The New Paper, 5 February 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      92 2 Economic crunch? We'll recover fast With the understanding between countries in the region, I think recovery will be faster, swifter than many have anticipated. y Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in a wide-ranging interview with Reuters yesterday. Datuk Seri Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister, talked
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    • 140 2 MR Anwar said he believed the ringgit should become stronger than it is today. "We were at 2.50, 2.52 to the dollar, and I think to expect it to be at that level may not be feasible in the immediate term... "So I think it should be firm, stronger.
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    • 128 2 MR Anwar is not happy with the slow pace of mergers. He said the government will not try to prevent ill-managed companies from going bankrupt or bail out entrepreneurs. "If they come to us and say they need some funds, we are not in a position to do it.
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    • 159 2 MALAYSIA is unlikely to regain its high-growth path before the turn of the century. But its aim of reaching developed nation status by 2020 is not in jeopardy, Mr Anwar said. "I don't think we will register such a high growth for '99, N he said when asked if
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    • 364 3 (No, cream pie, actually) Wire services. FOUR cream pies to the face. That's the bizarre "welcome" Microsoft chairman Bill Gates received in Brussels yesterday. As he got out of a car to attend a technology conference, the world's richest man was hit full
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 118 4 THE GOOD NEWS HOT k STORIES i PRICES are likely to to rise by just 2.5 per cent this year, say private sector economists. Most private sector economists polled by The Business Times agreed with the official forecast that consumer prices would probably rise about 2.5 per cent
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    • 133 4 WORKERS have become more responsible, say private sector employers. They are more punctual and absenteeism is down too, reports The Business Times. SBS Bus has seen its staff absenteeism rate drop from an average of 3.5 per cent a month to 2.5 per cent since last August. An
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    • 94 4 IT was a costly drink break. Lorry driver Seah Kim Eng stopped at a road shoulder near the 2-km mark along the Seletar Expressway yesterday. As he reached for his bottle of water in the glove compartment, a lorry with two passengers
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    • 62 4 My children were never spoiled in as much as physical things are concerned. But I think they are spoiled in the sense that I allowed them to think whatever they want. J didn'tput a clamp on their thoughts. Madam Li Lien Fung (right), mother of three
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 64 4 PUTTING CPF savings into fixed deposits is a new and profitable trend. Thanks to rising interest rates, the return is better than stocks and some other approved investments. OCBC Bank offers an interest rate of 5.5 per cent for one-year CPF fixed deposits of at least $10,000. DBS
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      • 60 4 THE school textbook market is to be opened up. More school textbooks and workbooks will be produced by commercial publishers. It will mean a wider range of textbooks for students. It will also mean that different schools may have different books for similar courses. The aim of the
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      • 60 4 TV presenter Pek Siok Lian has quit. Channel s's Business Day anchor said she had left the Television Corporation of Singapore because "it was time to move on". The move came as a surprise to many as she was one of TCS's high-profile broadcast journalists. Miss Pek,
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      • 59 4 BAD news: A new strain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes Aids, has been identified. Worse news: This could make identification, treatment and prevention of the disease more difficult, some researchers said. Elsewhere in the US, another research team has pinpointed the origins of the epidemic
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    • 76 4 The Straits Times: V-P post: Suharto keeps everyone guessing The Be linen Times: No worries over HK banks, says HKMA chief Lianhe Zaobao: 90% of textbooks to be printed by private publishers in eight years Berfta Harlan: Private sector to produce 90% of school books RCS morning news: S'pore
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 30.64 points to close at 8,129.71 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 694 million shares.
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  • 378 6  -  STUDENTS, IF YOU WANT JOBS, HERE'S A SUGGESTION SINGAPORETODAY BY Sandra Davie WANT to be assured of a job when you graduate from the polytechnic? Then you may be interested in two new courses at Temasek Polytechnic. The three-year diploma courses on Internet computing and chemical technology
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 279 8  -  STALLHOLDER MOANS: BY Teo Hwee Nak Recalled Madam Nursani, yesterday: "I was horrified to see soap bubbles in my ingredients. "Luckily, I noticed the bubbles. What if my customers ate them? They would all get stomachaches! A STALLHOLDER found extra ingredients for
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
      • 188 11 The Spice Cult THIS is a response from a group of Spice Girls lovers to your article on our idols (We Hate Spice Girls, Feb 3). You guys seem to be on a constant quest to bring the Spice Girls down. We were all terribly
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      • 93 11 ITS reassuring to know that there are fans out there ready to defend their idols whether or not they choose to use a pseudonym (like The Spice Cult, which goes to show that maybe after all it IS uncool be known as a Spice fan?) The
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    • 205 11 i THIS VALENTINE'S DAY, SEE LESS OF A THE ONE YOU ml LOVE BEST: Mr YOU! JLj® See A Less Fat liMnmy See A Less He avy Bottom What better time than Valentine's to See Less Heavy Thighs Shape Your Body the way you want it? A MARIE FRANCE programme,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 1094 12  -  I thought: It was so unfair. There are three million people in Singapore. I don't mean to be selfish but why me? Why should I have to bear this burden? Gina Chua looks like your regular teenager, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and wide smile. But
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    • 58 12 It has been very, very tough for us. There are times when we feel like dying. Gina has been the one holding us together and I y m very lucky. The family couldn y t have done it without her. Gina's father, who speaks
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    • 80 12 I've never met anyone as mature as Gina. Her anguish and pain were plain to see but she never ran away, never said she was just a kid and never turned her back on her family. When I Iqft her home, it was nearly midnight.
