The New Paper, 4 August 2004

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  • Title Section
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    32 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2004 Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS 8 tit J m* pfcr
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      30 1 4 JL—-J. > •> uL R^ V S> rno VV^' 0 BP jt|%/\l|/^ m# uuy 9 H P3IFI Picture/ KUA CHEE SIONG 'When I'm tired from crying, I go to sleep' M
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      27 1 wf Inside. Centro workers hit by pay delays Some workers cheating company, claims nightspot H Vieira's off to Real Arsenal agree to transfer fee of $72m m
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  • SINGAPORE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Pay me my pay
      976 2  -  Tight spot for top nightspot as workers complain to Manpower Ministry By Faith Teo wenli@sph.com.sg IN May, Centro Concepts made the news when it had difficulty paying its rent. Now, some former and current employees say they're owed money too. They claim the company, which manages
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    • Article
      Lock icon 'Some workers cheating company of money, booze'
      396 2 CENTRO Concepts' general manager, Mr Eng Jeng Hwee, initially said his company may have been "holding" certain "terminated" employees' pay "because they were cheating the company's money". He claimed: "At times, when they collect customers' money, instead of putting the change back, they
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    • Article
      Lock icon MOM: FILE WAGE CLAIMS EARLY
      185 2 MOM confirmed it is currently investigating allegations that Centro Concepts owes its workers wages. MOM spokesman Joanne Mitchell added that in such situations, swift action helps: "Workers who do not get paid promptly or regularly should file their claims with MOM early and not allow
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      Lock icon Southern island strangle
      776 3  -  Net on the coast of Lazarus Island kills countless marine animals 100-m nylon menace also poses danger to divers, boats By Teh Jen Lee jenlee@sph.com.sg JR PHANTOM menace has ■■■MR. IM been discovered off the I coast of a southern LmM island here. I I Lurking in
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      Lock icon No drift net rules here
      226 3 THE use of drift nets is one of the most damaging forms of fishing. Over 90 per cent of animals killed in them will be thrown back into the sea because only a small proportion have market value. Another problem with drift nets is that
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      Lock icon How to study without study mummy?
      706 4  -  Geylang rampage victim's son, 8, faces uncertainty By Alvin Chiang alchiang sph. com.sg HIS only hope for a good education and a brighter future has been snuffed out by a drunk driver. Now, eight-year-old Xie Ziheng has only his jobless, 61-year-old grandmother to look
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      Lock icon Sons of victim and driver in same school
      274 4 ACCIDENT victim Xie Yan had more in common with the drunk driver than their friendship. Both their sons attend the same school. Ms Xie Yan's son, Xie Ziheng attends Xinghua Primary School at Hougang Ave 1. And so does the driver's son.
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon Expect better bonuses...
      258 5 because we took "bitter medicine" like... Cutting direct taxe* Retuning CPF Increasing THANKS to tough action and national unity, Singapore's economy is bouncing back. So barring any unexpected changes, workers can look forward to better bonuses this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He attributed
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      Lock icon M'sian PM's teary message
      98 5 We cannot stand before a compassionate God while there is so much we have left undone because we are disunited. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi wiping tears while speaking at the conference of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Kuala Lumpur after a Christian prayer
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      52 5 S'PORE COMPANIES on nasdaq (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 7.36/-0.31 Creative Technology 9.87/+0.05 Flextronics 12.09/-0.42 Chartered Semiconductor 6.26/+0.26 Stats 6.11/+O.Ol Yesterday's Percentage rin«;p action change Dow Nasdaq S+P 500 STI Down 0.58% (58.92 pts) Down 1.73% (32.67 pts) Down 0.63% (6.93 pts) Up 1.3% (24.39 pts) 10.120.24 1,859.42
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      Lock icon Lucas company here
      66 5 FILM company Lucasfilm, headed by director George Lucas, will set up a digital animation studio producing films, television shows and games here. The studio aims to blend Eastern and Western animation elements and will hire up to 300 artists and designers here. Lucasfilm Animation Singapore will be
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      Lock icon China FTA delay?
