The New Paper, 1 January 2000

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1 45 The New Paper
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    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2000
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon And they walked away scot free
      594 2 INDIAN AIRLINES HIJACK: THE DEBATE THEY stabbed to death a young man on his honeymoon? They held 155 people hostage, keeping them cooped up in a plane for eight long days with constant threats to kill them one by one. They held India the
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      Lock icon THE HOMECOMING
      159 2 They beat us up. They were on the verge of killing us yesterday when negotiations with Indian authorities were deadlocked briefly before being resumed. They were also stingy with food rations. I lived on half an orange a day. Mr Prashant Khandelwarkar, a passenger on board the plane,
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      Lock icon TEN-HOUR FREE RIDE
      206 2 Source: Wire services. WHERE ARE THE HIJACKERS NOW? THE destination of the five hijackers remains a mystery. They could be headed for any of the five countries that border Afghanistan Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and China. But experts believe the hijackers are likely to head for the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Bungling gang of five
      381 3  -  reports J LEONG MAY LING BUNGLERS YOU'VE heard of the Famous Five, those intrepid schoolkid characters immortalised by Enid Blyton. Now meet the Infamous Five, Colombian crooks, yes Colombian, who succeeded only in failing to carry out their crimes. In short, they set new standards in
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      Lock icon And how they were caught
      230 3 BUNGLE No. 3 AS they were driving around Peninsular Hotel at Coleman Street, they saw Mr Kok Poh Chai, 44, leaving a money changer. He had a sling bag containing RM$lOO,OOO ($44,100) and 150,000 Baht ($6,480). It was 12.25 pm. They followed him when he
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      67 3 BEFORE passing the sentence, Judge F R Remedios asked the interpreter to explain again to the Colombians why the prosecutor had asked for a stiff sentence. The Colombians were given the maximum sentence of three years imprisonment. Ruben, John and Jose were sentenced to another three months each on
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      Lock icon Going to the market?
      388 4  -  Here're some til March... s By Suresh Kumar HIGHER and higher. That has been the trend for stock prices throughout much of this year. And it could go even higher: Stock experts predict that share prices might go up by 10 per cent over the next
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      Lock icon Bugged by Y2K?
      475 5  -  AT CHANGI AIRPORT By Azhak Ghani WHO'S afraid of the Y2k bug? Some, perhaps. Judging by the scene at the Departure Hall of both Terminals 1 and 2 at Changi airport last night. TTie check-in counters were deserted except for the staff. A far cry from the
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      Lock icon PLANES NOT AFFECTED
      176 5 AIRLINES planned to operate only 25 to 35 per cent of their usual schedules, aviation experts have said. This is mostly because of low demand and the risk of problems on the ground. The computers on planes won't be affected by Y2K, the experts said. And even
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      Lock icon Can all those scary e-wails really be true?
      493 6  -  BY] Eugene Wee BEWARE! Poisonous spiders are lurking underneath the rim of your toilet bowl. Needles laced with the AIDS virus hide inside coin-return slots in payphones, waiting to prick their next victim. Quick, pass the word around to anyone and everyone
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      Lock icon SOME MYTHS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD
      448 6 THE MYTH: Someone is leaving disease-infected needles in the coin return slots of public payphones. THE STORY: The author of the e-mail claimed that a number of Singaporeans, mostly Singapore Telecom employees, had been infected with diseases like Hepatitis B and Aids when they
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      Lock icon How can you tell if it's not true?
      268 6 AN E-MAIL arrives telling some horror story and the author wants you to pass it on. Do you believe it? Urban legends specialist David Emery tells you how to weed out bogus stories: Does the author identify himself in the e-mail and
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      Lock icon I PASS THEM ON
      37 6 I was concerned and felt I had to tell people about the story. It didn't occur to me until later that the story could have been untrue. Ms Sharon Chen, 20s, administrative officer
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      31 6 I usually don't forward such e-mail to my friends because I know there's a lot of crap out there on the Internet. Ji* A Angeline Poh, 23, marketing executive
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    430 8  -  SINGAPORETODA Y By Ng Hwee Koon HER last words were: "Mummy, I'm so sorry I made you sad." The last words of a sensible little girl who had done nothing to hurt her mother. A six-year-old, whose last three years had been spent either in hospital receiving
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  • MILLENNIUMTODAY
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      249 10  -  By Sheela Narayanan THERE were babies. There were grandmothers. And there were worried parents. Like Mr Martin Somba, 40, who brought his wife, Nana, 37, and one-year-old son, Martin, to see the Millennium Swing in Singapore. All the way from Irian Jaya. "I came here to eiyoy with
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      Lock icon Puzzled by numbers? Read on...
