Today, 31 January 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • 7 1 TODAY Thursday January 31, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 110 1 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Thousands of people were evacuated from a San Francisco International Airport terminal yesterday after security guards detected possible explosive residue on the shoes of one passenger. But he vanished into the crowd before he could be questioned. The alert which emptied
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    • 392 1 Reuters Unprecedented action against Cheney task force WASHINGTON The investigative arm of Congress will file an unprecedented lawsuit against the White House to get the names of people consulted by a task force that drafted the Bush administration's energy policy. The group was headed by Vice-President
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    • 93 1 AFP NEW YORK A late rally lifted stocks here yesterday in a delayed response to the Federal Reserve statement on interest rates, which reassured investors about an impending recovery for the US economy. The Dow industrials rose 144.62 points to close at 9,762.86 and Nasdaq
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    • 44 1 THE Ministry of Health is embarking on a three-year project to develop epidermal stem cell composite skin culture as an alternative source of skin for burn patients. This was announced by Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Minister of State (Health and Environment), this morning.
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 415 2 Channel NewsAsia S'pore offers to include Bintan in trade pact with US SINGAPORE'S Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US could expand to include Indonesia. This is one area Trade and Industry Minister BG George Yeo is looking into during his five-day visit to Jakarta. BG Yeo, who
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    • 208 2 Elaine Quek A MONEY changer who ran off with $7 million the hard-earned money of more than 1,000 workers from China has turned himself in. The Singaporean, aged 29, is a partner of Wen Long Money Changer at City Plaza. He was supposed to remit
      – Elaine Quek  -  208 words
    • 112 2 WHEN Angie the Choice celebrated its 11th anniversary on Tuesday, it almost could not cope with the demand for its cakes and pastries at its 15 outlets (picture). All it did was announce the one-day 40 per cent discount in a full-page ad in Today on Monday.
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    • 179 2 ]ashen Randhawa THE Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Home Affairs have come together to develop a new approach to national security, which builds on the strengths of Total Defence. As part of the collaboration, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Dr Tony Tan and
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    • 259 3 Malaysian party enters tudung debate KUALA LUMPUR The issue of four Muslim schoolgirls in Singapore who face suspension for wearing the tudung in school has attracted the PAS' attention. The youth wing of the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) sent a memorandum to the Singapore High
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    • 49 3 -AFP JAKARTA Fears of disease floated as landslides and floods following days of heavy rain paralysed Jakarta city. It caused massive traffic jams on the main road to Sukarnohatta international airport and other highways. At least 19 people were reported killed in Indonesia 12 in Jakarta.
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    • 77 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A programme to regulate Malaysian airfares would be revised to give greater flexibility to member airlines to stay competitive. Malaysia Airlines, which chairs the Market Development Programme (MDP), said the MDP was too rigid for the member airlines to cope with a
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    • 187 3 Agencies TOKYO The repercussions from the shocking dismissal of Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka could be devastating, analysts say. They believe Mr Koizumi will see a backlash from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) old guard, led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who is known for his
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    • 185 4 TRUST the moneyman to think of profiting from culture. The Senior Minister of State (Transport and Information, Communication and the Arts), Mr Khaw Boon Wan, would like to see culture exploited to grow "cultural industries". Speaking at the launch of artist Tan Swie Hian's book, Riding
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    • 362 4  -  Simone Erasmus Training the unemployed, helping them find jobs by simone@newstoday.com.sg THE property and asset management company, Premas International, and the Southeast CDC are heeding the call to help create jobs at a time when housewives have to supplement their husbands' incomes and the unemployed are crying out
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    • 209 3 Aia/c/ng the difference Many companies don't see the obvious. Take department stores for instance. How many pay special attention to cashiers? Few retailers realise that their cashiers are among the most important people for business success. As the last point of contact, they can make or break customer relations. Robinsons
