The New Paper, 1 February 2000

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  • 21 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdinge http://newpaper.asia1 com.sg MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS
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    • 137 1 Fan with Leon Lai maid $55,000 in to debt, then cane myself death O 50 times O |fl I r a Til 1 y 1 111 I I ri %l I I A A 1 I I W A A I A i A V k v A m I
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    • 555 2 Loan sharks providing up to $30,000 cash advances. Some housing agents get huge kickbacks Flat-owners charged 6 per cent a month Banks offer about 6 per cent a year on secured loans BEWARE the loanshark connection, a real estate official warns.
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    • 49 2 The Dow Aones industrial average surged yesterday. Investors snapped up shares of the companies that were battered in last week's sell-off. The Dow rose 201.66 points to 10,940.53. Volume trade totalled 968 million shares. The Nasdaq composite index posted a late comeback, gaining 53.28 points to 3,940.35.
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    • 85 2 OFFERING a cash advance on a flat that has not been sold does this amount to a loan? In Singapore, loans are governed by the Money Lending Act which sets out a maximum of 18 per cent interest a year for any type of loan. Banks and
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    • 203 2 EVERY day, there are advertisements in Berita Harian offering attractive cash advances for flats. And the Institute of Estate Agents is concerned. So concerned that it is drawing up a set of advertising guidelines so that flat-owners will not fall prey to loan sharks. The
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    • 505 3 Employer made me do it, claims maid in Malaysia YES. My employer made me cane myself, said an Indonesian maid in Malaysia. Not once. Not twice. Not even thrice. But 50 times. Fifty strokes of the cane for "mistakes" in doing her chores, reported the New
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    • 82 4 Chong Shin Liow (right) was sentenced yesterday to two months' jail for burying eight puppies alive. He could have been jailed for up to six months and fined $500 for cruelty to animals. On Nov 19 last year, Pattu alias Periya Samy Ganesan,49, and Mohamed Osman Khan alias Abbas
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    • 675 4  - I love animals this man claims But court does not believe him By< Chua Wei Yng I once stopped a man from kicking a dog, he said. Who is this man fooling? This is the very same man who buried eight living, breathing puppies, the court ruled yesterday. I once
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    • 236 6 m CLOB SHARES INCOMPLETE and misleading. That's how a Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) spokesman describes a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) claim that the SGX has recognised Effective Capital's proposal as a "comprehensive and expeditious solution". The SGX will release a full statement today on the
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    • 61 6 I* ROBOT ROO TWO: That's the name of this dummy kangaroo. But what a live kangaroo can do, this robot can do too. The crash-test dummy can stand upright, squat and even appear to skip. It Is helping an Australian carmaker design cars with better protection
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      • 66 6 Slfl AN SIA plane had to return to Beijing yesterday an hour after taking off for Singapore when an engine fire alarm came on. The captain shut the engine and turned around the Airbus 310, which had 106 passengers. They were put on another flight. Ground engineers
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      • 75 6 ENVIRONMENT 1 SINGAPORE'S ability to "sustain" its environment is ranked low in a pilot index devised by experts chosen by the World Economic Forum. It was bottom of the fourth band (out of five) of a group of 56 economies tracked. But the group said this was
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      • 59 6 CHINESE-MUSLIMS I CHINESE Muslims in Malaysia can look forward to worshipping in their own mosques in future. These mosques to be introduced in the Klang Valley will offer sermons conducted in Chinese, The Sun reported yesterday. Now there are no Chinese mosques in the country, which has about
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      • 56 6 INTERNET SINGAPORE Press Holdings' revamped Internet portal, Asia One, is attracting heavier traffic. The number of people reading its website pages has increased to 1.15 million a day since it was relaunched last Tuesday with new services. The past week also saw more than 15,000 surfers signing
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      • 66 7 COMMUNITY THERE will be no government subsidies for new nursing home residents who do not need such a high level of care. The Health Ministry also wants less-dependent residents to move to homes for the aged, or live at home with community support. The move is to free
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      • 59 7 HISTORY THE National Theatre may be gone. But its site still has a place in Singapore, being classified as one of the 45 official historic sites. Dubbed the People's Theatre because of contributions made by Singaporeans from all walks of life towards its construction, it was officially opened
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      • 61 7 STABBINGS THESE two former national boxers Jagdew Singh (left), 34, and R Yoganathan, 35, are accused of stabbing two men at a friend's party. The alleged stabbing at Mulberry Avenue, off AJjunied Road, happened at about 4 am on Sept 27,1998. The stabbings were apparently sparked by
