The New Paper, 1 February 2005

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  • 31 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2005 Singapore Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MICA (P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS 8 887 the new paper
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1251 2  -  Use fepffic lights like starfsigiiK iS in races JtePF l#|B Havoc #2: They weave in and out of traffic dangerously Police catcha total of 316 reckless driving offenders in 2 months By Teh Jen Lee jenlee@sph. com.sg ITS not quite Fast and the Furious, the Hollywood
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    • 361 3 THE New Paper checked out Yishun Dam recently to see what car club gatherings are like. The online Vios Owners Group Singapore (Vogs) forum said there's a gathering every Wednesday along Yishun Avenue 1 from 9pm on. When we first got there at
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    • 984 4  -  MM Lee Kuan Yew met I,soostudents from three universities last night in a frank and at times blunt exchange. But how well-thought out were the undergrade' questions? DEGREE OF TALENT: Should our universities look beyond our shores to excel? We speakto experts Page 6
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    • 335 5 Yes, you heard me right, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew seemed to be saying to a packed auditorium during his 15-minute introductory speech at last night's undergraduate forum. Because the world has changed, and technology has transformed our lives, "every one of our policies
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    • 666 6  -  Prof Robert Brown of MIT saying that the more high qualify students you have the better the education By Josephine Chew jochew@sph. com.sg A FLURRY of foreign tongues Bengali, Thai, Tagalog, Gujarati. It may only be in the background that you hear the familiar
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    • 160 6 PROPOSALS released by the Steering Committee on university autonomy, governance and funding will be debated in Parliament next month. Should it be passed, this will mean that NUS and NTU will be restructured to a system similar to that of SMtPs. They will be allowed independence
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    • 257 6 NUS: More Mtel rooms Currently we are looking at creating more hostel rooms to provide more NUS students the opportunity for residential experience. We also have a programme of upgrading our physical facilities for students. NTU: More foreign students Omm way to help those in
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    • Article, Illustration
      827 7  -  Harvard students recently got a'Fun Czar' to help them party and unwind. What about our local universities? COMMENT SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO tnp@sph.com.sg DO you remember fun? The last time I had any, it was m accompanied by chicken and sweet sauce (kai fun and chee cheong
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  • The news watcher
    • 176 8  -  COMMENT S.K. JOHN skjohn@sph.com.sg STUDENTS struggling with Chinese may find things a little easier now. They won't have to wade their way through.heavy-going chapters on folklore and customs. Those will be axed now that the syllabus for all students from Primary 1 to Secondary 4, including
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    • 122 8 THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party are considered a sure-winner in Thailand's national election scheduled for Sunday. But analysts are disturbed at the rise of a single party, which they feel, will lead to abuse of power and increase pressure on minorities.
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    • 124 8 ITS a health trend that's taken Singapore by storm. No, we are not talking about the latest slimming pill. It's yoga that Singaporeans are flocking to. About 30 yoga schools have opened recently, with yoga catching on with men more than women. It transcends class.
