The New Paper, 24 March 2003

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  • 36 1 MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2003 the new paper MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2003 Singapore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph. com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA(P) 025/03/2003 60 CENTS 8 U the 11QW paper
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  • MISTAKES OF WAR
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      880 2 IT was a day of mistakes, even as coalition forces coped with stiff resistance from Iraqi forces in the south. What hit home were the casualties that mounted as a result of glitches, human errors and system failure. Australian cameraman Paul Moren (facing page) died when a
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    • 214 2 THE pictures of the captured coalition soldiers were broadcast by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel using a feed from Iraqi state television. They were paraded individually before the camera and asked questions in broken English. Excerpts from the transcripts published in The Times. "Why do you come?" the
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    • 675 3 They are vulnerable WIFE OF DEAD CAMERAMAN: HE wanted one last shot when a taxi pulled up next to him at a checkpoint in northern Iraq and blew up. It killed Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) cameraman, Paul Moran, instantly. Mr Moran's wife -Ivana
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    • 415 4 They paid the price BRITISH MARINE: HELICOPTER CRASH HIS was a picture of a happy family: A young couple with a bright-eyed little son. But on Friday, the happy world of that family lay shattered. Lan Seymour, a 28-year-old British marine was killed in helicopter
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    • 248 4 JOURNALISTS: FRIENDLY FIRE Wire services. ONE person is believed to be dead. Two others are missing. That is the current status of a Independent Television News (ITN) team that was in Iraq. A statement from ITN said it 'has received sufficient evidence to believe that ITV News
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    • 455 4 TERRY Lloyd's team, in two ITN vehicles, were covering the US and British advance on Basra. According to the information we have gathered, they passed through a number of coalition checkpoints, where they were told that they could go forward but at their own risk.
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    • 645 5 PRESIDENT George Bush has spoken of how awesome the US "smart" bombs are. Residents in Baghdad's Qadisiya neighbourhood now have a first-hand experience of these bombs. Except, of course, their destroyed homes were not meant to be a military target. Despite claims of how "smart"
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    • 522 6 Jet had electronic signal to warn missile battery that it was 'friendly' They got it wrong 1 BRITISH FIGHTER-BOMBER SHOT DOWN BY US PATRIOT MISSILE RADAR: 1 RninnHnit m tininmiin L Detecting an incoming its speed, attitude and 5S wRIIAnAIV Trajectory. ENGAGEMENT CONTROL CENTWE 2. With this data,
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    • 198 6 AN upgraded version of the Patriot missile could be the first undisputed success of a battlefield anti-missile system. Known as the PAC-3, the latest Patriot has reportedly intercepted four out of six Iraqi missiles fired at coalition forces in recent days, reported The
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    • 801 7  -  By Geneview Jiang IT is sometimes easy to forget that th<jHj| at the forefront of war, wielding rifleS^HlftjL guns and grenades, are mere teenageMffP^y Most are only 19 or in their early 20s. mK They make up the bulk of the US military widely regarded
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 729 8  -  No. Give me money instead S'POREAN: QUESTION: By Wong Wenyi Businessman David Pang, 50, could have the honour of possibly becoming the first Singaporean "cosmonaut" to travel to the edge of space. You see, he is the lucky guy who won a Citibank
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    • 199 8 MS Agatha Ng (right), 35, likes to go for exciting holidays. So she is not about to pass up the chance to be probably the first Singaporean to visit the wreck of the Titanic lying 6,000 m down at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in
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    • 846 10  -  Woman pretends to be wedding guest to steal By Zaihan Mohd Yusof A WEDDING guest who wanted to pray or prey on them? The bridegroom's sister had no doubt at all. For not only was the young woman a stranger to her. The woman, who
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    • 838 12  -  HISTORY The World Health Organisation declared TB a global emergency in 1993. The theme selected for this year's World TB Day is "People with TB" and the slogan is "DOT cured me it will cure you too!" Dr
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    • 167 12 A HEALTH Ministry programme to eliminate TB has shown some positive results. The incidence of TB in the Singapore population is now 42 per 100,000 compared to 50 to 55 per 100,000 from 1987 to 1997. The Singapore TB Elimination Programme (Step) was started in 1997 because
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 729 14 I 'ft'7 M A payment for an HDB loan has gone missing in a case involving the Housing Development Board and a hearing—impaired man and his family. ANGEUNESONG speaks to both parties ON
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    • 284 14 IWHATHDB SAYS The cashier's track record: "Our staff made a mistake by keying in the wrong amount. "She keyed in $36 instead of $360. However, there is no evidence to suggest that she had taken the $324. "Currently, there are six to 12 payment
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    • 162 15 and wrote "Yes!" When asked if he had received any change, he wrote firmly: "No!" Well, there was good news for the family. When contacted, a spokesman for the HDB said they had investigated the matter. "Our records
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    • 212 15 personal money in the cashier's drawer. "If the cashier were to pocket the money, his or her action will most likely be seen by other cashiers. "The cashier (who attended to Mr Lum) is a good and hardworking staff, performing cash collection for the past five years. "During this period,
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    • 935 18  -  THEY SELLYOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR CASH By Michael Lee AFTER pop-ups and viruses, spam e-mail is probably the next cyber bugbear that draws the loudest groans from computer users. Some spammers sell e-mailing lists. With these, companies can sell their wares on the Net.
