C00174602 UNCLASSIFIED Page: 59 of 170 CLAS UNCLASSIFIED CLAS UNCLASSIFIED AFSN OW2204193191C FROM FBIS OKINAWA JA SUBJ TAKEALL-- press service log: xinhua english 22 Apr Full Text Superzone of Message 1 mee042114 nile basin states meet to build unified electric grid 2 cairo, april 21 (xinhua) -- the river nile basin countries 3 agreed today to build an egyptian-proposed unified electric grid, taking advantage of river nile's abundant water resources, to transfer and exchange electricity within the african continent. 4 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG232.MSG Words: 580 afg042106 -- oil reserves increases by over 700 million barrels 5 lagos, april 21 (xinhua) -- the shell petroleum company 6 operating in nigeria has discovered additional oil reserves of 722 million barrels at gbaran, south-eastern nigeria. 7 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG233.MSG Words: 133 mee042114 nile basin states meet to build unified electric grid 8 cairo, april 21 (xinhua) -- the river nile basin countries 9 agreed today to build an egyptian-proposed unified electric grid, taking advantage of river nile's abundant water resources, to transfer and exchange electricity within the african continent. 10 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG234.MSG Words: 580 mee042115 rafsanjani calls for international trade balance 11 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iranian president hashemi rafsanjani 12 today called for rectifying the current unjust trade imbalance prevailing in the world to benefit the impoverished countries. 13 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG235.MSG Words: 241 mee042116 epidemics may spread among iraqi refugees: minister 14 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iran's health minister reza 15 malekzadeh today warned that contagious diseases will reach epidemic proportions among iraqi refugees in iran unless urgent measures are taken with the aid of the international community. 16 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG236.MSG Words: 155 mee042116 epidemics may spread among iraqi refugees: minister 17 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iran's health minister reza 18 malekzadeh today warned that contagious diseases will reach epidemic proportions among iraqi refugees in iran unless urgent measures are taken with the aid of the international community. 10 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG237.MSG Words: 156 mee042117 baker meets with saudi counterpart on mideast peace 20 cairo, april 21 (xinhua) -- u.S. Secretary of state james 21 baker met tonight with saudi foreign minister prince saud al-faisal on mideast peace, according to a report from riyadh. 22 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG238.MSG Words: 192 mee042119 plo central council meets to discuss mideast peace 23 tunis, april 21 (xinhua) -- the central council of the 24 palestine liberation organization (plo) started its first post-gulf war meeting here today for debates on issues from unity and finance to the mideast peace process. 25 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG239.MSG Words: 298 mee042118 1.5 tons of Approve for Release ~ 0l~ C00174602 Page: 60 of 170 narcotics seized, 3 traffickers killed in 26 iran 27 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iranian anti-drug enforcement officers have killed three drug traffickers in clashes and seized at least 1.5 tons of narcotics and a number of weapons in the past two weeks. 28 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG240.MSG Words: 126 mee042120 Iraqi troops retreat as U.S. Marines move in 29 ankara, april 21 (xinhua) -- Iraqi troops pulled back from 30 the northern town of zakho today as u.S. Marines moved in for fetting up a camp for kurdish refugees, according to reports reaching here. 31 File: D:PAXINHUAASUNPAMSG241.MSG Words: 241 32 exchange quotations 33 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the state administration of 34 exchange control this morning published the renminbi exchange rates against convertible foreign currencies: exchange rates (in rmb yuan) currency per buying selling australia dol 100 407.63 409.67 austria sch 100 43.23 43.44 belgium fr. 10,000 1,480.34 1,487.76 canada dol 100 455.60 457.98 denmark kr 100 79.63 80.03 deutsche mk 100 304.25 305.78 france fr 100 90.26 90.71 italy lira 10,000 41.20 41.41 japan yen 100,000 3,828.24 3,847.43 dutch fl 100 270.03 271.39 norway kr 100 78.33 78.72 singapore dol 100 297.23 298.72 sweden kr 100 85.66 86.09 swiss fr 100 361.80 363.62 u.K. Pound 100 909.27 913.83 usa dol 100 528.19 530.83 35 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO1.MSG Words: 170 36 cold wave hits cezchoslovakia 37 prague, april 21 (xinhua) -- czechoslovakia has seen the 38 coldest spring in the recent years with the mercury falling to minus eight degrees centigrade. 39 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO2.MSG Words: 120 mee042114 nile basin states meet to build unified electric grid 40 cairo, april 21 (xinhua) -- the river nile basin countries 41 agreed today to build an egyptian-proposed unified electric grid, taking .advantage of river nile's abundant water resources, to transfer and exchange electricity within the african continent. 42 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO3.MSG Words: 579 afg042106 -- oil reserves increases by over 700 million barrels 43 lagos, april 21 (xinhua) -- the shell petroleum company 44 operating in nigeria has discovered additional oil reserves of 722 million barrels at gbaran, south-eastern nigeria. 45 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO4.MSG Words: 133 46 0W2204193191TAKE1 47 mee042114 nile basin states meet to build unified electric grid 48 cairo, april 21 (xinhua) -- the river nile basin countries 49 agreed today to build an egyptian-proposed unified electric grid, taking advantage of river nile's abundant water resources, to transfer and exchange electricity within the african continent. 50 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO5.MSG Words: 580 mee042115 rafsanjani calls for international trade balance 51 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- Iranian president hashemi rafsanjani 52 today called for rectifying the current unjust trade imbalance prevailing in the world to benefit the impoverished countries. 53 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO6.MSG Words: 241 mee042116 epidemics may spread among iraqi refugees: minister 54 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iran's health minister reza C00174602 Page: 61 of 170 55 malekzadeh today warned that, contagious diseases will reach epidemic proportions among iraqi refugees in iran unless urgent measures are taken with the aid of the international community. 56 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO7.MSG Words: 155 mee042116 epidemics may spread among Iraqi refugees: minister 57 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iran's health minister reza 58 malekzadeh today warned that contagious diseases will reach epidemic proportions among iraqi refugees in iran unless urgent measures are taken with the aid of the international community. 59 File; D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG008.MSG Words: 156 mee042117 baker meets with saudi counterpart on mideast peace 60 cairo, april 21 (xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of state James 61 baker met tonight with saudi foreign minister prince saud al-faisal on mideast peace, according to a report from riyadh. 62 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGOO9.MSG Words: 192 mee042119 plo central council meets to discuss mideast peace 63 tunis, april 21 (xinhua) -- the central council of the 64 palestine liberation organization (plo) started its first post-gulf war meeting here today for debates on issues from unity and finance to the mideast peace process. 65 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO1O.MSG Words: 298 mee042118 1.5 tons of narcotics seized, 3 traffickers killed in 66 iran 67 tehran, april 21 (xinhua) -- iranian anti-drug enforcement officers have killed three drug traffickers in clashes and seized at least 1.5 tons of narcotics and a number of weapons in the past two weeks. 68 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO11.MSG Words: 126 mee042120 iraqi troops retreat as u.S. Marines move in ---- 69 ankara, april 21 (xinhua) -- iraqi troops pulled back from 70 the northern town of zakho today as u.S. Marines moved in for fetting up a camp for kurdish refugees, according to reports reaching here. 71 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO12.MSG Words: 241 72 exchange quotations 73 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the state administration of 74 exchange control this morning published the renminbi exchange rates against convertible foreign currencies: exchange rates (in rmb yuan) currency per buying selling australia dol 100 407.63 409.67 austria sch 100 43.23 43.44 belgium fr. 10,000 1,480.34 1,487.76 canada dol 100 455.60 457.98 denmark kr 100 79.63 80.03 deutsche mk 100 304.25 305.78 france fr 100 90.26 90.71 italy lira 10,000 41.20 41.41 Japan yen 100,000 3,828.24 3,847.43 dutch fl 100 270.03 271.39 norway kr 100 78.33 78.72 singapore dol 100 297.23 298.72 sweden kr 100 85.66 86.09 swiss fr 100 361.80 363.62 u.K. Pound 100 909.27 913.83 usa dol 100 528.19 530.83 75 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO13.MSG Words: 170 76 cold wave hits cezchoslovakia 77 prague, april 21 (xinhua) -- czechoslovakia has seen the 78 coldest spring in the recent years with the mercury falling to minus eight degrees centigrade. 79 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO14.MSG Words: 120 80 parliamentary election ends in iceland 81 stockholm, april 21 (xinhua) -- the election of the icelandic 82 parliament concluded today with a fairely big victory for the opposition independence party, accoding to reports reaching here. C00174602 Page: 62 of 170 83 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO15.MSG Words: 168 84 parliamentary election ends in Iceland 85 Stockholm, april 21 (xinhua) -- the election of the icelandic 86 parliament concluded today with a fairely big victory for the opposition independence party, accoding to reports reaching here. 87 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO16.MSG Words: 168 88 honors split at austrian international badminton meet 89 vienna, spril 21 (xinhua) -- none of the participating teams 90 demonstrated a supremacy as the austrian international badminton tournament closed in pressbaum, austria, on sunday. 91 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO17.MSG Words: 182 92 honors split at austrian international badminton meet 93 vienna, spril 21 (xinhua) -- none of the participating teams 94 demonstrated a supremacy as the austrian international badminton tournament closed in pressbaum, austria, on sunday. 95 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO18.MSG Words: 182 96 0W2204193491TAKE2 97 kohl's party crushed in state election 98 bonn, april 21 (xinhua) -- the social democrats (spd) defeated 99 the ruling christian democrats (cdu) by gaining 44.8 percent of the votes in state election in rhineland-pfalz on sunday, provisional results showed. 100 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO19.MSG Words: 201 101 final results of benson and hedges golf tourney 102 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- following are the final results of 103 the benson and hedges international golf tournament on sunday (british unless stated): 286 bernhard langer, germany, 73 68 75 70 288 vijay singh, fiji, 74 75 69 70 289 Jose rivero, spain, 72 73 67 77--Philip walton, ireland, 70 69 77 73 290 craig parry, australia, 75 74 70 71 gordon brand Jnr, 72 74 69 75 mark roe, 74 72 73 71 steven richardson, 73 75 73 69 295 costantino rocca, italy, 75 74 73 73 296 david feherty, 77 73 74 72 glen day, u.S., 75 76 71 74 barry lane, 76 73 72 75 peter senior, australia, 75 76 73 72 joakim haeggman, sweden, 76 75 78 67 297 christy o'connor jnr, ireland, 71 76 77 73 paul curry, 73 77 70 77 Jose maria olazabal, spain, 72 77 71 77 298 mark mcnulty, zimbabve, 75 72 80 71 greg turner, new zealand, 79 73 71 75 david williams, 75 78 75 70 eduardo romero, argentine, 72 74 79 73 sandy lyle, 74 82 70 72 andrew sherborne, 75 74 75 74 299 Wayne riley, australia, 77 79 70 73 peter tersavainen, u.S, 74 76 78 71 mike mclean, 75 80 73 71 eamonn darcy, ireland, 74 73 75 77 300 rodger davis, australia, 72 76 79 73 104 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG020.MSG Words: 350 105 langer wins benson and hedges golf tourney 106 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- bernhard langer maintained his 107 winning record of a european tour event since 1979 with a superb display to finish two shots clear to win the benson and hedges international golf tournament on sunday. 108 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG021.MSG Words: 247 109 kohl's party crushed in state election 110 bonn, april 21 (xinhua) -- the social democrats (spd) defeated 111 the ruling christian democrats (cdu) by gaining 44.8 percent of the votes in state election in rhineland-pfalz on sunday, provisional results showed. 112 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO22.MSG Words: 201 C00174602 Page: 63 of 170 113 lesser-known tolstikov makes surprise in london marathon 114 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- surprise package iakov tolstikov 115 ran home in two hours nine minutes 17 seconds to become the first soviet winner of the london marathon on sunday. 