The New Paper, 11 June 1998

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    7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1998
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      462 1 a] Pv* VH *SW V I -rt, ii^ ,J BfSXll MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS A9 n II 111 http://web3.asial.com.sg/Inp Another quality publication of Singapore PreSS Holdings j| 11 8 88 718r%***** nui HEWLETT* IflSl PACKARD Buy an HP DeskJet printer' between 1 June and 3 August 1998 and get
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      685 2 THENEWSTODAY c?e 5 s U r5r HH r 79.75 to US$1 jjV tumbling yen f 1A E'LL continue to keep an eye on the Vy Japanese yen. That was about the only comment w j$ C that the Group of Seven (G-7), dubbed the w O rich men's club, could
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon I'm blind
      421 3  -  Thank God HEAR HIM SPEAK Jagadguru Ramandacharya will be giving talks in Hindi on the Ramayana at Shree Lakshminarayan Temple at 5, Chander Road daily from 7.30 9 pm, except on Sundays, when it is from 11 am to 12.30 pm. BY Carol Leong IT is a rare
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      The Jagadguru on...
      35 3 NUCLEAR TESTING Bharat (India) is my motherland, so I cannot criticise. ECONOMIC WOES Don't worry and think ofHari (God). God will solve every problem. lama living example! God means 'Go On Duty'.
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    Bruce Lee gave me this
    406 4  -  ...because I was THE BOSS in his film! SINGAPORETODAY Story picture/% Jonathan Choo WHEN Mr Jon Benn says he acted in a movie with Bruce Lee, don't take him seriously just because he is waving a nancha-ku about. He's got the photos to prove it.
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      112 4 I TAKE ME HOME FOR FREE* I this FRIDAY only at Wisma Atria Shopping Centre •Just purchase The New Paper 98 Sunday Edition coupon booklet at only $4.00 and a 'Bow-Tie Quartet Series' soft toy is yours free (whilst stocks last). Each booklet entitles you to 7 issues of The
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Noisy? Inconvenient? RELAX!
    540 5 New MKT line on its way THENEWSTODAY You have to give something to get something. JILL LlMfinds that the building of the North-East MRTLine and People's Park MRTstation has changed the life of some people in Chinatown SOME months back, it was really easy to take a
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Can you eat freedom?
      258 6 tar YOU are hungry and there is no food. So, you really can't be bothered by all this talk of freedom and democracy. And that is the difference between the West and Asia. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said this in an interview
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    • News Break
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        Career fair off
        64 6 ECONOMY WE'RE laying off workers, not hiring. That's how bosses are thinking and it has led to a career fair being put off. The employers booking into Choice Employers 98 fell to 20, from 100 last year. Fair coordinator MP Asia blamed the economic slowdown and the
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        Kids at risk
        53 6 HEALTH MORE children are getting bacterial infections that resist common antibiotics. One child has died and more need hosptial treatment, especially for the serious infections septicaemia, involving the blood, or meningitis, involving the brain. Antibiotics are wrongly used for infections caused by viruses as opposed to those
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        Gold bar theft
        65 6 ~K3MST TWO conmen stole nearly $80,000 worth of gold and $5,000 from jeweller Mohammad Badiruzzaman on Monday. As he was getting into a taxi, they said he had dropped some money. He picked up $34 in $2 notes and the men made off with his bag of
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        'Not guilty5 plea
        60 6 'Not guilty 5 plea "■VTTffTTH 1 FORMER Selangor Mentri Besar Muhammad Taib, 53, was charged in Kuala Lumpur yesterday with failing to declare all assets belonging to him, his wife, children or agents. He pleaded not guilty. The Anti-Corruption Agency said he incorrectly declared last year he owned assets worth
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      Israel's nuke fears
      221 6 in F®€us Now that Pakistan is part of the nuclear club, Israel is worried, says Mr Yossi Melman, a journalist in Israel. Here are excerpts, from his article in the International Herald Tribune A FEW hours before Pakistan conducted its second series of nuclear tests last month,
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      News makers
      137 7 Americans want to buy up Japanese assets, reshape Japan's economy for its own ISP benefit. That is what former Japanese I% power politician 7 Shintaro Ishihara is telling Tokyo, reports the Asian 11 Wall Street Journal. Mr Ishihara, 65, co-wrote a book with Sony cofounder Akio Morita in
