The New Paper, 6 January 2001

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1 67 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2001
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 479 2 rVIARKEHvfITci^^I NOTHING seems to be going right for the world's markets. Yesterday's slide on Nasdaq and Dow Jones continued as Europe joined US in a shaky market. European shares floundered as investors sought to make sense of US markets, where the excitement after an interest
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    • 49 2 THE Dow Jones industrial average slipped 248.36 points to 10,664.05 points. The Nasdaq composite index lost 159.51 points to 2,406.92 points. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close In US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet S4/+0.75 2. Creative Technology 511.125/-0.4375 3. riexcronics Hitcniauonai $27.0625/3.3125 4. Chartered Semiconductor $29.9375/+0.8125 5. STATS $13.125/-0.375
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    • 81 2 A 50-YEAR-OLD woman was killed instantly last night after a bus ran over her head. The accident happened at about Bpm along Sin Ming Road, at the shuttle bus service depot, reported Lianhe Zaobao. It is believed she was crossing the road when she was run over
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    • 106 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 26-31 Comics: Page 32 TV: Page 67 Sorry Tampines cases (TNP, lan 5): It was stated that 11 Tampines residents, including a nine-year-old, have been hospitalised for dengue haemorrhagic fever since Dec 6 last year. This is wrong. The 11 residents had dengue fever, as did the
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 285 6 kit 82 fraud by workers IS there a cheat in your office? Why, he could even be your manager! Just yesterday, a 31-year-old clerk was sentenced to six years in jail for cheating the bank she used to work in, of $3 million. And last year
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    • News Break
      • 54 6 CAREER YOUNGER, better-educated people can now chart their career paths using the Ministry of Manpower's one-stop career centre, CareerLink@mom. Since it started last July, the number of people with tertiary education visiting the centre to use its resources increased by about two percentage points. Each month, about 1,000
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      • 59 6 ECONOMY SINGAPORE'S economy will grow 7 per cent this year, said economists yesterday. This is slower than last year's 10.1 per cent, but is still healthy. This year's growth will be helped by a surge in Singapore-made exports, said the National University of Singapore economists. The Government had
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      • 108 6 ELDERLY SENIOR citizens are buying medicine from Johor Baru to lower their medical bills. Several elderly people told a Feedback Unit dialogue on Thursday that medicine costs a quarter less over there. They also voiced worries about how employable older workers were and suggested the retirement age
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    • 48 6 New Straits Times: Sugiu sets aside seven points International Herald Tribune: Peace game: No one wants to quit BBC news: The United Nations says it has found clear evidence of radio-active contaminations at sites when Nato used depleted Uranium weapons during the war in Kosovo.
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    • 63 7 Picture This DEAR WILSON: This is the volleyball called Wilson, that kept Tom Hanks'character company on an island in the movie, Cast Away. It went for U5518,400(531,280) In an online auction of movie props. About 15 items from the film have been sold so
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    • 85 7 in P@R§US THERE will be a new scheme to help the Malay-Muslims community move ahead in the new economy. The plan focuses on education, talent development, help for low-income families and religious education. In education, every Muslim Singaporean child will be given the necessary head start
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    • 60 7 FOOD SALMON on sale here is safe to eat, said the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. It was responding to reports claiming that some salmon on sale in Singapore might be from British fish farms where the salmon were fed pellets containing toxins. The AVA said all
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    • 67 7 MEDICINE MORE and more doctors are leaving the public sector. There were 121 resignations in the first half of last year, more than in any single year in recent times. Reasons cited were a heavy workload and the lure of higher pay in private practice. In June, the
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    • 65 7 DRIVING CAR dealers say a car's safety rating is not a priority for most Singaporeans. This is despite the number of accidents. Three died in their cars before Christmas, and from January to October last year 18 were killed and 1,885 injured, say the Traffic Police. Dealers said
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    • 64 7 CONCORDE TYRE-BURSTS on British Airways or Air France Concordes led to "perforations" in its fuel tanks six times prior to July's fatal air crash outside Paris, France's Accident Investigation Office has said. There have been 57 cases of Concorde runway tyre-burst since 1976. It said a
