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THE SIMEX Brent market keeps to the trading schedule of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London, which is closed for a British bank holiday. | [
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{
"content": "London",
"label": "LOC",
"start_ind... |
Contracts traded in Singapore are mutually offset against contracts traded in London. | [
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{
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] |
-- Singapore Newsroom (+65 870 3081) | [
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Metro slides 3.3 pct after market opens. | [
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] |
SINGAPORE 1996-08-26 | [
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Shares in retailer Metro Holdings dropped 3.31 percent, or Singapore $0.20, to S$5.85 minutes after the market opened on Monday. | [
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"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 59
},
{
"content": "S$",
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"start_index": 79
}
] |
By 0120 GMT, 357,000 Metro shares had been traded. | [
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},
{
"content": "Metro",
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] |
On Friday, Metro Holdings topped gainers, soaring by S$1.55 to close at S$6.05 on market rumours of a takeover bid by First Capital Corp. | [
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{
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},
{
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... |
The company said it was not aware of any reason for the surge. | [] |
-- Singapore newsroom (65 8703080) | [
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"content": "Singapore",
"label": "LOC",
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}
] |
Indonesian rupiah stable in quiet late trading. | [
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"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 0
}
] |
JAKARTA 1996-08-26 | [
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The Indonesian rupiah was stable against the dollar in quiet trading on Monday, dealers said. | [
{
"content": "Indonesian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 4
}
] |
They said volume was thin following a public holiday in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. | [
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"content": "Hong Kong",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 56
},
{
"content": "United Kingdom",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 74
}
] |
" We didn't see anything from Singapore operators either. | [
{
"content": "Singapore",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 30
}
] |
It's a pretty quiet day, " one foreign bank dealer said. | [] |
Spot rupiah was quoted at 2,342.0 / 42.5 at 0915 GMT, unchanged from the opening level. | [
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"content": "GMT",
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It was softer in the morning due to relatively ample rupiah liquidity but recovered later. | [] |
Tomorrow and today rupiah closed at 2,342.00 / 42.45 and 2,341.5 / 42.0, respectively. | [] |
Another dealer said operators were reluctant to unload rupiah despite ample conditions due to the month-end factor. | [] |
" There are two factors which determine the market at present. | [] |
The liquidity at month-end and the next court hearing scheduled for Thursday, " the dealer said. | [] |
Megawati Sukarnoputri, deposed leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) has sued the government for ousting her as PDI leader. | [
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{
"content": "PDI",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 74
},
{
"content": "PDI",
"label": "ORG",
"start_i... |
The central Jakarta court adjourned the case last Thursday for possible out-of-court settlement. | [
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"content": "Jakarta",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 12
}
] |
The hearing is due to resume on Thursday. | [] |
Megawati's lawyers said they were still discussing a possible out of court settlement but they was not optimistic an agreement could be reached. | [
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"content": "Megawati",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 0
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The dealer said this issue remained a factor but its importance to the market seemed to diminish. | [] |
He said liquidity would be the main concern for the next few days. | [] |
Overnight swap was at 0.45 / 0.48 and tom / next at 0.50 / 0.55. | [] |
One-month swap was at 18.0 / 18.5, two at 34.0 / 35.0, three at 52.75 / 53.50 and six at 106.5 / 107.0 points. | [] |
The central bank kept its intervention rate at 2,337 / 2,455 and the conversion rate at 2,337 / 2,383 on Monday. | [] |
Senate intelligence chairman in Saudi bomb probe. | [
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DUBAI 1996-08-26 | [
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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Arlen Specter, who has questioned whether Defence Secretary William Perry should resign over the latest bombing in Saudi Arabia, met Saudi officials on Monday during a brief visit to the kingdom. | [
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{
"content": "Defence",
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},
{
"content": "William Perry",
"label": "PER",... |
A U.S. embassy spokesman in Riyadh said Specter, who arrived from neighbouring Oman on Sunday and left on Monday, had talks with Saudi and American officials in Dhahran, where 19 U.S. airmen were killed by a fuel truck bomb on June 25, and Riyadh. | [
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{
"content": "Oman",
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{
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Specter met Crown Prince Abdullah and Minister of Defence and Aviation Prince Sultan in Jeddah, Saudi state television and the official Saudi Press Agency reported. | [
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},
{
"content": "Sultan",
"label": "PER",
"start_index":... |
He had earlier visited Japan, South Korea and China. | [
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{
"content": "South Korea",
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{
"content": "China",
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Specter said after the bombing there should be a shake-up at the Pentagon and questioned whether Perry should resign. | [
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He said he was not satisfied with some of Perry's answers to the committee's questions in closed testimony last month. | [
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The question of whether Perry should resign remained open, the Pennsylvania Republican said. | [
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FBI Director Louis Freeh, who has twice visited Saudi Arabia to seek improved cooperation with Saudi investigators, told the committee he was not entirely satisfied with Saudi cooperation on the Dhahran bomb and a previous bomb attack in Riyadh. | [
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... |
" If we're to stay in Saudi Arabia, we need to have total cooperation, " Specter said. | [
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The United States has 5,000 U.S. air force and other military personnel in Saudi Arabia. | [
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{
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Hijacked Sudanese plane leaves Cyprus for Britain. | [
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{
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{
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LARNACA, Cyprus 1996-08-27 | [
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{
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A Sudan Airways plane with 199 passengers and crew which was hijacked to Cyprus took off from Larnaca airport after refuelling and headed to Britain early on Tuesday, witnesses said. | [
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{
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},
{
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Police said an unknown number of hijackers were on board the Airbus 310 which was hijacked on its way from Khartoum to Amman in Jordan. | [
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{
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{
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},
{
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One had threatened to blow it up unless it was refuelled and they were taken to London where they intended to surrender and seek political asylum. | [
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"content": "London",
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Kurds clash again in Iraq, dozens reported dead. | [
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{
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ANKARA 1996-08-26 | [
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Heavy fighting broke out between two rival Kurdish factions in northern Iraq at midnight Sunday and at least 29 people were killed, one of the groups said on Monday. | [
