The New Paper, 30 April 2001

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  • 32 1 the new paper MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 106/03/2001 60 CENTS 81! ill! I the nevv paper
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    • 106 1 s. g S H I jt m r 111! i ■BHW'w*"- <- Malaysian cops chase thieves at hi Shots fired, vehicles rammed, incli t BONE MARROW S.l GIRL WILL DIE WITHOUT TRANSPLANT nii HSgip ESSST#: m But chances of outside match are one in 20,000 ■P. fgmm 1 Only one
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  • WORLD
    • 216 2 SOON, you may have to tighten your belt a little. In his May Day message yesterday, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong warned Singaporeans to expect a leaner year ahead. He urged Singaporeans to strengthen national cohesion as they take on that
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    • 486 2 MORE businessmen are gloomier than they have been in four years: Performance has fallen sharply in the first three months of the year while sentiment has sunk to levels seen in the second quarter of 1997, when business conditions took a turn for the
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  • NEWS
    • 417 3  -  MEDIAWORKS TV LAND CARNIVAL By Yeoh Wee Teck Even before SPH Media Works' channels, TV Works and Channel U come on air, the stars are already on the roll. Fans clutching gaily decorated autograph books and armed with cameras were all over them at
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    • 79 3 TV WORKS will launch on May 20 with TV Land The Musical, written by Dick Lee. You can expect special guest Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, to grace the event. In the meantime, if you want a shot at being a star too, take part in TV Work's
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 852 4  -  MY SISTER, MY SAVIOUR By Amrit Kaur SIX— YEAR-OLD Nur Haziqah isn't scared of jabs and needles. Her only worry is she will be losing her beautiful hair under treatment. Nine-year-old Nur Huda doesn't mind giving a bit of her bone marrow to
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    • 236 4 AFTER chemotherapy and the transplant, Nur Haziqah will spend another five weeks recovering in hospital. The whole procedure has been estimated to cost at least $80,000. Bone marrow transplants have been performed in Singapore since 1985, with about 60-70 cases a year. According to the hospital, Nur Haziqah,
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    • 201 4 For a week before the actual transplant, Nur Haziqah will have to go for chemotherapy. "The doctor told me this is to make way for the new bone marrow," said Madam Sharifah. Then just before the transplant, her sister, Nur Huda, will go undergo a bone marrow harvest.
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    • 150 4 G IORDANO WAREHOUSE SALE Now on till 13 May 2001 Great discounts on Adult wear (Uni-sex), Kids wear and many more!! Fantastic Price Reduction! Rush down today. UP TO 707. TOPS TEES SHIRTS A WINDBREAKERS 4 JACKETS PANTS JEANS WOVEN TOPS DENIM SKIRTS LONG KHAKIS Only at: •a* Swvkn: S,
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 171 5 tH? IF you do, you'd understand that being Singaporean opens more doors, not closes them. Big Singapore means thinking beyond Singapore shores and understanding its Asian and Anglo-Saxon history and connections. Small Singapore is viewing Singapore in isolation so that being its citizens rules out
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    • 130 5 f6cus THE season of mid-year examinations is approaching, but don't panic, parents. Here's a guide from teachers for you to help your child beat the exam blues: Sit with him as he studies: Don't do things like watch television or chat on the phone while your child
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    • 117 5 Quote worthy If we allow the current trend of refuse to continue, we will need to build a new incineration plant every five years at a cost of a few hundred million dollars, and provide a landfill site the size ofSentosa island at a cost of $600 million every
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    • News Break
      • 60 5 SINGTEL SINGAPORE Telecom's rivals must pay a usagebased fee from June for all calls made through SingTel's payphones to the rival IDD operators' toll-free numbers. The reason: Payphones are meant for SingTel customers who make local or overseas calls, not rival IDD operators' customers who use payphones
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      • 55 5 HAJ MUSLIMS in Singapore can register for the Haj pilgrimage online from tomorrow. Applicants can go to the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore's (Muis) website at www.muis.gov.sg and key in their NRIC number. They can find out their Haj registration number immediately and the year they have been
