Input: EU rejects German call to boycott British lamb.

EU

German

British


Input: Peter Blackburn

Peter Blackburn


Input: BRUSSELS 1996-08-22

BRUSSELS


Input: The European Commission said on Thursday it disagreed with German advice to consumers to shun British lamb until scientists determine whether mad cow disease can be transmitted to sheep.

European Commission

German

British


Input: Germany's representative to the European Union's veterinary committee Werner Zwingmann said on Wednesday consumers should buy sheepmeat from countries other than Britain until the scientific advice was clearer.

Germany

Britain

European Union

Werner Zwingmann


Input: " We don't support any such recommendation because we don't see any grounds for it, " the Commission's chief spokesman Nikolaus van der Pas told a news briefing.

Commission

Nikolaus van der Pas


Input: He said further scientific study was required and if it was found that action was needed it should be taken by the European Union.

European Union


Input: He said a proposal last month by EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler to ban sheep brains, spleens and spinal cords from the human and animal food chains was a highly specific and precautionary move to protect human health.

EU

Franz Fischler


Input: Fischler proposed EU-wide measures after reports from Britain and France that under laboratory conditions sheep could contract Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) -- mad cow disease.

Fischler

EU-wide

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

BSE

Britain

France


Input: But Fischler agreed to review his proposal after the EU's standing veterinary committee, mational animal health officials, questioned if such action was justified as there was only a slight risk to human health.

Fischler

EU


Input: Spanish Farm Minister Loyola de Palacio had earlier accused Fischler at an EU farm ministers' meeting of causing unjustified alarm through " dangerous generalisation. "

Spanish

Loyola de Palacio

Fischler

EU


Input: Only France and Britain backed Fischler's proposal.

France

Britain

Fischler


Input: The EU's scientific veterinary and multidisciplinary committees are due to re-examine the issue early next month and make recommendations to the senior veterinary officials.

EU


Input: Sheep have long been known to contract scrapie, a brain-wasting disease similar to BSE which is believed to have been transferred to cattle through feed containing animal waste.

BSE


Input: British farmers denied on Thursday there was any danger to human health from their sheep, but expressed concern that German government advice to consumers to avoid British lamb might influence consumers across Europe.

British

German

British

Europe


Input: " What we have to be extremely careful of is how other countries are going to take Germany's lead, " Welsh National Farmers' Union (NFU) chairman John Lloyd Jones said on BBC radio.

Germany

Welsh National Farmers' Union

NFU

BBC radio

John Lloyd Jones


Input: Bonn has led efforts to protect public health after consumer confidence collapsed in March after a British report suggested humans could contract an illness similar to mad cow disease by eating contaminated beef.

Bonn

British


Input: Germany imported 47,600 sheep from Britain last year, nearly half of total imports.

Germany

Britain


Input: It brought in 4,275 tonnes of British mutton, some 10 percent of overall imports.

British


Input: Rare Hendrix song draft sells for almost $17,000.

Hendrix


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: A rare early handwritten draft of a song by U.S. guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was sold for almost $17,000 on Thursday at an auction of some of the late musician's favourite possessions.

U.S.

Jimi Hendrix


Input: A Florida restaurant paid 10,925 pounds ($16,935) for the draft of " Ain't no telling ", which Hendrix penned on a piece of London hotel stationery in late 1966.

Florida

London

Ain't no telling

Hendrix


Input: At the end of a January 1967 concert in the English city of Nottingham he threw the sheet of paper into the audience, where it was retrieved by a fan.

English

Nottingham


Input: Buyers also snapped up 16 other items that were put up for auction by Hendrix's former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, who lived with him from 1966 to 1969.

Hendrix

Kathy Etchingham


Input: They included a black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid box used by Hendrix to store his drugs, which an anonymous Australian purchaser bought for 5,060 pounds ($7,845).

Hendrix

Australian


Input: The guitarist died of a drugs overdose in 1970 aged 27.


Input: China says Taiwan spoils atmosphere for talks.

China

Taiwan


Input: BEIJING 1996-08-22

BEIJING


Input: China on Thursday accused Taipei of spoiling the atmosphere for a resumption of talks across the Taiwan Strait with a visit to Ukraine by Taiwanese Vice President Lien Chan this week that infuriated Beijing.

China

Taipei

Taiwan Strait

Ukraine

Beijing

Taiwanese

Lien Chan


Input: Speaking only hours after Chinese state media said the time was right to engage in political talks with Taiwan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Shen Guofang told Reuters: " The necessary atmosphere for the opening of the talks has been disrupted by the Taiwan authorities. "

Chinese

Taiwan

Taiwan

Foreign Ministry

Reuters

Shen Guofang


Input: State media quoted China's top negotiator with Taipei, Tang Shubei, as telling a visiting group from Taiwan on Wednesday that it was time for the rivals to hold political talks.

China

Taipei

Taiwan

Tang Shubei


Input: " Now is the time for the two sides to engage in political talks ...


Input: that is to end the state of hostility, " Thursday's overseas edition of the People's Daily quoted Tang as saying.

People's Daily

Tang


Input: The foreign ministry's Shen told Reuters Television in an interview he had read reports of Tang's comments but gave no details of why the negotiator had considered the time right for talks with Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province.

Shen

Reuters Television

Tang

Taiwan

Beijing


Input: China, which has long opposed all Taipei efforts to gain greater international recognition, was infuriated by a visit to Ukraine this week by Taiwanese Vice President Lien.

China

Taipei

Ukraine

Taiwanese

Lien


Input: China says time right for Taiwan talks.

China

Taiwan


Input: BEIJING 1996-08-22

BEIJING


Input: China has said it was time for political talks with Taiwan and that the rival island should take practical steps towards that goal.

China

Taiwan


Input: Consultations should be held to set the time and format of the talks, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Tang Shubei, executive vice chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, as saying late on Wednesday.

Xinhua

Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

Tang Shubei


Input: German July car registrations up 14.2 pct yr/yr.

German


Input: FRANKFURT 1996-08-22

FRANKFURT


Input: German first-time registrations of motor vehicles jumped 14.2 percent in July this year from the year-earlier period, the Federal office for motor vehicles said on Thursday.

German

Federal office for motor vehicles


Input: The office said 356,725 new cars were registered in July 1996 -- 304,850 passenger cars and 15,613 trucks.


Input: The figures represent a 13.6 percent increase for passenger cars and a 2.2 percent decline for trucks from July 1995.


Input: Motor-bike registration rose 32.7 percent in the period.


Input: The growth was partly due to an increased number of Germans buying German cars abroad, while manufacturers said that domestic demand was weak, the federal office said.

Germans

German


Input: Almost all German car manufacturers posted gains in registration numbers in the period.

German


Input: Volkswagen AG won 77,719 registrations, slightly more than a quarter of the total.

Volkswagen AG


Input: Opel AG together with General Motors came in second place with 49,269 registrations, 16.4 percent of the overall figure.

Opel AG

General Motors


Input: Third was Ford with 35,563 registrations, or 11.7 percent.

Ford


Input: Only Seat and Porsche had fewer registrations in July 1996 compared to last year's July.

Seat

Porsche


Input: Seat posted 3,420 registrations compared with 5522 registrations in July a year earlier.

Seat


Input: Porsche's registrations fell to 554 from 643.

Porsche


Input: GREEK SOCIALISTS GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO PM FOR ELECTIONS.

GREEK


Input: ATHENS 1996-08-22

ATHENS


Input: The Greek socialist party's executive bureau gave the green light to Prime Minister Costas Simitis to call snap elections, its general secretary Costas Skandalidis told reporters.

Greek

Costas Simitis

Costas Skandalidis


Input: Prime Minister Costas Simitis is going to make an official announcement after a cabinet meeting later on Thursday, said Skandalidis.

Costas Simitis

Skandalidis


Input: -- Dimitris Kontogiannis, Athens Newsroom +301 3311812-4

Dimitris Kontogiannis

Athens Newsroom


Input: BayerVB sets C$ 100 million six-year bond.

BayerVB

C$


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: The following bond was announced by lead manager Toronto Dominion.

Toronto Dominion


Input: BORROWER BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK

BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK


Input: AMT C$ 100 MLN COUPON 6.625 MATURITY 24.SEP.02

C$


Input: TYPE STRAIGHT ISS PRICE 100.92 PAY DATE 24.SEP.96


Input: FULL FEES 1.875 REOFFER 99.32 SPREAD +20 BP


Input: MOODY AA1 LISTING LUX PAY FREQ =


Input: S&P = DENOMS (K) 1-10-100 SALE LIMITS US/UK/CA

S&P

US

UK

CA


Input: NEG PLG NO CRS DEFLT NO FORCE MAJ =


Input: GOV LAW GERMAN HOME CTRY = TAX PROVS STANDARD

GERMAN


Input: MGT/UND 0.275 SELL CONC 1.60 PRAECIP =


Input: UNDERLYING GOVT BOND 7.0 PCT SEPT 2001


Input: NOTES BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK IS JOINT LEAD MANAGER

BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK


Input: -- London Newsroom +44 171 542 7658

London Newsroom


Input: Venantius sets $300 million January 1999 FRN.

Venantius


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: The following floating-rate issue was announced by lead manager Lehman Brothers International.

Lehman Brothers International


Input: BORROWER VENANTIUS AB (SWEDISH NATIONAL MORTGAGE AGENCY)

VENANTIUS AB

SWEDISH


Input: AMT $300 MLN SPREAD-12.5 BP MATURITY 21.JAN.99


Input: TYPE FRN BASE 3M LIBOR PAY DATE S23.SEP.96


Input: LAST MOODY AA3 ISS PRICE 99.956 FULL FEES 10 BP


Input: LAST S&P AA+ REOFFER =

S&P


Input: NOTES S SHORT FIRST COUPON


Input: LISTING LONDON DENOMS (K) 1-10-100 SALE LIMITS US/UK/JP/FR

LONDON

US

UK

JP

FR


Input: NEG PLG YES CRS DEFLT NO FORCE MAJ IPMA 2


Input: GOV LAW ENGLISH HOME CTRY SWEDEN TAX PROVS STANDARD

ENGLISH

SWEDEN


Input: MGT/UND 5 BP SELL CONC 5 BP PRAECIP =


Input: NOTES ISSUED OFF EMTN PROGRAMME


Input: -- London Newsroom +44 171 542 8863

London Newsroom


Input: Port conditions update-Syria-Lloyds Shipping.

Syria

Lloyds Shipping


Input: Port conditions from Lloyds Shipping Intelligence Service --

Lloyds Shipping Intelligence Service


Input: LATTAKIA, Aug 10-waiting time at Lattakia and Tartous presently 24 hours.

LATTAKIA

Lattakia

Tartous


Input: Israel plays down fears of war with Syria.

Israel

Syria


Input: Colleen Siegel

Colleen Siegel


Input: JERUSALEM 1996-08-22

JERUSALEM


Input: Israel's outgoing peace negotiator with Syria said on Thursday current tensions between the two countries appeared to be a storm in a teacup.

Israel

Syria


Input: Itamar Rabinovich, who as Israel's ambassador to Washington conducted unfruitful negotiations with Syria, told Israel Radio it looked like Damascus wanted to talk rather than fight.

Itamar Rabinovich

Israel

Washington

Syria

Damascus

Israel Radio


Input: " It appears to me the Syrian priority is still to negotiate.

Syrian


Input: The Syrians are confused, they are definitely tense, but the general assessment here in Washington is that this is essentially a storm in a teacup, " he said.

Syrians

Washington


Input: Rabinovich is winding up his term as ambassador.

Rabinovich


Input: He will be replaced by Eliahu Ben-Elissar, a former Israeli envoy to Egypt and right-wing Likud party politician.

Eliahu Ben-Elissar

Israeli

Egypt

Likud


Input: Israel on Wednesday sent Syria a message, via Washington, saying it was committed to peace and wanted to open negotiations without preconditions.

Israel

Syria

Washington


Input: But it slammed Damascus for creating what it called a dangerous atmosphere.

Damascus


Input: Syria accused Israel on Wednesday of launching a hysterical campaign against it after Israeli television reported that Damascus had recently test fired a missile.

Syria

Israel

Damascus

Israeli


Input: It said its arms purchases were for defensive purposes.


Input: " The message that we sent to (Syrian President Hafez al-) Assad is that Israel is ready at any time without preconditions to enter peace negotiations, " Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy told Israel Radio in an interview.

Syrian

Israeli

Hafez al-

Assad

David Levy

Israel

Israel Radio


Input: Tension has mounted since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office in June vowing to retain the Golan Heights Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.

Israeli

Benjamin Netanyahu

Golan Heights

Israel

Syria

Middle East


Input: Israeli-Syrian peace talks have been deadlocked over the Golan since 1991 despite the previous government's willingness to make Golan concessions.

Israeli-Syrian

Golan

Golan


Input: Peace talks between the two sides were last held in February.


Input: " The voices coming out of Damascus are bad, not good.

Damascus


Input: The media ...


Input: are full of expressions and declarations that must be worrying ...


Input: this artificial atmosphere is very dangerous because those who spread it could become its prisoners, " Levy said.

Levy


Input: " We expect from Syria, if its face is to peace, that it will answer Israel's message to enter peace negotiations because that is our goal, " he said. "

Syria

Israel


Input: We do not want a war, God forbid.

God


Input: No one benefits from wars. "


Input: Israel's Channel Two television said Damascus had sent a " calming signal " to Israel.

Israel

Damascus

Israel

Channel Two


Input: It gave no source for the report.


