Today, 27 August 2001

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    8 1 TODAY Monday August n, 2001 MITA IP) 13S/11/2000
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    Young, female, drunk
    441 1  -  Leong Phei Phei by phe iphei@news tod ay. com. sg A GROWING number of professional women are turning to a stress-buster long favoured by their male counterparts: The bottle. The trend is already noticeable to pub owners such as Mr Darin Friedmann, director of Club Eden at
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    They did it their way
    63 1 IT didn't matter that some sang out of tune. Thanks to their enthusiasm, some 1,000 karaoke singers raised $44,000 for charity after a 41-hour session, reported Channel News Asia. Senior Minister of State (Environment) Sidek Saniff and Minister of State (Information and the Arts and
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    Lock icon Red tide at Sentosa
    58 1 Today photo by WEE MORE than 30,000 Singaporeans gathered at the Sentosa Causeway Bridge yesterday morning to form the largest human national bunting, as part of the Singapore Sports Carnival. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong handed over the Singapore flag to RAdm Teo Chee Hean at
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      Lock icon In alignment
      371 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Mega, PM Goh share outlook on cooperation by zack aria@ne wstoday. c o m.sg UNLIKE her two Asean counterparts, who were here just before her, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri did not say much in public during her official visit yesterday. She did not give a
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      Recipe for recovery
      206 2 BE rational, stay united and look beyond the immediate problems. These are three things Singaporeans can do to tackle the economic slowdown to maintain investor confidence, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was speaking at the Bukit Timah GRC National Day dinner yesterday. "We must not
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      Retiree loses $5,000 in scam
      142 2 A 71-year-old retiree has become the latest victim of cheating involving computer chips on Wednesday, Channel News Asia reported. The elderly victim was first approached by a man along High Street to look after some goods at an unloading bay near Peninsula Plaza. But he
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      Tax pact with Turkey
      69 2 AN agreement between Singapore and Turkey to eliminate double taxation on income, which occurs as a result of cross-border economic activities, came into force yesterday. The pact will serve to encourage greater flows of trade, investment, financial activities and technical know-how between the two countries, said
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      Lock icon M'sia to tighten border security
      304 3 Agencies Move to stop weapons smuggling from Thailand KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will tighten security along its border with Thailand to stop weapons smuggling. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was quoted by the Malay language Mingguan Malaysia as saying that the government suspects a
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      Lock icon Smap singer released
      81 3 -AFP TOKYO Japanese pop star Goro Inagaki (right) was released after questioning over his alleged injuring of a woman police officer as he tried to escape a parking ticket. The 27-year-old Inagaki, member of the hugely popular all-boy band Smap was arrested late on Friday. He had
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      Lock icon No more discrimination
      95 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will soon release details on the government's decision to abolish with immediate effect gender-biased immigration regulations, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. Datuk Seri Abdullah said Home Ministry SecretaryGeneral Datuk Aseh Che Mat would issue a statement. Foreign wives
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      Lock icon Cambodian appeal
      187 3 AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia made an urgent appeal for food and medical supplies yesterday as torrential rains and floods claimed at least 17 lives and forced the evacuation of nearly 390,000 people, officials said. "Today, we sent our urgent appeal to the United Nations Development Programme and the
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      Let's hear it from the folks
      378 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim No shortage of views at feedback meetings by zackaria@news tod ay.com. a g RISING health care costs, job security, keeping local talent and non-conformist thinking. Issues such as these dominated two feedback sessions that were held to discuss Prime Minister Goh
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      Lock icon Home away from home for overseas Filipinos
      221 4  -  Roulee Jane F Calayag by ro tile c J ane@news to day.com. sg A FORMER primary school along Pasir Panjang Road is now the official "home away from home" for over 120,000 Filipinos here. The Bayanihan Centre will serve as the focal point
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      Debate over Gomez's mailing list continues
      180 4 A DEBATE between the Home Affairs Ministry (MHA) and Think Centre, a political association, has been heating up over opposition politician James Gomez's mailing list. Its crux: Whether Mr Gomez's mailing list of 2,251 for his personal web page was supplied by Think Centre,
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      90 2 "^Ar L_ "^f 2 Sept 2001, Sunday Officially starts at 9am 3.30pm NTUC Lifestyle World (DOWNTOWN EAST, Pasir Ris) t^fmSM^i :;-v Hi9hli9hts Award Presentation F^ V r FunFair Food Games Inflatable; Face Painting Balloon Sculpting K^s' Hula Hoop Contest Number Board Contest Drawing and Colouring Contest and Many More Fun
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      27 2 Fight Myopia Give your eyes a break V After every 30-40 minutes of reading, give your eyes a break of 3-5 minutes by looking at distant objects.
