Today, 7 July 2001

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    13 1 TODAY !S 3. t u r d 3.v *Juiy 7'2001 MiiAipji^ ii 2000
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  • Article
    Side-effect of bank mergers: Will rentals crash?
    299 1  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AS Singapore's banks prepare to merge and consolidate, the impact is likely to be felt on an unexpected sector the property market. With the target banks perched in prime areas, Credit Suisse First Boston has projected a glut
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    Lock icon She saw no light
    446 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon Suffering from a sunlight-allergy, Helmut Kohl's wife takes her own life by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg TRAPPED in the confines of the family bungalow in Oggersheim, Mrs Hannelore Kohl, 68, finally decided to end the wretched and isolated life she had been forced to live for
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  • Article
    Lock icon FBI spy pleads guilty
    87 1 Reuters ALEXANDRIA (Virginia) ExFBI agent Robert Hanssen pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of spying for Russia after prosecutors dropped their bid to seek the death penalty. As part of the plea deal, his wife would be allowed to receive a large chunk of his retirement benefits,
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    Lock icon I want my doggone 'child'!
    99 1 Reuters PARIS Nevermind his lover, it is the dog he can't live without. A lovelorn Frenchman has gone to court to win custody of a dog called Mozart, disputing his former girlfriend's claim that the pet was a Valentine's Day gift from him to her.
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  • Article
    Licence application online
    78 1 LICENCE applications that used to take eight weeks can be completed in two, come Monday. Instead of going to several individual agencies to obtain the licences they require for liquor, dancing and so on, entertainment outlets need only go to the one-stop Public Entertainment Licensing Centre. Set
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  • HOT NEWS
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      How big were SilkAir pilots?
      317 2  -  Elaine Quek Judge asks for their physical measurements by elaine@newstoday.com.sg A SECOND expert witness in the SilkAir crash case testified yesterday that in a nosedive, negative Gs would have impeded the co-pilot's ability to overcome the pilot This prompted Justice Tan Lee Meng to set
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      Foreign Affairs gets second Perm Sec
      84 2 SINGAPORE'S Foreign Affairs Ministry will have a second Permanent Secretary. Mr Bilahari Kausikan (picture), presently the ministry's Deputy Secretary for Southeast Asia, will assume the position from Aug 1. Mr Kausikan obtained a Master of Arts degree in political science from Columbia University in
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      Get vour NDP tickets
      73 2 YOU can pick up your National Day Parade 2001 tickets from Bam tomorrow at these distribution points: Khatib Camp, 304 Sembawang Road Bedok Camp, 762 Upper East Coast Road National Stadium East Entrance, Stadium Road Clementi Camp, 26 Clementi Loop •Jurong Camp, 104 Upper Jurong Road
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      Van to help those with HIV
      178 2 HTV patients at the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) will soon find it easier to move around, thanks to the Rotary Club of Raffles City. The club, through a Moulin Rouge charity premiere and donations from companies, raised $55,000 for the CDC. This will be
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    • Article
      The misunderstood illness
      234 2  -  Leong Phei Phei THERE are few illnesses more misunderstood than schizophrenia. Not only do schizophrenics have to bear with hallucinations and delusions, they also have to live with the stigma associated with the illness. Dr Chong Siow Ann, consultant psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH)
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      He messed with cheque
      95 2 A MAN was jailed for a year yesterday for changing the payee name on a cheque. Sometime in April last year, a cheque issued and posted to Progress Silkscreen Company fell into the hands of Elanta Kanniappan, 42. He was then the sole proprietor of ADIZ
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      Man fined for threatening teacher
      177 2  -  -Pearlyn Tham A PARENT, who felt a teacher had mistreated his daughter, threatened her. The court made him pay for it with a $3,000 fine yesterday. Last October, Abraham Shanmugam, 48, confronted his daughter's music teacher, Mrs Clara Ng Swee Lian, at Geylang Methodist Primary
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      Lock icon Dr M: Nobody's above the law
      177 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The arrest of a student activist under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA) has again raised a chorus of criticism against the Mahathir government. Some said the arrest of Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin, 24, on Thursday was aimed at silencing student activism
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      Lock icon 40 escape death
      58 3 Reuters photo The 40 people in this bus had a narrow escape on Wednesday when it ended up dangling over a bridge on the Yangtze River in Jiangsu, eastern China. They escaped out of its windows. The driver had earlier swerved to avoid a car making an
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      Lock icon US gives in
      419 3 Agencies Airman in rape case handed over to Japanese police TOKYO The tension over the rape of a woman in Okinawa ended yesterday when the American airman accused of the crime was handed over to Japanese police. The United States agreed to the handover in order to