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  • Home News
    • 138 6 Elaine Quek HERE'S a treat for mobile phone users visiting Changi Airport. They will be able to participate in contests, watch movie trailers and download ring tones and logos using the short message service (SMS). These services, introduced by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore,
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    • 224 6 —Joy Frances FOR the past week, two Thai men have been on trial at the High Court for the murder of a Thai man on June 2 last year. Thongthot Yordsa-ard, 34, and Dornchinnamat Yingyos, 20, will hang if found guilty. One woman has linked
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    • 353 6 Tan Hui Leng Robinson group picked as model firm THERE are only three words in Robinson group's philosophy service, service and service. A retailer that grew with Singapore, Robinson's chief executive's office is lined with some 50 awards amassed over the last 10 years. Even the CEO,
      – Tan Hui Leng  -  353 words
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  • LETTERS
    • 99 8  -  Mohamed Rahimatullah I HAVE a two-year-old son who attends a nursery class in my neighbourhood. I was assured to find out that food given to the children is halal. However, I noticed that my son was given carrot cake for breakfast. Further
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    • 255 8  -  Lim Le-Anne Faulty card reader, unhelpful driver I STARTED using the EZ-link card recently. I appreciate that the transport authorities are trying to facilitate passenger flow on public transport but I wonder if the kinks in the system have been ironed out. I boarded Service
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 520 10  -  Francis Kan Keppel Corp has concrete plans and hopes to gain greater earnings by francis@newstoday.com.sg WITH its revamp almost done, a sleeker Keppel Corporation looks set to return to the growth track, riding on its three core businesses of offshore and marine, infrastructure and property. After two
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    • 148 10 Reuters WASHINGTON The reces-sion-hit US economy expanded slightly in the fourth quarter last year, the government said yesterday. The Commerce Department said the country's gross domestic product increased 0.2 per cent in the final three months of last year. The growth defied predictions from private
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    • 132 10 Channel NewsAsia NATSTEEL is selling its entire stake in Brazilian steel maker Acominas Gerais for some $391 million. It will reap a gain of about $73 million from the sale. The buyer is Brazil's Gerdau Steel Group, the other major owner of Acominas.
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  132 words
    • 245 10 -AFP HONG KONG Dutch banking giant ING Barings said yesterday that it had downgraded Hong Kong in its regional equity portfolio as the market looks increasingly expensive compared to elsewhere in Asia. Chief strategist Markus Rosgen recommended that investors switch out of Hong
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    • 376 12  -  Richard Seah Strong potential for growth in industry, says EDB by and Phase 4 is well underway. These two phases will provide more than 1,500 hectares of land. Eventually, Jurong Island will cover 3,200 hectares. Efforts are also being made to train workers and develop manpower. In October,
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    • 80 12 -AFP TOKYO Japan's video game giant Nintendo Co Ltd said yesterday it may start making its GameCube video consoles in China to cut costs as it prepares to export the popular device to Europe. "We are considering the shift but no decision has been made as to
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 92 12 ST ASSEMBLY Test Services, Asia's secondlargest chip tester, has reported a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter loss of US$47 million ($86.2 million). This reversed net income of US$B million a year earlier. Sales plunged to U5533.9 million from US$92.B million a year earlier. The results released yesterday
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      • 76 12 DATACRAFT Asia has clinched a US$l2 million ($22.02 million) contract to build a high-speed Internet Protocol backbone for Indonesia's PT Telkomsel. The company said the network, which will be the country's largest, would be completed by the middle of the year. Once the backbone is
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      • 80 12 CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing said a US$7OO million ($1.28 billion) venture to develop chip-making technology with Agere Systems Inc may be pushed back after both companies reported losses last year. "We may have to change the nature of the relationship," Chartered CEO, Mr Barry Waite, said. Sales
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      • 41 12 DELGRO Corporation has formed a new subsidiary known as CityFleet Networks Limited (CNet), integrated in the United Kingdom. The principal activities of CNet will be to provide computer-aided booking and dispatching services to taxi operators and related services.