Input: Netanyahu and Levy's spokesmen said they could not confirm it.

Netanyahu

Levy


Input: The television also said that Netanyahu had sent messages to reassure Syria via Cairo, the United States and Moscow.

Netanyahu

Syria

Cairo

United States

Moscow


Input: Polish diplomat denies nurses stranded in Libya.

Polish

Libya


Input: TUNIS 1996-08-22

TUNIS


Input: A Polish diplomat on Thursday denied a Polish tabloid report this week that Libya was refusing exit visas to 100 Polish nurses trying to return home after working in the North African country.

Polish

Polish

Polish

North African

Libya


Input: " This is not true.


Input: Up to today, we have no knowledge of any nurse stranded or kept in Libya without her will, and we have not received any complaint, " the Polish embassy's charge d'affaires in Tripoli, Tadeusz Awdankiewicz, told Reuters by telephone.

Libya

Tripoli

Polish

Tadeusz Awdankiewicz

Reuters


Input: Poland's labour ministry said this week it would send a team to Libya to investigate, but Awdankiewicz said the probe was prompted by some nurses complaining about their work conditions such as non-payment of their salaries.

Poland

Libya

Awdankiewicz


Input: He said that there are an estimated 800 Polish nurses working in Libya.

Polish

Libya


Input: Two Iranian opposition leaders meet in Baghdad.

Iranian

Baghdad


Input: Hassan Hafidh

Hassan Hafidh


Input: BAGHDAD 1996-08-22

BAGHDAD


Input: An Iranian exile group based in Iraq vowed on Thursday to extend support to Iran's Kurdish rebels after they were attacked by Iranian troops deep inside Iraq last month.

Iranian

Kurdish

Iranian

Iraq

Iran

Iraq


Input: A Mujahideen Khalq statement said its leader Massoud Rajavi met in Baghdad the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) Hassan Rastegar on Wednesday and voiced his support to Iran's rebel Kurds.

Mujahideen Khalq

Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran

KDPI

Massoud Rajavi

Hassan Rastegar

Baghdad

Iran

Kurds


Input: " Rajavi emphasised that the Iranian Resistance would continue to stand side by side with their Kurdish compatriots and the resistance movement in Iranian Kurdistan, " it said.

Rajavi

Iranian

Kurdish

Resistance

Iranian Kurdistan


Input: A spokesman for the group said the meeting " signals a new level of cooperation between Mujahideen Khalq and the Iranian Kurdish oppositions ".

Mujahideen Khalq

Iranian Kurdish


Input: Iran heavily bombarded targets in northern Iraq in July in pursuit of KDPI guerrillas based in Iraqi Kurdish areas outside the control of the government in Baghdad.

Iran

Iraq

Baghdad

KDPI

Iraqi Kurdish


Input: Iraqi Kurdish areas bordering Iran are under the control of guerrillas of the Iraqi Kurdish Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) group.

Iraqi Kurdish

Iran

Iraqi Kurdish Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

PUK


Input: PUK and Iraq's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) the two main Iraqi Kurdish factions, have had northern Iraq under their control since Iraqi forces were ousted from Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War.

PUK

Kurdistan Democratic Party

KDP

Iraq

Iraq

Kuwait

Iraqi Kurdish

Iraqi

Gulf War


Input: Clashes between the two parties broke out at the weekend in the most serious fighting since a U.S.-sponsored ceasefire last year.

U.S.-sponsored


Input: Mujahideen Khalq said Iranian troops had also been shelling KDP positions in Qasri region in Suleimaniya province near the Iranian border over the last two days.

Mujahideen Khalq

KDP

Iranian

Iranian

Qasri

Suleimaniya


Input: It said about 100 Iraqi Kurds were killed or wounded in the attack.

Iraqi Kurds


Input: Both Iran and Turkey mount air and land strikes at targets in northern Iraq in pursuit of their own Kurdish rebels.

Iran

Turkey

Iraq

Kurdish


Input: A U.S.-led air force in southern Turkey protects Iraqi Kurds from possible attacks by Baghdad troops.

U.S.-led

Iraqi Kurds

Turkey

Baghdad


Input: Saudi riyal rates steady in quiet summer trade.

Saudi


Input: MANAMA 1996-08-22

MANAMA


Input: The spot Saudi riyal against the dollar and riyal interbank deposit rates were mainly steady this week in quiet summer trade, dealers in the kingdom said.

Saudi


Input: " There were no changes in Saudi riyal rates.

Saudi


Input: The market was very quiet because of summer holidays, " one dealer said.


Input: The spot riyal was put at 3.7504/06 to the dollar.


Input: One-month interbank deposits were at 5-1/2, 3/8 percent, three months were 5-5/8, 1/2 percent and six months were 5-3/4, 5/8 percent.

One-month


Input: One-year funds were at six, 5-7/8 percent.

One-year


Input: Israel approves Arafat's flight to West Bank.

Israel

West Bank

Arafat


Input: JERUSALEM 1996-08-22

JERUSALEM


Input: Israel gave Palestinian President Yasser Arafat permission on Thursday to fly over its territory to the West Bank, ending a brief Israeli-PLO crisis, an Arafat adviser said.

Israel

West Bank

Palestinian

Israeli-PLO

Yasser Arafat

Arafat


Input: " The problem is over.


Input: The president's aircraft has received permission to pass through Israeli airspace but the president is not expected to travel to the West Bank before Monday, " Nabil Abu Rdainah told Reuters.

Israeli

West Bank

Nabil Abu Rdainah

Reuters


Input: Arafat had been scheduled to meet former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Thursday but the venue was changed to Gaza after Israel denied flight clearance to the Palestinian leader's helicopters.

Arafat

Shimon Peres

Israeli

Palestinian

West Bank

Ramallah

Gaza

Israel


Input: Palestinian officials accused right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to stop the Ramallah meeting by keeping Arafat grounded.

Palestinian

Benjamin Netanyahu

Arafat

Ramallah


Input: Arafat subsequently cancelled a meeting between Israeli and PLO officials, on civilian affairs, at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.

Arafat

Israeli

PLO

Allenby Bridge

Jordan

West Bank


Input: Abu Rdainah said Arafat had decided against flying to the West Bank on Thursday, after Israel lifted the ban, because he had a busy schedule in Gaza and would not be free until Monday.

Abu Rdainah

Arafat

West Bank

Israel

Gaza


Input: Arafat to meet Peres in Gaza after flight ban.

Arafat

Peres

Gaza


Input: JERUSALEM 1996-08-22

JERUSALEM


Input: Yasser Arafat will meet Shimon Peres in Gaza on Thursday after Palestinians said the right-wing Israeli government had barred the Palestinian leader from flying to the West Bank for talks with the former prime minister.

Yasser Arafat

Shimon Peres

Gaza

West Bank

Palestinians

Israeli

Palestinian


Input: " The meeting between Peres and Arafat will take place at Erez checkpoint in Gaza and not in Ramallah as planned, " Peres' office said.

Peres

Arafat

Peres

Erez

Gaza

Ramallah


Input: Palestinian officials said the Israeli government had barred Arafat from overflying Israel in a Palestinian helicopter to the West Bank in an attempt to bar the meeting with Peres.

Palestinian

Israeli

Palestinian

Arafat

Peres

Israel

West Bank


Input: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused opposition leader Peres, who he defeated in May elections, of trying to undermine his Likud government's authority to conduct peace talks.

Israeli

Benjamin Netanyahu

Peres

Likud


Input: Afghan UAE embassy says Taleban guards going home.

Afghan

Taleban

UAE


Input: Hilary Gush

Hilary Gush


Input: DUBAI 1996-08-22

DUBAI


Input: Three Afghan guards brought to the United Arab Emirates last week by Russian hostages who escaped from the Taleban militia will return to Afghanistan in a few days, the Afghan embassy in Abu Dhabi said on Thursday.

Afghan

Russian

Taleban

Afghan

United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan

Abu Dhabi


Input: " Our ambassador is in touch with the UAE foreign ministry.

UAE


Input: Their return to Afghanistan will take place in two or three days, " an embassy official said.

Afghanistan


Input: " The embassy is issuing them travel documents for their return to their homeland.


Input: There is no objection to their travel, " he added.


Input: The three Islamic Taleban guards were overpowered by seven Russian aircrew who escaped to UAE state Sharjah last Friday on board their own aircraft after a year in the captivity of Taleban militia in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

Islamic Taleban

Russian

Taleban

UAE

Sharjah

Kandahar

Afghanistan


Input: The UAE said on Monday it would hand over the three to the International Red Crescent, possibly last Tuesday.

UAE

International Red Crescent


Input: It has since been silent on the issue.


Input: When asked whether the three guards would travel back to Kandahar or the Afghan capital Kabul, the embassy official said: " That has not been decided, but possibly Kandahar. "

Kandahar

Kabul

Kandahar

Afghan


Input: Kandahar is the headquarters of the opposition Taleban militia.

Kandahar

Taleban


Input: Kabul is controlled by President Burhanuddin Rabbani's government, which Taleban is fighting to overthrow.

Kabul

Burhanuddin Rabbani

Taleban


Input: The embassy official said the three men, believed to be in their 20s, were currently in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi


Input: He did not elaborate.


Input: The Russians, working for the Aerostan firm in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, were taken hostage after a Taleban MiG-19 fighter forced their cargo plane to land in August 1995.

Russians

Russian

Taleban

Aerostan

Tatarstan


Input: Taleban said its shipment of ammunition from Albania was evidence of Russian military support for Rabbani's government.

Taleban

Russian

Albania

Rabbani


Input: Moscow said the crew's nationality was coincidental.

Moscow


Input: Numerous diplomatic attempts to free the seven failed.


Input: The Russians, who said they overpowered the guards -- two armed with Kalashnikov automatic rifles -- while doing regular maintenance work on their Ilyushin 76 cargo plane last Friday, left the UAE capital Abu Dhabi for home on Sunday.

Russians

Kalashnikov

Ilyushin 76

UAE

Abu Dhabi


Input: Iraq's Saddam meets Russia's Zhirinovsky.

Iraq

Russia

Saddam

Zhirinovsky


Input: BAGHDAD 1996-08-22

BAGHDAD


Input: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has told visiting Russian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky that Baghdad wanted to maintain " friendship and cooperation " with Moscow, official Iraqi newspapers said on Thursday.

Iraqi

Russian

Iraqi

Saddam Hussein

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Baghdad

Moscow


Input: " President Saddam Hussein stressed during the meeting Iraq's keenness to maintain friendship and cooperation with Russia, " the papers said.

Saddam Hussein

Iraq

Russia


Input: They said Zhirinovsky told Saddam before he left Baghdad on Wednesday that his Liberal Democratic party and the Russian Duma (parliament) " are calling for an immediate lifting of the embargo " imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

Zhirinovsky

Saddam

Baghdad

Iraq

Kuwait

Liberal Democratic party

Duma

Russian


Input: Zhirinovsky said on Tuesday he would press the Russian government to help end U.N. trade sanctions on Iraq and blamed Moscow for delaying establishment of good ties with Baghdad.

Zhirinovsky

Russian

U.N.

Iraq

Moscow

Baghdad


Input: " Our stand is firm, namely we are calling on (the Russian) government to end the economic embargo on Iraq and resume trade ties between Russia and Iraq, " he told reporters.

Russian

Iraq

Russia

Iraq


Input: Zhirinovsky visited Iraq twice in 1995.

Zhirinovsky

Iraq


Input: Last October he was invited to attend the referendum held on Iraq's presidency, which extended Saddam's term for seven more years.

Iraq

Saddam


Input: PRESS DIGEST-Iraq-Aug 22.

Iraq


Input: BAGHDAD 1996-08-22

BAGHDAD


Input: These are some of the leading stories in the official Iraqi press on Thursday.

Iraqi


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

Reuters


Input: THAWRA

THAWRA


Input: -Iraq's President Saddam Hussein meets with chairman of the Russian liberal democratic party Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Iraq

Saddam Hussein

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Russian


Input: -Turkish foreign minister says Turkey will take part in the Baghdad trade fair that will be held in November.

Turkish

Turkey

Baghdad


Input: IRAQ

IRAQ


Input: -A shipload of 12 tonnes of rice arrives in Umm Qasr port in the Gulf.

Umm Qasr

Gulf


Input: PRESS DIGEST-Lebanon-Aug 22.

Lebanon


Input: BEIRUT 1996-08-22

BEIRUT


Input: These are the leading stories in the Beirut press on Thursday.

Beirut


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

Reuters


Input: AN-NAHAR

AN-NAHAR


Input: -Confrontation is escalating between Hizbollah and the government.

Hizbollah


Input: -Prime Minister Hariri: Israeli threats do no serve peace.

Hariri

Israeli


Input: AS-SAFIR

AS-SAFIR


Input: -Parliament Speaker Berri: Israel is preparing for war against Syria and Lebanon.

Berri

Israel

Syria

Lebanon


Input: -Parliamentary battle in Beirut ..

Beirut


Input: The three main lists have been prepared.


Input: AL-ANWAR

AL-ANWAR


Input: -Continued criticism of law violation incidents -- which occurred in the Mount Lebanon elections last Sunday.

Mount Lebanon


Input: AD-DIYAR

AD-DIYAR


Input: -Financial negotiations between Lebanon and Pakistan.

Lebanon

Pakistan


Input: -Hariri to step into the election battle with an incomplete list.

