The New Paper, 15 March 2000

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 436 2 Reuters. IMAGINE this: A loved one is desperately in need of a kidney transplant. And it's a long, agonising wait for a donor. But in about four years, this may change. Scientists believe that genetically-engineered pigs, which can be bred quickly, can provide organs
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    • 127 2 AM LATEST HE gave former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim the famous black eye. For that,former police chief Abdul Rahim Noor was sentenced to two months' jail this morning. He was also fined RM 2,000 ($904) in Kuala Lumpur's Sessions Court. He
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    • 240 2 Wire services. INVESTORS ran for the exit as shares plunged yesterday. Biotechnology stocks fell, dragging other US shares lower as well. WHY THE FALL The fall in share prices was triggered by news that the UK and US governments want scientists to
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    • 98 3 Catch Up With Win Fantastic Prizes at Pelifrance. Promotion till sth5 th April 2000 2 Sandwiches Choice of Egg Mayo or Seafood Mayo Sandwich) 2 (m(%>& (16 oz.) 2 Peach Tarts v 7V «r >¥5? Look out for Season 6of c on VCD in April. Order a FtLte./vbS Value Meal
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 505 4 On Saturday, this Chai Cheegrandmother disppeared with her grand-daughter sparking fear in her family. This is not the first time the granny has run away with a child. Fortunately, police found her at midnight last night. MELVIN SINGH and ANDRE YEO talks to the family
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    • 183 5 Several reasons, says psychiatrist IT could be conflicts within her family. Or, the woman may be suffering from a depressive illness or schizophrenia, not related to childbirth. Her behaviour could be the result of being under great stress or it may be because of
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    • 262 5 THE Zulkeplee family heaved a sigh of relief late last night. At midnight, they found the grandma and the baby at East Coast Park with the help of the police, who were alerted by a member of the public. Mr Zulkeplee said: "We're glad they're back. Now, we've
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 402 6 Mir $5 health checks for over-55s ALL Singaporeans who are at least 55 years old will be offered health screening for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol for just $5. The Ministry of Health (MOH) will foot the balance of the $20 bill. The mass
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    • News Break
      • 57 6 RESEARCH US President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are supporting the move to make the soon-to-be-deciphered human genetic code available to the public. The two leaders do not want the information to end up as the private property of a few corporations. The agreement will
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      • 66 6 BRITAIN THE Tetra Pak has made her Britain's richest woman. Kirsten Rausing, has inherited £1.5-billion ($4.1 billion) from her father Gad Rausing, son of the inventor of the Tetra Pak which is used to hold milk, juices and other drinks. Mr Rausing died three months ago. His brother,
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      • 58 6 COE COE traders say the announcement of a bumper COE quota has sparked panic selling among speculators. And there are no buyers, the traders, who deal in transferable COEs, told The Business Times. The Government announced on Friday that close to 110,000 certificates of entitlement will be released
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      • 65 6 BT ONLINE READ all the latest business news on your Palm Pilot. From today, you can read the top reports in The Business Times that way. If you are an Avantgo user, click on BT Online to add BT to your list of channels. If you are
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      • 62 7 COURT TWO Primary Production Department (PPD) dog shooters were charged yesterday with killing a man rashly when they shot at a pack of stray dogs. The victim, Mr Lim Cheng Choon, was with the stray dogs when they fired. The incident took place on Nov 2,1998. The dog
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      • 64 7 ORAL SEX HE posed as a cop and raped a mentally-slow woman twice. For that, Christopher M P Nathan was jailed for 25 years and ordered to be given the maximum 24 strokes of the cane yesterday. Said the judge: "Predators, like the present accused, who attack vulnerable
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      • Article, Illustration
        63 7 MURDER SHE was the mastermind of her husband's murder. Now Julaiha Begum (right), 52, will hang for her devious plot. So too will her young lover Loganatha Venkatesan and accomplice Chandran Rajagopal the two men she told to kill her husband, retired police inspector T Maniam. Mr
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        53 7 ANAt SEX A PROJECT manager was jailed for three months for having anal sex with a 22-year-old student. Lim Chee Yong (right), 35, who works in his parents' construction company, had committed the offence twice against the woman's wishes. Anal sex, which falls under unnatural sex offences is
