Input: Each soldier's file is a gold mine of information: enlistment papers, muster rolls, medical records, discharge certificates, letters and photographs.


Input: Since the project began almost two years ago, corps volunteers have focused on African American troops, preparing records in time for the unveiling in Washington this year of a special memorial to black soldiers who fought in the war.

African American

Washington


Input: More than 185,000 black soldiers fought and 37,000 died.


Input: 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.

South


Input: " 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.


Input: 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. "


Input: 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. "

Washington

Lincoln

Army


Input: James is a prisoner for a thoughtless act of folly, while those who have done nothing for the cause are free, " she wrote.

James


Input: 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. "

Lincoln


Input: The soldier was subsequently pardoned.


Input: While the letters speak to the anguish of separation, a photograph of a black amputee speaks to the terrible physical cost of the war.


Input: In a picture required for his military discharge, Pvt.


Input: 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.

Lewis Martin

Petersburg

Virginia


Input: 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.

John Simon

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale


Input: Ulysses Grant's papers.

Ulysses Grant


Input: " These (writings) are not only poetic but a linguistic treasure trove.


Input: This is the first generation of African Americans that really can express itself without fear and punishment, " Simon said.

African Americans

Simon


Input: " 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.

Edward Smith

American Studies

American University

Washington


Input: 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.

North

South

Americans


Input: Southern records have already been preserved.

Southern


Input: They were put on microfilm about 30 years ago through a grant from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

United Daughters of the Confederacy


Input: The Civil War Conservation Corps is mostly retirees joined by students during the school year.

Civil War Conservation Corps


Input: Director Budge Weidman, who has shepherded the project from the beginning, predicts it will take up to a decade to complete.

Budge Weidman


Input: 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.

National Park Service

Civil War

Americans


Input: The records also provide insight into medical thinking of the day.


Input: 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. "


Input: Clinton arrives in Chicago on day of re-nomination.

Clinton

Chicago


Input: CHICAGO 1996-08-28

CHICAGO


Input: President Bill Clinton arrived in Chicago on Wednesday as the Democratic convention prepared to re-nominate him for a second four-year term.

Bill Clinton

Chicago

Democratic


Input: Clinton flew in by helicopter from Michigan City, Indiana, after ending a four-day, 559-mile trip aboard a campaign train from Washington.

Clinton

Michigan City

Indiana

Washington


Input: New bomb attacks on Corsica despite crackdown vow.

Corsica


Input: Sylvie Florence

Sylvie Florence


Input: AJACCIO, Corsica 1996-08-29

AJACCIO

Corsica


Input: 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.

French

Mediterranean

Corsica

Paris


Input: 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.

Agriculture Ministry

Ajaccio


Input: No one was hurt.


Input: A second device, packed with five kg (10 lbs) of explosive, was defused before it could go off, police said.


Input: The new attacks followed by a day a warning of a new " get-tough " policy by Paris toward the separatists, who seek greater autonomy.

Paris


Input: 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.

Jean-Louis Debre

La Corse


Input: 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.

Paris


Input: The latest bombing, close on the heels of the new orders, brought charges that police were powerless.


Input: " No searches, no arrests, no police reinforcements visible on the island, despite the ministry's promises, " the daily France-Soir lamented.

France-Soir


Input: " 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.

Place Beauvau

Paris

Interior Ministry


Input: It is time to end this nightly farce, " said the pro-government daily Le Figaro in an editorial.

Le Figaro


Input: 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.


Input: Corsica has been racked by low-level separatist-inspired violence, principally directed against government targets, for two decades.

Corsica


Input: 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 ".

Le Monde

French

Corsica


Input: 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.


Input: Sweden's OM to open London forest products bourse.

Sweden

London

OM


Input: STOCKHOLM 1996-08-29

STOCKHOLM


Input: 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.

Swedish

OM Gruppen AB

London


Input: " 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.

OMLX

London Securities & Derivatives Exchange

OM Stockholm

OM Gruppen

OM Gruppen


Input: 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.

PULPEX

OM


Input: " 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.

PULPEX

OM

London


Input: PULPEX was the result of a three-year project run in cooperation between OM and representatives of the forest industry, the company said.

PULPEX

OM


Input: 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.


Input: " Without the ability to hedge prices, changes in the world market price for pulp has had an immediate impact on players' profitability, " OM said.

OM


Input: 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.


Input: At current prices, the value of this production was around $25 billion.


Input: 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.

PULPEX

OM

British Securities and Investments Board

OM


Input: PULPEX's clearing operation will be covered by the parent company guarantee issued by OM Gruppen to its wholly-owned bourses and clearing organisations.

PULPEX

OM Gruppen


Input: -- Stockholm newsroom, +46-8-700 1006

Stockholm


Input: Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp oil stock levels fall.

Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-29

AMSTERDAM


Input: 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.

Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp


Input: All figures in thousands of tonnes:


Input: 29/8/96 22/8/96 1/9/95


Input: Gasoline 400 400-425 425


Input: Naphtha 50-75 75-100 50-75


Input: Gas oil 1,600 1,650 1,850-1,900


Input: Fuel oil 325 325-350 425


Input: Jet kero 15 15-20 25


Input: Motor gasoline stocks dipped slightly as barges left for Germany, but there were few inflows of cargoes.

Germany


Input: Naphtha inventories also dropped as Germany again took barges and no cargoes entered ARA.

Germany


Input: Gas oil stocks fell with some cargoes arriving from the former Soviet Union, but very fast throughput to markets in Benelux, Germany and Switzerland.

Soviet Union

Benelux

Germany

Switzerland


Input: Fuel oil inventories dipped slightly with some straight-run arrivals, but fair bunkering demand removing more material.


Input: Jet fuel stocks lowered as the aviation sector bought.


Input: -- Philip Blenkinsop, Amsterdam newsroom 31 20 504 5000

Philip Blenkinsop

Amsterdam


Input: German anti-nuclear activists in pantomime protest.

German


Input: BONN 1996-08-29

BONN


Input: 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.

German


Input: Activists dressed as police brandished batons and firing a theatre-prop water cannon at " demonstrators ".


Input: Police who had turned out in force all around the government quarter fearing violence looked on in amusement.


Input: 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.

Gorleben


Input: Italy police arrest five over double Mafia killing.

Italy


Input: CATANIA, Sicily 1996-08-29

CATANIA

Sicily


Input: 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.

Italian


Input: 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.

Santa Puglisi

Salvatore Botta

Sicilian


Input: The arrests followed a tip-off from a married couple who unexpectedly showed up at investigators' offices on Wednesday. "


Input: They wanted to get a weight off their consciences, " a police spokesman said.


Input: He added the couple had also shed light on the murder last year of the wife of Mafia boss Nitto Santapaola.

Nitto Santapaola


Input: Puglisi was shot as she knelt praying by the tomb of her young husband, who was himself killed last year in a Mafia ambush.