Hariri


Input: NIDA'A AL-WATAN

NIDA'A AL-WATAN


Input: -Maronite Patriarch Sfeir expressed sorrow over the violations in Sunday' elections.

Maronite

Sfeir


Input: CME live and feeder cattle calls range mixed.

CME


Input: CHICAGO 1996-08-22

CHICAGO


Input: Early calls on CME live and feeder cattle futures ranged from 0.200 cent higher to 0.100 lower, livestock analysts said.

CME


Input: The continued strong tone to cash cattle and beef markets should prompt further support.


Input: Outlook for a bullish cattle-on-feed report is also expected to lend support and prompt some bull spreading, analysts said.


Input: However, trade will likely be light and prices could drift on evening up ahead of the report.


Input: Cash markets are also expected to be quiet after the record amount of feedlot cattle traded this week, they said.


Input: Kindercare says debt buy to hit Q1 results.


Input: MONTGOMERY, Ala.

MONTGOMERY

Ala


Input: KinderCare Learning Centers Inc said on Thursday that a debt buyback would mean an extraordinary loss of $1.2 million in its fiscal 1997 first quarter.

KinderCare Learning Centers Inc


Input: The company said that during the quarter, which began June 1, it bought $30 million par value of its outstanding 10-3/8 percent senior notes due 2001.


Input: The notes were bought for $31.5 million.


Input: Philip Maslowe, chief financial officer of the preschool and child care company, said the buyback " offered an opportunity to reduce the company's weighted average interest costs and improve future cash flows and earnings. "

Philip Maslowe


Input: RESEARCH ALERT-Lehman starts SNET.

Lehman

SNET


Input: -- Lehman analyst Blake Bath started Southern New England Telecommunciations Corp with an outperform rating, his office said.

Lehman

Southern New England Telecommunciations Corp

Blake Bath


Input: -- The analyst set a 12-month price target of $45 and a fiscal 1996 year earnings estimate of $3.09 per share, his office said.


Input: -- The analyst also set an earnings estimate for the 1997 year, but the figure was not immediately available.


Input: -- Southern New England closed at 38-1/2 Wednesday.

Southern New England


Input: -- E. Auchard, Wall Street bureau, 212-859-1736

E. Auchard

Wall Street bureau


Input: Gateway Data Sciences Q2 net rises.

Gateway Data Sciences


Input: PHOENIX 1996-08-22

PHOENIX


Input: Summary of Consolidated Financial Data

Consolidated Financial Data


Input: (In Thousands, except per share data)


Input: Six Months Ended Quarter Ended


Input: Jul 31, Jul 31, Jul 31, Jul 31,


Input: 1996 1995 1996 1995


Input: Income Statement Data:


Input: Total Revenue $10,756 $13,102 $7,961 $5,507


Input: Software Revenue 2,383 1,558 1,086 1,074


Input: Services Revenue 1,154 692 624 465


Input: Operating Income 906 962 599 515


Input: Net Income 821 512 565 301


Input: Earnings Per Share 0.31 0.34 0.19 0.20


Input: Jul 31, 1996 Jan 31, 1996


Input: Balance Sheet Data:


Input: Working Capital $5,755 ($881)


Input: Cash and Cash Equivalents 2,386 93


Input: Total Assets 14,196 7,138


Input: Shareholders' Equity 5,951 (1,461)


Input: Greek socialists give PM green light for election.

Greek


Input: ATHENS 1996-08-22

ATHENS


Input: The Greek socialist party's executive bureau gave Prime Minister Costas Simitis its backing if he chooses to call snap elections, its general secretary Costas Skandalidis told reporters on Thursday.

Greek

Costas Simitis

Costas Skandalidis


Input: Prime Minister Costas Simitis will make an official announcement after a cabinet meeting later on Thursday, said Skandalidis.

Costas Simitis

Skandalidis


Input: -- Dimitris Kontogiannis, Athens Newsroom +301 3311812-4

Dimitris Kontogiannis

Athens Newsroom


Input: PRESS DIGEST-France-Le Monde Aug 22.

France

Le Monde


Input: PARIS 1996-08-22

PARIS


Input: These are leading stories in Thursday's afternoon daily Le Monde, dated Aug 23.

Le Monde


Input: FRONT PAGE


Input: -- Africans seeking to renew or obtain work and residence rights say Prime Minister Alain Juppe's proposals are insufficient as hunger strike enters 49th day in Paris church and Wednesday rally attracts 8,000 sympathisers.

Africans

Alain Juppe

Paris


Input: -- FLNC Corsican nationalist movement announces end of truce after last night's attacks.

FLNC

Corsican


Input: BUSINESS PAGES


Input: -- Shutdown of Bally's French factories points up shoe industry crisis, with French manufacturers undercut by low-wage country competition and failure to keep abreast of trends.

Bally

French

French


Input: -- Secretary general of the Sud-PTT trade union at France Telecom all the elements are in place for social unrest in the next few weeks.

Sud-PTT

France Telecom


Input: -- Paris Newsroom +33 1 42 21 53 81

Paris Newsroom


Input: Well repairs to lift Heidrun oil output-Statoil.

Heidrun

Statoil


Input: OSLO 1996-08-22

OSLO


Input: Three plugged water injection wells on the Heidrun oilfield off mid-Norway will be reopened over the next month, operator Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS (Statoil) said on Thursday.

Heidrun

mid-Norway

Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS

Statoil


Input: The plugged wells have accounted for a dip of 30,000 barrels per day (bpd) in Heidrun output to roughly 220,000 bpd, according to the company's Status Weekly newsletter.

Heidrun

Status Weekly


Input: The wells will be reperforated and gravel will be pumped into the reservoir through one of the wells to avoid plugging problems in the future, it said.


Input: -- Oslo newsroom +47 22 42 50 41

Oslo


Input: Finnish April trade surplus 3.8 billion markka-NCB.

Finnish

NCB


Input: HELSINKI 1996-08-22

HELSINKI


Input: Finland's trade surplus rose to 3.83 billion markka in April from 3.43 billion in March, the National Customs Board (NCB) said in a statement on Thursday.

Finland

National Customs Board

NCB


Input: The value of exports fell one percent year-on-year in April and the value of imports fell two percent, NCB said.

NCB


Input: Trade balance (million markka):


Input: April' 96 March' 96 Jan-April' 96 Jan-April' 95


Input: Imports 10,663 10,725 43,430 40,989


Input: Exports 14,494 14,153 56,126 56,261


Input: Balance +3,831 +3,428 +12,696 +15,272


Input: The January-April 1995 import figure was revised from 39,584 million markka and the export figure from 55,627 million markka.


Input: The Bank of Finland earlier estimated the April trade surplus at 3.2 billion markka with exports projected at 14.5 billion and imports at 11.3 billion.

Bank of Finland


Input: The NCB's official monthly trade statistics are lagging behind due to changes in customs procedures when Finland joined the European Union at the start of 1995.

NCB

European Union

Finland


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

Helsinki Newsroom


Input: Dutch state raises tap sale price to 99.95.

Dutch


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22

AMSTERDAM


Input: The Finance Ministry raised the price for tap sales of the Dutch government's new 5.75 percent bond due September 2002 to 99.95 from 99.90.

Finance Ministry

Dutch


Input: Tap sales began on Monday and are being held daily from 07.00 GMT to 15.00 GMT until further notice.

GMT

GMT


Input: The ministry had raised 2.3 billion guilders from sales of the new bond by the close of trade on Wednesday.


Input: -- Amsterdam newsroom +31 20 504 5000

Amsterdam


Input: German farm ministry tells consumers to avoid British mutton.

German

British


Input: BONN 1996-08-22

BONN


Input: Germany's Agriculture Ministry suggested on Wednesday that consumers avoid eating meat from British sheep until scientists determine whether mad cow disease can be transmitted to the animals.

Germany

Agriculture Ministry

British


Input: " Until this is cleared up by the European Union's scientific panels -- and we have asked this to be done as quickly as possible -- (consumers) should if at all possible give preference to sheepmeat from other countries, " ministry official Werner Zwingmann told ZDF television.

European Union

ZDF

Werner Zwingmann


Input: " I do not want to say that there is a concrete danger for consumers, " he added. "


Input: There are too many holes in what we know, and these must be filled very quickly. "


Input: Bonn has led efforts to ensure consumer protection tops the list of priorities in dealing with the mad cow crisis, which erupted in March when Britain acknowledged humans could contract a similar illness by eating contaminated beef.

Bonn

Britain


Input: The European Commission agreed this month to rethink a proposal to ban the use of suspect sheep tissue after some EU veterinary experts questioned whether it was justified.

European Commission

EU


Input: EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler had proposed banning sheep brains, spleens and spinal cords from the human and animal food chains after reports from Britain and France that under laboratory conditions sheep could contract Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) -- mad cow disease.

EU

Franz Fischler

Britain

France

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

BSE


Input: But some members of the EU's standing veterinary committee questioned whether the action was necessary given the slight risk to human health.

EU


Input: The question is being studied separately by two EU scientific committees.

EU


Input: Sheep have long been known to contract scrapie, a similar brain-wasting disease to BSE which is believed to have been transferred to cattle through feed containing animal waste.

BSE


Input: British officials say sheep meat is perfectly safe to eat.

British


Input: ZDF said Germany imported 47,600 sheep from Britain last year, nearly half of total imports.

ZDF

Germany

Britain


Input: It brought in 4,275 tonnes of British mutton, some 10 percent of overall imports.

British


Input: After the British government admitted a possible link between mad cow disease and its fatal human equivalent, the EU imposed a worldwide ban on British beef exports.

British

British

EU


Input: EU leaders agreed at a summit in June to a progressive lifting of the ban as Britain takes parallel measures to eradicate the disease.

EU

Britain


Input: GOLF-SCORES AT WORLD SERIES OF GOLF.

WORLD SERIES OF GOLF


Input: AKRON, Ohio 1996-08-22

AKRON

Ohio


Input: Scores from the $2.1


Input: million NEC World Series of Golf after the first round

NEC World Series of Golf


Input: Thursday at the 7,149 yard, par 70 Firestone C.C course

Firestone C.C


Input: (players U.S. unless stated):

U.S.


Input: 66 Paul Goydos, Billy Mayfair, Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan)

Paul Goydos

Billy Mayfair

Hidemichi Tanaka

Japan


Input: 68 Steve Stricker

Steve Stricker


Input: 69 Justin Leonard, Mark Brooks

Justin Leonard

Mark Brooks


Input: 70 Tim Herron, Duffy Waldorf, Davis Love, Anders Forsbrand

Tim Herron

Duffy Waldorf

Davis Love

Anders Forsbrand


Input: (Sweden), Nick Faldo (Britain), John Cook, Steve Jones, Phil

Sweden

Britain

Nick Faldo

John Cook

Steve Jones

Phil


Input: Mickelson, Greg Norman (Australia)

Mickelson

Greg Norman

Australia


Input: 71 Ernie Els (South Africa), Scott Hoch

Ernie Els

Scott Hoch

South Africa


Input: 72 Clarence Rose, Loren Roberts, Fred Funk, Sven Struver

Clarence Rose

Loren Roberts

Fred Funk

Sven Struver


Input: (Germany), Alexander Cejka (Germany), Hal Sutton, Tom Lehman

Germany

Germany

Alexander Cejka

Hal Sutton

Tom Lehman


Input: 73 D.A. Weibring, Brad Bryant, Craig Parry (Australia),

D.A. Weibring

Brad Bryant

Craig Parry

Australia


Input: Stewart Ginn (Australia), Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler, Mark

Stewart Ginn

Corey Pavin

Craig Stadler

Mark

Australia


Input: O'Meara, Fred Couples

O'Meara

Fred Couples


Input: 74 Paul Stankowski, Costantino Rocca (Italy)

Paul Stankowski

Costantino Rocca

Italy


Input: 75 Jim Furyk, Satoshi Higashi (Japan), Willie Wood, Shigeki

Jim Furyk

Satoshi Higashi

Willie Wood

Shigeki

Japan


Input: Maruyama (Japan)

Maruyama

Japan


Input: 76 Scott McCarron

Scott McCarron


Input: 77 Wayne Westner (South Africa), Steve Schneiter

Wayne Westner

Steve Schneiter

South Africa


Input: 79 Tom Watson

Tom Watson


Input: 81 Seiki Okuda (Japan)

Seiki Okuda

Japan


Input: SOCCER-GLORIA BISTRITA BEAT 2-1 F.C. VALLETTA.

GLORIA BISTRITA

F.C. VALLETTA


Input: BISTRITA 1996-08-22

BISTRITA


Input: Gloria Bistrita (Romania) beat 2-1 (halftime 1-1) F.C. Valletta (Malta) in their Cup winners Cup match, second leg of the preliminary round, on Thursday.

Gloria Bistrita

F.C. Valletta

Romania

Malta

Cup winners Cup


Input: Scorers:


Input: Gloria Bistrita-Ilie Lazar (32nd), Eugen Voica (84th)

Gloria Bistrita

Ilie Lazar

Eugen Voica


Input: F.C. La Valletta-Gilbert Agius (24th)

F.C. La Valletta

Gilbert Agius


Input: Attendance: 8,000


Input: Gloria Bistrita won 4-2 on aggregate and qualified for the first round of the Cup winners Cup.

Gloria Bistrita

Cup winners Cup


Input: REUTER

REUTER


Input: HORSE RACING-PIVOTAL ENDS 25-YEAR WAIT FOR TRAINER PRESCOTT.

