The New Paper, 27 January 2000

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1 49 The New Paper
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    7 1 the new Paper THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000
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      56 1 H. 1 1 Toy story fHow can they sell 2 toy like this here? Kitty chaos |Pr V' 7 people faint Sfvii w v i I f 10 ambulances V f called out jMfpj a busy morning as some Hello Kitty queues turn ugly Mess: What the queue at Great
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Hello, Kitty? Hello? Hello?
      430 2 THE phones at The New Paper have been ringing since the early hours of today. All because of a cat. And a stuffed one at that. From 2.30 am onwards, colleague Herbert Fernandez had to put aside his work to attend to these calls. They were
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      333 2 Kitty fever hits a new high here as Singaporeans jostle for the fifth pair of dolls in the Hello Kitty wedding outfit series. Here's what happened last night and this morning Here are the calls that the SCDF got this morning: 12.10 am: Blk 445 Bedok North Incident:
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      Lock icon Cute cat, ugly S'porean
      595 3  -  By- Trudy Lim WHENEVER those adorable little cat dolls appear, the ugly Singaporean pops up, too. It all started so innocently a set of six pairs of Hello Kitty dolls dressed in various wedding garb would be sold over six weeks at McDonald's. But for some
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    Lock icon Bloody hell
    62 4 SINGAPORETODAY Texas Chainsaw Massacre toy being available in Singapore angers one TNP reader. He calls us... I amquite horrified they can sell it heH&%fthey can ban and censor movies... they should ban such gross toys... Our children shouldn't be exposed to such toys. Terence Ho, 28, a navy
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      Lock icon Would you let your children play with these toys?
      550 5 DISTRIBUTOR: MEANT FOR ADULTS THE toy is targeted at adult collectors, not children, said its local distributor, Playthingß. It is produced for McFarlane Toys in the US, which also makes the monster and alien Spawn toys. Playthings sales manager Mr Tong
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      Lock icon A GRISLY DECAPITATED HEAD, A BLOODIED SEVERED ARM...
      550 5  -  By Desmond Ng THE seven-year-old first turned away in honror. But then he picked up the chainsaw and started cutting off the butcher's head and the arm... Out of sheer curiosity. For staring at him ware: A grisly decapitated head, a bloodied
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      Lock icon Cheaper movies on some days
      215 6 m NEXT CHANGE: WANT to see a movie cheap? Then mark your calendar. Movies will cost less Mondays to Wednesdays at most cinemas. THE RATES: From Feb 4, cinema-goers will pay only $5 for all shows on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and for day shows
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      55 6 ilkIK'W |Kl|K T SCALPED: Huang Yuplng, 12, had her scalp yankad off attar aha was attacked by a neighbour'a rottweiler, while cycling with her friend near her houae In Karak, outaide Kuele Lumpur. She will undergo aurgery to tranaplant flesh from her thigh to mend
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        41 6 EDUCATION THE National University of Singapore's engineering faculty is revamping its engineering courses to produce more leaders for the country. The new curriculum will require students to study molecular biology, communications and writing, and national education, a new subject.
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        56 6 BANNED M THE award-winning computer game, Half-Life, has been banned because of its "excessive violence". The ban has resulted in an e-petition signed by more than 2,000 fans and put up at a local website for game players. The action-game is said to contain violent scenes of bodies
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        63 6 COURT THE parents of the 18-year-old youth who had sex with an underaged girl and abandoned their baby son will pay $12,000 towards maintaining the child in his first three years. The parents of Chen Zhuo offered to pay $4,000 immediately, and two more payments of $4,000 each
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        56 6 U STOCKS SHARES of Internet company Horizon.com ended their first trading day with a gain of $2.34 the highest absolute first-day increase for an IPO listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in six years. The company's executive chairman and key founder Lt-Gen (Retired) Ng Jui Ping is now
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      53 6 New Straits Times: Bahasa baku order deferred International Herald Tribune: Beijing puts more limits on Internet and its use Asian Wall Street Journal: Beijing warns Internet firms on data leaks BBC newt: Aid agencies are promising more help for Chechen refugees living in appalling conditions in the
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      Lock icon Tests on asthma vaccine
      156 7 in FSRSus DOCTORS in Britain are working on a new vaccine to treat asthma in children. They are starting a two-year trial to tackle asthma caused by hay fever, but hope to expand the study to cover other causes, reports The Daily Mail. The children taking
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      41 7 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.1 points yesterday to end the day at 11,032.99. More than 1.1 billion shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Nasdaq Composite index fell 97.47 points to close at 4,069.94.
