The New Paper, 9 July 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 396 2 'All we had for three days was water Says 11-year-old girl stranded three days with family at Hongkong's new HK$7O billion ($15.6 billion) airport ELEVEN-year-old Gao Caiyun never wants to see Hongkong again. Stranded at Chek Lap Kok since it opened on Monday with no food, no money and nothing
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    • 140 2 MOST cargo handling is now being done at the old Kai Tak airport HACTL, the major air freight firm, said more time was needed to rectify the computer and mechanical problems which had plagued the Chek Lap Kok cargo terminal. With effect from 12 am on Saturday, outgoing
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    • 446 3  -  By Irene Kew SO much for good luck. A coffeeshop owner, Mr Lin Da Qiang, 45, took his turtle to his workplace as a lucky charm. But, just days later, he ran short of turtle luck and was told by the Primary Production
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    • 24 2 Many jobs are saysHTUC deputy chief Um Swee Say j Leisure index Comics: Showtime: Pages 36 Pages 28 38 to 32 TV: Page 67
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 390 4  -  PHASE 1 OF PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATION BY Woon Wui Teck THE statistics seem extraordinary: Primary school registration only started on Tuesday. Punggol Primary School is a neighbourhood school that opened less than four years ago. Yet of its 280 Primary 1 places, 258 92.14 per cent
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    • 140 4 PHASE 1 of the Primary 1 registration exercise ended yesterday. Phase 2A is on July 13. This is for any child whose parents or sibling has studied in that school, or whose parent works there or is on the School Advisory/Management Committee or staff at that school.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 341 6 \m GOVT ON RAILWAY PACT DISPUTE: THE Malayan Railway land agreement does not need to be ratified, and is a completely separate issue from the the relocation of Malaysia's rail Customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) operations. So said the Singapore Government in a statement yesterday. The Points
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    • Article, Illustration
      73 6 Picture This A flying stark This flightless takahe, thought to be extinct until its rediscovery SO years ago, is bring nurtured carefully by researchers at New Zealand's Fiordland National Park through an artificial chick-rearing programme. The bird is related to the swamp hen. Despite intensive management, the
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        63 6 I CHILDREN SINGAPORE'S children are well cared for, according to the United Nations Children's Fund rating. One category it looks at is how many babies are registered. The higher the better, as it means these babies get vaccinations and attend school, for instance. In Singapore, as in
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      • 60 6 CHINA A COMPULSORY savings plan modelled on Singapore's Central Provident Fund has allowed Shanghai to launch its home-ownership scheme way before the rest of China. China began a programme which stops the distribution of welfare homes on July 1. The aim: Compel those with welfare housing to buy
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      • 53 6 FOOD DEADLY bacteria has been found in chicken meat imported into Japan from France and Thailand. The intestinal bacteria, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE), resists antibiotics and can kill aged or ill people with weak immune systems. Heat can destroy it. In Singapore, all imported meat must pass inspection before
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      • 67 6 LABOUR MORE people are taking to driving taxis for a living. And one in three may be a worker who has been laid off, said the Tibs Taxi Operators' Association. Between last November and May this year, the Land Transport Authority issued 2,623 new licences 431 more than
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    • 43 6 South China Morning Post: Cargo crisis extended as losses up to $3b feared USA Today: Senate set to pass IRS overhaul The New Straits Times: Tax exemption without queries BBC news: Nigerian military leader General Abdulsalam Abubakar appeals for calm
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    • 150 7 in FDSus THIS has been one of the worst years in Hongkong's recent history. And the enemy, it turns out, wasn't communism but horrors! capitalism. Fallout from the Asian currency crisis has plunged the economy, generally considered to be the world's freest, into recession. With unemployment at a
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    • 61 7 SHIPPING PORT authorities here have detained an oil tanker for failing to meet shipping safety standards. It is the first ship here to run afoul of the new international maritime regulation, which went into effect worldwide on July 1. The ISM code, adopted in 1993 by the International
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    • 56 7 FINANCE MOUNTING bad debts back home have forced six Japanese financial institutions to pull out of Singapore since last year. More are expected to follow suit, reports The Business Times. Meanwhile, five institutions have set up here in the last year or so. These are representative offices which
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    • 61 7 I FINANCE SOME home-loan borrowers are being hit with huge unforeseen payments and sudden leaps in their mortgage bills. Some finance companies are asking borrowers to pay them the difference between the new, lower value of the property and the actual mortgage. If they cannot pay up, the
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    • 64 7 I I THE case of Peck Teck Siong, accused of causing the deaths of three women after crashing into a bus stop, was adjourned yesterday. His new lawyer, R Palakrishnan, asked for a delay of three to four weeks, as he was awaiting traffic office documents. He
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    • 26 7 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 89.93 points to dose at 9,174.97 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 605 million shares.
