The New Paper, 8 March 2004

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1 58 The New Paper
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    24 1 the new paper MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2004 Singapore Press Holdings IfWIffiWFITTFISl m.ta(P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS II 1 I 8 *****1 *****1 the new paper
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      119 1 VOID DECK FIRE DAMAGES HIS FLAT Who will pay? nuvui f? 2004 SiHGAW* Page f SINGAPORE'S NO.l TABLOID MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2004 rife? ''t. 'V r-«■ ms* TOgl r c f v-.g EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW new MAN U'S FERGIE: a»: 'Everyone thinks we are finished that suits us fine' Page 63
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  • ELECTION FEVER
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      Lock icon A: I will not be made out as an unsteady leader
      954 2 Q: Why do you want big mandate? IN an exclusive interview with Mingguan Malaysia last Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he needs an overwhelming mandate in order to speak out as a leader with strong
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      Lock icon Controversy over smallest seat
      174 2 MALAYSIAN admistrative capital Putrajaya intially had only 85 voters in 2002. It's delineation as a constituency in 2002 caused much uproar among opposition politicians. Said opposition DAP leader Lim Kit Siang: "In fact, in creating a completely new parliamentary constituency in an area with no existing
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    • Article
      Lock icon Where are the hot spots?
      457 2 TO the ordinary eye, the forthcoming elections in Malaysia may be a cakewalk for the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN). However, there are a few hotspots. Winning from these places may not be an easy task. Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi himself admits
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    Lock icon Flat damaged by void deck fire
    594 3  -  Who is responsible, asks upset owner SINGAPORE Blackened furniture Cracked tiles Shattered windows Damaged electrical goods By Genevieve Jiang geneviev@sph. com. sg FOR the past three weeks, Mr Raymond Sah and his family have been unable to return home. That's because their home is
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      252 6 Take The Australian Pathway To A University Education. I Now you have the option of enrolling into a one-year I university preparatory program after your 'O' levels instead UNIVERSITY H UNIVERSITY |p of taking the traditional Singapore pathway via the'A'level v YSAR 3 year 2 or polytechnic route. n| M
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon They found a mate for their maid
      1203 7  -  By Genevieve Jiang geneviev@sph. com. sg THEY paid for their Filipino maid's computer lessons. They taught her how to type, and to plav the guitar. And every year, her birthday is remembered, with celebrations at fancy restaurants and generous gifts like diamond rings.
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      Lock icon Not a soul in this Woodlands block
      443 9  -  ByJ Desmond Ng desmondn@sph.com.sg IT shouldn't be too difficult to market flats in this block. It's less than a 10-minute walk to Woodlands MRT station and a variety of retail outlets at Causeway Point. And it's just a five-minute drive to the Seletar
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      Lock icon DORMITORY HOUSING SCHEME
      59 9 HDB's Dormitory Housing Scheme was started in 1979, it was reported. Blocks under the scheme were mostly near industrial estates in places like Boon Lay, Jurong and Hougang. They were rented out at market rates for two year terms. To qualify for the scheme, manufacturing or engineering
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      370 10 This is a dynamic world meant only for dynamic people! If you are one, you ought to keep abreast with unceasing changes or you will be left far behind! challenges aneao. (CERTIFICATE, DjPLOMA DEGREE PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS) V More than 37 years of experience in the field of
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Not his credit card bill
      608 11  -  Man surprised to receive fax of someone else's bank statement By Tan May Ping mayping@sph. com.sg THIS man asked for his credit card statement to be faxed to him, and got more than he bargained for. One of the three pages faxed to Mr Benjamin
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      Lock icon Killed in accident day before award
      194 12 HE was a founder member of Perwanit, a social and cultural group, and had served there for more than 40 years. Yesterday, Haji Daud Besah, also known as Haji Daud Hamzah (above), was to have been among those receiving the highest award for his
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      Lock icon Marriage? Forget it
      1021 13  -  Girl, 16, wants to change education system Her sister, 14, wants to be MP This mum supports her daughters' anti-marriage views. Agree with her? Tell us. By Josephine Chew jochew@sph.com.sg THESE sisters are different. The Ho sisters Mallory, 16, Heidi, 14, and Marsha, 10, sang and danced
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      Lock icon Don't close your hearts to love
      392 13 SHE was hesitant even at the ceremony. "We were exchanging vows... when I saw the word obey. I turned to my husband and asked, 'Obey? I have to obey you?'" said Ms Claire Chiang, co-chairperson of the Romancing Singapore Task Force. "The iustice of
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      Lock icon Celebration a colourful affair
      266 13 THE Ho sisters' rendition of Pink's Get This Party Started had members of the crowd getting up and swaying to the beat. And it was only the second performance item at the Fete on Waterloo organised by The Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) yesterday. The
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      Lock icon The S’pore Girl link to Marco Polo
      851 14  -  National Geographic documentary maker worked on S'pore Girl campaign By Sylvia Toh Paik Chop REPORTING FROM TAIPEI tnp@sph.com.sg THE fireman, the Singapore Girl and Marco Polo. Drama, romance and history in the life of photographer Michael Yamashita, starting right here in Singapore. The
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      Lock icon Why are these fast cars sitting tight along the river?