116 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO23.MSG Words: 312 117 jansher reaches finals of british open squash 118 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- world number one jansher khan of 119 pakistan reached the men's final with a 9-10, 9-1, 9-6, 9-2 victory over world no.3 chris dittmar of australia at the british open squash tournament here on sunday. 120 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO24.MSG Words: 266 121 final results of benson and hedges golf tourney 122 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- following are the final results of 123 the benson and hedges international golf tournament on sunday (british unlesc rkca 286 bernhard langer, germany, 73 68 75 70 288 vijay singh, fiji, 74 75 69 70 289 Jose rivero, spain, 72 73 67 77 philip walton, ireland, 70 69 77 73 290 craig parry, australia, 75 74 70 71 gordon brand jnr, 72 74 69 75 mark roe, 74 72 73 71 steven richardsn, 73 75 73 69 295 costantino rocca, italy, 75 74 73 73 296 david feherty, 77 73 74 72 glen day, u.S., 75 76 71 74 barry gane, 76 73 72 75 peter senior, australia, 75 76 73 72 joakim haeggman, sweden, 76 75 78 67 297 christy o'connmr jnr, ireland, 71 76 77 73 paul curry, 73 77 70 77 Jose maria olazabal, spain, 72 77 71 77 298 mark mcnulty, zimbabwe, 75 72 80 71 greg turner, new zealand, 79 73 71 75 david williams, 75 78 75 70 eduardo romero, argentina, 72 74 79 73 sandy lyle, 74 82 70 72 andrew sherborne, 75 74 75 74 299 Wayne riley, australia, 77 79 70 73 peter tersavainen, u.S, 74 76 78 71 mike mclean, 75 80 73 71 eamonn darcy, ireland, 74 73 75 77 300 rodger davis, australia, 72 76 79 73 124 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO25.MSG Words: 349 125 albania takes measures to deal with continuing exodus 126 tirana, april 21 (xinhua) -- the albanian government has taken 127 measures to restore peace at the albanian-greek border and simplify procedures for travelling abroad, the official news agency ata reported today. 128 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO26.MSG Words: 299 129 neonazis provoke violence on hitler's birthday 130 bonn, april 21 (xinhua) -- german neonazis and the rightist 131 skinheads clashed with police over the weekend in sachsen-anhalt, niedersachsen and berlin, where they marked adolf hitler's 102nd birthday on april 20. 132 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO27.MSG Words: 95 133 major news items in leading Japanese newspapers 134 tokyo, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in 135 leading Japanese newspapers today: -- Japan's 19 incumbent mayors lost their reelection in 85 mayoral election held on Sunday nationwide. (asahi) -- a lawyer was elected as Japan's first woman city mayor in the second and final round of unified local election on sunday. 136 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO28.MSG Words: 159 137 0W2204193691TAKE3 138 sheffield wednesday wins english league cup 139 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- sheffield wednesday of the second 140 division beat mighty manchester united 1-0 at Wembley sunday to win the english league cup soccer final for the team's first major trophy in 56 C00174602 Page: 64 of 170 years. 141 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO29.MSG Words: 382 142 davis escapes early exit at world snooker championship 143 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- steve davis, the six times winner, 144 pulled off a great escape to beat ken doherty 10-8 in his first round match at the world professional snooker championship in sheffield on sunday. 145 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG030.MSG Words: 430 hk042201 -- australian maritime saftty authority on missing ship 146 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 140,000-ton bulk ore ship, 147 the mineral diamond, missing since last wednesday, is likely to have sunk in the indian ocean, the australian maritime safety authority said at the weekend. 148 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG031.MSG Words: 313 hk042202 -- australian minister to visit png 149 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- australiacivinister for 150 resources alan griffiths will pay a visit this week to papua new guinea (png) to strengthen cooperation with the south pacific island nation. 151 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO32.MSG Words: 254 hk042207 -- 14th asean-australia forum opens is cacbejjana 152 a canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 14th association of 153 southeast asian nations (asean) - australia forum opened here 154 today. 155 In his opening address at the forum: australian acting minister for foreign affairs and trade neal blewett said that one of the goals for australia in the 1990s isito become a "vigorous participant in the dynamism of our region." The forum was told in a statement today that phase one of the australia-asean economic cooperation program (aaecp)- established in 1974 to strengthen intra-asean and asean-australia relations through economic cooperation has been successfully completed. 156 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO33.MSG Words: 336 hk042204 -- small states to meet in maldives to discuss security 157 colombo, april 22 (xinhua) -- a number of small states from 158 all regions of the world will meet in the maldives early next month to discuss the security of the small states, according to reports reaching here today. 159 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO34.MSG Words: 259 160 jahangir heads tmh8,,8,& 10th british open title 161 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- kahangir khan of pakistan, seeking 162 his 10th consecutive title of the british open squash championships, coasted into the final with a 9-5, 9-2, 9-7 win over world no.5 rodney martin of australia here sunday. 163 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO35.MSG Words: 210 164 sofia, april 21 (xinhua) -- following are the winners of the 165 10th internaitonal men's weightlifting tournament which closed in 166 varna, bulgaria, on sunday: 167 52 kgs: yuan jianfeng, china: 235 kgs (snatch 102.5, jerk 132.5) 56 kgs: ivan ivanov, bulgaria, 270 (115, 155) 60 kgs: nikola peshalov, bulgaria, 285 (127.5, 157.5) 67.5 kgs: ioto iotov, bulgaria, 330 (147.5, 182.5) 75 kgs: iordan iordanov, bulgaria, 340 (150, 190) 82.5 kgs: sunai bulut, turkey, 345 (152.5, 192.5) 90 kgs: ivan tchakarov, bulgaria, 375 (167.5, 207.5) 100 kgs: igor dandik, israel, 355 (157.5, 197.5) 110 kgs: iuri dandik, israel, 362.5 (172.5, 190) over 110 kgs: arslan erdintch, turkey, 000174602 Page: 65 of 170 377.5 (165, 212.5) enditem 22/04/91 0547gmt 168 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO36.MSG Words: 137 169 host gymansts dominate romanian international tourney 170 bucharest, april 21 (xinhua) -- china's lin huaishan prevented 171 a clean sweep by the host romanians with his triumph in the men's pommel horse event at the 34th internaitonal gymanstics tournament in plolesti on sunday. 172 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO37.MSG Words: 294 173 jaite of argentina wins nice open tennis tourney 174 paris, april 21 (xinhua) -- martin jaite of argectina came back 175 from the brink of defeat to beat goran prpic of yugoslavia 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the final of the nice open tennis championship in nice, france, on sunday. I jaite played an error-ridden game when he lost the first set and trailed 3-1 in the second. 176 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO38.MSG Words: 199 177 cadalora wins 250cc motorcycling world championship 178 washington, april 21 (xinhua) -- Italy's luca cadalora won the 179 250cc race of the motorcycling world championship in laguna seca, california on sunday, according to an agence france-presse report. 180 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO39.MSG Words: 181 181 seles beats fernandez in houston tennis final 182 washington, april 21 (xinhua) -- world no.1 monica seles of 183 yugoslavia won the virginia slims of houston tennis tournament with a straight-set victory over mary Joe fernandez of the united states in the final in houston, texas, on sunday. 184 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG040.MSG Words: 116 185 Italian wins liege-bastogne-liege cycling race 186 brussels, april 21 (xinhua) -- moreno argentin of Italy von his 187 fourth liege-Bastogne-liege world cup cycling race title when he edged three other riders in a sprint finish on Sunday: 188 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG041.MSG Words: 262 189 collins gives hint on northern Ireland sovereignty 190 london, april 21, (xinhua) -- the republic of Ireland's 191 constitutional claim to northern Ireland could be up for negotiation when talks on the province's future start on april 30. 192 File: D;PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO42.MSG Words: 169 193 OW2204193891TAKE4 194 book sales to farmers stressed 195 ibeijicg: april 22 (xinhua) -- china's publication and 196 distribution agencies are being urged to increase book sales in the country's rural areas where 80 percent of the population live. 197 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO43.MSG Words: 178 198 beijing newspaper highlights 199 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- highlights of today's major 200 beijing-based newspapers: "people's daily" the leading national paper reported that senior party leader li ruihuan has stressed the importance of summing up work experience while making an inspection tour of east china's jiacguuivrovicce from april 12 to 20. 201 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO44.MSG Words: 193 202 private cars spark debate 203 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china should not pursue 204 immediately the popularization of private cars considering the country's current situation, a signed article in "economic daily" stressed. 000174602 Page: 66 of 170 205 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO45.MSG Words: 415 206 city planning makes progress 207 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- most of the 467 chinese cities 208 and 11,873 towns in china have drawn up overall city and townmvplwnning programs, today's "guangming daily' reported. 209 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO46.MSG Words: 104 210 former mongolian ruling party leader dies 211 ulan bator, april 22 (xinhua) -- former mongolian leader 212 umjagin tsedenbal died in the soviet union on april 21, it was learned here today. 213 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO47.MSG Words: 107 214 beekeeping, a sweet occupation (1) 215 hefei, april 22 (xinhua) -- where there are flowers, they will 216 be there. 217 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO48.MSG Words: 337 hk042211 -- contraband gold worth 700,000 u.S. Dollars seized in 218 nepal 219 kathmandu, april 22 (xinhua) -- customs officials at the tribhuvan international airport here have seized 23,566,000 rupees (700,000 u.S. Dollars) vorthpmqmntraband gold, radio nepal reported today. 220 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO49.MSG Words: 110 221 Japanese minesweepers ready for gulf mission 222 tokyo, april 22 (xinhua) -- preparations for the dispatch of a 223 flotilla of Japanese minesweepers to the gulf drew nearer to completion, kyodo news service quoted defense sources as saying today. 224 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG050.MSG Words: 240 hk042206 -- 9.6 kilo of heroin seized in bangkok 225 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- four foreigners were arrested 226 and charged with attempting to smuggle 9.6 kiloiof meroin in two separate incidents at bangkok international airport over the weekend, local press reported today. 227 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG051.MSG Words: 146 228 beekeeping, a sweet occupation (2) 229 zhan recalled one adventure in which he encountered wet weather 230 for days on end. He said that before the weather had improved, he had used up all of his money to buy sugar to feed his bees. However, thanks to a kind landlady who gave him 300 yuan, he was able to keep his bees well fed until the weather subsided. 231 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO52.MSG Words: 409 hk042205 -- bangkok to ban smoking in parks soon 232 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- the authorities of thailand's 233 capital of bangkok are working on a code to ban smoking in public parks and other public places, a senior official of bangkok metropolitan administration (bma) said on sunday. 234 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO53.MSG Words: 151 235 mulroney announces sweeping cabinet shake-up 236 ottawa, april 21 (xinhua) -- canadian prime minister brian 237 mulroney of today announced a major cabinet shuffle to deal with the country's constitutional crisis and its declining economic competitiveness. 238 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO54.MSG Words: 531 hk042211 -- 3 killed by mortar shells land on poipet, cambodia 239 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- three cambodian traders, two of C00174602 Page: 67 of 170 240 them women, were killed and another one wounded when five mortar shells landed on a market in poipet, western cambodia, near the thai border, on sunday. 