Streats, 5 May 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> 111/03/2003
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  • 121 1 Chinese actress Gong Li has heroically battled the injustices of the bureaucracy in China in her most famous movies, but the foe in her next show is far more ominous: Sars. State media reported yesterday that she will play a head nurse who selflessly leads
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  • 661 1  -  Sars virus could become hard to detect as it mutates By Pratleep Raja.n IF Singaporeans need any further incentive to become more socially responsible in order to curb the spread of the Sars virus, here’s one: It is mutating and could become even more
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    • 33 1 NS WITH A TWIST -pageis Sars shows why we need national service for women, says CONRAD RAJ HELPING HAND -pagesg Singapore Sailing wants successful sailors to return 20% of earnings, reports ADAM HASHIDY
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  • Morning Rush
    • 775 2  -  Peter Wong sets up Italian eatery at Central Mall t Chua Kong Ho WHEN Peter Wong set up Front Page Pub back in 1991, his first of many pubs on a sleepy street called Mohamed Sultan Road, almost everyone thought the former Straits Times and
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    • 423 3  -  In anticipation of MRT station opening... By. Janice Wong INSTEAD of moping about Singapore’s current business slump, some retailers and restaurants in Little India are taking the initiative and spending their hard-earned money to groom themselves for the opening of the Little India MRT station.
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    • 311 4  -  Mountain-biking contest to whet students’ interest Reports by a Khushwant Singh UNDERGRADUATE Andrew Fang, 24, a member of the national cycling association, has started a charmingly sneaky way of introducing mountainbiking as a school activity. Mr Fang (pictured) said that the association is trying to
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    • 161 4 MP Irene Ng has what might be described as an unusual worry in her Tampines constituency. She told Streats: “I see mothers in my constituency taking children to school on bicycles and I worry about them.” The MP and patron of the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association fears
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    • 148 12 BUZ STOP MEN who know how to move on the dance floor know all the right moves in the bedroom, according to a report on ananova.com. A survey of 2,000 women, commissioned by British mobile service provider Phones 4U, has revealed that the
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    • 284 12  -  by. Julie Sim ENGLISHMAN Jolyon Peter Caplin (pictured) has been using his music talent to raise money for those in need. The 43-year-old Singapore Polytechnic lecturer who has been busking here since he got his street entertainment licence last September, was out in Bedok
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    • 143 12 Jardine Steps closure MORE than 100 scuba divers have signed a petition to protest the closure of the Jardine Steps jetty at The HarbourFront, formerly known as the World Trade Centre, The Straits Times reports today. They are asking that the bumboat men who have been
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    • 123 12 Immigration changes THE Malaysian government has eased immigration rules to allow foreign wives of Malaysians who have lived in the country for at least three years to work, The New Sunday Times said yesterday. Wives of expatriates, however, may work only with social groups
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    • 89 12 MALAYSIA will host another round of talks between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Wednesday, the Bemama news agency reported yesterday. Malaysian Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak said that the “exploratory talks” would be held in Kuala Lumpur. The two sides
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    • 84 12 THE police are hunting for a suspect who allegedly stole wallets from gymnasiums and health centres around Singapore over three months last year. Between July and October last year, he allegedly used about 20 credit cards he found in the wallets to buy jewellery worth $50,000.
