The New Paper, 26 February 2003

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  • 32 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003 Singapore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA(P) 044/03/2002 60 CENTS 8 ill Hi: I the ISSer
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  • NEWS
    • 506 2 MILLIONS of middle-aged people could soon be able to throw away their reading glasses and contact lenses. A new treatment, developed in the US, reverses the damage caused to the eyes by ageing. The painless procedure, called conductive keratoplasty (CK), uses radio waves to re-shape
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    • 89 2 |l 'Eye-drop' anaesthesia is applied u to numb the eye and ensure the procedure is painless ei Using rinse-away ink, a circular a pattern is imprinted on the cornea to be used as a guide during treatment g Using a probe smaller than a strand of
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    • 121 2 THE Singapore National Eye Centre has been educating the public on the various types of surgery available here to correct their vision. About 3,000 people undergo Lasik surgery at the centre every year. It has a new $750,000 surgery system. Conventional Lasik surgery an advanced vision correction system
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    • 164 2 CONSUMER experts in Britain said last week that people who have laser eye surgery are gambling with their sight. The magazine Health Which? claims some clinics make overblown claims and do not highlight possible side effects. It said laser patients are not being given all
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    • 6 2 What's on TV? Pages 46 47
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  • 678 4  -  Not a big drain, but it flows into canal to underground channel to Jurong Lake SINGAPORE The big search continues for a three-year-old after he and his mother fell into Boon Lay drain yesterday By Low Ching Ling ITS just a small drain, But
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 284 6 EDB wants big names in arts and design to set up here STUDY for a master's programme in hotel management which will carry the name of the prestigious Cornell University in the US. But do it right here, at the Nanyang Technological University. The fees
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    • 52 6 S'PORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in USS/Change) Pacific Internet 4.51/-0.24 Creative Technology 6.38/-0.17 Flextronics 8.14/+0.09 Chartered Semiconductor 4.21/+0.01 Stats 7/-0.02 Yesterday's action Percentage change Close Dow Up 0.65% (51.26 pts) 7,909.5 Nasdaq Up 0.5% (6.6 pts) 1,328.98 S+P 500 Up 1.32% (11.07 pts) 848.17 STI Up 0.72% (5.99
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    • 60 6 THE O-level exam results will be released on Friday. Students can get their results from their schools at 2.30 pm. Private candidates will get their results by mail, or by logging on to www.moe.edu.sg/exams after 2.30pm. Registration for junior colleges, centralised institutes, polytechnics and the Institute of Technical
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    • 73 6 THE business heads of 13 US embassies have united to encourage small and medium-sized American firms to do business in Asia. The US Embassy in Singapore leads the group, called Asia Now, which is hoping to entice US family-owned companies to look beyond their massive domestic
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    • 73 6 LEGAL fees for property buyers look set to plunge. The Law Society says its new guidelines on conveyancing fees could result in savings of 21 to 34 per cent. It has released a recommended price list to avoid undercutting. But the guidelines may not prevent banks from
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    • 78 6 SAVINGS held in Central Provident Fund (CPF) Ordinary Accounts will continue to attract an interest rate of 2.5 per cent a year in April-June. The rate, reviewed four times a year, is higher than the 12-month fixed deposit rates offered by major banks, reported The Straits Times.