Puglisi


Input: Botta, who had accompanied Puglisi to the cemetary, tried to flee the lone gunman but was caught and killed.

Botta

Puglisi


Input: Thieves make off with cash from prison canteen.


Input: LIMERICK, Ireland 1996-08-29

LIMERICK

Ireland


Input: 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.

Irish

Limerick


Input: 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.


Input: 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.

Ireland


Input: Italians hold HIV-pensioner for harassing hookers.

Italians

HIV-pensioner


Input: GENOA, Italy 1996-08-29

GENOA

Italy


Input: 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.

Italian

AIDS


Input: 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.

Pietro T.

HIV

AIDS


Input: He did not say how they had contracted the illness.


Input: Police said the man had recently been spotted cruising red-light areas in this northern Italian city, hurling abuse at prostitutes and firing blank shots at them.

Italian


Input: Police said they found in his apartment two fake guns and a pistol that would only fire blanks. "


Input: Although fake guns are legal, the use he made of them means he could be tried, " a police official said.


Input: Bodies found at site of Russian jet crash-officials.

Russian


Input: OSLO 1996-08-29

OSLO


Input: Bodies have been sighted but no survivors have yet been found at the site of Thursday's crash of a Russian airliner on Norway's remote Arctic island of Spitzbergen, Norwegian officials said.

Russian

Arctic

Norwegian

Norway

Spitzbergen


Input: " We have found dead people, " said Rune Hansen, the island's deputy governor, told Norwegian television.

Rune Hansen

Norwegian


Input: The Norwegian news agency NTB quoted another official on the island as saying no survivors had been found.

Norwegian

NTB


Input: The Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev 154 flight from Moscow, carrying 129 passengers and a crew of 12, crashed in bad weather 10 km (six miles) east of Longyearbyen, the island's only airstrip, officials said.

Vnukovo Airlines

Tupolev 154

Moscow

Longyearbyen


Input: First rescuers arrived shortly after 1 p.m. (1100 GMT) and reported soon afterwards that most of the three-engine jet's wreckage was scattered around the top of the small Opera mountain while the rest had slid down the mountainside.

GMT

Opera


Input: Air traffic officials said they had lost contact with the flight, scheduled to arrive at around 10.15 a.m. (0815 GMT), shortly before it was due to land.

GMT


Input: Spitzbergen is a Norwegian coal-mining settlement.

Spitzbergen

Norwegian


Input: The only other community is in the Russian village of Barentsburg.

Russian

Barentsburg


Input: Russia and Norway share the island's resources under a treaty dating back to the 1920s.

Russia

Norway


Input: Galeforce winds and heavy rains batter Belgium.

Belgium


Input: BRUSSELS 1996-08-29

BRUSSELS


Input: Torrential rains and galeforce winds battered Belgium on Thursday causing widespread damage as some areas had more rainfall in 24 hours than they normally get in a month, the meteorological office said.

Belgium


Input: Cellars were flooded, trees uprooted and roofs damaged, but there were no reports of any injuries, an interior affairs ministry spokesman said.


Input: Some trains were delayed as fallen trees blocked lines.


Input: Brussels received 5.6 cm (2.24 inches) of water in the past 24 hours -- compared to an average 7.4 cm (2.96 inches) per month -- but in several communes in the south of the country up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) fell, the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMT) said.

Brussels

Royal Meteorological Institute

RMT


Input: The RMT spokesman said that near the eastern city of Turnhout, a group of boy scouts camping in a low-lying meadow had to be evacuated as water flooded their tents.

RMT

Turnhout


Input: The rain also severely hindered Belgian investigators' excavations in the southern village of Jumet, where they are looking for bodies in one of the houses of the main character in a paedophile sex-and-murder scandal.

Belgian

Jumet


Input: But the coastal towns got off lightly as the flooding that had been expected due to a combination of spring tides and high winds failed to materialise.


Input: Repsol shares up 65 pesetas on H1 results.

Repsol


Input: MADRID 1996-08-29

MADRID


Input: Shares in Spanish oil and chemicals group Repsol were up 65 pesetas to 4,150 after the company announced net first half profits fell 1.1 percent to 61.45 billion pesetas on the previous year.

Spanish

Repsol


Input: This was close to the market's forecast of net profits of 61.94 billion.


Input: Shares in Repsol shot up 100 pesetas to 4,175 shortly after the figures, having traded down 10 pesetas before the figures were released.

Repsol


Input: " It's madness, " said an analyst at a Madrid brokerage, adding that the market had overreacted to the news. "

Madrid


Input: People were waiting for the results to come out before buying.


Input: The rise has been very quick and very crazy. "


Input: He predicted a correction, perhaps as early as this session.


Input: -- Madrid Newsroom +34 1 585 2161

Madrid Newsroom


Input: Algeria forces kill guerrillas-papers.

Algeria


Input: PARIS 1996-08-29

PARIS


Input: Algerian security forces killed four Moslem guerrillas on Tuesday in a village south of the capital Algiers, an Algerian newspaper said on Thursday.

Algerian

Moslem

Algerian

Algiers


Input: The armed militants were shot dead in Nahar village 90 km (56 miles) south of Algiers, Liberte newspaper said.

Nahar

Algiers

Liberte


Input: Security forces also killed an unspecified number of members of a rebel gang on Wednesday in the Leveilly suburb of Algiers, Le Matin newspaper reported.

Leveilly

Algiers

Le Matin


Input: An estimated 50,000 people, mostly Moslem militants and security forces members, have been killed in violence pitting Moslem guerrillas against government forces since early 1992, when authorities cancelled a general election in which Islamists had taken a commanding lead.

Moslem

Moslem

Islamists


Input: Finns hold two men on child sex-abuse charges.

Finns


Input: HELSINKI 1996-08-29

HELSINKI


Input: Finnish police said on Thursday they had arrested two men suspected of sexually abusing a captive 13-year-old girl, but did not believe the case was linked to others in Europe.

Finnish

Europe


Input: The men, both Finns aged about 40, were arrested last Saturday in the western town of Tampere in a raid on a luxury boat owned by one of them.

Finns

Tampere


Input: The girl was being held on the boat and had sought help from a passer-by, police chief inspector Ilkka Laasonen said.

Ilkka Laasonen


Input: " This is an individual case and I don't have any evidence linking the suspects to any other cases, " Laasonen said.

Laasonen


Input: The girl was taken to hospital.


Input: The men could face charges carrying up to six to 10 years in prison, he said.


Input: Witnesses had reported seeing many young women and some girls who looked clearly underage at parties around the boat in recent weeks, the daily newspaper Iltalehti said.

Iltalehti


Input: Audi CEO says expects no 96 currency impact.

Audi


Input: INGOLSTADT 1996-08-29

INGOLSTADT


Input: Audi AG management board chairman Herbert Demel said on Thursday that the German luxury carmaker, a unit of Volkswagen AG, did not expect any burden on its 1996 results from currency market volatility.

