Submission for question 1 with items numbered: 1 Run-F 1 APW19981015.0544 -LRB- AP -RRB- -- The president of Russia 's breakaway Chechnya region called on the United Nations and the European Parliament Thursday to recognize an independent Chechnya . 1 Run-F 2 APW20000403.0205 `` Russia is a member of the Council of Europe and as a very important member of the United Nations has assumed international obligations under its national human rights law and humanitarian law . '' The Council of Europe , the continent 's leading human rights watchdog , is to vote this week on whether to suspend Russia for rights abuses in Chechnya . 1 Run-F 3 APW20000123.0091 The Russian military has launched a fierce assault on Chechnya to crush the rebel insurgency . The Taliban 's supreme leader , Mullah Mohammed Omar , has criticized other Muslim countries as well as the United Nations for failing to help Chechnya . 1 Run-F 4 NYT19991118.0476 Another question was why Russia would be anxious about Chechnya coming up before the Security Council . According to several U.N. diplomats , neither the Security Council members nor even many Islamic states seem inclined to criticize Russia formally at the United Nations , much less sanction it , for a campaign in a republic that is still part of the the Russian federation . Nuggets assigned to items for question 1: 1 Run-F 1 4 Submission for question 2 with items numbered: 2 Run-F 1 NYT19990514.0106 Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena , Calif. : the birthplace of Sojourner , Cassini , Galileo and most other unmanned NASA space vehicles , JPL specializes in the robotic exploration of space . The labs network of bases in the Mojave Desert , Spain and Australia communicate with spacecraft . 2 Run-F 2 NYT19990512.0131 Dryden Flight Research Center , Edwards , Calif. : develops everything from unmanned planes for environmental monitoring to next-generation launch vehicles . Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena , Calif. : the birthplace of Sojourner , Cassini , Galileo and most other unmanned NASA space vehicles , JPL specializes in the robotic exploration of space . 2 Run-F 3 NYT19990329.0159 -LRB- Distributed by New York Times Special Features -RRB- For at least the next five years , NASA 's Cassini spacecraft , six tons of brute technology laboriously wending its way to Saturn and its giant moon Titan , will serve nicely as a bloated billboard with this message : The era of big , unmanned space missions is over . Not only did the craft 's considerable heft force an impressively circuitous route that depends on the gravitational pull of three heavenly bodies , but its $ 2 billion cost clashed ominously with the U.S. space agency 's shrinking budget . Nuggets assigned to items for question 2: 2 Run-F 3 6 2 Run-F 3 3 Submission for question 3 with items numbered: 3 Run-F 1 APW19981016.0171 John Hume and David Trimble on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict . MORE 3 Run-F 2 APW19981016.0397 `` There could be no more worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize than David Trimble and John Hume , '' said Blair in London . `` This is a recognition of their courage and their qualities of leadership . '' 3 Run-F 3 APW19981016.0861 -LRB- AP -RRB- -- For Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble it was still a business trip , even after receiving word he would share a Nobel Peace Prize with his Catholic counterpart , John Hume . 3 Run-F 4 APW19981023.1470 Nobel Peace Prize -winner David Trimble is under pressure from all sides as his Ulster Unionist Party holds its annual conference Saturday . The Protestant leader shared this year 's prize with Catholic moderate John Hume . 3 Run-F 5 XIE19981016.0121 STOCKHOLM , October 16 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided Friday to award 1998 Nobel Peace Prize to John Hume and David Trimble for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland . `` John Hume has throughout been the clearest and most consistent of Northern Ireland 's political leaders in his work for a peaceful solution , '' the Nobel Committee said . Nuggets assigned to items for question 3: 3 Run-F 1 2 3 Run-F 1 4 3 Run-F 3 6 Submission for question 4 with items numbered: 4 Run-F 1 XIE19971215.0043 The KDP supported the Turkish government troops in their cross-border military operations in pursuit of the PKK rebels who have sheltered themselves in northern Iraq . It is reported that there are so far about 2,500 or 3,000 PKK guerrillas in northern Iraq who often launch attacks against civilian and military targets in Turkey from northern Iraq . 4 Run-F 2 XIE19981123.0089 Turkey 's Anatolia News Agency Monday quoted Talabani as saying that under an agreement signed by the PUK and the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party -LRB- KDP -RRB- in Washington in September , the Turkish security forces are allowed to launch military operations against PKK militants in northern Iraq . Most of the PKK rebels have been staying in northern Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War and launching cross-border attacks at Turkish targets . 4 Run-F 3 APW20000817.0215 In the past , KDP forces have assisted the Turkish military in operations against the PKK inside Iraq . The KDP and the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan control the Kurdish zone of northern Iraq , an area whose autonomy has been protected by U.S. and British planes since Iraqi government forces brutally put down a Kurdish revolt there in 1991 . Nuggets assigned to items for question 4: 4 Run-F 1 2 4 Run-F 1 4 4 Run-F 2 1 Submission for question 5 with items numbered: 5 Run-F 1 APW19981111.0023 Velupillai Prabhakaran and seven other leaders of the Tamil Tiger rebels will be tried in absentia for the 1996 bombing of the Sri Lankan capital 's business district in which 78 people were killed , court officials said Wednesday . Judge A.W. Somawansa ordered the trial Tuesday after prosecution lawyers said Prabhakaran , who heads the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , was living in the northern jungles of Sri Lanka which are not under the control of government troops . 5 Run-F 2 XIE19991009.0169 `` Even now , there are about 1,500 LTTE cadres in Tamil Nadu indulging in various activities , including smuggling , '' said Suresh Premachandran , leader of the Eelam People 's Revolutionary Liberation Front -LRB- EPRLF -RRB- , another Sri Lankan Tamil party opposing the LTTE . Given the BJP government 's past record , Sri Lankan Tamils , most of whom are tacit LTTE supporters , believe that the new Vajpayee regime will not do anything against the Sri Lankan Tamil cause as espoused by the LTTE . Nuggets assigned to items for question 5: 5 Run-F 1 1 5 Run-F 1 4 5 Run-F 1 10 5 Run-F 1 11 Submission for question 6 with items numbered: 6 Run-F 1 APW19980618.0527 A Russian shipyard completed a new submarine destined for China on Thursday , a news agency reported . The Kilo -class diesel-electric submarine will be handed over at the end of the year . 6 Run-F 2 APW19980707.0144 The RSM -54 , which is called SS - N -23 in the West , is a standard weapon of Russian nuclear-powered submarines . -LRB- vi/gm -RRB- 6 Run-F 3 APW19980923.0294 He cited examples such as the S -300 PMU1 anti-missile system , Kilo class submarines , Su -27 and MiG -29 fighter jets and the Ka -50 Black Shark attack helicopter . With the Russian economy in crisis , arms exports are among the country 's few steady sources of hard currency and one of the few sectors where Russian industry continues to operate effectively . 