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      Lock icon Aids campaign
      60 7 B EDUCATION U TWO non-government organisations are launching a private campaign to teach youth here about safe sex. Action For Aids and Project Access, a women's and youth lobby group, will launch the three-month Truth Campaign this Saturday to help stem the spread of Aids in Singapore. They
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      55 7 MALAYSIA MEET George Soros at the World Economic Forum in Davos? And sit in the same panel with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres? No thanks, says Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The Malaysian Prime Minister said he had no wish to take part in a media sideshow. His cancellation
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      53 7 1 TOURISM FROM April, some tourists coming to Singapore will never need to fuss with tour vouchers again. They can buy a smartcard encoded with electronic vouchers offered by Tradewinds Tours Travel. They can get them through overseas agents, Singapore Airlines (SI A) and the Tradewinds counter in
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      Lock icon Ban lifted
      56 7 U BRITAIN BRITISH women can now use their frozen eggs to try for a baby. Previously, human eggs could be frozen and stored, but not used to conceive children. But yesterday, a government fertility watchdog overturned the ban, granting a licence to carry out the technique to a
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      60 7 The Straits Times: Off to the movies? Pay less on weekdays The Business Times: Gus Dur leadership threatened by new alliance Lianhe Zaobao: Suntec City to be hub for e-business Berita Harian: 4 in Indon Cabinet asked to retire from army RCS morning news: Companies entering the
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      82 7 CWote Wworthy 'p?eden!t really close deals at the pasar malam, because it takes time to sell a property... But we get leads... There may be a lot Sfproperty for sale in the estate and we advertise. Butthey (househunters) may miss the ad or they may be too
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      94 6 We provide comprehensive course materials with complimentary MS Office 2000 training. Lecturers are MOE approved with many years of teaching experience. University f GCE <0* LEVEL M Subjects include English I Additional Mathematics Elementary Mathematics Commerce Principles of Accounting Z' GCE 'A" LEVEL M Subjects include General Paper m Additional
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      372 9 IT- tad out wkat H keeps an 1"1 year old J R ok\ top fke I |jlj Sii tt W I 1 Alow oK\ly 9 days to catch Kim Hse to the occasion at Lot i ONE stop cf endless FUN. ,JM Welcome the much anticipated Millennium Dragon \fear I
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      561 10  -  ITE student got his licence only three months ago By Lingam Ponnampalam HE loved his girlfriend. And he loved his motorcycle. But then, the first love turned sour and the second proved fatal. Mohamed Khifli Johan, 19, was killed in a horrific motorcycle accident along Bedok
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      42 11 muiMimi* lir Patrtck PmM, •djyjlTfct fcilim Tkw,ipi ■Iffcgst a panel discussion on fel MM icooowjf 41 rocoiit coifefwcfl oi information tftchnoiiy The meek will ij|j||BPthe earth. Winners will win real big and losers will be left for dead.
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      714 12 ASIAN ECONOMIES MUST... The crisis is over. The region's countries are back on track only to find themselves in a new global race. Who will be the big winners? Who the (relative) losers? And who'll be future leader of the pack? YVONNE UM watches as two respected
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  • SPEAKUP
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      Lock icon Help teens do the right thing, before baby is made
      223 13 HOW HUEY KIM, Mai I REFER to "Abandoned babies: Help the mothers, or shame them?" (TNP, Jan 26). The issue here is one of teenager sexual responsibility. Teenagers, in compromising situations, are guided more by their hormones than common sense.
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      34 13 PREGNANT teens can get help from the Pregnancy Crisis Service Singapore. Its confidential hotlines are 339-9770 and 339-6206, which operate from 9 am to 5 pm every day, except Sundays and public holidays.
