The New Paper, 12 February 1998

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Total Pages: 62
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    7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1996
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  • THENESWTODAY
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      Lock icon I will NOT play God
      379 2 BUT MUM SAYS: Wire services. MS Karen Crowe had an agonising decision to make when she visited her doctor for a pre-natal check-up. A routine ultrasound at 13 weeks revealed that her twin girls were conjoined. She declined an abortion. The girls, named Gabrielle and
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      Alone at the bottom of the world
      404 3  -  By, Jill Lim BLINDIIte whiteness wherever you turn. Perpetual sunligftt whether it's night or day. Silence. And freezing cold. The average temperature in summer is minus 25 deg C. Imagine being alone in such a place for two months. Norwegian adventurer Borge Ousland
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      66 2 What is a currency board? Page 26 Leisure «MlvWUllw Pages 28 to 31 TV: Page 34 Comics: Pages 35 36 ThE na Jackpot at 07/02/98 -BWii ||j|M prizes, rA just P and all will be y9BH M" p^fcegins. until |||MK the|Ht iHHtf Charged it only 60 /min This service is
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      CPF changes?
      117 4 FIXED DEPOSITS L hot i 1 STORIES J THE Central Provident Fund Board is reviewing the terms and conditions of fixed deposit placements under its investment scheme. Industry players hope the review will mean shorter maturity periods and quicker processing. Some bankers felt cutting the processing time transferring
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      Foreign banks cut rates
      101 4 FOREIGN banks are bucking the trend by cutting back on fixed deposit rates. They are now offering lower interest on shorter-term deposits than local banks. The Business Times reports that most of the foreign banks have cut their rates, one by almost two percentage points. When
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      Baby Benz is here
      57 4 THE Mercedes-Benz A-class has been brought to Singapore by a parallel importer. This silver left-hand-drive model (left) at Euromobile's showroom in Sin Ming Road has been sold to an overseas customer. The car costs $118,000 without COE. Authorised agent Cycle Carriage is expected to bring in
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      Car loan rates double
      97 4 FIXED-RATE loans for new cars have shot up to as high as 7.6 per cent from just 3 to 4 per cent three months ago. The Business Times reports that the standard seven-year fixed rate loan now ranges from about 5 per cent to way over
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Too early to tell
        76 4 IT IS too early to tell if Singapore can ride out the regional turmoil without serious unemployment. So said NTUC deputy secretary-general I'ira Swee Say yesterday at a forum organised by the Asia-Pacific Regional Organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Mr Lim said
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        Earnings up in 1997
        90 4 THE Singapore average monthly wage pre-tax last year was $1,625, up from $1,500 in 1996. The average wage for men was higher at $1,850, compared to $1,408 among the women, reports The Business Times, quoting the Ministry of Labour's 1997 survey. And more than one in
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        SM Lee's view rejected
        93 4 INDONESIAN Research and Technology Minister BJ Habibie regards Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew as a very wise statesman. But he feels that Mr Lee's recent comments are not relevant to Indonesia's future. SM Lee said last week that the Indonesian rupiah would weaken again if the
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      HEADLINERS
      87 4 The Slralls Times: Jakarta finalises plans for currency board Tlie Business Times: Indonesia announces currency board to fight 'Insane' rupiah level Uaiihe Zaobao: Suharto says some people are plotting to destroy the Indonesian economy Berita Marian: Plot to destroy Indonesian economy RCS nwniinji news* The IMF and Indonesia hold
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      DOW JONES
      30 4 The Dow Jones industrial average rose rose 18.94 points to close at a record 8,314.55 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 598 million shares.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 'This is bad'
      357 6  -  He saw a murder but felt nothing BY Teo Hwee Nak THE worst thing for Mr M A Zin was not watching a murder right outside his flat first thing in the morning. It was what seemed to be the lack of any feeling. In the way
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      OTHER MURDERS
      63 6 Eight murders this year, so far. Feb 9: An unidentified man at Lim Chu Kang. Feb 7: Mr A Solamalai and wife in their Jurong East flat. Lan 28: Mr Tan Boon Wang in his shop. Lan 19: A foreign worker at Beach Road. Lan 13: Bulgarian student