Audi AG

Volkswagen AG

Herbert Demel

German


Input: " We do not expect any burden on our 1996 results from currency markets, " Demel told Reuters in an interview.

Demel

Reuters


Input: Audi would have been able to report a profit 300 million marks higher in 1995 if exchange rates had stayed the same as in 1994, Demel had told a shareholder meeting last April.

Audi

Demel


Input: Demel said the carmaker had hedged about half of its currency risk for 1996.

Demel


Input: -- John Gilardi, Frankfurt Newsroom, +49 69 756525

John Gilardi

Frankfurt Newsroom


Input: KEKKILA SEES FULL-YR 1996 PROFIT VS LOSS.

KEKKILA


Input: HELSINKI 1996-08-29

HELSINKI


Input: Fertilisers and saplings maker Kekkila Oy said on Thursday in a statement it expected a falling result trend in the latter half of the year, but a full-year profit was nevertheless likely.

Kekkila Oy


Input: " Due to natural seasonal fluctuations in operations, the end-year result trend will be falling, but based on the early year result trend a profitable result is likely to be achieved, " Kekkila said in its January-June interim report.

Kekkila


Input: In 1995, Kekkila reported a 5.6 million markka loss before extraordinary items and tax.

Kekkila


Input: In the first half, Kekkila posted a 6.1 million markka profit, up from 0.7 million.

Kekkila


Input: -- Helsinki Newsroom +358-0-680 50 245

Helsinki Newsroom


Input: INTERVIEW-T&N untroubled by margin pressure.

INTERVIEW-T&N


Input: LONDON 1996-08-29

LONDON


Input: The chairman of British-based components and engineering group T&N Plc said on Thursday the firm remained confident about the general prospects for its operating margins despite pressure from unsettled markets.

British-based

T&N Plc


Input: In an interview following its first-half results, which included a less optimistic forecast for the second half of this year than it had made in the past, Sir Colin Hope said T&N had taken defensive action to protect it from patchy markets.

Colin Hope

T&N


Input: Looking at market prospects, he said: " I think our best judgment at this stage is that it will probably bumble along in the rather mixed way it's been in the first half. "


Input: " It's very difficult to predict the market (trend) this year.


Input: It could be better, or it could be worse, " Hope added, echoing the demand uncertainty across automotive industries.

Hope


Input: " You can see anxieties in Germany and France, in particular, beginning to grow and develop.

Germany

France


Input: America, however, is looking a little better, " he said.

America


Input: Compared with the end of last year, when T&N predicted a sluggish first half and a rebound later in 1996, Hope said: " I think the difference (now) is the first half has not actually been as bad as some felt it was going to be, but equally we're certainly not predicting a recovery in the second half. "

T&N

Hope


Input: Against this background, Hope said the group was glad it had rationalised and destocked even though this had pressed margins, which had slipped to 9.5 percent from 11.3 percent a year ago.

Hope


Input: " I think the figure of 9.5 percent on the first half, when you consider the fact that we've been destocking, the fairly mixed customer demand, and the fact that we sold the (southern African) mines actually is not bad.

African


Input: " It does show how easily we should be able to bounce back over 10 percent again, " he added, saying: " We continue to feel very relaxed about our general view that we would average 10 percent profit margins over the cycle. "


Input: " We've always taken the view that we are the sort of company that's quite capable of working in difficult circumstances -- we're rather used to it.


Input: And we feel very confident that we're doing all the right things, " Hope said.

Hope


Input: " When the (profit) figures will bounce back up again is just a function of markets recovering just a fraction, " he added.


Input: Commenting on the continued struggle to get control of German piston maker Kolbenschmidt, which has been hampered by regulatory obstacles, Hope said T&N's confidence " continues to improve " that it may eventually be able to proceed.

German

Kolbenschmidt

T&N

Hope


Input: -- Andrew Huddart, London Newsroom, +44 171 542 8716

Andrew Huddart

London Newsroom


Input: Earthquake jolts New Zealands South Island.

New Zealands

South Island


Input: WELLINGTON 1996-08-29

WELLINGTON


Input: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook New Zealands upper South Island on Thursday but there were no reports of injuries, Television New Zealand said.

Richter

New Zealands

South Island

Television New Zealand


Input: It said the quake, centred near the small town of Waiau, was strongly felt in the cities of Nelson and Christchurch.

Waiau

Nelson

Christchurch


Input: Some minor damage had been reported in the spa town of Hanmer.

Hanmer


Input: New Zealand is prone to frequent earthquakes but they rarely cause major damage.

New Zealand


Input: The country has only 3.5 million people in an area about the size of Britain or Japan.

Britain

Japan


Input: Hong Kong's Tsang sees growth, smooth transition.

Hong Kong

Tsang


Input: Mark Trevelyan

Mark Trevelyan


Input: WELLINGTON 1996-08-29

WELLINGTON


Input: Hong Kong Financial Secretary Donald Tsang said on Thursday he expected the territory's economy to keep growing at around five percent but with some fluctuations from year to year.

Hong Kong

Donald Tsang


Input: Tsang, who made the remarks during a visit to New Zealand, also spoke strongly in favour of keeping the Hong Kong dollar pegged to its U.S. counterpart, and said negotiations with China on next year's budget were going smoothly.

Tsang

New Zealand

Hong Kong

U.S.

China


Input: Hong Kong's economy grew by only 3.1 percent in the first quarter, down from 5.9 percent a year earlier, and some private sector economists have revised downwards their predictions for the 1996 year.

Hong Kong


Input: Second quarter growth estimates will be released when the Hong Kong government issues its half-yearly economic report on Friday.

Hong Kong


Input: " Our trend growth rate of five percent in real terms is pretty solid, " Tsang told a news conference after meeting New Zealand Finance Minister Bill Birch.

Tsang

Bill Birch

New Zealand


Input: " There will be fluctuations in individual years, but it won't be a big margin, " he said.


Input: He said inflation was under control and the Hong Kong dollar was " rock solid ".

Hong Kong


Input: Its link to the U.S. dollar had proved an engine of growth for the past 12 years.

U.S.


Input: " There's absolutely no economic or financial or political reason for us to change.


Input: A lot of investment in Hong Kong, some of which (is) by China, is predicated on the link continuing. "

Hong Kong

China


Input: Britain will hand over Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty at midnight on June 30, 1997.

Britain

Hong Kong

Chinese


Input: Tsang said three sets of meetings with Chinese authorities on Hong Kong's 1997-98 budget, which will span the transition period, had gone smoothly. "

Tsang

Chinese

Hong Kong


Input: None of our basic precepts have been challenged. "


Input: Hong Kong will retain its own currency after the handover, run its own financial and monetary policy and have control over its own foreign exchange reserves.

