Today, 6 August 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY Wednesday August 6, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com I SHARE YOUR FREE COPY
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon CELLPHONE BOMB ALERT
      455 1 -AFP WASHINGTON Close on the heels of the Jakarta terrorist attacks, the US authorities have warned airport security screeners to carefully examine cameras, laptop computers, cell phones and other electronic devices. This was being done after learning terrorists might use them to hide bombs, US Homeland Security
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      MORNING AFTER THE BLAST
      645 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND/ In Jakarta this morning AS Jakarta began to come to terms with the latest terror act to hit its capital, the city went on high alert Armed military personnel were deployed to most five-star hotels in the heart of the city in a bid
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      RIPPLES FROM THE BLAST
      233 2 IN A letter to Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said he "was dismayed and saddened to learn about the bomb explosion". He extended his condolences on behalf of Singaporeans. He added that the "barbaric attack against innocent civilians in a hotel will
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      Lock icon Dow slumps 1.6%
      186 3 AFP NEW YORK Stocks closed lower yesterday, weighed down by a bleak job survey that showed mounting layoffs in July, and as wholesale retailer Costco cut its earnings' outlook. The Dow Jones industrials closed down 149.72 points, or 1.63 percent, at 9,036.32 while the Nasdaq closed down
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      Lock icon WORST GUERRILLA ATTACKS SINCE 911
      313 3 Reuters 2001 •Dec 2: Palestinian suicide bomber kills 15 and wounds 40 when he blows himself up on a bus in Haifa, Israel. 2002 •Mar 9: A suicide bomber kills 13 and injures 50 in the Moment Cafe near Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's residence.
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      6 3 Carrefour Singapore DONTMISS Carrefour's GREAT SUPERBUYSI
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon SingTel ratings fall
      461 4  -  Val Chua Chan Chao Peh by val@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as the Government is mulling over its options to exit from Sing Tel, credit rating firm Standard and Poor's (S&P) has downgraded the telco's credit ratings by one notch. This was on concerns thatTemasek Holdings' planned sale of its
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      366 4 The fresh food people J_LH.__l;_J__ Don't cross contaminate. A informatics UNDERSTANDING THE MARKET GROUP IN CHINA JUST GOT EASIER. > Informatics is the first and only private educator in Singapore t Vj to offer international exposure to countries such as China, made possible with our affiliated network in 47 countries.
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      77 4 Acknowledge the nurse who has made an impression on you. Simply tell us how this nurses knowledge and expertise provided a caring experience for you. Then email your entry to nurses@newstoday.com.sg The best 20 letters will win the nurses each aTissot nurses' watch kindly sponsored by Tissot and you will
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Get an MBA, online
      539 6  -  Ng Shing Vi Based in Spore, virtual U has backing of major institutions by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg AT FIRST, the idea of a virtual university might have been greeted with scepticism. Not anymore. Universitas 21 Global, an e-univer-sity with its headquarters in Singapore and the first of its
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      Life sciences pioneer wins Excellence for S'pore Award
      298 6  -  Tan Hui Leng AFTER years of hard work, assisted reproduction and stem-cell biology pioneer Professor Ariff Bongso (picture) is seeing the fruit of his labour. The 57-year-old was awarded the prestigious Singapore Totalisator Board's Excellence for Singapore Award 2003 at a ceremony
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        Your serve, StarHub
        487 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Smallest mobile firm likely to hit back soon by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WITH Star Hub's rivals mirroring its price plans and matching its strongest marketing tactic of free-incom-ing features (see table), Star Hub is widely expected to to make the next big move in the on-going
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        Labour benefits from Govt-led NTUC: Heng
        158 8 DURING a live broadcast on Newsradio 93.8 yesterday, a caller asked NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Heng Chee How if it was right for Singapore's union body to be headed by a Government minister. Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, is the
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  • LETTERS
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      That knock-out punch
