test.bmes

Aziz S-PER
said O
Iraq S-LOC
's O
military O
intervention O
, O
the O
first O
on O
such O
scale O
since O
the O
U.S. S-LOC
and O
allies O
decided O
to O
protect O
Iraqi B-MISC
Kurds E-MISC
against O
Baghdad S-LOC
, O
was O
in O
response O
to O
a O
plea O
from O
Barzani S-PER
to O
President O
Saddam B-PER
Hussein E-PER
to O
back O
him O
militarily O
and O
save O
his O
people O
from O
attacks O
by O
Iran S-LOC
and O
Talabani S-PER
. O

He O
said O
Barzani S-PER
sent O
a O
message O
to O
Saddam S-PER
on O
August O
22 O
in O
which O
he O
said O
: O
" O
The O
conspiracy O
is O
beyond O
our O
capability O
therefore O
we O
plead O
with O
your O
excellency O
to O
order O
Iraqi S-MISC
armed O
forces O
to O
interfere O
to O
help O
us O
to O
evade O
the O
foreign O
threat O
and O
put O
an O
end O
to O
Talabani S-PER
's O
treason O
and O
conspiracy O
. O
" O

U.N. S-ORG
relief O
officials O
said O
they O
were O
not O
aware O
that O
the O
tanks O
advancing O
on O
Arbil S-LOC
were O
manned O
by O
Iraqi S-MISC
troops O
as O
they O
advanced O
from O
KDP-controlled O
areas O
and O
raised O
KDP S-ORG
flags O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

U.N. S-ORG
denies O
reports O
of O
Iraqi S-MISC
tank O
assault O
on O
Arbil S-LOC
. O

BAGHDAD S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

United B-ORG
Nations E-ORG
relief O
officials O
said O
on O
Saturday O
the O
fighting O
in O
Arbil S-LOC
in O
northern O
Iraq S-LOC
was O
between O
rival O
Kurdish S-MISC
factions O
and O
they O
were O
not O
aware O
of O
any O
Iraqi S-MISC
military O
advance O
on O
the O
city O
. O

" O
KDP S-ORG
( O
Kurdistan B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party E-ORG
) O
is O
trying O
to O
overtake O
the O
city O
. O

They O
are O
using O
tanks O
. O

I O
think O
they O
will O
succeed O
. O

We O
have O
in O
no O
way O
seen O
any O
Iraqi S-MISC
troops O
in O
the O
city O
or O
in O
its O
approaches O
, O
" O
a O
U.N. S-ORG
relief O
official O
told O
Reuters S-ORG
. O

-DOCSTART- O

PRESS O
DIGEST O
- O
Tunisia S-LOC
- O
Aug O
31 O
. O

TUNIS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

These O
are O
the O
leading O
stories O
in O
the O
Tunisian S-MISC
press O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Reuters S-ORG
has O
not O
verified O
these O
stories O
and O
does O
not O
vouch O
for O
their O
accuracy O
. O

LA B-ORG
PRESSE E-ORG

- O
After O
Tunisia S-LOC
called O
on O
France S-LOC
to O
respect O
Tunisian S-MISC
immigrants O
' O
dignity O
, O
France S-LOC
says O
it O
welcomes O
legal O
Tunisian S-MISC
residents O
. O

- O
Tunisia S-LOC
's O
exports O
of O
spare O
parts O
amounted O
to O
220 O
million O
dinars O
in O
1995 O
. O

LE B-ORG
TEMPS E-ORG

- O
Trade O
talks O
between O
Tunisia S-LOC
and O
the O
Palestinian B-ORG
Authority E-ORG
. O

- O
Speaker O
of O
parliament O
Habib B-PER
Boulares E-PER
arrives O
in O
Tripoli S-LOC
to O
represent O
President O
Zine B-PER
al-Abidine I-PER
Ben I-PER
Ali E-PER
at O
the O
Libyan S-MISC
revolution O
anniversary O
celebrations O
. O

( O
$ O
1 O
= O
0.96 O
dinar O
) O

-DOCSTART- O

Automakers O
, O
U.S. S-LOC
agency O
plan O
air O
bag O
safety O
ads O
. O

DETROIT S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Automakers O
, O
suppliers O
, O
insurers O
and O
the O
federal O
government O
's O
auto O
safety O
agency O
Saturday O
launched O
a O
$ O
10 O
million O
safety O
awareness O
campaign O
aimed O
at O
reducing O
the O
number O
of O
children O
killed O
accidentally O
by O
air O
bags O
in O
cars O
and O
trucks O
. O

Officials O
said O
they O
will O
work O
with O
law O
enforcement O
agencies O
, O
pediatricians O
and O
media O
to O
warn O
parents O
about O
the O
dangers O
that O
air O
bags O
pose O
to O
children O
and O
adults O
not O
wearing O
seatbelts O
. O

