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 SUBJ TAKEALL-- press service log: xinhua english 30 nov
 Full Text Superzone of Message
 1     S43001 ql eeeee hkaee  aa NAB002 eaed112912hke -- canadia's deficit
 expected to reach $46 billion
 2     ottawa, november 29 (xinhua) -- canadian federal deficit for the current
 fiscal year will end up a staggeringly high 44 to 46 billion canadian
 dollars, the biggest in the history, finance minister paul martin said
 today.
 3     File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG205.MSG Words: 410 S43002 qu eeeee hkaee .aa
 PABOO1 mee112922hke -- gun battle occurs in gaza refugee camp
 4     Jerusalem, november 29 (xinhua) -- a gun battle took place between israel
 and palestinians today, according to a special report to xinhua by the
 jmcc, a palestinian press organization, this evening.
 5     File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG2O6.MSG Words: 385 S43003 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB004 eaed1129131ike -- (updated) economists see modest 1994 growth in
 U.S.
 economic forecasters
 washington,._.november 29  xinhua) -- many of the U.S.
 say the U.S. economy will grow next year at a modest pace, according to a
 survey released today.
 7    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG2O7.MSG Words: 192 S43004 qu eeeee hkaee  as
 PAB004 mee112923hke -- arafat: mideast at strategic cross-roads
 8    tunis, november 29 (xinhua) -- palestinian president yasser arafat said
 today that the middle east region is at strategic cross-roads, either
 leading to a democratic track, or back to chaos, war and scourges that
 threaten international peace and security.
 9    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG2O8.MSG Words: 592 S43005 ql eeeee hkaee  as
 NAB006 eaed112914Eke -- one billion people under poverty line: world bank
 10   Washington, november 29 (xinhua) -- there are one billion hungry and
 malnourished people in the developing world who are in need of additional
 aid to get out of poverty, the world bank said today.
 11   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG2O9.MSG Words: 371 S43006 qu eeeee hkaee  as
 PAB007 mee112924hke -- egypt's president urges to help expose militants
 12   cairo, november 29 (xinhua) -- egyptian president hosni mubarak today
 called on egyptian people to help the government fight against moslem
 extremists by informing the police about their whereabouts.
 13   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG21O.MSG Words: 440 S43007 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB008 mee112925hke -- iran's currency continues devaluation
 14   tehran, november 29 (xinhua) -- despite the latest government efforts to
 control free money market, the rates of major foreign currencies still
 picked up against iran's rial on tehran money market today.
 15   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG211.MSG Words: 409 S43008 qu eeeee hkaee  as
 PAB009 meel12926hke -- palestinian fighters postpone departure to Jordan
 210
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 16   baghdad, november 29 (xinhua) -- some 1,500 palestinian fighters stationed
 in iraq has postponed their departure for Jordan because of differences
 between the palestinian and israeli sides in their negotiations on israeli
 withdrawal from gaza and Jericho.
 17    File: D:PAXINHUA BHONPAHSG212.MSG Words: 394 S43009 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
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 PABO10 meell2927hke -- +women in anatolia+ exhibition opens in Istanbul
 18   istanbul, november 29 (xinhua) -- an exhibition featuring +women in
 anatolia+ was opened here today by turkey's first woman prime minister
 tansu ciller.
 19   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG213.MSG Words: 292 S43010 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB002 afg112922hCe -- crucial timefor south african
 20    (by teng wenqi)
 21   Johannesburg, november 29 (xinhua) -- south africa is facing a crucial
 decision-making this week for its profound political change.
 22   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG214.MSG Words: 435 S43011 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PABO19 mee1l2928hke -- two palestinian-israeli subcommittees hold meetings
 23   cairo, november 29 (xinhua) -- a palestinian-israeli subcommittee under
 the gaza-jericho committee resumed talks today in arish, northeast of
 cairo, on the transfer of civil authority to the palestinians in gaza and
 Jericho.
 24   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG21S.MSG Words: 645
 25   0W3011200193TAKE1'
 26   S43012 ql eeeee hkaee  aa HAB003 afg112923hke -- nigerian police calls for
 moral regeneration
 27   lagos, november 29 (xinhua) -- the nigerian police has called on the
 federal and state governments to establish a mechanism for effecting moral
 regeneration in the society.
 28    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG216.MSG Words: 217 S43013g1eeeee hkaee
 PABO20 mee11290 0h ee -- world bank to present development plan for occupied
 29    territories
 30   Jerusalem, november 29 (xinhua) -- the world bank is ready to present a
 plan for projects worth 1 billion u.s. dollars that will be carried out in
 the occupied territories during 1994, according to a press report here
 today.
 31    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG217.MSG Words: 276 S43014 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NABO10 eaed1129151ike -- u.n. commemorates solidarity day with palestinians
 32   united nations, november 29 (xinhua) -- the international day of
 solidarity with the palestinian people was observed here today, with
 speakers welcoming the september agreement between the palestinian
 liberation organization (plo) and Israel.
 33    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG218.MSG Words: 433 S43015 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB021 meell2930hke -- dflp urges escalated armed struggle against israel
 34   amman, november 29 (xinhua) -- the secretary general of the democratic
 front for the liberation of palestine (dflp), nayef hawatmeh, today called
 upon the front's militants to maintain and escalate their military
 operations against israel.
 35    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG219.MSG Words: 253 S43016 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NABO12 eaedl12916rike -- east asia owes success to better government:
 36   world bank
 37   washington, november 29 (xinhua) -- the fast-growing economies of east
 asia owe their success to governments which provided a stable political
 environment and invested in education and health, the world bank said
 today.
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 38    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG220.MSG Words: 323 S43017 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB022 mee112931hke -- azerbaijan urges use of force to stop armenian
 39    offensives
 40    istanbul, november 29 (xinhua) -- azerbaijani foreign minister hasan
 hasanov today called for the use of force to stop armenian offensives in
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 his country.
 41   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG221.MSG Words: 364 S43018 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 NABO13 eaed1129171ike -- bosnia peace talks resume in geneva
 42   geneva, november 29 (xinhua) -- leaders of the serbs, croats and the
 muslims today agreed to restart the peace talks on the basis of an action
 plan proposed by the european union (eu).
 43   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG222.MSG Words: 414 S43019 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NABO14 eaed1129181ike -- backgrounder: a glance at the poor worldwide
 44   washington, november 29 (xinhua) -- following are the estimates of the
 current magnitude and depth of poverty in the developing world released by
 the world bank on the eve of the first major conference on hunger: region
 number of poor percentage below
 45   in millions poverty line
 46   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG223.MSG Words: 119 S43020 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB024 mee112932hke -- iranian opposition base near baghdad attacked
 47   baghdad, november 29 (xinhua) -- the largest military base of the iranian
 opposition group, the people's mojahedin (holy warriors), in iraq was
 attacked by iranian mortar shells on sunday night, with one soldier
 slightly wounded.
 48   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG224.MSG Words: 426 S43021 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB025 mee112933hke -- turkish premier discloses tax reform draft
 49   ankara, november 29 (xinhua) -- turkish prime minister tansu ciller
 disclosed_here_today her._long-expected tax reform draft,promoting.an
 equitable tax system that would correct fiscal imbalances.
 50   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG225.MSG Words: 404 S43022 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NABO18 eaedll2919fike -- steel trade protectionism hits u.s. manufacturers
 51   new york, november 29 (xinhua) -- protectionism in steel trade will cost
 u.s. steel-using manufacturers at least a billion dollars a year, the
 american institute for international steel said today.
 52   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG226.MSG Words: 294
 53   0W3011200393TAKE2
 54   S43023 ql eeeee hkaee  aa NABO19 eaedll2920hke -- chinese ambassador
 expounds positions on human rights
 55   united nations, november 29 (xinhua) -- a chinese ambassador to the u.n.
 said today only dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and equality will
 be conducive to the world-wide human rights talks.
 56   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG227.MSG Words: 349 S43024 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB027 mee112934hke -- iran demands return of hijacked plane
 57   tehran, november 30 (xinhua) -- iran today demanded the return of a
 hijacked iranian plane together with its passengers, crew and the
 hijackers.
 58   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG228.MSG Words: 193 S43025 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HABO10 afg112922hke -- crucial time for south african
 59   (by teng venqi)
 60   Johannesburg, november 29 (xinhua) -- south africa is facing a crucial
 decision-making this week for its profound political change.
 61   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG229.MSG Words: 437 S43026 ql eeeee hkaee  as
 HABO11 afg112925hke -- italy funds new dam in zimbabwe
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 62   harare, november 29 (xinhua) -- zimbabwe and italy today signed an
 agreement to build the zhovhe dam on the mzingwane river.
 63    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG230.MSG Words: 127 S43027 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HABO13 afg112924hke -- america to assist somalia conditionally
 64   addis ababa, november 29 (xinhua) -- the united states will provide
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 assistance for somalia on the condition that the progress made under the
 presence of troops from the u.s. and many nations can be expanded and
 maintained, the u.s. government said today.
 65   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG231.MSG Words: 253 S43028 qi eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB022 eaed112921rike -- study: no abnormality in ufo encounters found
 66   new york, november 29 (xinhua) -- a study of people who report encounters
 with unidentified flying objects (ufo) has found no tendency toward
 abnormality in them.
 67   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG232.MSG Words: 273 S43029 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HABO15 afgll2926h&e -- somalis urged to resolve their own problems
 68   addis ababa, november 29 (xinhua) -- ethiopian president meles zenawi and
 secretary-general of the organization of african unity salim a. salim have
 urged the somalis to take initiatives to resolve their own problems, while
 calling for more aid to somalia.
