The New Paper, 27 July 2004

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    18 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JULY 27, 2004 w .—mi Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA S1J |r|
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Prison pain from 'play'
      672 2  -  MORE WOMEN HOOKED ON KETAMINE LELSA'SI fSTORY 1 By Faith Teo #wenli@sph.com.sg IT started out of curiosity but soon Elsa (not her real name) was popping pills like they were candy. After four years of drug use, she was caught and jailed for 11 months at
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      Lock icon Teen on the comeback trail
      540 2  -  p'INA'SJ FSTORy Michael Lee I tnp@sph.com.sg Drugs didn't split this family up it brought them closer together. The Gofrs (all names have been changed at their request) were shattered by the discovery of their then 17-year-old daughter Tina's drug abuse two years ago. Nothing could
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    • Article
      Lock icon TINA'S ROAD TO PERDITION
      341 2 TINA was nabbed near her HDB block in Hougang by Central Narcotics Bureau officers in Dec 2002. She was caught pushing drugs at a void deck. Her father, a 52-year-old machinery dealer, quickly raised the $20,000 bail. "I never scolded her. Not a single harsh word,"
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      Lock icon Female drug abusers on the rise
      164 2 WHILE the number of synthetic drug abusers arrested in 2003 remained relatively constant as compared to 2002, ketamine abusers have continued to show a rising trend. Four hundred and ninety seven ketamine abusers were arrested in 2003, up more than 97 per cent from
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      Lock icon Dragged 20m, stewardess dies in fiance's arms
      599 3  -  HOLIDAY IN KARIMUN TURNS TRAGIC By Azhar Ghani tnp@sph.com.sg THEY met as primary school kids but lost touch. Years later, they met again as adults and fell in love. They were engaged to be married. But it was a union that wasn't meant
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    • Article
      Lock icon No last goodbyes for her family
      200 3 THE Karimun weekend was a last-minute decision. Miss Norwati's father, Mr Abu Basri, 50, told Berita Harian: "Norwati was supposed to have returned to Singapore after her flight from Australia but last Saturday she contacted us and said she planned to holiday in Karimun
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    Lock icon Mistress in Batam You'll be booked
    492 5 Indon govt crackdown: Get married or else NEWS Singaporeans with mistresses in Batam will be in for a rude shock if the authorities catch them. They will be ordered to get married immediately if they are caught. The Batam municipal government will start the
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    Lock icon Huge needle piercing my heart
    746 6 BABY SUFFERS FROM RARE EATING, BREATHING. SEEING DISORDER. MUM SAYS: ITS LIKE A SINGAPORE THIS baby's room is not filled with toys. It's lined with medical equipment which make a gentle hum as they are turned on for most of the day. They help keep
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  • NEWS IQ
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      282 7 MAS warns against unlicensed financial services firms THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published a list of unlicensed financial companies for the first time yesterday. Its aim? To alert would-be investors to scams. This is an early-warning signal to consumers who would not be entitled to protection under
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      Lock icon SOME UNREGULATED COMPANIES ON MAS LIST
      34 7 Alliance Dunbar Consultancy, Astral European, Bowen Reece, Chartwell Asset Management, Drexel Asset Management, First Pacific Network, Quantex Inc, Rockwell and Bond, Tzu, Waite and Associates, Warner Price Trading
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      Lock icon China's worrying wealth gap
      66 7 A GIRL pulls her disabled mother on a makeshift cart as they beg for money in Chongqing, south-west China. China's economic growth has lifted many out of poverty. But a growing wealth gap between its cities and rural areas home to an estimated 70 per cent
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    • Article
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      51 7 S'PORE COMPANIES ONN«OAg (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 6.88/-0.13 Creative Technology 9.65/-0.0.09 Flextronics 12.19/-0.31 Chartered Semiconductor 6/+0.2 Stats 6.3/-0.18 Yesterday's Percentage actio.. change Close Dow Nasdaq S+P 500 STI Down 0% (0.3 pts) Down 0.54% (10.07 fcrts) Down 0.2% (2.13 pts) Up 0.31% (5.72 pts) 9.961.92 1,839.02 1,084.07
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      Lock icon Industrial growth
      70 7 SINGAPORE'S industrial output maintained a robust 19.4 per cent growth last month from June last year, boosted by a strong performance by the electronics industry. Economists said the strong performance will raise second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth to as much as 12 per cent, taking full-year growth
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      Lock icon FDI in US shrinks
      50 7 SINGAPORE businesses withdrew almost all direct investments from the US last year. However US corporations upped their stake here by US$5.l billion (sB.Bb) to U5557.6 b, making us the top fifth country in the world for US investments. Singapore companies withdrew US$65O million from the US.
