The New Paper, 1 March 2001

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  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2001
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    • 56 1 England's surprise hero Rape threat Quake Frantic call by motorist (and nearly villain) in /on NTU rocks who caused UK 3-0 win over Spain j hostel wall 21/ 2 train tragedy ■1 7 r r Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 385 2 EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN SEATTLE Wire Services. MR Bill Gates was addressing a conference at the top of the city's famous landmark the Space Needle Tower. Suddenly, screams were heard from the audience. Overhead lights fell to the floor. His audience bolted
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    • 340 3 Source: Wire services THE 36-year-old Lincolnshire driver, Mr Gary Hart, still can't believe the mayhem that his car caused. It was responsible for the fatal train crash in Selby, Yorkshire yesterday in which 13 people were killed and over 70 injured. Almost
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    • 173 3 RETIRED power station worker Peter Hintze, 61 was woken by what he thought was a bomb. It was the sound of two trains striking each other, their carriages being torn apart. His house is about 50m from the railway track,
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    • 57 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 36 to 43 Comics: Page 44 TV: Page 75 Sorry Drug Dicaia (The New Paper, Feb 23): We reported that during a CNB raid of aflat in Woodlands Ave 6, there was the suspect, his niece and her grandmother in the flat. CNB said there was no
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 719 4  -  Underwent 12-hour scalp operation when she was nine months old At two, spent two months with a chest infection in KK Women's and Children's hospital Took a turn for the worse she was brain-damaged For two years, she was fed through
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    • 194 5 FOR two years, he devoted his life to her. His mother, Madam Lai Yoke Yin, 65, helped with her feeds and diaper changes when he was at work. Rebecca's condition had put a strain on his married life and his finances. He would look after her in
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    • 226 5 MUCOLIPIDOSIS is part of a disease called lypososomal storage disease. There are about 15 families in Singapore whose children suffer from different types of this storage disease. That's how rare this genetic disease is. Children with this condition are unable to break down complex molecules
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    • 83 5 The child is very short. Growth is stunted. The child has stocky or coarse features. The body will be a bit bloated. The child may also be physically retarded. The mouth is small and the tongue is big, so there is difficulty in eating. And because the child
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 155 6 C# HorT DOES the radiation emitted by handphones cause brain tumours or pose other health hazards? There's no solid proof as yet. But then, no government or health organisation has yet given handphones a definitive clean bill of health. So, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case)
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    • 46 6 Pi (Jure This ALL CUT UP: Koreans Lee Hyun Jin and Kim Moon Soo cook up a storm on stage during a performance of the musical Look Who's Cooking in Kuala Lumpur. The duo make music with their knives. Picture/ Ap
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    • News Break
      • 63 6 AN 11-MONTH-OLD baby died yesterday morning, a week after being admitted with symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). The child had enterovirus 71, which can be fatal. The baby's twin brother, admitted to the KK Women's and Children's Hospital at the same time, recovered. A government
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      • 55 6 —it-—- TIBS will add four night-bus services next Friday and another nine in June to meet demand. The first four will serve Sembawang, Clementi, Bedok and Geylang housing estates, taking night birds downtown and to Changi Airport. The rest will run between housing estates. Two will be
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      • 63 6 COURT A 45-YEAR-OLD company director has been jailed nine months for having sex with an underaged girl. Tay Kim Kuan (left) first met the 15-year-old girl in an Internet chatroom. He later had sex with her in the carpark of the old Changi Hospital in Halton Road.
