The New Paper, 26 April 1999
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Article, Illustration59 1999-04-26 1 The last time, she cried. This time, she wanted to let the tears flow again. But.. How did All Asian Star Search winner -A" J iv 2 'J Vivian Lai change from cry baby to cool cat? Winner Jeff Wang: I went to Newton OrcusPicture/ DAVID TAN - 59 words
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Article, Illustration406 1999-04-26 2 Who's the man behind it? Cults in the West are not new. But for a cult to appear in communist China is a big surprise. So who's behind the Falungong cult, which yesterday staged the biggest demonstration in Beijing in 10years? THE spiritual leader of the FalungongPictures/ Reuters and Afp - 406 words
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Article170 1999-04-26 2 Source: Wire services. ABOUT 10,000 Falungong devotees took part in the peaceful gathering, which began at dawn It was held outside the Zhongnanhai government offices in Beijing. Premier Zhu Rongji's office is within the compound. The protestors, which included many elderly people, demanded official statusSource: Wire services. - 170 words
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Article, Illustration501 1999-04-26 3 Laavanya K - At the Assisi Home and Hospice, dogs are making the sick smile By Laavanya K CANCER patient Mr Chua Chwee Seng, 73, is bedridden and stays at the Assisi Home and Hospice. And once in a while, he gets a special visitor and volunteer who perks upPicture/ David Tan - 501 words
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Article139 1999-04-26 3 KEIKO is the perfect guest. He doesn't jump on you, drool all over you and even shakes your hand goodbye. Only trained dogs like him are suitable for use in the PAT programme. This is because they are taken to homes and hospices where they are139 words
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Article, Illustration741 1999-04-26 4 Their new closet the Internet There's a new book in town. It tells the story of how a low profile community the gays has found a new closet in the Internet. TEOHWEENAK reports THE 19-year-old sat apprehensively in front of his computer screen, anxious and excited at the same time.741 words
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Article73 1999-04-26 4 THE Rainbow Connection: The Internet and the Singapore Gay Community, is the result of a thesis done by Lianhe Zaobao reporter Ng King Kang, who was doing his Master's degree in Communication Studies at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). It is an academic study that examines the relationship73 words
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Article, Illustration360 1999-04-26 4 GAYS is still a taboo topic in conservative Singapore. So why write a book about them and venture into unchartered waters? Said Mr Ng, also an author of seven books in Chinese, a songwriter, and a singer who has cut three albums: "I had360 words
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Article217 1999-04-26 4 GAYS IN SINGAPORE: He doesn't think Singapore is ripe for a gay movement now. His worry is that gays pushing for their rights in a conservative society can have a backlash. "People in the US might be liberal and gays may have their rights there, but people217 words
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Article297 1999-04-26 5 And no increase in S C charges for HDB estates run by PAP town councils m SERVICE and conservancy charges will not be raised this year. This is if you live in a housing estate run by a People's Action Party town council. In a move to keep297 words
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Article, Illustration68 1999-04-26 5 *1- SORE AND RED: Little Loong Yong Hong, 7, has to lie on his tummy all day because hla buttocks are too swollen and sore for him to even wear hie pants. He nearly drowned on Saturday when his buttocks were sucked IntoPicture/ Shin Min Daily News - 68 words
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Article65 1999-04-26 5 I CONDOMINIUMS THE first couple wrote a cheque for a condo 10 minutes after a complex opened its doors. They even didn't look at the show flat at the Flora vale in Jurong West. Sale after sale continued. Demand was as strong for another well-priced, 99-year leasehold65 words
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Article65 1999-04-26 5 1 INDIA INDIA stood on the verge of its third general election in three years yesterday when opposition leader Sonia Gandhi threw in the towel on her bid to form a new government. "We are not ready to form a government," Mrs Gandhi told reporters after her65 words