241 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO55.MSG Words: 186 hk042209 -- ufo appears in new zealand 242 wellington, april 22 (xinhua) -- an unknmzrying object 243 (ufo) is said to have appeared for almost ten minutes last night in christchurch, the biggest city in new zealand's south island. 244 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO56.MSG Words: 206 245 zhejiang to recapture growth 246 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- east china's zhejiang province is 247 strivicgito develop its basic facilities and to improve the quality of products as a way to recapture its booming economic growth during the 1990s, "china daily" reported today. 248 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO57.MSG Words: 319 hk042212 -- thai rice exports up slightly 249 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- thai rice exports during the 250 first quarter this year increased slightly compared with the corresponding period of last year, according to a report of thailand's board of trade rice committee. 251 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG058.MSG Words: 159 252 0W2204194091TAKE5 253 Jews massacre, uprising marked in germany 254 berlin, april 21 (xinhua) -- hundreds of people held a rally 255 here today marking thep48th anniversary of Jews' uprising in warsaw and the nazi massacre of Jews. 256 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO59.MSG Words: 124 257 u.S. Motorcycle grand prix results 258 Washington, april 21 (xinhua) -- results sunday in the 259 u.S. Grand prix motorcyle race in montery, california (name, country, make of motorcylce and laps completed): 500 cc (35 laps); 1, Wayne rainey, united states, yamaha, 35 laps. 260 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG060.MSG Words: 272 261 colombian rider wins tour of aragon cycling race 262 mabrid, april 22 (xinhua) -- edgar corredor of colombia kept up 263 his eight-second clearance over giuseppe petitio of italy through the final stage sunday to win the 28th tour of aragon cycling race in zaragoza, spain. 264 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG061.MSG Words: 233 265 poland gets poor economic report for first quarter 266 Warsaw, april 22 (xinhua) -- poland recorded a poor economic 267 performance in the first three months of this year as its industrial production continued to slide down and finance and foreign trade showed deficits. 268 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO62.MSG Words: 301 269 young sets season's best in men's 400 meters hurdles 270 washington, april 21 (xinhua) -- kevin young of the united 271 states ran the fastest time in men's 400 meters hurdles at an international track and field meeting in walnuo: california, on sunday. 272 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO63.MSG Words: 344 hk042208 -- philippine paper on final u.S. Bases package 273 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- the philippines will give in to 274 the u.S. Demand for a ten-year stay at clark air base and subic naval -C00174602 Page: 68 of 170 base, a philippine official close to executive secretary oscar orbos was quoted by a local newspaper report today as disclosing. 275 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO64.MSG Words: 121 276 xinhua international news summary at 06:00 gmt april 22 277 cairo -- u.S. Secretary of state fames baker met sunday night 278 with saudi foreign minister prince sand al-faisal on mideast peace, according to a report from riyadh. 279 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO65.MSG Words: 164 280 china cup gymnastics tournament to open in beijing 281 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- world champion li jing and world 282 cup runner-up li yan will spearhead a strong chinese team for the fourth china cup international gymnastics tournament starting here friday. 283 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO66.MSG Words: 222 284 results of rotterdam marathon 285 brussels, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the official 286 results of the rotterdam marathon on sunday in rotterdam, the netherlands: men: 1. Rob de castella, australia, two hours nine minutes 42 seconds 2. Dionicio ceron, mexico, 2:10.02 3. Tesfaye dadi, ethiopia, 2:10.06 4. Maurilio castillio, mexico, 2:10.47 5. Belayneh densimo, ethiopia, 2:11.34 6. Tomeo sueyoshi, japan, 2:11.54 7. Katsumi kitajima, japan, 2:12.11 8. Bert van vlaanderen, netherlands, 2:12.48 9. Tonnie dirks, netherlands, 2:13.10 10. Gianlugi currali, Italy, 2:13.36 women: 1. Joke kleiweg, netherlands, 2:34.18 2. Addis gezahgene, ethiopia, 2:35.04 3. Aura buia: romania, 2:38.52 4. Anne van schuppen, netherlands, 2:41.01 5. Catherine poidevin, france, 2:43.57 6. Marlie marutiak, netherlands, 2:44.55 7. Petra van limpt, nztherlands, 2:45.20 8. A. Horkman, finland, 2:45.43 9. Philomena vrancken, netherlands, 2:48.08 10. Mieke hombergen, netherlands, 2:49.57 enditem 22/04/91 0707gmt 287 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO67.MSG Words: 172 hk042213 -- India 288 pm confirms talks with sikh militants 289 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- indian prime minister chandra shekhar on sunday confirmed that he had held talks with sikh militants in the troubled indian state of punjab. 290 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO68.MSG Words: 341 291 major news items in leading indian newspapers 292 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are major news items 293 in leading indian newspapers today: -- the hindustan times: talks with punjab militants prospects of a breakthrough in the punjab imbroglio brightened on sunday with the dramatic information that a group of top level sikh militant leaders, based in pakistan, have arrived for talks with prime minister chandra shekhar and his emissaries. 294 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO69.MSG Words: 194 295 major ness items in leading pakistani english newspapers 296 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are major news items 297 in leading pakistani english newspapers today: -- the pakistan times: a force of armed iraqi policemen have moved into the town of zaku in northern iraq close to the site of the camp being set up by the americansifor kurdish refugees. 298 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG070.MSG Words: 202. 299 major news items in leading philippine newspapers 300 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are major news items in 301 leading philippine newspapers today: -- manila bulletin: at least 60 people were killed and scores injured when the kabul regime fired a scud C00174602 Page: 69 of 170 missile at rebel-held eastern afghanistan, resistance sources said sunday. 302 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG071.MSG Words: 273 303 0W2204194791TAKE6 304 lao vice president to visit china 305 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- phoune sipraseuth, vice-president 306 of the council of ministers and foreign minister of the lao people's democratic republic, will come to china on april 24 on a visit at the invitation of chinese state councilor and foreign minister qian qichen, announced a chinese foreign ministry spokesman today. 307 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO72.MSG Words: 97 pk042201 -- australian maritime saftty authority on missing ship 308 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 140,000-ton bulk ore ship, 309 the mineral diamond, missing since last wednesday, is likely to have sunk in the indian ocean, the australian maritime safety authority said at the weekend. 310 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO73.MSG Words: 311 311 what's on in beijing (april 22) 312 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the american xrama "mutiny" with 313 the play script by herman vouk will be performed by the beijing people's art theater at the capital theater tomorrow through april 26. 314 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO74.MSG Words: 212 hk042202 -- australian minister to visit png 315 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- australian minister for 316 resources alan griffiths will pay a visit this week to papua new guinea (png) to strengthen cooperation iuvuth pacific island nation. 317 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO75.MSG Words: 254 hk042207 -- 14th asean-australia forum opens in canberra 318 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 14th association of 319 southeast asian nations (asean) - australia forum opened here today. 320 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO76.MSG Words: 340 321 brazilian team wins south american club basketball title 322 brasilia, april 21 (xinhua) -- ravelli of brazil defeated 323 atenas of argentina 94-72 to win the 29th south american men's club basketball championship at franca, brazil, on sunday. 324 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO77.MSG Words: 98 hk042204 -- small states to meet in maldives to discuss security 325 colombo, april 22 (xinhua) -- a number of small states from 326 all regions of the world will meet in the maldives early next month to discuss the security of the small states, according to reports reaching here today. 327 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG078.MSG Words: 262 328 pole wins first hannover marathon title 329 bonn, april 22 (xinhua) -- marek adamski of poland took the 330 inaugural hannover marathon race in two hours 15 minutes and four seconds in hannover, germany, on sunday. 331 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO79.MSG Words: 183 332 jahangir heads to winning 10th british open title 333 london, april 21 (xinhua) -- jahangir khan of pakistan, seeking 334 his 10th consecutive title of the british open squash championships, coasted into the final with a 9-5, 9-2, 9-7 win over world no.5 rodney martin of australia here sunday. 335 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG080.MSG Words: 213 336 winners at varna international weightlifting tourney C00174602 UNCLASSIFIED Page: 70 of 170 337 sofia, april 21 (xinhua) -- following are the winners of the 338 10th internaitonal men's weightlifting tournament which closed in varna, Bulgaria, on sunday: 52 kgs: yuan jianfeng, china, 235 kgs (snatch 102.5, jerk 132.5) 56 kgs: ivan ivanov, bulgaria, 270 (115, 155) 60 kgs: nikola peshalov, bulgaria, 285 (127.5, 157.5) 67.5 kgs: ioto iotov, bulgaria, 330 (147.5, 182.5) 75 kgs: iordan iordanov, bulgaria, 340 (150, 190) 82.5 kgs: sunai bulut, turkey, 345 (152.5, 192.5) 90 kgs: ivan tchakarov, bulgaria, 375 (167.5, 207.5) 100 kgs: igor dandik, israel, 355 (157.5, 197.5) 110 kgs: iuri dandik, israel, 362.5 (172.5, 190) over 110 kgs: arslan erdintch, turkey, 377.5 (165, 212.5) enditem 22/04/91 0742gmt 339 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG081.MSG Words: 138 340 host gymansts dominate romanian international tourney 341 bucharest, april 21 (xinhua) -- china's lin huaishan prevented 342 a clean sweep by the host romanians with his triumph in the men's pommel horse event at the 34th internaitonal gymanstics tournament in plolesti on sunday. 343 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO82.MSG Words: 295 344 jaite of argentina wins nice open tennis tourney 345 paris, april 21 (xinhua) -- martin jaite of argentine came back 346 from the brink of defeat to beat goran prpic of yugoslavia 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the final of the nice open tennis championship in nice, france, on sunday. 347 File: D:PAXINBUAAMONPAMSGO83.MSG Words: 199 hk042214 -- new alliance among afghan mujahideen forces proposed 348 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- a new alliance of afghan 349 mujahideen (muslim holy-war fighters) forces is being planned following serious differences among the present mujahideen alliance over the recent gulf crisis, local press reported today. 350 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO84.MSG Words: 252 hk042210 -- 3 killed by mortar shells land on poipet, cambodia 351 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- three cambodian traders, two of 352 them women, were killed and another one wounded when five mortar shells landed on a market in poipet, western cambodia, near the thai border, on sunday. 353 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO85.MSG Words: 187 mee042201 two infiltrators killed in northern Israel 354 cairo, april 22 (xinhua) -- two heavily armed arab 355 guerrillas were shot dead after they infiltrated into northern israel from lebanon, reports from Jerusalem said today. 356 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO86.MSG Words: 196 357 OW2204194991TAKE7 358 cadalora wins 250cc motorcycling world championship 359 Washington, april 21 (xinhua) -- italy's luca cadalora won the 360 250cc race of the motorcycling world championship in laguna seca, california on sunday, according to an agence france-presse report. 361 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO87.MSG Words: 181 362 seles beats fernandez in houston tennis final 363 Washington, april 21 (xinhua) -- world no.1 monica seles of 364 yugoslavia won the virginia slims of houston tennis tournament with a straight-set victory over mary Joe fernandez of the united states in the final in houston, texas, on sunday. 