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    • 102 12 AN outdoor advertising company has ended a community service project which allowed residents free use of bicycles. Capital City Posters (CCP), which introduced the programme in 2000, gave the expiry of its contract with the bikemaker in Britain as the reason for ending the Smart Bike scheme
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    • 107 12 A WOMAN from India who said that her husband beat her and gave her an insufficient allowance had her case thrown out by the Family Court last week, with the judge finding that her claims of violence lacked credibility. Madam Parmjit Kaur, 30, who had married
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  • SARS UPDATE
    • 162 6 NO new probable cases of Sars was reported in Singapore yesterday. There were also no new probable cases on Thursday and Saturday, while two new probable cases were reported on Friday. Six people, however, were admitted as new suspect cases yesterday, including two
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    • 37 6 TREATED AND DISCHARGED 147 IN HOSPITAL 30 (IN CRITICAL CONDITION 14) DEAD 26* TOTAL NO OF CASES 203 INDEX CASES ..7 SUSPECT CASES 50 UNDER HOME QUARANTINE 3034 INCLUDES ONE WHO DIED FROM NON-SARS CAUSE
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    • 35 6 Restaurant workers playing catch in Beijing yesterday as the Sars epidemic has led to business hours being curtailed. As of yesterday, there were 1,803 Sars cases in the Chinese capital AP
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    • 358 6 WHO has first list of Sars microbe’s survival facts WASHINGTON Hours or even days that’s how long the Sars virus can live outside the body, according to new laboratory studies that showed for the first time that the microbe can linger outside an infected person’s body. This
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    • 393 8 Experts concede there are still too many unknowns WASHINGTON The World Health Organisation (WHO), which has pronounced Sars contained in Vietnam, receding in Hongkong, and that Toronto is safe to visit, relies on a time-honoured rule of thumb to do this, The New York
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    • 695 10  -  Comment By GEOFFREY PEREIRA The Straits Times WHAT has IT got to do with Sars? Quite a lot. The best protection against the killer is contact-avoidance, and IT is helping people stay apart and yet get on with their lives. We saw how,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 240 6 HEALTH ALERT If you were at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Market between April 5 and 19, and feel unwell and have symptoms such as fever, cough, muscle aches and chills, stay at home. Do not go to work or school, says the Ministry of Health. Call the MOH Special Ambulance Hotline
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 225 7 Insurance Plan $30,000 Jslso el $lOO life cover daily hospital benefit home quarantine benefit I A mk. m A A ML me A t -y With the outbreak of SARS, it is important for all of us to maintain a healthy lifestyle and build up our immune system. It is
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    • 90 8 Help Needy Sars Patients and Their Families The Courage Fund $6,717,778.44 TO DONATE BY CHEQUE A crossed cheque made out to “The Courage Fund" should be sent to The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6, Commonwealth Lane, Level 6, GMTI Building, Singapore *****7 BY PHONE From May 1, members
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  • Financial
    • 582 14 Calpers wants investment guru to remove family members from Berkshire board Wire services OMAHA, Nebraska You would think that shareholders would have nothing but praise for a company which has made record first quarter profits this financial year, on top of increasing profit fivefold last
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    • 307 14  -  Ba ChuaKongHo CHIJMES has launched a “Get On With Life” campaign aimed at bringing back the crowds. “We don’t want to trivialise the Sars situation, but we also wanted to put out the message that life must go on as normally as possible,” said
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    • 241 14 Bloomberg SHANGHAI Buying domestic shares of China’s newly public companies at their original prices has been a sure way to make money this year. The 18 stocks sold for the first time in China this year rose an average of 69
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    • 131 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Inter Continental Hotels Group and rivals said expansion plans in China will continue even after a respiratory virus killed 190 people in the country, scaring off tourists and leaving two out three hotel rooms empty. The Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai said it had 32
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    • 353 17 Genting stock dipped to 14-month low Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR At the Coffee Bean Tea Leaf Co at Genting Bhd’s casino resort, daily takings have fallen from RM 18,000 (558,400) to RM 1,000. “The graveyard shift of 10pm to 3am used to be the busiest because gamblers
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    • 24 17 *AS AT MAY 2 US$: SS1.770 S$2.848 EURO: S$1.984 S$: 67.18 YEN S$: RM2.147 S$: HK$4.407 S$: 24.18 BAHT S$: 4,891 RUPIAH
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    • 508 17 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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    • 310 18 4< JMU Liverpool John Moores University Now available in Singapore May Launch Master in Business Studies (MBS) LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY Liverpool Business School, among the largest business schools in the UK, provides a wide range of high quality business courses underpinned by applied research and consultancy. It is a
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  • Comment
    • 663 19  -  By CONRAD RAJ THE fact that more than 3,000 of our nurses are from abroad came as quite a surprise to me. That we have to depend on so many foreigners for an essential service is quite disturbing. What if these nurses had abandoned
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    • 89 20 < o*>»1 MC ■We 1 r /Vl* 5v If unwell, don't self-medicate. See a doctor. Rest at home and keep away from others. V Q X v y SCjlOiy <• If your child feels unwell, see a doctor. Don't send him to school. IS#! s tea <0 V u I
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    • 84 21 .m Vjt' a c <1 Vo^ fb O c r :,em wm 2 Check and record your temperature daily Saliva spreads germs r X 0 /7 20 x 15 K >• a i Use serving spoons for common dishes and soup. Eat a proper diet, exercise regularly and sleep well.