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      74 4 Scale the snow capped mountains of StMoritz Fipfout more on Pag^J3 FeaturingTqday... MM^!!lK^^ rw.fvßfe.- jPJF m& VI 'T Upfront 14 Singapore movies can make it, says Canada-based producer Andrew Ooi Living Learning 16 E-]earning your way ahead i LimeLight 18 Striking it for charity: MediaCorp artistes hit the bowling alleys
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  • LETTERS
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      Just one little step
      602 6 That's all it takes to start you on the road to being a volunteer THE reassuring message delivered by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at his 11th National Day Rally has brought great encouragement and given added impetus to the volunteer and social services sector here
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      Truly educated
      157 6  -  Mrs Catherine Suen I REFER to the letters by Mr Lim Boon Hee (Today, Aug 20), Mr Alistair Chew and Mr Lin Tzer Pin (TODAY, Aug 22) on Anglo Chinese School (ACS). A parent of two boys with the ACS family, I understand this as not "protectionist sentiment
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      Time to examine cost of our progress
      307 6  -  See Leong Kit I REFER to "A gentle life destroyed" (Today, Aug 25). See how the Japanese achieved great economic success but at the high social cost of an overly-competitive education system, student suicides and wayward youths. Our impressive "economic" statistics aside, what
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      119 6 Reach us at T M >\\ Letters New Products To advertise Want to get something off your chest? Showcase your new product. Let your business associates know who's on More than 280,000 copies (audited) are printed Write to us with your views. Give us your Send us a concise description
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      186 7 ■■■MB It's amazing where savings can bring you. Now you can take that well-deserved break you've always wanted to. Standard Chartered Personal Credit gives you the lowest rate in town of just 6.99% p.a.*, so you stand to save up to 70% on interest instantly. Bringing you one step closer
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Developers hot on China
      374 8 CDL and others in joint venture talks by Chan Chao Peh in Urumqi chaopeh@newstoday.com.sj; URUMQI (China) Several Singapore developers are in talks with a Chinese company to enter into a joint venture to develop an integrated residential and commercial project in the western city of Urumqi.
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      The partnerships way to China market
      148 8 URUMQI (China) Singapore property developers should form partnerships to expand into overseas markets like China, industry leaders said. Although various developers have their own projects in China, so far, "nobody would dare to claim that they have great success", said Mr Kwek Leng Joo,
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      Lock icon Taiwan chip maker to invest in China
      240 8 -AFP TAIPEI For the first time ever, Taiwan's microchip "godfather" yesterday said that his company the island's leading microchip maker is set to invest in China. Chairman Morris Chang of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), told a panel of the national economic development
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan must trigger inflation
      120 8 AFP TOKYO The Bank of Japan <BOJ) should change its policy and push up prices to end deflation, a senior aide to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said. The government must "make it clear that it is monetary policy's turn to appear on stage as
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      Lock icon Toshiba to cut 20,000 jobs
      264 10 Bloomberg It may also merge chip unit with foreign partner TOKYO As many as 20,000 jobs worldwide will be cut at Toshiba Corporation. This cut comprises 11 per cent of the second-largest chipmaker's workforce. The company may merge its memory-chip business with a foreign partner
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      FTSE to be China's benchmark index
      90 10 THE China Index Fund will use the FTSE/Xinhua China B All-Share Index as its benchmark index from Sept 1. This move reinforces its position as the index most representative of the China equity market, according to a press release from FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (FXI),
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      Lock icon SIA 'urged to sell'
      82 10 Bloomberg SYDNEY Australia's Transport Minister John Anderson has urged the Singapore Government to pressure Singapore Airlines to sell its Air New Zealand stake to rival Qantas Airways. Citing unidentified sources, the Australian Financial Review reported that Mr Anderson and New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen both
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      Lock icon Asians less optimistic
      227 10 AFP ASIAN corporate finance chiefs have a gloomier view of the world economy in the near-term than their counterparts from Europe and the United States, a survey revealed. The CFO Asia Magazine survey showed that 77 per cent of Asian respondents polled said they were "concerned or
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        179 10 LAST week, the Federal Reserve cut rates by another 25 basis points. More important was its comments that the risks were still on the downside for the economy. For most of the week, the Dow and Nasdaq were down with the latter going below 1,800 and the Dow to
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        Malaysia
        136 10 KUALA LUMPUR Despite poor performance from major regional bourses such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, which all closed the week lower, the Malaysian stock market bucked the trend by closing the week as the top gainer in the region in local currency terms. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Terror glide
      225 11 Scary 33 minutes as plane's engines go dead LAJES (Azores Islands) Thoughts of loved ones, prayers and regrets for not writing a will consumed terrified passengers on an Air Transat jetliner from Canada that was forced to make an emergency landing on the Azores Islands. "My wife was
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      Malaysia 'did not pay'
      112 11 KUALA LUMPUR A Washington-based think-tank, which produced a report warning the US government against being "fooled" into backing jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim, has denied receiving any payment from Malaysia. Ms Amy Ridenour, president of the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), who wrote the report
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      Lock icon China executes gang
      117 11 -AFP BEIJING A family-run gang, which kidnapped and sold at least 60 children from 1995 to 1999, has been executed, Xinhua News Agency said yesterday. The terror four, led by 37-year-old Chen Qifu, were sentenced to death by the court on Friday. After members of the gang
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      Lock icon Revenge attack
      64 11 -AFP GAZA CITY Retaliation was the guiding principle in Israel yesterday after Palestinian gunmen killed five Israelis. Palestinian police stations were destroyed by Israeli F-16 bombers while a 14-year-old boy was killed in the northeastern Gaza strip by a firing Israeli tank. This brings the number of people
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Who owns English?
