The New Paper, 12 April 1999

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    7 1 the new paper MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1999
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      28 1 l^l INSULT Badawi looks after pigs, opposition leader is quoted as saying. I'm saddened, says Malaysian DPM /Page 2 You didn't get your copy?/Page 3 Press Howngs ||j|JJ|
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    Lock icon The Ah Lian shake and a high five
    57 1 TVs Ah Beng, Bryan Wong, was "buay song" (Hokkien for not happy) even "scolding" Star Search finalist Vivian Lai. Why? Because she didn't answer like an Ah Lian. Her response? Do theAh-Lian body shake lor! His response: A high five for the
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  • THENEWSTOOAY
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      'Pig insult' angers DPM
      409 2 Malaysian opposition leader sparks row AN opposition leader has allegedly insulted Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by linking his family name to the pig virus issue. Parti Islam (PAS) president, Datuk Fadzil Noor, reportedly said: "Badwi people (bedouins) in Arabia look after camels and goats
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      AIRCRAFT MAY BE SPRAYED
      72 2 THE cabins of aircraft leaving the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport may be sprayed with insecticide. Deputy Transport Minister Ibrahim Saad said the idea was proposed by veterinary and poultry industry officials, reported The New Sunday Times. It is prompted by the fear that some Culex
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      IT'S NOW NIPAH VIRUS
      126 2 THE virus which has crippled the pig-rearing industry now has a name. The "Nipah" virus is named after the village, Kampung Baru Sungai Nipah, in Negri Sembilan. That was where it was first detected by experts on March 18. Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said
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      Lock icon New 'bird flu' strain not a threat: HK official
      175 2 AFP. A NEW strain of the fatal "bird flu" poses no immediate threat to the public, say the Hongkong Health authorities. "The special investigation group initially considered that the discovery of the virus does not appear to pose an imminent major
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    Lock icon SINGAPORETODAY Maid in heaven
    356 3 Yesterday, the launch of The New Paper on Sunday was marked by a lucky draw. FONG FOONG MEI reports DID you hear about the Filipina who won $10,000? Mrs Julie Aslett met her maid with that question on her return at 8.30 pm. "No, who did?"
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    Arsenal fan's early morning date
    201 3 FOR Arsenal fan Mr Christopher Morton, 38, Sundays are for sleeping late after Saturday night's televised soccer matches. Not yesterday. The store supervisor was at Orchard Road at 7 am for the first edition of The New Paper on Sunday with his coffee and chippolata
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    If you didn't get your copy
    201 3 SOME people had their stickers on their doors but still didn't get a copy of The New Paper on Sunday yesterday. There could be two reasons for this said a Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Circulation Department spokesman. "Some people may have put up their
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    In death, his one big regret
    537 4  -  'I'm not a grandfather yet* MAN WRITES OWN OBITUARY By Fong Foong Mei IT HAD poetry, tragedy and even a little gentle humour. But most of all, Mr Neo Kiat Seng's obituary had courage. Among Chinese people, talking about death, particularly your own, is
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    Clerk who wrote her obituary
    125 4 NOT many people write their own obituaries. IN November 1993, The New Paper reported on a clerk who did. When Ms Esther Chan Sow Cheng, 40 died on Nov 5,1993, she left behind an envelope containing a handwritten obituary. She had been suffering from cancer
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  • HDB TO PRIVATE
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      Lock icon Why more people are doing this
      451 5 Close to two-thirds of those who bought private homes last year were HDB upgraders. TOH LI LIN speaks to two HDB upgraders THEY had planned to buy a landed property as soon as the five-year restriction on the sale of their Housing Board (HDB)
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      Slump was a blessing
      317 5 ITS too expensive. That's what Mr Benedict Lin thought when he first viewed the High Oaks condominium, about one and a half years ago. "We thought the location was nice, but didn't bother to look at the showflat because it was too costly," said Mr Lin
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Desperate parents
