The New Paper, 22 May 2001

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  • 26 1 the new Paper TUESDAY, MAY 22, 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
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  • NEWS
    • 363 2 Philippine's People Power Coalition airs two-hour video showing 37 people including candidates, policemen and municipal officers opening ballot boxes and tampering with election returns WHAT the group did not know was that their actions were being caught on video. The rigging in the elections took place in Northern Samar,
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    • 77 2 Wire services. OFFICIAL results are not likely to be available for another two weeks. Partial, unofficial returns from the May 14 legislative and local elections showed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's ruling coalition leading in the races for 13 senatorial seats. Its candidates are ahead in eight contests. Deposed
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    • 303 2 PRESIDENT Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan arrived in the US this morning for a high-profile 40-hour visit. He stopped over in New York, enroute to Latin America with a delegation of about 200 people. China, which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, criticised the
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 675 4  -  By Genevieve Jiang HIT on the head by killer litter. Bloody wound. Five stitches. Yet, Mr Zakaria Ayop sat in his Woodlands flat yesterday afternoon, relief written all over his face. A mop that had fallen from a block nearby had missed his one-year-old
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    • 208 5 THE impact of the falling mop could have fractured the skull, caused permanent brain damage, or killed a child, according to Dr S Sivasankaran, a paediatrician at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. "The extent of damage on the child depends on the
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 247 6 HOT STORY THE last increase was just seven months ago. And now, movie ticket prices are going up again. Starting this Thursday, Eng Wah, Golden Village, Shaw and United Artists members of the Cinematograph Film Exhibitors' Association will raise their ticket prices by 50
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    • 47 6 This JUST A STUNT: Looks dangerous? It is. So, leave it to the experts. Like stuntman Randy Miller (above), who gets friendly with a tiger before a live audience at the first ever World Stunt Awards in the US yesterday. Picture/ Reuters
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    • News Break
      • 59 6 COPYRIGHT GUANGZHOU musician Ning Yong is suing the composer of the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for breach of copyright. He claimed that Mr Tan Dun used one of his songs, Camel Bells On The Silk Route, without permission in the movie's soundtrack. A film investor said Mr
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      • 50 6 DEFENCE CHIEF MAJOR-GENERAL Lim Chuan Poh, chief of the Singapore Defence Force, received Indonesia's highest military medal yesterday. The award was presented by vice-president, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri. The ceremony was attended by President Abdurrahman Wahid, senior Cabinet ministers and the entire top brass of the Indonesian Defence Force.
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      • 115 6 I MALE IMPOTENCE I AN impotence cream which works in 10 minutes may be launched here later this year. Alprox-TD contains alprostadil which increases blood flow. Combined with skin-penetration agents, it allows for a faster response, compared with oral medication like Viagra, which takes an hour
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      • 65 7 LIFESTYLE KARAOKE enthusiasts now have a new option. Belting out their favourite tunes in taxi cabs. Mr Robin Lim, 46, decided to inject a little more oomph into his MaxiCab limousine so he fitted it with $6,000 worth of audio-visual gadgets. There are about four "karaoke cabs" cruising
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      • 63 7 COPYRIGHT MUSIC publishers here are negotiating for royalties from Singapore providers of mobile-phone ringtones. This is for selling pop tunes by artistes like Backstreet Boys without their consent. The providers face legal action for copyright infringement if they fail to pay royalties. As for Sing Tel, Star Hub
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      • 67 7 EVEREST TEAM BAD weather and minor health woes have forced the Singapore-Latin American team to abandon its bid to scale Mount Everest. Team leader David Lim, 36, and climbers Rozani Maarof, 33, and Gil Piekarz, 45, were only a day away from the summit when gale-force winds
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      • 80 7 THE Dow Jones industrials gained 36.18 points (0.32 per cent) to close at 11,337.92. The Nasdaq jumped 106.67 points (4.85 per cent) to 2,305.55. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners two to one on the New York Stock Exchange where volume was 1.17 billion shares, up from 1.11 billion at
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      • 61 7 HEALTH THE Health Ministry wants more kidney patients to use the newer and more convenient form of dialysis which costs a lot less. Most patients use haemodialysis which costs about $30,000 a year, almost twice that for peritoneal dialysis. This will cut down on the cost, which is
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    • 43 6 International Herald Tribune: US-Taiwanese ties flourish under Bush Asian Wall Street Journal: China Telecom considers restructuring before IPO New Straits Times: Suspension of six endorsed BBC news: Mitchell report on Middle East violence gets a public endorsement from both sides
