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The issue flared in in March when government scientists admitted that people could become infected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) from eating BSE-infected beef.
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French farmers set up blockades in mad cow protest.
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PARIS 1996-08-29
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Thousands of farmers threw up roadblocks across France overnight, stopping and checking lorries suspected of importing meat from outside the European Union, French radios reported on Thursday.
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Radio stations said around 15,000 farmers, angered by a fall in beef prices following the mad cow disease crisis, staged protests in many areas and blockaded several main roads and motorways.
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By 3 a.m. (0100 GMT) more than 2,000 lorries had been stopped and searched.
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European beef sales plunged after Britain announced the discovery of a likely link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, and its fatal human equivalent Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
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GOLF - BRITISH MASTERS SECOND ROUND SCORES.
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NORTHAMPTON, England 1996-08-29
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Leading scores after
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the second round of the British Masters on Thursday (British
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unless stated):
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140 Robert Allenby (Australia) 69 71, Mark Roe 69 71
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141 Francisco Cea (Spain) 70 71, Gavin Levenson (South Africa)
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66 75
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142 Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 74 68
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143 David Gilford 69 74
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144 Peter O'Malley (Australia) 71 73, Costantino Rocca (Italy)
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71 73, Colin Montgomerie 68 76, David Howell 70 74, Mark
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Davis 71 73
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145 Peter Mitchell 74 71, Philip Walton (Ireland) 71 74, Retief
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Goosen (South Africa) 71 74, Ove Sellberg (Sweden) 71 74,
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Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 70 75, Pedro Linhart (Spain) 72 73,
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Mike Clayton (Australia) 69 76, Emanuele Canonica (Italy)
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69 76, Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 75 70
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146 Iain Pyman 71 75, Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 70 76, Ian
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Woosnam 70 76, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 74 72, Klas
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Eriksson (Sweden) 71 75, Paul Eales 75 71
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147 Antoine Lebouc (France) 74 73, Paul Curry 76 71, Andrew
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Coltart 72 75, Paul Lawrie 72 75, Jose Coceres (Argentina)
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69 78, Raymond Russell 69 78, Roger Chapman 71 76, Paul
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Affleck 74 73.
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CYCLING - SORENSEN WINS FOURTH STAGE OF TOUR OF NETHERLANDS.
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DOETINCHEM, Netherlands 1996-08-29
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Leading results and overall standings after the 19.6 kilometre fourth stage of the Tour of the Netherlands on Thursday, a time trial starting and finishing in Doetinchem.
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1. Rolf Sorensen (Denmark) Rabobank 22 minutes 40 seconds
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2. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) Motorola 1 second behind
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3. Vyacheslav Ekimov (Russia) Rabobank 29 seconds behind
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4. Erik Dekker (Netherlands) Rabobank 43
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5. Giunluca Gorini (Italy) Aki 45
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6. Erik Breukink (Netherlands) Rabobank 48
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7. Wilfried Peeters (Belgium) Mapei 51
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8. Bart Voskamp (Netherlands) TVM 53
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9. Michael Andersson (Sweden) Telekom 54
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10. Gregory Randolph (USA) Motorola 1 minute 3 seconds
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Leading overall placings after three stages:
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1. Sorensen 11.20:33
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2. Armstrong 3 seconds behind
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3. Ekimov 1 minute 7 seconds
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4. Marco Lietti (Italy) MG-Technogym 1 minute 14 seconds
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5. Dekker 1 minute 21 seconds
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6. Breukink 1 minute 26 seconds
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7. Maarten den Bakker (Netherlands) TVM 1 minute 31 seconds
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8. Voskamp same time
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9. Andersson 1 minute 32 seconds
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10. Olaf Ludwig (Germany) Telekom 1 minute 44 seconds
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The race continues on Friday with the 178 kilometre fifth-stage from Zevenaar to Venray.
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CRICKET - ENGLAND BEAT PAKISTAN IN FIRST ONE-DAYER.
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MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-29
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England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the first one-day (50 overs-a-side) international at Old Trafford on Thursday.
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Scores: Pakistan 225-5 innings closed (Saeed Anwar 57), England 226-5 in 46.4 overs (M. Atherton 65).
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CYCLING - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS.
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MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-29
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Results at the world track cycling championships on Thursday:
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Individual pursuit semifinals (over 4,000 metres):
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Chris Boardman (Britain) 4:15.006 beat Alexei Markov (Russia) 4:23.029
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Andrea Collinelli (Italy) 4:16.141 beat Francis Moreau (France) 4:19.665
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Moreau takes bronze medal as faster losing semifinalist.
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Final:
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Chris Boardman (Britain) 4:11.114 (world record) beat Andrea Collinelli (Italy) 4:20.341
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Olympic sprint championship (three-man teams):
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1. Australia (Darryn Hill, Shane Kelly, Gary Neiwand) 44.804
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seconds
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2. Germany (Jens Fiedler, Michael Hubner, Soren Lausberg)
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45.455
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3. France (Laurent Gane, Florian Rousseau, Herve Thuet)
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45.810
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4. Greece (Dimitrios Georgalis, Georgios Chimonetos, Lampros
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Vasilopoulos) 46.538
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Women's world sprint championship quarter-finals (best of
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three matches):
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Magali Faure (France) beat Kathrin Freitag (Germany) two
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matches to nil (with times for the last 200 metres of 11.833
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seconds and 12.033 seconds)
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Felicia Ballanger (France) beat Oksana Grichina (Russia) 2-0,
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(11.776 / 12.442)
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Tanya Dubnicoff (Canada) beat Michelle Ferris (Australia) 2-0,
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(12.211 / 12.208)
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Annett Neumann (Germany) beat Galina Enioukhina (Russia) 2-0,
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(12.434 / 12.177).
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CRICKET - CROFT RESTRICTS PAKISTAN TO 225-5.
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MANCHESTER, England 1996-08-29
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Tight bowling from Glamorgan off-spinner Robert Croft helped England to restrict Pakistan to 225 for five in their 50 overs in the first one-day international at Old Trafford on Thursday.
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Croft, who was one of the few Englishmen to make a good impression in his test debut at The Oval last week, showed great control as he first dried up the early flow of Pakistan runs and then collected the wickets of Aamir Sohail and Wasim Akram in a spell of 10-1-36-2.
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There was also a wicket each for Ronnie Irani, Allan Mullally and Darren Gough although there was no joy for Dean Headley who, along with Lancashire batsman Graham Lloyd, was making his international debut.
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After Wasim had won the toss and chosen to bat first, Pakistani made an excellent start as Sohail and Saeed Anwar continued their good form with an opening partnership of 82.
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Anwar, who struck a superb 176 at The Oval, was the more aggressive as he made 57 from 75 balls before skying a catch off Irani to Mullally at long-on.
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Sohail and Ijaz Ahmed then added 59 for the second wicket before England struck back with three wickets for 19 in the space of five overs.
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First, Sohail, after making 48, was bowled by Croft as he stepped back to try and hit through the off-side.
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Wasim, who promoted himself to number four in the order, followed for six when Croft drifted another well-flighted delivery behind his legs.
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