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2,859
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1
But the people in the crowd on Saturday , who had turned out in support of the rebels , did not seem sure that the war was over .
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2,860
validation
1
" We hope for the best , that it really has ended so we can live in peace .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,861
validation
1
It 's our only dream , " said a 30-year-old woman , Mubatik Dagayeva .
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2,862
validation
1
Aiza Dudayeva , with her 10-year-old son beside her , shared the guarded optimism . "
{"person": ["Aiza Dudayeva"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,863
validation
1
We really want the war to end , we hope and believe that our sons and brothers will win , " said Dudayeva , adding that she was from Urus-Martan .
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2,864
validation
1
Urus-Martan is a traditionally anti-separatist pocket in Chechnya and Moscow-backed leader Doku Zavgayev , who has been sidelined in the peace deal , has warned that it and places like it could become centres of civil war if Russian troops leave .
{"person": ["Doku Zavgayev"], "organization": [], "location": ["Urus-Martan", "Chechnya"], "miscellaneous": ["Moscow-backed", "Russian"]}
2,865
validation
1
But on Saturday the people gathered just outside the town seemed to be united in favour of the separatists .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,866
validation
1
Two columns of rebels appeared in jeeps and cars , firing their guns in the air , as the crowd rushed towards them .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,867
validation
1
Mouldi Mamatuyev , in his late 20 's , dressed in black and carrying a machine gun , was welcomed by his mother and sister .
{"person": ["Mouldi Mamatuyev"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,868
validation
1
" Two sons have come back , " said his mother Nurbika Mamatuyeva . "
{"person": ["Nurbika Mamatuyeva"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,869
validation
1
It 's the end .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,870
validation
1
We believe in God . "
{"person": ["God"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,871
validation
1
Mamatuyev joked that his sister Lisa was a rebel too , and she responded by grabbing hold of his gun and shouting the Chechen war cry " Allahu Akhbar " ( God is Greatest ) and " Freedom for Chechnya ! "
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2,872
validation
1
.
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2,873
validation
1
The fighter , sitting next to a man dressed in green and carrying a grenade-launcher , said that the strict Islamic law adopted by the rebels during the conflict was now needed to impose peace .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Islamic"]}
2,874
validation
1
" The war has ended if everything works out , if there is law there will be power .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,875
validation
1
Only Sheriat ( Islamic law ) can end the war . "
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Sheriat", "Islamic"]}
2,876
validation
1
Polish group to bid for Ruch newsstand chain - paper .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Ruch"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Polish"]}
2,877
validation
1
WARSAW 1996-08-31
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2,878
validation
1
A Polish consortium including the Bank Rozwoju Exportu SA ( BRE ) plans to rival France 's Hachette in bidding for Polish state-owned press distribution chain Ruch SA , Zycie Warszawy daily said on Saturday .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Bank Rozwoju Exportu SA", "BRE", "Hachette", "Ruch SA", "Zycie Warszawy"], "location": ["France"], "miscellaneous": ["Polish", "Polish"]}
2,879
validation
1
Zycie Warszawy said its own publisher , mineral water firm Multico , and a group headed by Polish businessman Zygmunt Solorz were forming a consortium which would offer about $ 120 million , with finance provided by BRE .
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2,880
validation
1
The consortium wanted 40 percent of Ruch 's shares , the state would get 20 percent of Ruch and 40 percent would be offered on the Warsaw stock exchange .
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2,881
validation
1
" This division would guarantee a dispersal of capital , preventing anyone from taking total control over Ruch and dictating market conditions , " the paper quoted one of the initiators of the move as saying , without giving a name .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Ruch"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["division"]}
2,882
validation
1
A consortium of press distributor Hachette and Polish publishers group UWP are seeking more than than 50 percent of Ruch and French President Jacques Chirac is likely to support its case when he visits Poland in September , the daily said .
{"person": ["Jacques Chirac"], "organization": ["Hachette", "UWP", "Ruch"], "location": ["Poland"], "miscellaneous": ["Polish", "French"]}
2,883
validation
1
News-stand chain Ruch , which controls about 65 percent of Poland 's press distribution market , had a net profit of 16.2 million zlotys on sales of 2.7 billion zlotys in 1995 .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Ruch"], "location": ["Poland"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,884
validation
1
It has about 17,000 news-stands and was the country 's sole press distributor before the 1989 fall of communism .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,885
validation
1
Zycie Warszawy said the new , open consortium , which also included several listed Polish firms , would on Monday inform Privatisation Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek of its plans .
