The New Paper, 26 December 2000

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1 79 The New Paper
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    27 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2000 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS II
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Will this happen again during Hari Raya?
      630 2 BOMB BLASTS IN INDONESIA MAR FESTIVE JOY Wire services. BLOODY Christmas followed by a bloody Hari Raya? That's the growing fear in Jndonesia-_ Especially after the Christmas eve bomb blasts which left at least 14 dead and 96 others injured in eight cities
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      Lock icon ‘Gifts’ went off with a bang
      425 2  -  By Melvin Singh THEY were wrapped up to look like Christmas gifts. And left tucked in paper bags, outside four churches and a shopping centre in Batam. Each had a digital Casio watch, ticking away. And they went off with a bang. Between 9
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      230 2 is tfte illegal remittance business i «oi<«§ lomDi i pi ,#w 91 HK. \MW%T *W& F* i Christmas Celebrations At Melting Pot jjj 4 FESTIVE CURRY RICE BUFFET LUNCH FESTIVE SET DINNER I 18 to 22,26,28 &29 December 2000 18 to 23 &25t0 30 December 2000 W Enjoy Melting Pot's
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon The $420m ‘hawala’ hijack
      732 4 Around this time of month, the illegal remittance collectors troop down to Serangoon Road to meet thfiir clients. Shabby clothes and well-worn bags notwithstanding, these men are often the target of violent criminals. Because they carry lots of cash. LINGAM PONNAMPALAM has the story THE illegal
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      Lock icon CRIME STATISTICS
      99 4 WITH all the money awash among hawaladars and their runners have come reports of violent robberies: On May 23 last year, Mr Mohamed Matin, 36, was robbed of $10,000 and slashed with a chopper. On June 27 last year, Bangladeshi worker Rony Rahman, 28, was robbed of $20,000
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      Lock icon CENTRAL BANK’S RESPONSE
      253 4 CONDUCTING a remittance business illegally is an offence punishable under the Money-Changing and Remittance Businesses Act (MCRB Act). Illegal or unlicensed operators can be fined up to $50,000 or jailed for up to two years. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) administers the MCRB Act and enforces
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon HOW HAWALADARS MAKE THEIR PROFITS
      177 6 Worker wants to send $100 to mum. Runner collect $100 in foreign currency from worker at a rate* of $101.50. Hawaladar A gets a traveller to smuggle in gold wafers to India and passes them to his contact. > Contact will sell them for $200.
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      167 6 "HAWALA" means "trust" in the Urdu dialect. And that trust goes a long way... from foreign worker to stranger. Why such faith? The "hawala" system has advantages that the banking system cannot match: The worker's money is transferred to Bangladesh or anywhere else in 24 to 36 hours via
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    Lock icon Boy, 3, so badly slashed that his stomach was cut open
    706 8  -  HORROR STABBING AT CHANG! AIRPORT'S CARGO COMPLEX SINSAPORETODAY By Amrtt Kaur and Melvin Singh DANIEL, six, was a noisy little boy who loved playing with his toy gun along the corridors of his flat at Pasir Ris Drive 1.
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    Lock icon The leader with fast lips
    560 10 THENEWSTODAY When former Indonesian president B J Habibie called us a little red dot, President Abdurrahman Wahid called him mad. Now the partially-blind leader has also shot from the lip. Why is he so outspoken? MELVIN SINGH, one of the few Singaporean journalists to have
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      Lock icon She forgives driver who left her paralysed
      435 12  -  By Jason Tan Azhar Ghani MADAM Khamisah Kechik is paralysed from the waist down after a road accident. But she refuses to talk about her own pain. Her husband of 51 years has suffered more, she said. In February last year, Mr Mohammad
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      Lock icon WHAT HAPPENED
      243 12 ON Feb 9 last year, Madam Khamisah and her husband had visited a friend at Alexandra Hospital. They were crossing the road from the Alexandra Fire Station to Stirling Road when Madam Khamisah was knocked down by a car. The driver of the Daihatsu, Mr Chee Wei Li,
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      347 15 OUR COUNSELLORS School. A JC Eugene Wijeysingha, education consultant Polytechnic Theresa Chan, Temasek Polytechnic ITS Lucia Khoo, Institute of Technical Education University Inter-Asia Consulting Group QWHAT is the Ministry of Education Humanities Scholarship all about? What is the criteria for eligibility? Are the recipients nominated or do they have to
