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- Parliament Speaker Berri : The occupied south should not be used as a winning card in elections .
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- Prices of alimentary goods up 13.4 percent in 1996 .
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AL-ANWAR
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- Christian Maronite Patriarch Sfeir : We fear a movement from democracy to dictatorship .
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AD-DIYAR
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- A cabinet minister : " Lebanon First " aims at splitting the Syrian-Lebanese peace tracks with Israel .
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NIDA'A AL-WATAN
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- Prime Minister Hariri : Elections are the beginning of a long political life which we begin with an incomplete ticket of 17 candidates .
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- The Lebanese Association for the Democracy of Elections cited 51 incidents of violation in the north Lebanon round .
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PRESS DIGEST - Malta - Aug 26 .
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VALLETTA 1996-08-26
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These are the leading stories in the Maltese press on Monday .
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Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy .
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THE TIMES
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- Visitors slam bus and taxi drivers for cheating .
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Tourists interviewed in Malta complain about over-charging .
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IN-NAZZJON
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- Government considering measures for better road discipline .
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Malta , with a population of 365,000 , has 195,000 registered vehicles , with 80,000 new cars having been introduced on the congested roads in 10 years .
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- Five people arrested in Romania after drugs container found in Malta .
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The container , with 7.5 tonnes of cannabis , was found in Malta Freeport in transit from Singapore to Romania .
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L-ORIZZONT
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- Opposition leader Alfred Sant on steep rise in taxes over 10 years .
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He reiterates promise that a future Labour government will remove VAT .
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Tamils demonstrate outside U.N. headquarters .
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GENEVA 1996-08-26
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Thousands of Tamils demonstrated outside the United Nations ' European headquarters in Geneva on Monday to appeal for U.N. recognition of their fight for independence from Sri Lanka .
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The demonstrators , said by police to number 6,000 , also urged the release of Nadarajah Muralidaran , Swiss-based leader of the the Tamil Tiger guerrillas , who has been held in a Zurich jail since April on charges of extortion .
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The demonstrators delivered an appeal to the U.N. human rights centre demanding an immediate end to " state terrorism " against Tamils and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) .
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FOCUS - Eurobourses end mixed but London recovers .
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Leonard Santorelli
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LONDON 1996-08-27
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European bourses closed mixed on Tuesday with London clawing back most of the day 's losses despite an unsteady start on wall Street , hit by inflation worries .
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The dollar weakened during the day with many dealers sidelined because of uncertainty over Tokyo 's monetary direction ahead of the important Japanese Tankan economic survey out on Wednesday .
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But it recovered at the close of trade .
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Stocks in London started the week badly after a three-day weekend , slipping 0.3 percent , but bargain-hunters later moved in and the FTSE index recovered most of the lost ground to end only just in negative ground .
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Tuesday 's patchy showing in London followed a string of records last week , culminating in Friday 's trading high of 3,911 , fuelled by a wave of European interest rate cuts .
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The London bourse drew little help from the unsettled morning on Wall Street , which slipped in and out of positive ground after a stronger-than-expected August consumer confidence report refuelled inflation fears , pulling U.S. Treasuries back from their early peaks .
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Shortly after the report appeared showing the confidence index rising to 109.4 in August from a revised 107.0 in July , Wall Street relinquished virtually all its morning gains .
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" Treasuries remain very sensitive to any indication of a strong economy and we 're still in that summer doldrum period of light trading , " said Alan Ackerman , market strategist at Fahnestock & Co . "
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Consequently , stocks and bonds are both subject to rapid swings . "
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Frankfurt was the one bright spot in Europe .
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Floor trading ended up 0.25 percent and the computerised IBIS index climbed nearly 0.4 percent , given a push by the performance of chemical shares . "
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The market is trading 100 percent on fundamentals at the moment as interest rate fantasy disappears -- it 's all company news , " said one trader .
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French shares ended slightly down amid growing unease about a difficult autumn for the government which also weighed on the franc , dealers said .
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Bond prices were weaker and the franc was quoted at 3.4210 per mark for the first time since August 13 as worries about the government 's autumn budget and a weak U.S. currency lifted the mark and squeezed French investments .
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The dollar , which dropped sharply on Monday because of jitters over the Japanese Tankan survey , weakened further in quiet trading but regained losses to end the day close to Monday 's levels .
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" Besides the Tankan , there 's nothing really until the U.S. jobs numbers next week , " said a UK bank corporate dealer . "
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There is still the summer malaise hanging over the market . "
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Foreign exchange markets regard the Tankan report as an important indication of the country 's future monetary policy direction .
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If it points to weakness in the economy , the report will help the dollar regain some lost ground as speculation of a near-term rise in Japanese interest rates will evaporate .
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The Japanese discount rate is currently at a record low of 0.5 percent .