      472 15  -  By Joycelyn Wong tnp@sph.com.sg HE took pole position, with his red Ferrari 246 lined up right in front. But when the race began, the manager, who is in his 30s, was not behind the wheel. Instead of burning rubber on
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    397 16 WORLD IT'S official: London is the billionaire capital of the world. Forty billionaires live in the city, more than any other on the planet according to The Sunday Times Rich List. The combined wealth of the 10 richest foreigners in London is £22.8 billion
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    Lock icon Labourer (accidentally) shoots nail into head
    246 18 WORLD THE bricklayer's labourer from Victoria, Australia was having a few beers with his mates when the conversation turned to accidents on construction sites. To illustrate his point he took what he thought was an empty nail gun and pointed it at his head.
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Man dies trapped in car fireball
      233 20 THE engineer was called back to his Penang factory at 4am to fix a broken machine. But in his rush to get there, he apparently lost control of his car and slammed into a tree yesterday morning (right). Trapped in the driver's seat, the
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      50 20 FLAMES: Mr Santhinam was rushing to work in the middle of the night when his car exploded after a crash. Picture Yrr Poh FLOOD: Dr M Panir Selvam was returning home in the middle of the night when his car plunged into a stream. Picture/ Sin Chew Daily
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      Lock icon Top doctor drowns as car plunges into stream
      196 20 A renowned specialist drowned when his car plunged into a stream in Petaling Jaya yesterday. Gastroenterologist Dr M Panir Selvam was driving his black Mercedes Benz S2BO along a narrow, uneven and unlit road around 2.30 am yesterday when the accident occurred,
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      Lock icon 'Gang chief arrested after tip-off
      272 21 Did unhappy member turn snitch? THE Malaysian police got a tip-off on Friday. The caller did not identify himself but he told the police that the leader of a gang of robbers was hiding out in a Cheras apartment in Kuala Lumpur. The alleged gang
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    Lock icon China students seek rich wives
    415 25 Shortcut to good life, they say WORLD THEY are looking for spouses. But they are not looking for love. Instead these young men are blunt about what they want money. Some university students in Nanjing city in east China see marrying a wealthy woman as
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    Lock icon F1 team boss to compete in Aussie skies
    214 27 WORLD Reuters. Formula one millionaire Paul Stoddart is set to enter an even faster and more gruelling race in the sky. The owner of the Minardi team plans to launch a budget airline called OzJet in Australia in October. The grid is
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon Fewer people warded now
      217 28 Day surgery procedures on the rise Operations requiring patients to stay in hospital longer are dropping, reported The Straits Times. A comparative Health Ministry study with selected developed countries found that since 1991, the proportion of day surgery procedures has risen from 16 such operations for
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      Lock icon COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
      75 28 THE Health Ministry is in no hurry to build more community hospitals here but is studying a proposal to build one within the Singapore General Hospital's premises. Acting Health Minister Mr Khaw Boon Wan said this could reduce overcrowdedness'in C-class wards by allowing a seamless transfer of patients.