      389 10  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong Govt should moderate its robust rebuttals if it wants to stimulate public opinion IN 1998, at the height of an economic crisis, the Government shot down calls from Members of Parliament to dip into our reserves. In 1999, the late ex-President Ong Teng
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      iOne vs Power Play II
      139 10 I REFER to the article, "The MNP lure" (Today, Aug 5, 2003). A comparison was made between SingTel's iOne and Star Hub's Power Chat 100 plans, both of which charge a monthly subscription of $28. The report said: "Star Hub's plan comes with 600 free
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      Teow, not Teong
      35 10 IN OUR report, "More gas for Spore" (Today, Aug 5), we misspelt the name of Power Gas' general manager of corporate services. He is Mr Albert Teow, and not Mr Albert Teong.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon OCBC Q2 profit up
      319 12 Bloomberg $224 m net income, partly from 'major clean-up' last year OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp, Singapore's smallest lender, said second-quarter profit rose 120 per cent to $224 million from a year ago, as it set aside less money for bad loans and units contributed more. Net income
      — Bloomberg  -  319 words
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      Lock icon Indonesian politician commits suicide
      272 12 Agencies JAKARTA Mr Marimutu Manimaren, an Indonesian politician whose elder brother is the founder of the ailing textile manufacturer, Texmaco Group, fell to his death from a Jakarta hotel early yesterday, police said. "We found Manimaren dead this morning at the base of the hotel," said
      – Agencies; AFP photo  -  272 words
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      Ezra's day-to-day dynamo
      391 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Marine offshore-support supplier achieving 30 per cent net profit margin by vewmeng@newstodav.com.se MR LIONEL Lee Chye Tek (picture) is a young man with a mission to make his company, Ezra Holdings, the preferred marine offshore-support supplier. As its managing director, he has been involved
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        184 14 Singapore shares closed sharply lower yesterday following a bomb blast in Jakarta, which left at least 10 people dead, dealers said. They said the bombing triggered broad selling in the market that had been under selling pressure in the past two weeks amid concerns over corporate earnings. The Straits
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 68.2410 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,883.41 Baht 23.8103 Peso 31.0401 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.1090 Won 672.471 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5123
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        World markets
        61 14 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng _l Ordinaries km an Wtd 9,382.58 10,177.38 3,123.40 5,259.45 -70.21 -5.76 +7.60 -117.74 -0.74% -0.06% +0.24% -2.19% Korea Comp _CI 721.84 722.23 +3.30 -1.01 +0.46% -0.14% SET Index Jakarta Comp 489.99 488.529 -4.85 -15.413 -0.98% -3.06% Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold uss/oz 348.964 Silver uss/oi 4.***** Platinum uss/oz 680.499 Rubber cents/kg 180.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1393 Brent crude uss/barrel 30.08
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        Straits Times 1ndex—1,508.69 -28.59
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        SGX most active
        59 14 By volume Aug 5 Ipco Sunningdale MultiVis Chartered DMXTech AsiaFoodP L&M Full Apex Integra JurTech Close 0.145 0.405 0.310 0.975 0.525 0.285 0.015 0.535 0.095 0.605 Change -0.010 -0.015 -0.015 -0.035 -0.030 -0.025 -0.020 -0.010 -0.010 -6.5 -3.6 -4.6 -3.5 -5.4 -8.1 -3.6 -9.5 -1.6 '000 57,229
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        SGX top rises
        80 14 By$ Hug 5 Close Change GreatEast 10.400 +0.200 Seaview 6.150 +0.200 RoyalClic 0.580 +0.130 ISH500USS 3.200 +0.060 _ustland AS 1.680 +0.050 IMH400USS 6.700 +0.050 Noble 2.170 +0.050 .hang Asia 2kHKS 6.300 +0.050 ITCn5%*****310k 1.180 +0.030 GP Bat 3.220 +0.020 By percentage Aug 5 Close Change RoyalClic 0.580
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        81 14 SGX BLOOMBURG _y$ _ug 5 Close Change XBC4.S.NCPS 100 101.900 -0.600 iPH 18.600 -0.500 _reative 50 14.000 -0.400 iPHlOO 18.600 -0.400 fenture 17.700 -0.400 iTIETFlOO 15.400 -0.310 )BS 10.900 -0.300 ilA 10.600 -0.300 JOB 12.500 -0.300 _&C 5.150 -0.200 By percentage Aug 5 Close Change ChuanSH W*****0
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      Lock icon The big Asian govt sale
      677 16 -Bloomberg With rising stock prices, they will sell state-owned assets to pare debt COUNTRIES from Australia to Thailand may speed up sales of as much as US$44 billion ($77.7 billion) in stateowned assets to widen share ownership or pay debt as rising stock prices boost
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      Lock icon Airbus wins order for 8 aircraft from Thai Airways
      220 16 Bloomberg AIRBUS, the world's second-biggest builder of commercial aircraft after Boeing, has won an order from Thai Airways International for eight aircraft worth US$l.2 billion ($2.1 billion), giving the Toulouse-based company a boost for its A 340-500 and A 340-600 aircraft
