The New Paper, 13 February 2002

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1 55 The New Paper
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    7 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2002
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      121 1 ,U A A wm For et high-tech, 5>44m each J22 S'pore. Aim for... f Asian \vP\ ,c y Rt m Network of foreigners, fake documents a web of deceit js Found: This do-it-yourself certificate and multiple passports mi AS Singapore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44
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  • CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL
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      Lock icon $12.5 million gone in 5 minutes
      388 2 Two men hold up They Van is found, gutted by fire later that day but there is no sing of the robers Wire services. IT took them just five minutes to steal £5 million ($12.5 m). At 6.20 am on Monday, a British Airways
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      Lock icon Dramatic drop in China's exports last year
      267 2 IF you thought that the global slowdown didn't have an effect on the Chinese economy, you are wrong. In 2001, China's exports grew by just 6.8 per cent markedly lower than the 27.8 per cent growth rate in 2000 reported the BBC. But
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      124 2 nr\ Set Dinner \y February 14 fJX APPETISER I# 1# Papaya Seafood Cocktail Salad J |u| SOUP itf Shark's Fin with Crab Meat J H> r I CHOICE OF MAIN COURSE B Aust. Ostrich Steak with King Prawn I E U. S. Rib Eye Rossini V Grilled Black Pepper Chicken
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      33 2 Sorry Still fab...and fun (THP, Feb 111: The report incorrectly gave the starting date for the broadcast of Absolutely Fabulous as next Thursday. It, in fact, begins tomorrow at 10pm on Arts Central.
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      209 3 Usher in the Year of The Horse at the Singapore Turf Club on Friday, 15 February at 6.30 pm s and race towards a winning year of good health and fortune. Gong Xi Fa Cai! j+^jSUM TURF CLUB PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Meet the God of Fortune as he rides in on
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  • CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL
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      Lock icon FLY-BY-NIGHT HUSBANDS
      1542 4 Skz; A Pakistani man disappears mysteriously one month after marrying a Singapore woman. He leaves behind a strange collection of fake insurance cards and certificates. SETO NU-WENand KELVIN HA unravel the tale THEIR MODUS OPERANDI Once wed, the parasite hubbies try to suck dry the women's lifeblood assets
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      Lock icon Pakistani tricksters part of a network?
      273 5 THE New Paper tried contacting the third woman, Madam Jamilah, who is married to a Pakistani man, Salim. She declined to be interviewed. Instead, we got her sister, Madam Julia, to meet up with Madam Lisa and Madam Rina. They all claimed they hadn't
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      Lock icon $2 million car that's been in Tuas warehouse for six years. Why?
      605 6  -  BY Jason Tan SPOTTING this Ferrari on the roads here is like catching a glimpse of the elusive Loch Ness monster. There're just a handful of the fiery speedsters here and they are not even being used. The
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      Lock icon Unusual S'pore story
      662 7  -  Inseparable friends: He is Lher eyes, she is his hanjjs By Seto Nu-wen HE has been her listening ear, companion and confidante for the last eight years. Yet, Miss Janet Ong (above, left) has no idea what her best friend looks like. Since a high fever damaged
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  • CHINESE YEAR SPECIAL
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      Lock icon A buyers' market, but beware!
      457 9  -  The snake year has slithered to an end. But will the Year of the Horse bring galloping gains to the property market? Our resident Property Hunter, Prof, consults the Chinese crystal ball gazers By Desmond Ng WHAT is the outlook for the property market? Mostly
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      Lock icon Forget high-tech, S'pore. G for unique Asian brands
      711 10  -  REMAKING OF SINGAPORE: A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT'S VIEW COMMENT/ Bruno Birolij SINGAPORE'S poster entrepreneur, Mr Sim Wong Hoo, might be leading some here to put ail their faith in high-tech, as Singapore plots a new path out of its worst recession. My view:
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      Lock icon He's jobless but he volunteers
      335 11  -  By! Seto Nu-wen THE economic downturn has hit Mr Mohamed Abdul Razak, 47, hard. He has been jobless for over six months. He and his three daughters, aged seven to 16, now depend on his wife's income of $600 a month as a production operator
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      Lock icon Where do they go when their racing days are over?