Hong Kong


Input: It will have no duty to contribute any taxes to Beijing, Tsang said.

Beijing

Tsang


Input: He described the condition of the property market as " very good indeed ".


Input: " You know, we went through a little climb and a little trough over the last few years.


Input: Because of speculation in the market we introduced certain measures, but they are not draconian measures, and we brought it down to earth. "


Input: Tsang said the market would continue to appreciate because property and land were scarce.

Tsang


Input: The government would put land on the market to stop rentals " going through the roof ", but this would mean reclamation, with possible environmental problems.


Input: " There will be on the whole a slightly upward climb, consistent with our economic growth rate, " he said in reference to the property market.


Input: Tsang, the third senior figure in the government after the governor and chief secretary, said his stated aim was to serve as financial secretary for two years under British rule and three years under China.

Tsang

British

China


Input: Taiwan dollar ends higher, narrow trade seen.

Taiwan


Input: TAIPEI 1996-08-29

TAIPEI


Input: The Taiwan dollar closed slightly firmer on Thursday amid tight Taiwan dollar liquidity in the banking system, and dealers said the rate was likely to move narrowly in the near term.

Taiwan

Taiwan


Input: The Taiwan dollar fell in early trade on month-end U.S. dollar demand, but the downtrend was later reversed as Taiwan dollar liquidity tightened. "

Taiwan

U.S.

Taiwan


Input: Banks do not want to hold big U.S. dollar positions at this moment, " said one dealer, adding that the rate was likely to hover around current levels.

U.S.


Input: The rate closed at T$ 27.482 against Wednesday's T$ 27.495.

T$

T$


Input: Turnover was US$ 275 million.

US$


Input: -- Joyce Liu (2-5080815)

Joyce Liu


Input: SIMEX Nikkei ends down but off lows.

SIMEX Nikkei


Input: SINGAPORE 1996-08-29

SINGAPORE


Input: Simex Nikkei futures ended easier but off the day's lows on Thursday.

Simex Nikkei


Input: Dealers said selling in the session was a follow-through from Wednesday's gloomy Tankan corporate report by the Bank of Japan.

Tankan

Bank of Japan


Input: " The Nikkei is testing support at the 20,500 level.

Nikkei


Input: Sentiment is a bit gloomy because people are focusing on the weak recovery in the economy at the moment, " said a dealer with a European bank.

European


Input: September Nikkei settled at 20,605 after touching an intraday low of 20,530 against its previous close of 20,725.

Nikkei


Input: Volume was 19,560 contracts.


Input: Dealers said technically, the index should see good support at 20,300 and the upside should be capped at 21,000.


Input: -- Doreen Siow 65-8703092

Doreen Siow


Input: Siam Commercial wins agency bond auctions.

Siam Commercial


Input: BANGKOK 1996-08-29

BANGKOK


Input: A consortium led by Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank Plc has secured at auction the right to sell two state agency bond issues worth a combined 3.73 billion baht, an official at the bank said on Thursday.

Thailand

Siam Commercial Bank Plc


Input: The Government Housing Bank will issue bonds worth three billion baht and the metropolitan Waterworks Authority will issue bonds worth 730 million, an investment banker at Siam Commercial Bank told Reuters.

Government Housing Bank

Waterworks Authority

Siam Commercial Bank

Reuters


Input: The consortium, made up of eight financial institutions, offered an annual interest rate of 8.46 percent for both issues, he said.


Input: Both state agency bonds will have seven-year maturity and will be issued on September 5, he said.


Input: -- Bangkok newsroom (662) 652-0642

Bangkok


Input: M'bishi Gas sets terms on 7-year straight.

M'bishi Gas


Input: TOKYO 1996-08-29

TOKYO


Input: BORROWER-Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Ltd

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Ltd


Input: LEAD MGR-Nomura Securities Co Ltd

Nomura Securities Co Ltd


Input: FISCAL AGENT-Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank

Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank


Input: TYPE straight bond ISSUE NO 13 AMT 10 bln yen


Input: COUPON 2.95% ISS PRICE MATURITY 5.


Input: LAST MOODY'S PAY DATE 5.

MOODY'S


Input: FIRST INT PAY 5.


Input: Mar.97 INT PAY 5.


Input: Mar/Sep


Input: LAST S&P SIGN DATE SUB DATE 5.

S&P


Input: LAST JCR LAST JBRI A LAST NIS


Input: S. Korea Daewoo, Dacom units in Polish telecom JV.

S. Korea

Daewoo

Dacom

Polish


Input: SEOUL 1996-08-29

SEOUL


Input: South Korea's Daewoo Corp, unlisted Daewoo Information Systems Co Ltd, Dacom Corp and Dacom International have set up a joint venture to offer telecommunications services in Poland.

South Korea

Poland

Daewoo Corp

Daewoo Information Systems Co Ltd

Dacom Corp

Dacom International


Input: Daewoo Dacom Communications (Poland) Ltd, which was set up with an initial investment of $1.0 million, is expected to have sales of $60 million by the year 2000, a Daewoo statement said on Thursday ..

Daewoo Dacom Communications

Ltd

Daewoo

Poland


Input: Daewoo Corp will take a 31 percent stake in the venture, Dacom International 25 percent, Dacom 24 percent, and Daewoo Information 20 percent, the statement said.

Daewoo Corp

Dacom International

Dacom

Daewoo Information


Input: Daewoo Corp and Daewoo Information are units of Daewoo Group.

Daewoo Corp

Daewoo Information

Daewoo Group


Input: -- Seoul Newsroom (822) 727 5644

Seoul Newsroom


Input: Salomon & Taylor-96/97 div forecast.

Salomon & Taylor


Input: TOKYO 1996-08-29

TOKYO


Input: Year to March 31, 1997


Input: (in billions of yen unless specified)


Input: LATEST ACTUAL


Input: (Parent) FORECAST YEAR-AGO


Input: Ord div 10.00 yen 8.00 yen


Input: -Commem div-2.00 yen


Input: NOTE-Salomon & Taylor Made Co Ltd manufactures golf clubs and sells ski equipment.

Salomon & Taylor Made Co Ltd


Input: Indonesia plays down U.S. consulate attack.

Indonesia

U.S.


Input: JAKARTA 1996-08-29

JAKARTA


Input: Indonesia sought on Thursday to play down a fire bomb attack on a U.S. consulate earlier this week, saying it was being treated as a criminal rather than a political act, the official Antara news agency said.

Indonesia

U.S.

Antara


Input: The police are still investigating the incident.


Input: It is evident the happening is not politically motivated but just an ordinary criminal act, the news agency quoted East Java military commander Major-General Utomo as saying.

East Java

Utomo


Input: The Tuesday morning attack on the consulate in Indonesias second largest city of Surabaya, caused slight damage to a guard house before being quickly extinguished, a spokesman at the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, 700 km (430 miles) west of Surabaya, said on Wednesday.

