Nigeria B-LOC
would O
not O
object O
to O
a O
visit O
by O
Commonwealth B-ORG
officials O
but O
insists O
its O
suspension O
from O
the O
organisation O
be O
resolved O
before O
any O
other O
questions O
are O
addressed O
, O
Foreign O
Minister O
Tom B-PER
Ikimi I-PER
said O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Jamaican B-MISC
veteran O
Merlene B-PER
Ottey I-PER
, O
who O
beat O
Devers B-PER
in O
Zurich B-LOC
after O
just O
missing O
out O
on O
the O
gold O
medal O
in O
Atlanta B-LOC
after O
a O
photo O
finish O
, O
had O
to O
settle O
for O
third O
place O
in O
11.04 O
. O

Since O
the O
project O
began O
almost O
two O
years O
ago O
, O
corps O
volunteers O
have O
focused O
on O
African B-MISC
American I-MISC
troops O
, O
preparing O
records O
in O
time O
for O
the O
unveiling O
in O
Washington B-LOC
this O
year O
of O
a O
special O
memorial O
to O
black O
soldiers O
who O
fought O
in O
the O
war O
. O

PKK B-ORG
guerrillas O
would O
accompany O
the O
soldiers O
, O
captured O
last O
spring O
in O
one O
of O
Turkey B-LOC
's O
frequent O
cross-border O
drives O
, O
until O
they O
could O
be O
handed O
over O
, O
he O
said O
. O

The O
officials O
said O
Amoco B-ORG
was O
deferring O
to O
the O
Yemeni B-MISC
Ministry B-ORG
of I-ORG
Petroleum I-ORG
and I-ORG
Minerals I-ORG
for O
any O
specific O
comments O
on O
the O
Amoco-Yemen B-MISC
talks O
. O

But O
Atletico B-ORG
struck O
back O
almost O
immediately O
through O
new O
signing O
Juan B-PER
Eduardo I-PER
Esnaider I-PER
and O
then O
Serbian B-MISC
set-piece O
specialist O
Pantic B-PER
made O
it O
3-1 O
with O
a O
superb O
free-kick O
in O
the O
75th O
minute O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
Lyman B-PER
participated O
in O
a O
meeting O
of O
a O
joint-commission O
where O
he O
considered O
that O
the O
Angolan B-MISC
politicians O
should O
advance O
faster O
and O
find O
a O
way O
to O
cooperate O
. O

Foreign O
ministry O
officials O
gave O
no O
details O
of O
the O
issues O
the O
king O
, O
who O
was O
accompanied O
by O
Foreign O
Minister O
Prakash B-PER
Chandra I-PER
Lohani I-PER
, O
would O
discuss O
with O
Chinese B-MISC
leaders O
. O

Results O
of O
second O
round O
matches O
on O
Thursday O
in O
the O
U.S. B-MISC
Open I-MISC
Tennis I-MISC
Championships I-MISC
at O
the O
National B-LOC
Tennis I-LOC
Centre I-LOC
( O
prefix O
number O
denotes O
seeding O
) O
: O

Police O
used O
a O
huge O
crane O
to O
lift O
a O
bulldozer O
over O
the O
Old B-LOC
City I-LOC
's O
walls O
to O
reach O
the O
building O
amidst O
narrow O
alleys O
, O
witnesses O
said O
. O

" O
There O
's O
not O
doubt O
about O
it O
, O
Richard B-PER
was O
definitely O
off O
his O
game O
and O
I O
took O
advantage O
, O
" O
said O
Edberg B-PER
. O

Fischler B-PER
proposed O
EU-wide B-MISC
measures O
after O
reports O
from O
Britain B-LOC
and O
France B-LOC
that O
under O
laboratory O
conditions O
sheep O
could O
contract O
Bovine B-MISC
Spongiform I-MISC
Encephalopathy I-MISC
( O
BSE B-MISC
) O
-- O
mad O
cow O
disease O
. O

141 O
Francisco B-PER
Cea I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
70 O
71 O
, O
Gavin B-PER
Levenson I-PER
( O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
) O

The O
speaker O
of O
parliament O
, O
Charles B-PER
Bauza I-PER
Donwahi I-PER
, O
will O
meet O
President O
Henri B-PER
Konan I-PER
Bedie I-PER
on O
September O
3 O
to O
discuss O
their O
request O
. O