6 Run-F 4 APW19980707.1028 The RSM -54 missile , which is called SS - N -23 in the West , is a standard weapon of Russian nuclear-powered submarines . The U.S. Navy has used submarines to launch sub-orbital rockets for delivery of bombs or weapons , but has not launched satellites into orbit . Nuggets assigned to items for question 6: Submission for question 7 with items numbered: 7 Run-F 1 XIE19961210.0272 Official data showed that the huge decline was due to the lack of big infrastructure projects from the Philippine Board of Investment -LRB- BOI -RRB- , particularly in the telecommunications sector , which pumped up last year 's investment record . The Philippine Economic Zone Authority and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority , on the other hand , showed an upswing trend in investment generation . 7 Run-F 2 XIE19960808.0194 After the Philippine senate refused to extend the Philippine - US military bases agreement , the US troops were forced to withdraw from all its six bases in 1991 and 1992 , ending its 93 years of military presentation in the country . However , the US navy ships have been making port calls in Manila and Subic Bay . 7 Run-F 3 XIE19970311.0150 `` The world is fast becoming one global village , '' Kissinger claimed . On the U.S.- Philippine relations , Kissinger said that the relations between the two countries have not decreased despite the American withdrawal of its troops from two military bases -- the Clark air base and the Subic naval base in the Philippines in the early 1990 's . Nuggets assigned to items for question 7: 7 Run-F 2 4 Submission for question 8 with items numbered: 8 Run-F 1 NYT19980820.0441 The Aum Shinrikyo cult staged a poison gas attack in March 1995 in the Tokyo subway . Exposure to the nerve gas sarin killed ten people and injured 5,000 . 8 Run-F 2 NYT19990507.0189 In Tokyo , `` someday '' happened four years ago . On March 20 , 1995 , the Aum Shinrikyo cult , which no intelligence agency in the western world had ever heard of , launched a Sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system . 8 Run-F 3 NYT19991229.0242 Many Japanese are wondering what 's next . More than four years after the Aum Shinrikyo cult sprayed sarin gas on the Tokyo subway , killing 12 and injuring more than 5,000 , religious sects of all kinds are flourishing here . 8 Run-F 4 XIE20000629.0211 TOKYO , June 29 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult to death for his role in two sarin gas attacks including one on the Tokyo subway system in 1995 . Yasuo Hayashi , 42 , is the third sentenced by the court among five former AUM members who have been indicted for releasing sarin on the Tokyo subway , following one who received life imprisonment , and the other the death penalty . Nuggets assigned to items for question 8: Submission for question 9 with items numbered: 9 Run-F 1 APW19980728.0895 Both countries have been campaigning for an oil pipeline running from Azerbaijan 's capital , Baku , through Georgia to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan , as well as a pipeline to carry Turkmen natural gas across the Caspian Sea to Turkey . The United States favors pipeline routes to Turkey because of its strong opposition to any plans to transport Caspian Sea oil and gas to markets through Iran , a country that Washington considers unreliable . 9 Run-F 2 APW19981228.0606 The president 's words were apparently aimed at the United States , which has been lobbying hard for the construction of an oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey . Iran has proposed an alternative route for transporting Caspian Sea oil that would be cheaper than the Turkish route . 9 Run-F 3 XIE19971228.0012 The United States has pressured Kazakhstan to shelve a plan for pipeline through Iran in favor of a U.S. backed pipeline through Azerbaijan , Georgia and Turkey to the Mediterranean Sea . Speaking after meeting with Georgian Defense Minister Niko Lekishvili , the prime minister said that the two countries will turn into flourishing states in the near future following the development of the Caspian Sea energy resources and establishment of the Euro - Asian transportation Azerbaijan , Georgia and Turkey to the Mediterranean Sea . Nuggets assigned to items for question 9: Submission for question 10 with items numbered: 10 Run-F 1 APW20000315.0165 HARAKAT - UL - MUJAHEDEEN : Previously Harakat -ul- Ansar , but changed its name after United States declared the group a terrorist organization . Harakat -ul- Ansar was founded by Masood Azhar , one of three Kashmiri militants freed by India last December to end the hijacking of an Indian Airlines jetliner . 10 Run-F 2 APW20000129.0130 Washington says there are links between last month 's hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane and Harkat -ul- Mujahedeen , which was placed on the State Department 's list of terrorist organizations in 1997 when it was called Harkat -ul- Ansar . On Saturday , Pakistan 's foreign ministry repeated its condemnation of the hijacking and vowed to punish the hijackers if they are arrested in Pakistan . 10 Run-F 3 XIE20000102.0003 The Indian airlines IC -814 aircraft was hijacked to Kandahar of Afghanistan on its way from Kathmandu to New Delhi by unidentified people on December 24 , 1999 . About 160 hostages on board the plane were released on December 31 after 8 days of negotiations between the hijackers and the Indian government . Nuggets assigned to items for question 10: 10 Run-F 1 8 10 Run-F 2 4 Submission for question 11 with items numbered: 11 Run-F 1 NYT19990529.0205 John A. Walker Jr. , a retired Navy warrant officer , led a family spy ring that for two decades sold our missile submarine information to Moscow . Spying permeates the conduct of international commerce and diplomacy . 11 Run-F 2 APW20000217.0034 -LRB- AP -RRB- -- The youngest member of a family spy ring for the Soviet Union has been released from a halfway house after serving 15 years of a 25-year prison sentence . Michael Lance Walker , 37 , the son of the ring 's leader , John A. Walker Jr. , was released Wednesday . 11 Run-F 3 APW20000217.0034 He testified that he became a spy in 1983 `` for the money and to please my father . '' John Walker admitted passing secrets while he was a shipboard communications officer , and after his retirement by recruiting his son , brother and a friend , Jerry A. Whitworth , a chief petty officer . Nuggets assigned to items for question 11: 11 Run-F 1 2 11 Run-F 1 1 11 Run-F 1 7 Submission for question 12 with items numbered: 12 Run-F 1 NYT20000825.0407 That has been the paradox hovering over the investigation of the TWA Flight 800 disaster . In the immediate aftermath of the crash , which killed all 230 people on board , there were theories that the plane had been brought down by terrorists or an errant missile . 12 Run-F 2 APW20000823.0040 -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Wiring damage of the type that could have caused the TWA Flight 800 disaster has been found in other aging aircraft , federal investigators said Wednesday . A four-year investigation of the crash of the Boeing 747 New York -to- Paris flight led to a conclusion that it was caused by an explosion of vapors in a fuel tank of the 25-year -old plane . 12 Run-F 3 NYT19991102.0317 But the differences are profound , according to investigators involved in the two cases . TWA Flight 800 crashed when the United States was on the `` highest state of alert for terrorism in decades , '' said Kallstrom , who is now an executive of an insurance company in Delaware . Nuggets assigned to items for question 12: 12 Run-F 1 5 12 Run-F 2 1 Submission for question 13 with items numbered: 13 Run-F 1 NYT19991104.0004 Skelton said nothing is more important than sound security clearances , especially because 68 Department of Defense employees have been charged with espionage since 1982 . The GAO did not explore whether those persons had insufficient background checks . 