Streats, 9 October 2000

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 9 October 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • Article
    Lock icon On the internet, surfers in Singapore are... Frequently seeking SEX
    559 1  -  by Karen Chan WHEN surfing in Singapore, users often tap S, then E then X. And then they click... Go Get It! So many surfers are doing it that “sex" has become the top search word in one major portal.
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  • morning rush
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      Lock icon Oil slick contained
      50 1 THERE are no more oil patches from the beached tanker Natuna Sea in the seas off Sentosa, St John’s Islands and East Coast Park. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) remain vigilant for any signs of new oil patches drifting into Singapore from Indonesian waters.
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      Lock icon Gaza ceasefire
      59 1 NETZARIM, Gaza Strip Police yesterday cleared protesters from a military post in the Gaza Strip after a surprise ceasefire. Israeli General Yom Tov Sarnia said he had reached a ceasefire agreement with Palestinians. Israeli PM Ehud Barak has warned of action if the West Bank and Gaza strife
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      Lock icon PCs for the needy
      43 1 THE North-East Community Development Council will give personal computers to families with monthly household incomes of less than $1,500. It will come complete with Internet facilities and Microsoft software programmes. So far, 60 families have received new HP computers.
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      56 1 Black BQMMGZ More young Singaporeans are trying to look like pop idols such as Taiwanese singer Shino (left). And the pop idols in turn are trying to look like ang mohs. It's the dye-hard craze of head-turning platinum, turquoise, purple or even red hair. But do they know what they're
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      Lock icon Kallang ski tragedy
      393 2  -  by Stephanie Goh A CHINESE man, believed to be in his 40s, died after he was hit by a speedboat in Kallang River on Saturday afternoon. The accident happened at about 4.20 pm in the middle of the river, near Merdeka Bridge, an area strictly reserved for
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    • Interchange
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        Lock icon Read, don't eat
        310 2 AS Streats is widely read and becoming the “in” thing for most commuters, I hope that you can highlight the problem of eating in trains and buses. It is obvious that eating and drinking is prohibited in trains and buses. There are enough signs around to remind
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        Lock icon Be friendly, fold the paper
        94 2 To commuters in MRT trains: Try not to spread Streats fully when you read it please, as the MRT train is so cramped. If you fold and read, more commuters can board the train, especially if you're reading nearthedoor. To drivers: "traffic jams" are being
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        Lock icon Charity on the Streats
        199 2 Streats is very digestible, interesting and informative. On top ofali this, it is FREE! However, I think you and I can do a bit more for charity. I suggest that the public should 'pay', ranging from one cent to whatever they wish. If just 160,000 people
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      Lock icon Nine piggies gone from the market
      204 3 Thieves tike pig carcasses worth $2,000 BODY-SNATCHERS have struck three times in the last three weeks. Their looting ground the wet market at Blk 341, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. Their target: Pork. Their hits: Sept 21, 27, and last Saturday. Their haul: Nine
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      Lock icon Wallet lost, kindness found
      139 3 onekindact Mohana Rani, 27, housewife: I was on a train going home a fortnight back. As it neared the station where I get off, I received a phone call from one of the SMRT staff at Novena station. The person informed me that I had left
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      Lock icon Donations pour in for boy in coma
      158 3 WELL-WISHERS have been all heart, raising more than $15,000 for nine-year-old Lee Xiong Ming, who has been in a coma since a car accident in July. Dr Anthony Chung, a representative from The Singapore Scout Association, presented a $15,350 cheque to the boy’s
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teachers pushing Ducks
      135 3 WHAT do you do when you can’t go to work? You could hang out at the mall. With a purpose. Twelve pre-school teachers or supervisors from Touch Childcare and Family Centre were at Tampines Mall, selling ducks. To be more exact, they were getting shoppers to adopt
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      Lock icon Students inspire teacher's win
      149 3 A DISCUSSION with his students led to bigger things outside the classroom for Raffles Institution teacher, Otto Fong. Mr Fong won both the first and third prizes in the cartoon competition, Toon Craze Toon Grace on the theme Lifestyles of Singapore Telecommunications. The 32-year-old said he
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      Lock icon Watch out for 'Francis'
      274 4 He sells sob story to at least six women and vanishes with their money IF you’re an approachable and friendly woman, watch out. A twentysomething tanned man, who is normally seen wearing army fatigues and goes by the name of Francis, might well approach you on