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    • 47 7 The Straits Times: Permanent tax cuts for Japan in' 99 The Business Times: Shakeout among Japan banking outfits in S'pore Uanhe Zaobao: Food shortage situation in Indonesia worsening Berita Harian: Japan cuts tax from 1999 RCS morning news: It's France versus Brazil this Sunday
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    • 87 7 vfeSrtiS® What matters in the future is not America as one economy, the UK as one economy or China as one economy. What matters is the New York area, the San Francisco area, the London area or the Shanghai area. Suddenly, the world seems to have
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  • 541 8 THE YOUNG THE LAWLESS SINGAPORETODAY There's one good thing about these guys. They can Y rob, assault and terrorise people now. Or pretend to be cops. DANNY LIM reports on what these youngsters were up to before the law caught up with them CID. That's what a 15-year-old boy and
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 303 10  -  By Melvin Singh IT was not the first time he had stolen from his stepmother. But on Feb 26, Zainuddin Bujang (right) actually felt bad. The 25-year-old was so remorseful that he left a confession note together with the pawn receipts
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    • Article, Illustration
      64 11 m ii I'm ii i< Mr Rodney Kwah, 30, a marketing executive, on the raunchy foam parties at Sentosa: This happens all the time. There is nothing wrong. But I must say that my parents would be foaming at the mouth if they saw this. This is
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    • 459 12 Her havoc children won t listen to her. She complains to her hot-tempered husband, who beats them. He is now in jail for child abuse, and five of her seven children are in welfare homes. She looks calm but is in despair. RIANA ZAKIR reports FOR
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    • 38 12 Madam ITs husband, 42, was sentenced to 18 months' Jail yesterday on two counts of chM abuse. Three other counts were considered. The maximum penalty for each child abuse charge is four years' jail and $4,000 fine.
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    • 308 12 MUM complained to dad about their havoc children. Madam R said: M I had no choice. My children are too much. They get on my nerves. I didn't want to complain, but they should be disciplined." She knew her husband would get very angry, but he would
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  • ON THE JOB WHERE TO LOOK WHAT TO ASK FOR HOW TO COPE
    • 410 14 IMAGINE up to 60,000 jobs being lost this year. Or more than 120,000 by next year. Alarmist thinking? But it could be that bad, according to NTUC deputy chief Lim Swee Say. The basis of his fear: The revised economic forecast of 0.5 to
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    • 133 14 WE must work just to keep the jobs we still have, Mr Lim said. To do so, "we must do better work than (we did) last year". Who is competing for our jobs: Other countries in the region, whose currencies have dropped 40 to 80
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    • 116 14 IF we can't compete and win, join a different league. Take on jobs that cheaper, developing countries cannot perform, said Mr Lim. That way, well move up to compete among countries in a similar league of cost structures. Where these jobs will be: In
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    • Article, Illustration
      988 15 Can't find a job? Office politics getting you down? Tell us your job woes. Call 1800 733 4455, fax 737-5375, or e-mail us at tnp@asial .com.sg. Remember to leave your personal details and contact numbers. GUEST COUNSELLOR: Ms Jays Nithiyanandan, branch manager of personnel consultants Business Trends:
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 303 16 CATCH the delayed telecast of the Croatia-France semi-final match at Bpm tonight at Pennsylvania House (Tanglin Mall) and you could walk away with this $899-rocker! No purchase is required. Just bring along this copy of The New Paper, write your name on the top right corner
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    • 275 17 THE Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) wants to meet the two beach clubs which organised foam parties. The Sunset Bay owners are scheduled to have a meeting with the SDC today. SDC, the landlord of both the Sunset Bay and Pink Flamingo clubs, is said
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    • 66 17 SATURDAY'S foam party was the Sunset Bay's third. Said Ms Berlandier: 'There have been no adverse incidents. The majority of the people had good clean fun." She added: "We do have controls, and do not encourage underaged patrons." A party-goer, Ms Aini, called The New Paper and
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  • SPEAKUP
    • 209 18 NgLeongKeng for Chief Commercial Properties Officer Housing Development Board We refer to the letter "Develop Sengkang" by Mr A A Lee (TNP, June 25). Mr Lee listed some problems in Sengkang. We would like to comment on the provision of shops which is under our jurisdiction.