      73 5 TALKS for a free trade agreement (FTA) with China "could suffer setbacks" because of Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Taiwan, says China's Commerce Ministry. A Chinese English-language daily said that talks could be cancelled or delayed. In response, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo
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      Lock icon Accused killer charged
      81 5 SAF lieutenant Ram Puneet Tiwary, 25, who is accused of murdering his flat-mates in Sydney has been charged with 11 more charges, including possessing child pornography, says an Australian court. Police found five images of girls under 16 engaged in sexual acts in his computer. His flat-mates,
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      Lock icon More insurance cover?
      78 5 AN improved Dependants' Protection Scheme (DPS) for Central Provident Board (CPF) members and their families may include the option of insuring for a higher sum when it becomes privatised next year. This is in response to feedback from the public. Popular suggestions included giving CPF members the
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      Lock icon Perak ducks banned
      78 5 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has suspended the import of ducks from a Perak farm after it found an infection suspected to be avian flu in a consignment which arrived last Wednesday. AVA says it was a precautionary measure, as the suspected infection is low-grade and
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      Lock icon Takeover bid for NOL
      77 5 TEMASEK Holdings has made a surprise $2.82 billion cash offer to buy up 70 per cent of shares in shipping line Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) at $2.80 a share. Before making the offer, it bought 20.3 million shares in the open market yesterday, raising its NOL
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Small boats, big danger
      363 6  -  Transport minister Yeo CheowTong sounds warning on sea terrorism By, Arul John tnp@sph.com.sg SMALL boats can be big trouble too. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong (right) sounded the warning in a speech due to be made at the opening of the International Maritime Port Security Conference
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      Lock icon 'We never forget how old our school is'
      839 7  -  Telok Kurau Secondary School shares same age as Singapore By Grace Chua tnp@sph.com.sg Appearances can be deceptive. Telok Kurau Secondary School (TKSS) is the same age as Singapore and from the outside, it looks like its age is showing. It has been
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      Lock icon Fire in the (pot) belly
      505 9  -  Raffles and St Andrew's old boys to revive Kiwi Cup rugby match By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph. com.sg GREY -haired, potbellied and middle-aged men playing rugby with the passion of schoolboys. That's what happens when old boys from Raffles Institution (RI) and Saint Andrew's School
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      Lock icon Soccer tradition makes comeback
      146 9 ANOTHER prestigious school competition also made its return this year. It is the Ortega Cup a traditional soccer match between the graduating cohort from Raffles Institution and St Joseph's Institution from the 1960s to the mid-1980s. The Cup was started by the late Mr Sydney Michael
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Lucky draw queen
      390 10 Malaysian woman wins more than 150 prizes 11 years IN the past 11 years, a couple from northern Malaysia have won more than 150 prizes- in cash and products from lucky draw competitions. Some of the items they have won include a RMIOO,OOO ($45,000) Mitsubishi Storm four-door
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      Lock icon Woman may have had sex with another man the same day
      301 10 KOBE RAPE TWAL Reuters. KEY DNA evidence shows that the 20-year-old woman who has accused basketball star Kobe Bryant (right) of rape had sex with another man hours after her encounter with him, a defence expert has testified. The
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Factory boss beaten to death by workers over late pay
      265 11 Bernama. HE is alleged to have been late in paying his employees. So he paid with his life. A furniture factory owner in Petaling Jeya was found dead in his factory on Monday night. He is said to have been
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      Lock icon Baby hacked in head
      594 11 Together with granddad and grandma, he was attacked by smiling attacker with axe THE unemployed man was angry that his bride-to-be was taken back by her parents. He arrived on his motorcycle and casually walked towards the elderly couple outside their house at spm. He smiled
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon BBC exposes Olympics 'votes for cash' scandal
      671 13 FORGET Swifter, Higher, Stronger the age-old motto of the Olympics. Pay and win seems to be the new motto of some. Two senior members of the Olympic movement told undercover journalists posing as business agents that they could corrupt the 2012 Olympic bidding
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      Lock icon SHOCKING CONVERSATION
      157 13 This an excerpt from the conversation BBC undercover reporters had with Bulgarian International Olympic Committee member Ivan Slavkov (right). They were posing as representatives for a business group that wanted to bring the Olympics to London in 2012. BBC: So how do you encourage people to... you know...
