The New Paper, 21 January 2003

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  • 34 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 Singapore Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 551 MITA (P) 044/03/2002 60 CENTS HI #^3 the new i paper
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 810 4  -  As wife cries, desperate hubby says: Reports/ Sheela Narayanan Low Ching Ling YES, the man on the phone admitted it. In a matter-of-fact way. Mr Robert Ng (not his real name) and his wife had decided that they couldn't keep the child
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    • 262 4 PARENTS who wish to adopt a child through their own contacts should seek legal advice, says the Ministry of Community Development and Sports. They can get a list of family lawyers from the Singapore Law Society. The Adoption of Children Act states that "it shall
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    • 417 5 THIS is what the couple told us, in their own words, in response to our questions. How did you get the $23 y 000 figure? Mr Ng: I called up adoption agencies and asked friends. What I found out from
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    • 171 4 For Students Enrolled In Australian Institutions February/March 2003 I DP Education Australia will be holding a general pre-departure orientation seminar for all students commencing study in Australia in February/March 2003. The seminar will include a slide presentation and talk on student lifestyle, accommodation, study methods, medical insurance, university facilities, shopping,
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 227 6 AND we are talking about a significant 18 per cent less new jobs in the key electronics and precision engineering cluster last year. This translates to 11,570 new jobs in the industry, down from 14,130 in 2001. And that is despite Singapore defying the
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    • 121 6 SINGAPORE technology and electronic stocks were affected by the dimmer-than-expected earnings outlooks issued by industry leaders in the US last week. Reeling from the backlash was Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. Its share price fell 6.2 per cent, or five cents, to 76 cents yesterday. And going by the Straits
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    • 68 6 KINDERGARTEN classes will focus more on play in the new year. Under a new programme developed by the Education Ministry, kindergarten children will be encouraged to ask questions and talk to their classmates, instead of turning in perfect handwriting or neatly-coloured drawings. Announced yesterday, the programme
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    • 78 6 THE Megawati government has caved in to protesters' demands to backtrack on price hikes for electricity and fuel. After more than two weeks of protests across Indonesia, Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro announced yesterday that partial subsidies for fuel would be resumed. Indonesia's controversial price hikes had come
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    • 79 6 THE legal sector is facing tough times. Last Friday saw two lawyers quit the construction and engineering department of local law firm Khattar Wong Partners due to the economic downturn. The legal industry has been plagued by falling business and has also had to cope with
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    • 81 6 AT last, some things are dropping in prices this year Chinese New Year plants such as miniature kumquat trees and the wine red celosia flower. Six out of eight nurseries and plant shops interviewed said prices were up to 30 per cent lower than last year's because
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    • 77 6 MALAYSIA'S continued battle over the ownership of Pedra Branca in the wake of th RSS Courageous tragedy has been called "regrettable" by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan. Besides intrusions by Malaysian government vessels into Singapore's waters around the disputed isle, the Malaysian government
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    • 72 6 SINGAPOREANS spent less on travel and big-ticket items over the past six months, showed an ACNielsen survey. In its latest Asia-Pacific Consumer Confidence Poll conducted last month, 53 per cent of Singapore respondents put off investing in property, stocks and shares or going on extended holidays
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    • 123 7 QUOTEWORTHY (South-east Asians) have been left to wonder whatever happened to their close friends in Washington. The last time the US paid any attention to the region was during the Asian financial crisis 0f1997-98 when it arrived with all the wrong advice. South-east Asians
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    • 272 7 Harry Potter book's a hit even before being printed OH THE RACK Extract from Washington Post: According to the American publisher, Scholastic, the new Harry Potter begins with the words: "The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the
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    • 54 7 The Straits Times: Pre-school plan puts play on top The Business Times: Circle Line to lift value of several estates in north-east Lianhe Zaobao: M'sia makes use of collision to advance claim on Pedra Branca Berita Harian: Jl issue exposes three main threats to country Streats: Can femininity
