Streats, 28 October 2003

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  • 11 1 Streats TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com, sg mita <p> 111/03/2003,
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  • 596 1  -  Investor winding down networking company ‘because of competition from Govt’; claim rebutted B v Janice Wong THE owner of a networking company here is thinking of winding up his business because he says the Government has invaded his territory as a competitor. Mr Landy Eng complained that the
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    • 154 1 Streats LIESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com, sg mita<p) 111/03/2003 TOP'UNS HOME UNITED’S PERES DE OLIVEIRA IS S-LEAGUE’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. STREATS TAKES BOTH SOCCER JOURNALISM AWARDS WITH FRANCIS LEE SHOOTING TOP PICTURE AND ADAM HASHIDY WRITING TOP STORY PAGE 32 L y V U sKr Vf i I
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  • Morning Rush
    • 160 2 LONDON A British couple have been forced to move house because of the embarrassment caused by the name of their street Butt Hole Road. Mr Paul Allot and Mrs Lisa Allott sold their £150,000 (*****,515) bungalow in Conisbrough, northern England, after living there for
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    • 527 2  -  Her cosmetics are sold in 800 outlets in China By Janice Wong HER name and her products may not ring a bell here, but Ms Yue-Sai Kan is a household name in China where she is the queen of cosmetics. She is the founding chairman
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    • 412 3  -  These businessmen, both new Singaporeans, hope to set up a volunteer group of like-minded immigrants By Julie Sim IN a reversal of the days when Singaporeans used to send household appliances to the needy in China, one man from China is now sending wheelchairs
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    • 383 4  -  By Khushwant Singh ITALIAN Pasquale Pistorio (centre) and Briton Sydney Brenner (left) made history yesterday by becoming Singapore’s first honorary citizens. They were conferred the award, the highest for global talent, by President S R Nathan at a ceremony at the Istana for outstanding contributions to
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    • 586 4  -  Is freedom fighter Bose alive or dead? By Shervin Seah AN Indian commission of inquiry looking into the disappearance of Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose nearly 60 years ago is casting its net in Singapore. Yesterday, the Justice Mukheijee Commission of Inquiry
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    • 120 6 BUZZSTOP A GATHERING of experts in stem cell research begin a three-day meeting today at the National University of Singapore, at the world’s biggest conference in this field. The Straits Times reports today that more than 500 doctors and scientists including
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    • 139 6 Manufacturing up 6.3% -AFP SINGAPORE’S manufacturing output expanded for the second straight month with an annual 6.3 per cent rise in September, bolstered by strong performances in key industry clusters. The Economic Development Board said in a statement yesterday that the September figures reflected “higher
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    • 121 6 Promoting economic cooperation SINGAPORE and Bahrain will negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA). In a joint statement, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Bahrain Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman A 1 Khalifa said that the FTA would have a “catalytic effect in encouraging further
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    • 42 6 Glutinous rice and other delicacies for sale at a bazaar in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. During this period, Muslims abstain from food, drink, sex and smoking from dawn to dusk AFP
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    • 124 6 CONVICTED Islamic cleric and alleged Jemaah Islamiah chief Abu Bakar Bashir has said that the Muslim-holy month of Ramadan will not automatically halt terrorism in Indonesia. The Australian newspaper reported yesterday that Bashir, speaking by telephone from Salemba prison in Jakarta, when asked if violence
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    • 86 6 Bloomberg RAFFLES Holdings Ltd, which paid ***** million for SAirGroup’s Swissotel hotel chain two years ago, said a German national has filed a suit claiming 554.3 million for allegedly brokering the transaction. Mr Jens Grossner filed the suit in a Singapore court for his commission, which works
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    • 112 6 AFP THREE Nigerian state governments have suspended polio prevention measures following opposition from influential Islamic leaders, who allege that oral vaccination is unsafe and part of a secret US plan to depopulate Africa, officials said on Sunday. The stoppage comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) last
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    • 77 6 ■AP AN animal trainer was fatally struck by an elephant just a week after getting the job with a circus in Malaysia, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The 40-year-old Indonesian, identified as Amanat, was accidentally hit in the abdomen by the elephant’s trunk during a training
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    • 110 6 THE Kelantan state government is planning a RM60,000 (S$28,000) road show to teach Muslim women how to dress in “proper Muslim attire” of a headscarf and a traditional two-piece dress known as the baju kurung, earning the ire of a minister and several Malaysian women’s groups.
