The New Paper, 2 February 2002

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  • 29 1 the new paper SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2002 SinC/SpOrt! PrBSS Holdings Website: newpaperasia I comsg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 106/03/2001 60 CENTS 1111 8 **********01
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    • 91 1 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2002 Be a bodyguard, make $23,500 a month That's the going rate in Hongkong /Page 2 3 J SATURDAY, Ithe I new VI pap€ S A▼V paper When stocks sizzle.. /Page 14 LAWYER BASHED IN S'PORE COURT Divorce case lawyer cries and runs out of court with
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  • NEWS
    • 403 2 IDS But only if you can afford them HONGKONG'S businessmen may like to play down their security fears, but they are not taking any chances. The police claim that there were only six kidnappings last year. However, last week saw two such cases.
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    • 137 2 HONGKONG police plan to strengthen ties with mainland officers to curb cross-border crimes. Head of Police Public Relations Branch, Chief Superintendent Charles Wong Doon-yee, told the South China Morning Post that the number of two-way permit holders arrested for crimes such as robbery last year surged 24
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    • 177 2 HONGKONG police may not have had great success in busting kidnappers. But that has not prevented Philippines President Gloria Arroyo from seeking their help. There were 99 kidnappings in the Philippines last year, up from 48 in 2000. Last year's figures were the highest in
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 290 6 STATE PENSION PLANS COULD BE 'PRIVATISED' B SINCE most Singaporeans aren't doing much to plan their retirement, the Government is looking into setting up pension plans managed by private sector fund managers. These professionals, who now handle billions of dollars worth of companies' money, could
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    • 51 6 PICTURE THIS riciurv'rti-i' Don't try walking along this coast at Blackpool in the UK. Even the trams have to be towed to safety as gale force winds of 130kmh hit the area. But the storm is less severe than that on Monday, which killed eight. Picture/
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    • 77 6 BE patient. That is the police's advice to the foreign workers who had their money, that was meant to be remitted home, stolen by a moneychanger from Wen Long Money Changer. The police said that there will be no distribution of the recovered money yet, but that
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    • 68 6 THE National University of Singapore (NUS) and top research establishments in India will be establishing exchange programmes and joint research. NUS president Shih Choon Fong, on a visit to India, said that the NUS would be incorporating several features from Indian institutions. Meanwhile, the NUS' law school curriculum
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      45 6 MRS Yoriko Kawaguchi (right) has been appointed Japan's new Foreign Minister, after the firing of Mrs Makiko Tanaka earlier this week by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. IIUICUUII. Mr Hiroshi Oki will now take over as Environment Minister, a position which Mrs Kawaguchi vacated.
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    • 71 6 OVER 300 people in Britain may sue airlines over deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in a landmark ruling in Britain's High Court on Thursday. They have either suffered from DVT, also known as economy class syndrome, or lost relatives to it. A total of 24 airlines, including British Airlines,
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    • 67 6 SINGAPORE'S largest travel agent, Ken-Air, is closing down after crippling losses of $30 million. The 29-year-old company and its 14 subsidiaries will go into provisional liquidation. Most of the company's 200 employees will be losing their jobs. According to founder Kenny Goh, the mad cow disease and the
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    • 64 6 POLLUTION can cause asthma in children. A decade-long study by researchers from the University of Southern California has shown, for the first time, that children who breathe heavily polluted air are much more likely to develop asthma Scientists said that the study is the strongest evidence yet
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    • 58 7 CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) often have team-adverse personality types. The calibre of talent is very high t with a rich experience base and top-notch ideas. People like that sometimes have a hard time justifying the time and care it takes to collaborate. Ms Janet Spencer, a Mercer Delta Consulting
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    • 219 7 WALL Street retreated yesterday as investors collected their wins from a two-day rally, but the selling was subdued and focused on the technology sector. The pullback wasn't surprising, given the size and speed of the market's advance on Wednesday and Thursday. But analysts said the losses also reflected
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    • 289 7 OH THE RACK THE desire for tangible proof of the death of someone we Know or love is a natural human impulse, reported Discovery. In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, the emotional longing that is often associated with efforts to recover remains
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    • 73 7 The Straits Times: Uniforms a way to stress common ties The Business Times: Managed pension plans may be on the cards Lianhe Zaobao: UMC and US firm pool $5.3b to build another wafer fab plant in Singapore Berita Harian: 12 per cent fall in number of crimes last
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    • 52 7 International Herald Tribune: Cloud of suspicion over Bank of China The Jakarta Post: Disasters claim more lives in Java and Bali New Straits Times: 140 Africans defy police BBC news: President Bush has repeated his view that Iran, Iraq and North Korea represent a real danger to the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 49 7 Dilbert /Scott Adams hAAN-HATING SUPERVISOR THE PAEN HERE ARE OBLIVIOUS TO ttY ABUSE. WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEf*V? I SIPHONED OFF THEIR SELF-RESPECT AND KEEP IT IN VIALS IN A STORAGE ROOrv THIS IS NO FUN. I QUIT. DO YOU WANT TO YELL AT THE VIALS WITH r\E?