      195 6 ifflr HELP FOR... IF you have an uncontrollable child, you can now turn to a community mediation centre for help. Instead of asking schools and the Juvenile Court to sort out rebellious or naughty children, parents can turn to two mediation centres to begin with, in Marine Parade
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      Quote worthy
      114 6 WHY SAP SCHOOLS ARE HERE TO STAY Evfry one of us agrees we must be Singaporean, but we also of ourselves to be special and distinct. We do not everything, but we agree to share some things... Lmtfnid a way to accommodate. In the end, we are all
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      New sound effects in the skies
      67 6 This Picture AT YOUR SERVICE: By May 1, Singapore Airlines will be setting up a new world record. It Is offering passengers the latest high-quality sound system, with superior "surround sound" effects, for in-flight movies and feature films. All passengers on SI A flights,
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    • News Break
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        Price challenge
        72 6 TELECOMS SINGAPORE Telecom has said it would match IDD call rates that rival company Star Hub is set to offer from April 1 next year. Star Hub said last week it would undercut Sing Tel in the billion-dollar IDD market, as prices had M a lot of room
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        Two attacked
        62 6 ROBBERY TWO men were robbed by three men wielding parangs early yesterday. Mr Bao Feng and Mr Ng Chwee were pushed into a lift at Block 823, Jurong West Street 81. They were tied up with wire, and had their faces taped up. The three robbers took off
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        Viagra D-Day
        61 6 MEDICINE VIAGRA, the antiimpotence drug, will be available here from April 19 At the Government's request, Pfizer, the maker, has provided an extra pamphlet for patients. It answers in simple terms questions about Viagra, and do's and don'ts for users. Also, doctors here can prescribe no more than
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        Big opium bust
        63 6 drOC^^^S NARCOTICS police here busted a drug ring yesterday, seizing 90.5 kg of raw opium. Worth $500,000, it is the largest opium haul here in 10 years. TTie drug ring was also the biggest gang caught this decade. Six people were arrested, with one of them said
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      world Head liners
      45 6 International Herald Tribune: Nato sending 8,000 to aid refugees Hongkong Standard: Beijing denies trade 'agreements' Asian Wall Street Journal: Putting off WTO could be troublesome BBC news: Albania accuses Yugoslavia of trying to widen the conflict in Kosovo by shelling Serbian-Albanian territory
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      Lock icon Worried about travel
      142 7 F®(§us AFP. INCREASING travel costs are a growing concern for global corporations, according to travel giant American Express. According to an Amex survey, corporate travel is a rapidly expanding area, with around 36 per cent of employees regularly travelling en business. So travel and related expenditures are
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      'No' man is governor
      77 7 JAPAN FORMER lawmaker and award-winning author Shintaro Ishihara was elected governor of Tokyo yesterday. Mr Ishihara is known in Japan as the "man who can say no". He's described as a nationalist with anti-American views. He co-authored The Japan That Can Say "No", a book that
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      Thai student addicts
      65 7 DRUGS ABOUT 190,000 Thai students are addicted to illegal drugs, officials say. About 143,000 of them use amphetamines. Of the 190,000 students who make up 1.4 per cent of the total number of students about 49,000 are youngsters at secondary school or below, reports the Thailand Development
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      local Head liners
      63 7 The Straits Times: Mediation choice for desperate parents The Business Times: Korean upturn splits analysts' views of Asia Lianhe Zaobao: China is nearer to WTO as US' tariff wall for agriculture is dismantled Berita Harian: BG Yeo: Give and take for the sake of harmony RCS morning
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      FBI raids home
      79 7 I ESPIONAGE THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raided the home of a Chinese scientist who was fired from Los Alamos nuclear laboratory last month. The sacking and the six-hour search on Saturday follow US allegations that China stole nuclear secrets from Los Alamos. The
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      A face to Dai for
      165 10 18, a Raffles Junior College student with ne previous modelling experience, tells how flH has changed for her: "The New Face contest added a lot of exciteetieK, ft into my life! Something different from I've since joined Diva Models. I've commercial for M1, Motorola, Isetae.
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      Shrinking feet?