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Article52 1999-04-26 5 I YUGOSLAVIA A SECOND wave of US Apache attack helicopters arrived in Albania yesterday to boost the firepower of Nato forces striking Yugoslav targets. Witnesses said seven of the low-flying, tank-busting Apaches were spotted swooping low into Tirana's Rinas Airport while Nato Supreme Commander General Wesley Clark met52 words
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Article84 1999-04-26 5 home\oans OCBC Bank's five-year fixed rate package forced rival UOB to cut its rate to 4.75 per cent for the third year of the housing loan. The rates for the first two years are fixed at 4 per cent for the first and 5 per cent for84 words
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Article56 1999-04-26 5 International Herald Tribune: Nato summit charts a Kosovo policy: Patience Hongkong Standard: Sect 10,000 protest in Beijing Asian Wall Street Journal: Spiritual leader puts pressure on China BBC news: At the end of the Nato summit in Washington, President Clinton pledges support for countries bordering Yugoslavia in56 words
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Article53 1999-04-26 6 woman is raped and on April 1 it was my turn. Journalist Charlene Smith. A knife-wielding man broke into her home, bound her hands and forced her to have sexual intercourse. Last year, in South Africa, there were 116 rapes reported per 100,000 —nearly double the murder rate53 words
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Article86 1999-04-26 6 Today j if a similar Thai) crisis breaks out, these same (US) policy-makers have to realise it is akin to them having a bleeding toe. If they do not stop the bleeding in their own toe, they too will staffer. Not just the toe. Thailand and the US86 words
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Article58 1999-04-26 6 INVESTMENT SINGAPORE firms can get an update on Malaysia's capital controls on May 7. Officials from the central bank and asset management company will explain latest measures during a half-day seminar set up by the Singapore Trade Development Board. Bank Negara has issued 80 clarifications to its58 words
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Article61 1999-04-26 6 1 HONGKONG I UP to three million Chinese are eligible to move to Hongkong, government surveys have shown. This is far more than it can cope with. The surveys were made after the Court of Final Appeal gave the right of abode to all China-born children of61 words
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Article57 1999-04-26 6 I CAMBODIA M CAMBODIA will open embassies in four more Asian nations this year. It becomes a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Friday and must set up embassies in all member nations. Phnom Penh has asked Brunei, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore for57 words
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Article61 1999-04-26 6 BRUNEI A GERMAN diplomat who owed banks in Brunei nearly a quarter of a million Brunei dollars was ordered to pay the amount he owed Standard Chartered Bank after his diplomatic immunity was withdrawn. The diplomatic immunity of Hanns Gert Rademacher, former deputy head of the German Embassy61 words
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Article63 1999-04-26 6 The Straits Times: Town councils cut frills for savings The Business Times: Corporate loans on the rise again, but growth selective Lianhe Zaobao: Lim Boon Heng: Do not ask for pay increment as the economy shows slight improvement Berita Harian: Nato intensifies air attack RCS morning news:63 words
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Article, Illustration433 1999-04-26 7 It's a bull run on the stock market now, with many shares going up and the Straits Times Index (STI) blazing to an 18-month high on Thursday. So how's the average investor feeling? TEO HWEE NAKfinds out HIS jaw almost dropped when he read the newspapersGuphics/ HUP Adapted from Business Times - 433 words
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Article235 1999-04-26 7 AS white-collar workers strolled past the bank counters at Raffles Place on their way to lunch, many stopped to look. After all, the market is at one of its most hopeful after months of bleak news. Most faces showed no emotions. There were people who235 words
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Article, Illustration264 1999-04-26 7 PERSONAL assistant Mrs Chong was unfazed as she watched the stock market soar in the past one week. She did not call her broker for tips, for she did not even think of jumping in to make a killing. With almost $50,000 still locked up in264 words
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Article131 1999-04-26 7 THE recent bullish market brought a huge relief to Mr G K Goh. After all, he had waited one whole year for this. He can finally sell off his shares at a good enough price just to break even. But we're talking about a whopping $200,000 here.131 words
