The New Paper, 23 September 1998

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  • 19 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS a iw A ,h Singapore Press Holdings
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    • 127 1 Iffgopy B Anwar I "~~"~~~~"T|| r~j| BM B^H JfoyM H| BBI < yi m r^r I scare in w Little India J r'.Ti.TTr l|| mm Whydid ■■■WB M« rji._ 1 Aft¥T/ v For the first time, Dr Mahathir Mohamad says: he l3l<irr K^dV v (Anwar) did, in fact, plan to
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      489 2 Others may also adopt Malaysia's capital controls: PM Goh THERE is a real danger that other Asian countries might be tempted to impose Malaysian-style capital controls. So said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday commenting for the first time on Malaysia's capital controls. Speaking to the US Chamber of
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    • 691 3 Saidformer Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's wife Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in an interview with reporter MELVIN SINGH in Kuala Lumpur. But her allegation that police might inject her husband with the HIV virus has put her under probe for
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    • 119 4 At age 13, Chelsea CUnton (pictured above) -a l moved imo uic ufl.it, y ftll a if nil™ nuusv Then she was a podgy teenager with braces. Kept away from the puMc eye, she was a typical teenager, "overstuffing her green backpack, •ItAftnJflff aA H Banana Republic, storing
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      301 4 AMERICAN GIRL SAYS KELSEY Overbey, 19, will take it all in her stride. Said the communications and public relations major at Michigan State University: "I would be all right with it. I might feel bad but it's really nobody else's business. I'll feel bad for my mother
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    • 257 4 MALAYSIAN GIRL SAYS THAT would be the Malaysian teenager's first reaction, if someone accused her father of sexual misconduct. So different from the easy-going American teenager who says such things happen all the time. Noor, 19, is about as old as Nurul Izzah, the oldest of
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    • 119 4 Nundlzzah, 18, Is a Patron** H unnrersay student She is the the eldest of Datuk miIMIiiM DrWan Adzah Wan Ismail's six cniiorcn. Her mother says that the tjuifi ana studious girl Is II upMt oy nw allegations and has Insisted on father support by being at all meetings
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    • 32 2 Leisure index Showtime: Pages 23,24,25 &28 Comics* Pages 30&31 TV: Page 51 No spin YVONNE LIM is on leave this week and so will not be giving her spin on world affairs.
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    • 186 5 SEE MARIE V FRANCE FOR Ad FAST, EASY Mil FAT LOSS! WH 66 After I had my baby, I tried to get my figure back through crash dieting and exercise but it was slow, difficult, to to. What's was shaping my The Marie France program with a sensible nutrition plan
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 212 6 HOT STORY COMING UP: Projects ECA reasoning tests THE current university admission system "based on A-level results alone is inadequate". The reason: "It is based on a snapshot of a student at 18," said Professor Shih Choon Fong, who heads a high-level committee to review university
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    • 96 6 Quote Wworthy It's not easy to replicate Silicon Valley here because it's also a cultural thing. Unlike many Americans who are willing to take the leap, Singaporeans tend to hesitate at the precipice. Dr Terence Chong, of the National Science and Technology Board's San Francisco office, on whether
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    • Article, Illustration
      42 6 Picture This STUDY: Bathurudutheen SyedAbu Bakar, 11, attending school for the first time in 11 weeks. Woodlands Ring Primary School made arrangements for him upon hearing he was staying home. He has muscular dystrophy. Picture/ The Straits Times
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    • News Break
      • 65 6 CABLE TV SINGAPORE Cable Vision says it should have every home in Singapore wired up before its deadline. It is contracted to complete the task by Dec 31 next year, but has already cabled 90 per cent ofHDB flats. However, demand for cable TV services is slower. 20,000
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      • 56 6 CORRUPTION SINGAPORE is the cleanest country in Asia in reference to corruption. The 1998 Corruptions Perception Index has ranked Singapore as the seventhleast corrupt in the world. The index, by Berlin-based Transparency International, says Hongkong ranks 16th, Japan is 25th, and Malaysia and Taiwan are 29th. Indonesia is
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      • 49 7 MALAYSIA MALAYSIA'S central bank caused confusion in the country's financial community yesterday. Bank Negara did this by retracting a statement. The statement had announced a major shift from policies adopted under sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim. The bank did not explain why it was retracting the statement.
