Today, 11 September 2002

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    11 1 TODAY Wednesday• > September 11, 2002 t MITA (P) 063/ Ll/200 1
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    THE SHADOW
    660 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan THIS is what the skyline of peace, prosperity and power looked like just before the day that is now being held in infamy. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was in Kuala Lumpur, sewing up what seemed like a historic agreement with Malaysia. His urgency to settle
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Kuo Pao Kun loses battle with cancer
      221 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan THE "father" of Singapore theatre, Mr Kuo Pao Kun (picture), 63, died at his home in Bishan yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He had been ailing for the past few years, at a time when the arts industry was
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      Act that shocked
      401 2  -  Francis Kan Chartered might be frozen out of investor awards HELL hath no fury like an investor spurned. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing should have been a shoo-in at this year's Investors' Choice Awards. At last year's Investors' Choice Awards, Chartered was voted the most transparent company in Singapore's
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      97 3 A President is a human being too. She will be hurt if she is dt^k ridiculed or vilified. To have differences is allowed, but we have to be courteous in conveying different opinions. I have W become an easy target. For example, when I'm travelling to some place, the press
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      Lock icon Not taking any chances
      323 3 Agencies US embassies in region on alert JAKARTA US facilities across the region are on alert as today marks the anniversary of the terrorist onslaught or the US in which 3,000 Americans and other nationals died. US diplomatic missions in Indonesia and Malaysia will be closed
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      Lock icon More Filipino women cry foul ...
      200 3 More Filipino women cry foul AFP. MANILA Four more underaged Filipino girls were raped while in police custody in the Malaysian state of Sabah, Philippine officials said yesterday. The allegations brought to five the number of Filipino minors who have accused Sabah police of rape in the wake of Malaysia's
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      Disabled can slide their way to safety
      161 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee IT may look like a lawn chair but for a disabled person, it may be a lifesaver. When a building is on fire and lifts are out of bounds, the award-winning EVAC+CHAIR can slide down stairs on skis. It uses
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      Dr Su is NTU's new president
      145 4  -  Rosalyn Lim DR SU Guaning will be the new president of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) from January next year. And the outgoing chief executive of the Defence Science Technology Agency (DSTA) cannot wait to break into his new shoes. "You cannot go and
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      Encore Jurong
      291 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Primary school wins arts award again JURONG Primary is in the limelight for the second year running. The school has bagged the Ministry of Education's Sustained Achievement Award (SAA) for the arts again. This is no mean achievement considering that no other primary school among
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      Write on this revolutionary PC
      176 4  -  Sol E Solomon IMAGINE a PC with a screen that you can write on as you would on paper. You can do just that when Microsoft launches the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system on Nov 7. The new operating system is a superset
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      165 3 HU I M W ij^^^ —i JIM '^BBkt 1 it jfl MBA the key to continued employability Today, sth November 2001 It's time to take the next step into your future. So make that decision and IGCOL will help you with the rest. g| UNIVERSITY OF m SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND Awarded
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      Are site workers able to direct traffic?
      123 6  -  Lionel De Souza TRAVELLING on Singapore's roads is no longer a breeze. Many roads, major and peripheral, are being dug up to upgrade the underground power cables and sewer pipes. However, there are safety issues involved. Recently, a traffic accident nearly occurred along
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      What's the gain?
      242 6  -  Yak Chin Hua Is GPS on buses worth the cost? I REFER to Mr Lira Boon Hee's letter, "Use cashcard for parking" (Today, Sept 10). I do not think the cost of a cashcard payment system is justifiable when you compare it to the amount of revenue
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      Why Muslims stay away ...
      230 6  - Why Muslims stay away Nur Hikmah Amir THE term "social exclusion" has been used to describe the behaviour of some Muslims here. It implies anti-social behaviour and it may be the result of two basic yet important aspects of Islam halal food and prayers. Some people think that pork, and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      SGX eyeing US stake?
      273 8  -  Lee Yew Meng It's in talks with American Stock Exchange, reports HK newspaper THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) was reported by a Hong Kong newspaper to be in talks to buy a stake in the American Stock Exchange (Amex), When contacted, a SGX spokesman told Today: "It
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        128 8 THE market broke off from its free-falling course yesterday, taking its cue from Wall Street's apparent resilience. The STI registered a 23.9-point gain, closing at 1,447.9. Market breadth improved steadily during the course of the trading session with 26 gainers to every 10 losers, while 140 counters remained unchanged.
