Streats, 15 January 2002

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  • 17 1 STREATS TUESDAY 15 January 2002 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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    541 1  -  Japan PM, DPM Tan on economic opportunities by SARAH NG ONE day after signing a historic free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore, Japan unveiled a plan for closer integation with Asean. The FTA, signed on Sunday, should be a model for closer economic and security ties with
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  • 265 1 mmnqrush THE picture of innocent wonder on a little boy’s face was what finally turned the tide for Chek Jawa and saved it from bulldozers, after months of lobbying by nature conservation groups. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said so himself
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  • LOCAL
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      298 2 Premium Apartment showflats launched in Jurong West HUNTING for a Housing Board flat has never been easier. In response to requests, the HDB has launched its Premium Apartment showflats for public viewing. Previously, only Standard flats could be viewed. Starting today, one "type A and one Type
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    • 140 2 JUST two days from bite to diagnosis. That’s how long it’ll take from the time an Aedes mosquito bites you to find out if you have contracted the dengue virus it may have been carrying. AP Genome, a Singapore life-sciences company, said it has developed
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    • 87 2 onekindact Siti I lost my little bag in which I had my wallet and my IC, some money and my new mobile phone, at Jurong West Central Blk 861 near the coffeeshop on Dec 31. lam very, very grateful to 'BH' who has unselfishly returned me my bag.
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    • 251 2 ALL Muslim political, religious and community leaders and groups so far have unanimously supported the Government’s actions in the recent arrests of terrorist suspects in Singapore. But Fateha has called on the Government to reconsider Singapore’s alliance with the US military. The
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    • 166 2 SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan has applied for a Queen’s Counsel to defend him. Dr Chee has asked the High Court to allow Australian Stuart Littlemore to be his lawyer. Mr Littlemore specialises in defamation laws. At the hearing of Prime Minister
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    • 592 3  -  Crowds gather around plastic tracks as race cars zip by reports by KAREN CHEN A FEW months ago, bubble tea was all the rage in the heartlands. Now it’s the turn ofTamiya. Tamiya 4WD (four-wheel drive) race cars have taken over the town centres, as the
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    • 247 3  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER never call the police hotline and say you’re a dangerous man and that you’re going to burn all the cars in the carpark. A delivery man realised the folly of his actions when he landed in court yesterday over the call he
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    • 218 3 THEY might as well be called the Tamiya family. And they are not the only one in Singapore. Two months ago, the Tamiya bug bit the 11-year-old son of Mr Edward Han, 41. The “contagion” quickly spread to his family. They now own more than 10 cars among
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    • 152 3  -  by SONNY PHUA ALL 13 Anglican High School students sent to the Changi General Hospital for suspected food poisoning yesterday were given outpatient treatment and sent home. The students, eight girls and four boys, were taken to the hospital by their teachers at about 1.30 pm after
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    • 194 8 I REFER to ‘“Don’t spread your diseases” notice needed on MRT trains’ (Streats, Jan 9) by‘MRT traveller’. The writer suggested that notices which instruct people to cover their mouths and noses when they sneeze or cough be put on the trains. I doubt if
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    • 118 8 WHEN I was travelling on the MRT last year, a lady sneezed right in front of me. That very day, I started to feel feverish. Within a week, I was hospitalised. My high fever was due to a viral infection. Till the very moment the person
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    • 150 8 EACH time it rains at Pasir Ris, we the residents of Drive 6, are forced to walk through a flooded Pasir Ris Town Park (near Pasir Ris Fishing Pond) in order to get to the MRT station or home. The path across this park is
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    • 171 8 I REFER to the letter ‘Non-residents have options for HDB parking’ by Mr Wee Kiat Sia of HDB (Streats, Jan 9). I concur with Mr Wee that if a season ticket holder can park in different estates, spaces allocated to residents might be filled by