      878 12  -  By Fraemone Wee THEY thunder down the track, hurtling for the finish line each weekend, as thousands of spectators cheer them on. With 850 horses competing for about $40 million in stakes annually, horse-racing is one of the most profitable
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      Lock icon One lucky horse
      268 13 ITS time for him to rest. Champion racer Ouzo (top) is one of the lucky horses who will get to live out the rest of his life grazing in lush green pastures. He retired last year and his trainer, Mr Malcolm Thwaites, has decided to keep him.
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      303 9 PBS would like to congratulate The Universities of LEEDS, MANCHESTER and YORK for their stellar performance in the recent 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, being awarded the UK Government's Top Honours (Ratings of 5 s*) for Research Quality, placing them at the top of their league among UK universities in the
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon 'He played mum's favourites before he died
      654 14  -  By Sheela Narayanan IT was the last significant thing dad did before he died. He sat down at the piano one last time. And played mum's favourite tunes the day before he died. So said former president Ong Teng Cheong's eldest son Tze
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  • CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL
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      Lock icon So nice, so empty
      486 16 Ghost town? DENYSE YEO finds out why people shun Jurong West WHAT a contrast! It was just before Chinese New Year and crowds thronged Jurong Point. Inside the mall, children scampered about, people window-shopped and the food court was packed. But just a stone's throw away
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      Lock icon SO WHAT IS IT THAT SELLS A FLAT?
      167 16 SO WHAT do prospective flat-buyers look out for? It's location, location, location. People The New Paper spoke to said it's best to live in more mature estates, which are near town. Failing that, the HDB flats they scout for should have good
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      442 17 CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL 7 I Snuggle up... I it's gonna get cold in Singapore ||in Hgg Check out tomorrow's issue of The New Paper for a chance to check into a posh suite for a night of romance or win a IPI 11 IWbMI romantic weekend for two on
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  • CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL
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      Lock icon A temple made from bottles
      461 18 Reports and pictures/ ARIJL JOHN People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. A Buddha in a glass temple should be even more peaceful than others. Perhaps this was the reasoning of the monk who built this strange temple with glass bottles. This temple,
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      Lock icon Another glass temple
      69 18 THERE'S a bottle temple closer to home, near Alor Star in Malaysia. The first of its kind there, it's decorated with 15,000 recycled bottles of all shapes and sizes. It was built with donations from Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia. Temple committee member Ow Ah Kow said the
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      Lock icon Can China beat Son of Star Wars?
      202 19 NOT even the Son of Star Wars can protect the US now. China's long-range missiles are getting too close for comfort. Soon they could penetrate even US President George Bush's proposed anti-missile shield, the so-called Son of Star Wars, reported London's The Times.
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      Lock icon HK travellers warned of highway robbers
      137 19 MANY Hongkong residents are in Guangdong for the Chinese New Year break. And that's brought highway robbers onto the streets. But China's mainland police, armed with machine guns, are out in force along highways to prevent such crimes, reported the South China Morning Post.
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      Lock icon Winners of 'Eternity' jewellery
      82 20 IN our contest last week, we asked you what Chinese character this brooch and its matching pendant incorporates. The answer: Eternity. Out of 541 callers, 362 answered correctly. Two callers with the correct answer were picked to win this 24K gold- and rhodium-plated brooch (right) and
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      Lock icon S Korea on the right track
      110 21 AP. SOUTH Korea briefly reopened a train station near its border with North Korea yesterday, allowing hundreds of separated family members to travel to a stop that had been closed since the 1950-53 Korean War. Many of the 650 travellers were elderly and have
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      Lock icon Each Friend to earn $59,760 per minute
      277 22 THE signatures are on the dotted line. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will come together for a final season of Friends. And each of the six stars of the hit sitcom will make an
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      Lock icon Naomi feels 'betrayed' by UK newspaper
      345 23 THE headline Naomi: I Am A Drug Addict left the supermodel feeling "shocked, angry, betrayed and violated", or so she told London's High Court yesterday. Naomi Campbell, 31, was frank about her problems with hard drugs and her reputation for throwing tantrums in her
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      Lock icon What was on the world's financial plate as S'pore said 'lo hei'?