      34 10 nuii'inu'i 1 dhhit want to be named, wasrekNtaitto itamo the good lookers hi Ms team: You call them cute, their heads will swell and the bigger the head, the smaller the feet.
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      Lock icon Gentlemen, meet your 'wives'
      522 10 Last week some young men learnt to hold brooms for the first time. Now they're holding guns. FONG FOONG MEI reports on one of the defining moments in a male Singaporean's life in the second part of our series on National Service GET jealous, I'm getting
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      Walk right, get trim and fit
      245 11  -  By Tanya Fong WANT to have a trim and fit body like hers? No sweat. Just walk right. "When you walk right, you are exercising a lot of your hip and buttock muscles," said Miss Yen Ang, 35, a master trainer from sporting company
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      BIG WALK DETAILS
      73 11 WHAT: The New Paper Big Walk '99 WHERE: National Stadium (facing Kallang Theatre) WHEN: 7.30 am, May 23 COST: $4 per person for fun walkers, $5 for competitive walkers. REGISTRATION: Jurong Point, Northpoint, Tampines Mall, Takashimaya Square, OUB Centre, Singapore Amateur Athletic Association or News Centre. You
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      I love me
      41 12 muKmuK Malaysian singer-songwriter Mindy Quah, who \i m made it big in Taiwan, sag •Vovey-tunes self weil there even though she finds such lon songs unrealistic. I mean, now can I love someone m6re than I love myself?
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      Lock icon Gruesome find by cleaner in HK flat
      340 12 A WOMAN'S body has been found squashed in a box in a block of Hats in Hongkong. The 21-year-old woman was found dead on the eighth-storey landing of a building at 10 am Saturday morning. Chow Lai Pong's mouth and nose were masked
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      Lock icon Why 'fire' now?
      698 13  -  By Patrick Jonas LI AST May, India conducted a series of nuclear blasts. It angered the world. The US took the lead in cutting off aid to India and condemned the blasts. India soon became a pariah in the developed world. Now 11 months after those nuclear
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      Harsh reforms or softer approach?
      472 14 THAILAND'S ECONOMIC DILEMMA MONDAY with YVONNE IJM HOW much of the medicine do you give at one go? Too much and the patient rebels. Too little and it does no good. That's at the heart of Thailand's economic dilemma. Two years ago, the baht crisis
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      Lock icon SUMO WRESTLER MODELS DESIGNER WEAR
      133 14 WHO said models have to be pencil thin to show off designer clothes? And fat people are doomed to live in dreary sweat pants and ill-fitting jackets? Former sumo wrestler Konishiki (above) is living proof that one's weight should not stand in the way when
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      221 12 pjgpfclkUMl SKWHG PRO^° Think of it as a magic carpet that could take you on a skiing holiday. The Ski Yogurt/Dairy Farmers Australian Skiing Promotion. Ist April to 31st May 1999. Now, creamy, delicious, Ski Yogurt and Dairy Farmers Jo qualify: write name, address, l/C number on products can take
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      16 12 Lunch Guide Your weekly guide to good food -The New Paper Fastads, every Monday. wWiawy 3
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      329 15 BIG WALK' 99 Mep up your chances of winning. Register for Singapore s biggest walking event now. Pager worth $78 jM Details of this and other great A iJ offers in the coupon booklet when you register I 2nd 3rd Prizes I 4th 6th Prizes I 7th Prize V t
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  • DEARWIJEY
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      He should be in Mandarin class
      218 16 QMY son is in Primary 5. He has applied to do Hindi as a second language. All these years, he was allowed to be in the Mandarin class in school. He has been learning Mandarin since nursery school. His school says he must shift
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      Should I finish NS first?