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{
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] |
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) said the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had broken the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed between the two parties last week. | [
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{
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},
{
"content": "PUK",
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"s... |
The factions reached a ceasefire on Friday after a week of fierce fighting which had put an end to a truce agreed a year earlier. | [] |
" The PUK leadership who pledged to end fighting and cooperate with the latest U.S. initiative started a major military offensive against KDP positions, " the KDP said in a statement. | [
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{
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},
{
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It said heavy fighting started at midnight in the region dividing the two warring factions, with the PUK aiming to break through to KDP's headquarters in Salahuddin. | [
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},
{
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The KDP said 29 PUK fighters were killed in the attack. | [
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It did not provide details of KDP casualties and a PUK spokesman was not immediately available for comment. | [
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The statement said the PUK resumed its attack on Monday morning on KDP positions near Rawandouz and indiscriminately shelled the town of Dayana, killing a priest and injuring some civilians. | [
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{
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},
{
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The fighting has threatened a U.S.-led peace plan to unite the mountainous Kurdish region in northern Iraq against President Saddam Hussein. | [
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{
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A U.S.-led air force has protected Iraqi Kurds against attack from Baghdad since shortly after the Gulf War in 1991. | [
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{
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{
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},
{
"content": "Gulf War",
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"start_index": 99
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] |
Egypt to press Britain over Islamist conference. | [
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},
{
"content": "Britain",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 15
},
{
"content": "Islamist",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 28
}
] |
CAIRO 1996-08-26 | [
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Egypt will tell Britain it is concerned about a meeting of Islamists to be held in London soon, Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said on Monday. | [
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{
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{
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" There is a question mark over this issue. | [] |
We, and many other countries, don't understand this (Britain's) position, " Moussa told reporters. | [
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{
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" Egypt will contact the British government to find out the truth of the matter and to discuss the possible consequences of such an unfortunate step, " he added. | [
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"start_index": 2
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{
"content": "British",
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}
] |
Egyptian government newspapers have criticised Britain for allowing Islamists, whom they brand as " terrorists ", to hold their conference, saying the meeting will be a chance for dangerous Moslem militants to plot against their countries of origin. | [
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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}
] |
It is not clear when the conference will be held. | [] |
About 1,000 people have been killed in Egypt since Islamic militants took up arms in 1992 in an attempt to overthrow the government and set up a strict Islamic state. | [
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{
"content": "Islamic",
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"start_index": 51
},
{
"content": "Islamic",
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"start_index": 51
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Cairo says several Egyptian militants on the run from death sentences or convictions for violent attacks at home have taken shelter in Britain. | [
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},
{
"content": "Egyptian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 19
},
{
"content": "Britain",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 135
}
] |
Israeli army ransacks Bedouin Palestinian camp. | [
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"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Bedouin Palestinian",
"label": "MISC",
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AL-MUNTAR, West Bank 1996-08-26 | [
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"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 0
},
{
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"label": "LOC",
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Israeli security forces ransacked a Bedouin encampment in the West Bank on Monday to expel them from an area which Palestinians say had been earmarked for Jewish settlement expansion, residents said. | [
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
... |
They said soldiers stole a gold necklace and about $2,000 in Israeli currency from an elderly woman and her daughter-in-law while rummaging through their luggage before destroying family shacks and animal barns. | [
{
"content": "Israeli",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 61
}
] |
" They rammed our shacks with jeeps and destroyed the shack over my baby, " said 25-year-old Amina Muhammad . " | [
{
"content": "Amina Muhammad",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 93
}
] |
He was saved only by a miracle . " | [] |
A spokesman for Israel's civil administration in the West Bank said the Bedouins were moved because they were encamped on an Israeli army firing zone. | [
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{
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"start_index": 72
},
{
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}
] |
The spokesman Peter Lerner said he knew nothing about soldiers having stolen anything from the Palestinians. | [
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},
{
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Israeli security forces have been pursuing Bedouin Palestinians living in the desolate wilderness between East Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, where several Jewish settlements have been established. | [
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{
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{
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The Israeli army also uses the area for military training. | [
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"start_index": 4
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] |
U.S. base metals and scrap prices - August 26. | [
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] |
U.S. premiums added to LME official cash settlement price, except for copper, which is added to the COMEX spot month. | [
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},
{
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Premium includes price for delivery to consumer's works. | [] |
-- | [] |
Aluminum: Western grade 3.25-3.75 cents / pound | [
{
"content": "Western",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 10
}
] |
Russian grade A7E 3.25-3.75 cents / pound | [
{
"content": "Russian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 0
}
] |
Russian grade A0 nominal 2.00-2.25 cents / pound | [
{
"content": "Russian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 0
}
] |
Zinc: Special high grade SHG 5.50-6.00 cents / pound | [] |
Lead 3.50-4.00 cents / pound | [] |
Tin (Grade A) 6.5-8.5 cents / pound | [] |
(low lead, 50 ppm) 9.0-10.5 cents / pound | [] |
Nickel (melting grade) 9.0-12.0 cents / pound | [] |
Copper (high grade cathode) 2.50-3.0 cents / pound | [] |
-- | [] |
Aluminum alloy (A380 grade), Midwest | [
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] |
and East coast, delivered to consumer 65-66 cents / pound | [
{
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"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 4
}
] |
-- | [] |
Aluminum scrap, Midwest and East coast average price, | [
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{
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delivered to consumer | [] |
Old Sheet and Cast metal 42 to 44 cents / pound | [] |
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