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The dollar was also pressured by the mark 's strength against European currencies amid renewed concerns over Europe 's economic and monetary union ( EMU ) timetable .
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CURRENCIES
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The dollar was at 1.4788 marks and 107.74 yen at the close of European trading compared with 1.4789 marks and 107.55 yen on Monday .
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STOCK MARKETS
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The Financial Times-Stock Exchange index of 100 leading British shares ended 1.8 points lower at 3,905.7 .
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In Paris , the CAC-40 share index finished down 2.43 at 2,017.99 .
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The 30-share DAX index in Frankfurt closed up 6.48 at 2,558.84 .
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PRECIOUS METALS
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Gold closed at $ 388.55 an ounce , compared with Monday 's close of $ 388.75 on international markets .
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Silver ended up one cent $ 5.24 .
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More hostages freed from hijacked Sudanese plane .
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STANSTED , England 1996-08-27
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Armed hijackers believed to be Iraqis released between 60 and 70 people on Tuesday from a Sudan Airways plane carrying 199 passengers and crew that landed in London after being diverted on a flight from Khartoum to Amman , authorities said .
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A spokesman for Stansted airport said that the unidentified hijackers were demanding to see a British-based member of the Iraqi Community Association , called Mr Sadiki , and that police were trying to trace him .
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Police spokeswoman Kim White said police had already contacted Sadiki and were trying to arrange to bring him to Stansted , 30 miles ( 48 km ) north-east of London , to talk to the hijackers .
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The airport spokesman said the six hijackers , who police said were armed with grenades and possibly other explosives , were believed to be Iraqi nationals .
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The hijackers started to release people for the Airbus plane in batches of 10 , starting with women and children , in what police described as a " controlled release " .
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Police said most of the passengers were Sudanese but that there were also an unknown number of Iraqis , Jordanians , Palestinians , Syrians and Saudis .
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Later they said the number of passengers released from the plane had reached 80 .
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FEATURE - " Eco terrorists " target UK builders .
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Edna Fernandes
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LONDON 1996-08-27
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Ecological warfare has broken out across the British construction industry , striking some of the biggest corporates as activists give up peaceful protests and seek to hit builders where it hurts -- their profit margins .
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Described by one British company as " eco-terrorism " , it is seen as the new business risk of the 1990s .
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Famous names like Tarmac Plc , Costain Group Plc and ARC , a unit of conglomerate Hanson Plc , have all been targeted .
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Activist groups are no longer seen by British firms as a harmless , badly organised ragbag of students and hippies .
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" You only have to see them in action at protests , " said David Harding , spokesman at ARC , Hanson 's aggregates company . "
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They walk around with mobile phones and camera equipment , they communicate and gather support for demos via the Internet -- we 're talking about a highly sophisticated organisation . "
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One road protestor under the codename Steady Eddie told construction journal " Building " earlier this year , " If it comes down to full-scale economic warfare , we will aim to drive them out of business . "
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As well as financial threats , companies also emphasise the " terror " tactics used .
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Costain 's contract to build the controversial Newbury bypass , which runs through a conservation area , has led to violent protests delaying building , bomb threats , staff intimidation and picketing of chief executive Alan Lovell 's home .
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A Costain spokesman told Reuters : " We 've had all sorts of protests at the head office and the chief executive 's house .
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But it 's when it gets to the ( employee ) families -- that it goes across the line . "
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Tactics used by some underground groups including the cryptic Berkshire Wood Elves , which distribute leaflets with instructions on home-made explosives , are now the subject of a police investigation .
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Other larger activist groups include Earth First , The Land is Ours , Alarm UK and Road Alert .
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The groups have targeted specific projects like the Newbury bypass and the M3 motorway through Twyford Down in the southern county of Hampshire .
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But they are also campaigning on broader issue such as stopping the government road building programme and out-of-town superstores which they say create more traffic , pollution and damage local communities .
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The government has slashed its road-building spending .
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Although protests may have contributed to the decision it has been seen primarily as economic rather than ecological .
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Graham Watts , chief executive of the Construction Industry Council , said : " I do n't think many firms involved in tendering for sensitive projects realise the impact environmental activity has on the cost of running a project .
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" But they are more alert than they were 3-4 years ago .
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There 's no doubt it 's a big issue now . "
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He says the damage comes in two forms : " Tangible -- in the form of extra costs , additional security , threats to staff and the more intangible damage caused by negative publicity . "
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Watts said the cost of protesting can be heavy once the company is locked into a contract .
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" I do often hear on the industry circuit of tales where the company tenders at low margins and the demonstrations which follow means they are running the project at a loss . "
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ARC says it 's not just contractors in the front line but also suppliers like itself .
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Its own quarries came under attack after it emerged that it may be a supplier for the Newbury bypass .
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