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 478 8 He died 39 days after a fumes blast in a hotel room where he was working. Now, his family has filed a lawsuit. FRAEMONE WEE reports AN explosion in a hotel room that led to a man's death. A chambermaid who holds the key
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    • 331 8 SCDF investigations have concluded that the explosion and subsequent fire was accidental, and of an electrical origin. Even so, no one could determine the circumstances which led to the blast, nor who was liable for what happened that day. Which is why other questions the
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 561 10  -  THE TUDUNG ISSUE BY Azhar Ghani I NEVER wanted to go to court over the tudung issue. So says Mr Mohamad Nasser Jamaludin, whose daughter wears a tudung to school despite being told by the school that it's against the Ministry of
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    • 185 10 SCHOOLS are "critical institutions in which our young enjoy a common educational experience, of growing up together, of finding out about our history and heritage, and of working towards a common goal". So says the Ministry of Education in a letter published today in The Straits
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    • 150 10 -i^—Wfi ife C B "*^m; vftjljr. A spectacular South Indian culinary extravaganza descends at the Cafe Vic Restaurant, Carlton Hotel Singapore. Widely known as the Venice of the East, the bewitching Kerala, located along the southwest coast of India boasts of magical native cuisine, derived from the finest ingredients. This
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    • 458 13  -  By Chang May Choon THE moment J-pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki (above, with brown cap) walked into the screaming crowd at Changi Airport yesterday evening, her hands shot up. Not to wave to her adoring supporters. Elbows bent and palms at her chest, the petite star, escorted by police
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    • 199 14  - Asia Pulp Paper... Enron... Global Crossing... By Eugene Wee SHINING corporate stars plunging to financial disaster. Who gets burned in the process? The small investor. Enron has become a synonym for such a disaster. Yet, not so long ago, it was the closer-to-home Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). The latest
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    • 341 14 was worth US$9O and that dropped to 60 US cents when it filed for bankruptcy. APP dropped from a high of about US$l6 to 12 US cents. That's why, analysts warned The New Paper, with the current economic climate, investors should be all
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    • 391 14 HE worked out of a luxury office that is a replica of the White House's Oval Office. And he reportedly spent US$3O million (sssm) to redecorate his mansion in Los Angeles, for which he paid a whopping USs6om. The ritzy residence
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    • 62 14 FIVE STAR HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE PORRIDGE 417 River Valley Rd (S) *****6 Tel: 235 6760 Air-con <& Alfresco Areas Business hrs: 12 noon midnight 3am Our restaurant USES KAMPONGML BRED CHICKEN AND NUTRITIOUS ean Sprou. Sjjj* Chicken Claws CheFs Speciality Cuttle Fish with Bean Sprouts Thai Style Chicken Claws Oyster
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 238 16  -  By Wee Li-En For seven days, 2 '/2 -year-old Eugene Huang had a fever. He also had a cough and vomited. His parents took him to see a private doctor. Then yesterday, his mother, who gave her name only as Madam Huang, got a call
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    • 88 16 NUH now offers a 24-hour children's Accident and Emergency Clinic. It has medical equipment to treat newborn to adolescents. The decor centres on a children's theme, with colourful murals, chairs and tables. The Children's Emergency Service charges $70 per consultation, which is the same as A&E departments in other
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    • 346 17  -  By. Jessica Cheam WHAT would you do if a teacher threw back a composition you wrote three times? Give up? No, not 18-year-old Yap Wy-En. His teacher would not let him. Miss Chang Wai Yean, 40, was Wy-En's Primary 3 teacher when he was in Nanyang
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    • 168 17 YAP Wy-En has written two books of poetry. He wrote When Heaven Meets Earth, in Secondary 3. The book had no fixed price. The whole class bought it, paying $2 to $5 each. The proceeds went to the school. His second book, Life's