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      • 53 5 CAMPUS STUDENTS and staff at the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will meet this week to discuss how to heighten security in their hostels. Measures being considered include security cameras, installing gates at corridors and stairwells and bringing in a security company to
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      • 59 5 MRT LIGHTNING disrupted MRT services between Boon Lay and Lakeside stations yesterday morning. The lightning strikes caused a point machine failure at 6.07 am. But because of the lightning hazard, staff could reach the site only at 6.45 am to fix the point machine. Point machines are used
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      • 54 6 WOMEN ABOUT 250 women leaders from 20 countries attended the International Women's Forum conference here which ended Saturday. Ideas proposed included a school to groom women leaders, run by former women politicians. Members from Singapore and America agreed to set up an Internet data-bank of businesses that women
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      • 68 6 SPY PLANE A US technical team may leave for China as early as today to inspect the US navy's EP-3E spy plane that is stranded at Lingshui airport on Hainan Island. The latest move has come after the US welcomed Beijing's offer to give the Americans access to
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      • 70 6 PETROL ALL five petrol stations in Bukit Timah are offering a 10 per cent discount on petrol. It started a month ago with Singapoe Petrol Company offering the first price cut. It was a success and other companies also joined in. But no commitment as yet on whether
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      • 60 6 ECONOMY US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the economy may pick up again later this year. He added that this was not for certain. Mr Greenspan was talking at a meeting of the G7 nations (US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan). The World Bank
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    • 87 6 KQure This A supporter of former Philippines president Joseph Estrada, wearing a headband with the nickname "Erap" during a massive rally in Manila on Saturday to protest his arrest As demonstrations calling for his immediate release and return to power have continued, the option
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    • 50 6 New Straits Times: Move to end flood woes International Herald Tribune: The arrest of Estrada is fueling a backlash Asian Wall Street Journal: China agrees to let US inspect plane BBC news: Arab and Israeli leaders are discussing the most detailed diplomatic initiative in the Middle-East conflict
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    • 75 6 The Straits Times: Prepare for a leaner year ahead: PM Hie Business Times: Survey: Business sentiment down to pre-crisis levels LianheZaobao: PM Goh: Wage costs should be kept in check due to uncertain economic prospects Berita Harian: SM is confident that Singapore Malays can achieve success RCS
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 272 7  -  By Arul John HIS employer was called Silent Knight Security Agency. But it was hardly quiet for 53-year-old Abdul Rahman Yacob on June 15 last year. The security officer's peaceful night became noisy when a scuffle suddenly turned dangerous. It involved two mechanics at a
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    • 27 7 For voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, Koh could have been jailed up to five years, fined, caned or received any of the above.
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    • 446 8 is v.'-Vv'^ mm to *-i (It s easy There are plenty of reasons to tune in to Singapore's 2 newest free channels. If the A* enticing spread and exciting entertainment on Channel U and TV Works isn't enough, how about a chance to win $10,000 every week just by tuning-in.
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  • Monday, April 30,2001
    • 334 9 The roving correspondent of a fictitious British newspaper was in town recently on his first visit. He filed this stoecial retort SINGAPORE was a surprise. I was told that it is an English-speaking city, but to expect a lot of lahs. I didn't
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    • 94 9 TAKE part in the TNP/Speak Good English Movement contest and you could win one of five $300 book vouchers. Also up for grabs are six $150 book vouchers. All you have to do is take a look at what the woman with the baby (above) is saying
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 614 11  -  By Low Ching Ling THIS man is upset that perfectly healthy puppies were put to death after they were given away twice. But really, the issue is how some people think no further than how cute baby animals are when they agree to take
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    • 256 11 The dogs were giving us too many problems, said Mrs Thong. "They were not toilet-trained, they kept biting our shoes, scratching the walls. They even left faeces in front of the neighbour's house." Mrs Thong said her family had given the two puppies their "very best care".
