The New Paper, 15 July 1999

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  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999
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  • THENEWTODAY
    • 144 2  -  By Michelle Ang A SILKAIR plane on its way to Lombok had to turn back to Singapore after one of its engines suffered a technical problem yesterday. Silk Air Flight M 1126, with 75 passengers onboard, took off from Changi Airport Terminal 2 at
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    • 354 2 Guilty: $68,000 swindle Rape of 10 girl disciples A LEADER of a Christian religious group has been sentenced to death in China. His crime: Swindling his fellow sect members and raping his disciples. China said Liu Jiaguo, the leader of Zhu Shen Jiao or Supreme Spirit
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    • 415 2 CHINA-TAIWAN RELAHOHS JITTERY investors in Taiwan, Hongkong and China gave his "two states" idea the thumbs down by dumping their stocks yesterday. And polls show that even most Taiwanese don't think that President Lee Teng-hui's plan to redefine relations between Taiwan and China is
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    • 499 3 SOUTH AFRICA Source: Wire services. HIS alleged crime: Entering a white man's land without permission. His punishment: To be stripped naked and covered in silver metallic paint. This "dark ages" punishment happened in South Africa's Mpumulanga province last week. A cattle farmer allegedly stripped labourer Moses Nkosi,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 501 4  -  trt 'v Couple took nude photos for fun 20 years later, burglar finds them, tries blackmail By Riana Zakir FOR 20 years, two nude photos were kept in a sealed envelope, locked up in a bedroom drawer. No one else knew about them. Except for
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    • 242 4 SINCE the burglary, the wife had been wearing track shoes to work. That's in case he looks for me and I have to run away." She always had something hard, like a rolled-up newspaper, in hand. "When I go out, I always look behind my shoulders.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 183 6 HOT I YOU need more than just book learning to get into the Singapore Management University. Confidence and persuasive skills count too. So an essay and interview are needed. Applicants must each write an essay about their aspirations and how they will make the
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    • 72 6 THE Singapore Institute of Management's Open University Degree Programme will allow adults to take specific courses from February next year. The courses would be for working adults who want to do a course out of interest, or to upgrade themselves, but who are not interested in working
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    • News Break
      • 59 6 SIMEX NICK LEESON and British merchant bank Barings gave the Singapore International Monetary Exchange false information when they applied to register him as a trader. Mr Leeson has accused Simex of failing to make the "most basic checks". But, said Simex, Mr Leeson lied to them, and Barings
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      • 58 6 PENANG MALAY groups and politicians in Penang are against the state government's plan to build a memorial to honour Francis Light as the state's founder. The Penang Malays Association said it was not against the memorial, but objected to calling Light the founder of Penang, as Penang was
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      • 61 6 FOOD SINGAPORE is upgrading its food safety programme. By mid-2002, a new $32-million veterinary public health centre at Lim Chu Kang will replace the 30-year-old one at Jurong. The new centre will be able to test higher volumes of food samples. The government said this extra care
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      • 60 6 MUSIC THE Boredpucks are best known for Zoe Tay, a song about the silliness of modern-celebrity worship. Now the band has been banned from performing at gigs organised by the National Youth Council and Perfect 10. The band had used obscene language and gestures at Localpalooza, which was
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      • 60 7 BRIBERY 1 AUSTRALIA'S most influential radio talk-show host, Mr John Laws, has admitted taking hefty payments from the country's top banks to end an on-air attack on them. Mr Laws said he took more than Asl million ($l.l million) from the Australian Bankers' Association to end his
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      • 58 7 M BRIBERY 2 B THIRTY-FOUR French chefs, including some top gourmet names, have been convicted of taking bribes from a fish supplier and fined up to $21,000. The 34 were found guilty of "passive corruption" for accepting kickbacks from the owners of the wholesaler Scottish, Patrick Perrin and
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      • 63 7 1 TRAFFIC 1 A MASSIVE diesel spill yesterday morning caused a 2-km jam and took three hours to clean up. The spill covered about 100 m on the Central Expressway slip road towards Moulmein Road. It caused three vehicles to skid, but no one was injured. Police said
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      • 55 7 U MALAYSIA M MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi was named on a mystery death list. About 10,000 cassettes and brochures were posted nationwide, calling on people to kill him, the Prime Minister and other senior Umno leaders. The senders claim they have $1.07
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    • 27 6 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 26.92 points yesterday to close at 11,148.10. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 745 million shares.