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    • 80 7 The Straits Times: Four-pronged plan to help Malays compete The Business Times: 2nd US rate cut in Jan |ike| y cWfbifite Lianhe Zaobao: Qian Qichen in a 'breakthrough* talk: Three Links possible between China and Taiwan if there is consensus among the people RCS morning news: Malay
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    • 98 7 ...It teems to me it does not accept responsibility for anything. to customers' duty, but nowhere in the document reciprocal clause outlining the bank's duty. Clause 16 is KWn, because the bank accepts no liability for loss. Clause 31 gets even better: "The bank reserves the right to
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  • 663 12 f| Mm r t Pscene w T jf "Angry young chatteri'. Thatisohe new term a paper coined§or rudiyoung Singaporean "chaffers". The New Paper takes a closer lookht their online behaviour THE message that popped up on the computer screen was: "WHAT'S
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  • Attitude
    • 136 13 It's the beginning of a new school year! So, this week's puzzle is related to going back to school. Rnd the words related to this topic in the puzzle. Five people with the correct answers will win prizes. But wait! As this column is meant for youths, please do
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    • 98 13 DO you want to talk about something that has been bothering you? We're here to listen. Or maybe you've had an interesting experience in the past week. Contribute a leaf from your diary to us! Just write in to: "Attitude" The New Paper MacPfcermi Road
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    • 209 13 CHANG ENG—The Musical, by Action Theatre Do you know the story of Chang and Eng? The pair of Siamese twins from Thailand who were joined at the chest by a mysterious band of flesh at birth? About how they were condemned by their neighbours as a bad omen during
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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    • 419 15  -  GOOD NEWS FOR PARENTS By Santokh Singh THE National Institute of Education (NIE) will from now on train undergraduates to teach in primary schools only. Earlier, they could go on to teach both in primary and secondary schools. But primary schools now need more
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    • 738 16  -  By Tanya Fong HIS neck was so bloody that it looked slashed. One hospital patient said "as if it was cut from ear to ear". He had a white bandage wound around his orange hair. The man at the accident and emergency ward of
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    • 214 17 THAT BIRTH CERTIFICATE ISSUE SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM Gordon Um I REFER to your report, Show us your birth certificate, (TNP, Jan 4). I feel sorry for the Indian female employee who was sacked because she refused to show her birth certificate to her former
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 804 18 From a front-line officer to a man who hobbles around at home. That's the tragic, but heroic, story of a strong-willed Cambodian villager. The New Paper met him while on assignment accompanying a team of Singapore volunteers funded and trained by the Singapore International Foundation
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    • 238 19 Flood disaster and Singapore help Dr Tan Chi Chiu (right), executive director of the Singapore International Foundation: The Stngapore International Foundation (SIF) recentiyset up the Humanitarian Relief Pragrafro|je in addition to its existing volunteer programmes, the Youth Expedition Project and Singapore Volunteers Overseas Programme. Under the Humanitarian
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    • 395 19 EVERY month, at least 90 Cambodians visit Kien Khleang Physical Rehabilitation Centre (KKPRC). They go there to re-build their lives literally. For the centre provides them with prosthetics (artificial limbs) to replace the ones they have lost. Because the grim truth about Cambodia is that
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    • 615 20 REMEMBER Warren Beatty who played mobster Bugsy Siegel in the movie, Bugsy? Bugsy Siegel built the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Yesterday, news emerged in Los Angeles that a woman whose childhood was associated with the Flamingo Hotel and Bugsy, was found dead. Journalist,
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      225 22 Wire services. TENS of thousands of Catholic pilgrims waited for hours to enter the Vatican City's four holy doors yesterday, before three of them were sealed for the next quartei of a century. The doors at the basilicas of Saint Mary Major, Saint John Lateral and Saint Paul
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    • 298 23 TODAYS election seems like any other corruption-ridden Thai poll on the outside. Frenzied vote-buying has been going on till the eleventh hour and bribes have been doled out. But despite all that, Thailand is changing. A democratic revolution is brewing there just as
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    • 60 23 muifmuif President BHCtintoflnrid be got a Ucfc out of ||fepi Senator Clinton and I broke up Mdsffiirt attempt tote so InpubHc. He said: I'd also like to thank Senator Clinton. God what a kick... lids is I the first time I've ever said this. I'm still getting used
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  • 490 25 Let it NOT snow, let it NOT snow, let it NOT snow... WORLDTODAY IF you're a teenager, you'd probably not be too pleased to have your mum surprise you with a phone cadi. You'd probably be unhappy with her checking up on you.