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        World markets
        55 8 Index Value Change Ft! tt&i S25 Hang Seng Al! Ordinaries Toiwaa Wtd 9309.31 9885.77 3061 ID 4668.01 +3.05 +162.10 420 +134.74 +.03 +1.67 -.27 +2.97 I!01 on Camp SET Index Jakarta tap Phils Camp Sbenisa B Mumbci 713.30 360.61 429.34 1133.59 234.84 +15.41 +7.38 -.93 +.13 -.10 HOLIDAY
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 15$ 0.5709 UK£ 0.3674 Yen 68.0397 HKS 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.5848 Rupinh 5062.37 Gahl 24.2328 Peso 29.6765 Al 1.***** Indian Rs 27.7068 Won 684.108 C$ 0.8936 Yuon 4.7255 NZ$ 1.***** NT$ 19.5857
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        Commodities
        21 8 Gold usJ/o. 322.800 Silver uss/az 4.603 Ploiinum uss/« 553.400 Rubber anis/lg 160.00 Polm oil SM/lonnt 1441 Brant crude usMuml 28.34
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 8 By volume Sept 10 '000 Gtirayn 52,515 Lirfcls 40,671 HWTech 11,977 KWlkhllMQill 12,912 DalctiflUSS 12,193 By value Sept 10 Qtiroyo 28,199,200 UOB 27,222,600 SIA 26,218,300 DBS 20,737,600 Venture 18,873,300 '000 TPV 7,296 Chartered 7,169 SlAssemb 7,075 UniFood 6,933 Sing Tel 6,807 OCBC 11,918,500 KepCor 11,477,460 ChurlererJ 11,008,430
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        SGX top rises
        78 8 By$ Sept 10 5IA20O SIA Close Change 10.500 +0.400 10.400 +0.300 DBS 12.100 +0.300 STIETF TOO IOPV 14.780 +0.241 STI ETF 100 UOB SFH Asenn 200USS CITYDEV KepCar 14.900 +0.200 15.900 +0.200 19.200 +0.200 6.350 +0.150 5.850 +0.150 4.600 +0.140 By percentage Sept 10 Close Chongi Fri-M
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        81 8 Bloomberg Sept 10 (lose Changi IS DJ USTECH10USS 32.500 -2 301 flseonSuiremelQOUSS 4.800 -0.201 FU 7.6S0 -0.051 JMH4O0USS 5.850 -0.051 OUS 1.9B0 -0.04! MITech 0.160 -0.03. 1 Transit 0.100 -0.031 Slag lav 1.220 -0.031 Nobel Des 0.100 -0.031 WBLCarp 1.870 -0.031 By percentage Sep) 10 Close Changi
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      Lock icon $600,000 bid for Bussorah shophouse
      108 9 Channel News Asia THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has not received bids for six of 10 conservation shophouses at Bussorah Street in Kampong Glam. This is in line with analysts' expectations, as they note that the location of the 99-year leasehold shophouses limit them to specialised
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      Expectation rises
      446 9  -  Chan Chao Peh NUS ups full year growth forecast to 5.2 per cent ECONOMISTS from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have raised the Republic's full year's growth forecast from 3.8 to 5.2 per cent. They joined a team from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) which raised the growth
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      SembCorp to sell stake in food company
      282 9  -  Chan Chao Peh THE long-awaited divestment of Singapore Food Industries (SFI) by SembCorp Industries(SCl) finally took place. SCI said that it plans to sell its 75 per cent stake in SFI for $262.5 million. The move comes less than three months after it
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      PSA handles more volume
      70 9 PSA Corp says the volume of containers it handles continues to grow for the eighth month running in August. Shrugging off competition from rival Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas, the volume of containers handled by PSA terminals rose eight per cent last month from a year
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      Lock icon Food share frenzy
      198 10 Reuters SINGAPORE-LISTED shares of food companies like Want Want Holdings and People's Food Holdings surged yesterday as investors gobbled them up as a hedge against the uncertainty of war, analysts said. "Some strategists are recommending investors go for overweight companies which focus on domestic earnings and whose
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      Half-year loss
      80 10 PACIFIC Century Regional Developments, the parent of Hong Kong telecoms carrier PCCW Ltd, has posted a first-half net loss of $29.39 million. The result is a reversal of the $35.94 million net profit reported at the half-year mark last year. Pacific Century said revenues fell by 10.3 per
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to sell Premier stake
      102 10 Reuters CAPITALAND, the second largest property group here, said it will sell its stake in Malaysia's Premier Health Corporation for $5.66 million. Capita Land said yesterday that, as part of its strategy to dis- pose of non-core assets, it was selling its 65 per cent
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon Upwardly mobile
      357 12 Bloomberg China phone firms show mettle BEIJING Siemens and Samsung Electronics are losing their grip on the mobile-phone market in China as local rivals improve the quality of their handsets, a market consultant said. Siemens, China's No 3 handset maker, saw its market share fall to below 10
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      Lock icon Asean-lndia trade talks
      151 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR An inaugural economic meeting between South-east Asian countries and India in Brunei on Sunday will explore areas of cooperation to promote trade and investment, Malaysia's Trade Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said yesterday. The talks with India will be held on the sidelines of