13 Run-F 2 NYT19991104.0004 Auditors said the service has operated for four years with little or no oversight by the appropriate assistant secretary of defense . Skelton said nothing is more important than sound security clearances , especially because 68 Department of Defense employees have been charged with espionage since 1982 . 13 Run-F 3 NYT19991104.0004 The Department of Defense failed to complete security clearance checks on 92 percent of its employees and contractors who have access to classified information , according to a congressional report released Wednesday . The General Accounting Office said lapses in the screening of Defense personnel risk national security and make the department vulnerable to espionage . 13 Run-F 4 APW19990528.0058 Despite Senate Republicans ' complaints about Democratic stalling tactics , the defense bill passed by the Senate does contain measures to address the China espionage issue . The package includes $ 35 million to enhance computer security at Energy Department nuclear labs and another $ 17 million to upgrade security clearance investigations of employees . Nuggets assigned to items for question 13: 13 Run-F 1 6 13 Run-F 2 3 13 Run-F 3 1 Submission for question 14 with items numbered: 14 Run-F 1 NYT19991218.0210 Canada itself is almost never a target of terrorist attacks . But its long and open border with the US -- together with large immigrant communities in such major cities as Montreal , Toronto and Vancouver , which provide easy camouflage and money sources -- have made the country a popular lair for international terrorist groups , according to Canadian law enforcement and intelligence sources . 14 Run-F 2 APW20000126.0369 Several experts criticized Canada for having overly generous immigration laws that give terrorists easy access to North America . `` The fact that Canadians themselves have not been traditional targets of political violence has meant a failure of popular vigilance , a failure reflected ... on the part of successive Canadian governments , '' said David Harris , former chief of strategic planning for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service . 14 Run-F 3 XIE19991113.0084 The rocket attack happened two days before the U.N. sanctions on Pakistan 's neighbor Afghanistan take effect to force the Afghan Taliban militia to hand over indicted terrorist Osama bin Laden . The U.S. accused bin Laden of being in connection with several terrorist attacks on U.S. targets . Nuggets assigned to items for question 14: 14 Run-F 1 1 14 Run-F 1 3 14 Run-F 2 2 14 Run-F 2 4 Submission for question 15 with items numbered: 15 Run-F 1 XIE19990625.0140 Afghanistan is now believed to be the world 's largest producer and trafficker of narcotics with opium grown on 63,000 hectares , producing an average 3,000 tons of opium every year . Frahi said the Afghan Taliban are cooperating with the UNDCP in fighting the drug problem but collect tax on poppy crop also . 15 Run-F 2 XIE20000515.0241 `` We are cracking down heavily on poppy farms and we will continue to do so , '' said Akhundzada at Kandahar , Taliban 's headquarters in southern Afghanistan . Afghanistan is a leading poppy producer in the world whose opium harvest , a United Nations estimate shows , was about a record 4,600 tons in 1999 . 15 Run-F 3 NYT19991112.0306 And the Taliban collect a 20 percent tax from opium dealers and transporters -- money that goes straight to the Taliban war chest . Drug dealers operate the only banking system in Afghanistan -- offering farmers credit in advance of their poppy crop . Nuggets assigned to items for question 15: 15 Run-F 1 4 15 Run-F 2 1 Submission for question 16 with items numbered: 16 Run-F 1 XIE19990707.0084 `` In terms of arms sales ... we would be very concerned about any new Russian arms sales to Syria , '' State Department deputy spokesman James Foley said . He noted that under U.S. law , Washington would stop any assistance to Russia for its sale of weapons to Syria . 16 Run-F 2 XIE19990707.0084 Reports said Assad was seeking to renew ties with Russia and acquire new weapons for Syria 's defense . `` In terms of arms sales ... we would be very concerned about any new Russian arms sales to Syria , '' State Department deputy spokesman James Foley said . 16 Run-F 3 XIE19990206.0224 `` Our concerns about Russian arms sales to Syria were raised during the secretary 's visit to Moscow , '' he said . The official noted that U.S. law requires that certain assistance be withheld from governments that provide arms to states on the U.S. blacklist of countries , and Syria has been on the list . Nuggets assigned to items for question 16: 16 Run-F 1 1 16 Run-F 1 2 16 Run-F 1 3 Submission for question 17 with items numbered: 17 Run-F 1 XIE19980817.0118 In an interview with the Itar - Tass news agency last week , the Vietnamese president said Vietnam is giving `` strategic priority '' to the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Russia . Two -way trade between Vietnam and Russia amounted to 300 million U.S. dollars last year , official statistics showed . 17 Run-F 2 XIE20000717.0053 Vietnam and Russia , since 1991 , have signed more than 30 cooperative agreements . Two -way trade value has reached 400 million U.S. dollars per year , putting Russia on the 15th place among Vietnam 's trade partners . 17 Run-F 3 XIE19990811.0094 She said Russian President Yeltsin 's dismissal of Prime Minister Stepashin was an internal affair of Russia . Vietnam has always attached importance to consolidating and strengthening traditional multi-faceted relationship with Russia , she said , adding that relationship with Russia is one of priorities in Vietnam 's foreign policy of diversification and multilateralization . 17 Run-F 4 XIE19980817.0118 Two -way trade between Vietnam and Russia amounted to 300 million U.S. dollars last year , official statistics showed . By late 1997 , Russian firms had been licensed to set up 54 joint ventures worth 196.4 million dollars . Nuggets assigned to items for question 17: 17 Run-F 4 1 Submission for question 18 with items numbered: 18 Run-F 1 APW19981218.1523 South Korean officials said the boat was on a mission to land or pick up North Korean spies in the South . The latest incident came despite President Kim Dae -jung 's `` sunshine policy , '' under which Seoul is pushing economic exchanges to bring the two Koreas closer to peace on the divided peninsula . 18 Run-F 2 NYT19981217.0374 As recently as June , another North Korean submarine was captured in South Korean waters , and shortly afterward the body of a North Korean commando -- apparently from a different submarine -- was found on a South Korean beach . North Korea has many spies in South Korea , and it is relatively easy to give a North Korean spy a fake or stolen Japanese passport and have him fly into South Korea in the comfort of business class . 18 Run-F 3 APW19981220.0157 Several North Korean spy crafts have been caught infiltrating South Korean waters in recent years . In June , a 70-ton North Korean submarine was found off South Korea 's east coast with its propeller and periscope tangled in a fishing net . Nuggets assigned to items for question 18: 18 Run-F 1 2 18 Run-F 2 1 Submission for question 19 with items numbered: 19 Run-F 1 APW19980626.0912 Dev Sol , which claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks and murders in Turkey , was replaced in 1993 by the Revolutionary People 's Liberation Party - Front . -LRB- sh/djw -RRB- 19 Run-F 2 APW19980626.0912 Despite issuing death penalties , Turkey has not carried out executions since 1984 . Dev Sol , which claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks and murders in Turkey , was replaced in 1993 by the Revolutionary People 's Liberation Party - Front . 