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    • 38 7 International Herald Tribune: Russia helped US spy in North Korea Asian Wall Street Journal: US seeks united support on Korea New Straits Times: Major policies to remain: There'll be continuity when I take over, says Abdullah
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    • 88 7 PICTUBMUUS This goldfish with markings resembling a question mark on its face is a resident of a Taipei aquarium. The Chinese word for "fish" is pronounced the same way as "surplus" so the water creature is a symbol of bounty during the Chinese New
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

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  • PARLIAMENT
    • 424 8  -  Reports/ Denyse Yeo LET the Malay community here have some forms of affirmative action. This was the intriguing suggestion from Mr K Shanmugam (left), an MP for Sembawang GRC, in Parliament yesterday. In his speech supporting the motion on the White Paper on the Jemaah Islamiyah
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    • 444 8 TEA WITH MPs Want to have tea and chat with two MPs? Contact us. We're arranging an informal session for a few readers after next week's Parliamentary sitting. tt will be held this Saturday, January 25, from 3.30 pm. E-mail reporter Denyse Yeoat denyse@sph. com.sgorcall
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    • 295 8 NOT one, but two close brushes with terrorism and death. In Parliament yesterday, opposition stalwart Chiam See Tong related these experiences, both during the tense period of Konfrontasi with Indonesia in the *****. When Mac Donald House was bombed in 1965, the
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    • 232 9 THE HDB concessionary interest rate on housing loans is higher than market rates right now for good reason. That was National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan's reply in Parliament yesterday, to questions posed by non-Constituency MP Steve Chia. Mr Mah said: "...HDB cannot lower
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    • 201 9 NOT even "foreign talent" has been spared in these tough economic times. The Manpower Ministry has seen "a 30 per cent reduction in our employment passes". Why? The reason, said Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of State for Manpower, is that "there is
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 838 10  -  By Amy Chiew Bicycles and farms. A backward China was what some Singapore Management University (SMU) students had expected to see on a visit there last month. Yes, despite all the news of how much China has improved and grown through the
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    • 292 12  -  BY Tanya Fong SINGAPORE is moving closer to self-sufficiency in water. The plans for our very first water desalination plant were unveiled by local water specialist Hyflux yesterday. The plant will cost about $250 m to set up, and it is expected to supply desalinated
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 414 15  -  Why is it so? By Chang May Choon THERE were three different versions of Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden's VCD box set on the market last month. But which one is the authorised copy of the serial that catapulted boyband F4 to fame? Debate and
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    • 530 16  -  From air steward to boss of fish restaurant By Lee Tee Jong MR Ricky Chew, 38, is a fish and seafood lover and they did not let him down. The former Singapore Airlines steward is flying high on the success of Fish
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    • 122 17 LAST year, Mr Chew opened an outlet in Kuala Lumpur and a franchise in the Middle East. By 2005, his company plans to have four more Fish Co outlets in Singapore, taking the total number here to 10. He is aiming for 50 franchise
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    • 91 18 ON Friday, in the TNP/Matchbox Twenty contest, we asked readers for where the music video for Disease was filmed. The correct answer is New York. Out of 208 calls, 202 gave the correct answer. One winner will win a pair of passes to meet the band. The winner's
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    • 645 19 QTHIS Nat Steel takeover is fascinating. Are takeovers usually this nasty? And, is it finally over? A Yes, its almost over. But nasty? The Power Puff girls get nastier than this! It is the longest and most written about takeover in Singapore's history. It
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    • 77 19 ON Jan 10 at 3pm the winner was announced. It was 98 Holdings which secured control of 50.3 per cent of the voting shares. That was close! By this Friday, the other 49.7 per cent of Shareholders must decide whether to sell Nat Steel shares to 98 Holdings
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  • 257 20 3 officers make narrow escape when boat capsizes off Mersing, 3 others face uncertain fate MALAYSIA WHAT started as a routine scouting mission ended up in a fight for survival in stormy seas for six commandos of the Royal Malaysian Air Force yesterday. Three of the six
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  • 224 22 Man sues for being turned away from audition WORLD CAN you be too old to become a star? A 50-year-old college professor does not think so. And he is suing the Fox Network, producers of popular TV show American Idol, a singing
