The New Paper, 28 December 2000
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Article, Illustration432 2000-12-28 2 ANGRY mobs have shut down Nepal's capital. Four have been killed in clashes with police. All because of an alleged comment made by India's top actor Hrithik Roshan in an interview. The 26-year-old Bollywood heartthrob is accused of saying that he hated Nepal and its people.Pictures/ Ap - 432 words
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Article152 2000-12-28 2 PROTESTERS in Nepal have called for a general strike today. Yesterday, Indian-owned shops and banks came under attack. Thousands took to the streets of Kathmandu. Most were students. They chanted anti-India and anti-Hrithik slogans. When they headed for the Indian embassy, police fired tear gas and152 words
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Advertisement57 2000-12-28 2 Sorry Night clinic (The New Paper yesterday): Our report said the Jurong Polyclinic will be closed on weekdays and public holidays. This is incorrect. The polyclinic will be closed on weekends and public holidays. In our report on Tuesday, President with fast lips,, we gave President Abdurrahman Wahid's age as57 words
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Article, Illustration978 2000-12-28 4 Azhar Ghani - Wife tapes hubby's funeral... so that unborn son will remember papa By Azhar Ghani THE first time he sees his father, it'll be on a video tape. But Emmanuel will not get to hear him speak. Because the tape will be of his father's funeral. His father, who died tragicallyPicture/ Joyce Lim - 978 words
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Article67 2000-12-28 4 Mr Melvyn Tan's wake was held over three days, from Dec 19 to 21 and he was cremated on the last day. The video, made by his wife's eldest brother Henry and brother-in-law, Rahman, shows the last two days of the wake. They also taped the news segment67 words
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Article, Illustration119 2000-12-28 5 THE accident happened on Dec 19, at about 2.30pm, at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Avenue 8. A tipper lorry was travelling along Avenue 8 going towards Avenue 6, and was making a right turn into Avenue 5 when it collided with a car119 words
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Article252 2000-12-28 6 HOT STORY SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENTS TOP-UP Some nursing homes are making $100 contributions for their residents to help them qualify for the CPF top-up, reports The Straits Times. This year, eligible Singapore citizens need to make a minimum $100 voluntary contribution to qualify252 words
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Article, Illustration47 2000-12-28 6 Picture This WIZARD GAME TIME: The Harry Potter books have Inspired boardgames and Jigsaw puzzles too. The games, by Mattel, were to be released In time for the Christmas rush, but supply problems meant the launch was postponed until after Christmas. Picture/ AfpPicture/ Afp - 47 words
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Article50 2000-12-28 6 I EDUCATION INDIAN restaurants now have a special training programme. The Certificate of Competency in Food Preparation (Indian Cuisine) will be launched this afternoon by the Senior Minister of State for Environment Mr Sidek Saniff. The course is by Rex Commercial School and the Little India Restaurateurs Association.50 words
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Article59 2000-12-28 6 EDUCATION SOME students are turning to commercial centres for Scholastic Assessment Test courses. Many seeking entry into local universities in 2003 have to excel in the SAT as well as pre-university exams. Enrolment has gone up at High Q Education Centre and Altron Education Group. Princeton Review Centre59 words
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Article65 2000-12-28 6 B CARS BUSINESS has been booming for parallel importers since the Land Transport Authority relaxed rules on importing cars. Now, it also takes less time to bring in cars from Germany and Japan, two of the most popular sources. This "grey market" accounts for more than 15 per65 words
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Article61 2000-12-28 6 CRIME PICKPOCKETS preyed on worshippers at the Kuan Yin Temple in Waterloo Street. They might have got away if the police had not staked out the temple on Tuesday and spotted the gang. Seven members were women. Of the nine people arrested, eight are Vietnamese. The police recovered61 words
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Article41 2000-12-28 6 International Herald Tribune: Africans plead in vain for AIDS treatment Asian Wall Street Journal: Thai politicians change tactics to skirt new campaign laws BBC news: The Palestinians said they want clarification on President Clinton's Middle East peace proposal41 words
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Article51 2000-12-28 7 Quote JhHh-otestant iMk WCalvinists, a man who is handsome risks not being credible as a boss. But in Italy, it's the opposite! Italian "psycho-anthropologist" Massimo Cicogna commenting on a Europe-wide survey that found that 95 per cent of Italians rated physical appearance as most important in the51 words