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      • 59 6 RETAIL YOU can get cheaper, fresher food at your NTUC Fair Price supermarket from next year. That's because the chain is investing $25 million to build a fresh-food distribution centre the size of a football field in Upper Thomson Road. The centre will store temperature-sensitive products which will
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    • 44 6 New Straits Times: Loan relief for students International Herald Tribune: Japan acts to spureconomy Asian Wall Street Journal: Japan acts on data, cuts interest rates BBC news: More than 20 foreign militant groups are banned in Britain under new anti-terrorism laws
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    • 139 7 in FOCus BY all means surf the Net to find out more about your ailments and their treatment. But don't buy your drugs off the Net. That's because you can't be sure that you are getting the real thing. Buying prescription drugs at the click of a
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    • 52 7 ADVERTISING A TEAM of students from Temasek Polytechnic have netted third prize in an international advertising competition. The advertisement to encourage Net surfers to shop electronically using their credit cards was named among the best in Asia in the competition, organised by an international advertising group, reports
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    • 56 7 MEDICAL LAST year, 21 doctors were beaten up at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, reports Lianhe Zaobao. A hospital spokesman said that such incidents often take place in the Accident Emergency department. The "abusers" are often drunk and not seriously ill or hurt. They come in looking dazed
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    • 62 7 m r V nr^- THEY thought it was a bargain. The Singapore website of computer maker Dell advertised a brand-new $2,400 laptop going for just over $200. Orders poured in. Now, buyers have been told their orders could not be fulfilled because "the promotions have ended", "the transaction
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    • 57 7 —^—rrri&rrr^m~ FOUR months ago, British Airways stopped all flights to Kuala Lumpur. Now Japan's second-biggest airline, All Nippon Airways, is following suit. The reason: It's losing money on the route. The last flight will leave Kuala Lumpur on March 24. Analysts said this decision by the fourth airline
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    • 81 7 The Straits Times: Security forces crack down on Dayaks The Business Times: Govt cuts devt charge for residential land Lianhe Zaobao: 21 cases of doctors beaten up by patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital alone last year Berita Harian: Jakarta considers civil emergency for Kalimantan RCS morning
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    • 64 7 THE Dow Jones industrials tumbled 141.6 points (1.33 per cent) to 10,495.28. The Nasdaq composite index lost 55.99 points (2.54 per cent) to hit yet another two-year low at 2,151.83. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $4.125/-0.0938 2. Creative Technology $11.3125/+0.0625 3. Flextronics International
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 202 8  -  By Lee Tee Jong HE was groggy, drunk and needed to answer nature's call. He saw a toilet and happily stumbled in. Unfortunately, it was a ladies' toilet. But Aruldoss Johnbritto, 29, a foreign worker, did not realise that. What was worse, he
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    • 24 8 Aruldoss was jailed 16 days. For trespass, he could have been jailed up to three months or fined up to $500 or both.
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  • O-LEVEL BEAT
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      461 9 THANK you Singapore for allowing me in. And thank you MacPherson Secondary School for educating me. Dewi Christian Leo, 17, an Indonesian, forced to leave her homeland in 1998, was all gratitude after receiving her O-level results yesterday. And why not? She scored seven Als plus a distinction for
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    • 269 9 St Theresa's RANKINGS aren't everything. For Fiona Leow, 16, being turned down by a top girl's school turned out to be a blessing in disguise. She scored an aggregate of 225 for her PSLE. Not bad. But not good enough for a top girls' school. PRINCIPAL'S DEVASTATING REMARKS
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      326 10  -  Pictures/ Drew Fritz WITH a Primary School Leaving Examination aggregate score of 140 in 1996, Mohamed Shah A 1 Nawaz (right) was posted to the Normal (Technical) Stream. His academic career was as good as over with the Institute of Technical Education staring him in the face. For he