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  • WORLD
    • 172 25 AP. WHEN the tiny Swiss suburb of Anieres went to the polls on Sunday, only 48 people showed up. That's because 323 voters cast their ballot through the Internet, while 370 voted by mail. The lakeside village made history with the country's first legally binding
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    • 178 25 JAPAN is losing its footing as the "safest country in the world". The number of serious crimes such as murder and rape has skyrocketed, said a National Police Agency (NPA) report, released yesterday. The number of penal offences increased for the seventh straight year
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    • 174 26 SOME New Yorkers are rich, if only they knew it The state is holding US$5.4 billion ($9.3b) in unclaimed money from sources such as old bank accounts, uncashed checks and stocks and would like to hand it back to its rightful owners. For example, one individual has
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  • WORLD
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    • 332 30 FIRST, the surgeon told her the bad news. She has an aggressive form of breast cancer and both her breasts had to be amputated. Two days after the surgery came the "good" news: It was all a mix-up and she never had
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  • Hey! Showtime&Lifestyl
    • 745 32  -  By Wendy Teo KEN Zhu is a puzzle. One moment, he is all enthusiastic about having grown up in Singapore and the next, he is strangely evasive when prodded for details. The 24-year-old of hugely popular Taiwanese boyband F4 was here over the weekend
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    • 227 33 ONCE a guardian, always a guardian. Madam Connie Chan, who had looked after Ken Zhu when he was in Singapore, was reluctant to be interviewed by us for fear of compromising Ken's privacy. At her Chinatown apartment, Madam Chan told us: "Now that Ken
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    • 734 34  -  By Jeanmarie Tan AS the 60th Golden Globe Awards reminded us yesterday, Hollywood's rollicking party of the year wasn't merely a celebration of the best in movies and television it's a celebration, period. When you mix serious actors, hard liquor and wacky fashion statements, you can
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    • 54 35 A VERY USEFUL AWARD YOU CAN... MARTIN SCORSESE: Best Director. SALUTE IT... KIM CATTRALL: Best Supporting Actress in a TV series. HUG IT... MICHAEL CHIKLIS: Best Actor in a TV drama. KISS IT... PEDRO ALMODOVAR: Director, for Best Foreign Language Film. DRINK IT... JENNIFER ANISTON: Best Actress in TV series.
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    • 153 35 Best Motion Picture Drama: The Hours Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama: Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Nicole Kidman, The Hours Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Chicago Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Richard
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    • 108 35 THE Golden Globes are still perceived as harbingers to the more prestigious Oscars, helping the movie industry narrow the field for the moment of truth come March 23. Instead of a voting panel of 5,000-odd actors, directors and industry people from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts
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    • 117 36 IF given a choice, would you babe Kim Hee or Hong Kong Maggie Cheung (inset)? For Chinese director Zhang Yuxio% it was the former who;|% stele his breath away. When he was in Seoul last week to promote his latest film, Hero, together with
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    • 112 36 YOU may remember him as the mysterious hunk in Singaporean singer Yong Bang's music video. Say hi to Takuya Komatsu (right), a Mandarin-speaking Japanese out to conquer the Mandarin pop market. With deep-set eyes and chiselled features, the 1.82m-tall singer-composer can give Japan's R&B
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    • 200 37 ALL it takes is a cockroach to break Japanese hunk Manabu Oshio's tough demeanor. A boxing expert Manabu (left) may be, but when he meets the flying insect, "111 flee!", he confessed. It all started when the actor-singer was bunking over at a friend's house in Hawaii
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    • 99 37 I FINALLY, J-pop princess Hikafu Utada is back in action. It has been four months since she bowed out to get married and recuperate after an operation to remove an ovarian tumour. Now the media-shy singer is ready to bask in the
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        192 48 The Singapore Under-23 Cubs lost 2-1 to Denmark's Olympic team at Bishan Stadium last night. In 2000, the Danes won 6-0. ERNEST LUIS assesses the Cubs, who were aided by five older players, four of whom played in the recent Tiger Cup LIONEL LEWIS (right): He started the game
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        235 48 MOHDNOH RAHMAN: He started the game more composed than he was during the Tiger Cup but eventually, he kept getting caught out of position. Noh Rahman has to work harder at tracking back after moving up. Because after a while, he could be seen just running back slowly, hoping