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      Lock icon BT and Forbes for just 85 cents a day
      126 14 THERE'S no better time to subscribe to the Business Times than now. From today till Feb 29, readers who do bo will also receive a full year's subscription (or 26 issues) of Forbes Global for just $265. That's $273 off the
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      Lock icon 'I made many Asean friends. Now, visit their countries'
      485 15 ASFAN VISITING STUDENT FELLOWSHIP Want to travel for free to bustling Bangkok? Or, somewhere more exotic like Hanoi or Laos? Now you can, if you get the Asean Visiting Student Fellowship from the Singapore International Foundation (SIF). JASON TAN reports I
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      23 14 Congratulations (°\n to our GG FL/ITRONT Fair Grand New Year Draw winners! L J ■Hi Bang Olufsen home entertainment system worth $30,000 jL
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      183 15 "Largest numbers enrolled for 'UOL I.T. Bachelor programme 9 in Singapore 99 BSc (Hons) I in Computing Information Systems Programme Advantages: Informatics Computer School has been listed in Specified Listing as demonstrating appropriate levels of facilities and experienced teaching staff Provides an in-depth study of IT systems with emphasis on
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      132 16 I# 1 ui #m vES P" m£IWW if xXZ^sy^psFx''Ws^ Crisp, juicy lettuces. Fresh, crunchy apples. When you store Not only does this mean fresher food, it also means a your fruits and vegetables inside a National Tanto refrigerator, healthier you. Because the nutritional value is preserved too. they stay fresher
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    Lock icon TRAPPED under a tractor for five days
    549 17 Leg crushed, but he survives THENEWSTODAY THE 58-year-old farmer had only one bottle of water. His left leg was crushed and had turned gangrenous. And Mr Sam Layton had been in agony for five days, trapped under a three-tonne tractor, in remote high
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      33 18 FATHER SAYS A* P IMB MR Mi wd MM mbacfcsaM: imself, feed himself. He can hand, though not as fast and Ah his right hand. He can tie kbhe uses trick motions.
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      438 19 THAI HOSPITAL HOSTAGE DRAMA Source: The Nation, Wire services. Bundled up in white doth from head to toe like a piece of meat. How did the 10 Karen rebels who took over a Thai hospital three days ago, end up like that? Some of the hostages have
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      Lock icon Rapped for photo showing bodies in underwear
      231 19 Source: Bangkok Post. A NEWSPAPER front page photograph of the Thai commando assault has added fuel to the debate over the Thai shooting. The Khao Sod newspaper showed four of the 10 bodies in their underwear just before they were wrapped up. "All
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      181 20  -  ANWAR SODOMY TRIAL By Leong May Ling REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR IN the dock, charged with sex abuse and, even worse... Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim needs his passport to prove his innocence and it's missing. Anwar's fight to clear his name suffered a setback
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      Lock icon Too loud, too loud
      135 20 A LAWYER telling a judge not to raise his voice? It happened yesterday as Judge Dato Arifin constantly queried the defence. Anwar I was then blindfolded and taken to the police headquarters in Bukit Am an. Judge: I don't see how the manner in which you
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      162 20 Why do 1 love thee? I 0 A hundred angers and \et cnl\ cne: I J I W Because J de.^^^J ee,<a^^^^l^^^ e 3SSSBßsSßBSBßBßßSßfl^SSBBSBsBwe^2**a£S*»<»a^64WWw^*^Wm^BPs Fe,e Ecridor Retro UHVI) 48/ hdllfxmit f>rn m iltodnmt finish i^Br jjr Surprise yenr feved evt with tire perfect <jift jrem Car an d Ache (hi*
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      282 21 Source: AP DANIELA Tobar wowed the crowds in downtown Santiago, Chile last Monday as she walked to the bathroom, undressed, and took a shower. She was quite aware that scores of people were ogling her as she went about her morning ablutions. But she wasn't too bothered by
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      Lock icon Greenspan vows to keep inflation low
      101 21 THE man who move® the world's money markets kept investors guessing yesterday. He gave no hints whether the US central bank would raise interest rates. But Mr Alan Greenspan did pledge to keep inflation low to keep the US ft Is expected to approve
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    1037 23  -  Showtime Byl Yong Siew Fern EVERYTHING you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask. So says Najip Ali on TV as he sells Upfront With Najip, his new talkshow tonight which takes over from Tonight With Gurmit. But he must first convince
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      297 25 SEVEN Chinese language albums and two English ones have established Coco Lee as one of the hottest properties around. Her record company Sony Music now wants to turn her into a global star. So they are putting money on a daring campaign... More about the starlet on
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      434 26 WHOEVER thought making Friends could be so difficult? Ask the people at Warner Bros who have churned out five seasons of the popular sitcom about six attractive New Yorkers who do nothing but hang out with each other all the time. But behind a 25-mlnute episode are
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    Lock icon New Year vow: Be nice, witch
    525 27  -  ET CETERA WTTH YONG SIEW FERN THREE weeks ago, I made a semi-serious new year resolution to be a genuinely nice person. I'm nice. I'm as nice as a vampire on your neck. A friend gave me a book three birthdays ago with this
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      64 27 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh asfcasa u [asaaa u MBMBK I to la?" Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson EyeTECH/Thach Bui (PC Pixel) Dilberl/Scott Adams (ed. the experts YOU'RE FIRED, (tll coiae back in^\ lAANAGERS SHOULD t YOuUF FIRED I TEN MINUTES T0 OVER- COIAfAUNICATE I "J™ r/ f IDO THAT AGAIN.
