Input: Glickman says USDA monitoring aflatoxin in Texas.

Glickman

USDA

Texas


Input: WASHINGTON 1996-08-23

WASHINGTON


Input: Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said the department was monitoring reports of aflatoxin found in corn in parts of Texas.

Dan Glickman

Texas


Input: " We're always concerned about aflatoxin but we're on top of it, " Glickman told reporters after addressing a USDA-sponsored farmers' market.

Glickman

USDA-sponsored


Input: " That's a perennial problem.


Input: It may be a little more problematic because of cold, wet conditions but we're on top of it, " the secretary said.


Input: Asked about reports Egypt has set new levels for a vomitoxin in its purchase of U.S. wheat, the secretary said " I don't know anything about it " but added that USDA officials were " looking at it. "

Egypt

U.S.

USDA


Input: Mass.

Mass


Input: governor has trouble winning home support.


Input: BOSTON 1996-08-23

BOSTON


Input: The 12-year-old daughter of Republican Gov.

Republican


Input: William Weld is working to stop his bid to win a U.S. Senate seat because she doesn't want to leave Massachusetts.

William Weld

U.S.

Massachusetts

Senate


Input: Weld conceded his 12-year-old daughter, Franny, is " a foot soldier " for Democratic incumbent Sen.

Weld

Franny

Democratic


Input: John Kerry, even though she isn't old enough to vote.

John Kerry


Input: Weld, speaking on WBUR-FM radio on Thursday, said he was facing a revolt from his daughter in part because she does not want to leave Cambridge, Massachusetts, and move to Washington.

Weld

WBUR-FM

Cambridge

Massachusetts

Washington


Input: He also said Franny Weld's best friend, Tracy Roosevelt, might have something to do with her politics.

Franny Weld

Tracy Roosevelt


Input: Tracy is the great-granddaughter of Democratic former President Franklin Roosevelt, and support for Democrats runs in the family.

Tracy

Democratic

Democrats

Franklin Roosevelt


Input: The Roosevelts are good friends of Weld and his wife, Susan Roosevelt Weld, a descendant of former President Theodore Roosevelt, who won the presidency as a Republican.

Roosevelts

Weld

Susan Roosevelt Weld

Theodore Roosevelt

Republican


Input: Lufthansa cargo Q2 load factor up 1.7 pct.

Lufthansa


Input: FRANKFURT 1996-08-23

FRANKFURT


Input: The following table shows Lufthansa Cargo AG second quarter 1996 results, based on figures published by Deutsche Lufthansa AG in-house newspaper

Lufthansa Cargo AG

Deutsche Lufthansa AG


Input: Lufthanseat.

Lufthanseat


Input: Available freight-tonne kilometres (million) 2,389 up 4 pct


Input: Revenue freight-tonne kilometres (million) 1,600 up 7 pct


Input: Freight load factor 67.0 up 1.7 pct pts


Input: Revenue from transport (Dm million) 820 up 2 pct

Dm


Input: Revenue from other services (Dm million) 14 down 26 pct

Dm


Input: Staff costs (Dm million) 116 up 8 pct

Dm


Input: Fuel costs (Dm million) 69 up 20 pct

Dm


Input: Flight-related fees (Dm million) 125 up 17 pct

Dm


Input: -Air Cargo Newsroom Tel+44 171 542 7706 Fax+44 171 542 5017

Air Cargo Newsroom


Input: WSC-India Rice Weather, Aug 23.

WSC-India


Input: SUMMARY- Showers 0.25-1.30 inch (6-33 mm) and locally heavier through much of India, 75 percent coverage.

India


Input: Isolated showers 0.20-0.70 inch (5-18 mm) in the north.


Input: Highs 82-96F (28-36C).


Input: CROP IMPACT- Conditions remain favorable for the development of rice in the region.


Input: FORECAST-


Input: TODAY ...


Input: Showers and rain 0.25-1.00 inch (6-25 mm) and locally heavier through most of central and south central India, up to 0.75 inch (19 mm) in 75 percent of north central India, and only isolated up to 0.50 inch (13 mm) elsewhere over India.

India

India

India


Input: Highs 82-96F (28-36C).


Input: TONIGHT ...


Input: Variable clouds in southern India with showers.

India


Input: Partly cloudy in northern India with a few light showers.

India


Input: Lows 68-76F (20-24C).


Input: TOMORROW ...


Input: Little change from today's weather expected.

Little


Input: OUTLOOK ...


Input: Numerous to scattered showers and thunderstorms in southern and central India, and isolated showers to the north Sunday through Tuesday.

India


Input: Temperatures near normal.


Input: Source: Weather Services Corporation

Weather Services Corporation


Input: Washington to curb Tamil support in U.S.-Sri Lanka.

Washington

U.S.

Sri Lanka

Tamil


Input: COLOMBO 1996-08-23

COLOMBO


Input: Sri Lanka said on Friday the United States had promised to stamp out any illegal activities on U.S. soil directed against the island's government.

Sri Lanka

United States

U.S.


Input: The Sri Lankan foreign ministry said in a statement: " The United States government sympathised with the current predicament Sri Lanka was facing. "

Sri Lankan

United States

Sri Lanka


Input: The statement said the U.S. government " would do all within its prevailing legal framework to prevent the use of American soil to perpetrate violence against the democratic government of Sri Lanka ".

U.S.

Sri Lanka

American


Input: It said the U.S. State Department's coordinator for counter terrorism, Philip Wilcox, had expressed Washington's support for the government when he visited Colombo this week.

U.S. State Department

Philip Wilcox

Washington

Colombo


Input: Colombo has said it believes Tamil rebels, fighting a 13-year war for independence against the government, finance their military activity through funds extorted from expatriate Sri Lankans in western countries such as the United States.

Colombo

United States

Tamil

Sri Lankans


Input: U.S. embassy officials in Colombo were not immediately available to comment on the report.

U.S.

Colombo


Input: Colombo estimates more than 50,000 people have been killed in the war between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels in the island's north and east.

Colombo

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam


Input: Nepal's king leaves on week-long visit to China.

Nepal

China


Input: KATHMANDU 1996-08-23

KATHMANDU


Input: King Birendra left Nepal on Friday for a week-long visit to China, his eighth since ascending the throne in 1972, officials said.

Birendra

Nepal

China


Input: The constitutional monarch, who last visited China in 1993, was scheduled to meet Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng during his visit, they said.

China

Chinese

Jiang Zemin

Li Peng


Input: Foreign ministry officials gave no details of the issues the king, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Prakash Chandra Lohani, would discuss with Chinese leaders.

Prakash Chandra Lohani

Chinese


Input: The Himalayan kingdom, sandwiched between China and India, has traditionally sought to maintain close cooperation with its giant neighbours, and an equal distance from the two.

Himalayan

China

India


Input: The 50-year old monarch was accompanied by Queen Aishwarya on a flight to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa.

Aishwarya

Tibetan

Lhasa


Input: The king will visit Chongqing before arriving in the Chinese capital, Beijing, early next week, officials said.

Chongqing

Beijing

Chinese


Input: Nepal man held for keeping child servant in chains.

Nepal


Input: KATHMANDU 1996-08-23

KATHMANDU


Input: Nepali police said on Friday they arrested a man who allegedly kept a child servant bound in chains so that he would not run away when his employer was out to work.

Nepali


Input: Madhusudan Munakarmi was arrested on Thursday after his neighbours informed police about the plight of 12-year old Dhiraj K.C., who told police his employer used to tie him up with iron chains and locks concealed under his clothes.

Madhusudan Munakarmi

Dhiraj K.C.


Input: The neighbours in Kathmandu called the police when they saw Dheeraj, employed by the man for the past nine months, limping because of the chains.

Kathmandu

Dheeraj


Input: " I feared he would flee from work or steal my belongings, " the Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted Munakarmi as saying after his arrest.

Kathmandu Post

Munakarmi


Input: If convicted, he faces a maximum of three years in jail under Nepal's child protection laws.

Nepal


Input: OPTIONS-Euro debt vols seen regrouping after fall.

Euro


Input: LONDON 1996-08-23

LONDON


Input: Implied volatility of European bond and interest rate options should stabilise around current levels until early next week after falling before and after this week's German-led cut in interest rates, traders said.

European

German-led


Input: " Volatility has come off a lot.


Input: We're looking for it to stabilise now, " said one Euromark options trader at a U.S. bank.

Euromark

U.S.


Input: A trader at a Japanese bank said Euromark volatility now stood at 14.00 for September contract, 16.75 for December, 19.50 for March and 21.25 for June.

Japanese

Euromark


Input: This compared with midweek levels, before the welter of interest rate cuts, of 18.50 for September, 20.00 for December, 22.00 for March and 23.5 for June, he said.


Input: At 1347 GMT, December Euromark futures were trading at 96.78, two basis points down on the day.

GMT

Euromark


Input: He said the sell-off in June vols might have been overdone, which could offer value at current levels.


Input: He said caps and floors would be well bid after the round of interest rate cuts due to the fact these rates should stay low at the short end.


Input: The size of the Bundesbank's repo rate cut, to 3.00 percent from 3.30 percent, took markets by surprise.

Bundesbank


Input: " Volatility has a bid to it -- longer-dated volatility more than short-dated because the event people were buying for has passed and now perhaps people will sell some short dated vol and buy some long dated vol, " he said.


Input: " Long dated volatility has been low this year, so it is still at levels which are not historically high.


Input: " It is not a dangerous level to own vol. You are not going to lose a lot and you could make quite a bit. "


Input: He said volatility levels should be stable until markets reassess the situation after a long weekend in Britain.

Britain


Input: Paribas Capital Markets OTC options specialist Robert Coughlan said that if volatility continued lower for the rest of Friday in over-the-counter 10-year Bunds, it should be higher next Tuesday.

Paribas Capital Markets OTC

Robert Coughlan

Bunds


Input: He said the absence on holiday of many market makers was a main factor behind falls this week in volatility in high-yielding markets such as Italy, Spain and Sweden.

Italy

Spain

Sweden


Input: Coughlan said the market had more downside than upside potential, but a fall was not likely to be of significant size.

Coughlan


Input: " I recommend people sell strangles in a number of markets -- in Germany and France in particular.

Germany

France


Input: " With high-yielding markets Italy will be a lot more vulnerable in September on economic and political fronts, so I would use current the low level of vol to buy options.

Italy


Input: " So sell options on Bunds and France to enhance yield and buy options on Italy, " Coughlan said ..

Bunds

France

Italy

Coughlan


Input: -- Stephen Nisbet, International Bonds +44 171 542 6320

Stephen Nisbet

International Bonds


Input: Goldman Sachs sets warrants on Continental.

Goldman Sachs

Continental


Input: LONDON 1996-08-23

LONDON


Input: Goldman Sachs & Co Wertpapier GmbH has issued a total of five million American-style call warrants, on Continental AG, lead manager Goldman Sachs & Co said.

Goldman Sachs & Co Wertpapier GmbH

Continental AG

Goldman Sachs & Co

American-style


Input: One warrant controls one share.


Input: STRIKE PRICE 25.00 DEM PREMIUM 10.12 PCT

DEM


Input: ISSUE PRICE 2.42 DEM GEARING 10.29 X

DEM


Input: EXERCISE PERIOD 02.SEP.96-21.NOV.97 PAYDATE 30.AUG.96


Input: LISTING DDF FFT STG MIN EXER LOT 100


Input: SPOT REFERENCE 24.90 DEM

DEM


Input: -- Reuter London Newsroom +44 171 542 7658

Reuter London Newsroom


Input: Legal challenge to Diana delayed by jail term.

Diana


Input: LONDON 1996-08-23

LONDON


Input: A British photographer branded a stalker by Princess Diana has been forced to postpone a legal challenge to a ban on approaching her because he's been jailed for criminal damage, his lawyer said on Friday.

British

Diana


Input: Martin Stenning started a 12-week jail sentence on Thursday just as he was preparing to contest an injunction obtained by Diana banning him from coming within 300 metres (yards) of her.

Martin Stenning

Diana


Input: " We were in the process of preparing a detailed affidavit responding to the Princess's affadavit and expected to go to court in the next couple of weeks, " said Stenning's lawyer, Benedict Birnberg. "

Stenning

Benedict Birnberg


Input: But everything has been put on ice now. "


Input: Birnberg told Reuters that the challenge to the injunction would be delayed until Stenning was released.

Birnberg

Stenning

Reuters


Input: Stenning threw a brick through the window of a van in February after an argument with a driver when he was working as a motorcycle dispatch rider.

Stenning


Input: Stenning, who has previous convictions, is expected to appeal against the sentence.

Stenning


Input: Magistrates also ordered him to pay compensation of 182 pounds ($282).


Input: The freelance photographer was branded a stalker by Diana, whose divorce from heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles is due to become final next week, after persistently trailing her on his motorcycle.