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        251 48 MUSTAQIM MANZUR KHAN: He's thin, but definitely quick. A few times, he rounded the Danes easily when bursting down the flanks. He scored Singapore's goal but he did not use his speed enough and the build-up play with his fellow midfielders was often lacking. MUHAMMAD RIDUAN (substitute): Replaced Mustaqim
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        187 48 MOHD NOH ALAM SHAH (left}: They say he runs like mad chicken every time he sees a loose ball. If that's the case, we need more of them in the Singapore team. What we don't need though, are headless chickens. His determination and running helped, and that's how he
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    • 186 49 ERNEST LUIS' VERDICT: grtgNMWK they may not have the experience as compared to the Lions who played in last fltthth's Tiger Cup. But one thing is for sure: The 1,300 fans saw more running from the Cubs than there ever was from the Lions. They went
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      • 131 49 THE central midfield pair of Syed Fadhil and Rosman Sulaiman have different styles that complement each other. Syed's positional play is very good and he did well in one-on-one situations. Rosman has a lot of aggression in his tackles and normally, Syed will cover for him and pick up
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      • 52 49 Jfes, even some of my sifbstitutes looked tired towards the end though they came on late. I toned down the training recently because we're going for the Malacca Quadrangular Tournament tomorrow. But we're still in our pre-season phase. So these matches will be good for building up their
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      • 70 49 ONE of my instructions before the game was to keep the ball on the deck. We needed a lot of movement off the ball and we didn't have much of it tonight. Yes, we have always had a habit to pump the ball from the back four.
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      • 59 49 We had a few other targets like one-on-one defensive situations. It's good to see we used our bodies a little bit against the bigger-built Danes. But with group tactical ability, to launch attacks as a group...we were sorely lacking. The boys tended to rely on individual skill to
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      49 51 MATCHTAKE WEEK: 21 Mai iMMW TUB IMfi MIMi 1 WMlPljb <t|» WHWBI1«» I IH» WHWB JMBWWi' I Christophe JUL* HBUMfOB IPSE IMiCrfMil liGtewft14Mt« Itefl •i'*' j liS r! .5 A J t i K J ~'.<1 fi r Italian dives to push the ball away with hte fingertips.
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      • 390 52 PA Sport. LEEDS boss Terry Venables Fowler with open arms and is determined to see the striker firing on all cylinders again. After turning his back on a switch to Manchester City, Fowler has rejoined his Leeds team-mates, stating his desire to show
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        606 53 PA Sport. LIKE a wine from his prized vineyard in Bordeaux, Christophe Duganys qualities are highly desirable. He's subtle, strong and stimulating, yet with a bite which can leave the unwary with a nasty hangover. Andy Todd, by contrast, is football's equivalent of cheap plonk: Raw, unsophisticated,
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      • 219 53 PA Sport ON the downside, Leeds manager Terry Venables has lost a potential £7 million ($19.6 m) vital to his own plans for squad strengthening. This comes as a result of the failed transfer of striker Robbie Fowler (right) to Manchester City. There would still appear
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    • 80 54 The score so far Fish breeder Kenny Yap reckoned Man U had ironed out all their weak spots He was dead right The Red Devils beat Chelsea 2-1 Jewellery-seller Jamie Mok predicted a 2-0 win for the Red Devils. Thanks to Yap. the males have now
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    • 486 54 NEWCASTLE 2 MANCHESTER CITY 0 THE AFTERMATH PA Sport. Newcastle teenage star Jermaine Jenas will captain England one day. This glowing tribute comes from club-mate Kieron Dyer, who has been impressed with the rise of Jenas in the Premiership. The former Nottingham Forest player, who celebrates
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    • 91 54 When Jermairie (above) first came, he didn't really go forward that much, but he has looked at my game and taken that from me. He has learnt from > Gary Speed as well. He can head and tackle just like Gary and his reading of
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    • 612 55 AP. FOR Michael Owen, the backing came from none other than the boss himself. Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has condemned what he described as a media campaign to destroy Owen's reputation over his penchant for gambling. The England forward, who has enjoyed a clean-cut image, on Sunday
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    • 292 55  -  Exclusive to The New Paper The stars talk to us the STAR COLUMN By Gary Speed Newcastle I'VE been reading all these stories in the papers about some of my Newcastle team-mates and other big name players being involved with big money gambling.