Indonesias

Surabaya

U.S.

Jakarta

Surabaya


Input: No one was injures, he said.


Input: Nobody should try and exaggerate it by calling it a bomb because it was just a molotov cocktail, Utomo said.

Utomo


Input: He said police were investigating the incident and patrols around diplomatic offices in Surabaya would be stepped up.

Surabaya


Input: Airport Facilities-6mth parent forecast.

Airport Facilities


Input: TOKYO 1996-08-29

TOKYO


Input: Six months to September 30, 1996


Input: (in billions of yen unless specified)


Input: LATEST PREVIOUS ACTUAL


Input: (Parent) FORECAST FORECAST YEAR-AGO


Input: Sales 11.38 11.38 11.45


Input: Current 1.09 1.09 918 million


Input: Net 934 million 490 million 538 million


Input: NOTE-Airport Facilities Co Ltd manages and rents facilities at Haneda (Tokyo) and Itami (Osaka) airports.

Airport Facilities Co Ltd

Haneda

Tokyo

Itami

Osaka


Input: HK civil servants contest ban on China panel.

HK

China


Input: HONG KONG 1996-08-29

HONG KONG


Input: Senior Hong Kong civil servants were given the go-ahead on Thursday to challenge a government ban on them standing for the Beijing-backed panel to choose the territory's first post-handover leader and lawmakers.

Hong Kong

Beijing-backed


Input: The Supreme Court ruled that a judicial hearing contesting the ban would be heard on September 11, three days before the nomination period for the Selection Committee closes.

Supreme Court

Selection Committee


Input: The government maintains the ban, announced earlier this month, is necessary to avoid a possible conflict of interest because civil servants are involved in determining government policy.


Input: Civil servants argue the ban stymies their political rights.


Input: The 400-strong Selection Committee will select Hong Kong's future chief executive to replace the British governor and a provisional legislature to take over from the elected chamber which Beijing plans to dissolve.

Selection Committee

Hong Kong

Beijing

British


Input: Hong Kong, a British colony for more than 150 years, will be handed back to China at midnight on June 30 next year.

Hong Kong

China

British


Input: China intends to dismantle the territory's first fully-elected legislature because it opposes Britain's recent electoral reforms and install an interim appointed chamber, a decision that has generated considerable controversy.

China

Britain


Input: The judicial review sought by directorate-grade bureaucrats will apply to only about 1,000 of the approximately 33,000 civil servants affected.


Input: Police unions are not contesting the ban, which affects all 27,000 officers, and nor are the very top tier of Hong Kong's mandarin class, the policy secretaries.

Hong Kong


Input: More than 16,000 application forms for places on the Selection Committee have been handed out since the nomination period opened.

Selection Committee


Input: It closes on September 14.


Input: Singapore Refining Company expected to shut CDU 3.

Singapore Refining Company

CDU 3


Input: SINGAPORE 1996-08-29

SINGAPORE


Input: Singapore Refining Company (SRC) is expected to shutdown its 60,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit (CDU) in September, an industry source said on Thursday.

Singapore Refining Company

SRC

CDU


Input: " They think something is stuck, " the source said. "


Input: But nothing has been decided as they are still waiting for an X-ray machine to determine the problem. "


Input: The source said the problem was discovered during the past month during which time CDU No.3's production has varied from maximum capacity of 60,000 bpd to as low as 40,000 bpd, depending on the crude being run.

CDU No.3


Input: " We are having a lot of problems, " said a source.


Input: An earlier problem with CDU No.

CDU No.


Input: 3 arose on July 24 when an industry source said the CDU would be closed down briefly in August for repairs to a heat exchanger.

CDU


Input: But by mid-August, a company spokesman said repairs had been carried out without any shutdown.


Input: The 285,000 bpd SRC refinery is co-owned by the Singapore Petroleum Company, British Petrolem and Caltex, the joint-venture of U.S. majors Chevron Corp and Texaco Inc.

SRC

Singapore Petroleum Company

British Petrolem

Caltex

Chevron Corp

Texaco Inc

U.S.


Input: -- Singapore Newsroom (+65-8703086)

Singapore Newsroom


Input: Loxley H1 net rises to 332.66 mln baht.

Loxley


Input: BANGKOK 1996-08-29

BANGKOK


Input: Reviewed financial results for the first six months ended June 30, 1996.


Input: (in millions of baht unless stated)


Input: Six months


Input: 1996 1995


Input: Shr (baht) 8.32 vs 6.66


Input: Net 332.66 vs 266.37


Input: NOTES: Second quarter figures not available.


Input: Full name of company is Loxley Publications Plc.

Loxley Publications Plc


Input: -- Bangkok newsroom 662-252-9950

Bangkok


Input: INDICATORS-Spain-updated August 29.

Spain


Input: INDICATORS-monthly MTH/MTH PVS YR-AGO INDEX TOTAL


Input: CPI (%) Jul +0.1-0.1 +0.0 119.3**-


Input: Yr/yr Inflation (%) +3.7 +3.6 +4.7 119.3-


Input: Core Inflation +0.1 +0,2 +0,2--


Input: Yr/yr rise +3.5 +3.6 +5.2--


Input: JOBLESS (INEM) Jul-63,913-33,149-65,345-2.17M


Input: Rate (%) 13.67 14.15 15.19--


Input: BALANCE OF PAYMENTS


Input: Trade (bln pts) May-196.8-180.6-279.9--


Input: Cur Acc (bln pts) May-9.5-42.0-110.4--


Input: RESERVES ($MLN) Jul +1,161 +400.9 +310.4-54,703.0


Input: PRODUCER PRICES (%) Jun-0.2 +0.1 +0.2 119.6**-


Input: Yr/yr rise (%) +1.2 +1.5 +7.1 119.6-


Input: INDUSTRIAL PROD.


Input: May-----


Input: Yr/yr figures (%)-3.2 +1.0 +9.8 108.4**-


Input: M4 MONEY SUPPLY (%) Jul +2.6 +4.2R +10.8--


Input: Total M4 adj.


Input: (trln pts)----75.912


Input: TRADE BALANCE


Input: Exports (bln pts) Jun 1,100.7 1,164.1 988.2--


Input: Imports (bln pts) May 1,315.7 1,433.4 1,236.5--


Input: Deficit/surplus May-215.0-269.3-248.3--


Input: Deficit yr to date-1,334.0-1,119.0-1,420.9--


Input: GOVT.BUDGET (bln pts) Govt.Fcast 96


Input: Deficit/surplus Jul +282.1-380.6 +230.4-


Input: Def.