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    • 71 6 SINGAPORE is the best launching pad in the region for the latest handphones, say manufacturers who like to unveil new products here. Not only are we considered high-tech, value and style-conscious, but we have one of the shortest replacement cycles in the region. Industry watchers say that Singaporeans
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    • 66 6 SHOPOWNERS in Block 29, Havelock Road, who will be affected by the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers), are unhappy over the shorter leases in the new premises offered to them. Their shops currently have 99-year leases, but the replacement sites in Jalan Membina will be available for only
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    • Article, Illustration
      157 7 SEEKING THE VIEWS OF YOUNG SINGAPOREANS Many cannot be bothered or think their views have no impact. A small percentage did not want to get into trouble... The Government needs to seek youngsters out and get them to feel comfortable speaking out. Mr V Maheantharan, Singapore Polytechnic's business school
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    • 226 7 ON THE RACK Extract from the International Herald Tribune: Record companies say piracy has caused fundamental shifts in the way China's music industry operates. "There is no income from royalties, so artistes record single songs for radio play instead of albums for consumers," said
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    • 50 7 The Straits Times: Top specialist schools to add new buzz The Business Times: Ascendas to add India IT park to its slate Lianhe Zaobao: Ten benefits for Singapore if FTA with US is attained Berita Harian: NAM supports call against war Streats: Bank loan breather for axed workers
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    • 39 7 International Herald Tribune: South taunted by North The Asian Wall Street Journal: North Korea tests missile as Seoul inaugurates Roh New Straits Times: Call for more pro-active stance (KL declaration: Ensuring NAM is at forefront of decision-making)
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    • 56 6 U.S. Embassy Singapore Study USA Fair 2003 Free Admission! 27 Feb 2003 (Thur) 2:00 pm 8:00 pm Meritus Mandarin Singapore (formerly known as Mandarin Hotel) Attend presentations by U.S. Embassy and University officials from California to New York who can answer your questions!! Organized by: Ammmhvummi For more information, contact:
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    • 585 8  -  By Eugene Wee CONSUMERS have been squeezed for years by this rule. So when will things change? The Consumers Association of Singapore is calling for a review of the law which penalises car buyers who repay loans
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    • 186 8 LOOKING at the amount of money involved when buying cars in Singapore, it is no surprise that lenders and borrowers need some form of protection. According to the report, it is believed that one reason the Rule of 78 was included in the Singapore Purchase Act wasTo protect
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  • 588 10  -  SINGAPORE By Tan Mae Lynn WHAT is described above is taking I place all over the US and UK Yes, in these countries, the office dress code is changing again. I It is now unhip to be hip at work. I No more jeans, T-shirts
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    • 51 11 k A force behind the o cT ■mim.i., U Beyond technical education. Beyond technical skills. Beyond today. I he economic landscape of Singapore has undergone quantum changes. Similarly, so has Singapore's manpower needs. gt Today's knowledge-based economy r requires skills that extend beyond the t^^ (w)i( cll kiu)\v is h\
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    • 593 12  -  SHOPS FIGHT. CUSTOMERS GAIN By Fawziah Selamat WHEN these partners fell out, it was the consumer who gained. You can rent VCDs of relatively new movies, like Tom Cruise's Minority Report, for 80 cents a day at one Tampines shop. Two doors away it's $1.50 for
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    • 264 13 THE two VCD shops stock quite an impressive selection of movies. In addition to the regular Hollywood blockbusters, The New Paper was surprised to find posters for Mira Nair's arthouse flick, Monsoon Wedding, in front of Wonder Vision. My Vision also had the movie
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    • 542 14 More trains Fewer buses? As Singapore's rail network grows from 97km to 230 km over the next decade, will our faithful bus services die out? Infographics journalist IVAN OH and reporter DESMOND NG find out OME of us still prefer public transport on roads rather than rails. Buses trundling past
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    • 643 16  -  By Anne Seah WHEN Miss Jacelyn Loh, 27, left her position as buyer-cum-department head at Carrefour Singapore, she left richer in ideas. She improved on the information technology used in the supermarket store, and adapted it to her family-owned toiletries stores. And now, three
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    • 147 16 MISS Jacelyn Loh may be proud of her Handspring Visors, but most of Peaches Herbs' neighbouring stores at Parkway Parade are saying it is a bad idea. Seven out of 10 said they would not install the system. And cost was the main reason cited.