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      Cheaper Amex
      62 7 iirfy AMERICAN Express has launched a new blue Amex credit card with a low "honeymoon" interest rate. Unpaid balances will carry 15.9 per cent interest in the first six months, compared with Visa and Mastercard's 24 per cent. Amex offers only 11.9 per cent for the first six
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      Boss charged
      59 7 T<r KHONG Guan Flour Mills' general manager and director was charged yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $3 million from company funds. Robert Ang Chun Ti, 67, is out on $100,000 bail. Khong Guan accounts department head Ong Diam Choo, 59, was charged with abetting Ang. The
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      Pilots sign deal
      65 7 LABOUR AIR France signed a deal with its main pilots' union yesterday to end a 10-day-old strike. The strike was called off just before the World Cup kick-off. The company said the surprise deal was made after secret, all-night negotiations. It said it could get shorthaul and
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      Help by sea
      66 7 W THE Republic of Singapore Navy has sent a team of 100 on a two-week civic work mission with the Indonesian navy. The task, which started on Tuesday, is to help ease poverty in Sumatra, in the country's most remote areas. Staff of the two navies will
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    • Article
      world Head liners
      70 7 Headlines taken from the Internet as of 7 am today South China Morning Post: Shares drop 5 per cent as yuan fears grow USA Today: US, Nato may send troops to Kosovo Bangkok Post Ministry's 40b baht loan scheme dries up New Straits Times: Muhammad Taib pleads
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      local Head liners
      48 7 Hie Straits Times: Asian markets tumble The Business Times: Hang Seng plunges 5% on worries over renminbi Lianhe Zaobao: STI plunges close to 10-year low Berita Harian: CD pirates made $35 million last year RCS morning news: World Cup '98 opens with the seven-goal feast
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      DOW JONES
      27 7 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 78.22 points to close at 8,971.70 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 607 million shares.
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      Quote
      53 7 What we need now is some social and moral leadership from large corporations like Sing Tel and Ml to stop targeting young children and understand that firms like themselves cannot hide behind excuses in order to generate more profits. Mr Wong Sin Hin in the Forum Page of The
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    GONE
    403 8  -  'Blur Queen' loses wallet with $12,000 SINGAPORETODAY BY Jill Lim IT was two months' salary. It was intended for her family, back home in Taiwan. But somehow Quan Yifeng lost her wallet and with it, the $12,000 that had been inside. This happened last Saturday, around 12.30 am. The
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      78 9 i 4» *w Smart people buy in bulk and it pays! Here's a triple offer to tickle the appetite of the most disoerrimg bargain hunter. Hewlett-Packard is giving away up to Ss6o in cash* and the chance to win one of 200 HP DeskJet 670 c printers, plus get free
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      30 MINUTES OF TERROR 5 men tried to strip her
      284 10  -  BY Melvin Singh A WOMAN went through hell for 30 minutes as five men frantically tried to rip her clothes off. The 26-year-old was walking towards the taxi-stand near Toa Payoh Entertainment Centre around 9.30 pm on Dec 21 last
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      JAILED
      83 10 Damrong was sentenced to two years'jail on June 5 and ordered to be given nine strokes of the cane. For using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the woman, he was slapped with a two-year jail sentence and six strokes of the cane. He was also given one
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      While they played... HE STRAYED
      304 11  -  JAIL FOR GAMES ARCADE WORKER I JAILED Yuen Peng Yeu, a first offender, was sentenced to two months' jail. The maximum penalty for criminal breach oftrustisupto seven years' jail and a fine. BY Teo Hwee Nak WHILE many were excitedly playing arcade games at Funland
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      Don't tell mum I am a part-time PI
      541 12 You must have read about parents who hire private investigators to check on their teenagers. Just how do Pis catch up with these elusive youngsters? The answer: Young Pis. TEO HWEE NAK reports ONE thing is for sure. Jane will never give