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      Lock icon Bikers rev up to help hairy rhinoceros
      133 4 RHINOS may look tough, but they too need their champions. And who better to look to than tough bikers? About 200 bikers rode their Harley Davidsons and BMWs into the Singapore Zoo car park yesterday in support of World Animal Day They had
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      Lock icon Happily ever after
      211 4 HE waited for her for seven years. Mervin Andrews waited that long for his wife to get her career started first before they got married. Mr Andrews, an Eurasian, 74, a retired policeman and his Chinese wife, Jessie, 66, a retired nurse, were among 77 couples from
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      Lock icon IT for the 'uninitiated'
      276 4 E-MAIL. Internet chat. Online photo albums. E-banking. They’re not just for the young and you’re not too old to learn, not if Mr Charles Chong has his way. Mr Chong, the MP for Pasir Ris GRC, is the chairman of the North-East Community Development Council, which
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        Lock icon Unconscious in Boat Quay
        112 4 TWO youths were found lying unconscious in a side lane near No. 18 Circular Rd yesterday. Police arrived at the scene at 2.17 am yesterday morning and tried to wake up the two 19-year-old boys but with no success. One of the youths, who had tattoos
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        Lock icon Boy found dead in canal
        181 4 THE BODY of a 15-year-old student, Rahmat Sharifudin9 (left) who was reported missing two, days earlier was found floating in Bendemeer canal on Saturday morning. Rahmat, a student of Geylang Institute of Technical Education, left home for school last Wednesday but failed to return home
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        Lock icon DPM Tan leaves for Europe
        108 4 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan, leading a team comprising government officials and university academics, left here yesterday for a study trip to Denmark, Sweden and Germany. The visit is part of the overall effort to learn more about the development of some of the world’s
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      Lock icon Raining tiles in Yishun
      144 5 RESIDENTS of Block 928, Yishun Central 1 experienced strange weather last Saturday it rained wall tiles at Ipm. Shin Min Daily News reported that residents and pedestrians heard a thunderous crashing sound and saw wall tiles falling from 10 stories up. A secondary school boy who
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      Lock icon NUS business school tops again
      249 5 THE National University of Singapore business school has been picked as the top Asia-Pacific MBA institute for the 'Second year running. Nanyang Technological University’s business school also made it to Asia Inc’s Top 10 list up to eighth spot from 11th last year. This, the
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        50 5 If you're into pottery, head on down to the ART-2-Gallery at The Substation. Today's the last day to view works by homegrown potters like Iskander Jalil, Chua SooKimandGoh Eck Kheng, and also pastel drawings by Win Pe Myint. From 11 am to 7pm. It's free. Call 338-8713.
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        Lock icon From today...
        75 5 In conjunction with the Breast Cancer Awareness Week which runs till Oct 14, a Breast Care Nurse Specialist will answer questions when you call the Cancer Helpline at 225-5655. You will be able to get up-to-date information on cancers, treatments, early detection, prevention and screening issues as well
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        Lock icon Remember...
        61 5 If you intend to renovate your house, don't forget to check out the relaxed guidelines issued by HDB. Thirty renovation items will no longer require the HDB's approval before works can be carried out. You can refer to HDB's website at http://www.hdb.gov.sg for more detailed f information or grab
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      64 5 Our weather girl says It's ideal weather to sleep in today. Too bad it's already Monday. Showers over most areas are expected in the morning. Temperatures will hit a high of 32 degrees Celsius. High tide will reach 2.4 m at 8.56 pm. Weather girl from Jeffery Chung Models Outfit:
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      Lock icon New media, old message
      134 6 betweenthelines Mfbntent, on the Internet, is really about other people. E-mail and instant messaging are way out in front in surveys of how people use the web. People spend far more time searching for health, consumer or local information than on traditonal media-industry products. Thanks to
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      Lock icon Let's watch radio!
      707 6 ONE morning last week, I was rudely awakened by a hysterical whine on the radio. It was Hamish Brown, co-host of Power 98’s morning show, waxing lyrical over his new co-host, TV’s pretty face, Vivian Tan. The new morning team that Safra Radio has dreamt up to
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Irian Jaya violence Indon cops get tough
      270 8 Shooting order restores calm after riots kill 30 in two days JAKARTA Indonesian police with orders to shoot on sight have begun pacifying a remote West Papua town after the killing of 30 people in the latest violence to rock the restive region.