Weizman B-PER
and O
Netanyahu B-PER
met O
at O
the O
president O
's O
official O
Jerusalem B-LOC
residence O
and O
planned O
to O
speak O
to O
the O
media O
at O
the O
end O
of O
their O
talks O
, O
the O
prime O
minister O
's O
spokesman O
said O
. O

At O
the O
age O
of O
18 O
she O
became O
a O
Loretto B-MISC
nun O
, O
hoping O
to O
work O
at O
the O
Order O
's O
Calcutta B-LOC
mission O
. O

Sir O
Mark B-PER
Prescott I-PER
landed O
his O
first O
group O
one O
victory O
in O
25 O
years O
as O
a O
trainer O
when O
his O
top O
sprinter O
Pivotal B-PER
, O
a O
100-30 O
chance O
, O
won O
the O
Nunthorpe B-MISC
Stakes I-MISC
on O
Thursday O
. O

New B-LOC
Zealand I-LOC
is O
prone O
to O
frequent O
earthquakes O
but O
they O
rarely O
cause O
major O
damage O
. O

GPG B-ORG
said O
its O
stakes O
in O
Tyndall B-ORG
Australia I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
and O
Mid-East B-ORG
Minerals I-ORG
Ltd I-ORG
both O
contributed O
strongly O
to O
GPG B-ORG
's O
first O
half O
earnings O
. O

--- O
Patricia B-PER
Lezama I-PER
, O
Mexico B-LOC
City I-LOC
newroom O
( O
525 O
) O
728 O
9554 O

" O
At O
the O
Olympics B-MISC
water O
was O
only O
a O
dollar O
, O
and O
that O
was O
the O
Olympics B-MISC
, O
" O
said O
one O
incredulous O
fan O
, O
noting O
that O
the O
Atlanta B-MISC
Games I-MISC
had O
been O
notorious O
for O
price O
gouging O
. O

The O
students O
staged O
a O
violent O
nine-day O
demonstration O
at O
the O
university O
to O
demand O
unification O
with O
North B-LOC
Korea I-LOC
. O

Chiron B-ORG
makes O
Betaseron B-MISC
; O
Berlex B-ORG
markets O
it O
, O
he O
said O
. O

The O
president O
's O
daughter O
is O
going O
into O
her O
senior O
year O
of O
high O
school O
at O
Sidwell B-ORG
Friends I-ORG
School I-ORG
, O
a O
private O
school O
in O
Washington B-LOC
. O

Two-try O
winger O
Jeff B-PER
Wilson I-PER
said O
he O
was O
so O
tired O
that O
he O
kept O
asking O
Bunce B-PER
where O
he O
should O
be O
while O
defending O
. O

Petra B-PER
Langrova I-PER
( O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
) O
beat O
Naoko B-PER
Sawamatsu I-PER
( O
Japan B-LOC
) O
6- O
4 O
3-6 O
7-5 O

Colombia B-LOC
was O
the O
chief O
market O
for O
Venezuela B-LOC
's O
non-traditional O
exports O
with O
27.4 O
percent O
. O

Havana B-LOC
's O
complaints O
centred O
on O
an O
incident O
in O
which O
a O
boatload O
of O
emigrants O
capsized O
in O
the O
Florida B-LOC
Straits I-LOC
last O
week O
and O
two O
recent O
aircraft O
hijackings O
from O
Cuba B-LOC
. O

CYCLING O
- O
VAN B-PER
HEESWIJK I-PER
WINS O
TOUR B-MISC
OF I-MISC
NETHERLANDS I-MISC
SECOND O
STAGE O
. O

But O
these O
concerns O
were O
irrelevant O
, O
a O
Singapore B-LOC
trader O
said O
, O
despite O
a O
forecast O
that O
domestic O
Chinese B-MISC
copper O
demand O
could O
hit O
one O
million O
tonnes O
this O
year O
. O

The O
country O
has O
only O
3.5 O
million O
people O
in O
an O
area O
about O
the O
size O
of O
Britain B-LOC
or O
Japan B-LOC
. O

Bucharest B-LOC
and O
Budapest B-LOC
say O
the O
treaty O
should O
be O
signed O
in O
the O
first O
half O
of O
September O
. O

The O
exiled O
National B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
, O
a O
Sudanese B-MISC
umbrella O
opposition O
group O
, O
has O
its O
headquarters O
in O
the O
Eritrean B-MISC
capital O
Asmara B-LOC
. O