      441 11  -  Been cracking your brains over the Prudential Number Challenge published in this paper every Sunday, but haven't been able to strike gold yet? Canadian consultant Ron Lancaster (left), who came up with the mathematical puzzles, offers 10 tips on how to sharpen your child's mind.
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      Lock icon PRUDENTIAL NUMBER CHALLENGE
      77 11 THE contest, which started on Nov 7, will run for 13 weeks in The New Paper on Sunday. Each week, one winner who can crack the number game will walk away with $1,000 in cash. If there are no correct entries, the prize money snowball over to
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      87 11 PRUDENTIAL NUMBER CHALLENGE p 0 y 0U know that some numbers are friendly? So friendly that they can put 1,000 in your Hp Jk pocket. What's more, you could also win a 11 IB $5,000 PruLink Capital Account in the Grand m%m lil 1%M Lucky Draw. Look out for this
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      Lock icon He wants to tell the Chinese what to eat
      283 13 Perhaps actor and animal rights activist, Alec Baldwin, takes on roles with the best of intentions. But he's really not very good at either acting or campaigning for animal rights. In his latest performance, he begged the World Bank to deny
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      Lock icon Listen, Mr Bond, The Chinese have a secret spy manual
      248 14 BEFRIEND or bribe top officials, use secret listening devices, hack into computers, steal information. These methods are openly described in a Chinese spying manual, reports the weekly Far Eastern Economic Review. The 361-page book, Sources and Methods of Obtaining National
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      87 14 Cultivate personal relationships with officials in key US government institutions, such as the Defence Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). Bribe these people, if needed be, to obtain secret materials. Hack into computer systems. Sift through US magazines and attend public conferences—there's no
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      Lock icon 'On the last day of the outgoing century, I resign'
      672 15 BORIS YELTSIN'S FINAL SURPRISE Wire services YOU have to hand it to him. Mr Boris Yeltsin never ceases to amaze you. Just when the world was settling down to see the last sunset of the century, Mr Yeltsin sprang his
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      Lock icon For love's sake
      20 16 mui<mui* Hongkong's tliayenly King Jacky Cheung tenitte focus on love songs. Why? I believe in love actually.
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      Lock icon Demotion... may be good for you
      328 16 Source: Aera, a Japanese weekly. WHAT more can you want from a job besides good pay, perks and promotions? Some Japanese are being offered a new career choice: Demotion. Before you say, "No thanks", think carefully: What would you give to have complete peace
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      Lock icon Chic, stylish, designer wear... Cool tips from the cavewoman
      382 17 FUR bikinis sexy? Come on. Even Stone Age women had better fashion sense than this. Raquel Welch's fur bikini in the movie One Million Years BC was a major boo-boo bigger than her, you know the B-word. Yes, Stone Age chic
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      Lock icon THE HANGMAN COMETH
      574 18  -  Third-generation hangman wants end to death penalty By! Shanoo Maharaj IN CALCUTTA INDIA'S best-known hangman sat back and talked about the day he had to execute his best friend. Mr Nata Mullick has hanged 24 convicts for the past 30 years. But none like this one. This
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      120 19 '•.•j»• .r* r Rcuik HjuteL 1 Presenting an offer that's worth WAITING 100 YEARS FOR. As part of our lOOth anniversary celebrations, we are offering a sumptuous 20% off a la carte menus for lunch and dinner at any of our six restaurants, from 2 to 31 January 2000! Enjoy
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon The day I felt like a VIP: Yvonne
      399 20  -  By Hazel Tan SHE never felt so important in her life not ever before. That was when Yvonne Lim weaved through the heavy traffic on the beautifully lighted-up Orchard Road, singing and prancing to the chirpy tune with eight youthful cheerleaders on
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      141 20 ITS a first time affair for both parties. This is the first time a TCS artiste has been chosen to sing the Youth Challenge theme song. It is also the first time Youth Challenge has commissioned a theme song. Titled The Heart Will Follow, the upbeat Mandarin
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  • TINSEL TALK
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      96 21 ALTHOUGH Anna and The King has been banned in Thailand, this has not stopped the Thais from watching the movie. AFP reports that hours after the ban, DVD copies of the banned movie were available in Bangkok's Patpong red light district and Pantip Plaza for 130
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      Lock icon CASH ATTACK
      110 21 A MONEY-THROWING incident is now said to have been the cause of the shoot out in a New York club involving Sean "Puffy" Combs. The Los Angeles Times says that, according to police records, a fellow reveler at the club tossed a stack of cash in the face
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      62 21 STUART Little (left) is not only a box office success, but it has also been a huge success with little children. Cox News Service reports that children enjoyed the movie so much that they have been requesting to read the original book, written by E B White. This
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      Lock icon MARITAL BUSS — NOT
      33 21 MARITAL BUSS NOT A If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism ofone y go ahead, get married. Katharine Hepburn, whose lovers included Howard Hughes and Spencer Tracy
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      Lock icon HELLO, STRANGER
      68 21 IN Star Magazine, Whitney Houston is said to have shocked many of the old society ladies at The Costume Gala, held at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wanting to get her husband, Bobby Brown's attention, she stood up on a chair and yelled 'Bobb-eeee!' When he
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      34 21 ms* rather have a President who does it to a woman than a President who does it to the country. Shirley Maclaine, who is never shy in airing her political views
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      Lock icon Big deal no more
      38 21 iA&iltkelwas deaiing with the tomskim commodity on earth. Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood Madam who supplied high-class prostitutes to the rich and famous. She was jailed three years for tax evasion, money laundering and pandering
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    Lock icon Dawn of a new era?