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    456 28  -  CAREER CHOICE By: Zaihan Mohamed Yusof IF you add the skills of three professions historian, psychologist and businessman together and make full use of all that, you may well have what it takes to become an antique consultant. Two years as an antiques consultant at Unique
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      51 28 JOB J ADS Inside I WhaFtdft I Doc? J Work in a specialist J clinic at Gleneagies Hospital. PoHct I Catch TMtf I Play the real I game by I joining the I Singapore I Police Force. I Polw —d Make a 1 sensible I career choice m as an
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    Lock icon Great way to shop in other countries
    335 30 FROM PAGE 31 CAREER CHOICE What is the best part about your Job? I get to travel on the pretext of acquiring more antiques. Actually, I love shopping in foreign countries. I also eqjoy making friends with serious collectors and people who are
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      370 31 Career Choice 9 I J Regent Singapore Job Fair 2000 HAPPY < FAMILY! IfiEyiuQ] As a member the Resorts, we are I renowned for extra thoughtful service. Our employees enjoy an environment that is both warm and cohesive. To meet the challenges ahead, we are looking for new additions close-knit
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      557 32 Career Choice SASCO ST Aviation Services Co Pte Ltd (SASCO), a is company whicii specialises in commercial aircraft maintenance and modifications. We are looking for suitable applicants to join us as: Materials Co-ordlnator Job: Responsible for all material requirements of the assigned projects bv co-ordinating parts and tooling shortages with
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      368 37  -  Rising sprint star blasts Class 1 rivals despite taken wide By Lionel Lee IT DID not matter that the race was put together at the eleventh hour. For Super Effect, there was no problem getting fit for Race 5 at Kranji last night. And further underlining his
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      240 37  -  By Tan Thean Loon SAVE the best for the last, so the saying goes. But in jockey Oo Khuang Liang's case, it was saving the best for the first and last. The three-time champion was simply in irresistible form at Kranji last night when taking
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      876 38 RACE 1: GOOD LINK showed little interest until rounding the home turn despite being urged with the whip. SILVER PRINCE and LUCKY WINGS, who raced poorly and were eased down, must pass a I,ooom gallop trial and vet exam. Trainer Charles Leek was questioned
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      736 38 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (SAND TRACK) RACE RESULTS Going: Good 1 ALWAYS SPECIAL 57 (8-6) JCLOo (1) 2 1 1 (477) 4 LUCKY FOREVER 53.5 (30-11) JCKLoh (4) 3 2 2 (453) 3 QOOO UNK 55.5 (15-7) E Merchant (3) 6 5 3 (447) 2 EMPIRE WMORUSH 56.5 (60-18) ...„LWttm«n (5) 4
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      523 39  -  YESTERDAY'S KRANJI TRACKWORK By Danny Khoo PRINCE KASHANI, who has found one to beat in both his starts so far, underlined his chances in the Class 3 1,200 m event on Saturday. The John Meagher-trained galloper, with a track rider aboard, caught the eye when he
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      394 39 YESTERDAY'S PENANG TRACKWORK NST TWO-TIME winner Baby Boss geared up for his third success with a dashing trial in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old New Zealand-bred held Spirit Of The Wild in a 600 m trial in 35.65 ec
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      480 40 Capriati beats drugs and crime to make s-finals AP. WHEN Lindsay Davenport was 13, she would scour the newspaper every morning for news of her idol, Jennifer Capriati. Today, she goes head-to-head with her in the semifinals of the Australian Open. But what is even more remarkable for
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      133 40 i yi.ii ni'.'.'ji'j] AP. TWO years ago, Magnus Norman (loft) underwent a five-hour heart operation. Today, he's oveijoyed to be playing in his first Grand Slam semi-final. 1 frhinlr I'm the happiest man on Earth right now," said the 23-year-old Swede. "Making a Grand Slam