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    • 699 56  -  Giggs made iJLf a difference By Ryan Giggs Man United AFP. MANCHESTER United boss Alex Ferguson believes out-of-form winger Ryan Giggs, is back on the road to recovery after a successful second half against Chelsea on Saturday. Giggs has been the target of the boo boys for
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    • 182 57 THE GREA T JANUARY SALE On-loan Batistuta aims for fresh start with Inter AFP. INTER-MILAN will officially unveil loan signing Gabriel Batistuta today. The Argentinian striker, who turns 34 on February 1, is joining Inter from Serie A rivals AS Roma until the end of the season as cover for
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    • 355 57 Wire Services. BOLTON Wanderers have reluctantly accepted a transfer request from Michael Ricketts. It will pave the way for the striker's departure from the struggling English Premier League club. "We are very disappointed that Michael has decided to take this course of action, particularly after all the
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    • 318 57 PA Sport. FULHAM are chasing new transfer targets after blaming Sergei RebroVs agent for the collapse of his cut-price switch from Tottenham. The Cottagers were close to finalising a deal for the Ukrainian striker, but the player's representative Sandor Varga raised his "personal
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    • 360 57 PORTSMOUTH aim to sign unwanted Spurs midfielder Tim Sherwood this week in a bid to clinch promotion to the Premiership. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has been chasing the 33-year-old since the start of the season and appears to have fought off interest from West Brom to sign
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    • 549 58  -  LEAGUECUP Semi-final 2nd leg: LIVERPOOL v SHEFF UTD (First leg: 2-1 to Sheff Utd) By Michael Tonge Sheffield United Tonight will be my first visit to Anfield as either a player or fan and I can't wait for the match. It's one of the most
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    • 432 58  -  TEAM UPDATE: Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek (above) Is out. So is the suspended fullback Djimi Traore. John Ame Rliseis likely to stand-in for Traore, with Dlao returning In midfield. Sheffield United are expected to give a debut toon-loan Tommy Mooney. Shaun Murphy and
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    • 333 59 SEMI-FINAL (2nd LEG) LIVERPOOL v SHEFFIELD UTD FIRST LESfi a 1-2 Wire Services. AN almighty League Cup scrap is in store at Anfield tonight when First Division Sheffield United attempt to upset Liverpool and reach their first major Cup final since 1936. Neil Warnock's battlers lead 2-1 from
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    • THE KEY BATTLES
      • 108 59 TONGE is understood to be a £5 million ($13.5 million) target for Houllier. And it was easy to see why after the first-leg match as the 19-year-old scored two stunning goals in the Blades' come-from-behind triumph. Long-serving Carragher is a highly-effective fullback who rarely makes
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      • 106 59 AFTER being dropped by Houllier earlier in the season following a sudden slump in form, Gerrard isnow close to being back to his best. Tenacious in the tackle although a recent two-footed lunge on Gary Nay smith in the recent Merseyside derby was reckless and
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      • 117 59 AFTER a scintillating run of 12 goals in 10 games earlier this season, Owen's form has faltered. Since then he has scored only four in 16 and one in his last eight. Chances have been there for the taking with Owen as pacy and electrifying
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      • 91 59 PA Sport. ALTHOUGH Liverpool have faltered alarmingly recently, skipper Hyypia could claim to be one of the few Reds players whose performances have remained consistently high. But the Finland international can expect a tough, no-nonsense encounter with the uncompromising figure of 34-year-old Allison, whois enjoying
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