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      Lock icon No merger for SIA unions...yet
      262 28 THERE are no plans to merge Singapore Airlines' (SIA) unions with the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). However, labour chief Mr Lim Boon Heng, who had first raised the possibility of reorganising the unions, said he is not closing the door on it altogether. The
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      157 28 LAST week: US and Singapore indices moved less tha l f ce nt j." th e quietest week of trading this year. The deal of the week was Temasek Holding's $718 million purchase of a 5 per cent stake in state-controlled Telekom Malaysia. The price per share is
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      Lock icon S'pore cheat jailed
      66 28 A SINGAPOREAN was a key player in an overseas syndicate that cheated 18 people as far as Norway of about U*****,000 ($378,400). The man, former chief security officer Syed Labbay Peer Mohamed, 52, was sentenced to 20 months jail in January last year. The syndicate would offer
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      Lock icon More men using spas
      79 28 FOUR in 10 spa users here are now men, said the president of the Spa Association of Singapore, Mr Peter Sng. Two years ago, it used to be three in 10. Beauty salons and slimming centres offering men-only spas are seeing a boom in business. Men
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      Lock icon Thai-made cars hot
      76 28 THAILAND has become the fourth-largest car supplier to Singapore, with nearly 5,000 cars worth $98.2 million sold here last year. That's up from some 340 since 1997. Toyotas, Opels and Hondas are among the Thai-made cars which, according to last year's sales numbers, made up 7 per
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      Lock icon Stock options expense
      74 28 COMPANIES could be looking to treat stock options as an expense as early as next year, if a new international accounting standard adopted recently overseas is also implemented in Singapore. This controversial accounting standard, which has been debated at length, would mean that listed companies must recognise
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      Lock icon Don't forget singles
      64 28 COMPANY practices which support family life should also extend to singles, said Dr Jennifer Lee, Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) chief. She said that singles who have elderly parents to look after also need support in family life. She was responding to Deputy Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Afternoon Streats
      64 28 STREATS, Singapore Press Holdings' morning free newspaper, will launch an afternoon edition from today. It will contain fresh news from both Singapore and the world, as well as updates and reactions to stories featured in the morning edition. Some articles, however, will appear in both editions of the
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • HEY!
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      Lock icon Shh! Don't tell wife I gambled heavily
      332 31 Director Jack Neo is back to tug at heart (lander) strings again. His latest movie, The Best Bet, is about three friends who fall out over a winning lottery ticket WENDY TEO (teowyw@sph. com.sg) gets the cast to share their betting habits BJ!
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      Lock icon Jack Neo The Reformed Gambler
      221 31 JACK used to bet so heavily that he had huge rows with his wife over it. He said: "It was like an obsession, you keep thinking you will win, but you never do. I would spend about $600 to $700 every week, but I almost
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      Lock icon Maggie's back!
      528 32  -  This time with her sisters in a golden '80s concert here By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com.sg BACK in 1976, a starry-eyed schoolgirl accompanied her older sister to the recording studio. As her sister sang, she hummed along. Her sweet voice soon caught the ears of the owner
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      Lock icon Oh brother, why is he so silly?
      484 33 HE made girls swoon as the sensitive hunk in the romantic Him, II Mare. But now Lee Jung Jae is ready to let his hair down andjust be silly in the new comedy that opens here this week, Oh! Brothers. The 31-year-old actor
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      Lock icon Guess who got to stay in Taiwan hotel's presidential suite
      181 34 IT was notlixßg but the best for Korean hunk Bae Yong Jun (right) when he visited Taiwan to promote his debut movie, Untold Scandal, during the weekend. He even stayod in the presidential suite of Taipei's prestigious Grand Hotel. The
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      Lock icon Love the Japanese supermart set
      245 35 PRIME-TIME HERE'S yet another Japanese drama about how old flames can come back and haunt you. Or worse, break up your budding new romance. It's a theme done to death, but the Japanese still love it. Apparently, My Ex divided the audience when it was