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    • 197 8 I FULLY understand Singaporeans must manage their CPF savings properly to see them through retirement. But in such difficult times when one can’t even pull through the present, is there any future to talk about? One has to take care of the present in
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    • 67 8 I REFER to Mr Sundar Phillip’s letter “Quiet honesty” (Streats, Jan 10). We would like to thank him for commending our driver, Mr Ang Eng Hwa of SHB ***** for his considerate act. We will be giving him due recognition for his honesty. We believe this incident
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    • 105 8 AFTER watching the Channel U variety show last Sunday on travelling on buses, I would like to speak on behalf of those bus captains. We can’t put all the blame on bus captains because some accidents are caused by motorists, passengers or pedestrians. In my
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  • MEDICAL
    • 298 4 Reuters NEW YORK Low doses of aspirin cut the risk of heart attack and stroke among people at high risk, an analysis of close to 300 studies shows. “This study shows that aspirin is beneficial in an even wider range of conditions than previously believed,” said
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    • 66 4 health fact Chronic glaucoma, a major cause of blindness, is caused by a pressure buildup in the eyeball due to an imbalance between the rate at which the fluid there is produced and drained. It worsens with age. About half of people with glaucoma don't know they have
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    • 196 4 THERE is a new drug available here for the treatment of leukaemia. Glivec, which costs about $4,500 for a month’s supply, gives some leukaemia patients an easier-to-take medication with fewer side-effects. Patients take four to six of the pills a day, instead of injections with
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    • 115 4 Qt When gastric attacks happen, would drinking milk help? Why? A l Generally, the answer is no. Drinking large quantities of milk has been shown to increase the secretion of acid in the stomach. However, if the "gastric attacks"are brought on by hunger, eating food may improve the
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  • FINANCIAL
    • 162 6 AS AT 9 AM Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies 1 Bid t Offer Australian dollar 0.9450 0.9680 Canadian dollar 1.1400 1.1640 Euro 1.6350 1.6650 NZ dollar 0.7690 0.7890 Sterling pound 2.6500 2.6780 US dollar 1.8330 1.8450 Local dollars to 100 units of
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    • 320 6 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan may be sceptical about the US economy’s prospects for a swift bounce out of the recession. His faith, however, in tech-nology-driven economic gains for the longer-term appears as solid as ever. The Fed chief indicated
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    • 492 6 STI: 1,731.52 27.45 Reuters THE main share index bounced from early Wall Street-led losses yesterday to close at its highest level since May, powered by institutional buying in banks and some blue chips. “There’s a reflux of funds back to Singapore as a
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    • money scan
      • 73 6 Reuters CELLULAR operator Mobile One (Ml) is planning to raise $5OO million to fund its operations, industry sources said yesterday. The shareholders of Ml are Singapore Press Holdings, Keppel Corp, Cable Wireless and Pacific Century CyberWorks. International Financing Review said six banks ABN AMRO,
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      • 57 6 Reuters KEPPEL Corp s utilities services business arm has clinched a US$4OO-million ($738 million) contract to supply electricity in north-eastern Brazil. The company said yesterday that the power purchase agreement was signed between Nordeste Generation Ltda, Keppel Fels Energy’s whollyowned subsidiary in Brazil, and
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      • 98 6 GERMAN chipmaker Infineon Technologies will invest US$5O million ($92 million) in its Singapore facility over the next five years. This will boost the infrastructure and manpower capabilities of the multi-national’s R&D centre here. A company spokesman said the move “may mean a doubling” of
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      • 79 6 Wire services CHICAGO Arthur Andersen employees were told to destroy most documents related to their audits of Enron Corp in an Oct 12 memo, Time magazine reported on its website. The memo told auditors to destroy everything except basic work papers, the magazine said,
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  • REGIONAL
    • 275 10 Move is 'step towards independence' Reuters TAIPEI China has slammed a move by Taipei to put the word “Taiwan” on its passports. Adding “Issued in Taiwan” in English on the passports was an excuse to “realise the concept of Taiwan independence”, yesterday’s China Daily quoted a