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    • 50 7 Quote worthy (The competition between MediaCorp and Media Works has been) to put it politely, much more enthusiastic than we had expected or hoped for... There has to be a certain balance. BG Lee (right), who stressed the need for fair play in the media industry
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    • 91 7 The Straits Times: BG Lee to media: Fight fair The Business Times: DBS bank's home-loan NPLs reduced to 1.6 percent Lianhe Zaobao: Megawati launches a veiled attack at Gus Dur for failing to resolve Indonesia's problems Berita Harian: More pursuing degrees in overseas universities RCS morning news:
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    • 163 7 In focus AIR crew members suffer from memory loss and disorientation because repeated jet lag shrinks the brain, reported The Times. Using MRI scans, researchers compared the size of the brain's temporal lobes of two groups of flight attendants
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 762 8 A Singaporean fireman who went missing on Sunday, while diving offMersing, has been found. But the search is still on for a lawyer who disappeared the same day while fishing near Horsburgh lighthouse. ANDRE YEO speaks to his friends who were on that fateful trip SEARCH
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    • 429 9  -  SMS ALSO ILLEGAL Police say sending an SMS (short message sen/ice) message with one hand while driving a vehicle with the other is an offence. It's the same as talking on the phone. BY Melvin Singh HE was booked by
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    • 72 9 LAST year, 1,088 handphone-driving cases were detected. Handphone-driving poses a threat to other road users since it distracts drivers and reduces their ability to control their vehicles. Motorists who wish to use their handphones should have their passengers make or receive the call. If travelling alone, they
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  • 494 10  -  It's a v A kindergarten Primary school Child-care centre Convent for nuns School for hearing-impaired By Amy Chiew WHEN little Vikneswari Arumugam went to her kindergarten for the first time, she had a big comfort. She knew her big sister was just a stone's
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  • 298 10  -  By Santokh Singh FOR Mrs Thamizharasi Arumugam, 28, the Canossian Eduplex is a godsend. While she goes to work, it provides her daughters Malathi and Vikneswari with after-school child-care. The charges are "heavily subsidised". It also provides occasional counselling for her and her family. Mrs Arumugam
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  • 176 11 QII a final-year student doing a diploma in Computer Studies. I would love to pursue a degree in a local university after serving National Service. But the problem is, my grades are mostly Cs, a few Bs and Ds and one A and
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  • 101 11 THIS Friday, the 60-year-old school will be "opening up" to the public. Said Mrs Denise Tay, head of the English department at CCPS: "People might think we are an old and secluded school. We want them to step into our school and discover something totally different."
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 717 13 A policeman allegedly flashed a gun at a security guard in Yishun on Sunday afternoon. Two women came face to face with this man, whom police arrested soon after. TANYA FONG reports HE was cool and calm. He opened the gate
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    • 166 13 THE man, 43, had allegedly pulled out his service revolver at the Prime ABC supermarket in Yishun, according to a statement released by police on Sunday night. The store security officer had seen him taking bottles of chilli sauce and stopped him. He was then asked to hand
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    • 436 14 THIS is a common scene along Beach Road every morning. Jam-packed with taxis. However, they are not rushing Singaporeans to work. The target of these taxi drivers are the tourists who arrive by the busloads from Malaysia between 3 and 6am every day. The
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    • 402 16  -  By: Zaihan Mohd Yusof THE loud crash jolted the Ng. family awake. Roused from their sleep sometime around sam, Mrs Ng and her teenaged daughter were too scared to get up and see what had happened. Her husband walked to the kitchen and was
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  • WORLD
    • 313 17 TOP REASONS Make others to do work for them Leave the office early Getaway with a missed deadline Cover upa mistake Wire services. WELL, it could be a variety of reasons. And, not necessarily because they really like one another. This was revealed by
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    • 178 17 AFP TWO years ago, an Egyptian boy fell down. And a ballpoint pen went into his eye. He fainted for a minute, his mother told the local press yesterday. "I saw the pen sticking out of his eye, as blood was
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      47 18 muimui Tokyo High Court judge Yasuhiro Muraki, 43, who has been arrested for allegedly paying a 14-year-old schoolgirl 20,000 yen ($292) for sex at a hotel: I knew what I did was illegal J because of my occupation. I'm deeply sorry about that. fab
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    • 339 18 New Delhi's 'monkey man' may not be real. Just work of pranksters or even public hysteria Reuters. INITIALLY, the question was whether it was a man or a monkey that was terrorising some New Delhi residents. Yesterday, the Indian capital's police said it could be neither.