    506 22  -  WITH ZAIN MOLEDINA WHILE fools of yore scoured the earth for the fountain of youth, we have it thrust on us against our will. Yes, today is Jan 1,1900, and we're 100 years younger. As a bonus, so is everything else. House mortgage, bank accounts,
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  • the new paper RACING
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      Lock icon TODAY'S ASCOT RACE CARD — COMMENTS AND SELECTIONS BY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TURF CLUB HANPICAPPER PAUL BLOODWORTH
      1366 29 TODAY'S ASCOT RACE CARD COMMENTS AND SELECTIONS BY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TURF CLUB HANPICAPPER PAUL BLOODWORTH 1 Race 4 I Bavarian Handicap— 1500m 2.35 I Stakes: AS25,OOO 1 No. Last 4 run I Horw m Rat* g Joctey 1 Barrtai 1 3020 SOCIETY MISS 58.5 (100) Clint Harvey 1 (4am Greg
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      433 29 Kranji Stakes *****8 Celebrity Dreamer 57 (74) (4am Brink-Kimmui's) 63-124 Power Gifted 56 (72) (4ag B'tschiger-Wpoly Star No. 2) -4239- Non Est Factum 56 (72) (4irg Thwaites-Eres fu) 409 Purple Diamond 55 (70) (4ag Clements-Agasam) 46-04- Tim# Breaker 54 (68) (5amg Baertschiger-Trme Breaker)
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      573 30  -  By Danny Khoo TRAINER Malcolm Thwaites can brush aside the disappointment of his recent Perth foray by taking the Singapore New Year 2000 race at Kranji tonight. With four runners Ouzo, Peak Of Perfection XI, Natural Mover and Hero's Return to bank on in the depleted
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        44 30 MARC TAN Could have done better than third in his debut had champion jockey Saimee Jumaat not encountered some interference in the crucial stages. Has made more headway since then and should have no problems greeting the judge tonight.
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        46 30 DANNY KHOO Has a top chance in this depleted affair. This seasoned campaigner stands heads and shoulders above the rest on handicap. Make him your anchor bet and include Con Air, Natural Mover and Peak Of Perfection XI in your tierce.
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        51 30 LIONEL LEE Was unlucky to meet the promising King Creole in his debut last month, going down by 1V2 lengths. The winner clocked a splendid lmin 10.4sec for 1,200m. Super Zangief has trained on and nas-a first-rate chance to v V open accounts this
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      41 30 RACE 1: The Mystery. RACE 3: Lotsagelt, Bona Fide, Romp, Wing Power. RACE 4: Riveira, Town Lover, Key Dynamic. RACE 5: Gyro, Good Link, Proficient. RACE 6: William's Pride. RACE 7: Ouzo, Hero's Return, Natural Mover. RACE 8s Dazzling Merchant.