19 Run-F 3 XIE19960110.0299 Two people , including a woman , were reportedly involved in the attack , and the Revolutionary People 's Liberation Party/Front -LRB- DHKP/C -RRB- has claimed responsibility for the assassination . A man , who said he was a member of the organization , called local press offices , saying they would continue to `` take revenge on blood that is spilled by facism . '' 19 Run-F 4 XIE19960110.0299 Local television reported that the killing was reported to police only 45 minutes after the attack on the 25th floor . Two people , including a woman , were reportedly involved in the attack , and the Revolutionary People 's Liberation Party/Front -LRB- DHKP/C -RRB- has claimed responsibility for the assassination . Nuggets assigned to items for question 19: 19 Run-F 1 1 Submission for question 20 with items numbered: 20 Run-F 1 APW19980608.0255 He has said in the past that India went nuclear because of its fears of being surrounded by the nuclear weapons of neighbors China and Pakistan . In its response to the Security Council , Pakistan said Sunday that it cannot be compelled to sign the nuclear arms control treaties . 20 Run-F 2 NYT19980617.0396 He acknowledged that he had been a long-standing opponent of nuclear weapons , to the point of having participated in protests and sit-ins against nuclear arms in India and abroad when he was an opposition politician . But he said that he could not accept the attitude of Western powers on nuclear issues , which seemed to be that they were responsible enough to handle nuclear weapons , while India and Pakistan were not . 20 Run-F 3 APW19980620.0608 During his visit , Taketa urged both India and Pakistan not to test any more nuclear devices and urged all atomic powers to get rid of their nuclear arsenal . Fears of an escalation of a nuclear arms race were raised when India and Pakistan recently detonated nuclear weapons . Nuggets assigned to items for question 20: Submission for question 21 with items numbered: 21 Run-F 1 XIE19980914.0018 In a recent TV interview , Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi rapped Arab countries for not showing enough support to Libya , while praising the Organization of African Unity -LRB- OAU -RRB- for backing its demand for lifting the sanctions . The U.N. imposed air , arms and diplomatic embargo on the country in 1992 after Libya failed to hand over two Libyans suspected of blowing up an American flight over Lockerbie , Scotland in 1988 . 21 Run-F 2 XIE19981013.0035 The change followed the Arab League 's refusal to join rally with the Organization of African Unity -LRB- OAU -RRB- in its rejection of the U.N. -imposed embargo on Libya , including air travel in and out of the country . Arab foreign ministers meeting here last month said the league will bypass the sanctions when Libya 's demand for a fair trial for the two Libyan suspects in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing is met . Nuggets assigned to items for question 21: 21 Run-F 1 7 21 Run-F 1 1 21 Run-F 1 8 21 Run-F 1 5 21 Run-F 1 4 21 Run-F 2 9 21 Run-F 2 2 Submission for question 22 with items numbered: 22 Run-F 1 APW19980605.0780 UNHCR workers had asked the refugees to trek some 70 kilometers -LRB- 45 miles -RRB- to Kailahun , a Liberian town accessible by road . Jessen - Petersen visited Sierra Leone earlier this week for talks aimed at eventually repatriating more than a half-million Sierra Leonean refugees living mainly in Liberia and Guinea . 22 Run-F 2 XIE20000911.0082 He also noted that Sierra Leoneans seem to have been the main targets , because Liberians living in Conakry are much less obviously foreign , being from the same tribes and speaking the same languages as the local population . Guinea has allegedly accusing Sierra Leone and Liberia of supporting armed bandits in the cross-border attacks . 22 Run-F 3 APW20000918.0070 Liberia has accused Guinea of harboring rebels who crossed into northern Liberia in July and have been fighting government forces there ever since . Most of the refugees in the Macenta area are Liberian , but some Sierra Leonean refugees have fled into the area recently following attacks by Sierra Leonean rebels . Nuggets assigned to items for question 22: 22 Run-F 2 4 22 Run-F 3 6 Submission for question 23 with items numbered: 23 Run-F 1 NYT20000114.0163 Jo Becker , of the Human Rights Watch and head of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers , opposes allowing any exceptions to a blanket ban on child soldiers . `` What possible justification can there be to make an exception for sending children into combat ? '' 23 Run-F 2 APW19980630.0727 Campaigners against the use of children as soldiers on Tuesday launched a coalition to press governments for strict international legal protection of under-18s . `` The use of children as soldiers has no place in civilized society and must be stopped , '' said Stuart Maslen , coordinator of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers . 23 Run-F 3 NYT20000114.0163 We believe there is nothing wrong with volunteering at age 17 , and deployment is part of that volunteering . '' Jo Becker , of the Human Rights Watch and head of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers , opposes allowing any exceptions to a blanket ban on child soldiers . Nuggets assigned to items for question 23: 23 Run-F 1 12 23 Run-F 2 15 23 Run-F 3 5 Submission for question 24 with items numbered: 24 Run-F 1 XIE20000116.0182 Last June , the two neighbors began several rounds of low-level talks as part of their efforts to improve their strained relations , and the outpouring of public sympathy and support during last year ` s unexpected earthquakes in the two countries have boosted also their relations . While hoping to better its ties with Turkey , Greece has steadfastly refused to discuss with Turkey issues of sovereignty and territorial rights in the Aegean . 24 Run-F 2 XIE19991006.0050 Greece has insisted that Turkey cannot join the EU unless it improves its human rights record and relations with Greece as well as not blocking Cyprus 's accession to the EU . The recent devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Greece have provided the two neighbors a good chance to improve their strained ties . 24 Run-F 3 XIE20000911.0331 Italian Admiral Guido Venturoni , chairman of the NATO Military Committee , said that the good climate between Greece and Turkey was a reality and the committee was applying efforts to aid its continuation . Several years ago , Greece had strained relations with its neighbors such as Albania , Macedonia and Turkey , but Greece has now improved its relations with the neighboring countries . Nuggets assigned to items for question 24: 24 Run-F 1 10 24 Run-F 1 2 24 Run-F 1 5 24 Run-F 2 9 24 Run-F 2 12 Submission for question 25 with items numbered: 25 Run-F 1 XIE20000628.0143 HONG KONG , June 28 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- A poll conducted recently by Hong Kong media shows that 93 percent of Hong Kong residents are satisfied with the performance of the People 's Liberation Army -LRB- PLA -RRB- troops stationed in the region . The ground , naval and air forces of the PLA in Hong Kong have done an `` excellent '' job and fulfilled their defense tasks over the past three years , the survey found . 25 Run-F 2 XIE19970701.0296 HONG KONG , July 1 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- The ground , naval and air forces of the People 's Liberation Army -LRB- PLA -RRB- stationed in Hong Kong have reached their designated barracks today . This was learned from the headquarters of the three services of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison . 25 Run-F 3 XIE19990701.0223 HONG KONG , July 1 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- Three barracks of the People 's Liberation Army -LRB- PLA -RRB- Garrison in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region -LRB- SAR -RRB- were opened to local residents Thursday on the occasion of the second anniversary of Hong Kong 's return to China . The event , which is aimed at increasing understanding between the PLA troops and local residents , drew a large number of people from all walks of life early in the morning . Nuggets assigned to items for question 25: 25 Run-F 1 1 Submission for question 26 with items numbered: 26 Run-F 1 NYT20000712.0237 The delays added an estimated $ 3 billion to the cost of the space station . NASA officials have claimed in the past that funds targeted for the Zvezda were diverted to keep the Mir space station , an object of intense pride for the Russian space program , in orbit . 26 Run-F 2 APW19981202.0685 Unable to afford two space stations , the Russian Space Agency has targeted next summer for Mir 's demise , though some in the country would like to keep the nearly 13-year -old station up much longer . Discussions are under way with an unnamed company , in fact , to provide an alternative source of funding . 26 Run-F 3 APW19990825.0075 They 're terrified of seeing their space accomplishments fade into history , too . After Mir , Russia will concentrate its scarce space funds on the international space station , which is borrowing much from Mir 's experience but is unquestionably under U.S. command -- and is already far behind schedule because of financing delays on the Russian -made modules . Nuggets assigned to items for question 26: 26 Run-F 1 3 26 Run-F 3 6 Submission for question 27 with items numbered: 27 Run-F 1 XIE19990207.0178 The authorities said chocolates made in England `` are dangerous because of the `` mad cow '' disease . `` They can be contaminated with the `` mad cow '' virus which attacks the brain of the animal and can be transmitted to the human brain , '' they said . 27 Run-F 2 XIE19970904.0284 To halt the spread of the BSE , Britain has banned beef sales and agreed to slaughter over 120,000 suspected heads of cattle . The `` mad cow '' disease , which struck most heavily in England , has appeared sporadically in the rest of the British Isles and elsewhere in Europe . 27 Run-F 3 XIE19960324.0093 He cited the example of England where the government have decided to slaughter cows numbering to 11 millions because of the menace of the mad cow disease known to scientists as `` Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy -LRB- BSE -RRB- '' which has allegedly killed ten people . Speaking about how the disease started in England , he said , the big farmers fed the sheep brain to the cattle as a protein and this is against the nature of the cows as they are basically vegetarians . Nuggets assigned to items for question 27: 27 Run-F 2 3 Submission for question 28 with items numbered: 28 Run-F 1 XIE19960126.0213 The manoeuvre , scheduled to start on Friday , will last until February 12 , the announcement said . The United States and Thailand have conducted several joint military exercises in Thailand in the past few years . 28 Run-F 2 XIE20000411.0254 BANGKOK , April 11 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- The armed forces of Thailand , Singapore and the United States will conduct the 19th Exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand from May 9 to 23 , representatives of the three countries announced here Tuesday at a joint press conference . Cobra Gold 2000 is a regularly scheduled joint exercise and is the latest in the continuing series of U.S. - Thai military exercises designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai armed forces to defend Thailand or regional contingencies , an army spokesman said . 28 Run-F 3 XIE19960126.0213 The package of sales reflects steady improvement of relations between the United States and Thailand in recent years . The U.S. Defense Department also announced that U.S. and Thai military forces will hold joint air exercises in Thailand . Nuggets assigned to items for question 28: 28 Run-F 1 3 28 Run-F 2 6 28 Run-F 2 5 28 Run-F 3 1 Submission for question 29 with items numbered: 29 Run-F 1 XIE20000623.0150 Laden is the most wanted suspect by Washington which has accused him of masterminding the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , killing over 200 people . However , no serious attacks on American targets were reported in Jordan in recent memory . 29 Run-F 2 APW19980826.0250 U.S. Embassies around the world have been placed on alert since the August 7 bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya . Washington retaliated on August 20 by bombing targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan identified as terrorist sites . 29 Run-F 3 XIE20000623.0150 The prosecution said the suspects , believed to have links with Afghanistan -based Saudi -expelled billionaire Osama Laden , had planned attacks on American and Israeli targets during the new year celebrations . Laden is the most wanted suspect by Washington which has accused him of masterminding the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania , killing over 200 people . Nuggets assigned to items for question 29: 29 Run-F 3 8 Submission for question 30 with items numbered: 30 Run-F 1 NYT19990517.0113 As Mark Pertschuk , the Washington -based legislative director for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence , said , there are two things that are true around the world but not here . The first , he said , is that `` they have licensing and registration of firearms . '' 30 Run-F 2 XIE19991109.0248 Business Day : -- The South African government has rejected psychometric tests for gun owners in the final draft of its gun control legislation . The draft bill sets strict requirements for licensing and registration of firearms and it introduces checks on prospective gun owners . 30 Run-F 3 NYT19990521.0291 As Democrats were claiming victory after the Senate approved gun-control legislation this week , some of those who led the fight for the bill waited only a few minutes to call for a reality check . The measures passed by the Senate did little or nothing to affect the 60 million handguns already in circulation , these advocates said , and it is far from clear whether the political will exists for the ultimate aim of some gun-control proponents , the licensing and registration of firearms . Nuggets assigned to items for question 30: Submission for question 31 with items numbered: 31 Run-F 1 NYT19990203.0228 She stood up for her country when the United States accused it of being too soft on Iraq , but back home she has been seen as being just too American . Now that Jordan 's Queen Noor , 47 , is literally by the sick bed of her husband , Jordan 's King Hussein , the woman who has worked hard to straddle two cultures faces an uncertain future . 31 Run-F 2 XIE19991017.0111 Queen Noor was married to the late Jordan King Hussein in 1978 . For the past years , the queen has promoted peace , international exchange and understanding and other activities . 31 Run-F 3 APW19980711.0305 Jordan signed a global land mine treaty Saturday , joining 127 other countries that have endorsed the pact , which prohibits the use , production and stockpiling of the weapon . The announcement was made by Queen Noor , King Hussein 's American -born wife . 31 Run-F 4 XIE19990208.0227 Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schuessel also lamented the death of Hussein , saying `` the world has lost an important statesman , the Middle East a supporter of peace , and Jordan an authentic father figure . '' He expressed condolences to Hussein 's wife Queen Noor and son , the new King Abdullah . Nuggets assigned to items for question 31: Submission for question 32 with items numbered: 32 Run-F 1 XIE19981001.0009 It was reported Britain opened exploratory talks Monday at expert level with the government of Gibraltar , which would like to modernize its constitution and end its status as a colony . Spain wants Gibraltar , which was ceded to Britain in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht , to be returned to Spanish rule , but Britain and Gibraltar have rejected the claim . 