      550 12  -  Lionel Wee As a global language, native speakers no longer have exclusive rights by ENGLISH, it's been said many times, is a world language. This claim is based on various considerations. For example, its wide geographical spread means that it is spoken over various parts of the
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      Lock icon Child-sex rings operating with impunity in Asia
      355 12 AFP BANGKOK The arrest of self-confessed paedophile Eric Rosser one of FBl's most wanted men last week in Thailand, highlighted the growing problem of elaborate rings that operate with impunity in Asia, experts said. While Thailand's relatively stringent and wellenforced laws helped to
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Singapore movies can make it
      648 14 Today Features Canada-based producer Andrew Ooi believes local films can go global Andrew Ooi, 32, is amused when asked what school he manages, after he hands out his business card. After all, although his card gives his title as Principal, he really has nothing to
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      The blinding truth about myopia
      510 14  -  Rachel Lo by rachel@newstoday.corn.sg Did you know that myopia could lead to complications resulting in blindness? Myopia, commonly known as "short-sightedness", is the leading eye disease in Singapore and it affects about 73 per cent of the population here. Yes, it is a disease. There
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      Lock icon E-learning your way ahead
      784 16 -XCI Consulting It is a great avenue for those who want to stay on top of their skills, but self-discipline is essential JOBS today are more demanding than ever. What is presently cutting edge may well be obsolete tomorrow. Lifelong learning has become a normal part
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      100 17 Fight Myopia Myopia or short sightedness, is an eye disease that can lead to blindness. As parents, you can help your children practise good eye care habits. sHeP-"^- Zi£&ssm(xt 8E8& '■SBk' -^.y >■■■■■■; J 'i^i*;;V:Sj^^K- r^-:1 Give your eyes a break of 3 to 5 minutes 1/1, i&j v Look
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Blink 182's latest album is a fun take off
      179 18  -  Jeremy Phua by jphua@mediacorpradio.com rTV)O many music acts take them--1 selves too seriously, even DJs. But here comes Blink 182 to put things into perspective. Take Off Your Pants Jacket (TOYPJ) is their fourth studio album and their best to date.
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      Striking it for charity
      234 18  -  Sophia Ang MediaCorp artistes hit the bowling alleys by sophia@newstoday.com.sg It's barely noon but a visibly exhausted Vivian Lai is pounding her arms after an hour of bowling at a Hougang alley. "My arms are aching from the lack of practice. And I am no good
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      Morning prime time
      143 18 Whoever said prime time is best left for the evenings? Channel News Asia begs to differ. In its effort to keep viewers informed with the latest news before the day starts, it has re-format-ted its morning news programmes. The new morning belt will start tomorrow morning. Let
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  • EATOUT
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      Ichiban!