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    • 219 12  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGTEL Mobile has taken another step to prepare for the full service launch of the third generation (3G) mobile telephone system expected by the end of next year. As part of an ongoing selection of network suppliers, it
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    • 766 14  -  Richard Seah COMMENTARY Threat from Johor is very real and all eyes are on PSA by TWO major shipping lines moving over to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor is not just a loss for PSA Corporation. It is a loss for Singapore. Apart from
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    • 210 14 -AFP TOKYO Japanese medium-sized general contractor Mitsui Construction and rival Sumitomo Construction said yesterday they would merge and cut 500 jobs to tackle an economic slump. After holding separate emergency board meetings, the pair decided to adopt the merger plan. "The two companies will aim to
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    • Market Watch
      • 232 16 SINGAPORE shares fell across the board after a rout sell-off in major US indices as a result of short-selling and incessant rumour-mongering in the wake of Enron's fall. Furthermore, the two-day US Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting appears to have cast a shade of pale over the markets, especially after
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      • 140 16 THE Malaysian stock market's good momentum over the past few days refused to fizzle out, despite the sharp decline in the US markets overnight The KLCI started the day in negative territory but rapidly recouped its losses as the day progressed, ultimately ending the day with a gain of
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      • 27 16 Your S$1 buys US$ 0.5441 UK£ 0.3854 Yen 72.364 HK$ 4.2524 RM 2.0719 Euro 0.6303 Rupiah 5618.7 Baht 23.972 Peso 27.929 A$ 1.0768 Rupee 26.474 Won 714.78
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    • 2493 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Nome NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Deutsche Premier Select 0.9793 1.0283 Dresdner Asia Tiger 0.7976 0.838 OCBC Cap. G'ld Investment Aug 2003 1.015 OCBC Cap. G'ld Investment Mar 2003 1.022 OCBC Cap. G'ld Investment May 2003 0.998 Keppel Capital Gld Fund-Singapore Market SI
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 356 18 Bush's speech indicates new chapter in war against terrorism WASHINGTON An outline of US battle plans for the next phase of the war against terrorism. That was how US President George W Bush's maiden State of the Union came across to many observers. In submitting his administration's report
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    • 355 18 In a commentary published in the New Straits Times on Tuesday, writer Tan Siok Choo gave her views on the water dispute between Singapore and Malaysia. The following is an extract of her article: There are two separate issues here: Johor supplying raw water to
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    • 203 18 HOUSTON Bankrupt energy trading giant Enron will survive. That is the optimistic view of Mr Stephen Cooper (picture) who was named interim CEO yesterday. Mr Cooper, a turnaround veteran, told Enron employees that the embattled giant was in a much better shape than some companies
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 245 20 AFP China's invitation does not include Taiwan President BEIJING Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian and VicePresident Annette Lv are not welcome to visit China. China made this clear yesterday despite a recent invitation for members of Taiwan's proindependence party to visit the mainland. "We welcome the majority of Democratic Progressive
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      • 217 20 Agencies SYDNEY A 16-day hunger strike by Afghan asylum seekers in Australia ended yesterday after negotiations with the government's Immigration Detention Advisory Group (Idag). Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said: "The hunger strike at Woomera has been abandoned." He added that the detainees had accepted the government's
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      • 140 20 New Straits Times/Malaysia Double vision at PBRS ruckus as two supreme councils elected Delegates at the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah assembly would not be faulted if they were seeing double yesterday a leadership crisis has led to the elections of two sets of supreme
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 689 22  -  Hwee Goh by MY household, or should I say, every household, is made up of the habits and idiosyncrasies of the occupants. If the way you stack your clothes and the way you hang your towels are so part of you, just think, what other habits
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  • UPFRONT
    • 793 27 Today ForeignDesk But wife's teary defence of energy giant's boss Kenneth Lay unlikely to move hearts WASHINGTON Disgraced former Enron boss Kenneth Lay stands accused of cooking the energy giant's books, buying political influence and destroying the livelihood of thousands of Americans. But, true to
