The New Paper, 26 December 2001

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    7 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 26. 2001
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      9 1 Ctienan s view of«« First-class scholars vs unusual minds
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Polly turned the tap on
      154 2 DUTCHMAN Jan Borst should have learned a thing or two from nursery rhymes. Like how these winged creatures are smart alecks, not just in speech but in actions as weli. "Polly put the kettle on," goes the old rhyme. In Holland, Mr Borst could be
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      Lock icon Two trains collide, killing dozens of holiday-makers
      365 2 RAILWAY TRAGEDY IN INDONESIA AT least 42 people were killed and dozens injured in an early Christmas morning crash in Central Java, Indonesia. The two economy class passenger trains packed with holiday-makers collided head-on at Ketanggungan at 4.30am yesterday, reported AFP. One was
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      Lock icon TRAIN CRASH IN CHINA
      64 2 A MINIBUS which stalled at a railway crossing was hit by a train in China's north-western region of Xinjiang on Monday. The crash in the town of Artux, near the Afghan border, happened at 11am. Twenty-eight passengers were killed, and 11 injured. The privately-owned bus was
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon MISS COURAGE
      1036 4  -  SELF-ASSURED and approachable, marketing manager Charlotte Goh eased confidently into the armchair at the Fullerton Hotel. But, minutes on, the 30-year-old suddenly yelled: "Er! Oo! Oo! Oo!" She raised her right hand at right angles to her arm,and jerked it repeatedly into the air. Her eyelids fluttered. Then
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      Lock icon It begins with 'butterflies' in the tummy
      270 5 TOURETTE Syndrome is an inherited disorder of the nervous system that shows itself in repeated tics and uncontrollable vocal sounds. In rare cases, these vocalisations can include socially inappropriate words and phrases. These outbursts are not intentional or purposeful. Involuntary symptoms can include
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      Lock icon HELPING OTHERS TO COPE WITH THE CONDITION
      463 5 MISS Goh is now helping others affected by the Tourette Syndrome. When she signed up with the Tourette Syndrome Association on the Internet (www.tsa.com), she was asked to be the contact person for Singapore, and three mothers have since reached out to her.
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      Lock icon The kindness of (some) strangers
      1001 6  -  Last week, we went undercover to test the Christmas spirit at Singapore's top hotels. How would a foreign couple who had lost all their belongings he treated if they came seeking shelter? REPORTS DENYSE YEO SOME responses were heart-warming, wrapped in kindness and cheer. But,
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      Lock icon We have to be cautious, say hotels
      282 7 WHEN we later asked the hotels why they turned us away, three said the law prevented them from giving us a room. Only one hotel Raffles did not reply to our queries by press time. The others cited the Innkeepers' Act: Guests have
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      Lock icon NO ROOM AT THE INN
      233 7 ELEVEN years ago, former Straits Times journalist Ravi Veloo gave Singapore a Christmas story to remember. No Room at the Inn was a modern version of how Joseph and Mary, heavily pregnant with her son Jesus, could not find a single inn in Bethlehem to
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      Lock icon First-class scholars vs unusual minds
      1195 8 CHERIAN GEORGE suggests a very un-Singaporean human-resource approach to finding talent SINGAPORE'S GREAT TALENT HUNT WHEN a group of National University of Singapore students take off for Silicon Valley next month, they can expect to learn something about how foreign talent helped build one of
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      Lock icon Singapore freezes Santa out
      691 10 Where was Santa Claus this Christmas? Did he even come to town? The jolly symbol seemed to have disappeared from the shopping centres. GLORIA CHANDYinvestigates WAS it a case of murder, kidnapping or just a simple Missing Persons job? Last year, the jolly fat man in
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      Lock icon Give us a real white Santa
      415 11 SANTA providers must offer something special to attract demand. Like, maybe, ethnic accuracy? Mr Ali Khan, who takes the whole Santa business very seriously, runs his own talent management agency. Get a ho-ho-ho out of this: He flies in friends from all over the
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      Lock icon Thanks to volunteers, he can walk again
      616 12  -  By Genevieve Jiang EVERY step he took was slow and strenuous. Yet, leaning against a chair behind him was a walking stick he had chosen to leave behind. Limping, Mr Kelvin Toh (pictured right, with his father), inched his way towards the smiling
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      Lock icon We had to show him who's boss first
      211 13 LATER, they would become his friends. But first, they had to be in a way his teachers. When the Adventist Rehab Centre physiotherapists worked with Mr Toh, they knew they first had to instil in him self-belief. Said physiotherapist Mr Pang Kim
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      Lock icon S'pore's do-or-die inventor
      693 14  -  He sold Yishun flat to raise money to build model By Denyse Yeo HE forks out thousands of his own hard-earned dollars on his passion. No, it doesn't involve collecting Ferraris or those fancy Faberge eggs. What he does is slightly more intriguing. Mr Eric Kwa, you