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    • 204 18 WHEN contacted, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said the act of sending bulk e-mail, faxes and SMS messages is not illegal here. TDA does not regulate personal communication such as what users say in phone conversations or the content of e-mail and SMS
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      398 19 THEY SELL YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR CASH $5,000 a month. Mr Koh, who is in his late 30s, is however looking over his shoulders as the competition is hotting up. Mr J Eswaran, 28, is another one to have jumped on the spam bandwagon in Singapore. And his
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    • 204 19 WHEN contacted, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said the act of sending bulk e-mail, faxes and SMS messages is not illegal here. "IDA does not regulate personal communication such as what users say in phone conversations or the content of e-mail and SMS
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  • 534 22 COMMENT THIS part of an e-mail my daughter, 16, sent me from France: "I know war will be declared, and France won't be in it, but it will still affect the world, as every day people will be watching TV
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  • WORLD
    • 169 24 HONG Kong's chief executive of the Hospital Authority, Dr William Ho (centre, in black suit), was warded at the Queen Mary Hospital yesterday after showing symptoms of pneumonia, chairman Dr C H Leong announced today. Dr Ho's condition is stable and checks are being
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    • 118 24 ANOTHER seven people are down with severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) and were warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) yesterday. Three were hospital staff while the rest knew people who had earlier been diagnosed with Sars. This brings the total affected here to 51.
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  • 235 26 WORLD THE middle-class in Hong Kong is very unhappy about the increase in taxes announced by Financial Secretary Antony Leung in his budget speech earlier this month. To show their displeasure, hundreds took to the streets yesterday to protest against the new
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  • WORLD
    • 278 30 Reuters. EYE diseases like glaucoma could be easier and safer to treat with a new kind of medicated contact lens that could make eye drops obsolete. Soft contact lenses infused with eye medication provide a slow release of the drug to the eye
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    • 346 31 I 15 women killed since January I All died after blow to head A TOWN in southern Russia has been gripped by fear for the last three months as a deranged serial killer stalks its residents. The killer is believed to be
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    • 180 31 HE had put in US$100 ($176) in the jackpot machine and turned his head away. When he looked back, the winning symbols had lined up in front of him and he was US$39 million ($68m) richer. The 25-year-old software engineer, who requested anonymity, hit pay
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    • 296 34 SOME conveyancing lawyers have been found to quote low service charges in return for bulk business from banks and estate agents. This gives them an unfair advantage over their peers and the practice could be tantamount to touting, a practice that is banned. And it
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    • 218 34 OH THE RACK Extract from the San Francisco Chronicle: The United States has shed about 560,000 high-tech jobs since 2001, putting 10 per cent of its technology employees out of work. Software services and electro-medical equipment eked out slight employment gains. But the
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    • 172 34 MARKET ROUNDUP LAST WEEK: Bombs fell and stocks rose. The expectation had been that there would be a quick and relatively bloodless conclusion to the war, which now appears unlikely. The STI rose 6 per cent. Its biggest gain last week was a 40-point rally on Tuesday. Oil
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    • 64 34 A SCHEME launched by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) last year that allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to "borrow" scientists for their research for a low cost has received overwhelming response. A*Star may now need to prioritise the evaluation of applications.
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    • 68 34 THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is scrutinising its $100 million-a-year wage bill as it reviews the number and type of staff it needs. It is not known if layoffs, which PSA Corp and HDB resorted to recently, are on the cards, reported The Business Times.