Diana

Charles


Input: In an affidavit, the princess said that in chasing her Stenning had got so close that he twice smashed into her car and pushed her when she tried to remove the film from his camera.

Stenning


Input: Stenning has rejected Diana's claims and said he was being made a scapegoat to scare off press photographers.

Stenning

Diana


Input: Jordan expels Iraqi diplomat.

Jordan

Iraqi


Input: AMMAN 1996-08-23

AMMAN


Input: Jordan has asked an Iraqi diplomat to leave the kingdom for carrying out duties incompatible with diplomatic norms, an official source said on Friday.

Jordan

Iraqi


Input: The move came after Amman blamed Iraq and a pro-Baghdad local political party for last week's worst unrest in seven years after a government decision to double prices of bread.

Amman

Iraq

pro-Baghdad


Input: The government declined comment.


Input: " Jordan has asked Mr. Adel Ibrahim, the Iraqi embassy's press attache, to leave because he was carrying out duties incompatible with diplomatic norms, " the source told Reuters.

Jordan

Adel Ibrahim

Iraqi

Reuters


Input: He said Ibrahim was still in Amman.

Ibrahim

Amman


Input: The Jordanian Arab Socialist Baath Party has denied involvement in unrest which it blamed on government policies and rising economic hardship.

Jordanian Arab Socialist Baath Party


Input: The riots, which shook Jordan for two days, broke out after last Friday's main prayers in the southern town of Karak and spread to Amman.

Jordan

Karak

Amman


Input: Kurd rebels to free Turkish soldier prisoners.

Kurd

Turkish


Input: DOHUK, Iraq 1996-08-23

DOHUK

Iraq


Input: Turkish Kurd guerrillas said on Friday they would free seven Turkish soldiers they hold in northern Iraq under a tentative Islamist peace bid.

Turkish Kurd

Turkish

Islamist

Iraq


Input: " ...For the sake of safety we are asking for their family members or the authorities to come and pick them up, " Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) central committee member Riza Altun told journalists near the Iraqi city of Dohuk.

Kurdistan Workers Party

PKK

Riza Altun

Iraqi

Dohuk


Input: PKK guerrillas would accompany the soldiers, captured last spring in one of Turkey's frequent cross-border drives, until they could be handed over, he said.

PKK

Turkey


Input: Their release has been negotiated by Islamist writer Ismail Nacar as part of a wider effort, partly backed by Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, to find a political solution to Turkey's Kurdish problem.

Islamist

Kurdish

Ismail Nacar

Necmettin Erbakan

Turkey


Input: Erbakan has encouraged Nacar's bid but has ruled out direct talks with the rebels.

Erbakan

Nacar


Input: The PKK often uses bases in northern Iraq in its fight for autonomy or independence in southeast Turkey.

PKK

Iraq

Turkey


Input: More than 20,000 people have died in 12 years of fighting between the guerrillas and Turkish forces.

Turkish


Input: SOLIDERE shares mixed on market.

SOLIDERE


Input: BEIRUT 1996-08-23

BEIRUT


Input: SOLIDERE shares were mixed on Friday on the privately-operated Beirut Secondary Market (BSM).

SOLIDERE

Beirut Secondary Market

BSM


Input: A shares -- distributed to former holders of property rights in the Beirut central district SOLIDERE is rebuilding -- closed at $104.625 unchanged from Thursday.

Beirut

SOLIDERE


Input: B shares -- issued in a $650-million subscription in January 1994 -- rose to $106.5 from $106.375 a day earlier.


Input: Turnover on BSM, which trades only SOLIDERE shares, was 8,049 shares from Thursday's 8,757 and value was $850,968 from $918,288.

BSM

SOLIDERE


Input: On the official Beirut Stock Exchange, only 1,185 Ciments Libanais shares were traded at $1.1875 compared with 2,036 shares traded on Thursday at the same price.

Beirut Stock Exchange

Ciments Libanais


Input: There was no trade in any of the three other listed companies: Ciments Blancs, Eternit and Uniceramic.

Ciments Blancs

Eternit

Uniceramic


Input: The BLOM Stock Index which covers both markets rose 0.04 percent to 903.09 and the LISPI index rose 0.02 percent to 81.58.

BLOM Stock Index

LISPI


Input: -Beirut editorial (961 1) 864148 353078 861723

Beirut


Input: Zenith lands $1 billion contract, plans $100 million plant.

Zenith


Input: Susan Nadeau

Susan Nadeau


Input: CHICAGO 1996-08-22

CHICAGO


Input: A consortium of telephone companies and The Walt Disney Co.

The Walt Disney Co


Input: said Thursday it had signed a $1 billion contract with Zenith to make digital televison set-top boxes for its home entertainment service.

Zenith


Input: The announcement of the contract for 3 million set-top boxes gave new hope to Zenith, which has struggled with years of losses.

Zenith


Input: " This really indicates we're back in the business, " William Luehrs, president of the Glenview, Ill.-based company's Networks Services Division, said in a telephone interview. "

William Luehrs

Glenview

Ill.-based

Networks Services Division


Input: Anytime somebody gets the opportunity to enter the next era with such a big bang has got to be seen as a strong message to the industry. "


Input: Following the announcement, Zenith's stock soared $5.50 to $16.875 on the New York Stock Exchange.

Zenith

New York Stock Exchange


Input: The consortium, called Americast, said the contract was part of its strategy to develop and market the next generation in home entertainment.

Americast


Input: In addition to Disney, Americast's partners are phone companies Ameritech Corp., BellSouth Corp., GTE Corp. and SBC Communications.

Disney

Americast

Ameritech Corp.

BellSouth Corp.

GTE Corp.

SBC Communications


Input: Americast said Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. has signed a letter of intent to join the group, which plans to provide a home entertainment service similar to cable television.

Americast

Southern New England Telecommunications Corp.


Input: Zenith also said it planned to build a new $100 million plant in Woodridge, Ill.

Zenith

Woodridge

Ill


Input: , to make picture tubes for 32- and 35-inch screen TV sets.


Input: The company currently buys the tubes from competitors.


Input: The new plant, which is dependent on obtaining financing, will create about 280 new jobs, Zenith said.

Zenith


Input: The contract calls for production of the set-top boxes over five years.


Input: Luehrs said manufacturing will begin and revenue will start to roll in during the first half of next year.

Luehrs


Input: The boxes will be made on a build-to-order basis.


Input: Zenith will convert its Chihuahua, Mexico, analogue set-top box plant to manufacture the digital boxes.

Zenith

Chihuahua

Mexico


Input: Luehrs declined to say when the operation was expected to be profitable.

Luehrs


Input: Americast will provide the boxes to subscribers as part of the service.

Americast


Input: Its service is being introduced in selected markets across the United States.

United States


Input: Luehrs said digital technology in set-top boxes is only the beginning and said the technology will eventually show up in retail consumer electronics.

Luehrs


Input: " We'll build a lot of these devices into television sets, for digital television, " he said. "


Input: Although that is not where this particular contract is headed, the fact that there is a strong Zenith presence will pay us dividends in the future. "

Zenith


Input: Zenith has been plagued by generally soft conditions in the colour television industry, reporting full-year losses since 1989.

Zenith


Input: Last month, it reported a second-quarter loss of $33.2 million, or 51 cents a share, vs. a loss of $45.3 million, or 97 cents a share, a year earlier.


Input: Last November, South Korea-based LG Electronics Inc. bought a majority stake in Zenith.

South Korea-based

LG Electronics Inc.

Zenith


Input: Robert Gutenstein, an analyst for Kalf, Voorhis & Co.

Robert Gutenstein

Kalf, Voorhis & Co


Input: , said the contract was " not unique, but it's big. "


Input: " Digital is coming, it's economic and the question is what will make the consumer happy and at what price. "


Input: Natural Law Party says it can meditate problems away.

Natural Law Party


Input: WASHINGTON 1996-08-22

WASHINGTON


Input: From the people who brought you hundreds of " yogic fliers " who claimed to defy nature by levitating comes The Natural Law Party, a minor political party that nominated a presidential candidate on Thursday.

The Natural Law Party


Input: At a hotel convention here, the party associated with the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement named physicist John Hagelin as its presidential nominee for the Nov. 5 election.

Transcendental Meditation

TM

John Hagelin


Input: The party is running on a platform claiming it can ward off problems before they occur through techniques such as mass meditation that would reduce stress, crime, terrorism and even wars.


Input: " Social stress can be reduced and problems such as crime and violence will automatically decrease, " said a party paper.


Input: Many party members are practitioners of TM, which involves meditating to a repeated word or phrase, called a mantra.

TM


Input: Some advanced TM followers contend they can actually mediate to such a point that they fly.

TM


Input: But in a demonstration of " yogic flying " several years ago, critics said the people were merely bouncing off the ground from a sitting position.


Input: Huge Windows 95 sales fail to meet expectations.

Windows 95


Input: Martin Wolk

Martin Wolk


Input: SEATTLE 1996-08-22

SEATTLE


Input: A year after its massively publicized introduction, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 95 computer operating system has fallen short of the most optimistic expectations for the software giant and the industry.

Microsoft Corp.

Windows 95


Input: Even though more than 40 million copies of Windows 95 have been sold, making it the fastest-selling new software ever, it would have been impossible for any product to live up to the unprecedented hype of the Aug. 24, 1995 launch, when stores around the world opened at midnight to greet long lines of customers.

Windows 95


Input: The Redmond, Wash.-based company spent tens of millions of dollars promoting the product with stunts that included buying the entire print run of the Times of London and lighting New York's Empire State building in a Windows color scheme.

Redmond

Wash.-based

Windows

Times of London

New York

Empire State


Input: But the product, delivered eight months late, has fallen short of its sales potential in part because Microsoft delivered a mixed message to business customers, analysts said.

Microsoft


Input: " It didn't do as well as it could have, " said Rob Enderle, an analyst with Giga Information Group.

Rob Enderle

Giga Information Group


Input: Scores of software and hardware companies that had hoped for a big boost in sales were disappointed when only a brief spike materialized.


Input: " People who were expecting major coat-tails were somewhat disappointed, " said Scott Winkler, an analyst with Gartner Group.

Scott Winkler

Gartner Group


Input: " It's not as though it hasn't had an impact, " he said. "


Input: It just hasn't had the huge earth-shattering impact some people were looking for. "


Input: Symantec Corp., which had been among the most bullish of software companies at the time of the Windows 95 launch, ended up posting disappointing financial results when retail sales of the operating system fell short of its projections.

Symantec Corp.

Windows 95


Input: Touchstone Software Corp. had to pay $1.3 million in cash and stock to settle a shareholders lawsuit brought after the company's sales failed to meet expectations tied to the Windows 95 launch.

Touchstone Software Corp.

Windows 95


Input: Many software developers apparently saw their crucial holiday season sales suffer last year because store shelves were jammed with blue-and-white boxes of Windows 95, resulting in a shortage of space for seasonal products, said Ann Stephens, president of PC Data Inc.

Windows 95

Ann Stephens

PC Data Inc


Input: To be sure, sales of Windows 95 and the accompanying Office 95 upgrade drove Microsoft sales up 46 percent last year to a record $8.67 billion and cemented the company's status as the industry's dominant company.

Windows 95

Office 95

Microsoft


Input: Microsoft executives say they are thrilled with the sales figures, and industry analysts estimate that by sometime next year, the installed base of Windows 95 will surpass that of the older version of Windows, now used on about 100 million computers worldwide.

Microsoft

Windows 95

Windows


Input: But Enderle said the figure could have been even higher if Microsoft had done a better job of handling the huge demand for technical support from customers who were frustrated trying to install the system.

Enderle

Microsoft


Input: He and other analysts said corporate America adopted a go-slow approach because Microsoft already was promoting the new version of its high-end Windows NT operating system, expected to be available in stores in the next several weeks.

America

Microsoft

Windows NT


Input: " Microsoft sent a lot of signals that NT was going to be the answer, " Winkler said. "

Microsoft

NT

Winkler


Input: Many people began to believe that Windows 95 was being downplayed. "

Windows 95


Input: But now that Windows NT 4.0 has been launched, Winkler and others believe only a relatively small proportion of corporate users will elect to pay the added software and hardware costs needed to use it instead of Windows 95.

Windows NT 4.0

Windows 95

Winkler


Input: " Windows 95 is going to do great, " he said. "

Windows 95


Input: The mistake people made was in thinking it was going to be a fast, sweeping change rather than a slow, building change. "


Input: U.S. says still committed to Cuba migration pacts.

U.S.

Cuba


Input: WASHINGTON 1996-08-22

WASHINGTON


Input: The United States said on Thursday it remained committed to migration accords with Cuba and would continue to repatriate intercepted Cuban migrants who attempted to enter U.S. territory illegally.

United States

Cuba

U.S.