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  • Global
    • 482 22 Despite excesses, Indian minister Mayawati’s support base remains strong LUCKNOW, India As chief minister of India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, Ms Mayawati is leader to 166 million people. In the state where Dalits the people at the bottom of Hinduism’s caste hierarchy, once known as untouchables
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    • 229 22 PARIS French police have broken up a gang of baggage handlers who used X-ray machines to select items worth looting at the country’s busiest airport. London’s The Telegraph reported yesterday that police, in a series of raids, seized stolen digital cameras, laptop computers, clothes,
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  • AFTER SADDAM
    • 468 24 Destroyed records obscure trail of the missing BAGHDAD It is, as yet, hard to estimate the toll that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s leadership has taken on his people. A New York Times report yesterday said that many of the records of who was killed
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    • 267 24 NEAR KUT, Iraq A specially trained Defence Department team, dispatched after a month of official indecision to survey a major Iraqi radioactive waste repository, yesterday found the site heavily looted and said it was impossible to tell whether nuclear materials were missing. The discovery at
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    • 322 26 BAGHDAD “I think he ran the battle alone. For two days, he stayed with me with no food, nothing. He did his duty to the very end. He was brave.” That’s how Mr Raibah Hassan, 35, a manager with Iraqi television, described the Iraqi information
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    • 416 26 US official’s past links with Islamic fundamentalists prove useful AP WASHINGTON An ethnic Pashtun who dresses with European flair is a much sought-after man in Washington these days. Mr Zalmay Khalilzad is finding his expertise in demand at the top levels of the Bush administration as
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 51 26 A lamp is more than just a lamp in the eyes of a designer •<*/ Don't miss today's zmm @zaobao For Subscription of cal| 6388 3838 Wendy Jacobs enters Mrs Singapore I Pageant. Husband Fandi Ahmad asks... l you lose? Find out her answer in n the J new* paper
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 424 27 Invest for the future and protect your present with free SARS cover. War, SARS and depressed economy These are the 3 reasons to invest now. It may sound strange, but the best time to invest is actually when the markets are low. In simple terms it's like buying property or
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  • Vocal
    • 240 28 EVER since it appeared in Singapore in early March, Sars has become a dreaded household name. Although lam 13,1 can see how seriously everyone is taking this disease as they should be rightly to any infectious illness. But people have been displaying panic and this
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    • 219 28 IT is time for some paronoid Singaporeans to put PM Goh Chok Tong’s words into practice. He urged all to go on with life here normally. I am a mother of three and work as an air stewardess. I commute frequently between Singapore
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    • 115 28 MY mother received a letter from UOB about the closure of its safety deposit box service at its Geylang branch. The bank said she could open a safety deposit box at another branch provided she placed a fixed deposit of $5,000 with the bank.