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  • 698 24  -  MALAYSIA Gunmen were trying to smash bullet-proof jewellery showcases By Low Ching Ling THE robbers were almost as bold and triggerhappy as the notorious Ml 6 gang. Armed with deadly AK-47 rifles and MPS machine guns (see graphic; opposite page), they fired
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    • 365 26 SHE was supposed to co-host Pesta Perdana 6 last Sunday night. And Malaysian presenter-singer Sarimah Ibrahim was at rehearsals on Saturday. But at the show, telecast live in Suria, co-host Suhaimi Yusof announced she could not be there, for health reasons. And local
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    • 74 26 OTHER artistes, and some production crew members were also hit by food poisoning. All those affected had eaten the same food, but their symptoms varied. Some suffered stomach cramps, others vomited, and some felt dizzy. Among the stars hit were Mahadi Shor, Misha Omar and Suhailla Salam.
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    • 371 28 SEX sells, says shoe company Pony At The Firm. The company has capitalised on this, and previously used carefully cropped nude photographs of actress Pamela Anderson. Now, the company, which cultivates a provocative, maverick image, will promote its athletic footwear and apparel by using
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    • 185 28 THE dog tore off its owner's finger, and probably swallowed it. Ms Sam Mcßae, 22, of Queensland, Australia, was unable to find her middle right finger before an ambulance arrived to take her to hospital yesterday morning, reported The Courier-Mail. Ms Shelly Salter, who
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    • 127 30 A BRITISH boy who punctured his heart on the handlebar of his bicycle was saved by a new surgical technique that took an hour and allowed him to go home the next day. Surgeons applied a 1960s method for patching submarines to Adam
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    • 415 34 THE Mayor of Batam has come under attack for issuing a licence to a Jakarta company to organise a gambling centre. The move follows strong protests against gambling activities on the island. Chief of Batam Police Senior Commander Suhartono said that the police would soon
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    • 231 34 AP. THEY threw missiles at each other as usual. But this time Israelis and Palestinians weren't out to kill. What they lobbed at each other yesterday were snowballs. For the first time in their 29-month conflict, which has claimed nearly 3,000 lives, the
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  • 235 36 MALAYSIA TEN days. That's how long Mrs Chen Xiuhua (name in hanyu pinyin), and her three young children were at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Mrs Chen, 37, (right, with her children at the airport) cannot speak, and is also mentally disabled. She is
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  • RACING
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      119 58 RESULTS of two barrier trials conducted over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday morning. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 The Solicitor (J Saimee) 2 Swift N Honest (M Djulkifli) 3 Amac Spirit (M Kway) 4 Chae Go (D Azis) 5 Pacific Express (M Hairin). Unofficial
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    • 429 58 WORKOUTS by horses handicapped on Friday: CLASS 3 DIVI 1,200 m: Sadanza (M Djulkifli) 36.1, shaped betterthan True Master (Class 4 Div 11,200 m). Japanese-bred newcomers Ipponzeoi (S Sam) and Sun Marina (0 Placais) canter/36.1, matched strides. Last Recove (J Geroudis) canter/36.8. Announcer (L
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    • 342 58 TRAINER Tim Pinfield, with three wins and four seconds to his credit so far this season, will be introducing Class 3 newcomer Gold Rush on Friday. The handsome and unassuming Englishman's charge is a five-year-old Irish-bred gelding by Petorius out of Minnie Habit who arrived last October.
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    • WHIP HAND
      • 88 59 GODOLPHIN'S Ekraar has pulled out from the $1 million Singapore Classic, leaving only three foreign entries to contest the international.Group 31,800 m on Friday week. In his absence, the Singapore Turf Club has given the vacant slot to trainer Charles Read's Lead To Victory.