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    • 220 10 -AP KUALA LUMPUR The Perlis by-elec-tion fight is turning bitter, as the Malaysian government tries to kill off an opposition party. The contest for a seat in the state assembly has been marred by allegations of mob attacks, mass political defections and rhetoric about Muslim
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    • 313 10 BANGKOK Schools should cane pupils who misbehave, the Thai educa- tion minister said on Sunday. Education Minister Suvit Khunkitti told a seminar on education reforms that students had become “intractable and bold” since caning was banned in November 2000. Some 10,000 stunned teachers and
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    • 89 10 CHIANGMAI British detectives investigating the rape-murder of a Welsh backpacker suspect that her killer may be a Thai policeman, The Nation reported yesterday. The Welsh detectives have evidence linking a group of Thai policemen to the Aree Guest House in Chiangmai, where 23-year-old Kirsty
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    • weird world
      • 100 10 MAKING tea and chatting to colleagues are the top time-wasters for British workers. More than half all employees admit taking regular tea breaks, while nearly half stop work to catch up on office gossip, the Daily Record reported. Surfing the Net and sending email is a favourite time-filler
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      • 88 10 A TRUCK firm in Britain has hired a nutritionist to tell its 1,200 drivers how to eat healthily. Stobart is making the move after boss Eddie Stobart’s own cholesterol reading shocked him. Nutritionist Jane Griffin will tell the drivers to avoid fry-ups. “Truck drivers have a
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      • 64 10 -Reuters A SWEDE convicted of a drugs offence failed to return to prison after a weekend of home leave but was caught by police at his own wedding, the daily Aftonbladet reported yesterday. Police allowed the 24-year-old to marry his bride but whisked him
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      • 120 10 LANGUAGE experts at the BBC are compiling a commentators’ “bible” with phonetic descriptions of the 800 players, coaches, referees and linesmen who will take part in the World Cup, The Times reported. The BBC hopes to avoid the mass of complaints that follow when a
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  • GLOBAL
    • 528 13 Offensive being used 'to curb political dissent' -AP NEW YORK New fears of terrorism, bordering on paranoia, are beginning to result in the curbing of civil liberties the world over. In the US, Britain, India and beyond, stern new anti-terrorism laws have now themselves
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    • 349 13 Wire services ISLAMABAD The threat of war remained alive yesterday after India and Pakistan refused to withdraw hundreds of thousands of troops assembled at their border. New Delhi said time is running out for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to eliminate
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    • Article, Illustration
      51 13 FACE OF FEAR: Tourists taking pictures of a giant ice sculpture named The Frightened Statue of Liberty at the 18th China Harbin International Snow and Ice Festival in Harbin, northeast China, on Sunday. The sculpture depicts the horror of the Sept 11 terror attacks Pic: Reuters Pic:
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    • 227 13 Wire services NEW DELHI Mr Zhu Rongji yesterday began the first official visit by a Chinese prime minister to India in 11 years. He began talks in which he was expected to reassure New Delhi of a more even-handed approach to the region,
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  • PEOPLE
    • 196 14 One Nation leader'stressed'and busy BRISBANE Pauline Hanson has said she is quitting politics. BBC reported yesterday that she is stepping down as the One Nation Party’s national president, due to stress and to spend time preparing her defence in a forthcoming court case. Ms Hanson achieved
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    • 161 14 WASHINGTON US President George Bush met Indian Home Minister L K Advani recently and praised his style. “Your reputation precedes you Mr Home Minister. I believe you are very direct and blunt. I like that,’’the Times of India quoted Mr Bush as saying, after he
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    • 96 14 -AP WASHINGTON President George W Bush briefly lost consciousness yesterday after he choked on a pretzel while watching a football game on TV in his living quarters, the White House said. Mr Bush, 55, who was alone at the time, tumbled to the floor from a
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  • easy STREATS
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      670 17  -  by STEPHANIE GOH As a beefed-up post-Sept 11 Hollywood shows itself in danger of becoming increasingly jingoistic (think Behind Enemy Lines, Black Hawk Down), Streats looks at five bright emerging starlets fora touch of that old-fashioned glamour and respite from a muscled Hollywood Natalie Portman, 20 Glamour factor:
