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Indian fishermen said on Wednesday they had been forced at gunpoint to ferry refugees fleeing the ethnic war in Sri Lanka to India , as a protest strike by more than 30,000 fishermen entered its ninth day .
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" There is little we can do when at mid-sea .
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The LTTE ( Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ) accosts us and , at the point of a gun , forces us to take refugees , " said senior fishermen leader P. Arulanandam .
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Some 850 refugees have landed in recent weeks at the port of Rameswaram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu , home to 50 million Tamil-speaking people , port officials say .
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Rameswaram is 15 km ( 10 miles ) off the coast of Sri Lanka .
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State chief minister M. Karunanidhi has publicly welcomed the refugees , who are fleeing the 13-year war between Tamil separatists and government troops that Colombo says has cost 50,000 lives .
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But the influx has triggered fears of a repeat of the 1980s when some 200,000 refugees landed in Tamil Nadu .
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Intelligence officals said more than 5,000 Tamils were waiting on the western coast of Sri Lanka to cross into India .
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The Indian government has warned its fishermen that their boats would be impounded if they were caught ferrying refugees .
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The fishermen went on strike last week to protest the government 's cancellation of three trawlers ' fishing licenses after the boats were caught carrying Tamil refugees .
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All Fishermen 's Association secretary N.J. Bose said the strike would continue indefinitely and the fishermen would block road and rail traffic if their demands were not met .
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" Until the government releases our boats from naval custody and Sri Lankan naval custody , and gives us assurance ( it will not revoke licences of boats ferrying refugees ) , we will not call off our strike , " Bose said .
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LTTE spokesmen could not immediately be reached for comment , but Sri Lankan fishermen denied that Indians were being coerced into carrying refugees across the Palk Strait .
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" Indian fishermen come right up to Pesalai to fish , and when refugees request them to ferry them across , they readily oblige .
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Only some take money , " Sri Lankan boatman Chinnathambi said .
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Arulanandam denied the fishermen charged the refugees for passage to India and said it was unfair to penalise them for the refugees ' arrival .
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" We have not gone to sea since August 19 , but refugees are arriving daily nevertheless .
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How could we alone be held responsible for the influx ? "
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he said .
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An Indian Fisheries Department official said the government planned to urge fishermen not to cross the international boundary between India and Sri Lanka , but admitted this would be hard to enforce because of Sri Lanka 's pomfret-rich waters .
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Indian cotton trade shut for local festival .
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BOMBAY 1996-08-28
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India 's cotton trade was shut on Wednesday for a local religious festival , dealers said .
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Trading will resume on Thursday .
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On Tuesday , cotton prices fell on profit-taking prompted by increased offerings from state agencies .
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" Export deals remained thin and hardly a few thousand bales were traded at the rate of 57.50 / 60 cents per pound , " one broker said .
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-- Bombay Commodities +91-22-265 9000
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VW sees group net profit doubling in Q3 .
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DRESDEN , Germany 1996-08-28
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German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Wednesday that it expected group net profit to double in the third quarter .
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" We have been seeking to double our profits ( during the period ) and we are confident of doing so , " VW chief financial officer Bruno Adelt told a briefing as part of the formal introduction of the new VW Passat sedan .
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Adelt did not give a concrete forecast .
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VW had a 1995 third quarter group net profit of 72 million marks .
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The group reported a 1996 first-half group net profit of 282 million marks .
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-- John Gilardi , Frankfurt Newsroom , +49 69 756525
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MILTIADIS EVERT HEADS TO ALEXANDROUPOLIS THIS WEEKEND .
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ATHENS 1996-08-28
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Conservative New Democracy ( ND ) party leader Miltiadis Evert will be hitting the campaign trail and head to Alexandroupolis this weekend to speak to the city 's businessmen on Sunday morning , ND said .
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Evert will depart for Alexandroupolis on Saturday afternoon .
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Prime Minister Costas Simitis criticized Evert today for unleashing a seven-point economic package that offers tax relief to merchants and other professionals , higher pensions to farmers and support for small business .
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The finance ministry estimated the cost of ND 's economic measures to over 600 billion drachmas but ND officials put the figure much lower to about 300 billion drachmas .
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Simitis blamed ND for the low absorption rate of EU funds and said the socialists will increase farmers ' pensions , combat tax evasion and accelerate GDP growth rates to 4.0 percent in a few years .
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Faster economic growth is a major component of ND 's economic programme and Evert has repeatedly blamed the socialists for the slow economic growth .
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-- Dimitris Kontogiannis , Athens Newsroom +301 3311812-4
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Dow pushes London stocks to new record .
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Peter Griffiths
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LONDON 1996-08-28
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A firm start on Wall Street helped push leading London shares to a new record high on Wednesday and German stocks closed floor trading up but the Paris bourse slipped sharply , hit by a weakening franc and fears of industrial unrest .
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On the foreign exchange markets , a survey indicating weaker than expected Japanese business sentiment boosted the dollar in early trading but it failed to build on its gains against the yen and slipped lower against the mark in quiet afternoon trade .