 69   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG233.MSG Words: 382 S43030 qi eeeee hkaee  aa
 HABO19 afg112927hke -- riots erupt in maputo
 70   maputo, november 29 (xinhua) -- riots erupted today in xipam- anine
 district in maputo, capital of mozambique, when some residents attacked
 private minibuses and injured some people.
 71   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG234.MSG Words: 186 S43031 q1 eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB020 afg112928h1e -- anc urges afrikner volkstront to stop making
 imprac-
 72                      tical demands
 73   Johannesburg, november 29 (xinhua) -- time has arrived for afrikner
 volksfront (avf) to stop making impracgical demands, a statement by
 african national congress (anc) said today.
 74   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG235.MSG Words: 214 S43032 qi eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB022 afgll2929hke -- tanzania urges coastal countries of east africa
 75    to expand tourism jointly
 76   dar es salaam, november 29 (xinhua) -- tanzania has called for joint
 efforts by coastal strip countries of east africa to develop transport to
 expand tourism in the region.
 77   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG236.MSG Words: 213 S43033 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE002 hke -- explosion of firedamp kills five in chile
 78   santiago, november 29 (xinhua) -- five people were killed and six others
 injured when gas exploded in a coal mine in the south of chile this
 morning, police said.
 79   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG237.MSG Words: 115
 80   0W3011200593TAKE3
 81   S43034 ql eeeee hkaee  aa NAB028 eaed112922hke -- china promises more
 effort for peace in mid-east
 82   united nations, november 29 (xinhua) -- china's ambassador to the united
 nations promised here today that it would make more effort in promoting
 the peace process in the middle east and provide more support and
 assistance to the palestinian people in their endeavor to rebuild their
 homes.
 83   File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG238.MSG Words: 405 S43035 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE003 hke -- chile, argentina cooperate in combating crimes
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 84   santiago, november 29 (xinhua) -- police forces of chile and argentina
 will cooperate in controlling crimes in their countries, according to a
 document published here today.
 85    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG239.MSG Words: 145 S43036 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB032 eaed1129231ike -- u.n. council extends undof's mandate
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 86    united nations, november 29 (xinhua) -- the u.n. security council
 unanimously approved today an extension of mandate for the united nations
 disengagement observer force (undof).
 87    File: D:PAXINHUA BMONPAMSG240.MSG Words: 189 S43037 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSB002 hke-china: exchange quotations
 88    beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- the chinese state administration of
 exchange control adjusted and published the renminbi exchange rates
 against the convertible currencies today. there are some changes in
 exchange rates.
 89    File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGOO1.MSG Words: 164 S43038 qu eeeee hkaee .aa
 INE013 hke -- roundup: an important and fruitful tour
 90    (by ma shengrong and huang yang)
 91    lisbon, november 29 (xinhua) -- chinese president Jiang zemin's 12-day
 tour abroad concluded successfully today. it has proved to be an important
 diplomatic event with abundant fruits.
 92    File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG002.MSG Words: 791 S43039 qx eeeee hkaee .aa
 INE017 hke -- jiang says china to expand economic cooperation with
 93    western europe
 94    lisbon, november 29 (xinhua) -- chinese president Jiang zemin said today
 that china's economic growth will offer greater possibility of expanding
 its economic relations with west european countries.
 95    File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG003.MSG Words: 395 S43040 qx eeeee hkaee .aa
 INEOO1 hke -- chinese president leaves lisbon,_
 96    hisbon, november 29 (xinhua) -- chinese president Jiang zemin left here
 tonight after paying a stop-over visit to portugal.
 97    File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG004.MSG Words: 185 S43041 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE004 hke -- chile hopes to repay imf debt in advance
 98    santiago, november 29 (xinhua) -- chile's central bank is ready to repay
 in advance its debt owed to the international monetary fund (imf) even
 though negotiations on the issue are still going on.
 99    File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPANSG005.MSG Words: 189 S43042 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa SPE004 hke ---referees get world cup warm-up call
 100   geneva, november 29 (xinhua) -- a total of 30 referees have been invited
 to take part in a preparation course and physical tests in dallas from
 march 13 to 18, world soccer governing body fifa announced on monday.
 101   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG006.MSG Words: 198 S43043 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 INE008 hke -- bus workers strike in venezuela's capital
 102   caracas, november 29 (xinhua) -- transportation workers staged a strike in
 the venezuelan capital city of caracas today, paralyzing its urban
 traffic.
 103   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG007.MSG Words: 124 S43044 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE007 hke -- bomb explodes in honduras on election day
 104   mexico city, november 29 (xinhua) -- a bomb exploded in the northern
 honduran city of pedro sula this afternoon, causing property damage.
 105   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG008.MSG Words: 109
 106 .0W3011200693TA1(E4
 107   S43045 ql eeeee hkaee  aa INE009 hke -- fraud in honduran elections
 accused
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 108  mexico city, november 29 (xinhua) -- the two major parties competing in
 the general elections held today in honduras accused each other of
 electoral fraud.
 109  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG009.MSG Words: 240 S43046 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa SPE006 hke -- argentina chooses five newcomers for cameroon friendly
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 110  buenos aires, november 29 (xinhua) -- argentina coach alfio basile has
 ignored his european-based players and included five newcomers in his
 18-man squad for the friendly match against cameroon on december 8.
 111  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGOlO.MSG Words: 181 S43047 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .as SPE002 hke -- barkley punch cleared
 112  washington, november 29 (xinhua) -- police have cleared of nba star
 charles barkley of punching in a bar after the man who made the accusation
 dropped his complaint.
 113  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO11.MSG Words: 138 S43048 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa SPE003 hke -- german swimmer fails drug test
 114  bonn, november 29 (xinhua) -- german swimmer sylvia gerasch, who was
 accused of taking cafeine during the european sprint championships, has
 failed the back-up'test, germany daily newspaper neue presse reported on
 tuesday.
 115  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO12.MSG Words: 149 S43049 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa SPE005 hke -- aiocc calls for compulsory world cup participation
 116  paris, november 29 (xinhua) -- the international association of cycle race
 organisers (aiocc) called for compulsory world cup participation by all
 the major teams, ending a spanish boycott of the race.
 117  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO13.MSG Words: 184 S43050 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE012 hke -- opec basket price slips to 14.54 dollars
 118  vienna, november 29 (xinhua) -- the price of opec's basket of seven crude
 oils fell slightly to 14.54 dollars a barrel last week, compared with
 14.66 dollars in the third week of november.
 119  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO14.MSG Words: 114 S43051 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa SPE001 hke -- ramesh krishnan quits davis cup
 120  new delhi, november 29 (xinhua) -- ramesh krishnan, one of india's top
 tennis players, dropped the davis cup team on monday.
 121  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO15.MSG Words: 240 S43052 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSB001 hke-china: fujian boosts export-oriented economy
 122  fuzhou, november 30 (xinhua) -- fujian province has made full use of the
 preferential policies allowed it by the central government to boost its
 export-oriented economy.
 123  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO16.MSG Words: 221 S43053 qu eeeee hkaee .aa
 HAB035 hke113001-- ruling party near death: nz first party leader
 124  wellington, november 30 (xinhua) -- the new zealand first party leader
 Winston peters has said the dropping of finance minister ruth richardson
 from the new new cabinet heralded the break-up of the ruling national
 party.
 125  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO17.MSG Words: 260 S43054 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE013 hke -- arafat calls nordic tour "constructive, successful, useful"
 126  tunis, november 29 (xinhua) -- yasser arafat, head of the palestine
 liberation organization (plo), monday described his four-nation nordic
 tour as "constructive, successful and useful," reports reaching here said
 today.
 127  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO18.MSG Words: 220 S43055 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE014 hke -- drug lord's family sent to native colombia
 128  bonn, november 29 (xinhua) -- colombian drug lord pablo escobar's family
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 members, who arrived here on monday, were sent back to bogota today by
 germany after their applications for asylum were rejected.
 129   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG019.MSG Words: 130
 130  0W3011200993TAKE5
 131  S43056 qu eeeee hkaee  aa HAB036 hke113002-- australian economy continuing
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 modest growth
 132  canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- the australian economy has continued its
 modest recovery this year as latest figures showed a 0.3 per cent growth
 in the last quarter.
 133  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG020.MSG Words: 236 S43057 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE016 hke -- gerian kurds protest against ban on kurdish workers party
 134  bonn, november 29 (xinhua) -- kurds in germany held a series of activities
 today in cities all over the country to protest against a ban on the
 kurdish workers party.
 135  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG021.MSG Words: 179 S43058 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB042 hke113003- honesty causes sacking, says former minister
 136  wellington, november 30 (xinhua) -- new zealand's former minister rob
 storey has said that his honesty had been the main cause for his being
 sacked from the ministerial portfolio.
 137  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG022.MSG Words: 205 S43059 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB043 hke113004 - kurds occupy german consulate in melbourne
 138  canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- about 50 kurds occupied the german
 consulate in melbourne this morning in protest against the german
 government's recent ban on a kurdish party.
 139  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG023.MSG Words: 192 S43060 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IWE008 hke -- aids claims 667 austrian lives
 140  vienna, november 29 (xinhua) -- aids has so far killed 667 of the 1,077
 austrian aids patients, causing the government to allocate nearly 5
 million u.s. dollars to aids prevennn and-e u3 cation-next year.
 141  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO24.MSG Words: 190 S43061 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE018 hke -- hungarian minister says economy will grow
 142  budapest, november 29 (xinhua) -- the hungarian economy is approaching an
 era of growth, with industrial production this year likely to increase up
 to 3.5 percent over last year,
 143  hungarian finance minister szabo ivan said at a meeting here today.