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      • 47 7 JAPAN is facing a political crisis amid its economic crisis. Proposed banking reforms have created more confusion and caused the yen to plunge. As a result, opposition leaders are talking of possible moves to topple Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's government, reports The Business Times.
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      • 60 7 CRIME THE murder charge against Adrian Kwan Yew Hoong, 20, is likely to be reduced following a decision to move the case from the High Court to the Subordinate Courts yesterday. Kwan had been charged with killing his former girlfriend, Stacy Seah Choon Hong. She was killed after
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      • 74 7 I CPF CUT JAPAN INTEREST rates would have to fall almost 2 percentage points to offset the impact of a CPF cut on home loan repayments, says research house Dresdner Klein wort Benson. It found in a study that if employers' contributions to CPF are cut from
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      • 53 7 INDONESIA FORMER President Suharto, accused of amassing a fortune during his long rule, is prepared to return any funds proven to be stashed abroad, a senior minister said yesterday. But he will also sue anyone accusing him falsely of keeping money overseas, Coordinating Minister for Development Supervision
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      • 55 7 CRIME TWO teenagers who used toy walkie-talkies to communicate while breaking into cars in Ang Mo Kio were arrested yesterday. They were caught because sales executive Wong Tuck Lee, 37, who had stayed up to watch a soccer game, saw them. He rang the police. The teenagers were
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    • 58 6 The Straits Times: Anwar to face court soon, says Mahathir The Business Times: A political crisis now looms in slump-hit Japan Lianhe Zaobao: Singapore aims to become world's e-commerce hub Berita Harian: Dr M: Anwar will be charged for sodomy RCS morning news: PM Goh urges the
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    • 46 6 South China Morning Post* Unions hail Telecom backdown on wages New Straits Times: Anwar to be charged in court CNN Interactive: President's legal team attacks Starr report as flawed BBC news: Dr Mahathir accuses Datuk Anwar of planning an Indonesian-style uprising against him
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    • 171 7 News makers MISS CHILE 1998 Daniella Campos (left) will not have to parade in national costume or give the best little speech about wanting to work with sick children to be crowned Miss World this year. The 50-year-old pageant is getting a complete makeover. The staging
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    • 26 7 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 36.05 points yesterday to close at 7,897.20. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 687 million shares.
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  • HEALTHTODAY
    • 525 8 Care-givers come under tremendous stress. CAROL LEONG looks into the problems that care-givers face, and finds out where they can get help MRS Wahida Malik Shah loves her father, who is 62 and lives in a nursing home. He is suffering from dementia, caused by a stroke
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    • 103 8 DEMENTIA is a gradual worsening in memory and other mental abilities as a result of brain damage. It is not the natural result of ageing. There are about 6,000 people in Singapore with dementia. By 2030, the figure may rise to 19,000. The two common types of dementia are
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    • 171 9 CARING for people with dementia is a lonely and emotionally exhausting process. It can mean seemingly endless days for the care-giver. But there is help. There is now a range of services that care-givers can tap into. These include day-care centres and support groups. 'They keep
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    • 99 9 Oct 3. Daily care: Bathing, feeding, dressing, handling incontinence and communication. Oct 10. Difficult behaviour management and coping with sleep interruptions. Oct 24. Home care: Environmental safety, tackling mood swings and addressing the problems of wandering. The Tsao Fooundation sessions will be held at the New
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    • 249 9 Ql have reached menopause and am on hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Why am I always feeling feverish? My body temperature is around 37.4 deg C, sometimes higher. My body feels rather hot, especially in the late evenings. Are these hot flushes and are they common for women in
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    • 193 9 DO yon have a health problem of query? We've arranged for a panel of doctors from the Parkway Croup (which ram Gleneagies, Mount Elizabeth and East Shore hospitals) to answer your questions. And feel free to share any health experiences which you think would interest others. [>*3 WRITE It's Your
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 497 10 Only 22, six months pregnant and very afraid, Viorica Nechita had no idea that the child she was carrying was going to be a world famous artist one day. TANYA FONG reports MOST mothers treasure their kid's early crayon drawings. Mrs Viorica Nechita, 36, is no
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    • 255 11  -  By. Jason Tan A MAID felt her pay of $180 a month was too little. So the Indian national, Rathi Mala Nadarajan, 23, kept asking her employer for a raise. She didn't get it. Her next move? She made a false police report saying he had
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    • 16 12 muifmuif Sexual desire may have able to get (an) enaction. breeds success.