365 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO88.MSG Words: 116 366 italian wins liege-bastogne-liege cycling race C00174602 Page: 71 of 170 367 brussels, april 21 (xinhua) -- moreno argentin of Italy won his 368 fourth liege-bastogne-liege world cup cycling race title when he'edged three other riders in a sprint finish on sunday. 369 File: D:PAXINBUAAMONPAMSGO89.MSG Words: 258 370 collins gives hint on northern Ireland sovereignty 371 london, april 21, (xinhua) -- the republic of ireland's 372 constitutional claim to northern ireland could be up for negotiation when talan the province's future start on april 30. 373 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG090.MSG Words: 168 ssswttc001 374 world table tennis rankings to be computerized 375 chiba, japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- world table tennis bookmakers as well as competition organizers will soon have more accurate pre-tournament player ratings prepared by ever consistent computers. 376 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG091.MSG Words: 418 377 book sales to farmers stressed 378 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china's publication and 379 distribution agencies are being urged to increase book sales in the country's rural areas where 80 percent of the population live. 380 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO92.MSG Words: 178 381 beijing newspaper highlights 382 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- highlights of today's major 383 beijing-based newspapers: "people's daily" the leading national paper reported that senior party leader li ruihuan has stressed the importance of summing up work experience while making an inspection tour of east china's Jiangsu province from april 12 to 20. 384 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO93.MSG Words: 195 hk042215 -- bangladesh national party protests arrest of party 385 acting chief 386 dhaka, april 22 (xichua) -- the bangladesh jatiya (national) party, the former ruling party of the country, has protested the arrest of its acting chairman mizanur rahman chowdhury, according to local media today. 387 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO94.MSG Words: 311 388 private cars spark debate 389 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china should not pursue 390 immediately the popularization of private cars considering the country's current situation, a signed article in "economic daily" stressed. 391 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO95.MSG Words: 415 392 city planning makes progress 393 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- most of the 467 chinese cities 394 and 11,873 towns in china have drawn up overall city and town planning programs, today's "guangming daily' reported. 395 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO96.MSG Words: 108 396 former mongolian ruling party leader dies 397 ulan bator, april 22 (xinhua) -- former mongolian leader 398 umjagin tsedenbal died in the soviet union on april 21, it was learned here today. 399 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO97.MSG Words: 107 400 beekeeping, a sweet occupation (1) 401 hefei, april 22 (xinhua) -- where there are flowers, they will 402 be there. 403 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO98.MSG Words: 337 hk042216 -- thai foreign minister meets vietnamese vice fm 404 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- thai foreign minister arsa C00174602 Page: 72 of 170 405 sarasin met visiting vietnamese vice foreign minister le mai here today and discussed with him the political settlement of the cambodian issue, according to thai foreign ministry spokesman sakthip krairiksh. 406 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSGO99.MSG Words: 155 hk042217 -- india obtains 1991-92 aid from u.S. 407 New delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- india has obtained from the 408 united states 99.9 million u.S. Dollars in aid for fiscal year 1991-92, local press reported today. 409 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG100.MSG Words: 162 hk042218 -- former bangladesh vice-president elected jatiya party 410 parliamentary group leader 411 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- former bangladesh vice-president moudud ahmed has been unanimously elected acting leader of the former ruling jatiya (national) party parliamentary group. 412 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG101.MSG Words: 270 hk042219 -- gulf environment pollution affects climate in pakistan 413 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- pakistan's summer season this 414 year is much cooler than in previous years with vinterish weather caused by frequent rains during the past days. 415 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG102.MSG Words: 206 hk042220 -- 17th session of who advisory committee opens in myanmar 416 yangon, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 17th session of the world 417 health organization (who) south east asia advisory committee on health research opened here on sunday by pe thein, myanmar minister for health and for education. 418 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG103.MSG Words: 180 hk042222 -- thailand sets per capita income at 3,000 u.S. Dollars 419 by 1996 420 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- thailand has set its per capita income target at 75,000 baht (about 3,000 u.S. Dollars) by 1996. 421 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG104.MSG Words: 160 422 0W2204195191TAKE8 423 hk042221 -- half of nepal's ancient artifacts stolen: reports 424 kathmandu, april 22 (xinhua) -- half of nepal's highly valued 425 ancient and medieval wooden, stone and metal masterpiece arts have been stolen, the count y's leading english daily "the rising nepal" reported today quoting a german lawyer. 426 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG105.MSG Words: 273 afg042201 -- black mayor assassinated in weekwend 427 violence in south africa 428 nairobi, april 22 (xinhua) -- a black mayor in Johannesburg's largest black township soveto was shot to death late on friday in an ambush on his car by unknown gunmen, according to reports from south africa. 429 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG106.MSG Words: 251 430 chinese vice-premier meets bolivian delegation 431 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- vice-premier vu xueqian met a 432 delegation from the chamber of deputies of bolivia here today. 433 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG107.MSG Words: 76 mee042202 uae sends first shipment of relief aid to iraqi 434 refugees in iran 435 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- the united arab emirates (uae) today sent the first shipment of relief aid to iraqi kurdish refugees in iran to help alleviate their sufferings, a government official said. C00174602 Page: 73 of 170 436 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG108.MSG Words: 186 hk042223 -- 47 killed in bus accident west of dhaka 437 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- at least 47 passengers were killed 438 when a dhaka-bound passenger bus fell into a ditch after breaking the railing of a bridge on dhaka-aricha highway, bangladesh, this morning, reports reaching here said. 439 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG109.MSG Words: 115 afg042202 -- re-elected liberian interim president pledges 440 continued peace efforts 441 accra, april 22 (xinhua) -- re-elected liberian interim president amos sawyer has pledged to continue to work for peace and hold free and fair elections later this year, the ghanaian official newspaper "people's daily graphic" reported today. 442 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG110.MSG Words: 280 afg042203 -- over 2,600 poachers arrested in tanzania 443 dar es salaam, april 22 (xinhua) -- more than 2,600 poachers 444 have been arrested in tanzania in a 21-month-old nationwide anti-poaching operation, the "daily news" reported today. 445 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG111.MSG Words: 136 mee042203 deadline set for kuwaitis to return home 446 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- about 57,000 kuwaitis 447 currently living in the united arab emirates (uae) are required to start returning home as of 11 and by June 12 all of them will have to enter kuwait, an official at the kuwaiti consulate in the uae said today. 448 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG112.MSG Words: 300 hk042203 -- below normal monsoon expected in India this year 449 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- apprehending a below-normal 450 monsoon this year, the agriculture ministry of the indian central .....______ ____ government is drawing up contingency plans to minimize the adverse impact of aberrations in rainfall on farm production, local press reported today. 451 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG113.MSG Words: 188 ssswttc002 452 ittf men's seedings for chiba worlds 453 chiba, Japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the international table tennis federation seedings for the men's singles event to be held at the 41st worlds: 1. Jan-ove valdner, sweden 2. Michael appelgren, sweden 3. Andrzej grubba, poland 4. Ma avenge, china 5. Jorgen persson, sweden 6. Yoo nam-kyu, south korea 7. Li gun sang, dpr korea 8. Jean-philippe gatien, france 9. Erik lindh, sweden 10. Chen zhibin, china 11. Jorg rosskopf, germany 12. Kim song hui, dpr korea 13. Yu shentong, china 14. Jean-michel saive, belgium 15. Kim taek soo, south korea 16. Zoran primorac, yugoslavia 17. Wei qingguang, china 18. Kiyoshi saito, Japan 19. Andrei mazunov, soviet union 20. Chen xinhua, england 21. Ilija lupulesku, /67&9')-;8- 22. Xie chaojie, china 23. Dmitrij mazunov, soviet union 24. Carl preen, england 25. Georg-zsolt bohm, germany 26. Wang tao, china 27. Wang yansheng, norway 28. Paul haldan, netherlacds 29. Ding yi, austria 30. Steffen fitzner, germany 31. Leszek kucharski, poland 32. Vu wen-chia, chinese taipei enditem 04220853 454 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG114.MSG Words: 219 worlds chiba, japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the international t 455 able tennis federation seedings for the women's singles event to be held at 456 41st worlds: 1. Qiao hong, china 2. Deng yaping, china 3. Li bun hui, dpr korea 4. Hyun Jung-hwa, south korea 5. Chen zihe, china 6. Gao jun, china C00174602 Page: 74 of 170 7. Chai po wa, bong kong 8. Csilla batorfi, hungary 9. Chan tan lui, Kong kong 10. Ding yaping, china 11. Daniela guergueltcheva, bulgaria 12. Gabriella wirth, hungary 13. Yu sun bok, dpr korea 14. Li jun, chi na 15. Hu xiaoxin, china 16. Geng lijuan, canada 17. Mika hoshino, japa n 18. Wang xiaoming, france 19. Mirjam hooman, netherlands 20. Liu wei, china 21. Marie hrachova, czechoslovakia 22. Hong cha-ok, south korea 23. Tu yong, switzerland 24. Otilia badescu, romania 25. Bettine vriesekoo p, netherlands 26. Olga nemes, germany 27. Hong soon-hwa, south korea 2 8. Valentina popova, soviet union 29. Alena safarova, czechoslovakia 30. E dit urban, hungary 31. Ying ronghui, china 32. Jasna fazlic, yugoslaviaen ditem 04220853 22/04/91 1008gmt 457 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG115.MSG Words: 191 458 OV2204195491TAKE9 459 ssswttc003 460 ittf women's seedings for chiba worlds 461 chiba, japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the international table tennis federation seedings for the women's singles event to be held at the 41st worlds: 1. Qiao hong, china 2. Deng yaping, china 3. Li bun hui, dpr korea 4. Hyun Jung-hwa, south korea 5. Chen zihe, china 6. Gao jun, china 7. Chai po wa, hong kong 8. Csilla batorfi, hungary 9. Chan tan lui, hong kong 10. Ding yaping, china 11. Daniela guergueltcheva, bulgaria 12. Gabriella Wirth, hungary 13. Yu sun bok, dpr korea 14. Li jun, china 15. Hu xiaoxin, china 16. Geng lijuan, canada 17. Mika hoshino, Japan 18. Wang xiaoming, france 19. Mirjam hooman, netherlands 20. Liu wei, china 21. Marie hrachova, czechoslovakia 22. Hong cha-ok, south korea 23. Tu yong, switzerland 24. Otilia badescu, romania 25. Bettine vriesekoop, netherlands 26. Olga nemes, germany 27. Hong soon-hwa, south korea 28. Valentina popova, soviet union 29. Alena safarova, czechoslovakia 30._Edix.________._. urban, hungary 31. Ying ronghui, china 32. Jasna fazlic, yugoslavia enditem 04220859 22/04/91 1010gmt 462 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG116.MSG Words: 221 463 sino-jordanian economic joint committee meets in beijing 464 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the second meeting of the 465 sino-Jordanian economic, trade and technological cooperation joint committee opened here today. 466 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG117.MSG Words: 138 467 major headlines of leading british newspapers 468 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are major news headlines 469 of leading british newspapers on monday. 470 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG118.MSG Words: 248 471 dollar up, stock down in tokyo 472 tokyo, april 22 (xinhua) -- the u.S. Dollar finished higher 473 against the yen on the tokyo foreign exchange today, closing at 138.70 yen, up 0.80 yen from last friday's finish of 137.90 yen. 474 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG119.MSG Words: 123 hk042216 -- thai foreign minister meets vietnamese vice fm 475 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- thai foreign minister arsa 476 sarasin met visiting vietnamese vice foreign minister le mai here today and discussed with him the political settlement of the cambodian issue, according to thai foreign ministry spokesman sakthip krairiksh. 