 144  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG025.MSG Words: 175 S43062 ql eeeee hkdwe  aa
 WSDO05
 145  beijing: senior official meets bulgarian guests
 146  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- wu jie, chinese vice-minister of the
 state commission for restructuring the economy, met with alexandar
 yordanrov, chairman of the national assembly of bulgaria, and his party
 here this morning.
 147  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG026.MSG Words: 73 S43063 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE019 hke -- tough measures to target teachers in ecuador
 148  quito, november 29 (xinhua) -- a decree ordering the mobilization of
 ecuador's education sector takes effect tomorrow, culture and education
 minister eduardo pena trivino said today.
 149  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG027.MSG Words: 233 S43064 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSE002 hke-china: beijing newspaper highlights
 150  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- highlights of today's major beijing-based
 newspapers:
 151  people's daily
 152  -- chinese president Jiang zemin arrived in lisbon on sunday by special
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 plane for a 24-hour visit to portugal.
 153   File: D:PAXINEUA BTUEPAMSG028.MSG Words: 358 S43065 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IWE009 hke -- poland opposes single nation entry into nato
 154   prague, november 29 (xinhua) -- poland and slovakia suggested today that
 poland, slovakia, hungary and the czech republic coordinate actions in
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 their efforts to join the north atlantic treaty organization (nato),
 stressing that any unilateral move would be against the interests of the
 others.
 155  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG029.MSG Words: 304 S43066 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IWE010 hke -- tunis, rio de Janeiro become sister cities
 156  tunis, november 29 (xinhua) -- tunisia and brazil signed a protocol here
 today making tunis, capital of tunisia, and rio de Janeiro, a major
 brazilian city, sister cities.
 157  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG030.MSG Words: 79
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 159  S43067 ql eeeee hkaee  aa IWE001 hke -- ec to help cis to convert arms
 factories
 160  brussels, november 29 (xinhua) -- the european community (ec) will help
 three ex-soviet republics transform weapons factories to producers of
 civilian goods, an ec spokesman said here today.
 161  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG031.MSG Words: 332 S43068 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE005 hke -- major news items in leading Indian newspapers
 162  new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in
 leading indian english newspapers today:
 163  the hindustan times
 164  -- the samajwadi party - bahujan samaj party (spbsp) alliance yesterday
 staked claim to form the government in lucknow following assurance of an
 unconditional support from both-the congress and
 165  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG032.MSG Words: 132 S43069 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IVE011 hke -- tunisian president reiterates support for palestinian cause
 166  tunis, november 29 (xinhua) -- tunisian president zine el abidine ben ali
 reiterated his country's continued support for the palestinian cause today
 on the occasion of the international day of solidarity with the
 palestinian people.
 167  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG033.MSG Words: 191 S43070 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE006 hke -- major news in leading philippine english newspapers
 168  manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news in the philippine
 press today:
 169  manila bulletin:
 170  -- president ramos yesterday confirmed his commitment to promote +a sound
 and effective population management program+ and urged local government
 officials to implement the program in all
 171  Files D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG034.MSG Words: 127 S43071 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE007 hke -- major news in pakistani press
 172  islamabad, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in
 leading pakistani newspapers today:
 173  the pakistan times
 174  -- pakistan prime minister benazir bhutto has ordered firm action against
 tax defaulters.
 175  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG035.MSG Words: 109 S43072 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSE004 hke-china: foreign firms bid for railway project
 176  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- china's plan to build its first
 high-speed railway from beijing to shanghai has attracted many
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 international big name companies to bid for the project.
 177  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG036.MSG Words: 277 S43073 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IVE012 hke -- csce to open 4th session of foreign ministers
 178  rome, november 29 (xinhua) -- the conference on security and cooperation
 in europe (csce) will hold the fourth session of its council of foreign
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 ministers here on tuesday.
 179  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUBPAMSG037.MSG Words: 192 S43074 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 INE021 hke -- china urges u.n. to train more personnel for developing
 180  countries
 181  united nations, november 29 (xinhua) -- china hopes that the u.n.
 institute for training and research (unitar) will make continued efforts
 to train personnel of all kinds for developing countries, a chinese
 delegate said here today.
 182  File: D:PAXIMHUA BTUEPAMSG038.MSG Words: 296 S43075 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IWE013 hke -- calm returning to congo after opposition's peace call
 183  brazzaville, november 29 (xinhua) -- calm was returning to congo's capital
 city of brazzaville monday after a radio appeal for peace by opposition
 leader bernard kolelas on sunday night.
 184  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG039.MSG Words: 188 S43076 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HABO56 hke113006 - russia offers thailand satellite launching facility
 185  bangkok, november 30 (xinhua) -- a senior thai space agency official said
 monday that russia had offered to launch thai satellites.
 186  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG040.MSG Words: 164
 187  0W3011201793TAKE7-
 188                       S43077 qu eeeee hkaee  aa HAE059 hke113005-- nz to tap seafood export
 potential
 189  wellington, november 30 (xinhua) -- new zealand seafood exporters have set
 a_.growth obj.ective__of`oubling their_ex orts to make-the -industry a two
 billion n.z. dollars (1.1 billion u.s.  dollars) export business by the
 year 2000.
 190   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG041.MSG Words: 414 S43078 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB062 hke113008-- thailand approves new foreign debt ceiling
 191  bangkok, november 30 (xinhua) -- the council of economic ministers of
 thailand monday approved a 3.2-billion u.s. dollar ceiling for new foreign
 debt created by the government and state enterprises in fiscal 1994, which
 began in october 1993.
 192   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG042.MSG Words: 154 S43079 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB071 hke113010-- thailand approves anti-dumping draft
 193  bangkok, november 30 (xinhua) -- the council of economic ministers of
 thailand, which has full cabinet powers in economic matters, has endorsed
 a draft of anti-dumping legislation put forth by the commerce ministry,
 the nation reports today.
 194   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG043.MSG Words: 130 S43080 qu eeeee hkaee .aa
 HAB072 hke113009-- sri lanka to encourage small rubber growers
 195  colombo, november 30 (xinhua) -- the rubber controller's department (red)
 of sri lanka has introduced several programs to popularize replanting and
 new planting schemes among the small rubber growers.
 196   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG044.MSG Words: 222 S43081 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 IAE008 hke -- south korea's current account likely to record surplus
 197  seoul, november 30 (xinhua) -- south korea's current account will likely
 register a surplus this year for the first time since 1989 with the steady
 rise in exports, according to the bank of korea here tuesday.
 198   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO45.MSG Words: 358 S43082 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
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 IUE005 hke -- major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
 199  tokyo, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in leading
 Japanese newspapers today:
 200  asahi, nihon keizai:
 201  -- tokyo stocks post year's largest loss, closing at 16,078.71.
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 202   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO46.MSG Words: 140 S43083 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE022 hke -- equatorial guinean opposition demands annulment of elections
 203   yaounde, november 29 (xinhua) -- opposition parties in equatorial guinea
 have called for a "complete annulment" of the country's legislative
 elections held on november 21, reports reaching here said today.
 204   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUBPAMSG047.MSG Words: 163 S43084 qi eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSE009 hke-china: forest farms play big role in timber development
 205   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- china's forest farms have become an
 important force in the development of the forestry industry.
 206   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG048.MSG Words: 256 S43085 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB085 hke113011-- foreign ministers of pakistan, india to meet in dhaka
 207   islamabad, november 30 (xinhua) -- foreign ministers of pakistan and india
 will meet in dhaka at the council of foreign ministers' meeting of south
 asian association for regional cooperation (saarc) from december 3 to 5,
 officials said today.
 208   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG049.MSG Words: 220 S43086 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa VSE003 hke-china: telecommunications joint venture operational in
 nanjing
 209   nanjing, november 30 (xinhua) -- china's largest sino-foreign
 joint-venture for production of mobile telecommunications equipment was
 put into production monday.
 210   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG050.MSG Words: 214 S43087 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB091hke113012 - romania to give india spare mig parts
 211   new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) --romania is willing to supply spare parts
 of soviet-made mig aircraft and other defence equipment to india.
 212   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG051.MSG Words: 133
 213   0W3011201993TAKE8
 214   S43088 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve  aa WSE007 hke-- china makes progress in
 renovation of urban housing
 215   xi'an, november 30 (xinhua) -- china has made great progress in rebuilding
 and renovating urban housing in recent years.
 216   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG052.MSG Words: 130 S43089 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB094 hke113015 - sri lankan premier meets outgoing chinese ambassador
 217   colombo, november 30 (xinhua) -- sri lankan prime minister ranil
 wickremasinghe today expressed satisfaction with sino-sri lankan relations
 and said that he hoped bilateral cooperation would be maintained and
 further strengthened.
 218   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG053.MSG Words: 161 S43090 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB095 hke113013-- polls results a lesson for all (part one )
 219   new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) -- the fact that no apparent winner
 emerges from the state elections in india among the major political
 parties indicated that neither the ruling congress nor the indian people's
 party (bharatiya Janata party or bjp) has an absolute favorable support
 among the average indian people.
 220   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO54.MSG Words: 325 S43091 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB096
 221   hke113014---- polls results a lesson for all (part two)
 222   regarding the congress-i, it lost delhi in a badly defeat and failed to
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 recapture its former political base the uttar pradesh, and the editorial
 said, +its role in the state now is limited to backing the anti-bjp
 forces.+
 223           however, +the outcome of the elections comes as a reprieve for the
 narasimha rao government, for had the bjp swept the polls in
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 224   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO55.MSG Words: 263 S43092 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSE009 hke -- more foreign banks are represented in tianjin
 225   tianjin, november 30 (xinhua) -- an increasing number of foreign banks
 have set up branches in tianjin, a leading industrial and commercial hub
 in north china, a local bank official said.