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    • 141 28 IN this period of rampant unemployment and with many finding it hard to make ends meet, it is unavoidable that some people cannot even pay fees for things like renewing a radio licence. However, the Media Development Authority, instead of showing compassion, demanded that I pay
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    • 125 28 I AGREE with Jeffrey Law Lee Beng’s letter, “HDB estates need clean-up, too” (Streats, May 2) Although the Bedok HDB block I live in has undergone upgrading, I have been very disappointed to see much misuse of the public areas by some residents. The lift and
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    • 362 28 HAVE YOUR SAY Email us at slreats@splt.ccillt.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 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
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  • Medical
    • 283 30 FRUIT or herbal teas may be bad for the teeth, said a group of researchers at the University of Bristol Dental School. They say these teas can erode the enamel or protective layer on teeth, reported BBC News Online on Saturday. “Many epidemiological studies show
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    • 145 30 QDoes the claim ‘No added sugar’ on food label mean the product is sugar-free? A Unsweetened products such as juices, milk and canned fruit contain naturally occurring sugars. The Nutrition Information Panel on the food label gives the content of both naturally occurring and added sugars. To find
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous

  • EasyStreats
    • 685 33 A three-week campaign by Chijmesto O v. bring back the crowds features a blues series, but can this traditionally depressing music really cheer? GREGORY LEOW finds out TAKING the Prime Minister’s message to heart that “Life cannot come to a standstill”, Chijmes will be
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    • 178 33  -  Gary Lim AVID You-Weekly readers, it’s time to rejoice. Expect future issues of the magazine to sizzle even more. Celebrating its second anniversary this week, You-Weekly has undergone a revamp. As a result, you can expect a cleaner layout, more saucy content and more in-depth entertainment
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    • 89 33 COURTNEY Love is looking for new members for her band and has placed full-page advertisements in American magazines that read: “Women required for International Rock Revolution. Join Courtney Love’s touring band and get famous, see the world.” “Must play bass or guitar (really play), and look like
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    • 597 34  -  ALA I B y Amy Van L’aigle d’Or MULLING over how to surprise mum this Mother’s Day? Here’s a suggestion on how to bowl her over: fine French cuisine teamed with a glass of effervescent champagne. To be precise, take her to L’Aigle d’Or Restaurant, which
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    • 93 35 IN Papua New Guinea, a landslide in the remote Southern Highlands of this South Pacific country on Saturday morning killed at J least nine people, m A PNG police officer said of the disaster yesterday: “It sounds like a mountain came down. It’s been heavy continuous
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    • Tunein TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        45 35 9pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) Catch (Jim Caviezel) is a loner who latches onto female cop Sharon Pogue (Jennifer Lopez), shadowing her every move. Intrigued by him, she begins to investigate his background but is soon forced to confront questions about her own life.
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      • 55 35 10pm, Channel 5 The friends are looking forward to getting together to celebrate Phoebe’s birthday but Monica and Chandler end up fighting when she finds out he’s been smoking. Ross accidentally locks himself and Rachel out of the apartment with Emma inside. All this leaves Phoebe and Joey alone
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    • Happenin’
      • 66 35 ETRE ET AVOIR Tomorrow, 9pm and Saturday, 6.30 pm Alliance Francaise Theatre (1 Sarkies Road) Tickets at $7 (ssfor members) from Sistic (call 6348-5555) This documentary looks inside the single classroom of a nursery school in Saint-Etienne on Usson, Auvergne. One teacher leads a class comprising of all the
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      • Article, Illustration
        62 35 ONE ROOM FLAT Till May 16; 9am-6pm, Monday to Thursday and Saturday; 9am-9pm on Friday and 12pm-6pm on Saturday Singapore History Museum (Riverside Point, 30 Merchant Road, tel: 6332-5642) Catch a glimpse of the fastdisappearing oneroom flat. Black and white photographs of the urban culture of old Singapore and
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 231 34 A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY USX MINUTES AWAY PROM. HOME You don’t have to travel for miles to relish the old-world grandeur of Europe. Built by Germans a century ago, the regal architechture, luxurious furnishings and delectable cuisines of Goodwood Park Hotel beckon from bustling Orchard Road. Come experience warm hospitality and
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 233 35 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191-Please check with organisers for latest status of events. BUTTER HER UP ON MOTHER’S DAY WITH GOODWOOD PARK’S DURIAN PASTRIES. Of course, there’s nothing you can give in return for Mum’s love and devotion.