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    • 547 3 ACADEMY THE ART OF ARTICULATION ar*tic*u*la-tion (ar-tik'ye-la'shen) n. I. Endowed with the power of speech. 2. Composed of distinct, meainingful syllabes or words, as human speech. 3. Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language: an articulate speaker. 4. Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language: an articulate essay.
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  • Financial
    • 658 8  - Following a game -plan Your entrepreneurs If you can’t imagine anyone trying to make a living out of paintball, you haven’t met Ken Khoo B v r Janice Wong YOU can use a gun freely in Singapore and not lose your life for doing it. All thanks to Mr Ken
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    • 68 8 Bloomberg JAKARTA United Overseas Bank has dropped out of the bidding for PT Bank Intemasional Indonesia, leaving Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s largest lender, and PT Bank Panin in the running, an Indonesian government official said in Jakarta. Mr Syafruddin Temenggung, chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring
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    • 91 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Contract equipment manufacturer Norelco Centreline Holdings has acquired a Singapore semiconductor company in an all-share deal valued at $271 million. Singapore-based Norelco would issue 162.4 million new shares based on the last traded price of $1.67 on October 23 to buy UMS Semiconductor. The new
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    • 90 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Keppel Land said yesterday that third-quarter profit rose 80 per cent from the sale of homes in China and Singapore. Profit for the three months ended Sept 30 rose to $31.1 million from $17.3 million a year earlier. The Singaporebased company said sales almost
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    • 84 8 AFP HANOI Vietnam Airlines began direct flights between Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur yesterday, a day after inaugurating services between the Vietnamese capital and Singapore, the company said. The national flag carrier will run a thrice-weekly service, departing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, to the Malaysian
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    • 262 10  -  His medical invention deemed viable business model By Chita Kong Ho SYDNEY-BASED Rob Phillips, who invented a medical device that does away with the need for catheters to measure heart valve flow, beat 141 others, including the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the Institute
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    • 153 10 Bloomberg SYDNEY Qantas Airways’ unit Australian Airlines, which started operations a year ago, said that it added a fifth aircraft to its fleet and plans further expansion next year. The single-class international carrier now also offers online bookings, it said. It flies daily from its Cairns base
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    • 568 13 Moscow to decide on pipeline by early next year AFP MOSCOW Energy-hungry Asian rivals China and Japan are locked in a fierce struggle for supplies of Russian crude, allowing Russia to bargain hard as it chooses where to build a pipeline from its Siberian
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    • 534 15 STI: 1,712.62 M 20.34 Wire agencies TOKYO Soon, you may be able to flash your cellphone across ticket gates or use them at cash registers, without the hassle of cards or coins. Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp and Japan’s top mobile carrier, NTT DoCoMo, are setting
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    • 24 15 *AS AT OCTOBER 27 US$: $51,742 552.947 EURO: 552.045 Ss: 62.42 YEN Ss: RM2.182 Ss: HK54.452 Ss: 22.93 BAHT Ss: 4,902 RUPIAH
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  • Comment
    • 763 17  -  By SARAH NG A GIRLFRIEND of mine has been thinking a lot about babies of late. Nope, not because her biological clock is screaming for attention. She hasn’t even felt its faint tick. The nagging came from her husband, who is turning 35. She
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    • 456 17 m nv :r n> Streats Who Reads Wins MIS Making Learning Possible! Scholarship For All Programmes Closing date: 15 Nov 03 Master (MSc) in Strategic Business IT jm m. 9 1 Zl Usual Fee SZSrOOO MSc programme prepares you for a senior IT business role by providing you with management
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    • 274 18 Grand parent of trie Year fioalists m if CPI GP2 CP3 GP4 Chua Ho Eng 75 For years, Chua Ho Eng managed a noodle stall in Redhill market to support the family and make ends meet Today, she showers her children and grandchildren with love and lends a helping hand
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    • 315 19 s Active Senior Citizen of the Year fin m w ASCI ASC2 Teresa Hsu 91 Teresa Hsu has dedicated her life to the less fortunate in society and continues to help people through the Heart-to-Heart Service which she set up to supply food to the needy. She keeps fit by
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  • Vocal
    • 326 20 MY employer, a proprietary club, went into receivership in mid-November last year, but the receivers withdrew after 10 days for reasons not made known to the club’s employees. My former colleagues and I left the company the following month after its failure to pay
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    • 125 20 I READ with concern Mr Philip Lee’s commentary, “Illegal elderly hawkers: Give them a break” (Streats, Oct 27). I cannot agree more that we should respect and admire the elderly who want to sell goods so that they can be financially independent. Given a choice, most