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • Article, Illustration
      522 28  -  Elisa Chia Phyllis is back to rest after taking Taiwan by storm 'T^HERE was a time when she posed a threat to -L the Queen and Princess of Caldecott Hill. A 1995 Star Search first runner-up, Phyllis Quek (picture) made the media sit up as she landed lead
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    • 261 28  -  Jenny Kong by jenny@newstoday.com.sg LAST year, you saw her as the hip polytechnic student Goh Ju Li on MediaCorp Channel s's teenage drama Spin. This year, you will see her in flowing robes and thick, bright make-up, flirting with men. That is just
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    • 87 29 WHEN George Lucas appeared as a guest on Carrie Fisher's (above) new TV talk show, he took along her Star Wars screen test, reported the World Entertainment News Network. Lucas shocked Fisher with the never-before-seen footage which helped her clinch the lead female role of
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    • 135 29 -AFP LOS ANGELES Music's "godfather of soul", James Brown (right), appeared in court on Tuesday to defend himself against claims that he sacked a female employee after she rejected his sexual advances. Lisa Agbalaya is seeking US$2 million ($3.6 million) in damages for wrongful termination
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    • 230 29  -  Janice Lee fay. janiceis'newstoday.conj.sg ES time to get hooked MediaCorp signed an elusive two-year deal with Discovery Networks Asia last week. This will give MediaCorp TVs Channel 5 the rights to broadcast Discovery's programmes on free-to-air television in Singapore. To kick off the season, Channel
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  • INFOTECH
    • 405 30  -  Ernest Khoo Its latest PDA doubles as a mobile phone with headset by ernest.khoo@asia.cnet.com WHILE previous efforts of marrying PDAs and cellphones have resulted in machines that are rather huge and unwieldy, Handspring has come up with a hybrid device that is a manageable size.
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    • 222 30 AN interactive SMS technology that provides mobile phone users and businesses with value-added services will debut at Jurong Point Shopping Centre this weekend. Developed by application provider Celph, the new opt-in permission marketing service lets shoppers at the mall selectively receive electronic flyers and coupons
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    • 178 30 THE world's fastest digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera was unveiled here yesterday. Canon said that the fast image capturing capability of its EOS ID lets photographers shoot up to 21 frames consecutively at the speed of eight frames per second. Coupled with a large-capacity MH battery, photographers
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    • 222 30 THE first external Sound Blaster from Creative a Technology is to be released this month. Sound Blaster Extigy is designed to deliver 24-bit 96kHz multichannel audio playback and IOOdB sig-nal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It enhances audio for digital music, DVD movies and games from an easy-to-use, compact external device
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 235 32 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Showing an characteristic preference for performance-driven dramas, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) members have honoured A Beautiful Mind and In the Bedroom with a trio of feature film nominations. The films were nominated for Best Male Actor, Best Female Actor and Best
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    • 136 32 Best Male Actor, Lead Role Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind Kevin Kline, Life as a House Sean Penn, lAm Sam Denzel Washington, Training Day Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom Best Female Actor, Lead Role Halle Berry, Monster's Ball Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind Judi Dench,
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    • 104 32 Reuters/Variety BERLIN Cinematographer Declan Quinn, Italian star Nicoletta Braschi and Peter Cowie, former international publishing director of Daily Variety, will join Indian director Mira Nair on the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6 to 17), the organisers have announced. Nair, whose
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    • 527 34  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW 0 (Opens Today) WILLIAM Shakespeare's classic play Othello a powerful tale about the politically corrupt battling the accomplished they envy through psychological manipulation comes to our screens updated as the enigmatically titled 0. The setting is a privileged prep school in
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    • 903 40 Reuters Application for licence rejected, fight with Lewis in limbo LAS VEGAS Nevada state officials denied Mike Tyson a boxing licence yesterday, thereby barring his planned April 6 fight with world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas. The decision, which came as a surprise to
