle that " 300 grammes of explosives on the continent have more impact than 300 kilos in <location>Corsica</location> " . </response> |
13544 | The newspaper said separatists may take advantage of social unrest widely expected on the mainland in coming weeks over government austerity plans to stoke a popular backlash against the government . | <response> The newspaper said separatists may take advantage of social unrest widely expected on the mainland in coming weeks over government austerity plans to stoke a popular backlash against the government . </response> |
13545 | Sweden 's OM to open London forest products bourse . | <response> <location>Sweden</location> 's <organization>OM</organization> to open <location>London</location> forest products bourse . </response> |
13546 | STOCKHOLM 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>STOCKHOLM</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13547 | Swedish options and derivatives exchange OM Gruppen AB said on Thursday it would open an electronic bourse for forest industry products in London in the first half of 1997 . | <response> <misc>Swedish</misc> options and derivatives exchange <organization>OM Gruppen AB</organization> said on Thursday it would open an electronic bourse for forest industry products in <location>London</location> in the first half of 1997 . </response> |
13548 | " Together with subsidiaries OMLX , the London Securities & Derivatives Exchange and OM Stockholm , OM Gruppen will open an international electronic bourse for forest products in the first half of 1997 , " OM Gruppen said in a statement . | <response> " Together with subsidiaries <organization>OMLX</organization> , the <organization>London Securities & Derivatives Exchange</organization> and <organization>OM Stockholm</organization> , <organization>OM Gruppen</organization> will open an international electronic bourse for forest products in the first half of 1997 , " <organization>OM Gruppen</organization> said in a statement . </response> |
13549 | The first commodity to be traded on the PULPEX bourse will be pulp , but OM said trade would be extended to include products such as timber , recycled paper and other paper qualities . | <response> The first commodity to be traded on the <organization>PULPEX</organization> bourse will be pulp , but <organization>OM</organization> said trade would be extended to include products such as timber , recycled paper and other paper qualities . </response> |
13550 | " Through the establishment of PULPEX , London will have a commodities bourse for forest products which complements existing bourses for oil , metals and ' softs ' ( coffee , sugar and cocoa ) , " OM said . | <response> " Through the establishment of <organization>PULPEX</organization> , <location>London</location> will have a commodities bourse for forest products which complements existing bourses for oil , metals and ' softs ' ( coffee , sugar and cocoa ) , " <organization>OM</organization> said . </response> |
13551 | PULPEX was the result of a three-year project run in cooperation between OM and representatives of the forest industry , the company said . | <response> <organization>PULPEX</organization> was the result of a three-year project run in cooperation between <organization>OM</organization> and representatives of the forest industry , the company said . </response> |
13552 | Huge swings in the price of pulp over the past few years have made pulp producers ' profitability unpredictable , and made investing in new production capacity a risky business . | <response> Huge swings in the price of pulp over the past few years have made pulp producers ' profitability unpredictable , and made investing in new production capacity a risky business . </response> |
13553 | " Without the ability to hedge prices , changes in the world market price for pulp has had an immediate impact on players ' profitability , " OM said . | <response> " Without the ability to hedge prices , changes in the world market price for pulp has had an immediate impact on players ' profitability , " <organization>OM</organization> said . </response> |
13554 | It said global production of pulp amounted to around 200 million tonnes per year , of which around 20 percent or 40 million tonnes was sold on the spot market . | <response> It said global production of pulp amounted to around 200 million tonnes per year , of which around 20 percent or 40 million tonnes was sold on the spot market . </response> |
13555 | At current prices , the value of this production was around $ 25 billion . | <response> At current prices , the value of this production was around $ 25 billion . </response> |
13556 | PULPEX will be both a marketplace and a clearing house , OM said , adding that the British Securities and Investments Board had been informed of OM 's plans . | <response> <organization>PULPEX</organization> will be both a marketplace and a clearing house , <organization>OM</organization> said , adding that the <organization>British Securities and Investments Board</organization> had been informed of <organization>OM</organization> 's plans . </response> |