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    • 111 8 HOLLYWOOD star Sharon Stone created a stir at the World Economic Forum in Davos when she raised US$l million (sl.6million) in 20 minutes to combat malaria in Tanzania. Angelina Jolie, Richard Gere and Bono are also doing charity rounds in the Swiss resort. But Stone's gesture
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  • 54 8 VISITORS admire a huge shoe displayed at a store on Baixia Road in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province. The shoe, made of genuine Jeather, is 2,2smJong, 0.82 m wide.arxd.yveighs 111 kg. .eieriouov I RO nf r*o T mrvrt hiIRV i 30 82 Q* 20
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  • 166 8 POLICE here will soon be armed with stun guns that can emit a 50,000-volt electric current. Patrol officers from two police stations will carry the Taser X 26 stun guns, on top of their Taurus revolver and baton, in a trial period that will begin
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  • 10 8 Yesterday's action change ClO! >e iH I 9
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 610 10  -  Accused may answer 'three', says psychiatrist in murder trial By Chan Tau Chou tauchou@sph.com.sg THERE was a surprise twist in the trial of a man charged with murdering his twin sons. Psychiatrist Dr Tommy Tan a prosecution witness told the court that some
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    • 164 10 THE man is on trial for allegedly murdering his 1-month old twin sons on Jan 21 last year. The 27-year-old and his family cannot be named, to protect the identity of his 3-year-old son. Autopsy reports showed that the twins' skulls were fractured. The accused had allegedly hit
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  • ASK DR MONEY
    • 662 12  -  DR MONEY LARRY HAVERKAMP Mail@AskDrMancy.com HAVE I made what the French call, "Le boo boo'? Have I missed the big picture? Two weeks ago, I wrote about kickbacks from brokers that go to fund managers and NOT to the fund. It is one way
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    • 377 12 WHAT will the fund industry look like in the year 2050? As I see it, we are at a knife's edge. Funds could tilt one of two ways. Scenario 1: We could take the path of countries with intense fund competition like the
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  • 391 14 WORLD STREET racing demons in Hong Kong have been zooming past speed cameras and beating red lights without getting caught. They only have to press a red button next to their gear shift, and the rear car licence plates will flip down so
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  • 392 16 MALAYSIA REV up in style and repent at leisure. That's the message Malaysian authorities are sending to illegal racers on two-wheelers. They could soon lose their licences on the spot and see the spectators cheering them on fined, reported the New Straits Times. These are
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  • WORLD
    • 358 18 Largest US insurance broker settles bid-rigging charges Wire services. SHAMEFUL and unlawful. That's how the largest insurance brokerage firm in the US is going to describe its conduct in a public apology. Yesterday, Marsh McLennan Companies agreed to pay out US$850 million ($1.39
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    • 193 19 Hillary continues with her schedule Wire services. MRS Hillary Clinton, 57, had just begun as address on social security at a private club in New York yesterday when she suddenly collapsed. She told the audience that she was recovering from a bout of
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    • 786 20  -  But what will she be? Here's a take on Stefanie Sun's probable roles as the singer tries her hand at acting Showtime&Lifestyle By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com.sg STEFANIE Sun has a grand plan for the year 2005: To act in a smashing movie. "You
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    • 365 20 STEFANIE has had enough of news headlines that trumpet that she's Back. "I never left..." she protested. But she won't deny that her one-year break from the music scene, during which she travelled, watched a lot of TV and also set up her own
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    • 657 21  -  By Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph. com.sg Not every "disaster" movie is backed by a budget to upsize to blockbuster status. And if it is a big studio picture, it can't either afford to try for adjectives like "edgy", "quirky", "small and charming."
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    • 310 22 CHRISTIAN Bale, the once-buff star of American Psycho, dropped 30kg for this role by eating one can of tuna and an apple a day. That hollow-eyed, sunken-cheeked skeletal structure shuffling about on the screen is such a haunting sight, it threatens to distract you from
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    • Article, Illustration
      218 22 THE hot-blooded Japanese cop in his signature army green coat returns in this long-awaited sequel to the 1998 smash hit Bayside Shakedown. Two years have passed since the kidnapping of the police chief in the prequel and Aoshima (Yuji Oda, above) continues to keep the Wangan region
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    • 710 24 rHE NEW PAPER/Tuesday, February 1,2005 PfflMIE TIIVIE TV P a ge 2 6.00pm: 5.00pm: Point 6.30: Singapore 6.00: Teen 6.oo:Masak 6.02: A Relief 6.00: Samurai X 6.00: The 6.00: 6Stuntmen's Of No Return Today (News) Titans Apa? (Cooking) Mission...The (Episodes 25 26) Simpsons Superweapons World Tour (Drama/Episodes 6.30: Sari Rasa
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  • Tech
    • 803 25  -  The new Treo 650's amazing similarity to the 600 is what makes it such a joy as well as a letdown TECH MAD IAN TAN tanvhi(a>.soh.com.sg DURING the early days of this Tech section, circa October 2003,1 reviewed the Treo 600 smartphone and found
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    • 313 27 AFP. CHINESE opera may be a cultural show that dates back to ancient times but it is about to get a high-tech makeover. China is launching an ambitious digitisation plan to help save traditional Chinese operas from dying out amid the country's rapid modernisation.