Koranic B-MISC
reading O
sessions O
and O
prayers O
were O
to O
be O
held O
in O
the O
farming O
town O
of O
Badi-Tondon B-LOC
, O
near O
his O
home O
about O
60 O
km O
( O
40 O
miles O
) O
from O
the O
capital O
Conakry B-LOC
. O

- O
Editorial O
lambasts O
Jalal B-PER
Talabani I-PER
, O
leader O
of O
a O
Kurdish B-MISC
rebel O
faction O
in O
the O
north O
, O
for O
liaising O
with O
Iran B-LOC
in O
its O
fight O
against O
rivals O
. O

Francisco B-PER
Cea I-PER
( O
Spain B-LOC
) O
70 O
71 O
76 O
, O
Gavin B-PER
Levenson I-PER
( O
South B-LOC

Asked O
about O
reports O
Egypt B-LOC
has O
set O
new O
levels O
for O
a O
vomitoxin O
in O
its O
purchase O
of O
U.S. B-LOC
wheat O
, O
the O
secretary O
said O
" O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
anything O
about O
it O
" O
but O
added O
that O
USDA B-ORG
officials O
were O
" O
looking O
at O
it O
. O
" O

Williams B-PER
thrust O
Essex B-ORG
on O
course O
for O
success O
by O
dispatching O
Matt B-PER
Windows I-PER
and O
Andrew B-PER
Symonds I-PER
in O
his O
second O
over O
, O
before O
Ilott B-PER
removed O
Dominic B-PER
Hewson I-PER
and O
Tim B-PER
Hancock I-PER
to O
reduce O
Gloucestershire B-ORG
to O
17 O
for O
four O
at O
one O
stage O
. O

The O
ferry O
, O
which O
was O
towed O
into O
port O
, O
had O
been O
bound O
for O
Jersey B-LOC
, O
another O
in O
a O
cluster O
of O
small O
British-ruled B-MISC
islands O
off O
north-west O
France B-LOC
. O

Third-seeded O
Wayne B-PER
Ferreira I-PER
of O
South B-LOC
Africa I-LOC
defeated O
Tim B-PER
Henman I-PER
of O
Britain B-LOC
6-4 O
6-4 O
after O
a O
three-hour O
evening O
rain O
delay O
and O
fifth-seeded O
Thomas B-PER
Enqvist I-PER
of O
Sweden B-LOC
won O
his O
third-round O
match O
, O
eliminating O
Petr B-PER
Korda I-PER
of O
the O
Czech B-LOC
Republic I-LOC
6-3 O
6-4 O
. O

Yeltsin B-PER
's O
spokesman O
said O
he O
might O
meet O
officials O
during O
his O
break O
, O
but O
indicated O
Lebed B-PER
was O
low O
on O
the O
list O
by O
saying O
Yeltsin B-PER
would O
need O
time O
to O
study O
the O
proposals O
before O
talking O
to O
him O
. O

NATO-led B-MISC
peace O
troops O
beefed O
up O
their O
presence O
in O
the O
Doboj B-LOC
area O
on O
Sunday O
to O
deter O
any O
sudden O
emotional O
attempt O
by O
the O
refugees O
to O
cross O
the O
Inter-Entity B-LOC
Boundary I-LOC
Line I-LOC
into O
Doboj B-LOC
. O

NWE O
oil O
products O
were O
mixed O
on O
Monday O
but O
markets O
were O
becalmed O
because O
of O
a O
public O
holiday O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
Kingdom I-LOC
, O
traders O
said O
. O

Grobbelaar B-PER
takes O
over O
until O
a O
permanent O
replacement O
is O
appointed O
for O
Zimbabwe B-LOC
's O
previous O
coach O
, O
Switzerland B-LOC
's O
Marc B-PER
Duvillard I-PER
. O

Feyenoord B-ORG
Rotterdam I-ORG
3 O
( O
Sanchez B-PER
27th O
, O
Taument B-PER
44th O
, O
57th O
) O

winners O
on O
the O
European B-MISC
Tour I-MISC
after O
Sunday O
's O
German B-MISC
Open I-MISC
( O
Britain B-LOC

We O
're O
looking O
at O
a O
criminal O
act O
that O
has O
no O
political O
aspect O
as O
far O
as O
what O
we O
can O
tell O
, O
" O
Schutte B-PER
added O
. O

leaving O
Gencor B-ORG
clearly O
structured O
along O
commodity O
lines O
, O
" O
Gilbertson B-PER
said O
. O