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      1417 31 TODAY'S KRANJI (COURSE A) RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good No. L—t 8 rum How Wt Wrtlng Joctay Bfriw (AttortnWw, trahwr-ownor) 1 50-8-2 JUSTICE HEAD 57 (60) E Wilkinson 7 (5ag Baertschiger-Manne) 2 281-55 UNCLE CHAN 56 (58) I Saifudin 1 (4rug Brink-Empire) 3 -3 BOLD EXPLORER 55.5 (57) 0 Chavez
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      84 31 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses A, B, C and D to differentiate the location of the rails at Kranji racecourse. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. For Course B, they are four metres away from the original position. For Courses C
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    306 33 A SPECIAL FEATURE With 8 M W WMWtpMW WiW W MWMBWl HMlW W *WI Sliwwuw Wwr Ymt 2000 raw. Bw Tli win ftfOMTM »t Kite mmm w immiw ji<** ■y f thoroughbred horses I racing around the A. oval track at the Singapore Racecourse aren't
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      492 34  -  Want to own or pick a winner? Choose a name that goes well with the new racecourse medium sand! By BRIAN MILLER Planning to own a horse in the new millennium? Planning to race it at the new Kranji racecourse? If you are, here's a tip.
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      344 35 Message from Mr Edrtiund W. Cheng, Chairman, Singapore Tourism Board on the occasion of the Singapore New Year 2000 race Singapore. Singapore New Year 2000 I event marks the first race of the new millennium. It is also the inaugural occasion of this event and will, henceforth,
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      Lock icon Messaqe from Mr Yu Pang Fey, Chief Executive, Singapore Turf Club, on the occasion of the first-ever Singapore New Year 2000
      343 36 Millennium greetings from all of us at the Singapore Turf Club! A new age of racing is upon us. As the Club gears up to meet the challenges of
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      215 36 Beginning on Jan 5. all Wednesday night races at the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji will be run on sand a first for South-east Asia. While sand tracks are popular in countries like Hongkong and Japan, they are new to Singapore and other South-east Asian countries. Turf races wil!
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      129 36 Never been to a horse race? Or maybe you're a tourist and are looking for something a little off the mainstream tourist track? Whatever the case, one local tour company has come up with an innovative idea to make a day. or night at the
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      122 36 The Singapore Turf Club (STC) has recently introduced a novel venue for racing enthusiasts to entertain friends and corporate clients at the races. Opposite the grandstand and strategically positioned next to the track at the home turn is an elegant, fully air-conditioned marquee that can accommodate
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      603 37 The Singapore Turf Club has a rich history spanning close to 160 years. It all started back in 1842 when a group of sporting enthusiasts led by a merchant named William Henry Macleod Read founded the Singapore Sporting Club. Within five months, the first racecourse was built
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      15 34 MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE The 27th Asian Racing Conference 6-10 March 2000 I Racing into the New Millennium...
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      64 38 PICK OF THE DAY U Can be forgiven when fourth to Nasib Gaya on Nov 20. A son of Last Tycoon, the six-year-old is seldom at his best on a soft track. Grand Tycoon was an impressive all-the-way winner last September, when he clocksd
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      586 38 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD Going forecast: Good No. mtenw How W» R«Mng Jockey Beirtec (Agetortglnhei,tnkm-omml 1 *****- GRAND TYCOON 57 (60) CTreymane 7 (6ag Yeo-Yeo Yew Eng) 2 FAST LANE CHARLIE 55.5 (57) SHLee 8 (3nzg KL Choog-Lucky Nine) 3 RIVER RAIDER 55.5 (57) L Rutherford 5 (4ag Sargent-PC Tan)
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      297 39 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK ONLY a handful of horses were put through their paces at Kranji yesterday. With most of the horses engaged today having had their final hit-outs already, it was left to Return To Melbourne and
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      451 39 NST. PERSIAN TYCOON wrapped ujv his preparations for the Class 4 Div 1 1,600 m in Race 5 tomorrow with a two-round workout yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by Dance Floor trotted one round and then was restricted to
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      Lock icon Rafi remains as the sweeper
      218 40 LIONS ON TOUR RAFI Ali will stick to the sweeper's role tonight Asked if this would be his permanent role, coach Vincent Subramaniam said: "No. I consider Rafi a versatile player. "He can play in any position. He has the flair, experience and the ability.
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      324 40 DALIS Supait, Basri Halis, Hasrin Jailani and Razif Mahmud will get their third shot at claiming a place in the Lions' First XI tonight. All four had played in the first two matches against Malaysia (lost 0-1) and Al-Ahli (lost 0-1). Normally, they would be rested.
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      488 41 Asahi Shimbun. JAPANESE football fans are facing the dark prospect of missing the 2002 World Cup Finals on television if Fifa, the world controlling body, gets it way. Even as co-hosts of the Finals, Japan may not be able to telecast the matches because
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