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    • 84 14 1. Use Direct Speech: Write "He said, Don't do that!'" rather than "He said it shouldn't be done." You will not lose marks for using colloquial or slang words if you put them in quote marks. 2.TiyMttebetoo a a preoicxaDie. Examiners like to be pleasantly surprised
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    • 379 14 Never been here, but Make an impression with the Cambridge language examiners—share local tidbits in your exam scripts (you may even score some points). FONG FOONG MEIfinds out how much one examiner learnt simply from grading English essays from students here WHAT'S a
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 255 16 Don't leave home without it. Youll need it on the roads for ERP, you can use it at supermarkets and department stores, and you can top it up when it runs low. The Cash Card is set to find its way into every pocket, wallet and purse. But
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 284 17  -  BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY AGRICULTURE officials in Australia are scrambling to follow a disaster plan after finding contagious viral Newcastle Disease in two flocks of chickens. Australia has been free of this disease since outbreaks were stamped out in 1930 and 1932. Ten
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    • 267 18 FACT-FINDING COMMISSION IN INDONESIA SAYS: POLICE chiefs denied it. So did army chiefs. And some government ministers. But now the truth is out and it has come from the horse's mouth. "The important thing is we want to assure that these things have happened and this
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    • 87 18 ABOUT two weeks ago some senior officials, in the police force and army, said they doubted the rape claims. Checks with hospitals in Jakarta, Singapore and Australia, where rape victims were said to have gone, turned up no evidence, they said. Yesterday, Justice Minister Muladi said: "Those were
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    • 318 19 GERMAN FT..ECriONS AFP. KOHL must go, his political foes say. But Chancellor Helmut Kohl wants to lead Germany into the 21st century. He has held office for 16 years and he wants to win a record fifth four-year term. He is sure hell succeed in
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    • 133 19 AFP. THE Social Democrats (SPD) party is still leading Mr Kohl's ruling coalition, according to a poll released yesterday. The TV poll put the SPD's candidate for chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroeder, three points ahead of Mr Kohl. It said the SPD had 41 per cent of
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    • Article, Illustration
      56 19 mui*mui* celiMfr cbef Waa h—l, a iwrcM, ee problems el lh*g a new Wt partner "Every time people ask me what is my criteria for b wife, I will tell them this, this and this. And you know what they say? They say 1 do not need
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 452 20 'Planned to overthrow me' NEARLY everyone was talking about it: That Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy were not seeing eye to eye. That Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was planning to overthrow his boss and mentor. Both denied it again and again.
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    • 142 20 He (Datuk Anwar) has been allowed to break the law many, many times by holding illegal meetings and rallies around the country. He was not arrested but the climax came on Sunday when he instigated his followers to riot, to be violent, to attack certain places
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    • 175 20 I discovered he is guilty of something that I cannot forgive, something that the Malaysian society cannot accept whether Muslim or non-Muslim action has to be taken... because this man cannot be allowed to become a leader in a country like Malaysia... I tell
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    • 222 20 It is quite true that a lot of people still believe in him. And I must say that even for me, it took me years to believe the allegations against him... I was told by the former Inspector-General of Police Tun Haniflf (who retired
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    • 23 20 Yes, he will be. That is up to the police. That is not something I interfere with.