Since O
1993 O
, O
24 O
children O
have O
been O
killed O
by O
the O
explosive O
force O
of O
automotive O
air O
bags O
, O
which O
inflate O
at O
speeds O
up O
to O
200 O
miles O
per O
hour O
. O

The O
first O
portion O
of O
the O
campaign O
involves O
pickup O
trucks O
equipped O
with O
billboards O
that O
were O
driving O
along O
some O
of O
the O
nation O
's O
busiest O
interstate O
highways O
during O
the O
Labor B-MISC
Day E-MISC
weekend O
, O
including O
Interstate B-LOC
95 E-LOC
on O
the O
East B-LOC
Coast E-LOC
, O
Interstates B-LOC
80 E-LOC
and O
90 S-LOC
in O
the O
Midwest S-LOC
and O
Interstate B-LOC
5 E-LOC
in O
California S-LOC
. O

The O
boards O
read O
: O
" O
Air O
Bag O
Safety O
: O
Everyone O
Buckled O
, O
Kids O
in O
Back O
. O
" O

Janet B-PER
Dewey E-PER
, O
executive O
director O
of O
the O
industry-funded O
National B-ORG
Automobile I-ORG
Occupant I-ORG
Protection I-ORG
Campaign E-ORG
, O
said O
most O
of O
the O
injuries O
to O
children O
occurred O
because O
they O
were O
not O
wearing O
seatbelts O
. O

A O
child O
's O
chances O
of O
being O
killed O
in O
a O
car O
accident O
, O
whether O
the O
vehicle O
was O
equipped O
with O
an O
air O
bag O
or O
not O
, O
is O
reduced O
by O
29 O
percent O
when O
they O
are O
in O
the O
rear O
seat O
, O
she O
said O
. O

The O
auto O
industry O
was O
about O
three O
to O
six O
years O
away O
from O
introducing O
" O
smart O
" O
air O
bags O
with O
the O
ability O
to O
detect O
the O
size O
and O
position O
of O
an O
occupant O
and O
adjust O
inflation O
pressures O
accordingly O
. O

Current O
air O
bags O
were O
designed O
to O
halt O
the O
forward O
momentum O
of O
an O
average-sized O
, O
unbelted O
adult O
male O
, O
not O
a O
small O
child O
. O

Automakers O
petitioned O
the O
National B-ORG
Highway I-ORG
Traffic I-ORG
Safety I-ORG
Administration E-ORG
to O
allow O
them O
to O
introduce O
air O
bags O
that O
inflate O
less O
aggressively O
to O
help O
reduce O
unwanted O
injuries O
. O

" O
Even O
if O
changes O
are O
made O
to O
airbags O
today O
, O
we O
'd O
still O
have O
20 O
million O
vehicles O
on O
the O
road O
with O
current O
technology O
, O
" O
Dewey S-PER
said O
. O
" O

The O
public O
has O
n't O
been O
getting O
the O
message O
. O
" O

-DOCSTART- O

Two O
die O
as O
New B-LOC
Hampshire E-LOC
motel O
explodes O
and O
burns O
. O

ROCHESTER S-LOC
, O
N.H. S-LOC
1996-08-30 O

Adds O
deaths O
, O
other O
details O
) O

An O
explosion O
leveled O
Rochester S-LOC
's O
one-story O
Lilac B-LOC
Falls E-LOC
Motel O
, O
killing O
two O
people O
, O
fire O
officials O
said O
Friday O
. O

" O
It O
was O
an O
explosion O
, O
and O
then O
it O
got O
involved O
in O
fire O
. O

As O
far O
as O
I O
know O
, O
it O
's O
been O
to O
four O
alarms O
-- O
more O
trucks O
, O
more O
people O
, O
" O
said O
Don B-PER
Penney E-PER
of O
the O
Rochester B-ORG
Fire I-ORG
Department E-ORG
said O
. O

Eyewitnesses O
told O
Boston S-LOC
television O
stations O
they O
saw O
a O
gasoline O
truck O
parked O
behind O
the O
Lilac B-LOC
Falls I-LOC
Motel E-LOC
and O
smelled O
gasoline O
shortly O
before O
the O
explosion O
. O

Fire O
department O
officials O
said O
they O
were O
investigating O
the O
cause O
of O
the O
blast O
and O
searching O
for O
any O
more O
casualties O
. O

Officials O
did O
not O
immediately O
identify O
the O
victims O
. O

Local O
hospital O
officials O
said O
a O
few O
firemen O
were O
treated O
for O
smoke O
inhalation O
but O
there O
were O
no O
other O
injuries O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Car O
kills O
two O
trying O
to O
avoid O
Texas S-LOC
drag O
race O
. O