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      • 123 59 JOCKEY Salee Saad had one forgettable outing on his first day as a senior rider. The Malaysian must have fancied his chances of bagging a winner as a fully-fledged rider last Saturday but it was not to be. Placed second on Kiko's Love and Hold The
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      • 121 59 IT WOULD have been a record of sorts had nine-year-old Goldvision saluted last Hriday night. The veteran of 108 races ran one of his best races in recent months —only to find the unpredictable Governor George in a galloping mood in the I,Boom event on
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    • 615 59 NST. FLYING ACE, unbeaten in both outings to date, geared up for the Class 2 Div 1 event over 1,200 m on Sunday with a sizzling trial in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Rory's Jester thrashed stablemate Extremo
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      • 271 60 BURNLEY v FULHAM MATH PREVIEW FIFTH ROUND (REPLAY) PA Sport. FULHAM have to play four matches in 11 days. Manager Jean Tigana is mightily concerned about the wear and tear on his players. To begin with, Fulham take on First Division Burnley in a fifth-round
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      • 119 60 ENGLISH DIVONE Reuters. FIRST Division FA Cup quarter-finalists Wolverhampton Wanderers and Watford failed to find the net in a key league match. It ended goalless at Molyneux yesterday. The draw though, saw Wolves move up from sixth to fifth place in the Playoff zone on 52 points
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    • 421 61 WORLD CUP 2006: GERMANY ASK top footballers how they feel about the next World Cup in 2006, and you are sure to hear plenty of groans. Those more polite will tell you that not even one year has passed since the last edition and that it
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    • 556 62 TOTTENHAM 1 FULHAM 1; THE TALKING POINT PLAYED YESTERDAY Did the refget it right, or was he wrong in sending off Fulham keeper Maik Taylor? As the debate goes on, The New Paper examines the video evidence frame-by-frame and comes to the conclusion that Taylor had
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    • CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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          500 63 i (ROUND 2) GROUPS A, B NEWCASTLE v LEVERKUSEN CAPTAIN Alan Shearer (left) will return to spearhead the Newcastle attack alongside Shola Ameobi after completing a two-match Champions League suspension. Fellow striker Lomana Lua Lua will be relegated to the substitutes bench while Wales international Craig Bellamy is still
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          481 63 AJAXv ARSENAL Koeman is set to start with the same line-up he used in last week's 1-1 Highbury draw after resting 18-year-old Nigel de Jong for Sunday's 1-0 league defeat at Utrecht. But he has added Fevntian striker Mido 9U ITHW (left) to the squad after patching up
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      • 267 63 111 /l|ax 3. IS (X) Draw 9J0 (2) Arsenal 1*7 1/2 Goal Ajax (+11/2} UBt Arsenal (-1 V2) 3.15 1 I'""', 'WjSW: h M 3§ TOTAL GOALS OGoal 9.70 t Ceil Ml 2 Goals 3.60 Stiaafe 3.50 wev* 4 Goals 4.60 e #i—i- 7 ca ?P mw #«9v
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      • 437 64 jdi NEWCASTLE v LEVERKUSEN (ROUND 2) (GROUPA) JERMAINE Jenas, Hugo Viana and Nolberto Solano are out of this game. But I can't see Newcastle having problems with Bayer Leverkusen. The Toon Army beat Leeds 3-0 over the weekend, and that's a big winning margin. So they'll be
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      • 380 64  -  M ji I V jm 1 fc fJ3 ■ri*?3l V >" B*\ Lomana Lua Lua NEWCASTLE I'LL probably get another Champions League break today. Having sat out Saturday's fantastic win at Leeds, following a slight groin injury I picked up in training on
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      • 627 65 (ROUND 2) (GROUP B) W AJAX v j ARSENAL i J WM Ri i u i MORE FROM TOHARI PAIJAN SEAMAN SALUTE: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given a vote of confidence to goalkeeper David Seaman, who may be wearing the No 1 jersey against Ajax Amsterdam.