Input: /surplus to date-1,184.0-1,466.1-1,456.7-2.6 trln


Input: INDICATORS-quarterly QUARTER PVS QTR YR-AGO--


Input: EPA Q2 +168,130 +31,230 +167,330 12.3 million


Input: GDP


Input: Yr-yr (%) Q1 +1.9 +2.3R +3.4--


Input: Absolute amount (trln pts) 18.1 17.8 16.9-69.7


Input: INTEREST RATES Latest rate Pvs rate Date changed


Input: Key rate (%) 7.25 7.50 04/06/96


Input: NOTES-Bank of Spain announces balance of payments.

Bank of Spain


Input: Jobless figures are registered unemployed at labour ministry.


Input: Trade data are customs-cleared, published by economy ministry.


Input: Latest M4, currency reserves, industrial production data are provisional.


Input: GDP figures are quarterly on annualised basis.


Input: EPA-Quarterly survey of employment levels (INE).

EPA


Input: Data give variation in employed persons, in thousands.


Input: Last column-TOTAL- is latest for jobless and accumulated for the rest (GDP total amount corresponds to 1995).


Input: Government budget figures relate to central government finances only.


Input: **General Consumer Price Index (100=1992), Producer Prices Index and Industrial Production Index (100=1990).

**General Consumer Price Index

Producer Prices Index

Industrial Production Index


Input: PRESS DIGEST-Spain-Aug 29.

Spain


Input: Headlines from major national newspapers.


Input: Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Reuters


Input: EL PAIS

EL PAIS


Input: -Judge accuses government of obstructing investigation into Lasa-Zabala (two of GAL victims) case

Lasa-Zabala

GAL


Input: EL MUNDO

EL MUNDO


Input: -Government wants to charge for prescriptions and some medical services


Input: DIARIO 16

DIARIO 16


Input: -Judge Javier Gomez de Liano says government is obstructing justice

Javier Gomez de Liano


Input: ABC

ABC


Input: -Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, positive assessment

Jose Maria Aznar


Input: CINCO DIAS

CINCO DIAS


Input: -BCH in the hive of Chilean pensions

BCH

Chilean


Input: EXPANSION

EXPANSION


Input: -Coopers and Lybrand emigrates to Basque Country for fiscal reasons

Coopers and Lybrand

Basque Country


Input: GACETA DE LOS NEGOCIOS

GACETA DE LOS NEGOCIOS


Input: -Government and Catalan nationalists set the scene for budget negotiations

Catalan


Input: Lenzing expects negative results in H2.

Lenzing


Input: VIENNA 1996-08-29

VIENNA


Input: Austrian viscose fibre maker Lenzing AG said on Thursday it expected to post negative group results in the second half of the year after posting losses in the first six months.

Austrian

Lenzing AG


Input: " A preview of the second half of 1996 does not reveal any signs of a significant improvement in market conditions, " Lenzing said in a statement released ahead of its earnings conference.

Lenzing


Input: For the first six months of the year, Lenzing said it posted a group pre-tax loss of 84.5 million schillings from a profit of 160 million in the year-ago period.

Lenzing


Input: The group attributed the first-half losses to weak demand and falling prices of viscose fibres, as well as sluggish economies in the West.

West


Input: -- Julia Ferguson, Vienna newsroom, +431 53112 274

Julia Ferguson

Vienna


Input: Algeria faults Britain over Islamists gathering.

Algeria

Britain

Islamists


Input: PARIS 1996-08-28

PARIS


Input: Algeria, fighting a vicious war against Moslem fundamentalist guerrillas, attacked Britain on Wednesday for allowing Islamist groups to meet in London.

Algeria

Britain

London

Moslem

Islamist


Input: The Islamist gathering, due to be held in London on September 8, has triggered concern and anger in several other Arab countries like Egypt which is also fighting armed Moslem fundamentalists.

Islamist

Arab

Moslem

London

Egypt


Input: British Jewish groups have also voiced protest because they said Palestinian Islamist Hamas as well as the banned Algerian Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) are among those radical Islamists attending the conference.

British Jewish

Palestinian Islamist

Algerian

Islamists

Hamas

Islamic Salvation Front

FIS


Input: A foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement read on Algerian television that Algeria " has received with concern the information over a meeting of terrorist groups working against the interests of the Arab and Islamic world. "

Algerian

Arab

Islamic

Algeria


Input: " Algeria expresses its sharp rejection of a meeting putting together masterminds and ideologists and financers of terrorism, " the spokesman said, adding the Algerian government has asked the British embassy in Algiers for clarifications.

Algeria

Algiers

Algerian

British


Input: The Algerian ambassador in London has also asked for clarification from the Foreign Office over the meeting of Islamist groups.

Algerian

Islamist

London

Foreign Office


Input: Algeria said " they are clearly working to undermine the stability " of Arab countries.

Algeria

Arab


Input: British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said on Tuesday from Pakistan his government would only take action against the planned Islamists gathering in London if British law was broken.

British

Islamists

British

Malcolm Rifkind

Pakistan

London


Input: " People who wish to hold conferences of course don't need to seek permission from the government in Britain, " he said.

Britain


Input: An estimated 50,000 people, including more than 110 foreigners, have been killed in Algeria's violence pitting Moslem rebels against government forces since early 1992 when authorities in Algeria cancelled a general election in which FIS had taken a commanding lead.

Algeria

Algeria

Moslem

FIS


Input: OFFICIAL JOURNAL CONTENTS-OJ L 218 OF AUGUST 28, 1996.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL

OJ


Input: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1676/96 of 30 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code END OF DOCUMENT.

Commission Regulation

No 1676/96

Regulation

No 2454/93

Council Regulation

No 2913/92

Community Customs Code

EC

EEC

EEC


Input: Wall Street ponders Rubin's role if Clinton wins.

Wall Street

Rubin

Clinton


Input: Donna Sells

Donna Sells


Input: NEW YORK

NEW YORK


Input: The outcome of the November elections emerged as a hot topic on Wall Street this week as financial pundits debated whether Robert Rubin might forgo a second term as Treasury secretary if President Clinton is re-elected.

Wall Street

Robert Rubin

Clinton

Treasury


Input: Concern centred on the currency markets since Rubin's tour de force has been his unflagging support of the dollar.

Rubin


Input: Speculation that Rubin might not stay in his post grew after he sidestepped questions about any future Cabinet post during television interviews at the Democratic convention in Chicago this week.

Rubin

Cabinet

Democratic

Chicago


Input: Should Rubin leave, Wall Street would worry that he might take his strong-dollar policy with him.

Rubin

Wall Street


Input: Rubin's predecessor at the Treasury, Lloyd Bentsen, was viewed with suspicion by some in the financial markets who thought he had tried to push down the dollar to gain an edge in trade negotiations with Japan.

Rubin

Lloyd Bentsen

Treasury

Japan


Input: " Obviously, under the Clinton administration, we've seen two distinctively different dollar policies, " said Chris Widness, an international economist at Chase Securities Inc. " Under Rubin, the U.S. has certainly looked for a strong dollar. "

Clinton

Chris Widness

Rubin

Chase Securities Inc.

U.S.


