The New Paper, 12 March 2002

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1 56 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002
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    • 98 1 m MARCH 12,2002 Pasir Ris fey boy, 7, chokes to death on this Mother watches in horror as doc fails to get seed out^|> in time > .k v < ft 4, 1 A 'J* l$ r* gj BRITISH STUDY The %2, h 'Nursery 1 -.!L\ %il 1 /V This
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  • NEWS
    • 365 2 BRITISH STUDY ON NURSERY SCHOOLS Structured education during early years does not help them grow academically and socially 'Free-range' kids more likely to marry, vote and stay out of prison, says think tank PARENTS tend to think that sending their children to school at an early age will
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    • Meet the S'pore bunnies
      • 449 3  -  By Woon Wui Tek SINGAPOREAN businesses going into China are like "rabbits that have run in and hit the trees" becoming stunned bunnies, easily picked up by the ears. Easy targets, in other words, according to a veteran China-watcher.
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      • 185 3 THIS is the way to do business in China, advised Mr Studwell. Start "from the ground up", possibly even "sitting outside department stores and seeing what things are actually in shopping bags. Talking to people". The idea is to spot real opportunities, then respond swiftly. Given
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      • 182 3 MR Studwell did not go to China out of some romantic fascination with the East. "My wife studied Chinese at Cambridge University. She made me go," he said with a straight face. "She said she'd studied for four years in Chinese and wasn't going to waste
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 578 4  -  BOY, 7, CHOKES TO DEATH ON RAMBUTAN SEEP By Arul John RAMBUTANS are not just hairy skins and juicy flesh. For one little boy and his grieving parents, they also contained the seed of tragedy. Seven-year-old Muhamad Qamarul Arifin Azman never had a chance
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    • 309 4 ON AN ADULT Stand behind the victim and locate the bottom rib with your hand. Move the hand across the abdomen to the area above the navel and make a fist. The thumb of the fist faces the victim's abdomen. Place your other hand
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 308 6 MALAYSIA sent new water supply proposals to Singapore last week, revealed Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Speaking to journalists after meeting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya, he said Dr Mahathir had written a letter outlining a fresh formula to
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    • 65 6 PICTURE THIS Looks like marmalade people and tangerine skies still inspire Paul McCartney. This colourful 1988 painting, called Egypt Station, is just one of 70 artworks by the legendary singer set to go on show in Liverpool. Britain, in May. Called The Art of Paul McCartney,
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    • 68 6 FORMER television actress Michelle Low Lin Lin was yesterday sentenced to 18-months'jail for possessing cocaine. It was the first cocaine-related conviction in Singapore. She is out on $25,000 bail following her appeal. Deputy Public Prosecutor Hamidul Haq had urged the court to pass a sentence "sufficiently strong" to
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    • 67 6 SINGAPORE'S proposal to include Bintan Island in a free-trade pact being negotiated with the US, has been welcomed and has received backing from Riau. Mr Huzrin Hood, Regent of the Riau Islands, said he believed that being part of the scheme would generate economic development and growth
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    • 73 6 VISITOR arrivals in January fell 9.4 per cent from the same month a year earlier, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). But the number 596,069 was still higher than the 570,300 arrivals in January 1999 when the country was emerging from the Asian financial crisis. This year, STB
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    • 65 6 MOTORISTS will face higher prices for petrol now that all oil companies have raised their pump prices. ExxonMobil's 84 Mobil and Esso outlets raised prices by four cents a litre from midnight last night. other major petrol companies BP, Caltex and Shell had already increased prices.
