The New Paper, 8 January 2001

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1 55 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2001
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 494 2 ARMED with a shotgun, father and son were out hunting when tragedy struck. Suddenly, the shotgun went BANG! And down went the 42-year-old father with a bullet in his right abdomen. Apparently, the 14-year-old boy had accidentally shot his dad while they were
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    • 62 2 Scrabble fanatics, here's your chance to get cracking and win some money. There's a new Scrabble game in town —The New Paper Scrabble Rumble, a new three-month contest, which begins today! Each-week, 10 people stand to win $500 and each month, three people have a
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    • Article, Illustration
      182 3 ??7???***************AfM 111? VAII Ufrpc CI EED1M*****7777 EARLY this morning, there was drama along Yio Chu Kang Road. A Mercedes, travelling along that road towards Hougang, crashed into a tree near Season's Park condominium. According to the police, the car mounted the kerb after the junction with Ang
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 525 4  -  By Tanya Fong ALL gone within 30 minutes. Their entire life savings up in flames. Madam Rani Ibrahim, 49, almost fainted when she saw the market at Block 341 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 on fire yesterday morning. The coffee stall, Rani Dave, which
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    • 317 4 HE was walking his girlfriend home to her Bishan flat when they both saw a bright orange glow in the distance. It was about 2.15 am yesterday morning. The couple had just finished watching a horror movie at Bishan Junction 8. When Dr Andrew
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    • 126 5 TWO fire-fighters were injured in the operation. One of them suffered injuries to his hip when a metal bar from the roof collapsed and fell on him. The other officer suffered from smoke inhalation. Both were taken to hospital and are in stable condition. The Singapore Defence
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    • 315 5 WHEN The New Paper arrived at the scene, worried stallholders huddled next to one another, and watched as the embers of the fire smouldered in the water. Some shook their heads when they saw the charred remains of the collapsed roof. While others just stood
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 547 6 .vvfrfll H HI Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on the economic outlook and new faces in the Opposition: BG Lee cautioned that the economic outlook was uncertain: "There are many problems that can affect us easily, and affect the mood of investors looking at
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    • 82 6 OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE And what would a pilot do if a deranged ps^mmgerfound the flight deck door closed and yeUed: %pen the door —I have a bomb here. A British Airways captain, in irony, supporting the decision to keep cockpit doors unlocked on the airline's flights. Meanwhile, Paul Kefa
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 MOUNT EVEREST THE world's tallest mountain will soon boast the highest hotel. The 52-bed hotel, 2,012 m above sea level, will be "a flagship of green construction techniques", said New Zealand-born climber Russell Brice, 49. But the scheme has appalled mountaineers, who fear it will make the area
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      • 69 6 AUSTRALIA SHADES of Moby Dick! Two holidaymakers fishing off the New South Wales south coast were lucky to be alive last night after a whale nearly capsized their boat. Anglers Glen Connell and Paris Vella had just dropped their lines from their 4m-long craft, off Merimbula coastal town,
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      • 58 6 H3H INDONESIAN police have shut down a major Ajinomoto factory in East Java after a pork-based enzyme banned by Islamic law was found in the flavour enhancer. They forced its 4,500 workers home on Saturday. Top officials of the Japanese subsidiary were arrested on Saturday night due to
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      • 55 6 HUH INDEFINITE detention without trial for those caught hacking into government websites. Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA) may be the country's latest measure to stop website hackers. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin said the National Security Council would examine the effectiveness of the laws under
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      • 59 7 M1 FRANCE Telecom mobile phone unit Orange is eyeing Cable Wireless and CyberWorks' stakes in mobile phone operator Ml. It is also trying to buy Mr Richard Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks' 15 per cent stake in Ml, held through HKT PCCW. Sources said negotiations between Orange and Ml
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      • 57 7 JACKPOT MACHINES JACKPOT computer game machines are drawing noisy crowds to some provision and coffeeshops here, including at Woodlands Street 31 and Bukit Merah Central. The games operate like jackpot machines, using tokens, having a jackpot "wheel" and churning out tickets. Police say shops are not permitted
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      • 128 7 COMPUTERS COMPUTER prices have been slashed 10-36 per cent due to a slide in component costs and keen competition. That's a saving of $500 or more. But better deals could be in store if a price war erupts, so wait and see. Ms Lillian Tay, a senior analyst