477 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG120.MSG Words: 155 mee042204 lebanese arrested with large amount of heroin 478 nicosia, april 22 (xinhua) -- a lebanese ca C00174602 Page: 75 of 170 479 rying 1,080 grams of heroin was arrested today by the cyprus anti- narcotics squad, customs officials said. 480 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG12I.MSG Words: 135 hk042217 -- india obtains 1991-92 aid from u.S. 481 New delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- india has obtained from the 482 united states 99.9 million u.S. Dollars in aid for fiscal year 1991-92, local press reported today. 483 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG122.MSG Words: 162 hk042218 -- former bangladesh vice-president elected jatiya party 484 parliamentary group leader 485 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- former bangladesh vice-president moudud ahmed has been unanimously elected acting leader of the former ruling jatiya (national) party parliamentary group. 486 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG123.MSG Words: 270 487 weather forecast for major foreign cities 488 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- weather forecast for nine major 489 foreign cities for the next 24 hours from 20:00 today to 20:00 on april 23 issued by china's central meteorological station at 5:00 p.M. Today: tokyo: min. 13 degrees c., max. 20 degrees c., clear to overcast. 490 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG124.MSG Words: 163 491 weather forecast for major chinese cities 492 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- weather forecast for 12 major 493 chinese cities for the next 24 hours fromp20:00 today to 20:00 on april 23 issued by china's central meteorological station at 5:00 p.M. Today: beijing: min. 12 degrees c., max. 19 degrees c., cloudy to showers, calm to gentle breeze. 494 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG125.MSG Words: 243 hk042219 -- gulf environment pollution affects climate in pakistan __-_- 495 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- pakistan's summer season this 496 year is much cooler than in previous years with winterish weather caused by frequent rains during the past days. 497 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG126.MSG Words: 206 hk042220 -- 17th session of who advisory committee opens in myanmar 498 yangon, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 17th session of the world 499 health organization (who) south east asia advisory committee on health research opened here on sunday by pe thein, myanmar minister for health and for education. 500 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG127.MSG Words: 180 501 OW2204195691TAKE10 502 hk042222 -- thailand sets per capita income at 3,000 u.S. Dollars 503 by 1996 504 bangkok, april 22 (xinhua) -- thailand has set its per capita income target at 75,000 baht (about 3,000 u.S. Dollars) by 1996. 505 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG128.MSG Words: 159 hk042221 -- half of nepal's ancient artifacts stolen: reports 506 kathmandu, april 22 (xinhua) -- half of nepal's highly valued 507 ancient and medieval wooden, stone and metal masterpiece arts have been stolen, the country's leading english daily "the rising nepal" reported today quoting a german lawyer. 508 File:, D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG129.MSG Words: 270 afg042201 -- black mayor assassinated in weekwend 509 violence in south africa 510 nairobi, april 22 (xinhua) -- a black mayo in Johannesburg's largest black C00174602 Page: 76 of 170 township soweto was shot to death late on friday in an ambush on his car by unknown gunmen, according to reports from south africa. 511 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG130.MSG Words: 251 512 major news headlines in leading soviet newspapers 513 moscow, april 22 (xinhua) -- the following are major news 514 headlines un leading soviet newspapers today: pravda: -- get to know lenin's world an editorial marking 121st borthday of lenin stressed the need to study lenin's thoughts, get to know his world and inherit his legacy. 515 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG131.MSG Words: 157 516 chinese vice-premier meets bolivian delegation 517 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- vice-premier vu xueqian met a 518 delegation from the chamber of deputies of bolivia pere today. 519 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG132.MSG Words: 76 mee042202 uae sends first shipment of relief aid to Iraqi 520 refugees in Iran 521 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- the united arab emirates (uae) today sent the first shipment of relief aid to Iraqi kurdish refugees in Iran to help alleviate their sufferings, a government official said. 522 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG133.MSG Words: 186 hk042223 -- 47 killed in bus accident vest of dhaka 523 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- at least 47 passengers were killed 524 when a dhaka-bound passenger bus fell into a ditch after breaking the railing of a bridge on dhaka-aricha highway, bangladesh, this morning, reports reaching here said. 525 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG134.MSG Words: 115 526 xinjiang financial income increased 527 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the xinjiang uygur autonomous 528 region's financial income increased from 165 million yuan in 1981 to 2.1 billion yuan in 1990. 529 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG135.MSG Words: 208 530 mafor stories in leading french newspapers 531 paris, april 22 (xinhua) -- major stories in leading french 532 newspapers on monday. 533 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG136.MSG Words: 86 afg042202 -- re-elected liberian interim president pledges 534 continued peace efforts 535 accra, april 22 (xinhua) -- re-elected liberian interim president amos sawyer has pledged to ctntinue to work for peace and hold free and fair elections later this year, the ghanaian official newspaper "people's daily graphic" reported today. 536 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG137.MSG Words: 278 537 regulations on the issuing of the state treasury bonds 538 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china will issue 10 billion 539 yuan-worth of state treasury bonds this year, according to the regulations released today on the issuing of treasury bonds in 1991. 540 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG138.MSG Words: 127 afg042203 -- over 2,600 poachers arrested in tanzania 541 dar es salaam, april 22 (xinhua) -- more than 2,600 poachers 542 have been arrested in tanzania in a 21-month-old nationwide anti-poaching operation, the "daily news" reported today. 543 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG139.MSG Words: 136 mee042203 deadline set for kuwaitis to return home C00174602 Page: 77 of 170 544 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- about 57,000 kuwaitis 545 currently living in the united arab emirates (uae) are required to start returning home as of 11 and by June 12 all of them will have to enter kuwait, an official at the kuvaiti consulate in the uae said today. 546 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG140.MSG Words: 298 547 american entrepreneur hails successful joint venture in 548 sganghai 549 shanghai, april 22 (xinhua) -- the american side ofpthe xerox-shanghai corporation ltd. Has expressed its great satisfaction with the joint venture's performance during the past three years. 550 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG141.MSG Words: 152 551 chinese congress leader meetu ipu president 552 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china will draw on the 553 legislative experience of other countries as a reference point for strengthening democracy and the legal system, china's top legislator wan li said here today. 554 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG142.MSG Words: 205 555 OW2204195991TAKEll 556 hk042203 -- below normal monsoon expected in India this year 557 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- apprehending a below-normal 558 monsoon this year, the agriculture ministry of the Indian central government is drawing up contingency plans to minimize the adverse impact of aberrations in rainfall on farm production, local press reported today. 559 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG143.MSG Words: 188 ssswttc002 560 ittf men's seedings for chiba worlds 561 chiba, japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the international table tennis federation seedings for the men's singles event to be held at the 41st worlds: 1. Jan-ove valdner, sweden 2. Michael appelgren, sweden-3- --- Andrzej grubba, poland 4. Ma avenge, china 5. Jorgen persson, sweden 6. Yoo nam-kyu, south korea 7. Li gun sang, dpr korea 8. Jean-philippe gatien, france 9. Erik lindh, sweden 10. Chen zhibin, china 11. Jorg rosskopf, germany 12. Kim song hui, dpr korea 13. Yu shentong, china 14. Jean-michel saive, belgium 15. Kim taek soo, south korea 16. Zoran primorac, yugoslavia 17. Wei qingguang, china 18. Kiyoshi saito, japan 19. Andrei mazunov, soviet union 20. Chen xinhua, england 21. Ilija lupulesku, yugoslavia 22. Xie chaojie, china 23. Dmitrij mazunov, soviet union 24. Carl preen: england 25. Georg-zsolt bohm, germany 26. Wang tao, china 27. Wang yansheng, norway 28. Paul haldan, netherlands 29. Ding yi, austria 30. Steffen fitzner, germany 31. Leszek kucharski, poland 32. Wu wen-chia, chinese taipei enditem 04220853 562 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG144.MSG Words: 219 worlds chiba, japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the international t 563 able tennis federation seedings for the women's singles event to be held at 564 41st worlds: 1. Oiao hong, china 2. Deng yaping, china 3. Li bun hui, dpr korea 4. Hyun Jung-hwa, south korea 5. Chen zihe, china 6. Gao Jun, china 7. Chai po wa, hong kong B. Csilla batorfi, hungary 9. Chan tan lui, hong kong 10. Ding yaping, china 11. Daniela guergueltcheva, bulgaria 12. Gabriella wirth, hungary 13. Yu sun bok, dpr-korea 14. Li Jun, chi na 15. Hu xiaoxin, china 16. Geng lijuan, canada 17. Mika hoshino, japa n 18. Wang xiaoming, france 19. Mirjam hooman, netherlands 20. Liu wei, china 21. Marie hrachova, czechoslovakia 22. Hong cha-ok, south korea 23. Tu yong, switzerland 24. Otilia badescu, romania 25. Bettine vriesekoo p, C00174602 Page: 78 of 170 netherlands 26. Olga nemes, germany 27. Hong soon-hwa, south korea 2 8. Valentina popova, soviet union 29. Alena safarova, czechoslovakia 30. E dit urban, hungary 31. Xing ronghui, china 32. Jasna fazlic, yugoslaviaen ditem 04220853 22/04/91 1111gmt 565 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG145.MSG Words: 191 sssvttc003 566 ittf women's seedings for chiba worlds 567 chiba, japan, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the international table tennis federation seedings for the women's singles event to be held at the 41st worlds: 1. Qiao hong, china 2. Deng yaping, china 3. Li bun hui, dpr korea 4. Hyun Jung-hwa, south korea 5. Chen zihe, china 6. Gao jun, china 7. Chai po wa, hong kong 8. Csilla batorfi, hungary 9. Chan tan lui, hong kong 10. Ding yaping, china 11. Daniela guergueltcheva, Bulgaria 12. Gabriella Wirth, hungary 13. Yu sun bok, dpr korea 14. Li jun, china 15. Hu xiaoxin, china 16. Geng lijuan, canada 17. Mika hoshino, japan 18. Wang xiaoming, france 19. Mirjam hooman, netherlands 20. Liu Wei, china 21. Marie hrachova, czechoslovakia 22. Hong cha-ok, south korea 23. Tu yong, switzerland 24. Otilia,badescu, romania 25. Bettine vriesekoop, netherlands 26. Olga nemes, germany 27. Hong soon-hwa, south korea 28. Valentina popova, soviet union 29. Alena safarova, czechoslovakia 30. Edit urban, hungary 31. Ying ronghui, china 32. Jasna fazlic, yugoslavia enditem 04220859 22/04/91 1113gmt 568 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG146.MSG Words: 221 569 sino-jordanian economic joint committee meets in beijing 570 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the second meeting of the 571 sino-jordanian economic, trade and technological cooperation joint committee opened here today. 572 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG147.MSG Words: 139 573 OW2204200191TAKE12 --------- -._---- --- 574 major headlines of leading british newspapers 575 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are major news headlines 576 of leading british newspapers on monday. 