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2,886
validation
1
It aims to invest $ 200 million in Ruch over five years -- more than the sum Ruch says it needs to upgrade its outlets .
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2,887
validation
1
Initially Poland offered up to 75 percent of Ruch but in March Kaczmarek cancelled the tender and offered a minority stake with an option to increase the equity .
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2,888
validation
1
Two consortia -- UWP-Hachette and a consortium of a Polish SPC group and Swiss firms -- placed initial bids .
{"person": [], "organization": ["UWP-Hachette", "SPC"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Polish", "Swiss"]}
2,889
validation
1
But after the change of tender conditions Swiss investors pulled out and SPC decided to bid jointly with UWP-Hachette .
{"person": [], "organization": ["SPC", "UWP-Hachette"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Swiss"]}
2,890
validation
1
Kaczmarek said in May he was unhappy that only one investor ended up bidding for Ruch , in which the government was initially offering up to 35 percent of shares with an option to extend the holding after investment promises are fulfilled .
{"person": ["Kaczmarek"], "organization": ["Ruch"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,891
validation
1
-- Anthony Barker +48 22 653 9700
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2,892
validation
1
Three Russian soldiers killed in gun attack .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Russian"]}
2,893
validation
1
MOSCOW 1996-08-31
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2,894
validation
1
Three Russian servicemen were killed on Saturday when unidentified gunmen attacked guards at an anti-aircraft installation outside Moscow , Interfax news agency said .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Interfax"], "location": ["Moscow"], "miscellaneous": ["Russian"]}
2,895
validation
1
It quoted military officials as saying the attack took place in Sergiyev Posad 70 km ( 45 miles ) from the capital .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Sergiyev Posad"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,896
validation
1
The officials said the attackers had seized two Kalashnikov assault rifles and disappeared .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Kalashnikov"]}
2,897
validation
1
Attacks on servicemen aimed at seizing their guns have become frequent in Russia where the number of violent crimes committed with the use of fire arms is growing .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Russia"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,898
validation
1
Cuban novelist Jose Soler Puig dies at 79 .
{"person": ["Jose Soler Puig"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Cuban"]}
2,899
validation
1
HAVANA 1996-08-31
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["HAVANA"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,900
validation
1
One of Cuba 's most acclaimed authors , Jose Soler Puig , died at the age of 79 , the official newspaper Granma reported on Saturday .
{"person": ["Jose Soler Puig"], "organization": ["Granma"], "location": ["Cuba"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,901
validation
1
Puig 's first novel , " Bertillon 166 , " was published in 1960 , a year after the Cuban revolution brought President Fidel Castro to power .
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2,902
validation
1
The book , which has been translated into 40 languages , deals with a day in the life of Santiago de Cuba , Puig 's native city , under the pre-Castro government of Fulgencio Batista .
{"person": ["Puig", "Fulgencio Batista"], "organization": [], "location": ["Santiago de Cuba"], "miscellaneous": ["pre-Castro"]}
2,903
validation
1
The titles of his other novels translate as " In the Year of January " ( 1963 ) , " The Collapse " ( 1964 ) , " Sleeping Bread " ( 1975 ) , " The Decaying Mansion " ( 1977 ) and " A World of Things " ( 1982 ) , followed by " The Knot , " " Soul Alone " and , most recently , " A Woman . "
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2,904
validation
1
Granma called " Sleeping Bread " Puig 's " greatest gift to the modern novel in our America . "
{"person": ["Puig"], "organization": ["Granma"], "location": ["America"], "miscellaneous": ["Sleeping Bread"]}
2,905
validation
1
The author said in an interview shortly before his death that his own experiences had lent his books their strong sense of realism . "
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,906
validation
1
I 'm a thief of ideas , " he said . "
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,907
validation
1
The stories have been given to me by people . "
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,908
validation
1
In the same interview , published by Prensa Latina on Saturday , Puig was asked if he feared death . "
{"person": ["Puig"], "organization": ["Prensa Latina"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,909
validation
1
Death is not a punishment -- death is the end of life 's punishment , " he said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,910
validation
1
U.N. Ambassador Albright arrives in Chile .