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    • 55 6 New Straits Times: Rahim pleads guilty International Herald Tribune: German gets backing for IMF as US avoids snub Asian Wall Street Journal: Nasdaq tumbles on steep drop in biotech issues BBC news: President Clinton and Tony Blair join forces to call on scientists to keep knowledge about
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    • 146 7 in FSRSus IS Kitty the new cyberbabe? Japanese are queueing to buy i-mode telephones which allow one to download antics of Asia's most popular cartoon character, Kitty Chan. Toymaker Bandai Co and mobile phone operator NTT Docomo are gleeful, to say the least. The Hello Kitty
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    • 63 7 The Straits Times: $5 health checks for everyone over 55 The Business Times: Panic selling grips COE traders Lianhe Zaobao: 370,000 Singaporeans over 55 to get medical check-ups in the second half of this year Berita Harian: Health screening program for 374,000 senior citizens RCS morning news:
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    • 52 7 Ouote worthy We are being this new century with no plan, no control, no brakes. The last chance to assert control the fail-safe point is approaching rapidly. Sun Microsystems chief scientist Bill Joy, who fears that intelligent robots will create evolved copies of themselves and force mankind
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  • HEALTHTODAY
    • 305 8  -  Oh no! It's 1 the flu burfgain... By Melvin Singh YES, it's that time of the year when moist tissues, draped on ruby red noses, become a fashion accessory. The only solace is a warm bed and plenty of rest. Although influenza occurs throughout the year here,
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    • 236 8 MOST doctors The New Paper spoke to said patients insist on being prescribed antibiotics when they get the flu. The over-reliance on antibiotics has created a new problem. New strains of bugs, called super bugs, have mutated and are resistant to some antibiotics, Relenza,
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  • 296 9  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Chua Wei Yng He WORKED as a security guard. But his own home wasn't safe from him. Jasman Hassan, 39, stole cash and jewellery from his mother and younger brother. They lived together in the same flat in Tampines Street 33. Sometime
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
    • 120 11 Tgihe, Sir, the lesson i s that it is eery important for a find a wife who wants to have a large family in the first place. Dr WangKat Yuen (Bukit TimahGßC) He had been conditioned to believe that "two was the right number" But his wife who
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    • 401 11  -  BY Woon Wui Tek JUST imagine. A Singapore where spray-painting graffiti on cars is considered "tolerable behaviour" Or where street protests often break out. Where the aged are looked after by foreign maids And where those who are not descendants of
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 63 13 mui*mui< Mr Diieep Nair, the soon-to-be UN under-secretary-general in New York, on why he never made ft as a Permanent Secretary. He was Deputy Secretary for 10 years three at Trade and industry and seven at the Ministry of Defence: This is something nobody can say,
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    • 102 13 HOW to get ice-cream out of cyberspace Just go to the Asia One website In fact, you can get a whole week's supply of Haagen Dazs with prices starting at just $1 Tempted? Well, go ahead and bid for it At Auction Asia One.
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    • 139 15 ADVERfisiNG FEATURE GotliHie c%. connected v Jn That's right, not only the young need to be connected with T Jk Infocomm Technology (ICT). In the third of our four-part official website httpy/www.ecetebratlonslngapore com series on eCelebrations Singapore, we show you more eceiebrat.ons brought to you m AHIHH Here are two
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 415 16 If we can't even get our medical exams right AZHAR GHANI comments WE have all been through the pressure cooker the exam hall. So, I can imagine the trauma of the students They had to sit for a three-hour paper, only to be
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    • 50 16 About 180 medical students who took their pharmacology exam on Monday will have to re-take it on Saturday because some questions in the paper were the same as last year. The reason? There was a "clerical error in the checking procedures", says the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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    • 77 16 WHY re-take the exam? Explained NUS: 'To ensure that the rigour and credibility of our examination system are not compromised, we feel that it is necessary for the error to be corrected and for the students to re-sit the correct set of questions Students will be given three
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 157 18 THE Dragons met. That's right, those are Singapore's first two babies of the Dragon Year. Both born in the first few seconds of the Chinese New Year. And yesterday,they had a bit of fortune coming their way. Madam Lee Mayling, 26, was there with Baby Vernen Chan,
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    • 131 18 Babies born throughout the year can be registered at Robinsons for a free gift certificate in his or her name. Their parents will also get a privilege card that them to a 10 per cent discount on infant products whenever they shop at Robinsons, until 23 Jan 2001.
