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Article, Illustration534 2001-03-12 1 Calm returns after race time bomb explodes near KL KUALA LUMPUR The fuse was as innocuous as a Hindu funeral procession passing through a Malay wedding party. Very few realised and understood that the time bomb was race. It exploded with no warning over the past534 words
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Article, Illustration121 2001-03-12 1 CANBERRA Debris lies strewn in the living room of a house (pictured right) in the Australian capital after a gas canister from a hot-air balloon fell through its roof after it caught fire and exploded onSaturday. The hot-air balloon's three occupants narrowly escapedReuters photo - 121 words
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Article120 2001-03-12 1 BG George Yeo had to be interviewed by the ISD before he could go to China to visit his grandparents? A Singaporean of Sri Lankan origin was involved in a major fund-raising effort for the Tamil Tigers' cause? A scholar from China tried to woo a very120 words
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Miscellaneous35 2001-03-12 1 Mr Douglas Paal, head of the Asia-Pacific Policy Centre in Washington, on the conflict in views that the South Korean leader and US President George W Bush have of the communist country. (See Page 10)35 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration543 2001-03-12 2 Ng Boon Yian - Ng Boon Yian Minister quotes from his past in dialogue session by boonyian@news to day.com ,sg EVEN Trade and Industry Minister BG George Yeo has felt discriminated against at some point in his life. Back in 1983, he had to go through interviews543 words
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Article167 2001-03-12 2 HOME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng was also one of the ministers involved in the open dialogue session on Mar 2. He shared his personal experiences on how external forces can affect Singapore. Case 1... ...just about four years ago, ™9 we had a W Chinese167 words
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254 2001-03-12 2 Agencies TOKYO Japan's powerful Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is now in a make-or-break situation as it frantically searches for a new premier, analysts said yesterday. "The LDP is like food with a sell-by date which expired a very long time ago," said Mr Tetsuro– Agencies - 254 words
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Article147 2001-03-12 2 EIGHT hundred homes at Upper Boon Keng Road will be affected by the latest Selective En Bloc Redevelopment or SEES plans. Mr Peh Chin Hua, MP for the area, said almost all residents welcomed the move. HDB will buy back the three room flats in these four147 words
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Article, Illustration357 2001-03-12 3 Joy Frances - Joy Frances Foreign workers get short shrift by joy (ffnewstoday. co m. sg UNSURE of whom to turn to for help, some foreign workers are being forced by unscrupulous employers and labour supply agencies to work like slave labourers. In a letter sent to Today, 22 menWONG KfflNG CHONG - 357 words
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Article166 2001-03-12 3 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan said that it would consider slowing its resumption of trade links with China if Beijing punished Taiwanese businessmen for their political opinions, The China Times Express reported. Quoting high-ranking officials, the newspaper said that Taipei was considering the move after a Taiwanese-AFP - 166 words
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Article403 2001-03-12 4 Kim-Kyna Tan - Kim-Kyna Tan When is the General Election? Speculation is rife by kim wnewstoaay. com.sg IS It just us, or is the great political machinery in overdrive mode because of the General Election (GE)? Speculating about the GE is like fanning the fumes of a smoke machine everything403 words
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Article172 2001-03-12 4 Joy Frances - Joy Frances 1 by j oy ©newstod ay.com ,sg By 2003, the Singapore Navy will have its largest and most modern base, built completely on 128 hectares of reclaimed land, and fitted with the latest high-tech military hardware. Saturday saw the opening of the first development172 words
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Article94 2001-03-12 4 KNOWING how to perform car-dic-pulmonary resuscitation can make all the difference when someone is having a heart attack or drowning. So, the National First Aid Council (NAFC) has developed the Community First Aid programme to train the general public in CPR and how to handle94 words
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138 2001-03-12 4 Today readers have made Ms Lisa Morizono one happy woman. "I was pleasantly surprised," said the Business Development Manager of Hewlett-Packard Singapore enthusiastically. Some 18,500 readers tried their luck for the five Jornada 548 Pocket PCs that HP was giving away in a contest that138 words
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Miscellaneous110 2001-03-12 4 READ 0N... Turnaround in Singapore's loss-making brewery in China Tee Yih jia Food Manufacturing adopts strategy to boost safes of its Chinese beer/8 Desperate destruction? Wrecking Buddha statues may signal power struggle/1 1 Icy thrills The Little Mermaid on ice lives up to all the hype/ 14 This is an110 words
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LETTERS
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Letter271 2001-03-12 6 S Ramamirtham - S Ramamirtham Could proposed rally be a protest movement? I REFER to the article "Save JBJ" (Today, Mar 10), on an action spearheaded by Think Centre's Mr James Gomez. Again, Mr Gomez seems to have got his political priorities all wrong. What is he trying271 words