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  • 491 29 TECH AP. ARE you using a pirated copy of Microsoft Beware, the software giant is getting tough. Microsoft plans to introduce a new authentication system will still allow people with pirated copies of Windows to obtain security fixes, but their options will be limited. The
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  • 556 31 Blitz to make consumers get used to legal downloading of songs. TECH AP. WHEN it comes to illegal online downloads of music, Europeans are fast catching up with Americans. Music piracy has soared with the explosion of high-speed Internet service in
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    • 423 34 AP. IT'S a bit disorienting: Slip on a set of headphones, turn up the volume and while a listener moves about the room, the music stays put as if coming out of five speakers stuck on a wall. Software engineers in Germany who
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  • RACING
    • 401 41  -  By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph. com.sg TRAINER Patrick Busuttin has secured the services of star New Zealand jockey Michael Walker. The 50-year-old Kiwi handler said yesterday that he was informed of the successful application for a six-month licence for the 20-year-old Maori rider. He said: "It
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    • 810 41 Singapore Guineas *****1 Big Easy 57 (83) (3nzg Laxon-Perfectum) 31-115 Fairy Tale 57 (70) (3nzg Clements-Florida) Don Crack 57 (68) (3argg Shaw-ALA Crabbia) 44-622 Cleveland 57 (61) (3nzg Busuttin-Hydrocarbon) 1 Langston 57 (58) (3ag Pinfield-Perfectum) 5151-0 GunongNaga 57 (57) (3nzg Dragon-Gunong Mas)
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    • 234 41  -  By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg THESE horses impressed at Kranji last Friday and Sunday and are worth following: Thunder Heart: This smart debut winner (clocked lmin 11.4 sec for 1,200 m) will be winning more races. Only three, he has plenty of room for improvement. His come-from
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    • 848 42 Bunga Raya Special Stakes *****0 Be Aware 57.5 (86) (8ag KH Lim-Hydrocartx>n) *****8 U Can I Can 57 (85) (6nzg Khoo-U Can I Can) 32-12 Sneeze In The City 55.5 (82) (4ag Nikolic-SH Yong) 8-0 Portfolios 55 (81) (5ag KF Wong-Mdm SY Yap) *****1
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    • 742 42 5100--Louis Thirteen 57 (99) (9nzg SB Tan-Mdm MF Lee) *****6 Limerick 56.5 (98) (6ag Tennent-Jerai Hill) -***** Speedy Forward 55 (95) (6amg W Liew-Steven) -***** Superb Classic 54.5 (94) (6ag Robert-Effect) --790- Easy Go Lucky 52.5 (90) (5ag Loh-Lion City) -080-9 Just De Best
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    • 2035 43 PENANG TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS JOCKEY Ismadi Ismail pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding at Penang last Sunday and has been suspended for three race days from yesterday. He permitted BUSHRANGE to shift in near the I,OOOm when not clear of SUPER
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  • SPORTS
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      541 44 TENNIS AP. NOT since the 1970s when rivalries among Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase and Guillermo Vilas drew millions of fans has tennis been in a better position to grow. There's a broader balance of power in the men's game with charismatic stars from
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    • 295 44 Reuters. MARTINA Hingis is back and the world of tennis is delighted. Hingis initially claimed her appearance at a low-key tournament in Pattaya this week was a one-off appearance to support the deprived children of Thailand. The Swiss has since acknowledged that