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    • 216 11 ONCE an animal is handed over to the SPCA, it becomes the property of the SPCA. And if it can't find a home for the animal, it may put it down. It doesn't have the space and resources to house animals indefinitely. Said Miss Deirdre Moss, SPCA's
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    • 142 11 THE puppy looks cute. But there's more to rearing a pet than having fun. Your family must be prepared to: Be responsible for the pet for the rest of his life. That means easily 12 to 15 years of yours. Be there for it 24
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    • 328 12  -  BY Yeoh Wee Teck THEY opened the phone and fax lines, hoping for positive suggestions but bracing themselves for criticism. But it appears nothing too scathing came their way. Last night, MediaWorks artiste Bryan Wong greeted audiences, welcoming them to the station's first-ever "live" broadcast. Shot
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    • 442 13 THE father, in his wheelchair, looked embarrassed. Not only was his son being charged in court. The judge happened to be his former hostel mate. District Judge Khoo Oon Soo and Mr John Lee, the boy's father, had been in the same hostel during
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 14 murmur Joel Si, 11, has had arthritis since he was five. He was given the Super Hero award by the National Arthritis Foundation. His parents spend $250 to $300 a month to control the inflammation around his joints. His mother said: Every time I looked atfl him I
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    • 486 15 In Parliament on April 20, MPs asked the Manpower Ministry how employers can get help when their maids run away, as they stand to losing their $5,000 bond. The Manpower Ministry said it would look into each case. But there is a safety net for
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    • 407 15 THERE'S insurance to cover misplaced luggage, handphone and so on. Now, there's insurance cover for runaway maids as well. Under Ministry of Manpower guidelines, if you wish to hire a maid, you are required to buy insurance that provides coverage for a few things: if your
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  • WORLD
    • 274 17 AFP. JUST a week ago, Motorola said it was closing its Scottish plant, cutting 3,100 jobs. Yet, just three weeks ago, the giant US company paid five senior executives in Britain bonuses totalling over £2.5 million ($6.5 million). The performance-related pay-outs were
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    • 515 18 All others onboard bail out to safety FREAK SKYDIVING ACCIDENT IT was heartbreaking tragedy and jeopardy for 10 skydivers who saw their friend's parachute get entangled on the tail of their plane. Urged on by the pilot "Get out! Get out! Mayday!" the team made
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  • 232 20 WORLD AFP. Beauty contests are going democratic. More than 1.5 million people voted via the Internet on who should represent Ukraine in the Miss Net World final. Over the weekend, the Ukraine competition kicked off the international beauty contest. Winners from 40 countries
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  • 405 21 MALAYSIA 400-km car chase over two states at 170kmh Lorry goes through two barricades, rams seven vehicles IT was straight out of a Hollywood movie a high speed 400-km car chase between cops and robbers, in which the robbers' lorry even crashed through two barricades, rammed another
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  • 271 22 Aussie copter crashes into sea trying to help stranded Malaysians but... WORLD THE two Malaysians were bobbing up and down in the Pacific Ocean off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, waiting to be rescued. Their yacht had ran aground about 200km off the coast near Rockhampton, Queensland, during their
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  • On the rack
    • 347 23 CHINA applied its spin machine to President George W Bush's pledge that US would do "whatever it took" to defend Taiwan, with state media stressing he had made no change to US policy. Said Mr Yan Xuetong, executive director of the Institute of International Studies
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    • 472 23  -  Etcetera WITH CAROL LEONG RECENTLY, there was a report about the flourishing market for cat meat in China. Cat's paws, stomachs, eyes and testicles are considered delicacies, and stir-fried cat's paws with garlic apparently draw droves of "uncaring diners" into restaurants in
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  • Hey!
    • 587 25  -  HONGKONG FILM AWARDS By Serene Foo IN host Eric Tseng's own words to sum up yesterday's affair, 'Welcome to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon awards presentation ceremony". I couldn't agree more. The swordfighting epic was on the roll as soon as the 20th Hongkong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony
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      183 26 Best Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Best Director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Best Acton Tony Leung (In The Mood For Love) Best Actress: Maggie Cheung (In The Mood For Love) Best New Performer: Qin Hai Lu (Liu Lian Piao Piao) Best Supporting Actor Francis Ng (AD
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  • HEY!