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    • Article
      Receipt for paying ransom
      124 3 MANILA The two kidnapped Filipinos freed this week by the Abu Sayyaf rebels were given receipts after their families paid ransoms, the Philippine Daily Inquirer said. Schoolgirl Lalaine Chua, 15, and telecom executive Luis Bautista, 32, were given a photocopy of their photographs with the word
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      Lock icon Muslim men get to divorce by SMS
      153 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Muslim men in Singapore and Malaysia can now seek a divorce just by sending a message to their spouses on their mobile phones. Divorce declarations sent via SMS on mobile phones are valid, Datuk Hashim Yahya, a senior Malaysian cleric,
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    • Article
      Hie baldness pill
      260 4  -  Leong Phei Phei in Tokyo Those hair that vanished can actually start returning by pheiphei@newstodayxom.sg THE rest of the world may snigger but two independent surveys in Hong Kong indicate that hair loss can cause considerable psychological stress to the sufferers and their partners. Eighty per cent
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      10 firms hold job fair for retrenched workers
      108 4 A JOB fair for the 700 workers retrenched by Maxtor Peripherals in Yishun was held at the Grassroots Club in Ang Mo Kio yesterday morning. A spokesman for the Ang Mo Kio-Cheng San CDC said that about 10 companies from the service
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      Lock icon Learning line-dancing, the VCD way
      151 4 Angelina Teo GET your cowboy boots on because if you have always wanted to learn line dancing, this is your chance Singapore's first line dancing instructional video goes on sale today at NTUC's Great American Carnival in Downtown East. Produced by NTUC Income, the NTUC
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      Lock icon Preparing for Tibet's highest peak
      189 4  -  Lee U-Wen by uwen@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Acting Minister for the Environment Lim Swee Say met some of Singapore's top climbers yesterday, they swapped some tall tales. Said Mr Lim: "I am not a mountain climber but I did climb Mount Ophir when I was 17." He
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      113 4 READ 0N... Foreign knot It's a social problem when local girls marry expats/6 Too nice CIA slammed for pro-China bias/12 The truth is not out there But there is food for thought/13 A Pontianak project Thin plot saved by great sound and cinematography/ 16 Marked by gender Makiko Tanaka's aggression
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  • LETTERS
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      Foreign knot
      372 6 It's a social problem when local girls marry expats RECENTLY, there has been an increase in the number of local women dating expatriate, mainly Caucasian, men. I am sure many Singaporeans share my concern that this is a case of cultural imperialism and a revival of our colonial
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      Distribution of NDP tickets fair
      189 6 WE refer to Mr Henry Ong's letter "Distribute NDP tickets by area" (Today, July 3). He suggested that NDP tickets should be systematically distributed area by area on a first-come-first-served basis. The NDP 01 Executive Committee appreciates Mr Ong's suggestion and wishes to reiterate that
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      Decision to halt second BCG vaccination sound
      258 6 WE refer to the letter "Are we 100 per cent sure about this?" (Today, July 4) by Ms Debbie Yang, Lim Hong Yun and Ng Lay Geok. In 1995, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended the discontinuation of the practice of repeated BCG
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      Fateha not a free-for-all online forum
      213 6 I REFER to the article "The mail-mole" (Today, July 4). The report gives an accurate account of some of the problems that an online forum faces. However, I would like to offer some corrections to the article. The writer "Observer" has consistently advocated extremist
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Powering up
      316 7 Bloomberg SembCorp eyes Asian power plants SEMBCORP Industries Ltd, Southeast Asia's biggest civil engineering company, is keen to invest in deregulated power generation plants overseas. The Singapore company may look to Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines or Indonesia, as these countries seek foreign investment for the privatisation of
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      HDB portal
      97 7 THE HDB's Industrial Properties Department has launched an Internet portal for all its tenants and lessees. The portal will feature a business directory and a bulletin board. The HDB aims to promote online transactions among the tenants and lessees as well as with the public. The directory will
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      Shop space bucks trend
      374 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Outlook for retail properties positive by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE retail property market is not likely to suffer too greatly from the flat or modest growth in consumer spending amidst Singapore's poor economic outlook this year. This is because the impact of the weakening consumer
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      Prime bungalow site up for sale
      202 8 A FREEHOLD good-class bungalow site at Leedon Park off Holland Road has been offered for sale by tender. Based on URA guidelines on goodclass bungalow development, the site can be subdivided into five bungalow plots. Marketing agent DTZ Debenham Tie Leung said indicative value
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      Final blaze?