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    • 77 6 The Straits Times: Thaksin moves swiftly to form coalition govt The Business Times: Nearly half of SGX stocks thinly traded Lianhe Zaobao: Thaksin's party makes historic win of more than half the seats in Parliament Berita Harian: Insurance for the elderly to be put in place in
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    • 37 7 New Straits Times: Abdullah: Call off debate International Herald Tribune: Senate confirmation fight looms Asian Wall Street Journal: Thaksin gains election victory BBC news: Tension in Chile after General Pinochet refuses to attend test
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    • 143 7 DONT MISS this OPPORTUNITY to speak g |1 with academics and representatives from lr Perth institutions. For Secondary, 'N', '0' 'A' leveis, ITE, diploma degree holders who PERTHEDUCATION city r 9 Western Australia want to study in Perth in 2001 or later. ********** l Institutions attending: C4i iaJw Im Universities
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 486 8  -  The Life Sciences are planned to become a critical part of our economy. But it isn't just for the geeks in white coats. It's actually all about how your life can be improved, as our new Life Sciences series will show. The series kicks
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    • 621 10 Blood and a pair of legs... On Saturday afternoon, a 45-year-old woman was brutally murdered in her home. FRAEMONE WEE traces the steps her only daughter took when she first saw her mother lying in bed all wrapped up IT was shocking beyond the wildest nightmare. Miss Noijannah Mohd Kamal,
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    • 150 10 MADAM Zaiton was supposed to have gone to a relative's Hari Raya party with her sister, Madam Zainab Abu Bakar, 43, that evening. Madam Zainab had phoned Madam Zaiton around 3pm that day, but no one answered. Thinking that her
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    • 49 12 jfjg* X Unrest in Maluku? Mystery blast in Siberia? You'll read about them in our World and Asia pages. cf :JBp IllfcP gjWMßfe no p,ace on Earth is to ar n MHHBHtk -HHP In two of our five handy sections. M H A MyStraitsTimes Call 388 3838 for subscription
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    • 604 13  -  Engineer hands over identity card for car dealer to register his new car but the company loses the IC, along with those of six other customers By Desmond Ng HE was looking forward to an exciting Christmas driving around in his first car. Computer service
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    • 112 13 SEVERAL car dealers we spoke to said it was standard practice to keep a buyer's identity card to register a new car. According to Alpine Motors, Auto France, Barcelona Motors, Kah Motor and Performance Motors, the identity card has to be given to the Land
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    • 45 14 muifmui* New Senior Counsel R Palakrishnan on his prestigious appointment: The appointment is the zenith of my career as a practitioner. But as poet Robert v Frost said: I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.
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    • 297 14  -  By Andre Yeo HE removed the wrong metal supports and lost his life as a result. Mr Zheng Zhong Zhi was then working at Block 690F on Woodlands Drive 72. And lost his life in an accident. The Chinese national was acting on his
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 273 17 Source: Reuters. THE big-shot us politician apparently suspected that the Guatemalan was in the US illegally. Yet the VIP, Ms Linda Chavez (below), allegedly allowed the Guatemalan to live in her home. This may cause Ms Chavez all sorts of problems. Because she is
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    • 50 17 mui^mui* 7wctatocliA«ovslsaMl£ creator of such memorable charactefb at Hercule Poirotaad Miss MHplfc Iktaiitfior, whose death aantorsaiy Mb oa lan 12, wrote la her autobiography: I don't think necessity is the mother of invention invention, m my opmion, arises directlyfrom idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
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    • 344 18 IN CHINA'S TIANANMEN SQUARE YOU may be fun, Mr Snowman, anywhere. But you're illegal in Tiananmen Square. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is allowed in Beijing's politically sensitive square without official permission. Not even a funny snowman as these youngsters having fun
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    • 314 19 OH DEER 9 it's the revenge of the herds animals are getting their own back. In the US f a deer (perhaps thinking that enough of his tribe are being hunted by humans for sport) decided to floor a runner taking part in a New Year's Day
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    • 129 20 WHY? Because she had been maimed by a landmine. Motola, the elephant, was injured while working in a logging camp in Thailand near the border with Myanmar, a region peppered with mines after a half-century of insurgency. Her sad story drew attention to
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    • 79 20 Words of sympathy and donations poured in from around the world. The media profile of the elephant's keeper, Ms Soraida Salwala, soared. Ms Soraida is also the founder of the world's first elephant hospital, where Motola's left foot was amputated in August 1999.