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  • WORLD
    • 417 20 (and again having way too much fun!) Reuters. DON'T worry if your grades are lousy, you can still run the country. That was what US President George Bush joked about when he returned to his alma mater Yale University yesterday to accept an honorary degree. Mr
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    • 217 20 AP. A STATE court has banned New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's girlfriend from his official residence after an appeal by his wife. The court granted actress and TV personality Donna Hanover's request for a restraining order barring Miss Judith Nathan from Grade
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    • 25 20 ON BAD TERMS: Mr Rudolph Giuliani and his wife Donna Hanover. They called it quits following Mr Giuliani's relationship with another woman.
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    • 450 21 LAWYERS in Hongkong have been told off for wearing bright suits, displaying "excessive ornaments", chewing gum and drinking coffee in court. The dressing-down came from Chief Judge Arthur Leong Shiu-chung and the legal eagles were told of it by the Law Society president Herbert Tsoi Hak-kong.
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    • 193 21 Reuters. A THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL is recovering in a Texas hospital after her father tried to scalp her. The 24-year-old man, Juan Gutierrez, was shot and killed by police in Houston on Saturday when he refused to stop cutting his daughter's head. Angleton police chief David
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    • 93 22 SHARE a happy moment and win a camera. These are six photos of happy moments, taken at the Big Walk on Sunday. Tell us which one you think best conveys a happy moment and you stand a chance to win
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 483 23  -  Sons fast asleep in other room 3 knives found under sofa By Seto Nu-wen Mother and daughter were slashed in the middle of the night. Their cries went unheard by the woman's four sons, who were fast asleep in another room in the house. The bodies
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    • 213 23 WILL Malaysia's version of the CPF be used to bail out ailing companies? We're not sure, but what is known is that several captains of Malaysian industry have approached the nation's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for help to do just that. They've done this even though
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    • 198 23 SIX Umno divisional leaders were suspended earlier this month for practising money politics. Yesterday, the Umno supreme council endorsed the disciplinary board's decision, reported The New Straits Times. Party president Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the council also decided that no re-elections would be held.
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  • Hey!
    • 561 24 Irin Gan is suddenly very, very hot. But"little sister" Jamie Yeo (in local drama series Growing Up) still cannot be beaten. Zhang Ziyi pushes Gong Li to the other end of the scale and a 50-year-old Singaporean mother-businesswoman gets a toast from men. What are we talking about?
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    • 125 25 THERE are climbers and there are surprises. Then there is ZHANG ZIYI (above). The Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon star is the highest new entry for this year's poll. And as they say on radio, she makes an unmistakably strong "debut" at No 2 on the list. Still
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    • 44 25 THE Singapore FHM Top 10 sexiest women in the world in 2001. 1) Jennifer Lopez 2) Zhang Ziyi 3) Cameron Diaz 4) Ayumi Hamasaki 5) Shu Qi 6) Britney Spears 7) Denise Richards 8) Anna Kournikova 9) Jamie Yeo 10) Christy Chung
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    • 374 25 JAMIE YEO (left) must be having the last laugh. Voted the 16th sexiest woman in the world by FHM Singapore readers last year, she had left some men baffled as to why she even deserved that title. This year, she has worked
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    • 921 26  -  With additional reporting by J F Susbielle THE British reporter's eyes opened wide, as large as a Hobbit's feet. I had been describing the hottest event of Cannes 2001, the Lord Of The Rings party the night before. The Teletext journalist, like a thousand others, had
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    • 205 27 ARE Ix Shen and Lynn Poh dating? Has working in the same TV station kindled some sparks? A little bird recently spotted them at Great World City's GV Grand, quelling up for tickets for (gasp!) a A. romantic movie, Someone Like You. And standing very close
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    • 159 27 IN need of a mood fix? I got mine on the set of Channel U's Dream Challengers. Watching host Bryan Wong with 14-year-old Kathy Lee who is partially disabled makes you count your blessings. Said Bryan: "She is very strong. If I was just as unfortunate,
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    • 154 28 HOW do you send out a media invitation for sitcom, Mr Kiasu? Send not one but three invitation cards, of course! And not just any invitation cards. They must be BIG A 4 size, laminated, and loud (bright green and orange). The first invitation
