The New Paper, 19 January 1998
1998-01-19
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THENEWSTODAY
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SAYING GOODBYE
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Article, Illustration87 1998-01-19 2 Arrassi is all smiles because she was part of The New Paper s adopted charity last year, The Down Syndrome Association. Now, we are looking for a new charity to adopt for this year. If you need p helping hand < torqistfuncfoand i awareness* df your cause, j87 words
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Article58 1998-01-19 2 It's the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards and the most expensive movie of all time, Titanic, is a favourite with eight nominations. Find out if the Titanic sailed away with all eight awards it got nominated for. Call 1900-*****02 for results of this morning's 55th Annual Golden58 words
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Article, Illustration510 1998-01-19 2 Woon Wui Tek - Exactly one month after Silk Air Flight Ml 185 plunged Into the Musi River, killing all 104 on board, the relatives of the dead have assembled at the Kebun Bunga burial ground in Palembang to bid their loved ones farewell i *****11litil iiPicture/ Kenneth Koh; Picture/ Choo Chwee Hua - 510 words
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MEANWHILE, IN PALEMBANG....
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Article, Illustration139 1998-01-19 2 Melvin Singh - By Melvin Singh FROM PALEMBAM 1 I I I I aMfdrottr Pdlembang airport to place items belonging to the crash victims in the coffins. A SilkAir official sai4I M gentle sobbing echoed > throughout the hangar where the coffins were stored for the ma88139 words
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Article135 1998-01-19 2 A SET of golf clothes, a golf cap and a suit were placed in a coffin in Palembang. But no belt. The clothes were sent by The family of crash victim Jack Seow Poh Ting, 42, aj businessman and avid golfer, "tVe thought we would bring the belt135 words
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Advertisement88 1998-01-19 2 Buffet Lunch $22.80+++ $12.80+ Buffet $22.80+++ $12.80+++ *jSR Drunken Prawn, Steamed Whole Fish with Soya Bean Sauce, Braised Dried Oyster Sliced Abalone with (Cxy Black Moss and Vegetable, Fragrant Yam Cake, A Duck with Sea Cucumber, Dried Oyster Congest* Cw YU SHENG PROMOTION \f* I KAN PARANG (S) $18.00+++ (L)88 words
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QUICKNEWS
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Article185 1998-01-19 3 I LEADERS LOOK AHEAD SINGAPORE must focus on four key areas to become a world-class city, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The Government would study and match the distinctive features of the best cities in the world, adapting these to suit Singapore's needs, he added.185 words
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Article206 1998-01-19 3 HOT LESS revenue and costly long-term projects mean this year's budget will be tight, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. So while the Government will still invest heavily in education, defence and economic infrastructure, projects such as the Housing Board's Main Upgrading Programme will be seeded down.206 words
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CATCH OF THE DAY
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Article81 1998-01-19 3 MALAYSIA'S economic crisis prompted a surge in bankruptcies to 6,578 in the first 11 months of last year. This was up 15 times from 439 bankruptcies for the same period a year earlier, a report said yesterday. Public trustee officer Idris Othman said the highest number of cases81 words
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Article96 1998-01-19 3 PRIME lending rates in Singapore may rise to 8.5 per cent within the year, top banker Wee Cho Yaw said yesterday. Two days before, one of the Big Four banks, DBS Bank, lifted its prime lending rate half a percentage point to 7.5 per cent. Mr Wee,96 words
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Article80 1998-01-19 3 LEADING Malay-language newspapers criticised Malaysia's oldest university, Universiti Malaya, yesterday for allowing the McDonald's fast-food chain to set up shop on its campus. They said the new restaurant at the entrance to the campus in Petaling Jaya was a cultural invasion by the American chain. Datuk Ahmad Nazri80 words