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    Lock icon Orchard Rd stabbing: 4th man held
    246 17  -  SINGAPORE >* BY Amrit Kaur HE and his friends were having a night out on Orchard Road. Suddenly they were attacked, bashed up and stabbed. Twenty-two-year-old National Serviceman Jaswant Singh was found wounded outside Vibes disco on Sept 16. Yesterday, a fourth person was
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      139 17 Feast on a dazzling spread of International Favourites and party the night away while jaNI our D J spins the latest tracks. H: ill' Tiger Beer orpunch /etr's Day) J Spot dance and games -i Novejties and party hats 15*00 Child gifts 9 Christmas Day Lunch. I 1 Tiger 4gtfigiJP^^v
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    Lock icon Va-va-voom She’s our pretty mama
    1143 18  -  Being Mrs Fandi: No sacrifice at all not realty By Yong Siew Fern TO be in Wendy Jacobs' shoes. Or r eJdi leather boots, in this case. At the age of 26, she is already a mother of three, runs a business, and enjoys the
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    426 19 THEY are collectively known as "I Fandi" Irfan, three, Ikhsan, 20 months, and Iman, six months. They are the precious tots of Wendy and Fandi, who married in Dec 1996. Irfan and Ikhsan are already in the "Singapore education system", left in daycare at an
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    Lock icon Supermodel Sonia turns into a Calendar girl
    531 20  -  THE NEW PAPER'S EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW THENEWSTODA f By Kor Kian Beng FOR the flawless tan in these photos, supermodel Sonia Couling sunbathed in the nude while she was in Bali. The former MTV VJ did this at her private villa to get the
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    Lock icon Indian grandmaster Anand wins world chess title
    198 23 WORLDTOM r AFP. THE master has done it again. Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand (left) won a world chess title on Sunday. He defeated Russian-born Spanish rival Alexei Shirov in Tehran, Iran. He will be given the World Chess Federation (Fide) crown tomorrow. The
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      169 25 Before you drink and drive, I f"* I 5 it' even if you have perfect control of your I vehicle, you may be convicted of drink-driving if you I are caught with more than the legal limit. I blood is within the legal limit, you may be I convicted of
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    Lock icon Fugitive couple’s $2,700 cab ride to give themselves up
    430 26 WORLD Y Toronto Sun. THEY travelled from Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, US, through Savannah and Cleveland, and finally, Niagara Falls. The trip, taken in cab rides, cost Canadian couple Ron and Loren Koval US$l,6OO ($2,700). A flight would have been
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      450 26 Partake in the culinary cheer this Christmas and Rolf Ktlie's Lounge M New Year at the Grand Plaza Parkroyal and enjoy a festive palette of the best cuisines in town! Spread the festive cheer by joining in our celebrations as we toast the new year and party St. Gregory's Brasserie
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      97 27 m jB m jfc B B B B- S B B B B B B B B B B B S Sk^Hp The countdown to Hari Raya is over. 4 Mr ffte least at Qarfee Quay Satay CWb for pst $53& _t3 Owned and Managed by. E«™ ftgsaiii tWs adMserasM
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      Lock icon 10 victims tortured and dumped into acid
      773 28  -  Electric shocks. Blackened scrotums. Bodies jammed into barrels of acid. A case so shocking, South Australia imposed a news blackout on the court case. Four men are in the dock for Australia's worst serial murders... BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY IT was
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      Lock icon Tapping into the story of a murder
      312 29 IN May 1998, the police listened in to the accused plotting a murder. Adelaide detectives heard John Bunting and James Vlassakis talking to Robert Wagner on his handphone. Vlassakis was trying to get his step-brother (and subsequent victim), David Terrence Johnson, to go
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      Lock icon The hall of shame
      280 29 THE VICTIMS Michael Gardiner, 19; Barry Lane, 42; Gavin Porter, 31; Troy Youde, 21; Frederick Brooks, 18; Gary O'Dwyer, 29; Elizabeth Haydon, 37; David Terrence Johnson, 24 (all bodies found at Snowtown, near Adelaide); Ray Davies, 26; and Suzanne Allen, 47 (bodies discovered at Salisbury North).