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  • ShowTime
    • 839 26  -  By Chang May Choon REPORTING FROM HONGKONG DOGS are Jessica Hester Hsuan's best friends. But her relations with her female colleagues can get catty. Maybe they are just green-eyed about her TV success. The popular Hongkong actress has a string of hit dramas
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    • 205 27 JESSICA seems to have everything a successful career, a loving boyfriend, and six huge dogs for company at home. So what else could she want? "I'm very happy with work. Some people say they want to be nominated Best Actress or earn lots of
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  • 468 28 Brazen tactics of J-pop stars seem to work moshi moshi! SEX sells. So does controversy. Just take a look at the J-pop scene. If it's not skimpy clothing that leaves little to the imagination, it's a brazen and controversial image (think leopard prints and ngummy
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  • 472 29  -  that it makes your jaw drop Byl Feo Kuan Yee DON'T be fooled by their sugary looks. Sara and Kitty, who form part of the group Sky, aren't merely sweet young things. Their hip-hop dance moves are so slick that watching them makes your jaw drop.
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  • 396 30  -  GOODMUSIC j, SETO NU-WEN AHnnii: Juliet The Orange (Positive Tone) ArtistaJuliet The Orange ITS a girl thing. You know .fitting cross-legged in your room, with the xain pouring outside and writing on pink, scented paper. About boys and boys and boys. The result? Wonderful, lengthy verse. Which
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    • 41 30 I THE NEW PAPER UNCLE TOBYS REDEMPTION I m Saturday, 6 January 2001 I mm I iHpvQwraH /QDaa mm i H |88jSBI g No time for Fibreplus 1 I Breakfast Bar for the energy you need to start your day! 1
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  • 450 31  -  SHOWTIME By Seto Nu-wen IT'S nice to know some things never change. Bad habits, like a blatant disregard for punctuality, for example. Guns N' Roses opened their much-touted gig at Las Vegas' House Of Blues by making fans wait for three hours. Putting it in perspective,
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  • 459 32  -  ET CETERA WITH PETER SIOW WHOOPEE! The holiday season is finally behind lis. Thank God for that. The three recent public holidays Christmas, Hari Raya Puasa and New Year's Day had held so much promise. Time to mix and mingle. Time to pause and pray. Time
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  • 855 34 I'M probably the last person in the world who should be writing a story on how to get a good night's sleep. so much that I'm like a little gerbil in its cage, running, running, running all night long. 1 spend hours each night staring into
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    • 940 42 GUIDE TO IPOH TRACKWORK FIRST-UP winner Fury Falcon is maintaining form and should swoop home again in the Class 4 Div 11,400 m event in Race 7 at Ipoh tomorrow. Taken out by jockey Asogan Thangaraju yesterday morning, the three-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by
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    • 75 42 Carolingiaii Pride (Race 7 No. 1) Came right at his third start when scoring a fluent win over the Kuala Lumpur 1,400m on Dec 10 last year. He has been working with gusto and should step out fresh and hurgry for a I second dose of
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    • 16 42 Highness, ValiairtLeader. RACE 7: Happy Fella, Star Power. J V "V A-msrf&t ..V 9'S,it ttHiiiiiiiiiiiiiilfiiiiiiiM^
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    • 1202 43 No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 ***** CHONGQING EXPRESS 57 (49) 'BShahrul 9 (3nzg Hoy-Coronation) 2 EE-YES 57 (53) TSamsuri 10 (3ag Clarke-Jackpot) 3 8077 FOX CHASER 57 (49) PVellaikannu 1 (3ag Corner-Fox Chase) 4 FUSAITCHI 57 (53)
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    • 619 44  -  By Danny Khoo START the new season on a winning note with Crystal City in Race 2 at Kranji tonight. The John Brink-trained galloper is ready to greet the judge after five fruitless attempts. It is quite obvious from his perked up looks