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      Lock icon We don't ground fat air hostesses... except for one
      181 14 AIR INDIA: AIR India has denied that it discriminated against fat air hostesses. Last Monday, it denied reports that it had grounded 16 overweight air hostesses in the past two years, reported Indian newspapers. However, the women have a different tale
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      Lock icon 25,000 slave labourers in Brazil
      565 15 Work from dawn to dusk, 7 days a week Live in unsanitary conditions Guarded by armed men who threaten, beat them up if they try to escape MORE than a century after slavery was abolished, an estimated 25,000 people are forced into slavery in Brazil,
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      Lock icon Students lock themselves in school to protest language use
      291 16 AP. WHILE other children go swimming or just goof off, 15-year-old Igor Dabija is spending his summer holed up in school. He is one of 60 students aged between 7 and 16, who broke into the school building in Tighina and
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      Lock icon $164,000 earrings, 136 kg lamb
      503 16 Some of the gifts Mr Bush got last year AFP. SAUDI Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz's US$l2B,OOO ($220,224) worth of exquisite jewellery was a gift fit for a king. But Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's 136 kg of lamb probably did more to slake
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      Lock icon Keep a check on fraud
      617 17 Automation, e-commerce have led to scams that steal millions from current accounts Wire services. WHEN an American executive recently scanned her bank statement, she found a US$l39 ($239) charge from a company she had never heard of Pharmacycards.com. She later checked and found out that
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      Lock icon HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF
      232 17 THERE are at least two ways that consumers can better protect themselves against current account fraud. The first is to monitor your bank account. You can check it online regularly if you want to be extra vigilant, but you should always review your monthly bank statement
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      Lock icon Sending a Messenger to Mercury
      225 18 AFP. THIRTY years after the last US mission to Mercury the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has launched a new spacecraft, baptised Messenger, to the mysterious planet closest to the sun. The Delta II rocket carrying Messenger blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Exploding eggshells? They could reduce space junk
      575 22 THE humble egg may provide the solution to a potential threat from space. No, it's not Martians we are talking about. It's something worse space junk can destroy communications and other satellites and scientists want to find ways to minimise the damage that
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      407 24 AP. IF you plan to burn methane gas for energy, here's a piece of good news. The US will provide seed money for private companies to help other nations use their own methane gas emissions as a cheap fuel. It is doing
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon New ways to make money from old ideas
      285 26 Mr Microsoft hits it on the nose Wire services. Microsoft may be best known for its dominant Windows product, but founder Bill Gates is touting software that's far afield from your basic operating system. How about software that can recognise a picture
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      Lock icon Hiring 6,000 worldwide
      156 27 MICROSOFT is also counting on new talent to help it grow. It will hire 6,000 to 7,000 employees worldwide during this fiscal year, including new positions and replacements for people who have leftMicrosoft had about 57,000 employees as of Jun 30. Mr Gates said Microsoft will continue
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      Lock icon Zambia gets tough on cyber crime
      408 28 AFP. THE Southern African government of Zambia wants to put away any computer hackers for a long time 15 to 25 years in jail, to be exact. The reason there is a growing spate of crimes involving hackers who pilfer from dormant bank accounts
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      1105 30 Showtime&Litestyle YEOH WEE TECK (weeteck@sph.com.sg) takes a ride on a bus from Hong Kong to China with world-famous American Idol reject William Hung WILLIAM appear asagueStfartist at 4 U show Esplanade on Sep 12 at Bpm. Tickets are at $48, $58, $68 and $78 from
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      653 31  -  REPORTS AND PICTURES By Adeline Chia chiahta@sph.com.sg SMELLS like durian, said the guy opposite me, nosing his premium quality sake sagely. I found myself agreeing, while instructor Edmund Lee's 1 eyes widened I under the I dim lighting 1 of The Sake 8 Bar Er,