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    • 181 18 Clarice Goh (e-mail) I just happened to read "Hey! What are you doing, doc" (TOP, June 30). Well, I also had a bad experience with a doctor. It was a pre-employment check-up. Everything was normal until the last part. The doctor asked me to lie
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    • 58 18 A woman wrote to The New Paper recently, complaining that a male doctor she saw had abruptly lifted her blouse, pulled down one cup of her bra, and placed his stethoscope on her breast to listen to her heart. There was no one else in the room
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    • 9 18 The Straits Times Classified Where ro*»c3l buyers sellers CATS.
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  • 317 19 SINGAPORETODAY THE next time you pee in Hotel Inter-Continental Singapore, take a peek into the toilet cistern. You will discover a 500 ml water bottle inside. What is that doing there? This is what: It reduces the cistern's capacity from 4.5 litres to 4 litres. The
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 371 20 Riots follow death of Nigeria's Nelson Mandela Foreign team to do autopsy Source: Wire Services, IHT. EXPERTS from the US, Britain and Canada will perform a post mortem on Nigeria's opposition leader Moshood Abiola later today. The current military leader, General Abdulsalam Abubakar hopes this
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    • 348 21 HACKER GETS INTO VOICEMAjj^ A US investigative reporter has been sacked after he hacked into the voicemail system of a giant fruit corporation. To get at company secrets, Michael Gallagher first asked the firm tricky questions. Then, he hacked into the voice mail of
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    • 106 21 THE Chiquita case raises troubling questions about the security of any voice mail system. Nearly all corporations and 40 per cent of homes use the system. "Every corporation should have a policy that prescribes what can and cannot be communicated by voice mail," said Ms Beth Givens, director
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    • 176 22  -  Gets "hitmen" to inject her with heroin By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY AN Australian federal police officer, who was having an affair, wanted to have his wife killed. So he hired two hitmen to inject his wife with a fatal dose of heroin and make
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    • 271 22 JOHN Conway hated his wife of 11 years because of her depression, their heavy drinking and many disputes. It was his second and her third marriage. She ordered him to leave after she told police he hit her. He feared losing custody of his
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    • 106 22 KATHY McFie was promised love and the prospect of starting a new life with Conway in Queensland. So she willingly joined with him to kill her rival. The two sat closely together in the dock for most of the trial. Then Conway testified that he viewed
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    • 58 23 m u 111< Mr Marfc Greenwood, hoed ft salsa at Paribas Asia E*aNy li Baaftofc, oa the daapr of bayfaf back lato J 14 taa manm aetore it bocbsimo one One of the most difficult feats in acrobatics is catching a falling knife, and I
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    • 304 23 US HEALTHCARE STUDY Reuters. DOCTORS are failing a special check-up. They are not running essential tests or prescribing the right drugs. That's the diagnosis United Healthcare Corp gave after its check-up on doctors. United, the biggest managed health-care company in the US, used its own
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    • 144 23 On drugs not (fven: Many drugs had side-effects that scare patients and their doctors off, said Dr Thomas Reardon, president of the American Medical Association "With beta-blockers there are some side-effects, particularly impotence," he said. 'The fact that you don't have accurate data, the fact that many patients
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    • 153 24 Reuters. WATCHING TV in Afghanistan could become a thing of the past after the Taleban authorities told residents to throw away all their TVs and videos. The authorities gave residents 15 days to do it. After the deadline, the militia will confiscate and them
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    • 338 24 US CHEMICAL COMPANY: Wire services. US chemical company Dow Corning Corporation has agreed to pay out $3.2 billion in a deal to settle claims by thousands of women who said they were made ill from silicone breast implants produced by the company. But the
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    • 451 25 All bank loans must be repaid: M'sia's money man Malaysian businessmen who cannot repay their bank loans, even if they are well-connected, will not be protected. So said Tun Daim Zainuddin, the country's newly-appointed Special Functions Minister, in an interview with Business Week magazine recently.