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    • 273 44 Kingscote (Race 1 No. 1) Get off to a happy start in the New Year with this last-start winner. The 4kg penalty is not going to stop the Stephen Gray-trained galloper and winning partner Mick Dittman from completing a double. Couple him With Kim Mighty for a sweet
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    • 928 45 TONIGHT'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, B) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 31 KINGSCOTE 59 (61) LDittman 6 (4ag Gray-Owner) 2 7-9496 EL NINO 58 (59) CCarmody 2 (5nzg Brink-Auric) 3 -586-5 OUR SANDMAN 57 (57) J Saimee 4 (5nzh
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    • 131 45 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses—A, B, C and D —to differentiate the location of the rails. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. For Course B, they are four metres away from the original position. For Courses C and D, they are
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    • 445 46 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK IT SHOULD pay to follow last-start winner The Investor again tomorrow. For the Michael Kent-trained galloper, who justified his backers' faith with an impressive win last Saturday, showed no let-up in form at Kranji yesterday morning. Taken out by
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    • 8164 46 n RED HOT 59(59) JSaimee(3) (4egThwaites-EresTu) By Salse-Dazzling Heights; bay; landed 02.09.99; 6r 1-1-0 (KRal400g 1:24.757). 14.10.00 MS Saimee 57 (53) (3) 1 2 5/7 ($30) 7V4 Speedy Dot-Com KRb1400g 1:23.3 (486) 21.10.00 MS Saimee 57 (52) (5) 4 5 4/8 ($41) 4
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    • 11288 51 n IT'S WORTH IT 57(60) *WK Yan c2.5 (11) (6irg Hoy-Eres Tu No. 2) By Common Grounds-Rozmiyn; bay; landed3.7.97; 27r 3-3-4 (K1600g 1:45.953,*****g 1:40.6 56.5,*****y 1:26.354). 14.05.00 C5-P Yan 57.5 (55) (9) 1 1 5/11 ($26) 2 3 A Moneysmate I1600g 1:38.8(483) 17.06.00 C4-4 Yan 54
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    • 173 57 n STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By Waikiki Star-Maazel; bay; landed 6.1.98; 8r 1-0-0 (KRsl 700f1:49.153.5) 12.12.99 C5 Soo 55 (42) (5) 9 9 4/11 ($23) 1 ParisAmour KRb1800g 1:52.1 (415) 05.01.00 C5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5 3 1/8 ($11)
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    • 343 58  -  S-LEAGUE UPDATE By Peter Siow PERES Spindula flew into Singapore two days ago with team-mate Egmar Goncalves. Spindula who? Well, he is the 26-year-old Brazilian who will turn out for S-League soccer club Home United this year. The attacking midfielder will fill the void left by
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    • 60 58 Five-a-side tourney JURONGFC is staging a five-a-side tournament (Cobra 5s) at Boon Lay Primary on Jan 28 and offering more than $5,800 in cash and prizes. Teams pay a registration fee of $200. Register with the club office (21, Jurong East St 31, #04-02, Jurong East Sports Complex) or call
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    • 252 58 Reuters CHARLES Barkley, who retired at the end of last season, will have his uniform No 34 retired by the Philadelphia 76ers on March 30, the team said yesterday. Barkley, who as a wide-bodied forward became one of only three players with 20,000 points,
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    • 137 59  -  Compiled by: ZAINI MOHAMED HOW about this for a New Year resolution? Any blonde Russian teenager who does not win at least two tennis tournaments will be required to wear overalls and a balaclava during all matches. Spoilsport? Not at all. Those who sit glued
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    • 61 60 Contrary to popular belief, the original Olympians did wear clothing. Then, in 720 BC, one runner's loincloth fell off during a race. But he kept right on going and won the race handily. Like athletes of any era, the losers copied the
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    • 34 60 The first yoyos were used as weapons in the Philippines. It had a weight ofl.Bkg, and the strings were six metres long. The modern-day yoyos first appeared in America in 1929.