PIVOTAL

PRESCOTT


Input: YORK, England 1996-08-22

YORK

England


Input: Sir Mark Prescott landed his first group one victory in 25 years as a trainer when his top sprinter Pivotal, a 100-30 chance, won the Nunthorpe Stakes on Thursday.

Mark Prescott

Pivotal

Nunthorpe Stakes


Input: The three-year-old, partnered by veteran George Duffield, snatched a short head verdict in the last stride to deny Eveningperformance (16-1), trained by Henry Candy and ridden by Chris Rutter.

George Duffield

Eveningperformance

Henry Candy

Chris Rutter


Input: Hever Golf Rose (11-4), last year's Prix de l' Abbaye winner at Longchamp, finished third, a further one and a quarter lengths away with the 7-4 favourite Mind Games in fourth.

Hever Golf Rose

Mind Games

Prix de l' Abbaye

Longchamp


Input: Pivotal, a Royal Ascot winner in June, may now be aimed at this season's Abbaye, Europe's top sprint race.

Pivotal

Royal Ascot

Abbaye

Europe


Input: Prescott, reluctant to go into the winner's enclosure until the result of the photo-finish was announced, said: " Twenty-five years and I have never been there so I thought I had better wait a bit longer. "

Prescott


Input: He added: " It's very sad to beat Henry Candy because I am godfather to his daughter. "

Henry Candy


Input: Like Prescott, Jack Berry, trainer of Mind Games, had gone into Thursday's race in search of a first group one success after many years around the top of his profession.

Prescott

Jack Berry

Mind Games


Input: Berry said: " I`m disappointed but I don't feel suicidal.

Berry


Input: He (Mind Games) was going as well as any of them one and a half furlongs (300 metres) out but he just didn't quicken. "

Mind Games


Input: HORSE RACING-NUNTHORPE STAKES RESULTS.


Input: YORK, England 1996-08-22

YORK

England


Input: Result of the Nunthorpe Stakes, a group one race for two-year-olds and upwards, run over five furlongs (1 km) on Thursday:

Nunthorpe Stakes


Input: 1. Pivotal 100-30 (ridden by George Duffield)

Pivotal

George Duffield


Input: 2. Eveningperformance 16-1 (Chris Rutter)

Eveningperformance

Chris Rutter


Input: 3. Hever Golf Rose 11-4 (Jason Weaver)

Hever Golf Rose

Jason Weaver


Input: Eight ran.


Input: Favourite: Mind Games (7-4) finished 4th

Mind Games


Input: Distances: a short head, 1-1/4 lengths.


Input: Winner owned by the Cheveley Park Stud and trained by Sir

Cheveley Park Stud


Input: Mark Prescott at Newmarket.

Mark Prescott

Newmarket


Input: Value to winner: 72,464 pounds sterling ($112,200)


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT TOSHIBA CLASSIC.

TOSHIBA CLASSIC


Input: CARLSBAD, California 1996-08-21

CARLSBAD

California


Input: Results from the


Input: $450,000 Toshiba Classic tennis tournament on Wednesday

Toshiba Classic


Input: (prefix number denotes seeding):


Input: Second round


Input: 1-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) beat Naoko Kijimuta (Japan)

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Naoko Kijimuta

Spain

Japan


Input: 1-6 6-4 6-3


Input: 4-Kimiko Date (Japan) beat Yone Kamio (Japan) 6-2 7-5

Kimiko Date

Yone Kamio

Japan

Japan


Input: Sandrine Testud (France) beat 7-Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 6-3 4-6

Sandrine Testud

Ai Sugiyama

France

Japan


Input: 8-Nathalie Tauziat (France) beat Shi-Ting Wang (Taiwan) 6-4

Nathalie Tauziat

Shi-Ting Wang

France

Taiwan


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT HAMLET CUP.

HAMLET CUP


Input: COMMACK, New York 1996-08-21

COMMACK

New York


Input: Results from the


Input: Waldbaum Hamlet Cup tennis tournament on Wednesday (prefix

Waldbaum Hamlet Cup


Input: number denotes seeding):


Input: Second round


Input: 1-Michael Chang (U.S.) beat Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-3 6-2

Michael Chang

Sergi Bruguera

U.S.

Spain


Input: Michael Joyce (U.S.) beat 3-Richey Reneberg (U.S.) 3-6 6-4

Michael Joyce

Richey Reneberg

U.S.

U.S.


Input: Martin Damm (Czech Republic) beat 6-Younes El Aynaoui

Martin Damm

Younes El Aynaoui

Czech Republic


Input: (Morocco) 5-7 6-3 3-0 retired

Morocco


Input: Karol Kucera (Slovakia) beat Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 7-6 (7-4)

Karol Kucera

Hicham Arazi

Slovakia

Morocco


Input: SOCCER-DALGLISH SAD OVER BLACKBURN PARTING.

DALGLISH

BLACKBURN


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: Kenny Dalglish spoke on Thursday of his sadness at leaving Blackburn, the club he led to the English premier league title in 1994-95.

Kenny Dalglish

Blackburn

English


Input: Blackburn announced on Wednesday they and Dalglish had parted by mutual consent.

Blackburn

Dalglish


Input: But the ex-manager confessed on Thursday to being " sad " at leaving after taking Blackburn from the second division to the premier league title inside three and a half years.

Blackburn


Input: In a telephone call to a local newspaper from his holiday home in Spain, Dalglish said: " We came to the same opinion, albeit the club came to it a little bit earlier than me. "

Spain

Dalglish


Input: He added: " If no one asked, I never opened my mouth.


Input: I have stayed out of the way and let them get on with the job.


Input: The club thought it (the job) had run its course and I came to the same conclusion. "


Input: Dalglish had been with Blackburn for nearly five years, first as manager and then, for the past 15 months, as director of football.

Dalglish

Blackburn


Input: CRICKET-ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES.

ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: Close of play scores in four-day


Input: English County Championship cricket matches on Thursday:

English

County Championship


Input: Second day


Input: At Weston-super-Mare: Durham 326 (D. Cox 95 not out,

Weston-super-Mare

Durham

D. Cox


Input: S. Campbell 69; G. Rose 7-73).

S. Campbell

G. Rose


Input: Somerset 236-4 (M. Lathwell 85).

Somerset

M. Lathwell


Input: Firsy day


Input: At Colchester: Gloucestershire 280 (J. Russell 63, A. Symonds

Colchester

Gloucestershire

J. Russell

A. Symonds


Input: 52; A. Cowan 5-68).

A. Cowan


Input: Essex 72-0.

Essex


Input: At Cardiff: Kent 128-1 (M. Walker 59, D. Fulton 53 not out) v

Cardiff

Kent

M. Walker

D. Fulton


Input: Glamorgan.

Glamorgan


Input: At Leicester: Leicestershire 343-8 (P. Simmons 108, P. Nixon

Leicester

Leicestershire

P. Simmons

P. Nixon


Input: 67 not out) v Hampshire.

Hampshire


Input: At Northampton: Sussex 368-7 (N. Lenham 145, V. Drakes 59 not

Northampton

Sussex

N. Lenham

V. Drakes


Input: out, A. Wells 51) v Northamptonshire.

A. Wells

Northamptonshire


Input: At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 392-6 (G. Archer 143 not

Trent Bridge

Nottinghamshire

G. Archer


Input: out, M. Dowman 107) v Surrey.

M. Dowman

Surrey


Input: At Worcester: Warwickshire 255-9 (A. Giles 57 not out, W. Khan

Worcester

Warwickshire

A. Giles

W. Khan


Input: 52) v Worcestershire.

Worcestershire


Input: At Headingley: Yorkshire 305-5 (C. White 66 not out, M. Moxon

Headingley

Yorkshire

C. White

M. Moxon


Input: 66, M. Vaughan 57) v Lancashire.

M. Vaughan

Lancashire


Input: CRICKET-ENGLAND V PAKISTAN FINAL TEST SCOREBOARD.

ENGLAND

PAKISTAN


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: Scoreboard on the first day of the


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

England

Pakistan

The Oval


Input: Thursday:


Input: England first innings

England


Input: M. Atherton b Waqar Younis 31

M. Atherton

Waqar Younis


Input: A. Stewart b Mushtaq Ahmed 44

A. Stewart

Mushtaq Ahmed


Input: N. Hussain c Saeed Anwar b Waqar Younis 12

N. Hussain

Saeed Anwar

Waqar Younis


Input: G. Thorpe lbw b Mohammad Akram 54

G. Thorpe

Mohammad Akram


Input: J. Crawley not out 94

J. Crawley


Input: N. Knight b Mushtaq Ahmed 17

N. Knight

Mushtaq Ahmed


Input: C. Lewis b Wasim Akram 5

C. Lewis

Wasim Akram


Input: I. Salisbury not out 1

I. Salisbury


Input: Extras (lb-11 w-1 nb-8) 20


Input: Total (for six wickets) 278


Input: Fall of wickets: 1-64 2-85 3-116 4-205 5-248 6-273


Input: To bat: R. Croft, D. Cork, A. Mullally

R. Croft

D. Cork

A. Mullally


Input: Bowling (to date): Wasim Akram 25-8-61-1, Waqar Younis

Wasim Akram

Waqar Younis


Input: 20-6-70-2, Mohammad Akram 12-1-41-1, Mushtaq Ahmed 27-5-78-2,

Mohammad Akram

Mushtaq Ahmed


Input: Aamir Sohail 6-1-17-0

Aamir Sohail


Input: Pakistan: Aamir Sohail, Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed,

Pakistan

Aamir Sohail

Saeed Anwar

Ijaz Ahmed


Input: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Salim Malik, Asif Mujtaba, Wasim Akram, Moin

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Salim Malik

Asif Mujtaba

Wasim Akram

Moin


Input: Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Akam

Khan

Mushtaq Ahmed

Waqar Younis

Mohammad Akam


Input: SOCCER-FERGUSON BACK IN SCOTTISH SQUAD AFTER 20 MONTHS.

FERGUSON

SCOTTISH


Input: GLASGOW 1996-08-22

GLASGOW


Input: Everton's Duncan Ferguson, who scored twice against Manchester United on Wednesday, was picked on Thursday for the Scottish squad after a 20-month exile.

Everton

Manchester United

Duncan Ferguson

Scottish


Input: Glasgow Rangers striker Ally McCoist, another man in form after two hat-tricks in four days, was also named for the August 31 World Cup qualifier against Austria in Vienna.

Glasgow Rangers

Ally McCoist

World Cup

Austria

Vienna


Input: Ferguson, who served six weeks in jail in late 1995 for head-butting an opponent, won the last of his five Scotland caps in December 1994.

Ferguson

Scotland


Input: Scotland manager Craig Brown said on Thursday: " I've watched Duncan Ferguson in action twice recently and he's bang in form.

Scotland

Craig Brown

Duncan Ferguson


Input: Ally McCoist is also in great scoring form at the moment. "

Ally McCoist


Input: Celtic's Jackie McNamara, who did well with last season's successful under-21 team, earns a call-up to the senior squad.

Celtic

Jackie McNamara


Input: CRICKET-ENGLAND 100-2 AT LUNCH ON FIRST DAY OF THIRD TEST.

ENGLAND


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: England were 100 for two at lunch on the first day of the third and final test against Pakistan at The Oval on Thursday.

England

Pakistan

The Oval


Input: SOCCER-KEANE SIGNS FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT WITH MANCHESTER UNITED.

KEANE

MANCHESTER UNITED


Input: LONDON 1996-08-22

LONDON


Input: Ireland midfielder Roy Keane has signed a new four-year contract with English league and F.A. Cup champions Manchester United.

Ireland

Roy Keane

English

F.A. Cup

Manchester United


Input: " Roy agreed a new deal before last night's game against Everton and we are delighted, " said United manager Alex Ferguson on Thursday.

Roy

Alex Ferguson

Everton

United


Input: TENNIS-RESULTS AT CANADIAN OPEN.

CANADIAN OPEN


Input: TORONTO 1996-08-21

TORONTO


Input: Results from the Canadian Open

Canadian Open


Input: tennis tournament on Wednesday (prefix number denotes


Input: seeding):


Input: Second round


Input: Daniel Nestor (Canada) beat 1-Thomas Muster (Austria) 6-3 7-5

Daniel Nestor

Thomas Muster

Canada

Austria


Input: Mikael Tillstrom (Sweden) beat 2-Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia)

Mikael Tillstrom

Goran Ivanisevic

Sweden

Croatia


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


Input: 3-Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) beat Jiri Novak (Czech

Wayne Ferreira

Jiri Novak

South Africa

Czech


Input: Republic) 7-5 6-3

Republic


Input: 4-Marcelo Rios (Chile) beat Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark) 6-3 6-2

Marcelo Rios

Kenneth Carlsen

Chile

Denmark


Input: 6-MaliVai Washington (U.S.) beat Alex Corretja (Spain) 6-4

MaliVai Washington

Alex Corretja

U.S.

Spain


Input: 7-Todd Martin (U.S.) beat Renzo Furlan (Italy) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3

Todd Martin

Renzo Furlan

U.S.