      275 24 AP. JAPANESE stocks rose yesterday on hopes of new government measures to boost the country's faltering economy. But many other Asian markets were closed for the Chinese New Year holiday. Tokyo's benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 191.93
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      Lock icon Beckham's parents to split after 32 years
      111 25 MANCHESTER United star David Beckham's are to divorce. British newspapers say that mum Sandra has begun divorce proceedings against dad Ted. Friends say the couple drifted apart during 32 years of marriage They have agreed to separate but face a hearing in courts
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      Lock icon Kelantan CM's rally troubles
      320 25 AP. MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad getting ready to crack down? Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS) leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat likely to face action? The first allegation comes from the opposition. But the second possibility has been raised by the ruling United Malays
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      Lock icon Eeeks! Whafs that in the water?
      67 26 Out of the way, fish. Here comes the dragon, fangs, flippers and all. Only, the flippers belong to divers at Jakarta's Sea world. Those guys were just faying to rev up the festive spirit yesterday. The dragon did a dance under water in the
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      Lock icon FBI warns of another terrorist attack
      249 26 THE US is on high alert against one man. And the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that he could attack any time. They know who his associates are. What they don't know is where he will strike. They are not even sure
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      Lock icon More US teens using Ecstasy now
      293 27 SO alarming is the increase in the use of club drug Ecstasy that the number of teenagers using it in the US could double in five years. This has led leading anti-drug advocates to launch a campaign against it, reported USA Today. In a
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      74 27 FOR you and me, a car's boot might be the place to carry the week's groceries back home. But for some Afghans, it is much more. This Russian-made taxi's boot already has five children and a woman, but that does not stop yet another mum and
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      326 20 TO OUR GRADUATES On this auspicious day, we at PBS would like to wish one and all a prosperous year ahead as well as to extend our heartiest congratulations to the following students on their graduation: LEEDS MBA-General MBA-F/nflna* MBA-International Business /PG-Dip Jun Loy Sook Kuan Dorothy Low Wai Sum
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      Lock icon His first role was in TV ad for home loans
      1023 28 Hugh Jackman drops Wolverine's clam to play a gallant 19th century English duke in Kate Leopold. He discusses bank loans, tourists and chivalry with WONG KIMHOH in Los Angeles... IT was Christmas in New York. Hugh Jackman was walking down
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      Lock icon So, where's your wealth area?
      562 29  -  A number of Singaporeans are turning to fengshui to help them through the current gloomy economic climate. Geomancer Lynn Yap assesses Cassandra See's home to increase her wealth and luck. YEOH WEE TECK tags along By l Yeoh Wee Teck THE immediate reaction to actress
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      Lock icon A fish tank without any fish...
      263 30 WANT to improve your luck? Fengshui might help. Locate your wealth area and put running water there to ensure that fengshui works for you. Ms Yap suggests having a fish tank filled with water, without the fish. Place motorised water filters in it to
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      Lock icon FAMILIES AND FENGSHUI
      98 30 MS Yap said she's seeing an increase in business as people turn to fengshui in these bad times. But that's not the case with Mr Tan. He said business is "quite bad". And he attributes it to the economy. "I read for big corporations but they don't
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      Lock icon CAN IT BE EXPLAINED?
      98 30 FENGSHUI needs a scientific explanation for Cassandra See to believe in it. "Like the thing about the TV in the room because that saps your energy. And about the mirror in the room. You might scare yourself when you see yourself first thing in the morning!"