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      Lock icon North Korean envoy leaves for US
      74 8 -AFP SEOUL Vice Marshall Jo Myong-Rok, the number two in the North Korean regime, left Pyongyang yesterday for a key visit to the US to meet President Bill Clinton and other top US officials. He will be the most senior North Korean official to
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        Lock icon Stub it out
        50 8 Are you having a hard time convincing your chain-smoking father to quit being a walking chimney? Visit www.Lifesaver.co.uk. This site has been organised so you can access information about the effects of smoking, reasons and the benefits of quitting, and tips on how to get through withdrawal.
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        Lock icon Too tuff to puff
        64 8 If you have seen the movie The Insider, you will know the harm smoking can bring to you and your family. At Kickbutt.org/learn, you can learn all about the dangers and health risks of tobacco, the sneaky tactics the tobacco industry uses to peddle its stuff,
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      Lock icon Indonesia sees economic revival
      199 8 -AP SINGAPORE Despite political turmoil, Indonesia’s top economic minister predicted a bright future for his nation’s economy, insisted there was no friction with the International Monetary Fund and said his people need more time to overcome their history of dictatorship. “This is not an easy job,”
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        Lock icon Quake rocks west Japan
        174 8 ap TOKYO A fairly strong earthquake rocked western Japan yesterday, two days after a more powerful tremor buckled streets, knocked down houses and paralysed traffic for hours in a nearby region, officials said. Sunday’s magnitude 5.4 earthquake was centred 10km beneath eastern Shimane prefecture (state), located
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        Lock icon Sumba island feels tremor
        88 8 -AFP JAKARTA An undersea earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has shaken Sumba island in eastern Indonesia but there were no reports of casualties or damage. Antara, the state news agency quoted the geophysics and meteorology office in Jakarta as saying the quake struck on
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        Lock icon N Korea military shake-up
        126 8 -AFP SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong-ll has ordered a military shake-up, promoting 44 generals ahead of the anniversary of the communist nation’s ruling party. It was the second military reshuffle since Kim was officially named supreme leader of the Stalinist state two years ago. Experts
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      Lock icon Barak tells Arafat Stop violence in 48 hours
      188 10 JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday that Israel will use all means to stop the violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat fails to halt it within 48 hours. In a nationally televised
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      Lock icon Divers training to retrieve Kursk bodies
      76 10 -AP ST PETERSBURG, Russia A team of Russian divers left for Norway yesterday for training with Norwegian divers in preparation for retrieving bodies from the sunken Kursk submarine. The 15 divers flew from St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport to the port of Bergen from where
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      Lock icon Teenage buying power
      46 10 gofigure_ -Teen Research Unlimited How much did American teenagers spend last yearT US$ 153 billion (*****.7 billion). Spending by teenage girls topped US$6O billion (S$ 103.8 billion). Much of the spending was on music and movies, making them ideal targets for Web businesses.
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      Lock icon Kostunica takes control in Yugoslavia
      188 10 Reuters BELGRADE New Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica started his first full day in office yesterday. Mr Kostunica, a 56-year-old constitutional lawyer, took power late on Saturday at a joint session of parliament. “Everything is peaceful and Yugoslavia and Serbia have joined the community of democratic
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      Lock icon US to share intelligence with India
      184 10 -AFP NEW DELHI The US will share intelligence on terrorist camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan with India, the Hindustan Times reported yesterday. The report added the information would enable India to deal with militant groups in Kashmir. It said US intelligence agencies had obtained
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        Lock icon Kwasniewski favoured
        105 10 -ap WARSAW Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski was heavily favoured to win a second five-year term as Poland voted yesterday in its third presidential election since the end of communism in 1989. The main question was whether Mr Kwasniewski would get the 50 per cent vote to win in
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        Lock icon Floods worsening
        86 10 -AFP DHAKA, Bangladesh Thousands of refugees poured into camps in Bangladesh yesterday, adding to the three million people hit by deadly floods. As floodwaters surged into the sea, officials in the coastal district of Satkhira warned it was getting worse. Some 15,000 people had fled their homes in