{"person": ["Albright"], "organization": ["U.N."], "location": ["Chile"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,911
validation
1
SANTIAGO 1996-08-31
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2,912
validation
1
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations , Madeleine Albright , arrived in Chile late Friday for talks on various Security Council issues with Chilean officials as part of a five-nation Latin American tour .
{"person": ["Madeleine Albright"], "organization": ["United Nations", "Security Council"], "location": ["U.S.", "Chile"], "miscellaneous": ["Chilean", "Latin American"]}
2,913
validation
1
Albright will meet Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza Monday for talks on issues currently up for debate on the council , of which Chile is a non-permanent member , a U.S. embassy statement said .
{"person": ["Albright", "Jose Miguel Insulza"], "organization": [], "location": ["Chile", "U.S."], "miscellaneous": []}
2,914
validation
1
The two will also discuss various issues affecting relations between the United States and Chile , local officials said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["United States", "Chile"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,915
validation
1
Albright , who arrived from Uruguay , will rest most of the weekend in Chile , officials said .
{"person": ["Albright"], "organization": [], "location": ["Uruguay", "Chile"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,916
validation
1
Her official programme will begin on Monday , and she will leave that day for Bolivia to attend a Latin American summit meeting in the city of Cochabamba .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Bolivia", "Cochabamba"], "miscellaneous": ["Latin American"]}
2,917
validation
1
Her tour will also include Honduras and Guatemala .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Honduras", "Guatemala"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,918
validation
1
Mexican army attacked in Michoacan state - report .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Michoacan"], "miscellaneous": ["Mexican"]}
2,919
validation
1
MEXICO CITY 1996-08-30
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2,920
validation
1
A group of heavily-armed men attacked a military convoy in the western Mexican state of Michoacan on Friday , killing one soldier and wounding two , radio reports said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Michoacan"], "miscellaneous": ["Mexican"]}
2,921
validation
1
Radio Red quoted local police in the town of Tacambaro , Michoacan , 80 km ( 50 miles ) south of the state capital Morelia , as saying 40 to 50 armed men attacked the convoy .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Radio Red"], "location": ["Tacambaro", "Michoacan", "Morelia"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,922
validation
1
Gonzalo Montoya , a police commander in Tacambaro , told Radio Red the group was armed with AK-47s and other high-powered assault rifles and wore military-style fatigues .
{"person": ["Gonzalo Montoya"], "organization": ["Radio Red"], "location": ["Tacambaro"], "miscellaneous": ["AK-47s"]}
2,923
validation
1
Montoya said he thought the attackers were criminals linked to drug trafficking or kidnapping in the area . "
{"person": ["Montoya"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,924
validation
1
We often see people dressed in military-style clothing here , " he said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,925
validation
1
The attack comes a day after rebels of the self-styled Popular Revolutionary Army ( EPR ) launched coordinated attacks in at least three Mexican states , killing up to 14 people and wounding about 20 .
{"person": [], "organization": ["Popular Revolutionary Army", "EPR"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["Mexican"]}
2,926
validation
1
China said to fear dissidents more than criminals .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["China"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,927
validation
1
MANILA 1996-08-31
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["MANILA"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,928
validation
1
The detention of veteran dissident Wang Donghai showed China 's determination to crush any vestige of dissent during the current profound transitions in the nation 's leadership , a human rights activist said on Saturday .
{"person": ["Wang Donghai"], "organization": [], "location": ["China"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,929
validation
1
Xiao Qiang , executive director of the New York-based group Human Rights in China , said Wang 's arrest on Friday appeared to be part of the national " Strike Hard " campaign that has imprisoned thousands and sent hundreds to their death .
{"person": ["Xiao Qiang", "Wang"], "organization": ["Human Rights in China"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": ["New York-based", "Strike Hard"]}
2,930
validation
1
Although supposedly aimed at criminals , dozens of human rights activists have been detained in the campaign , which is meant to strengthen the Communist Party 's grip on power as senior leader Deng Xiaoping nears death , Xiao said in an interview .