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      Your looks: YOUNG Your beat: THE YOUNG
      154 13 PART-TIME PI: JOB AND NEEDS PART-time Pis, like Jane, mostly help to solve juvenile cases. They are usually assigned to gather information on teenagers and places where teenagers hang out. "We need people who look young to blend in with the crowd and
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      Lock icon We've been cheated
      280 14  -  TAIWANESE INVESTORS SAY: By Danny Lim THIRTY angry Taiwanese have flown into Singapore, claiming that they were cheated in an investment scam involving a Singapore-registered company. Some of them claim to have lost life savings, hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have reported their plight to the
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      COMPLAINT MADE
      59 14 CID Commercial Crime Division assistant director Yap Yeow Woon confirmed that a complaint had been received from the Taiwanese on Tuesday. The case has been handed over to the Commercial Affairs Department in the Ministry of Finance. Taiwanese papers reported that the Ministry of Justice has ordered a
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      Oh, please
      250 15  -  I stole nothing... The boy made me... JUDGE SAYS: BY Teo Hwee Nak YOUR honour, please impose a light sentence, because nothing was stolen. This was the mitigation a burglar used in court on Tuesday. But it backfired. In rebuttal, Deputy Public Prosecutor Jeanni Eng fired back: "Your
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      JAILED
      43 15 Jumani Muhamad, 29, was sentenced to 18 months' jail. His accomplice, 16, had earlier been put on probation. The maximum penalty for housebreaking by night is three years'jail and a fine. The maximum penalty for possession of housebreaking equipment is two years'jail.
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      16 11 Lunch Guide Your weekly guide to good food -The New Paper Fastads, every Monday. fjjf f
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      171 13 IwAREH<^^S HOW ON TILL 21 JUNE 1998 ItJoQOtoWtty ViftHCtlWiftoW THic/bey /-SSLTthuue &F m *s& 9NUUrI Discounts up to I KIDS APPAREL SHOES OA Of FASHIONABLE ADULT APPAREL W /O L All Items Available While Stocks Last! maamma I. pHc, e U E3 I J g h= > I JWF H*»M«.O«*OAD
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      193 15 s This Month's Friday 12 June 98 at Zouk I There's a new breed of Resident at The Gallery As well as regularly playmy Zouk admission on 12 06 98 for non-members J SmOivßL totally sussed women DJs (Turnmills) in London for infamous clubs like Slinky. Si 8 (2 drinks)
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
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        Jeans review UNFAIR
        228 17 Vanttha and Sumita (e-mail) WE feel that the review of the movie Jeans (June 9) by reporter Lee Yin Luen was unfair to the movie and Indian cinema in general. It was wrong to make a judgement by watching a movie with no English subtitles. How could
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        Editor's response:
        80 17 The choice of a non-Indian Singaporean to review the film was deliberate. First, the film was being screened in a downtown cinema. We wanted to know whether it was to draw the non-Indian crowd. And if so, whether that would be successful. Second, we wanted to test the
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      367 17 Glowing offers to send ALL WATCHES PTE LTD Casio Baby-G and G-Shock watches at 20% off. CITY CHAIM Selected Baby-G watches at 40% off Selected AKA watches at $120 Usual price: $198 COACH BOUTIQUE 2 lucky shoppers will win vouchers equivalent to amount spent D&G Special buy promotion on selected
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      53 17 I lUP TO I $j 5-14 June OUTLETS' URS INC: Poreo Bugis junction #01-03 The Hwtn Shops 260 Orchard Road, #01-01/02 -Marina Square 6 Boulevard #02-116 ELLE BOUTIQUE Marina Square 6 Raffles Boulevard #03-228 A Century Square Shopping Centre No 2 Tamp.nes Central 5 #01-33 Takashimayo Singapore Ltd, 391 Orchard
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Bye-bye, my love
      73 18 mu>muK How to save your marriage during the World Cup month? This is what Life! columnist David Kraal said: I am off to France... with fond fellows for company, clutching tickets to the grand final with the full blessings of the good wife who will remain in
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      Ghost month dinner ends in beating
      266 19  -  I FINED I One of the men, Teo Bak Lee, 35, pleaded guilty in court yesterday to hurting Mr Lee. He was fined $500. A person who voluntarily causes hurt can be jailed up to a month, or fined $500, or both. By Teo
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    Mahathir asks: Must we kiss?