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      353 6 "Centrepoint Celebrates Our Traditions* Lucky Draw Results (January 17 February 4 1998) Congratulations to our lucky winners! Grand Prtit An 18 carat gold watch from THE HOUR GLASS Jane Um May Ung Q/C No: *****11E) 2"_Mz< Rolex bathroom accessories from YAT LYE Low Wee Khng (J/C No: *****05B) A pair
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    This van is a stage
    358 8  -  SINGAPORETODAY By' Teo Yun Yun WHAT is red, can travel up to 80 kmph, and packs a truckload of information and entertaining stories? No, it's not a furious TV set on wheels. It's the Julia Gabriel Speech Drama Centre's van. Called the Story Box, it
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      130 8 tjxcnanae i/iis coupon I for a 1 Brand new' Bomriend or girlfriend. 1 Ielj) vour loved one slop smoking and Ik* or slu' will /<<•/ like a completely new person. I lealthier and happier. All vou have to do is exchange tins coupon on Valent me s I )ay I
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      56 9 Plunge right into a night overflowing with fun and terrific prizes this Feb I 4 at Paradigm. f I V I I H < Qeep I y> J, I I Valentines Dav 1 V 4 at Paradigm: uu.l! < < e K Cilll S <> I I< C t l
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      Lock icon They quarrelled over a tin of Milo. Then...
      885 10 HOW IT HAPPENED A man was shot dead by police yesterday after he charged at them with a chopper. TEOHWEENAK speaks to the dead man's wife Police have not revealed the names of the two officers Involved. The Criminal lilV€Sll§flUO(l Department is
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      Could shooting have been avoided?
      379 10  -  By Crispina Robert NO, not in this case, said two ex-cops and an active police officer interviewed by The New Paper. They feel that the police sergeant who shot Mr Toh Bee Hock made the right decision. "I would have done the same thing. He
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      OTHER CASES
      105 10 OCT97: A police officer was shot with his own gun after a struggle with two suspects. Corporal Saw Roon, 29, had two gunshot wounds to his left arm and shoulder when he was found unconscious in a pedestrian underpass off MarThoma Road. His revolver had been fired five
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      89 10 m VKWK I I j Vw {ftou&e m v Exclusive to the first 300 |W .Jf, H customers on 14th February, a I complimentary stalk of a lovely red rose with my piwrhns* at all I Royal Sporting House stores. Limited to one stalk per customerJM Offer valid while stocks
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    And many did
    570 11 SPEAKUP Our story on Gina Chua, "Every Family Should Read This (TNP, Feb 5), touched many readers. Her mother died when she was 16. She shared with us her experience of suddenly having to cope with housework, being a mother to her two younger brothers, her schoolwork
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      332 12 I It takes intelligence to beat this world-wide problem. X That's why we need you. The CNB needs intelligent people who refuse to tolerate the immorality, suffering and death caused by drug abuse. People with commitment, and a sense of duty and honour, whose mission is to totally eradicate all
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      Student dies after 25 days
      341 13  -  MELBOURNE CRASH: S'POREAN SEEMED TO BE RECOVERING. THEN... BY Michelle Ang HER ex-classmates made her a tape of get-well messages and a card. They were hoping to see accident victim Wang Li Li again after hearing from her relatives that she was out of her
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      THE ACCIDENT
      79 13 The Wang family was travelling with two friends when they lost control of their Ford four-wheel drive on a Melbourne highway on Jan 17. Mr Henry Wang, a general manager of a frozen foods company, and his wife, Tina Chua, were flung from the backseat. They died on
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      Sacked after Medical leave
      332 14  -  By Bernard Pereira FOR five months, a senior hotel security officer who hurt his knee at work, was given paid medical leave. Then, on the day he reported back to work, he got the sack. Mr Saijit Singh, 40, still under treatment, is so upset he
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      LABOUR MINISTRY SAYS
      89 14 A SPOKESMAN for the ministry said: "Legally, his employers have not breached any rules, considering they are paying the employee a month's salary in lieu of his termination, as his contract says. "But the way he was terminated might have been a bit too harsh, since he
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      Lock icon Wanna aim & fire? Just hop on
      384 15  - Wanna aim fire? Just hop on THE EXHIBITION WHAT: HEROES in Total Defence WHERE: Fort Canning Park. Shuttle buses from nearby bus-stops and Dhoby Ghaut and City Hall MRT stations. WHEN: Tomorrow till Feb 22. Tomorrow 10 am-1 pm. From Saturday onwards 10 am-10 pm (Tomorrow night's launch by Deputy
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      Cheers to Mrs Virgin
      19 16 111 ii i<ni 111* Breakfast for virgins, non-virgins at the colrerence table. Cheers to virginity!
