But O
Gilbertson B-PER
said O
the O
greatest O
gloom O
in O
the O
year O
came O
from O
the O
European B-ORG
Commission I-ORG
's O
blocking O
of O
Implats B-ORG
' O
proposed O
merger O
with O
Lonrho B-ORG
Plc I-ORG
's O
platinum O
interests O
. O

Home O
sales O
across O
Massachusetts B-LOC
were O
down O
2.3 O
percent O
in O
July O
, O
compared O
to O
a O
month O
earlier O
, O
but O
up O
21 O
percent O
for O
the O
year O
, O
according O
to O
the O
Massachusetts B-ORG
Association I-ORG
of I-ORG
Realtors I-ORG
. O

At O
Weston-super-Mare B-LOC
: O
Durham B-ORG
326 O
( O
D. B-PER
Cox I-PER
95 O
not O
out O
, O

The O
Springboks B-ORG
would O
have O
gone O
ahead O
had O
not O
fly-half O
Joel B-PER
Stransky I-PER
's O
conversion O
hit O
an O
upright O
and O
New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
only O
scrambled O
to O
safety O
through O
a O
fine O
penalty O
from O
replacement O
fly-half O
Jon B-PER
Preston I-PER
and O
a O
drop O
goal O
by O
number O
eight O
Zinzan B-PER
Brooke I-PER
. O

But O
at O
36 O
it O
would O
be O
asking O
too O
much O
of O
Paul B-PER
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Sampras B-PER
avenged O
that O
defeat O
with O
a O
straight O
sets O
win O
over O
the O
19-year-old O
power O
hitter O
in O
the O
second O
round O
at O
Wimbledon B-LOC
and O
their O
rubber O
match O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
could O
provide O
some O
first-week O
fireworks O
. O

NBH B-ORG
trade O
balance O
Jan-May O
- O
$ O
934 O
million O
( O
Jan-April O
- O
$ O
774 O
million O
) O

Daewoo B-ORG
Corp I-ORG
and O
Daewoo B-ORG
Information I-ORG
are O
units O
of O
Daewoo B-ORG
Group I-ORG
. O

SOCCER O
- O
SEYCHELLES B-LOC
FAIL O
IN O
BID O
FOR O
HISTORIC O
VICTORY O
. O

The O
appeal O
was O
made O
on O
Sunday O
during O
talks O
between O
South B-MISC
Korean I-MISC
deputy O
Foreign O
Minister O
Lee B-PER
Ki-choo I-PER
and O
his O
Chinese B-MISC
counterpart O
Tang B-PER
Jiaxuan I-PER
, O
the O
spokesman O
said O
. O

These O
are O
the O
leading O
stories O
in O
the O
Maltese B-MISC
press O
on O
Monday O
. O

One O
officer O
and O
a O
soldier O
killed O
in O
accidental O
clash O
between O
two O
groups O
of O
soldiers O
near O
Chavakachcheri B-LOC
in O
Jaffna B-LOC
. O

The O
company O
said O
it O
continues O
to O
believe O
the O
majority O
of O
the O
community O
liaison O
costs O
are O
coverable O
under O
the O
terms O
of O
the O
Medicare B-MISC
program O
. O

Andrea B-PER
Ferrigato I-PER
of O
Italy B-LOC
sprinted O
to O
his O
second O
cycling O
World B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
win O
in O
successive O
weekends O
with O
victory O
in O
the O
Swiss B-MISC
Grand B-MISC
Prix I-MISC
on O
Sunday O
. O

The O
two O
Iranian B-MISC
men O
were O
arrested O
in O
July O
with O
419 O
kilograms O
( O
924 O
lbs O
) O
of O
opium O
after O
they O
opened O
fire O
on O
police O
and O
killed O
a O
pedestrain O
and O
wounded O
four O
, O
the O
newspaper O
quoted O
a O
police O
commander O
as O
saying O
. O

Italian B-MISC
Police O
said O
on O
Thursday O
they O
had O
arrested O
five O
people O
in O
connection O
with O
the O
slaying O
of O
the O
daughter O
and O
14-year-old O
nephew O
of O
a O
Mafia O
boss O
earlier O
this O
week O
. O

There O
was O
also O
heavy O
security O
in O
the O
crowded O
centre O
of O
Amman B-LOC
, O
where O
smaller O
clashes O
had O
erupted O
last O
Saturday O
, O
but O
Friday O
prayers O
at O
the O
main O
mosque O
ended O
quietly O
as O
police O
in O
full O
riot O
gear O
looked O
on O
. O

Temperatures O
at O
ground O
level O
can O
be O
2.0 O
to O
5.0 O
Celsius B-MISC
lower O
than O
at O
chest O
level O
depending O
on O
windspeed O
, O
sky O
conditions O
and O
ground O
surface O
moisture O
. O