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      268 10 IF only three of the five students who scored D7s had done slightly better, the school may have gone above the national average and made history. Mr Mohd Taha Sanif, 54, spoke with a tinge of regret. MacPherson Secondary School missed bettering the national average of 69 per cent
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    • 247 10 New school Juying Secondary School did not do as expected for 0 Level English FOR the students and staff at Juying Secondary School, yesterday was a day of mixed emotions. Only 72.6 per cent of its students in the Express stream obtained five or more O levels down from
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      186 11 JUST four years ago, she could barely speak English. Now, she is Juying Secondary School's pride and joyJiang Yu, 17, (right) is its top student, with seven distinctions and a B3 for English. She is also its first ever to enter a '"branded" JC Hwa Chong Junior College. Jiang
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      268 11 He would not take NO for an answer. A Sec 5 Normal student, he was not allowed to take A Maths as an 'o'4evel subject. But he persisted and scored a distinction. Sia JingMing, 17, (right) from Zhonghua Secondary tells his story "I WANTED to do A Maths because
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    • 271 11 IT is a heartache when students take up subjects they may not enjoy. Not all Deyi Secondary School art students take art because they like it. "It is the weaker students that take up art," said art teacher Mr Tan Hock Huat. In 1998, all 20 students who took
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    • 262 12 A total of32,672students sat for the 2000 04evel examinations, compared to 33,057the previous year. For year2000: 32,600 students (99.8 achieved one or more O-level passes. 30,146 students (92.3%) achieved three or more O-level passes. A 0.2 per cent improvement 25,403 students (77.8%) achieved five or more O-level
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  • 826 14 In line with the Read and Reach programme organised by the Central Singapore CDC, The New Paper has invited five personalities to write short stories for your reading pleasure. For the third story of this series, we've adapted a story by stage actor and TNP
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 402 16  -  By Woon Wui Tek WOMEN are more likely to find driving a car too bothersome. Or simply unnecessary. Or so some interviewees told The New Paper upon hearing that men were twice as likely to hold a driving licence. That
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    • 137 17 THE figures released by the Department of Statistics cover only Singaporeans and Permanent Residents. Overall, of the 1.011 million Class Three licence holders last year, roughly two-thirds were men. (In Japan, according to Toyota Motor Corp, male drivers outnumber women by a lesser ratio of
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    • 703 18 It was an unfortunate coincidence and it left Madam Ong Ai Poh $23,092.97p00rer when someone with the same name cashed a cheque that belonged to her. Are there are any safeguards to prevent such incidents happening? SETO NU-WEN reports ON
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    • 20 18 Madam Ong has since sought help from a member of Parliament and lodged a police report. Police are investigating.
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  • 409 27 AMIEN RAIS SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GUS DUR WORLDTODAY 300,000 GRAPS JOBLESS Unemployment is high among Indonesia's university graduates. The director-general of Higher Learning Institutes, Prof Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, puts the number at around 300,000. He told The Jakarta Post: "The 2000 data from the Central
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  • 268 29 AP. WHEN it comes to stamina, he can give the globetrotting Backstreet Boys a run for their money. He covered six countries in just four days and US Secretary of State Colin Powell is all of 62. Plus he performed more than one job during his
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  • 365 32 MALAYSIATODAY Neighbours saw smoke billowing out of the Johor Baru house and suspected a fire. But when firemen arrived at the three-bedroom terrace house in Century Gardens, they found a horrific sight. A woman was in the living room, with severe burns all
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 486 33 Milan in uproar as two modelling executives are accused of negligence that led to rape Wire services. MAJA, 15, is a fashion victim in the truest sense of the word. When the teenager from Slovenia arrived at Italy's fashion capital Milan last October with her