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Article, Illustration112 1998-01-19 3 HE is severely dyslexic and can barely write. And at 14, he is the youngest person to win a place at Cambridge this century. Alexander Faludy writes about two words a minute in a scrawl only he can read, so he dictated essays about the rationalist argument112 words
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Article90 1998-01-19 3 TOYOTAS, Rovers, Hyundais hundreds of them. All are exposed to sun and rain in port storage areas in Sembawang and Pasir Panjang, because of poor car sales. Big stocks of other makes are parked in the open in various parts of the island. Meanwhile, the90 words
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Article78 1998-01-19 3 The Straits Times: Budget this year will be a tight one The Business Times: Stock borrowing and lending set to take off Uanhe Zaobao: PM Goh: Develop S'pore as a world-class city to make for better and more varied living BerMa Harlan: Making Singapore a world-class city RCS morning78 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration469 1998-01-19 4 Teo Hwee Nak - BULGARIAN WOMAN MURDERED BY Teo Hwee Nak BRAINY. A beauty. With lots of money. This is how friends and family described murdered Bulgarian student. Miss lordanka Apostolova. LOTS OF MONEY: The 27-year-old was earning big bucks, although she was here on a student pass.469 words
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Article108 1998-01-19 4 THE police believe that Miss Apostolova was murdered over a money dispute. According to Lianhe Wanbao, she had lent $100,000 to a friend. LJI The police said a quarrel over repayment of the debt turned ugly at a Bukit Merah flat last Monday night. Miss Apostolova108 words
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Article, Illustration561 1998-01-19 5 A fire blazed in a second-storey Potong Pasirflaton Saturday morning, but while the occupants, a couple, managed to escape quickly, the family in the flat above were stuck inside for 20 minutes. JILL LIM reports FOR four children, last Saturday morning is a morning theyPictures/ Reuters - 561 words
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Article, Illustration370 1998-01-19 6 Avis Wong - LOCAL COMEDIAN WANG SA DIES By Avis Wong HE communicated with his family through little notes in Chinese. During the month that local comedian Wang Sa was in hospital suffering from chronic lung disease, he could not talk. "He scribbled us notes telling us when370 words
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Advertisement323 1998-01-19 7 Who'sjk, W$ v the rt ''^1 best?~ Aid gone but at leasfN/'Carol, hurry, your election^ Pill ffl 91' her kidna PP in 9 ft**** interviews are on in 1Ph£5 Willi r i'jl.ifi'i hirfgTl\\ tl on election. five minutes. HUTA% "P®"' fji r In the studio. s c !')m tiij H323 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration447 1998-01-19 8 ASKED TO HOLD ON MrKobßeng Seng submitted his resignation from the MAS last August but wmpmimM by Prime Minister Gob ChobTongto shelve it. MrKoh was o review of. SweroVl nnanctai wcior* Hehassfaice gone on leave friortobio til dopartMrefrom the MAS. SINGAPORE'S former Mr MAS may be447 words
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Article, Illustration14 1998-01-19 8 The Government has actually dose of medicine The GovettiaAirf has not seen it14 words
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Article, Illustration362 1998-01-19 9 Sandra Davie - T?moßTT^)rn/(^ BY Sandra Davie MRS Tay Chee Keong gave up her job as a clerk two years ago to look after her two daughters. But now the 35-year-old housewife is ready to go back to her old job but as a volunteer at SouthPicture/ Mohd Ishak - 362 words
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Article118 1998-01-19 9 Phase 1: Will still be reserved for children who have siblings in the school. Phase 2A (1): For children whose parents join the school's alumni association at least a year before registration. Phase 2A (2): For children whose parents and siblings are former students. Phase 2B: For118 words