Input: That strategy, backed up by timely instances of joint central bank intervention, helped the dollar battle back from post-Second World War lows of 1.3438 German marks on March 8, 1995, and 79.75 Japanese yen on April 19, 1995.

post-Second World War

German

Japanese


Input: Currently, the dollar stands at about 1.48 marks and 109 yen.


Input: Rubin was widely hailed as the architect of the dollar's comeback, using skills and expertise gained in 26 years on Wall Street, part of which were spent as co-chairman of Goldman, Sachs and Co.

Rubin

Wall Street

Goldman, Sachs and Co.


Input: Inc.

Inc


Input: " Rubin has done a fine job in that position, " said Michael Faust, a portfolio manager at Bailard, Biehl and Kaiser, which manages just under $1 billion in global stocks and bonds.

Rubin

Michael Faust

Bailard, Biehl and Kaiser


Input: " Anyone who would come in there to replace him would have awfully big shoes to fill. "


Input: Fear that a new Treasury secretary might favour a return to Bentsen-era policy could spell trouble for financial markets.

Treasury

Bentsen-era


Input: Some overseas investors might shy away from buying U.S. stocks and bonds or even sell them when the dollar is weakening.

U.S.


Input: As for U.S. Treasury securities, Widness explained that Alan Greenspan's reappointment as chairman of the Federal Reserve and the outlook for the federal budget were more important than whether Rubin continues at the Treasury.

U.S. Treasury

Federal Reserve

Treasury

Widness

Alan Greenspan

Rubin


Input: " Although, if we did get someone that was seen as looking for a dollar depreciation, it would probably hurt capital flows to the United States, " said Widness, adding that could hurt U.S. stocks and, to a lesser degree, bonds.

United States

U.S.

Widness


Input: Still, markets may have little to fear from any Rubin successor because the firm dollar policy has yielded positive results.

Rubin


Input: If that is true, then any new Treasury chief would need to be as effective as Rubin in convincing markets that the White House does indeed want a strong currency.

Treasury

Rubin

White House


Input: " If he left, the first question people would ask the next guy is,' What's your view on the dollar?'


Input: " said Michael Perelstein, portfolio manager of MainStay International Funds.

Michael Perelstein

MainStay International Funds


Input: " And all I can say as a piece of advice is that they'd better say exactly the same thing (as Rubin), if not stronger, " Perelstein said. "

Rubin

Perelstein


Input: Otherwise, you get selling out of Tokyo and Frankfurt again. "

Tokyo

Frankfurt


Input: SOCCER-AUSTRIA BEAT SCOTLAND 4-0 IN EUROPEAN UNDER-21 MATCH.

AUSTRIA

SCOTLAND

EUROPEAN


Input: AMSTETTEN, Austria 1996-08-30

AMSTETTEN

Austria


Input: Austria beat Scotland 4-0 (halftime 3-0) in a European under-21 championship match on Friday.

Austria

Scotland

European


Input: Scorers: Ewald Brenner (5th minute), Mario Stieglmair (42nd), Ronald Brunmayr (43rd and 56th).

Ewald Brenner

Mario Stieglmair

Ronald Brunmayr


Input: Attendance: 800


Input: SOCCER-WALES BEAT SAN MARINO 4-0 IN UNDER-21 MATCH.

WALES

SAN MARINO


Input: BARRY, Wales 1996-08-30

BARRY

Wales


Input: Wales beat San Marino 4-0 (halftime 2-0) in a European under-21 soccer match on Friday.

Wales

San Marino

European


Input: Scorers:


Input: Wales-John Hartson (12th, 56th and 83rd minutes), Scott Young (24th)

Wales

John Hartson

Scott Young


Input: Attendance: 1,800


Input: CYCLING-BALLANGER KEEPS SPRINT TITLE IN STYLE.

BALLANGER


Input: Martin Ayres

Martin Ayres


Input: MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-30

MANCHESTER

England


Input: Felicia Ballanger of France confirmed her status as the world's number one woman sprinter when she retained her title at the world cycling championships on Friday.

Felicia Ballanger

France


Input: Ballanger beat Germany's Annett Neumann 2-0 in the best-of-three matches final to add the world title to the Olympic gold medal she won in July.

Ballanger

Annett Neumann

Germany

Olympic


Input: France also took third place in the sprint, Magali Faure defeating ex-world champion Tanya Dubnicoff of Canada 2-0.

France

Canada

Magali Faure

Tanya Dubnicoff


Input: Ballanger, 25, will be aiming to complete a track double when she defends her 500 metres time trial title on Saturday.

Ballanger


Input: The other final of the night, the women's 24-kms points race, also ended in success for the reigning champion.


Input: Russia's Svetlana Samokhalova fought off a spirited challenge from American Jane Quigley to take the title for a second year.

Russia

Svetlana Samokhalova

Jane Quigley

American


Input: Russia, the only nation to have two riders in the field, made full use of their numerical superiority.

Russia


Input: Goulnara Fatkoullina helped Samokhalova to build an unbeatable points lead before snatching the bronze medal.

Goulnara Fatkoullina

Samokhalova


Input: Quigley, a former medallist in the points event, led the race at half distance. "

Quigley


Input: I went so close this time, but having two riders certainly gave the Russians an advantage, " she said.

Russians


Input: The first six riders lapped the field, which left former world champion Ingrid Haringa of the Netherlands down in seventh place despite having the second highest points score.

Ingrid Haringa

Netherlands


Input: Olympic champion Nathalie Lancien of France also missed the winning attack and finished a disappointing 10th.

Olympic

Nathalie Lancien

France


Input: CYCLING-WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS.


Input: MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-30

MANCHESTER

England


Input: Results at the world track cycling championships on Friday:


Input: Women's sprint semifinals (best of three):


Input: Annett Neumann (Germany) beat Magali Faure (France) 2-0 (12.341 and 12.348 seconds for the last 200 metres)

Annett Neumann

Magali Faure

Germany

France


Input: Felicia Ballanger (France) beat Tanya Dubnicoff (Canada) 2-0, (12.130/12.124)

Felicia Ballanger

Tanya Dubnicoff

France

Canada


Input: Ride for third place:


Input: Faure beat Dubnicoff 2-0 (12.112/12.246)

Faure

Dubnicoff


Input: Final:


Input: Ballanger beat Neumann 2-0 (11.959/12.225)

Ballanger

Neumann


Input: Women's world points race championship (24-km):


Input: 1. Svetlana Samokhalova (Russia) 28 points (in 32

Svetlana Samokhalova

Russia


Input: minutes 31.081 seconds)


Input: 2. Jane Quigley (U.S.) 18 points

Jane Quigley

U.S.