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        Lock icon Soldiers swop on anvil
        107 10 -AFP BEIRUT -A “Western capital” has contacted the Shiite radical Hezbollah movement to negotiate a swop of the three Israeli soldiers seized Saturday for Lebanese detained in Israel, a Beirut paper said yesterday. “Hezbollah was contacted by a western capital seeking an exchange between this party
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        Lock icon Parade sparks protest
        145 10 -AFP DENVER, Colorado A parade honouring Christopher Columbus became a flashpoint of discord here on Saturday, as Native American and Italian-American communities sparred over the explorer. As Saturday’s procession, sponsored by the local Italian-American community, snaked through Denver, several hundred Indians demonstrated, and about 150 protesters were
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      Lock icon Yeltsin knew of Clinton sex scandal in advance
      231 11 Reuters MOSCOW Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, in a broadcast interview, said he had known in advance of the impending sex scandal involving US President Bill Clinton but chose not to warn him. Mr Yeltsin, interviewed by ORT public television to coincide
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      Lock icon 'New and improved' Paula Jones bares all in Penthouse
      140 11 new york Paula Jones, whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to calls for President Bill Clinton’s impeachment by the US House of Representatives, will feature in a nude spread in the Magazine, Penthouse. The New York Daily News tabloid reported that the
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      Lock icon Heavenly King insured for US$1 billion Boob queen insured for $0
      184 11 HONGKONG Looks like the film company behind the actionpacked and accident-ridden Thunder Cops is more worried about Aaron Kwok than his female lead Japanese actress Norika Fujiwara (above). So much so that Aaron was insured for US$1 billion as
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      Lock icon Geldof gets Tiger Lily
      168 11 Reuters LONDON Former rock star Bob Geldof is likely to gain custody of the orphaned daughter of exwife Paula Yates and her Australian lover Michael Hutchence after striking a deal with Hutchence’s family, the Sunday Mirror newspaper said. Paula Yates, the mother of Heavenly Hiraani Tiger
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      469 12 D Hni v It’s here again your chance to do something for charity and win big bucks simply by adopting a duck! For only $lO, you’ll get a serialised numbered certificate to one of the racing ducks in The Straits Times Million Dollar Duck Race 2000 at the Singapore River
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      Lock icon Dye-hards
      884 13  -  More Singaporeans are into colouring their crowns But do they Imm what they're doing to their Jjimrn by Sarah Ng ONCE upon a time, you would have died for lustrous black hair the kind you see models flicking about in shampoo advertisements. Not so today. Check out any Singapore
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      Lock icon Smooth, satisfying congee
      200 14  - Smooth satisfying congee vmmoes by Judi Low SOME days it’s all you want for lunch that familiar, comforting, easy-on-the-stomach staple the way Mum makes it hot congee. Nam Heng Delights, at Tampines Mall food court serves several varieties. I tried the one with century egg with pork balls and sotong.
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          Lock icon CANCER: UNTOUCHABLE
          62 14 7.30 pm, Channel News Asia All you need to know about cancer is documented in this programme. Each year, more than six million people die of this disease. However, the irony of the situation lies in the fact that the surgery, chemotherapy and nadiation treament used to treat
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          Lock icon JUDGING AMY
          73 14 10.45 pm, TCS 5 Amy Brenneman was nominated for an Emmy i this year for I her role as I Superior Court 1 Judge Amy Grant, a mother of a six-year-old girl, who is sepa- rated from her hus- band. Tyne Daly co-stars as her opinionated social-worker mother,
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          Lock icon VERONICA'S CLOSET
          49 14 11.45 pm, TCS 5 This sassy sitcom starring Kirstie Alley returns for a third season. Tonight’s debut sees Veronica blaming herself fk after reading Wk about Alec’s 111 tragic death IH while on a m vacation that m she was supf posed to be with him on.
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          Lock icon SPAWN
          58 14 10.30 pm, HBO (SCV 60) Based on Todd McFarlane’s best-sell- j ing comic series, A Spawn is the inciner- tj ated remains of a I murdered assassin who comes back to life in order to see his 1 wife. His pact with the devil also endows him with superhuman
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          Lock icon JOHN LENNON: GIMME SOME TRUTH
          62 14 11pm, Arts Central This hour-long documentary captures the working sessions behind the classic album, Imagine. The progress of each song featured on the album is followed from inception to the final recording. The show also goes behind the tall walls of Tittenhurst Park, private home
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      Lock icon Excuse me, what do you feel about marriage?
