The New Paper, 4 December 2001

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  • NEWS
    • 447 2  -  LARRY HAVERKAMP IT may not sink the world's economies, but the bankruptcy of Enron Corporation, the energy trading company, is the biggest ever. Enron ranked No 7 in the US and 16 in the world. It was bigger than IBM and AT&T. Enron's market value
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    • 77 2 HAS the US economy hit bottom? HOPE: A key barometer the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM)'s purchasing managers index rose 4.7 points from the previous month to 44.5 in November. Said Naroff Economic Advisors president and chief economist, Mr Joel Naroff: "While the manufacturing sector isn't
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    • 116 2 THE Enron tale took another twist as Standard Power and Light, a privately-held energy developer based in Illinois, US, made an offer to acquire a majority stake of the bankrupt energy trader Enron. The bidding company's president and chief executive, Mr Richard Ryan, said: "We intend... putting this
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 753 4 Round up buddies Collect the weapons Come up with a getaway plan And ATTACK! Not much of a plan because they got caught. Yesterday, they pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons. UYEN VU reports SHANKAR Ramu had a score to settle. A while
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    • 135 4 THE five accused teenagers were accompanied by some 20 friends and relatives in court yesterday. But the boys showed no signs of regret as they exchanged jokes and smiles. The five pleaded guilty yesterday to voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons. They are: Shankar Ramu,
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 362 6 Donate to online 'Pass It On' scheme DO you have any old electrical appliances or furniture that are still in good condition but you don't want anymore? Well, you can pass it on to someone who needs it without leaving your seat. Run by the Central Singapore
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    • 58 6 PICTURE THIS The Segway, initially codenamed Ginger or IT, may soon be a common mode of transport. These demonstrators show how well it works over humps as well as on flat ground. The battery-powered scooter, which has no brakes, engine, gears or steering wheel,
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    • 61 6 A FREE-LANCE tourist guide surrendered himself to the police after his Indonesian maid collapsed and died at his sister's Bedok Reservoir Road flat on Sunday. The 46-year-old employer turned himself in at the Eunos Neighbourhood Police Post. He has been arrested for murder. The police said that the
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    • 66 6 1m to needy ALMOST $1 million will be given out to the needy during the fasting month of Ramadan by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis). More than 36,000 needy people will be given a total of about $974,000 in aid. This sum is about 40 per cent more
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    • 69 6 SINGAPORE has the flu, and Johor is feeling lethargic. Johor has been badly hit by the recession that has hit Malaysia because it is also suffering the spillover effect of the economic crunch in Singapore. That's because Singaporeans are spending less across the Causeway. And there
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    • 60 6 THE Open University will take in more students and offer more degree courses. In three years' time, the Open University Degree Programme hopes to have 7,000 students pursuing qualifications in such areas as environmental science, design and innovation, as well as enterprise resource planning, and courses which
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    • 67 6 WHERE is your entrepreneurial spirit, Singaporeans? That is the question, judging from a survey which ranked Singapore 27th among 29 countries in terms of entrepreneurial activity. The survey, by Prof Paul Reynolds of entrepreneurial studies at Babson College, Massachusetts, in the US, found that only 5 per
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    • 70 6 KEY supply ships for US operations in Afghanistan are being escorted by the US military through the Straits of Malacca. This is because of fears of terrorist attacks from armed extremists using South-east Asia as a base. The military escorts started about a month ago with the
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    • 96 7 Like so many others, (George) Harrison became addicted to cigarettes as a young person with few immediate concerns about the future state of his health. The tragic early death of this gifted musician should indeed be tiering, reminding us as it does that neither luck nor affluence protects against