Cuban


Input: A State Department statement appeared in part a response to Cuban complaints that Washington was jeopardising the accords by failing to return some of the Cubans involved in recent illegal migration incidents.

State Department

Cuban

Cubans

Washington


Input: " The United States reiterates its full commitment to the implementation " of the accords signed by the two countries in 1994 and 1995, said the statement by spokesman Glyn Davies.

United States

Glyn Davies


Input: " The United States will continue to return Cuban migrants intercepted at sea who seek to enter the United States or the Guantanamo Naval Base illegally, " it said.

United States

United States

Guantanamo Naval Base

Cuban


Input: Washington would also take " prompt and effective law enforcement action " against alien smuggling and hijackings from Cuba, it added.

Washington

Cuba


Input: Davies told reporters the statement would be distributed in the Cuban exile community in Miami " to remind everyone of the importance of abiding by the accords and avoiding dangerous attempts to cross the straits " from Cuba to Florida.

Davies

Cuban

Miami

Cuba

Florida


Input: Havana's complaints centred on an incident in which a boatload of emigrants capsized in the Florida Straits last week and two recent aircraft hijackings from Cuba.

Havana

Florida Straits

Cuba


Input: Sixteen of those picked up from the boat were returned to Cuba but eight were taken to the United States and three to Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. base on Cuba, until they emigrated to another nation.

Cuba

United States

Guantanamo Bay

U.S.

Cuba


Input: The most recent hijacking, last Friday, involved three hijackers and the pilot of a small aircraft.


Input: Davies said on Tuesday the pilot could soon return to Cuba but U.S. authorities planned to try the hijackers.

Davies

Cuba

U.S.


Input: In an incident on July 7, a Cuban interior ministry official hijacked a commercial plane and sought aylum at Guantanamo Bay.

Cuban

interior ministry

Guantanamo Bay


Input: Davies said he knew of no plans to return the man to Cuba.

Davies

Cuba


Input: Wis.

Wis


Input: says is first state to apply for new welfare.


Input: CHICAGO 1996-08-22

CHICAGO


Input: In keeping with its pioneering image in the area of welfare, Wisconsin was the first state to submit an administrative plan under the nation's new welfare law, Gov.

Wisconsin


Input: Tommy Thompson said Thursday.

Tommy Thompson


Input: According to a new release from the governor, Wisconsin submitted a plan to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for administration of the new block grant system for welfare just minutes after President Bill Clinton signed the measure into law Thursday.

Wisconsin

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Bill Clinton


Input: " As the nation's leader in welfare reform, Wisconsin is far ahead of the curve and ready to go under this new system, " Thompson said.

Wisconsin

Thompson


Input: Still, the governor said the new law does not go as far as the state's own welfare reform program, dubbed W-2.


Input: He said that despite the new law, Wisconsin will still require federal waivers allowing the working poor to acquire health care coverage from the state, a 60-day residency requirement for participation in the welfare program, and child support collections to go directly to custodial parents.

Wisconsin


Input: The nation's new welfare reform law limits eligibility, gives states more power and ends direct federal aid for poor children.


Input: -- Karen Pierog, 312-408-8647

Karen Pierog


Input: Snoozing Vietnamese man takes slow train to Alaska.

Vietnamese

Alaska


Input: ANCHORAGE, Alaska 1996-08-22

ANCHORAGE

Alaska


Input: A Vietnamese man who tried to take a snooze in a railway boxcar in Canada found himself locked in and bound for Alaska with no food or water.

Vietnamese

Canada

Alaska


Input: Officials in the port of Whittier said on Thursday that they found Tuan Quac Phan, 29, dehydrated, famished and terrified after sailing to Alaska from Canada in the boxcar loaded on a barge, a trip that takes about five days.

Whittier

Alaska

Canada

Tuan Quac Phan


Input: Sgt.


Input: Dan Jewell of the Whittier, Alaska police department described Phan as " extremely cooperative ". "

Dan Jewell

Phan

Whittier

Alaska


Input: Seeing me in my uniform, he kept saying, Jail better.


Input: Jail better.'


Input: Phan's accidental journey started last week in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where he was searching for a fishing job, Jewell said.

Phan

Jewell

Prince Rupert

British Columbia


Input: " He had climbed up in this boxcar to get out of the weather and to get some sleep, " Jewell said. "

Jewell


Input: The next thing you know, the boxcar is coupled up and loaded up to a barge and headed north. "


Input: Police found Phan late on Monday when the boxcar, which was transporting lumber, was opened at Whittier, a port in western Prince William Sound.

Phan

Whittier

Prince William Sound


Input: Officials fed Phan some soup, gave him medical care, kept him overnight and then fed him a large breakfast.

Phan


Input: State, federal agents probe Arkansas church fires.

Arkansas


Input: Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes


Input: LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

LITTLE ROCK

Ark


Input: State and federal agents on Thursday sifted through the rubble of two predominantly black Arkansas churches that burned within minutes of one another late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

Arkansas


Input: Both churches were in the Mississippi delta region of Arkansas, about 90 miles (145 kms) southeast of Little Rock, and were located within three miles of one another.

Mississippi

Arkansas

Little Rock


Input: " We're investigating with the idea that both fires may be arson, but that hasn't been conclusively established, " said Wayne Jordan, a spokesman for the Arkansas State Police.

Wayne Jordan

Arkansas State Police


Input: Agents of the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were also at the scene, Jordan said.

F.B.I.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Jordan


Input: Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church and St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church were both frame structures, each near Turner, Arkansas, a small community surrounded by cotton and soybean fields.

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church

St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church

Turner

Arkansas


Input: " This is rural Arkansas.

Arkansas


Input: I'm surprised anyone could even find us out here, " said Fannie Johnson, a member of St. Matthew's, who said she believed arson was to blame.

Fannie Johnson

St. Matthew's


Input: Others connected with the two churches said they shared that suspicion, although all said they knew of no motive and no racial tension in the area.


Input: " It's sad someone would have that kind of spite in their heart, " said Rev. Jerome Turner, pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

Jerome Turner

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church


Input: Arkansas has been spared the loss of predominantly black churches to arson, a wave that has claimed an estimated 30 houses of worship across the south in the past several months.

Arkansas


Input: A black church near Camden, Arkansas, about 100 miles (161 kms) south of Little Rock, burned in July, but federal agents have not determined the cause.

Camden

Arkansas

Little Rock


Input: RESEARCH ALERT-Royal Oak initiated.

Royal Oak


Input: -- EVEREN Securities Inc said Friday it initiated coverage of Royal Oak Mines Inc with an outperform rating.

EVEREN Securities Inc

Royal Oak Mines Inc


Input: -- It set earnings estimates of $0.08 a share for fiscal 1996, $0.13 for 1997, $0.40 for 1998 and $0.43 for 1999.


Input: -- " Based on our simulated production, income and cash flow models, common shares of Royal Oak are at a significant discount to the industry averages, " EVEREN said.

Royal Oak

EVEREN


Input: -- The short-term price objective is $5 a share and the long-term objective is $9.


Input: -- Royal Oak shares were down 1/16 at 3-11/16.

Royal Oak


Input: Reuters Chicago Newsdesk-312-408-8787

Reuters Chicago Newsdesk


Input: SunGard to buy CheckFree unit.

SunGard

CheckFree


Input: SAN MATEO, Calif. 1996-08-23

SAN MATEO

Calif.


Input: SunGard Shareholder Systems Inc, a subsidiary of SunGard Data Systems Inc, said it had entered into a definitive agreement to buy the Securities Products Business unit of CheckFree Corp.

SunGard Shareholder Systems Inc

SunGard Data Systems Inc

Securities Products Business

CheckFree Corp


Input: The company said in a statement on Friday the deal was expected to be finalized in September.


Input: Terms were not disclosed.


Input: The purchase is not expected to have a material effect o SunGard's financial condition or results of operations.

SunGard


Input: -- New York newsroom, (212) 859-1610

New York


Input: Alpha Techs closes Lockhart purchase.

Alpha Techs

Lockhart


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-23

NEW YORK


Input: Alpha Technologies Group Inc said it had closed on its agreement to acquire Lockhart Industries Inc.

Alpha Technologies Group Inc

Lockhart Industries Inc


Input: The company said in a statement late on Thursday that it issued 280,556 shares of common stock for the stock of Lockhart.

Lockhart


Input: These shares are subject to post-closing adjustments.


Input: Lockhart, based in Paramount, Calif., is a designer and manufacturer of sophisticated thermal management products.

Lockhart

Paramount

Calif.


Input: -- New York newsroom, (212) 859-1610

New York


Input: Analysts hold Dutch PTT estimates.

Dutch PTT


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-23

AMSTERDAM


Input: Dutch post and telecoms group Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV's (Dutch PTT) first half results came marginally below most analysts' forecasts, giving scant grounds to adjust full year estimates, analysts said on Friday.

Dutch

Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV

Dutch PTT


Input: PTT earlier announced an 8.5 percent rise in net profit for the first six months of 1996 to 1.209 billion guilders, a hair's breadth below the 1.210-1.236 billion forecast range.

PTT


Input: " They were pretty much in line with our estimate of 1.210 billion, " said Peter Roe, at Paribas in London. "

Peter Roe

Paribas

London


Input: As we expected volume growth was quite good ...


Input: there's really no reason to change our forecast and our largely positive view on the stock. "


Input: " Coming just a million guilders under the forecast range isn't overwhelmingly surprising, " said ING analyst Steven Vrolijk, who is continuing to look for a nine to 10 percent rise in 1996 earnings.

ING

Steven Vrolijk


Input: " They've got a very sound domestic business which is doing very well, we remain positive on the stock, " said Roe. "

Roe


Input: We think it's a solid performer in the Dutch market. "

Dutch


Input: Roe said he was sticking by his forecast of a 2.45 billion guilder net for 1996.

Roe


Input: Dutch PTT earlier on Friday repeated a forecast it would improve on 1995's 2.26 billion guilder net profit for the whole year of 1996.

Dutch PTT


Input: By 1403 GMT the shares were down 1.70 guilders to 61.00 guilders, falling in a weaker Amsterdam bourse.

GMT

Amsterdam


Input: -- Keiron Henderson, Amsterdam Newsroom +31 20 504 5000

Keiron Henderson

Amsterdam Newsroom


Input: Boskalis upgrades 1996 outlook.

Boskalis


Input: [CORRECTED 13:12 GMT]

GMT


Input: PAPENDRECHT, Netherlands 1996-08-23

PAPENDRECHT

Netherlands


Input: Dredging group Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV said on Friday it expected higher turnover and profits for the second half of 1996 (corrects from the full year 1996).

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV


Input: " An improvement is expected in capacity utilisation, turnover and profits, " the company said in a statement.


Input: The world's largest dredger said in March that it was uncertain whether it could hold 1996 full-year profit steady at the previous year's 70.9 million guilders, but added long-term prospects were good.


Input: Boskalis reported 1996 first-half net profit fell to 27.5 million guilders from a year-earlier 41.4 million.

Boskalis


Input: Greek president dissolves parliament for snap vote.

Greek


Input: ATHENS 1996-08-23

ATHENS


Input: Greek President Costis Stephnopoulos signed a decree on Thursday ordering the dissolution of the 300-seat parliament ahead of snap elections on September 22.

Greek

Costis Stephnopoulos


Input: " The President of the Republic Costis Stephanopoulos signed the decree for the dissolution of parliament, " a presidency statement said.

Republic

Costis Stephanopoulos


Input: Socialist Prime Minister Costas Simitis announced the snap poll on Thursday citing problems with the economy, the country's convergence with the European Union and tense relations with neighbouring Turkey.

Costas Simitis

European Union

Turkey


Input: Elections were originally scheduled to be held in October next year.


Input: Libyan man murdered in Malta.

Libyan

Malta


Input: VALLETTA 1996-08-23

VALLETTA


Input: A Libyan man has been found stabbed to death in Malta, police said on Friday.

Libyan

Malta


Input: They said the body of Amer Hishem Ali Mohammed, 23, was found in a pool of blood in Sliema, seven km (four miles) from Valletta, on Wednesday morning.

Amer Hishem Ali Mohammed

Sliema

Valletta


Input: He appeared to have been killed on Tuesday night, suffering at least eight stab wounds.


Input: Police Commissioner George Grech said police were investigating the possibility that Mohammed had links to an Islamic militant group as reported by the local press.

George Grech

Mohammed

Islamic


Input: " What we know is that he was a fervant religious man, we cannot exclude anything in investigations " he said.


Input: Deutsche Bahn H1 pre-tax profit up 17.5 pct.

Deutsche Bahn


Input: FRANKFURT 1996-08-23

FRANKFURT


Input: Six months to June 30


Input: (in millions of marks unless stated)


Input: Group pre-tax profit 188 vs 160


Input: Group sales 14,600 up 3.3 pct


Input: NOTE-Full name of the state-owned German railway company is Deutsche Bahn AG.