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Article276 1998-01-19 9 SCHOOLS are swamped with calls from parents keen to volunteer their services. Eight out of 10 popular primary schools contacted said they have received more than 50 calls in the three days after the announcement. Many of them have drawn up application forms for parents to fill276 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration322 1998-01-19 11 Source: Wire services. NO, not if you believe US President Bill Clinton's aides. On Saturday, Mr Clinton was grilled for six hours by the lawyers for Ms Paula Jones, who has accused him of sexual harassment. Ms Jones, 31, watched as her lawyers questioned MrSource: Wire services.; Picture/ Afp - 322 words
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Article228 1998-01-19 11 Source: Wire services. MR Clinton has the dubious distinction of being the first sitting president to give sworn testimony as a defendant in a civil law suit. His defenders insist that the President is the victim of a political attack in which Ms Jonesis being manipulated toSource: Wire services. - 228 words
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WHO SAYS WE ARE TOO OLD
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266 1998-01-19 12 In Britain... IVING birth in your senior years is all I m right, as long as you are fit and healthy. This is the view of Britain's oldest mother, Mrs Elizabeth Buttle, 60, of west Wales, who gave birth to miracle baby266 words
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Article, Illustration59 1998-01-19 12 Inßussia... THESE elderly women are known as the "Walruses" because they are fans of winter swimming. Yesterday, they were Walruses with a purpose celebrating St Petersburg's survival of a 900-day seige by Nazi Germany, 55 years ago, during World War 11. Here they are seen warmingPicture/ Reuters - 59 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration646 1998-01-19 14 Thousands of Indonesians traditionally make the trip home to their villages the week before Hari Raya Puasa. But this year it's a little different For many, it's a one-way ticket this time. MELVIN SINGH reports from Jakarta FOR 28 years, Mr Erwin Baharudin lived in the IndonesianPictures/ Choo Chwee Hua - 646 words
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Article130 1998-01-19 14 MR Erwin is not the only one worried about his future. Mr Warsono is sure that there'll be nothing waiting for him in his village in Semarang, Central Java, when he returns. "I never imagined that I would be the carpenter building the ticket booth and yet have130 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration433 1998-01-19 16 S'porean businessman Robert Chua on sour China deal MR Robert Chua, Singapore's most famous export in the Asian TV scene, used to be a staunch defender of doing business in the Chinese mainland. But now, the Hongkong-based Singaporean has changed his ways. Mr Chua is furious because433 words
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Article134 1998-01-19 16 WHAT happened and what went wrong, according to Mr Chua: August last year Mr Chua meets Mr Kan Shu Tsang, who heads privately-owned China Asia-TV Arts Centre. Mr Kan and consortium agree to pay U5534.3 million ($59.98 million) for an 80-per cent controlling stake. In return,134 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration197 1998-01-19 18 Source: Wire services. EGYPT has added a new must-see relic to its museum. The item: A 50-cm high metal statue of a pharoah who lived more than 4,000 years ago. The statue, believed to be the oldest one made of metal ever found, wasSource: Wire services.; Picture/ Reuters - 197 words
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Article, Illustration32 1998-01-19 18 muKmuK ■ilwTiathai Ml Thailand it's ok if you ignore Bangkok. Come to Thailand, we need the money. Thailand you can drive your bike wherever you like. Visit Thailand, Malaysia is boring.32 words
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DEARWIJEY
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Article, Illustration261 1998-01-19 19 QI MADE it to a polytechnic last year. Initially, I was contented with my course but I soon began to dislike it. I skipped lectures and became so depressed I even thought of suicide. So I quit the course. I am working now261 words
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Article135 1998-01-19 19 QI WOULD like to take additional maths at the O levels as an examinable subject. I did my O levels years ago, but I am very interested in this subject. I did not study it during my secondary school days, but I scored135 words