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    • 54 7 •Ht* TAKE THAT: A gang member being beeten to death by villagers in the north-eastern Cambodian province of Ratanaklri. He was arrested by police for his alleged involvement In the brutal killing of 14 villagers, Including women and children. The villagers chained him and administered their own form
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    • 60 7 International Herald Tribune: Mass rally reaffirms support for Iran leaders The New Straits Times: TNB pledges greater efficiency Asian Wall Street Journal: Lee's shift on China viewed as cunning political move BBC news: The largest protestant party in Northern Ireland spumed last minute attempts by the British
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    • 170 7 in FSH§us THE way the Manpower Ministry settles disputes between bosses and workers will be reviewed. This comes after the High Court delivered a judgment criticising the way the Ministry investigates a complaint of unfair dismissal. Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said the ministry is
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    • 78 7 Ilhink the hijackers must be sorely disappointed with what they got. I can Imagine my books in some kampung where they don't know what to do with it. Singapore Literature Prize winner Daren Shiau on the entire shipment of prize-winning books being hijacked on their way to Singapore
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    • 64 7 The Straits Times: Taiwan moves to sell 'two states' policy worldwide The Business Times: Rattled investors in China, Taiwan, HK dump shares Uanhe Zaobao: PLA in ready deployment for strike at Taiwan Berita Harian: New centre to test food to be built RCS morning news: The Malaysian
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 714 10 A BRIGHT KID, A COMPUTER Times have changed. Cyber-savvy kids are now playing teacher, educating their computer-illiterate parents about the Internet. So what happens when these brats become "bosses" at home and family relationships are turned upside down IRENE KEWfinds out OH no!
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    • 488 11 me and ask me why I let my son scare me. The computer doesn't spoil that easily. "And when he comes home, I hantam him." She allows Jeremy to lord it over her only when it comes to computers. Revealed Mrs Ong: "When it comes to
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    • 50 12 *****1+*****1+ TVS cabby PhWp Ng Kwok Mun on Ms chancas of winning his company's Most Canrtaans Driver award this yoan Difficult lali! Customers must nominate us and all that. Anyway, I think courtesy is something we use every day, so no need to win prizes.
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    • 327 12  -  That's whatyou get if you help someone to die BY Eugene Wee and Teh Jen Lee EVEN if a person wishes to die, helping him do so could land you in jail. The Penal Code states that whoever assists or abets another to commit suicide can be jailed up
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    • 475 13  -  Loaned them for fee to people who wanted to prove they could post bail He had gold bracelet as thick as thumb. Jewellery weighing over 3 kg By Eugene Wee THE light glittered off the gold surface. A sordid reflection of this man's crime.