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    • 182 20 I REFER to Mr Yip Kok Kuin’s letter, “Can’t cops arrest driver who stole wheel clamp?” (Streats, Oct 21). Based on the information provided by Mr Yip, the police officer who attended to his case assessed that it was likely to be one of mischief
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    • 272 20 -s' Mm a »4 Y«p nK r -‘i HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at 5tf©iitS@5ph*C€im s S|f 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
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  • Global
    • 608 22 Five blasts rock Baghdad; attacks becoming increasingly sophisticated BAGHDAD The series of bomb attacks in Baghdad yesterday demonstrates the growing sophistication of tactics being used by Iraqi resistance fighters and raises doubts about whether such attacks can be prevented. Just one day after launching
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    • Article, Illustration
      59 22 A woman, as she is forcibly evacuated, lamenting the loss of her house and taking along the few possessions she can carry in the Del Rosa area of San Bernadino, California, on Saturday. CNN reported yesterday that 14 people have been killed so far as the voracious wildfires the
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    • 239 22 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday hit back at those who condemned him for saying that Jews rule the world but were silent when the Prophet Muhammad was called a terrorist. “Are we not allowed to say that we are angry
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    • 580 23 With China losing 25m manufacturing jobs over 7 years, it can’t be blamed for global labour woes Bloomberg NEW YORK Last month, in a Labour Day appeal to union workers, US President George W Bush announced the appointment of a new manufacturing tsar. But
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  • Medical
    • 236 24 Reuters NEW YORK Taking calcium supplements during pregnancy can have a long-term benefit for the child’s blood pressure. According to a new study published in the American Journal of Hypertension, the calcium intake may help “programme” foetal blood pressure and can have effects that last
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    • 227 24 Qls there any way to increase or improve calcium intake on a diet of vegetables andfruits? Especially ifi don’t take milk. A Fruits and vegetables can be very good sources of calcium. Calcium-fortified soya drink and certain types of nuts can also be very good sources. Here is
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  • EasyStreats
    • 569 27  -  It was a question that perplexed Singaporeans over the weekend: why weren’t there any female contestants on Singapore’s Brainiest Scholar? Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK WATCHING Channel 5’s Singapore’s Brainiest Scholar on Sunday, you may have found yourself idly thinking: 1) Why do so many scholars
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    • 105 27 POP singer Britney Spears has advice for contestants on TV’s singing competition series Pop Idol, the British precursor to American Idol: Ignore nasty judge Simon Cowell. The Brit became infamous on both sides of the Atlantic for his rude putdowns to contestants. But, said Spears,
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    • 135 27 Next Scrabble, the movie THE 82-year-old board game Scrabble is getting hipper by the day, reported The Independent on Sunday. It is played on the Internet, is spawning social clubs all over Britain, and is now the subject of not one but two major films. One is to be directed
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    • 101 27 HOW mad can fans get? Apparently, Lord of the Rings fans in Norway have been queuing for three weeks for tickets to the premiere of Return of the King, the final film in the trilogy. Tickets went on sale yesterday. Some 144 people, dressed as
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    • Article, Illustration
      605 28  -  irucKs L A By Sharon Soh jf IT may take only a month or two to learn how to make soba noodles. But to be a true master of the craft calls for some 10 years of experience or more. At least, that’s how long Shibazaki Yoshinori
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    • 643 30  -  By Zubaidah Nazeer ZHANG Manlu does not need to look up to her role models Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista. Literally. For, at 1.83 m tall, Singapore’s representative for the Elite Model Look 2003 towers over those models who are reportedly 1.77 m tall. And
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    • 104 31 The Los Angeles/Oxnard National Weather Service Forecast can tell locals if it’s going to rain on their barbecue. The Ventura County Star reported that for W six months now, they have been able to log in to www.nwsla.noaa.gov a for seven-day r forecasts for I*, a
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 58 31 9pm, STAR Movies (SCV 58) In this animated movie based on the video game of the same name, Earth in the year 2065 has been taken over by a race of alien phantoms and transformed into a barren wasteland sprinkled with dome-enclosed barrier cities which
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      • 50 31 9pm, Channel U Guofeng is shocked when he learns that Huiling and her husband died in a traffic accident. Having witnessed the accident, Ziqian returns to Hong Kong in shock and is unable to speak. Still angry with Guofeng for abandoning him, Ziqian gives him the cold shoulder.