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Article175 1998-01-19 19 QI AM studying in a private school. I will be sitting for my London O-level finals at the British Council in January next year. The subjects I am taking are English, English Literature, mathematics, mother tongue and commerce. I am quite poor in my mathematics.175 words
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Article, Illustration218 1998-01-19 20 QI HAVE just been streamed into the art stream in Secondary 3. My school has offered me English, maths, history, physics/chemistry, home economics, Chinese and art. I wish to take up principle of accounts instead of art. I failed my maths218 words
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193 1998-01-19 20 AND ANOTHER WHO IS NOT KEEN ABOUT THE ARTS.. QI AM in Secondary 1 this year. Next year, I would be in my streaming year. I am still doubtful about which subject or stream to choose. I am very strong in my193 words
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Article115 1998-01-19 20 QI AM confused about whether I should stop at the N levels this year and go on to the Institute of Technical Education or finish O levels and do a poly nursing course. Eunice A IF you should qualify to go on to the115 words
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Advertisement192 1998-01-19 19 Do you have any questions regarding education? Write or fax your questions to Pear Mr Wyey The New Paper Wf 390 Kim Seng Road Sin 9aP° re *****5. Fax: 737-5375 i MA Glve us your name address and ICj telephone number. Call The New Paper Infoline, 1900-*****03. j (Calls are192 words
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Advertisement52 1998-01-19 20 Call 1900-*****03 and leave your questions for Mr Wijey. You can listen to his earlier advice, too. Calls cost 30 cents (plus an extra 10 cents a minute for cardphone calls). This week's Q A: H Getting into medicine Prefer poly near home What course do I take to be52 words
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Showtime
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Article, Illustration563 1998-01-19 21 Avis Wong - By Avis Wong DO you know gongfu, acrobatics and have a flexible body? Can you act and are you good- looking? You could be a candidate to succeed Jackie Chan if you meet all the above conditions. The gongfu legend is casting his net worldwide, including Singapore, in his searchPicture/ Kenneth Koh - 563 words
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Article, Illustration443 1998-01-19 22 Terry Benjamin - Br Terry Benjamin REPORTING FROM MALAYSIA HE brought down Barings Bank in Singapore, but the film on trader Nick Leeson's life was mostly filmed in Malaysia. Said co-producer Paul Raphael on the film Rogue Trader, which stars British heartthrob and Trainspotting star443 words
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Article, Illustration423 1998-01-19 23 Yong Siew Fern - By Yong Siew Fern LEO Ku talks funny. And he is also funny, with a warped sense of humour. Check out some of the things he said at a press conference here to promote his first Mandarin album, The Timeless Clock: "I don't know if423 words
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Article, Illustration370 1998-01-19 24 Yong Siew Fern - For more information on the workshop and other Monster Rims programmes, please call Danny 0n333-4632 or Audrey from Substation on Mondays to Wednesday on 337-7535. AAV By Yong Siew Fern HANGING on the garden wall of Substation, Armenian Street is a black-and-white banner. It reads: "Guerilla370 words
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Advertisement520 1998-01-19 23 In Chinese culture, the three heavenly stars FU, LU, SHOU are believed to The common coin reverse depict* the Chinese character of hestow blessings of happiness, wealth and longevity on mankind. 1998 heralds Fu, Lu, Shou in traditional Chinese paper cutting style. It also the Lunar Year of the Tiger.520 words
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Article, Illustration671 1998-01-19 25 LOOK We know. Nadya is gorgeous, people love her which is why she won our Showtime Personality award last year. CAROL LEONG engages Nadya in some body talk WHEN Nadya Hutagalung looks at herself in the mirror, she sees her Australian mother fromPictures/ Alvin Toh - 671 words