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    • 65 28 STILL on press conference invitations. The date stated for Phil Chang's (right) Singapore concert press conference was 'April 20' on the fax invitation. And, get this, we had to RSVP by April 18. Er, that was one month ago. We found out from his record label that
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    • 81 28 DAVID Gan gives his maid Prada bags from his overseas trips. And they are not fakies from Bangkok, okay? We had cheekily hoped for a few too, after interviewing him about his budget travel in Nepal. Instead, the hairstylist to the stars sent a
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    • 443 29 That's the word from former Spice Girl Emma Bunton, who arrived last weekend Emma Bunton, also known as Baby Spice, guest-starred, in TV Works' productions on Sunday as well as last night But she had arrived quietly at a fans-free Changi Airport on Saturday
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    • 378 29  -  By 1 Yong Siew Fern EMMA Bunton and her fans could not be more alike. They all bring their mothers. Or fathers. At the Baby Spice autograph session at HMV on Sunday, Bunton was not at all shy to say
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    • 174 30 WHAT'S this? A stripping spree in Bollywood? If Akshaye Khanna (inset, top right) of the receding hairline fame can, could the brash and brazen Manisha Koirala (above right) be far behind? Incidentally, Akshaye has recently agreed to do the full monty
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    • 74 30 K only Bill Clinton knew Hindi. He'd probably have broken into a cheesy little jig singing Tu cheez badi hai mast mast (You are such a sexy thing) when he met the ravishing Raveena Tandon while in India. It was that song that
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    • 80 30 A cut or two above the rest MAKEUP artiste Bharat Godambe is greatly relieved. Shilpa Shetty (getting a lift, above) will not pester him anymore for fuller lips. Her cosmetic surgeon will soon be taking care of that. Planet Bollywood reports that, after her nose job, Shilpa is now going
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    • 635 32 PRIME-TIME TV 6.30: FYE!— 6.00: The Price 6.00: U-Enter- 6.30: Singapore 6.00: Starship 6.oo:Sajian— 6.00: Headlines 6.00: News at 6 6.00: PinBoy Band is Right (Variety) tainmentNews Today (News) Troopers The MasakApa? 6.02: The Probe 6.32Popeye tar.Com Extravaganza 6.30: Wheel of 6.30: News Series (School 6.30: Piramid Teamon'Nido (cartoon) 6.30:
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  • On the rack
    • 244 33 HE may be the boss in Washington, trying to build up a legacy. But in his home state of Texas, the legacy Mr George Bush left behind (as governor) is being picked apart. The Texas legislature is about to finish its 2001 sitting and
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    • 100 33 FEMALE birds may be quicker at learning songs. But when it comes to picking up tunes on their own, males are ahead. According to a report in the Journal Nature, female cardinals learn the same number of songs as males in
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    • 49 33 The more interests they have in China, the more difficult it will be for them to risk giving up everything to support Taiwan. Taiwan Vice-President Annette Lu when asked by Time magazine whether the flow of Taiwanese to China will be a problem to her country.
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  • 442 33  -  Etcetera WITH DENISE CHONG LITTLE minds think alike. I remember whenever the family pet rabbit was terrified by something, it would leap with alarming speed to a certain spot. The very same spot I would hide in when I was scared, as a kid.
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        326 43 AP. MOST talk about a Michael Jordan comeback is mere speculation. But when Charles Barkley talks about it, you listen. He is one of the great man's great pals. One with whom he is planning the comeback. One surely in the know. And when Jordan himself talks about it,
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      • 190 43 'Michael looked great' Charles Barkley said he had plans to move in with Michael Jordan for a month of serious training before a decision on his comeback is made. According to Barkley, Jordan will decide next month if he will return next season to play in the NBA. He
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    • 755 44  -  SEA GAMES TARGET: By Brian Miller COACH Ron Hoppe counted off the months on the fingers of his right hand. "June, July, August, September...four months. Hmmm. Not a long time," he muttered through his beard. Spot on, coach. Before
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    • EUROPEAN CUP FINAL: BAYERN v VALENCIA
      • 445 45 Live ESPN, Thursday, 2.30 am AP. DON'T expect a 5-4 thriller. Unlike last week's dramatic Uefa Cup Final between Liverpool and Alaves, Thursday's European Cup showdown between Bayern Munich and Valencia is likely to resemble a game of chess. With master tacticians Ottmar Hitzfeld and Hector