    472 20 ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANWAR WORLDTODAY IN the face of rumours over their relationship, Malaysia's Prime Minister has said he gets along with his deputy despite differences. In an interview published in the latest edition of Time magazine, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad was
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      289 21 <>"<■ WIN i,ll!iaaBI!l!1Ba WORLD CUP 98 Catch the last cup of the century at NTUC Club and get 3 chances to win! Win 1,000 cash a holiday for 2 to the country of the newly crowned World Champion '98. To qualify lor our GUESS THE WORLD CHAMPION coniesl. just spend
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Whose turn is it to carry the basket?
      65 22 NEITHER of the two chimps seem too keen to carry this basket of shark and chicken a birthday meal for crocodile Chao Yai in Bangkok. And no wonder. Twenty-six-year-old Chao Yai is the world's largest crocodile at 6 m long and weighing
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      Lock icon Will US interest rates rise?
      247 22 Source: Reuters, Bloomberg. THE world's most powerful central banker yesterday said the Fed might have to raise interest rates later this year. But it had yet to find justification for tighter monetary policy to cool the US economy. Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan warned Congress
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      Lock icon Maid: She asked for a hitman
      352 23 Gucci ex-wife on trial Source: Reuters. THEY have dubbed Patrizia Reggiani Gucci, 50, the "Black Widow". She stands accused of hiring a hitman to shoot her ex-husband, murdered fashion mogul Maurizio Gucci, in March 1995. She denies the charge. The case reached a media-gripping
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      Boy, 14, steals BMW for thrill ride with girl mates. He spots cops and speeds off, beating a red light. Then...
      345 24  -  TRAGIC CASE OF AUSSIE THRILL-SEEKER Twenty-six people have been killed in police chases in New South Wales in the past 17 months, including six innocent victims Killed by vehicles
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      STUDYING FOR EXAMS
      103 24 THE young couple had spent Sunday night studying together he had been preparing for surgical exams and she for accountancy exams. They had met on a blind date only two months before and hit it off. Mrs Irene Lojszczyk said her son Andrew wanted to help children.
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      Lock icon We tore down houses of women refusing abortion
      310 25 I worked for Beijing... AFP. THE woman above, Ms Gao Xiao Duan, 36, said this to the US Congress in Washington yesterday. She was giving a gruesome report of forced abortions in China, which is a practice that Beijing has repeatedly denied.