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    • 75 34 THE National Heritage Board has marked the old Kandang Kerbau Hospital the birthplace of many Singaporeans as a historic location. The old hospital, which dates back to 1858, is bordered by Serangoon, Selegie, Bukit Tim ah and Rochor roads. Most of the staff who
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    • 71 34 SOME commuters waited more than two hours to replace their lost or faulty ez-link cards over the weekend, ahead of schools reopening today. The Transit Link Customer Service Centre in Buona Vista MRT station is the only place where students and senior citizens can replace
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    • 65 34 ARE golden parachutes involving millions in exit payouts to top executives when their employment is terminated prematurely really necessary? As the trend comes under increasing corporate scrutiny, what investors should clamour for is that companies put in place well-defined structures. These should link pay with performance,
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    • 66 34 KATONG Bakery and Confectionery served its last swiss roll and milky tea yesterday. The 78-year-old bakery, an East Coast landmark, has closed for good. The owner of the shophouse has decided not to renew its lease because the building has been deemed unsafe and needs renovation. Regular
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      420 36 The International Film Festival Is on from Apr 17 to May 3. Fei» moretinformatlon, log on to www.fllmfost.org.sg. Tickets at $8.80 from TlcketChargo (8296-2929). mm^NWEi at this time, into a film at Starbucks Film and about what to really MB but H^^^Byntogo |H^^^^WBfihese tickle your all, 330 of shorts
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    • 311 37 YOUNG AND ANGSTY: Unknown Pleasures (China) Two 19-year-olds with no faith in their future must come to terms with their lives. One falls for an eccentric dancer, the other is forced by his mother to join the army. You can't get any more angst-ridden then this duo. 15 (Singapore) Local
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    • 624 38  -  BRITTANY MURPHY-ASHTON KUTCHER AFFAIR By Jeanmarie Tan BRITTANY Murphy and Ashton Kutcher walked down the aisle in their new romantic comedy, Just Married, where they play a honeymooning couple who end up bitter enemies (extreme left). But they could be taking that walk in real
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    • 124 39 BRITTANY Murphy may gush about Ashton Kutcher but there are some men she talks little about. Such as 8 Mile co-star and rumoured ex-lover Eminem, whom she denied dating: "We're dear friends. Marshall (Eminem's real name) and I became very close during filming." But
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    • 378 40  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck ON Thursday, Kym Ng became Singapore's first celebrity with a valid Class 4A licence. That means she can now drive a bus. Watch out for these two soon-to-be golden numbers 1883 and 572 because these were the licence plate numbers of the two
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    • 143 41 CELEBRITY hairdresser-cum-actor, David Gan (right), was supposed to fly to Los Angeles for the Oscars on Saturday. Actress Zhang Ziyi had asked him to do her hair for her red-carpet moment today. But on Friday morning, he received a call from her cancelling their
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    • 277 42 WITH a name like Love Affair Of The 8th Storm, you'd expect this drama to be rocky and tempestuous. But there's no sign of dark clouds. Not even a ripple. The plot about young people chasing love and dreams is flat and unoriginal. It's
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    • 54 42 The 75th Annual Academy Awards 2003 Channel 5,10pm Be prepared for more than just long thank-you speeches at the Oscars this year, as celebrities make statements about the ongoing US-Iraq war. Three Sisters Channel 1,7.30pm While the siblings argue over who should inherit their parents' stuffed rooster, Frederick reveals
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    • 941 53 RACE 1: Regal Man and Tiz Herself were slow to begin. At about the 700 m, One Hundred steadied out off the heels of Golden Handshake and clipped the heels of Entrapment, stumbling badly. Super Chief, who was following, was checked as a
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    • 327 53  -  By Danny Khoo CHAMPION Kranji apprentice John Sundradas made a big impression at Penang yesterday. On only his second outing at the Batu Gantong racecourse he had one unplaced ride on his debut last Saturday he scored twice from only three mounts. After a "warm
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    • FORMULA ONE:
      • 760 55 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX THE WINNERS SEPANG GP WINNER: KIMI RAIKKONEN (Finland) THIS 23-year-old grew up in the cold of Finland, so to win the hottest race in the F1 circuit with a commanding lead of 39 seconds over Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari was quite a
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      • 274 55 THE LOSER U YES, even a German machine like Michael Schumacher (right) can succumb to pressure. Perhaps he's used to starting I out in front of the field for the past few years. At Sepang, he started in third spot. On his right was David Coulthard,
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      • 40 55 L KIMI RAIKKONEN (McLaren Mercedes) lh 32min 22.195sec 2. RUBENS BARRICHELLO (Ferrari) 39.286 3. FERNANDO ALONSO (Renault) 1:04.007 4. RALF SCHUMACHER (Williams BMW) 1:28.026 5. JARNO TRULLI (Renault) 1 lap behind 6. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER (Ferrari) 1 lap
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      • 37 55 (AFTER TWO GPS) 1. KIMI RAIKKONEN (McLaren) 16 2. DAVID COULTHARD (McLaren), 10 3. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (Williams) 8 4* RUBENS BARRICHELLO (Ferrari) 8 5. FERNANDO ALONSO (Renault) 8 6. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER (Ferrari) 8
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    • WORLD CUP CRICKET—FINAL
      • 704 56  -  AUSTRALIA bt INDIA by 125 RUNS I |By! Sumit Mukherjee THERE are scores of adjectives that can be used to describe Australia's 125-run win over India in the final of World Cup cricket yesterday, but the one that sums it all up beautifully is: AWESOME. In 1999, the
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      • 205 56 AUSTRALIA A. Gilchrist c SctwMg b Hart>ha|an 57 M. Hayrten c DravkJ b Harbhajan 37 R. Porting not out 140 0. Martyn not out 88 Extras: (b2. ID12, wl6. nb7> 37 Total: (tar 2 wks m 50 ova) 388 Fail of wickets: 1-106, 2-125 Bowttng: Zaheer 7-067-0. Srtrwth *****0,
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    • EURO KICKOFF:
      • 444 57 ITALY, SPAIN SCOTLAND AFP. INTER-Milan missed out on the chance to join Serie A title rivals Juventus at the top of Serie A this morning after losing 2-1 at Udinese. Czech midfielder Marek Jankulovski gave Udinese the lead two minutes after half-time before Vincenzo
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      • 351 57 ITALY Atalanta 1 Chievo Verona 0 Como 5 Bologna 1 Empoli 0 Brescia 0 Parma 2 Lazio 1 Roma 3 Piacenza 0 Torino 2 Perugia 1 Udinese 2 Inter 1 Modena 2 Reggina 1 AC Milan 2 Juventus 1 SPAIN Barcelona 6 Santander 1 Celta Vigo 2 Bilbao
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      • 344 57 Wire Services. ffofil Madrid topped the Spanish League when they beat Deportivo La Cbruna 2-0 to go three points clear, tjurafa* tn gftoU hy 7AAmia aurt Ronaldo. In Sociedad, Oarko Kovacevic side-footed Sociedad into the lead on 26 minutes and the former Juventus striker
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    • 380 58 SINGAPORE 2 MACAU 0 mimukK GOAL! Fadzuhasny Juraimi scampers past two Macau defenders along the bye-line before cutting back a cross to the onrushing Indra Sahdan. But Indra miskicks his shot and it rolls across the face of the goal. Azhar Baksin rushes it at the
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    • 648 58  -  By Gerard Wong DEAR Football Gods Above, Yes, it's me again, that pesky football fan from that tiny country called Singapore, yes, the one with the rather ambitious dreams of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals. Yes, I know it's been a Jong
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    • 570 59  -  SINGAPORE 2 MACAU 0 MAN OF THE MATCH BY Alvin Chua SECOND-HALF substitute Shahril Ishak sparked a Singapore revival with his exuberant flair, while Young Lions team-mate Syed Fadhil putin a solid performance after a shaky start. After all the hype about new blood for the
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    • MONDAY maria
      • 61 60 Taylor, Lauren, f y Campbell, Cygan,van Bronckhorst, Ijungberg, SHva, Vieira, Pfres (Pwlour68),Ber#<amp (Toure 86), Henry At -"*'v 4 r. "\iT. Wright, Yobo, Stubbs, fl Weir, Unsworth, Watson I (Ferguson 79), PembrWge, U Tie I (GemmHl 73), Gravesen, Rooney, Campbell I PASCAL'S FORMULA: Armnal centre-back Rascal Cygan
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      • 72 60 v:Dudek, Carragher, Hyypfa, Traore, RMse,Olouf c Hamann(Dtao 78), GenrardL; 3 Murphy, Owen, Robinson, I Mills, Ludc, t D^4aKA Kaoeoe, urawo (Harte45), Barmt/y(MUner 45), Bakke, Oho#?. <' > (Mdttagter 78), Bennett, Kenna (Certer68), UfMmn DwVWw# ongmy Hoult, Clement, 'vfwQMm#H\f MdfWIML. CudicW, ijlAetehkrt, Terry, [ft Sayx :Senden5S), tssife (DBtug^6§), Sch