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    • WORLD OF GOLF
      • 289 45  -  SINGAPORE OPEN Lim Han Ming npsports@sph. com.sg WHAT started out as a $20,000 tournament in 1961 is now the region's richest. The 42nd Singapore Open will make a comeback after a hiatus of three years at Sentosa Golf Club's
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      • 715 45  -  COMMENT GODFREY ROBERT npsports@sph.com.sg THERE was an upbeat mood; beaming faces, positive rhetoric and a fulfilling sense of achievement among the big players behind the resurrected Singapore Open. For the occasion yesterday morning at Sentosa was to announce that the championships which teed of in 1961,
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      • 103 46 SINGAPORE OPEN Wire Services. JAPAN have named a star-studded line-up, including three-time US PGA Tour winner Shigeki Maruyama, for the second Visa Dynasty Cup clash with Asia in April. FULLSTRENGTH A weakened Japan side lost by nine points to Asia in 2003, a result dubbed the
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      • 194 46 Wire Services. JUSTIN Leonard rocketed 24 places to 16th in the world rankings after his three-shot victory in the Bob Hope Classic at La Quinta, California, on Sunday. The 32-year-old American fired a five-under 67 on the Palmer Course at PGA West to end a two-year win
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      • 670 46  -  REPORT LIM HAN MING n£)sbQrts(Cl/st)h.corri.sp f \m/ f o AH, the price of stardom. South Korean golfer Kang Soo Yun (left) used to walk on the streets in Seoul without getting mobbed by fans. That was until she turned professional in 1997 and became one of
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    • EPL
      • 175 47 WBAv PALACE PA Sport. DARREN Purse has spelt out the importance of West Brom shackling his former team-mate Andy Johnson if they are to triumph against Crystal Palace. Purse knows all about Johnson from when the duo were together at Birmingham. Johnson has flourished to such an
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        349 47 BOLTON vTOTTENH AM PA Sport. TOTTENHAM manager Martin Jol looks set to give new signing Mido his first go against Bolton. The 21-year-old Egyptian striker, known by his nickname rather than birth name of Ahmed Hossam, arrived with the reputation of a player with vast untapped potential. Mido
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      • 205 47 PA Sport. CHALRTON manager Alan Curbishley has urged Danny Murphy not to try too hard to prove a point when Liverpool come to the Valley. The midfielder left Anfield, frustrated to find himself out of the first-team picture following the arrival
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      • 226 47 PORTSMOUTH v MIDDLESBROUGH PA Sport. MIDDLESBROUGH manager Steve McClaren fears the season could go flat for his club after good early form which raised expectations at the Riverside. Following Saturday's 3-0 defeat against Manchester United in the FA Cup fourth-round, Boro are now
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  • Page 48 Miscellaneous
    • 265 48 NEW PAPER/Tuesday, February 1,2005 gpQJjJg Paj I IVI llf Arsenal take on Manchester United tomorrow morning in what has become one of the world's classic showdowns when comes to club football. ERNEST LUIS gets the views of the KOPI-O KLAN on this showdown... Ata coffeeshop near JaianßesarStadium As long as
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  • SPORTS
    • EPL SHOWDOWN
      • 475 49  -  FROM THE GROUND VENGAMAN THIERRY Henry has scored only once outside London despite being the leading goalscorer in the Premiership. That was the goal against Norwich. The matter is made worse by the fact that Henry has not scored a goal for six games.