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      Lock icon Crime rates stable
      25 7 ALTHOUGH rape, murder and car theft reports were up in the first half of this year, the overall crime rate remains stable.
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      Lock icon $550,000 fine
      85 7 FORMER timber merchant Ang Tian Kiat, 45, was fined $550,000 yesterday for rigging the share price of construction firm Leong Hin Holdings. He pleaded guilty to pushing up the share price between June 2000 and April last year. Leong Hin's price went from 45.5 cents to 76.5 cents
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      Lock icon Honour for S'pore Dr
      42 7 DR SUSAN Lim (right), who performed Asia's first liver transplant, has received a fellowship from Australia's prestigious Trinity College of the University of Melbourne. She becomes the first Singaporean and the youngest person ever to have been honoured.
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      Lock icon Phased-in smoking ban
      83 7 THE UK government has ordered British pubs and restaurants to set up no-smoking sections as part of a new strategy to make all public areas free from cigarette smoke. Initially, 25 per cent of all tables in restaurants and a quarter of the floor space in pubs
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Be a sport, take off your trunks
      591 9  -  Is this sporting fun 0r... NTU freshies told at seven-day camp: By Wan Chang Chin wancc@sph. com.sg THE guy's penalty was embarrassing: He had to take off his swimming trunks in front of five girls. The five girls had to face the music
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      Lock icon 'Girls, go sit on your partners' lap'
      228 9 Josephine Chew A LETTER to The Straits Times Forum page questioned the activities at the camp. The writer, Mr Aaron Goh, wondered if swimming trunks changing hands really encouraged sports. He also questioned the necessity of having girls sit on guys' laps on
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Say it in good English
      362 11 viiiwii is*■ a- uffVllnri/flL IN this school, English is truly the lingua franca. And it's used for the all-round development of the child. At Kuo Chuan Presbytarian Primary School (KCPPS) students who are weak in English go through learning centres to improve their English. According
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      374 11 THIS school is big on social enterprise. For its pupils*, entrepreneurship is not just about mwiring money. The students at Greenwood Primary also do things for charity at the same time. Teacher Mrs Moorthy Sivagouri said: "Whenever we have carnivals, the students create the things to sell
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      93 11 p 1 i»i aib^—— Flying comments from Daggers stars Zhang Ziyi believes in love at first director Zhang Yimou for 15 years! sight, but doesn't have time to love the three actors' varied career not "even for seconds", she laughs. paths may never have crossed before. Takeshi Kaneshiro prefers living
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  • ASK DR MONEY
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      385 12  -  Have you got your client investment form yet? DR MONEY LARRY HAVERKAMP Mail@ AskDr Money.com IF you have a brokerage account, you have probably received a client investment profile (CIP) form in the mail, as required by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). And if
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      272 12 IS this a difficult questionnaire? Here are four of the questions. You be the judge. Q: Are you an accredited Invaator or otherwiae a peraon to whom wa owa no duty undar section 27 of the Financial Advlaora Act? The problem: How would you know this? Very few
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      Lock icon A HUGE IRONY
      110 12 FOR unit trusts, ILPs and stocks, there is an enormous effort to match each investor's risk tolerance with the riskiness of his investments. That's good. But here is a huge irony: Singaporeans have invested more than $20 billion in participating (par) fund insurance policies like whole life,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon She scratches till she bleeds in her sleep
      568 13  -  Now, there's a new treatment for little Hannah and other millions of eczema sufferers By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg SHE scratched herself so hard, her bedsheets were covered in blood. Hannah Wolffs parents were so desperate, they'd tried everything to help their
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      Lock icon New treatment avoids side effects of steroids
      313 13 ONE side-effect of taking steroid treatment for ebzema is a risk of glaucoma and cataracts. The reason steroid cream can affect the eye is because one in four people here has the steroid-response gene, said Dr Steve Seah, head and senior consultant of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon No pain, no Games
      325 14 Saddam's son Uday's tools of torture for Iraqi athletes who didn't win WE have heard about his alleged torture tactics before. Saddam Hussein's slain son Uday was said to have brutalised underperforming Iraqi athletes. Over the weekend, journalists were shown the mediaeval-style equipment that Uday used.