Russian B-MISC
President O
Boris B-PER
Yeltsin I-PER
's O
security O
supremo O
Alexander B-PER
Lebed I-PER
and O
Chechen B-MISC
rebel O
chief-of-staff O
Aslan B-PER
Maskhadov I-PER
signed O
a O
deal O
on O
Thursday O
aimed O
at O
ending O
three O
weeks O
of O
renewed O
fighting O
in O
the O
region O
. O

" O
We O
have O
not O
had O
contact O
with O
the O
kidnappers O
nor O
do O
we O
have O
any O
leads O
to O
take O
us O
to O
where O
they O
might O
be O
held O
, O
" O
Chief O
of O
Judicial B-ORG
Police I-ORG
Manuel B-PER
Alvarado I-PER
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

The O
Securities B-ORG
and I-ORG
Exchange I-ORG
Commission I-ORG
Wednesday O
approved O
rules O
designed O
to O
give O
stock O
market O
investors O
a O
better O
chance O
at O
getting O
the O
best O
price O
available O
for O
their O
orders O
. O

The O
flamboyant O
American B-MISC
star O
was O
bumped O
up O
two O
spots O
from O
his O
ATP B-ORG
ranking O
of O
eight O
to O
a O
seeding O
of O
six O
. O

An O
Italian B-MISC
farmer O
accused O
of O
multiple O
homocide O
has O
confessed O
to O
mutilating O
the O
bodies O
of O
four O
women O
after O
having O
sex O
with O
them O
, O
the O
Italian B-MISC
news O
agency O
ANSA B-ORG
reported O
on O
Saturday O
. O

NEC B-ORG
Nijmegen I-ORG
1 O
( O
Van O
Eykeren O
15th O
) O
PSV B-ORG
Eindhoven I-ORG
4 O
( O
Numan O
11th O
, O

The O
EU B-ORG
's O
cereals O
management O
committee O
sold O
234,324 O
tonnes O
of O
German B-MISC
intervention O
barley O
at O
a O
minimum O
price O
of O
105.07 O
Ecus B-MISC
per O
tonne O
. O

The O
Brazilian B-MISC
Senate B-ORG
Wednesday O
agreed O
to O
shelve O
a O
bill O
linking O
the O
privatization O
of O
mining O
conglomerate O
Vale B-ORG
do I-ORG
Rio I-ORG
Doce I-ORG
to O
congressional O
approval O
, O
officials O
said O
. O

-- O
Tosco B-ORG
Corp I-ORG
to O
$ O
0.95 O
from O
$ O
1.03 O
versus O
the O
consensus O
$ O
0.94 O

The O
PUK B-ORG
said O
it O
had O
received O
confirmed O
reports O
that O
Iraqi B-MISC
troops O
, O
supported O
by O
tanks O
, O
artillery O
and O
armoured O
vehicles O
, O
have O
already O
penetrated O
some O
Kurdish B-MISC
areas O
. O

Their O
fate O
after O
the O
territory O
reverts O
to O
Chinese B-MISC
rule O
is O
unclear O
. O

They O
were O
also O
the O
toast O
of O
London B-ORG
Broncos I-ORG
, O
who O
managed O
to O
scrape O
into O
the O
top O
four O
ahead O
of O
Warrington B-ORG
and O
qualify O
for O
the O
end-of-season O
play-offs O
. O

SWP B-ORG
said O
it O
was O
analyzing O
potential O
partnerships O
with O
hog O
farmers O
and O
expected O
the O
first O
deal O
to O
be O
in O
place O
in O
1997 O
. O

Dutch B-MISC
post O
and O
telecoms O
group O
Koninklijke B-ORG
PTT I-ORG
Nederland I-ORG
NV I-ORG
's O
( O
Dutch B-ORG
PTT I-ORG
) O
first O
half O
results O
came O
marginally O
below O
most O
analysts O
' O
forecasts O
, O
giving O
scant O
grounds O
to O
adjust O
full O
year O
estimates O
, O
analysts O
said O
on O
Friday O
. O

" O
Late O
wages O
, O
no O
work O
and O
( O
the O
lack O
of O
a O
) O
production O
programme O
are O
the O
main O
reasons O
for O
their O
protests O
, O
" O
a O
senior O
member O
of O
the O
local O
Socialist B-ORG
Party I-ORG
branch O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
. O