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      • 368 45 Reuters, onefootball.com. BAYERN Munich left for Milan where it will meet Valencia in the European Cup Final on Wednesday with its third straight German title and plenty of self-confidence in its luggage today. Bayern boosted its morale ahead of the clash by clinching
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      • 105 45 Reuters. DUTCHMAN Dick Jol will referee the European Cup Final between Valencia and Bayern Munich, Uefa said. The news will be of interest to Valencia defenders Fabian Ayala and Jocelyn Angioma. Jol booked Ayala by mistake for a foul on Nwankwo Kanu when Valencia played
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    • PREMIERSHIP UPDATE
      • 143 46 SIR Alex Ferguson's (right) bust-up with Manchester United was sparked by a row over an illegal approach for Bayern Munich left-back, Bixente Lizarazu (left), reports claimed. The United manager allegedly telephoned Lizarazu early last week to discuss a possible transfer. After a
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      • 281 46 Teamtalk.com. IPSWICH Town boss George Burley has been named Manager of the Year after guiding the Portman Road side to fifth place in the Premiership. A 16-man panel made up of football executives, sponsors and journalists decided the award should go to Burley. The
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      • 103 46 George Burley has all the W attributes of a fine manager. On a small budget he has bought and sold wisely and moulded a team that has played some of the most attractive football in the Carling Premiership. Promotion to the top flight is
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      • 263 46 English bias against foreign coaches? GERARD Houllier is saddened at missing out on the Manager of the Year award which went to Ipswich's George Burley. The Frenchman put it down to the harsh treatment meted out to foreign coaches in England. Said Houllier: "You have no idea
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    • 460 47 AFP Independent. Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen revealed yesterday how manager Gerard Houllier stopped him from wearing new boots. Houllier feared that Owen would lose his goal-scoring touch as the club closed in on its unique Cup
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    • 250 48 Sporting Life. ENGLAND legend Gary Lineker has offered his services to help Michael Owen improve his international game. Lineker, who scored 48 goals in 80 appearances for his country, feels he can pass on some of his in-depth knowledge of how to find
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    • 514 48 WORLD CUP WARM-UP: ENGLAND v MEXICO LIVE ON FC 22. 2.55 am. SATURDAY Ananova. SVEN Goran Eriksson has warned the Liverpool stars in his England squad that their season is not over. Steven Gerrard, Emile Heskey, Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler were paraded around the streets of
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    • 187 48 The Mirror. ENGLAND manager Sven Goran Eriksson paid David O'Leary's Champions League fighters their biggest compliment. He said Leeds was the model for his new England. Eriksson is a huge admirer of the way O'Leary has blended style with aggression. The England supremo
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      207 49 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER: ARGENTINA v COLOMBIA Reuters. Argentina has overlooked AS Roma striker Gabriel Batistuta again. He is left out of the squad for next month's World Cup Qualifier at home to Colombia. Batistuta, who scored twice in Roma's 4-1 Serie A win at Bari on Sunday,
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    • 74 49 Reuters. ALAVES striker Javi Moreno, who scored twice in last week's Uefa Cup Final defeat by Liverpool, has signed for AC Milan. The Spaniard, who signed a four-year deal, scored 21 goals in 31 Spanish League games this season and a further six in the Uefa Cup.
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    • 68 49 AP. BRAZILIAN star Ronaldo was declared "ready to play" by the Paris doctor who has been treating his knee injury. Surgeon Gerard Saillant said that the last Ronaldo will undergo in Paris, although Saillant has asked to be informed about the player's progress. However, Inter president Massimo Moratti
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    • Tiger Beer Challenge: LIONS v NEW ZEALAND (8pm,Bishan)
      • 473 50  -  CURTAIN-RAISER: SINGAPORE U-23 v FULHAM U-21 (5.45 P m) By Ernest Luis ONE look at the Lions' squad today, and you will see that Goh Tat Chuan is the only Chinese player. Tonight, he hopes to make his first appearance for the national team against New Zealand
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      • 92 50 MATCHES Singapore v New Zealand (Bpm) Singapore U-23 v Fulham U-21 (5.45pm) WHERE Bishan Stadium TICKET RATES $5 (adult), $1 (children) THE LIONS: GOALKEEPERS Adi Salleh (Home) Shahril Jantan (Geylang) DEFENDERS Aide Iskandar (Home) S Subramani (Home) Razif Mahamud (SAFFC) Mohd Noh Rahman (Geylang) Zulkarnaen Zainal (Geylang) Rudy
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      • 173 50 6 I will be using this match to judge the national players and see how they perform, so I can see who deserves to fit into my team for the games against Manchester United and Liverpool in July. But of course, I will continue to watch
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