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Article80 2000-12-28 7 US STOCKS INVESTORS sent blue chip stocks higher for a fourth straight session Wednesday, while technology stocks recovered from an early loss and posted their first gains of the week. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 110.72 to end the day at 10,803.16. The Nasdaq composite index rose80 words
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Article56 2000-12-28 7 I AUSTRALIA AID organisations have requested Australians to stop donating inappropriate gifts, like teddy bears and slippers, to East Timor. Teddy bears pose a health risk in the tropical climate. Slippers are made cheaply in East Timor, sodonating them would undermine the local industry. What is most needed56 words
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Article70 2000-12-28 7 I BRITAIN BRITISH police have found it is not only hardened criminals that are smuggling in illegal immigrants. Families with children in the back seat are now said to be doing it, too. They go to Europe for holidays, then hide refugees in the car boot to come70 words
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Article55 2000-12-28 7 CYBERSPACE ALITALIA, Italy's flagship air carrier, has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a disgruntled passenger who registered an Internet domain name of www.alitaliasucks.com after his luggage was lost. The suit alleges that the passenger, Mr William Porta, infringed the trademark of Alitalia by registering the name on Oct55 words
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Article61 2000-12-28 7 MALAYSIA GROWING rare fruit could boost tourism, said Malaysia's Agriculture Research and Development Institute. It said tourists could visit the farms and taste fruit not normally found in shops. There could also be a market for such fruit, it said. There are 370 species of rare fruit, mostly61 words
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Article62 2000-12-28 7 The Straits Times: Indonesia calm as it marks Muslim holiday The Business Times: Cool response to CPF Special Account scheme Uanhe Zaobao: 80 per cent of HDB flat-dwellers prefer to design their rooms themselves, according to Lianhe Zaobao survey RCS morning news: Green cars are the way62 words
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Article, Illustration584 2000-12-28 8 SANTOKH SINGH - REPORTS SANTOKH SINGH THEY have been promoted to join an elite class of 20 autonomous schools in Singapore. but the students of Dunman Secondary School are in no mood for celebration. They do not want to rest on their laurels. Instead, they see autonomyPictures/ Kua Chee Siong - 584 words
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Article, Illustration222 2000-12-28 9 ■r'i Cv" 1 ;-••> ?V- THERE were five Ds in the Dunmanite Creed. Newly-appointed principal Neo, 42, who took over last month, was a§6 "daring" enough to suggesfa take her school into the age of autonomy, y Yes, she added to the established five: in the pursuit222 words
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Article95 2000-12-28 9 THE autonomous schools programme was first launched in 1994 with six schools. Today there are 20 autonomous schools. School principals in this group have more say in the way they run their schools. These schools are also given more money: a grant of about $440 per pupil each95 words
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Article122 2000-12-28 9 ACADEMIC: The school's actual mean subject grade has been consistently better than expected since 1995. This means that the school has been adding value to the pupils' performances since that year. CO-CURRICUIAR ACTIVITIES: National Police Cadet Corps: overall proficiency award gold three years in a row including this122 words
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299 2000-12-28 10 Lee Tee Jong - By Lee Tee Jong SHE left her home in China hoping to work in the United States. But Jiang Sufang, 19, never made it to the US. Instead, she ended up in a jail herein June, Jiang was introduced to a299 words
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Article, Illustration43 2000-12-28 11 mui^mui* Home Untpd coach RoberifUmts' son, boni on Christmas Day. The young Alberts Is already signs of a stroog left foot Joked the prood father: Maybe he will attract a top football club when he's older. We're (his wife Thava43 words
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Article, Illustration212 2000-12-28 13 Andre Yeo - 'Netted' while stealing a goldfish By. Andre Yeo IT was just a fish. Nothing but a $2 goldfish. Still, he stole it. But before he did that, he stole a container worth a measly $3.50 to scoop up the little creature. Now, this bungling crook will spend time in jail212 words
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Article92 2000-12-28 14 IN the Guess the Mystery Celebrity Contest, which we ran from Dec 22-26, we asked you to identify the celebrity in the picture. The answer: Irin Gan. From the 6,265 calls we received, 5,173 were correct. An electronic draw picked readers with the following IC numbers92 words