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    • 794 13 We've had worse Businesses are doing badly and the value of our dollar has shrunk. Yet nearly half of all Singaporeans say they are not worried. RACHEL TAN and YVONNE LlMfind out who they are and why they are keeping cool WHAT'S so bad about a
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 787 15 FAME AWARDS '98 By Chan Seet Fun PICASSO Tan wants to show off his art. No, not the kind of art that one would associate his name with. What the captain of the national wushu team wants to do is kick some butt.
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    • 88 15 THE TCS Fame Awards are heating up. The 24 semi-finalists will be split into four groups. Each group will act in four dramas to be shown on Tuesdays, starting March 3, on Channel 5. Three semi-finalists from each group will make it to the finals which will be
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 295 16 BANK ROBBERY DRAMA IN KL TWO workers were held hostage during a bank robbery in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They were later released unharmed by three gunmen who robbed a Hong Leong Bank branch in Taman Kinrara, Puchong. The gunmen made off with M 5170,000 ($73,000),
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    • 183 16 A TEENAGER, believed to have been agitated after being nagged by his aunt, allegedly slashed her to death. The incident took place at a house in Sungai Nibong Besar, about 20 km from Georgetown, Penang, on Monday. Ms Raguan Hashim, 46, was allegedly attacked by her
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    • 138 16 |i 1 V^'y 1H If J Saturday 7th February 9pm Stoned Revivals in Revenge Of The Flektro Fantastik Plastik Lovers One hour of spacegundiskowresthncjblues from one of Singapore's premiere hands DJ Andrew Chow spinning funky breakbeats in Zouk on a Saturday nite. twiliGht Friday 13th February Renaissance at Zouk DJs
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 323 17 YELTSIN WARNS: IF IRAQ IS ATTACKED IT COULD BE A WORLD WAR Source: Reuters. SOUNDING like a Big Papa chiding his wayward son, Russia's President Boris Yeltsin scolded US leader Bill Clinton for wanting to attack Iraq. Mr Yeltsin said it could all be too dangerous and could end up
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    • 101 17 IRAQ has been a bad boy and should be taught a lesson with an attack, the US says. The source of its anger: Baghdad's refusal to allow United Nations inspectors, many of whom are from the US, into the country to check military sites. Iraq is supposed
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 370 19 ITALIAN CAULK CAKTKA(»LI)V Reuters. CREW members of a US warplane involved in Tuesday's ski resort accident remained silent when questioned. Twenty people died when the plane hit cable car lines at the Dolomite Mountains resort in Italy. The accident caused a cable car to plunge
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    • Article, Illustration
      325 20 Lisa Marie gets Elvis 9 fortune LISA Marie Presley (right), who turned 30 on Feb 1, finally has control of her father's business empire. Elvis Presley's only child is now worth an estimated £125 million ($337.5 million) though some think the figure could be as high as £320 million.