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    • 196 7 STOCKS fell yesterday with selling generated by a sudden leap in Middle East hostilities and concern about the corporate fallout from Enron Corp, the former Wall Street darling that is now the largest ever US bankruptcy. These latest concerns overshadowed optimism about the recession-wrecked US economy, which made
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    • 225 7 OH THE RACK DECENTRALISATION was meant to avert disintegration. But successful businesses in Indonesia are finding themselves at the mercy of local interests, reported the Far East Economic Review. PtTambangTimah has become one of the first corporate casualties of Jakarta's efforts at regional autonomy. And it's
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    • 76 7 The Straits Times: Top-level economic review takes off The Business Times: Half of economic review panel from private sector Lianhe Zaobao: Economic Review Committee to complete economic restructuring report within nine months Berita Harian: Seven sub-committees under Economic Review Committee NewsRadio 93.8FM: DPM Lee Hsien Loong has laid
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    • 44 7 International Herald Tribune: Israelis blast Arafat's helicopters Asian Wall Street Journal: Hynix and Micron to start talks on strategic linkup New Straits Times: Balik kampung' crawl Police: A million more vehicles registered this year BBC news: Israel retaliates against weekend suicide bombings
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • 536 8  -  N level students will be able to take O-level exam for some papers one year earlier in a study being done by MOE SINGAPORE By Santokh Singh IF you are a lower secondary Normal (Academic) pupil, here is some morale-boosting news. The
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 391 10  -  RSS ECllOMf By Woon Wui Tek WITHOUT so much as a "Captain's Log, stardate 03:11:01", Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong set a brisk tone at yesterday's press conference. On warp speed as it were. His theme: To set an course for economic safety, to boldly
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    • 73 10 1) BG (NS) Lee Hsien Loong Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance Chairman 2) Dr Tony Tan Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Dpf^ncp 3) BG(NS) George Yeo Minister for Trade and Industry 4) Mr Teo Ming Kian Chairman, Economic Development Board 5) Mr Khaw Boon Wan Senior Minister
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    • 197 10 10) Mr Sunny Verghese Managing Director, Olam International Ltd 11) Mr Johan van Splunter Chairman Chief Executive Officer, Philips Electronics Singapore Chairman, subcommittee on manufacturing sector 12) Mr Rob Stein CEO (Asia Pacific), Deutsche Bank Group 13) Professor Amoud De Meyer Dean of the Asia Campus, INSEAD 14)
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  • SPEAKUP
    • 184 11 I »1 I Bobby Tan I REFER to your report "Sinseh, there's a nail in my herb". I have been asked by my business associate, Hockhua Ginseng Birdnest Trading Enterprise, to clarify some issues with you. The main concern is that the brand name of
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    • 71 11 Philip Eng, Group Managing Director Cycte Carriage WE refer to your report, "I didn't sign transfer form". Cycle Carriage takes a serious view of the matter and Mr Goh's complaint about the transfer of his vehicle when he booked a Kia Rio 1.3 from us. The
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 352 12  -  BY Jason Tan ITS a most unlikely place to pray right at one spooky end of Lim Chu Kang cemetery. But that's where we recently found this makeshift altar (left). Men of all ages walk miles off the beaten track to pray there, some
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    • 169 12 THE altar is to the Goddess Bathrakali, who destroys the evil demon. So said Mr VR Nathan, chairman of the Hindu Endowments Board, when shown pictures. He said while Bathrakali is a variation of the Kali, the goddess of destruction, "ifs not necessarily about destruction. It may also
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 568 14  -  PREYING ON FAMILIES HIT BY DEATH... By, Joycelyn Wong and Irene Kew THEY are known to hang around mortuaries and hospitals. Some would say they prey on grieving families. They would say they are offering a discreet service at a painful time. Certainly the middlemen
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    • 267 15  -  Other winners for the awards include Dover Park Hospice for The Best Volunteer Management System Award, while The Centre For Fathering wins The Outstanding New Volunteer Initiative Award. By Irene Kew AS much as the Assisi Home and Hospice needs volunteers, Miss Lee doesn't
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    • 536 16  -  SINGAPORE DOCS IN NEPAL By Ng Wan Ching THE boy had an ear infection that had eaten right through the flesh. The doctor operated on it in a school hall, with only local anaesthetic. Something to think about the next time the