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Article, Illustration468 1999-04-26 8 No more "coffeeshop talk". Let's "walk the talk", says the Singapore 21 vision. But are young people too apathetic to be active citizens? YVONNE LIM reports in the first of a series on the vision for the new millennium THE VISION The Singapore 21 vision, on468 words
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Article177 1999-04-26 8 BUSY? "They are very busy trying to attain the targets they set for themselves, usually about their own personal development. They are trying to scale the corporate ladder and that gives them little time to do anything else." APATHETIC? "I like to think that if someone177 words
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286 1999-04-26 9 Woon Wui Tek - BRITISH VICE-CHANCELLOR SAYS... BY Woon Wui Tek DONT tell your kids to avoid Oxford or Cambridge universities just yet. What looks like a weakness can actually be a strength, a British vice-chancellor told The New Paper on Saturday. He was responding to comments by286 words
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Article184 1999-04-26 9 ON his trips to Singapore, Prof Dilks usually tries to visit Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. "He sees me as a courtesy. I have no official role," said the pipe-smoking academic, puffing away. He had first met then-Prime Minister Lee in the *****: His former boss,184 words
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Article97 1999-04-26 9 ON Friday evening, Prof Dilks conferred on Prof Lim Pin, vice-chancellor of the National University of Singapore, an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. He is the second NUS academic honoured by Hull. Prof Wang Gungwu, of the East Asian Institute, received the degree of Doctor of97 words
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Article, Illustration72 1999-04-26 10 m u»m in* Mr Anhrasti Nanwani, a Singaporean student in Denver Colorado, reacting to the Columbine High School shooting: My fellow Singaporeans, we take many things for granted at home. When you send your kids to school, the thought of them coming home in body bags never occurs72 words
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Article, Illustration259 1999-04-26 10 THIS last week of April is chock-full of goodies just for you. Every day, from today to the end of the month, TNP readers get to ei\joy great food discounts at the various outlets at Paragon and The Promenade. You can tease your tastebuds with fragrant259 words
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Article362 1999-04-26 11 Riana Zakir - Locked upJStrip-searched By Riana Zakir A SHOPPING trip to Oriental Emporium turned into an overnight ordeal at a police lockup. Mr Neo Sin Chuan, 34, was accused of shoplifting and strip-searched. His innocence was proven one day later. But the damage was done. He became the butt362 words
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Article, Illustration524 1999-04-26 12 YVONNE LIM - v£i j with YVONNE LIM THERE are no angels in any war. A bit of poetic truism that hit my colleague Melvin last week, as he tried to piece together a picture of the bloodshed in East Timor. The reasons for wars are chillingly insane.524 words
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Article, Illustration90 1999-04-26 13 THEY came in their hundreds. Young and old. Friends and strangers. Littleton's (US) Columbine High School grounds had become a shrine. They placed bouquets and tearful notes at the site where 12 students and a teacher were killed by two senior students of the school. On Saturday, whenPictures/ Reuters - 90 words
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Advertisement294 1999-04-26 13 Be proud of your English Are you content with t'.ie written, easy-to-underatand way you speak and write? lessons. How to avoid errors. Are you sure that you are How to express your ideas not making mistakes that fluendy. cause people to underrate The study requires only you? You are judged294 words
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Article, Illustration287 1999-04-26 15 mui'mui' Reuters. First, a Chinese-American scientist was accused of spying for China. Now it's been revealed that his wife was an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Both worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratories which does nuclear research in New Mexico. NewsweekReuters.; Picture/ Reuters - 287 words