577 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG148.MSG Words: 248 hk042231 -- foreign exchange rates in hong kong 578 hong kong, april 22 (xinhua) -- closing foreign exchange rates in 579 hong kong today (monday): foreign exchange in hxmk. Dollars monday saturday u.S. Dollar 7.793 7.791 canada dollar 6.73 6.75 britain pound 13.25 13.34 australia dollar 5.98 5.98 japan yen 0.05618 0.05628 w. Germany mark 4.455 4.486 switzerland franc 5.285 5.306 france franc 1.323 1.331 italy lira 0.00605 0.00607 hong kong gold price today declined by six hong kong dollars to 3,312 h.K. Dollars a tael, equivalent to 356.43 u.S. Dollars a troy ounce. Enditem 04221115 22/04/91 1119gmt 580 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG149.MSG Words: 119 581 dollar up, stock down in tokyo 582 tokyo, april 22 (xinhua) -- the u.S. Dollar finished higher 583 against the yen on the tokyo foreign exchange today, closing at 138.70 yen, up 0.80 yen from last friday's finish of 137.90 yen. 584 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG150.MSG Words: 123 mee042204 lebanese arrested with large amount of heroin 585 nicosia, april 22 (xinhua) -- a lebanese carrying 1,080 586 grams of heroin was arrested today by the cyprus anti- nwcotics squad, customs officials said. 587 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG151.MSG Words: 134 588 weather forecast for major foreign cities 000174602 Page: 79 of 170 589 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- weather forecast for nine major 590 foreign cities for the next 24 hours from 20:00 today to 20:00 on april 23 issued by china's central meteorological station at 5:00 p.M. Today: tokyo: min. 13 degrees c., max. 20 degrees c., clear to overcast. 591 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG152.MSG Words: 163 592 ethylene industry flourishing in china 593 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) --china produced 1.58 million tons 594 of ethylene in 1990, a 13.3 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest issue of the english language weekly "beijing review". 595 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG153.MSG Words: 253 596 ecuadorian women delegation visits china 597 bijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- vice-president of the all-china 598 women's federation (acwf) huang qizao, on behalf of chen muhua, vice-chairwoman of the standing committee of the national people's congress and acvf president, met a ecuadorian women delegation here tonight. 599 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG154.MSG Words: 103 600 weather forecast for major chinese cities 601 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- weather forecast for 12 major 602 chinese cities for the next 24 hours from 20:00 today to 20:00 on april 23 issued by china's central meteorological station at 5:00 p.M. Today: beijing: min. 12 degrees c., max. 19 degrees c., cloudy to showers, calm to gentle breeze. 603 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG155.MSG Words: 244 604 hong kong governor to visit australia, new zealand 605 hong kong, april 22 (xinhua) -- hong kong governor david 606 Wilson will pay a visit to australia and new zealand-between may--9 and--18---------------------- as a guest of the governments of the two countries. 607 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG156.MSG Words: 100 608 major news headlines in leading soviet newspapers 609 moscow, april 22 (xinhua) -- the following are major news 610 headlines in leading soviet newspapers today: pravda: -- get to know lenin's world an editorial marking 121st borthday of lenin stressed the need to study lenin's thoughts, get to know his world and inherit his legacy. 611 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG157.MSG Words: 157 612 xinjiang financial income increased 613 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- the xinjiang uygur autonomous 614 region's financial income increased from 165 million yuan in 1981 to 2.1 billion yuan in 1990. 615 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG158.MSG Words: 208 616 mafor stories in leading french newspapers 617 parts, april 22 (xinhua) -- major stories in leading french 618 newspapers on monday. 619 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG159.MSG Words: 86 620 regulations on the issuing of the state treasury bonds 621 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china will issue 10 billion 622 yuan-worth of state treasury bonds this year, according to the regulations released today on the issuing of treasury bonds in 1991. 623 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG160.MSG Words: 127 624 american entrepreneur hails successful joint venture in 625 shanghai 000174602 Page: 80 of 170 626 shanghai, april 22 (xinhua) -- the american side of the xerox-shanghai corporation ltd. Has expressed its great satisfaction with the joint venture's performance during the past three years. 627 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG161.MSG Words: 153 628 OV2204200391TAKE13 629 chinese congress leader meets ipu president 630 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china will draw on the 631 legislative experience of other countries as a reference point for strengthening democracy and the legal system, china's top legislator wan li said here today. 632 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG162.MSG Words: 206 hk042231 -- foreign exchange rates in hong kong 633 hong kong, april 22 (xinhua) -- closing foreign exchange rates in 634 hong kong today (monday): foreign exchange in h.K. Dollars monday saturday u.S. Dollar 7.793 7.791 canada dollar 6.73 6.75 britain pound 13.25 13.34 australia dollar 5.98 5.98 japan yen 0.05618 0.05628 w. Germany mark 4.455 4.486 switzerland franc 5.285 5.306 france franc 1.323 1.331 Italy lira 0.00605 0.00607 hong kong gold price today declined by six hong kong dollars to 3,312 h.K. Dollars a tael, equivalent to 356.43 u.S. Dollars a troy ounce. Enditem 04221115 22/04/91 1145gmt 635 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG163.MSG Words: 119 636 ethylene industry flourishing in china 637 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) --china produced 1.58 million tons 638 of ethylene in 1990, a 13.3 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest issue of the english language weekly "beijing review". 639 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG164.MSG Words: 252 640 ecuadorian women delegation visits china - 641 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- vice-president of the all-china 642 women's federation (acvf) huang qizao, on behalf of Chen muhua, vice-chairwoman of the standing committee of the national people's congress and acwf president, met a ecuadorian women delegation here tonight. 643 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG165.MSG Words: 103 644 India prepares for asian boxing championships 645 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- the Indian amateur boxing 646 federation (iabf) has included 15 juniogavvllap to prepare the Indian team for the asian boxing championships to be held in manila, the philippines, in July. 647 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG166.MSG?Words: 124 648 hong kong governor to visit australia, new zealand 649 hong kong, april 22 (xinhua) -- hong kong governor david 650 Wilson will pay a visit to australia and new zealand between may 9 and 18 as a guest of the governments of the two countries. 651 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG167.MSG Words: 100 652 India prepares for asian boxing championships 653 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) --the Indian amateur boxing 654 federation (iabf) has included 15 juniors in its camp to prepare the Indian team for the asian boxing championships to be held in manila, the philippines, in July. 655 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG168.MSG Words: 126 hk042228 -- Indian doctors claim breakthrough in tracing drug 656 concentration in blood C00174602 Page: 81 of 170 657 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- two indian researchers claim to have made a significant breakthrough in medicine with their discovery of a new method to measure the concentration of any injected drug in human blood without having to analyse a blood sample. 658 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG169.MSG Words: 269 hk042226 -- indian, philippine presidents to discuss bilateral ties 659 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- Indian president shri ramasvami 660 venkataraman will discuss with philippine president corazon aquino bilateral relations and regional issues during his coming visit here, a high-ranking philippine official said today. 661 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG170.MSG Words: 210 hk042228 -- Indian doctors claim breakthrough in tracing drug 662 concentration in blood 663 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- two indian researchers claim to have made a significant breakthrough in medicine with their discovery of a new method to measure the concentration of any injected drug in human blood without having to analyse a blood sample. 664 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG171.MSG Words: 269 hk042226 -- indian, philippine presidents to discuss bilateral ties 665 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- indian president shri ramasvami 666 venkataraman will discuss with philippine president corazon aquino bilateral relations and regional issues during his coming visit here, a high-ranking philippine official said today. 667 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG172.MSG Words: 210 hk042232 -- indian railway company plans to take up 668 saarc projects 669 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- the indian railways construction company (ircon) is planning to take up in a big way railway construction projects in south asian association for regional cooperation (saarc) countries, particularly bangladesh and nepal, local press reported today. 670 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG173.MSG Words: 254 671 cppcc delegation leaves for syria 672 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- a delegation from the national 673 committee of the chinese people's political consuloative conference (cppcc) led by its vice-chairman gu mu left here today on a week-long goodwill visit to Syria at the invitation of mohammed zouhair masharagah, syrian vice-president and vice-chairman of the national progressive front. Enditem 22/04/91 1218gmt 674 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG174.MSG Words: 71 675 OW2204200491TAKE14 676 hk042235 -- indian pm chandra shekhar files nomination 677 in ballia 678 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- indian prime minister chandra shekhar today filed his nomination in ballia of the northern state of uttar pradesh for next month's lok sabha (lower house of parliamentOz3:589,'. 679 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG175.MSG Words: 288 hk042232 -- indian railway company plans to take up 680 saarc projects 681 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- the indian railways construction company (ircon) is planning to take up in a big way railway construction projects in south asian association for regional cooperation (saarc) countries, particularly bangladesh and nepal, local press reported today. 682 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG176.MSG Words: 256 000174602 Page: 82 of 170 683 cppcc delegation leaves for syria 684 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- a delegation from the national 685 committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference (cppcc) led by its vice-chairman gu mu left here today on a week-long goodwill visit to syria at the invitation of mohammed zouhair masharaqah, syrian vice-president and vice-chairman of the national progressive front. Enditem 22/04/91 1225gmt 686 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG177.MSG Words: 71 mee042205 baker talks with king fahd on mideast peace 687 cairo, april 22 (xinhua) -- u.S. Secretary of state james 688 baker today conferred with saudi king fahd on what role the oil-rich kingdom should play in resolving the arab-israeli conflict, reports reaching here said. 689 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG178.MSG Words: 379 hk042230 -- pakistan announces incentives to boost 690 industrialization 691 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- the pakistan government today announced a package of incentives to give a boost to the country's industrialization process. 692 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG179.MSG Words: 207 hk042241 -- former west australian premier to answer allegations 693 before royal commission 694 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- brian burke, former vest australian state premier and now australian ambassador to ireland and the vatican, has flown back to perth to answer allegations before a royal commission about his fund-raising activities during his time as premier. 695 File: D:PAXINHUAAHONPAMSG180.HSG Words: 247 hk042227 -- bangladesh pm for controlling crime with iron hands 696 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- bangladesh prime minister khaleda 697 zia today asked the police force to control crime with iron hands and to discharge their duties without fear and favor. 698 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG181.MSG Words: 413 hk042240 -- australian trade mission to visit mexico to cement 699 commercial ties 700 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the visit of an australian trade delegation to mexico from april 30 to may 4 reflects a growing commitment by both countries to strengthening bilateral, especially commercial ties, a senior cabinet minister said here today. 701 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG182.MSG Words: 322 hk042237 -- pakistan takes measures to increase export 702 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- pakistani prime minister navaz 703 sharif has approved a number of measures to increase export, commercial minister malick naeec said here today. 