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      201 13 if L I f I I 1 HHH The World Cup is in a league of its own. During Make your move now or you will sit out this biggest football extravaganza, public focus football's greatest event on the sidelines. will centre on football. Who won the last match? Call
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      145 15 I I Celebration of love at the Orchard. 14 FEBRUARY 1998 Add another memorable chapter to vour love story with a romantic dinner, roses, heart shape chocolates and balloons. Tea Lounge Hua Ting FASHION SHOW BY MOVIE Endless Love Chinese Restaurant MODELS FEATURING THE Ss6o per person Oriental Valentine LATEST
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    Lock icon Net's 'Asian hater' guilty
    277 18 WORLDTODAY Source: Wire services. A CALIFORNIAN student has been found guilty of threatening Asian students via the Internet. It was the first-ever conviction for a hate crime committed through e-mail. On Tuesday a federal court jury in Santa Ana found Richard Machado, 21, guilty of civil
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Pay tax for ring, Posh
      294 20 PAY up, Posh, said Britain's Customs department to Spice Girl Victoria Adams. So she has now to pay £3,000 ($7,740) in taxes after she failed to declare the engagement ring she bought for Manchester United star David Beckham in the United States. Posh, 23, bought
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      Sunk? Now, the Philippines is safe
      42 20 mui<nnn» onoap of candidates for elections: A Joka making the ronnds of Mania goes socnetMngKathis. All the candidates in the May presidential elections are on board the Titanic. Who ends up being saved? Answer: The Philippines.
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      Lock icon Come check our sites but...
      334 21 IRAQ TRIES TO REDUCE GULF TENSIONS Source: Reuters. IRAQ is ready to do its part to prevent a new war by opening eight sites suspected of hiding biological or chemical weapons to UN inspectors. But it has one condition: The checks must be supervised by
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      32 21 JENNIFER ANISTON KEVIN BACON "Get this Perfect gift for your joyed ones this Valentine". .Jbßm i" v PSBSDiS tyif .I^BL VSHfr ■TTTIj OWN IT ON VIDEO NOW Canon couer looks |<toM# O
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    Lock icon Driven by hunger and anger
    279 23 WORLDTODAY Some 250 people, angry with rising food prices, took to the streets in Jakarta yesterday (above) Protesters clash with baton-wielding troops (right) About 70 people briefly detained INDONESIAN construction worker Paroji wanted the government to know his pain. That was why he joined about
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      165 23 Cafe Plaza Starved for outstanding food, but with a fresh variation? JAPANESE FOOD DESSERT Beat a path straight to Caf6 Plaza. For one month only, you'll indulge in the PROMOTION widest range of Japanese cuisine prepared in the finest tradition. Dine on hot 12 FEBRUARY TILL 31 MARCH and cold
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      LOCKING THE RUPIAH
      581 25 It caused the Indonesian rupiah to climb 30percent in a day. It made other regional currencies smile their widest smile in weeks. But what is this currency board thing which is supposed to help the rupiah. AMBIGA RAJU explains What is the currency board system? It ties
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      Lock icon He's no pimp
      199 26 ROBERT DE NIRO'S LAWYER SAYS: AFP. ACTOR Robert De Niro (left) denies being a pimp. I am not a pimp, the actor said through lawyer Georges Kiejman yesterday. All he did was shake hands with two women, said Mr Kiejman. He was referring to an incident in
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      Tonight with PHUA CMU KATMG
      527 27 The hit sitcom Phua Chu Kang begins its second run tonight, same time same channel. What might PCKsay to Gurmit Singh if he were on Tonight With Gurmit? CHAN SEETFUN pictures the scenario Gurmit Welcome to the show. Please take a seat. PCK: Tang-kew tang-kew.