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    • 70 6 FORMER Taiwanese politician Chu Mei-feng's concerts in Singapore have been given the green light by the Public Entertainment Licensing Unit. But anything related to her controversial sex video clip is out of bounds. Concert promoter Yew How Peng has put down a $10,000 security bond to
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    • 57 6 FORGET going through tunnels, here's another reason why your handphone sometimes mysteriously goes dead. Scientists in the US have discovered that strong bursts of microwave energy from the sun can disrupt wireless handphone communications. This can happen between 10 and 20 days a year, said researchers at
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    • 90 7 DEAR MR ARAFAT... I Make peace with us, please. It would be worth it for you because we would be good friends. Write back. Five-year-old Israeli girl Kim Teldan in a letter to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat DEAR KIM... I promise you to work and I am still working
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    • 226 7 BLUE chip stocks in the US closed higher yesterday as investor optimism about economic recovery rises. A sombre mood dominated early trading, following ceremonies marking the six-month anniversary of the Sept 11 terror attacks. But the market suddenly changed course in the afternoon, giving the Dow its highest
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    • 247 7 OH THE RACK M. M AS Jakarta struggled with its heaviest flooding in years last month, the anti-graft group, Government Watch, took on a new role. It delivered aid to some of the hundreds of thousands of people in the Indonesian capital forced out of their
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    • 65 7 The Straits Times: KL proposes new water pricing formulas The Business Times: Beleaguered Andersen in talks to sell itself to Deloitte Lianhe Zaobao: Mahathir submits new proposals to SM on bilateral issues Berita Harian: New proposals from KL for package of bilateral issues NewsRadio 93.8FM: Malaysia's new set
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    • 46 7 International Herald Tribune: US skirts law on terror Asian Wall Street Journal: Global crossing touts cost cuts New Straits Times: King: Jihad misinterpreted BBC news: Israeli troops with up to 30 tanks have entered Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 11 Palestinians
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    • 758 8  -  Bvl Eugene Wee THE news was big. Home-grown sound card giant Creative Technology announced yesterday that it was shrugging off its bad experience in the graphic-card market and jumping back into the fray by buying over US-based 3Dlabs. It announced that it would
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    • 588 10  -  Former School of Physical Education upgraded with state-of-the-art pitches and halls Reports/ Santokh Singh UNDER one roof that is how combined schools sports teams will train from now on. The hockey teams can train together with the basketball and soccer teams when preparing for
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  • 442 12 SPEAKUP IT YOUR FORUM Phillip Mah Assistant director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force I REFER to both reports in The Straits Times, "Asthma-attack crash victim allowed to drive again" (March 5), and in The New Paper, "Why I took on Traffic Police" (March 8).
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  • 482 14  -  SINGAPORE By Arul John WHAT would a part-time tutor know about police officers or the Central Narcotics Bureau? Not a lot, but that didn't stop tutor Teo Poh Choon, 34, from convincing five drug offenders he could help
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 348 17  -  By Michael Lee THE fight against diseases has now spread to cyberspace. But only doctors and lab personnel have access to this secure online system, where they report any infectious diseases. The Electronic Notification System (ENS) was launched by the Ministry of Health in January, said
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    • 954 18 MUM OF BABY WITH HALF A FACE SAYS: In Britain on Wednesday, the High Court allowed a hospital in Newcastle to perform an emergency operation on a baby born with half a face. In an exclusive interview, ARUL JOHN talked to the child's
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  • WORLD
    • 332 20 INSTEAD of defending Singapore in World War 11, thousands of Australian soldiers roamed the island looting according to former British soldier Duncan Ferguson in the Australian TV programme, ABC Four Corners. British author Peter Elphick, who was also part of the programme, claimed the
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    • 385 21 FOR SOME US WORKERS... Workers losing faith in big firms as job cuts continue Priorities have changed after Sept 11 attacks AFP. SOME workers in the United States are not chasing the dollar as much as before. And one reason for this switch is
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    • 368 22 But he was mentally ill, says family AP. HAS Mr Abu Kassim Jeilani. a mentally ill man, become the latest victim of excessive police force in the US? The 28-year-old Somali, who had been living in the US since 1997,
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    • 418 23 Will there be a new role for US in Saudi Arabia? FOR about 50 years, the US and Saudi Arabia have been a curious pair. Their relationship is rooted in the US need for oil and the Saudi need for security. Each has something the other
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    • 262 24 ONE is never too old to be a spiderman although the result could be disastrous. Especially if you intend to combine your climbing skills with burglary. A 68-year-old man was arrested early yesterday in Hongkong after the police spotted him using the scaffolding to clamber between
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    • 264 25 SHOCKING? Well, that's the figure given by the country's national news agency Xinhua. And the figure, according to Xinhua, is rising. Poor city dwellers numbering about 30 million make up about 7 to 10 per cent of the country's urban population.
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    • 114 25 IF you get lost while driving through the Bang Pahan district in Thailand, blame the thieves. As many as 39 large road signs have gone missing in January, according to The Nation. Mr Wanchai Songsri, a provincial highway official, said yesterday that it cost
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    • 360 26 As the US turns up the heat in Afghanistan with 'cave bombs'... The "thermobaric" bomb (Greek for heat and pressure) is the latest addition to the US war against terrorism in Afghanistan.The bomb is designed to send a suffocating blast through a
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    • 361 28 'Good 7 drivers to get money, discounts VICTORIAN motorists may soon be rewarded with cash, prizes and registration discounts if they maintain a clean record. This is the latest bid by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) to try to reduce fatal road accidents, reported the Australian newspaper, the Herald Sun.