DALLAS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

An O
illegal O
drag O
race O
on O
a O
Dallas S-LOC
street O
turned O
deadly O
when O
another O
vehicle O
veered O
into O
the O
crowd O
, O
killing O
two O
people O
and O
injuring O
a O
dozen O
more O
, O
police O
said O
Saturday O
. O

Organisers O
tried O
to O
block O
off O
traffic O
while O
preparing O
the O
drag O
race O
late O
on O
Friday O
, O
but O
an O
allegedly O
drunk O
driver O
was O
unable O
to O
slow O
down O
in O
time O
and O
ran O
into O
a O
group O
of O
spectators O
as O
he O
swerved O
to O
avoid O
one O
of O
the O
cars O
that O
was O
to O
take O
part O
in O
the O
race O
. O

A O
26-year-old O
man O
and O
an O
18-year-old O
woman O
were O
killed O
. O

The O
driver O
, O
aged O
51 O
, O
was O
arrested O
and O
charged O
on O
two O
counts O
of O
intoxicated O
manslaughter O
. O

A O
police O
spokesman O
said O
the O
straight O
, O
flat O
stretch O
of O
road O
was O
often O
used O
illegally O
as O
a O
drag O
strip O
by O
Dallas S-LOC
youths O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

U.S. S-LOC
warplanes O
, O
ships O
in O
Gulf S-LOC
await O
Clinton S-PER
order O
. O

Jim B-PER
Adams E-PER

WASHINGTON S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

More O
than O
300 O
U.S. S-LOC
warplanes O
and O
20 O
ships O
were O
available O
on O
Saturday O
in O
case O
President O
Bill B-PER
Clinton E-PER
ordered O
the O
use O
of O
U.S. S-LOC
force O
against O
Iraqi S-MISC
military O
action O
in O
northern O
Iraq S-LOC
, O
U.S. S-LOC
defense O
officials O
said O
. O

They O
said O
200 O
fighter O
planes O
, O
including O
79 O
on O
the O
aircraft O
carrier O
Carl B-MISC
Vinson E-MISC
, O
were O
already O
in O
the O
Gulf S-LOC
; O
the O
aircraft O
carrier O
Enterprise S-MISC
was O
in O
the O
eastern O
Mediterranean S-MISC
with O
79 O
more O
, O
and O
an O
air O
expeditionary O
force O
with O
up O
to O
40 O
more O
was O
ready O
to O
fly O
from O
the O
United B-LOC
States E-LOC
if O
ordered O
. O

" O
Yesterday O
the O
president O
ordered O
the O
Department B-ORG
of I-ORG
Defense E-ORG
to O
take O
prudent O
planning O
steps O
to O
have O
forces O
ready O
to O
deploy O
to O
the O
region O
should O
he O
direct O
us O
to O
do O
so O
, O
" O
Pentagon S-ORG
spokesman O
Doug B-PER
Kennett E-PER
said O
. O
" O

We O
have O
taken O
those O
prudent O
planning O
steps O
. O
" O

Clinton S-PER
said O
on O
Saturday O
he O
had O
ordered O
U.S. S-LOC
forces O
in O
the O
Gulf S-LOC
to O
go O
on O
high O
alert O
and O
was O
reinforcing O
them O
in O
response O
to O
Iraqi S-MISC
attacks O
on O
Kurdish S-MISC
dissidents O
in O
northern O
Iraq S-LOC
. O

" O
These O
developments O
... O
cause O
me O
grave O
concern O
, O
" O
Clinton S-PER
said O
at O
a O
campaign O
stop O
in O
Troy S-LOC
, O
Tennessee S-LOC
. O

But O
he O
added O
, O
" O
It O
is O
premature O
at O
this O
time O
, O
and O
I O
want O
to O
emphasize O
that O
, O
highly O
premature O
to O
speculate O
on O
any O
response O
we O
might O
have O
. O
" O

The O
U.S. S-LOC
defense O
officials O
said O
military O
flights O
to O
enforce O
no-fly O
zones O
in O
both O
northern O
and O
southern O
Iraq S-LOC
doubled O
over O
the O
weekend O
. O

Clinton S-PER
said O
Iraqi S-MISC
military O
forces O
overran O
the O
city O
of O
Arbil S-LOC
, O
which O
has O
been O
held O
since O
1994 O
by O
Kurdish S-MISC
rebels O
who O
Baghdad S-LOC
says O
are O
backed O
by O
Iran S-LOC
. O

There O
were O
unconfirmed O
reports O
that O
Iran S-LOC
had O
sent O
troops O
into O
northern O
Iraq S-LOC
in O
response O
to O
Iraq S-LOC
's O
attack O
. O

U.S. S-LOC
plans O
rely O
heavily O
on O
U.S. S-LOC
air O
attacks O
on O
Iraqi S-MISC
forces O
, O
but O
there O
are O
also O
23,000 O
U.S. S-LOC
troops O
in O
the O
region O
, O
according O
to O
defense O
officials O
. O