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 362 19  -  By Low Cuing Ling SHE would walk into a cofTeeshop and approach a man. If he was interested, they would leave the cofTeeshop separately, only to meet again nearby. That's where she would sell him her illegal Viagra. But the 46-year-old Chinese national ran out of
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    • 97 19 VIAGRA should only be taken when prescribed by a doctor. Taken wrongly, it can cause serious cardio-vascular effects which can be fatal. One should report any suspected illegal sales of medicines to CPA's Surveillance Enforcement Division on 325-5412. Last September, 320 pills with a name and
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    • 382 20  -  REPORT AND PICTURE- Florence Tan THE battle of the queueing taxis breaks out at midnight, outside the 24-hour Kopitiam at Le Meridien on Orchard Road. On one side of the bus stop, stretching round the corner, are your everyday Toyotas and Nissans. Then the gleaming white
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    • 75 21 Debut Showcase and Autograph Session a) junction 8 t < Belong to Celest > V y f Ir f JStSr <--»■«■ ~-V -A 4/- f Jr /--"'C. •...ly 1 Hk 3 Feb 2002 Venue: Open Time: 6pm UNI VE R S Km s^ecia an^s t0: v mds nuvoty ~MAIRDRCSSING Ow»at>y
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    • 337 22  -  14 HFMP CASES BUT NO NEED TO PANIC By Michael Lee THE hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) virus is still among us. This week, the Julia Gabriel Speech and Drama School voluntarily closed down its centre at Turf Club Road for four days,
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    • 126 22 ONE parent is concerned that the Rivervale Crescent kindergarten is still open. Ms Som, the mother of a five-year-old boy in Kl, asked: "How can they still open the school after so many HFMD cases have come up?" The housewife, who declined to give
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  • WORLD
    • 228 23 FEWER Hongkongers may be having chicken dishes on the table for the coming Chinese New Year celebrations. Last night, a batch of 1,500 chickens was destroyed by Hongkong government officials. This was after 120 birds died from an unknown cause. The department took
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    • 347 23 Swiss 'fair play at home' campaign begins IT'S an age old problem. We know most men do less than their fair share of household chores. But what's unusual is that the Swiss government is doing something about this. Trying to put men
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    • 428 24 Every air passenger who has travelled in the US will be screened against a network of databases The US government is to improve airline security with a massive screening plan. A computer network linking every reservation system in the US to private and government databases will
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    • 207 25 Reuters. THE fire was raging but his master was still asleep. So, Buddy the cat jumped onto the man and starting meowing loudly to wake him up. And that's how Buddy saved the 75-year-old man from burning to death in his apartment in a
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    • 220 26 Reuters. AMERICANS' hopes are high for a sooner than expected economic recovery. And with them spending their way through the economic downturn, they might just get it. Consumer spending rose a hefty 5.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2001. At the same time, the economy
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    • 310 27 IN these days of economic hardship, the prospect of quick money is tempting particularly if it comes from easy investments. And, the US' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has demonstrated just how easy it is to dupe gullible investors. In its effort
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    • 109 23 I Savour the joys of Chinese New Year Cuisine. a From 11th 26th February, make a date with us at our award-winning restaurant. Pamper yourself ancJ y° ur family with our famous Chinese New Year dishes like Golden Yusheng, Golden Xin Nian Gao and many other delicacies. And enjoy our
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  • 212 28 Most of 149 escapees recaptured MALAYSIA Bernama. BARELY 10 hours after they were arrested, 140 African detainees (above) walked out of the Air Hitam police station in Johor yesterday. They were among 200 detainees from six African countries being taken to a detention centre in Pahang.