German

Deutsche Bahn AG


Input: The company is earmarked for eventual privatisatio


Input: also covers snap FAT8222


Input: Revenue from long-distance passenger


Input: traffic 2,500 up 6.4 pct


Input: Revenue from commuter traffic 5,400 up 4.6 pct


Input: Revenue from freight traffic 3,200 down 5.1 pct


Input: Group workforce on June 30 300,962 down 3.7 oct


Input: NOTE-Sales, profit compare with first half of 1995, workforce compares with Dec 31.


Input: -- Frankfurt Newsroom, +49 69 756525

Frankfurt Newsroom


Input: Sea lion paparazzi to keep tabs on whales.


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: U.S. marine biologists have trained a pair of sea lions to tag and photograph elusive whales as they cruise through the Pacific depths, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday.

U.S.

Pacific

New Scientist


Input: James Harvey and Jennifer Hurley of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in California say their sea lions, natural companions of many species of whale, can go where no man or woman has ever gone before.

James Harvey

Jennifer Hurley

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

California


Input: " Any diver knows that when a whale gets going you can't keep up, " Harvey told the magazine. "

Harvey


Input: That is why we know only about five percent of what whales do. "


Input: The sea lions -- 17-year-old Beaver and nine-year-old Sake -- have undergone six years of training for their mission.

Beaver

Sake


Input: Beaver once worked for the U.S. Navy and Sake is an amusement park veteran.

Beaver

Sake

U.S. Navy


Input: Harvey said they could accurately tag whales with a radio transmitter, and could also swim all the way around one of the giant mammals, filming it with a video camera.

Harvey


Input: Their first assignment, later this year, will be documenting humpback whale migration off Monterey, California.

Monterey

California


Input: The article did not spell out exactly how the sea lions manage to tag the whales but said in training they were taught to stick a radio transmitter on to a plastic model of a whale using suction cups.


Input: RTRS-Australia Senate jeopardises rate cut-Howard.

RTRS

Australia Senate

Howard


Input: CANBERRA 1996-08-23

CANBERRA


Input: Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the possibility of lower interest rates was being jeopardised by Parliament's upper house where opposition parties planned to scrutinise the 1996/97 budget.

Australian

John Howard


Input: " Every time the Senate hacks away at the budget, they hack away at the lower interest rate environment, " Howard told reporters on Thursday night after attending a Liberal Party function.

Senate

Liberal Party

Howard


Input: Senior ministers have repeatedly warned since the fiscally-tight budget was handed down on Tuesday night that the chance of lower official rates could be hampered in the Senate.

Senate


Input: The budget contained sharp spending cuts in areas such as the labour market to reduce the deficit to about A$ 5.6 billion.

A$


Input: The conservative government's plan for reform of the industrial relations environment and to partially sell Telstra has also been opposed by parties in the Senate such as the Greens and Australian Democrats as well as the official opposition, the Labor Party.

Telstra

Senate

Greens

Australian Democrats

Labor Party


Input: Official cash rates were last cut on July 31 to 7.0 percent.


Input: -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 373-1800

Sydney Newsroom


Input: RTRS-Toyota Australia workers to return to work.

RTRS

Toyota Australia


Input: MELBOURNE 1996-08-23

MELBOURNE


Input: Over 2,000 striking workers voted on Friday to return to work on Monday at Toyota Australia's Melbourne assembly line, ending a two-week stoppage.

Toyota Australia

Melbourne


Input: RTRS-Niugini shares surge on bid talk.

RTRS

Niugini


Input: SYDNEY 1996-08-23

SYDNEY


Input: Shares in gold miner Niugini Mining Ltd surged 38 cents to A$ 3.75 early on Friday following confirmation on Thursday from Battle Mountain Gold that it was considering acquiring the 49.6 percent of Niugini it did not already own.

Niugini Mining Ltd

Battle Mountain Gold

Niugini

A$


Input: Niugini Mining Ltd said on Thursday that Battle Mountain had initiated talks about acquiring the shares in Niugini it does not already own. "

Niugini Mining Ltd

Battle Mountain

Niugini


Input: Battle Mountain are set to take out the minorities there soon, " said a Sydney broker.

Battle Mountain

Sydney


Input: Niugini holds copper and gold mining interests in Australia, Chile and Papua New Guinea, where it has a 17.2 percent stake in the Lihir gold project.

Niugini

Lihir

Australia

Chile

Papua New Guinea


Input: By 11.25 a.m. (0025 GMT), Niugini Mining shares were at A$ 3.65, up 28 cents on turnover of 108,288 shares.

GMT

A$

Niugini Mining


Input: -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 9373 1800

Sydney Newsroom


Input: South Korean students throw " irreplaceable " rocks.

South Korean


Input: SEOUL 1996-08-23

SEOUL


Input: Students at South Korea's Yonsei University threw more than just ordinary rocks at riot police -- some were samples that the geology department had taken 30 years to collect, newspapers reported on Friday.

South Korea

Yonsei University


Input: Geology prefessors were quoted as saying that their collection of 10,000 rocks, gathered from across the nation and abroad, were irreplaceable.


Input: " These are not like missing window panes or broken desks.


Input: They are lost forever, " said one professor.


Input: The students staged a violent nine-day demonstration at the university to demand unification with North Korea.

North Korea


Input: Police ended the protest on Tuesday after storming the campus.


Input: S. Korean won ends up on dollar position unwinding.

S. Korean


Input: SEOUL 1996-08-23

SEOUL


Input: The won rose against the dollar on Friday as banks unwound dollar positions on the belief that the won would continue to strengthen, dealers said.


Input: The won closed at 818.10, after opening at 819.10.


Input: It ranged from 817.60 to 819.30.


Input: " The dollar is overbought at the moment, " said a western bank dealer. "


Input: The central bank's insistent intervention just above the 820 level convinced players that it is serious about supporting the won.


Input: So some foreign banks began unwinding their dollar positions. "


Input: Orii-96/97 group forecast.

Orii


Input: TOKYO 1996-08-23

TOKYO


Input: Year to May 31, 1997


Input: (in billions of yen unless specified)


Input: LATEST ACTUAL


Input: (Group) FORECAST YEAR-AGO


Input: Sales 8.70 8.67


Input: Current prft 7 mln loss 371 mln


Input: Net nil loss 447 mln


Input: EPS nil yen loss 48.61 yen


Input: NOTE-Orii Corp makes automation equipment.

Orii Corp


Input: Orii-95/96 group results.

Orii


Input: TOKYO 1996-08-23

TOKYO


Input: Year to May 31, 1996


Input: (Group) (in billions of yen unless specified)


Input: Sales 8.67 vs 9.33


Input: Operating loss 286 million vs loss 48 million


Input: Current loss 371 million vs loss 278 million


Input: Net loss 447 million vs loss 350 million


Input: EPS loss 48.61 yen vs loss 38.11 yen


Input: Diluted EPS-vs-


Input: NOTE-Orii Corp makes automation equipment.

Orii Corp


Input: China copper stocks owned by state reserve-trade.

China


Input: Lynne O'Donnell

Lynne O'Donnell


Input: HONG KONG 1996-08-23

HONG KONG


Input: Up to 100,000 tonnes of copper held in Shanghai bonded warehouses, confounding the world market as to its source and ultimate fate, probably belongs to China's strategic state reserve, industry sources said on Friday.

Shanghai

China


Input: Around 40,000 tonnes of the copper have already been moved to warehouses near the northern port of Yingkou, where some of the strategic stockpile was stored, they said.

Yingkou


Input: Just who owns the copper is a question that has kept traders and industry analysts guessing since the metal was channelled into Shanghai by the China National Nonferrous Metals Import and Export Corp (CNIEC) in June and July.

Shanghai

China National Nonferrous Metals Import and Export Corp

CNIEC


Input: It was unclear whether or not the 40,000 tonnes had cleared customs -- which would provide some concrete indication that the strategic reserve, administered directly by the central government's State Planning Commission, owned the copper.

State Planning Commission


Input: Traders have said the reserve could negotiate concessions on duties -- three percent import tax and 17 percent value-added tax -- that made the copper prohibitively expensive otherwise.


Input: But one source, the head of a Hong Kong trading house, said it made no difference if the copper was customs cleared or not.

Hong Kong


Input: " If they spend all this money moving the copper to Yingkou, it will be sitting there for years, " he said.

Yingkou


Input: " Once it arrives in Yingkou, it is subject to monitoring by the State Planning Commission, which has to give permission for any more movement; it is out of the hands of traders, " he said.

Yingkou

State Planning Commission


Input: Mystery has surrounded the Shanghai stockpile in recent months, with traders unsure not only of who owns it, but of its exact size and what its owner planned to do with it.

Shanghai


Input: Trading sources generally agreed it would be cost-effective to take the copper back into a depleted central reserve as it had already served its purpose in taking advantage of long-term backwardation on the London Metal Exchange (LME).

London Metal Exchange

LME


Input: A backwardation occurs when the spot price of a metal is higher than the forward price.


Input: CNIEC lent around 85,000 tonnes of copper onto the LME between April and June 1995 on behalf of the state reserve, running the state stockpile down to 115,000 tonnes from 200,000 tonnes previously.

CNIEC

LME


Input: Traders in Asia said CNIEC could well have lent it to the market at around US$ 2,700 a tonne, and then paid somewhere between $2,200 and $2,400 a tonne when it started taking the metal back earlier this year.

Asia

CNIEC

US$


Input: This would have cleared CNIEC a healthy profit, which could then have been used to finance storage and other costs.

CNIEC


Input: Word that CNIEC had offered the copper to European trading houses in a series of secret meetings unnerved an already jittery market.

CNIEC

European


Input: Industry analysts Bloomsbury Minerals Economics (BME) said on Wednesday the motivation of the owners of the 85,000 tonnes, " whoever they are, is the most important short-term fundamental " in an already tight world market.

Bloomsbury Minerals Economics

BME


Input: BME repeated in its latest review rumours of involvement by Sumitomo Corp, with CNIEC said to be helping the Japanese trader unload its copper positions after it revealed in June losses of $1.8 billion in a decade of unauthorised deals.

BME

Sumitomo Corp

CNIEC

Japanese


Input: Sumitomo and CNIEC have made no comments on the talk and Chinese traders said they know nothing of such an arrangement.

Sumitomo

CNIEC

Chinese


Input: Traders in Shanghai said on Thursday they were unaware of movements out of the Shanghai bonded warehouses.

Shanghai

Shanghai


Input: They reported more arrivals that were probably spot purchases.


Input: They also expressed concern that the tonnage in bonded warehouses would move onto the domestic market.


Input: But these concerns were irrelevant, a Singapore trader said, despite a forecast that domestic Chinese copper demand could hit one million tonnes this year.

Singapore

Chinese


Input: As with many commodities, " there is a desire (by the Chinese government) to keep a stockpile of the metal, " he said. "

Chinese


Input: You don't keep it to help industry, you keep it in case of emergency. "


Input: -- Hong Kong newsroom (852) 2843-6470

Hong Kong


Input: Companion Marble posts 1st final result.

Companion Marble


Input: HONG KONG 1996-08-23

HONG KONG


Input: Year ended March 31


Input: (in million HK$ unless stated)

HK$


Input: Shr (H.K. cents) 14.0

H.K.


Input: Dividend (H.K. cents) nil

H.K.


Input: Exceptional items nil


Input: Net 56.06


Input: Turnover 531.52


Input: Company name Companion Marble (Holdings) Ltd

Companion Marble

Holdings

Ltd


Input: Books close N/A


Input: Dividend payable N/A


Input: NOTE-Marble and granite products distributor Companion Marble, a spinoff of construction materials concern Companion Building Material (Holdings) Ltd, was listed on the Stock Exchange on April 25, 1996.

Companion Marble

Companion Building Material

Holdings

Ltd

Stock Exchange


Input: -- Hong Kong News Room (852) 2843 6368

Hong Kong News Room


Input: Softbank to procure $900 mln via forex by Sept 5.

Softbank


Input: TOKYO 1996-08-23

TOKYO


Input: Softbank Corp said on Friday that it would procure $900 million through the foreign exchange market by September 5 as part of its acquisition of U.S. firm, Kingston Technology Co.

Softbank Corp

Kingston Technology Co

U.S.


Input: " It is in the contract that we pay (Kingston) $900 million by September 5, " he said, adding that Softbank had already started making forward transactions to buy dollars.

Kingston

Softbank


Input: On August 15, computer software retailer Softbank said it would buy 80 percent of Kingston, the world's largest maker of memory boards, for about $1.5 billion in the latest in a series of high-profile acquisitions it has made in the United States.

Softbank

Kingston

United States


Input: Shanghai Post and Telecomm net down.