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      Painting a pretty picture
      343 14  -  Shanoo Maharaj Indian paint giant to buy controlling stake in Spore-listed company NEW DELHI It started operations out of a dirty Mumbai garage 60 years ago, when four men got together to make paint. They decided to call their enterprise Asian Oil and Paint Company, a
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      Lock icon Plastics zone in China
      58 14 -AFP TAIPEI A group of Taiwanese plastics manufacturers plan to invest US$3O million ($52.55 million) in China. About 30 members of the Taiwan Plastics Commercial Association signed contracts with the authorities in Fujian province over the weekend to build a plastics manufacturing zone in Quanzhou. The
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      N-bomb doubts
      414 15 New evidence hots up debate on whether to attack Iraq LONDON A report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction has become a vivid illustration of the push to win the current war of words over whether the United States should attack the country. The report, released yesterday by
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      Lock icon Blame game
      71 15 Agencies NEW DELHI Indian ministers and railway officials yesterday made different claims over the cause of the derailment of one of the country's most prestigious trains. At least 54 people died in the incident. Deputy Prime Minister Lai Krishna Advani expressed doubt that the derailment of the Rajdhani
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      Longer term?
      61 15 JAKARTA A longer jail term for the Speaker of Indonesia's Parliament, Akbar Tandjung, is what state prosecutors want, as his three-year sentence has enraged many, reported Reuters. Akbar was found guilty last Wednesday of misusing US$4 million ($7 million) from the state logistics agency. Meanwhile, several legislators are
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      Lock icon Finally, a PM?
      256 18 Agencies S Korea gets its third nominee SEOUL Will he be third time lucky? President Kirn Dae Jung would certainly hope so, as he named his third nominee yesterday for the post of Prime Minister a largely ceremonial role in two months. The new Prime Minister-designate, Mr
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      Lock icon Peace plan for Aceh
      114 18 -AFP JAKARTA Despite the continuing violence, the Indonesian government has proposed a draft peace agreement to the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Aceh province. Top Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the draft peace agreement had been submitted to the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Centre, which
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      Lock icon Three Gorges, double the price
      117 18 AFP BEIJING China's Three Gorges dam project will cost the nation a whopping 203.9 billion yuan ($43.15 billion), more than double the cost projected in 1993, by the time it is completed in 2009. The dam is the world's largest hydroelectric project and it was
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      Lock icon No respect for the dead
      78 18 Reuters LONDON Local officials in Britain were reportedly furious after road workers painted a white line on the side of a highway over the body of a dead badger. Britain's The Sun newspaper yesterday published a photo of the badger, taken by a passer-by who
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Containing corruption
      820 19  -  Dr Eric Teo Good public and corporate governance depend on the will of the authorities GOOD public and corporate governance have begun to command considerable attention, not only from the civil society, non-government organisations (NGOs) and the public, but also from the business community and the markets. Despite
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      Lock icon Remembering Sept 11 ... without the assault of media images
      506 19  - Remembering Sept 11 without the assault of media images Simon Marks PERHAPS it's a reflection of my peripatetic lifestyle, but whenever I'm in Washington, I'm a creature of habit. It's my habit on a Saturday to meet friends for lunch at the city's finest Greek diner (Plato's Palate "Home of
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  • UPFRONT
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      RED ROOM
      617 20  -  Neil Humphreys Ladies, give us the right signals I ENVY dogs, or to be more specific, stray dogs. When I was a teenager, I envied their wanton behaviour. With my hormones all over the place, I'd get dizzy from all that latent sexual energy bubbling away. Apart from
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      Lock icon Fountain of inspiration
      535 20  -  Yee Wei Zhen French genius behind Magical Sentosa gets his ideas waiting and waiting and IF you want to get your creative juices running, try fantasising. Or sit down and do nothing. Or forget everything you have learnt in school. These unconventional techniques have worked for multimedia
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      221 21  -  Pearlyn Tham You can get a 10% discount WATCH lovers will think they have entered paradise when they step into a City Chain watch boutique. This is because City Chain carries a wide variety of internationally renowned brands for customers. Some of these brands, such as Solvil