704 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG183.MSG Words: 274 hk042245 -- two more aqds deaths reported in philippinesow 705 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- two more filipino men succumbed 706 to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids), bringing to 29 the death toll in the country since 1984 when the first aids case was detected, the department of health (doh) said today. 707 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG184.MSG Words: 150 hk042242 -- philippine president on extension of u.S. Military 708 presence 709 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- philippine president corazon aquino today C00174602 Page: 83 of 170 stressed that her government will not allow the presence of u.S. Military forces in the country beyond this september unless a new bases treaty is drawn up with the united states. 710 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG185.MSG Words: 213 hk042246 -- australia provides more aid to kurdish refugees 711 canberra, april 22 (xinhua) -- australia is to contribute a 712 further 1.5 million australian dollars (1.16 million u.S. Dollars) in emergency aid to kurdish refugees, minister for trade and overseas development neal blevett announced here today. 713 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG186.MSG Words: 249 hk042248 -- five power defense arrangements to hold war game 714 singapore, april 22 (xinhua) -- singapore, malaysia, 715 australia, new zealand and britain will be holding a four-day air defense exercise in singapore and malaysia to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the five power defense arrangements (fpda). 716 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG187.MSG Words: 182 hk042244 -- philippines, U.S. May resume bases talks next week 717 manila, april 22 (xinhua) -- the technical committees of the 718 philippine-american cooperation talks (pact) will meet on thursday (april 25) to set the tone for the sixth and final round of talks on the future of U.S. Military bases here, a u.S. Embassy official said here today. 719 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG188.MSG Words: 330 720 OW2204200691TAKE15 721 hk042247 -- bangladesh expresses grave concern at Indian border 722 force killing 723 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- a foreign office spokesman today expressed grave concern of the government at the "reckless and wanton" acts of Indian border security forces (bsf) In a bangladesh border area recently. 724 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG189.MSG Words: 280 725 cuban artists give premiere in beijing 726 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- twelve visiting artists from cuba 727 gave their premiere here this evening. 728 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG190.MSG Words: 67 729 chinese t.U. Leader holds talks with african t.U. 730 Delegation 731 beijing, aprili)(xinhua) -- ni zhifu, vice-chairman of the standing committee of the national people's congress and president of the all-china federation of trade unions, met and held talks here today with a delegation from the organization of african trade union unity led by its general secretary hassana sunmonu and deputy general secretary demba diop. 732 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG191.MSG Words: 604 hk042252 -- Indonesian bank issues ncds in singapore market 733 singapore, april 22 (xinhua) -- the bank niaga of Indonesia 734 issued the negotiable certificates of deposit (ncds) worth of 37 million u.S. Dollars in singapore finance market today. 735 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG192.MSG Words: 159 hk042250 -- bjp leader advani files nomination in new delhi 736 new delhi, april 22 (xinhua) -- the bharatiya Janata party 737 (bjp or Indian people's party) leader l.K. Advani today filed his nomination papers for the new delhi lok sabha (lower house of parliament) seat. 738 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG193.MSG Words: 225 739 japan to send minesweepers to gulf as first overseas force C00174602 Page: 84 of 170 740 tokyo, april 22 (xinhua) -- the Japanese government and the 741 ruling liberal democratic party (ldp) today agreed in principal to send maritime self-defence force (msdf) minesweepers to the gulf -- the nation's first military deployment abroad since world war ii, kyodo reported. 742 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG194.MSG Words: 288 afg042204 -- namibian president starts visit to sadcc countries 743 Windhoek, april 22 (xinhua) -- namibian president sam nujoma 744 left here this morning on an eight-day state visit to tanzania, zimbabwe and lesotho. 745 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG195.MSG Words: 68 mee042206 syrian president meets with egyptian presidential 746 adviser 747 damascus, april 22 (xinhua) -- syrian president hafez al-assad met today with osama al-baz, first under-secretary of the egyptian foreign ministry and director of the presidential office for political affairs. 748 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG196.MSG Words: 240 749 session of fujian provincial people's congress opens 750 fuzhou, april 22 (xinhua) -- the fourth session of seventh 751 fujian provincial people's congress opened here today. 752 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG197.MSG Words: 127 afg042205 -- south africa, maxiascar to exchange 753 representative offices 754 gaborone, april 22 (xinhua) -- madagascar and south africa have agreed to open representative offices in each other's countries, "the star" newspaper of south africa reported today. 755 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG198.MSG Words: 141 756 china, ussr co-publish chinese new year pictures 757 beijing, aqril 22 (xinhua) -- a soviet collection of chinese 758 new year picture treasures was shown at the soviet embassy here this afternoon. 759 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG199.MSG Words: 99 760 fujian sees new development in capital construction 761 fuzhou, april 22 (xinhua) -- south china's fujian province has 762 achieved admirable success in the fields of energy, transportation and post and telecommunications, according to acting governor jia qinglin. 763 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG200.MSG Words: 241 764 yang shangkun meets fijian president 765 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- chinese president yang shangkun 766 met this evening with the president of the republic of fiji penaia kanatabatu ganilau and his party at the great hall of the people in beijing. 767 File: DaPAXINHUAAMONPAMSG201.MSG Words: 458 afg042206 -- mass protest to greet mrs. Thatcher's private 768 visit to south africa 769 gaborone, april 22 (xinhua) -- the african national congress (anc) and the pan africanist congress (pac) are planning to organize mass demonstrations against former british prime minister margaret thatcher during her private visit to south africa next month. 770 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG202.MSG Words: 187 mee042207 velayati begins tour of three european countries 771 tehran, april 22 (xinhua) -- iranian foreign minister ali 772 akbar velayati left here for copenhagen today to begin a tour of three C00174602 european countries. 773 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG203.MSG Words: 131 774 soviet parliament begins debate on anti-crisis program 775 moscow, april 22 (xinhua) -- the soviet parliament today opened 776 a debate on a program presented by the cabinet to curb the country's serious economic crisis. 777 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG204.MSG Words: 153 778 OW2204201091TAKE16 779 latest golf rankings 780 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the latest men's 781 golf rankings for the week ending april 21: 1. Ian woosnam, britain, 20.28 (points average) 2. Jose-maria olazabal, spain, 19.00 3. Nick faldo, britain, 17.56 4. Greg norman, australia, 15.67 5. Payne stewart, U.S., 11.45 6. Paul azinger, U.S., 11.44 7. Bernhard langer, germany, 10.07 8. Curtis strange, U.S., 9.74 9. Mark mcnulty, zimbabwe, 9.65 10. Lanny wadkins, U.S., 9.37 enditem 22/04/91 1440gmt 782 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG205.MSG Words: 98 783 xinhua international news summary at 13:00 gmt april 22 784 new delhi -- indian prime minister chandra shekhar on sunday 785 confirmed that he had held talks with sikh militants in the troubled Indian state of punjab. 786 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG206.MSG Words: 305 mee042211 american nine-point initiative on middle east peace 787 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- Jordanian political sources 788 were quoted as saying today that the united states has submitted to Jordan a nine-point plan to achieve peace in the middle east. 789 File: D:PAXINBUAAMONPAMSG207.MSG Words: 418 mee042208 uae president to start gulf tour 790 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- president sheikh zayed bin 791 sultan al nahyan of the united arab emirates will visit saudi arabia tuesday, starting a tour of the gulf cooperation council (gcc) member states. 792 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG208.MSG Words: 189 mee042209 poland, bahrain establish diplomatic ties 793 abu dhabi, april 22 (xinhua) -- bahrain today established 794 diplomatic relations with poland, according to reports reaching here. 795 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG209.MSG Words: 78 hk042225 -- pakistan to take up kashmir issue at U.N., says 796 minister 797 islamabad, april 22 (xinhua) -- pakistan federal minister for kashmir affairs sardar mahtab ahmad khan said today that the kashmir issue would be part of the pakistan agenda at the U.N. General assembly this year. 798 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG21O.MSG Words: 269 afg042207 -- south african white voters divided on political 799 reforms 800 gaborone, april 22 (xinhua) -- south african white voters are sharply divided on the changes being introduced by the pretoria government, according to a recent survey conducted by market and opinion surveys in south africa. 801 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG211.MSG Words: 167 802 south african rival cricket bodies to form single team 803 gaborone, botswana, april 22 (xinhua) -- south africa's rival 804 cricket bodies will merge on June 29 to form a single, non-racial C00174602 Page: 86 of 170 governing authority, paving the way for a return to international competition, "the star" newspaper of south africa reported today. 805 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG212.MSG Words: 158 806 china registers overall economic recovery 807 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- china registered a steady 808 increase in industrial production and its domestic market started to flourish in the first three months of this year, a spokesman for the state statistical bureau announced today. 809 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG213.MSG Words: 515 hk042255 -- 10 vacant seats of bangladesh parliament to be elected 810 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- by-elections to ten seats of 811 bangladesh's fifth parliament, vacated by mps who won more than one seat in the february 27 parliamentary election, will be held on June 11, the election commission announced here today. 812 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG214.MSG Words: 130 813 cholera epidemic threatens soutm america 814 ilima, april 22 (xinhua) -- latin-american doctors and officials 815 are warning the outbreak of cholera occurring in peru is the worst epidemic this century, and threatens the whole of south america. 816 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG215.MSG Words: 443 mee042210 amal movement denies handing over weapons to government 817 (by feng zheru and ding naiying) 818 beirut, april 2&//8,#7-) -- the lebanese shiite moslem militia "amal movement" has denied that it will start handing over weapmns to the government as of today. 819 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG216.MSG Words: 464 820 key paris market fixed rates 821 paris, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are the major medium 822 closing rates in paris stock market today: 100 deutsche mark 336.8900 french francs 1 u.S. Dollar 5.9155 french francs 1 pound sterling 10.0875 french francs 100 Japanese yen 4.2590 french francs gold price 1 kilogram 66950 french francs enditem 22/04/91 1517gmt 823 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG217.MSG Words: 68 afg042208 -- south african hereditary chiefs urged to accelerate 824 dismantlement of apartheid 825 gaborone, april 22 (xinhua) -- hereditary chiefs in south africa have been urged to accelerate the dismantlement of apartheid in their country, the "star" newspaper of south africa said today. 826 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG218.MSG Words: 222 827 0W2204201291TAKE17 828 mosquito saliva to be used against heart attacks 829 rio de Janeiro, april 22 (xinhua) -- brazilian researchers 830 have discovered that the saliva of a mosquito that transmits dengue fever could be used to prevent heart attacks. 