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
      • 241 14 Kenneth Chan Senior Public Relations Officer Housing and Development Board PLEASE refer to the press reports on the cement plaster falling from the rear bedroom ceiling of a flat in Yishun (Crash!, TNP on Sunday, July 11) The flat is a 3-room sold flat completed
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      • 234 14 Alex (e-mail) I REFER to recent reports about maids making false reports of molest and rape, abusing children and being abused by employers. These articles have prompted me to write about this issue. Firstly, it seems that regardless of where maids are from they need to
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    • 111 14 Pri I Registration: Second phase on PHASE 2A(2) of the Primary 1 registration exercise starts today. The New Paper Infoline updates you on the places available for this phase, which will be on until tomorrow. This phase is for any child whose parent or sibling has studied in the school
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  • ON THE JOB
    • 406 16  -  By Ng Wan Ching MORE graduates are turning to temporary jobs. They see it as a short-term solution to the economic downturn which is causing a shortage of the jobs they want. Take Miss Katherine Goh, for instance. She graduated in May, but instead of rushing immediately
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    • 95 16 ITS still tough for grade to find jobs. Said Ms Lynne Ng, district manager for Adecco Personnel: The job situation has not changed since last year. "There are more graduates than the jobs they want. Out of every 10 I see, two graduated last year and have
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  • Article, Illustration
    258 18  -  To keep check on illegal immigrants, says SIR THEMEWSTODAY By Michelle Ang MR CHING Pang Eng was all sighs as he sat on his motorcycle near the Woodlands Checkpoint. Ahead of him yesterday morning were at least 150 motorcyclists. Around him, the line was four wide. Behind him, the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 641 20  -  After raping girl, teen monsters bragged about... By Jason Tan THE three teenage boys sat in the dock, meek as mice. They hung their heads low, waiting for the case to start. No, I thought, they couldn't be the three boys who had lured a 14-year-old girl to
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    • 318 20 ON July 21 last year, four boys and two girls gathered at a flat. One of the boys complained that his 14-year-old girlfriend had broken off with him after she found someone new. He also said she liked to perform oral sex. The
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 380 21 f STAR WARS CHILD ACTOR SAYST Re uter. HE'S just 10 years old but he gets marriage proposals every day. A dream-come-true for some men perhaps but not for Jake Lloyd, the young actor who shot to fame after playing
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    • Article, Illustration
      44 22 muifmuif in fauTilS? >iit ($790), oovtre ImW accommodation ami a fWt to Km caatla. Mfartarfan David Starfcay: Prince Edward should not be cashing in like this. This is as much an insider job as a politician milking his position for private profit.
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    • 294 22 DO you work in an office? Are you suffering from a runny nose, or headaches, coughs and sneezes dry itchy eyes, tiredness, back pain, irritability loss of memory or depression, fatigue, aching backs, necks and limbs? If you are, then you may be sick
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    • 389 23  -  By! Soutik Biswas Reporting from Calcutta A DOCTOR in India is upset that the hospital he was working for told his bride-to-be that he had the Aids virus. Now his marriage is off and he is an ostracised man. So he took
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    • 93 23 AIDS activists in Indian want a review of the Supreme Court decision. They point out that the HIV-positive doctor had called off the engagement himself. "His grievance was the hospital's breach of confidentialitysaid Dr I H Gilada of the Indian Health Organisation. The judgment does not address that
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    • 344 23 r Th« Premier Leoau« 99 r sncKtf ciwcion lucky mow T! 1 Jt mVi TTTTT^MI DWw* (Cam Ak Seng *****891F Jame« Ho Chun WaT A4lW?oj Jngee Singh 014W438 Alan New Boon Hock SBfU4O J bB Um Chan Lang *****692J Jomo J Lomoda H*****1 Khairul Nairn 8m Abdulah *****3'48 Jeffrey Tan
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 348 24  -  Remember this? By Lingam Ponnampalam HE faced judgment alone. He had no friends or family members there to give him support. Without even legal representation, former grasscutter Roslan Imun, 30, waited with head bowed low for Sessions Court Judge Siti Mariah Ahmad to read out the
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    • 248 24 IMRAN (not his real name) was cycling along in Kota Tinggi. That's when Roslan Imun stopped him to ask for help in moving a sack of durians to a bush nearby. The boy agreed... After doing what he did, Roslan went to
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    • 498 25 Advertisement 1 ■HHRHI GOOD FORTUNE COMES f« A-KNOCKING AT SIMS AVENUE FLAT SHfii 1 Good fortune came a-knocking on the door of MDM canned drinks and food. It was also partly for the mSß'> CHAN CHOI JlN's (IC No. *****81Z) Sims Avenue school project that he was working on. 9HKL
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 344 26 IWAN SUES DANGDUT QUEEN AMELINA THEY once had a highly publicised relationship. And when they sang a love duet together, Malaysian dangdut stars Amelina and Iwan topped the Malaysian hit parade. But things have now hit a sour note. Iwan is suing the queen of dangdut
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    • 257 26 AFP. ITS not a great matter for alarm, a US cruise company told a court in Miami yesterday. Carnival Cruise lines admitted to 62 accusations of sexual assault against its crew in the five years to last August. Cabin stewards, waiters and musicians were among
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  • 535 27  -  e t cetera WITH CHAN SEET FUN I LIVE too near the airport. So near, in fact, that sometimes taxi drivers mock me. "So lucky. Haiyah, why am I so lucky?" whined one grouchy cabby all the way from Changi Airport to my doorstep.