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    • 72 20 I think she (Datuk Anwar's wife, Datin Sen Wan Azizah who alleged that she had news that police may inject her husband with the Aids-causing HIV virus) is a doctor. She knows that if you inject the HIV virus today, you cannot prove you have
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    • 27 20 I was told that there were some Indonesians, Pakistanis (involved in the unrest on Sunday). I don't know where they came from.
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    • 437 21 MALAYSIAN PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad answered some questions from Thomas Fuller of the International Herald Tribune yesterday. What affect did (fuimai Iwlomiian riwiMowt) Suharto's stepping down have on yon? I think he (Malaysia's former DPM Datuk Sen Anwar Ibrahim) was much more influenced with Suharto's
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    • OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
      • 65 21 DATUK Anwar Ibrahim will be produced in court within a week and charged with at least 12 sex-related offences, The Sun reported today. Deputy Home Minister Tajol Rosli Ghazali said "the charges are all related to sex scandals and not for other reasons". He said police
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      • 57 21 There was talk that his child was fathered by Datuk Seri Anwar. The talk heightened after Mohamed Azmin Ali was arrested on Sept 16. Yesterday, he was released unconditionally after magistrate Mohamed Azahar Othman disallowed the application by the police for the remand order to be further extended
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      • 55 21 THE Jakarta Post yesterday criticised Dr Mahathir. An editorial said: "Given the growing demands of the people, which are clearly shown by the enthusiasm of Anwar's supporters, Mahathir should learn from Indonesia that he cannot avoid taking responsibility for the economic crisis...by diverting the Malaysian people's attention
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      • 53 21 BRITISH broadcasters said yesterday they were able to transmit television footage of anti-government disturbances from Malaysia. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, who is with the Queen visiting Malaysia, intervened over the issue. A Foreign Office spokesman said on Monday that the Malaysian authorities had jammed the transmission
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 454 22 AFP. THE Starr report had plenty of room for sleazy details of the US President's sexual encounters with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. So why was one crucial sentence in Miss Lewinsky's grand jury testimony left out altogether? This was the question
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    • 128 22 DON REEDER, writing from Arizona in the US and citing public reaction to the Clinton affair, as reported in today's Straits Times: Eeeewuupw! Yuck! Gross! Disgusting/ fraction to the President's behaviour She admits she set out to seduce the President. And then she proceeded to brag
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  • Showtime
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      455 23  - BY Chan Seet Fun THEY hired an actor to do the fleeing. But in Little India, they ran into a man who started running even before anyone said 'Action!" The Triple Nine crew was filming on a crowded Sunday afternoon when they found more realism than they had bargained for.
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    • 169 24  -  By Hazel Tan YOU have often seen him dressed as a woman. Jack Neo in an outlandish flowery blouse, knee-length skirt. Even a bridal dress. But a Singapore Girl kebaya? Or a Titanic-inspired cleavage-revealing gown, similar to Kate Winslet's? The well-loved comedian, who plays
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    • 345 24  -  He'll clean up next time By Hazel Tan HE is getting peanuts for acting in his first Singaporean movie. But Hongkong actor-compere Eric Tsang isn't complaining. "It's the lowest amount I have been offered in the past 10 to 20 years of my career,"
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    • 78 24 THE cast includes popular comedian Jack Neo, who plays the lead role of Liang Po Po, and others from the hit, Money No Enough Mark Lee, Henry Thia and Patricia Mok. Eric Tsang, Best Supporting Actor for Comrades, Almost A Love Story two years ago, declined to reveal
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    • 257 24 FROM PAGE 24 ONE challenge for Hanwei is to transform Patricia Mok into a babe in one scene. She plays an "Ah Lian Ah Huay" in the movie. "It's challenging because Patricia has always been 'uglified' in shows she's acted in," he said. "It will require
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  • spotlight
    • 384 25 Outside the air-conditioned comfort o/NgeeAnn City on Sunday, there was hot, hot action. The Civic Plaza was the venue of the PAYM-Nike Streetbasketball Challenge 1998. TEO HWEENAK, who took part in the action, reports YOUR eyes aren't playing tricks on you. That's TCS heart-throb
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    • 79 25 ALMOST all the 755 entries to the Michael Jordan contest last week, answered the three questions correctly. 1. Jordan plays for Chicago Bulls. 2. The PAYM-Nike basketball challenge was held at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. 3. Fifteen teams qualified for the finals. The winners are: *****27 (wins
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    • 33 25 Check out the names some of the teams gave themselves: Armageddon, All Friends, Soru and The Stealers. This year's contest had the highest number of entries in the last five years 266.