32 Run-F 2 XIE19981001.0009 `` There will be no change in the sovereignty of Gibraltar against the wishes of the people , '' she said , adding that the impetus for change was coming from Gibraltar . It was reported Britain opened exploratory talks Monday at expert level with the government of Gibraltar , which would like to modernize its constitution and end its status as a colony . 32 Run-F 3 XIE19971211.0321 Speaking at a press conference after meeting his Spanish counterpart Abel Matutes , British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said that the status of Gibraltar could only be changed with the consent of the Gibraltar inhabitants . Cook made it clear that `` Britain will not compromise on the question of sovereignty against the interests of the people of Gibraltar . '' Nuggets assigned to items for question 32: 32 Run-F 1 4 32 Run-F 1 1 32 Run-F 1 3 Submission for question 33 with items numbered: 33 Run-F 1 NYT19990707.0296 Japan will also ask China to stop sending ships that intrude into disputed waters near the Senkaku islands , which are also claimed by China and Taiwan and which they call the Diaoyu chain . China , on the other hand , is most likely to voice irritation at new Japanese - American defense guidelines that would give Japan a greater military role -- supporting American forces -- in any conflict in the region . 33 Run-F 2 APW19980621.0153 With their boat bedecked with flags reading `` Chinese territory , Diaoyu Islands , '' and `` Down with Japanese militarism , '' the 25 activists were seen off with cheers by families and well-wishers . The Diaoyu , known in Japanese as the Senkaku , are controlled by Japan but claimed by both Taiwan and China . 33 Run-F 3 APW19980625.0397 He called on Taiwan and China to negotiate with Japan . The protesters were making the latest in a series of efforts to land on the uninhabited , Japanese -controlled islands -- known as Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese -- to dramatize claims to them by China and Taiwan . Nuggets assigned to items for question 33: 33 Run-F 1 3 33 Run-F 2 4 Submission for question 34 with items numbered: 34 Run-F 1 APW20000313.0135 Lee said South Korea had not been a target of North Korean terrorism for years . His statement in response to a question could improve North Korea 's chances . 34 Run-F 2 NYT20000624.0084 A joint South - North economic committee was set up during the summit meeting of the two Korean leaders 10 days ago , and this panel is likely , in the beginning , to become the main conduit for business in the North . Some South Korean companies already do such business , but Jones , a lawyer here , cautioned that of the four ventures with North Korea that he had been involved in , only one was still going . 34 Run-F 3 APW19991006.0048 Hyundai plans to use surplus South Korean electricity for the park , which will be built on North Korea 's southwest coast , close to the border with South Korea . The South Korean government encourages expansion of business with North Korea under its engagement policy towards the isolated communist country . Nuggets assigned to items for question 34: 34 Run-F 3 1 Submission for question 35 with items numbered: 35 Run-F 1 XIE19960611.0243 We do not believe it reaches us , '' said Burelli Rivas . He said Venezuela has economic relations with Cuba and Venezuelan businessmen may be interested in increasing trade with the Caribbean island state . 35 Run-F 2 APW20000218.0248 The request by the first two was denied by Venezuelan authorities , who said the doctors did not face political persecution in Cuba and wanted to emigrate for economic reasons . However , Venezuela said it would allow them to stay in the country for one year for unspecified `` humanitarian reasons . '' 35 Run-F 3 XIE19990911.0007 At the same time , Perez Roque thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for proposing a mechanism for the energy support to Cuba similar to the Pact of San Jose during the recent summit of Caribbean presidents held in the Dominican Republic . Venezuela will unilaterally supply Cuba with oil after Mexico blocked the island nation from inclusion in the pact . Nuggets assigned to items for question 35: 35 Run-F 1 2 35 Run-F 2 1 35 Run-F 3 4 Submission for question 36 with items numbered: 36 Run-F 1 XIE19990820.0002 And for the time being , he is also the biggest destabilizing factor in the Asia -pacific region , '' he said . On the question of Taiwan 's entry into World Trade Organization -LRB- WTO -RRB- , the ambassador said as a separate customs territory of China , Taiwan can join the WTO only after China has become its member . 36 Run-F 2 APW19990429.0311 But as China has drawn closer to entry , Taiwan has decided to pin its hopes of joining the WTO on China 's coattails . Taiwan has completed all trade negotiations required by WTO members , and is continuing its own lobbying efforts . 36 Run-F 3 XIE19980814.0027 `` The regulation of the principle of the WTO is explicit itself , that is , only when the sovereign state becomes a member of the WTO could it become possible for part of that state to apply and become a member of that distinguished World Trade Organization , '' he said in reply to a question on Taiwan 's WTO membership . The United States had been negotiating with both the mainland of China and China 's Taiwan Province on their admissions to the WTO. The U.S. Trade Representative 's Office announced last week that it had concluded its bargaining with Taiwan , giving rise to speculations that Taiwan might be allowed to join the organization before the mainland is given the green light . Nuggets assigned to items for question 36: 36 Run-F 3 1 Submission for question 37 with items numbered: 37 Run-F 1 XIE19960517.0245 -- The All - China Federation of Trade Unions -LRB- ACFTU -RRB- called for further progress this year in unionizing overseas-funded enterprises to protect Chinese workers ' rights and interests . -- China will continue to step up its effort on Intellectual Property Rights -LRB- IPR -RRB- protection , regardless of any action taken by the United States or whether the two sides reach any agreement , a Foreign Ministry spokesman said . 37 Run-F 2 XIE19981029.0264 `` China Daily '' -- The Chinese government is set to step up patent protection for new technology developments and manufacturers -- making it the major task in the area of intellectual property rights -LRB- IPR -RRB- protection in the next few years . -- China 's fixed assets investment could grow by 20 percent in 1998 , well above the original target set earlier this year , however , export growth is likely to fall short of the 10 percent objective , according to an official at the State Development Planning Commission . Nuggets assigned to items for question 37: 37 Run-F 1 1 Submission for question 38 with items numbered: 38 Run-F 1 APW19981223.0240 Lacking such sophisticated tools , North Korea counters by trying to place spies in the South via land and sea routes . The U.N. Command and the North 's Korean People 's Army signed the 1953 armistice that ended the three-year Korean War , which American -led U.N. forces fought on South Korea 's behalf . 38 Run-F 2 NYT19990420.0217 The fighting was prompted by communist North Korea 's invasion of democratic South Korea in a brutal campaign to militarily take over the entire peninsula . By the time a truce was negotiated and the North driven out of the South , 88,000 U.N. soldiers had been killed , of whom 33,700 were Americans . 