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      270 40 uSlSjSislH WEATHER; Humid with afternoon showers and a top temperature of 24 degrees C. CROWD: 45,157 STATISTIC OF THE MY: 19 minutes —the time needed by Kafelnikov to win his first set against Younes el Aynaoui, who only won 10 points in the set. QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'They know
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      323 42 JtmßPlnmy—heart that this is the real deal. Steffi Graf AUSSIE OPEN REPORTS Page 43 Never misses. Aces all the time. No, we are not talking about tennis No 1 Andre Agassi. But many of you have seen the devastating effect of this person's aim. No, we are not talking about
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      216 43 CONGRATS on the detailed coverage of Hidetoshi Nakata's winning debut for AS Roma. It was heart-warming as an Asian to learn how influential and effective our Asian Player of the Year was as a midfielder, how he fitted in like a glove with his new
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      300 43 I'M sure that readers of Far Post have been following the great battle of the sexes with a great deal of amusement. After all the letters advising Yang Shiisi to grin and bear it or to dig in and be "one of
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      508 43 THE Red Devils spilled more than just sweat on Brazilian soil from their very first step. From shielding their faces from waiting fans, disdainfully refusing to acknowledge all greetings, to shunning the media, no one can fault them for not having done everything they could to
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      206 44 WEEKEND RESULTS Bari 1 Florentine 0 AC Milan 2 Lecce 2 Reggina 0 Juventus 2 Torlna 2 Bologna 1 Udinese 5 Venezia 2 Verona 1 Inter-Milan 2 Cagliari 0 Lazio 0 AS Roma 2 Piacenza 1 P W D L F A Pts 1 Juvantus 18 11
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      179 44 AP. LAZIO Kicked league rival Juventus out of the Italian Cup yesterday with a 2-1 home victory. It will now meet towlyregarded Venezia in the semi-finals. Venezia stunned powerhouse Rorentina in an earlier quarterfinal, holding it to a 1-1 draw and advancing on the away goals
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      259 44  -  1 HHIM«Hm ■ITWn—nTirMTFIMMWWMIiWMMMMBBMM————W——MB PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ZINEDINE ZIDANE REPORTS; IAN BROWN ITS unbelievable. 1 Yes, it's my most beautiful goal at Juventus, says France World Cup *98 hero Zinedine Zidane. His super strike at Reggina earned Juventus a 2-0 win and an inspiring three-point
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      576 44 IN the land of the European table football champions, they lament the end of Subbuteo (table football), but not the beautiful sub! Roberto Baggio came off the bench to grab the seventh Inter-Milan goal from a Marcello Lippi substitution and earn the visitor a dramatic 2-1
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      569 45 BRIAN MILLER reporting from PERTH HSMM flattie starts today la Pertfc. The flaal rmmd isoaSaaday. Catch the action Rve on Ttirflparh (CtuMmal 24) fr— 1.30p tooay. LAST year, on this same course and amidst the vineyards of West Swan Valley, a "local boy" by
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      460 46  -  MYSTERY OF MISSING IRAN COACH By Lim Han Ming THE most important newcomer at S-League club Tampines Rovers is missing in action. The big question with the Stags (Tampines' nickname): Where is Jalal Talebi? The Iranian World Cup coach, who reportedly signed a one-year contract earlier
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      213 46 DAVID LEE will not sign for any S-League club before the Feb 10 deadline. The veteran goalkeeper is suffering from a slipped disc in his spine and is unable to recover in time for the start of the new season. Tm definitely not signing for
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        295 47 LEEDS ROW FAR POST: Page 46 AFP. THE attack of an Asian teenager which led to the arrest of two Leeds United star footballers is being treated as "racist". Detective Superintendent Eddie Hensley, who is leading the investigations, said: "The perception of the people involved is
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        220 47 LEAGUE CUP AFP. TRANMERE ROVERS 3 BOLTON WANDERERS 0 (TnMHMre 4-0 on aoracate) HERE we go, here we go, here we go to Wembley. Supporters of First Division club Tranmere Rovers were celebrating early this morning after making it to the English League Cup final. Rovers
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