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      585 32  -  No, it's just my wild side showing, he says By Wendy Teo teowyu>@sph. com.sg IF YOU think stripping to his undies is the most and wildest you've seen of Alex To, expect more to come. Already, the Hong Kong singer's steamy music video
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      Lock icon Give me back my cash
      352 33 Bolly actress Amisha Patel tells parents AMISHA Patel has fallen out with her family in a big way. She has served her parents, Mr Amit and Mrs Asha Patel, legal notice, charging them with financial mismanagement. The 29-year-old claimed they had mismanaged assets amounting to
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      Lock icon Bollywood goes to Portugal
      100 33 BOLLYWOOD will have a presence in Portugal next year. The country's biggest film festival, the Oporto International Film Festival, will feature between 15 and 25 films from India, the focus being Indian cinema over the last 20 years. Some of the films expected to be screened
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      Lock icon Boyfriend's alleged betrayal breaks Mahima's heart
      163 34 MAHIMA Chaudhary (above) is heartbroken. The 25-year-old Bollywood actress has called it quits with her tennis player boyfriend, Leander Paes. The three-year relationship ended on an awful note for Mahima, reported The Times of India. She claimed that the 1999 Wimbledon and French Open
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      430 44  -  Singapore racing losing stalwart to Macau By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg TRAINER Bernard Ang has relinquished his Singapore Turf Club licence and will relocate to Macau. The new season at the former Portuguese enclave starts on Sept 18 but Ang will train alongside former Kranji
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      77 44 I have been deliberating retirement farthe past two years. I would have retired/torn Kranji by the end of the year, at the latest. The Macau venture was not part of my original plans. But now that I have been granted a licence by the forward-moving Macau Jockey
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      430 44 AFP. SMARTY JONES, who fell a length shy of becoming the first winner of US flat-racing's Triple Crown in 24 years, will race no more. CJbrdwners Roy and Pat Chapman announced last Monday they have decided to retire Smarty Jones after
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      219 45 GATT HERE: Newly-crowned South Australian champion jockey Paul Gatt is the latest to join the Kranji riding ranks. The 25-year-old has secured a three-month freelance permit with immediate effect and is expected to swing into action on Friday. Gatt, who rides at 52kg, has consistently been among
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      428 45 SCRATCHINGS: The declarations of jockeys for Friday's races will be released today and published in The New Paper tomorrow. Those for Monday's National Day meeting will be released tomorrow and published on Friday. WORKOUTS, on a good track, by horses handicapped on Friday night
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      139 45 .RESULTS of three barrier trials conducted over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Pacific Butterfly (VSivan) 2 Just A Flash (KB Soo)3 As Clockwork (P Gatt) 4 Corporate Trio (J Patton) 5 Light Of Destiny. Unofficial margins and time: IM,
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      235 46 WORKOUTS, on a good track, by horses handicapped on Monday afternoon: OPEN BENCHMARK 67— 1,400 m: Clergy 40.4. Ripening canter/45. Breed To Victory canter/37.8, showed form. Optimum Note canter/35.8. Slow work: Harry's Mate, Cotmory (Sara), looking well, Kypros, Yaakeon, in good shape, Kato, Secret
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        122 46 LAST Thursday, rookie Alan Ng was slapped with a two-day suspension for careless riding aboard Star Yeats on July 25, effective from last Saturday. So, you think Ng will be watching the next two race days of this coming fortnight from the stands, learning his lesson the
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        90 46 A HEAD split the first two runners past the post in Kuala Lumpur's Race 5 last Saturday. But the duo share more in common than meets the eye. Winner Tutankhanem and runner-up Green Supporter are both by 1998 English 2000 Guineas winner King Of Kings. Both also used
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        104 46 SURPRISINGLY, that was what The New Trophy Trophy's winning owner, Mrs Benny Woon of Golden Triumph Stable, believed last Friday night. Believe it or not, Mrs Woon, whose husband was away on business in China, missed the race won by Tom Higgs but arrived just in time