      532 19  -  Kuishiirßo delivers first class bona fide Japanese fare by Karman Tse Most Japanese restaurants have a window display exhibiting replicas of their choicest dishes, which can sometimes be rather deceptive. But, at Kuishin-80, what you see is what you get as you take your pick directly from various counters
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        rea-for-2 At Mezza9
        112 19  -  Routes Jane Cayalag Mezza9 is the perfect place to go to if you want to have a platter of savoury snacks and unlimited refills of non-alcoholic beverage in a restaurant with a cool and relaxing interior to revive your senses. For the price of $18+++, the tea-for-2
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        Chomp To Your Heart's Content
        108 19 Buffets are a great way to hang out and have fun with your family and friends. Sundays are the best time to do so. And ANA Hotel's Cafe-in-the-Park is where. There, a vast spread of Japanese, local and Western mid Mediterranean savouries awaits you. Sashimi
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Backstreet Boys are back in action
      353 20 THE Backstreet Boys (picture) are reunited. After twice postponing their tour to accommodate A J McLean's trip to rehab for alcohol abuse and depression, the popular boy band has finally reunited with its ailing fifth member. They returned to action last week and kicked
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      Waxing lyrical
      150 20 We are not kidding. British waxwork museum, Madame Tussaud's, has replaced a waxwork of Nicole Kidman with one of Penelope Cruz (picture) for a Tom Cruise exhibit. The landmark company was due to open a "Tom And Nicole" exhibit next month, but the sculpture of Kidman has been
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      Mystery bug
      410 21 Winona Ryder drops out of lead role due to illness BLAME it on the fish and chips. Winona Ryder (picture) has been dropped out of her latest movie, Lily and the Secret Planting, because of a nasty stomach bug, reported E! Online. She was hospitalised over the weekend
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      Lock icon Singer Aaliyah dies in Bahamas crash
      136 21 -AFP WASHINGTON Pop singer Aaliyah (picture) was among eight people who died in a plane crash late Saturday off the coast of the Bahamas. CAW reported on Sunday that a light aircraft carrying the singer crashed, while attempting to take off from Marsh Harbor
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      1418 22 The Rood Ahead Vision for Eraser channel 5,7 30pm Love Generation Andrew Uoyd Webber's Cats CHANNELNEWSASIA a New Philippines channel itafefci, ch«i»lB,io.3Opm ftm Cemrat. lqpm Zhenping tells Lkhi to wait for him at the hill the following Saturday ii'*lir *fci-"*I An ongoing rebel M JM L fl i VVslffl wants
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon Will the real Ivan Heng stand up?
      748 23  -  Kim-Kyna Tan ToDAYphoto by by kim@newstoday.com.sg A S twisted as it sounds, it takes a real llraan to play a woman, to the hilt. "When a man performs it, there's an objective distance...only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.
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      139 27 -AFP LONDON Manchester United, the world's richest football club, is forming a marketing alliance with the World Wrestling Federation, just months after announcing a similar partnership with the New York Yankees baseball team, the Sunday Times of London reported. No money would change hands
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      492 27 -Reuters Primera Liga Valencia 1 Real Madrid 0 MADRID Zinedine Zidane laboured and Luis Figo saw red. And Real Madrid slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at Valencia on the opening day of the Spanish league season yesterday. Miguel Angel Angulo struck
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      Dong surprises in discus
      220 28  -  Jose Raymond IT was only his first competitive series of throws for the discus event but Singapore's Dong Enxin stunned all with a 51.77 m heave yesterday during the Singapore Amateur Athletics Association Inter-Club Championships at the Singapore Polytechnic Sports Complex. The distance would have assured
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      306 28 Reuters AUCKLAND The All Blacks will review their win over the Springboks just as critically as they did their loss against Australia to prepare for Saturday's TriNations rugby series finale. Yesterday, coach Wayne Smith was hoping his players would scrutinise their efforts in order
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      257 29 Reuters Cricket LONDON England, following on 209 runs behind Australia, reached 40 for one in its second innings just before lunch on the fourth day of the fifth and final Ashes Test yesterday as bad light stopped play. Michael Atherton, probably playing in his
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      242 29 AFP NEW DELHI Former Indian cricket captains heaped praise yesterday on Sourav Ganguly and his team for pulling off a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test at Kandy. Skipper Ganguly led from the front on Saturday with an unbeaten 98 to
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      563 30 Saved by own goal after great Vassell strike LONDON A last-gasp own goal by Alpay Ozalan handed Manchester United a draw against Aston Villa yesterday, reported BBCSport.com. With two minutes of injury time remaining, a dangerous Ryan Giggs corner found the Turkish defender, who accidentally deflected
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      234 30 Reuters MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson admitted yesterday that he might head into the transfer market to replace Dutch defender Jaap Stam. "It is a possibility," said Ferguson, on signing another defender. But the manager was quick to add that he has faith in
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      105 30 JUVENTUS got off to a sparkling start in Serie A with a 4-0 win over Venezia. French international David Trezeguet scored twice with Alessandro Del Piero grabbing the other two. In another thriller, new signing Mohamed Kallon hit a double to lead Inter Milan to a 4--1
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      292 32 Reuters MILAN Manchester United defender Jaap Stam has signed a four-year contract with Serie A club Lazio, Italian television station RAI 2 reported yesterday. RAI said it had been told by Lazio director Massimo Cragnotti, son of Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti,
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