In O
addition O
to O
the O
158 O
F B-MISC
/ I-MISC
A-18 E-MISC
, O
F-14 S-MISC
and O
other O
fighter O
planes O
on O
the O
aircraft O
carriers O
Vinson S-MISC
and O
Enterprise S-MISC
, O
the O
Air B-ORG
Force E-ORG
air O
expeditionary O
force O
of O
30 O
to O
40 O
F-15 S-MISC
and O
F-16 S-MISC
fighter O
planes O
and O
fuel O
tankers O
is O
ready O
to O
fly O
from O
three O
U.S. S-LOC
bases O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
States E-LOC
, O
they O
said O
. O

The O
expeditionary O
force O
would O
include O
nearly O
1,000 O
Air B-ORG
Force E-ORG
personnel O
in O
ground O
and O
support O
crews O
, O
they O
said O
. O

The O
23,000 O
U.S. S-LOC
military O
people O
already O
in O
the O
Gulf S-LOC
consist O
of O
15,000 O
sailors O
and O
Marines S-MISC
, O
6,000 O
U.S. S-LOC
servicemen O
based O
primarily O
in O
Saudi B-LOC
Arabia E-LOC
and O
2,000 O
U.S. S-LOC
troops O
in O
the O
area O
for O
military O
exercises O
. O

Most O
of O
the O
Marines S-MISC
are O
on O
three O
ships O
in O
the O
Tarawa B-ORG
Amphibious I-ORG
Readiness I-ORG
Group E-ORG
. O

The O
Carl B-MISC
Vinson E-MISC
leads O
a O
battle O
group O
that O
includes O
seven O
other O
ships O
, O
and O
there O
are O
nine O
other O
U.S. S-LOC
ships O
in O
the O
Gulf S-LOC
for O
a O
total O
of O
20 O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Two O
missing O
Belgian S-MISC
teenagers O
found O
unharmed O
. O

BRUSSELS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Two O
Belgian S-MISC
teenage O
girls O
missing O
since O
Thursday O
have O
been O
found O
unharmed O
, O
police O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

" O
The O
girls O
, O
Rachel S-PER
and O
Severine S-PER
, O
have O
been O
found O
. O

They O
are O
unharmed O
, O
" O
a O
police O
official O
in O
Liege S-LOC
said O
. O

He O
declined O
to O
say O
whether O
the O
girls O
had O
been O
kidnapped O
or O
whether O
they O
had O
gone O
away O
of O
their O
own O
accord O
. O

Late O
on O
Friday O
, O
the O
two O
girls O
-- O
Rachel B-PER
Legeard E-PER
, O
18 O
, O
and O
Severine B-PER
Potty E-PER
, O
19 O
-- O
were O
reported O
missing O
after O
failing O
to O
return O
home O
from O
a O
shopping O
trip O
to O
the O
eastern O
town O
of O
Liege S-LOC
on O
Thursday O
. O

Earlier O
, O
police O
declined O
to O
comment O
on O
whether O
it O
suspected O
a O
link O
with O
the O
Marc B-PER
Dutroux E-PER
case O
, O
the O
paedophile O
kidnap O
, O
sex O
abuse O
and O
murder O
scandal O
which O
has O
rocked O
Belgium S-LOC
in O
the O
past O
two O
weeks O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Algeria S-LOC
restaurant O
bomb O
kills O
seven O
- O
newSpaper O
. O

PARIS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

A O
bomb O
explosion O
in O
a O
restaurant O
west O
of O
Algiers S-LOC
on O
Friday O
killed O
seven O
people O
, O
an O
Algerian S-MISC
newspaper O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Algerian S-MISC
security O
forces O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
that O
two O
people O
were O
killed O
and O
six O
were O
wounded O
when O
a O
home-made O
bomb O
ripped O
through O
a O
restaurant O
in O
the O
coastal O
town O
of O
Staoueli S-LOC
. O

But O
Le B-ORG
Matin E-ORG
newspaper O
, O
quoting O
witnesses O
, O
said O
the O
bomb O
killed O
seven O
people O
and O
wounded O
20 O
. O

Liberte S-ORG
newspaper O
said O
the O
bomb O
was O
hidden O
in O
a O
bag O
in O
front O
of O
the O
restaurant O
and O
that O
a O
booby-trapped O
car O
was O
defused O
near O
the O
restaurant O
shortly O
before O
the O
bomb O
went O
off O
. O

A O
week O
ago O
a O
home-made O
bomb O
exploded O
in O
a O
market O
in O
the O
western O
coastal O
town O
of O
Bou B-LOC
Haroun E-LOC
, O
65 O
km O
( O
40 O
miles O
) O
from O
Algiers S-LOC
. O