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    • 471 19  -  Prayers answered By Sheela Narayanan HE CANT sit on a chair without slipping off. It has happened so often that he has developed a phobia for chairs. Loh Wee Jit, 22, has cerebral palsy. When he was three days old,
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    • 185 19 THEY jumped at the chance to do something worthwhile. Sok Eng, Jon and Sofiah developed the reclining wheelchair for Wee Jit as their final-year project. "It was a chance to utilise our skills for the community," said Sofiah, the group's designer. They started work on it last July.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 233 21 CHINA TRADE CONGRESS, check the fine print if you want. President Bill Clinton has opened up a 250-page deal signed with China in November 1999. Lawmakers and the media now have access to it. By opening up, Mr Clinton hopes Congress will have less of a
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    • 291 22 Source: Wire services. YOU might think she has a heart of steel. But no such luck. For 10 years, Ms Roman Soman, 43, of Guyana in South America, has been living with a pair of surgical scissors in her chest.
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    • 174 23 How man? It's Tan lah, calling from Singapore. How're you doing? Guzzling Foster's at Sea Gull? Enjoying yourself... that's nice. Let me buy you a beer. It's free. fll pay for it. This could be your line to your friend anywhere in the world if
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    • 85 24 muMuK On hay foreign policy (sum, the gap between the US Republican and Democratic parties is narrowing, •aid New Yorfc Times columnist Dramas L Friedman: The Republicans wanted Nato expansion, so Mr Clinton (the Democratic President) expanded Nato. The Republicans initiated the North American Free Trade Agreement
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    • 264 24 FIRST it struck 21 private clinics from the state government panel of clinics for allegedly supporting the opposition. Yesterday, the Malacca Chief Minister dropped another bombshell. State funds amounting to RM4O million ($17.94 million) are to be transferred out of two banks which are staffed by
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 409 26 Plane's landing gearjams The Salt Lake-bound jet turns back to land at San Francisco airport It circles the airport for an hour, as the crew dumps excess fuel and tries to fix the landing gear Plane finally lands, dragging wing on runway amidst shower of
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    • 194 26 AFP. ITS the traditional story a postman being chased by a barking dog. But in this case, the dog attacked a British postman so viciously that the man fears he will not be able to father children And so a court in Leeds
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  • 231 29 WORLDTODAY HOLLYWOOD fans who love gossip may soon get a feast of details on what some of their idols have been up to. That is, if a lawyer carries out his threat. The unnamed lawyer represents Jodie "Babydol" Gibson. She has been charged
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    • 184 29 File No.: 07/2000 File Title: National Monumenta One of the National Monuments housed almost the i whole Colonial Government in 1915. Which was it? (1) Parliament House (2) Empress Place (3) City Hall Which of the following is a gazetted National I Monument? I i y (1) Sri Temasek <y
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  • 522 31  -  Etcetera WITH GLORIA CHANDY I'VE just been rebuked by a good friend for blowing a secret that I never knew I was supposed to keep. I actually mentioned my age to a third party while she was present Down to the last month
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 129 31 COMICHtUEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh I I OWN, -nyH-i MWWW&lwrc wis Kft g I bOfiEflN RHEtckftLl ?EP literJ W»J Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson ItESTOWfI Tm TIME THIS SCVJLmRE IS ABOUT MEI TOO WARM I SNOW Mtr? J f >, scvA.n\JRE rMTNoue toahsvence. ASTWS to BV\U> SNCHMAH.♦ S,. -r XEP' I
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  • spotlight