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 426 35 Yourdailyhoroscope fp AQUARIUS JAN20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com ARIES MAR21-APR 19 Your license to do what you want comes as a surprise to latecomers. By stopping to explain, you’ll lose momentum. The cosmic combination that brought you here is already changing. Belief triumphs
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  • Sports
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      735 36  -  Sailors to contribute 20 per cent of future winnings to ensure... By_ r Adam Hashidy SINGAPORE Sailing has set up a self-help scheme for national sailors. Called the Sailors’ Fund, the money will come from sailors J themselves. s\ Starting this year, they must contribute 20 per cent
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    • 248 37 afp BARCELONA Five-time world champion Michael Schumacher clinched his fifth career Spanish Grand Prix win yesterday. He then announced he’s in love with his new car. “It’s beautiful, it’s very special,” said the German star after taking the new Ferrari F2003-GA to a
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    • Article, Illustration
      515 37 Lakers face uphill task against in-form Spurs in second round -AFP NBA PLAY-OFFS (2nd round) San Antonio v LA Lakers LOS ANGELES Three-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers won the final three games to eliminate Minnesota, but if the regular season is an indication then taking just one
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    • 101 37 SOCCER -AFP MADRID Real Madrid’s preparation for the Champions League semi-final clash against Juventus, as well as its assault on a 29th Spanish League crown, suffered an embarrassing setback. It crashed 1-5 at home to Mallorca on Saturday. It was the European champion’s first defeat at its
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    • 106 37 BASKETBALL -AFP WASHINGTON Michael Jordan may not be rejoining the Washington Wizards front office next season, the New York Times reported yesterday. The newspaper says the Wizards have a meeting planned later in the week to discuss Jordan’s role with the team. Wizards owners Abe Pollin and Ted
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    • 100 37 ATHLETICS -AFP MEXICO CITY Canada’s Nicholas Macrozonaris upset American world record holder Tim Montgomery to win the 100 metres in 10.03 seconds here at the Mexican Athletics Grand Prix meet. Montgomery was second in 10.04 sec. American Jon Drummond was third in 10.07 sec before a crowd of
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    • 271 38 Aston Villa 1 (Allback 80) Sunderland 0 y Blackburn 1 (Duff 11) West Bromwich 1 (Koumas 54) Fulham 2 (Stubbs 34-og, Wright 43-og) Everton 0 Liverpool 1 (Baros 59) Manchester City 2 (Anelka 74pen, 90) Manchester Utd 4 (Beckham 11, r van Nistelrooy 32, 37, 53) Charlton 1
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    • 604 38 Hat-trick hero van Nistelrooy one of the best strikers, says Ferguson Whe services MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has hailed Ruud van Nistelrooy (below) as one of the greatest strikers after the Dutch forward fired his side to the brink of the Premiership title. Van Nistelrooy has
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    • 569 39 Di Canio’s winning strike gives West Ham fans a glimmer of hope Wire services LONDON Caretaker West Ham manager Trevor Brooking revealed that Paulo di Canio (right) had been overcome by emotion after making a fairytale comeback to fire the Hammers towards Premiership survival. Di Canio,
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    • 194 39 -AFP SOUTHAMPTON Bolton Wanderers’ manager Sam Allardyce has paid tribute to the way relegation rival West Ham has made his side fight to the death for its Premiership survival. Bolton’s goalless draw with Southampton on Saturday means the two sides will go into their final
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    • 346 39 Wire services LIVERPOOL Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier is counting on his side’s impressive away form to carry it to next season’s Champions League. Houllier’s side, which crashed 1-2 at home to Manchester City on Saturday, must now beat Chelsea at Stamford
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