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      ate with Nadya
      409 28  -  Guys, here's your chance for a... By Edwin Yeo ui £>unin icu FANS and admirers of MTV s Nadya Hutagalung (yes, I'm talking to half the men in Singapore), read this article. Because you have a chance to date the beautiful VJ. Feeling happy that she actually
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      No, we re not the Spice Monks
      388 29  -  BY Jessica Leow WHAT do the Spice Girls and the Benedictine monks of Bath, England, have in common? They've sold lots of albums and their clothes are unusual. No, seriously. Not being rude here. Said Father Anthony Sutch (above), headmaster of Downside School:
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      Two guns, yes. But I've got feelings, too
      411 30 WITH The Replacement Killers, Chow Yun Fat believes he has established a trademark image. "I think Yun Fat has a trademark killer with a big heart," the actor said of himself. "He has tonnes and tonnes of loyalty and a certain morality.
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    Lock icon Chingay charmers
    232 31 lenscapes Bright and beautiful and never far from the throbbing beat of Chingay 26. A peep at the performers on the sidelines of the parade last week Frills and flourishes. Flashing suits and fancy masks. Tapping feet. Swinging trunks. The Chingay parade transformed Orchard Road into a stretch
    Honour guard: Who's doing the elephant walk?; PICTURES DAVID TAN  -  232 words
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      814 32 tvpage I Q mi xx Ray ii 5q (Prime CHANNEI P Two student scientists attempt to destroy a laser disposal machine NOON News 5 Today NOON IBght Frequency/A Date with Jack but is stopped by Johan. The 12.10 PM Home Shopping 100 PM Mid-day NewsAtty Beat machine goes haywire and
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    Soccer this madness to me
    514 33  -  eT CETERA WITH J JEFFREY LOW UNCONTROLLABLE is the world. And it's such a ritual for me every four years that friends visiting me unannounced would be more shocked than amused. When World Cup year arrives, strange things happen in my house that is beyond
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      394 34 H!t SINGAPORE IKSTiTI Of EH6INEERIN6 MLQ6ISTS Calling all Engineering Technology Construction Graduates From Polytechnic Institutes of Technical Education to join a Professional Body which belongs to them. Established in 1080 Governed by an elected Council Four main working committees: Membership Qualifications Education Training Publications Social Functions Four main grades Follow*
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  • SPORTS
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      534 53 AFP. BRESCIA IJUVENTUSI JUVENTUS went 1-0 up in the 52nd minute when Filippo Inzaghi headed home Alessandro Del Piero's free-kick from close range. But Alberto Savino nodded in Brescia equaliser in the 72nd minute and despite the Juventus' pressure, Italy's reigning champion had to
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      167 53 Reuters. ATLETICO Madrid announced yesterday that Christian Vieri would not be sold, even if Inter-Milan striker Ronaldo were offered in exchange. "We won't change him for Ronaldo or 700,000 Ronaldos," said Atletico director general Miguel Angel Gil in response to press speculation that Inter had proposed
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      333 54 FOR the first time, the Singapore Water-Ski Federation will be heading to schools this year to introduce the sport to students. The move is part of the SWSF's plans to unearth and groom future water-skiers. Said national coach Paul Fong, 32: "Right now, Charlene Lim
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      OUR MAN ON THE BEAT...