Engineering O
concern O
Stork B-ORG
started O
the O
day O
well O
as O
the O
shares O
attracted O
some O
follow-through O
interest O
to O
the O
announcement O
late O
on O
Friday O
that O
its O
Fokker B-ORG
Aviation I-ORG
unit O
had O
won O
a O
major O
order O
. O

The O
Broward B-ORG
County I-ORG
Sheriff I-ORG
's I-ORG
Office I-ORG
found O
a O
step O
stool O
and O
a O
flashlight O
under O
the O
tree O
where O
the O
boy O
was O
hanged O
. O

Dutch B-MISC
champions O
Ajax B-ORG
Amsterdam I-ORG
faltered O
in O
their O
second O
league O
match O
of O
the O
season O
on O
Saturday O
losing O
2-0 O
away O
at O
Heerenveen B-ORG
. O

But O
the O
ex-manager O
confessed O
on O
Thursday O
to O
being O
" O
sad O
" O
at O
leaving O
after O
taking O
Blackburn B-ORG
from O
the O
second O
division O
to O
the O
premier O
league O
title O
inside O
three O
and O
a O
half O
years O
. O

In O
its O
1996/97 O
budget O
announced O
on O
Tuesday O
, O
the O
Australian B-MISC
Coalition B-ORG
government O
announced O
an O
underlying O
budget O
deficit O
of O
A$ B-MISC
5.65 O
billion O
, O
and O
pledged O
to O
return O
the O
underlying O
budget O
balance O
to O
surplus O
by O
1998/99 O
. O

Power B-ORG
New I-ORG
Zealand I-ORG
said O
on O
Thursday O
that O
the O
Optimised O
Deprival O
Value O
( O
ODV O
) O
of O
its O
network O
at O
March O
31 O
, O
1996 O
has O
been O
set O
at O
$ O
524.2 O
million O
, O
an O
increase O
of O
eight O
percent O
on O
its O
$ O
486.5 O
million O
valuation O
a O
year O
earlier O
. O

** O
The O
Dow B-MISC
Jones I-MISC
industrial O
average O
closed O
down O
31.44 O
points O
at O
5,689.82 O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
ending O
a O
three-session O
winning O
streak O
as O
investors O
took O
profits O
and O
tobacco O
stocks O
took O
a O
beating O
. O

The O
win O
was O
the O
fourth O
in O
as O
many O
matches O
this O
season O
for O
Lens B-ORG
, O
who O
lead O
the O
table O
on O
12 O
points O
. O

Sierra B-ORG
's O
stock O
has O
fallen O
from O
a O
high O
of O
nearly O
$ O
25 O
this O
year O
as O
the O
computer O
chip O
sector O
has O
been O
battered O
by O
falling O
prices O
and O
concern O
about O
slowing O
demand O
. O

The B-ORG
Canaries I-ORG
, O
who O
lost O
most O
of O
their O
key O
players O
within O
two O
years O
, O
have O
yet O
to O
win O
a O
match O
this O
season O
. O

However O
, O
French B-MISC
stocks O
extended O
opening O
losses O
to O
more O
than O
one O
percent O
in O
morning O
trading O
, O
falling O
through O
the O
2000 O
point O
resistance O
level O
on O
the O
main O
CAC-40 B-MISC
index O
. O

Buducnost B-ORG
( I-ORG
V I-ORG
) I-ORG
3 O
2 O
0 O
1 O
4 O
3 O
6 O

Following O
are O
highlights O
of O
the O
midday O
briefing O
by O
the O
European B-ORG
Commission I-ORG
on O
Wednesday O
: O

Leading O
World B-MISC
Cup I-MISC
standings O
( O
after O
8 O
of O
11 O
rounds O
) O
: O

He O
wrote O
" O
Rene B-MISC
" O
, O
a O
seminal O
work O
in O
the O
French B-MISC
romantic O
movement O
and O
a O
famous O
autobiography O
" O
Memoires B-MISC
d'Outre I-MISC
Tombe I-MISC
" O
. O

The O
hijackers O
started O
to O
release O
people O
for O
the O
Airbus B-MISC
plane O
in O
batches O
of O
10 O
, O
starting O
with O
women O
and O
children O
, O
in O
what O
police O
described O
as O
a O
" O
controlled O
release O
" O
. O