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London shares , boosted by Wall Street , added to early gains with the blue chip FTSE 100 index hitting a new peak of 3921.8 before dropping back slightly .
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One focus was British Airways , which rebounded after fears faded that the cancellation of " open skies " talks between the U.S. Transportation Department and the British government may jeopardise its tie-up with American Airlines .
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The conclusion of an open skies agreement had been made a prerequisite of the proposed link-up by the U.S .
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Better-than-expected British trade figures had little impact on equities .
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The non-EU July trade deficit totalled 506 million sterling ( $ 788 million ) while June 's world deficit was 1.12 billion pounds .
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Forecasts were for deficits of 900 million sterling and 1.4 billion sterling .
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German shares shed some gains on profit-taking but nonetheless ended the floor session higher buoyed by demand for chemical stocks and a stable dollar .
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The 30-share DAX index closed at 2,563.16 points , up 4.32 .
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However , French stocks extended opening losses to more than one percent in morning trading , falling through the 2000 point resistance level on the main CAC-40 index .
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Dealers blamed a weakening franc and worries about the 1997 budget and possible autumn strikes
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Louis Viannet , leader of France 's Communist-led CGT union , criticised government plans for spending cuts in the 1997 budget on Wednesday and warned of labour unrest as France gets back to work after the holidays .
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Later in the day , helped by the firmer Wall Street opening , Paris climbed back to the 2000 level but still remained well into negative territory .
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In foreign exchange the dollar was trading at around 108.40 yen in the European afternoon , up from its European close on Tuesday of 107.55 but off the day 's highs .
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It had been boosted overnight by the Bank of Japan 's quarterly corporate survey , or " tankan " , of major manufacturers -- an important gauge of business sentiment .
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The unexpectedly weak figures convinced markets that Japanese interest rates would stay at rock-bottom levels -- weakening the yen .
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The Japanese discount rate is currently at a record low of 0.5 percent .
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The BOJ sought to put the best face on the data which defied economists ' predictions of improving sentiment and was the first decline in business sentiment in a year .
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A BOJ spokesman said " the doors to the recovery have not been shut ...
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the recovery is still continuing . "
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These remarks gave the yen some backbone and the dollar failed to progress further .
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" The dollar 's gains were less than spectacular , suggesting that while it 's likely to benefit from revised Japanese rate expectations , a breakout from the established trading range does n't appear likely , " said currency economist Klaus Baader .
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Dealers said shares were also affected by a slippage in bond prices due to lower than expected June industrial production , showing the economy was still faltering .
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CURRENCIES AT 1500 GMT
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The dollar was at 108.40 yen and 1.4765 marks compared with Tuesday 's European close of 107.78 yen and 1.4779 marks
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STOCK MARKETS AT 1500 GMT
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The Financial Times-Stock Exchange index of 100 leading British shares had risen 15 points to 3,920.7 .
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In Paris , the CAC-40 share index dropped 15.09 to 2,002.9 .
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The 30-share DAX index in Frankfurt closed up 4.32 at 2,563.16 .
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PRECIOUS METALS
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Gold fixed at $ 388.50 versus Tuesday 's London close of $ 388.55 .
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Silver was at 521.15 cents .
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( $ 1=.6421 Sterling )
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AEI 's Spanish operation wins ISO 9002 .
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LONDON 1996-08-28
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Air Express International said in a statement that Spain has become the twenty-second country in its network to achieve ISO 9002 quality accreditation .
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It added Bureau Veritas has accredited AEI Iberfreight 's offices at Alicante , Barcelona , Bilbao , Madrid , Seville and Valencia as meeting the necessary standards .
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-- Air Cargo Newsroom Tel+44 171 542 7706 Fax+44 171 542 5017
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Arafat says Israel declares war on Palestinians .
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Wafa Amr
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RAMALLAH , West Bank 1996-08-28
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said on Wednesday that Israel had declared war on the Palestinians and called for the first general strike in the West Bank and Gaza in two years .
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" What happened concerning continuous violations and crimes from this new Israeli leadership means they are declaring a state of war against the Palestinian people , " Arafat told the Palestinian legislature .
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Accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of stupidity , Arafat launched his strongest attack on the right-wing government since its election in May .
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The tirade was sparked by Israel 's announcement on Tuesday of plans to expand the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Sefer and its demolishing of a community centre in Arab East Jerusalem .
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" Israel has started the war on Jerusalem .
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They are idiots to have started the Jerusalem battle , " Arafat said in Arabic . "
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There will be no Palestinian state without Jerusalem .
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Netanyahu should know he is stupid to have started this battle . "
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Arafat called for a general strike " for Jerusalem " on Thursday in all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip .
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There has not been a joint shutdown there since May 1994 when Israeli troops began withdrawing under an interim self-rule agreement signed in 1993 .
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The strike will have little effect on the Israeli economy while hurting Palestinian merchants in East Jerusalem and Bethlehem who cater to the tourist trade .
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