Newspapers O
said O
it O
killed O
two O
women O
and O
five O
children O
. O

Algerian S-MISC
newspapers O
quoted O
the O
Human B-ORG
Rights I-ORG
National I-ORG
Observatory E-ORG
( O
ONDH S-ORG
) O
, O
a O
government-appointed O
watchdog O
, O
as O
saying O
earlier O
in O
August O
that O
about O
1,400 O
civilians O
had O
been O
killed O
in O
bomb O
attacks O
blamed O
on O
Moslem S-MISC
guerrillas O
in O
the O
past O
two O
years O
. O

An O
estimated O
50,000 O
people O
have O
died O
in O
Algeria S-LOC
's O
violence O
pitting O
Moslem S-MISC
rebels O
against O
government O
forces O
since O
early O
1992 O
when O
the O
authorities O
cancelled O
a O
general O
election O
in O
which O
radical O
Islamists S-MISC
had O
taken O
a O
commanding O
lead O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Iran S-LOC
agents O
stormed O
German S-MISC
diplomat O
's O
home O
-- O
Bonn S-LOC
. O

BONN S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Iranian S-MISC
security O
forces O
burst O
into O
the O
home O
of O
a O
German S-MISC
cultural O
attache O
in O
Tehran S-LOC
a O
month O
ago O
and O
seized O
his O
guests O
for O
questioning O
, O
Bonn S-LOC
's O
foreign O
ministry O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

A O
spokesman O
said O
he O
could O
substantially O
confirm O
a O
report O
in O
the O
news O
weekly O
Der B-ORG
Spiegel E-ORG
, O
which O
said O
Iranian S-MISC
secret O
police O
burst O
in O
while O
attache O
Jens B-PER
Gust E-PER
was O
entertaining O
six O
Iranian S-MISC
writers O
and O
their O
wives O
. O

Gust S-PER
was O
threatened O
with O
violence O
, O
then O
locked O
into O
a O
room O
to O
be O
interrogated O
on O
suspicion O
of O
" O
promoting O
activities O
hostile O
to O
the O
state O
" O
while O
his O
guests O
were O
taken O
away O
, O
the O
magazine O
said O
. O

The O
ministry O
spokesman O
said O
the O
German S-MISC
embassy O
immediately O
made O
a O
sharp O
protest O
to O
the O
Tehran S-LOC
government O
. O

The O
Iranian S-MISC
ambassador O
was O
also O
summoned O
to O
the O
ministry O
in O
Bonn S-LOC
to O
hear O
a O
sharp O
protest O
and O
" O
disapproval O
of O
this O
glaring O
breach O
of O
the O
principles O
of O
international O
law O
" O
, O
he O
added O
. O

Iran S-LOC
subsequently O
said O
it O
regretted O
the O
incident O
, O
which O
it O
said O
had O
been O
the O
result O
of O
a O
misunderstanding O
. O

All O
those O
detained O
appeared O
to O
have O
been O
freed O
, O
the O
spokesman O
said O
. O

Relations O
between O
the O
two O
countries O
are O
currently O
under O
strain O
because O
of O
the O
testimony O
in O
a O
Berlin S-LOC
court O
of O
former O
Iranian S-MISC
president O
Abolhassan B-PER
Banisadr E-PER
. O

Banisadr S-PER
, O
an O
avowed O
opponent O
of O
the O
Tehran S-LOC
government O
who O
now O
lives O
in O
exile O
, O
accused O
top O
Iranian S-MISC
leaders O
of O
personally O
ordering O
the O
assassination O
of O
three O
exiled O
Kurdish S-MISC
leaders O
in O
a O
Berlin S-LOC
restaurant O
in O
1992 O
. O

Iran S-LOC
has O
asked O
Germany S-LOC
to O
extradite O
Banisadr S-PER
, O
who O
is O
due O
is O
due O
back O
in O
Berlin S-LOC
next O
Thursday O
to O
continue O
his O
testimony O
. O

Banisadr S-PER
, O
who O
received O
political O
asylum O
in O
France S-LOC
after O
fleeing O
there O
in O
1981 O
, O
told O
Der B-ORG
Spiegel E-ORG
he O
did O
not O
plan O
to O
ask O
for O
a O
guarantee O
of O
safe O
conduct O
. O

If O
Germany S-LOC
were O
to O
extradite O
him O
, O
he O
said O
, O
it O
would O
" O
lose O
face O
before O
the O
whole O
world O
" O
. O

German S-MISC
prosecutors O
have O
already O
accused O
Iran S-LOC
's O
intelligence O
minister O
Ali B-PER
Fallahiyan E-PER
of O
ordering O
the O
killing O
of O
the O
Kurdish S-MISC
leaders O
. O