      345 10  -  Ivay Tan KCH does well prior to likely takeover by ivay@newstoday.com.sg THREE weeks since becoming the hot topic for takeover, Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH) announced yesterday what many see as its last interim announcement. On June 12, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) made a hostile bid for KCH with
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      Lock icon S$ drops to 11-yea rlow
      206 10 Bloomberg CONCERNS that the yen's weakness could crimp demand for comparatively more expensive exports from here, thus reducing demand for the Singapore dollar, the currency fell to an 11-year low. The Singapore dollar shed 0.2 per cent to $1.8272 against the US dollar. It earlier
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        270 10 WEAK US and European markets, prompted by profit shortfall warnings by giants there, sent ripples throughout Asia that reminded investors of the deteriorating corporate and macro-economic environment. The STI slumped to a daily and weekly low to close at 1,660.76, down 27.26 points as skittish investors flocked to the
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        Malaysia
        147 10 THE Malaysian market ended on another positive note on the last day of the week, as the momentum carried over from Thursday proved to be strong enough to overcome several key negative developments, namely, the weak US markets and continued uncertainty over earnings prospects. At the close, the Kuala
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        More tension?
        271 11 Sino-US ties face a new test with trials of two detainees in China WASHINGTON The trials of two Chinese-American citizens threaten to cast a dark cloud over Sino-US relations, shortly after the safe return of the US spy plane that landed on Hainan island three months ago. US
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        Lock icon Storm hits HK
        107 11 Agencies HONG KONG Activities here came to a standstill yesterday until well past midday as a severe tropical storm shut down banks, schools and financial markets. Public transport was limited and most workers stayed home (picture). Almost 160 people sought refuge at temporary shelters. Airlines cancelled 46
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        Lock icon Fight for freedom to dress
        115 11 AFP WELLINGTON Some New Zealand women and some very odd men yesterday braved the cold to wear short skirts and their biggest earrings in a sympathy protest over their right to wear what they like. The women included Ms Jenny Shipley, who was New Zealand's
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        Lock icon Cathay pilots defy orders
        127 11 Reuters HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Airways pilots stepped up their defiance yesterday by reporting sick despite the sacking of one captain and two first officers. Unionised pilots launched a work-to-rule campaign five days ago after negotiations over pay and working conditions broke down. "This is a
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        Lock icon Indian troops turn to meditation
        123 11 AFP SRINAGAR India's weary troops in troubled Kashmir will be given lessons in meditation to help them fight stressrelated illnesses. "It is a known fact now that meditation helps," Mr Ashish Kumar, head of the Border Security Force's (BSF) Srinagar hospital, said yesterday. "We have
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Too nice
      343 12 CIA slammed for pro-China bias WASHINGTON The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a definite "dove" when it comes to dealing with China, reported a newspaper. Numerous classified intelligence reports on China, filed by CIA agents, are biased towards a benign view of the world's most populous communist
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      Lock icon Higher and higher
      46 12 Reuters HOLLAND Preparations are underway to build the world's tallest sand castle at the Holland Sand Sculpture Park 2001 in Almere. About 60 international sand sculpiurers are aiming for a 20-metre high castle. This year's theme for the sculpture park is fairy-tale beach.