 226   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG056.MSG Words: 231 S43093 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSB004 hke -- shanghai relies on science to boost high-tech industry
 227   shanghai, november 30 (xinhua) -- shanghai, china's largest economic
 center, is relying on science to boost high-tech, low-cost and
 pollution-free industries.
 228   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG057.MSG Words: 496 S43094 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSDO11 hke- cfiinese court delegation on way to thailand
 229   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- a delegation of the supreme people's
 court of china, led by gao changli, the court's vice-president, left here
 this afternoon for a friendly visit to thailand.
 230   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG058.MSG Words: 72 S43095 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IUE007 hke -- xinFiua international news summary at 7:00 gmt, november 30
 231   lisbon -- chinese president jiang zemin left here monday night at the end
 of a stop-over visit to portugal.
 232   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO59.MSG Words: 479 S43096 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB104 afgll300lhEe -- major news items in leading kenyan newspapers
 233   nairobi, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in leading
 kenyan-newspapers today:
 234   kenya times
 235   -- kenyan president daniel arap moi will pay a one-day official visit to
 tanzania to attend the state summit of tanzania, uganda and kenya for
 signing a protocol that will
 236   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG060.MSG Words: 146 S43097 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB106 afgll3002hF-e -- africa losing in coffee trade
 237   nairobi, november 30 (xinhua) -- poor marketing strategies and lack of
 technical ability are factors leading to the poor performance of african
 states in international coffee trade, representative of the united nations
 development program s. momanyi said here on monday.
 238   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG061.MSG Words: 178 S43098 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB107 afgll3003hrte -- u.s. ambassador on ethnic violence
 239   nairobi, november 30 (xinhua) -- united states ambassador to kenyas
 aurelia brazeal on monday criticized some kenyan political leaders who
 issued ultimatums to some tribes to move from certain parts of the country
 or face forceful eviction.
 240   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG062.MSG Words: 157
 241   0W3011202093TAKE9
 242   S43099 qu eeeee hkaee .aa HAB108 hke113017-- australia provides aid to
 sudan
 243   canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- the australian government today
 announced that it will provide 2.5 million australian dollars (1.7 million
 u.s. dollars) for emergency relief in sudan.
 244   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG063.MSG Words: 168 S43100 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE009 hke -- hun-sen urges ceasefire by democratic kampuchea
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 245   phnom penh, november 30 (xinhua) -- cambodian second prime minister hun
 sen today called on the democratic kampuchean side to cease its military
 operations and negotiate with the government to settle the current major
 disputes between them.
 246   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO64.MSG Words: 173 S43101 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
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 .aa WSW004 hke-china: cppcc vice-chairwoman meets canadian guests
 247  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- qian zhengying, vice-chairwoman of the
 chinese people's political consultative conference (cppcc) national
 committee, met with Ivan head, chairman of the canadian institute of
 international affairs, and his party here this afternoon.
 248  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG065.MSG Words: 97 S43102 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB113 afgll3004hFe -- kenyan president to visit tanzania
 249  nairobi, november 30 (xinhua) -- kenyan president daniel arap moi will pay
 a one-day visit today to tanzania to attend the state summit of tanzania,
 kenya and uganda for signing a protocol of the re-establishment of the
 east african community.
 250  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG066.MSG Words: 195 S43103 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB119 hke113019-- more tourists visit australia
 251  canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- australia's tourism industry recorded a
 16 percent increase in the number of overseas tourists in the first nine
 months this year, official figures showed today.
 252  File: D:PAXINHUA_BTUEPAMSG067.MSG Words: 169 S43104 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSE001 hke ---post-graduates welcomed in shanghai
 253  shanghai, november 30 (xinhua) -- graduate students have become more
 popular this year in the labor market of shanghai, china's largest
 metropolis, during the current drive for economic development.
 254  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG068.MSG Words: 248 S43105 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 . as SPE008 hke -- grand Prix badminton rankings
 255  london, november 29 (xinhua) -- following are lea Tng world grand prix
 rankings issued by the international badminton federation here on monday:
 256  men
 257  1. thomas stuer-lauridsen, denmark, 1,935 points
 258  2. heryanto arbi, Indonesia, 1,770
 259  3. poul-erik hoyer-larsen, denmark, 1,625
 260  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG069.MSG Words: 156 S43106 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSB006 hke ---regulations for fuzhou bonded zone issued
 261  fuzhou, november 30 (xinhua) -- the standing committee of the eighth
 people's congress of fujian province recently approved regulations to
 guide the fuzhou bonded zone.
 262  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG070.MSG Words: 153 S43107 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa SPE012 hke ---smugglers of doping drug detained in sweden
 263  stockholm, november 29 (xinhua) -- two russians smugglers carrying a large
 amount of doping substances into sweden were detained, police said here on
 monday.
 264  File: D:PAXINHUA_BTUEPAMSG071.MSG Words: 113 S43108 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE024 hke -- u.s  homeless woman dies outside housing department
 265  Washington, november 29 (xinhua) -- a 43-year-old u.s. homeless woman was
 found dead on a bench outside the u.s. department of housing and urban
 development (hud) today.
 266  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG072.MSG Words: 169 S43109 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSE008 hke -- inner.mongolia sees boom of non-governmental
 267   research institutes
 268  hohhot, november 30 (xinhua) -- the economy of north china's inner
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 mongolia autonomous region is being fueled by a surge of non-governmental
 scientific and technological research institutions.
 269   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG073.MSG Words: 307
 270  OW3011202193TAKE15
 271  S43110 qu eeeee hkaee  aa HAB124 hke113021-- chinese naval training ship
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 calls at bangkok port
 272   bangkok, november 30 (xinhua) -- the zhenghe, a chinese ocean-going naval
 training ship, arrived here today to begin a five-day goodwill visit.
 273   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG074.MSG Words: 140 S43111 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE011 hke -- dprk returns more korean war remains
 274   seoul, november 30 (xinhua) -- the democratic people's republic of korea
 (dprk) today returned to the united states the remains of 33 more american
 soldiers killed during the korean war (1950-53).
 275   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG075.MSG Words: 174 S43112 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB127 hke113022-- australian economy to speed up: treasurer
 276   canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- australia's economy is getting stronger
 and is expected to speed up in the rest of the financial year, a senior
 official said here today.
 277   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG076.MSG Words: 324 S43113 q1 eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSDO16 hke-china: rural bank savings up by 100 billion yuan
 278   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- china's rural bank savings increased by
 117.4 billion yuan during the first 11 months of this year, the
 agricultural bank of china (abc) reported here today.
 279   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG077.MSG Words: 236 S43114 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSDO10 hke-china: preparations in full swing for tax reforms
 280   by li zhurun and cai cai
 281   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- chinese officials and experts are now
 burning the midnight oil making Dreparationsfor gegettingtheprojected
 tax-sharing system moving as of January 1, an official at the commission
 for restructuring the economy told xinhua today.
 282   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG078.MSG Words: 471 S43115 q1 eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSE010 hke-china: rare earth producers jointly set export price
 283   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- chinese rare earth producers and
 exporters, battered by fierce price competition, have agreed to adopt
 uniform prices for exports as of the beginning of 1994.
 284   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG079.MSG Words: 197 S43116 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB043 mee113001h7ke -- major news items in leading egyptian newspapers
 285   cairo, november 30 (xinhua) -- all the leading egyptian newspapers today
 gave prominence to president hosni mubarak's monday statements to
 reporters following the inauguration of the newly-restored national
 military museum.
 286   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG080.MSG Words: 244 S43117 q1 eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE012 hke -- south korea's industrial production recovers
 287   seoul, november 30 (xinhua) -- south korea's heavy and chemical industry
 are active as industrial production recovers, the national statistical
 office said here tuesday.
 288   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG081.MSG Words: 186 S43118 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSE006 hke-china: large water source found in tianjin
 289   tianjin, november 30 (xinhua) -- local geological workers have discovered
 a large ground water source in jixian county, north of tianjin, a chinese
 city that now suffers severe water shortage.
 290   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO82.MSG Words: 158 S43119 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSBO11 hke -- guangzhou-meizhou-shantou railway opens to traffic
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 291  guangzhou, november 29 (xinhua) -- the guangzhou- meizhou-shantou section
 of the beijing-kowloon railway opened in guangdong province monday.
 292   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG083.MSG Words: 135 S43120 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB044 mee113002hICe -- lebanon makes first step of administrative reforms
 293  beirut, november 30 (xinhua) -- the lebanese cabinet has made its first
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 step in the +long-term+ process of the administrative reforms as it
 decided in a session monday night to dismiss about 500 +corrupt and
 incompetent+ employees.
 294  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG084.MSG Words: 265
 295  0W3011202693TAKE13
 296  S43121 ql eeeee hkaee  aa PAB047 mee113003hke -- turkey's trade gap
 exceeds 10 billion dollars
 297  ankara, november 30 (xinhua) -- the turkish foreign trade deficit further
 widened by exceeding 10 billion u.s. dollars in the first nine months this
 year, the +daily news+ reported today.
 298  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO85.MSG Words: 191 S43122 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSBO12 hke-beijing: weather forecast for major foreign cities
 299  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- weather forecast for 10 major foreign
 cities for the next 24 hours from 20:00 today to 20:00 on december 1
 issued by china's central meteorological station at 17:00 today:
 300  tokyo: min. 7 degrees c., max. 14 degrees c., overcast.