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    • 68 16 Impact was launched in India in 1983 to help treat the poor of certain disabling conditions at the primary care level. These included immunisation against polio, restoration of impaired hearing and the correction of clefts. Impact Foundation Nepal was established in 1993 under the same guidelines. Today there are
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  • WOULD
    • 186 19 THE earlier the authorities realise you are lost on an icy mountain, the better your chances may be of surviving. If you plan to climb Sabah's Mount Kinabalu, you'd be glad to hear that a system to monitor the movements of all
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    • 282 20 RICH SUSPECT NABBED IN GROCERY STORE Wire Services. A SANDWICH, Band-Aid and a newspaper. That's what led to the end of a hunt for a man on the run from the law. How did these mundane items help? They were allegedly stolen last week by
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  • WORLD
    • 287 23 Argentina in economic mess PROTESTS are raging in Argentina. The country, facing a run on its banks (people pulling out all their money from their accounts), brought in new regulations over the weekend. The new rules prevent people from withdrawing more than US$25O
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    • 182 24 SUFFERING terribly from anxiety in social situations, he had been unable to go to family functions for a long time. But thanks to a pill which he took during a clinical trial in the UK the man managed, for the first time in
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    • 246 24 WARNING: IS your computer on the blink again? Maybe you were slack in updating your computer security against the thousand and one viruses lurking out there. According to an anti-virus software maker, lapses in computer security vigilance at home and in enterprises worldwide led to the
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    • 331 25  -  BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY WHO would have thought that a bright summer's day could suddenly turn into a killer storm? Black thunderclouds enveloped Sydney yesterday afternoon, and rapid stabs of lightning sent people fleeing for cover, then 175kmh winds and white sheets
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  • Hey!
    • 922 26  -  By' Yeoh Wee Teck LIGHTS, camera, action three words that make actors quiver with anticipation. Last Tuesday, 1 felt that quiver. I made my acting debut with these words "wei-iiii wu-uuuu" (a greeting to court magistrates) on Channel LPs hit sitcom, Happy Family. Dressed
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    • 243 27 One is touted as Japanese sexpot Norika Fujiwara's biggest rival. The other is said to be the second Nanako Matsushima. We take a look at the two fast-rising leading ladies on the Japanese entertainment scene CALL Japanese sex siren Ryoko Yonekura (above) a limelight magnet. The moment
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    • 454 28 Love Revolution is on Channel 8 at 10.30pm every Thursday. THE first thing that strikes you about Yuko Takeuchi is her uncanny resemblance to drama queen Nanako Matsushima. The 21-year-old star of the drama My Husband has the same cherubic face, warm smile, sweet looks and
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    • 612 29 It's an old showbiz trick—stars create a love scandal and earn mileage on headlines for publicity. But in the case of Aaron Kwok and Norika Fujiwara, the ploy has backfired. WENDY TEO reports NO, we are not a couple, they have protested once
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    • 361 30  -  By Eri Akbar HOT Malaysian band, Slam, had not performed here for three years. But it was worth waiting for them and boy, was there a lot to catch up on. Their free concert at Singapore Expo last month ended 30 minutes late and the impromptu
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    • 1526 31 ntimmiew Pac» 32 THE NEW PAPOt/Tue&day, December 4,2001 Kym Go's formula works ANYONE tuning in last Tuesday to Channel Us new magazine programme, Happy Rules, would have probably got a dose of deja vu (French for already seen). City Beat revisited. Here was practically the entire Beat
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  • SPORTS
    • 352 39 AP. SEVENTEEN-year-old Ty Tryon (right) became the youngest player to earn his PGA Tour card yesterday when he posted a bogey-free 66 and finished among the top 35 players at qualifying school. Tryon, a junior in high school, made one of the
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    • 320 39 NBA UPDATE Wire Services. Michael Jordan, who has not missed a game due to injury since 1993, underwent an MRI exam on his right knee yesterday in Chicago. The question being asked now in hushed tones is: Will his knee stand up to the rigours