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      Lock icon Hanson on fraud charges
      96 12 AFP SYDNEY Far-right politician Pauline Hanson is facing a jail sentence that could disqualify her from holding a seat in Parliament if she is convicted. The anti-immigration founder of Australia's One Nation party and her former director, David Ettridge, are to appear on July 31 in
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      Lock icon Legal eagle may head FBI
      142 12 Reuters WASHINGTON US President George W Bush has nominated federal prosecutor Robert Mueller (right) to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). If approved by the senate, Mr Muellar, 56, will have to restore the reputation of an agency which has been accused of making
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The truth is not out there
      600 13 DRY ICE by Sisyphus But there is food for thought A CONSUMER Association survey said Britons using e-mail had dropped from 14 to five per cent in the last two years. A week later, British Post Office said people switching from snail mail to
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      58 13 and SilkAir. Nov you can enjoy reading TbDttTon board all outbound flights of both airlines. Ask your friendly flight attendant for your copy. Have a pleasant flight. From Singapore, SilkAir flies to 18 exciting destinations in Asia. balikpapan Cebu Chiang Mai Davao Kunming Langkawi Lombok Makassar ttanado Aedan Padang Phnom
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      583 15 3 EventCdendor F-y-^ The new works of Kumari Nahappan p^^ Talk on Young Vietnam feature unique, textured sheets in Find out more about young people various tones of blue which evoke in Vietnam after the introduction of memories of the sea as depth, light Doi Moi policy with author Koichiro
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      362 15 n6OfrGPGOf Red net with seven drawers. The ghost of a Beijing opera Every drawer has a story, Chinese Classic star who haunts an aban- be it haunting, moving, proThe Beijing Opera Troupe is doned theatre in Shanghai is voking, soothing or electrifyhere to remove any pre- discovered by Sonja Wong
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  • INCINEMAS
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      A Pontianak project
      320 16  -  Jenny Kong Film Review Return to Pontianak (Now Showing) by jenny@newstoday.com.sg Thin plot saved by great sound and cinematography Watching local movie Return to Pontianak is like taking a rollercoaster ride. You close your eyes and hold your breath waiting for the worst to come, which almost
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      Lock icon Big voices behind UV Pimp characters
      163 16 Reuters HOLLYWOOD Bernie Mac, Jennifer Tilly, William Shatner and Carmen Electra have signed on to voice Lil' Pimp, an animated feature scheduled to hit theatres next year. Rapper-actor Lil' Kim is in final negotiations to lend her voice to the picture. Lil' Pimp centres
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      Lock icon Rain a boost to Cats & Dogs box office in US
      267 16 Rain a boost to Cats Dogs box office in US Reuters HOLLYWOOD It was raining cats and dogs in much of the US on Wednesday. And that sent big numbers of holiday revelers to see the new family laffer of the same name on Independence Day. Following the No 1
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      Lock icon Driven to court
      161 17 -AFP For want of a more innovative movie title LOS ANGELES An independent film company claims that Sylvester Stallone (right) is trying to pass it on the inside with his new movie Driven, according to Zap2it.com. Pacific Rim Partners which released a 1996 movie called Driven is
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      Hewitt and Chan pairing up?
      62 17 LOS ANGELES Jennifer Love Hewitt is in talks to star with Jackie Chan in DreamWorks' action-comedy The Tuxedo, the Hollywood Reporter said on Tuesday. Hewitt would play a secret agent paired with a bumbling spy (Chan), who invented a tuxedo that helps him fight bad
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      Osment has 'dead people' to thank for fame
      121 17 LOS ANGELES Haley Joel Osment stars in a new blockbuster, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Many movie-goers still remember him as the frightened kid who tells Bruce Willis' character: "I see dead people," in The Sixth Sense. "I never expected that line to become
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Marked by gender
      746 18  -  Ng Hwee Koon Makiko Tanaka's aggression is a double-edged sword in her political battles by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg She is a woman from a male-dominated society who's trying to make her mark in a world long ruled by the old boys' network. And, since Ms Makiko Tanaka (right) became
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      Lock icon She earns more than $600 for every step she takes
      294 18 AFP SAO PAULO In the news again is Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, the bombshell who has been hogging the limelight since the start of her erratic relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 26. The supermodel is reportedly worth some US$345
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      Lock icon For better for worse
      410 19 Nicole Kidman's fortunes could double after divorce from superstar Tom Cruise A ustralian-born star Nicole Kidman xxlooks set to walk away with a fortune of nearly US$2OO million ($365 million) after her divorce from Tom Cruise. The Age reported yesterday that her estranged husband is about
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      Lock icon Nakata joins the big league
      538 24 i 11 Reuters Japanese star's fee shows rising value of Asian players PARMA The days when Asian players were purchased for a pittance may soon be over. Yesterday, Hidetoshi Nakata moved from Italian champion AS Roma to Serie A rival Parma for £18 million ($46
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      497 24 Reuters LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes the signing of Argentine midfielder Juan Veron could be the catalyst for fresh success at the English premier league champion. Italian club Lazio agreed on Thursday to sell Veron to United for
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      Tormented Tiger