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Lock icon S’porean racehorse-owner held for 5 hours in Penang
      218 31  -  By Marc Tan A PROMINENT Singaporean racehorse-owner was among 10 people held for questioning after the police raided their private box at the Penang Turf Club (PNTC) on Sunday. The George Town anti-vice division detained them at about 2pm, which was when
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      Lock icon 85 die on Malaysian roads
      103 31 AP AS many as 22 people died on Malaysian roads on Sunday as the country entered its frantic holiday traffic season. This puts the toll for the past week at 85. Most of the victims were Muslims who were returning home to celebrate Aidilfitri. Ethnic
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      130 31 UCt 20Q1 rsl Class armed forces first Class Careers armed ftrees Career tnp» i M *■>. 1.-V r f You call the shots in Singapore s largest ever Counter Strike Challenge at Suntec City Irom January sth-7th. Organised hy the r"'? arm> 21 SAF Careers Centre it's all part of
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    Lock icon 2 kids die in X’mas tree fire
    494 32 WORLDTODAY THE candle tumbled under the Christmas tree. And sparked a fire that killed two children and left their parents in critical condition in the US, reports the New York Post. The family was trapped in a back room at their apartment in
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      73 32 31 st December 2000 fl3|| 7pm 3am g Ring in the new year at some of M Singapore's most exciting nightspots: NTUC's Social Ctubhouses) A whole list of fun, happenings EHSt* 4 and entertainment is J k lineckip for your pleasure! A Ik «u jM What's more, you will JBpk
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      94 33 MOVEHPiCK A. mouLGE m The coolest prizes await you this festive season when you indulge in Mdvenpick Swiss Premium Ice Cream! More than 5000 prizes to be won! Up for grabs! 5 Nokia 3310 Mobile Phones 2 Canon Digital Cameras 50 Movenpick Marche Restaurant vouchers worth $50 each 5000 100
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      132 34 Singapore's Largest Sporting Goods Retailer Wishes you, our valued customers Herru (^jtristmas 'Itw" u/ 7 vl v- A A ./|piMHpr v {j53 items kt ——^i 4fc,mm :iir«Mffi(J aF^^flßfcL M4&&S rn mm-%M JOll Hillli V ill#f w MI#/y m&M m*KW*mo :Mft UW €A/iv i I# iliiiJm? 7 v tp;juratliufjl, BBDYMAST6R IPP!B
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Body falls off plane... And then another
      160 35 Source: Wire services. BIZARRE how people have been falling off planes lately. One on Sunday, one yesterday and one earlier this month! On Christmas morning the body of a man was found on a runway at Gatwick airport outside London. He was a
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      62 35 muifmui* II A survey of nativity sets in Britain's John Lewis stores showed an absence of anyone resembling Joseph the carpenter, who, according to tradition, was married to Maty, mother of Jesus. Ashed by a customer to explain this mystery, an equafly baffled sales assistant at
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      138 35 Certificate Program -Logistics Supply Chain Management Applications are open for The Certificate Program in Logistics Supply Chain Management offered by Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration. The program is rated the leader in its field, coming from a global top-50 business school. For Penn State World Campus in Singapore,
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      Lock icon She sells her body to buy a uniform
      1037 36 Asians who still don't know or don't care about Aids. LINGAM PONNAMPALAM meets Manila teens who have chosen to live dangerously. TOMORROW: lust 50 cents separate life and death. But Patponggirlsdoit anyway. Why? SHE Sweetfaced, with a cherubic smile and a name
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      Lock icon It’s hard to get them off the streets
      319 37 THERE are young people like Jun, who try to fight fate with hope and education. Renan Borja, 20, devotes his time to fighting the sex trade. He is with the Youth Programme Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (YP ACSEC). He told
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      Lock icon Hey, Net surfer, have you seen this email ad yet?
      231 38 Probably, yes. It's been going around the world THE advertisment features an animatronic bear fighting a fisherman over a salmon. In the end, the man gets the fish, but the real winner is the still the salmon. John West's salmon,
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      81 38 THE John West ad features a Jim Henson bear with an animatronic face fighting a fisherman over a salmon. Set in Alaska (though filmed in Scotland), the production had locals intrigued as bears, not common to the area, roamed the water's edge. The ad begins with a David
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      1680 40 I rebate and MediShield benefits Act by Dec 31 to qualify CO if you apply before Dec 31 for CPF Top-Up! Sixty-five-year-old housewife Kok S.ew Ymg would not be as Just like some Singaporeans, Madam Kok had never expected that f one rf 255 000 Singaporeans who Forms are also
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      Lock icon The day I met my in-laws
      91 41 In the movie Meet The Parents, Ben Stiller plays a jittery boyfriend meeting his future father-in-law for the first time. Our local stars tell DENISE CHONG and SERENE FOO about their first meeting? Immmru uoung, it 17 at that prepare anything. I remember being
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      Lock icon ‘They thought I was a flirt’
      391 41 MARK LEE AND WIFE CATHERINE COMEDIAN Mark Lee may have apologised to viewers for his arrogance on national TV. But the real Mark Lee has no apologies for being himself. Not even when his prospective in-laws took their first frowning look at him 3
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      Lock icon ‘They took me as I am’
      160 42 1 GLENN Ong preferred to be just who he is. By appearing in front of his future in-laws (gasp!) in a singlet and a pair of jeans. With a tattoo on his arm to boot. But they didn't bat an eyelid. "It would have
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      131 42 "v. z. < ityPERFECT 10 DJ Daniel Ong was a bundle of nerves when he met his prospective in-laws. It was Chinese New Year, 1998. "I was petrified. I tried to dress decently polo shirt and blue pants." They were "traditional in every sense of the
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      Lock icon ‘They thought I was a girl’
      177 42 WHEN Joe Augustin's father-in-law first met him, he thought Joe was rather ugly for a girl. Yes, he actually mistook big-sized, deep-voiced Joe for a girl. "I was the only guy in a group of Adele's friends. We stayed over at her place and
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      514 43 Michael Jackson's face is about to collapse under excessive plastic surgery. KORKIAN BENG, who has never visited a beautician, tries to make sense of Wacko Jacko's overcompensated vanity YOU know I'm bad, bad... you used to sing. I don't think you really know how bad. The Chinese
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      Lock icon I’m the star and I want...