      130 16 QI AM doing NS. If I do my engineering degree next year, I will be disrupting my service. I will then have about seven months left to do. If I finish my service first, there will be five months before my course starts. I could
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      I'd like to teach Chinese
      200 16 QI HAVE always been good in Chinese. I got A 2 for this language in the O-level and AO-level examinations. After that, I went to a polytechnic to do a two-year diploma course. It has been three years since I last studied Chinese. Now that
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      I'd rather be teaching sport
      208 17 QI AM 17 and in my second year as a junior college student. My subject combination is accounts, business management and mathematics C. As you can see, my combination is basically that of a pure commerce course. However, my interest lies in teaching physical education
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      Need to do this test
      147 17 QI WILL finish my National Service at the end of this year. I intend to become a teacher but I need to take the English proficiency test before I can get into the National Institute of Education (NIE). How often does the NIE hold the
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      Music is my real love
      240 17 QI AM a student in a local polytechnic. I'm taking mechatronics engineering. The thing is, I'm more interested in music. I'm thinking of taking a degree in music. But I'm not sure whether there's a school for music studies in Singapore. I'm thinking of overseas
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      140 17 ALL 'A', 'ty, W LEVELS ITC HOLDERS... Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) A well-accredited institute offers various academic programmes in partnership with acclaimed overseas universities. The programmes aim to develop students' innovation, leadership qualities, entrepreneurial spirit, creative thinking and communication skills. Our success is endorsed by the tremendous growth
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  • ShowTime
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      Her funny way to a win The Ah Lian body shake
      638 18  -  Humour was the order of the day at the Singapore Star Search '99 last night. Unlike past years, this year's was peppered with fun and gags. BY Avis Wong IT was, oh, sooo funny! She was like little Miss
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      Lock icon Saved in the Nick of time
      424 18 HE was a hot favourite. But Nick Shen Wei Jun's chances nearly slipped away when the show had just got underway. Nick (M 6), 22, was considered a shoo-in, what with his stage confidence and boyish good looks. But his footing wasn't so sure,
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      THE WINNERS
      37 18 Cliimptot: Nick Shen Wei Jun (MS) and Vivian Lai Yi Lin (F6) First Runner-ups: Oh Say Tuck (M5) and Carol Tham Shu Tjin (F5) Sacoad Runner-ups: Raymond Tan Choon Kwang (M4) and Ng Sue Ling(F4)
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      STAR SEARCH
      35 18 The Singapore Star Search champions will vie with the other champs from Guangzhou, Taiwan, Hongkong and Malaysia for the overall male and female titles in the All-Asian Star Search '99 on April 25.
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      MILLENNIUM STING
      514 19  -  By Hazel Tan REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR GERMAN rock band Scorpions is back on the road with a new album and a new mission. The group, which gave us Wind of Change and Still Loving You, is out to prove it still has a place in today's groove,
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      Charming work
      267 20 YOU have to ask the right people in the business. In this case, the bus driver. Todd Santos has driven for bands such as Goo Goo Dolls, Grateful Dead, Portishead and the Spice Girls (right). He told Jane magazine: "Them damn Spice Girls kept leaving their stockings on
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      132 19 Study in Australia Hotel Management The International College of Tounsm Hotel Management in Sydney, Australia i now offers students the choice of a degree or diploma programme in prcparanon for a career in the world's fastest growing industry. The 3-year Bachelor of Business, Hospitality and Tounsm degree is offered in
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      116 20 It's light, comfortable and the most naturally looking hair. And it fits snugly like part of your scalp. Once put in place by our team of professionals, you won't even notice it's there. Not only great for making you feel and look younger, you can engage in active games and
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    Coping with the thought of Mum dyings
    570 21  -  ET CETERA WITH EULIAN LEE FOR the first time since my wedding 25 years ago, I had my recent Chinese New Year reunion dinner with my parents. My own family and those of my brother and sister were at the pot-luck dinner, too.