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      Lock icon 3,000 ...bullets, 1,000 policemen, yet suspected kidnap boss escapes
      541 16 IT was an astounding failure that left a red-faced Taiwan police force scrambling for excuses. Their target: Four suspects of a notorious kidnap gang. On paper, it looked like they left nothing to chance in putting together a spectacular show of
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    285 17 MALAYSIA Officers remand woman, 52, at KL airport for allegedly smuggling nearly 20,000 illegal pills Bernama. ITS all in the packaging. A syndicate used gift-wrapped boxes and older people to do the dirty deed to avoid arousing the suspicion of customs officers. But Kuala Lumpur airport customs
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  • Tech
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      Lock icon Meet the little black dress ...of handphones
      501 18  -  By Wee Sui Lee suilee@sph.com.sg WOMEN with good fashion sense now have another perfect accessory to complement their little black dresses, and that's the little black phone. Motorola's VBO the successor to the V7O will surely elicit squeals from the fashion-conscious, who should
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      Lock icon The Singapore factor
      200 19 DID you know that Singapore played a major role in the birth of the Motorola VBO (above)? Although the design blueprint came from the US, it was the Singapore team that designed and engineered the mechanics. led by engineering manager Mr Wilson Gao, was made up of
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon What has IBM got to do with mad cow disease?
      300 22 Clue: It's something to do with technology services Wire services NOPE, IBM has not branched into biomedical science. It's just that the computer giant has been tasked to help the British government modernise and manage its technology services, after the
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      320 24 Now, US search engine giant sues small sunglasses firm for copyright infringement AP. DON'T think no one is watching, even if you are in a far corner of the world. A small Norwegian website ran into some legal problems recently all because of its
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Thin & light in again
      481 28 Thin light in again LAT-WP. LAPTOP shoppers, relax. Your current laptops are not made obsolete yet because there isn't a tonne of innovation going on this year. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The latest laptops, perched on the shelves of retail stores and on websites, are generally just
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      Lock icon Fierce competition in future from this?
      124 29 THIN-AND-LIGHT laptops may face still stronger competition in a year or two from increasingly capable gadgets that weigh still less and usually fit in pockets instead of briefcases or purses. Gadgets like handphones and personal digital assistants. But computer makers all say that they
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      Lock icon Hello, digicam, bye, film & boxes of snapshots
      748 30 Hello, digicam, bye, film boxes of snapshots Photo developing business is turned upside down as people print images at home LAT-WP. DIGITAL cameras are transforming the way people take, develop and store pictures. Just as computers killed the typewriter, the CD retired the cassette tape and copiers wiped out carbon
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      Lock icon Can US military wage instant war?
      293 32 Wire services. WARS of the future may begin so fast that the enemy may not even know what hit them. The US Army is now in the process of launching a US$92 billion ($158.4b) programme aimed at making its forces lighter and ttiore rapidly
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  • Hey!