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      19 22 The Straits Times CLASSIFIED Where buyers and sellers meet Find a used furniture at a bargain. CATS. 1 JJ
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      83 23 HIMEtoAIIM Hits Town On Video Tl\is School Holiday/ WcK Out Fop Ale* D. Uinz, wf\o delivers g action-packed Pilm for the a I Availabk it: MPH Bookstore. Timn The Bookshop, Kinokuniya, E»o Tigcrmart, HMV, Tower Records. ,f IfISKI 1998 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved l/iralMll mtggfiM O
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      247 24 STAY WITH US AND ENJOY A FREE TRIP TO GENTING HIGHLANDS. The 'Kiasu Goes Genting' Package is back. That means you get another chance to roll up to the Genting Skyway Station in our coach, for free. And return just in time for dinner. So come up north for the
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      157 26 I I inn I Read the ads appearing in The Straits Times between 1 and 21 June, and vote for your favourite. I It could win you cash prizes! VOTE NOW FOR ROUND 4 You can cast as many votes as you like, I I as long as the ads
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon COVER UP
      264 27 AFP. HE'S used to dressing people up, so when he took off his clothes, the message was: Cover up. An ad in which French designer Yves Saint Laurent appeared nude was rejected by railway company Eurostar and the future express railway line at London's Heathrow airport. They didn't
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      Hair-raising match
      63 27 mu i*mui* Australian MP Pauline Hanson well-known for lifer anti-Asian views, Is now poplar hi rarsl Queensland. Says an Australian voter in Qy—pto,* n ai| ciuw-iatttng atstnex wnere her party is expected to win a soat in the state election on June 13: Ha, ha, the redhead has
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Dancedeath of death & destruction
      303 29 Dancedeath of death destruction Reuters. THAT is how one Indian lawmaker describes the cyclone that is tearing through India's west coast. Mr Chandresh Patel, is from the Jamnagar constituency in Gujarat, one of the badly-hit areas. So far 420 have died and 150 people are missing. The victims included more
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      205 51 AFP. FORMER England striker Stan Collymore has admitted he attacked and beat his old girlfriend in a pub in Paris. Collymore, who cost Aston Villa £7 million (sl9i>m) from Liverpool, admitted he assaulted British TV star Ulrika Jonsson during a "heated incident" in the Auld Alliance bar
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      34 51 AFP. South Africa's coach Philippe Troussierwill take over as manager of English Premiership club Sheffield Wednesday 3t the end of France '98. Frenchman Troussier, 43, replaces sacked Ron Atkinson. AFP.
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      329 52 ALS^ AFP. THEY may be close friends and long-time team-mates, but point guard Steve Kerr hopes Michael Jordan retires at the end of the NBA Finals. With the Chicago Bulls leading the Utah Jazz 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, it looks like Jordan could well finish
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    327 54  -  FRINCE JEFF LOW AND suddenly, everything's bursting into life The carnival has come to town, the festival of football has begun The pilots are striking no more, the trains are a-chugging, the police are roller-blading, the terrorists are planting no bombs, and organising chairman Michel Platini is,
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    492 56  -  She loves soccer... FRINCE IRENE HOE FRANCE '98 would be different, I vowed, as I sat in a room full of Germans watching the Euro 96 final. How I escaped a horrible death I know not, as I cheered the Czechs to win. The Czechs weren't
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      285 59  -  Pele goes wild By S Gulam PELE is very excited about France '98. More excited than he was for the last six World Cups. The Brazilian, widely accepted as the greatest footballer ever, is convinced this will be the best since 1970. The reason? "In the past, the
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      254 59 Reuters. STRIKER Gabriel Batistuta scored three goals in Argentina's 6-0 rout of Renato Cesarini, a regional club, yesterday. Midfielder Juan Veron scored twice and winger Carlos Lopez grabbed the other goal in the game played behind closed doors at Argentina's World Cup camp outside St Etienne. Coach Daniel
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      258 59 Reuters. ENGLAND defender Sol Campbell was able to train for the first time in 12 days yesterday. He suffered a leg muscle injury in a warm-up match against Belgium in Morocco. The pace of his recovery has been a source of concern to coach Glenn Hoddle. Fullback Gary