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Article, Illustration58 1999-04-26 15 Mtah my cktm to be a mHm il pat town, tartaric Coavfctiom lor cnaiNjr to Mhnli not 17.5 par c«tf to 1998,tfcoltopl Sod* for Prwootioo of Cmfty to Animate sail Even though Britain is proud of its reputation as a nation of animal lovers, RSPCA inspectors58 words
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Article, Illustration364 1999-04-26 16 Second blast on Saturday night ETHNIC LEADERS WARN BLAIR: Reuters. THE writing is on the wall. Read it. Ethnic leaders in Britain have warned Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour government that the two racist bomb attacks in London are just theReuters.; Pictures/ Reuters - 364 words
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130 1999-04-26 16 Reuters. BRITISH police said white supremacists are behind both the nail bomb attacks which have rocked London The government warned ethnic communities to be on full alert for new attacks in what has been described as the worst outbreak of racist violence in Britain sinceReuters. - 130 words
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Article, Illustration143 1999-04-26 17 PEARL OF THE PHILIPPINES PAGEANT THIS leggy beauty who claims to be the daughter of Philippine President Joseph Estrada had a shot at winning the Pearl of the Philippines pageant in Manila yesterday. Miss Josephine Rose Ejercito, 18, was among the best 10 who made itPictures/ Reuters - 143 words
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Article, Illustration388 1999-04-26 17 Remember the fury that was displayed outside the Kuala Lumpur courtroom shortly after the Anwar Ibrahim verdict? The kind of fury that frightened the wits out of those who saw in pictures a group of people kick and dent a TV3 station wagon? The actionPicture/ The Star - 388 words
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Article179 1999-04-26 17 Source: Bernama THE political party of Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad appears to be having trouble holding on to some of its members. This is despite efforts by the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) to stop them from moving over to oppositionSource: Bernama - 179 words
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Article, Illustration177 1999-04-26 18 QI AM in Secondary Two (Express) this year. I'm very keen to be an astronaut with Nasa in the US. I'm aware that I need to be good in science if I want to study astronomy. My mother says it's an unrealistic ambition, as therePicture/ File - 177 words
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Article168 1999-04-26 18 QI AM a normal academic student with average grades. I will be sitting for my N levels this year. Are there any educational psychologists careers here? What subjects should I take in junior college? What about courses in polytechnics? What do I do if168 words
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Article322 1999-04-26 18 QI AM 18 this year and at polytechnic. I deferred from national service and I intend to retake my Os at the end of this year as I want to change my course. I wish to retake E maths, A maths and English. I hope to322 words
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Article, Illustration295 1999-04-26 19 QI AM 21 and finish my national service at the end of the year. I had B3 for English and Chinese in the O Levels. I hope to get a nursing licence. After that, I plan to go into hotel management at295 words
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Article166 1999-04-26 19 QI LOVE working with children and would like to get the Diploma in Early Childhood Studies offered at Singapore Institute of Management (SIM). However, one of the entry requirements is to have an intermediate-level certificate course related to early childhood studies. How can I obtain166 words
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Article147 1999-04-26 19 QI AM 18 and sat N levels in 1997. I failed English so I could not do O levels, or my preferred course Certificate in Office Skills (COS), at an ITE campus. I re-sat English with a result of five and applied successfully for COS in147 words
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Article, Illustration769 1999-04-26 20 Avis Wong - ALL ASIAN STAR SEARCH He's a Taiwanese. Yet, it's a famous hawker centre in Singapore that helps land Jeff Wang the male crown in last night's All Asian Star Search. What's the link? BY Avis Wong THERE he was, with his body stooped andPictures/ David Tan - 769 words
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Article, Illustration352 1999-04-26 21 SHE watched that embarrassing moment on videotape told herself it won't happen again. Said Vivian: "I agree that I was not elegant. "Before this weekend's contest, my friends called and told me that if I were to win, I must not lose my composure. "Nick352 words