      50 54 CALL GERARD WONG IF you feel your school has done well in a match; pulled off an upset; gained a hard-earned win against a much tougher opponent or whipped an arch-rival, tell us about it: Tel: 730-5516 (after 3pm) Fax:737-5375 Or cal oar HoiUne: 1800-733-4455
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      638 55 National water-skier Charlene Lim is our unsung school sports star this week the only student in Singapore who skis for her country. Charlene impressed during her SEA Games debut last year by breaking a national record. But, as GERARD WONG discovers, five other young unsung
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      247 55 THE annoying thing about Charlene during her SEA Games preparations was that she always kept quiet about her worries. Yet it was obvious she was feeling the strain of having to train and study at the same time. Classmate Juliette Tow, 16, who's known Charlene since Primary
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      FANDI QUITS INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL
      198 56 UmTongHai will takeover from Fandi Ahmad as national captain FOR nearly two decades he's been Singapore's main man the striker who could be relied upon to score those vital goals in tight situations. But now it's over. Singapore's favourite footballing son Fandi Ahmad has retired from
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      777 56 Fandi Ahmad appeared on Premiere 12s Sportscene last night to say he's quitting international soccer, though he will continue to play club soccer in the S-League this year. But now, controversy dogs the testimonial match for him at the National Stadium on Feb 28.
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      Lock icon A VERY SPECIAL No 17 JERSEY
      180 56 FANDI Ahmad's No 17 jersey went for $2,000 during Tuesday night's Aidilfitri Charity Box show on TVI2. Contractor Rohaya Bong Nor made two bids to clinch the long-sleeved jersey which was worn by Fandi during the 1995 South-east Asia Games in Chiangmai. Fandi, in
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      472 58 CONCACAF GOLD CUP SEMI-FINALS US BRAZIL Preki Radosavijevic, H H H 65th min D In one of its biggest soccer upsets, the United States beat Brazil for the first time ever, advancing to the championship of the ConcacafGold Cup with a 1-0 victory over the world champion on
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      143 58 Reuters. They were missing a few players. You have to give them credit. It wasn't theirfull team. But it still was a tremendous occasion for us. There's a lot of times when you make one or two saves to keep your team in
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      514 59  -  US 1 BRAZIL 0 By, Jeffrey Low SHAMEFUL is the word. Not humiliation or embarrassment or ignominy. How could Brazil ever lose to the United States? How could a world champion four times over go down to a prodigal son of football? It just doesn't make sense. Not
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      182 59 MORE WARM-UPS AUS 1S KOREA 0 AFP. WORLD Cup finalist South Korea suffered only its second defeat in six months in going down 1-0 to Terry Venables' Australia in Sydney yesterday. But the Socceroos could have made the goal margin wider if not for two missed
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      416 60 WORLD CUP WARMUP: ENGLAND CHILE SALAS 45,79 ENGLAND With S Gulam's ratings Nigel Martyn (S Gulam's rating: 5) Gary Neville (5) Sol Campbell (4) Tony Adams (4) Philip Neville (4) (Graeme Le Saux 4) Dion Dublin (5) David Batty (6) (Paul Ince 3) Nicky Butt (5) Robert
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      252 61 ENGLAND 0 CHILE 2: CHILE'S FIRST WIN OVER ENGLAND THE man Manchester United wanted but did not get broke the English hearts this morning. Chile's skipper-striker Marcelo Salas scored both his country's goals. His first goal, seconds before half-time, was simply superb. He trapped a long pass on his
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      475 61  -  By S Gulam MICHAEL Owen made history this morning. The Liverpool striker became the youngest player t'.» don an England jersey this century at only 18 years and 59 days old today. But few in England, or even elsewhere, would be talking about his history-making. Or his electrifying
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      306 61 I RECORD-BREAKER Owen, who made his debut for Liverpool only last May, became England's fourth youngest international of all time. Reuters. MICHAEL Owen became England's youngest soccer international this century this morning. But in a global context of child prodigies he is a veritable veteran at
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