    • 627 32  -  The Formula One motor racing season is in full swing. ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOFfinds out how to get your hands on race souvenirs right in Singapore, and at lower prices, too REPORT PICTURES BY ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF FOR racing enthusiasts, nothing beats the adrenalin-pumping experience of
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    • 77 32 March 12: Melbourne (Australia) Won by Ferrari's Michael Schumacher. March 26: Interlagos (Brazil) April 9: Imola (San Marino) April 23: Silverstone (Britain) May 7: Barcelona (Spain) May 21: Nurburgring (Europe) June 4: Monte Carlo (Monaco) June 18: Montreal (Canada) July 2: Magny-Cours (France) July 16: Al-Ring (Austria) July
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  • ShowTime
    • 548 33  -  It's only a matter of time, says Hongkong star Julian Cheung of his long-time flame, Anita Yuen BY Teo Kuan Yee LONG ago, Hongkong's golden couple made a pact never to meet the press together. So what if Anita Yuen and Julian Cheung had been
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    • 130 34 JULIAN will be shooting a TV serial in Hongkong before coming here again in June. That's when hell star as an anti-narcotics officer with Li Nanxing in a 30-episode serial for TCS. Will he face the same problem as Hongkong actor Wong Hei, whose Cantonese-accented Mandarin
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  • 447 35  - Faye Nicholas in love? —1 A dJ BY Teo Kuan Yee BOTH are famous and the epitome of icy indifference. Both have their share of scandals and love to snub the media. But are both of them in love? Nicholas Tse and Faye Wong were caught behaving intimately at a
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  • SHOWTIME
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    • 247 37 FIRST, she was named as the third party who broke up director Zhang Yi Mou's marriage. Last year, she had to squash gossip about having an affair with actor Sun Zhou. Now, actress Gong Li is being linked to a well-built mystery man with
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    450 38  -  REPORT PICTURES/ K C WONG ALMOST everyone, including her father and grandmother, ridiculed her decision to learn ballet many years ago, let alone pursue it as a career. Today, Mrs Shirley Tan is proud to tell them: "Hi, I'm a ballet teacher" It would not have been possible
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    • 622 56  -  BARRIER TRIALS TWO I,ooom barrier trials were conducted on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday morning. The going was good. TRIAL 1: 1 Star Dragon (apprentice T Ong) 2 Purple Diamond (apprentice M Hairul)3 Caplin4 Powerful Merchant 5 Sir Benton (KL Oo) STacobarry (J Saimee). Unofficial margins
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      • 65 56 OUZO'S victory in the SIA International Cup has given London firm Asprey Carrard, which crafts the Cup, a bonus. Ouzo is jointly owned by trainer Malcolm Thwaites, his wife Shirley Yap and Tan Peng Quee. Thwaites has disclosed that, to avoid the situation of who should keep the
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      • 68 56 JOCKEY Benny Woodworth will not be seen in action on the local circuit for the next three months. The former champion apprentice is riding in Macau on a freelance permit issued by the Macau Jockey Club. He has not ridden any winner there yet but has come
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      • 67 56 POOR Tough As Teak. He has had 20 runs since February, 1998, without winning. Running in a Class 5 event at Penang last Sunday, many thought the Francis Nathan-trained gelding could break through. But it was not to be he finished second for the seventh time (he also
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      • 58 56 THE Selangor Turf Club (SLTC), like the Penang Turf Club and Perak Turf Club, has suspended off-course betting operations on Singapore races on Wednesday nights. In a press release issued yesterday, the SLTC stated that the club had been experiencing poor attendance and low turnover since the mid-week
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    • 458 57 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK Hanshin, a fast-fimshmg second to King Creole at his last start, looks set to go one better in the Class 3 1,400 m event at Kranji on Saturday. The Malcolm Thwaites-trained galloper served notice of his intention when he