{"person": ["Deng Xiaoping", "Xiao"], "organization": ["Communist Party"], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,931
validation
1
" China is going through this power transition period .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["China"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,932
validation
1
The authorities are apparently extremely afraid of any political and social discontent , " said Xiao , in Manila to attend an Amnesty International conference on human rights in China .
{"person": ["Xiao"], "organization": ["Amnesty International"], "location": ["Manila", "China"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,933
validation
1
He said one of Wang 's apparent offences was to write a public letter in May suggesting that a free press and an independent judicial system were vital if the government really meant to stamp out rampant corruption .
{"person": ["Wang"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,934
validation
1
Xiao said crushing legitimate dissent was only making the problem worse and one day China would pay a high price .
{"person": ["Xiao"], "organization": [], "location": ["China"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,935
validation
1
" Those issues are not going to go away by repression .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,936
validation
1
You only make things more hidden but potentially more explosive , " he said .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,937
validation
1
Wang was arrested in the east China city of Hangzhou by security officers who told the dissident 's family he would be sent to a study class -- a euphemism for coercive ideological reform .
{"person": ["Wang"], "organization": [], "location": ["China", "Hangzhou"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,938
validation
1
Wang , 45 , was sentenced last month to one year 's " re-education by labour " but was released because of ill-health .
{"person": ["Wang"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,939
validation
1
Xiao said conditions in the labour camp were so brutal they drove another activist sentenced with Wang to attempt suicide .
{"person": ["Xiao", "Wang"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,940
validation
1
Police beat Wang and his colleague , Chen Longde , and encouraged other camp inmates to attack them as well , Xiao said .
{"person": ["Wang", "Chen Longde", "Xiao"], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,941
validation
1
Manila hails Indonesia , OIC for peace deal support .
{"person": [], "organization": ["OIC"], "location": ["Manila", "Indonesia"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,942
validation
1
MANILA 1996-08-31
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2,943
validation
1
Philippine president Fidel Ramos expressed gratitude to Indonesian president Suharto and the Organisation of Islamic Conference ( OIC ) on Saturday for supporting talks that ended a conflict with local Moslem rebels .
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2,944
validation
1
" I extend the deepest gratitude ... to your excellency for your untiring and invaluable friendship and support , " Ramos told Suharto in a letter .
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2,945
validation
1
The full text of the letter was released to reporters on Saturday .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,946
validation
1
Jakarta served as the host to the series of negotiations which culminated in the initialling of the agreement last Friday .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Jakarta"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,947
validation
1
The formal signing of the peace agreement is scheduled on Monday in Manila .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": ["Manila"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,948
validation
1
Ramos said the peace agreement " shall bring down the curtain on a long and storied era of strife in Philippine history . "
{"person": ["Ramos"], "organization": [], "location": ["Philippine"], "miscellaneous": []}
2,949
validation
1
The war claimed more than 125,000 lives in the southern Mindanao island over a quarter of a century .
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2,950
validation
1
Burma 's Suu Kyi says military rulers abuse law .
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2,951
validation
1
Deborah Charles
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2,952
validation
1
RANGOON 1996-08-31
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2,953
validation
1
Burma 's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi hit out at the government on Saturday for recent arrests and jailing of activists , saying the military abused the law to try to crush the democracy movement .
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2,954
validation
1
" The main purpose of this press conference is to make it known to the world that the authorities are misusing the law all the time in order to try to crush the democracy movement , " Suu Kyi told reporters at her Rangoon home .
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2,955
validation
1
Suu Kyi said at least 61 democracy supporters had been arrested since May , and about 30 of them had been sentenced , most to long prison terms .
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2,956
validation
1
In May the government launched a sweeping crackdown on the democracy movement , detaining over 260 members of Suu Kyi 's National League for Democracy ( NLD ) ahead of a party congress .
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2,957
validation
1
Most were released but several dozen remain in custody .
{"person": [], "organization": [], "location": [], "miscellaneous": []}
2,958
validation
1
The Burmese government last week confirmed the recent sentencing of nine democracy activists who were arrested in the May crackdown , including Suu Kyi 's assistant Win Htein .
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