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Article, Illustration518 1999-04-26 22 LIKE a royal wedding. Actress, TV host and local model Amelia Awi married Legopranowo in fine style. who owns a production house in Jakarta, is descended from the royal Solos, said Amelia. So they had a royal Solo wedding in Jakarta, reported Berita Minggu. "I had toPictures/ Berita Minggu - 518 words
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Article, Illustration333 1999-04-26 22 SHE is 1.76 m tall. He barely reaches 1.68 m. How lucky. "People say that if the wife is taller than the husband, the couple will have a good fortune/joked Amelia, 24. She is proud she is marrying her very first and only333 words
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Article, Illustration429 1999-04-26 23 Brian Miller - Here's the low-down By Brian Miller THIS is going out to the men. Men who, like me, drop hints and snide remarks whenever the wife squeezes into a swimsuit. We look for traces of cellulite and we go, "first the thighs, then the hips. Then, bingo, it's everywhere".429 words
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389 1999-04-26 23 IN Australia, hundreds of desperate women created a stampede to get their dainty little hands on this pink box of brownish pills. Even Sydney socialites shed their inhibitions and came to blows. The same thing happened in England and America when Cellasene went389 words
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Article, Illustration494 1999-04-26 24 Dr Markovic. 58, is a writer, a professor of Marxism and leader of her own party. She formed the Yugoslav United Left party in 1993. She has managed to get her members mainly wealthy businessmen into positions of power. WHAT makes him the Saddam HusseinPicture/ Reuters - 494 words
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Article, Illustration502 1999-04-26 24 MELVIN SINGH - ET CETERA WITH MELVIN SINGH GOT pork? Before I start, I would first like to apologise to folks who abstain or avoid eating pork for a variety of reasons. I know I can be too graphic. Problem is, I'm sick and tired of repeating these502 words
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Miscellaneous45 1999-04-26 25 COMICRELIEF V ||7|vT| ooft. wiawwnoMftLhdsiel 1 1 Mm lUI Lr) I HAS ASKEb USTb SETUP A fl W ""W cooLb f*otflb£ I >HNKtt fe-sM&r' IT) sL Pl)TI»i6 ALL.I ...A ftWNAKAN KARAOKE T W&TtnHE 1 ,'f S wwr mr mmng W "TOGETHER, I J Br wk45 words
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Article, Illustration383 1999-04-26 41 AFP. TOTTENHAM'S French winger David Ginola is England's Player of the Year. He was voted so yesterday by his fellow professionals in the English Premiership. Ginola, 32, just beat Manchester United's Champions League hero Dwight Yorke and Arsenal's World Cup-winning midfielder Emmanuel Petit forAFP. - 383 words
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272 1999-04-26 42 AFP. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0 CHELSEA 0 Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday yesterday has made another serious dent in the its title-winning aspirations. For Wednesday, however, it helped in its battle to keep relegation at bay. Gianluca Vialli's Chelsea side has now drawn itsAFP. - 272 words
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328 1999-04-26 42 ARSENAL stands to lose French stars Nicolas Anelka and Emmanuel Petit in a £21 million (ss6m) swoop by Italian giant Lazio. The double bid represents a major investment by the Serie A club for next season's European Champions Cup if, as expected, it328 words
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Article, Illustration355 1999-04-26 42 CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE; MIDDLESBROUGH 1 ARSENAL 6 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger picked out Nicolas Anelka and Nwankwo Kanu for special praise after they helped the Gunners demolish Middlesbrough 6-1. Anelka and Kanu grabbed two goals each as Arsenal underlined its championship credentials in style at the Riverside StadiumPicture/ Reuters - 355 words
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Article, Illustration448 1999-04-26 43 CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE; LEEDS UNITED 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 JEFFREY LOW gets close to English soccer action. Every Monday, he discusses the major issues of the weekend's programme. Today, it's about Manchester United's Premiership title chances. FP! VfWfWHFVfVm I Fans, what do you say? E-mail us atPicture/ Reuters - 448 words
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Article170 1999-04-26 43 AFP. LEEDS United held up European Cup finalist Manchester United's charge for the Treble yesterday with a 1-1 draw at Elland Road. The draw allowed Arsenal, which hammered Middlesbrough 6-1 on Saturday, to stay on top of the Premier League by a single point. Leeds' enthusiastic andAFP. - 170 words