831 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG234.MSG Words: 180 eaed042203 -- first british commandos arrive in northern iraq 832 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- the first detachment of britain's 833 royal marines has arrived in northern Iraq to help build camps for kurdishs refugees and provide security in the refugee zones, british television reported today. 834 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG235.MSG Words: 213 hk042258 -- 51 killed, 89 injured in road accident in bangladesh 835 dhaka, april 22 (xinhua) -- fifty-one persons were killed and 000174602 Page: 87 of 170 836 89 injured when a packed passenger bus crashed into a ditch while crossing a bridge in manikganj district, west of dhaka today, communication minister oli ahmed informed the parliament. 837 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG236.MSG Words: 282 hk042259 -- major security plan to go into operation in east sri 838 lanka 839 colombo, april 22 (xinhua) -- a major security plan involving both police and village youth to thwart rebel forays into unprotected villages will go into operation this week in eastern sri lanka, according to police sources today. 840 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG237.MSG Words: 239 841 paris conference co-heads and u.N. Chief urge cease-fire 842 in combodia 843 paris, april 22 (xinhua) -- the co-chairmen of the paris conference and the u.N. Chief issued a joint statement here today calling for a temporary cease-fire in cambodia to create a favorable climate for the upcoming jarkata meeting. 844 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG238.MSG Words: 332 mee042213 bahrainis warnedpof washed-up war objects on coast 845 cairo,)april 22 (xinhua) -- the coast guard directorate in 846 bahrain today urged people to be alert for strange objects washed ashore, a report from the bahraini capital of mamma said. 847 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG239.MSG Words: 181 afg042209 -- rwandan rebels likely to ask nigeria to 848 mediate in rvandan conflict 849 lagos, april 22 (xinhua) -- rwandan rebels have indicated that they would like to see nigeria as a mediator in the six- month-old civil war in rvanda, "the guardian" of nigeria said today. 850 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG240.MSG Words: 219 mee042214 iraq may find it hard to resume oil exports: report 851 nicosia, april 22 (xinhua) -- iraq may find it hard to 852 resume oil exports because of gulf war damages and political conflicts triggered by its invasion and occupation of kuwait, the middle east economic survey (mees) reported today. 853 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG241.MSG Words: 484 eaed042204 -- prince charles and diana leave for brazil 854 visit 855 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- prince charles, the heir to the british throne, and his wife, princess diana, left london today on an official visit tobrazil. 856 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG242.MSG Words: 59 eaed042205 -- white house chief of staff accused of misusing 857 military jets 858 washhington, april 22 (xinhua) -- closely following u.S. Media's exposure of white house chief of staff john sununu's misuse of military jets for personal and political travel, congressional democrats are demanding a full and public investigation. 859 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG243.MSG Words: 354 eaed042206 -- london markets closing rates 860 london, april 22 (xinhua)-- following are the major market 861 closing rates in london today: close april 19-Currencies one sterling 1.6930 u.S. Dollars 1.7250 one u.S. Dollar 1.7660 german marks 1.7335 139.30 Japanese yen 138.15 1.4795 swiss francs 1.4680 5.9460 french francs 000174602 Page: 88 of 170 5.8410 7.8323 hong kong dollars 7.8493 gold: (per ounce) 356.75 u.S. Dollars 356.50 north sea brent (June) 19.10 u.S. Dollars 19.57 key interet rates (percent): u.S. (prime rates) 9.50 germany (discount rate) 6.50 Japan (discount rate) 5.25 britain (base lending rates) 12.00 source: (bbc) enditem 04221644 22/04/91 1754gmt 862 File; D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG244.MSG Words: 112 863 ousted mongolian party leader to be buried in ulan bator 864 ulan bator, april 22 (xinhua) -- mongolian president 865 punsalmaagiyn ochirbat today authorized the formation of a government committee for the funeral of former ruling party leader umjagin tsedenbal. 866 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG245.MSG Words: 183 867 andean economy ministers to meet in may 868 caracas, april 22 (xinhua) -- the andean countries' economy 869 ministers and central bank presidents will meet here on may 2-3 to draft measures to coordinate their economic and monetary policies. 870 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG246.MSG Words: 144 871 dalai lama and 17-article agreement (1) 872 beijing, april 22 (xinhua) -- an article in today's people's 873 daily expounds on the process which resulted in the agreement between the central people's government and the local government of tibet on measures for the peaceful liberalization of tibet signed on may 23, 1951 -- the 17-article agreement. 874 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG247.MSG Words: 479 875 OW2204201691TAKE19 876 dalai lama and 17-article agreement (2) 877 the local government of tibet, which was instigated and 878 supported by the imperialists, failed to send negotiators to beijing in time. On the one hand, this move was a vain attempt -on their part to- --stall---------for a change in the situation, while on the other hand allowing them time to deploy troops to qamdo prefecture in a bid to prevent the movement of the pla, in addition to relying on the natural barrier created by the jinsha river. 879 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG248.MSG Words: 405 880 dalai lama and 17-article agreement (3) 881 the dalai lama taking charge of the government affairs changed 882 the balance of power between patriotic tibetans in the upper strata of tibetan society and local separatists. It also changed the unpatriotic position and attitude of the local government of tibet once headed by dagzhag. 883 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG249.MSG Words; 510 884 dalai lama and 17-article agreement (4) 885 once the representatives of the local government of tibet 886 arrived in beijing, the central people's government immediately appointed li weihan, zhang jingwu, zhang guohua and sun zhiyuan as delegates with full powers of the central people's government, with li weihan as the chief delegate. The negotiations commenced on april 29 and were conducted in a friendly atmosphere throughout. 887 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG250.MSG Words: 468 888 dalai lama and 17-article agreement (5) 889 a short time later, in september 1951, after the tibetan 890 delegates had returned to Lhasa, the local government of tibet called a meeting which was attended by both monks and lay officials. During the meeting, ngapoi ngavang jigme reported on the contents of the agreement C00174602 Page: 89 of 170 and the process which resulted in its signing. In addition he explained the correctness of the agreement and the sincerity of the central people's government, while at the same time refuting rumors aimed at sabotaging the agreement. 891 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG251.MSG Words: 523 892 dalai lama and 17-article agreement (6) 893 in february 1957 the dalai lama returned to lhasa, and the 894 separatists' plot to keep him in india was defeated. 895 File; D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG252.MSG Words: 483 896 latin american news briefs 897 mexico city, april 22 (xinhua) -- following are latin american 898 news briefs today: lima -- peruvian president alberto fujimori declared a state of emergency in the national mining sector to prepare for the crisis in the industry expected with the abrupt fall in prices and orders starting July 1, as well as the reduction of taxes by 5 percent on exports of copper and some minerals. 899 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG253.MSG Words: 349 afg042210 -- maternal mortality rate increases in ghana 900 accra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the maternal mortality rate in 901 ghana has increased to 7.9 per 1,000 live births from 5.1 per 1,000 in 1970 due to inadequate medicare in the country, the ghana news agency said today. 902 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG254.MSG Words: 200 afg042211 -- nujoma starts visit to tanzania 903 dar es salaam, april 22 (xinhua) -- namibian president sam 904 nujoma arrived here today for a three-day state visit to tanzania. 905 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG255.MSG Words: 128 906 cuba: bush initiative aims to control regional trade 907 havana, april 22 (xinhua) -- cuban vice-president carlos 908 rafael rodriguez said the objective of u.S. President george bush's initiative for the americas is to control the regional trade. 909 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG256.MSG Words: 233 eaed042207 -- hurd says britain opposes ec military idea 910 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- british foreign secretary douglas 911 hurd today reaffirmed britain's opposition to the european community (ec) turning into a defensive alliance. 912 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG257.MSG Words: 266 eaed042208 -- britain to get two billion pounds for gulf war 913 london, april 22 (xinhua) -- the british government said today 914 that it has recevied or been pledged nearly two billion pounds (about 3.4 billion u.S. Dollars) by foreign countries towards the cost of the gulf war. 915 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG258.MSG Words: 129 916 gap between rich, poor widens in brazil 917 rio de Janeiro, april 22 (xinhua) -- brazil's one percent 918 wealthiest families earned 217 times more than the 10 percent poorest sectors of the population in 1988. 919 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG259.MSG Words: 213 eaed042209 -- u.N. Appeals for voluntary ceasefire in cambodia 920 united nations, april 22 (xinhua) -- u.N. Secretary general perez 921 de cuellar and france and indonesia in the capacity of co- chairmen of the paris conference on cambodia today strongly appealed to all parties to the conflict in cambodia for a voluntary ceasefire beginning from may 1. C00174602 Page: 90 of 170 922 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG260.MSG Words: 448 mee042215 egyptian minister meets with chinese minister of civil 923 affairs 924 cairo, april 22 (xinhua) -- visiting chinese minister of civil affairs cui naifu met here today with egyptian minister of insurance and social affairs amal osman. 925 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG261.MSG Words: 143 926 OW2204201991TAKE20 927 eaed042210 -- u.N. Chief appoints commission head for 928 iraq's weapon destruction 929 united nations, april 22 (xinhua) -- u.N. Secretary-general Javier perez de cuellar has appointed roif ekeus as the executive chairman of the special commission to ensure the destruction of iraq's chemical, biological and certain other weapons. 930 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG262.MSG Words: 342 afg042212 -- ethiopian national assembly discuss domestic 931 situation 932 addis ababa, april 22 (xinhua) -- ethiopian national assembly (shengo) started an extraordinary session here today to discuss the critical situation facing the country and ways to save the country from the brink of collapse. 933 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG263.MSG Words: 302 afg042213 -- 10th nam ministerial meeting to be held in 934 accra early september 935 accra, april 22 (xinhua) -- the 10th ministerial meeting of the non-aligned movement (nam) is scheduled to be held in accra from September 2 to 9 this year, said an information ministry press release issued here today. 936 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG264.MSG Words: 140 mee042216 cyprus denies denktash's proposals 937 nicosia, april 22 (xinhua) -- the cyprus government has 938 denied that turkish cypriot leader rauf denktash raised several proposals for reunifying the divided island state, the semi- official cyprus news agency (cna) reported today. 939 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG265.MSG Words: 212 afg042214 -- african regional atomic meeting opens in ghana 940 accra, april 22 (xinhua) -- a two-week african regional 941 atomis meeting opened here today to discuss the co-operation of the international atomic energy agency (iuea) with africa, identify essential project management skills and review evalua- tion skills. 942 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG266.MSG Words: 190 mee042217 baker meets with kuwaiti amir, visits oil fire site 943 cairo, april 22 (xinhua) -- u.S. Secretary of state fames 944 baker today met with kuwait's amir sheikh jaber al-ahmed al-sabah and later visited the site of burning oil wells, reports reaching here said. 945 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG267.MSG Words: 236 afg042215 -- anc to call for resignation of president de 946 klerk's government 947 harare, april 22 (xinhua) -- the african national congress (anc) would call for the resignation of president f. W. De klerk and his cabinet, suspension of the present constitution and creation of an interim government during the transition process, a senior pac official said today. 000174602 Page: 91 of 170 948 File: D:PAXINHUAAMONPAMSG268.MSG Words: 225 (endall) ? 22/2023z apr 949 0W2204202291TAKE21