 301  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG086.MSG Words: 169 S43123 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSBO13 hke-beijing: weather forecast for major chinese cities
 302  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- weather forecast for 12 major chinese
 cities for the next 24 hours from 20:00 today to 20:00 on december 1
 issued by china's central meteorological station at 17:00 today:
 303  beijing: min. -2 degrees c., max. 4 degrees c., clear to cloudy, calm to
 gentle breeze.
 304  File:             BTUEPAMSG087.MSG Words:5 S4312-4 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 PAB048 mee113002hke -- lebanon makes first step of administrative reforms
 305  Beirut, november 30 (xinhua) -- the lebanese cabinet has made its first
 step in the +long-term+ process of the administrative reforms as it
 decided in a session monday night to dismiss about 500 +corrupt and
 incompetent+ employees.
 306  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSGO88.MSG Words: 265 S43125 qi eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB151 afg113005hke -- tanzanian government urges for drugs provision
 307  dar es salaam, november 30 (xinhua) -- tanzanian prime minister and first
 vice-president john malecela has called on the society for clinical and
 experimental pharmacology in preferential trade area for eastern and
 southern african (socepta) countries to come out with a practical plan of
 action.
 308  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG089.MSG Words: 214 S43126 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSW007 hke ---china has 1,159 reported cases of aids carriers
 309  beijing, november 30 .(xinhua) -- china now has 1,159 reported cases of
 aids infection and the virus carriers, a health official said here today.
 310  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG090.MSG Words: 280 S43127 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSDO18 hke-china: preparations under full swing for tax reforms
 311  by li zhurun and cai cai
 312  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- chinese officials and experts are now
 burning the night oil as they prepare to implement the new tax-sharing
 system on January 1, an official at the economic system restructuring
 commission told xinhua today.
 313  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG091.MSG Words: 529 S43128 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
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 IAE014 hke -- dprk will never yield to any pressures: spokesman
 314   pyongyang, november 30 (xinhua) -- the democratic people's republic of
 korea (dprk) hopes to peacefully settle the nuclear issue through
 dialogues and has announced it would withdraw from the treaty on the
 non-proliferation of nuclear weapons if the united states remained
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 unwilling to hold talks.
 315   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG092.MSG Words: 315 S43129 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB160 afg113006hke -- angolan parliament president returns from
 316   china tour
 317   luanda, november 30 (xinhua) -- angolan parliament president franga
 van-dunem returned here this morning from his eight-day tour to china.
 318   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPANSG093.MSG Words: 122 S43130 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB161 hke1l3023-- australian fm receives cold shoulder in vietnam
 319   canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- australian foreign minister gareth evens
 was given a cold shoulder in vietnam over his insistence on raising the
 human rights issue.
 320   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG094.MSG Words: 228
 321   0W3011202793TA1cLE1
 l
 322   S43131 ql eeeee hkaee  aa IAE015 hke -- dprk returns more korean war
 remains
 323   panmunjom, november 30 (xinhua) -- the democratic people's republic of
 korea (dprk) today returned to the united states the remains of 33 more
 american soldiers killed in the korean war in 1950-1953.
 324   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG095.MSG Words: 238 S43132 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE016 hke -- farmers in japan, south korea, taiwan protect rice market
 325   tokyo, november 30 (xinhua) -- farmers in japan, south korea and taiwan
 are determined to protect their rice market by all means, a joint
 -.    statement said today.
 326   File: D: PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG096-.NSG-Vor-ds:-245 543133---ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSH003 hke-beijing: chinese president returns to beijing
 327   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- chinese president jiang zemin was back in
 beijing this afternoon after concluding a 12-day tour abroad.
 328   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG097.MSG Words: 176 S43134 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB170 hke113025-- roundup: manila to lure more foreign capital
 329   (by xiong changyi)
 330   manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- the philippine government will seek for
 full economic liberalization to lure more foreign capital into the
 country.
 331   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG098.MSG Words: 361 S43135 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB171 afgll3007hFe -- major news items in leading zimbabwean newspapers
 332   harare, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in leading
 zimbabwean newspapers today:
 333   the gazette
 334   -- governor of the reserve bank of zimbabwe leonard tsumba on monday
 emphasized the need for an independent central bank to ensure proper
 management of the economic reform program in the
 335   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUBPAMSG099.MSG Words: 145 S43136 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB172 afgll3008h7te -- tanzania receives grants for coal mining
 336   dar es salaam, november 30 (xinhua) -- the african development bank (adb),
 jointly with the america-based trade and development agency (tda), have
 granted 3.5 million u.s. dollars to tanzania on the development of
 mchuchumo coal mines and liganga iron and steel mining projects in
 southern tanzania.
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 337   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG100.MSG Words: 183 S43137 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB176 hke112324-- manila rejects swift liberalization of farm sector
 338   manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- the philippine government has refused to
 libralize its agricultural sector as soon as demanded by the united
 states, saying any liberalization moves on farm products might have to be
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 done in a long term.
 339  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG101.MSG Words: 308 S43138 qu eeeee hkaee .aa
 HAB182 hke113026-- 1,300 people have aids or hiv in nz
 340  wellington, november 30 (xinhua) -- almost 1,300 people in new zealand are
 officially recorded as having or having had aids or hiv, the virus that
 causes the dreadful disease.
 341   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG102.MSG Words: 231 S43139 ql eeeee  aa INE025
 342  major news in british press
 343  london, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in leading
 british newspapers today:
 344  the times:
 345  -- major's line to ira will remain open
 346  prime minister john major is to keep open britain's line of communication
 with the ira and remains ready to offer
 347   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG103.MSG Words: 347 S43140 qu eeeee hkdwe  aa
 SPE023
 348  top swedish swimmer to skip short-course worlds
 349  stockholm, november 30 (xinhua) -- louise karlsson, sweden's top swimmer,
 will miss the-coming short-course world championships due to an injury on
 her shoulder.
 350   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG104.MSG Words: 106
 351  0W3011204593TAKE1"5
 352 .S43141gl_eee_ee hkaee hkdwe .aa_WSW006 hke- china to accelerate housing
 reform focused on sale of
 353   publicly-owned housing
 354   by li zhurun
 355  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- china is to accelerate housing reform in
 urban areas, with an emphasis on the sale of publicly-owned housing to
 individual wage earners, an official from the state commission for
 restructuring the economy said today.
 356   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG105.MSG Words: 709 S43142 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB187 afg113010hke -- nigerian constitutional conference to be held
 357  within two months
 358  lagos, november 30 (xinhua) -- the proposed constitutional conference to
 decide nigeria's political future will be convened within two months,
 nigerian justice minister olu onagoruwa announced.
 359   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG106.MSG Words: 155 S43143 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB188 afg113009hke -- talks between tanzanian government, striking
 360   teachers breaks down
 361  dar es salaam, november 30 (xinhua) -- a meeting between the tanzanian
 government and the striking teachers broke down here on monday.
 362   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG107.MSG Words: 290 S43144 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB196 hke113032-- new north-east governor appointed in sri lanka
 363  colombo, november 30 (xinhua) -- the sri lankan government today appointed
 a senior civil administrator as the new governor in the strife-torn
 north-east rocked by 10 years of fighting between the troops and tamil
 rebels.
 364   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG108.MSG Words: 201 S43145 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
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 .aa WSW005 hke-china: exxon to explore for oil in east china sea
 365           Beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- the exxon corporation has won a contract
 for oil and gas exploration in the east china sea.
 366   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG109.MSG Words: 318 S43146 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSBO10 hke-china: export-oriented rural industry grows
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 367  guangzhou, november 30 (xinhua) -- rural industries in guangdong province
 are taking advantage of overseas funds to promote export-oriented
 business.
 368  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG110.MSG Words: 141 543147 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB203 hke113033-- fiji's poll likely to add to racial tension
 369  canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- a snap election in fiji early next year
 is likely to add to the long-existing racial tension between indigenous
 fijians and ethnic indians, fiji's acting head of state ratu sir kamisese
 mara said today.
 370  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG111.MSG Words: 320 S43148 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSW009 hke- former singaporean prime minister visits south china city
 371  beihai, november 30 (xinhua) -- singaporean senior minister lee kuan yew
 has inspected ports, roads, urban facilities and a resort under
 construction over the past two days in the port city of beihai in south
 china's guangxi zhuang autonomous region.
 372  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG112.MSG Words: 130 S43149 ql eeeee hkdwe .aa
 WSE018 hke- china foodstuffs, native produce fair opens in hk
 373  hong kong, november 30 (xinhua) -- a week-long chinese mainland
 foodstuffs, native produce and animal by-products fair opened here today.
 374  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG113.MSG Words: 131 S43150 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB206 hke113036-- flash: cppccc chairman arrives in new delhi
 375  new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) -- li ruihuan, chairman of the national
 committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference
 (cppcc) arrived here this evening froni- obey to continue his official
 goodwill visit to india.  enditem =11301247
 376  File: D:PAXINHUA_BTUEPAMSG114.MSG Words: 64 S43151 ql eeeee hkdve  aa
 WSE017 hke-china: 222 vietnamese migrants return home
 377  hong kong, november 30 (xinhua) -- a group of 222 vietnamese migrants
 today returned to vietnam under the voluntary repatriation program of the
 united nations high commissioner for refugees, according to a government
 spokesman.