38 Run-F 3 XIE19980814.0076 South Korea will not negotiate the tariff rate on auto imports , said Chung Eui -yong , deputy minister of state for trade on Friday . `` We will continue to persuade the Americans to drop their demands for a change in our tax systems for automobiles , '' he said in response to questions on the Seoul - Washington talks about greater liberalization for South Korea 's automobile market . Nuggets assigned to items for question 38: 38 Run-F 3 3 Submission for question 39 with items numbered: 39 Run-F 1 APW19991008.0170 The Russian leader also praised Russian - Japanese relations , particularly in trade . Russian - Japanese relations have improved in the last few years , but are still soured by a dispute over the Kuril Islands . 39 Run-F 2 XIE19990110.0066 In a related development , Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin summoned Japanese Ambassador Takehiro Togo to the ministry Friday for `` a conversation about the status and prosp ects for Russo - Japanese relations , '' the Itar - Tass reported Sunday . The two sides stressed the necessity to regulate problems by way of gradual improvement of mutual understanding and agreement . 39 Run-F 3 APW19980713.0061 `` I do not wish Japanese - Russian relations , which are finally beginning to improve , to move backwards , '' Hashimoto said at the news conference where he announced he was stepping down . `` Such a thing should not happen . 39 Run-F 4 APW19981017.0100 There have been no signs of progress on resolving the disagreement , however , despite an overall improvement in relations . In an interview published Friday , Komura said Russian - Japanese relations have warmed because of summits between Yeltsin and Hashimoto . Nuggets assigned to items for question 39: 39 Run-F 2 5 Submission for question 40 with items numbered: 40 Run-F 1 XIE19980122.0083 Resources Minister Warwick Parer said in a statement that Japan had refused to accept quotas set at a responsible level in the talks between Australia , Japan and New Zealand , the three members of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna . Japan had also announced it could introduce an experimental fishing program , which would push its catch above last year 's limit , Parer said . 40 Run-F 2 APW19990818.0164 HAMBURG , Germany -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Australia and New Zealand went before an international tribunal Wednesday to try to freeze Japan 's experimental bluefin tuna fishing program . 40 Run-F 3 XIE19990610.0224 Japan last week announced it would recommence its `` experimental fishing program '' -LRB- EFP -RRB- for the tuna , the same program under which last year it took 1,400 tons , or 25 percent , above its quota of the highly prized fish . Australian Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Mark Vaile said Japan had ignored protests from both Australia and New Zealand , leaving Australia with no option . Nuggets assigned to items for question 40: 40 Run-F 1 6 40 Run-F 2 2 40 Run-F 3 4 Submission for question 41 with items numbered: 41 Run-F 1 XIE19990622.0291 The official added that the island 's location and a growing tourist market could make it an opportune target for drug traffickers . Cuba lacks the resources to counter large drug-trafficking organizations , so drugs are routinely flown over Cuba or dumped in Cuban waters without effective resistance by local authorities , he said . 41 Run-F 2 APW19990621.0240 Only a small portion of the drugs entering the United States come through Cuba , McCaffrey said , adding that the island 's location and a growing tourist market could make it an opportune target for drug traffickers . McCaffrey also credited Cuba with acting on intelligence the United States provides to Cuban authorities . 41 Run-F 3 XIE19961003.0213 But Cuba was being used as a transit point for drug trafficking . Sackville said he was satisfied with the achievements of the Cuban government in combating international drug trafficking , which `` reflects Cuba 's clear and absolute commitment to fighting drugs . '' Nuggets assigned to items for question 41: 41 Run-F 2 4 41 Run-F 2 2 Submission for question 42 with items numbered: 42 Run-F 1 XIE19980806.0126 Many Chinese and foreign experts and scholars attending the seminar , the seventh of its kind , tabled suggestions concerning the further development of relations across the Taiwan Straits . Yang Guoqing , chairman of the All - China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots , noted that discussions centered on economic ties and cultural cooperation , as well as exchanges across the Taiwan Straits , political negotiations and influence of the Asian financial crisis on the two sides . 42 Run-F 2 NYT20000228.0193 The White Paper was obviously intended to influence Taiwan 's March 18 presidential elections . Americans have noted how ill-timed it was in other ways -- appearing just as Congress is taking up China 's trade status and a bill to strengthen military ties with Taiwan -- but it responded to some perfectly rational political imperatives in Beijing . 42 Run-F 3 XIE19961015.0116 They are attempting to separate Taiwan from the motherland by destroying the relations between China and those countries which have diplomatic ties with China , he pointed out . The spokesman said he hopes that countries concerned stay alert about the political scheme of the Taiwan autorities in order to prevent any adverse influence on their bilateral relations with China . Nuggets assigned to items for question 42: 42 Run-F 2 1 Submission for question 43 with items numbered: 43 Run-F 1 NYT19981229.0382 They are prison gangs , locked in a struggle for control of their cellblock homes , with criminal tentacles reaching outside jail walls . No one knows this better than Arizona prisons director Terry Stewart , who was allegedly targeted for assassination last month by the New Mexican Mafia , a violent gang with growing influence in Arizona prisons . 43 Run-F 2 NYT19980619.0373 But now the street gang members who are being incarcerated actually outnumber what we were historically calling prison gang members . '' While white supremacist gangs and groups like the Aryan Brotherhood form along ideological lines , others tend to organize for criminal activity purposes , and in prison that means trafficking in drugs , tobacco products , sex and other illegal activities . 43 Run-F 3 NYT19981229.0382 But brutal discipline , based on violence and organization , is the key to control . `` The prison gang is always much more structured than a street gang because they 're adult criminals , '' said Fleisher . Nuggets assigned to items for question 43: 43 Run-F 1 2 43 Run-F 1 5 Submission for question 44 with items numbered: 44 Run-F 1 APW19980629.0964 On Wednesday he was to attend a `` mini heads-of-state summit '' organized by the Nigerian government , said Ahmad Fawzi , a member of Annan 's U.N. delegation . It was unclear which foreign leaders had been invited or what was on the agenda . 44 Run-F 2 XIE19970712.0117 LAGOS , July 12 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- Following are the major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers today . New Nigerian -- While the ECOWAS is seeking the U.N. endorsement of its efforts to restore Sierra Leone 's ousted civilian government , the Commonwealth has suspended the membership of the country with the same call . 