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        99 46 THE best is yet to come from Kranji newbie Trevor Bailey but Bailey Snr is not shying away from the limelight back home. Father Alan won his second Brisbane trainers' premiership in a row in the just-concluded Australian season. He also won the Gold Coast and
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        129 46 TOP apprentice Matthew Kellady's rising star has been given a boost courtesy of an invitation to ride in the Apprentices' Cup Day at Belmont, Perth, on Saturday. Trainer Don Baertschiger's No. 2 jockey will be pitting his skills against Australia's leading young riders, both from Western
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      351 46 NST. GAYA MENAWAN geared up for the RM60,000 ($27,000) Sungei Besi Special Stakes for Class 3 sprinters over 1,200 m on Sunday with a dashing workout yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Made Of Gold cantered one round and
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  • SPORTS
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        334 47 SEMI-FINAL: JAPAN 4 BAHRAIN 3 BAHRAIN coach Srecko Juricic yesterday set aside the bitter disappointment of semi-final defeat to salute his team's fine achievements at the Asian Cup. Bahrain, one of the most improved teams in Asia, qualified second from Group A behind China and defeated
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        175 47 Reuters. KEIJI Tamada snatched a superb extra-time winner as 10-man Japan came from behind twice to beat Bahrain 4-3 yesterday. Tamada capped a two-goal performance with a fine solo effort three minutes into the first extra period, beating three defenders before slipping the ball past Bahrain goalkeeper Ali
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        80 47 Reuters. relentless booing by Chinese fans, some carrying banners that read, "Looking into history, apologise to (Asian) people" a reference to Japan's military aggression in World War II. Said Koizumi: "Sports is a festival for friendship, so I hope both Japanese players and other foreign players
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        243 47 SEMI-FINAL: CHINA 1 IRAN 1 (China win 4-3 on penalties) 3RD/4TH PLACE Friday IRAN v BAHRAIN (8pm) FINAL Saturday CHINA v JAPAN (8pm) AP. HOSTS China have advanced to their first-ever Asian Cup final after a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Iran. The two
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      682 48 HOLLAND: NEW COACH Wire Services. NEW Holland coach Marco van Basten (left) has announced sweeping changes. And the first thing on his agenda was calling up 10 new players and promising a creative, attacking side as the team begins its campaign to qualify for
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      346 48 Bora: Oct *****4, Utrecht Playing careen Holland (1983-1992): 58 caps, 24 goals; Ajax Amsterdam (1981-87): 172 League and Cup appearances, 151 goals; AC Milan (1987-1995) 147 League and Cup, 90 goals Total playing careen 377 matches, 265 goals High points: 1981: Joins Ajax Amsterdam as an 18-year-old from junior
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      462 51 TRANSFER TRAIL PA Sport. Newcastle have put the controversy over the future of Sir Bobby Robson behind them by clinching the signing of one of the hottest properties in French football. Just days after it was confirmed that Robson will not be manager at St James'
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      832 52 OTHER MOVES Newly-promoted Primera Liga club Levante have claimed they have reached agreement with Manchester United to sign Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan (right). The deal would be a loan arrangement for one season but first the Spanish outfit must reach a deal to the satisfaction of
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      Lock icon CHAMPIONS WORLD SERIES: AC MILAN 3 CHELSEA 2
      187 53 PA Sport. HOW THE MATCH WENT: Something old and something new could not prevent Chelsea feeling blue after their final Champions World Series match against AC Milan at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia. Chelsea's Scott Parker flighted in a free-kick and Eidur Gudjohnsen's
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      647 53 GUUS HIDDINK: ROBBEN WILL BE A PREMIERSHIP PA Sport. ARJEN Robben (right) is being tipped to become a Premiership superstar by his former coach at PSV Eindhoven, Guus Hiddink. Robben is one of three outstanding PSV strikers to have left the Dutch club this off-season, snubbing Manchester United in
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      Lock icon Mourinho: Loss a great training session