 378  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG115.MSG Words: 101
 379  0W3011204993TA1(E14
 380  S43152 qu eeeee hkaee  aa HAB209 hke113030-- chinese exhibitions open in
 indonesia
 381  Jakarta, november 30 (xinhua) -- two Chinese exhibitions simultaneously
 opened here today.
 382  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG116.MSG Words: 194 S43153 qi eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa VSE012 hke-china: technicians hit a gusher in oil field
 383  shenyang, november 30 (xinhua) -- technicians are striking it rich off
 their inventions in the liaohe oil field, the third largest oil field in
 china.
 384  File: D:PAXINHUA_BTUEPAMSG117.MSG Words: 226 S43154 qu eeeee hkdwe  aa
 SPE024
 385  agassi to compete in australian open
 386  canberra, november 30 (xinhua) -- andre agassi of the united states has
 entered next January's australian open tennis tournament.
 387  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG118.MSG Words: 118 S43155 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
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 as WSE016 hke- sino-british joint liaison group to meet in london
 388  hong kong, november 30 (xinhua) -- the 28th meeting of the sino-british
 joint liaison group is scheduled to be held in london from december 7 to
 9.
 389    File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG119.MSG Words: 147 S43156 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
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 .aa WSE015 hke- chinese photographer gives tibet photo show in hk
 390  hong kong, november 30 (xinhua) -- a month-long photo show featuring folk
 culture and life in china's tibetan autonomous region closed here today.
 391  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG120.MSG Words: 164 S43157 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 RAB220 hke113035-- filipino government, rebels to resume peace talks
 392  manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- the stalled peace talks between the
 philippine government and the military rebels will resume on thursday in
 the capital, the philippine news agency (pna) reported today.
 393  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG121.MSG Words: 124 S43158 ql eeeee  aa IVE024
 394  major news items in leading french newspapers
 395  paris, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in today's
 leading french newspapers:
 396  le monde:
 397  -- as the negotiations between europe and the u.s. enter a decisive phase,
 former french premier raymond barre and former president giscard d'estaing
 expressed their hope that france could
 398  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG122.MSG Words: 157 S43159 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB224 hke113038-- sri lanka cuts canned, dried fish imports
 399  colombo, november 30 (xinhua) -- sri lanka has cut the imports of canned
 and dried fish by 14 percent due to the increase in local fish production.
 400  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG123.MSG Words: 162 S43160 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSD023 hke-beljing: chinese npc chairman meets cuban guest
 401  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- giao shi, chairman of the standing
 committee of china's national people's congress
 (npc), met here this
 evening with ricardo alarcon de quesada, president of the national
 assembly of people's power of cuba.
 402  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG124.MSG Words: 205 S43161 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB227 hke113031-- 14 drug suspects killed in manila
 403  manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- at least 14 suspected drug pushers have
 been killed in manila since mayor alfredo lim vowed two weeks ago to rid
 the city of growing narcotics problem in six months, according to the
 police.
 404  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG125.MSG Words: 263 S43162 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSDO19 hke-beijing: chinese people to continue support for
 palestinians
 405  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- a reception was held here this evening to
 mark the international day of solidarity with the palestinian people.
 406  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG126.MSG Words: 265
 407  0W3011210193TAKE15
 408  S43163 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe  aa WSBO10 hke-china: fujian bids for foreign
 investment
 409  xiamen, november 30 (xinhua) -- east china's fujian province has offered
 18 hot spots for overseas investment, according to vice governor zhang
 j iakun.
 410  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG127.MSG Words: 183 S43164 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB069 mee113004hke -- rabin orders army to restore order in gaza
 411  Jerusalem, november 30 (xinhua) -- Israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin
 has ordered the army to restore calm in the violence-stricken gaza strip,
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 reported Israel radio today.
 412   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG128.MSG Words: 498 S43165 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB070 meell3004hlEe -- iran's inflation up to 23.2 percent
 413   tehran, november 30 (xinhua) -- Iran's inflation rate vent up to 23.2
 percent in the first six months of the iranian fiscal year owing to a
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 sharp decline in its oil export income.
 414  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG129.MSG Words: 343 S43166 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSB007 hke-china: guizhou to adopt new measure to attract foreign
 funds
 415  guiyang, november 30 (xinhua) -- southwest china's guizhou province is to
 adopt a common international practice in using foreign funds to spur on
 its capital construction.
 416  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG130.MSG Words: 452 S43167 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSB008 hke- tourism becomes major industry in beijing
 417  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- since china opened itself to the rest of
 the world in 1978, tourism has become a major industry in the chinese
 capital.
 418  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG131.MSG Words: 389 S43168 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB071 mee113005hke -- iran's inflation up to 23.2 percent
 419  tehran, november 30 (xinhua) -- iran's inflation rate went up to 23.2
 percent in the first six months of the iranian fiscal year owing to a
 sharp decline in its oil export income.
 420  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG132.MSG Words: 344 S43169 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE018 hke -- dollar down, stocks up in tokyo
 421  tokyo, november 30 (xinhua) -- the u.s dollar slipped today to close at
 below the 109 Japanese yen level as tokyo stocks rebounded sharply from
 the previous day's fall.
 422  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG133.MSG Words: 134 S43170 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSD028 hke-ch na: senior cpc official meets mongolian guests
 423  jinan, november 30 (xinhua) -- Jiang chunyun, member of the political
 bureau of the communist party of china (cpc) central committee and
 secretary of the cpc provincial committee of east china's shandong
 province, met here today with a delegation from the mongolian people's
 revolutionary party.
 424  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG134.MSG Words: 90 S43171 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB239 hke113042-- singaporean firms to participate in electric indonesia
 425  singapore, november 30 (xinhua) -- the trade development board (tdb) of
 singapore will lead 10 singaporean companies to participate in electric
 indonesia 1993 from tomorrow.
 426  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG135.MSG Words: 156 S43172 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSD026 hke-china: uruguayan president visits guangdong province
 427  guangzhou, november 30 (xinhua) -- president of uruguay luis alberto
 lacalle herrera paid a visit to nanhai city today, where he inspected some
 sino-foreign Joint ventures and rural industries.
 428  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG136.MSG Words: 179 S43173 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB245 hke113037-- manila rejects peso devaluation
 429  manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- a senior official of the philippine
 central bank stressed today that they will not agree to a forced
 devaluation of the peso as pushed by some local economists and
 businessmen.
 430  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG137.MSG Words: 291
 431  0W3011210493TAKE116
 432  S43174 ql eeeee hkaee  aa PAB072 mee113006hke -- three iranians die in
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 flood
 433   tehran, november 30 (xinhua) -- at least three people have died in recent
 flood in the city of andimeshk in iran's southern province of khuzestan.
 434   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG138.MSG Words: 140 S43175 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB073 mee113007hke -- mortar shell explosion kills five in Iran
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 435  tehran, november 30 (xinhua) -- five iranian youngsters were killed monday
 when an unexploded mortar shell went off in a fire they made in
 khorramabad, lorestan province, iran's official news agency irna reported
 today.
 436  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG139.MSG Words: 113 S43176 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB247 hke113037-- india to give assistance to gaza, Jericho
 437  new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) -- india will send one million dollars'
 worth of goods and provide technical assistance to gaza and Jericho in the
 palestine territories.
 438  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG140.MSG Words: 131 S43177 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB074 mee113008h&e -- chinese cppcc delegation ends visit to yemen
 439  aden, yemen, november 30.(xinhua) -- a delegation from the chinese
 people's political consultative conference (cppcc) headed by seypidin
 azez, vice-chairman of the cppcc national committee, left here today after
 winding up a five-day visit to yemen.
 440  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG141.MSG Words: 124 S43178 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSE019 hke-china: hu jintao on study of deng xiaoping's works
 441  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- hu jintao, one of the top leaders of the
 communist party of china (cpc), stressed here today that leading officials
 should consider it a political task to study theories and arm their minds.
 442  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG142.MSG Words: 431 S43179 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB075 mee113009hEe -- turkish planes bomb kurdish rebels' bases in iraq
 443  ankara, november 30 (xinhua) -- turkish air forces' warplanes bombed
 monday kurdi h reble s-bases in-the ur is -ira4t border region in north  --
 iraq, an official statement said today.
 444  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG143.MSG Words: 207 S43180 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSBO15 hke-- Chinese, Japanese artists co-stage painting show
 445  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- a sino-japanese modern painting
 exhibition opened at the china art gallery here today.
 446  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG144.MSG Words: 203 S43181 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB251 hke113039-- india to give assistance to gaza, Jericho
 447  new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) -- India will send one million dollars'
 worth of goods and provide technical assistance to gaza and Jericho in the
 palestine territories.
 448  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG145.MSG Words: 131 S43182 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa WSBO16 hke- commodity price index drops in beijing
 449  beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- the consumer goods price index for
 beijing in october dropped for the first time this year.
 450  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG146.MSG Words: 171 S43183 qi eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE019 hke -- emergency talks over Japan's jobless
 451  tokyo, november 30 (xinhua) -- an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss
 tactics for tackling unemployment was called today by Japan's prime
 minister morihiro hosokava after news that the country's jobless rate
 reached a six-year high last month.
 452  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG147.MSG Words: 271 S43184 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSE021 hke- cfiina ready to continue talks with britain
 453  hong kong, november 30 (xinhua) -- the chinese side is ready to hold as
 many rounds of talks as needed on the arrangements of the 1994-95 hong
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 kong elections with the british side so long as the latter has the
 sincerity, according to a chinese official.
 454
 File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG148.MSG Words: 266
 455
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 association founded
 457   hong kong, november 30 (xinhua) -- an association embracing industrial and
 commercial firms from all industrial districts in hong kong was founded
 here today.