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  • 438 29 18-year-old to meet sperm-donor father WORLD AP. IN 1983, the Sperm Bank of California became the first in the US to ask donors whether they would be willing to be contacted by their offspring after the children reached adulthood. Now. the first of those meetings is about
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  • Hey! Showtime&Lifestyle
    • 652 30 Yes, she is that tanned. Yes, the diamonds are real. Yes, those are her bodyguards. No, that's probably not all her real hair. JOANNA HUGHES scopes out Donatella Versace, here to launch her new skin care line, and decides that being a fashion icon ain't
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    • 593 31  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck IT'S almost impossible to imagine him being a babe repellent. But Latin heartthrob Enrique Iglesias (below) claims he is. "In high school, I would never ask a girl out because I was afraid of being rejected. "I wasn't in
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    • 86 31 SINGER Enrique Iglesias is in town to attend the MTV Asia Awards, held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium today. MTV Asia will screen the event at 10pm tonight, over SCV Channel 20. TV Works will show a repeat of that tomorrow at 7pm. To win a pair
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    • 521 32 At least it does for Vernetta Lopez. She talks to ERIAKBAR about her nightclub jaunts, current roles and ex-hubby Mark Richmond VERNETTA Lopez has been "partying like a nutcase". She hangs out with celebrity buddies like Keagan Kang on weekends at Club Eden or Jam 2000,
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    • 401 33  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck THE popular Channel U variety show, Snap, ended the way it began... with its hosts being chased out. In the first episode, Bryan Wong was stopped from entering HMV at The Heeren in his search for Singapore's ultimate lah mei
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    • 463 34  -  By Wendy Teo SHE cried so much, her alarmed colleagues wanted her to see a psychiatrist. The bubbly Taiwanese host Phoebe Huang, popularly known as Huang Jia Qian, shed lots of tears in the days leading to her departure from the variety show, Super
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    • 447 35  -  BY Wee Li En SHOPPERS at Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall have been milling around in some famous company this week. Four Guinness World Record holders in different types of Chinese art are at the Chua Chu Kang shopping centre to showcase their talent. It's all part of the
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    • 159 35 CHECK out these shopping malls for more Chinese New Year fun: Raffles City: Chinese ethnic costumes will be on display from tomorrow until Feb 16. There will also be a demonstration of oriental arts and crafts until Feb 18. Junction 8: Meet Celest Chong tomorrow,
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    • 365 36 PRIME-TIME TV WATCH IT YOU know how women sometimes don't come out and tell you directly what they want? Travelogue-style documentary Spirited Faces, on Asia's undiscovered women artists, may be just a tad too feminine in that sense. Host Yvette Sitton goes on a quest
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    • 267 46  -  BY Danny Khoo TRAINER Laurie Laxon returns to Singapore this evening but the Kiwi must have wished he had come back from New Zealand sooner. For at Kranji last night, his runners took centrestage three times in the eight-race programme. Odds-on
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    • 1233 47 BRAVERY MEDAL FOR COCHRANE: Ex-jockey Ray Cochrane, who dragged fellow-rider Frankie Dettori out of a burning plane seconds before it exploded killing the pilot, on Thursday received the Queen s Commendation for Bravery. The two jockeys were in a Piper Seneca which came
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    • 349 51  -  S-LEAGUE 2002 By Wang Meng Meng DONT be surprised to see a faster S-League this year. For the footballers have been subjected to the rigours of sprinting tests. Known as the Bleep Test, it is the brainchild of Football Association of Singapore Goal 2010
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    • 203 51 PLAYERS make repeated short sprints over a 20 metre distance. A compact disc, recorded with the 'bleep' sound, is played. Players make shuttle runs in-between bleeps, which last for one minute. At the first stage, players must complete seven shuttles. The player would move on