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    • 144 25 AFP. AN Israeli belly dancer who accused an Egyptian ambassador of attempted rape will have her day in court. An Israeli court decided in a landmark ruling yesterday it can hear her complaint. In December, the dancer filed a U*****,000 ($480,000) suit against Mr Mohammed
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    • 118 25 CHINA-BORN martial arts expert and actor Jet Li„ posing with action hero Mel Gibson at the premiere of their new film, Lethal Weapon 4, on Tuesday in Hollywood. Li makes his English-language movie debut in the action film which opens in the US tomorrow. The fourth movie
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    • 49 26 EST THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE IS HERE T H J\ L E S PG OPENS TODAY ISLANDWIDE ONLY lIM THEATRES IMIIIMMK Iffflii; ilMim lIIUXM BUMMMM "I HUB' IMIUMHI HI Nil I I f= TH( TRUTH IS HEVMLID DNLV IN THEAIRES S X*** !i(ltlHt!i!in ccm —i^—■———i—— ———-W, D > MMMBBBBI
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  • 325 27 WORLDTODAY THE KIPS Another boy, Michael Hayton, fivs, was warded too, suffering from anaemia. The others were discharged after treatment to be sent to new foster homes. None except Dennis showed any sign
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  • Showtime
    • 501 28  -  Return of the Condor Heroes BY Hazel Tan IT cost $5 million to produce and has Channel 8 heavyweights Fann Wong and Christopher Lee starring in it. But it looks like the heavyweights are losing out to football heroes such as Ronaldo, Bergkamp and Batistuta. Viewership
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    • 167 28 DEFENDING the show, its executive producer, Lawrence Ma, said: "We have received numerous favourable, positive comments that are veiy encouraging... "We understand that some people might not be able to accept the cinematography, especially the older generation. "It may be too fast-moving for them, but it
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    • 217 28 WHAT'S wrong with The Return of the Condor Heroes? Pace too slowSaid student Guan Yan Yi, 16: "It's too wishy-washy. "The 16-year romance between Yang Guo and The Little Dragon Girl is just too much to take. "You need to watch for two days before you know the
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 326 30  -  It will show what Jack Neo did to win award for short film By Edwin Yeo NOT enough of Jack Neo? Well, the star of the hit movie Money No Enough isn't going to let you wait another year for his next movie.
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    • 156 30 REPORTS that Jack Neo now wants $500,000 from Money No Enough have been greatly exaggerated, he said. "Frankly, if you saw my expression when I said that, you would know that I was joking," said Jack. Some reporters had cornered him last week and insisted on knowing
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    • 288 31  -  By] Lee Yin Luen Kitaro (right) wears a perpetual, quiet smile. His small, sharp eyes are always bright. His face, framed by thin long locks, is accentuated by a neat goatie and moustache. The 45-year-old Japanese, who composed works such as the TV documentary Silk
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  • 334 33 spotlight On the ground, they use hoses and shovels. From the air, they drop water. But more than 4,000 American firemen are facing an uphill battle in their fight against wildfires in central and northern Florida. The fires, which began on May 25, have charred nearly
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  • 465 34  -  WITH T JEYATHESAN THIS is it, said the young man. Times are really going to be bad. Negative growth for two quarters. I'm sure I'm going to lose my job. And when that happens, how am I going to pay for my house?