Italy


Input: Mark Philippoussis (Australia) beat 8-Marc Rosset

Mark Philippoussis

Marc Rosset

Australia


Input: (Switzerland) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (8-6)

Switzerland


Input: 9-Cedric Pioline (France) beat Gregory Carraz (France) 7-6

Cedric Pioline

Gregory Carraz

France

France


Input: (7-1) 6-4


Input: Patrick Rafter (Australia) beat 11-Alberto Berasategui

Patrick Rafter

Alberto Berasategui

Australia


Input: (Spain) 6-1 6-2

Spain


Input: Petr Korda (Czech Republic) beat 12-Francisco Clavet (Spain)

Petr Korda

Francisco Clavet

Czech Republic

Spain


Input: 6-3 6-4


Input: Daniel Vacek (Czech Republic) beat 13-Jason Stoltenberg

Daniel Vacek

Jason Stoltenberg

Czech Republic


Input: (Australia) 5-7 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (13-11)

Australia


Input: Todd Woodbridge (Australia beat Sebastien Lareau (Canada) 6-3

Todd Woodbridge

Sebastien Lareau

Australia

Canada


Input: 1-6 6-3


Input: Alex O'Brien (U.S.) beat Byron Black (Zimbabwe) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2

Alex O'Brien

Byron Black

U.S.

Zimbabwe


Input: Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic) beat Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy)

Bohdan Ulihrach

Andrea Gaudenzi

Czech Republic

Italy


Input: 6-3 4-6 6-1


Input: Tim Henman (Britain) beat Chris Woodruff (U.S.), walkover

Tim Henman

Chris Woodruff

Britain

U.S.


Input: CRICKET-MILLNS SIGNS FOR BOLAND.

MILLNS

BOLAND


Input: CAPE TOWN 1996-08-22

CAPE TOWN


Input: South African provincial side Boland said on Thursday they had signed Leicestershire fast bowler David Millns on a one year contract.

South African

Boland

Leicestershire

David Millns


Input: Millns, who toured Australia with England A in 1992/93, replaces former England all-rounder Phillip DeFreitas as Boland's overseas professional.

Millns

Australia

England

England

Phillip DeFreitas

Boland


Input: SOCCER-EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP RESULTS.

EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP


Input: TIRANA 1996-08-22

TIRANA


Input: Results of European Cup Winners'

European Cup Winners'


Input: Cup qualifying round, second leg soccer matches on Thursday:

Cup


Input: In Tirana: Flamurtari Vlore (Albania) 0 Chemlon Humenne

Tirana

Albania

Flamurtari Vlore

Chemlon Humenne


Input: (Slovakia) 2 (halftime 0-0)

Slovakia


Input: Scorers: Lubarskij (50th minute), Valkucak (54th)

Lubarskij

Valkucak


Input: Attendance: 5,000


Input: Chemlon Humenne win 3-0 on aggregate

Chemlon Humenne


Input: In Bistrita: Gloria Bistrita (Romania) 2 Valletta (Malta) 1

Bistrita

Romania

Valletta

Malta

Gloria Bistrita


Input: Scorers:


Input: Gloria Bistrita-Ilie Lazar (32nd), Eugen Voica (84th)

Gloria Bistrita

Ilie Lazar

Eugen Voica


Input: Valletta-Gilbert Agius (24th)

Valletta

Gilbert Agius


Input: Attendance: 8,000


Input: Gloria Bistrita win 4-2 on aggregate.

Gloria Bistrita


Input: In Chorzow: Ruch Chorzow (Poland) 5 Llansantffraid (Wales) 0

Chorzow

Poland

Wales

Ruch Chorzow

Llansantffraid


Input: Scorers: Arkadiusz Bak (1st and 55th), Arwel Jones (47th,

Arkadiusz Bak

Arwel Jones


Input: own goal), Miroslav Bak (62nd and 63rd)

Miroslav Bak


Input: Attendance: 6,500


Input: Ruch Chorzow win 6-1 on aggregate

Ruch Chorzow


Input: In Larnaca: AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) 5 Kotaik Abovyan (Armenia)

Larnaca

Cyprus

Armenia

AEK Larnaca

Kotaik Abovyan


Input: 0 (2-0)


Input: Scorers: Zoran Kundic (28th), Klimis Alexandrou (41st),

Zoran Kundic

Klimis Alexandrou


Input: Milenko Kovasevic (60th, penalty), Goran Koprinovic (82nd),

Milenko Kovasevic

Goran Koprinovic


Input: Pavlos Markou (84th)

Pavlos Markou


Input: Attendance: 5,000


Input: AEK Larnaca win 5-1 on aggregate

AEK Larnaca


Input: In Siauliai: Kareda Siauliai (Lithuania) 0 Sion

Siauliai

Lithuania

Kareda Siauliai

Sion


Input: (Switzerland) 0

Switzerland


Input: Attendance: 5,000


Input: Sion win 4-2 on agrregate.

Sion


Input: In Vinnytsya:

Vinnytsya


Input: Nyva Vinnytsya (Ukraine) 1 Tallinna Sadam (Estonia) 0 (0-0)

Nyva Vinnytsya

Tallinna Sadam

Ukraine

Estonia


Input: Attendance: 3,000


Input: Aggregate score 2-2.


Input: Nyva qualified on away goals rule.

Nyva


Input: In Bergen: Brann (Norway) 2 Shelbourne (Ireland) 1 (1-1)

Bergen

Norway

Ireland

Brann

Shelbourne


Input: Scorers:


Input: Brann-Mons Ivar Mjelde (10th), Jan Ove Pedersen (72nd)

Brann

Mons Ivar Mjelde

Jan Ove Pedersen


Input: Shelbourne-Mark Rutherford (5th)

Shelbourne

Mark Rutherford


Input: Attendance: 2,189


Input: Brann win 5-2 on aggregate

Brann


Input: In Sofia: Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 1 Olimpija (Slovenia) 0

Sofia

Bulgaria

Slovenia

Levski Sofia

Olimpija


Input: Scorer: Ilian Simeonov (58th)

Ilian Simeonov


Input: Attendance: 25,000


Input: Aggregate 1-1.


Input: Olimpija won 4-3 on penalties.

Olimpija


Input: In Vaduz: Vaduz (Liechtenstein) 1 RAF Riga (Latvia) 1 (0-0)

Vaduz

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Latvia

RAF Riga


Input: Scorers:


Input: Vaduz-Daniele Polverino (90th)

Vaduz

Daniele Polverino


Input: RAF Riga-Agrins Zarins (47th)

RAF Riga

Agrins Zarins


Input: Aggregate 2-2.


Input: Vaduz won 4-2 on penalties.

Vaduz


Input: In Luxembourg: US Luxembourg (Luxembourg) 0 Varteks Varazdin

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

US Luxembourg

Varteks Varazdin


Input: (Croatia) 3 (0-0)

Croatia


Input: Scorers: Drazen Beser (63rd), Miljenko Mumler (penalty,

Drazen Beser

Miljenko Mumler


Input: 78th), Jamir Cvetko (87th)

Jamir Cvetko


Input: Attendance: 800


Input: Varteks Varazdin win 5-1 on aggregate.

Varteks Varazdin


Input: In Torshavn: Havnar Boltfelag (Faroe Islands) 0 Dynamo

Torshavn

Faroe Islands

Havnar Boltfelag

Dynamo


Input: Batumi (Georgia) 3 (0-2)

Batumi

Georgia


Input: Dynamo Batumi win 9-0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Batumi


Input: In Prague: Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 8 Glentoran

Prague

Czech Republic

Sparta Prague

Glentoran


Input: (Northern Ireland) 0 (4-0)

Northern Ireland


Input: Scorers: Petr Gunda (1st and 26th), Lumir Mistr (19th),

Petr Gunda

Lumir Mistr


Input: Horst Siegl (24th, 48th, 80th), Zdenek Svoboda (76th), Petr

Horst Siegl

Zdenek Svoboda

Petr


Input: Gabriel (86th)

Gabriel


Input: Sparta win 10-1 on aggregate.

Sparta


Input: In Edinburgh: Hearts (Scotland) 1 Red Star Belgrade

Edinburgh

Scotland

Hearts

Red Star Belgrade


Input: (Yugoslavia) 1 (1-0)

Yugoslavia


Input: Scorers:


Input: Hearts-Dave McPherson (44th)

Hearts

Dave McPherson


Input: Red Star-Vinko Marinovic (59th)

Red Star

Vinko Marinovic


Input: Attendance: 15,062


Input: Aggregate 1-1.


Input: Red Star win on away goals rule.

Red Star


Input: In Rishon-Lezion: Hapoel Ironi (Israel) 3 Constructorul

Rishon-Lezion

Israel

Hapoel Ironi

Constructorul


Input: Chisinau (Moldova) 2 (2-1)

Chisinau

Moldova


Input: Aggregate 3-3.


Input: Constructorul win on away goals rule.

Constructorul


Input: In Anjalonkoski: MyPa-47 (Finland) 1 Karabach Agdam

Anjalonkoski

Karabach Agdam

Finland


Input: (Azerbaijan) 1 (0-0)

Azerbaijan


Input: Mypa-47 win 2-1 on aggregate.


Input: In Skopje: Sloga Jugomagnat (Macedonia) 0 Kispest Honved

Skopje

Macedonia

Sloga Jugomagnat

Kispest Honved


Input: (Hungary 1 (0-0)

Hungary


Input: Kispest Honved win 2-0 on aggregate.

Kispest Honved


Input: Add Hapoel Ironi v Constructorul Chisinau

Add Hapoel Ironi

Constructorul Chisinau


Input: Scorers:


Input: Rishon-Moshe Sabag (10th minute), Nissan Kapeta (26th),

Rishon

Moshe Sabag

Nissan Kapeta


Input: Tomas Cibola (58th).

Tomas Cibola


Input: Constructorol-Sergei Rogachev (42nd), Gennadi Skidan

Constructorol

Sergei Rogachev

Gennadi Skidan


Input: Attendance: 1,500.


Input: SOCCER-GOTHENBURG PUT FERENCVAROS OUT OF EURO CUP.

GOTHENBURG

FERENCVAROS

EURO CUP


Input: BUDAPEST 1996-08-21

BUDAPEST


Input: IFK Gothenburg of Sweden drew 1-1 (1-0) with Ferencvaros of Hungary in the second leg of their European Champions Cup preliminary round tie played on Wednesday.

IFK Gothenburg

Ferencvaros

Sweden

Hungary

European Champions Cup


Input: Gothenburg go through 4-1 on aggregate.

Gothenburg


Input: Scorers:


Input: Ferencvaros:

Ferencvaros


Input: Ferenc Horvath (15th)

Ferenc Horvath


Input: IFK Gothenburg:

IFK Gothenburg


Input: Andreas Andersson (87th)

Andreas Andersson


Input: Attendance: 9,000


Input: SOCCER-BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS.

BRAZILIAN


Input: RIO DE JANEIRO 1996-08-22

RIO DE JANEIRO


Input: Results of midweek


Input: matches in the Brazilian soccer championship.

Brazilian


Input: Bahia 2 Atletico Paranaense 0

Bahia

Atletico Paranaense


Input: Corinthians 1 Guarani 0

Corinthians

Guarani


Input: Coritiba 1 Atletico Mineiro 0

Coritiba

Atletico Mineiro


Input: Cruzeiro 2 Vitoria 1

Cruzeiro

Vitoria


Input: Flamengo 0 Juventude 1

Flamengo

Juventude


Input: Goias 3 Sport Recife 1

Goias

Sport Recife


Input: Gremio 6 Bragantino 1

Gremio

Bragantino


Input: Palmeiras 3 Vasco da Gama 1

Palmeiras

Vasco da Gama


Input: Portuguesa 2 Parana 0

Portuguesa

Parana


Input: TENNIS-NEWCOMBE PONDERS HIS DAVIS CUP FUTURE.

NEWCOMBE

DAVIS CUP


Input: SYDNEY 1996-08-22

SYDNEY


Input: Australian Davis Cup captain John Newcombe on Thursday signalled his possible resignation if his team loses an away tie against Croatia next month.

Australian

Davis Cup

John Newcombe

Croatia


Input: The former Wimbledon champion said the immediate future of Australia's Davis Cup coach Tony Roche could also be determined by events in Split.

Wimbledon

Davis Cup

Australia

Split

Tony Roche


Input: " If we lose this one, Tony and I will have to have a good look at giving someone else a go, " Newcombe was quoted as saying in Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Tony

Newcombe

Sydney

Daily Telegraph


Input: Australia face Croatia in the world group qualifying tie on clay from September 20-22.

Australia

Croatia


Input: Under Newcombe's leadership, Australia were relegated from the elite world group last year, the first time the 26-time Davis Cup winners had slipped from the top rank.

Newcombe

Australia

Davis Cup


Input: Since taking over as captain from Neale Fraser in 1994, Newcombe's record in tandem with Roche, his former doubles partner, has been three wins and three losses.

Neale Fraser

Newcombe

Roche


Input: Newcombe has selected Wimbledon semifinalist Jason Stoltenberg, Patrick Rafter, Mark Philippoussis, and Olympic doubles champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde to face the Croatians.

Newcombe

Jason Stoltenberg

Patrick Rafter

Mark Philippoussis

Todd Woodbridge

Mark Woodforde

Wimbledon

Olympic

Croatians


Input: The home side boasts world number six Goran Ivanisevic, and Newcombe conceded his players would be hard-pressed to beat the Croatian number one.

Goran Ivanisevic

Newcombe

Croatian


Input: " We are ready to fight to our last breath -- Australia must play at its absolute best to win, " said Newcombe, who described the tie as the toughest he has faced as captain.

Australia

Newcombe


Input: Australia last won the Davis Cup in 1986, but they were beaten finalists against Germany three years ago under Fraser's guidance.

Australia

Germany

Davis Cup

Fraser


Input: BADMINTON-MALAYSIAN OPEN RESULTS.