13557 | PULPEX 's clearing operation will be covered by the parent company guarantee issued by OM Gruppen to its wholly-owned bourses and clearing organisations . | <response> <organization>PULPEX</organization> 's clearing operation will be covered by the parent company guarantee issued by <organization>OM Gruppen</organization> to its wholly-owned bourses and clearing organisations . </response> |
13558 | -- Stockholm newsroom , +46-8-700 1006 | <response> -- <location>Stockholm</location> newsroom , +46-8-700 1006 </response> |
13559 | Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp oil stock levels fall . | <response> <location>Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp</location> oil stock levels fall . </response> |
13560 | AMSTERDAM 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>AMSTERDAM</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13561 | Oil product inventories held in independent tankage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp area were at the following levels , with week-ago and year-ago levels , industry sources said . | <response> Oil product inventories held in independent tankage in the <location>Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp</location> area were at the following levels , with week-ago and year-ago levels , industry sources said . </response> |
13562 | All figures in thousands of tonnes : | <response> All figures in thousands of tonnes : </response> |
13563 | 29/8/96 22/8/96 1/9/95 | <response> 29/8/96 22/8/96 1/9/95 </response> |
13564 | Gasoline 400 400-425 425 | <response> Gasoline 400 400-425 425 </response> |
13565 | Naphtha 50-75 75-100 50-75 | <response> Naphtha 50-75 75-100 50-75 </response> |
13566 | Gas oil 1,600 1,650 1,850-1,900 | <response> Gas oil 1,600 1,650 1,850-1,900 </response> |
13567 | Fuel oil 325 325-350 425 | <response> Fuel oil 325 325-350 425 </response> |
13568 | Jet kero 15 15-20 25 | <response> Jet kero 15 15-20 25 </response> |
13569 | Motor gasoline stocks dipped slightly as barges left for Germany , but there were few inflows of cargoes . | <response> Motor gasoline stocks dipped slightly as barges left for <location>Germany</location> , but there were few inflows of cargoes . </response> |
13570 | Naphtha inventories also dropped as Germany again took barges and no cargoes entered ARA . | <response> Naphtha inventories also dropped as <location>Germany</location> again took barges and no cargoes entered ARA . </response> |
13571 | Gas oil stocks fell with some cargoes arriving from the former Soviet Union , but very fast throughput to markets in Benelux , Germany and Switzerland . | <response> Gas oil stocks fell with some cargoes arriving from the former <location>Soviet Union</location> , but very fast throughput to markets in <location>Benelux</location> , <location>Germany</location> and <location>Switzerland</location> . </response> |
13572 | Fuel oil inventories dipped slightly with some straight-run arrivals , but fair bunkering demand removing more material . | <response> Fuel oil inventories dipped slightly with some straight-run arrivals , but fair bunkering demand removing more material . </response> |
13573 | Jet fuel stocks lowered as the aviation sector bought . | <response> Jet fuel stocks lowered as the aviation sector bought . </response> |
13574 | -- Philip Blenkinsop , Amsterdam newsroom 31 20 504 5000 | <response> -- <person>Philip Blenkinsop</person> , <location>Amsterdam</location> newsroom 31 20 504 5000 </response> |
13575 | German anti-nuclear activists in pantomime protest . | <response> <misc>German</misc> anti-nuclear activists in pantomime protest . </response> |
13576 | BONN 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>BONN</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13577 | About 200 German anti-nuclear activists protested on Thursday against nuclear waste transportation by re-enacting scenes from a demonstration they staged in May that turned into a violent clash with police . | <response> About 200 <misc>German</misc> anti-nuclear activists protested on Thursday against nuclear waste transportation by re-enacting scenes from a demonstration they staged in May that turned into a violent clash with police . </response> |
13578 | Activists dressed as police brandished batons and firing a theatre-prop water cannon at " demonstrators " . | <response> Activists dressed as police brandished batons and firing a theatre-prop water cannon at " demonstrators " . </response> |
13579 | Police who had turned out in force all around the government quarter fearing violence looked on in amusement . | <response> Police who had turned out in force all around the government quarter fearing violence looked on in amusement . </response> |
13580 | Last May dozens of demonstrators and police were injured in violent clashes around the Gorleben nuclear waste depot as hundreds of protesters tried to block a delivery of waste by train and truck . | <response> Last May dozens of demonstrators and police were injured in violent clashes around the <location>Gorleben</location> nuclear waste depot as hundreds of protesters tried to block a delivery of waste by train and truck . </response> |