Shanghai Post and Telecomm


Input: SHANGHAI 1996-08-23

SHANGHAI


Input: Half-year ended June 30, 1996


Input: (in millions of yuan unless stated)


Input: Turnover 115.259 vs 123.157


Input: Net profit 20.318 vs 22.828


Input: Net asset per share 3.02 yuan (no comparative figure)


Input: Earnings per share 0.14 yuan (no comparative figure)


Input: Company name: Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Equipment Co

Shanghai Posts and Telecommunications Equipment Co


Input: Note: the figures were unaudited.


Input: Promodes set to sell German assets-paper.

Promodes

German


Input: PARIS 1996-08-23

PARIS


Input: German retailer Promodes is in advanced talks about selling its German assets and the retailer's board might decide as soon as Tuesday to sell the assets to Spar AG, Les Echos newspaper said on Friday.

German

German

Promodes

Spar AG

Les Echos


Input: It said investment bank Rothschild & Cie was an intermediary in the talks and added that unlisted German retailers Metro, Rewe and Lidl were also still in discussions.

Rothschild & Cie

Metro

Rewe

Lidl

German


Input: Promodes has in Germany its Promo hypermarket unit with 36 Continent superstores, which is 1995 generated 4.7 percent of total Promodes sales.

Promodes

Promodes

Germany


Input: The French group entered the German market in 1990, buying

French

German


Input: In June, Promodes signed an outline agreement to sell its Specia unit -- which runs 100 Dia stores in France -- to Germany's Aldi.

Promodes

Specia

Dia

Aldi

France

Germany


Input: Promodes was not immediately available for comment.

Promodes


Input: -- Paris newsroom +33 1 4221 5452

Paris


Input: PRESS DIGEST-Ireland-August 23.

Ireland


Input: DUBLIN 1996-08-23

DUBLIN


Input: Following are highlights of stories in the Irish press on Friday.

Irish


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

Reuters


Input: IRISH INDEPENDENT

IRISH INDEPENDENT


Input: -Ireland's biggest mortgage lender Irish Permanent ended weeks of stalemate when it announced it was increasing its mortgage lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point.

Ireland

Irish Permanent


Input: -Two investors who claim to be owed nearly one million Irish pounds by fund manager Tony Taylor believe they may have lost their money.

Irish

Tony Taylor


Input: -A second Japanese trawler was under arrest on Thursday night as the Irish Navy and Air Corps continued a cat and mouse game with up to 40 vessels off the Irish coast.

Japanese

Irish

Irish Navy

Air Corps


Input: -The Irish Department of Enterprise and Employment has widened its probe into Taylor Asset Managers to include the investigation of investments of 10 more investors.

Irish Department of Enterprise and Employment

Taylor Asset Managers


Input: -Irish exploration company Ivernia and its South African partner Minorco have received planning permission from the local county council for a major lead and zinc mine at Lisheen, County Tipperary.

Irish

South African

Ivernia

Minorco

Lisheen

County Tipperary


Input: -Building materials firm CRH refused to comment on reports that it is about to pay 180 million pounds stering for U.S. stone and concrete business Tilcon Inc.

CRH

Tilcon Inc

U.S.


Input: IRISH TIMES

IRISH TIMES


Input: -Mortgage lending rates are on the way up with banks and building societies poised to add around a quarter of a percentage point to their main variable rates of interest.


Input: -Members of a County Antrim Protestant family who were driven into exile by by loyalist paramilitaries two years ago returned yesterday to live in Northern Ireland in defiance of the threat hanging over them.

County Antrim

Northern Ireland


Input: -Talks will resume next Tuesday in an attempt to avoid a major strike in Irish retail chain Dunnes Stores.

Irish

Dunnes Stores


Input: -Top dealers in the London office of U.S. bankers Merrill Lynch are transferring to Dublin.

London

U.S.

Dublin

Merrill Lynch


Input: -The Irish plastics industry called on the government to support incineration to deal with plastics not suitable for recycling.

Irish


Input: Ford China JV posts 77 percent net drop in H1 96.

Ford China


Input: SHANGHAI 1996-08-24

SHANGHAI


Input: A Chinese truck maker in which Ford Motor Co has a 20 percent stake said it posted a 77 percent drop in post-tax profits in the first half of 1996.

Chinese

Ford Motor Co


Input: Jiangling Motors Corp, in a statement in Saturday's edition of the China Securities newspaper, said net profit in the period was 3.385 million yuan, down from 14.956 million in the same 1995 period.

Jiangling Motors Corp

China Securities


Input: Turnover fell to 937.891 million yuan from 1.215 billion, while net assets per share were 1.88 yuan, unchanged, and earnings per share fell to 0.005 yuan from 0.02 yuan, the statement said.


Input: In the first half, the company said it produced 8,333 vehicles and sold 9,018, but it did not explain the difference.


Input: It blamed the drop in profits on a weak vehicle market and said as its engine plant had only just started trial production, the company's results would not improve in the short-term.


Input: Ford owns 138.643 million shares in the firm.

Ford


Input: The majority shareholder, with 51 percent, or 353.24 million shares, is Jiangling Motors Group.

Jiangling Motors Group


Input: The company, in the southern province of Jiangxi, had about eight percent of China's light truck market in 1994.

Jiangxi

China


Input: ($1 = 8.3 yuan)


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT HAMLET CUP.

HAMLET CUP


Input: COMMACK, New York 1996-08-24

COMMACK

New York


Input: Results from the


Input: Waldbaum Hamlet Cup tennis tournament on Saturday (prefix

Waldbaum Hamlet Cup


Input: number denotes seeding):


Input: Semifinals:


Input: Martin Damm (Czech Republic) beat Adrian Voinea (Romania) 5-7

Martin Damm

Adrian Voinea

Czech Republic

Romania


Input: 7-5 7-5


Input: 5-Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) beat Karol Kucera (Slovakia) 7-6

Andrei Medvedev

Karol Kucera

Ukraine

Slovakia


Input: (7-0) 6-3


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT TOSHIBA CLASSIC.

TOSHIBA CLASSIC


Input: CARLSBAD, Calif. 1996-08-24

CARLSBAD

Calif.


Input: Results from the $450,000 Toshiba Classic tennis tournament on Saturday (prefix number denotes seeding):

Toshiba Classic


Input: Semifinals:


Input: 1-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) beat 3-Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 1-6, 6-2 6-3

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Jana Novotna

Spain

Czech Republic


Input: 4-Kimiko Date (Japan) beat 2-Conchita Martinez (Spain) 6-2 7-5.

Kimiko Date

Conchita Martinez

Japan

Spain


Input: RALLYING-KANKKUNEN IN COMMAND AS MCRAE ROLLS OUT.

KANKKUNEN

MCRAE


Input: JYVASKYLA, Finland 1996-08-24

JYVASKYLA

Finland


Input: Finland's Juha Kankkunen produced an impressive performance in his Toyota on Saturday to open up a 37 seconds lead after six stages of the 1,000 Lakes Rally, sixth round of the world championship.

Finland

Juha Kankkunen

Toyota

1,000 Lakes Rally


Input: On a weekend overshadowed by Friday's fatal accident, four times world champion Kankunnen emerged from the first five of Saturday's 10 stages with a commanding advantage over his country's latest prospect, Marcus Gronholm, also in a Toyota.

Kankunnen

Marcus Gronholm

Toyota


Input: World championship leader Tommi Makinen in his Mitsubishi was third but current world champion Colin McRae ended a bad week by crashing out.

Tommi Makinen

Colin McRae

Mitsubishi


Input: After being fined $250,000 by the sports governing body on Tuesday, the British driver rolled his Subaru 6.5 km into stage six.

British

Subaru


Input: He and co-driver Derek Ringer were unhurt but team boss David Richards was furious with them.

Derek Ringer

David Richards


Input: " It's not unfortunate, it's incompetent, " he declared.


Input: Kankkunen has set an astonishing pace for a driver who has not rallied for three months.

Kankkunen


Input: " If you do a lot of something, sometimes it's good to have a break.


Input: It's not bad for an old man! "


Input: said the 37-year-old veteran.


Input: Ford had a poor morning with Spaniard Carlos Sainz losing 90 seconds through turbo trouble while Belgian Bruno Thiry dropped four minutes when a transmission shaft snapped.

Ford

Spaniard

Belgian

Carlos Sainz

Bruno Thiry


Input: MOTOR RACING-BELGIAN GRAND PRIX GRID POSITIONS.

BELGIAN GRAND PRIX


Input: SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium 1996-08-24

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS

Belgium


Input: Grid positions


Input: for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix motor race after final

Belgian Grand Prix


Input: qualifying on Saturday:


Input: 1. Jacques Villeneuve (Canada) Williams 1 minute 50.574

Jacques Villeneuve

Canada

Williams


Input: seconds (average speed 226.859 kph)


Input: 2. Damon Hill (Britain) Williams 1:50.980

Damon Hill

Britain

Williams


Input: 3. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari 1:51.778

Michael Schumacher

Germany

Ferrari


Input: 4. David Coulthard (Britain) McLaren 1:51.884

David Coulthard

Britain

McLaren


Input: 5. Gerhard Berger (Austria) Benetton 1:51.960

Gerhard Berger

Austria

Benetton


Input: 6. Mika Hakkinen (Finland) McLaren 1:52.318

Mika Hakkinen

Finland

McLaren


Input: 7. Jean Alesi (France) Benetton 1:52.354

Jean Alesi

France

Benetton


Input: 8. Martin Brundle (Britain) Jordan 1:52.977

Martin Brundle

Britain

Jordan


Input: 9. Eddie Irvine (Britain) Ferrari 1:53.043

Eddie Irvine

Britain

Ferrari


Input: 10. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Jordan 1:53.152

Rubens Barrichello

Brazil

Jordan


Input: Add grid:


Input: 11. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Germany) Sauber 1:53.199

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Germany

Sauber


Input: 12. Johnny Herbert (Britain) Sauber 1:53.993

Johnny Herbert

Britain

Sauber


Input: 13. Mika Salo (Finland) Tyrrell 1:54.095

Mika Salo

Finland

Tyrrell


Input: 14. Olivier Panis (France) Ligier 1:54.220

Olivier Panis

France

Ligier


Input: 15. Pedro Diniz (Brazil) Ligier 1:54.700

Pedro Diniz

Brazil

Ligier


Input: 16. Jos Verstappen (Netherlands) Arrows 1:55.150

Jos Verstappen

Netherlands

Arrows


Input: 17. Ukyo Katayama (Japan) Tyrrell 1:55.371

Ukyo Katayama

Japan

Tyrrell


Input: 18. Ricardo Rosset (Brazil) Arrows 1:56.286

Ricardo Rosset

Brazil

Arrows


Input: 19. Pedro Lamy (Portugal) Minardi 1:56.830

Pedro Lamy

Portugal

Minardi


Input: Did not qualify (times did not meet qualifying standard):


Input: 20. Giovanni Lavaggi (Italy) Minardi 1:58.579

Giovanni Lavaggi

Italy

Minardi


Input: RALLYING-BELGIAN SPECTATOR DIES IN FINNISH RALLY.

BELGIAN

FINNISH


Input: JYVASKYLA, Finland 1996-08-24

JYVASKYLA

Finland


Input: A Belgian man died and 31 people were injured after an accident in Friday's opening phase of the world championship 1,000 Lakes Rally.

Belgian

1,000 Lakes Rally


Input: The unnamed victim died during the night, a hospital spokesman said on Saturday.


Input: Danish driver Karsten Richardt had ploughed into the crowd during the two-kilometre first stage held in the host city of Jyvaskyla.

Danish

Karsten Richardt

Jyvaskyla


Input: Richardt's Mitsubishi skidded down an escape road and ploughed into a cordoned-off area for spectators.

Richardt

Mitsubishi


Input: A second Belgian was also seriously injured but the hospital spokesman said his life was not in danger.

Belgian


Input: The stage was suspended but the four-day rally resumed on Saturday.


Input: A woman was killed before last year's event when she walked in front of a car practising on the course.


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT TOSHIBA CLASSIC.

TOSHIBA CLASSIC


Input: CARLSBAD, California 1996-08-24

CARLSBAD

California


Input: Results from the


Input: $450,000 Toshiba Classic tennis tournament on Friday (prefix

Toshiba Classic


Input: number denotes seeding):


Input: Quarterfinals:


Input: 1-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) beat Katarina Studenikova

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Katarina Studenikova

Spain


Input: (Slovakia) 6-3 6-3

Slovakia


Input: 3-Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) beat Sandrine Testud (France)

Jana Novotna

Sandrine Testud

Czech Republic

France


Input: 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.


Input: 4-Kimiko Date (Japan) beat 5-Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina)

Kimiko Date

Gabriela Sabatini

Japan

Argentina


Input: 6-4 6-1


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT HAMLET CUP.

