Streats, 22 October 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph,com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 675 1  -  Are the terrorists winning? 5/ Deepa Vijiyasingam A STUDENT in Melbourne, a housewife on a stalled MRT train in Singapore, a teenager in Falls Church, Virginia, and even members °f British rock band Oasis. They share a common sentiment: They are afraid. Very afraid. With
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    • 25 1 Fear factor in S’pore, US, Australia PAGES 4,15 &16 Even the big bad boys of rock, Oasis, are afraid, very afraid. Report on Page 22
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    • 60 1 BIG BAD UNCLE He was described as kind, jovial and caring. So, what made actor Mohin Mohinder Sachdev turn to a life of crime? page 3 mmM GO GET ABUBAKAR Led by Gus Dur, 70 million Indonesian Muslims want the authorities to act groups such as the 2 f: mm
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  • STREATS local
    • 546 2  -  From clean-cut CEO of zoo and bird park... to long hair, bare feet and unbuttoned shirt By Wendy Tan HIS last two years as the chief executive officer of Wildlife Reserves were, in his own words, “pretty bloody boring”. Mr Bernard Harrison preferred an informal work
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    • 705 3  -  Actor’s hand-to-mouth existence finally proves too much for him By Sarah Ng for a man who once had to pay his monthly room rent of $350 in instalments, the temptation to earn money fast, even if illegally, was too great. Now Mohin Mohinder Sachdev, 53,
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    • 80 4 FROM Nov 1 onwards, Singaporeans can exchange all their New Singapore Shares (NSS) for cash. Singaporeans who hold NSS will soon receive a letter informing them of the number of shares they have and an application form to exchange their shares for cash. But you will earn
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    • 61 4 TOXIC vapour inhalation is suspected in the deaths of three workers at a chemical effluent treatment plant in Pioneer Road. The plant, operated by Chem-Solv Technologies, has been shut down pending the results of an investigation by the Manpower and Environment ministries. The three were among
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    • 65 4 THE Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system was shut down at 6.40 am yesterday. Partial services are not expected to resume until this evening making this the longest of the LRT’s many breakdowns since its launch in November 1999. The disruption was caused by a dislodged
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    • Article, Illustration
      625 4  -  SINGAPORE UNSAFE? By Sarah Ng Yong Hui Mien ABSOLUTE rubbish. That’s how one Australian described the downgrading of Singapore to a high-risk country by her government following the Bali bombing on Oct 12 a move which Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said was unfair. Of 10 Australians interviewed by
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    • 248 4  -  By. Zubaidah Nazeer FATEHA.COM editor, Zulfikar Mohd Shariff, 31, who fled Singapore for Australia three months ago, has said he would flee again if things got too hot for him there. Where, he would not say. He said he would leave if
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    • 535 5 Every of the month is Fruit Health Promotion Board mV: Eat 24* sryouf to lil i r Hi Most people are aware that a low calcium intake can cause osteoporosis. But did you know that getting enough fruit and vegetables can be just as important in preventing the disease our
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  • STREATS financial
    • 435 6 STI: 1,457.71 3.68 Reuters SHARES closed lower yesterday with SembCorp Marine taking a dive after a move to take the company private failed, dealers said. The Straits Times Index ended 0.25 per cent, or 3.68 points, down to 1,457.71. It has fallen 10.2 per cent since
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    • 557 6 OBS ups Nat Steel offer by 4% SINGAPORE Hotels and steel companies have little in common. But Mr Ong Beng Seng appears to be eager to run both. 98 Holdings, led by Mr Ong and backed by Temasek Holdings, yesterday upped its offer for Nat
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    • 24 6 *AS AT OCTOBER 21 US$: 551.781 552.758 EURO: 551.734 Ss: 70.11 YEN Ss: RM2.134 Ss: HK54.379 Ss: 24.53 BAHT Ss: 5,166 RUPIAH
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    • 144 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Minority shareholders yesterday scuttled SembCorp Industries’ plan to reorganise its marine activities. The conglomerate had hoped to take SembCorp Marine private to pave the way for a merger with Sembawang Marine and Offshore Engineering to reap annual cost savings of around $lO million before
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    • 105 6 Bloomberg SINGAPORE OCBC Bank yesterday said it will reorganise its divisions to stop duplication of work. It will group its businesses under customers, products and support functions. The heads of those departments will be in charge of the bank’s operations in Singapore, Malaysia, China and
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    • 650 8  -  Will Matters brought to you by Trust One Pte Ltd By Chua Kong Ho FOR the longest time, making a will meant a trip to the law firm. But if Mr Peter Cheong has his way, you will be planning your estate in the