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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    498 28 eye Fancy riding a bicycle without having to pedal? That thought may soon become a reality. A US company has come up with an innovative idea that allows riders to cruise long distances through cities without having to burn calories. The trick AIR POWER! Catch your breath. Artist HUP
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  • ShowTime
    • 594 29  -  By* Seto Nu-wen FIVE years ago, he was belting out pop hits. These days, he's still belting out pop hits. The only diffsprence is he's no longer a kid on the block. He's gone solo. Other than that, Joey Mclntyre is doing exactly what he used
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    • 287 30 In the late '80s New Kids on the Block sat on top of the world, singing songs and making money. In 1994, the band split up. No one heard of them till JoeyMclntyre made his solo comeback. Below, we tell you what the rest have been up
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    • 273 30 THEY were the bubblegum pop group everyone loved to hate. Diehard fans still look at them as the original boy band of the 90s. The forefather of a string of Backstreet Boys and Boyzones. New Kids on the Block might have called it quits five years
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    • 220 31 I Take with A Hero! s I [I I I I |L*; I I H| I tJr I PG GonSi I r U\o, A S t Battled to live up to his name t chenS L -r se VW e a rotf 1 I f j Wang Chau Sang I
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 439 32  -  By Edwin Yeo THEY'RE call girla who won't sell their bodies, but will discuss anything from poetry to physics. You'll find them at the Velvet Underground club on the next two Saturdays. No, the Zouk offshoot at Jiak Kim Street is not diversifying. Well, at least
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    • 419 33  -  Ada blames high heels for false impression By Avis Wong SHE'S not only older than he is, she's taller, too. So said the Hongkong media about actress Ada Choi Siu Fun and her new boyfriend, Nicky Wu Qilong. That's not true, she declared on
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    • 114 33 ADA Choi started her acting career after she won third prize in the Miss Hongkong beauty pageant organised by TVB in 1991. She has appeared in such drama serials as File of Justice V and Healing Hand, which was the favourite serial for Hongkong TV viewers
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    • Article, Illustration
      90 33 HERE'S a chance to win an Infoline watch. Call 1900-*****01 to answer two easy questions on Boyzone's Greatest Hits album. Three correct callers will be picked to win a watch each. Contest ends at midnight, July 21. Each call costs 20 cents. LISTEN to our celebrity buzz on
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  • 332 34  -  CAREER CHOICE By Gan Sze Sze THE scalpel gleamed. It sliced the bulging abdomen open from end to end. The water bag burst, and water gushed out like a fountain. And student nurse Joyce Tay's first glimpse of a caesarian section had frightened her so much, she stood
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    • 419 35 CareerChoice Immed. vacancies avail, for GCE'07'N'level Computer literate Able to communicate in English Mandarin Good interpersonal skills 5v* day week/ transport provided from Yishun Woodlands Call Mr. C.K. Lim for an appt. We require a committed individual to plan and implement the marketing and promotional activities of the company. Prior
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  • 412 36 FROM PAGE 35 CAREER CHOICE Why did you choose this job? I remember it was in 1978, during the Spyros explosion (an oil tanker exploded, resulting in 76 deaths and 126 casualties). I was in Primary 4. My friend's sister was a nurse, and my friend
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    • 178 47  -  THIS MORNING'S GOING AT BUKIT TIMAH TRACKWORK: SOFT By Danny Khoo NEWCOMER Summer Garden displayed forward form in his winding-up hit-out at Bukit Timah this morning. Accompanied by stablemate D'Galloping Glory, the Restricted Terms performer strode out fluently to clock an impressive 35.38ec over the final
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    • 810 48 BRITISH OPEN GOLF: TODAY TO SUNDAY 71 strokoe. ThaTe what is considered par for this Carnoustie course, touted as the toughest la Open Mstoiy. But wH anyone natch It? Or go under? Hie players doubt It, Mandng the course. The organisers blame the weather
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    • 452 49  -  4OTH MILO NATIONAL INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP: Toa Pavoh Comntey Reports/] Lim Han Ming ANGLO-CHINESE Junior College swimmers Mark Chay and Daniel Liew lived up to the college motto. The two national swimmers smashed all the records in the events they competed perfect to the