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Article, Illustration218 2000-12-28 14 DEATH FALL AT BOTANIC GARDENS HE was working on a five-metre-high rock landscape at the Botanic Gardens. But the ladder he used to scale the two-storey-high rock was only three metres high. In the end, 47-year-old Tang Jui Hua was found bleeding badly at the foot218 words
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Advertisement283 2000-12-28 14 Let's welcome flM| Happy New Year! Followed by a China Dolls 'LIVE' Ernesto Dunbar performance by Raw Energy g, ■from Thailand! from the United it.Utom States and Amraa >laT!s groove the night away as DJ I Rock the Night Singapore* most J I Linus plays the tunes! i Away with283 words
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Article, Illustration99 2000-12-28 16 POLICE are trying to contact the man shown in the photo-fit (above). They believe he can help with investigations into two recent cases of outrage of modesty, one involving a nine-year-old girl and the other involving an 11-year-old girl. The man is believed to be99 words
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Article, Illustration216 2000-12-28 17 For more tips, check www.dodor-travel.com EVER felt like a total wreck after a long flight? You're not alone. According to James Falden, author of "Doctor Travel's Cure for the Common Trip", as many as 94 per cent of long haul fliers experience jet lag. Symptoms include fatigue,216 words
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Article474 2000-12-28 18 Florida woman first to use DNA from stained sheets to tiy to prove husband cheating in divorce case. If court rules in her favour, then unfaithful husband is due to pay her big bucks AN American woman divorcing her rich husband is using DNA to try to prove he474 words
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Article, Illustration351 2000-12-28 19 IN cold, choppy water up to his neck, this man held his baby hostage in a three hour standoff with the police on Boxing Day in Adelaide. The unidentified man, 28, had threatened to kill himself and his seven-month-old daughter if the police camePictures/ Afp - 351 words
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Article, Illustration51 2000-12-28 20 mui<mui* -••wasSiMite.saßSSfci.i-.. Toronto paramcdlc Geoff Stootfley kkfced hdoorsonChtirtwuDoyto wafct tenants after apoUhig wotoftwi ihwm We had to persuade people we weren't breaking into their homes. We had to tell them we were paramedics so they would believe that there was a fire in the51 words
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Article, Illustration274 2000-12-28 21 Source: Wire services. SO it's true Brazilian soccer star Rivaldo has decided to apply for Spanish citizenship. But before Brazilian fans cry "Traitor!", Rivaldo has asked them not to take his plans to get a dual nationality as treason to his native country. RivaldoSource: Wire services. - 274 words
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Article97 2000-12-28 21 l r fjjffigr '"TEri 1 Mfrg I nJjIIVA I a tossed some liquid on me He described his assailant as a thin man with a cap, dressed in black. A container, which was used to carry the liquid, and a lighter, i were left at the97 words
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Article, Illustration292 2000-12-28 23 TheMii«liarged wttWIIing in US WORLDTODAY A GIANT of a man but a giant no one really knew. Neighbours and colleagues instead used adjectives such as "weird, a man who kept to himself and was often slurry" when they described Michael McDermott the man charged withPicture/ Reuters - 292 words
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Article, Illustration49 2000-12-28 24 Down Mir. That's the order given to Russia's ailing 14-year-old space station which suffered its latest setback a day-long loss of contact with Earth on Monday. Infographics journalist PATRICK CHIA shows you how the Russians plan to do tins AFP. T Source: AFP BBC News Online, MIR homepageAFP.; Source: AFP BBC News Online, MIR homepage - 49 words
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268 2000-12-28 25 Sources: Wire services. ALL this a Christmas miracle: A five-month-old baby boy was left out in the family van on Christmas night, but he survived. It happened in Finch, Ontario, about 80km south-east of Ottawa, where the temperature was a freezing minusSources: Wire services. - 268 words
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100 2000-12-28 25 Sept 28: Kimberly Dunbar, five months, died after she was forgotten in the car for a whole day. Aug 29: Also in the US, Tyrelle Jones, nine months, died of heat stroke. He was left for several hours in a van in100 words
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Article, Illustration605 2000-12-28 26 focus Higher, swifter, stronger. The latest shortcut to achieving that Olympic motto is genetic engineering. And experts fear that this crisis facing sports will ultimately kill it, because there is no way to detect it. We take a look at how athletes can soar higher, run fasterArt/ PAT Source/ THE SUNDAY TIMES OF LONDON - 605 words