      427 44  -  By Kor Kian Beng JENNIFER Lopez is the latest celebrity to join the "extravagant demands" trend. The 30-year-old Puerto Rican American threw in a slew of requests when invited for BBC's Top of the Pops recently. She had asked for 11 interior designers to
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      Lock icon Blair Witch 2 slammed by critics
      396 45 Bigger budget but sequel fails to live up to original The sequel to last year's smash hit Blair Witch Project is back. YEOH WEE TECK tells you why he isn't bowled over BLAIR Witch Project was the biggest horror success story of 1999. It
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      108 45 creators know many people were turned off after seeing the first film because they felt it did not live up to all its hype. This time, they've tried to please everyone, but have come up with something that may satisfy no one. CNN.com Muehef the time. Rook
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      Lock icon On top of the Hill
      379 46  -  By Kor Kian Beng FOR a receptionist, who sold T-shirts part-time, singer Faith Hill (with her husband, right) has come a very long way. Award after award after award... And there's the American Music Awards just round the bend which has already received four nominations
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      986 63 REPORT CARD 2000 JANUARY: Racing in the new millennium kicked off with a six-year-old New Zealand-bred by Oregon putting up a grand effort to win the Singapore New Year 2000 race. The performance by Ouzo in the inaugural event proved to be a sign
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      690 65  -  By Michael Lee PENNY-WISE, pound-foolish, so goes the proverb. Not necessarily so in horse-racing, though. In an era where astronomical figures are splurged to invest in well-bred and proven gallopers, it is refreshing to witness the occasional "cheap buys" giving their more expensive
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      1092 65 Pesta Pulau Pinang Cup *****0 Green Dragon 57 (113) (7ag F Nathan-Owner) 2-111 Always An Angel 55 (109) (4ag Landers-LA) *****7 Mathieus 52 (103) (6ah Landers-Mathieus) *****0 Amazing 51.5 (102) (4ag W Leong-Amazing) -03-31 Lucky Eighty One 50.5 (100) (5ah Osman-Mdm Chua Siew Kuan) *****9
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      269 66 YESTERDAY'S workouts on the Kranji fibresand track by horses engaged tomorrow. The going was good. RACE 1: Our Sandman, accompanied by newcomer Blazing Muskets (Race 4), sprinted over 600 m in 36.75ec. He had apprentice Leong Yoon Fei astride. RACES 2&3: Nil. RACE 4: Newcomer Blazing
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      1982 67 Race 1 NSF Premier (Malaysian-breds) 1200m 7 ON MY WAY 52.5 {25-5) SAnandan (4) 4 1 1 (454) 8 SALOMA 52.5 (41-11) RQuinn (2) 2 3 2 (414) 2 RESTLESS SPIRIT 54 (228-33) SSam (6) 5 6 3 (451) 5 LA VIGERIE 52.5 (208-28)
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      1187 68 RACE 1: RESTLESS SPIRIT and LA VIGERIE were slow into stride. Near the 800 m mark, KIM CELIA brushed the running rail. RESTLESS SPIRIT dipped at about the 800 m mark. LA VIGERIE dipped at about the 500 m mark. ON MY
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      281 69 EYES CHAMPS 1 11 1 LEAGUE SLOT One man can says Edwin Yec I AFP. REJUVENATED Aston Villa has set its sights on a Champions League place. A win for Man United, which brushed aside Ipswich 2-0 last Saturday, could see it extend its eight-point
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      480 70  -  Edwin's hot tip: COMMENT EDWIN YEO ITS painful to watch Aston Villa play these days. Well, it's always been painful, because iquite frankly, Villa was boring. I say was (because from about two games back, it is |no longer the case. Last weekend, when Villa
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        335 71 Football 365. THE Gunners could fail to finish in a Champions League qualification spot if they do not get back on track quickly. Two defeats on Merseyside in a month first at Everton (1-0) and then last Saturday (4-0 at Liverpool) have left Arsenal with ground to
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        115 71 Football365. BRADFORD looks like it will be without Lee Sharpe for quite some time. Sharpe sustained a hamstring injury after just 10 minutes in the 3-0 loss to Chelsea. It looks certain to rule him out until well into the new year. Meanwhile, Sunderland defender Jody Craddock
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        113 71 Football365. THERE is good news for the Everton faithful: Its epic injury list at last shows some signs of easing with the return of Duncan Ferguson after exactly four months out a major boost. The lanky Scotland international had not played since Aug 23. Then, he came