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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    • 404 45 KUALA LUMPUR COMMONWEALTH GAMES SETBACK FASTFACTS The Commonwealth Games will be held in Malaysia in September. It will be the first time the Ganeswill be held in Asia. Over 4,000 athletes from nearly 70 countries are expected to participate. Bernama. PREDOMINANTLY Muslim Malaysia has dropped Danish brewery
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    • 116 45 NBA UPDATE THE Chicago Bulls is discussing its vacant coaching position with current lowa State University coach Tim Floyd. According to a Chicago Tribune report Floyd, who has an 81-47 record in four seasons with the Cyclones, is a close friend of Bulls general manager Jerry
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    • 195 45 BRITISH OPEN GOLF NYT. JACK Nicklaus has withdrawn from next week's British Open golf tournament, ending his streak of consecutive Mfyors at 154. The 58-year-old American, considered by many as the finest golfer this century and who played in last month's US Open, said he won't
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    • 266 45 Wire services. DOUBLE DUTCH: Holland stars Patrick Kluivert and Ronald de Boer are expected to join English champion Arsenal in a US$2l million (s33m) move. Arsenal's French coach Arsene Wenger has tried to play down the talk of a deal. But Kluivert, who scored in yesterday's France
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        27 46 Goal: Croatian goalkeeper Drazen Ladic watches France's Lilian Thuram's shot go past him for the first goal in this morning's semi-final. France won 2-1. Picture/ Reuters
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      • 108 46 Match reports: Pages 58-65 WORLD OF SPORTS has pledged to donate $100 to the Bone Marrow Donor Programme for every goal scored in France '98, from the quarter-finals onwards. (Mandatory penalty kicks not included). So from the three goals scored in this morning's semi-final, a total of
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      • 813 47 SGULAM'S TRAVELLER'S TALES... WHAT has a cockroach got to do with emigration? A lot. Especially in Florence Law's case. Born and bred in Penang, this lady has lived in Paris for the past 18 years. I met her while having dinner at her small Chinese fast-food
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  • 135 48 AFP. LOTHAR Matthaeus is in hot water again. The German midfielder has blamed former foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher for getting Germany dumped out of the World Cup by Croatia in the quarter-finals. Matthaeus, whose legendary rows with coaches and fellow team-mates have dogged his career, tells the
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  • 412 48 Reuters. THEIR own national teams may be out of the running but the Three Tenors aim to bring the tears to everyone else's eyes tomorrow. They will perform in a grand World Cup finale concert at the foot of France's Eiffel Tower which is being billed
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  • 225 48 AFP. LIVERPOOL is prepared to meet England World Cup star Michael Owen's future contract demands to keep him at the English Premiership club. The 18-year-old scored one of the best goals of France '98 in the second-round clash with Argentina, and has been one of
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  • FRANCE98
    • 693 50  -  (hum tfSwi gin nIUHnHUNSI JEFF LOW IT seems as if Brazil's peacock confidence would be the most difficult thing to break even in the face of defeat. And that could be the main reason why Mario Zagallo's men might just go on to win Brazil's record fifth
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    • 462 51 HE might have been there, done that, seen it all. But his emotional outburst after Brazil's nail-bitting semi-final penalty shootout win over Holland shows his passion for success is still burning fiercely. Brazil's 66-year-old "Mr Football" burst into tears after Ronald de Boer's kick was
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    • 246 51 BRAZIL 1 HOLLAND 1 (Brazil wins 4-2 on penalties) AFP. ENTER first-choice rightback Cafu after suspension. Exit Ze Carlos, who just a year ago was selling water-melons and fixing cars. But he is happy to make way for Cafu in Monday's World Cup final against France.
