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759
validation
1
The hijackers threatened to blow it up during a refuelling stop in Cyprus unless they were taken to London .
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760
validation
1
After a search of the aircraft following the hijackers ' surrender , police found only knives and fake explosives .
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761
validation
1
Late bond market prices .
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762
validation
1
LONDON 1996-08-30
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763
validation
1
This is how major world bond markets were trading in late European business on Friday .
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764
validation
1
GERMANY - Bunds extended losses , flirting with session lows after falling victim to sharply higher U.S. economic data which revived fears that interest rates may soon turn higher .
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765
validation
1
The September Bund future on the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ( LIFFE ) was trading at 97.18 , down 0.20 from Thursday 's settlement price .
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766
validation
1
BRITAIN - Gilts struggled off the day 's lows but ended 10/32 down on the day .
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767
validation
1
A sharp plunge in U.S. Treasuries after a shock rise in the Chicago PMI pulled gilts lower , but traders said the market was nervous anyway ahead of August MO data and the PMI survey due on Monday .
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768
validation
1
The September long gilt future on LIFFE was trading at 107-2/32 , down 8/32 from Thursday 's settlement price .
{"person": [], "organization": ["LIFFE"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
769
validation
1
FRANCE - Bond and PIBOR futures ended the day higher despite much stronger than expected U.S. data .
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770
validation
1
The September notional bond future on the MATIF in Paris settled at 123.14 , up 0.04 from Thursday 's settlement price .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Paris"], "miscellaneous": []}
771
validation
1
ITALY - Bond futures held to easier levels in late afternoon after the sharp drop in Treasuries , but a resilient lira helped limit BTP losses .
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772
validation
1
The September bond future on LIFFE was trading at 115.45 , down 0.13 from Thursday 's settlement price .
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773
validation
1
UNITED STATES - Prices of U.S. Treasury securities were trading sharply lower near midday after a surprisingly strong Chicago Purchasing Managers ' report shook the markets ahead of the long Labour Day weekend .
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774
validation
1
The September Treasury bond future on the Chicago Board of Trade was trading at 107-11/32 , down 26/32 from Thursday 's settlement price .
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775
validation
1
The long bond was quoted to yield 7.12 percent .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
776
validation
1
JAPAN - Yield for benchmark 182nd cash bond fell on buy-backs following weaker-than-expected industrial output data , which convinced traders the BOJ would not raise interest rates soon .
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777
validation
1
Japanese Goverment Bonds futures which closed before the output data , lost much of day 's gains as Tokyo stock prices recovered from the day 's low.In after hours trading the September future on LIFFE was trading at 122.53 , up 0.26 from Thursday 's settlement price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange .
{"person": [], "organization": ["LIFFE", "Tokyo Stock Exchange"], "location": ["Tokyo"], "miscellaneous": ["Japanese Goverment Bonds"]}
778
validation
1
EUROBONDS - Primary market activity was sharply lower , as players wound down ahead of Monday 's U.S. Labour Day holiday and next week 's U.S. employment data .
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779
validation
1
NSW Treasury launched a A$ 100 million three-year discount bond aimed at Japanese investors .
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780
validation
1
DNIB issued a 275 million Norwegian crown bond , which was pre-placed with a European institution .
{"person": [], "organization": ["DNIB"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Norwegian", "European"]}
781
validation
1
DNIB also set a 110 million guilder step-up bond .
{"person": [], "organization": ["DNIB"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
782
validation
1
Next week Kansai Electric Power and Kansai International Airport are likely to launch 10-year dollar deals .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Kansai Electric Power", "Kansai International Airport"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
783
validation
1
Boxing-Bruno quits on doctor 's advice .
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784
validation
1
LONDON 1996-08-30
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785
validation
1
Former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno has quit the ring on medical advice , Britain 's Sun newspaper reported on Friday .
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786
validation
1
An eye specialist told the 35-year-old Bruno that he could be blinded in one eye if he boxed again , the newspaper said .
{"person": ["Bruno"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
787
validation
1
The Briton , who lost his World Boxing Council ( WBC ) title to Mike Tyson in March , said : " I was in shock as soon as he told me and it still has n't really sunk in .
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788
validation
1
" I never wanted to end like this but at the end of the day I 'm glad I had a good innings . "
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789
validation
1
Bruno , for years one of Britain 's most popular sportsmen , had hoped to have another shot at the world title and had been in training until a routine eye test on Monday highlighted a problem with his right eye .
{"person": ["Bruno"], "organization": [], "location": ["Britain"], "miscellaneous": []}
790
validation
1
Professor David McLeod , who examined Bruno , told the Sun : " There is a risk he could be blinded in the eye if he steps into the ring again .
