Putting forward next year's budget, Mr Pina Moura insisted that wage increases will be held down.

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Morgan, ranked fourth, survived a first set tie-break to defeat Brazilian Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.

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Eldorado boss Eduardo Moura said the Hellas Gold project would "generate approximately 5, 000 direct and indirect jobs in Greece".

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Mr Pina Moura's budget for 2001 envisages a slowdown in expenditure growth to 5.9% next year, or 4% in real terms.

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But Rodrigo Moura, a nightclub security guard, said the fire moved fast.

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Add in the automatic seniority increases that many public servants get, says Mr Mateus of the New University of Lisbon, and Mr Pina Moura's sums look optimistic.

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"Since cork can modulate temperature and damp sound, " says Ms. Moura Guedes, "it could turn up in large public spaces, terminals or restaurants" and be applied beyond existing soundproofing usage in recording studios.

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Rodrigo Moura, identified by the newspaper Diario de Santa Maria as a security guard at the club, said it was at its maximum capacity of between 1, 000 and 2, 000, and partygoers were pushing and shoving to escape.

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