HAMLET CUP


Input: COMMACK, New York 1996-08-23

COMMACK

New York


Input: Results from the


Input: Waldbaum Hamlet Cup tennis tournament on Friday (prefix number

Waldbaum Hamlet Cup


Input: denotes seeding):


Input: Quarterfinals:


Input: Adrian Voinea (Romania) beat Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 7-6

Adrian Voinea

Thomas Johansson

Romania

Sweden


Input: (7-4) 6-2


Input: 5-Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) beat Jonathan Stark (U.S.) 7-6

Andrei Medvedev

Jonathan Stark

Ukraine

U.S.


Input: (7-4) 4-6 6-3


Input: Martin Damm (Czech Republic) beat Michael Joyce (U.S.) 5-7

Martin Damm

Michael Joyce

Czech Republic

U.S.


Input: 6-2 6-3


Input: Karol Kucera (Slovakia) beat 1-Michael Chang (U.S.) 6-4 6-4

Karol Kucera

Michael Chang

Slovakia

U.S.


Input: GOLF-THUNDERSTORMS FORCE SUSPENSION OF SECOND ROUND IN AKRON.

GOLF

AKRON


Input: AKRON, Ohio 1996-08-23

AKRON

Ohio


Input: Thunderstorms forced the suspension of the World Series of Golf after just five players in the 43-man field had completed the second round on Friday.

World Series of Golf


Input: Play initially was interrupted for more than 3-1/2 hours before resuming for two hours.


Input: But play was finally suspended for the day when the storm continued.


Input: The 38 players are schedeled to resume their rounds on Saturday morning before the third round begins.


Input: GOLF-SCORES AT WORLD SERIES OF GOLF.

WORLD SERIES OF GOLF


Input: AKRON, Ohio 1996-08-23

AKRON

Ohio


Input: Scores from the $2.1


Input: million NEC World Series of Golf after the second round was

NEC World Series of Golf


Input: suspended due to rain on Friday with 38 of the 43 players yet


Input: to finish their rounds on the 7,149 yard, par 70 Firestone C.C

Firestone C.C


Input: course (players U.S. unless noted):

U.S.


Input: -5 Paul Goydos through 2 holes

Paul Goydos


Input: -5 Billy Mayfair through 2

Billy Mayfair


Input: -4 Greg Norman (Australia) through 8

Greg Norman

Australia


Input: -4 Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) through 3

Hidemichi Tanaka

Japan


Input: -3 Steve Stricker through 3

Steve Stricker


Input: -2 Phil Mickelson through 7

Phil Mickelson


Input: -2 Mark Brooks through 3

Mark Brooks


Input: -1 Hal Sutton through 11

Hal Sutton


Input: -1 John Cook through 5

John Cook


Input: -1 Tim Herron through 4

Tim Herron


Input: -1 Justin Leonard through 3

Justin Leonard


Input: 0 Steve Jones through 7

Steve Jones


Input: 0 Nick Faldo (Britain) through 5

Nick Faldo

Britain


Input: 0 Davis Love through 5

Davis Love


Input: +1 Fred Couples through 15

Fred Couples


Input: +1 Fred Funk through 9

Fred Funk


Input: +1 Scott Hoch through 9

Scott Hoch


Input: +1 Ernie Els (South Africa) through 8

Ernie Els

South Africa


Input: +2 D.A. Weibring through 12

D.A. Weibring


Input: +2 Clarence Rose through 9

Clarence Rose


Input: +2 Duffy Waldorf through 4

Duffy Waldorf


Input: +3 Jim Furyk through 16

Jim Furyk


Input: +3 Corey Pavin through 14

Corey Pavin


Input: +3 Craig Stadler through 14

Craig Stadler


Input: +3 Brad Bryant through 12

Brad Bryant


Input: +3 Tom Lehman through 11

Tom Lehman


Input: +3 Sven Struver (Germany) through 10

Sven Struver

Germany


Input: +3 Alexander Cejka (Germany) through 10

Alexander Cejka

Germany


Input: +3 Anders Forsbrand (Sweden) through 5

Anders Forsbrand

Sweden


Input: +4 Willie Wood through 17

Willie Wood


Input: +4 Costantino Rocca (Italy) through 15

Costantino Rocca

Italy


Input: +4 Stewart Ginn (Australia) through 13

Stewart Ginn

Australia


Input: +5 Wayne Westner (South Africa) 77 68

Wayne Westner

South Africa


Input: +5 Sigeki Maruyama (Japan) through 17

Sigeki Maruyama

Japan


Input: +5 Mark O'Meara through 15

Mark O'Meara


Input: +5 Loren Roberts through 9

Loren Roberts


Input: +6 Scott McCarron 76 70

Scott McCarron


Input: +7 Satoshi Higashi (Japan) through 16

Satoshi Higashi

Japan


Input: +7 Paul Stankowski through 15

Paul Stankowski


Input: +8 Craig Parry (Australia) through 13

Craig Parry

Australia


Input: +9 Tom Watson 79 70

Tom Watson


Input: +11 Seiki Okuda (Japan) 81 70 (through 18)

Seiki Okuda

Japan


Input: +11 Steve Schneiter 77 74) through 18)

Steve Schneiter


Input: RUGBY LEAGUE-EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE RESULTS/STANDINGS.

RUGBY LEAGUE

EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Results of European Super League

European Super League


Input: rugby league matches on Saturday:


Input: Paris 14 Bradford 27

Paris

Bradford


Input: Wigan 78 Workington 4

Wigan

Workington


Input: Standings (tabulated under played, won, drawn, lost, points


Input: for, against, total points):


Input: Wigan 22 19 1 2 902 326 39

Wigan


Input: St Helens 21 19 0 2 884 441 38

St Helens


Input: Bradford 22 17 0 5 767 409 34

Bradford


Input: Warrington 21 12 0 9 555 499 24

Warrington


Input: London 21 11 1 9 555 462 23

London


Input: Sheffield 21 10 0 11 574 696 20

Sheffield


Input: Halifax 21 9 1 11 603 552 19

Halifax


Input: Castleford 21 9 0 12 548 543 18

Castleford


Input: Oldham 21 8 1 12 439 656 17

Oldham


Input: Leeds 21 6 0 15 531 681 12

Leeds


Input: Paris 22 3 1 18 398 795 7

Paris


Input: Workington 22 2 1 19 325 1021 5

Workington


Input: CRICKET-ESSEX POISED TO STEP UP TITLE CHALLENGE.

ESSEX


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Essex are set to step up their English county championship challenge with a fifth consecutive victory after new-ball pair Neil Williams and Mark Ilott sent Gloucestershire reeling on Saturday.

Essex

Gloucestershire

English

Neil Williams

Mark Ilott


Input: Williams seized two wickets in two deliveries and left-armer Ilott also captured two as Gloucestershire, 252 behind on first innings, slumped to 27 for four at the close on the third day of the four-day game at Colchester.

Williams

Ilott

Gloucestershire

Colchester


Input: Essex, who started the current round of matches in fifth place 20 points behind leaders Derbyshire with a game in hand, could go top if they complete victory on Monday's last day and other results favour them.

Essex

Derbyshire


Input: Williams thrust Essex on course for success by dispatching Matt Windows and Andrew Symonds in his second over, before Ilott removed Dominic Hewson and Tim Hancock to reduce Gloucestershire to 17 for four at one stage.

Williams

Matt Windows

Andrew Symonds

Ilott

Dominic Hewson

Tim Hancock

Essex

Gloucestershire


Input: The visitors had started the day optimistically by sending back former England captain Graham Gooch when he added just six to his overnight 105, but Essex went on to make 532 for eight before declaring.

England

Graham Gooch

Essex


Input: Captain Paul Prichard plundered 88 from 73 deliveries, hitting 15 fours and one six.

Paul Prichard


Input: Second-placed Kent were frustrated by rain which prevented any play at Cardiff, where they have reached 255 for three in their first innings against Glamorgan, while third-placed Surrey are facing an uphill task against Nottinghamshire.

Kent

Glamorgan

Surrey

Nottinghamshire

Cardiff


Input: Surrey slipped to 88 for four in reply to Notts' commanding first innings of 446 for nine declared at Trent Bridge, before Alistair Brown struck a 55-ball half-century.

Surrey

Notts

Trent Bridge

Alistair Brown


Input: Brown's 56 not out, containing eight fours and three sixes, lifted Surrey to 128 for four on a rain-curtailed day.

Brown

Surrey


Input: Fourth-placed Leicestershire had Hampshire on the ropes at Leicester before rain intervened.

Leicestershire

Hampshire

Leicester


Input: Pace trio David Millns (2-24), Gordon Parsons (3-20) and Vince Wells (2-19) had Hampshire reeling at 81 for seven in reply to the home county's first innings of 353.

David Millns

Gordon Parsons

Vince Wells

Hampshire


Input: Yorkshire rekindled their title hopes after three successive defeats by taking the upper hand against arch-rivals Lancashire at Old Trafford.

Yorkshire

Lancashire

Old Trafford


Input: Facing Yorkshire's 529 for eight declared, Lancashire were forced to follow on 206 behind after being bowled out for 323, paceman Darren Gough polishing off the innings with a burst of three wickets for one run in 17 deliveries.

Yorkshire

Lancashire

Darren Gough


Input: Lancashire then reached 210 for five at the close -- just four ahead -- after Neil Fairbrother hit 55 in 60 balls to add to his first innings of 86.

Lancashire

Neil Fairbrother


Input: CRICKET-ENGLAND V PAKISTAN FINAL TEST SCOREBOARD.

ENGLAND

PAKISTAN


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Scoreboard on the third day of the


Input: third and final test between England and Pakistan at The Oval on

England

Pakistan

The Oval


Input: Saturday:


Input: England first innings 326 (J. Crawley 106, G. Thorpe 54; Waqar

England

J. Crawley

G. Thorpe

Waqar


Input: Younis 4-95)

Younis


Input: Pakistan first innings (overnight 229-1)

Pakistan


Input: Saeed Anwar c Croft b Cork 176

Saeed Anwar

Croft

Cork


Input: Aamir Sohail c Cork b Croft 46

Aamir Sohail

Cork

Croft


Input: Ijaz Ahmed c Stewart b Mullally 61

Ijaz Ahmed

Stewart

Mullally


Input: Inzamam-ul-Haq c Hussain b Mullally 35

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Hussain

Mullally


Input: Salim Malik not out 2

Salim Malik


Input: Asif Mujtaba not out 1

Asif Mujtaba


Input: Extras (b-4 lb-3 nb-11) 18


Input: Total (for four wickets) 339


Input: Fall of wickets: 1-106 2-239 3-334 4-334


Input: To bat: Wasim Akram, Moin Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis,

Wasim Akram

Moin Khan

Mushtaq Ahmed

Waqar Younis


Input: Mohammad Akam

Mohammad Akam


Input: Bowling (to date): Lewis 12-1-76-0, Mullally 22-6-56-2,

Lewis

Mullally


Input: Croft 29-6-64-1, Cork 14.3-4-45-1, Salisbury 17-0-91-0

Croft

Cork

Salisbury


Input: CRICKET-ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES.

ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Close of play scores in four-day


Input: English County Championship cricket matches on Saturday:

English County Championship


Input: Final day


Input: At Weston-super-Mare: Match abandoned as a draw-rain.

Weston-super-Mare


Input: Durham 326 (D. Cox 95 not out, S. Campbell 69; G. Rose 7-73).

Durham

D. Cox

S. Campbell

G. Rose


Input: Somerset 298-6 (M. Lathwell 85, R. Harden 65).

Somerset

M. Lathwell

R. Harden


Input: Somerset 9 points,

Somerset


Input: Durham 8.

Durham


Input: Third day


Input: At Colchester: Gloucestershire 280 and 27-4.

Colchester

Gloucestershire


Input: Essex 532-8

Essex


Input: declared (G. Gooch 111, R. Irani 91, P. Prichard 88, D. Robinson 72;

G. Gooch

R. Irani

P. Prichard

D. Robinson


Input: M. Alleyne 4-80).

M. Alleyne


Input: At Cardiff: Kent 255-3 (D. Fulton 64, M. Walker 59, C. Hooper

Cardiff

Kent

D. Fulton

M. Walker

C. Hooper


Input: 52 not out) v Glamorgan.

Glamorgan


Input: No play-rain.


Input: At Leicester: Leicestershire 353 (P. Simmons 108, P. Nixon 67;

Leicester

Leicestershire

P. Simmons

P. Nixon


Input: S. Renshaw 4-56, J. Bovill 4-102).

S. Renshaw

J. Bovill


Input: Hampshire 81-7.

Hampshire


Input: At Northampton: Sussex 389 and 112 (C. Ambrose 6-26).

Northampton

Sussex

C. Ambrose


Input: Northamptonshire 361 (K. Curran 117, D. Ripley 66 not out) and

Northamptonshire

K. Curran

D. Ripley


Input: At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 446-9 declared (G. Archer

Trent Bridge

Nottinghamshire

G. Archer


Input: 143, M. Dowman 107, W. Noon 57; B. Julian 4-104).