      570 25 Woods still struggling to recapture best form while everything's coming up roses for Mickelson Western Open LEMONT, 111. Phil Mickelson is on one of those hot streaks where even bad shots right themselves. Tiger Woods (right), on the other hand, has hit a rough patch not even a
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      199 25 AFP CARLSBAD Ely Callaway, who turned a small golf company into the biggest club distributor in the world, died at the age of 82 on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, a spokesman for Callaway Golf said. He had retired as president and chief executive cfficer
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      98 25 Reuters BUENOS AIRES The Copa America will take place in Colombia this month as originally planned, reversing a decision to postpone the tournament due to violence in the country. "The (original) date is confirmed and the headquarters are ratified," Nicolas Leoz, president of the South American
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      122 25 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Soccer's governing body Fifa announced on Thursday that bans on players who fail dope tests would automatically become worldwide. However, suspensions for using false passports would be restricted to the country in which they are imposed, said Fifa president Sepp Blatter after
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      163 25 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Soccer's ruling body Fifa said on Thursday that a new international transfer system, a plan thrashed out in March with European governing body Uefa and the European Union, would be in force by the start of September. "We
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      Destiny beckons Rafter
      595 26 Wimbledon LONDON Australian Pat Rafter reached his second successive Wimbledon final when he beat Andre Agassi 26, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 in one of the great Centre Court thrillers yesterday. The Australian third seed, beaten last year by Pete Sampras and playing almost certainly his last Wimbledon,
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      361 26 Ashes BIRMINGHAM- An unbelievably fast-scor-ing Test match kept spectators on the edge of their seats but predictably it was Australia, led by Captain Consistent Steve Waugh, that was on top at tea on the second day of the first Ashes test. Waugh struck a masterly,
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      404 26 Reuters DUNKIRK Anxious American Lance Armstrong will feel a sense of relief when he finally launches his Tour de France hat-trick bid with an 8.2 km time trial prologue in Dunkirk today. "The days before the race are a bit
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      Lock icon Pocket dynamite
      541 27 Reuters Henin proves size doesn't matter Wimbledon LONDON When you have a heart like Justine Henin's, size does not matter. Standing just 1.67 metres, the Belgian played like a giant to conquer comeback queen Jennifer Capriati and reach her first Grand Slam final. Pale and frail, the 19-year-old
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      Venus will use her serve on Henin
      280 27 LONDON Venus Williams will use her enormous serve to quell Belgian upstart Justine Henin in the Wimbledon final, just as she used it to silence Lindsay Davenport on Thursday. The athletic 21-year-old American, who beat her compatriot 6-2, 7-6, 6-1, thumped down eight
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      Lock icon Luciano's the man for Tampines
      442 28  -  Stanley Ho Stags emerge as leading Giant Killer contenders by stanley@newstoday.com.sg NEW Brazilian recruit Luciano de Oliveira helped Tampines Rovers emerge as the leading contender to win the bumper $5,000 SLeague Giant Killer of the Week award after he led the Stags to an impressive
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      Top fan Suhaidi
      76 28 ftl THE lampines Stadium yesterday, last week's NTUC Income-TonAY fan of the week Suhaidi Abas (right) received a $300 cheque from NTUC Income marketing manager Frank Chang. Suhaidi was spotted last week waving self-made flags and distributing balloons to other Tampines Rovers fans. He said that he
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      New man at sports helm?
      423 29  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg THE Kuala Lumpur SEA Games could be Ng Ser Miang's last as chairman of the Singapore Sports Council. Today understands that the 52-year-old could be serving out his final term as the council's chief, a position he has held since October
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      196 29  -  by Kelvin Phang Bowling ONE of the main proposals by the Committee of Sporting Singapore was for the local sports industry to double in size by 2010. Already, one local company is doing its part by making an impact in the bowling industry. Cathay
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      Lock icon The man who made them Kings of Europe
      580 30 Under Paisley, Liverpool won three European Cups 808 PAISLEY'S appointment as Bill Shankly's successor in 1974 began what was later referred to as the bootroom tradition. Yet, it was with great reluctance that Paisley agreed to take over the reigns. Shanks left
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      German juggernauts
      316 31 Marcus Babbel -The natural-born winner WHEN Marcus Babbel agreed to join Liverpool on a Bosman free transfer from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2000, Gerard Houlher could hardly contain his delight. For the French manager had not just landed one of Germany's most dependable and versatile defenders
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      Lock icon Dietmar Hamann – Quiet yet influential
      311 31 Dietmar Hamann Quiet yet influential LIKE Babbel, German midfielder Dietmar Hamann also hailed from Bayern Munich, where he spent a good nine years before joining Newcastle in the 1998-99 season. While his first season in England was a disappointing one for his club, his performances won many admirers, one of
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      283 32 Reuters, AFP MADRID Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi has revealed why the Serie A club is poised to sell World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid in a deal reportedly worth a world record 12,000 million
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