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Miscellaneous890 1998-01-19 26 tvpage_ Loving Deadly 5Q (Channel 5,2 am) CHANNEL Q Set in the mean streets of an BnM V v American border town, this movie noon n«*ws 5 Toddy NOON Entertainment Beat/Midday Newt is about a heart-wrenching story 12.10 PM Home Shopping 1.30 PM Tuition Fever/Healthy Eating of two young people890 words
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Article, Illustration469 1998-01-19 27 P N BALH - L T CETERA WITH P N BALH MELTDOWN. Contagion. Cronyism. Fundamentals. Transparency. Confidence. Words that newspapers use with wild abandon these days. Words that have befuddled the layman. Words that our Glosorry man Mike Chua will, I am sure, twist and turn in one of his469 words
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Miscellaneous139 1998-01-19 27 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson WUAT DOKXJTMIHKIST\€ p 5 UICI t-l-I-l MEANING OF TRME 'IS IT MOHEU -ORIS IT f'/ WLU.L LLI W&PWNESS?r~=r CARS MAD LU» JUSTMOHH moßf Adam/Brian Basset NO,MW,T>SAJD vwLwmmright. I i vwaisuwumSAtD I *AS*3UMD! m VMS w AF«MT:ikESmP TITANIC ISIKeMOSTMCOeRkICRLMSe AWMfc, Foxtrot/Bill Amend ARE TbU KOOM6? TIME139 words
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Miscellaneous106 1998-01-19 28 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh Wtf, 7 I Na«fUw)o6wT |udM,eW,ARItIE.J6UE& wvtm ftu THE Art6POvJS Wh, E! J 1 PHTftc 0/\AC u)oOl±> Mi TMES£ U)EbbW6S MOST IMF Wlfc OUT TVbMt. sVvK V wis.. SET IT C£KXSIHLI PBEIS I\KE (777 bom,iGOESSwe Nf*ro/stfi*rb. J Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce UJTO°riV &e i l> NOwi I106 words
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Article, Illustration381 1998-01-19 29 Ivy Ong - FOOD WITH A VIEW By Ivy Ong OKAY, Fve got a confession to make. I hate eating fish. Even as a child, no amount of persuasion or threats could get me to eat those bony death-traps. But my deep-seated phobia was no match for the meltingly-soft dory ($21.50)381 words
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Advertisement51 1998-01-19 29 Lunch I guide J« inside Garoupa H at only $10 T a ke advantage of this one-week promotion at Different I* Tastes Cafe. I I Sichuan I. specially at I only $4 1 >, Find this M economical W dish at Sun v TungKee I,. Hotpot A Restaurant. I. J51 words
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Advertisement438 1998-01-19 31 Abalone Gourmet Restaurant Have you ever tried Chinese food Abalone Braised with Oyster When I saw the listing in the If you are planning to visit the accompanied by French wine? If Sauce ($3B) which was very succu- menu, I imagined the fish to be restaurant, you will be glad438 words
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Article328 1998-01-19 43 LEAGUE bowler Rodney Ang's win in the Cosco Challenge step-ladder finals yesterday could be the start of more such wins by ordinary bowlers in future. For the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress is now thinking of organising more handicap tournaments next year after the success of328 words
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Article252 1998-01-19 45 AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN: MELBOURNE, Today to Feb 1 Reuters. THE spotlight will be on tennis' teenage stars when the Australian Open starts in Melbourne today. Melbourne Park's centre court, usually a stage for the tournament's top-ranked players, will instead host its impressive understudies, including one ofReuters. - 252 words
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Article, Illustration406 1998-01-19 45 PERTH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: ENDED YESTERDAY SELECTED RESULTS WOMEN 50m m. Trwsiyic. 1 Amy van Dyken (US) 25.15 2 Sandra Voelker(Ger) 25.32 3 Shan Ying (Chn) 25.36 200 m butterfly: 1 Susie O'Neil (Aust) 2:07.93 2 Petria Thomas (Aust) 2:09.08 3 Misty Hyman (US) 2:09.98 MENReuters.; Picture/ Afp - 406 words
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Article246 1998-01-19 45 Gerard Wong - SINGAPORE CHALLENGE By Gerard Wong SOUTH-EAST Asia Games bronze-medallist Christel Bouvron didn't have a good day at the pool yesterday. She clocked 28.925 ec in the 50 metres freestyle, slightly more than a second off her personal best of 27.8. Third in her heat, Christel246 words
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Article, Illustration135 1998-01-19 46 BARNSLEY 1 Ashley Ward 26 CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Half-time: 1-0 Crowd: 17,819 BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 Tim Sherwood 21, Kevin Gallacher 29, 54,68, Stuart Ripley 81 ASTON VILLA 0 Half-time: 2-0 Crowd: 24,834 COVENTRY CITY 2 Noel Whelan 21, Dion DubNn 66pen ARSENAL 2 Dennis Bergkamp 50, Nicolas135 words