    • 137 28  -  Yum Cha SERENE FOO ROCK prince Nicholas Tse was in the news again and all for the right reasons. Last week, the kind-hearted soul performed at a fund-raising event, 30-hours Famine (left). His directorial debut with actor Stephen Fung for one of the stories
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    • 101 28 REMEMBER we reported about a Kelly Chen look-alike who was spotted at the auditions for this year's Miss Hongkong Pageant? According to Hongkong reports, the 18-year-old Yuko has decided to back out of the competition. The schedule for the pageant's outdoor filming coincided with the dates of her
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    • 121 28 BEING in the movies isn't only about acting skills and good looks anymore. It's adopting a new lifestyle albeit temporarily. For her new movie, No Problem 2, singer Candy Lo (left) went for trampoline lessons. Boxing classes are up next. The director also instructed the pencil-thin
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    • 487 29  -  BY Teo Kuan Yee PALM is one of Wuyin Liangpin's past hits. In a strange coincidence, Pin Guan, also known as Victor Wong, injured his palm in a freak accident last June. The singer-songwriter had parked his car on a small slope but the hand brake was
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    • 492 30  -  By Serene Foo YOU would have thought that Korean actress Kim Hee Sun (left) could put the past behind her and move on. What with the recent grand release of her new Korean swordfighting epic, Bichunmoo. The crowd at the movie's promotional event
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  • 359 32  -  gotstyle gotstyle gotstyle gotstyle gotstyie gotstyle By Carol Leong COPIES of Fubu's massively successful hip-hop chic have been floating around Singapore for at least three years. If you know where to go, it's easy to find a pair of baggy jeans for just $30. In Malaysia,
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    321 34  -  Written b y Clarinda Lim Its probably a woman thing that we don't like to eat till food threatens to ooze from our belly buttons. That's why I've always loved popiah. Its the sort of thing you can eat to the exact capacity you desire without any wastage.
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      • 348 45 SCOTLAND RANGERS 0 CELTIC 3 Reuters HE left it late, but Glasgow Celtic's super-striker Henrik Larsson finally scored his 50th goal of the season yesterday. And it must have been doubly sweet that the Swede got his half-century in an Old Firm
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      • 259 45 SPAIN IT may have a new coach but Barcelona is still in danger of missing out on the Champions League next season. The arrival of new coach Carlas Rexach failed to rouse the team which could only draw 1-1 with visitor Celta Vigo
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      • 165 45 GERMANY BAYERN Munich warmed up for its Champions League semi-final match against Real Madrid by defeating SC Freiburg by a single goal. It was a hard-fought win as Freiburg dominated the first-half. However,the best chance fell to Bayern striker Carsten Jancker who hit the post with
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    • 385 46 AS ROMA 2 Gabriel Batistuta 48 Marco Delvecchio 54 LAZIO 2 Pavel Nedved 78 Lucas Castroman 90 Crowd: 77,120 Reuters. ARGENTINE Lucas Castroman rescued Italian champion Lazio. He scored a superb equaliser in the fifth minute of injury time to give Lazio a dramatic 2-2
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    • EUROPE KICKOFF: ITALY
      • Rome Derby Disaster
        • 119 47 DEFENDING Serie A champion Lazio risks having its ground closed. A racist banner was again unfurled during its 2-2 draw with Roma. It read: "Black team, Jewish supporters". It was however quickly removed. That was a jibe at Roma which has several black players in its
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        • 61 47 A TV cameraman was stabbed twice in the thigh before the match. He was filming scuffles between rival supporters outside the stadium. He was treated in hospital and released later. Another Rai TV employee, Stefano Rossetti, had two stitches inserted in a wound after an incident in which
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        • 118 47 Wire services. POLICE fired teargas after being subjected to a hail of molotov cocktails and other missiles from Lazio supporters. Four fans of the Italian champion were arrested and four members of the security forces were injured in skirmishes. The first incidents of fighting broke out in
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      • 329 47 Reuters. AC MILAN 1 VERONA 0: Ukraine's Andrei Shevchenko converted a controversial 69th-minute penalty to give a lacklustre Milan team all three points. The spot-kick was awarded to Shevchenko's striking partner, German international Oliver Bierhoff, who went down in the box after rounding goalkeeper Fabrizio Ferron.
