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Officials said Humberto Hueite Zyrecha and his wife Jetty Kors , both 50 , were kidnapped late on Saturday or early Sunday .
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Col .
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Misael Valerio , head of border police at the Security Ministry , told reporters surveillance of the northern border with Nicaragua has been stepped up to keep the kidnappers from fleeing Costa Rica .
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Preliminary reports said the couple were kidnapped on the " Altamira " farm , owned by Dutchman Richard Wisinga , at Aguas Zarcas de San Carlos near the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border .
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Unconfirmed news reports said a vehicle belonging to them was found abandoned at Santa Maria de Pocosol , about 12 miles ( 20 km ) north of the site of the abduction .
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The reports said authorities found a statement , supposedly from the kidnappers , in the vehicle , addressed to Wisinga and demanding a $ 1.5 million ransom .
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Wisinga was believed to be travelling in Europe , they said .
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A Swiss tourist guide and a German tourist were kidnapped in the same area on New Year 's Day by a group of former Nicaraguan guerrillas .
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Regula Susana Siegfried , 50 , and Nicola Fleuchaus , 25 , were released after 71 days after a $ 200,000 ransom was paid .
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In a bizarre twist , Fleuchaus and the leader of the kidnappers , Julio Cesar Vega Rojas , developed a sentimental attachment during her captivity , according to photographs printed in Costa Rican newspapers and court documents including a love letter written by Vega .
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Interacciones ups Mexico GDP forecast , lowers peso .
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MEXICO CITY 1996-08-26
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Interacciones brokerage on Monday raised its forecasts for 1996 gross domestic product growth to 4.3 percent from 3.8 percent , but it kept its 1997 projection unchanged at 4.5 percent , a statement said .
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Economist Alonso Cervera said the revisions were chiefly fueled by stronger than expected growth of 7.2 percent in the second quarter and he forecast an annual GDP rise of 6.1 percent in the third quarter and 4.9 percent in Q4 .
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The firm also revised down its year-end peso forecast to 7.85-8.15 per dollar from 8.20-8.50 .
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It forecast an end 1997 peso in the range of 9.20-9.40 .
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Interacciones kept its 1996 and 1997 inflation forecast unchanged at 26 percent and 20 percent , expecting the government 's 1997 inflation target to be around 15 percent .
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It bumped up its average interest rate projection in 1997 to 25.8 percent from 23 percent .
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Fiscal policy was expected to be loosened a bit in the second half of this year , boosting growth without running into a deficit .
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" Next year , the fiscal policy will have less margin of freedom because the government will have to face commitments that it has taken on under different support schemes for the banks , debtors and firms , " the brokerage said .
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-- Henry Tricks , Mexico City newsroom +525 728-9560
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Bancomext official says Mexico peso level suitable .
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MEXICO CITY 1996-08-26
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A top official of export development bank Bancomext said the peso 's appreciation against the dollar this year has not hurt demand for Mexican exports .
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" We have a suitable exchange rate .
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We have n't felt a drop-off in demand ....
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We have no basis for saying that the exchange rate is affecting exports , " Rafael Moreno Turrent , deputy director general for foreign trade promotion at the bank , said at a news conference .
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Colombian peso closes lower , importers buy dlrs .
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BOGOTA 1996-08-26
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Colombia 's peso closed lower at 1,044 after coming under pressure from dollar-buying by importers seeking to meet their commitments abroad , interbank dealers said .
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It was the second consecutive session that saw the peso , which ended at 1,041 Friday , close lower .
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" The ( dollar 's ) rise was due to demand from importers who have a lot of wire transfers accumulated , " one dealer said .
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Contributing to the peso 's weakness , another dealer said banks who might have sold greenbacks in Monday 's trading appeared to shy away from the market .
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This , according to the trader , was typical of month-end position-squaring -- and the fact that a stronger U.S. currency helps limit some foreign exchange losses .
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Dealers reported 355 trades for a total of $ 142 million and said the peso hit an intra-day high of 1,037 before heading lower into the close .
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-- Juan Guillermo Londono , Bogota newsroom , 571 610 7944
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Japan 's Hashimoto leaves Brazil for Peru .
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BRASILIA 1996-08-26
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Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto left Brasilia on Monday for Lima , the penultimate stop on a 10-day Latin American tour , a Brazilian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said .
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Hashimoto , who has already visited Mexico and Chile , spent three days in Brazil .
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After Peru , he was due to go to Costa Rica .
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Nicaraguan president has operation in U.S .
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MANAGUA , Nicaragua 1996-08-26
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Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro underwent successful surgery in the United States on Monday to correct a compression in her lower spinal column , the government said .