Iran S-LOC
, O
which O
denies O
the O
allegations O
, O
urged O
German S-MISC
authorities O
to O
disregard O
Banisadr S-PER
's O
testimony O
and O
said O
it O
could O
hurt O
relations O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Italy S-LOC
's O
Dini S-PER
meets O
Burundi S-LOC
negotiator O
Nyerere S-PER
. O

ROME S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Italian S-MISC
Foreign O
Minister O
Lamberto B-PER
Dini E-PER
on O
Saturday O
met O
former O
Tanzanian S-MISC
president O
Julius B-PER
Nyerere E-PER
, O
the O
international O
negotiator O
for O
Burundi S-LOC
, O
the O
ministry O
said O
. O

Nyerere S-PER
arrived O
in O
Rome S-LOC
this O
week O
on O
a O
private O
visit O
and O
held O
talks O
with O
the O
U.S. S-LOC
special O
envoy O
to O
Burundi S-LOC
, O
Howard B-PER
Wolpe E-PER
, O
and O
the O
Sant B-ORG
' I-ORG
Egidio I-ORG
Community E-ORG
, O
an O
Italian S-MISC
Roman S-MISC
Catholic S-MISC
organisation O
which O
has O
been O
monitoring O
Burundi S-LOC
closely O
. O

" O
( O
Nyerere S-PER
) O
informed O
Minister O
Dini S-PER
of O
the O
latest O
developments O
in O
the O
( O
Great B-LOC
Lakes E-LOC
) O
region O
, O
with O
particular O
respect O
to O
Burundi S-LOC
following O
the O
military O
coup O
d'etat O
on O
July O
25 O
, O
" O
the O
ministry O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

It O
gave O
no O
details O
of O
their O
talks O
. O

Nyerere S-PER
was O
due O
to O
be O
presented O
with O
an O
" O
Artisans B-MISC
for I-MISC
Peace E-MISC
" O
prize O
by O
the O
Lay B-ORG
Volunteers I-ORG
' I-ORG
International I-ORG
Organisation E-ORG
on O
Sunday O
. O

He O
leaves O
Rome S-LOC
on O
Monday O
. O

The O
U.N. B-ORG
Security I-ORG
Council E-ORG
on O
Friday O
condemned O
the O
coup O
by O
retired O
Tutsi S-MISC
major O
Pierre B-PER
Buyoya E-PER
and O
for O
the O
first O
time O
said O
in O
a O
resolution O
it O
intended O
to O
pressure O
Buyoya S-PER
into O
unconditional O
negotiations O
with O
all O
parties O
and O
factions O
" O
without O
exception O
" O
. O

Buyoya S-PER
on O
Saturday O
dismissed O
its O
threat O
of O
an O
arms O
embargo O
against O
Burundi S-LOC
and O
flatly O
ruled O
out O
talks O
with O
Hutu S-MISC
rebels O
. O

Some O
150,000 O
people O
-- O
mostly O
civilians O
-- O
have O
died O
in O
Burundi S-LOC
since O
1993 O
when O
the O
country O
's O
first O
democratically O
elected O
Hutu S-MISC
president O
was O
killed O
in O
an O
attempted O
army O
coup O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Nato O
declines O
comment O
on O
fighting O
in O
Iraq S-LOC
. O

BRUSSELS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

The O
North B-ORG
Atlantic I-ORG
Treaty I-ORG
Organisation E-ORG
's O
spokesman O
on O
Saturday O
declined O
all O
comment O
on O
reports O
of O
armed O
conflict O
in O
northern O
Iraq S-LOC
. O

But O
a O
NATO S-ORG
official O
told O
Reuters S-ORG
: O
" O
We O
are O
watching O
the O
situation O
closely O
. O
" O

Earlier O
on O
Saturday O
, O
an O
Iraqi B-MISC
Kurd E-MISC
leader O
said O
both O
Iraqi S-MISC
troops O
and O
Kurdistan B-ORG
Democratic I-ORG
Party E-ORG
( O
KDP S-ORG
) O
forces O
were O
attacking O
the O
city O
of O
Arbil S-LOC
in O
northern O
Iraq S-LOC
. O

-DOCSTART- O

More O
automatic O
weapons O
stolen O
in O
Belgium S-LOC
. O

BRUSSELS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

More O
than O
10 O
weapons O
, O
including O
automatic O
Kalashnikov S-MISC
rifles O
, O
were O
stolen O
from O
an O
arms O
store O
in O
Belgium S-LOC
, O
police O
said O
on O
Saturday O
. O

A O
policeman O
in O
the O
southern O
Belgian S-MISC
town O
of O
Chatelet S-LOC
told O
Reuters S-ORG
that O
thieves O
used O
a O
car O
to O
ram O
the O
window O
of O
an O
arms O
store O
in O
neighbouring O
Chatelineaux S-LOC
last O
night O
. O