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    • 380 40 -AFP NEW YORK World heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis might never fight the controversial ex-champion who bit him in a brawl last week. Tyson ignited a melee a week ago here at a news conference to announce
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    • 247 42 ATLANTA Kobe Bryant scored 32 points as the Los Angeles Lakers crushed the Atlanta Hawks 127-93 yesterday for their most lopsided road win of the season. Twenty-six of All-Star Bryant's points came in the first half while Shaquille O'Neal
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    • 183 42 HANOI Vietnam is set to name little-known Frenchman Christian Letard as the sixth foreign coach of its national football squad in as many years, sports chiefs said yesterday. Letard, who currently coaches French lower division side Angouleme, was expected to sign an agreement in principle later
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    • 132 42 BEIJING The north-eastern Chinese city of Harbin has made a preliminary application to host the 2010 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee website said yesterday. "The Chinese Olympic Committee has announced that the city of Harbin (Heilongjiang province) has been selected as an Applicant City representing
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    • 77 42 BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona, Argentina's most famous footballing figure, has been offered a job in the Argentinian government. Daniel Scioli, Argentina's Sports and Tourism minister, said: "Maradona would represent an important factor in the situation facing our country." Maradona's agent, Guillermo Coppola said that an
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    • 438 43 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR England's Justin Rose, whose fledgling career bloomed with a breakthrough victory two weeks ago, has confirmed he will be among the stars at next month's Caltex Singapore Masters, presented by Carlsberg. Frenchman Jean Van de Velde has also signed up for event, which
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    • 433 43  -  S. Murali Comment by murali@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS extremely heartening to see Heineken announce its sponsorship of one of the legs of the Singapore Golf Circuit on Tuesday. That provides a much-needed boost for the circuit, which went through its toughest
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    • 346 43 Reuters MELBOURNE New Zealand's Michael Campbell, shooting for a third successive Heineken Classic title, believes home-town boy Robert Allenby deserves to be favourite for the Aslmillion ($928,000) tournament. "Robert deserves to be favourite this week," said Campbell, of the Australian who has won four times
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      • 628 44 Reuters Arsenal closes gap on Man U despite getting into red card trouble again I English Premier League Blackburn 2 Arsenal 3 Arsenal is just one point behind Man Utd with a game in hand LONDON Ten-man Arsenal cut Manchester United's English premier league lead back
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      • 368 44 AFP LONDON Newcastle and Liverpool stayed in the title hunt with crucial victories yesterday. Bobby Robson's Newcastle came from behind to beat Spurs 3-1 and maintain its position in third spot. At Merseyside, Liverpool edged Leicester 1-0 with a rare goal by the Foxes' former
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      • 113 44 AFP LONDON Liverpool midfielder Jamie Carragher has been banned for three matches following his dismissal for throwing a coin into the crowd during last weekend's game against Arsenal. In addition to the mandatory threematch ban for a violent conduct red card, Carragher will also be considered
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    • 607 46  -  Jose Raymond Some footballers here are unwittingly taking a regulated substance by jose@newstoday.com.sg SOME S-League footballers have been taking a performance-related substance, which is regulated in Singapore, without realising that it could land them in trouble. The substance called CoEnzymeQlO (CoQ-10) is being consumed as a dietary supplement
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    • 134 46 Agencies LONDON John Gregory was confirmed as the new manager of English Premiership stragglers Derby County yesterday, the Press Association reported. Former Derby player Gregory resigned from County's English Premiership rivals Aston Villa last Thursday, blaming a breakdown in his relationship with chairman Doug Ellis
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    • 439 46 Reuters NEW DELHI A buoyant India will aim to clinch the one-day series against England in the fifth and penultimate game to be played today. Skipper Saurav Ganguly said yesterday his team was determined not to let the visitors stage a comeback,
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    • 85 47 -AFP BARCELONA Ferrari's formula one champion Michael Schumacher walked away unscathed from a dramatic accident while testing on the Catalunya circuit in Barcelona yesterday. The 33-year-old, who won his fourth world title last season, spun off the track while racing at top speed but was left
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