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      Lock icon No time to fall in love
      706 34  -  HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS STAR SAYS By Sylvia Toh Pair Choo Reporting from Cannes Sylvia Toh Pair Choo tnp@sph.com. sg THE very first time Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi came to Cannes, it k was for the 2000 film L festival with director Ang Lee's
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      Lock icon Takeshi is every girl's dream hero
      338 34 THERE is no getting away from his good looks. They are startling. Tall, thin, cool, cute, actor Takeshi Kaneshiro is every girl's hero. He settles the genes question as he slides his leanness into his seat: "Father Japanese, mother Taiwanese. "Am I Japanese or
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      Lock icon 15-year-old dream come true
      264 35 ANDY Lau's filmography notes are longer than the press kit for House Of Flying Daggers. This star of Hong Kong cinema and song has been in the entertainment industry for more than 25 of his 43 years. Some 300 films. "It is my driving force," Andy
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      811 36  -  HK STAR SHIES AWAY FROM TOUGH QUESTIONS Q: Last year your five movies fetched $140 m. Any pressure? A: The whole team worked hard, that's why the films are popular. Q: Are you surprised at the box office? A: Not really, the audience are interested in
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      334 50  -  By' TanThean Loon loon@sph.com.sg FIVE winners in an afternoon, eight over two days and saddling a 1-2-3 finish in the $800,000 Emirates Singapore Derby. Well, there's only one thing to describe trainer Laurie Laxon: This man's living a blessed life. "Yes, five winners is my best in
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      817 52 CYCLING: TRIBUTE TO THE TOUR DE FRANCE CHAMPION AFP. IT was a more laid-back Lance Armstrong who arrived at this year's Tour de France. He took part hoping to overtake the four other riders who had, like him, won the world's most famous race
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      207 52 LANCE Armstrongs inherent determination to win became evident in his youth when he became a professional triathlete at 16. Armstrong took his name from his former stepfather Terry, who left both physical and emotional scars. Armstrong has claimed that his stepfather, a devout Christian, often
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      173 52 STAYING relaxed has always been a crucial part of Armstrong's success. On this year's Tour, his girlfriend Sheryl Crow has been a soothing presence. He found that reassuring and even said Crow (right, kissing Armstrong after a recent victory) is fast developing an enthusiasm for cycling. "She's
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      129 52 AP. LANCE Armstrong recently finalised an emotionally difficult divorce. And he misses his three children back ii^jMfcistin. "I'm in a gooa|Cappy place," he said. "I've never been happier." He's not kidding. Armstrong's tiHAteatment comes from Crow. "Yeah, I wasn't single very long," he said. They
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      936 53 GOLF: MALAYSIAN PRO GOLFER LIM SIEW Al I DIDN'T ask because she wouldn't have known. But a roar must have been heard all across Malaysia when she finished second in last month's Kellogg Keebler Classic a toughie on the LPGA Tour. After all, it was another
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      136 53 STARTING six shots behind eventual winner Karrie Webb of Australia, 29-ypar-old Lim Slew Ai shot a career-best six-under66 to finish on 21-under 205 in the Kellogg Kleeber Classic. It was her best result since turning professional in 1996. Last month, Philippines' Jennifer Rosales became the first South-east
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        371 54 KOREA REP v KUWAIT AP. THE clash of the big 'K's promises fireworks tonight. Kuwait are confident they can overcome World Cup semi-finalists South Korea and qualify for the quarter-finals. "This will be the best game in Group B," said assistant coach Maher Shamarri. Going into
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        241 54 SAUDI ARABIA 1 IRAQ 2 AP A SHAMEFUL lqss to Iraq and Saudi Arabia coach Gerard Van der Lem has been sacked. Saudi Arabia Football Federation vice-president. Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal said the Dutchman was fired immediately after the 2-1 defeat to Iraq a result which left them
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        59 54 AP. IRAN: Skipper Ali Daei is almost certain to miss the crucial final group match against Japan tomorrow. Daei, who is five goals short of becoming the first player to score 100 times in international competition, has a twisted ankle. Iran team doctors are working overtime to make
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        156 54 UZBEKISTAN 1 TURKMENISTAN 0 AP. UZBEKISTAN have a "David Beckham" who doesn't let them down at set-pieces. A superbly taken second-half free-kick from talismanic skipper Mirdjalal Kasimov (left) wrapped up their Asian Cup first round campaign with a 1-0 victory over Turkmenistan last night, t