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    • 139 20 Source: AP. That's what her keeper claimed. "1 get telephone calls from people saying they want Motola dead," said Ms Soraida, who has received threats on her own life. She believes they come from elephant traders and other Thai animal welfare organisations jealous of the
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    • 330 20 OH NO! NOT ANOTHER BANK SCANDAL... REMEMBER Nick Leeson and the Barings Bank scandal of 1995? Now another Briton, living in Singapore, is under investigation. This time, it is a German bank that is looking at how it lost more than £400 million
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    • Article, Illustration
      643 21 Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring... Phone pest rings Hongkong sports company 2,000 times a day It began two years ago when she fell in love with daughter's coach After he left the country because of her harassment, she made threatening and obscene phone
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    • 283 22 POLITICS was not Mr Thaksin Shinawatra's first love. And wife Pojamarn was against it as well. But his highly successful Shin Corps business empire was built on it. So she supported him. His wife, more than anyone else, has always trusted his
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    • 383 22 LET us pray hard that the US economy improves. For, if it doesn't then the outlook for Asian countries is not too good. For the best part of a decade, the US has provided the world with a comforting sense of global economic
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  • 538 22  -  E t cetera WITH E SHAILAJA NAIR I HAVE always hated moving. As the daughter of a finance ministry official in India, I had a remarkably stable childhood. The finance ministry being in the capital, New Delhi, I spent all my life there. When I
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      831 24  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck FORGET whatever rumours you may have heard about ex-Perfect 10 DJ Kate Reyes joining another radio station. Now, she busies herself with her projects and travelling and "making babies". Kate admits that Joe Augustine called her several times to join Power 98, but she
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    • 39 25 THEIR FI RST KISS Werwere sitting and suddenly kissing seemed like the right thing to do. We were just following the instructions written in the stars! It was magical, he's a great kisser. Kate, remembering a rather special moment
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    • 43 25 Jf things omMMia to call a church and beg the priest to marry us. It was very simple but very special. Our family and close friends were there. Kate on Glenn's surprise announcement that they were getting married in New York
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    • 158 25 GIVEN Glenn Ong's radio persona, you would think he wins every argument. Not so. One person who can argue him down is his wife. He shared the cause of their last heated argument. "It was a while back, about me flirting on air. "I gave in. Most of
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    • 98 26 HONGKONG idol Daniel Chan must have been freezing while filming his new food commercial. In chilly 10 deg C, the singer was out in the streets shooting, even changing costumes, reported Oriental Daily. People from his production crew even stood around him, using
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    • 197 26 HONGKONG Heavenly King Aaron Kwok was one of Hongkong's highest-paid entertainers last year, raking in a whopping HK$5B million ($12.8 million) from movies, singing and advertisements. And, boy, did it all show at his recent concerts in Hongkong to commemorate 10 years in showbiz. Gyrating sexily
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    • 113 26 HONGKONG actress Kelly Chen (left) was accused of vying with singer Sammi Cheng to be the final performer for a charity show. The bigger your star power, the more likely you are to close the show. But Kelly denied the accusation. She told a press conference:
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    • 139 27 BIG brother Jackie Chan is set to add another feather to his cap. Imagine, his exciting life story will be filmed in a documentary, called Cheng Long Zhuan (Mandarin for Story of Jackie Chan). Although he was over the moon about it, the superstar drew the line
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    • 122 27 J-POP fans in Hongkong must have been real busy the past weekend. Busy getting hot on the heels of Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi (below) who arrived in Hongkong last Friday. A The dishy actor of Beach Boys fame there for a press conference to announce he was