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      Lock icon Hard days' nights
      162 31 EX-MEDLA.CORP actor Raymond Tan (left) is working hard as a property agent with ERA these days. "I wake up early to read the papers, then go to the office to call my clients. In the evenings, I take them to view the places. "Then close to midnight
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      315 39  -  By Lionel Lee Military chief finally fulfilled all the promise he showed in his career when taking out the Star Prince Challenge. Having contested almost every major sprint there was to be found at Kranji, last Friday's win in the $150,000 event signalled the end
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      353 39 RUNAWAY FAILURE BE AWARE'S run at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday had at least one section of the crowd at Kranji wondering if the Dophin Street five-year-old had gone at a suicidal pace. One of the big fancies in the 1,600 m race for Class 2 Div 1 horses,
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      351 39 SIXTEEN unraced newcomers have been entered for Friday's Kranji meeting on turf. They are: Diplomatic Affair, a three-year-old bay Australian-bred gelding by Last Tycoon out of Queen Kariette. He is prepared by John Brink. Airforce One (late Extreme Sports), a three-year-old chestnut Australian-bred gelding by Sports Works
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      105 40 BEST IN SINGAPORE BONUS TIME: Singapore Turf Club chairman Koh Yong Guan (left) with 2001 's top trainers (from right) Malcolm Thwaites, Laurie Laxon, John Brink, Charles Leek and Michael Kent, who has since relocated to Macau, at the Singapore Racing Awards Gala Dinner Dance
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      779 42 Ik ABIn nations cup The African Nations Cup wasn't the feast of flowing football we hoped for. But it gave us some moments of high drama, and a sneak preview of Africa's five World Cup Qualifiers Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria and South Africa. SCOTT WILSON has had his
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      917 43  -  TANJONG PAGAR JAGUARS' COACH'S FUN WAYS TO ENJOY PRE SEASON TRAINING S-LEAGUE KICK-OFF: FEB 20 SPORTS A thinking coach has a thinking team, so the soccer pundits say. The Jaguars are having a ball-of-a-time with the home-made training equipment specially done by coach Tohari Paijan for his players
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      549 45 TAM PINES STAGS Coach: Jita Singh Team manager Francis Wong Last season: 6th Goalkeepers Zakir Djalilov.Toh Guo'an Defenders Sead Muratovic, Tan Kim Leng, J Kalaiselvan, Yunos Samad, Mustafic Fafrudin, Satria Mad, Sharifuddin Mahmood, Iskandar Latiff Midfielders Nazri Nasir, Azlan Alipah, Joselito Da Silva, Mohairudyn Romly, Syed Faruk, Azhar Salleh
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      300 46  -  KING'S CUP IN BANGKOK: LIONS 2 NORTH KOREA 4 BY Ernest Luis SINGAPORE Lions have a reputation for being cautious. At the King's Cup in Bangkok they are gaining a reputation for being an "open goal" team a side that freely lets in goals.
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        148 46 HK 4 CHINA 3 CHINA'S Lunar New Year got off to the worst possible start yesterday Math a shock defeat by Hongkong. The Year of the Horse galloped into action for the Hongkong League XI with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory after it restricted China to
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        79 46 HONDURAS 5 SLOVENIA 1 AFP. STRIKER Saul Martinez was the star for Honduras, grabbing four goals in its 5-1 rout ofWorld Cup qualifier Slovenia. Martinez put them ahead five minutes before half-time, but Zlatko Zahovic got Slovenia back on level terms from the penalty spot eight minutes
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      994 47 LETS get one thing straight David Beckham needs smother Ssl million like he needs another red card against Argentina in this year's World Cup showdown in Sapporo, Japan. But when you have stardust sprinkled in your boots, play for Manchester United, captain your country, have a
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      445 48 England captain, a Man U icon, a doting father and one-half of a high-profile celebrity couple. David Beckham is all that and much more. Becks is a walking industry and just about everyone wants a piece of him. With a lucrative Man U
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        372 49 RYAN Giggs has a message for his Manchester United buddy Juan Sebastian Veron: We're ready for Argentina. Giggs admitted he was surprised to hear the World Cup favourite was coming to Cardiff. But he is relishing the challenge of facing Veron and company. "I must admit I
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        171 49 WHERE'S WALES? JUAN Veron Sebastian does not know where Wales is! His Man U team-mate Ryan Giggs has revealed that the Argentinian star midfielder is very poor in geography. More? Veron was even astounded when Giggs told him he would be lining up against him in Cardiff.
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        201 49 ARGENTINA has threatened to walk out and go home. After failing to find a suitable training ground because of the wet weather, the South Americans found themselves in a predicament. The 75,000-capacity Millennium Stadium was also off-limit for training and the pitches at Merthyr
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        371 50 BOLTON MOVE: French striker Youri Djorkaeff has moved from Kaiserslautern to Premiership Bolton Wanderers. The 33-year-old Djorkaeff will now get more chances to play in the first team in order to boost his hopes of playing for the world champion at the World Cup Finals. Reuters.