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791
validation
1
He is in danger of getting a retinal detachment and there is no point in exposing himself to that . "
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
792
validation
1
Bruno lost three world title fights before finally landing the crown by beating American Oliver McCall in a unanimous points decision at Wembley in September 1995 .
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793
validation
1
He was only the third Briton ever to hold a world heavyweight title .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Briton"]}
794
validation
1
But Bruno lost the title on his first defence when he fought American Tyson in Las Vegas .
{"person": ["Bruno", "Tyson"], "organization": [], "location": ["Las Vegas"], "miscellaneous": ["American"]}
795
validation
1
Bruno suffered a cut eye in the opening round and the referee stopped the fight in the third as the Briton crumbled under a flurry of punches .
{"person": ["Bruno"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Briton"]}
796
validation
1
Soccer - McCarthy names team to play Liechtenstein .
{"person": ["McCarthy"], "organization": [], "location": ["Liechtenstein"], "miscellaneous": []}
797
validation
1
DUBLIN 1996-08-30
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798
validation
1
Irish soccer manager Mick McCarthy on Friday announced the team to play Liechtenstein in Saturday 's World Cup qualifying match .
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799
validation
1
Birmingham 's Gary Breen was selected ahead of Phil Babb in defence , while 18-year-old Ian Harte makes his international competitive debut .
{"person": ["Gary Breen", "Phil Babb", "Ian Harte"], "organization": ["Birmingham"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
800
validation
1
Keith O'Neill of Norwich City joins Niall Quinn up front .
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801
validation
1
The team is as follows :
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802
validation
1
Given , Breen , Staunton , Irwin , McAteer , Harte , McLoughlin , Houghton , Townsend , Quinn , O'Neill .
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803
validation
1
-- Dublin Newsroom +353 1 676 9779
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804
validation
1
Nigerian thieves hire police truck to carry loot .
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805
validation
1
LAGOS 1996-08-30
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806
validation
1
A gang of thieves in eastern Nigeria paid a police corporal to carry off eight air conditioners they had just stolen , the national news agency reported on Friday .
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807
validation
1
" Little did I know I was dealing with robbers , " the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the unnamed corporal as saying .
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808
validation
1
He admitted to having been paid 3,000 naira ( $ 37.50 ) for his services in transporting the loot valued at 300,000 naira ( $ 3,750 ) .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
809
validation
1
Police in the town of Uyo said the corporal had been arrested , while the air conditioners had been returned to their rightful owner .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Uyo"], "miscellaneous": []}
810
validation
1
They did not comment on the whereabouts of the thieves .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
811
validation
1
( $ 1=80 naira )
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
812
validation
1
East Dries miners fail to report for work .
{"person": [], "organization": ["East Dries"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
813
validation
1
JOHANNESBURG 1996-08-30
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814
validation
1
Workers at Driefontein Consolidated Ltd 's east gold mine have failed to report for work since Wednesday night , mine managers Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd said on Friday .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Driefontein Consolidated Ltd", "Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
815
validation
1
" Discussions with employee and union representatives are continuing , " the company said in a statement .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
816
validation
1
It gave no further details .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
817
validation
1
At least 17 miners have been killed in labour unrest -- sparked by ethnic differences -- at Driefontein Consolidated and Gold Fields ' Kloof Gold Mining Co this month .
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818
validation
1
-- Johannesburg newsroom , +27-11 482 1003
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Johannesburg"], "miscellaneous": []}
819
validation
1
Chad government closes university after protests .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Chad"], "miscellaneous": []}
820
validation
1
N'DJAMENA 1996-08-30
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821
validation
1
The government of Chad has closed N'Djamena University after two days of protests over grant arrears in which Education Minister Nagoum Yamassoum was held hostage for four hours , state radio said on Friday .
{"person": ["Nagoum Yamassoum"], "organization": ["N'Djamena University"], "location": ["Chad"], "miscellaneous": []}
822
validation
1
" The minister and his colleagues who were held in the rector 's office were freed thanks an intervention by gendarmes , " one university official said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
823
validation
1
" Angry students cut the telephone , water and electricity of the university offices before smashing the windows and breaking down the doors . "
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
824
validation
1
Paramilitary police detained more than 120 students in the protest .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
825
validation
1
The students ' union said second and third-year students were demanding four months of unpaid grants .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
826
validation
1
End-of-year examinations would go ahead on September 2 despite the closure , university officials said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
827
validation
1
Yeltsin endorses Lebed Chechnya peace plan - agency .