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      • 71 47 Reuters. BRESCIA 1 INTER 0: Roberto Baggio (right) scored for the fifth consecutive match —this time from the penalty spot—to condemn his old club Inter-Milan to a 1-0 defeat. The loss dented Inter's chances of claiming Italy's fourth Champions League berth. Baggio sent the 'keeper the wrong
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      • 79 47 BAM 3 PERUGIA 4: Reuters. South Korean midfielder Ahn Jung-hwan (right) started Perugia's remarkable comeback with his second Serie A goal. The Korean scored in the 67th minute before substitute Anselmo Robbiati netted twice for Bari to make it 3-3. The astonishing match saw Perugia score
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      • 173 47 P W D L F A Pts 1 Roma 28 19 6 3 55 26 63 2 Juventus 28 16 9 3 46 22 57 3 Lazio 28 17 5 6 51 30 56 4 Parma 28 13 8 7 40 22 47 5 AC Milan 28
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    • PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS' ASSOCIATION AWARDS
      • 158 48 HE has been Liverpool's most imposing midfielder this season, scoring some vital goals along the way. And he looks set to be an England regular as long as he remains injury-free. So it's no surprise that Steven Gerrard, 20, is the Young Player
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      • 170 48 VETERAN Manchester United striker Teddy Sheringham won his second accolade in seven days when he was picked as the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) player of the year last night. The 35-year-old forward won the football writers' prize last week. But the PFA award will find a special
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      • 285 48 AFP. THE Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) awards must have given some food for thought for England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. The Swede, present at last night's dinner, must have chewed on the fact that only three players in the Team of the Season, chosen
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      • 36 48 Maik Taylor (Fulham), Steve Finnan (Fulham), Martin Grainger (Birmingham), Chris Coleman (Fulham), Henning Berg (Blackburn), Lee Clark (Fulham), David Dunn (Blackburn), Damien Duff (Blackburn), Sean Davis (Fulham), Louis Saha (Fulham), Matt Jansen (Blackburn).
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      • 50 48 BBC Sport Online users believed Marcus Stewart, on the shortlist of six players vying for the PFA award, would have been a more deserving winner. The Ipswich hitman, the Premiership's top scorer, polled 37 per cent of the nearly 5,000 votes, with Sheringham only getting 10 per cent.
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    • MATCHTAKE: ROUND 30
      • 266 49 TOTTENHAM 0 ASTON VILLA 0 AFP. DAVID Ginola admitted he was "overwhelmed" by the reaction of Tottenham's fans when Aston Villa played at White Hart Lane on Saturday. Supporters and groundstaff from the north London club presented Ginola with gifts including champagne,
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      • 255 49 COVENTRY 0 LIVERPOOL 2 LIVERPOOL hero Gary McAllister was left with mixed emotions after inspiring his club to keep on track for a Champion League place next season. The Reds' 2-0 win, in which he set up the first goal for Sami Hyypia from a
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      • 138 49 BOROO MAN 112 RAIMOND van der Gouw is begging Sir Alex Ferguson to play him in Manchester United's last three Premiership matches. The reserve goalkeeper needs to figure against Derby, Southampton and Tottenham if he is to qualify for a championship medal. The Dutchman has been at
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      • 49 49 TODAY Charlton v Ipswich TOMORROW Bradford v Liverpool Newcastle v Southampton SATURDAY Arsenal v Leeds Aston Villa v Coventry Bradford v Middlesbrough Chelsea v Everton Ipswich v Man City Leicester v Tottenham Liverpool v Newcastle Man Utd v Derby Sunderland v Charlton West Ham v Southampton
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      • 240 49 Reuters. BLACKBURN Rovers moved to within one win of promotion to the Premier League. It came from behind to beat Portsmouth 3-1 at Ewood Park yesterday. Late goals by David Dunn and Marcus Bent sealed victory for Rovers after Portsmouth had taken the lead through Mike Panopoulos'
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    • 1381 50  -  EUROPEAN CUP S-FINAI LEEDS v VALENCIA Live on ESPN, SportsCity; 2.30am, Thursday LEEDS UNITED The greatest moment in Leeds' footballing history was its European Cup final appearance, against Bayern Munich, in May, 1975. That famous Leeds team was legendary. Managed by Don Revie and led by Billy
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    • 538 51  -  TNP-ESPN STAR SPORTS CONTEST WINNERS VISIT TO ESPN RECORDING STUDIOS By Darkyl David AS someone who has worked in sports broadcasting for almost eight years now, I have heard all the questions before: So what is it like commentating on a "live"
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    487 53 AP. HAS the pressure finally got to Roy Keane? n Has the hardest of Man United's hardmen crackech under the stress of European ambition? The signs are ominous, both on and off the pitch. Look at the Irishman's behaviour after Man U'sexit from this year's Champions League. First,
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