It O
was O
the O
second O
arms O
robbery O
this O
week O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
, O
thieves O
stole O
about O
40 O
forearms O
from O
a O
shooting O
range O
in O
southern O
Belgium S-LOC
, O
including O
Kalashnikov S-MISC
, O
Uzi S-MISC
and O
Fal S-MISC
automatic O
weapons O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

No O
trace O
of O
two O
missing O
teenagers O
in O
Belgium S-LOC
. O

BRUSSELS S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Belgian S-MISC
police O
said O
on O
Saturday O
they O
had O
found O
no O
trace O
of O
two O
teenage O
girls O
reported O
missing O
during O
a O
shopping O
trip O
three O
days O
ago O
. O

" O
There O
is O
no O
trace O
so O
far O
, O
the O
enquiry O
is O
continuing O
, O
" O
a O
Liege S-LOC
police O
official O
told O
Reuters S-ORG
. O

Late O
on O
Friday O
, O
Liege S-LOC
police O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
that O
on O
Thursday O
, O
Rachel B-PER
Legeard E-PER
, O
18 O
, O
and O
Severine B-PER
Potty E-PER
, O
19 O
, O
had O
gone O
shopping O
to O
the O
eastern O
town O
of O
Liege S-LOC
on O
Thursday O
, O
where O
Legeard S-PER
's O
wallet O
had O
been O
stolen O
. O

After O
reporting O
the O
theft O
to O
the O
police O
, O
they O
took O
a O
bus O
home O
and O
reportedly O
got O
off O
the O
bus O
before O
arriving O
in O
their O
home O
village O
of O
Nandrin S-LOC
. O

They O
have O
not O
been O
seen O
since O
. O

Police O
declined O
to O
comment O
on O
whether O
it O
suspected O
a O
link O
with O
the O
Marc B-PER
Dutroux E-PER
case O
, O
the O
paedophile O
kidnap O
, O
sex O
abuse O
and O
murder O
scandal O
which O
has O
rocked O
Belgium S-LOC
in O
the O
past O
two O
weeks O
. O

-DOCSTART- O

Controversial O
IRA S-ORG
film O
screened O
at O
Venice S-LOC
festival O
. O

Vera B-PER
Haller E-PER

VENICE O
, O
Italy S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Dublin-born O
director O
Neil B-PER
Jordan E-PER
says O
he O
never O
lost O
more O
sleep O
over O
a O
film O
than O
over O
" O
Michael B-MISC
Collins E-MISC
" O
, O
his O
controversial O
epic O
about O
the O
IRA S-ORG
which O
has O
its O
premiere O
on O
Saturday O
at O
the O
Venice B-MISC
Film I-MISC
Festival E-MISC
. O

The O
film O
, O
starring O
Liam B-PER
Neeson E-PER
and O
Julia B-PER
Roberts E-PER
, O
recounts O
the O
life O
of O
Michael B-PER
Collins E-PER
, O
the O
Irish B-ORG
Republican I-ORG
Army E-ORG
's O
Director O
of O
Intelligence O
who O
fought O
for O
Irish S-MISC
independence O
from O
1919 O
to O
1921 O
. O

Although O
not O
due O
for O
release O
in O
Britain S-LOC
until O
early O
next O
year O
, O
some O
politicians O
have O
already O
said O
they O
feared O
it O
would O
fan O
sectarian O
tensions O
in O
British-ruled S-MISC
Northern B-LOC
Ireland E-LOC
. O

Jordan S-PER
defends O
his O
decision O
to O
make O
the O
film O
, O
whose O
screenplay O
he O
wrote O
himself O
after O
years O
of O
research O
, O
saying O
it O
was O
" O
more O
about O
history O
than O
any O
political O
statement O
" O
. O

" O
The O
film O
spares O
neither O
the O
Irish S-MISC
nor O
the O
British S-MISC
in O
its O
depiction O
of O
the O
savagery O
of O
the O
time O
, O
" O
Jordan S-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
released O
by O
Warner B-ORG
Bros E-ORG
. O
" O

How O
often O
has O
independence O
been O
achieved O
without O
bloodshed O
? O

Very O
rarely O
. O
" O

Jordan S-PER
, O
whose O
1992 O
film O
" O
The B-MISC
Crying I-MISC
Game E-MISC
" O
also O
came O
under O
fire O
for O
what O
was O
perceived O
as O
a O
sympathetic O
portrayal O
of O
the O
IRA S-ORG
, O
said O
Collins S-PER
was O
more O
than O
just O
a O
revolutionary O
. O

" O
He O
developed O
techniques O
of O
guerilla O
warfare O
later O
copied O
by O
independence O
movements O
around O
the O
world O
, O
from O
Mao B-PER
Tse-Tung E-PER
in O
China S-LOC
to O
Yitzak B-PER
Shamir E-PER
in O
Israel S-LOC
, O
" O
Jordan S-PER
said O
. O