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      111 21 IPrinav tftfatel No. 15 Lorong 15, Geylang Road, Singapore *****9 5j Tel: *****15 g day 80 elegentiy designed Rooms include Deluxe, MfnßniU(y^| Twin Deluxe, Superior and I Standard Rooms with Handicapped Friendly f J mimmim^ festads Here's the recipe for more business advertise in 'Lunch Guide', a special focus on
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    There 's something about denim
    458 23  -  LOOK By Carol Leong WHAT'S the don't-miss-it clothing buy for the moment? It's a pair of humble jeans. Last month at the Paris fashion shows, the entire fashion press turned up wearing not black trousers or grey skirts, but dear old denims. This is really
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    Fish in the .forest
    318 24  -  and pietura/SAM YEO i 'IF' W 9"H m m -JTm ■'-w WMOU cannot ask for a better setting. I On the edge of a jungle where limestone mountains f»* t into a river, you can ei\joy your meal listening to the chirping of the birds and
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      52 24 I Lunch i guide J I inside V Just $3.80 Enjoy the J great-tasting beancurd aJt stuffed with minced prawns at Lotus Garden restaurant. P]j U Riverside dining si Soak in the y ambience A and relish the I f 1 good food at Lucerne By-The-River m fias&ds I i
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      453 27 d I > House of Sundanese I J that pops into your mini when you visit House jSjy > f*' *me OVer il ve an extrd 7jne ofSundanese. to try some Sundanese Relish it with I Chinese-influenced while others are of a distinctly i> 1 or a at 0311 be
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      321 36  -  By Tan Thean Loon SPEED, courage and consistency. The Don Baertschiger-trained Lotsagelt has all of them. All combined, the Chanteclair gelding ran out an emphatic winner in the $100,000 Merlion Trophy with top apprentice Soo Khoon Beng astride in Race 7 at Bukit Timah yesterday. This
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      1296 36 Race 1 Class 4 Div 1—1200m 5 GOOD LINK 55.5 (19-8) Treymane (1) 5 3 1 1 STRONG POWER 57(50-14) Schofield (14) 2 2 2 7 MARCHING TUNE 55 (301-71) Selvan (6) 7 5 3 3 KIM GENERAL 56 5 (28-9) YHLim (11)
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      1182 37 YESTERDAY'S SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT: JOCKEY YH Lim was suspended three race days for careless riding on Kim General in Race 1 at Bukit Timah yesterday. He had failed to prevent his mount from shifting ground, causing interference to others. Apprentice Shahrul Buang
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      336 38 US MASTERS GOLF AFP. SPAIN'S Jose Maria Olazabal, who once feared he might never walk again, won his second Masters title yesterday, defeating Davis Love from the US by two strokes. Olazabal, who first won in Augusta, Georgia in 1994, fired a final-round one-under par 71
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      344 38 AFP. (US unless otherwise stated) 280 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 70 66 73 71 282 Davis Love 69 72 70 71 283 Greg Norman (Australia) 71 .68 7173 284 Bob Estes 7172 69 72, Steve Pate 71 75 65 73 285 David Duval 7174 70 70, Phil
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      229 38 MN^mx AFP. FINLAND'S Mika Hakkinen won the Brazilian Grand Prix in the second race of the Formula One calendar yesterday. Hakkinen, driving a McLaren, finished ahead of second-placed Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari. Schumacher's German compatriot Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished third in a Jordan. Irishman Eddie
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      321 39  -  Tiger Beer S.LEAGUE By S Gulam HE burst onto the football scene five years ago as a hot-shot striker. He was fast, strong, deadly and a prolific scorer. When the goals began to dry up last year, both at the international level and on
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      369 39 EUROPE KICK-OFF: ITALY. SPAIN. GERMANY Reuter. LEAGUE leader Lazio's 17-match unbeaten run in the Italian League came to an end yesterday. Francesco Totti made two goals for Marco Delvecchio before adding a third as AS Roma halted Lazio's golden streak with a dramatic 3-1 win at
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      169 39 AFP. JUVENTUS has made injured star Alessandro Del Piero a final "take-it-or-leave-it" offer of 40 billion lira ($37 million) to stay for an extra five years with the Italian champion. The team may be focused on knocking Manchester United out of the European Cup semi-finals,