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    • Article, Illustration
      117 20 Reuters. THE growing weight of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is causing concern. According to the German magazine, Stern, he could fall a victim to heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke and arthritis. The Chancellor, 67, weighs more than 160 kg (3501b5) and much of this weight was gained during
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    • 93 21 *****1******1* Mr Manny Fink, former managing director of a financial house in New Yeffc, on bow tfce value of monoy has bocomo wMdly dUtortod on Waß Street. Tbore, bonuses ave often the measuring devices bj which a person assesses Jfe arbor value as a hum
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    • 272 21 MID-AIR HEART ATTACK LAWSUIT: Source: Boston Globe Internet edition. A woman is suing an American airline for not having the equipment on board to treat a heart attack. Her husband, Mr Stephen Somes, 37, suffered an attack on during a flight from Boston to San
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  • Showtime
    • 549 22 Phua Cku Kang Pte Ltd ends its run tonight. So sayang (such a pity, in Malay). EDWIN YEO attempts to explain, inAhßeng language, why it is so much better than its rival, Three Rooms Tonight ah, better watch Channel 5 TV. Phua Chu Kang last
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    • 413 23  -  New play asks: By Lee Yin Luen SO YOU decide, after months of serious thought, to bear a child on your own. What next? The next difficult task, according to Theatre Works' new comedy, A.I. (artificial insemination) is to find a donor. A childhood chum
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    • 24 23 WHAT: A.I. WHERE: jubilee Hall WHEN: Feb 12-22 TIME: 8 pm TICKETS: $20, $25, $30 from SISTIC, or call TheatreWorks at *****35.
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    • 135 24 ANDY LAU (left) fully deserves the nickname "man of steel". While almost every other star was taking a break during the Chinese New Year holiday, he was slogging hard. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Andy appeared on a Beijing Central Television show. The
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      109 24 JACKIE CHAN (right) proves that he can give out hongbao as impressive as his movie punches. Last year, he gave HK$l,OOO (about Ss22o) to each Hongkong reporter and no artiste has broken that record yet. It is a Hongkong tradition for married artistes and top executives of entertainment
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    • 108 24 MALAYSIAN-BORN actress Michelle Yeoh is now an international star, thanks to the latest Bond movie. So what sort of car should the father of a star travel in? Why not a locally produced one? Datuk Yeoh Kian Teik (above) recalls an incident when he went out with a
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      100 24 ARE Singapore artistes so poor that they have to wear fake brand-name clothes, even on TV? One sponsor was unhappy over an artiste wearing an imitation T-shirt on TV recently. It said it feared the brand's image would be tarnished. The company claimed that when it approached the
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      375 25 Nanny says they were: Hollywood super-couple Bruce Willis and Demi Moore were villains in real life, a former nanny has said. She is suing the stars for "shamelessly exploiting and abusing" her when she was employed to look after their children. One of her complaints against the star
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  • sports
    • 1002 26 Liverpool striker Michael Owen's selection for the England squad is the latest landmark in an already remarkable career for a player who is only 18 years old. He only made his first-team debut for Liverpool in the penultimate match of last season —scoring just 17
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    • 76 26 The record for being the youngest player to represent England is held by Duncan Edwards (left). He achieved the honour on April 2, 1955, in the 7-2 win over Scotland when he was 18 years and 183 days old. If Owen plays against Chile he will be 18
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 851 27 tvpage im— Mly Mcßeal 5Q •> (Channel 5,9.30 pm) CHAMMEI O if Ally Mcßeal (Calista Flockliart, ■■k n r W left), a beautiful lawyer, joins a NOON News 5 Today NOON Right Frequency/A Date with lack HQ" new law firm, only to learn that 12.10 PM Noma Shopping 1.00 PM
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  • 428 28  -  ET CETERA WITH T JEYATHESAN BEDOK. A simple name that can put you in terrible trouble. Now, before the good people of Bedok hang me from a tree, there is, as usual, a good reason for my saying that. I was at a friend's place on
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  • 609 30  -  CAREER CHOICE By Danny Lim B B ER profession scares many. And there are I good reasons. I Her job takes her to the ■doorsteps of the dead, the dying and the undertaker, i When not doing these rounds, she has to cqjole k rape victims
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  • CAREER CHOICE
    • 355 32 FROM PAGE 33 Which is the story you are most proud of? The story of a retarded man who lived in a cupboard for 12 years. He was adopted by a welfare home after I highlighted his plight. What is your most memorable experience? Playing hide-and-seek with
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    • 73 32 AN NUS Arts graduate majoring in Sociology and English Literature, Miss Riana Zakir joined The New Paper in August 1995. For four months, she did general news stories but was "boted out of her brains" because she was speaking to public relations officers and bureaucrats instead of
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    • 322 35 CLERK OF WORKS I We are seeking a professional full time Clerk of Works to H supervise the construction of our Regional Operations Centre H in Loyang Industrial Estate. H Applicants should possess a CIDB National Certificate of H Construction of Supervision, be registered with BCD, PWD H and have
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    • 346 46  -  S-LEAGUE UPDATE By Ernest Luis THEY used to call him the "Sniffer" when he was with Geylang United. Now, it looks like Croatian Zlatko Vidan will be returning to the S-League with Sembawang Rangers. After Vidan helped Geylang win the S-League and FA Cup double in 1996, he
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    • 364 46  -  By S Gulam VINCENT Subramaniam, the S-League's most successful coach, will get his big international break on Feb 28. He has been appointed coach of the Singapore Selection side which will face a South-east Asia Invitation XI in a testimonial for Fandi Ahmad, David Lee and Malek Awab.
