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Tap sales began on Monday and are being held daily from 07.00 GMT to 15.00 GMT until further notice.
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The ministry had raised 2.3 billion guilders from sales of the new bond by the close of trade on Wednesday.
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-- Amsterdam newsroom +31 20 504 5000
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German farm ministry tells consumers to avoid British mutton.
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BONN 1996-08-22
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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.
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" 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.
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" I do not want to say that there is a concrete danger for consumers, " he added . "
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There are too many holes in what we know, and these must be filled very quickly . "
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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.
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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.
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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.
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But some members of the EU's standing veterinary committee questioned whether the action was necessary given the slight risk to human health.
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The question is being studied separately by two EU scientific committees.
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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.
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British officials say sheep meat is perfectly safe to eat.
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ZDF said Germany imported 47,600 sheep from Britain last year, nearly half of total imports.
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It brought in 4,275 tonnes of British mutton, some 10 percent of overall imports.
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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.
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EU leaders agreed at a summit in June to a progressive lifting of the ban as Britain takes parallel measures to eradicate the disease.
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GOLF - SCORES AT WORLD SERIES OF GOLF.
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AKRON, Ohio 1996-08-22
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Scores from the $2.1
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million NEC World Series of Golf after the first round
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Thursday at the 7,149 yard, par 70 Firestone C.C course
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(players U.S. unless stated):
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66 Paul Goydos, Billy Mayfair, Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan)
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68 Steve Stricker
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69 Justin Leonard, Mark Brooks
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70 Tim Herron, Duffy Waldorf, Davis Love, Anders Forsbrand
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(Sweden), Nick Faldo (Britain), John Cook, Steve Jones, Phil
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Mickelson, Greg Norman (Australia)
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71 Ernie Els (South Africa), Scott Hoch
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72 Clarence Rose, Loren Roberts, Fred Funk, Sven Struver
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(Germany), Alexander Cejka (Germany), Hal Sutton, Tom Lehman
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73 D.A. Weibring, Brad Bryant, Craig Parry (Australia),
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Stewart Ginn (Australia), Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler, Mark
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O'Meara, Fred Couples
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74 Paul Stankowski, Costantino Rocca (Italy)
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75 Jim Furyk, Satoshi Higashi (Japan), Willie Wood, Shigeki
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Maruyama (Japan)
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76 Scott McCarron
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77 Wayne Westner (South Africa), Steve Schneiter
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79 Tom Watson
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81 Seiki Okuda (Japan)
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SOCCER - GLORIA BISTRITA BEAT 2-1 F.C. VALLETTA.
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BISTRITA 1996-08-22
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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.
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Scorers:
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Gloria Bistrita - Ilie Lazar (32nd), Eugen Voica (84th)
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F.C. La Valletta - Gilbert Agius (24th)
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Attendance: 8,000
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Gloria Bistrita won 4-2 on aggregate and qualified for the first round of the Cup winners Cup.
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REUTER
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HORSE RACING - PIVOTAL ENDS 25-YEAR WAIT FOR TRAINER PRESCOTT.
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YORK, England 1996-08-22
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pivotal, a Royal Ascot winner in June, may now be aimed at this season's Abbaye, Europe's top sprint race.
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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 . "
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He added: " It's very sad to beat Henry Candy because I am godfather to his daughter . "
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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.
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Berry said: " I`m disappointed but I don't feel suicidal.
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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 . "
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HORSE RACING - NUNTHORPE STAKES RESULTS.
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YORK, England 1996-08-22
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Result of the Nunthorpe Stakes, a group one race for two-year-olds and upwards, run over five furlongs (1 km) on Thursday:
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1. Pivotal 100-30 (ridden by George Duffield)
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2. Eveningperformance 16-1 (Chris Rutter)
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3. Hever Golf Rose 11-4 (Jason Weaver)
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Eight ran.
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Favourite: Mind Games (7-4) finished 4th
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Distances: a short head, 1-1/4 lengths.
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Winner owned by the Cheveley Park Stud and trained by Sir
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Mark Prescott at Newmarket.
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Value to winner: 72,464 pounds sterling ($112,200)
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TENNIS - RESULTS AT TOSHIBA CLASSIC.
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CARLSBAD, California 1996-08-21
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Results from the
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$450,000 Toshiba Classic tennis tournament on Wednesday
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(prefix number denotes seeding):
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Second round
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1 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) beat Naoko Kijimuta (Japan)
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1-6 6-4 6-3
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4 - Kimiko Date (Japan) beat Yone Kamio (Japan) 6-2 7-5
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Sandrine Testud (France) beat 7 - Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 6-3 4-6
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6-4
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8 - Nathalie Tauziat (France) beat Shi-Ting Wang (Taiwan) 6-4
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6-2
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TENNIS - RESULTS AT HAMLET CUP.
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COMMACK, New York 1996-08-21
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Results from the
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Waldbaum Hamlet Cup tennis tournament on Wednesday (prefix
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number denotes seeding):
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Second round
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1 - Michael Chang (U.S.) beat Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-3 6-2
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Michael Joyce (U.S.) beat 3 - Richey Reneberg (U.S.) 3-6 6-4
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6-3
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Martin Damm (Czech Republic) beat 6 - Younes El Aynaoui
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