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    • 437 18  -  by CARA van MIRIAH PICTURE 21 young actors/singers doing the para para. Now, think Spin. Then Fire or Sparks disco. There, you have it: This is re-Mix, a clubland musical by Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) which premiered on Thursday. Artistic directors Dick Lee and Wendy
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    • 167 18 Reuters^ LONDON The late R&B singer Aaliyah has rocketed into the number one slot of the UK singles charts with her single, More Than A Woman, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday. It was the first British number one for the American singer and actress,
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    • 342 20 -Reuters AP LOS ANGELES The NBC hospital series ER was named favourite television drama for the ninth consecutive year by the voting public as perennial favourites dominated the People’s Choice Awards on Sunday. Julia Roberts was picked as favourite movie actress, her eighth award in the televised
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    • 225 20 MORE than 100 people ran en masse at the Hongkong airport on Sunday afternoon. At the head of the pack was Tai wan e se singer-com- poser Jay Chou. But it was not a celebrity keep-fit drive. Jay was trying to escape zealous fans who had
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    • 170 20 SINGER-ACTOR Andy Hui was in tears on Sunday night at Hongkong’s TVB 2001 Golden Melodies Awards. After 15 years on the sidelines, he finally walked away with the coveted Most Popular Male Singer award. What made his long-awaited victory sweet was that girlfriend Sammi Cheng had earlier
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    • 103 22 Today is sunny, cloudy and rainy all rolled into one... depending on where you'll be in the afternoon. If you are in the northern and western areas, don't forget your umbrella. And if you are in the southern and eastern regions, have your shades ready. Those
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    • Just a minute
      • 134 22 Umemployed and considering giving tuition? NTUC Income has launched a low-cost job-matching website service for tutors. Those who sign up will be charged $3 for every potential customer who clicks on their name and qualifications online. The website at www.income.com.sg (under Home Services) currently has a list
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      • 55 22 Can't afford an overseas holiday? Check into a local hotel instead. You can choose from 15,000 packages offered by 40 hotels under Singapore Tourism Board's Live It Up Singapore campaign, which ends next month. There's also the Singapore Reunion Package which is specially designed for your friends and relatives
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    • Happenin'
      • 59 22 INFO-COMM INDUSTRY NITE Carlton Hotel, Empress Room Wednesday, 7pm, Free Call 338-8889 or e-mail icsmcd@informatisgroup.com to register Thinking of signing up for a computer course to upgrade yourself? Get together with like-minded people at this seminar. It will give you an idea of the info-comm industry here. You can
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      • Article, Illustration
        63 22 FOOL FOR LOVE Drama Centre Thursday till Sunday, 3pm (matinee) and Bpm Tickets at $l6, $l9 (matinee) and 19, $2l (evening) Call Ticket Charge at 296-2929 A tale about a forbidden love affair one that is stretched beyond every man’s imagination Glass Theatre was specially recommended by the Beijing
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        205 22 SAMMI CHENG SHOCKING COLOURS CONCERT2002 Singapore Indoor Stadium March 22,8pm, $135, $95, $55 Call Sistic at 348-5555 A Sammi Cheng concert promises to be a full-on sensory experience. She sings, she dances and this trendsetter’s style is always closely watched. JAMIROQUAI A FUNK ODYSSEY Singapore Indoor Stadium Jan 22,8pm,
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    • Tune in TV & Movie news
      • 39 23 10pm, Central A story about Sophie, a 14-year-old schoolgirl who receives a mysterious letter from Alberto Knox and is led on an extraordinary tour through the history of Western philosophy. Stars Silje Storstein and Toman Von Bromssen.
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      • Article, Illustration
        49 23 Bpm, Channel U The relationship between Rosemary and Madam Ng seems to have taken a turn for the better. Will they bury the hatchet and finally become friends? And find out how much pain the challengers in Extreme Limits can cope with before throwing in the towel.
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        30 23 Bpm, TV Works Catch the verbal showdown between host Seetoh and his guests from Radio WKRZ Jensen and Howie as the three talkers meet up and talk food.