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        105 71 Football365. IPSWICH midfielder Jim Magilton, who picked up a knee injury during the match against Manchester United, is struggling to make the Chelsea game. Said Ipswich manager George Burley: "Jim got a nasty knock on the side of his knee and he's got to be doubtful.'' Chelsea,
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        93 71 Football 365. CROATIA striker Alen Boksic, who started only his ninth Boro game following knee and hamstring problems, is expected to be fit for action despite coming off 15 minutes from time at Spurs on Saturday. But Paul Ince and Brian Deane face •fitness tests on groin
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        91 71 Football 365. WEST Ham boss Harry Redknapp is aware his side needs more new blood after the signing last week of striker Titi Camara from Liverpool. Defender Ian Pearce is a doubtful starter after suffering a hamstring injury in Saturday's defeat at Leicester. Charlton boss Alan
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        110 71 Football365. MANCHESTER City was without Costa Rican striker Paulo Wanchope against Sunderland on Saturday after he failed to recover from a knee injury. Manager Joe Royle will be hoping he can return for the Derby game while Andy Morrison is available after suspension. But Mark Kennedy
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        90 71 Football 365. BOBBY Robson's hopes of some New Year cheer could be compromised by the Irish Robbie Keane, who is set to line up for Leeds. Robson will have to get his side back on track without influential midfielder Robert Lee, who pulled his hamstring against Derby.
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        70 71 AP. MANCHESTER United is brimming with confidence after a squad made up of mostly second-team players defeated upstart Ipswich 2-0 on Saturday. The suspended Dwight Yorke and injured front men Teddy Sheringham and Andy Cole are expected to miss the match at Villa Park. Ole
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        645 72 THE BIG GUNS IN ACTION: Wire services. AFP. AFP. ASTON VILLA v MAN UNITED: ASTON Villa figures it can assert itself as a contender for a Champions League slot with a home win over the defending champion.
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        232 72  -  By Clive White FERGIE SPEAKS: Gerard Houllier has brought good discipline to the club, good professionals, people like Markus Babbel. The age struSure of the"" squad is good too. It has got a strong, athletic squad which is a trait of Houllier's team-building. Therefore, it looks
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      349 73 "I MIGHT never admit it, but the memory of how Jock Stein collapsed and died from a heart attack during a World Cup qualifier between Scotland and Wales is always on my mind. I was on the Scotland bench that day. With
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      628 74 "DAVID Beckham's form and attitude have been outstanding since all that business before the Leeds game (when he missed training due to the illness of his new-born child and was dropped). I think the way David has responded has been magnificent. "Basically, it's been
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      121 74 "We are all looking forward to seeing our fans in the Far East again. The support we have in places like Singapore is truly amazing and much appreciated by everyone here. For sure, we are more popular there than in England. The club sends its
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      228 74 ON HIS SUCCESSOR FUTURE ROLE "PEOPLE say it won't be easy to follow me, but we have a brilliant structure here. The age profile of the team is very good. Obviously the experience of managing a big club is important, but even those who are experienced might find it hard
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      289 74 "WE'VE done well in producing our own players, important that, totally important. It creates an identity, it creates team spirit. It keeps even the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville looking over their shoulders. "Look how Wes Brown has come through in central
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      353 77 THIS is one occasion when you wont envy the football stars for the megabucks they earn. Poor chaps! They don't get a holiday on Christmas like everybody else. While the rest of humanity will be eating, drinking and drinking more to get rid of the
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      41 71 WHAT'S ON TODAY Arsenal v Leicester Aston Villa v Man Utd (LIVE, SCV 22,8.55pm) Bradford v Sunderland Everton v Coventry Ipswich v Chelsea Man City v Derby Middlesbrough v Liverpool Newcastle v Leeds West Ham v Charlton TOMORROW Southampton v Tottenham
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