M. Dowman

W. Noon

B. Julian


Input: Surrey 128-4

Surrey


Input: (A. Brown 56 not out).

A. Brown


Input: At Worcester: Warwickshire 310 (A. Giles 83, T. Munton 54 not

Worcester

Warwickshire

A. Giles

T. Munton


Input: out, W. Khan 52; R. Illingworth 4-54, S. Lampitt 4-90).

W. Khan

R. Illingworth

S. Lampitt


Input: Worcestershire 205-9 (K. Spiring 52).

Worcestershire

K. Spiring


Input: At Headingley: Yorkshire 529-8 declared (C. White 181,

Headingley

Yorkshire

C. White


Input: R. Blakey 109 not out, M. Moxon 66, M. Vaughan 57).

R. Blakey

M. Moxon

M. Vaughan


Input: Lancashire 323

Lancashire


Input: (N. Fairbrother 86, M. Watkinson 64; D. Gough 4-53) and 210-5

N. Fairbrother

M. Watkinson

D. Gough


Input: (N. Speak 65 not out, N. Fairbrother 55).

N. Speak

N. Fairbrother


Input: SOCCER-SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS.

SCOTTISH


Input: GLASGOW 1996-08-24

GLASGOW


Input: Results of Scottish league soccer

Scottish


Input: matches on Saturday:


Input: Premier division


Input: Hibernian 0 Dunfermline 0

Hibernian

Dunfermline


Input: Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 3

Kilmarnock

Celtic


Input: Raith 0 Motherwell 3

Raith

Motherwell


Input: Rangers 1 Dundee United 0

Rangers

Dundee United


Input: Playing Sunday:


Input: Aberdeen v Hearts

Aberdeen

Hearts


Input: Division one


Input: Airdrieonians 0 East Fife 0

Airdrieonians

East Fife


Input: Clydebank 1 Stirling 0

Clydebank

Stirling


Input: Dundee 2 Greenock Morton 1

Dundee

Greenock Morton


Input: Falkirk 1 Partick 0

Falkirk

Partick


Input: St Mirren 0 St Johnstone 3

St Mirren

St Johnstone


Input: Division two


Input: Berwick 0 Stenhousemuir 6

Berwick

Stenhousemuir


Input: Brechin 1 Ayr 1

Brechin

Ayr


Input: Hamilton 2 Clyde 0

Hamilton

Clyde


Input: Queen of the South 2 Dumbarton 1

Queen of the South

Dumbarton


Input: Stranraer 1 Livingston 2

Stranraer

Livingston


Input: Division three


Input: Alloa 1 Arbroath 1

Alloa

Arbroath


Input: Cowdenbeath 1 Monstrose 0

Cowdenbeath

Monstrose


Input: Forfar 3 Inverness 1

Forfar

Inverness


Input: Ross County 1 Queen's Park 2

Ross County

Queen's Park


Input: Played Friday:


Input: East Stirling 0 Albion 1

East Stirling

Albion


Input: SOCCER-OUT-OF-SORTS NEWCASTLE CRASH 2-1 AT HOME.

NEWCASTLE


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Newcastle's early season teething problems continued on Saturday when they lost 2-1 at home to premier league pacesetters Sheffield Wednesday.

Newcastle

Sheffield Wednesday


Input: England striker Alan Shearer gave Kevin Keegan's talent-laden side the lead from the penalty spot after 13 minutes after Wednesday's Yugoslav Dejan Stefanovic pulled down Colombian forward Faustino Asprilla.

England

Alan Shearer

Kevin Keegan

Dejan Stefanovic

Faustino Asprilla

Yugoslav

Colombian


Input: But two minutes later Wednesday equalised through Peter Atherton, who found space in the penalty area to meet Mark Pembridge's free kick with a precise glancing header.

Wednesday

Peter Atherton

Mark Pembridge


Input: Guy Whittingham stole three points for the Yorkshire side with a goal 10 minutes from time.

Guy Whittingham

Yorkshire


Input: To add to Newcastle's misery, England striker Les Ferdinand was stretchered off in the second half.

Newcastle

England

Les Ferdinand


Input: Wednesday, who escaped relegation on the final day of last season, have now won their first three games of the season.

Wednesday


Input: Elsewhere, title hopefuls Liverpool were held 0-0 at home by newly-promoted Sunderland, and in London, the tie between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton also ended goaless.

Liverpool

Sunderland

Tottenham Hotspur

Everton

London


Input: Frenchman Frank LeBoeuf and Italian Gianluca Vialli scored their first premier league goals as Chelsea beat Coventry 2-0, and managerless Arsenal won by the same scoreline at Leicester.

Frenchman

Italian

Frank LeBoeuf

Gianluca Vialli

Chelsea

Coventry

Arsenal

Leicester


Input: Last season's league and Cup winners Manchester United host 1995 champions Blackburn on Sunday.

Cup

Manchester United

Blackburn


Input: SOCCER-ENGLISH LEAGUE RESULTS.

ENGLISH


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Results of English league soccer

English


Input: matches on Saturday:


Input: Premier league


Input: Aston Villa 2 Derby 0

Aston Villa

Derby


Input: Chelsea 2 Coventry 0

Chelsea

Coventry


Input: Leicester 0 Arsenal 2

Leicester

Arsenal


Input: Liverpool 0 Sunderland 0

Liverpool

Sunderland


Input: Newcastle 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2

Newcastle

Sheffield Wednesday


Input: Nottingham Forest 1 Middlesbrough 1

Nottingham Forest

Middlesbrough


Input: Tottenham 0 Everton 0

Tottenham

Everton


Input: West Ham 2 Southampton 1

West Ham

Southampton


Input: Playing Sunday:


Input: Manchester United v Blackburn

Manchester United

Blackburn


Input: Playing Monday:


Input: Leeds v Wimbledon

Leeds

Wimbledon


Input: Division one


Input: Bolton 3 Norwich 1

Bolton

Norwich


Input: Charlton 1 West Bromwich 1

Charlton

West Bromwich


Input: Crystal Palace 3 Oldham 1

Crystal Palace

Oldham


Input: Ipswich 5 Reading 2

Ipswich

Reading


Input: Oxford 5 Southend 0

Oxford

Southend


Input: Sheffield United 4 Birmingham 4

Sheffield United

Birmingham


Input: Stoke 2 Manchester City 1

Stoke

Manchester City


Input: Swindon 1 Port Vale 1

Swindon

Port Vale


Input: Wolverhampton 1 Bradford 0

Wolverhampton

Bradford


Input: Played Friday:


Input: Portsmouth 1 Queen's Park Rangers 2

Portsmouth

Queen's Park Rangers


Input: Tranmere 3 Grimsby 2

Tranmere

Grimsby


Input: Playing Sunday:


Input: Barnsley v Huddersfield

Barnsley

Huddersfield


Input: Division two


Input: Brentford 3 Luton 2

Brentford

Luton


Input: Bristol City v Blackpool late kickoff

Bristol City

Blackpool


Input: Burnley 2 Walsall 1

Burnley

Walsall


Input: Chesterfield 1 Bury 2

Chesterfield

Bury


Input: Peterborough 2 Crewe 2

Peterborough

Crewe


Input: Preston 0 Bristol Rovers 0

Preston

Bristol Rovers


Input: Rotherham 1 Shrewsbury 2

Rotherham

Shrewsbury


Input: Stockport 0 Notts County 0

Stockport

Notts County


Input: Watford 0 Millwall 2

Watford

Millwall


Input: Wrexham 4 Plymouth 4

Wrexham

Plymouth


Input: Wycombe 1 Gillingham 1

Wycombe

Gillingham


Input: York 1 Bournemouth 2

York

Bournemouth


Input: Division three


Input: Barnet 1 Wigan 1

Barnet

Wigan


Input: Cardiff 1 Brighton 0

Cardiff

Brighton


Input: Carlisle 0 Hull 0

Carlisle

Hull


Input: Chester 1 Cambridge 1

Chester

Cambridge


Input: Darlington 4 Swansea 1

Darlington

Swansea


Input: Exeter 2 Scarborough 2

Exeter

Scarborough


Input: Hartlepool 2 Fulham 1

Hartlepool

Fulham


Input: Hereford 1 Doncaster 0

Hereford

Doncaster


Input: Lincoln 1 Leyton Orient 1

Lincoln

Leyton Orient


Input: Northampton 3 Mansfield 0

Northampton

Mansfield


Input: Rochdale 0 Colchester 0

Rochdale

Colchester


Input: Scunthorpe 1 Torquay 0

Scunthorpe

Torquay


Input: Add Division two


Input: Bristol City 0 Blackpool 1

Bristol City

Blackpool


Input: CRICKET-PAKISTAN 318-2 V ENGLAND -- LUNCH.

PAKISTAN

ENGLAND


Input: LONDON 1996-08-24

LONDON


Input: Pakistan were 318 for two at lunch on the third day of the third and final test at The Oval on Saturday in reply to England's 326 all out.

Pakistan

The Oval

England


Input: Score: England 326 (J. Crawley 106, G. Thorpe 54.

England

J. Crawley

G. Thorpe


Input: Waqar Younis 4-95).

Waqar Younis


Input: Pakistan 318-2 (Saeed Anwar 169 not out, Ijaz Ahmed 61).

Pakistan

Saeed Anwar

Ijaz Ahmed


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT CANADIAN OPEN.

CANADIAN OPEN


Input: TORONTO 1996-08-23

TORONTO


Input: Results from the Canadian Open

Canadian Open


Input: tennis tournament on Friday (prefix numbers denotes seedings):


Input: Quarterfinals


Input: 3-Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) beat 5-Thomas Enqvist

Wayne Ferreira

Thomas Enqvist

South Africa


Input: (Sweden) 7-5 6-2

Sweden


Input: 4-Marcelo Rios (Chile) beat Patrick Rafter (Australia) 0-6

Marcelo Rios

Patrick Rafter

Chile

Australia


Input: 7-6 (7-4) 6-1


Input: 7-Todd Martin (U.S.) beat Alex O'Brien (U.S.) 6-4 6-4

Todd Martin

Alex O'Brien

U.S.

U.S.


Input: Todd Woodbridge (Australia) beat Mark Philippoussis

Todd Woodbridge

Mark Philippoussis

Australia


Input: (Australia) 7-5 6-4

Australia


Input: RUGBY UNION-NEW ZEALAND WIN FIRST SERIES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

RUGBY UNION

NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA


Input: PRETORIA, South Africa 1996-08-24

PRETORIA

South Africa


Input: New Zealand made history on Saturday when they completed their first series victory in South Africa with a 33-26 victory in the second test.

New Zealand

South Africa


Input: The win gave the All Blacks an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-test series.

All Blacks


Input: Each side scored three tries and the Springboks outscored the All Blacks 15-12 in the second half but still suffered a fourth successive defeat against their old enemies.

Springboks

All Blacks


Input: Two tries from wing Jeff Wilson in the first quarter gave New Zealand a 24-11 lead before tries from flanker Ruben Kruger and scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen in the space of two minutes narrowed the gap to a single point at 23-24.

Jeff Wilson

Ruben Kruger

Joost van der Westhuizen

New Zealand


Input: The Springboks would have gone ahead had not fly-half Joel Stransky's conversion hit an upright and New Zealand only scrambled to safety through a fine penalty from replacement fly-half Jon Preston and a drop goal by number eight Zinzan Brooke.

Springboks

Joel Stransky

Jon Preston

Zinzan Brooke

New Zealand


Input: RUGBY UNION-NEW ZEALAND DEFEAT SOUTH AFRICA 33-26.

RUGBY UNION

NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA


Input: PRETORIA, South Africa 1996-08-24

PRETORIA

South Africa


Input: New Zealand beat South Africa 33-26 (halftime 21-11) in the second test on Saturday.

New Zealand

South Africa


Input: Scorers:


Input: South Africa-Tries: Hannes Strydom, Ruben Kruger, Joost van der Westhuizen.

South Africa

Hannes Strydom

Ruben Kruger

Joost van der Westhuizen


Input: Penalties: Joel Stranksy (3).

Joel Stranksy


Input: Conversion: Stranksy.

Stranksy


Input: New Zealand-Tries: Jeff Wilson (2), Zinzan Brooke.

New Zealand

Jeff Wilson

Zinzan Brooke


Input: Penalties: Simon Culhane, Jon Preston (2).

Simon Culhane

Jon Preston


Input: Conversions: Culhane (3).

Culhane


Input: Drop goal: Zinzan Brooke.

Zinzan Brooke


Input: New Zealand lead the three-test series 2-0.

New Zealand


Input: SOCCER-YUGOSLAV LEAGUE RESULTS/STANDINGS.