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Article, Illustration708 2000-12-28 27 Serene Foo - By Serene Foo ITs something Sonny Lim readily admits. He's not at all like the ex-TCS hunk, when it comes to fan mail that is. Sonny said: "I do got mail from adults and professionals, mostly about my programmo. But I'mPictures/ Florence Tan - 708 words
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Article, Illustration265 2000-12-28 28 ham any peculiar habits to prepare yourseV before Interviews? I will always scribble some notes on a green paper, fold it and keep it in my pocket. And there was once I panicked when I couldn't find green paper to write on. yoer bast The highlight for265 words
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Article, Illustration108 2000-12-28 29 A CHARITY concert for Aids awareness turned into a soap opera when actor Akshay Kumar's entire harem of ex-girlfriends (except Shilpa Shetty) turned up. That includes Raveena Tandon, Pooja Batra and Mahima Chowdhury. All on the same stage with his fiancee Twinkle Khanna (below)! The tension108 words
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Article, Illustration98 2000-12-28 29 THE whole film is about one big bottom! Though it's a gorgeous one the bottom that is the film, Gajagamini, is running to empty halls. Gajagamini, incidentally, means She Who Walks Like an Elephant, and it's meant in all seriousness! (Read the Kamasutra to figure98 words
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Article, Illustration124 2000-12-28 30 SONY TV will be giving Govinda his own game show. Former beauty queen and actress Zeenat Aman will be hosting a talk show with celebrities called In Conversation With Zeenat. Ajay Devgan and wife Kajol gave gone big time on television124 words
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Article, Illustration148 2000-12-28 30 DOES Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, need anything to push up its Its ratings are already sky-high. What more are the Star TV bosses looking for? Obviously Ba^'audience,#T~".^^^ For, they've got Shahßukh Khan (left) and Rani Mukheijee148 words
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Article, Illustration331 2000-12-28 31 Kor Kian Beng - SHOWTIME By Kor Kian Beng FOR a few seconds, actress Xiang Yun slept like a dead person. The veteran actress dozed off on a bed reserved for dead people while filming a scene in a fiineral parlour a month ago. In the drama, Looking331 words
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Article, Illustration519 2000-12-28 32 OW that the Christmas season is Ml over, there will be leftovers. I I know what's going to happen in my house the roast turkey my mother cooked will be wrecked into a carcass, stripped for soup. The leftover meat will then be tossed into stir-fries, sandwiches and519 words
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Article, Illustration450 2000-12-28 33 TRUDY LIM - Etcetera WITH TRUDY LIM ELEPHANTS have them. And some say tortoises do, too. Good memories, that is. I've always prided myself on my memory, but I know it is showing signs of age. It amazes me that I can remember the date my PSLE450 words
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Article, Illustration410 2000-12-28 42 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK THE Michael Kent-trained Prince Planet must be watched closely as he reverts to a staying trip on Saturday. At Kranji yesterday morning, the four-year-old American-bred gelding by Brown Arc looked ship-shape as he cantered two410 words
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Article431 2000-12-28 42 NST. PRAMOEDYA, who was a disappointing last of 14 runners in his debut over the Ipoh 1,400 m last month, showed tremendous improvement in a trial in Penang yesterday. On that workout, the Nigel Landers-trained galloper looks set to give a better performance in the ClassNST. - 431 words
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Article, Illustration345 2000-12-28 43 Lionel Lee - By Lionel Lee WHATEVER hopes Charles Leek had of a third successive trainers' premiership were dashed last night when Malcolm Thwaites sent out a solid double at Kranji. Thwaites sealed his fourth crown he also took the honours in 1991,1995 and 1997 with Sake (RacePicture/ Florence Tan - 345 words
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Article85 2000-12-28 43 Reuters. w wm mmrntm Jocks Cross, a 14-1 chance ridden by Brian Crowley, bagged the 5.7 km Welsh Grand National at Chepstow yesterday. The 2-1 favourite Moral Support, who had Tony Dobbin atop, finished second by 2 I A lengths in the 19horse event. Edmond, a 5-1Reuters. - 85 words
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781 2000-12-28 43 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI RESULTS GOING ON FIBRESAND TRACK: GOOD 10 SAKE 53 c 53.5 (57-11) Flovlne (3) 1 1 1 (439) 6 CYBER KID 55 (9-6) D Holland (8) 3 2 2 (477) 3 PHENOMENAL 57.5 (15-6) G Carter (6) 4 3 3 (441) 7 JOLLY AZZAAM 55 (102-17) .E Merchant781 words