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      142 14 MR ERIC Kwa is a card-carrying member of the Association of Technopreneurs. Previously known as the Innovators Club, it was launched here in 1993 for innovators and technological entrepreneurs to network and share ideas and experiences. Although dormant at the moment, its purpose remains: To encourage innovation in
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      Lock icon Barking mad over 'dognapping'
      384 15  -  TALE OFTWO NEIGHBOURS: By Sheela Narayanan YOU have heard of people being held to ransom. But a dog? Mr Darryl Tan has a bone to pick with a neighbour. He says he has been made to feel like a "dognapper". On Nov 18, a white Maltese
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      Lock icon THE OWNERS
      121 15 WHEN The New Paper contacted Mr Samuel Chong, he said he and the dog's co-owner did ask to see the Tans' passports. Simply because they did not believe Mr Tan's story. The 30-year-old financial controller said that when the dog went missing, they sent flyers all around the
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      Lock icon Money tree being torn apart at the roots
      854 16 He died so long ago, his grave in China was dug up to make way for a drain. But his quirky will has now created instant millionaires. DAWNCHIA tells this ultimate get-rich-quick tale THIS is made to order for film-script writers. A
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      Lock icon Man of foresight and a leader...
      258 17 HE was born in 1865 to farmers in Guangzhou, China. But Wong Yoon Fee was destined for bigger things, and sailed to Singapore when he was only 13. With the help of clansmen, he set up the Xin Chang Long hotel on Amoy Street
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      Lock icon Why the bank 'froze' $1,347.94 of his money...
      544 18  -  A wrong amount is keyed in an electronic transaction, and is immediately voided. But the bank can hold on to your money for up to a month. Here's why... REPORTS TANYA FONG ITS meant to give the convenience of a credit card
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      Lock icon BANK SAYS: IT'S TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS AND PREVENT FRAUD
      157 18 WHENEVER there is a voiding or cancellation of a card transaction, OCBC Bank holds the payment amount to protect the customer's interest and prevent fraud. OCBC spokesman Lim Theng Fang told The New Paper: "If the void copy is not submitted
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      Lock icon Mind-wasting disease: There's help and hope
      559 20  -  In one news report after another, we read of how Alzheimer's disease is incurable. How sufferers' minds slide steadily into chaos. But the truth is more complex perhaps, more hopeful REPORTS GLORIA CHANDY SHE would put on three pairs of pants, one on top
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      Lock icon HE BENEFITS FROM BEING WITH OTHERS, KEEPING ACTIVE AND READING TO KEEP THE MIND ALERT
      290 20 A SUPPORTIVE and active family can make a great difference for Alzheimer's sufferers. Mr Mariadas Anthonysamy (left, with his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter) worked 12 hours a day until he was laid off four years
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      365 21 ALZHEIMER'S Disease is a form of dementia. It damages the chemical that passes messages from one brain cell to another, so thoughts cannot get through. There are currently over 4,000 Alzheimer's sufferers in Singapore, and that number is expected to more than double in the next
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      29 9 YouVe got YouVe been But I'm not sure a good right before. So many people. Finance? Admin? Send the really good so few cards. Production? Christmas cards to HR
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      94 10 Boxing Day has nothing to do with Muhammed AK THE day after Christmas is traditionally called "Boxing Day". And here's why: In the mid-19th century, in the reign of Queen Victoria in England, Dec 26 became a holiday as boxes were filled with gifts and money for servants and trades
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      434 13 UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO A SERIES OF STORIES ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM PUBLISHED IN "THE NEW PAPER" OF SINGAPORE December 2QQ| Volunteers are highly valued partners of the United Nations. Serving tirelessly around the world to protect human rights, promote development and give people a voice, volunteers are
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    252 22 WORLD CHRISTMAS is the time for families to get together. This was probably on 40-year-old Mrs Liz Mace's mind when she stormed into her living room, picked up the television set and flung it out of the house, reported the Times.
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      Lock icon Prices axed, but no X'mas shopping spree
      313 24 THE news has been bad all around. And this sombre-looking trader in Japan (right) is certainly reflecting it. Never mind the Santa costume. Let's start with Japan. The yen fell to a fresh three-year low against the dollar at 130.95 yesterday. It has
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      Lock icon India says Pakistan pushing it to war
      278 24 AFP. INDIA is against armed conflict but it is being forced into it, said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday. Addressing a wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, he said: "We do not want war, but it is being forced on us.