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      345 29  -  IFTHE CHINA DOLLS CAN DO IT, THEIR PETS CAN, TOO. GET SET FOR THE... By Teo Kuan Yee FANS of China Dolls, listen up. You can soon hear the duo's pet dogs yelping in the background. China Dolls' second album, to be released before Chinese New Year, will
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      386 30  -  IN THE MOOD By Serene Foo Taking stylish shots of Hongkong's top TVB celebrities for a calendar sounds like a dream job. But photographer Donald Wong had to prance and jiggle in the studio just to get Hongkong stars Lawrence Ng and Flora Chan into the mood. Recalled
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    • 1290 42 RACE 1: The stewards permitted apprentice Richard Lim to replace apprentice WK Yan as the rider of ITS WORTH IT when the latter was certified unwell. GET A WIN, who was a course scratching as he was sore left-fore, is required to
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      617 43  -  $2m import Our Aristotle lands major coup in debut By Michael Lee Dubbed as the most expensive horse to have reached our shores, $2 million import Our Aristotle made an explosive debut by capturing the first feature race on the Singaporean racing calendar and incidentally the first
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    • 48 43 AFTER the Singapore New Year 2000 victory, a serious champion trainer Malcolm Thwaites revealed that Our Aristotle's next target would be the Chairman's Trophy in three weeks' time, one of the Dubai classic races in March and the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup in May.
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      169 44 TAN THEAN LOON RACE 5 yesterday was a commentator's nightmare. It was not meant for the faint hearted. Just imagine about eight horses fanned across the track in the final 200 m. The electricrfinish even left racecaller George Simon agog for words. With his voice reaching a
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      172 44 EVERY time Trillion Win steps out, the question on everyone's lips is: "Will he hold on?" Humping a massive 60kg, the speedy American Standard gelding did it again last night, but had to exhaust his last ounce of energy to stave off the fast-finishing John Meagher-trained pair
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    • 299 45 TWO visiting riders Fernando lovine and Olivier Doleuze have been suspended for careless riding. The European duo received two race days each. At the conclusion of an inquiry yesterday, lovine, rider of STONE TURNER, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding under MRA
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    • 899 45 RACE 1: At the start, FIRST CUT knuckled and swerved out sharply, dislodging jockey E Wilkinson. To avoid any delay, Wilkinson was exempted from weighing in. Approaching the winning post the first time, ORIENTAL FORTUNE steadied off the heels of MONETAREE, who
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    • 547 46 EURO ROUND-UP! ITALY. SPAIN Reuters. AC MILAN 2 INTER 2 CITY honour was shared in a frenetic 247 th Milan derby. AC Milan twice came from behind to salvage a point in the 2-2 draw against San Siro co-tenant Inter. A 72nd-minute free-kick from Inter's Luigi
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    • 273 46 AFP, Reuters. REAL Madrid got its campaign for the Spanish Primera Liga title off to a flying start after the winter break yesterday. It hammered Alaves 3-1 away for its seventh successive victory. Raul put Real Madrid ahead in the 14th minute, but the home
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    • 430 47 FA CUP: FOURTH ROUND WHO PLAYS WHO: FOURTH ROUND Sunderland or Crystal Palace vlpswich Gillingham v Chelsea •■Bradford or Middlesbrough v Wimbledon or Notts County Bristol v Kingstonian Bolton v Burnley or Scunthorpe Blackburn v Derby County Man City v Coventry Cardiff or Crewe v Stockport Southampton
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    • 329 47 FA-Premier.com. FOOTBALL lore has it that Tottenham is going to pick up some silverware this season. Why Because the year ends in a "1". Even the English music-combo "Chas and Dave" had the following line in one of their songs: "It's lucky for Spurs when the year ends
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    • 103 48 FA CUP THIRD ROUND: MATCHTAKE 4 THIS is not the season for hair cuts but for growing the hair long. A furry scalp, besides providing warmth, can effectively cushion falling snow and sleet. That's essential for any footballer in England who wants to survive the winter spell.