      257 16  -  IxShen recently starred in a drama about singlehood and marriage. So what are his own thoughts about the two? by Violetta Wong Y This is a daily feature in which we ask the most pertinent (or impertinent) question of the day LIKE
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          Lock icon Serena's first title in Japan
          74 22 -AFP TOKYO Olympic doubles champion Serena Williams (left) celebrated her debut in Japan by beating Julie Halard-Decugis to win the singles title at the WTA Princess Cup tennis tournament yesterday. The American second seed, who has been struggling to hit her lightning first serves this
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          Lock icon Graf looks at adoption
          107 22 -AFP OFFENBURG, Germany Former world number one Steffi Graf is mulling the idea of adopting a deprived child as part of her work with children’s charity Children for Tomorrow, she revealed yesterday. “I always say to myself ‘you must do something, you can’t turn your back
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          Lock icon Goalkeeper Chilavert scores
          79 22 -AP BOGOTA, Colombia Paraguay goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert scored from a free kick as his team beat Colombia 2-0 away in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday. Chilavert, booed throughout for some provocative pre-match comments, curled the ball around the Colombian wall in the 90th minute to
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          Lock icon Maldini most capped player
          79 22 Reuters MILAN Paolo Maldini (right) became Italy’s most capped player of all time when he took the field against Romania in Italy’s World Cup Group 8 qualifier making his 113th international appearance. Maldini surpassed Dino Zoff’s previous record of 112 and was congratulated by all his
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          Lock icon Support for Daum
          68 22 -AP BERLIN Franz Beckenbauer and Rudi Voeller threw their support behind embattled Christoph Daum taking over the German team as planned. Voeller, the interim coach who has now led a revived Germany to three straight victories, said he still plans to step down for Daum on June
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          Lock icon Schumi to see out contract
          104 23 -AFP BERLIN Freshly-crowned Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is to see out his contract with Ferrari and may well stay with the ‘prancing horse’ stable beyond its expiration in 2002, his manager Willy Weber said yesterday. As Schumacher celebrated wrapping up his third drivers’ crown
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          Lock icon Hakkinen disappointed
          112 23 AP SUZUKA, Japan Though he flashed a thumbs-up after climbing out of his car at the end of the race, Mika Hakkinen made no effort to hide his disappointment at letting the race and driver’s championship slip through his fingers. “Naturally I feel a bit disappointed,” said the
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          Lock icon Maranello goes wild
          105 23 Reuters MARANELLO, Italy Ferrari’s home town went wild with joy yesterday as residents celebrated Michael Schumacher’s winning the Italian Formula One team’s first drivers’ title in 21 years. Church bells rang out in Maranello after the German crossed the finish line in the Japanese Grand Prix to
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        Lock icon England's tough choice
        396 22 Reuters LONDON -With foreign coaches being increasingly popular in the Premier League, the English Football Association is now willing to break with tradition and look at non-English candidates for the national job, following the resignation of Kevin Keegan. Keegan, who quit after Saturday’s group nine 1-0 defeat
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        Lock icon Eric 'the Eel' heads to Royal Albert Hall
        175 22 -AP LONDON First it was the Sydney Olympic pool now it’s the Royal Albert Hall for sudden celebrity Eric The Eel’ Moussambani. The swimmer who shot to worldwide fame at Sydney 2000 by struggling to reach the end of the pool in
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        Lock icon Beckham almost 'cracked-up'
        205 22 -AFP LONDON Manchester United and England star David Beckham admits he has almost “cracked up” under a relentless barrage of abuse from opposing fans, often levelled against his pop star wife and son. In an interview with the Observer Sport Monthly, he said he has been only
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        Lock icon Winning in the rain
        438 23 -AFP Schumacher grabs his third title and in the process ends Ferrari's 21 -year drought SUZUKA, Japan, Master of the wet Michael Schumacher ended Ferrari’s 21-year drought when he won the drivers’ championship by taking the Japanese Grand Prix here yesterday in 1 hr, 29min, 53.3455ec.
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        Lock icon drivers'championship.
        98 23 drivers' championship. (pts) 1. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 98 2. Mika Hakkinen (Fin) McLaren 86 3. David Coulthard (Gbr) McLaren 67 4. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 58 5. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Williams 24 6. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Benetton 18 7. Jacques Villeneuve (Can) BAR 15 8. Jenson Button (Britain) Williams
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        Lock icon Constructors' championship
        30 23 (pts) 1. Ferrari 156 2. McLaren 143 3. Williams 36 4. Benetton 20 5. BAR 18 6 Jordan 17 7. Arrows 7 8. Sauber 6 9. Jaguar 3
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        Lock icon Mourning has kidney disorder
        166 23 AP The undisclosed ailment was discovered during a routine physical examination andrequires further tests. BOCA RATON, Florida, Miami Heat All-Star centre Alonzo Mourning has a kidney disorder and will be sidelined indefinitely, the team announced on Saturday. The undisclosed ailment was discovered during a routine physical
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