Input: 3. Goulnara Fatkoullina (Russia) 16

Goulnara Fatkoullina

Russia


Input: 4. Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukraine) 11

Tatiana Stiajkina

Ukraine


Input: 5. Judith Arndt (Germany) 11

Judith Arndt

Germany


Input: 6. Tea Vikstedt-Nyman (Finland) 5

Tea Vikstedt-Nyman

Finland


Input: One lap behind:


Input: 7. Ingrid Haringa (Netherlands) 20

Ingrid Haringa

Netherlands


Input: 8. Sally Boyden (Britain) 9

Sally Boyden

Britain


Input: 9. Agnieszka Godras (Poland) 8

Agnieszka Godras

Poland


Input: 10. Nathalie Lancien (France) 8

Nathalie Lancien

France


Input: SOCCER-FRENCH DEFENDER KOMBOUARE JOINS ABERDEEN.

FRENCH

KOMBOUARE

ABERDEEN


Input: ABDERDEEN, Scotland 1996-08-30

ABDERDEEN

Scotland


Input: French central defender Antoine Kombouare has completed a 300,000 pounds sterling ($467,000) move to Aberdeen from Swiss club Sion, the Scottish premier division club said on Friday.

French

Swiss

Scottish

Antoine Kombouare

Aberdeen

Sion


Input: Kombouare has signed a two-year contract and will make his debut against Morton in the Scottish League Cup on Tuesday.

Kombouare

Morton

Scottish League Cup


Input: But he will be ineligible for the rest of Aberdeen's UEFA Cup campaign as he has already played for Sion in this season's Cup Winners' Cup.

Aberdeen

Sion

UEFA Cup

Cup Winners' Cup


Input: Aberdeen manager Roy Aitken said: " It's unfortunate for us that Antoine cannot play in Europe but he will help us achieve things in domestic competition.

Aberdeen

Roy Aitken

Antoine

Europe


Input: " I have been watching him for several weeks now and have no doubts he brings real quality to the side.


Input: He has a great deal of experience and I'm sure he will quickly establish himself in both the team and the affection of our fans. "


Input: The 32-year-old defender played seven seasons with Nantes and was with Paris St Germain for five seasons.

Nantes

Paris St Germain


Input: He said former PSG team mate David Ginola, who now plays for English premier league Newcastle, was influential in his move to Scotland.

PSG

Newcastle

David Ginola

English

Scotland


Input: " I'm a very good friend of David and spoke to him recently about coming to Aberdeen and he was very positive about it, " Kombouare said.

David

Kombouare

Aberdeen


Input: " He said I would really enjoy life there and that I would settle in in terms of football as well.


Input: That, and the fact he is only a few hours drive away, influenced my decision to come to Aberdeen. "

Aberdeen


Input: MOTORCYCLING-SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX PRACTICE TIMES.

SAN MARINO

GRAND PRIX


Input: IMOLA, Italy 1996-08-30

IMOLA

Italy


Input: Practice times set on Friday


Input: for Sunday's San Marino 500cc motorcycling Grand Prix:

San Marino

Grand Prix


Input: 1. Michael Doohan (Australia) Honda one minute 50.250

Michael Doohan

Australia

Honda


Input: 2. Jean-Michel Bayle (France) Yamaha 1:50.727

Jean-Michel Bayle

France

Yamaha


Input: 3. Norifumi Abe (Japan) Yamaha 1:50.858

Norifumi Abe

Japan

Yamaha


Input: 4. Luca Cadalora (Italy) Honda 1:51.006

Luca Cadalora

Italy

Honda


Input: 5. Alex Criville (Spain) Honda 1:51.075

Alex Criville

Spain

Honda


Input: 6. Scott Russell (United States) Suzuki 1:51.287

Scott Russell

United States

Suzuki


Input: 7. Tadayuki Okada (Japan) Honda 1:51.528

Tadayuki Okada

Japan

Honda


Input: 8. Carlos Checa (Spain) Honda 1:51.588

Carlos Checa

Spain

Honda


Input: 9. Alexandre Barros (Brazil) Honda 1:51.784

Alexandre Barros

Brazil

Honda


Input: 10. Shinichi Itoh (Japan) Honda 1:51.857

Shinichi Itoh

Japan

Honda


Input: GOLF-BRITISH MASTERS THIRD ROUND SCORES.

BRITISH MASTERS


Input: NORTHAMPTON, England 1996-08-30

NORTHAMPTON

England


Input: Leading scores after


Input: the third round of the British Masters on Friday:

British Masters


Input: 211 Robert Allenby (Australia) 69 71 71

Robert Allenby

Australia


Input: 212 Pedro Linhart (Spain) 72 73 67

Pedro Linhart

Spain


Input: 216 Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 75 70 71, Costantino Rocca

Miguel Angel Martin

Costantino Rocca

Spain


Input: (Italy) 71 73 72

Italy


Input: 217 Antoine Lebouc (France) 74 73 70, Ian Woosnam 70 76 71,

Antoine Lebouc

Ian Woosnam

France


Input: Francisco Cea (Spain) 70 71 76, Gavin Levenson (South

Francisco Cea

Gavin Levenson

Spain

South


Input: Africa) 66 75 76

Africa


Input: 218 Stephen McAllister 73 76 69, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 71 77

Stephen McAllister

Joakim Haeggman

Swe


Input: 70, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 69 78 71, Paul Eales 75 71 72,

Jose Coceres

Paul Eales

Argentina


Input: Klas Eriksson (Sweden) 71 75 72, Mike Clayton (Australia)

Klas Eriksson

Mike Clayton

Sweden

Australia


Input: 69 76 73, Mark Roe 69 71 78

Mark Roe


Input: 219 Eamonn Darcy (Ireland) 74 76 69, Bob May (U.S.) 74 75 70,

Eamonn Darcy

Bob May

Ireland

U.S.


Input: Paul Lawrie 72 75 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 74 72

Paul Lawrie

Miguel Angel Jimenez

Spain


Input: 73, Peter Mitchell 74 71 75, Philip Walton (Ireland) 71 74

Peter Mitchell

Philip Walton

Ireland


Input: 74, Peter O'Malley (Australia) 71 73 75

Peter O'Malley

Australia


Input: 220 Barry Lane 73 77 70, Wayne Riley (Australia) 71 78 71,

Barry Lane

Wayne Riley

Australia


Input: Martin Gates 71 77 72, Bradley Hughes (Australia) 73 75 72,

Martin Gates

Bradley Hughes

Australia


Input: Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 70 75 75, Retief Goosen (South

Peter Hedblom

Retief Goosen

Sweden

South


Input: Africa) 71 74 75, David Gilford 69 74 77.

Africa

David Gilford


Input: SOCCER-ENGLISH SOCCER RESULTS.

ENGLISH


Input: LONDON 1996-08-30

LONDON


Input: Results of English league matches

English


Input: on Friday:


Input: Division two


Input: Plymouth 2 Preston 1

Plymouth

Preston


Input: Division three


Input: Swansea 1 Lincoln 2

Swansea

Lincoln