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Letter93 2001-03-12 6 Aknes Chang - Aknes Chang I AGREE with Michael Chua. Don't SBS and TIBS have any control over how fast their drivers drive the buses in normal road conditions? The speed which the bus is driven can make a difference between arriving on time or being late for work.93 words
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262 2001-03-12 6 Nora Noor - Nora Noor ON Saturday, Mar 10, at about 8.30 pm, my husband was driving me to work in the east. When we were about to turn towards TPE from SLE, we got caught in a heavy traffic jam. My shift was supposed262 words
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230 2001-03-12 6 Liew Choon Boon - Liew Choon Boon I REFER to the letter by Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong, "School Lighting may cause myopia" (Today, Feb 9). We thank Mr Jimmy Ho for his feedback and concern, and would like to assure him that the Ministry of Education (MOE) adopts230 words
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218 2001-03-12 6 Aleck Lee - Aleck Lee I KEEP track of my water and electricity use each month. My June 2000 power supply bill told me that, with effect from May 1, 2000, the electricity tariff would be increased from 15.49 cents/kWh to 15.93 cents/kWh. Two months later, another bill (August218 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article, Illustration569 2001-03-12 8 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh Singapore foodmaker reverses losses in China beer plant by chaop eh@ne wstoday. com. sg FUZHOU (CHINA) Since the opening up of China's economy, many Singapore companies have attempted to find their pot of gold in one of the world's largest consumer markets. The initial hopesCHAN CHAO PEH - 569 words
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Article257 2001-03-12 8 -Bloomberg SINGTEL submitted an offer to buy Cable Wireless Optus on Friday, meeting a deadline for the final round of proposals, bankers advising on the transaction said. SingTel is offering a price range that exceeds Optus' market value of A514.3 billion (5512.8 billion), said the bankers,-Bloomberg - 257 words
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Article87 2001-03-12 8 AFP LONDON MG Rover, the British carmaker has lost 300 million pounds (***** million) in eight months, according to British press reports. The Observer and Sunday Times newspapers said the operating loss from May to December last year would be formally announced byAFP - 87 words
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MARKET NEWS
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Article, Illustration686 2001-03-12 9 THE Straits Times Index was caught in a tight one per cent trading range during the holidayshortened week. It tried to hold the 1900 level but this gave way on anticipated weakness in the US markets last Friday that turned686 words
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Article, Illustration493 2001-03-12 9 KUALA LUMPUR The stock market traded within a tight range on thin volume throughout the week. It was evident that sentiment had remained weak in the period and investors generally lacked the confidence to participate actively in the local bourse. Most institutional as well as493 words
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World News
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Article, Illustration292 2001-03-12 10 ■AFP No strong US support for Korean reconciliation SEOUL South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung returned home yesterday after a summit with United States President George W Bush that only raised doubts about efforts to draw North Korea out of its isolation. Mr Kim, the first Asian■AFP; AFP photo - 292 words
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Article, Illustration22 2001-03-12 10 Reuteks photo Models present Dutch designers Viktor and Rolfs Autumn/Winter ready to wear collection in Paris on Saturday.Reuteks photo - 22 words
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Article135 2001-03-12 10 CHIANG RAI, Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that the blast that destroyed a Thai Airways jet might have been caused by a malfunction and not a bomb as was initially thought. Mr Thaksin said an inquiry by Boeing, the jet's manufacturer, had found an air-conditioning135 words
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190 2001-03-12 10 Agencies MUMBAI Tickets for the national release of the long-awaited Bollywood blockbuster Chori Ckori Chupke Ckupke, which has been mired in controversy over allegations of mafia funding, were sold out at the weekend. But as the big-budget production was released across India, the film's financier,Agencies - 190 words
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132 2001-03-12 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Jailed former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim should undergo surgery overseas to give him the best chance of recovery, a visiting specialist said. Dr Thomas Hoogland of the Alpha Clinic in Munich said Anwar's slipped disc was probably caused by aAFP - 132 words
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Article124 2001-03-12 10 HONG KONG Scientists here believe they have found a gene that could eventually help cure male infertility, reported South China Morning Post. Researchers from the Chinese University and the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry hope their groundbreaking discovery will lead to the production of pills that will not124 words