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    • 90 8 What every adult should know, especially parents A legacy of love can turn into heartaches. For the sake of your loved ones and for peace of mind, arrange to get your will written today affordably, and right in the privacy of your own home or office. We are the first
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 424 10 WHILE reading the report “Marry local, get money” (Streats, Oct 21), it occurred to me that, for decades, marriage in Singapore has not been solely a matter of pure love but has been related to the financial or societal status of the parties involved. Marriages in
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    • 234 10 MS MELISA FOO has my endorsement. I have two teenage daughters and I believe that her proposal (“Marry local, get money”, Streats, Oct 21) has merits and warrants further finetuning. Those who have nothing constructive to contribute to the suggestion need not bother. I
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    • 438 10 I PERSONALLY find the proposal to reward local men for marrying local women very biased and disturbing, but challenging (“Marry local, get money”, Streats, Oct 21). I hope that the Government will not interfere in our relationships If Ms Melissa Foo’s ideas for
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    • 195 10 I AM very disappointed to learn that a person such as Ms Melissa Foo exists. She is a disgrace to women not only in Singapore but also in the rest of the world. She has no right to dismiss foreign women such as me with
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    • 72 10 Have Your Say E-mail us at streats@sphcomsg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be deemed that
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    • 283 12 JE 19-27 Oct 2002 (12noon -10 pm) Singapore Expo Hall 6A FREE ADMISSION Now in its 12th year, Home Innovations 2002 continues its highly acclaimed presentation of the latest innovative products in Home Furniture, Furnishings and appliances, with the convenience of everything-under-one-roof location. Mill I Bgpp- Hi mwmn -HOME 2002
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  • STREATS medical
    • 498 13  - Good night’s sleep at last A new surgical procedure fora sleeping disorder has brought more than just relief for the sufferer it’s helped his marriage, too By Wendy Tan GOING to bed each night used to be a nightmare for Mrs Eunice Yap. Her bedtime prayer would be to fall
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    • 103 13 HEALTH FACT OBSTRUCTIVE sleep apnea is a common breathing condition that affects an estimated 15 per cent of the adult population here. It occurs primarily when the upper airway is narrowed, usually when the soft palate tissue collapses and the tongue falls back when the person sleeps.
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  • STREATS global
    • 453 15 Gunman kills two Asian students at Monash University MELBOURNE Hours before yesterday’s fatal shootings at Melbourne’s Monash University, student Corinne was writing about her reaction to the Bali bombings. “I was only writing to a friend today that you’re not safe anywhere anymore,” said
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    • 73 15 Wire services HONGKONG Personal bankruptcies in Hongkong rose further in September from a year earlier, even as quarterly unemployment rate fell for the second time running. The number of bankruptcy orders issued rose to 17,427 in the nine months to September, from 5,963 in
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    • 65 15 LONDON One-third of British employees fear the UK is heading for recession, according to a survey of 1,000 workers by human resources consultancy Chiumento. Forty per cent said they believed unemployment would rise next year, reported BBC Online. Nearly one-fifth of employees said they felt they
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    • 215 15 Wire services ASHLAND, Virginia Authorities believe the Washington-area sniper left a message with a telephone number at the scene of the latest shooting in Virginia. Police appealed to the person who left the message to contact them. “To the person who left us
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    • 509 16 AP JAKARTA Indonesia’s moderate Muslim organisations demanded yesterday that authorities crack down on religious extremists, who they said represent a fringe minority among the country’s 170 million Muslims. Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Din-, said he believed that Abu Bakar Bashir, the
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    • 277 16 SYDNEY After penetrating most South-east Asian countries, Islamic terror organisation Jemaah Islamiah (JI) may now have set up cells in Australia. CNN, quoting regional intelligence officials, reported on its website that there are possibilities of JI terror cells existing in Australia. The American news
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    • 39 16 Chinese models posing on the runway at the Beijing International Lingerie Fair on Friday. More than 60 local and foreign companies are represented at the fair, which aims to help develop the lingerie industry in China AP