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        147 61 Getting up at unearthly hours to watch the World Cup matches is tough enough. But how do you stay awake during half-time? Well, here's a page to tickle your funny bones and hopefully, help to keep you awake Rivaldo had a lot of
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        146 61 Nigeria coach Bora Milutinovic, a man who likes a laugh and a joke, was talking respectfully of late military ruler general Sani Abacha who died on Monday. He said: "Of course he was a great football fan, but most presidents are, just like French president
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        Colourful advice from Chilavert
        186 61  -  By S Gulam Japanese coach Takeshi Okada was the talk of the town after his pre-match comments on his team's opening game against Argentina on June 14. His prediction? Al-0 victory for the Japanese. "At worst, we'll draw 1-1," he said, adding "I'll not be too
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        94 61 The Scottish fans have a cheeky way of showing their unhappiness. Disgruntled Scots arriving from Edinburgh by plane for the Brazil-Scotland World Cup match showed their displeasure when airport officials displayed the British flag instead of their own Cross of St Andrews. To the tune of Rower
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        108 61 Some England players are reported to be none too keen on coach Glenn Hoddle's fashion sense. Especially after he chose beige suits and blue shirts as their official World Cup suits. The Times of London was quick to blast the choice as "dull" and lacking in
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      276 62 Reuters FORGET about Latin lovers. For the next month, football will be Italian men's true passion. Not for them the usual distractions of a sunny summer's evening once France '98 gets under way. State broadcaster Rai is advising Italian stallions: Dump your girlfriend, ignore your mum,
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      177 62 Reuters. SOCCER is still very much a man's game. And to help lads be lads, Italian newspaper, II Messaggero, printed its World Cup "10 Commandments". Among its recommendations: Clear your diary Invite round your mates Put some drinks within arm's reach Have a flag
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      40 63 ITALY v CHILE Group B: (11.30pm, tonight) CAMEROON v AUSTRIA Group B: (3am, tomorrow) TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ONLY Stretching out: The Chile team doing leg exercises at its final training session before playing Italy tonight Picture/ Reuters
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      383 63 Reuters CHILEAN striker Marcelo Salas is regarded as one of the hottest strikers around at the moment. But he hopes to move up a level when he faces Italy in the opening match of Group B tonight. "I hope to play the game of my life,"
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      262 63 Juventus players have always been vital to Italy in the World Cup finals. Paolo Rossi's goals won the trophy for Italy in 1982. Salvatore Schillachi and Roberto Baggio were also with Juventus when they emerged as Italy's heroes in 1990 and 1994. Reuters IN the four years
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      320 64  -  THE MARKET TALK By Brian Miller ITALY v CHILE (11.30 pm tonight): After taking a hammering in the pocket courtesy of Brazil's bizarre show last night, big-talking bookies have been brought down to earth. No more can you get one-and-a-half goals off the favourite which was
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      220 64 ITALY v CHILE (11.30 pm, tonight) A real toss-up. If you're a betting man, I'd say this is a toss-away—meaning don't bet. Just sit back and enjoy. If names are meant to frighten, then the Italian lover-boys look the favourites. But ifyou'reoneofthe adventurous like I am you
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        64 65 M PI AYER Date of birth: 18 Jan, 1967 Club: Inter-Milan (Italy) Previous dub: Real Madrid (Spain) Position: Forward Qualities: World-class player who scored 12 goals in the qualifiers, including five in a single game against Venezuela. A danger anywhere near goal, living up to his name 'Barn-Bam'.
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        79 65 GET ALL THE RESULTS Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 for all the World Cup results. Infoline will bring you match results soon after each match. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Italy v Chile (call after 1.30 am tomorrow). Cameroon v Austria (call after sam tomorrow).