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Article, Illustration377 2001-03-12 11 Wrecking Buddha statues may signal power struggle NEW DELHI Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime has .outraged the international community by destroying two priceless Buddha statues and other non-Islamic religious shrines in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan. Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, in an edict issued on Feb 27, saidAFP photo - 377 words
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Article109 2001-03-12 11 AFP MOSCOW A batch of smuggled dinosaur eggs valued at approximately US$l million (551.75 million) has been seized in Russia's Far East on a train bound from Beijing to Moscow, the Interfax news agency reported. Customs officials discovered 15 suspicious egg-shaped objects crammed in one of theAFP - 109 words
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Article, Illustration238 2001-03-12 11 Reuters MANILA Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has dismissed talk of a possible army coup against her government, saying the military is now a professional institution, "I am not afraid of coup attempts," Ms Arroyo (pictured front left) told the Philippine Star newspaper yesterday.Reuters - 238 words
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218 2001-03-12 11 KUALA LUMPUR Umno Youth has urged the party leadership to stop coaxing the Islamic Party PAS into attending the Malay unity meeting, if PAS continues to employ delaying tactics and raise various new issues so that the talks will not materialise. Umno Youth218 words
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75 2001-03-12 11 -AFP MOSCOW Moscow's head of the justice department was found murdered in his apartment in northern Moscow early yesterday. Investigators said Mr Yuri Vlasov and his driver were tortured before they were killed in what was described as a robbery attempt. The apartment was-AFP - 75 words
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Article256 2001-03-12 12 -AFP Besides ethics issue, high abnormality rate is certain MELBOURNE Scientists around the world joined the pro-life lobby and the Vatican in condemning a plan by Italian and American fertility doctors to clone babies. Italy's Professor Severino Antinori and America's Professor Panayiotis Zavos, who collaborated on the-AFP - 256 words
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194 2001-03-12 12 AFP COLOMBO Norway's attempt to broker peace in Sri Lanka has met with new obstacles with neighbouring India, raising concerns over foreign intervention in its backyard, a press report said yesterday. Oslo was invited by Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga to help bring separatist Tamil TigerAFP - 194 words
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Article, Illustration264 2001-03-12 12 Reuters WASHINGTON Israel's new Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted yesterday as saying he would not react to the Palestinian uprising by reoccupying parts of the West Bank of Gaza. The option has been mooted by some hardliners in Israel but Mr Sharon, who– Reuters - 264 words
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185 2001-03-12 12 Reuters WASHINGTON FBI officials were so proud of a secret tunnel built beneath the Russian Embassy for electronic surveillance during the final years of the Cold War that they offered tours to senior officials with top security clearances, the Washington Post reported yesterday. FormerReuters - 185 words
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Article119 2001-03-12 12 Reuters LONDON A Pakistan International Airways plane, grounded at Britain's Manchester Airport by a bomb scare, left safely for New York yesterday. "Following a number of telephone calls alleging that a bomb had been planted on the plane, a search of the aircraft and the luggage– Reuters - 119 words
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Article, Illustration646 2001-03-12 13 Sisyphus - Sisyphus Clarifying the clueless charge of cavernous craniums by sisyphus@newsto d ay.com. sg A NEWLY formed media corporation decided to promote itself by organising a Miss Chick beauty contest. Many eager young chicks signed up, and 20 made the finais telecast live over national television.646 words
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Article, Illustration324 2001-03-12 14 Rachel Lo - Rachel Lo The Little Mermaid on ice lives up to all the hype by rache i@newstoday. com. sg On Friday night, I had a chance to relive my childhood, with Disney On Ice's The Little Mermaid, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Produced by world renowned producer Kenneth Feld,WONG KHING CHONG - 324 words
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Article, Illustration715 2001-03-12 15 Dr Sigmund Fraud - Dr Sigmund Fraud On the couch this week: Jimmy Taenakd by drtrau dt&newstoday. com. Eg Gutenmorgen, dear readers. I am Dr Sigmund Fraud, the resident psychoanalyst from Today. Before I commence this week's analysis, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the editors of thisToday photo byHBDYKHOO - 715 words
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TIMEOUT
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Article, Illustration823 2001-03-12 19 An Elephant Called Slowly Poignant and moving, this is the tale that sparked off the creation of the Born Free Foundation. A young African elephant spends its early joyful years in the wild, until the loss of its mother led to its823 words
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Article, Illustration844 2001-03-12 22 David Ngiau - David Ngiau 'Mad Dog' Maralyn got an early boot off Survivor 2, but she's far from bitter about it by daviais'newsto aay.com.sg The Mad Dog's attitude is irrepressibly positive despite being the third contestant to be voted off Survivor 2. On Day Nine, only844 words