MALAYSIAN OPEN


Input: KUALA LUMPUR 1996-08-22

KUALA LUMPUR


Input: Results in the Malaysian

Malaysian


Input: Open badminton tournament on Thursday (prefix number denotes

Open


Input: seeding):


Input: Men's singles, third round


Input: 9/16-Luo Yigang (China) beat Hwang Sun-ho (South Korea) 15-3

Luo Yigang

Hwang

China

South Korea

Sun-ho


Input: Jason Wong (Malaysia) beat Abdul Samad Ismail (Malaysia) 16-18

Jason Wong

Abdul Samad Ismail

Malaysia

Malaysia


Input: 15-2 17-14


Input: P. Kantharoopan (Malaysia) beat 3/4-Jeroen Van Dijk

P. Kantharoopan

Jeroen Van Dijk

Malaysia


Input: (Netherlands) 15-11 18-14

Netherlands


Input: Wijaya Indra (Indonesia) beat 5/8-Pang Chen (Malaysia) 15-6

Wijaya Indra

Pang Chen

Indonesia

Malaysia


Input: 6-15 15-7


Input: 3/4-Hu Zhilan (China) beat Nunung Subandoro (Indonesia) 5-15

Hu Zhilan

Nunung Subandoro

China

Indonesia


Input: 18-15 15-6


Input: 9/16-Hermawan Susanto (Indonesia) beat 1-Fung Permadi (Taiwan)

Hermawan Susanto

Fung Permadi

Indonesia

Taiwan


Input: 15-8 15-12


Input: Women's singles 2nd round


Input: 1-Wang Chen (China) beat Cindana (Indonesia) 11-3 1ama (Japan) beat Margit Borg (Sweden) 11-6 11-6

Wang Chen

Cindana

Margit Borg

China

Indonesia

Japan

Sweden


Input: Sun Jian (China) beat Marina Andrievskaqya (Sweden) 11-8 11-2

Sun Jian

Marina Andrievskaqya

China

Sweden


Input: 5/8-Meluawati (Indonesia) beat Chan Chia Fong (Malaysia) 11-6

Meluawati

Chan Chia Fong

Indonesia

Malaysia


Input: Gong Zhichao (China) beat Liu Lufung (China) 6-11 11-7 11-3

Gong Zhichao

Liu Lufung

China

China


Input: Zeng Yaqiong (China) beat Li Feng (New Zealand) 11-9 11-6

Zeng Yaqiong

Li Feng

China

New Zealand


Input: 5/8-Christine Magnusson (Sweden) beat Ishwari Boopathy

Christine Magnusson

Ishwari Boopathy

Sweden


Input: (Malaysia) 11-1 10-12 11-4

Malaysia


Input: 2-Zhang Ning (China) beat Olivia (Indonesia) 11-8 11-6

Zhang Ning

Olivia

China

Indonesia


Input: TENNIS-REVISED MEN'S DRAW FOR U.S. OPEN.

U.S. OPEN


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-22

NEW YORK


Input: Revised singles draw for the


Input: U.S. Open tennis championships beginning Monday at the U.S.

U.S. Open

U.S


Input: National Tennis Centre (prefix denotes seeding):

National Tennis Centre


Input: Men's Draw


Input: 1-Pete Sampras (U.S.) vs. Adrian Voinea (Romania)

Pete Sampras

Adrian Voinea

U.S.

Romania


Input: Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) vs. qualifier

Jiri Novak

Czech Republic


Input: Magnus Larsson (Sweden) vs. Alexander Volkov (Russia)

Magnus Larsson

Alexander Volkov

Sweden

Russia


Input: Mikael Tillstrom (Sweden) vs qualifier

Mikael Tillstrom

Sweden


Input: Qualifier vs. Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia)

Andrei Olhovskiy

Russia


Input: Mark Woodforde (Australia) vs. Mark Philippoussis (Australia)

Mark Woodforde

Mark Philippoussis

Australia

Australia


Input: Roberto Carretero (Spain) vs. Jordi Burillo (Spain)

Roberto Carretero

Jordi Burillo

Spain

Spain


Input: Francisco Clavet (Spain) vs. 16-Cedric Pioline (France)

Francisco Clavet

Cedric Pioline

Spain

France


Input: 9-Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) vs. qualifier

Wayne Ferreira

South Africa


Input: Karol Kucera (Slovakia) vs. Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden)

Karol Kucera

Jonas Bjorkman

Slovakia

Sweden


Input: Qualifier vs. Christian Rudd (Norway)

Christian Rudd

Norway


Input: Alex Corretja (Spain) vs. Byron Black (Zimbabwe)

Alex Corretja

Byron Black

Spain

Zimbabwe


Input: David Rikl (Czech Republic) vs. Hicham Arazi (Morocco)

David Rikl

Hicham Arazi

Czech Republic

Morocco


Input: Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands) vs. Gilbert Schaller (Austria)

Sjeng Schalken

Gilbert Schaller

Netherlands

Austria


Input: Grant Stafford (South Africa) vs. Guy Forget (France)

Grant Stafford

Guy Forget

South Africa

France


Input: Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) vs. 7-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia)

Fernando Meligeni

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Brazil

Russia


Input: 4-Goran Ivanisevic (Croatia) vs. Andrei Chesnokov (Russia)

Goran Ivanisevic

Andrei Chesnokov

Croatia

Russia


Input: Scott Draper (Australia) vs. Galo Blanco (Spain)

Scott Draper

Galo Blanco

Australia

Spain


Input: Renzo Furlan (Italy) vs. Thomas Johansson (Sweden)

Renzo Furlan

Thomas Johansson

Italy

Sweden


Input: Hendrik Dreekman (Germany) vs. Greg Rusedski (Britain)

Hendrik Dreekman

Greg Rusedski

Germany

Britain


Input: Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) vs. Jean-Philippe Fleurian (France)

Andrei Medvedev

Jean-Philippe Fleurian

Ukraine

France


Input: Jan Kroslak (Slovakia) vs. Chris Woodruff (U.S.)

Jan Kroslak

Chris Woodruff

Slovakia

U.S.


Input: Qualifier vs. Petr Korda (Czech Republic)

Petr Korda

Czech Republic


Input: Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic) vs. 14-Alberto Costa

Bohdan Ulihrach

Alberto Costa

Czech Republic


Input: (Spain)

Spain


Input: 12-Todd Martin (U.S.) vs. Younnes El Aynaoui (Morocco)

Todd Martin

Younnes El Aynaoui

U.S.

Morocco


Input: Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) vs. Shuzo Matsuoka (Japan)

Andrea Gaudenzi

Shuzo Matsuoka

Italy

Japan


Input: Doug Flach (U.S.) vs. qualifier

Doug Flach

U.S.


Input: Mats Wilander (Sweden) vs. Tim Henman (Britain)

Mats Wilander

Tim Henman

Sweden

Britain


Input: Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands) vs. Michael Joyce (U.S.)

Paul Haarhuis

Michael Joyce

Netherlands

U.S.


Input: Michael Tebbutt (Australia) vs. Richey Reneberg (U.S.)

Michael Tebbutt

Richey Reneberg

Australia

U.S.


Input: Jonathan Stark (U.S.) vs. Bernd Karbacher (Germany)

Jonathan Stark

Bernd Karbacher

U.S.

Germany


Input: Stefan Edberg (Sweden) vs. 5-Richard Krajicek (Netherlands)

Stefan Edberg

Richard Krajicek

Sweden

Netherlands


Input: 6-Andre Agassi (U.S.) vs. Mauricio Hadad (Colombia)

Andre Agassi

Mauricio Hadad

U.S.

Colombia


Input: Marcos Ondruska (South Africa) vs. Felix Mantilla (Spain)

Marcos Ondruska

Felix Mantilla

South Africa

Spain


Input: Carlos Moya (Spain) vs. Scott Humphries (U.S.)

Carlos Moya

Scott Humphries

Spain

U.S.


Input: Jan Siemerink (Netherlands) vs. Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany)

Jan Siemerink

Carl-Uwe Steeb

Netherlands

Germany


Input: Qualifier vs. qualifier


Input: David Wheaton (U.S.) vs. Kevin Kim (U.S.)

David Wheaton

Kevin Kim

U.S.

U.S.


Input: Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) vs. Alex O'Brien (U.S.)

Nicolas Lapentti

Alex O'Brien

Ecuador

U.S.


Input: Karim Alami (Morocco) vs. 11-MaliVai Washington (U.S.)

Karim Alami

MaliVai Washington

Morocco

U.S.


Input: 13-Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) vs. Stephane Simian (France)

Thomas Enqvist

Stephane Simian

Sweden

France


Input: Guillaume Raoux (France) vs. Filip Dewulf (Belgium)

Guillaume Raoux

Filip Dewulf

France

Belgium


Input: Mark Knowles (Bahamas) vs. Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay)

Mark Knowles

Marcelo Filippini

Bahamas

Uruguay


Input: Todd Woodbridge (Australia) vs. qualifier

Todd Woodbridge

Australia


Input: Kris Goossens (Belgium) vs. Sergi Bruguera (Spain)

Kris Goossens

Sergi Bruguera

Belgium

Spain


Input: Qualifier vs. Michael Stich (Germany)

Michael Stich

Germany


Input: Qualifier vs. Chuck Adams (U.S.)

Chuck Adams

U.S.


Input: Javier Frana (Argentina) vs. 3-Thomas Muster (Austria)

Javier Frana

Thomas Muster

Argentina

Austria


Input: 8-Jim Courier (U.S.) vs. Javier Sanchez (Spain)

Jim Courier

Javier Sanchez

U.S.

Spain


Input: Jim Grabb (U.S.) vs. Sandon Stolle (Australia)

Jim Grabb

Sandon Stolle

U.S.

Australia


Input: Patrick Rafter (Australia) vs. Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark)

Patrick Rafter

Kenneth Carlsen

Australia

Denmark


Input: Jason Stoltenberg (Australia) vs. Stefano Pescosolido (Italy)

Jason Stoltenberg

Stefano Pescosolido

Australia

Italy


Input: Arnaud Boetsch (France) vs. Nicolas Pereira (Venezuela)

Arnaud Boetsch

Nicolas Pereira

France

Venezuela


Input: Carlos Costa (Spain) vs. Magnus Gustafsson (Sweden)

Carlos Costa

Magnus Gustafsson

Spain

Sweden


Input: Jeff Tarango (U.S.) vs. Alex Radulescu (Germany)

Jeff Tarango

Alex Radulescu

U.S.

Germany


Input: Qualifier vs. 10-Marcelo Rios (Chile)

Marcelo Rios

Chile


Input: 15-Marc Rosset (Switzerland vs. Jared Palmer (U.S.)

Marc Rosset

Jared Palmer

Switzerland

U.S.


Input: Martin Damm (Czech Republic) vs. Hernan Gumy (Argentina)

Martin Damm

Hernan Gumy

Czech Republic

Argentina


Input: Nicklas Kulti (Sweden) vs. Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland)

Nicklas Kulti

Jakob Hlasek

Sweden

Switzerland


Input: Cecil Mamiit (U.S.) vs. Alberto Berasategui (Spain)

Cecil Mamiit

Alberto Berasategui

U.S.

Spain


Input: Vince Spadea (U.S.) vs. Daniel Vacek (Czech Republic)

Vince Spadea

Daniel Vacek

U.S.

Czech Republic


Input: David Prinosil (Germany) vs. qualifier

David Prinosil

Germany


Input: Qualifier vs. Tomas Carbonell (Spain)

Tomas Carbonell

Spain


Input: Qualifier vs. 2-Michael Chang (U.S.)

Michael Chang

U.S.


Input: BASEBALL-ORIOLES' MANAGER DAVEY JOHNSON HOSPITALIZED.

ORIOLES

DAVEY JOHNSON


Input: BALTIMORE 1996-08-22

BALTIMORE


Input: Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson will miss Thursday night's game against the Seattle Mariners after being admitted to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat.

Baltimore Orioles

Seattle Mariners

Davey Johnson


Input: The 53-year-old Johnson was hospitalized after experiencing dizziness.

Johnson


Input: " He is in no danger and will be treated and observed this evening, " said Orioles team physician Dr. William Goldiner, adding that Johnson is expected to be released on Friday.

Orioles

William Goldiner

Johnson


Input: Orioles' bench coach Andy Etchebarren will manage the club in Johnson's absence.

Orioles

Andy Etchebarren

Johnson


Input: Johnson is the second manager to be hospitalized this week after California Angels skipper John McNamara was admitted to New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday with a blood clot in his left calf.

Johnson

John McNamara

California Angels

New York

Columbia Presbyterian Hospital


Input: Johnson, who played eight seasons in Baltimore, was named Orioles manager in the off-season replacing Phil Regan.

Johnson

Phil Regan

Baltimore

Orioles


Input: He led the Cincinnati Reds to the National League Championship Series last year and guided the New York Mets to a World Series championship in 1986.

Cincinnati Reds

New York Mets

National League Championship Series

World Series


Input: Baltimore has won 16 of its last 22 games to pull within five games of the slumping New York Yankees in the American League East Division.