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      Lock icon Bag with explosives found in Stockholm
      276 25 AP. Swedish police found a suitcase containing explosives in a downtown subway station in Stockholm, it was reported yesterday. Bomb technicians destroyed the suitcase and no one was injured. However, officials would not comment on what exactly was in the bag found on Monday
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      Lock icon ATTACKS THAT DIDN'T TAKE PLACE
      125 25 THE US military troops in Afghanistan are not attacked on Christmas Day as feared. Christmas Eve passed peacefully in Indonesia despite threats of bomb attacks. US oil and gas plants went on alert on Nov 27 for fear that Osama bin Laden may have ordered
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      Lock icon I shivered with fear when our car broke down... at the spot where 4 journalists were killed
      1047 26  -  THE NEW PAPER TEAM AT THE PAK-AFGHAN BORDER REPORTS SETO NU-WEN THIS is where I thought I would die. I could almost see my body riddled with bullets, waiting for the vultures to
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      Lock icon How to stay safe on the most dangerous road the world
      589 28  -  THE NEW PAPER TEAM AT THE PAK-AFGHAN BORDER Report pictures/ Mohd Ishak ITS one of the most remote places in the world, and telephone lines are almost non-existent. So why did we not carry a satellite phone with us?
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      6 24 Blue Christmas In Asia/ Page 32
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    Lock icon India's only Chinese newspaper closes shop
    362 30 Union trouble Cash crunch Circulation drop WORLD THE only Marxist city in India might be turning a lighter shade of red, especially since its only Chinese-language paper has shut down. The Indian Express reported that the closure was due to union problems. But that
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    Lock icon Blue Christmas in Asia
    286 32 WORLD AFP. LOOKS like Santa won't be coming to town. Economic woes and natural disasters have dampened Asia's holiday spirit. In China, the world's largest maker of Christmas toys, poor demand from the US has forced many toy factories to shut down. In Guangdong, handicraft exports
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      232 34 I SUPERMARKET BOMB BLAST IN CHINA Wire Services. THE bomb that exploded at a shopping centre in Qingdao on Sunday evening was not the first involving Carrefour. According to company spokesman Wesley Bai, on Nov 23, two time-bombs were discovered in a Carrefour shopping centre
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      330 35 AFP. THE empty chair (in picture) said it all. It was meant to be Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's seat in the front aisle at the midnight mass in Bethlehem. Instead, the chair in St Catharine Church, had a white-and-black head-dress draped over it.
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      18 34 HHIE Fiflt. 5 J jMpB I Carmen Chaplin Julie Christie A STORY OF FIRST LOVES AND SECOND CHANCES.
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    253 36 MALAYSIA AFP. Murder plot against the Malaysian Prime Minister? But the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (left) said yesterday that he was unaware of this. He said: "I do not have any information on this. "Normally if there is anything serious, the police
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      1743 38 Madonna the truth Her old songs make her sick. She got arm-twisted into recording American Pie in a moment of weakness. She picks her battles with hubby Guy Ritchie and makes mental notes of people who betray her. She even sent a philosophical book to admonish her unauthorised biographer. In
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      538 40  -  By Tan Dawn Wei REPORTING FROM TAIPEI THE singer who popularised that tear-stricken-face look in music videos can hardly have anything to cry about these days. Winnie Hsin is in love, has a new album out, has gigs in North America and
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      579 42 Not this Christmas, not ever Boxing Day is a time forgiving, too. Traditionally, you pack up last year's presents in boxes and give them to the poor. But you may feel sheepish giving away some of the things. ANDREW DUFFY looks at some
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      131 44 SHE could have all the books she wanted for free but Sharon Au would rather pay for them, thank you very much. She even presented a 20 per cent discount coupon cut out from a magazine much to the surprise of staff members at the Kinokuniya bookstore.
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      123 44 PHYLLIS Quek will be missing her "Baby" this Christmas. Nope, it's not an affectionate name for a lover just her newly-acquired pet Chihuahua. The actress has just returned from Taiwan where she had finished filming the serial, Chou Nu Da Fan Shen (Ugly Girl Transforms Herself). Her
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      124 45 ZOE Tay*B friends might think she's plain generous when she gives them a treat. But actually, the actress has an ulterior motive. She confessed: 1 love to eat and I like to give people treats, because then they will surely give me a treat in
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      183 45 HOW will Chinese chanteuse Na Ying spend Christmas Eve? She declared: "Foreigners might celebrate with gift exchanges and the like. But we are Chinese, we should celebrate our way!" The singer was in Singapore last week for the taping of a New Year concert
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      313 46 PRIME-TIME TV WATCH HANDS up those who actually know the difference between Healing Hearts and Healing Hands. If you do, then good for you. Because I didn't. Well, both are medical dramas, and both are Hongkong productions. Factor in the similar names, and you can't
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      252 46 Highlights The Practice Channel 5,1 Opm A man who believes that he is a serial killer claims insanity, but his lawyers think he is innocent, even though he enjoys the publicity. One Good Turn Deserves Another Channel U, 10.30pm Shi is suspected of corruption and Shan goes to his aid.