 458   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG149.MSG Words: 223 S43186 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB077 mee113010h&e -- 13 palestinians wounded in violence
 459   Jerusalem, november 30 (xinhua) -- thirteen palestinians were wounded by
 israeli army soldiers during serious clashes in the occupied gaza strip
 this morning, israel radio reported today.
 460   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG150.MSG Words: 262 S43187 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE020 hke -- bosnia talks at critical stage
 461   geneva, november 30 (xinhua) -- bosnian peace talks, which resumed here on
 monday, are at a "critical stage" as muslims complain they are not
 consistent with the mandate provided by the ec plan.
 462   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG151.MSG Words: 358 S43188 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE021 hke -- germany calls for an open europe
 463   paris, november 30 (xinhua) -- german foreign minister klaus kinkel has
 expressed his support for an open europe practicing free trade polices.
 464   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG152.MSG Words: 188 S43189 qi eeeee hkaee hkdve
 .aa VSBO18 hke- largest renovation project in shanghai's retail sales
 sector
 465   shanghai, november 30 (xinhua) -- the renovation project of the hualian
 plaza in china's largest industrial center of shanghai is scheduled to
 start next year,- general-massager zhang datu said  ere to ay.
 466   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG153.MSG Words: 241 S43190 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB082 mee113011hke -- iranian hijacker: no political connections
 467   Baghdad, november 30 (xinhua) -- the hijacker who diverted an iranian
 civilian airliner to iraq's southern city of basra monday explained today
 his action had no connections with any political organization, the
 official iraqi news agency (ina) reported.
 468   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG154.MSG Words: 214 S43191 q1 eeeee hkaee  aa
 IAE023 hke -- russia offers to help solve moldovan conflict
 469   bucharest, november 30 (xinhua) -- russia has expressed concern over the
 conflict between moldova, a former soviet republic, and the breakaway
 region of dnestr, which led to armed clashes last year, according to
 reports.
 470   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG155.MSG Words: 237 S43192 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB260 hke113040-- singapore,indonesia to gain from cooperation: officials
 471   singapore, november 30 (xinhua) -- singapore and indonesia will have much
 to gain from cooperation in indonesia's riau province, singaporean
 official sources said today in Jakarta at the end of a high-level meeting
 between the two countries.
 472   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG156.MSG Words: 203 S43193 qu eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa SPE028 hke --_3 seeds fall out of malaysian tennis tourney
 473   kuala lumpur, november 30 (xinhua) -- three seeds bowed out of contention
 on tuesday in the opening round of the malaysian challenger tennis
 tournament.
 474   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG157.MSG Words: 193 S43194 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
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 PABO83 mee113012hke -- kuwait suspends trench project after iraqi protests
 475           baghdad, november 30 (xinhua) -- the kuwaitis have suspended the digging
 of the last section of a giant trench along the 210-kilometer
 iraqi-kuwaiti border following iraqi protests, u.n. officials said here
 today.
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 476   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG158.MSG Words: 325 S43195 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB261 hke113044-= 3 killed in building collapse in metro manila
 477   manila, november 30 (xinhua) -- a high-rise building being constructed for
 the philippine stock exchange collapsed this evening, killing at least
 three persons and trapping a number of others.
 478   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG159.MSG Words: 109
 479   OW3011210793TAKEll
 480   S43196 ql eeeee hkaee  aa NAB047 eaed113001hke -- ec economy shows no sign
 of recovery
 481   brussels, november 30 (xinhua) -- industrial production in the european
 community continues to fall, particularly in capital goods industry and
 there is no sign of it bottoming out, according to an ec statistic report
 published today.
 482   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG160.MSG Words: 159 S43197 qu eeeee hkdve  aa
 SPE027           _
 483   former s. african boxing champ commits suicide
 484   Johannesburg, november 30 (xinhua) -- sakkie horn, former light
 heavyweight boxing champion of south africa, committed suicide tuesday
 after killing his two sons at his home.
 485   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG161.MSG Words: 120 S43198 ql eeeee hkaee hkdve
 as WSBO17 hke-- china puts forward urban housing reform program
 486   beijing, november 30 (xinhua) -- the present urban housing reform of china
 is to sell publicly-owned housing to promote the commercialization of
 housing.
 487   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG162.MSG Words: 317 S43199 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PABO84 mee113013h1e -- rabin's message to arafat denied in israel
 488   Jerusalem, november 30 (xinhua) -- the israeli prime minister's office has
 denied press reports that prime minister yitzhak rabin had sent a message
 sunday to plo chairman yasser arafat, the government press office (gpo)
 announced here this afternoon.
 489   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG163.MSG Words: 270 S43200 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSB020 hke-china: shanghai to establish "b" share distant terminal
 490   transaction system
 491   shanghai, november 30 (xinhua) -- the shanghai security exchange plans to
 set up a "b" share remote computer terminal transaction system.
 492   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG164.MSG Words: 104 S43201 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB048 eaedll3002&ike -- ec signs wine accords with east european countries
 493   brussels, november 30 (xinhua) -- the european community signed today
 agreements on wine with bulgaria, hungary and romania, aimed to deepen ec
 trade relationship with these countries.
 494   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPANSG165.MSG Words: 146 S43202 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 IWE026 hke -- european security meeting opens in italy
 495   rome, november 30 (xinhua) -- the foreign ministers of more than 50
 countries opened a meeting of the conference on security and cooperation
 in europe (csce) today to discuss russia's bid to take on a peacekeeping
 role throughout the former soviet union.
 496   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG166.MSG Words: 315 S43203 ql eeeee hkaee hkdwe
 .aa WSBO19 hke-china: world gold council to promote gold ornaments sales
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 497   china
 498    shanghai, november 30 (xinhua) -- the world gold council said here today
 that it would hold a sales promotion of gold ornaments in china from
 december 8 this year to february 9 next year.
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 499   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG167.MSG Words: 264 S43204 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 NAB049 eaed1130031ike -- ec agricultural reform meets targets
 500   brussels, november 30 (xinhua) -- the reform on common agricultural policy
 (cap) in the european community has achieved its success in cutting down
 production, which can make a significant contribution to the gatt talks,
 an ec commissioner for agriculture and rural development said today.
 501   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG168.MSG Words: 223 S43205 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 INE026 hke -- major news in u.s. press
 502   washington, november 30 (xinhua) -- the following are major news items in
 leading u.s. newspapers today:
 503   the Washington post:
 504   -- states with waiting periods and background checks for handgun purchases
 similar to those in the brady bill have stopped tens of thousands of
 felons and other prohibited individuals from
 505   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG169.MSG Words: 170 S43206 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 IWE027 hke -- first direct talks on abkhazia open in geneva
 506   geneva, november 30 (xinhua) -- representatives from georgia and the
 breakaway region of abkhazia started their first face-to-face peace
 negotiations today in geneva in a bid to reach a political settlement over
 the abkhazian conflict.
 507   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG170.MSG Words: 170
 508   0W3011211493TAKE1'9
 509   S43207 gl_eeeee_hkaee- a_a_.IA.E02  hk_e --.__china. iaDan_agree to increase
 scientific cooperation
 510   tokyo, november 30 (xinhua) -- china and japan agreed today to facilitate
 bilateral cooperation on earth science and ocean observations in the north
 pacific, according to chinese officials.
 511   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG171.MSG Words: 226 S43208 ql eeeee  aa IWE028
 512   key frankfurt markets fixed rates
 513   bonn, november 30 (xinhua) -- the following are the major market medium
 rates in frankfurt today: 1 deutsche mark 0.5844 u.s. dollar 1 u.s. dollar
 0.6728 sterling
 514   5.9142 french francs
 515   109.0851 Japanese yen
 516   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG172.MSG Words: 121 S43209 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB052 eaed1130046ke -- ec aids victims of former yugoslavia for winter
 517   brussels, november 30 (xinhua) -- the european commission today decided to
 offer a package of humanitarian aid of 16.9 million ecus (20 million u.s.
 dollars) to the victims of the conflicts in the former yugoslavia to help
 them survive the coming winter.
 518   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG173.MSG Words: 170 S43210 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB053 eaed1130051ike -- world bank backs self-help credits for the poorest
 519   Washington, november 30 (xinhua) -- the world bank announced support today
 for small self-help credit schemes to help the poorest of the poor start
 small businesses, generate incomes and improve well-being.
 520   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG174.MSG Words: 426 S43211 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB054 eaed1130061ike -- eu welcomes india-pakistan talks
 521   brussels, november 30 (xinhua) -- the european union said today that it
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 welcomed the decision by the governments of india and pakistan to resume
 their negotiations aimed particularly to find a settlement to the
 territorial dispute on the region of kashmir.
 522   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG175.MSG Words: 131 S43212 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB056 eaed1130071ike -- world bank opens major conference on hunger
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 523   Washington, november 30 (xinhua) -- the world bank convened today a major
 conference on overcoming global hunger, calling for effective actions to
 reduce poverty, a reality for one fifth of mankind.
 524   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG176.MSG Words: 394 S43213 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NABO57 eaed113008Kke -- homeless american dies in front of hud building
 525   Washington, november 30 (xinhua) -- a 43-year-old homeless american woman
 was found dead on a bench outside the u.s.  department building of housing
 and urban development (hud) monday while hud secretary henry cisneros was
 inside struggling to get more money to shelter the homeless, local press
 reported today.
 526   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG177.MSG Words: 312 S43214 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NABO59 eaed1130091ike -- world food prospects good in the coming 20 years
 527   washington, november 30 (xinhua) -- most consumers in the world can expect
 to have increased food supplies and a greater variety of food at lover
 prices, a senior world bank economist predicted today.