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    • 163 39 AP. SHAQUILLE O'Neal (left) was fined U557,500 ($13,500) by the NBA yesterday for verbally abusing an official and failing to leave the court fast enough after being ejected from a game on Sunday. The Los Angeles Lakers centre was thrown out in the first quarter
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    • 181 40 ■mm You know how people mean one thing when they say another? In the world of David and Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham, we employed our *resident' psychologists to find what Britain's No I pop couple mean by their actions. Here's what our resident crackpots, uh,
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    • 105 40 Reuters international footballer allegedly begged a referee to book him so he could attend his sister's wedding. Universidad star, Mauricio Aros made the bizarre request before a Chilean championship game with Palestino last week. Referee Pablo Pozo told El Mercurio: "Aros said that he was
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    • 162 40 PLAYERS at Brazil's soccer club Flamengo, travelled incognito to an away game last Wednesday because they feared being attacked by their own fans. The players have been banned from wearing their club uniform after the team bus was stoned by angry supporters
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    • 65 40 A FALCON called "Zidane" is the latest signing at Real Madrid. It's job is to get rid of a pigeon problem at the Santiago Beraabeu, reported onefootball.com. The stadium has become home to hundreds of pigeons that eat the lawn seeds when the pitch is sown
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    • 562 41  -  By Wang Meng Meng HI, I'm very, very happy to be here. It's a pleasure to answer your questions and talk about the game I love." Tlie Great Man has spoken. His opening line was simple. And it was a winner. Hailed as the King of
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    • 91 41 MASTERCARD hosted a dinner in honour of Pele at the Four Seasons Hotel last night. Among the dignitaries were Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan and Communications Minister and Football Association of Singapore president Mah Bow Tan. The highlight of the evening was an auction of Pele memorabilia. The
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    • 338 41  -  By Wang Meng Meng THE World Cup is still some months away but Singapore is already gearing itself for the greatest show on earth. Komoco Motors and the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) have joined forces to organise a football competition to whet the public's appetite
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      643 42 SAMBA FOOTBALL "The philosophy of the country (Brazil) is normally to play forward. One exception was in USA 94 where (Carlos Alberto) Parreira changed to a defensive system. "He shocked the Brazilian people. He said that he was there to win the World Cup and he's going to win
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    • CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: VIEIRA vs HIS FUTURE CLUB?
      • 348 43 ARSENAL vs JUVENTUS: LIVE, ESPN Ch 23, CITYTV, 3.30 am, tommorrow Reuters. BUOYANT Juventus was engaged in a spot of mischief-making ahead of its Champions League clash at Highbury tonight. With an impeccable sense of timing as speculation surrounding the future of France international Patrick Vieira
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      • 264 43 AP. IF anyone is going to stop Real Madrid from extending its record to nine Champions Cup titles, it looks like Juventus. And that will come as a challenge to Real's coach Vicente del Bosque's upbeat comments. "We're playing the best soccer you can see
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      277 44 THE 1 Home Team FORM Away Team Sparta Prague GUIDE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Despite its loss two weeks back, Sparta Prague is still far better than anyone gives it credit for. While Porto is strong at home, a 3/4-goal handicap is a bit too much as it's hard
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    • 258 44 TEAMS UPDATE: ARSENAL v JUVENTUS Reuters. ARSENE Wenger said that key striker Thierry Henry (right) wanted to win "very badly' in the Champions League clash against Juventus at Highbury. The France striker spent seven months with the Italian giant in 1999 following a transfer
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    • 83 44 DEPORTIVO travels to Leverkusen on the back of Saturday's shock 1-0 away defeat at Espanyol which was its third successive away reverse. The most significant change could be the recall of Brazilian playmaker Djalminha, in place of either Juan Carlos Valeron or Sergio. The return to