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    • 50 6 New Straits Times: Oversight, says ministry International Herald Tribune: EU warns Austria it risks sanctions over Far Right Asian Wall Street Journal: Wiranto blamed for the violence in East Timor BBC news: A court in Britain has convicted a doctor who has killed 15 of his patients
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    • 55 7 The Straits Times: Gus Dur: I'll ask him to go The Business Times: SGX disputes KLSE version of meeting Uanhe Zaobao: Inquiry panel: Wiranto must bear responsibility for East Timor human rights violation Berita Harian: Malay language programme up to honours degree level RCS morning news: Gus
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    • 139 7 in F®Sus Reuters. FAST food is about to get faster in southern California, where the car is king, hamburgers are considered heavenly, and speed is of the essence. Five McDonald's restaurants have signed a deal with a local transportation authority to allow motorists to zip through the
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    • 76 7 MJ| Apec has always been open to any moves by its members to reduce barriers in pursuit of its goals. Ambassador Serbini Ali of Brunei, the new executive director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat based in Singapore. Several Apec members, including Singapore, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand,
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 630 8  -  By Hazel Tan SHE was found lying dead in her bed by her father. Clutched to her chest was a vidao taps (left), titled A Hero Never Dies, a movie starring her Idol Leon Lai. Love for a star
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    • 309 9 PEOPLE who are prone to idol-worshipping are impressionable, says Mr Danny Ng, a psychologist in private practice. And they often have low self-esteem. In the case of Ms Ye, she had apparently lost touch with reality, said Mr Ng. "That's why she didn't realise she couldn't
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    • 183 9 OBSESSED fans are in the news more often for harming their idols, not themselves. Ex-Beatle George Harrison was stabbed by a mentally disturbed fan last month. Another man was suspected to have sent him a get-well note that said: "You're always on my mind." Harrison's band-mate John
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    • 217 11 FROM today, you will be able to have a meal while catching up with the latest news. Newspapers will be on sale at all Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants. Tricon Restaurants Singapore and Singapore Press Holdings have
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    • 418 12 EASIER MALAY SYLLABUS The Ministry of Education is introducing a simpler Malay language syllabus. For those who have problems with learning the language, this is good news. AZHAR GHANI reports AFTER 12 years in school, Scott Peterson, 18, will soon be starting his
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    • 135 12 Every Malay Singaporean should study the Malay Language for as long as possible, and to as high a level as he can. That is what the Ministry of Education wants. To achieve this, starting 2001, cultural immersion programmes will be introduced to the teaching of Higher Malay
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    • 121 14 HERE' a novel way to help children who suffer from life-threatening illnesses. Get to the Asia One's newly-launched online auction site and make a bid for a Nokia 8850 phone and an Ml Golden number. Asia One's charity auction aims to raise funds
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      91 14 HERE'S your chance to win the latest Swatch: The Beat Aluminium. Just tell us which one of these names is not a Beat Aluminium model: Floating.Dot, Virtual. Wave, Webstream, Mars. The Beat Aluminium boasts two spacious screens, and three time zones, including the Swatch-initiated Internet time "beats".
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    • 475 15  -  CHARGED WITH RAPING A 12-YEAR-OLD, HE CONDUCTS HIS OWN DEFENCE The case Abdul Razak Mohamad Maidin.4B, is claiming trial to two charges of rape and one of carnal intercourse. He is alleged to have raped a 12-year-old girl, a Primary 6 pupil, at Victoria Hotel and Fort
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    • 162 15 Australian tourist Barry Peridm (rteht), was owsttoead by the accused. Accossd; You said the girl looked 14 in your statement, but why did you say she was 12 in court just now? Mr Pifttos: What's the difference? 12 or 14? She looked very young. Accussd: 12 and 14,
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    • 327 16 A: 'They wanted it and are grateful' SCOTTISH DOCTOR UNDER INVESTIGATION Source: Wire services. YES. That was his answer. A Scottish doctor who amputated the perfectly-healthy lower limbs of two men said he did the right thing. Both the patients one
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    • 108 16 THE two men who had their limbs cut off by Dr Smith were suffering from a disease of the mind called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Patients with this illness worry, for no apparent reason, that their bodies are not perfect. They let this worry become an obsession. They
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    • 509 18  -  GERMANS IN SINGAPORE By Suresh Kumar HOW are Germans reacting to news that former chancellor Helmut Kohl didn't declare secret party funds? Uka how you would raact Iff you found out your husband has boon unfaithful all along. You'd start sooing those wonderful moments you
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    • 167 18 GERMAN and French TV cMmed a uisi wwkctiu uwt men-rrencn laiii rrestoem rrancois vnvuevTana arranged payment of DM3O mMon marks (about $26 mMon) to Mr KohTs party in 1992. The sieged payoffs in the I .n,,,. j g. ■■■j. r* .it prtvamaoon or former bast Germany's main