" O
Collins S-PER
would O
never O
be O
a O
proponent O
of O
contemporary O
terrorism O
as O
practised O
today O
. O

He O
was O
a O
soldier O
and O
a O
statesman O
and O
, O
over O
time O
, O
a O
man O
of O
peace O
. O
" O

Leeson S-PER
, O
the O
Northern B-MISC
Ireland-born E-MISC
actor O
who O
was O
nominated O
for O
an O
Oscar S-PER
for O
best O
actor O
for O
his O
performance O
in O
" O
Schindler B-MISC
's I-MISC
List E-MISC
" O
, O
plays O
the O
lead O
role O
in O
Jordan S-PER
's O
film O
. O

Aidan B-PER
Quinn E-PER
portrays O
Harry B-PER
Boland E-PER
, O
Collins S-PER
' O
best O
friend O
, O
and O
rival O
for O
the O
love O
of O
Kitty B-PER
Kiernan E-PER
, O
played O
by O
Roberts S-PER
. O

Much O
of O
the O
film O
was O
shot O
on O
location O
in O
Dublin S-LOC
with O
Jordan S-PER
using O
thousands O
of O
its O
citizens O
as O
unpaid O
extras O
. O

A O
set O
, O
however O
, O
was O
used O
for O
the O
fighting O
scenes O
. O

Noting O
that O
information O
about O
Collins S-PER
was O
" O
as O
mysterious O
as O
the O
existence O
he O
maintained O
" O
, O
Jordan S-PER
said O
he O
made O
some O
historical O
assumptions O
in O
the O
film O
. O

" O
I O
have O
made O
choices O
about O
certain O
events O
based O
on O
my O
own O
extensive O
research O
into O
his O
letters O
and O
reported O
speeches O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

I O
wanted O
to O
make O
this O
a O
story O
as O
accurate O
as O
possible O
without O
killing O
it O
dramatically O
and O
I O
think O
I O
have O
. O

It O
is O
a O
very O
true O
film O
. O
" O

One O
of O
the O
assumptions O
is O
his O
interpretation O
of O
the O
murky O
circumstances O
surrounding O
the O
shooting O
death O
of O
Collins S-PER
, O
who O
had O
broken O
with O
his O
comrades O
when O
he O
sought O
a O
negotiated O
settlement O
with O
Britain S-LOC
, O
in O
an O
ambush O
in O
1922 O
. O

" O
I O
have O
never O
lost O
more O
sleep O
over O
the O
making O
of O
a O
film O
than O
I O
have O
over O
' O
Michael B-MISC
Collins E-MISC
' O
, O
but O
I O
'll O
never O
make O
a O
more O
important O
one O
, O
" O
Jordan S-PER
said O
. O

" O
In O
the O
life O
of O
one O
person O
you O
can O
tell O
the O
events O
that O
formed O
the O
north O
and O
south O
of O
Ireland S-LOC
as O
they O
are O
today O
. O
" O

-DOCSTART- O

Dhaka S-LOC
stocks O
seen O
steady O
in O
absence O
of O
big O
players O
. O

DHAKA S-LOC
1996-08-31 O

Shares O
on O
the O
Dhaka B-ORG
Stock I-ORG
Exchange E-ORG
( O
DSE S-ORG
) O
may O
remain O
steady O
as O
small O
investors O
are O
expected O
to O
target O
mainly O
blue O
chips O
while O
overseas O
investors O
will O
prefer O
to O
keep O
to O
the O
sidelines O
when O
the O
market O
reopens O
after O
Moslem S-MISC
Friday O
weekend O
, O
brokers O
said O
. O

" O
The O
market O
is O
expected O
to O
remain O
steady O
. O

There O
will O
be O
both O
buying O
and O
selling O
pressure O
, O
" O
said O
broker O
Shakil B-PER
Rizvi E-PER
. O

Broker O
Khurshid B-PER
Alam E-PER
said O
: O
" O
The O
market O
sentiment O
will O
remain O
strong O
. O

But O
the O
prices O
may O
move O
in O
a O
close O
range O
following O
a O
continued O
market O
uptrend O
. O
" O

Brokers O
said O
blue O
chips O
like O
IDLC S-ORG
, O
Bangladesh B-ORG
Lamps E-ORG
, O
Chittagong B-ORG
Cement E-ORG
and O
Atlas B-ORG
Bangladesh E-ORG
were O
expected O
to O
rise O
. O

They O
said O
there O
was O
still O
demand O
for O
blue O
chips O
in O
engineering O
sector O
despite O
their O
persistent O
rise O
over O
the O
past O
several O
sessions O
. O

The O
DSE S-ORG
all O
share O
price O
index O
closed O
2.73 O
points O
or O
0.22 O
percent O
up O
at O
1,196.35 O
on O
a O
turnover O
of O
133.7 O
million O
taka O
on O
Thursday O
. O

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