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      165 29 SOLEMN headlines and heartbreaking photographs filled the pages of newspapers in New York yesterday after the two-hour CBS documentary, 9/11, aired on Sunday night, reported Ananova. Read a Newsday report: "The horror and the hurt hit New Yorkers with a new wallop last night as if six
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    • 668 30 Diamonds are forever at least at the Osears With the 74th Academy Awards a fortnight away, dutiful designers and frenzied fashionistas are gearing up for the most expensive glamour parade in Oscar history. Just who will don the jaw-dropping US$9.6 million ($17.5 m) gem-encrusted gown? JEANMARIE TAN has some dressing
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    • 160 31 IT'S one thing for a superstar to look like a million bucks, but what about wearing it on her feet? Glass slippers from Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik just don't have the same footing anymore in this year's Oscars. New York footwear designer Stuart Weitzman has specially crafted
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    • 486 32 J -POP cutie-pie Aya Matsuura (left) is perhaps the most envied 16-year-old in Japan. In less than a year after being discovered by famed music producer Tsunku, the lucky newbie has become the hottest teenage-boy killer with several hit singles to her name. Guys
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    • 84 32 HIKARU Utada may just be the most famous J-pop star in the US. Superstar Janet Jackson has heard of her. US President George Bush even shook her hand (right) when he visited Japan last month. No wonder Hikaru is planning to venture into Hollywood. She
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    • 81 33 JAPANESE heart-throb Naohito < Fujiki was spotted with his girlfriend last month. Naohito finally admitted that they have been together for several years, long before he stepped into showbiz in 1997. The Takuya Kimura successor also insisted that they will not break up even if his
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    • 102 33 TALK about being filial. Ryoko Hirosue (below) had apparently planned to bow out of showbiz, but is now staying put for her father's sake. According to Naitai Sports, he is debt-ridden because his business venture failed. So Ryoko has to continue to earn money to
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    • 476 34  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck THERE'S something about Mickey Mouse that brings out the child in you. Never mind that I grew up on a diet of Cantonese serials and Charlie's Angels. Once you see good ol' Mickey and those enormous ears of his, you're transported
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    • 260 35 WHEN you walk into the Disney On Ice show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from the North entrance, chances are, you'll hear Mr Joe Seitz before you meet him. In a variety of Asian languages, he beckons people over to his booth to buy a programme. He
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    • 355 36  -  PRIME-TIME TV YEOH WEETKK THE smartest thing Channel U did in the beginning was to hire some of the best behind-the-scenes people involved in variety shows. The second was hiring some of that genre's brightest stars. The result is the gem, Happy Rules. Now, into its second
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    • 232 43 DONT know where to take your kids to this evening? Why not tow them to the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji. There, the Singapore Turf Club promises lots of fun and entertainment at KidsFest, the theme for its Fun For All
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    • PGA TOUR: HONDA CLASSIC
      • 634 45 Wire services. MATT Kuchar yesterday found another reason to celebrate his first PGA Tour victory: He's going back to the Masters. Kuchar, who was No 210 in the world ranking at the start of the year and No 147 just two weeks ago, shot
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      • 244 45 IN-FORM Ernie Els, who won the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday, is backing himself to shine at next month's US Masters the first Major of 2002. The world No 3 has now triumphed four times in his last 10 starts since winning the Southern Africa
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    • WORLD CUP WATCH
      • 549 46 ■US 1 (Eddie Lewis, 21) ECUADOR 0 IT was to be a sparring match of two American World Cup Finalists. A "friendly", at least on paper. But Sunday's US versus Ecuador match in Birmingham, Alabama, had the intensity and physical play of a game that actually counted,
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      • 227 46 NIGERIA ARSENAL striker Nwankwo Kanu (above) is out of the upcoming Nigeria's World Cup friendly against Paraguay. Nigeria coach Adeboye Onigbinde has decided to go for new faces. And, ironically, among those he has picked is the much-maligned England-based striker Ade Akinbiyi. Akinbiyi, who plays for
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      • 392 47 Come play, Ronaldo HE's a hit on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. But is Brazilian star striker Ronaldo ready to show his form on grass? The two-time Fifa Player of the Year has been plagued by a string of muscle problems on his return from a severe knee injury
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      • 262 47 VETERAN Brazilian striker Romario hogged the headlines for the wrong reasons over the weekend. Presently at the centre of a national controversy over whether he should be picked for the World Cup Finals, he was substituted during a match on Sunday.