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        165 50 AFP. MANCHESTER United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez is out injured for today's friendly against Romania. Is that a blessing in disguise? Two prominent soccer personalities think so. According to former Brazil coach Mario Zagallo and Poland legend Zbigniew Boniek, Barthez is a misfit who could be a liability
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        86 50 Stay, Roger AFP. ROGER Lemerre will remain France coach until after the Euro 2004 Finals. 'There is no hunt on for a successor. Unless there is a major catastophe at the World Cup Finals, he will stay." said France FA general manager Henri Emile. Lemerre welcomed the
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        190 51 GERMANY v ISRAEL GERMANY could be forced to field a virtual reserve team for its first home match against Israel as injury problems continue to mount. Defender Jens Nowotny (groin) and midfielder Michael Ballack (thigh), both automatic choices, have become the latest casualties to enter the treatment room
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        154 51 IRELAND v RUSSIA: Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has warned his players to buck up. "The word friendly is a misnomer," McCarthy said. "I hate it, in fact I dislike the word so much that I want the players to call these games 'non-qualifiers' from now on
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        347 51 ITALY v US BUDDHIST BOOST: Japanese Buddhists have offered to help Italy during the World Cup Finals. The Italians have been invited to the Sendai Buddhist temple in Sendai, where the devotees will pray for the players before their games. Sendai, a city of one million
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        121 51 PORTUGAL v SPAIN AFP. PORTUGAL star midfielder Luis Figo is looking forward to returning to the Nou Camp Stadium. This is despite the 2001 World Player of the Year upsetting local fans when he left Barcelona for arch-rival Real Madrid two years ago. Tor me ifs
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        606 52  -  OLD IS GOLD? COMMENT EDWIN YEO IT was kind of disheartening, during my interview with former England captain Bryan Robson last week, to hear him dismiss England's chances in the World Cup. He said: "The way the grouping has worked out, I don't see England winning
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        180 52 DAVID Beckham is confident that he will be fit for England's friendly against Holland in Amsterdam tonight. Beckham and Steven Gerrard will undergo a late fitness test before a final decision is taken. Michael Owen, Darren Anderton and Trevor Sinclair have already been forced to
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        486 53 ■Ruud wM van Nistelrooy THE last time England and Holland met was in a friendly match at White Hart Lane in August 2001, which the visitors won by two goals to nil. One of the men who got his name on the scoresheet that night was Manchester
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      975 54 IHI ORLD CUP WARM-UP: HOLLAND v ENGLAND OUR MAN CHECKS OUT ENGLAND'S TRAINING HAVING been somewhat fortunate to miss the worst display by England under Sven Goran Eriksson since the Swede took charge, Rio Ferdinand knows that he cannot
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      275 54 AP. A DEFEAT to Holland is the only blip on Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England manager. Revenge for England's first and only loss under Eriksson will be the incentive in tonight's international friendly at the Amsterdam Arena. In August last year, goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy
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      492 55 the new paper CHECK US OUT FOR THE RESULTS TOMORROW Reuters. ENGLAND captain David Beckham has warned World Cup rivals that his side can still turn on the kind of football that demolished Germany in last September's historic Qualifier in Munich. Though Sven Goran Eriksson's side
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      61 55 TODAY (Thursday morning, Singapore) Croatia v Bulgaria Belgium v Norway France v Romania Germany v Israel Greece v Sweden Ireland v Russia Italy v United States Liechtenstein v Faroe Islands Luxembourg v Albania N Ireland v Poland Spain v Portugal Wales v Argentina Call 1900-*****13 after 6.30
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      20 55 HMHHnOCCvSWEDEN (LIVE, SuperSports Ch 22.12.55am. tomorrow), HOLLAND v ENGLAND (UVE. SuperSports ■yyifl Ch22, 3.25am.tomorrow, WALESv AKENIMA(LIVE, SuperSports Plus Ch21,3.25am, tomorrow)
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