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    • 80 44 IN Group C, Real Madrid has been boosted by the return to scoring form and full fitness of Spanish international striker Fernando Morientes, who has scored seven goals in his last four matches to take some of the pressure off his partner Raul. But midfielder Steve
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    • 55 44 PORTO'S Argentine-born striker Juan Esnaider is out with a thigh injury whereas midfielder Carlos Paredes is back from a sprained foot and Fredrick Soderstrom steps in for suspended Francisco Costinha. Sparta has no injuries and is expected to field the same team which lost 3-2 to
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    • 624 45 'Bring on Veronand Batigol' D MATCH FIXTURES: TOMORROW: Chelsea v Charlton West Ham v Villa SATURDAY: Charlton v Tottenham Derby v Bolton Fulham v Everton Leicester v Saints Liverpool v Boro Man United v West Ham SUNDAY: Arsenal v Villa Blackburn v Leeds Ipswich v Newcastle Sunderland
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      780 46  -  By EDWIN YEO 3' rV- T>._ v Bestsave... Jerzy Dudek for his one-handed stop in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Derby County. With Liverpool leading from an early Michael Owen goal, Derby came back strongly in the second half. In the 66th minute, an unmarked Darryl Powell found himself at
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      514 49 TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS' BOLTON WANDERERS Michael Ricketts Rod Wallace Spurs'golden triangle of oldies Teddy Sheringham (35 years old), Les Ferdinand (35) and Gustavo Poyet (34) were responsible for upstaging an upstart Bolton team which has so far managed to survive the Premiership SPURS: Sullivan; King, Perry (Bunjevcevic HT), Richards,
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    • PREMIERSHIP UPDATE
      • 283 50 ROBBIE Fowler's unquestionable skills were on display against Fulham as he made his Leeds debut, but he was not quite at his peak. Leeds manager David O'Leary, however, is not the least worried about it. O'Leary said yesterday that £11 million ($28.6 m) striker could take another
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      • 120 50 Reuters. RECUPERATING Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier made a rare public appearance yesterday. He was around to help acting boss Phil Thompson accept the Premier League's Manager of the Month award for November. Thompson, who guided Liverpool to wins over Man United, Sunderland and a draw
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      • 69 50 PORTUGAL'S forgotten man Jorge Costa joined Charlton in a £4 million ($10.44 m) deal. He hopes the move will reignite his World Cup dream, reported Sportinglife. The Porto centre-back, 30, on a five-month loan deal, was dropped after a bust-up with coach Octavio Machado. Costa could feature against
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      • 75 50 AP. FORMER England captain Alan Shearer won his appeal against the red card awarded against him on Saturday for allegedly elbowing an opponent. The Magpies said in a statement: "Referee Andy DUrso, together with assistant referee Graham Beale, viewed the video evidence this morning and DUrso decided that
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      • 83 50 THE moody French striker, Nicolas Anelka, will not be joining Sunderland. His decision wrecked Sunderland's hopes of a loan deal, reported BBC Online. The 22-year-old former Arsenal striker, who joined Paris St Germain last year, has not featured in his side's past four games because of a toe
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    • 127 47 ...MORE ON TOTTENHAM 3 BOLTON 2 47th minute: Darren Anderton curls a cross into the Bolton box, where Les Ferdinand outjumps a defender to knock the ball against the post. The ball ricochets off another defender and off the crossbar before falling to Gustavo Poyet, who simply
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    • 432 48  -  COMMENT EDWIN YEO IF you had told me, at the beginning of the season, that Tottenham Hotspur would be fifth and five points adrift of the league leader in December, I would have laughed my head off. But that is exactly the position Spurs are
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    • 433 48 WHAT THE BOSSES SAY: Tottenham manager Glenn Hoddle revealed Les Ferdinand (left) will need an X-ray on an ankle injury sustained in this morning's victory over Bolton. The striker came on as substitute and responded with a goal and an assist as Spurs came from behind
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    • 183 48 BOLTON boss Sam Allardyce said he was "absolutely gutted" to leave White Hart Lane pointless, reported Sportinglife. He said: "To score two very good goals away from home and go home with nothing is sickening. "When you have conceded off a set play, you're never happy about it.
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