 528   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG178.MSG Words: 316 S43215 ql eeeee hkaee  as
 NAB060 eaed1130101ike -- ec offers humanitarian aid to african nations
 529   brussels, november 30 (xinhua) -- the european commision today decided to
 give humanitarian aid to four countries in africa: angola, burundi,
 somalia and liberia, where people in some areas are dying of starvation or
 illness.
 530   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG179.MSG Words: 132 S43216 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB061 eaed113OllE .e -- european union welcomes georgiatalks.._
 531   brussels, novem der 30 (xinhua) -- the european union today welcomed the
 negotiations that had started under the auspices of the united nations on
 the situation in georgia, particularly on the abkhazia region.
 532   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG180.MSG Words: 177 S43217 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB287 afg113012hEe -- 1,600 farm workers lose jobs in zambia
 533   lusaka, november 30 (xinhua) -- more than 1,600 farm workers in four major
 farms in zambia have been laid off during the past three months, a trade
 union official disclosed today.
 534   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG181.MSG Words: 207
 535   OW3011211693TA1CE2b
 536   S43218 ql eeeee hkaee  aa HAB288 afg113011hke -- inflation declines in
 zambia lusaka, november 30 (xinhua) -- zambia's annual inflation rate
 stands at 163 percent in the year ending in november, indicating a
 remarkable decline from the year ending in october, according to
 statistics released here today.
 537   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG182.MSG Words: 196 S43219 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 IWE025 hke -- peop'le's daily hails jiang's successful visit to latin
 538   america
 539   beijing, december 1 (xinhua) -- president Jiang zemin's successful visits
 to brazil and cuba, his first trip abroad since becoming president,
 testify to the fact that china attaches great importance to its friendly
 ties of cooperation with latin american countries, the people's daily said
 today.
 540   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG183.MSG Words: 572 S43220 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB063 eaed1130121ike -- britain to introduce airport tax
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 541   london, november 30 (xinhua) -- britain will introduce airport tax from
 october 1994, chancellor of the exchequer (finance minister) kenneth
 clarke announced today.
 542   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG184.MSG Words: 146 S43221 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
 NAB064 eaed113013Fike -- u.s. consumer confidence rises sharply
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 543   new york, november 30 (xinhua) -- u.s. consumer confidence rose sharply in
 november, the conference board, a new york-based business research group,
 reported today.
 544   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG185.MSG Words: 227 S43222 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB066 eaed1130141ike -- John major: ulster peace drive will continue
 545   london, november 30 (xinhua) -- british prime minister john major said
 this afternoon that his government will continue to explore peace
 opportunities in northern ireland.
 546   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG186.MSG Words: 271 S43223 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB069 eaedll30l5Eke -- greece to accept nato headquarters on its
 territory
 547   athens, november 30 (xinhua) -- greece said today it did not object to the
 establishment of nato headquarters on its territory on the condition that
 their activities did not compromise its security and national interests.
 548   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG187.MSG Words: 210 S43224 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB071 eaed1130161ike -- u.n. chief to attend world bank conference
 549   united nations, november 30 (xinhua) -- a u.n. spokesman said today
 secretary-general boutros boutros-ghali will attend a world bank
 conference this afternoon.
 550   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG188.MSG Words: 155 S43225 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB073 eaed1130171ike -- clinton signs handgun control bill
 551   washington, november 30 (xinhua) -- u.s. president bill clinton today
 signed into law the brady bill -- a handgun control measure that would-....-
 require-a- five-day waiting period and background check on handgun buyers.
 552   File: D:PAXINRUA BTUEPAMSG189.MSG Words: 151 S43226 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB094 mee113014hke -- cyprus president meets chinese npc delegation
 553   nicosia, november 30 (xinhua) -- cyprus president glafcos clerides today
 met a delegation of the chinese national people's congress (npc) led by
 npc standing committee vice-chairman Wang bingqian.
 554   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG190.MSG Words: 315 S43227 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB095 mee113015hke -- more cypriots tested hiv positive
 555   nicosia, november 30 (xinhua) -- two more cypriots were tested hiv
 positive in november, bringing to 149 the total number of aids cases on
 the island, an official announcement said today.
 556   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG191.MSG Words: 167 S43228 qu eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB309 hkell3045-- li calls for bringing sino-indian ties to new level
 557   new delhi, november 30 (xinhua) -- li ruihuan, chairman of the chinese
 people's political consultative conference (cppcc), called today for
 bringing sino-indian ties to a new level.
 558   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG192.MSG Words: 368
 559   0W3011211793TAKE2T
 560   S43229 qi eeeee hkaee  aa HAB310 afg113015hke -- 12 somali political
 factions issues joint statement
 561   addis ababa, november 30 (xinhua) -- twelve somali political factions
 attending the ongoing coordination conference on hu- manitarian assistance
 for somali today called for continuation of international assistance to
 and u.n. peacekeeping troops' presence in somalia.
 562   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG193.MSG Words: 442 S43230 ql eeeee hkaee .aa
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 HAB311 afg113014hke -- zambian government denies mistreating kaunda
 563 lagos, november 30 (xinhua) -- the zambian high commission in nigeria
 today denied international media reports that the frederick chiluba
 government was mistreating zambia's former leader kenneth kaunda.
 564   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG194.MSG Words: 206 S43231 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
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 HAB312 afg113013hke -- oau calls for strengthening demand for reparations
 565  to africa
 566  lagos, november 30 (xinhua) -- the eminent person's group on reparations
 of the organization of african unity (oau) has called on african countries
 to strengthen the contient's demand for reparations.
 567  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG195.MSG Words: 167 S43232 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB098 mee113016hke -- u.s. military delegation visits Jordan
 568  amman, november 30 (xinhua) -- the Jordanian joint chief of staff, general
 abdul hafez maraie kaabana, met here today with a u.s. military delegation
 led by frank Wisner, assistant secretary of defense for political affairs.
 569  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUBPAMSG196.MSG Words: 311 S43233 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB074 eaed1130181ike -- wrap-up: bosnia peace talks resumed, but
 deadlocked
 570 geneva, november 30 (xinhua) -- bosnian peace talks entered an impasse
 after it resumed on monday as leaders of the parties accused each other of
 blocking the process.
 571  File: DsPAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG197.MSG Words: 568 S43234 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 PAB099 mee113017hEe -- iraqi ports rebuilt to receive more cargo ships
 572  baghdad, november 30 (xinhua) -- iraq said today that the safe arrival of
 a Cyprus-flagged ship friday has proved the safety of iraqi water way for
 navigation.
 573  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG198.MSG Words: 282 S43235 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IUE012 hke -- chinese president's tour is of great significance, qian says
 574 bei ing g, nov         (xiniua    chi n   vcederand__foreign minister
 emier-30
 qian qichen said today that chinese president Jiang zemin's 12-day tour
 abroad was "of great significance and abundant with fruits."
 575  qian, who accompanied Jiang during the november 17-29 tour, made the
 comments in an interview with xinhua reporters aboard a special plane on
 the way back to china.
 576  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG199.MSG Words: 846 S43235 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 IUE012
 577  the portuguese side stressed in particular that it would strictly abide by
 in letter and in spirit the sino-portuguese joint declaration on macao and
 was willing to closely cooperate with the chinese side to ensure
 prosperity and stability of macao and the territory's smooth transition,
 he said.
 578  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG200.MSG Words: 286 S43236 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 BAB315 afg113016hke -- conference on somalia continues
 579  addis ababa, november 30 (xinhua) -- the fourth coordination conference on
 humanitarian assistance for somalia today con- tinues to deliberate on the
 situation facing somalia and the conditions for international assistance.
 580  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG201.MSG Words: 231 S43237 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB075 eaed1130191ike -- cyprus lawmakers to visit greece
 581  athens, november 30 (xinhua) -- cyprus' national council will visit greece
 between december 16-23 for talks with greek premier andreas papandreou and
 other political party leaders.
 582  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG202.MSG Words: 284 S43238 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 NAB076 eaed1130201ike -- london market closing rates
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 583 london, november 30 (xinhua) -- following are major market closing rates
 in london today:
 584   november 30 november 29 currencies pound sterling 1.4850 u.s. dollars
 1.4875 u.s. dollar 1.7145 german marks 1.7100
 585   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG203.MSG Words: 109
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 586  OW3011211893TAKE22
 587  S43239 ql eeeee hkaee  aa PAB105 mee113018hke -- russia to strengthen
 economic ties with gcc
 588  abu dhabi, november 30 (xinhua) -- a senior russian official said russia's
 current policy in the gulf area is to turn the center of gravity to
 economic cooperation with the gulf cooperation council (gcc) states, the
 uae official news agency +wam+ reported today.
 589  File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG204.HSG Words: 250 S43240 ql eeeee hkaee  aa
 HAB316 afg113017h&e -- crime upswings in zambia
 590  lusaka, november 30 (xinhua) -- about 182,000 cased of crime have been
 recorded in zambia in the past twelve months, zambia news agency reported
 today.
 591   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG205.MSG Words: 191 S43241 ql eeeee hkaee aa
 PAB106 mee113019hke -- 61 palestinians wounded in gaza
 592  Jerusalem, november 30 (xinhua) -- israeli troops wounded 61 palestinians
 in their suppression of angry protesters in the gaza strip today, israel
 radio reported.
 593   File: D:PAXINHUA BTUEPAMSG206.MSG Words: 215 (endall) a 30/2120z Nov
 594  OW3011212093TAKE2'5