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      PREMIERSHIP WEEK 33
      353 40  -  COMPILED BY IAN BROWN LEADING SCORERS: 17 Michael Owen (Liverpool) 16 Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) 15 Andy Cole (Manchester United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United), Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough) 14 Dion Dublin (Aston Villa, 3 for Coventry City), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) 13 Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal) 11 Ole Gunnar
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      409 40 CLASSIC is the word...all the way from the first minute to the 120 th, and then some. I just can't avoid calling this a classic because it comes very rarely, mostly in the later stages of Cup competition. Strictly speaking, it was classic Cup menu. One side attacking
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      182 40 WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS WorM Youth Umler-20 soccer championship Group D: Uruguay 0 Portugal 0, Mali 2 South Korea 4. Group E: Cameroon 1 United States 3, Japan 2 England 0. Group F: Zambia 1 Brazil 5, Honduras 1 Spain 3. AFP. An under-strength England youth team yesterday
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      96 40 SCOTTISH CUP SEMI FINALS Reuters. RANGERS set up a Scottish Cup final against bitter rival Celtic when it swept aside St Johnstone 4-0 yesterday. Goals from Rod Wallace (14th minute), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (33rd), Jonatan Johansson (61st) and Neil McCann (69th) atoned for last weekend's Premier League
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      171 41 FA CUP SEMI-FINAL: NEWCASTLE 2 Alan Shearer 108 th min penalty, 119 th min TOTTENHAM 0 (after extra time) CROWD: 53,609 Reuters. TWO extra-time goals by England captain Alan Shearer sent Newcastle United to a 2-0 FA Cup semi-final win over Tottenham Hotspur yesterday. Tottenham defender
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      423 41 NEWCASTLE: Shay Given, Andrew Griffin, Steve Howey, (Aaron Hughes 34), Nikolaos Dabizas, Warren Barton, Dietmar Hamann, Nolberto Solano (Duncan Ferguson 75), Robert Lee, Gary Speed, Temuri Ketsbaia (Silvio Marie 105), Alan Shearer TOTTENHAM: lan Walker, Steve Carr, Sol Campbell, Luke Young, Maurizio Taricco, Steffen Freund, Tim Sherwood,
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      529 42  -  MANCHESTER UNITED 0 ARSENAL 0 Crowd: 39,217 Yellow cant: Ray Parlour (Arsenal); Gary Neville, Denis Irwin (United) Red card: Nelson Vivas (Arsenal ARSENAL: David Seaman, Lee Dixon, Tony Adams, b Martin Keown, Ray Parlour, Patrick Viera, Nelson Vivas, Marc Overmars (Fredrik Ljungberg, 90th min), Nicolas
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      112 42 MANCHESTER United skipper Roy Keane saw red last night at Villa Park. He was robbed of a legitimate goal that could have taken United to Wembley. "We're very disappointed. (Ryan) Giggs played the ball past the defender and there was somebody else in there," he told
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      549 43  -  ...MORE ON THE MAN UNITED-ARSENAL FA CUP SEMI-FINAL COMMENT BY JEFFREY LOW MY heart is still racing with the game, pounding with every touch of the ball, skipping a beat with every attack. It is Dennis Bergkamp having a re-run in my head, setting
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      72 43 Wednesday (Thursday morning in Singapore) Petit back THE big bonus for Arsenal is that Emmanuel Petit (above) will be free from suspension for the replay. But Marc Overmars is doubtful because of injury. For Man United, defender Denis Irwin is doubtful, also because of injury. On the replay,
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      315 44 CHELSEA 2 (Tore Andre Flo, 23rd min, Gustavo Poyet, 53rd) WIMBLEDON 1 (Marcus Gayle, 90th) AFP. CHELSEA took advantage of Manchester United and Arsenal's FA Cup distraction to close in on its Premiership title rivals. It triumphed 2-1 over Wimbledon yesterday. A goal in each half by
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      91 44 EVERTON2 COVENTRY CITY 0 AFP. TWO goals from on-loan striker Kevin Campbell gave relegation-threatened Everton a vital 2-0 home win over Coventry City. Campbell struck after 29 and 88 minutes as Everton moved out of the bottom three. Walter Smith's side is now 16th on 34 points,
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