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  • 324 20 Icebreaker steaming to rescue of 186 aboard WORLDTODAY Reuters. THEIR ship may be stuck fast in ice, but it's still part of the adventure. After all, the passengers are snug in the cabins, and the ship with its hull strengthened against ice, is unlikely to
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    • 467 22 Wire services. HE was their family doctor. And they trusted him with their lives. But his was not a healing touch. He brought death death disguised as their care. For, deep down, he was a "cold-blooded and calculated" killer. Harold Shipman, 54, (right) was
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    • 82 22 AFP. WHAT was the motive? That was the most puzzling aspect of the case. Only in one case did Harold Shipman stand to benefit financially. He forged the will of one victim and got £386,000 ($1.06 million). Detectives looked for evidence of financial problems or secret bank accounts
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    • 90 22 Reuters. FRED AND ROSEMARY WEST: The housewife was found guilty in 1995 of killing 10 women and girls in the "House of Horrors". Fred was convicted of killing 12. BEVERLY ALUTT, a nurse dubbed the "Angel of Death", murdered four infants in her care in 1992. PETER SUTCUFFE,
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  • 496 23  -  cetera WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ ARE you still feeling a little foolish one month after the Y2K crossover? Billions of dollars later, we've learnt what Y2K really means to computer scalpers: Year to Kill. After lugging around the contingency manuals and staying up late with the
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  • 144 24 On Jan 24,10 Myanmar terrorists stormed a big hospital in the western Thai province of Ratchaburi. They demanded that a medical team treat refugees near the Thai-Myanmar border. Hundreds of journalists from around the world gathered outside the hospital. By the next morning, 22 hours
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    • 1095 25  -  By Hazel Tan SEE WHAT GIGI HAS DONE TO HIM OH, the power of love. Never mind the heartless man label, given to him by the Hongkong media. Never mind that some of his fans turned their backs on him. Never mind that at one
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    • 139 25 NEWS of Ekin and Gigi (above) dating surfaced after the duo worked together in several movies and a Cantonese musical in Hongkong. But both denied it It was made clear when reporters caught Gigi leaving Ekin's house in Hongkong on his 32nd birthday last October.
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    • 140 26 THE Talented Mr Ripley was having a problem doing a Full Monty. Matt Damon (right) plays a man who would stop at nothing even murder—to assume the identity of a wealthy friend, in the title role of The Talented Mr Ripley. But when the
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      68 26 AUSTRALIAN pop star Natall* Imbruglla (right), 24, is said to be dating Joseph Fiennes, of Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth fame. Fiennes, 29, recently broke up with Braveheart star Catherine McCormack, 27, after whispers reached him that she was romantically involved with Sean Penn on the set of
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    • 50 26 THE stunning star of The Practice, Lara Flynn Boyle (below), has been unceremoniously dumped by old-enough-to-be-her-Dad boyfriend Jack Nicholson. The 29-year-old actress apparently took US$l,2OO ($2,000) worth of dresses back to the stores where they came from and pocketed the money. The dresses were Christmas presents from Nicholson.
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    • 282 27  -  By Seto Nu-wen Going fully independent for a Singapore band is a huge step. Local website www.audioload.com, officially launched last Wednesday, aims to give these bands that much-needed push. Concave Scream is getting just that with its just launched third album, Three. "More ptoplc havt got to
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    • 179 27 THE young founders of AudioLoad.com left the comfort of nine-to-five jobs to form the company. "We realised that while there are many musicians online, there isn't a single source where you can get everything," explained AudioLoad's chief executive officer, Mr Tay Eng Wah, 28.
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    • 95 27 SINGAPORE has other sites featuring local music and providing downloads: TiiiiihHihii —Aimed at distributing Asian music in MP3 format To be launched this month. Aspiring musicians can upload material for archival. (wee mI—h rtm) Features Asian music and provides MP3 downloads. Substitute (wWW.Mlbitltifto.COM) A site for local alternative
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    • 165 39 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CWCKET Wire services MORE than 2.3 billion people in 129 countries tuned into the Cricket World Cup on television last year, according to survey results released by the England Cricket Board yesterday. The event made a profit of £30 million ($Bl million).
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      29 39 I SOCCER Modestly dressed Iraqi Bejan Assi (right) taking on Egyptian Warda Ibrahim during the Arab Women Soccer Championships in Amman yesterday. Egypt won 9-0. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 49 39 GRIDIRON St Louis Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce breaking away to score the winning touchdown in Super Bowl 34 in Atlanta yesterday (Singapore time). The Rams, a 200-1 long shot, won their first National Football League Championship in 49 years by beating the Tennessee Titans 23-16.