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      259 46  -  By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg LEADING trainer Marinus van Breukelen and jockey Ismadi Ismail combined in only three races at Ipoh yesterday and the partnership resulted in two wins and a second. After chalking up a second with Crystal King in Race 4, they combined to
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      1123 46 1 THE MULTIPLIER 58.5 (25-9) RLim (10) 8 6 1 (467) 12 PRIDE OF TAMBUN 50.5 (52-15) SHOh (7) 5 5 2 (460) 10 HEAVEN'S CHILD 52.5 (18-9) MAu (3) 4 4 3 (502) Others in finishing order. SILVER SOUND (285-53) M Wepner,
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      262 46 AFP, Reuters SIX-TIME British champion jockey Kieren Fallon (above left) forecast he would not win a race last week, telling undercover reporters posing as wealthy Arabs to bet on the eventual winner, a British newspaper reported on Sunday. Prior to the race
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      Lock icon The day O'Meara caught Tiger by the tail
      1071 47 GOLF: DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC HE just refused to lie down and be, so to speak, eaten. Every time "Tiger" moved a step closer to the kill, he simply bounced two steps clear. Mark O'Meara didn't know the meaning of give up. And,
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      105 47 271: M O'Meara (US) 70 64 68 69 1 272: P McGinley (Ire) 68 65 69 70 S 275: E Els (SAfr) 70 68 72 65, D Howell (Brit) 67 *****7 276: B Davis (Brit) 70 66 69 71, T Jaidee (Thai) 69 67 73 67, Marcel
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      467 47 NEXT: SINGAPORE CALTEX MASTERS MAKE no mistake about it, next week's Caltex Singapore Masters presented by Carlsberg will have punch and pedigree. Contrary to what many have been saying, the stars of the show are far from "washed-out, has-beens plodding around golf courses just
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      828 48  -  AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX COMMENT ERNEST LUIS npsportsQtph.com.sg FERRARI must secretly not be able to believe how their bumbling rivals have made it easy for them again. Yesterday, the post-race live telecast pictures of Michael Schumacher revealed a lot after his win in the first race of
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      476 49 EURO KICKOFF: SCOTLAND, HOLLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE SCOTTISH CUP: CELTIC 1 RANGERS 0 PA Sport. RANGERS' season came to a painful close after they were beaten by bitter rivals Celtic in the Scottish Cup quarter-final clash at Parkhead yesterday. Henrik Larsson was again the hitman who killed off
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      161 49 HOLLAND Reuters CHAMPIONS PSV Eindhoven thrashed Utrecht 4-0 yesterday to close the gap on Dutch leaders Ajax to six points. Ajax, who beat RKC Waalwijk 1-0 courtesy of a Steve Olfers own goal on Saturday, lead on 58 points. AZ Alkmaar are third at 13 points behind
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      43 49 JsL ,&Mj i Jl.!**3l Wm Reuters aff rfito *Wn &&tch tip." v•• V~ r -A; m M Y fk A V 4 r <«M» is i* 4 2 h mfr -»u i»a« v ir 4 M ttt in
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      151 49 FRANCE Reuters. BASTIA dampened Olympique Marseille's European hopes with a 4-1 defeat yesterday. Bastia remain 14th in the standings with 32 points, while Marseille are sixth with 43 points, six behind fourth-placed Sochaux. After a sluggish start, the Corsicans found the target four times, with Florian Maurice,
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      764 50 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN BARCELONA 3 REAL MALLORCA 2 PA Sport. CARELESS defending almost allowed Real Mallorca to grab a point against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. But the home club managed to hang on for a nervy win that leaves them just a point behind third-placed Deportivo
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      Lock icon Valencia get closer to top
      147 50 PA Sport. VALENCIA 3 DEPORTIVO 0 VALENCIA winger Vicente Rodriguez was the hero of the night as his side defeated Deportivo La Coruna to resurrect their hopes of winning the Primera Liga. Vicente scored two goals, made the third and also hit the woodwork twice
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      211 51 ...MORE ON SPAIN PA Sport. CELTA VIGO 1 ESPANYOLS ARSENAL must be laughing their heads off seeing this scoreline. Celta Vigo, who they play in the Champions League second-leg tie on Wednesday, were thrashed at home by relegation rival Espanyol. Poor Radomir Antic.
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      622 51 PA Sport. RACING SANTANDERI REAL MADRID 1 LEADERS Real Madrid dropped points in their challenge for the title after being held by Racing Santander. But the bigger headache comes with the news that star Brazilian striker Ronaldo will not play against Bayern Munich in this week's Champions League.