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    • 584 57 NST. SEALED WITH A KISS drew attention to his chances in the Selangor Trophy for Class 3 horses over 1,700 m on Sunday with a dashing trial in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by expatriate jockey Nigel Day, the New Zealand-bred entire cantered one round
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    • 130 57 Workouts by horses engaged tonight: RACE 1: Slow work Eunice's Express, Strategic Alliance. RACE 2: Satori 43.6, fluently, Slow work: Man Of Tomorrow, in splendid trim, Allegoree, Super Goldmine, taken out by apprentice CT Kuah RACE 3: Slow work: The Lion Prince, looking well,
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    • 503 58 Micluicl Jordan Washington Wizards JORDAN GETS AWARD Michael Jordan was awarded the Jackie Robinson Foundation "Robie" Award for HumanKa danism in New Yorfc on Monday HMMMMM, gotta confess... I didn't see this coming. After all, Michael Jordan is a professional. In his playing days, he never
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    • 292 59 TO APPEAR IN COURT ON FRIDAY. BUT CAN STILL PLAY FOR CLUB IN UEFACUP MATCH TOMORROW AP. TWO Leeds United players were charged with causing grievous bodily harm yesterday for a racially motivated attack on an Asian student. Lee Bowyer, 23, and
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      272 60  -  S-LEAGUE NEWS Bumpy pitches? Reports/] Peter Siow FED up with your bone-hard, bumpy pitch? Want to maintain it yourself? Go ahead. We will even give you $12,000 a year to do it. This was the response from the Singapore Sports Council following Woodlands Wellington's indication that it would like
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    • 155 60 ELECTRONIC boards, often seen in European leagues during substitutions, are now being used for the first time in the S-League this season. The Football Association of Singapore recently bought two of them from Italy, each at a cost of about $1,600. They will replace the
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    • 284 60 THE Singapore Sports Council will be proud of these veterans. They are still pounding the tracks some of the athletes, like S Veerasamy, as old as 77. All perfect role models for SSC's scheme: "Sports for Life". Singapore's association for veteran athletes held its
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    • 574 62 MANCHESTER UNITED V FIORENTINA (Tomorrow, 3.30 am) TOMORROW (Singapore time) Group A: Barcelona v Hertha Berlin (DELAYED, ESPN, 5.45 am, torn) Porto v Sparta Prague Group B Man United v Fiorentina (LIVE, Sport sctty; ESPN, 3.30 am, torn) Bordeaux v Valencia INFOLINE Call 1900-*****13 after 6.15 am
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    • 256 62 THE NICOLAS ANELKA SAGA: AFP. FRENCH striker Nicolas Anelka, suspended by Real Madrid for 45 days for refusing to train, says the Spanish giant treated him like a dog. "I have been polite to everybody, I shook hands and I smiled when they asked
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      370 62 Wire services. BRAZIL: WORLD Player of the Year Rivaldo will head a galaxy of veteran stars summoned to help Brazil qualify for the 2002 World Cup Finals. Drawing heavily on the experience of Brazil's "foreign legion," national team coach Wanderley Luxemburgo unveiled a list of 18 players for Brazil's
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    • 168 63 Here's lookin' at you hunks HERE ARE THE SEXIEST MEN ON THE TENNIS COURT TODAY No prizes for guess the sexiest woman on court... AP. And here's how the men fare on the latest ATP Tour rankings... 1 Andre Agassi, US 2 Pete Sampras, US 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia 4
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    • 136 61 AP. SIMONE Inzaghi's four goals lifted Lazio to a runaway 5 1 win over Olympique Marseille in Rome last night At half time, Inzaghi already had a hat-trick, scoring three times in a 21-minute span The win keeps Lazic in the hunt for a quarter final berth
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    • 131 61 Reuters. REAL Madrid threw away several chances to clinch a victory that would have ensured its progress into the last eight Instead, it drew 2-2 at home against Dynamo Kiev last night. With Bayern Munich already through, the second spot was up for grabs Now, both Real and
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