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      157 21 THERE are two more reasons to tune in to the Wheel of Fortune Singapore: Bigger prizes and a contest for home viewers. From tonight, the cash values on the wheel will be increased all round, with the minimum doubled from $100 to $200 and the
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      331 22  -  Karma n Tse Oriana Tirabassi is a chef with sassy showmanship WHEN a well-endowed Italian babe spins pizza dough as nimbly as she peels off her velcrofastened clothes piece by piece, the pizza could be forgotten. Since last Thursday, Miss Oriana Tirabassi (picture) runner-up at
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      638 23  -  Yong Shu Chiang Thai films make waves on the world stage BUCKLE up and put the pedal to the metal. Judging by the optimism pervading the Thai film industry these days, the way forward for film-makers and investors alike must seem like a wide, open road.
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      338 24 Reuters/Variety TORONTO For many years, the Toronto Film Festival has been a cant-miss stop on the international fest schedule for most US critics due to its many high-profile premieres and the number of films shown. But quite a few critics are not so sure now, because they
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      651 24  - It's out there David Ngiau The Coen brothers' latest is a brilliant cosmic joke FILM REVIEW The Man Who Wasn't There (Now showing) TRUST the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, to do zfilm noir homage, in their inimitable darkly comic tone and then infuse it with intense existential angst. On
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      Walking tall
      332 25  -  Janice Lee Stuart 2 is a feel-good family flick FILM REVIEW Stuart Utth 2 {Now showing) THE little, talking mouse of 1999 hit Stuart Little returns with more action packed into his tiny pockets. Stuart Little 2 finds our computer-gen-erated pipsqueak hero, again voiced by the loveable Michael
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      519 25 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES In a surprising start to the fall movie-going season, low-budget teen thriller Swimfan (20th Century Fox) opened at No 1, preventing hit romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding (IFC Films) from claiming the top spot in its 21st weekend of
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      394 28 -AFP FOXBORO Tom Brady passed for 294 yards and three touchdowns to lead the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots to a 30-14 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in a rematch of last season's AFC championship game. The youngest quarterback to earn Super Bowl
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      Star trouble?
      83 28 DETROIT Sacramento Kings star Chris Webber has been indicted on charges that he lied to a grand jury about his contact with a former basketball booster at the University of Michigan. The indictment alleges that the booster distributed or loaned cash from his illegal gambling business to high
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      Giant Bonds
      69 28 SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds hit the longest home run in the history of Pacific Bell Park to help the San Francisco Giants move into a tie for the National League wild card spot with a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday. Bonds' homer, a 491-foot drive
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      Full strength
      56 28 CALCUTTA India's cricket selectors yesterday picked a fullstrength team to take part in the Champions Trophy after resolving a row over sponsorship contracts. "The problem has been sorted out with the players and the International Cricket Council (ICQ. We will go to Colombo with our best team," Indian
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      514 29 AFP SEOUL South Korean football was in disarray yesterday with the national federation preparing for an emergency meeting and new national coach Park Hang Sco reportedly facing the axe. The row has built up while South Korea prepares to stage the
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      307 29 Reuters ROME The Italian Serie A season will start on Saturday as planned after the six wealthiest clubs in Italy agreed to help out 11 teams currently without pay-per-view television contracts. The eight top flight and three Serie B clubs currently
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      Ishii surgery
      55 29 LOS ANGELES Japanese pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii underwent surgery after suffering a slight skull fracture when he was drilled in the head by a line drive in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 6-2 loss to Houston. The operation involved removing bone chips caused by the blow and inserting a small
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      Foxy golfer
      75 29 STOCKHOLM A fox snapped up two balls hit from the seventh tee on to the fairway by players in a tournament at Gronhogen golf course on the island of Oland off Sweden, TT news agency said yesterday. The players saw the fox run off and when tournament director
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      Ashes squad
      42 29 LONDON England has gambled on batsman Graham Thorpe and strike bowler Darren Gough for the Ashes. They will set off for Australia in October for the five-Test tour as part of a 16-man squad which will include five strike bowlers.