      302 53 JOSE Mourinho will not read too much into Chelsea's defeat by AC Milan in the final match of their Champions World Series pre-season campaign in the US. Yesterday's loss was the first taste of defeat for Mourinho since he took charge. However, the former
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      621 54 PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES: PA Sport. SPURS IFEYENOORD2 Erik Edman made his debut and Fredi Kanoute bagged his second goal in two friendlies but Spurs lost. Kanoute opened the scoring after 27 minutes with a fine, low, finish from 10 metres following Michael Brown's inch-perfect pass. Feyenoord enjoyed a
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      104 54 PLAYERS with blood on any part of their kit will have to leave the field and change into clean clothing from this coming EPL season. And if the club do not have any spare acceptable kit, the player will not be allowed back onto the field of
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      345 54 PA Sport. VALENCIA'S troubled tour of Japan took another turn for the worse when striker Salva Ballesta launched an angry attack on the lack of opportunities he is getting at the club. He also went as far as to publicly question the wisdom of even travelling to
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      523 55 PAUL SCHOLES TURNS HIS BACK ON ENGLAND ...OTHER POTENTIAL INTERNATIONAL QUITTERS Wire Services. WHEN Sir Alex Ferguson decided to break up his long-standing midfield tandem of Paul Scholes and David Beckham, it was quite telling which player made for the exit. Both men were established internationals, considered as
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      560 55 Reuters. BRUISED and battered by things outside the field as much as on it, England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is picking himself up off the floor again. This time, the devastating blow is one delivered by one of his most important players; 48 hours before the Swede learns
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      303 55  -  STAR EXCLUSIVE m By JAAP STAM AC MILAN I'VE just heard that my former Man U team-mate Paul Scholes has retired from international football. J I must admit that I am f surprised because he is hM still in his 20s and should have plenty more
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      336 55 PA Sport. FRENCH Football Federation president Claude Simonet has stepped up the charm campaign to convince Zinedine Zidane to play on at international level. The Real Madrid midfielder is mulling over his options and is considering devoting himself to club football for the remaining three
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      279 55 Wire Services. APART from Zinedine Zidane, there could be more retirements from France's national team in the coming days. Full-back Bixente Lizarazu, 34, is likely to step down, as is his new Marseille team-mate, Fabien Barthez. The 33-year-old 'keeper, who has just been appointed as
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      465 56 PRE-SEASON WARM-UP (VODAFONE CUP): MAN UTD 1 PSV 0 MORNING LATEST PA Sport. Manchester United finally got their first pre-season victory at Old TrafTord this morning but it was what the crowd did not see rather than what they did that attracted most attention. The
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      182 56 PA Sport. SIR Alex Ferguson believes Paul Scholes has quit international football for family reasons. And the Manchester United boss said he had discussed the player's England future as far back as the beginning of last season. Speaking after United's 1-0 Vodafone Cup win over PSV Eindhoven
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      198 56 PA Sport. WORLD Club champions Boca Juniors opened the Vodafone Cup with a 5-2 win over Japanese outfit Urawa Red Diamonds. Not even the presence of former Aston Villa defender Alpay in the Urawa defence was enough to save them from opponents who proved far
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      95 56 Wire Services. JUVENTUS claimed the Birra Moretti trophy in Italy this morningwhen they beat Inter 1-0, and defeated Palermo in a penalty shoot-out. The Bianconeri saw off the threat of Inter thanks to a David Trezeguet goal. They then drew 0-0 with Palermo, before winning on
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      658 57 ITS a done deal. The wr angling's finally over and Patrick Vieira can start packing his bags. Real Madrid and Arsenal have, at last, agreed to a fee which would soon see the French international putting his signature on the dotted line and slipping into a Real jersey.
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      86 57 S-LEAGUE SCtf e (1) Young Lion* 3.67 (X) Draw 8.52 (2) Horn* 1.77 1 i/a OOAL Young Llona (♦1 1 f2) 1.38 Horn* (-1 1/2) 2.85 1 TOT AL GOAL9 I, 0 18.00 HH 7.SO 1 9.40 HD 12 00 2 5 50
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