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Article, Illustration708 2000-12-28 44 RACE 1: Steady rain fell before and f§ during the running of the race. PHENOMENAL was restless, jumped i awkwardly and was slow to begin. HAWLD jumped awkwardly inwards. At the start, BRITISH COMMANDER jumped awkwardly outwards and then over-corrected «inwards ontoPicture/ Florence Tan - 708 words
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Article, Illustration608 2000-12-28 45 ITALIAN SERIE A While players in Serie A put their feet up for two weeks and celebrate Christmas and New Year, work is beginning in earnest for agents and club directors. On the move will be players who are finding it hard to break into the first teamAFP, Reuters.; Picture/ AFP - 608 words
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257 2000-12-28 45 AFP. THE transfer talks for the talents of Argentine super-striker Martin Palermo (left) continues. Palermo's agent, Gustavo Mascardi, said that both Boca Juniors and Napoli of Italy continue to discuss the details for the services of the Argentine champion's talented striker, and that a dealAFP. - 257 words
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Article, Illustration359 2000-12-28 46 HILL FACTS Hill was acquired by Orlando on Aug 3 in a sign-and-trade deal with the Pistons. He has appeared in only four games, averaging 13.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.25 steals in 33.3 minutes a game. He is one of the NBA's highest-paidAP.; Picture/ Ap - 359 words
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Article190 2000-12-28 46 MANCHESTER UNITED Skysports. CENTRAL defender Jaap Stam and striker Andy Cole are set for their long-awaited comebacks next week. The two, together with other injury victims Mark Bosnich, Ronny Johnsen and David May, will feature in a specially arranged friendly away to Wrexham onSkysports. - 190 words
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Article59 2000-12-28 46 WEST HAM WEST Ham has targetted Rangers' Italian defender Lorenzo Amoruso for a transfer to London, reports Sporting Life. Hammers boss Harry Redknapp admitted that he fancied signing the Italian centre-back and expected to get him on the cheap. Rangers may sell Amoruso as the Italian's form has59 words
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Article70 2000-12-28 46 ASTON VILLA AFP. ASTON Villa has offered a three-year contract to Boca Juniors Colombian midfielder Mauricio "Chico" Serna. According to the player's agent, the deal could go through in January. Serna was out of action due to injury for seven months of this year, but played in aAFP. - 70 words
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Article, Illustration746 2000-12-28 47 SOUTHAMPTON 2 TOTTENHAM 0 SOUTHAMPTON: Jones Paul Dodd Jason Lundekvam Dean Richards Wayne Bridge Mark Draper James Beattie Marian Pahars Chris Marsden JoTessem Kevin Davies. Subs: Trond Soltvedt Uwe Rosser Tahar El Khalej TOTTENHAM: Neil Sullivan Stephen Carr Chris Perry Sol Campbell Alton Thelwell LedleyAFP. - 746 words
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86 2000-12-28 48 Born at the right time in the wrong p lace What if Paolo Di Canio had been born in Brazil instead of Italy? What we think of certain players is intrinsically linked to how we think the game should be played. While soccer is, indeed, a global game, to some86 words
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Article, Illustration541 2000-12-28 48 ITALIAN Paolo Di Canio is a misunderstood star. As long as he remains at West Ham United, Di Canio, 33, will be the Premiership's most outrageous and gifted entertainer. Whether it is scoring goals that no other player in the Premiership could havePicture/ Afp - 541 words
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Article, Illustration203 2000-12-28 48 ENGLAND had its own unappreciated genius in Glenn Hoddle. Hoddle's crime was that he liked to pass the ball along the ground rather than boot the ball up. And gasp! he actually preferred to look up before passing. All this bordered on football blasphemy203 words
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Article, Illustration202 2000-12-28 48 BRAZILIAN midfielder Dunga is another example. He had a long and successful career, playing in three World Cups and amassing some 90 appearances in the famous yellow shirt. He spent eight seasons in Europe, excelling in Germany and Italy, where he regularly ranked among202 words
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Article, Illustration412 2000-12-28 49 PETER Siow - KIATISUK GRABOVAC Dream or nightmare? S-LEAGUE UPDATE: SAFFC POSER COMMENT PETER Siow MIRKO Grabovac and Kiatisuk Senamuang. One a superb poacher from Croatia and the other a classic predator from Thailand. Both have made a habit of scoring goals. Grabovac has been the S-League's top marksman for the past two412 words
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Article163 2000-12-28 49 Wang Meng Meng - BY Wang Meng Meng WILL Jason Ainsley play for Balestier Central next year? The Briton has yet to put pen to paper to stay with the Tigers (Balestier's nickname). And that has Balestier coach P N Sivaji wondering whether the goalscoring midfielder is staying or going. Said163 words
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