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      Strong field
      55 29 WENTWORTH The Open champion Ernie Els and 2001 US Open winner Retief Goosen head a strong 12-man line-up for next month's World Match Play Championship at Wentworth Club. The match play event, from Oct 17-20, will also feature fifthranked Spaniard Sergio Garcia, world number eight Padraig Harrington of
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      Hewitt to lead
      73 29 SYDNEY Australia, without the injured Mark Philippoussis, named Wayne Arthurs, Scott Draper and doubles veteran Todd Woodbridge yesterday to join world number one Lleyton Hewitt in its Davis Cup playoff against India. Australia, winner of 27 Davis Cup titles, was relegated from the elite 16-team world group
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      920 30  -  Leonard Thomas English Premier League Newcastle v Leeds United Live, tomorrow on ChZ3, 2.55 am WHILE Charlton's Alan Curbishley and Middlesbrough's Steve McClaren are considered the rising stars in English management, Terry Venables and Bobby Robson have already established themselves as two of England's best
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      No break for United
      120 30 LONDON The Premier League has blocked an attempt by Manchester United to engineer a warm-weather break for itself in October. United is to play Olympiakos in Athens on Oct 23 and then Israeli side Maccabi Haifa in Cyprus on Oct 29. Senior figures at Old Trafford
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      Lock icon Robbie's Keane to help Spurs stay top
      234 30 Reuters LONDON Tottenham Hotspur's new signing Robbie Keane wants to put Ireland's disappointing defeat at the weekend behind him and concentrate on his club debut tomorrow morning, Singapore time. The 22-year-old was part of the Irish team beaten 4-2 by Russia in its
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      First start
      52 31 PARIS Brazilian star Ronaldinho, struggling to regain form since winning the World Cup with his country, will start a game for the first time this season with Paris St Germain at Lille today. "He will play," said coach Luis Fernandez, who has been using the gifted midfielder as
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      Scholes out
      85 31 MANCHESTER Manchester United's Paul Scholes had a knee operation yesterday and will be out for three to six weeks, the club announced. Along with domestic fixtures, Scholes will also miss the start of United's Champions League campaign, which opens against Maccabi Haifa at Old Trafford on Sept 18.
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      All set
      60 31 MADRID Real Madrid's new star signing Ronaldo will make his debut in the European Champions League match against Genk of Belgium here on September 25, the AS sports daily said on yesterday. The Brazilian World Cup hero signed on for the Spanish giant on Aug 31 after a
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      Jinky greatest
      76 31 GLASGOW Jimmy Johnstone, the right winger in the 1967 European Cup-winning team, has been voted Celtic's greatest-ever player by fans of the Scottish club. Johnstone, who was nicknamed "Jinky", won nine league championship medals, five Scottish Cups and two League Cups during his 14 years with Celtic, and
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      Gazza no go
      42 31 LONDON New Zealand club Auckland Kingz has confirmed exEngland international Paul Gascoigne will not be joining it. The 35-year-old has been linked with Kingz after failing to secure a new club in his home country or the United States.
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      Fifa turns down Marren's appeal
      275 31  -  Jose Raymond EX-WOODLANDS Wellington midfielder Tamil Marren (picture) will not have his case heard by world football governing body Fifa. The 31-year-old former international had put up a case to Fifa last month, claiming that he had been terminated unfairly from his contract. He was
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      336 31  -  Tan Yo-Hinn WORLD number eight Padraig Harrington (picture) of Ireland has confirmed his participation for the inaugural Tiger Skins tournament, to be held at the Tanah Merah Country Club on Nov 17. Harrington joins a star-studded line-up for the event, which already includes Sergio Garcia
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      280 31 Reuters LONDON Professional sport will go ahead across the world today in the anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, but security will be tight at some events and tributes to the victims are planned before and during the action. Baseball games will take place in the US but
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