### Synonyms file specifically for 9-11 news texts.
### Line "x/y" causes the replacing of "x" by "y".
### Also regular expressions as "(Yasser )?Arafat" or "[Bb]in Laden" are allowed.
### Take care that the right side (behind "/") contains no regular expression.
### Note that replacing is case-sensitive and takes place in the order items are listed.
### Take care that a word in lower-case might be written in upper-case at the beginning of a sentence.

## for 23.txt:
united=states / United_States
northern=alliance / Northern_Alliance
new=york / New_York
bin=laden / Bin_Laden
abdul=salam=zaeef / Abdul_salam_zaeef
world=trade=ctr / World_Trade_Center
pres=bush / President_Bush
al=quaeda / Al_Qaeda

pm=blair / PM_Blair
defense=dept / Defense_Dept
yasser=arafat / Yasser_Arafat
middle=east / Middle_East
saudi=arabia / Saudi_Arabia
saudi=arabian / Saudi_Arabian
united=arab=enerates / United_Arab_Emirates
good=morning=america / Good_Morning_America
former=pres=clinton / Former_Pres_Clinton
european=union / European_Union
united=nations / United_Nations

## occurances in 04.txt, 05.txt, 06.txt, (23.txt):
# bin_Laden
# Bin_Laden
# bin_Ladens
# sec_rumsfeld
sec_rumsfeld / Sec_Rumsfeld
# Good Morning America / Good_Morning_America

White House / White_House
New York (City )?Fire Department / FDNY
Fire Department City of New York / FDNY
New York (City )?Police Department / NYPD
WTC / World_Trade_Center


## for unpreprocessed files:
United States( of America)? / United_States
U.S.(A.)? / United_States
US(A)? / United_States  # for german texts
Northern Alliance / Northern_Alliance
New York( City)? / New_York
(Osama )?[Bb]in[-_ ][Ll]aden / Bin_Laden
[Bb]in[-_ ][Ll]adens / Bin_Ladens  
(World )?Trade Center / World_Trade_Center
(World )?Trade Centre / World_Trade_Center
[Aa]l[- ][Qq]a[ei]da / Al_Qaeda

Middle East / Middle_East
Saudi Arabia / Saudi_Arabia
Saudi Arabian / Saudi_Arabian
United Arab Emirates / United_Arab_Emirates
European Union / European_Union
## a case-sensitive search is needed here
EU / European_Union
United Nations / United_Nations
U.N. / United_Nations
Defense Department / Defense_Dept

## Persons:
(Yasser )?Arafat / Yasser_Arafat
(President )?(George )?Bush / President_Bush
([fF]ormer President )?(Bill )?Clinton / Former_Pres_Clinton
((Prime )?Minister )?(Tony )?Blair / PM_Blair
((Defense )?Secretary )?(Donald )?Rumsfeld / Sec_Rumsfeld