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828
validation
1
MOSCOW 1996-08-30
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829
validation
1
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said on Friday that President Boris Yeltsin , who is vacationing outside Moscow , had backed security chief Alexander Lebed 's peace plan for Chechnya , Interfax news agency said .
{"person": ["Viktor Chernomyrdin", "Boris Yeltsin", "Alexander Lebed"], "organization": ["Interfax"], "location": ["Moscow", "Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": ["Russian"]}
830
validation
1
" Lebed is now in Chechnya solving some problems , " Interfax quoted Chernomyrdin as saying . "
{"person": ["Lebed", "Chernomyrdin"], "organization": ["Interfax"], "location": ["Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": []}
831
validation
1
The main thing is his programme .
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832
validation
1
It was agreed with Boris Nikolayevich ( Yeltsin ) yesterday . "
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833
validation
1
Lebed , whom Yeltsin ordered to restore peace in Chechnya , struck a military deal with separatist rebels last week ending the worst fighting in the region in more than a year .
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834
validation
1
He later discussed with rebel chief-of-staff Aslan Maskhadov a framework political agreement to tackle the most painful issue of the 20-month war -- the future political status of Chechnya .
{"person": ["Aslan Maskhadov"], "organization": [], "location": ["Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": []}
835
validation
1
Lebed said on Friday he hoped to sign a document with the rebels later in the day which would deal with the political settlement of the conflict .
{"person": ["Lebed"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
836
validation
1
Moscow , which wants to keep Chechnya as a part of the Russian Federation , sent troops to the region in December 1994 to quell its independence bid .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Moscow", "Chechnya", "Russian Federation"], "miscellaneous": []}
837
validation
1
Yeltsin has said any deal should preserve Russia 's territorial integrity .
{"person": ["Yeltsin"], "organization": [], "location": ["Russia"], "miscellaneous": []}
838
validation
1
Itar-Tass news agency quoted Lebed as saying that he would suggest to the rebels that the decision on Chechnya 's future political status be deferred by up to 10 years .
{"person": ["Lebed"], "organization": ["Itar-Tass"], "location": ["Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": []}
839
validation
1
Lebed said he had a telephone conversation with Yeltsin late on Thursday but gave no details .
{"person": ["Lebed", "Yeltsin"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
840
validation
1
Yeltsin 's press office could not confirm the call .
{"person": ["Yeltsin"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
841
validation
1
Chernomyrdin said on Thursday after a meeting with Lebed and top officials , who discussed Lebed 's plans to restore peace in Chechnya , that it needed more work .
{"person": ["Chernomyrdin", "Lebed", "Lebed"], "organization": [], "location": ["Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": []}
842
validation
1
Lebed , Chechens sign framework political deal .
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843
validation
1
KHASAVYURT , Russia 1996-08-31
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844
validation
1
Russian peacemaker Alexander Lebed said he and rebel military leader Aslan Maskhadov agreed after overnight talks to defer the decision on whether Chechnya should be independent until December 31 , 2001 .
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845
validation
1
" We just now signed a statement and attached the basic principles of relations between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic , " Lebed told reporters after he and Maskhadov signed a package of documents .
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846
validation
1
He gave no further details .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
847
validation
1
" That 's it , the war is over , " Lebed told reporters who witnessed the signing .
{"person": ["Lebed"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
848
validation
1
Lebed said he and Maskhadov agreed to defer by more than five years the painful issue of Chechnya 's political status .
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849
validation
1
" Then , with cool heads , calmly and soberly we will sort out our relations , " Lebed said after the late-night signing ceremony in this settlement outside Chechnya 's eastern border .
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850
validation
1
Tens of thousands of people have died in the war , begun in late 1994 after Moscow sent troops to quell Chechnya 's independence bid .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Moscow", "Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": []}
851
validation
1
But Russia failed to win control over the whole of Chechnya and its troops suffered several humiliating defeats .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Russia", "Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": []}
852
validation
1
President Boris Yeltsin ordered Lebed to restore peace in Chechnya and gave him unspecified sweeping powers to carry out the mission .
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853
validation
1
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said on Friday that Yeltsin backed a package of proposals Lebed took to the talks .
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854
validation
1
Ruling Moslem party ends vote boycott .
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855
validation
1
SARAJEVO 1996-08-30
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856
validation
1
Bosnia 's ruling Moslem nationalist party on Friday called on its refugee voters to end a boycott of absentee balloting in national elections , citing assurances provided by a U.S. envoy , government radio said .
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857
validation
1
The Bosnian government radio broadcast said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Kornblum had reassured SDA officials , including presumably its leader , Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic , whom he met during a Friday visit .
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858
validation
1
But the radio report did not specify what guarantees , if any , the U.S. envoy had provided .
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