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Article, Illustration647 2001-03-12 23 Neville Stack - Neville Stack OFF BEAT by nstack@esatclear.ie Why can't bosses be more like cats? Just spend some time studying the tabby that snoozes by the window. Confident, cool, organised. Oh yes, and manipulative too. In short, the perfect boss. So impressed with the relevance of647 words
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Article317 2001-03-12 24 Rachel Lo - Rachel Lo This is when you pair Zoe Tay with a tree in Sentosa as leading 'actor' by ractieitS'ne wsto day.com.sg Hitting the local box office soon in April is a mystery thriller about believe it or not a tree, produced by Singapore's Raintree Pictures, in conjunction317 words
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440 2001-03-12 24 David Ngiau - David Ngiau by davidts'iiewstoday.com. sg Contrary to what you may think, what with the excellent Jeremy Irons' name on the poster, Dungeons Dragons isn't worth your while. Let's not even get into that whole "this film is based on a game" thing. I mean, in440 words
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Article, Illustration99 2001-03-12 24 Reuters photo THE race for the Oscars hots up as popular Taiwanese favourite Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon scores another hit in Los Angeles in the build-up towards the Academy Awards later this month. Director Ang Lee won the Directors' Guild ofReuters photo - 99 words
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Article346 2001-03-12 27 NBA Charlotte 100 Milwaukee 90 CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Hornets stayed alive in the Central Division race by beating the Milwaukee Bucks on the back of a spirited effort by Eddie Robinson coining off the bench. Robinson scored 20 points in 17 minutes of play to346 words
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Article, Illustration699 2001-03-12 27 Honda Classic - Honda Classic AFP CORAL SPRINGS -Jesper Parnevik didn't go as low as some of his pursuers, but he played well enough to keep the lead after three rounds at the PGA Tour's Honda Classic. On a perfect day for scoring at the TPC at HeronAFP; Allsport photo - 699 words
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Article, Illustration693 2001-03-12 28 An 11th-hour signing emerges as the journeymen's unlikely hero FA Cup Leicester 1 Wycombe 2 LEICESTER Such extraordinary scenes, such a fairytale conclusion, who could have written such a script? Wycombe Wanderers, a Nationwide Second Division outfit of ageing journeymen and untested youngsters, reached the semi-finals of theReuters photo - 693 words
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327 2001-03-12 28 Reuters LEICESTER Wycombe Wanderers manager Lawrie Sanchez faces punishment from the Football Association after being sent off in his side's shock 2-1 FA Cup quarterfinal win at Leicester City. Sanchez watched Roy Essandoh's injury-time winner from a television monitor after refereeReuters - 327 words
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Article, Illustration603 2001-03-12 29 Easy win served on a platter by uninterested Blackburn FA Cup Arsenal 3 Blackburn 0 HIGHBURY It would not have been much easier for Arsenal had Graeme Souness sent his Blackburn juniors out at Highbury to contest this FA Cup quarterfinal. No doubt there willReuters photo - 603 words
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236 2001-03-12 29 Reuters Primera Liga MADRID Walter Pandiani and Diego Tristan both struck twice to give Deportivo Coruna a 4-1 win at home to Numancia on Saturday and crank up the pressure on league leader Real Madrid. Pandiani and Tristan were responsible forReuters - 236 words
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340 2001-03-12 29 AFP Serie A MILAN AC Milan tuned up for next week's do-or-die Champions League clash with Spain's Deportivo La Coruna in unconvincing style on Saturday, drawing 1-1 with Atalanta in Bergamo. Milan took the lead, somewhat fortuitously, courtesy of an ownAFP - 340 words
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Article414 2001-03-12 30 AFP CALCUTTA Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh grabbed India's first hat-trick in Test cricket to trigger a dramatic Australian collapse on the opening day of the second Test yesterday. The 20-year-old removed Ricky Porting, Adam Gilchiist and Shane Warne off successive balls in his 16th over as Australia crumbledAFP - 414 words
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Article, Illustration252 2001-03-12 30 BOOTED out in the semi-finals by the toss of a coin, the Today sports team still aquitted itself well by finishing third in the NTUC Income Media-Sponsor Challenge at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza yesterday. After reaching the semi-final ofERNEST CHVA; ALVIN TOH - 252 words
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Article, Illustration322 2001-03-12 31 Massive new pay deals for Beckham, Scholes and Giggs in the offing LONDON Manchester United plans to secure the long-term futures of David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs with massive new pay deals within weeks. Old Trafford chief executive Peter KenyonReuters photo - 322 words
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353 2001-03-12 31 LONDON Europe's most-powerful clubs are considering a courtroom challenge to the revolutionary transfer system approved by the game's ruling bodies last week. Wealthy club presidents in Italy, Spain and Germany are concerned they could lose multi-million dollar assets like Juventus star Zinedine Zidane, Brazil's353 words
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