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      343 52 EURO KICKOFF: ITALY PA Sport. AC MILAN 3 SAMPDORIAI CARLO Ancelotti had a warning for his players despite AC Milan strolling to their 10th win in 11 matches. He is a worried man because he knows any streak of complacency could be deadly in the
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      596 52 PA Sport. ROMA 4 INTER-MILAN 1 INTER-MILAN disappointingly fell to their fourth consecutive defeat and may well have bid goodbye to their Italian Serie A title hopes. The Giallorossi needed a victory to maintain the Scudetto pace set by Milan, but Inter were on the edge of
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        419 53 Smith does it again SUNDERLAND 1 SHEFFIELD UTD 0 MILLWALL 0 TRANMERE 0 Replay on Mar 17 PA Sport. FA Cup specialist Tommy Smith struck again to fire First Division Sunderland into their first semi-final for 12 years. The 23-year-old striker settled a tense tie last night with a superb
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        468 53 PA Sport. JOHN Achterberg was the Tranmere k hero as his penedty save secured the Second Division club an FA Cup quarter-final replay with Millwall. Both sides finished goalless at the New Den last night. Tramere were bidding to make it third time lucky after losing
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        666 54  -  They have to guard against losing temper though PORTSMOUTH 1 (Sheringham 90th min) ARSENAL 5 (Henry 25,50, Ljungberg 43,57, Toure 45) PLAYED EARLY YESTERDAY TV VIEW ERNEST LUIS nptporu&fhxtmjg TWO clashes could prove pivotal in the 2003/2004 English footballing season and one is already coming at the
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        128 54 PA Sport. ARSENAL demolished proud Portsmouth's defence with a dazzling exhibition of muscle and magic at Fratton Park. They marched closer to a third consecutive FA Cup triumph with this quarter-final display spearheaded by two goals each from Thierry Henry and Freddie Ljungberg. Brilliant young defender
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        165 54 PA Sport. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger (below) marvelled at the way his side played. Wenger, who has seen Arsenal remain unbeaten now in 18 consecutive FA Cup ties, said: "Our game was really fluent. Our passing and movement gave them (Portsmouth) many problems. "We were really
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        365 55 PORTSMOUTH 1 ARSENAL 5 PLAYED EARLY YESTERDA PA Sport. POMPEY boss Harry Redknapp hailed Arsenal as "the best in Europe... possibly the best in the world" after the Gunners shot down his hapless side. "We gave away some sloppy goals but they are outstanding.
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        96 55 that his agent has been in talks with Premiership duo Arsenal and Chelsea. Trabelsi has also been linked with Man LI and Juventus. It is believed that his representative Frank Seedoc met with Arsenal about a possible summer move. Trabelsi told The Mirror: "I know my
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        357 55 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger insisted there was no problem with alcohol abuse at Arsenal as he could immediately spot any player with a drink problem. Arsenal may have experienced addiction problems in the past, with Tony Adams and Paul Merson, but Wenger now has
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      417 56 FOCUS ON MAN U'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN Reuters. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson probably woke up yesterday feeling more contented than he has for some time. The end of his acrimonious dispute with Irish businessman John Magnier and a 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final victory
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      603 56 SIR ALEX FERGUSON has called on Manchester United fans to provide one of the "great Old Tr afford European nights" tomorrow to help his stars overcome FC Porto and reach the Champions Cup quarter-finals. United trail the crack Portuguese champions 2-1 after
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      Lock icon DARKEST DAYS ARE OVER
      795 57 EXCLUSIVE SIR ALEX FERCUSON lias talked for the first time about his nightmare season dodging lieavv llak at (>ld Trafford and declared: i w lii^l i nis siiuaiion is jusi perfect for Manchester I United. Everyone thinks we're finished and that suits us fine." Ferguson knows
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      59 55 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHELSEA v STUTTGART Ch 24,3.30 am, Wednesday MAN UTDvFC PORTO Ch 23,3.30 am, Wednesday ARSENAL vCaTA Ch 24,3.30 am, Thursday R MADRID vB MUNICH Ch 23,3.30 am, Thursday PREMIER LEAGUE BOLTON v CHELSEA Ch 23,8.25pm, Saturday BLACKBURN v ARSENAL Ch 24,10.55, Saturday TOTTENHAM v NEWCASTLE Ch 23,10.55pm, Saturday
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