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    • 69 39 OLYMPICS AFP THAILAND has lodged a bid to host the 2008 Olympics in Bangkok, Deputy Prime Minister Bhichai Rattakul has announced. It faces stiff competition from Beijing, Paris, Seville, Toronto, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur and Osaka. The decision will be made by the International Olympic Committee next year.
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    • 75 39 BOXING Reuters DESPITE his hammering of Julius Francis, Mike Tyson's quest to regain his world title now depends on factors outside his control. His manager says Tyson could be as few as three fights away from meeting current world title-holder Lennox Lewis. But while both boxers say
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    • 605 40  -  FA CUP Fifth Round: BLACKBURN 1 Matt Jansen 27th min NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 Alan Shearer 21,79 Half-time: 1-1 Crowd; 29,946 BLACKBURN: Kelly, Grayson, Peacock, Dailly, Davidson, McAteer, Carsley (Johnson 46), Frandsen, Duff, Blake, Jansen NEWCASTLE: Harper, Barton, Dabizas, Pistone, Helder (Hughes 50), Dyer (Marie 89), Speed, Lee, Gallacher(Doml
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    • 376 41  -  GILLINGHAM 3 Mark Saunders 70th min, Andy Thomson 72, Nicky Southall 82 SHEFFIELD WED 1 Gerald Sibon 27 THE GILLS: Vince Bartram, Barry Ashby, Adrian Pennock, Guy Butters, Roland Edge, John Hodge (Nayron Noseworthy 80), Marcus Browning (Mark Saunders 61), Andy Hessenthaler, Paul Smith,
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      65 41 LOCKING HORNS: When it comes to the FA Cup, tempers tend to get rather frayed, as seen here during the Fulham v Tranmere Rovers match at Craven Cottage in London. Here, Fulham's Wayne Collins (left) comes face to face with Tranmere's Nick Henry and neither is going
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    • 62 41 AFP. Italian sportswear company Diadora has signed a US$lO million (sl7m) sponsorship deal with Aston Villa. Under the deal Diadora will provide kit for the club for three years, starting from next season when Villa's contract with Reebok expires. Last week, Villa signed a £26 million
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    • 209 41 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP UPDATE Sky sports. ARSENAL'S flagging championship hopes have received a huge boost. Inspirational skipper Tony Adams and Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp both returned to training yesterday after lengthy injury spells. The international duo have been out of action for some time as the
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    • 238 41 TMMV Group C: Egypt (already qualified) v Burkina Faso Zambia v Senegal AP. CAMEROON and Ghana scraped into the African Nations Cup quarter-finals yesterday despite shock defeats. Cameroon, which boasts a record four World Cup Finals appearances and two Nations Cup titles, sank 1-0 to tiny
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      378 42 That's why Ivan Raznevich, who guided SAFFC to S-League glory, joined lowly Woodlands Wellington recently. While some cynics questioned his sanity, WANG MENG MENG asks him how he plans to turn around a team that leaked in 44 goals to finish ninth last year IVAN Raznevich has a
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    • 56 42 NAME: Ivan Raznevich ML'5B NATIONALITY: Croatian FAMLY: Wife Eva May Ko and sons Steven, 21, and Michael, 17 CLUBt Woodlands Wellington FAV CLUBt AC Milan FAV COACH: Fabk) Capelk), (former AC Milan and Real Madrid) FAV PLAYERS: Garrincha (Brazil), Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) and Johann Cruyff (Holland) LMES: Classical music,
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      391 43  -  IS TAMPINES' A S VEERA A KING EITHER WAY COMMENT PETER SIOW WHO is this man A S Veera? Is he Tampines Rovers' new king-maker? A man who hires and fires. Or is he merely a committee member? A man who pulls no strings. Veera's name came to
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    • 235 43 TEAM manager Abol Fazl left Tampines Rovers in a huff last week. The big question now is, does his departure and that of last season's entire squad spell another tumultuous season for the club? No, says club chairman Quah Kim Song, who has moved quickly to
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    • 48 43 Marine Castle will field two Australian players in its friendly match against Woodlands Wellington today. Attacking midfielder Ben Wood, 24, and striker Owen Filewood, 20, are on trial with the S-League club. The match kicks off at 7:3opm at the Woodlands Stadium. Admission is free'
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    • 288 44  -  BY Lin Han Ming SPOTTED; A fourth goalkeeper at the first day of training vesterdav. fNb!nrt Yazid Yasin. The Home United keeper, recalled to the national squad recently, missed yesterday's Asian Cup training due to flu. It got the reporters at the National Stadium talking: Who's
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    • 359 44 Premier League referee accuses Man U players of hounding him Sir Alex Ferguson admits his players went too for AFP. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson knows his players went too far. Seven on them ganged up to hound referee Andy D'Urso during United's 1-0 win
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