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      615 53 I Hps is Leonard Lau's 20th Super Bowl fkxperience, including 10years spent in North America being delightfully converted to the intricacies of the sport known as American football. He is currently in mourning because his team, the Philadelphia Eagles, didn't make it at the last hurdle. T1 OO
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    • 486 54 112 CONCACAF GOLD CUP SURESH NAIR WANCHOPE, Wanchope, Wanchope. This eight-letter word is making heads spin on the eve of today's Concacaf Gold Cup final at Pasadena's Rose Bowl. The Costa Rican players revere him almost like a soccer demi-god. His American rivals acknowledge that he will make
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    • 137 54 ROAD TO GOLD CUP FINAL SEMI-FINALS: US 0 Canada 0 (US wins 4-2 on penalties). QUARTER-FINALS: US 4 Salvador 0 Mcßride 9,11,21, Razov 72 PRELIMINARY ROUND: US 2 South Korea 1 Donovan 35, Beasley 90 US 1 Cuba 0 Mcßride 21 US (Probables): Kasey Keller,
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    • 678 55 SI U/offlOVoMMUsrr-\B 77re clock is ticking dawn to the start of the World Cup, as team managers inspect their videos and draw up battle plans to stop the opposition. Everyone is hoping for a tournament packed with goals but where are they going to come from From
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    • 667 56 I ORLD CUP WARM-UP: BRAZIL 6 BOLIVIA 0 TA^ERMATH] IN years to come, Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari may have a reason to look back fondly on the 44th minute of Thursday's 6-0 win over Bolivia. Coaching Brazil is always something of a trial, and over the
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    • 304 56 Wire Services. BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari announced yesterday he will quit after this year's World Cup Finals. "Big Phil" said he would leave the post regardless of the outcome in South Korea and Japan. "My contract with the Brazilian football federation finishes at
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      583 57 THE FORM GUIDE Home Team Away Team LMt time they met Comments Tonight III Derby has a new manager and a good one at that. Pnde Park is already a difficult place to visit and. with Spurs not exactly setting the league on fire, one should expect
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      1081 58 Arsenal is on a roll, thanks to some players. There is of course Thierry Henry, who is on a superb run. Others who are playing above potential in a bid to upset champion Man lis applecart are Robert Pires, Dennis Bergkamp and, surprise of surprise, Sol Campbell THEY say
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    • 305 59 3ATURDAYSHOWDOWN MAN U v SUNDERLAND Bluntly put, Sunderland is in for a hiding tonight. A much better Sunderland in the last two seasons lost 3-0 and 4-0 respectively to a Man U side which was no better than the one now. Despite the hiccup against Liverpool,
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    • 501 59 DERBY COUNTY v TOTTENHAM IF there's any interest in tonight's league match between Derby County and Tottenham Hotspur, it is to see if John Gregory will pull the Rams out of relegation trouble. It is a bad game for Spurs fans, as the London club
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    • 212 59 AFP. JOHN Gregory has made his first signing as Derby manager by bringing Newcastle defender Warren Barton to Pride Park yesterday. The 32-year-old, who goes straight into the team to play Tottenham today, joins the Rams for a nominal fee after successfully completing a medical. Gregory
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    • 385 60 glC SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: MAN U v SUNDERLAND Wire Services. IVEN his predicament, Manchester United jd&p manager Sir Alex Ferguson is making some smart moves. He knows that his team is swiftly picking up steam. It's just that he can't have everything his way. Early this week
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    • 153 60 SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: ARSENAL v SOUTHAMPTON Wire Services. ARSENAL'S woes at the back continue. Defender Martin Keown (left) is now out of action for about six weeks. Yesterday it was discovered he had fractured his leg in the match at Blackburn early in the week. Keown,
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    • 137 60 ARSENAL has revamped its famous cannon crest as part of a major shake-up of the club's corporate image. The new design retains the famous Arsenal cannon but it now points east instead of west, reported the BBC. Out go the traditional Gothic script, Latin motto and
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