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      • 190 61 AP. PATRICK Vieira fired Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League with the winner in the 2-1 defeat of Everton last night. Manchester United had jumped to the top with a 3-0 beating of Fulham on Saturday. In last night's other game, Liverpool deepened Leeds'
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      • 184 62 LIVERPOOL 3 [Michael Owen 12th min, Danny Murphy 20, Steven Gerrard 73) LEEDS 1 (MarkVjduka 44) Crowd: 43,021 The livewire is back to torment defenders. Owen twisted, turned, sprinted and scored last night as Liverpool beat Leeds. He showed, with his commanding performance, that his poor form
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        636 63 LIVERPOOL 3 LEEDS 1 Wire Services. Michael Owen believes his confidence is soaring again. The Liverpool striker was back to v his usual self last night as he scored |AX k the opener and SgkK inspired the BIJR* Reds to a 3-1 win over Leeds p 1 v
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      • 406 63 2nd minute: Danny Murphy collects a throw-in on the left, he turns and shoots. Paul Robinson turns the ball behind at full stretch 6th: El-Hadji Diouf lays the ball off to Emile Heskey on the right and Heskey backheels it back into the path of the Senegalese. He shoots,
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      • 255 64 LIVERPOOL 3 (Michael Owen 12th min, Danny Murphy 20, Steven Gerrard 73) LEEDS 1 (Mark Viduka 44) Crowd: 43,021 LIVERPOOL Apr5ManUtd(a) Apr 12 Fulham (h) Apr 19 Everton (a) Apr 21 Charlton (h) Apr 2§ West Bnom (a) May 3 Man City
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        537 64  -  EDWIN YEO NO-ONE wants to say it, but all their fans know it's not impossible. Especially after watching Leeds go down 1-3 to Liverpool at Anfield last night, Leeds fans know that the big R word is looming. Yes, Leeds relegated it's not just a nightmare, it's quite
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      • 158 64 AFP. FACE relegation. After the poor performance of his new charges in the 3-1 loss to Liverpool yesterday, no wonder Leeds' new caretaker manager Peter Reid (left) is dismayed. The defeat leaves Leeds just five points above the drop zone a margin that can
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    • 591 65 ENGLAND EURO 2004 QUALIFIERS GOALKEEPERS: David James (West Ham), Paul Robinson (Leeds), Richard Wright (Everton) DEFENDERS: Gary Neville (Man U), Danny Mills (Leeds), Wayne Bridge (Southampton), Rio Ferdinand (Man U), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough), Jonathan Woodgate (Newcastle), John Terry (Chelsea) RjUDFNELDERS: David Beckham (Man U),
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    • MONDAY maria
      • 821 66 Man U: Eight wins to title PA Sport. EIGHT games, eight wins. That is the stark title-winning formula Manchester United need to realise in order to prevent Arsenal taking the title for a second successive season. Sir Alex Ferguson has already said that it would represent his
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      • 539 67  -  ARSENAL 2 EVERTON 1 WANG MENG MENG TWO points. That's the amount of daylight between Arsenal and Manchester United. Close enough for Sir Alex Ferguson to inform North London that his Red Devils are well-positioned to "squeeze your bums". Oooh...kinky. But beware, there's a smoking gunner
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      • 255 67 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger said his side's mental strength had helped them bounce back from a miserable week to beat Everton 2-1 and restore their lead at the top of the Premier League. "It was a test of mental strength, of character, of commitment and
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      • 57 68 ARSENAL 2 EVERTON 1 m... WOTSI OTfyflQlef > n© 11l is pumped into the I Vieira helps it on to ;nocks it down for Arsenal's Dutch forward angle with Unsworth as poke the ball wide. rrives to strike but misses falls. The ball breaks free |HHMpo
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        663 69 ARSENAL 2 EVEKTON 1 PA Sport. AHS9KNAL seized the title-race gauntlet thrown down by Manchester United, but only after Wayne Rooney had stretched their under-strength defence to the limit at Highbury yesterday. Indeed, that the Gunners managed to regain their two-point lead despite a thrilling display by Rooney
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      • 167 69 TODAY'S ACTION BOLTON v SPURS ROBBIE Keane returns to the Tottenham team to face Bolton at the Reebok Stadium tonight. The Republic of Ireland striker has missed the last three matches with a knee injury but is fit again. Dean Richards is ruled out with a
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