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    • 151 18 -AP SEOUL North Korea said yesterday that it was willing to resolve concerns over its nuclear weapons programme through dialogue, South Korean officials said. But the US said that the issue was non-negotiable and that the programme had to be dismantled at
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    • 147 18 JEDDAH Malaysia will not use water as a weapon against Singapore, said Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who was visiting Saudi Arabia. He said Malaysia had given Singapore a guarantee that it would not cut off water supply“ln other words, Singapore will have
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    • 115 18 OSLO Fancy receiving an SMS from your prime minister? Not if you happened to be the Norwegian woman who had received an offensive joke on her cellphone from the country’s premier. Last week, Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik dialled a wrong number and sent a
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    • 97 20 ap WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has spoken of “regime change” in Iraq for at least 18 months, said on Sunday that the US might not seek to remove Mr Saddam Hussein if he abandoned his weapons of mass destruction. It was the latest
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    • 189 20 Reuters BAGHDAD Iraq began freeing political prisoners under an amnesty by President Saddam Hussein on Sunday in a move seen as an attempt to rally Iraqis behind his leadership against a possible US attack. The amnesty, following Mr Saddam’s 100 per cent victory in an uncontested election
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    • 395 20 AP BAGHDAD Mr Saddam Hussein has many enemies. And anyone wanting to kill him will have to take a number. The US wants him dead the White House has even pointed out that a single bullet costs far less than a full-fledged war. But
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  • easy STREATS
    • 587 22  -  Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK The nominees for the upcoming Asian Television Awards 2002 can leave the TV viewer aghast and agape at the choices I CAN swallow a lot of bull, and I’m not talking about beef. For instance, I only batted my eyelids when
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    • 235 22 THE Bali blast has claimed its first entertainment casualty. A concert by Oasis, originally scheduled for Oct 26 at the Indoor Stadium, has been cancelled. In fact, the bad boys of UK rock, Oasis, have decided to give all their South-east Asian gigs a miss. The
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    • 120 22 Reuters WE always thought there would be just seven Harry Potter books, and with four out and the author working on her fifth, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, fans figured that left just two. But film studio Warner Brothers, which releases its second Harry
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    • Article, Illustration
      265 24 Contrary to popular belief, Spore IS a happening place, thanks to visitingforeign deejays AP NO, nightclubs in Singapore don’t open till 6am. Nor are they as wild as other discos in South-east Asian cities. But one thing’s for sure: Visiting top deejays still keep the scene happening. Top
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    • 95 24 BRIT dance music artiste Fatboy Slim, also known as Norman Cook, is to begin recording a new album and he says he wants it to be “really freaky”, reported Ananova yesterday. Said the former Housemartins guitarist to Rolling Stone magazine: “If I do something dull, then
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    • 108 24 THE American re-make of 1998 Japanese cult The Ring has gone to the top of the box-office in the US, scooping up US$l5 million (5526.7 million) Said Jim Tharp, head of distribution of Dreamworks SKH, which bought the rights, on BBC News online: “It’s a good
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    • 112 26 MUD, mud, glorious mud... That’s what 80 Malaysian bio-scientists will be squelching in for the next five days on the Perak coast. They’re headed for Kuala Sepetang, near Taiping, to study the 40,000 ha Matang Marine Mangrove Swamp. Mangrove forests temper the weather, protecting uplands from
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    • Just a minute
      • 67 26 The slip road which links Bukit Timah Road and Clementi Road to Duneam Road will be closed from lam-sam until Thursday for the upgrading of Upper Bukit Timah Road. A new ERP gantry will be installed on the Woodsville mFlyover tonight from 11,30 p- sam. During this time,
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      • 54 26 There are 300 vacancies for commis cooks, waiters, waitresses, roomattendants and cleaners at the Hotel Recruitment Fair at Raffles City Shopping Centre atrium today, 10am-Bpm. Job-seekers will be able to try tasks such as bed-making, food preparation and serving meals so that they can make informed decisions
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    • Happenin’
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        74 26 BLINDSPOT: INFRINGE THE OBVIOUS Sculpture Square (155 Middle Road) llam-6pm on weekdays, 12pm-6pm on weekends, closed on public holidays Till Dec 1. It’s free Four budding local artists Jeremy Hiah, Claire Lim, Benjamin Puah and Tan Wee Lit challenge your perception of time and space through their installation art.