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Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore found an inflamation in her spinal column that , once treated , will free her of chronic pain in her back and one leg that has limited her movement , a government statement said .
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" ( Chamorro ) is in good health and , according to her doctors , will be able to return to Nicaragua next week , " it said .
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Chamorro , 66 , had complained of lower back pain since a trip to Taiwan in May , when pain forced her to go to Taipei University Hospital for an examination .
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She suffers from osteoporosis , a disease that weakens the bones , and has repeatedly flown to Washington for treatment .
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She is scheduled to step down in January after a term of nearly seven years .
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Eight drown in Venezuelan boating accident .
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MARACAIBO , Venezuela 1996-08-26
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Eight members of a family , five of them children aged between two and seven , drowned when their small boat sank on Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela early on Monday , authorities said .
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The accident happened when the Sanchez Zarraga family took their boat out for a nighttime spin , Civil Defence and Coast Guard officials said .
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The cause of the sinking was not known but officials said the boat had a hole in the stern and no lifejackets .
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Three members of the party were rescued unhurt .
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Banco de Mexico to inject 3.412 bln pesos .
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MEXICO CITY 1996-08-26
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Banco de Mexico sought to inject 3.412 billion pesos in the secondary market on Monday through three credit auctions , dealers said .
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The auctions were offered as follows :
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AMOUNT TERM
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1.206 bln 9 days
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1.206 bln 3 days
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1.000 bln 1 day
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- Mexico City newsroom 525 728-9559
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Dutch couple kidnapped in Costa Rica .
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SAN JOSE , Costa Rica 1996-08-26
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A Dutch couple who manage a farm in northern Costa Rica have been kidnapped by an unidentified group demanding $ 1.5 million in ransom , authorities said on Monday .
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Officials said Humberto Hueite Zyrecha and his wife Jetty Kors , both 50 , were kidnapped late Saturday or early Sunday .
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Col .
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Misael Valerio , head of border police at the Security Ministry , told reporters that surveillance of the country 's northern border with Nicaragua has been stepped up to stop the kidnappers from fleeing Costa Rica .
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No other details were immediately available .
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RTRS - Melbourne train collides with truck , 15 injured .
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MELBOURNE 1996-08-26
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Fifteen people were injured when a suburban passenger train and a truck collided at a street-level rail crossing in the Australian city of Melbourne on Monday , said rail and ambulance officials .
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The injured , which included a pregnant woman , were taken to hospital , but were not in a serious condition , an ambulance spokesman told Reuters .
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A Public Transport Corporation spokesman said the train , collided with the truck loaded with concrete pylons in the north Melbourne suburb of Preston just before 8.30 a.m ..
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The train was derailed when a corner of the driver 's compartment caught the rear of the truck , the spokesman said .
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The truck was overturned , spilling its load onto the crossing , and careered into the nearby Bell St Station .
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" Remarkably both the train driver and the truck driver were not injured , " the rail spokesman said .
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" It had the potential to be quite a nasty accident . "
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-- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 373-1800
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Police capture Auckland gunman .
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AUCKLAND 1996-08-27
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A gunman being hunted on Auckland 's North Shore was captured by police just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday , New Zealand Press Association reported .
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Senior Sergeant Dave Pearson of Auckland police said John Grant Fagan was in police custody , but further details of his capture would not be released until a press conference later in the day .
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Fagan had earlier telephoned an Auckland radio station in a distraught state , saying he feared for his life .
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Police said he did not have a weapon when taken into custody and was now cooperating with them .
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Radio New Zealand reported earlier that an armed man on Monday entered the Northcote College swimming pool changing sheds and confronted a 16-year-old schoolgirl .
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A shot was fired , but onlookers managed to disarm the man .
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-- Wellington newsroom 64 4 473-4746
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Police seek fugitive after Auckland gun incident .
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WELLINGTON 1996-08-27
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Auckland police were seeking an escaped gunman on Tuesday after an incident in which he fired at a 16-year-old schoolgirl , Radio New Zealand said .
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The man entered the Northcote College swimming pool changing sheds on Monday and told the girl and a friend : " You 're for it now . "
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A shot was fired , but onlookers managed to seize the gun , the radio said .
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Police , who were unsuccessful in finding the man overnight , described him as disturbed and dangerous .
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-- Wellington newsroom 64 4 473-4746
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SIMEX Brent closed on Monday owing to IPE holiday .
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SINGAPORE 1996-08-26
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The Brent crude futures market on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange ( SIMEX ) was closed on Monday in respect for a U.K. national holiday .
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