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        456 66  - Baggio Vieri ITALY v CHILE Group B: (11.30pm, tonight) CAMEROON v AUSTRIA Group B: (3am, tomorrow) TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ONLY S GULAM TILL the last moment, he wasn't even sure of a trip to France '98. Let alone play. Now, by a twist of fate no, put it as a
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        MALDINI NOT BOTHERED BY CHILE'S SPY
        280 66 THE press conference room was packed. Reporters, photographers, TV crew, security personnel...they were all squeezed in. But almost everyone was involved in a heated discussion. What's happening, I wondered. I didn't understand a single word. Because, except for two reporters from Hongkong, one from
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      79 67 LIVE ACTION TEAMS: NORWAY 1-Frode Grodas; 5-Stig Inge Bjornebye, 4-Henning Berg, 3-RonnyJohnsen, 15-Dan Eggen, 7-Erik Mykland, 8-Oyvind Leonhardsen, 17-Havard Ro (6-Stale Solbakken 72), 10-Kjetil Rekdal, 20-ole Gunnar Solskjaer (21-Vidar Riseth 46), 9-Tore Andre Flo MOROCCO 12-Driss Benzekri; 2-Abdelilah Saber, 6-Noureddine Naybet, 4-Youssef Rossi, SAbdelkrim El Hadrioui, 20-Tahare El
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      243 67 7 W* Hadji is the pin-up boy of the Moroccan team. He's a world-class midfielder with flair and poise. He turned down the chance to play for the French Under-21 team in 1994 and opted to play for Morocco instead. Reuters. MUSTAPHA Hadji finally cast aside
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      542 68 CROUP A; NORWAY 2 MOROCCO 2 GOAL 1-0 Hadji latches on to a 40 m pass from El Khalej, cuts inside Eggen and drives home a powerful shot. GOAL 1-1 Youssef Chippo heads the ball into his own net after Berg beats goalkeeper Driss Benzekri. GOAL 2-1
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      420 68  -  TALKING POINT BRIAN MILLER ITS a done deal. Brazil won't win the World Cup not if it carries on playing the way it played against Scotland last night. Over at the pub where I watched the match, Brazilian fans were going "Ole, Ole" even
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      395 70 CROUP A: BRAZIL 2 SCOTLAND 1 ROLL over, Ronaldo. Make way for Dunga. Despite all the hype about Brazil's most feared striker, it was ageing star Dunga who dominated the game against Scotland. Dunga, a 35-year-old veteran of the 1990 and 1994 World
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      431 70  -  JEFF LOW WHAT luck, Brazil. And poor Scotland. If not for a cruel boo-boo Yes, it could have been 4-0 for Brazil. But it could have been a 2-2 draw as well. In the end, it was the pluck and the luck of Brazil that gave it
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      349 71 Now showing LIVE ACTION TEAMS: Brazil 1-Taffarel; 2-Cafu, 3-Aldair, 4-Junior Baiano, 6-Roberto Carlos, 5-Cesar Sampaio, 8-Dunga, 7-Giovanni (18-Leonardo 46), 10-Rivaldo, 9-Ronaldo, 20-Bebeto (19-Denilson 70). Yellow cards: Cesar Sampaio 37, Aldair4s Scotland 1-Jim Leighton; 4-Colin Calderwood, 5-Colin Hendry, 3-Tommy Boyd, 8-Craig Burley, 22-Christian Dailly (6-Tosh McKinlayB4), 14-Paul Lambert, 11-John
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      127 72 GROUP A; BRAZIL 2 SCOTLAND 1 It was a nervous game but we were prepared. We did as much as we could but, ctfler starting off welly we fell back. We dominated the second half and we deserved to win. Brazil coach Mario Zagallo We had a
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      322 72 MATCH POINTS BRAZIL Ronaldo (jersey No 9) was unpredictable and almost unstoppable. But he failed to get the right support. Rivaldo(lo)then picked up in the second half. Skipper Dunga (8) was the orchestrator. But he failed to get quality support. Leonardos second-half presence helped to strengthen the midfield. Overlapping
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      28 67 h-rz>mIrJCECJ/=l NORWAY 2 YoussefChippo4sog Dan Eggen 62 MOROCCO 2 Mustapha Hadji 38 Abdeljilil Hadda 59 Half-time: 1-1 Crowd: 35,500 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) Official Hi-Fi, TV Video Systems
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