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    • 122 60 LENNOX LEWIS has conquered the boxing world with genuine style and panache. Now he wants to launch his easy charm and massive frame in Hollywood. Lewis, naturally, wants to follow in the footsteps of another muscle-bound former sportsman turn all-action hero —Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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    • 88 60 BIRMINGHAM striker Peter Ndlovu has been axed by Zimbabwe after a row over a parking ticket. Ndlovu, on loan at Huddersfield, got a ticket at a London airport before an international match and demanded that the Zimbabwe FA pay the
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    • 71 60 David Ginola is often the centre of attraction for many women. But recently, the Aston Villa forward's teddy bear has attracted attention. The kind-hearted Frenchman dressed up a limited edition Steiffi bear in a mini football kit, complete with boots to help raise cash for
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    • 111 60 NYT A New Zealand doctor teed off at midnight for the second year in a row in his bid to become the first person in the world to complete a round of golf in the new millennium. Armed with a three-iron, a luminous golf ball and
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    • 507 61  -  FA CUP (3rd ROUND): Fulham v Man U (Live. FC 22. 8.55pm. Tomorrow By Edwin Yeo NOBODY sincerely believes that Fulham, a Division One side, would be able to beat Manchester United. Even if Fulham is running away with the Division One title, nobody seriously believes
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    • 138 62 WIN A FUJI FILM IN ST AX MINI 10 INSTANT CAMERA TOTTENHAM'S away form has been poor this season. One reason why manager George Graham finds his head on the chopping block. Spurs suffered its ninth away defeat last Saturday. Tomorrow, it travels to Leyton Orient
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    • 105 62 ONE of two all-Premiership clashes in this round. Spurs soundly beat Newcastle on Wednesday, but Castle managed a draw with Man U on this very ground last weekend. Can the players believe if they could hold Man U to a draw, they can certainly beat Aston
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    • 211 62 TEAMS UPDATE FABIEN Barthez will miss Manchester United's FA Cup match at Fulham today due to flu. Raimond van der Gouw will step in. Meanwhile, Liverpool has given Robbie Fowler time off to recover from injuries suffered in a nightclub fracas. He is reported to be in Spain
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      479 63 J l\\11V4 J .5 N -J -M .?J -Af! J.u^ u w k liH iiiiiii m :(H avi On Wednesday, our sports writer Edwin Yeo rated Duright Yorke as the best of the Red Devils'four super strikers. Then you readers were asked to name your pick. And you thought
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    • 353 64 PREMIERSHIP NEWS Wires LOOKS like there may not be a blessing from heaven for Aston Villa after all. Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel's proposed £9.5 million (s24m) transfer to Aston Villa has been called off on the orders of the game's governing body. The Premiership
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    • 120 64 Reuters SCOTTISH Premier League club St Johnstone has sacked two players for taking cocaine at a nightclub. Northern Ireland international George O"Boyle and striker Kevin Thomas both had their contracts terminated after an investigation by St Johnstone into allegations they used the drug. The club
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    • 244 64 Wire Services. LEEDS UNITED: INJURED Australian striker Harry Kewell won't return to action for Leeds United for at least several more weeks, according to manager David O'Leary. Kewell missed the first four months of the season after undergoing surgery on his Achilles tendon. He started
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    • 277 65 FA CUP (3rd round) Morecambe v Ipswich WHEN your Dad names you after a Brazilian legend, and home is called The San Siro Stadium, it's no wonder you end up being football daft. But 18-year-old Ryan-Zico Black will have the last on the mickey-takers who I
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    • 266 65 A HATE campaign drove Sir Alan Sugar out of Tottenham Hotspur. Will it now drive out manager George Graham? The viciousness of the campaign by Spurs fans has worried London police. They are concerned just how orchestrated and vitriolic the campaign against Graham will
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