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    • S-LEAGUE 2002: MATCHTAKE WEEK
      • 266 48 The state of the pitches continues to be a talking point in the S-League, says WANG MENG MENG. But luckily for the fans, there're star players, too, who 're overcoming the odds to shine THUNDERBOLT THERDSAK IT was disappointing when superstar striker Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang left the
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      • 238 48 I HATE to say this. But the Bedok Stadium pitch is bad. Real baaaaaaad. Bald. Bumpy. Bad. I was annoyed at the patched-up Bedok pitch at Saturday's Geylang versus SAF Warriors match. Azhar Baksin, Aleksandar Duric, Mohd Noor Ali, Hafizat Jauharmi, Mirko Grabovac, Ballamodou Conde... These are
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      • 182 48 HARD to believe: But Sengkang Marine is top of the S-League. A 2-1 win over the Gombak Bulls the third in a row ensured that the unfancied club stays No 1 for a second week. But the real test will come when big boys like the SAF Warriors,
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      • 265 48 Have you tried Singapore Pools' latest betting system for the S-League called COMBO? The name of the game is to correctly predict the scorelines of the week's matches. COMBO sales start every Sunday and end on Thursday at 7pm before the first match. To help you make your
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    • 216 50 BELIEVE it or not, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Oliver Kahn (left i is getting sick of football. Kahn made this amazing revelation after claiming he plays too many games, and that the European Champion is getting tired. The 32-year-old German says that involvement with the
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    • 371 50 CHAMPS LEAGUE GROUP A: MAN UNITED vs BAYERN MUNICH (Thursday, Singapore) i ON the field he is crafty and cunning, but when it comes to talking, Ryan Giggs believes in sticking to the straight and narrow. Giggs did some plain talking before Man U's key Champions League
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    • 181 50 Reuters. MANCHESTER United is ready to claim a long-overdue victory against European rival Bayern Munich, manager Alex Ferguson said. The Red Devils have not beaten the German side in four games since the memorable Champions League final in Barcelona in 1999, which United won 2-1,
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    • 417 51 GREAT NEWS FOR ALL YOU LIVERPOOL FANS HAMPIONS LEAGUE: BARCELONA v LIVERPOOL tomorrow] AFP. LIVERPOOL manager Gerard Houllier finally returned to the training pitch yesterday as his team prepared for Wednesday's Champions League match at Barcelona. Frenchman Houllier has been away from Liverpool's Melwood training complex
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    • 298 51 BUT THERE'S BAD NEWS FOR BARCELONA.. BRAZILIAN superster Rivaldo is doubtful for Barcelona's Champions League clash with Liverpool at the Nou Camp tomorrow (early Thursday Singapore time) because of a knee injury. Rivaldo has missed training for the last two days after
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    • CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: ARSENAL v DEPORTIVO
      • 251 52 AFP. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes his side can go further in the competition than it did last season when it was knocked out in the last eight by losing finalist Valencia. "The fact that we can go through if we win makes
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      • 329 52 Deportivo takes on Arsenal tonight with one man on its mind Thierry Henry (right). Henry has been targeted as the danger man by the in-form Spanish side and all its players have been working on ways to stop the Arsenal hitman. Depor won the
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      • 141 52 Reuters. DEPORTIVO coach Javier Irureta feels the only way to stop Thierry Henry and his team-mates tonight is be courageous. Deportivo pulled off an amazing King's Cup final win over Real Madrid last week and wants his side to show the same bravery tonight against Arsenal.
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      • 245 52 but Sergio fears everything about Arsenal DEPORTIVO players may fear Thierry Henry the most but midfielder Sergio has admitted everything about playing tonight at Highbury scares him. Sergio (left) says Arsenal's unbeatable form in Europe fills him with dread, reported The Sporting Life. "I fear everything," Sergio said. "I fear
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    • MORE ON ARSENAL v DEPORTIVO
      • 528 53  -  By Edwin Yeo Telepathy. That's what Thierry Henry said was the key reason why Arsenal is playing so well. The no-look passes, the instant one-twos, the anticipation of where your team-mate will pass the ball it's all there in Arsenal's, ah, arsenal. Even in the
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      • 225 53 AFP. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has another disciplinary problem looming over Patrick Vieira. Wenger has Thierry Henry available tonight but the striker is currently serving a three-match ban for domestic matches for his verbal attack on referee Graham Poll. Henry's fellow France international Vieira who will
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      • 106 53 Reuters. FREDRIK Ljungberg played his first game in over a month against Newcastle in the FA Cup and could figure tonight. But fellow midfielder Ray Parlour is doubtful afler missing Saturday's game with an ankle injury. Defender Oleg Luzhny, like Parlour back from suspension, should be available
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      • 154 53 BAYERvJUVENTUS Reuters. FRANCE forward David Trezeguet is confident Juventus can overcome Bayer Leverkusen in Group D tonight (tomorrow, Singapore) despite a number of key absentees. Defenders Lilian Thuram and Paolo Montero and forward Alessandro del Piero are all out through injury and Mark luliano and Edgar Davids
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      • 126 53 REAL v SPARTA PRAGUE Reuters. REAL Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque believes his side will be playing for prestige as much as the three points on offer against Sparta Prague tonight. Real has already booked its place in the last eight after four successive second-phase
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      624 55 TONIGHT (tomorrow Singapore time): GROUP C and GROUP D HAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP C: REAL Madrid has already clinched a quarter-final spot as it shoots for a record ninth European Cup trophy. The Spanish side beat the Czech team 3-2 in Prague earlier this season. Sparta isn't expecting to
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