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Article89 1999-04-26 43 Guess correctly and win tickets on EMIRATES AIRLINES to Manchester Will Manchester United win the coveted Treble (European Cup, Premier League and FA Cup)? Call 1900-*****01 and tell us. A free trip to Manchester for two persons could be yours if you get It89 words
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Article, Illustration621 1999-04-26 44 ITALIAN SERIE A: JUVENTUS 2 FIORENTINAI RESULTS Cagliari 2 Perugia 2 EmpoliO Bari 2 Inter-Milan 1 Udinese 3 Juventus2 Fiorentina 1 PiacenzaO Venezia 1 AS Roma 1 Parma 0 Salemitana 4 Bologna 0 Sampdoria 0 Lazio 1 VicenzaO AC Milan 2 THE rivalry between Juventus andPicture/ Reuters - 621 words
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252 1999-04-26 44 Reuters. CAGLIARI2 PERUGIA 2 Giovanni Tedesco took advantage of goalkeeper Maurizio Franzone's failure to hold Milan Rapaic's 30 m free-kick to give Perugia a surprise llth-minute lead. Cameroon striker Patrick Mboma's 31st-minute equaliser came direct from a free-kick. Renato Olive's dismissal three minute later appearedReuters. - 252 words
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Article, Illustration399 1999-04-26 45 EUROPE KICKOFF; ITALY. SPAIN. HOLLAND. SCOTLAND But there wis ippliuw for UIwLM nvgnwn rfJanili, Tm4AU» ofinioff i an DO West and Argentinian i il 111 i IJ rmantioert Diego Simeone and Javier Zanetti. The biggest cheers came for Chilean striker Ivan Zamorano, who scored Intel's solitary goal. HeAFP. - 399 words
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Article, Illustration131 1999-04-26 45 HOLLAND AFP. FEYENOORD is Holland's soccer kingpin, It won the title Dutch league title after a 2-2 home draw with NAC Breda last night. Feyenoord, coached by the vastly experienced Leo Beenhakker, needed just one point to make sure Vitesse Arnhem, 16 points behind, cannot catch them.AFP. - 131 words
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Article60 1999-04-26 45 Reuters. RANGERS, after the weekend's 3-1 at home to Aberdeen, is just 90 minutes away from claiming its 10th Scottish Premier League championship in 11 seasons. It will re-claim the crown if it beats arch-rival Celtic at Parkhead next Sunday. The Ibrox club is seven points clear of CelticReuters. - 60 words
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Article55 1999-04-26 45 AFP. BARCELONA could only manage a 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid last night. But there were still smiles in the Barcelona camp as it remains nine points clear at the top of the Spanish championship. Barcelona is ahead of closest rivals Celta Vigo, Real Mallorca and Deportivo La CorunaAFP. - 55 words
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Article, Illustration447 1999-04-26 46 Peter Siow - SAY HI TO TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE'S By Peter Siow TALK about close shaves. If you have not already noticed it, several foreigners in the S-League, among them Zsolt Bucs, Reza Manesh, Veselko Paponja and Bojan Hodak, have all started taking it off at the top. And, just lately,Picture/ Choo Chwee Hua - 447 words
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Advertisement344 1999-04-26 45 LEADING SCORERS: 17 Michael Owen (Liverpool) 16 Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole (Manchester United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds) 15 Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough), Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal) 14 Dion Dublin (Aston Villa), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) 13 Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 12 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 11 Julian Joachim (Aston Villa),344 words
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Miscellaneous811 1999-04-26 47 TVTODAY 5 Turn Friends noon Ym Cm Cook—Tin B«io)*aU Channel 5,10 pm (Cooking instructional) Monday night with Friends is •JJ 3n. c ;r: howl the way togo We reaUy don,t opera/episode 38): Billy manages <" j celebrate Thanksgiving in to warn her father before Bo Wl IMC A /W~ Singapore,811 words
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Article, Illustration175 1999-04-26 48 Linda Evangelista's beau? Ifs French international soccer goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. They were spotted cuddled up to each other at the finals of the Monte Carlo tennis Open on Saturday. I About Evingelista: Linda Evangelista, who once said she would not getPicture/ Afp - 175 words
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