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    • 334 34 w^\ 'Attention all Indian teachers. We 9 from the American schools, are desperately looking for maths and science teachers. All qualified personnel, please to report to the principals now.' AP. Yup, that is probably what a team of American school officials would say if they
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    • 376 34 Congratulations BRAND'S Health Carnival Promotion Lucky Draw Winners! Thank you for taking part in our BRAND'S Health Carnival Promotion. Here are the 10 lucky winners of the lucky draw held at the Carnival on 25 February 2001.Winners will also be notified by post. Ist PRIZE SD4N Invigorating Korea Trip for
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    1002 36 ShowTime Mel C and Madison Avenue could not be more different. At the concert last night, one singer exposed her flesh, while the other showed she was no flash in the pan. YONG SIEW FERN brings you a night 0f... ONE had lots of flesh to bare and
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 127 39 WANT to know what Britney Spears (right) will look like 30 years from now? Director Marc Sedaka does. He made a short satirical film named Britney 2032. One highlight shows an ageing Spears attending a book signing for her definitive tell-all tome, 00p5!... I'm Still Alive. After
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    • 181 39 ROBBIE Williams (left) not only wants to be a Better Man, he also wants to be a fireman. The singer is going to put a fireman's pole in his new London home. Williams and his housemate, Jonathan Wilkes, have plans to use the prop to slide from
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      78 39 A BABY is on its way to the arms of N'Sync singer Joey Fatone (above). Website ICShowbiz reported that the 24-year-old singer has finally confirmed he's going to become a father. And the child by his mysterious long-time girlfriend is expected to arrive this summer. A source
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    • 364 40  -  By Chang May Choon SSHHHHH... remember, you didn't hear this from us. Japanese actress Nanako Matsushima (above, inset) flew to Taipei secretly to be with her hunky hubby, Takashi Sorimachi (above). He was there to kick off his Asian concert tour. But her
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  • 895 41  -  There's a good reason why pizza and pasta are such global hits. By Carol Leong Ripe tomatoes have high levels of free glutamate, which is the natural form of MSG. This may be why tinned tomatoes often taste better than fresh ones they were picked when truly
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  • 491 43  -  Etcetera WITH DINAH LEE TAKE a moment to appreciate your office desk. After all, it's your statement in your workplace. You spend eight hours or more at it daily and you leave your personal mark on it. It's where you think, work and earn your keep.
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    • Ugo Surprise
      • 944 65  -  BY V K Santosh Kumar HE was the surprise package in the England squad. Ugo Ehiogu* (pronounced egg-yorg), who last played for England in 1996 while making his debut against China, proved the Cassandras wrong by standing tall in England's defence and offence. He used his
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      • 556 66  -  COMMENT EDWIN YEO STAY calm. Don't start getting visions of David Beckham lifting the World Cup just yet. Sure, 3-0 over Spain was an amazing result, especially with so many untested players in the England squad. n 1 iV*_ But remember, this was a friendly match, one
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    • 378 67 ERIKSSON'S ENGLAND: HOW THE MATCH WENT Reuters. SWEDE Sven Goran Eriksson marked his debut as England coach in style this morning with a 3-0 win over Spain in a friendly at icy Villa Park. Liverpool midfielder Nick Barmby gave England
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    • 313 67 DAVID JAMES: 6 He was tested only once. In the 19th minute he reacted quickly to palm Ivan Helguera's long-range shot. PHIL NEVILLE: 6 He had little to do in the first half-hour and did it competently. SOL CAMPBELL: 7 Stood firm at
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    • 62 67 TMbemt Spain 3-0 is always a very good result...lt was a very positive surprise. When I woke up this morning I was hoping just for a win but not by three clear goals. I know it was only a friendly. But all the players did extremely well for
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    • 459 67 THE only concern, after England passed its Spanish Inquisition with an A+ grade at Villa Park this morning, is how will Sven Goran Eriksson follow it up? The English FA will hope for six points from Finland and Albania next month followed by World Cup qualification and glory.