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      • 167 23 THIS year is shaping up to look very much like bizarre director David Lynch’s year. As it is, the latest film from the master of the bleak and unsettling, Mulholland Drive, has been garnering a number of best picture citations from critics. And now, he
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    • Article, Illustration
      139 23 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Swing When You're Winning BAD boy Williams is doing it the old-fashioned way. He’s singing the hits of yesteryear to the likes of (now, hold your breath) Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Bobby Darin and Dean Martin. You may think the flamboyant singer is trying to
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 506 22 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com jucu» rentier nwciuire nwi Outfit Top Shop Make-up Angela Choo @*****422 Pic Francis Lee www.newasia-singapore.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 As the day passes, the pressure eases. Maybe you’re making headway, or maybe you’ve decided to give up. Either way, the change is clearly for the
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  • Sports
    • 10 24 Sacramento 103 Phoenix 100 Portland 96 Cleveland 64
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      514 24 Clippers recovers from early setback to snap slide NBA CHAMPIONSHIP LA Clippers 79 Toronto Raptors 72 TORONTO Los Angeles Clippers had to travel north of the border to end its losing streak. Lamar Odom and Michael Olowokandi scored 16 points apiece as Clippers defeated Toronto Raptors to snap
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    • AUSTRALIAN OPEN
      • 351 26 EmpText I MELBOURNE First Andre Agassi (right), then Serena Williams (left). |JL In a matter of hours yesterday, I g two of tennis’biggest stars dropped fjk. out of the Australian Open with mm injuries before stepping on court. Agassi, the two-time defending BKgpen’s champion, has
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      • 389 26 Unfit second seed crashes out to unknown Frenchman MELBOURNE Gustavo Kuerten, knocked out again early in the Australian Open, will await medical tests on a longpjjl standing hip injury before! deciding on his immediate playing future. The Brazilian second A seed crumbled from a Jar two-set
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      • 85 26 WATCH the semifinals and final of the Australian Open live on TV Works. Thursday, Jan 24 11.30 am to 3.30 pm Women's singles (semi-finals) 5.30 pm to Bpm j Men's singles Ist I semi-final Midnight: Repeat Telecast Friday, Jan 25 Ipm to 3pm Men's singles
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    • 619 29 Fixture will now turn nasty for United Reuters United may be top... but its complete domination ofthe Premier League is clearly at an end LONDON Manchester United’s surge to the top of y. the English Premier League table may have P some opponents quaking I in
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    • SOCCER
      • 104 29 -AFP PARIS Barcelona’s Rivaldo hogged the limelight as he scored twice in a 3-1 win over Sevilla to show his worth amid reports he is Inter Milan-bound. He was all over the papers which reported that club president Joan Gaspart has had talks with Inter
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      • 93 29 Reuters MILAN A last-minute strike from Argentine Gabriel Batistuta gave Serie A leader AS Roma a 32 comeback win over Verona on Sunday after it had trailed to two Adrian Mutu goals. Roma leads by a point from second-placed Inter Milan, which won 2-0 at Perugia
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      • 107 29 LONDON The Guinness Book of Records thinks it has found the world’s smallest football league with just two teams. The league on the Scilly Isles, off south-west England, is made up of the Wollpack Wanderers and Garrison Gunners. They play each other 20 times a season.
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    • 479 30 Steven Gerrard's magical pass splits defence and points ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal I Liverpool 1 LONDON If Steven Gerrard was struggling in his search for self-esteem, he made a glorious discovery at Highbury. It came at a moment when the spectre of defeat rested heavily on frustrated Liverpool
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    • 25 30 Arsenal 1 (Ljungberg 62) Liverpool 1 (Riise 68) Southampton 1 (Beattie 3) Manchester United 3 (Van Nistelrooy 9, Beckham 45, Solskjaer 63)
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    • 178 30 Team P W D L F A Pts 1. Man United 22 13 3 6 54 32 42 2. 22 13 3 6 42 29 42 3±eeds 22 11 8 3 34 20 41 4. Arsenal 21 11 7 3 42 25 40 5. Liverpool 22 11 6
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    • 242 30 LONDON Arsenal’s Freddie Ljungberg insisted that his side still believes it can prevail. The Swede, who scored against Liverpool, said: “Do we feel we can win the title? Very much so. Everyone is confident that we will do well. This draw was a disappointment
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    • 352 31  -  Magician Raguz ready to spearhead Warriors'challenge by LIM HAN MING THE “Magician” is back to wield his wand. This time, Ivica Raguz (extreme left) hopes to cast his spell on all those who stand in the way of the Warriors of Singapore Armed Forces FC. “SAF is
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    • 332 31  -  by ADAM HASHIDY ONE was sacked. And the other had to sit out the whole of last season with a career threatening injury. But coach Ivan Raznevich and midfielder Surachai Jatturapattarapong are back and hoping to relaunch their shattered career at Gombak United. Said Raznevich: “It
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