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Article, Illustration295 1998-01-19 46 AFP. JUERGEN Klinsmann is retiring from football after this year's World Cup Finals in France. The 33-year-old striker and captain of Germany revealed he would not be playing for either club or country following the June 10 to July 12 tournament. With no fanfare or fuss, heAFP. - 295 words
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Article172 1998-01-19 46 AFP. SPURS 1 WEST HAM 0 WEST Ham manager Harry Redknapp and his strikers Samassi Abou and John Hartson could all face misconduct charges. This comes after a dramatic flare-up during Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Tottenham. Referee David Elleray, who sent off Frenchman Abou forAFP. - 172 words
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Article, Illustration399 1998-01-19 47 EVERTON3 Gary Speed 39, Duncan Ferguson 62, Michael Duberry (own goal) 83 CHELSEA 1 Tore-Andre Flo 37 Half-time: 1-1 Crowd: 32,355 EVERTON Thomas Myrtie Slavenßilic Graeme Allen Craig Short (Claus Thomsen 88) Carl Tiler Michael Ball Nick Barmby Tony Grant Gary Speed Mickael Madar (GarethPicture/ Reuters - 399 words
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Article166 1998-01-19 47 RUUD Gullit is demanding a basic £1 million (s2.Bm) a year to sign a new contract at Chelsea as a coach. In addition, the Dutchman wants agreement on huge bonus payments for any future successes he achieves in domestic qqd European competitions, reports Soccernet. Chelsea has166 words
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Article331 1998-01-19 47 FIVE POINTS AHEAD ONE GAME IN HAND SIXTEEN GAMES TO 60 ALEX Ferguson rules, Okay. Five Premiership titles in six years would represent a_ remarkable return in any language. But for the Old Trafford master it is particularly pleasing to receive notices of surrender in grudging tones331 words
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Article, Illustration365 1998-01-19 48 EURO 2000 Reuters. CROUPOWE Italy Belarus Wales Switzerland Denmark GROUP TWO Norway Slovenia Latvia Georgia Greece Albania GROUP THREE Germany Moldova Northern Ireland Finland Turkey GROUP FOUR Russia Armenia Iceland Ukraine France Andorra GROUP FIVE England Luxembourg Poland Sweden Bulgaria GROUP SIX B Spain San Marino CyprusReuters.; Picture/ Reuters - 365 words
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189 1998-01-19 48 Reuters GROUP EIGHT: By an astonishing coincidence the draw also brought together Yugoslavia, Croatia and Macedonia.. They will all meet each other for the first time since war tore apart the former Yugsolavia. Croatian coach Miroslav Blazevic said: "It is good to be amongReuters - 189 words
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Article, Illustration460 1998-01-19 49 Reuters. Roberto Baggio walked out on Bologna on the eve of a crucial match with Juventus. And now, his future at the Serie A team has been thrown into doubt. The former European Footballer of the Year left the team's pre-match training camp on SaturdayReuters. - 460 words
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356 1998-01-19 49 AFP. INTER MILAN 0 BARII l|l! SOUTH African Phil Masinga brought Italian league leader Inter-Milan to its knees yesterday, when he scored Bari's match-winner in a shock 1-0 victory. Bari is in a desperate battle to leave the relegation zone. And it got allAFP. - 356 words
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Article211 1998-01-19 49 ERIC Cantona has been sacked by Nike after refusing to take a leading role in its World Cup plans. The former Manchester United striker, J who starred in TV commercials and whose face appeared on billboards all over Europe when he was top attraction for the211 words
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Miscellaneous102 1998-01-19 45 WHAT'S (H)N Today's matches MEN Daniel Vacek (Cze) v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 1 Pete Sampras (US) v Sjeng Schalken (Hoi) Alex Calatrava (Spa) v IS Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 4 Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) v Allen Belobrajdic (Cro) Sergi Bruguera (Spa) v Karol Kucera (Svk) Albert Portas (Spa) v 6 Petr Korda102 words
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