44 Run-F 3 XIE19981012.0094 Meanwhile , U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria , William Twaddell delivered a speech at Nigeria 's Ahmadu Bellow University last Wednesday , saying that his government is committed to improving relations with the West African country . He said that a senior U.S. government delegation would visit Nigeria in the near future to discuss with Nigerian officials a proposed law enforcement plan to combat trans-national crimes like narcotics trafficking and financial fraud . Nuggets assigned to items for question 44: 44 Run-F 3 1 Submission for question 45 with items numbered: 45 Run-F 1 NYT19990109.0072 According to news accounts , the mountain of evidence presented against Mikhailov , 40 , did little more than prove that he is , as he put it , `` very , very rich , '' and that he has on occasion hung out with some very unpleasant people connected to Russian gang activity . If he were an Italian being tried in Italy , he might well have been found guilty under a 1982 law that makes `` mafia association '' a criminal offense . 45 Run-F 2 NYT20000522.0215 He first got onto the story a decade ago while reporting on the Italian Mafia and , `` I was introduced by a Genovese organized crime family source in New York to several of his Russian criminal colleagues , a meeting that opened a door to me into this little-known , nearly impenetrable ethnic underworld . '' Much of the book is organized as a kind of rogues ' gallery -- set pieces on key Russians , such as Ivankov , the boss who Friedman says threatened to kill him , or the gangster `` Tarzan '' -LRB- Ludwig Fainberg -RRB- who operated mainly out of a Miami strip joint , Porky 's . Nuggets assigned to items for question 45: Submission for question 46 with items numbered: 46 Run-F 1 XIE20000512.0126 In the republic of Ingushetia , which borders Chechnya , 19 Russian servicemen were killed on Thursday when their convoy was attacked by rebels , according to the Russian military . The military command warned on Friday that Chechen rebels may intensify their fighting against federal troops and the rebel forces will swell in size as soon as the mercenaries arrive from Russia 's neighboring republics and other countries . 46 Run-F 2 APW20000513.0090 Rebel leaders called the meeting a betrayal . Security was tight Saturday on the border between Chechnya and the neighboring region of Ingushetia , where Chechen rebels ambushed a Russian column on Thursday , killing 18 soldiers . 46 Run-F 3 APW20000513.0090 Security was tight Saturday on the border between Chechnya and the neighboring region of Ingushetia , where Chechen rebels ambushed a Russian column on Thursday , killing 18 soldiers . Guards at the Kavkaz checkpoint on the Chechen side of the border took up to an hour to inspect each car , and reconnaissance planes flew over the stretch of road where the column had been attacked . Nuggets assigned to items for question 46: 46 Run-F 1 1 46 Run-F 2 4 Submission for question 47 with items numbered: 47 Run-F 1 APW20000217.0159 Mexico and Norway are not members of the 11-nation cartel , but both supported production cutbacks begun in 1998 to increase oil prices from severely depressed levels . Oil prices have more than doubled since OPEC and its non- OPEC allies agreed in March 1999 to cut output by some 2.1 million barrels a day . 47 Run-F 2 APW20000324.0182 If high oil prices start damaging the economies of importing countries , demand for oil will plunge and OPEC revenue could decline . Also , non- OPEC producers that have cut production in tandem with the cartel , including Mexico and Norway , have said they will review their policies after OPEC ministers act . 47 Run-F 3 NYT20000328.0320 The battle within OPEC was as much political as economic , and much of the debate was over whether the group would be capitulating to pressure from the United States for lower oil prices . It was OPEC 's decision to cut production last year , joined in by several non- OPEC nations like Mexico and Norway , that sent oil and gasoline prices soaring to their highest levels in years . Nuggets assigned to items for question 47: 47 Run-F 1 7 47 Run-F 1 2 47 Run-F 1 9 Submission for question 48 with items numbered: 48 Run-F 1 XIE19960415.0148 The Daily Telegraph : -- A report from the U.N. Human Rights Commission says that Britain needs to toughen its laws to combat racism and it calls for laws to specifically target harassment and racial violence . The Independent : -- Labor is planning to relax controls over British Gas by scrapping the power industry regulator . 48 Run-F 2 XIE19960906.0105 Gujral said India was particularly distressed over the freezing of the U.N. Security Council 's relaxation of the embargo on Iraq 's oil export for purchasing medicine and food for the Iraqi people . He said that the Iraqi population , including innocent women and children , had been subject to great hardship and deprivation by U.N. sanctions . 48 Run-F 3 APW19980624.0827 Banned from exporting oil except under a U.N. oil-for-food deal , Iraq 's exports are limited to about 1.5 million barrels a day despite having the second largest reserves after Saudi Arabia . A Repsol spokeswoman said the company is already involved in the U.N. 's oil-for-food shipments . Nuggets assigned to items for question 48: Submission for question 49 with items numbered: 49 Run-F 1 XIE20000801.0078 The bombing might have been perpetrated by people who wanted to discredit Indonesia internationally , he added . Meanwhile , the main Muslim separatist group in the Philippines , the Moro Islamic Liberation Front -LRB- MILF -RRB- , denied that it was behind the attack . 49 Run-F 2 XIE20000805.0103 Earlier , the Philippine government said if necessary , it would send an intelligence and diplomatic team to Indonesia to coordinate with the authorities there and extend assistance in the investigation of the bomb blast . Executive Secretary Ronald Zamora said Friday that the bombing may have been committed by Indonesians with links to Philippines ' separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front -LRB- MILF -RRB- . 49 Run-F 3 XIE19991109.0086 '' -LRB- Wahid -RRB- does not want to send in the military just to settle this dispute , '' Zamora said , adding that Indonesia is `` very appreciative of what we have been doing '' to help restore peace in East Timor . For his part , Estrada voiced his hope that such efforts will continue , particularly in the government 's ongoing peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front -LRB- MILF -RRB- , now the largest rebel group in the southern Philippines . Nuggets assigned to items for question 49: Submission for question 50 with items numbered: 50 Run-F 1 XIE19980919.0186 SANTAFE DE BOGOTA , September 18 -LRB- Xinhua -RRB- -- The father-in-law of jailed Colombian drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela was arrested in southwest Colombia on Friday on charges of drug-related `` illicit enrichment . '' Judicial police in the capital said Camilo Restrepo Villegas , 60 , was arrested in Cali . 50 Run-F 2 XIE19980919.0186 Judicial police in the capital said Camilo Restrepo Villegas , 60 , was arrested in Cali . They did not elaborate on the drug money charges against Restrepo , but said they had his case turned over to the regional prosecutor 's office . 50 Run-F 3 NYT19991127.0063 The suspect , Fernando Jose Flores , is a Venezuelan who faces an indictment for shipping cocaine to Florida on behalf of the Cali cartel . The Clinton administration has hailed Colombia 's decision to resume the extraditions , even though it means more turmoil for the South American nation . 50 Run-F 4 NYT19991121.0108 Pastrana has formally authorized the extradition of two other suspects wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges : a Cuban , Bravilo Gonzalez , and a Venezuelan , Fernando Jose Flores . Prosecutors hope that Flores will prove to be a valuable witness against the leadership of the now-defunct Cali cocaine cartel . Nuggets assigned to items for question 50: 50 Run-F 1 1 50 Run-F 1 3 50 Run-F 1 5 50 Run-F 1 6 50 Run-F 3 2