YUGOSLAV


Input: BELGRADE 1996-08-24

BELGRADE


Input: Results of Yugoslav league

Yugoslav


Input: soccer matches played on Saturday:


Input: Division A


Input: Cukaricki 0 Hajduk 2

Cukaricki

Hajduk


Input: Becej 2 Borac 0

Becej

Borac


Input: Mladost (L) 0 Zemun 0

Mladost (L)

Zemun


Input: Rad 1 Buducnost (P) 0

Rad

Buducnost (P)


Input: Standings (tabulated under played, won, drawn, lost, goals


Input: for, against, points):


Input: Becej 3 2 1 0 5 1 7

Becej


Input: Partizan 2 2 0 0 6 2 6

Partizan


Input: Vojvodina 2 2 0 0 4 1 6

Vojvodina


Input: Red Star 2 2 0 0 3 1 6

Red Star


Input: Mladost (L) 3 1 1 1 6 4 4

Mladost (L)


Input: Rad 3 1 1 1 2 2 4

Rad


Input: Hajduk 3 1 0 2 3 3 3

Hajduk


Input: Cukaricki 3 1 0 2 5 6 3

Cukaricki


Input: Buducnost 3 1 0 2 3 5 3

Buducnost


Input: Zemun 3 0 2 1 2 3 2

Zemun


Input: Proleter 2 0 1 1 1 4 1

Proleter


Input: Borac 3 0 0 3 0 8 0

Borac


Input: Division B


Input: Sutjeska 3 Sloboda 2

Sutjeska

Sloboda


Input: Loznica 0 Obilic 1

Loznica

Obilic


Input: OFK Kikinda 1 Radnicki (N) 0

OFK Kikinda

Radnicki (N)


Input: Spartak 1 Buducnost (V) 2

Spartak

Buducnost (V)


Input: OFK Beograd 2 Mladost (BJ) 2

OFK Beograd

Mladost (BJ)


Input: Standings:


Input: Obilic 3 3 0 0 8 1 9

Obilic


Input: Loznica 3 2 0 1 7 3 6

Loznica


Input: Sutjeska 3 2 0 1 6 3 6

Sutjeska


Input: OFK Kikinda 3 2 0 1 4 1 6

OFK Kikinda


Input: Buducnost (V) 3 2 0 1 4 3 6

Buducnost (V)


Input: Spartak 3 1 1 1 3 3 4

Spartak


Input: Zeleznik 2 1 0 1 4 4 3

Zeleznik


Input: OFK Beograd 3 0 3 1 4 4 3

OFK Beograd


Input: Radnicki 3 1 0 2 5 6 3

Radnicki


Input: Sloboda 3 0 1 2 4 8 1

Sloboda


Input: Mladost (BJ) 3 0 1 2 2 6 1

Mladost (BJ)


Input: Rudar 2 0 0 2 0 6 0

Rudar


Input: SOCCER-POLISH FIRST DIVISION RESULTS.

POLISH


Input: WARSAW 1996-08-24

WARSAW


Input: Results of Polish first division

Polish


Input: soccer matches on Saturday:


Input: Amica Wronki 3 Hutnik Krakow 0

Amica Wronki

Hutnik Krakow


Input: Sokol Tychy 5 Lech Poznan 3

Sokol Tychy

Lech Poznan


Input: Rakow Czestochowa 1 Stomil Olsztyn 4

Rakow Czestochowa

Stomil Olsztyn


Input: Wisla Krakow 1 Gornik Zabrze 0

Wisla Krakow

Gornik Zabrze


Input: Slask Wroclaw 3 Odra Wodzislaw 1

Slask Wroclaw

Odra Wodzislaw


Input: GKS Katowice 1 Polonia Warsaw 0

GKS Katowice

Polonia Warsaw


Input: Zaglebie Lubin 2 LKS Lodz 1

Zaglebie Lubin

LKS Lodz


Input: Legia Warsaw 3 GKS Belchatow 2

Legia Warsaw

GKS Belchatow


Input: BASKETBALL-PHILIPPINE PRO-LEAGUE RESULTS.

PHILIPPINE


Input: MANILA 1996-08-24

MANILA


Input: Results of semi-final round games on Friday in the Philippine Basketball Association second conference, which includes American players:

Philippine Basketball Association

American


Input: Alaska Milk beat Purefoods Hotdogs 103-95 (34-48 half-time)

Alaska Milk

Purefoods Hotdogs


Input: Ginebra San Miguel beat Shell 120-103 (65-56)

Ginebra San Miguel

Shell


Input: BASEBALL-RESULTS OF S. KOREAN PRO-BASEBALL GAMES.

S. KOREAN


Input: SEOUL 1996-08-24

SEOUL


Input: Results of South Korean

South Korean


Input: pro-baseball games played on Friday.


Input: Samsung 13 Hyundai 3

Samsung

Hyundai


Input: Haitai 5 Hanwha 4

Haitai

Hanwha


Input: OB 4 Lotte 2

OB

Lotte


Input: Ssangbangwool 1 LG 0

Ssangbangwool

LG


Input: Standings after games played on Friday (tabulate under won,


Input: drawn, lost, winning percentage, games behind first place)


Input: W D L PCT GB


Input: Haitai 62 2 40 .606-

Haitai


Input: Ssangbangwool 56 2 47 .543 6 1/2

Ssangbangwool


Input: Hanwha 55 1 47 .539 7

Hanwha


Input: Hyundai 54 5 47 .533 7 1/2

Hyundai


Input: Samsung 47 5 53 .471 14

Samsung


Input: Lotte 43 5 52 .455 15 1/2

Lotte


Input: LG 44 5 56 .443 17

LG


Input: OB 40 5 59 .407 20 1/2

OB


Input: BASEBALL-MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER FRIDAY'S GAMES.

MAJOR LEAGUE


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-24

NEW YORK


Input: Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball


Input: standings after games played on Friday (tabulate under won,


Input: lost, winning percentage and games behind):


Input: AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE


Input: EASTERN DIVISION

EASTERN DIVISION


Input: W L PCT GB


Input: NEW YORK 73 54 .575-

NEW YORK


Input: BALTIMORE 67 60 .528 6

BALTIMORE


Input: BOSTON 64 65 .496 10

BOSTON


Input: TORONTO 60 69 .465 14

TORONTO


Input: DETROIT 46 82 .359 27 1/2

DETROIT


Input: CENTRAL DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION


Input: CLEVELAND 76 52 .594-

CLEVELAND


Input: CHICAGO 69 61 .531 8

CHICAGO


Input: MINNESOTA 64 64 .500 12

MINNESOTA


Input: MILWAUKEE 61 68 .473 15 1/2

MILWAUKEE


Input: KANSAS CITY 58 72 .446 19

KANSAS CITY


Input: WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION


Input: TEXAS 74 55 .574-

TEXAS


Input: SEATTLE 66 61 .520 7

SEATTLE


Input: OAKLAND 62 69 .473 13

OAKLAND


Input: CALIFORNIA 60 68 .469 13 1/2

CALIFORNIA


Input: SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH SCHEDULE


Input: SEATTLE AT BOSTON

SEATTLE

BOSTON


Input: MILWAUKEE AT CLEVELAND

MILWAUKEE

CLEVELAND


Input: CALIFORNIA AT BALTIMORE

CALIFORNIA

BALTIMORE


Input: TORONTO AT CHICAGO

TORONTO

CHICAGO


Input: OAKLAND AT NEW YORK

OAKLAND

NEW YORK


Input: DETROIT AT KANSAS CITY

DETROIT

KANSAS CITY


Input: TEXAS AT MINNESOTA

TEXAS

MINNESOTA


Input: NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE


Input: EASTERN DIVISION

EASTERN DIVISION


Input: W L PCT GB


Input: ATLANTA 80 47 .630-

ATLANTA


Input: MONTREAL 69 58 .543 11

MONTREAL


Input: NEW YORK 59 70 .457 22

NEW YORK


Input: FLORIDA 59 70 .457 22

FLORIDA


Input: PHILADELPHIA 53 76 .411 28

PHILADELPHIA


Input: CENTRAL DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION


Input: ST LOUIS 68 60 .531-

ST LOUIS


Input: HOUSTON 68 61 .527 1/2

HOUSTON


Input: CINCINNATI 64 63 .504 3 1/2

CINCINNATI


Input: CHICAGO 63 63 .500 4

CHICAGO


Input: PITTSBURGH 55 73 .430 13

PITTSBURGH


Input: WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION


Input: SAN DIEGO 70 60 .538-

SAN DIEGO


Input: LOS ANGELES 68 60 .531 1

LOS ANGELES


Input: COLORADO 66 63 .512 3 1/2

COLORADO


Input: SAN FRANCISCO 54 72 .429 14

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH SCHEDULE


Input: CHICAGO AT ATLANTA

CHICAGO

ATLANTA


Input: ST LOUIS AT HOUSTON

ST LOUIS

HOUSTON


Input: NEW YORK AT LOS ANGELES

NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES


Input: MONTREAL AT SAN FRANCISCO

MONTREAL

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: CINCINNATI AT FLORIDA

CINCINNATI

FLORIDA


Input: PITTSBURGH AT COLORADO

PITTSBURGH

COLORADO


Input: PHILADELPHIA AT SAN DIEGO

PHILADELPHIA

SAN DIEGO


Input: BASEBALL-MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS FRIDAY.

MAJOR LEAGUE


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-24

NEW YORK


Input: Results of Major League

Major League


Input: Baseball games played on Friday (home team in CAPS):


Input: American League

American League


Input: BOSTON 6 Seattle 4

BOSTON

Seattle


Input: Milwaukee 6 CLEVELAND 5 (11 innings)

Milwaukee

CLEVELAND


Input: California 2 BALTIMORE 0

California

BALTIMORE


Input: NEW YORK 5 Oakland 3

NEW YORK

Oakland


Input: Toronto 4 CHICAGO 2

Toronto

CHICAGO


Input: Detroit 3 KANSAS CITY 2

Detroit

KANSAS CITY


Input: MINNESOTA 9 Texas 2

MINNESOTA

Texas


Input: National League

National League


Input: Cincinnati 6 FLORIDA 5 (1ST GM)

Cincinnati

FLORIDA


Input: FLORIDA 8 Cincinnati 3 (2ND GM)

FLORIDA

Cincinnati


Input: ATLANTA 4 Chicago 3

ATLANTA

Chicago


Input: St Louis 1 HOUSTON 0

St Louis

HOUSTON


Input: Pittsburgh 5 COLORADO 3

Pittsburgh

COLORADO


Input: LOS ANGELES 7 New York 5

LOS ANGELES

New York


Input: Philadelphia 7 SAN DIEGO 4

Philadelphia

SAN DIEGO


Input: Montreal 10 SAN FRANCISCO 8

Montreal

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: SOCCER-PORTUGUESE FIRST DIVISION RESULT.

PORTUGUESE


Input: LISBON 1996-08-24

LISBON


Input: Result of a Portuguese first

Portuguese


Input: division soccer match on Saturday:


Input: Belenenses 2 Boavista 4

Belenenses

Boavista


Input: SOCCER-DISAPPOINTING AJAX SLUMP 2-0 AT HEERENVEEN.

AJAX

HEERENVEEN


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-24

AMSTERDAM


Input: Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam faltered in their second league match of the season on Saturday losing 2-0 away at Heerenveen.

Dutch

Ajax Amsterdam

Heerenveen


Input: Ajax, who had a dismal series of pre-season results before beating NAC of Breda in their opening game, had the best of an entertaining first half but failed to break the deadlock.

Ajax

NAC

Breda


Input: Eight minutes after the interval, Heerenveen's Romeo Wouden broke through the Amsterdam defence, left defender John Veldman standing and curled the ball beyond goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar into the Ajax net.

Heerenveen

Ajax

Romeo Wouden

John Veldman

Edwin van der Sar

Amsterdam


Input: Ajax, without injured defenders Marcio Santos and Winston Bogarde and strikers Jari Litmanen and Marc Overmars, then stepped up the pace and looked certain to equalise.

Ajax

Marcio Santos

Winston Bogarde

Jari Litmanen

Marc Overmars


Input: But they left gaps at the back and on 73 minutes Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson rushed out of his own half, beat the Ajax defence and lobbed van der Sar.

Danish

Jon Dahl Tomasson

van der Sar

Ajax


Input: The defeat means Ajax's main title contenders PSV Eindhoven, who beat the champions 3-0 in the traditional league curtain-raiser, can go three points clear of their rivals if they beat Groningen on Sunday.

Ajax

PSV Eindhoven

Groningen


Input: SOCCER-BELGIAN FIRST DIVISION RESULTS.

BELGIAN


Input: BRUSSELS 1996-08-24

BRUSSELS


Input: Results of Belgian first

Belgian


Input: division matches on Saturday:


Input: Standard Liege 3 Molenbeek 0

Standard Liege

Molenbeek


Input: Anderlecht 2 Lokeren 2

Anderlecht

Lokeren