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Meanwhile, Egypt 's official Middle East News Agency said Thursday that Saddam was the target of an assassination attempt , which led to ``large-scale'' arrests , including some close associates of the Iraqi strongman.
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The discovery appeared to be the latest attempt by extremists opposed to the IRA's 8-month-old truce to undermine the peace process, set to resume Monday in Belfast .
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Guber/Peters has been locked in litigation with Warner Communications Inc. in an attempt to get out of an exclusive production contract with Warner .
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The new company will attempt to limit the shipyard's losses, participants said .
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Mr. Leon of Bear Stearns speculated that McCaw , in an attempt to buy time, might consider filing an antitrust suit against BellSouth with the Justice Department and U.S. District Judge Harold Greene , who oversees enforcement of the consent decree that broke up the Bell system in 1984 .
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LIN Broadcasting surged 4 5/8 to 112 5/8 ; LIN and BellSouth sweetened their merger agreement in an attempt to keep shareholders from tendering their shares to McCaw Cellular Communications .