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    • 191 46 NBA IN AMERICA USA Today. CHICAGO Bulls General Manager Jerry Krause laid it on the line again, in completely clear, unambiguous terms. Head coach Phil Jackson will not be back next season. The Bulls would hate to lose star player Michael Jordan as well.
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    • 447 47  -  Cricket kicks off The New Paper school sports' weekly series. This month the focus is on the unsung heroes. Look out for it every Thursday. By Gerard Wong BOOST FROM THE BOSS REAR ADMIRAL (NS)TEO CHEE HEAN (Education Minister): I am pleased to note that the Schools
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    • 394 48 GERARD WONG meets a young cricketeer who only started playing the sports in 1996 but now captains the national Under-15 side... FACTFILE NAME, AGE: Zeng Renchun, 15 SCHOOL: Raffles Institution (Sec Three) USUAL PLAYING POSITION: Wicketkeeper MOST PRIZED POSSESSION: A pair of red
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    • 405 48 CRICKET will be an offical school sport this year. The first time since 1975. Good news to the 1,800 students who play the sport They now can earn EC A points and qualify for prestigious Colours Awards.
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    • 266 48 WHEN Kent County Cricket Club development officer David Sear first saw James Pearson bowling on the beach one day, he knew he'd found a future star. Sear was so impressed with James' keen eye and clean strokes
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    • 86 46 S (SINGAPORE UWISB POTYTFCHNir^Bftfl^q Commencement Date 10th February 1998 to 30th April 1998 (4th intake) Duration 14 weeks Schedule of Lectures Every Tuesday Thursday Total No. of Lectures 20 (3 hours per lecture) Venue Singapore Polytechnic (Dover Road Campus) Course Fee $1,300.00 QBIEQTim Train participants in systematic planning and organisation
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  • FA CUP
    • 586 49 FA CUP FOURTH ROUND (REPLAY) BARNSLEY 3 Ashley Ward 51, Neil Redfearn 56, Darren Barnard 88 TOTTENHAM 1 David Ginola 72 Half-time: 00 Crowd: 18,200 Red card: Stephen Clemence (Tottenham) 49 ■jassss KUNSMAHN FACTFILE; Born: July 30,1964 Made senior debut with German Second Division
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    • 136 49 Reuters. SPURS manager Christian Gross says he is still revelling in the task of managing one of the Premier League's glamour clubs despite its current predicament. Gross said: "Of course I look at the stories and I know that there is great pressure on everyone at this
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    • 335 49 stevenage finally bows out—but not without a fight NEWCASTLE 2 Alan Shearer 16,66 STEVENAGE 1 GaryCrawshaw 74 Half-time: lO Crowd: 36,700 REVISED DRAW: Aston Villa v Coventry West Ham v Blackburn Leeds v Birmingham City Newcastle vTranmere Wimbledon v Wolves Man United v Barnsley Arsenal
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    • 301 49 DION DUBLIN: The Coventry striker has been named the English Premiership player of the month for January. It was a month in which the 28-year-old turned down a deal at Coventry, rejected a move to Middlesbrough and was picked for the England squad for the first time. During
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  • WORLD CUP UPDATE
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      417 50 CONCACAF GOLD CUP IN THE US BRAZIL 0 JAMAICA 0 COUPE DU MONDE JUNE 10-JULYI2 Reuters. HOW THE MATCH WENT GOALKEEPER Warren Barrett made several outstanding saves to lead Jamaica to a scoreless tie with Brazil in a first-round match of the Concacaf Gold Cup. Barrett, the Jamaican
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    • 502 51  -  ClaudioTaffarel Ze Maria Junior Baiano Goncalves (Cesar, 83rd) MauroSilva Junior Edmundo Flavio Conceicao Zinho Denilson Romario UKEIY FRANCE '98 STARTERS ClaudioTaffarel Ze Maria Junior Baiano Marcelo Goncalves MauroSilva Flavio Conceicao Denilson Romano Brazil's coach Mario Zagallo must have thought a match against lowly Jamaica would
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    • 271 51 Reuters DEFENDING World Cup champion Brazil said it played down to Jamaica's level in what turned into a humiliating scoreless draw in the opening-round game of the Concacaf Gold Cup. Brazil has won the World Cup four times, while Jamaica, the smallest country that will
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