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        71 54 2? (1) UA£ 4-07 (X) Drew 3.13 (2) Jordon 1.77 1 OOAL II UA* («1 1/2) 128 Jordan (-1 1/2) 3.18 T OT/ll GOALS HT FT 0 6.80 HH aflo 1 4-20 HD 14.00 2 3.70 HA 13.00 3 3.90 OH 890 4 S.90
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        98 54 QUARTER-FINALS: China v Iraq Uzbekistan v Bahrain Grp B winner v Grp D No 2 Grp D winner v Grp B No 2 (I) KOTM Map 1.63 Oqonm 3 67 S>|KmR 4.10 1 22. GOAL 1 $Cc***M««l (-1 VU 2.60 Kuwait (M 1/*
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        633 55 Ready to replace Ronaldo THE years of Brazilian dependence on Ronaldo came to an end in Peru yesterday. Because, when the last ball was kicked and the Copa America trophy so lovingly kissed by everyone of the Brazilian squad, realisation set in (right, in front). Realisation that the dependence
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        90 55 Reuters. PERU made a profit of around US$2 million ($3.4 m) on this month's Copa America tournament. "Adding up the gate, sponsorship income worth around US$BOO,OOO and excluding US$3.5 million spending by the organisers, we are left with a profit of US$2 million," said Irzio Pinasco, a senior
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        271 55 AP. BRAZIL'S second-stringers proved in the Copa America they're worthy of playing in the main team at any time, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said after their title triumph. Brazil's experimental squad stunned Argentina's leading stars by winning the South American competition 4-2 on penalties
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        450 55 AP. IN a Copa America devoid of many of South America's top players, the three-week tournament gave rise to a new generation of stars led by Brazil's Adriano and Argentina's Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez. Of course there's seven-goal hero Adriano, and team-mate Luis Fabiano
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        300 55 AP. BRAZIL'S victory in the Gopa America confirms the soccer universe is in a state of flux, Greece's triumph in the European Championship was of supernova proportions, and Brazil's championship was no small warp either. In winning Brazil's third title in four Copas, the "B"
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        204 55 AP. THE last time Argentina were heavily favored to win a title, they were ousted in the first round. Now a loss in a penalty shootout in the Copa America final agonisingly preserves the country's hunt for a championship for 11 years and counting. Coach Marcelo Bielsa came
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      645 56  -  STAR EXCLUSIVE LATEST MOVES The Dutchman explains his sudden decision to retire from football. The winger also looks back on the highs and lows of his career, but admits he now fancies working as a scout for his former club Arsenal. By MARC OVERMARS HOLLAND MY career as
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      164 56 Wire Services. WAYNE Rowley's uncle and fiancee Coleen (Mended the England striker ngemst allegations that he Kept with a social escort. On Sunday it was claimed that Hooney paid for sex with Charlotte Glover after a night out in Liverpool in Dec 200S when the player was 17.
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      105 56 Newcastle could complete the signing of Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt within a week after making a decisive move. It is understood most of the work for a move I thought to amount to £2.smillion (sBm) has been done and that only a series i of minor
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      271 57 PRE-SEASON FRIENPLIES PA Sport. JACQUES Santini (left) is planning to unveil his first-choice Tottenham team in tomorrow's pre-season friendly against Rangers in Glasgow. New head coach Santini fielded "mixed" sides in the weekend clashes with Hull City and Sheffield United as Spurs were held to a 2-2
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      53 57 S-LEAGUE EliSflHi 1 2 GOAL TOTAL GOALS MTfT 1 1 7 MO HO 1600 2 4 .60 HA 14.00 13 4 .10 DH 9.90 4 440 DO 6.00 5 6.20 DA 4.70 6 *J» MU 16<00 7 14.00 a4oo 9+ 25.00 AO 12.00 2.S6
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      138 57 Wire Services. PRESTON 0 BORO 2 JUNINHO staked his claim for a place in the Boro starting line-up with a sparkling effort as Boro ran riot at Preston yesterday. The Brazilian midfielder controlled the show in the second half as Boro cruised to a 2-0 victory
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      720 58 CHAMPIONS WORLD SERIES Kezman warns Premiership top shots Wire Services. HE believes he can shoot down Arsenal's super striker and, with the flick of the boot, also believes he can be more successful than Manchester United's most successful scorer. That's Thierry Henry and Ruud
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      498 60 MAKE no mistake about it. Sir Alex Ferguson is serious. Swanky, but serious. Serious enough to warn Manchester United's Premiership title rivals that last season's failures were mere smudges on a huge canvas of success. L And the message he shouts from the terraces is simple. Man
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