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        849 66  -  GROUPS A, B (ROUND 2) ON THE BALL EDWIN YEO By Edwin Yeo ONE of the best things about winning a football bet is being able to brag about it later. Logic will then tell you that the worst thing about losing money, apart from the loan sharks
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      • COLUMN Exclusive to the New Paper
        • 391 67  -  (ROUND 2) (GROUP B) AJAXv j ARSENAL 1 MATH PREVIEW By Dennis Bergkamp ARSENAL AJAX Amsterdam certainly caused us problems last week at Highbury. They had obviously done their homework because they defended deep and that meant we had difficulty creating space for ourselves. Today's return
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        • 226 67  -  By Gio Van Bronckhorst ARSENAL AJAX Amsterdam are great at defending. But I think we proved that we can unlock any defence at Highbury last week. It was a bit of a disappointment not to get all three points, but you have to
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        • 211 67 PA Sport. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has saluted the way Dennis Bergkamp has revitalised his career. At 32, there's a lot of fire in his belly. Not used to air-travel, he made the road trip to his native Holland to take part in only his second away
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        727 68 Last-gasp goal saves champs (ROUND 2) (GROUP C) DORTMUND 1 (lau Kttlh i'2'Jiul mini REAL MADRID 1,/<„:,. iwmi^-n Reuters HOLDERS Real Madrid needed a last-gasp equaliser from Javier Portillo to salvage a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League Group C game early this morning. The
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      • 93 68 Reuters. JAVIER Portillo is proving to be a very handy super substitute for Real Madrid. His last-gasp goal did not surprise coach Vicente del Bosque because he has a knack of rising to the occasion at the late hour. Just last weekend, his late strike gave Real
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      • 567 69 (ROUND 2) (GROUP C) LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW 0 AC MILAN 1 (Rivuldo 34th win penalty) THE EQUATION Both Real and Dortmund are playing for the runners-up spot as AC Milan progressed serenely through to the last eight. Milan improved to a perfect 12 points in four matches
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      • 275 71 (ROUND 2) (GROUP D) JUVENTUS 0 MAN U 3 ALEX Ferguson could smile with satisfaction at the result of his experiment at playing skipper Roy Keane in a central defensive role. The Irishman was a colossus, overshadowing partner leaving his manager to admit he could use
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      • 102 71 MAN United striker Diego Forlan (right) will miss Sunday's League Cup final against Liverpool after picking up an ankle injury. He limped out of United's win over Juventus this morning after suffering ankle ligament damage in a tackle by Ciro Ferrara. "Forlan will be out for
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        464 72 (ROUND 2) (GROUP D) JUVENTUS 0 MAN U 3 JUVENTUS 0 MAN U 3 His manager didn't wanthim to play as Sir Alex Ferguson thought Ryan Giggs would be better off rested and ready for the League Cup final against Liverpool this Sunday. But when an
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        855 74  -  Shrugs off poor form, girlfriend problems to net a brace for Man U (ROUND 2) (GROUP D) JUVENTUS 0 MANU 3 RYAN 11l 11.*****1 l I I M.l I I. TV VIEW EDWIN YEO PA Sport, AFP. Manchester R>ltonwer^ up to me and said that Sir his th raved
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      • 629 75 (ROUND 2) (GROUP D) JUVENTUS 0 MAN U 3 (Ryan (liggs 15th win, 41, Ritud van Nistclrooy 63) PA Sport ON the biggest stage, against the most glamorous opposition, Ryan Giggs stamped his class all over one of the greatest nights in Manchester United's
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      • 268 69 PEPOCTTVOI BASEL 0 > Reuters DEPORTIVO Coruna reignited their Champions League campaign after an eariy r j goal from in-form striker Diego Tristan gave them a 1-0 win over Basel in their Group D match. The Spanish international was gifted the simplest of tap-ins when Basel
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      • 773 70 (ROUND 2) (GROUP D) JUVENTUS 0 MAN U 3 SIR Alex Ferguson may have had one eye on the League Cup final on Sunday. But his players, thankfully, had both eyes on this Champion League game early this morning. As hard as the Manchester United manager
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      • 257 70 ball in from the left and Marco Di Vaio diverts the ball S towards goal, tiutttNtsU* 4 teftpOSt! Escape for Manchester < riMhftSS' l5thrGOAL! 1 Gianluca Zambrotta slips in i the box and Juan Veron picks li&e ball off him on the rights He lays it off to
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