Baltimore

New York Yankees

American League East Division


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

MAJOR LEAGUE


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-22

NEW YORK


Input: Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball


Input: standings after games played on Wednesday (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 72 53 .576-

NEW YORK


Input: BALTIMORE 67 58 .536 5

BALTIMORE


Input: BOSTON 63 64 .496 10

BOSTON


Input: TORONTO 58 69 .457 15

TORONTO


Input: DETROIT 44 82 .349 28 1/2

DETROIT


Input: CENTRAL DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION


Input: CLEVELAND 76 51 .598-

CLEVELAND


Input: CHICAGO 69 59 .539 7 1/2

CHICAGO


Input: MINNESOTA 63 63 .500 12 1/2

MINNESOTA


Input: MILWAUKEE 60 68 .469 16 1/2

MILWAUKEE


Input: KANSAS CITY 58 70 .453 18 1/2

KANSAS CITY


Input: WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION


Input: TEXAS 73 54 .575-

TEXAS


Input: SEATTLE 64 61 .512 8

SEATTLE


Input: OAKLAND 62 67 .481 12

OAKLAND


Input: CALIFORNIA 58 68 .460 14 1/2

CALIFORNIA


Input: THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 SCHEDULE


Input: OAKLAND AT BOSTON

OAKLAND

BOSTON


Input: SEATTLE AT BALTIMORE

SEATTLE

BALTIMORE


Input: CALIFORNIA AT NEW YORK

CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK


Input: TORONTO AT CHICAGO

TORONTO

CHICAGO


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 79 46 .632-

ATLANTA


Input: MONTREAL 67 58 .536 12

MONTREAL


Input: NEW YORK 59 69 .461 21 1/2

NEW YORK


Input: FLORIDA 58 69 .457 22

FLORIDA


Input: PHILADELPHIA 52 75 .409 28

PHILADELPHIA


Input: CENTRAL DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION


Input: HOUSTON 68 59 .535-

HOUSTON


Input: ST LOUIS 67 59 .532 1/2

ST LOUIS


Input: CHICAGO 63 62 .504 4

CHICAGO


Input: CINCINNATI 62 62 .500 4 1/2

CINCINNATI


Input: PITTSBURGH 53 73 .421 14 1/2

PITTSBURGH


Input: WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION


Input: SAN DIEGO 70 59 .543-

SAN DIEGO


Input: LOS ANGELES 66 60 .524 2 1/2

LOS ANGELES


Input: COLORADO 65 62 .512 4

COLORADO


Input: SAN FRANCISCO 54 70 .435 13 1/2

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 SCHEDULE


Input: ST LOUIS AT COLORADO

ST LOUIS

COLORADO


Input: CINCINNATI AT ATLANTA

CINCINNATI

ATLANTA


Input: PITTSBURGH AT HOUSTON

PITTSBURGH

HOUSTON


Input: PHILADELPHIA AT LOS ANGELES

PHILADELPHIA

LOS ANGELES


Input: MONTREAL AT SAN FRANCISCO

MONTREAL

SAN FRANCISCO


Input: BASEBALL-MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS WEDNESDAY.

MAJOR LEAGUE


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-22

NEW YORK


Input: Results of Major League

Major League


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


Input: American League

American League


Input: California 7 NEW YORK 1

California

NEW YORK


Input: DETROIT 7 Chicago 4

DETROIT

Chicago


Input: Milwaukee 10 MINNESOTA 7

Milwaukee

MINNESOTA


Input: BOSTON 6 Oakland 4

BOSTON

Oakland


Input: BALTIMORE 10 Seattle 5

BALTIMORE

Seattle


Input: Texas 10 CLEVELAND 8 (in 10)

Texas

CLEVELAND


Input: Toronto 6 KANSAS CITY 2

Toronto

KANSAS CITY


Input: National League

National League


Input: CHICAGO 8 Florida 3

CHICAGO

Florida


Input: SAN FRANCISCO 12 New York 11

SAN FRANCISCO

New York


Input: ATLANTA 4 Cincinnati 3

ATLANTA

Cincinnati


Input: Pittsburgh 5 HOUSTON 2

Pittsburgh

HOUSTON


Input: COLORADO 10 St Louis 2

COLORADO

St Louis


Input: Philadelphia 6 LOS ANGELES 0

Philadelphia

LOS ANGELES


Input: SAN DIEGO 7 Montreal 2

SAN DIEGO

Montreal


Input: BASEBALL-GREER HOMER IN 10TH LIFTS TEXAS PAST INDIANS.

GREER

TEXAS

INDIANS


Input: CLEVELAND 1996-08-22

CLEVELAND


Input: Rusty Greer's two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning rallied the Texas Rangers to a 10-8 victory over the Cleveland Indians Wednesday in the rubber game of a three-game series between division leaders.

Rusty Greer

Texas Rangers

Cleveland Indians


Input: With one out, Greer hit a 1-1 pitch from Julian Tavarez (4-7) over the right-field fence for his 15th home run.

Greer

Julian Tavarez


Input: " It was an off-speed pitch and I just tried to get a good swing on it and put it in play, " Greer said. "

Greer


Input: This was a big game.


Input: The crowd was behind him and it was intense. "


Input: The shot brought home Ivan Rodriguez, who had his second double of the game, giving him 42 this season, 41 as a catcher.

Ivan Rodriguez


Input: He joined Mickey Cochrane, Johnny Bench and Terry Kennedy as the only catchers with 40 doubles in a season.

Mickey Cochrane

Johnny Bench

Terry Kennedy


Input: The Rangers have won 10 of their last 12 games and six of nine meetings against the Indians this season.

Rangers

Indians


Input: The American League Western leaders have won eight of 15 games at Jacobs Field, joining the Yankees as the only teams with a winning record at the A.L. Central leaders' home.

American League Western

A.L. Central

Jacobs Field

Yankees


Input: Cleveland lost for just the second time in six games.

Cleveland


Input: The Indians sent the game into extra innings in the ninth on Kenny Lofton's two-run single.

Indians

Kenny Lofton


Input: Ed Vosberg (1-0) blew his first save opportunity but got the win, allowing three hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

Ed Vosberg


Input: Dean Palmer hit his 30th homer for the Rangers.

Dean Palmer

Rangers


Input: In Baltimore, Cal Ripken had four hits and snapped a fifth-inning tie with a solo homer and Bobby Bonilla added a three-run shot in the seventh to power the surging Orioles to a 10-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Baltimore

Cal Ripken

Bobby Bonilla

Orioles

Seattle Mariners


Input: The Mariners scored four runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game 5-5 but Ripken led off the bottom of the inning with his 21st homer off starter Sterling Hitchcock (12-6).

Mariners

Ripken

Sterling Hitchcock


Input: Bonilla's blast was the first time Randy Johnson, last season's Cy Young winner, allowed a run in five relief appearances since coming off the disabled list on August 6.

Bonilla

Randy Johnson

Cy Young


Input: Bonilla has 21 RBI and 15 runs in his last 20 games.

Bonilla

RBI


Input: Baltimore has won seven of nine and 16 of its last 22 and cut the Yankees' lead in the A.L. East to five games.

Baltimore

Yankees

A.L. East


Input: Scott Erickson (8-10) laboured to his third straight win.

Scott Erickson


Input: Alex Rodriguez had two homers and four RBI for the Mariners, who have dropped three in a row and 11 of 15.

Alex Rodriguez

RBI

Mariners


Input: He became the fifth shortstop in major-league history to hit 30 homers in a season and the first since Ripken hit 34 in 1991.

Ripken


Input: Chris Hoiles hit his 22nd homer for Baltimore.

Chris Hoiles

Baltimore


Input: In New York, Jason Dickson scattered 10 hits over 6 1/3 innings in his major-league debut and Chili Davis belted a homer from each side of the plate as the California Angels defeated the Yankees 7-1.

New York

Jason Dickson

Chili Davis

California Angels

Yankees


Input: Dickson allowed a homer to Derek Jeter on his first major-league pitch but settled down.

Dickson

Derek Jeter


Input: He was the 27th pitcher used by the Angels this season, tying a major-league record.

Angels


Input: Jimmy Key (9-10) took the loss as the Yankees lost their ninth in 14 games.

Jimmy Key

Yankees


Input: They stranded 11 baserunners.


Input: California played without interim manager John McNamara, who was admitted to a New York hospital with a blood clot in his right calf.

California

New York

John McNamara


Input: In Boston, Mike Stanley's bases-loaded two-run single snapped an eighth-inning tie and gave the Red Sox their third straight win, 6-4 over the Oakland Athletics.

Boston

Mike Stanley

Red Sox

Oakland Athletics


Input: Stanley owns a .367 career batting average with the bases loaded (33-for-90).

Stanley


Input: Boston's Mo Vaughn went 3-for-3 with a walk, stole home for one of his three runs scored and collected his 116th RBI.

Boston

Mo Vaughn

RBI


Input: Scott Brosius homered and drove in two runs for the Athletics, who have lost seven of their last nine games.

Scott Brosius

Athletics


Input: In Detroit, Brad Ausmus's three-run homer capped a four-run eighth and lifted the Tigers to a 7-4 victory over the reeling Chicago White Sox.

Detroit

Brad Ausmus

Tigers

Chicago White Sox


Input: The Tigers have won consecutive games after dropping eight in a row, but have won nine of their last 12 at home.

Tigers


Input: The White Sox have lost six of their last eight games.

White Sox


Input: In Kansas City, Juan Guzman tossed a complete-game six-hitter to win for the first time in over a month and lower his league-best ERA as the Toronto Blue Jays won their fourth straight, 6-2 over the Royals.

Kansas City

Juan Guzman

ERA

Toronto Blue Jays

Royals


Input: Guzman (10-8) won for the first time since July 16, a span of six starts.

Guzman


Input: He allowed two runs -- one earned -- and lowered his ERA to 2.99.

ERA


Input: At Minnesota, John Jaha's three-run homer, his 26th, capped a five-run eighth inning that rallied the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-7 victory over the Twins.

Minnesota

John Jaha

Milwaukee Brewers

Twins


Input: Jaha added an RBI single in the ninth and had four RBI.

Jaha

RBI

RBI


Input: Jose Valentin hit his 21st homer for Milwaukee.

Jose Valentin

Milwaukee


Input: SOCCER-COCU DOUBLE EARNS PSV 4-1 WIN.

COCU

PSV


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22

AMSTERDAM


Input: Philip Cocu scored twice in the second half to spur PSV Eindhoven to a 4-1 away win over NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch first division on Thursday.

Philip Cocu

PSV Eindhoven

NEC Nijmegen

Dutch


Input: He scored from close range in the 54th minute and from a bicycle kick 13 minutes later.


Input: Arthur Numan and Luc Nilis, Dutch top scorer last season, were PSV's other marksmen.

Arthur Numan

Luc Nilis

Dutch

PSV


Input: Ajax Amsterdam opened their title defence with a 1-0 win over NAC Breda on Wednesday.

Ajax Amsterdam

NAC Breda


Input: SOCCER-DUTCH FIRST DIVISION SUMMARY.

DUTCH


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22

AMSTERDAM


Input: Summary of Thursday's only


Input: Dutch first division match:

Dutch


Input: NEC Nijmegen 1 (Van Eykeren 15th) PSV Eindhoven 4 (Numan 11th,

NEC Nijmegen

PSV Eindhoven


Input: Nilis 42nd, Cocu 54th, 67th).

Nilis

Cocu


Input: Halftime 1-2.


Input: Attendance 8,000


Input: SOCCER-DUTCH FIRST DIVISION RESULT.

DUTCH


Input: AMSTERDAM 1996-08-22

AMSTERDAM


Input: Result of a Dutch first

Dutch


Input: division match on Thursday:


Input: NEC Nijmegen 1 PSV Eindhoven 4

NEC Nijmegen

PSV Eindhoven


Input: SOCCER-SHARPSHOOTER KNUP BACK IN SWISS SQUAD.

KNUP

SWISS


Input: GENEVA 1996-08-22

GENEVA


Input: Galatasaray striker Adrian Knup, scorer of 26 goals in 45 internationals, has been recalled by Switzerland for the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in Baku on August 31.

Galatasaray

Adrian Knup

Switzerland

Azerbaijan

Baku

World Cup


Input: Knup was overlooked by Artur Jorge for the European championship finals earlier this year.

Knup

Artur Jorge

European


Input: But new coach Rolf Fringer is clearly a Knup fan and included him in his 19-man squad on Thursday.

Rolf Fringer

Knup


Input: Switzerland failed to progress beyond the opening group phase in Euro 96.

Switzerland

Euro 96


Input: Squad:


Input: Goalkeepers-Marco Pascolo (Cagliari), Pascal Zuberbuehler (Grasshoppers).

Marco Pascolo

Pascal Zuberbuehler

Cagliari

Grasshoppers


Input: Defenders-Stephane Henchoz (Hamburg), Marc Hottiger (Everton), Yvan Quentin (Sion), Ramon Vega (Cagliari) Raphael Wicky (Sion).

Stephane Henchoz

Marc Hottiger

Yvan Quentin

Ramon Vega

Raphael Wicky

Hamburg

Everton

Sion

Cagliari

Sion


Input: Midfielders-Alexandre Comisetti (Grasshoppers), Antonio Esposito (Grasshoppers), Sebastien Fournier (Stuttgart), Christophe Ohrel (Lausanne), Patrick Sylvestre (Sion), David Sesa (Servette), Ciriaco Sforza (Inter Milan) Murat Yakin (Grasshoppers).

Alexandre Comisetti

Antonio Esposito

Sebastien Fournier

Christophe Ohrel

Patrick Sylvestre

David Sesa

Ciriaco Sforza

Murat Yakin

Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers

Sion

Servette

Inter Milan

Grasshoppers

Stuttgart

Lausanne


Input: Strikers-Kubilay Turkyilmaz (Grasshoppers), Adrian Knup (Galatasaray), Christophe Bonvin (Sion), Stephane Chapuisat (Borussia Dortmund).