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    • 279 48 LIVERPOOL 3 ROTHERHAM 0 Football 365. LIVERPOOL ace Vladimir Smicer was branded a diver by Rotherham boss Ronnie Moore in the flashpoint incident that marred Liverpool's win over the Second Division battler. Late in the second half Smicer was tackled heavily by Darren Garner and jumped up
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    • 241 48 LEEDS IBARNSLEY 0 Football 365. LEEDS boss David O'Leary urged his players "to stand up and be counted" if they are to live up to their multi-millionaires tag. O'Leary watched his side scrape through to the fourth round courtesy Mark Viduka's 14th goal of the
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    • 391 48 CHELSEA 5 PETERBOROUGH 0 Football 365. HAVING got his hands on the FA Cup just eight months ago, Chelsea captain Dennis Wise was not about to let the holder's grip on the competition slip against Second Division Peterborough. But although he returned to inspire the Blues
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    • 562 49  -  S-club duo strikes again FA CUP: FULHAM 1 MAN U 2 FULHAM 1 (Fabrice Fernandes 24) CROWD: 19,178 MAN U 2 (Solskjaer 8, Sheringham 89) By Edwin Yeo THERE'S just something magical about the striking partnership of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham. Once thought to be
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    • 310 50 ...MORE FA CUP ACTION NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 Nolberto Solano 80 ASTON VILLA 1 Steve Stone 54 BBC. PERUVIAN international Nolberto Solano rescued a replay for Newcastle with a superb late strike at St James' Park. Solano lashed home an unstoppable low shot from the edge of
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    • 152 50 ASTON Villa manager John Gregory is on a collision course with David Ginola. He has told the French player he must live in the Birmingham area, according to the website supergoals.com The Frenchman has kept his family home in the London area since his move from
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    • 204 50 FOREST 0 WOLVES 1 Adam Proudlock 87 Reuters. DAVID Jones enjoyed a winning return to soccer management yesterday. His new club Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the FA Cup third round. Jones leftpremier league Southampton last January to fight child abuse charges. He was
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    • 162 50 WHEN you are named after a Brazilian legend, and your home is called The San Siro Stadium, you have got to end up kicking the ball. Ryait-Zico Black kept his tryst with destiny when he took the field against Premiership side Ipswich in the FA Cup on Saturday.
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      146 51 Reuters LIKE it or not, Boca Junior forward and Argentine soccer international Martin Palermo must do some community service. The reason is he hit a photographer at a nightclub in the resort of Punta del Este, police said yesterday. Photographer Fernando Arias told Argentina's Cronica TV that Palermo
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    • 268 51 COMINGS GOINGS Wire services. BRAZIL'S Ronaldo will appear before lawmakers on Wednesday to testify whether Brazilian national team sponsor Nike forced him to play while injured in a World Cup final. The lawmakers, who are investigating soccer corruption, want to know whether Nike insisted that he play in the 1998
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    • 386 52  -  SIGNINGS GOMBAK UNITED By] Lim Han Ming YOU'VE got to hand it to Gombak United. The S-League club prides itself on bringing in quality foreign players. Last year, the Bulls (Gombak's nickname) introduced Thai defender Niweat Siriwong and Guinean playmaker Ballamodou Conde to local football. The
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    • 304 52 HOME UNITED WHEN Geylang United had the services of Iranians Mohammad Khakpour, Hamidreza Estili and Mohsen Garousi in 1996, it raced to the S-League and FA Cup double. Will Home United experience the same luck with its Iranian signings this year? The Singapore Cup champion's managing committee
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    • 378 53 $260,000 a week salary Details this week AP, BBC Online. DAVID Beckham wants to be the richest player at the world's richest football club. In a bid to be Britain's first footballer to rake in £100,000 ($260,000) a week, Becks has reportedly turned
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