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    • Happenin’
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        69 31 AQUARAtyA Saturday (lpm-Bpm) and Sunday (10 am7pm) for the public (Thursday onwards for trade visitors) Hall 3, Singapore Expo $8 for public visitors Postponed from May because of the Sars outbreak, all things fishy finally goes ahead with more than 200 exhibitors from 24 countries displaying their products and
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      • 63 31 FUJIWARA MARI CELLO RECITAL Today, 7-30 pm Victoria Concert Hall Tickets from $2O to $4O from at the Japanese Association’s Front Office and Isetan Scotts customer service counter Organised by the Japanese Association, the recital commemorates the Asean-Japan Exchange Year 2003. Ms Fujiwara is one of Japan’s foremost female
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    • 110 28 FOR EVERY FOUR ADULTS, ONE PERSON DINES FREE! Spicy Malay favourites. Fiery Indian curries Chinese specialities. The three major ethnic races making up the multi-cultural society of Singapore have influenced the cuisine of each other. The result? Food that is uniquely Singaporean in flavour, taste and presentation. Tuck into Sup
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    • 170 30 FUN FITNESS FRIENDS I 1 m. r I>o >Woodlcma Aer o b Step Kickbo ics xing Parco Bugis Junction Cineleisure Orchard Tiong Bahru Plaza Bugis Village Tel: 6336 6822 Tel: 6732 1822 Tel: 6271 1822 Tel: 6337 7333 And you'll find getting fit has its own rewards! With our new
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    • 155 31 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. A THf SAVOUR t Celebrate the new Amore Day Spa at Woodlands Civic Centre with our Spa Specials! Take your pick from 3 tempting spa
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 5 31 Muslims’ break-fast time: 6.52 pm.
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    • 483 31 Yourdailyhoroscope i by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com Expand your world. Keep in touch with old friends even as you focus on meeting new people. Laughter, handshakes and other touchstones of humanity are welcome reminders of connection and vitality. Why take a risk when, with only a little more work, you
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  • Sports
    • 869 32  -  Streats swept the media awards at the annual S-League awards last night. Adam Hashidy won the Story of the Year and Francis Lee walked away with the Picture of the Year. Here, they describe how they went about their tasks By- Adam Hashidy By Francis
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    • 452 33  -  From cleaner to world bowling bronze medallist, Camacho’s rise has been phenomenal By Lim Han Ming HE worked as a cleaner to buy his first bowling ball and trained after midnight because it was cheaper. But he persevered. And, last month, Duane “Big Daddy” Camacho (right),
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    • 71 33 GOLF AFP LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida Vijay Singh won the Disney Classic by four strokes on Sunday, seizing the US PGA Tour money lead from Tiger Woods. Singh fired a five-under par 67 to finish at 23-under 265. The win was worth U *****,000 (551.25 million). Woods finished
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    • 45 33 FOOTBALL SEMBAWANG Rangers will be conducting trials for next season’s Under-18 and Under--16 teams at the Yishun Stadium on Thursday, from 3pm. Players must be bom in 1986-89 to be eligible. For more information, call Jeffrey Senin at 9177-0132 or Bala at 9047-0747.
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    • Article, Illustration
      349 34 All Black centre Umaga begins training, hopes to play in quarter-finals ■ran* RUGBY WORLD CUP 2003 USA 39 Japan 26 Live: Georgia v Uruguay (Star Sports Ch24,4.30pm, today) AFP MELBOURNE Injured All Black centre Tana Umaga (right) was cautiously optimistic yesterday that he would be available for
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    • 280 34 AFP MELBOURNE Australia’s coach Eddie Jones has called for England to be reprimanded after it fielded a replacement without permission during Sunday’s 35-22 World Cup pool C win against Samoa. Tournament organisers have already confirmed they are investigating the incident in which Dan Luger took the field
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    • 392 35  -  By Tan Kim Han THE Football Association of Singapore are keen to make Geylang United striker Brendon Santaiab (right) a Lion. National selectors have sounded out the prolific goalscorer, who was on loan from Sydney United, about taking
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 43 33 IN THE LIVING ROOM RUGBY: World Cup: Georgia v Uruguay (Star Sports, Ch 24, 4.30 pm). SOCCER: Carling Cup, round 3: Leeds United v Manchester United (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.40 am). Primera Liga: Zaragoza v Real Madrid (Channel i, tomorrow, 4am).
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