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    • orunio $ w f WORLD CUP WARM-UPS
      • 659 68 ITALY 1 ARGENTINA 2 AFP. ARGENTINA did this morning what its predecessors could not do in 35 years pull off an historic victory, by a 2-1 score, over Italy in a friendly. It was also the first match between the two countries since the 1990
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      • 354 69 f WORLD CUP WARM-UPS NORTHERN IRELAND 0 NORWAY 4 Reuters. NORWAY crushed Northern Ireland 4-0 in a friendly yesterday Sammy Mcllroy's heaviest defeat as team manager. Two goals from Thorstein Helstad, and one apiece by John Carew (left) and Stale Stensass disposed of the
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      • 176 69 GREECE 3 RUSSIA 3 Reuters. GREECE served England an early warning with a fine 3-3 draw with Russia in a friendly at home yesterday. Greece, which is in England's group of World Cup qualifiers, snatched the draw through an injury-time penalty. The Greeks made a flying
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      • 403 69 HOLLAND 0 TURKEY 0 LINE-UPS: HOLLAND: Van der Sar (Westerveld 46), Stam, De Boer (Ooijer), Van Hintum, Cocu (Seedorf 46), Reiziger, Overmars (Sikora 66), Van Bommel, Davids, Kluivert (Vennegoor66), Makaay. TURKEY: Catkic, Havutcu, Karan, Akyel, Ozalan, Ercan (Bayraktar9o), Kerimoglu (Dogantez67), Korkut (Oktay 86), Sukur, Yalicin, Sas.
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    • MORE WORLD CUP WARM-UPS
      • 162 70 Macedonia 1 Czech Republic 1 AP. MACEDONIA and the Czech Republic played to a 1-1 draw in a hard-fought soccer friendly in Skopje yesterday. Macedonia forward Gjorgji Hristov, the best player in the match, opened the scoring in the 35th minute when he out-jumped the Czech defence
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      • 147 70 Sweden brushes Malta aside Malta 0 Sweden 3 Reuters. SWEDEN won a one-sided friendly international 3-0 against Malta yesterday with Celtic striker Henrik Larsson the inspiration behind its victory. He had a hand in all three goals as Sweden totally dominated the match, played in pouring rain. Goals
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      • 455 70 Poland 4 Switzerland 0 AP. POLAND scored an easy 4-0 victory over Switzerland in a friendly soccer match played in Cyprus yesterday. Poland dominated throughout in a tough, compact game. Emanuel Olisabede opened the scoring in the 21st minute, pushing the ball into an empty goal from one metre
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    • 616 71 Actor, and yachtsman, Jeremy Irons THE yacht and the movie star. Ah, yes. Typical. We can see him now: Sprawled on the deck, basted in oils more precious than myrrh, and surrounded by cleavage and caviar. This is yachting Hollywood-style. But Jeremy Irons, Oscar
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    • 123 71 OSCAR winner Geena Davis was so in love with archery and so good at it that she tried out for the US Olympic team last year. The Thelma and Louise star just missed making the squad to Sydney. Kevin Costner is seriously thinking of joining the PGA
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    • 433 72 LAST YEAR, FIVE METRES FROM VICTORY... THIS YEAR... CITIZEN IVP TOUCH RUGBY CARNIVAL: 1 Saturday, Mar 3,lpm School of Physical Education, BukitTimah Admission is free A total of 18 teams from varsities, institutions and polys are taking part THE score was tied. The contest had
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    • WORLD CUP 2002
      • 261 73 ENGLAND 3 Nick Barmby 38, Emile Heskey 56, Ugo Ehiogu 70 SPAIN 0 Page 68 GREECE 3 Angelos Haristeas 2, 32, Angelos Basinas 90pen RUSSIA 3 Maxim Buznikin 34, 70, Dmitry Kokhov 52 Page 71 MALTA 0 SWEDEN 3 Karl Comeliusson 30, Henrik Larsson 40, Hakan Mild 78
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      • 114 73 Reuters. BELGIUM romped to double figures and its highest ever win, thrashing minnow San Marino 10-1 in a one-sided a World Cup Qualifier. More importantly, Belgium now tops Group Six with seven points from three matches and a healthy goal difference of 14-1. Rival Scotland is second on
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      • 141 73 Reuters. LUIS Figo, the world's most expensive player, scored twice and made another goal in Portugal's one-sided 3-0 home win over lowly Andorra. Figo opened the scoring for Portugal within seconds of the kickoff, easily beating Andorra goalkeeper Koldo Alvarez from inside the box after receiving a ball
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