Kubilay Turkyilmaz

Adrian Knup

Christophe Bonvin

Stephane Chapuisat

Grasshoppers

Galatasaray

Sion

Borussia Dortmund


Input: ATHLETICS-IT'S A RECORD-40,000 BEERS ON THE HOUSE.


Input: BRUSSELS 1996-08-22

BRUSSELS


Input: Spectators at Friday's Brussels grand prix meeting have an extra incentive to cheer on the athletes to world record performances -- a free glass of beer.

Brussels


Input: A Belgian brewery has offered to pay for a free round of drinks for all of the 40,000 crowd if a world record goes at the meeting, organisers said on Thursday.

Belgian


Input: It could be one of the most expensive rounds of drinks ever.


Input: The meeting is sold out already.


Input: Two world records are in serious danger of being broken at the meeting -- the women's 1,000 metres and the men's 3,000 metres.


Input: GOLF-GERMAN OPEN FIRST ROUND SCORES.

GERMAN OPEN


Input: STUTTGART, Germany 1996-08-22

STUTTGART

Germany


Input: Leading first round


Input: scores in the German Open golf championship on Thursday (Britain

German Open

Britain


Input: unless stated):


Input: 62 Paul Broadhurst

Paul Broadhurst


Input: 63 Raymond Russell

Raymond Russell


Input: 64 David J. Russell, Michael Campbell (New Zealand), Ian

David J. Russell

Michael Campbell

Ian

New Zealand


Input: Woosnam, Bernhard Langer (Germany), Ronan Rafferty, Mats

Woosnam

Bernhard Langer

Ronan Rafferty

Mats

Germany


Input: Lanner (Sweden), Wayne Riley (Australia)

Lanner

Wayne Riley

Sweden

Australia


Input: 65 Eamonn Darcy (Ireland), Per Nyman (Sweden), Russell Claydon,

Eamonn Darcy

Per Nyman

Russell Claydon

Ireland

Sweden


Input: Mark Roe, Retief Goosen (South Africa), Carl Suneson

Mark Roe

Retief Goosen

Carl Suneson

South Africa


Input: 66 Stephen Field, Paul Lawrie, Ian Pyman, Max Anglert

Stephen Field

Paul Lawrie

Ian Pyman

Max Anglert


Input: (Sweden), Miles Tunnicliff, Christian Cevaer (France),

Sweden

France

Miles Tunnicliff

Christian Cevaer


Input: Des Smyth (Ireland), David Carter, Lee Westwood, Greg

Des Smyth

David Carter

Lee Westwood

Greg

Ireland


Input: Chalmers (Australia), Miguel Angel Martin (Spain),

Chalmers

Miguel Angel Martin

Australia

Spain


Input: Thomas Bjorn (Denmark), Fernando Roca (Spain), Derrick

Thomas Bjorn

Fernando Roca

Derrick

Denmark

Spain


Input: Cooper

Cooper


Input: 67 Jeff Hawksworth, Padraig Harrington (Ireland), Michael

Jeff Hawksworth

Padraig Harrington

Michael

Ireland


Input: Welch, Thomas Gogele (Germany), Paul McGinley (Ireland),

Welch

Thomas Gogele

Paul McGinley

Germany

Ireland


Input: Gary Orr, Jose-Maria Canizares (Spain), Michael Jonzon

Gary Orr

Jose-Maria Canizares

Michael Jonzon

Spain


Input: (Sweden), Paul Eales, David Williams, Andrew Coltart,

Sweden

Paul Eales

David Williams

Andrew Coltart


Input: Jonathan Lomas, Jose Rivero (Spain), Robert Karlsson

Jonathan Lomas

Jose Rivero

Robert Karlsson

Spain


Input: (Sweden), Marcus Wills, Pedro Linhart (Spain), Jamie

Sweden

Spain

Marcus Wills

Pedro Linhart

Jamie


Input: Spence, Terry Price (Australia), Juan Carlos Pinero (Spain),

Spence

Terry Price

Juan Carlos Pinero

Australia

Spain


Input: Mark Mouland

Mark Mouland


Input: SOCCER-UEFA REWARDS THREE COUNTRIES FOR FAIR PLAY.

UEFA


Input: GENEVA 1996-08-22

GENEVA


Input: Norway, England and Sweden were rewarded for their fair play on Thursday with an additional place in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup competition.

Norway

England

Sweden

UEFA Cup


Input: Norway headed the UEFA Fair Play rankings for 1995-96 with 8.62 points, ahead of England with 8.61 and Sweden 8.57.

Norway

England

Sweden

UEFA Fair Play


Input: The rankings are based on a formula that takes into account many factors including red and yellow cards, and coaching and spectators' behaviour at matches played at an international level by clubs and national teams.


Input: Only the top three countries are allocated additional places.


Input: The UEFA Fair Play rankings are: 1.

UEFA Fair Play


Input: Norway 8.62 points

Norway


Input: 2. England 8.61

England


Input: 3. Sweden 8.57

Sweden


Input: 4. Faroe Islands 8.56

Faroe Islands


Input: 5. Wales 8.54

Wales


Input: 6. Estonia 8.52

Estonia


Input: 7. Ireland 8.45

Ireland


Input: 8. Belarus 8.39

Belarus


Input: 9. Iceland 8.35

Iceland


Input: 10. Netherlands 8.30

Netherlands


Input: 10. Denmark 8.30

Denmark


Input: 10. Germany 8.30

Germany


Input: 13. Scotland 8.29

Scotland


Input: 13. Latvia 8.29

Latvia


Input: 15. Moldova 8.24

Moldova


Input: 16. Yugoslavia 8.22

Yugoslavia


Input: 16. Belgium 8.22

Belgium


Input: 18. Luxembourg 8.20

Luxembourg


Input: 19. France 8.18

France


Input: 20. Israel 8.17

Israel


Input: 21. Switzerland 8.15

Switzerland


Input: 21. Slovakia 8.15

Slovakia


Input: 23. Poland 8.12

Poland


Input: 23. Portugal 8.12

Portugal


Input: 25. Georgia 8.10

Georgia


Input: 26. Ukraine 8.09

Ukraine


Input: 26. Spain 8.09

Spain


Input: 26. Finland 8.09

Finland


Input: 29. Macedonia 8.07

Macedonia


Input: 30. Lithuania 8.06

Lithuania


Input: 31. Austria 8.05

Austria


Input: 32. Russia 8.03

Russia


Input: 33. Romania 8.02

Romania


Input: 33. Turkey 8.02

Turkey


Input: 35. Hungary 7.98

Hungary


Input: 36. Czech Republic 7.95

Czech Republic


Input: 37. Greece 7.89

Greece


Input: 37. Northern Ireland 7.89

Northern Ireland


Input: 39. Italy 7.85

Italy


Input: 40. Cyprus 7.83

Cyprus


Input: 41. Armenia 7.80

Armenia


Input: 42. Slovenia 7.77

Slovenia


Input: 43. Croatia 7.75

Croatia


Input: 44. Bulgaria 7.73

Bulgaria


Input: 45. Malta 7.40

Malta


Input: CRICKET-POLICE COMMANDOS ON HAND FOR AUSTRALIANS' FIRST MATCH.

AUSTRALIANS


Input: COLOMBO 1996-08-22

COLOMBO


Input: Armed police commandos patrolled the ground when Australia opened their short tour of Sri Lanka with a five-run win over the country's youth team on Thursday.

Australia

Sri Lanka


Input: Australia, in Sri Lanka for a limited overs tournament which also includes India and Zimbabwe, have been promised the presence of commandos, sniffer dogs and plainclothes policemen to ensure the tournament is trouble-free.

Australia

Sri Lanka

India

Zimbabwe


Input: They are making their first visit to the island since boycotting a World Cup fixture in February because of fears over ethnic violence.

World Cup


Input: Australia, batting first in Thursday's the warm-up match, scored 251 for seven from their 50 overs.

Australia


Input: Ricky Ponting led the way with 100 off 119 balls with two sixes and nine fours before retiring.

Ricky Ponting


Input: The youth side replied with 246 for seven.


Input: Australian coach Geoff Marsh said he was impressed with the competitiveness of the opposition.

Australian

Geoff Marsh


Input: " We were made to sweat to win, " he said.


Input: ONE ROMANIAN DIES IN BUS CRASH IN BULGARIA.

ROMANIAN

BULGARIA


Input: SOFIA 1996-08-22

SOFIA


Input: One Romanian passenger was killed, and 14 others were injured on Thursday when a Romanian-registered bus collided with a Bulgarian one in northern Bulgaria, police said.

Romanian

Romanian-registered

Bulgarian

Bulgaria


Input: The two buses collided head on at 5 o'clock this morning on the road between the towns of Rousse and Veliko Tarnovo, police said.

Rousse

Veliko Tarnovo


Input: A Romanian woman Maria Marco, 35, was killed.

Romanian

Maria Marco


Input: The accident was being investigated, police added.


Input: -- Sofia Newsroom, 359-2-84561

Sofia Newsroom


Input: OFFICIAL JOURNAL CONTENTS-OJ L 211 OF AUGUST 21, 1996.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL

OJ


Input: (Note-contents are displayed in reverse order to that in the printed Journal)

Journal


Input: Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/96 of 25 July 1996 relating to a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (OJ No L 187 of 26.7.1996)

Commission Regulation

EC


Input: Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/96 of 9 April 1996 on certain conditions for granting compensatory payments under the support system for producers of certain arable crops (OJ No L 91 of 12.4.1996)

Commission Regulation

EC

OJ


Input: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/96 of 20 August 1996 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables END OF DOCUMENT.

Commission Regulation

EC


Input: In Home Health to appeal payment denial.

In Home Health


Input: MINNETONKA, Minn.

MINNETONKA

Minn


Input: In Home Health Inc said on Thursday it will appeal to the U.S. Federal District Court in Minneapolis a decision by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) that denied reimbursement of certain costs under Medicaid.

In Home Health Inc

U.S. Federal District Court

Health Care Financing Administration

HCFA

Minneapolis

Medicaid


Input: The HCFA Administrator reversed a previously favorable decision regarding the reimbursement of costs related to the company's community liaison personnel, it added.

HCFA


Input: The company said it continues to believe the majority of the community liaison costs are coverable under the terms of the Medicare program.

Medicare


Input: " We are disappointed with the administrator's decision but we continue to be optimistic regarding an ultimate favorable resolution, " Mark Gildea, chief executive officer, said in a statement.

Mark Gildea


Input: In Home Health said it previously recorded a reserve equal to 16 percent of all revenue related to the community liaison costs.

In Home Health


Input: Separately, In Home Health said the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis ruled in its favor regarding the reimbursement of certain interest expenses.

In Home Health

U.S. District Court

Minneapolis


Input: This decision will result in the reimbursement by Medicare of $81,000 in disputed costs.

Medicare


Input: " This is our first decision in federal distrct court regarding a dispute with Medicare, " Gildea said. "

Medicare

Gildea


Input: We are extremely pleased with this decision and we recognize it as a significant step toward resolution of our outstanding Medicare disputes. "

Medicare


Input: -- Chicago Newsdesk 312-408-8787

Chicago Newsdesk


Input: Oppenheimer Capital to review Oct. div.

Oppenheimer Capital


Input: NEW YORK 1996-08-22

NEW YORK


Input: Oppenheimer Capital LP said on Thursday it will review its cash distribution rate for the October quarterly distribution, assuming continued favorable results.

Oppenheimer Capital LP


Input: The company, which reported improved first quarter earnings for the period ended July 31, 1996, declared a quarterly distribution of $0.65 per partnership unit for the quarter ended July.


Input: Best sees Q2 loss similar to Q1 loss.

Best


Input: RICHMOND, Va.

RICHMOND

Va


Input: Best Products Co Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Levy said Thursday he expected the company's second-quarter results to be similar to the $34.6 million loss posted in the first quarter.

Best Products Co

Daniel Levy


Input: He also told Reuters before the retailer's annual meeting that the second quarter could be better than the first quarter ended May 4. "

Reuters


Input: We could do even better, " he said.


Input: The second-quarter results are expected to be released in September.


Input: Levy said seeking bankruptcy protection was not under consideration.

Levy


Input: Best emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 1994 after 3-1/2 years.

Best

Chapter 11


Input: " Bankruptcy is always possible, particularly when you lose what we are going to lose in the first half of this year, " Levy said. "

Levy


Input: But this is not something we are striving to do. "


Input: The Richmond-based retailer lost $95.7 million in the fiscal year ended February 3.

Richmond-based


Input: That was the second-largest loss in the company's history.


Input: Levy said that Best planned to open two new stores this fall.

Levy

Best


Input: The company announced in March that it was closing seven stores and backing out of nine new lease agreements.


Input: At the time, Best said it did not plan to open any new stores this fall.

Best


Input: It currently operates 169 stores in 23 states.


Input: For last year's second quarter, which ended July 29, 1995, Best posted a loss of $7.1 million, or $0.23 per share, on sales of $311.9 million.

Best


Input: Measles exposure can lead to bowel disease-study.


Input: LONDON 1996-08-23

LONDON


Input: Women who get measles while pregnant may have babies at higher risk of Crohn's disease, a debilitating bowel disorder, researchers said on Friday.

Crohn


Input: Three out of four Swedish babies born to mothers who caught measles developed serious cases of Crohn's disease, the researchers said.

Swedish

Crohn