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    778 48  -  HEY! By Serene Goh SO you gave up on this year's resolutions a while ago. That doesn't mean you can't accomplish some great deeds before 2001 runs out. You do have six days, and we have a fail-proof list (well, almost) of last-minute achievements. TASK
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      98 54 THE referee laboratory has confirmed that Bocelli's sample taken after his win in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup was positive to salicylic acid. Kiwi trainer Patrick Busuttin (right) said on Monday that he would be attending an inquiry held by the Singapore Turf Club's stipendiary
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      157 54 DENIRO, a two-time winner in Australia, will make his debut for trainer Laurie Laxon on Friday night. The four-year-old bay Australian-bred gelding by Vettori out of Crystal Glitters did not race at two. At three, he had eight starts for two wins over 1,150 m atTatura and
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        87 54 IT REALLY has been a miserable season for trainer Terry Tan. The Kuala Lumpur-based handler, who will turn 54 on Feb 2 next year, went through the year without a winner to his credit. The 23 seconds and 10 thirds he garnered proved just how
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        151 54 HOEBERG was expected to be too classy for her rivals in a 1,600 m Open Class event at Kranji last Saturday. The classy mare, who is raced by prominent South African owner Laurie Jaffee, was making her local debut. And with an imposing record of nine
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        103 54 EDDIE WILKINSON made up for lost time when he kicked home two winners Kelven's Express last Friday and Chief Emperor last Saturday for trainer Don Baertschiger. The Kiwi rider "lost" a couple of winners a week earlier when he was in Hongkong to ride
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      479 56  -  1 By Lionel Lee TRAINER Boyle Chua's gutsy Smooth Sailing has been given the daunting task of carrying 59kg in the Penang Governor's Gold Cup. Third to Ballistic last year with only 50kg, this year's top impost will see Smooth Sailing giving between I.skg
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      460 56 GUIDE TO PENANG TRACKWORK NST. POWER OF KING drew attention to his chances in the Class 4 Premier Division 1,700 m event on Saturday when he did an eye-catching barrier practice in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old
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        277 57 WAYWARD former Bradford striker Stan Collymore will make a shock application for the vacant manager's post at Valley Parade following the sacking of Jim Jefferies. Collymore quit football after playing just 88 minutes of football for Spanish club Real Oviedo, the club he joined
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        Lock icon Newcastle defender Dabizas: 'Viduka nearly broke my knee'
        168 57 Wire Services. NEWCASTLE star Nikos Dabizas has admitted he feared the worst following Mark Viduka's horrific-looking challenge during last Saturday's thrilling 4-3 win over Leeds United. The Greek defender was stretchered off in the first half after being caught by Viduka. While
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        65 57 LAST week, we asked you to predict the outcome of the match between Liverpool and Arsenal. Result Liverpool 1 Arsenal 2 Five callers predicted correctly. Each of them wins a set of EPL figurines, a six-can pack of beer and a Polo shirt, all courtesy of Tiger Beer.
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        279 59 ALAN Shearer does not believe his club Newcastle has the squad to win the Premiership title this season. However, the Newcastle captain feels that if the players avoid injuries and suspensions, his side can seal a Champions League spot. Newcastle is proving to be
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        278 59 SOUTHAMPTON v TOTTENHAM Wire Services. DEAN Richards plans to do a Sol Campbell and ignore the abuse from Southampton's fans when he returns there with Tottenham tonight. And Richards is convinced Spurs' former Saints boss Glenn Hoddle will be similarly unaffected by the abuse sure
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        Lock icon Dyer: I'm yet to find my sharpness
        225 59 KIERON Dyer believes in taking one step at a time as he focuses on getting back to his best. The Newcastle star was inspirational in only his fourth game since his comeback from a shin injury as his side beat Leeds 4-3 at
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      402 60 SPECIAL WORLD CUP REPORT BY ALEX HAYES MOVE over everybody, here comes the all-conquering England team. Well, at least that is now the popular perception on these shores. Such has been the turn around in fortunes over the last 10 months that many believe the job is done. In
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      Lock icon ...but how much?