13581 | Italy police arrest five over double Mafia killing . | <response> <location>Italy</location> police arrest five over double Mafia killing . </response> |
13582 | CATANIA , Sicily 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>CATANIA</location> , <location>Sicily</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13583 | Italian Police said on Thursday they had arrested five people in connection with the slaying of the daughter and 14-year-old nephew of a Mafia boss earlier this week . | <response> <misc>Italian</misc> Police said on Thursday they had arrested five people in connection with the slaying of the daughter and 14-year-old nephew of a Mafia boss earlier this week . </response> |
13584 | Santa Puglisi , 22 , and Salvatore Botta were gunned down in a cemetery in this eastern Sicilian city on Tuesday in a crime which shocked even hardened anti-Mafia investigators . | <response> <person>Santa Puglisi</person> , 22 , and <person>Salvatore Botta</person> were gunned down in a cemetery in this eastern <misc>Sicilian</misc> city on Tuesday in a crime which shocked even hardened anti-Mafia investigators . </response> |
13585 | The arrests followed a tip-off from a married couple who unexpectedly showed up at investigators ' offices on Wednesday . " | <response> The arrests followed a tip-off from a married couple who unexpectedly showed up at investigators ' offices on Wednesday . " </response> |
13586 | They wanted to get a weight off their consciences , " a police spokesman said . | <response> They wanted to get a weight off their consciences , " a police spokesman said . </response> |
13587 | He added the couple had also shed light on the murder last year of the wife of Mafia boss Nitto Santapaola . | <response> He added the couple had also shed light on the murder last year of the wife of Mafia boss <person>Nitto Santapaola</person> . </response> |
13588 | Puglisi was shot as she knelt praying by the tomb of her young husband , who was himself killed last year in a Mafia ambush . | <response> <person>Puglisi</person> was shot as she knelt praying by the tomb of her young husband , who was himself killed last year in a Mafia ambush . </response> |
13589 | Botta , who had accompanied Puglisi to the cemetary , tried to flee the lone gunman but was caught and killed . | <response> <person>Botta</person> , who had accompanied <person>Puglisi</person> to the cemetary , tried to flee the lone gunman but was caught and killed . </response> |
13590 | Thieves make off with cash from prison canteen . | <response> Thieves make off with cash from prison canteen . </response> |
13591 | LIMERICK , Ireland 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>LIMERICK</location> , <location>Ireland</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13592 | Thieves stole almost 2,000 Irish pounds ( $ 3,000 ) from the officers ' canteen of a Limerick jail on Thursday while warders slept in a room upstairs . | <response> Thieves stole almost 2,000 <misc>Irish</misc> pounds ( $ 3,000 ) from the officers ' canteen of a <location>Limerick</location> jail on Thursday while warders slept in a room upstairs . </response> |
13593 | Police said the thieves intercepted a woman arriving to work at the canteen , forced her to open the safe where takings were kept and made off with the cash . | <response> Police said the thieves intercepted a woman arriving to work at the canteen , forced her to open the safe where takings were kept and made off with the cash . </response> |
13594 | While the robbery was going on , several officers were asleep in a room over the canteen , which is in the grounds of the prison on Ireland 's southwest coast . | <response> While the robbery was going on , several officers were asleep in a room over the canteen , which is in the grounds of the prison on <location>Ireland</location> 's southwest coast . </response> |
13595 | Italians hold HIV-pensioner for harassing hookers . | <response> <misc>Italians</misc> hold <misc>HIV-pensioner</misc> for harassing hookers . </response> |
13596 | GENOA , Italy 1996-08-29 | <response> <location>GENOA</location> , <location>Italy</location> 1996-08-29 </response> |
13597 | Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested a 61-year-old man after he fired blank shots at prostitutes he blamed for spreading AIDS . | <response> <misc>Italian</misc> police said on Thursday they had arrested a 61-year-old man after he fired blank shots at prostitutes he blamed for spreading <misc>AIDS</misc> . </response> |
13598 | The pensioner , named only as Pietro T. , told investigators he was infected with HIV , the AIDS virus , and his wife had died of the disease . | <response> The pensioner , named only as <person>Pietro T.</person> , told investigators he was infected with <misc>HIV</misc> , the <misc>AIDS</misc> virus , and his wife had died of the disease . </response> |
13599 | He did not say how they had contracted the illness . | <response> He did not say how they had contracted the illness . </response> |
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