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    • 48 25 B Under-18 category: New City Red, besting Mr 19-14 Women s Open. Swoosh beating Un Gui Tang IS-12 Men's Open: New City A, beating Zone Spoils 14-13 TUP tigers and tigresses: Artist Ceiestino Gnlapa, executive snb editor Pradeep Paul, photographer Joyce Lkn and reporter Too Hvreo Nek
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  • 390 26 SHOWTIME Tragedy has struck i Singaporean actress Norish Karman. Just two months before she was to become a mother, Norish suffered a miscarriage. It happened on Aug 5 and came as a complete surprise. She told Harian Metro that her gynaecologist had assured her at monthly check-ups
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  • 341 30  -  TRAVEL WITH A TWIST By Patrick Chia ITS no wonder bow Devil's Islands got their name. It takes one choppy hour (by boat) to reach the three craggy rocky islands off the coast of French Guiana in South America. You really do need
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  • 342 44 ommonwealth ames On Monday, the curtains came down on the 16th Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Years of hard work paid off for some athletes. Others saw their dreams vanish into thin air. We bring you candid photographs that capture those moments tragic and triumphant STOP! I'M
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    • 287 46 Reuters. A CARROT controversy has hit Brazilian soccer. And it was all because Atletico Mineiro striker Edmilson ate one of the vegetables in a goal celebration at the weekend. His gesture was seen as provocative by supporters and players of rival team America-Belo Horizonte, nicknamed
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    • 346 46 ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP: SECOND ROUND, SECOND LEG HOW THEY FARED Birmingham 6 Macclesfield 0 (Birmingham wins 9-0 on aggregate) Bradford 3 Halifax 1 (Bradford wins 5-2) Cambridge 1 Sheffield Wed 1 (Cambridge wins 2-1) Charlton IQPR 0 (Charlton wins 3-0) Chester 0 Sunderland 1 (Sunderland wins 4-0)
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    • 240 46 PREMIERSHIP ACTION: TOMORROW MANCHESTER UNITED v LIVERPOOL Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson's words may come back to haunt him. Fergie looks set to light the fuse on another explosive encounter with big rival Liverpool thanks to something he said five months ago, reports Carlingnet. The second
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    • 555 47  -  Sundram to help raise $250,000 for sponsor-less Jurong MISSION COBRA Golf tournament on Oct 26. Dinner and Dance on Nov 18. Awalkathon on Nov 22. By S Gulam IT is called Mission Cobra. The aim: To raise $250,000 for Jurong FC. And the man
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    • 98 47 WOULD you like to be a Friend of the Cobras? For $500, you can be one. And once you become a member, you are entitled to various benefits. For one, you will be invited to Jurong's dinner and dance party at the Amara Hotel on Nov 18.
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    • 404 48 Yes, says former training partner Afp THE doping controversy is still swirling over Flo-Jo's sudden death. A former training partner of Florence Griffith Joyner's is convinced that the sprint queen took "a cocktail of drugs" to become the fastest woman on Earth. Griffith Joyner, nicknamed
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    • 225 48 Reuters. SOME heart experts are doubtful that steroids had caused Flo-Jo's death. Flo-Jo died in her sleep at home on Monday. Police described the cause of death as a "heart seizure". The speculation is immediate: Flo-Jo must have been taking steroids and they must have
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    • 41 48 ROYAL SEAL: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II signs a Manchester United football held by 13-year-old Nicolas How (centre) at the Suria shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur. Waiting for her turn is Elianoor Munning (right). Picture/ Afp
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