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    • 174 49 NATIONAL INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP: NATIONAL STADIUM NATIONAL sprinter Poh Seng Song braved a calf injury to go under the 22-second mark yesterday. He showed no ill-effects of the injury by smashing the 'B' boys 200m record held by national teammate Aaron Huang. His timing
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    • 384 50 Liverpool is set to revive its championship-winning era of the 1980s. The ultimate target: To get back to the summit of European football. French manager Gerard Houllier was handed a record £20million (ss4m) transfer fund last night, reports Online Mirror. And he's been told to use
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    • 191 50 THE ON-OFF TRANSFER OF NICOLAS ANELKA wire agencies. ITALIAN Serie A club Lazio is fedup. It broke off talks with Arsenal for unsettled French striker Nicolas Anelka. Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti said he has sent a fax to Arsenal vice-president David Dein to inform him of the
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    • 389 50 Wire services. SOUTHAMPTON: CENTRE-BACK Dean Richards has moved over from First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling. Richards, 25, will join Southampton on its pre-season tour of Norway. But Saints' bid of £lmillion ($2.7 m) for Argentinian Under-21 midfielder Mario Turdo has failed.
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    • 436 51 AUSTRALIA y MAN U: Melbourne: Live on Football Channel, today, 5.55pm Sydney: Live on Football Channel, Sunday, 12.55pm THE last time Mark Bosnich set foot on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, it turned into a burial ground, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Yesterday, it became a launchpad for
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    • 76 51 Who's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer calling? Your guess is as good as ours. But one thing's for sure. He did not train yesterday. According to assistant manager Steve McLaren, "Ole slept in the wrong position on the plane on the way over and he's got a
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    • 161 51 AFP. CHINESE soccer fans were elated yesterday. It's because of reports that Man United star David Beckham would join his team-mates for a sold-out exhibition match in Shanghai next week. The official Shanghai News said Beckham would arrive on Tuesday, before his team-mates. Becks
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    • 156 51 Reuters. ROY Keane wants to stay at Manchester United despite growing interest in him from top clubs in Europe, Keane's agent said. Lazio is reportedly ready with a £20 million ($54 million) offer, while Juventus is also said to be keen on United's captain. But Keane's
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    • 657 52  -  COMMENT S GULAM HAFIZAT Jauharmi, Indra Sahdan and Yazid Yasin failed to turn up for Monday's Ole, Ole, Ole match against the Chileans. Team officials were not informed. And lame excuses were next day. KadirTfthaya, Gusta Lim Tong Hai are rhijll imping. No one knows if
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    • 169 52  -  OLE, OLE, OLE FOOTBALL DMBLOSROJOSDETOLUCA (MEXICO) bt DEPORTES PUERTO MONTT (CHILE) 2-0 BY Peter Siow TWO Latin American teams played irresistible football agile and inventive with spontaneous running and crafty passing at Bishan Stadium yesterday. In the end, Toluca triumphed 2-0, (Morales Carlos Maria 52nd
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    • 133 52 COPA AMERICA TOURNAMENT AT the end of the first half, Brazil was leading Mexico 2-0. After Mexican goalkeeper Campos had denied the Brazilians with a series of acrobatic saves early in the game, the first goal came in the 25th minute. Roberto Carlos crossed from the left
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    • 53 53 Life after Peter Schmeichel: New Man United 'keeper Mark Bosnich on his first big game for his new club: Page 52 At the end of the day, it's club versus country. I'm just playing for my club. That's all. Mark Bosnich BOSNICH: It's club versus
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    • 214 53  -  By Peter Siow JOSCELIN Yeo will almost certainly be gunning for more than two gold medals at next month's South-east Asia Games in Brunei. Originally entered for only the 100 metres freestyle and butterfly, she is now considering swimming in at least two of the freestyle
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    • 135 53 AFP. GERMANY'S former world tennis No 1 Steffi Graf has denied she is ready to retire at the end of the season. "Until now I've just said that I will not play at Paris (French Open) and at Wimbledon," said
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