      574 61 been forced to concede by now that England places far too strong a reliance on three performers Beckham, Owen and Steven Gerrard. Considering that the latter two Liverpool players are injury-prone, it leaves his squad extremely vulnerable. To be generous, you could add Paul Scholes and Rio
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      525 62  -  S-LEAGUE 2002: MUSIC LESSONS FOR FAN CLUBS REPORT ERNEST LUIS WHAT'S the signature music style of the Tampines Stags? If you're stumped, it's because songs and fan cheers have largely been improvised in the S-League so far. We know the Geylang Eagles are famous
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      Lock icon Bhangra, samba and Jaws, too...
      836 63 ...MORE ON S-LEAGUE SIGNATURE TUNES THE neutrals are tired of having their senses pounded at S-League matches. Here, we throw forward some suggestions for the 12 S-League fan clubs... SAMBA SAMBA! TAMPINES STAGS: They used to beat the living daylights out of about nine huge
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      724 64 MATCH TAKE ARFENE Wenger must be a contented man. His Gunners did a commendable demolition job of Liverpool last Sunday. Apart from hoisting Arsenal to the second spot in the Premiership table, the 2-1 win highlighted the side's depth of character and motivation to realise things
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      94 65  -  By V KSANTOSH KUMAR With United hitting the Saints for six, there was bound to be one goal in contention for best goal d It came from an unlikely source. Defender Phil Neville had scored only three goals in his 193 games for United but his fourth was the
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      Lock icon Peter Schmeichel (Aston Villa)
      94 65 Worst player... for making half-stops which enabled Derby to run out an easy 3-1 winner over Aston Villa The Big Dane might be an asset to Villa this season. But he showed poor reflexes against Derby allowing Ravenelli and Carbone to pull off an Italian job.
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      Lock icon Referee Paul Durkin
      139 65 Worst performance... for a string of wrong decisions in the Reds-Gunners game It is a fact that the referee's job in a football match is a thankless one. And that people always harp on the few mistakes and not on the 89 minutes of good work that
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      Lock icon Kieron Dyer (Newcastle)
      119 65 Best player... for outpacing the Leeds defence time and again and setting up Newcastle's incredible 4-3 win Who said he had a long lay-off through injury? Dyer didn't show any residual effects as he ripped apart the Leeds defence. He was too quick for Leeds left-back lan
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      98 65 Worst miss... for letting slip three points by losing 1-2 to bottom-of-the-table Ipswich Three points were there for the picking. Tottenham was playing at home and it was the best chance for it hoist itself up from seventh in the League table. But Tottenham blew the opportuinity with a
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      96 65 Best team... for showing enough steel to beat Liverpool 2-1 A toss up between Arsenal and Newcastle really. Both sides fought back to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Newcastle's come-from-behind win was creditable but the honour should go to the Gunners for sticking it out after being reduced to 10
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      104 65 TODAY: Arsenal v Chelsea Aston Villa v Liverpool Blackburn v Sunderland Bolton v Leeds Everton v Man U Fulham v Charlton Ipswich v Leicester Newcastle v Boro Southampton v Tottenham West Ham v Derby SATURDAY: Arsenal v Boro Aston Villa v Tottenham Blackburn v Derby Bolton v Leicester Everton
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      641 66 NICOLAS ANELKA: Can Nicolas Anelka follow in the goalscoring footsteps of Robbie Fowler? That's been the question dogging the Liverpool supporters since the controversial French striker joined Anfield on loan in the weekend. On Monday Anelka revealed what he has in mind: He plumped for the No
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      187 66 Wire Services. LIVERPOOL'S caretaker boss Phil Thompson believes Nicolas Anelka has the quality and mentality to strike it big in the Premiership. "Everybody knows that, when he played at Arsenal, he almost single-handedly won the title for them," said Thompson on Monday. "That shows he
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    • EVERTON v MAN U
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        Lock icon Man U must BELIEVE
        374 67 Beckham says... DAVID Beckham feels the Red Devils must believe they can still win the Premiership title. Manchester United's title challenge is gaining momentum with each win and it faces Everton at Goodison Park tonight on the back of three successive victories. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson
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        278 67 AFTER watching Manchester United falter in the opening months of the season, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (right) has tipped the Old Trafford side to appoint a foreign boss for next season. Sir Alex Ferguson will retire at the end of the season and the
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      Lock icon Ranieri looking to give Gunners the blues
      552 67 ARSENAL v CHELSEA live, espn. 7.50pm. tonight CHELSEA manager Claudio Ranieri will be hoping his side can maintain its knack of rising to the big occasion when it faces Arsenal tonight at Highbury. Ranieri's Blues have already claimed some notable scalps this season
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