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    • 61 51 Family ties: Brazilian midfielder Emerson kisses daughter, Karolyne, as his wife, Sonia, holds a towel at the Brazil team's hotel in Lesigny, Paris, yesterday. Emerson was one of the four penalty-kick specialists who was on the mark in the 4-2 shootout win in the
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    • 108 51 Reuters. PARENTS named their newborn babies after him. Newspapers hailed him as a soccer saint. Critics were made to eat their words. Brazil goalkeeper Taffarel's two penalty saves against Holland has made him a national hero. "Saint Taffarel" said the banner headline in leading
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    • 52 51 If we win don't expect them to build a statue for me. But if we lose, they'll kill me. Brazil skipper Dunga. He is the man tipped to replace Mario Zagallo as coach for the next World Cup to be held in Japan and South Korea
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    • 412 52 Srmi finitr* Mlriwjft brazil 1 Holland 1 (Brazil wins 4-2 on penalties) AFP HOLLAND played some superb football in France '98 but finally its inability to score from dead-ball situations saw it crashing out to Brazil. The Dutch pass masters scored 12 goals in six matches from open
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    • 249 52 AFP. THIS was Patrick Kluivert's lament after he gave his best performance in years against Brazil but got only defeat and despair in return. Kluivert shouldered the burden of the Dutch attack, heading in a late equaliser and very nearly scoring a golden goal
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    • 234 52 Reuters DENNIS Bergkamp flopped against Brazil. But if Fifa president Sepp Blatter had his way, the Dutch striker would have sat out the semi-final and quarter-final, in which he scored a last-gasp winner against Argentina. Blatter is furious that Fifa's disciplinary board refused to study video
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    • 369 52 Moment of glory for helping hands THE cooks and the kit carriers of the two World Cup finalists will get their own moments of glory in front of billions of television viewers at the end of Monday's match. Fifa spokesman Keith Cooper said yesterday that the whole of the teams'
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    267 53 MHE 112 (JlMrflUt It's been four weeks since France '98 started. And the World Cup has not only taken its toll on the teams playing, but also on couples worldwide and their love lives. So here are some partners seeking advice from "DrLoveball" through their nosy postman, ERNEST
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  • 428 56  -  S. GULAM w FRANCE found a new shooting hero today. And he has put the country's top strikers to shame! Defender Lilian Thuram, the unlikeiiest of shooting stars, single-handedly took Le Blues to a historic final against Brazil. Yes, believe it or not, the' lanky
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  • FRANCE 98
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      242 57 He is today the toast of France. But two-goal hero Lilian Thuram was probably the last player to be a potential match-winner as he never scored in 37 previous matches for France. But he silenced everyone, from the critics to the coaches, with a five-star performance Thuramhas never
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    • 309 58  -  Ref was right Now jhuwii;: Sw ftilh France 2 Croatia 1 LIVE ACTION Stories S Gulam SPANISH referee Jose-Maria Garcia Aranda was a very unpopular man at the Stade de France. He sent off one of France's most popular players defender Laurent Blanc. That,
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    • 115 58 The 32-year-old libera, Laurent Blanc, received his marching orders in the 74th minute of this morning's game for pushing Croatian defends. Slaven Bilic's chin with his open hand. Blanc said he had reacted angrily after Bilic had let himself fall to the ground when the two went for
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    • 181 58 France's LAURENT BLANC: I'm the only one who's punished and that's good. The whole team might have been punished if we had lost the match because of me being sent off. It would have been awful. I would have felt guilty. The whole team did a fantastic
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    • 183 58 DAVOR Suker will not play in the Cup final. But he may yet bag another big honour the Golden Boot Award. The Croatian striker is now favourite to finish as the top scorer in this World Cup after his goal against
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    • 686 59  -  Now showing: Seww Iwmls france Croatia i LIVE ACTION For Croatia, the dream lasted longer than anyone had ever expected. Even though ft finally ended in heartbreak, with the 2-1 defeat to France, fans were still cheering. In Zagreb, Croatia's capital, fans headed to the central
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    • 441 60 Now Semi-finals France 2 Croatia 1 LIVE ACHON HE'S NOT SCORED FOR FRANCE, UNTIL NOW... TEAMS FRANCE 16 Fabien Barthez 15 Lilian Thuram 5 Laurent Blanc 8 Marcel Desailly 3 Bixente Lizarazu 7 Didier Deschamps (captain) 17
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    • 140 61 HE DID IT TO THURAM, THE GOAL-SCOREt ...MORE ON THE FRANCE-CROATIA MATCH HE DID IT TO HIS 'KEEPER France's Laurent Blanc unfailingly makes it a point to kiss the bald head of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez before a big match. It's a ritual done by Blanc,
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      449 61 FRANCE Another fruitless night for striker Stephane Guivarc'h Qersey no 9) who always looked out of sorts before being replaced by David Trezeguet(2o) in the 69th minute. Playmaker ZinedineZidane(lO) lived up to his name by orchestrating the French attack. But it was Youri Djorkaeff's (6) perfect pass which led
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