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      • 94 26 CHUAZZ 2002 Nov 3, spm till late Free CHUMES seventh annual jazz festival brings together big names such as Jeremy Monteiro, Jacintha Abisheganaden, Thomson Big Band, Eldee Young, Keiko Matsui and Kuala Lumpur band Biophonics. They’ll showcase a wide range of jazz styles, including dixie, blues, swing, big band,
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      • 51 26 SPEED MATHEMATICS Saturday, 3-4 pm Kinokuniya NgeeAnn City Free Is your child having difficulty with mathematics? An instructor on speed mathematics from Teachers’ Resource Centre will help you to better help your child in this mind-boggling subject. All references will be made from the book Speed Mathematics by Bill
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      • 55 26 ASIA MINIGOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Oct 31-NoV 2 Sijori Wonder Golf (11 Siloso Road, Sentosa) Over 100 players from more five countries will take part in the three-day championship held at Sijori Wonder Golf’s two internationally recognised courses: The Betong course, also known as the Swiss course, and the Etemit course,
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      • Article, Illustration
        78 26 A SOUL FOR A SOUL Igor’s The Main Event (#Ol-02A Oasis, 50 Stadium Boulevard) Till Friday, 7pm Tickets at $6l and $76 from Sistic Lady Vampira (Norleena Salim), the Grand Dame of Igor’s, plays matchmaker and becomes obsessed with finding a perfect mate for her favourite ugly bald butler,
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        63 27 lOprn, Channel i Set in war-tom 1990 s Belfast. Danny (Daniel Day-Lewis), a repentant IRA man just out of jail. He finds himself drawn to his old girlfriend Maggie (Emily Watson), now married to his former best friend, who is still in jail. Their love defies the IRA
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      • 60 27 10pm, Central Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. Stewart plays a photographer confined to his apartment by a broken leg, passing time watching his neighbours. He becomes convinced that one of them (Burr) has murdered his wife
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      • 86 27 MADONNA is now writing a film which she hopes to direct. And the inspiration for her screenplay? Her own life, the singer-actress told the UK tabloid, The Sun. The film will be a comedy about a woman who is very famous and the “insanity of her life”,
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      114 27 http://pixel perfect.lycosasia.com EVERYTHING you’ve ever wanted to know about digital photography can be found on this site. Launched recently by Lycos Asia in collaboration with Canon, it offers a one-stop tutorial for both beginners and advanced photography buffs. Using photos, tips and techniques from top photographers around the
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 471 27 Your AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 The record may have to be altered if Aquarius’ dignity is at stake. As long as you don’t try to brag about something that never happened, this incident will remain minor. Money greases a few willing palms. by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com te PISCES FEB
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  • STREATS sports
    • 481 28  -  Xinhua likely to add regional flavour to S-League By Tan Kim Han TANJONG Pagar goalkeeper Liu Gang (above) and Home United midfielder Lin Man may not be the only players from China in next season’s S-League. More Chinese players are expected to land at Changi Airport and
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    • 412 28 Reuters HOUSTON Chinese basketball star Yao Ming (below) arrived to a hero’s welcome on Sunday as Houston Rockets paraded the player they hope will lead them back to a National Basketball Association championship. The No 1 pick in this year’s NBA draft got a standing
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    • 461 29  -  S-League teams forced to cut costs to stay afloat By. Adam Hashidy SIX S-League clubs without sponsors are bracing themselves for tough times next season. They are Jurong FC, Sembawang Rangers, Sengkang Marine, Geylang FC, Gombak United and Balestier Central. With the coffers nearly empty, they have
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    • 255 29  -  By_ Tan Kim Han AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2nd round, 2nd leg Home United v South China HOME United has a ready-made incentive to turn the tables on South China in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League. Beat the the Hongkong club it trails 1-2 in the
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • 129 29 SOCCER Reuters LONDON Former England striker Gary Lineker is heading a takeover bid for First Division Leicester City, which asked to be placed under financial administration on Monday. Leicester chairman Greg Clarke said a consortium headed by Lineker wanted to buy the club from the administrator. The
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      • 115 29 GOLF Reuters LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida Bob Bums shot a seven-under-par 65 to win the Disney Golf Classic on Sunday despite a spirited late charge by world No 1 Tiger Woods. Bums, 34, finished at 25-under-par, one shot better than 54-hole leader Chris DiMarco, who birdied the
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    • 130 30 Today (tomorrow, 2.30 am) Group A Arsenal (Eng) v Auxerre (Fra); p. Borussia Dortmund (Ger) v PSV Eindhoven (Ned) Group B FC Basel (Swi) v Valencia (Spa) k. Spartak Moscow (Rus) v Liverpool (Eng) Group C Real Madrid (Spa) v AEK Athens (Gre) AS Roma (Ita) v Genk
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    • 411 30 Pool in high spirits despite average results in Europe Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Spartak Moscow v Liverpool MOSCOW Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier takes his side into tomorrow morning’s crucial Champions League match against Spartak Moscow convinced that he is building a side capable of winning the
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    • 331 30 Wire services MANCHESTER Ruud van Nistelrooy has been ruled out of Manchester United’s Champions League match on Thursday morning against Olympiakos as the striker’s hamstring problem persists. Manager Alex Ferguson has said he wants to solve his ace striker’s troublesome hamstring problem
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    • 135 31 We know what we want to do and we are getting there progressively. Half of the squad are between the ages of2l and 24. That is a good sign because you reap the best of your team later on. We have built a squad for thefuture and
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    • 536 31 Wenger says Arsenal good enough to begin fresh winning spree CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Arsenal v Auxerre LONDON Arsenal’s unbeaten 30-match run may have ended on Saturday, but manager Arsene Wenger is gearing up for another run. The double winner hosts France’s Auxerre tomorrow morning. Wenger’s men have
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 31 29 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: UEFA Champions League: Arsenal v Auxerre (Ch 23, tomorrow, 2.30 am). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: UEFA Champions League: Olympique Lyonnais v Inter Milan (Ch 23, tomorrow, sam).
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