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      • 610 49 FA CUP FIFTH ROUND THE DRAW: Bolton v Derby/Fulham West Brom/Tottenham v Nottingham Forest Everton v Man United Charlton v Leicester Burnley v Blackburn Southampton v Brentford/Hartlepool Newcastle v Chelsea Arsenal v West Ham/Sheff Utd Ties to be played on the weekend
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    • 1387 50 EPL HOW OUR TIPSTERS FARED LAST WEEKEND (FA CUP): i SAINTS v PORTSMOUTH Brian: 1x2,1/2 Goal, TG (1x2: Saints 1/2 Goal: P'Mouth TG: 3 Edwin: 1/2 Goal, TG HT/FT: D H) Tay: 1x2,1/2 Goal, TG, HT—FT E£:l/2Goa| GOal NEWCASTLE v COVENTRY Tav- 1x2 TG (Newcastle, Newcastle,
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    • Article, Illustration
      756 51  -  EPL By Ernest Luis npsports@sph.com.sg THERE is.a theory that Arsenal and Manchester United may just settle for a draw tomorrow morning. But with 14 rounds left in this season's Premiership race, won't a draw simply hurt their title chances further? Not quite. Consider the equation here. Chelsea lead
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    • 580 52  -  EPL By Tay Sze Siong npsports@sph. com.sg IT is strange sometimes how luck can change in one moment. Last week, my friend Victor told me that he betted wrongly on Bolton to win against Blackburn and won quite a bit of money. If he
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    • EPL SHOWDOWN
      • 1073 53 Arsenal-Man U encounters are often fiery. It takes the best referees to keep the players under control Graham Poll has been given the task of managing the match tomorrow. Is he good enough? GARYLIM examines his record IT must surely be an unenviable task refereeing Manchester
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      • 629 54  -  m CESC FABREGAS ARSENAL BEFORE the defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in October we were in great form, playing our best football in breaking the Premiership's unbeaten record. But nothing lasts for ever and it came to an end that day. It's true that we
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      • 410 54  -  By JOSE ANTONIO REYES ARSENAL By RYAN GIGGS MAN UNITED I MUST admit that the match at Old TrafFord in October was the toughest of my career so far. No match that I have ever played in before or since has been harder. I picked
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      • 557 55 Glamour Premiership match or just men behaving badly? Have Arsenal versus Manchester United matches gone out of control? WANGMENGMENG speaksto ESPN STAR Sports football presenter SHEBBY SINGH on the eve of the big clash at Highbury Arsenal and Manchester United have never been
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      • 339 55 "I'M particularly concerned about the refereeing issue ahead of this game. It was not wise to appoint Graham Poll weeks ahead of this match. "The referee is always looked upon as the man in control. His decisions have to be spot-on. But by appointing Poll
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      • 731 55  -  REPORT WANG MENG MENG npsports@sph.com.sg THAT'S what he is. Shebby Singh is already in the spotlight as a presenter on ESPN STAR Sports. He has also taken flak for his support of yo-yo team Tottenham Hotspur. But not many know about his juggling act to balance punditry
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      • 1037 57 ARSENE Wenger spent much of the weekend fervently claiming that his Arsenal side are the fairest team in the Premiership. Two hundred and fifty kilometres north, Sir Alex Ferguson was contending much the same about Manchester United. Tonight, in what will be the most
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      • 574 58 PA Sport. SOL Campbell (below) has stirred up tensions further before tonight's clash between Arsenal and Manchester United. He insisted yesterday their rivalry is "bitter and personal". Campbell would see Premiership victory at Highbury tonight as "one of our sweetest ever wins"
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      • 506 59  -  By Brian Miller npsports@sph. com.sg IT isn't getting any better. Only more bitter. Arsenal and Manchester United. Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson. Highbury and Old Trafford... Rivalry? Sure. It's as old as the hills. It's been around for so long that even if they somehow became
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    • 234 54 League Home Team Away Team Match Kick Off I I I I (Singapore date/time) I E Premier Portsmouth Middlesbrough Wed, 02/02/05 3.45 am E Premier West Bromwich Crystal Palace Wed, 02/02/05 3.45 am E Premier Bolton Tottenham Wed, 02/02/05 4.00 am E Premier Arsenal Manchester Utd Wed, 02/02/05 4.00 am
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  • Page 58 Miscellaneous
    • 121 58 1 EPL ARSENAL v MAN UTV Ch 23,3.55 am, tomorrow fll CHARLTON v LIVERPOOL Ch 24,3.55 am, tomorrow BOLTON v TOTTENHAM Delayed, Ch 24,6 am, tomorrow ararvsMwnivßoiio Delayed, 6am, Ch 23, tomorrow BIRMINGHAM* SAINTS Delayed, 6pm, Ch 23, tomorrow WEST BROMv PALACE Delayed, 6pm, Ch 24, tomorrow MAN CITY vNEWCASTLE
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