      – Bloomberg; AFP photo  -  220 words
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      Lock icon HBO Asia gets Sing Tel disaster recovery support
      144 16 -AFP SINGTEL will provide back-up disaster recovery support to the regional cable movie operator, HBO Asia, the two companies said yesterday. Under the contract, SingTel's disaster recovery service will allow the cable movie operator to resume operations in the shortest time possible
      -AFP  -  144 words
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      Lock icon No-frills ValuAir applies for operating licence
      192 18 Agencies VALUAIR has applied for a licence to operate commercial flights out of Singapore, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said yesterday. "ValuAir has submitted its application for an air operator certificate," said Mr Albert Tjoeng, a spokesman for the CAAS. "We have
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      Lock icon Keppel eyes Vietnam deal
      316 18 Bloomberg Shipbuilder attracted to oil reserves KEPPEL Corp said it may invest in a shipyard to build and repair drilling rigs in Vietnam within five years, a move which will give the shipbuilder greater market access to the South-east Asian oil producer. Vietnam produced about 17.1
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      183 18 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFP RAFFLES HOLDINGS' unit Raffles International Hotels has signed an agreement to manage a luxury resort in Phuket, Thailand. The development Raffles Resort Phuket will have 30 luxury residential villas, a hotel and a spa. It will open in 2006. OCULUS, a maker and distributor
      – AFX-Asia; AFX-Asia; AFP  -  183 words
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon MILF leader dies
      303 20 Agencies But peace talks with Philippine govt unaffected COTABATO (The Philippines) The death of Mr Salamat Hashim (picture), the chairman of the biggest Muslim separatist group in the Philippines, will not hamper peace talks with the government, officials said yesterday. Mr Salamat, 61, head of the Moro
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      Lock icon Time out
      46 20 KEUTERS photo A punk rests before a concert by US thrash metal group Slayer at Hungary's Sziget music festival on Monday. The annual sziget (island) festival, held on Budapest's Obuda island on the Danube river, attracts about 400,000 people and more than 250 bands.m
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      Lock icon $3.4b bridge to link HK, Macau and mainland China
      140 20 Reuters HONG KONG Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua met yesterday to discuss plans for a giant bridge linking Hong Kong to mainland China and Macau in a multi-billion-dollar project driven by Beijing's desire to show
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    • AROUND THE WORLD
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        Lock icon BHUTTO, HUBBY FOUND GUILTY
        127 20 AFP i w The Swiss authorities handed former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, Asif Zardari, a six-month suspended sentence and fined them US$5O,OOO each in a graft case, their lawyer Farooq Naek said yesterday. Mr Naek said the order was the outcome of
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        Lock icon VOTE ON GAY BISHOP PUT OFF
        65 20 Agencies Episcopal bishops postponed a ratification vote at the last minute on the church's first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, to investigate charges of sexual misconduct. Church officials said they were putting off Mr Robinson's appointment as Bishop of New Hampshire pending an investigation
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        Lock icon US WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN LIBERIA
        60 20 Reuters The US helicopter carrier, USS Iwojima, the assault ship leading a group of warships, arrived off Liberia yesterday with the USS Carter Hall, as the stutter of gunfire underscored difficulties in the task of trying to end 14 years of murder and mayhem. The
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        Lock icon KIWI CUSTOMS DEFEND STOP-SEARCH RIGHTS
        49 20 AFP New Zealand customs officials yesterday asserted their right to strip-search travellers, after three Malaysians complained that they had been humiliated at Auckland Airport. A customs services spokeswoman said customs officers were entitled to carry out strip-searches when they "believe there is good reason".
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        Lock icon BLAIR AIDE SORRY OVER MITTY' REMARK
        71 20 AFP British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman Tom Kelly apologised yesterday for comparing the late British weapons expert David Kelly with Walter Mitly a character invented by US writer James Thurber in a 1941 short story who indulges in an imaginary life of adventure
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      Lock icon Powell denies that he is leaving
      188 20 -AFP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell denied that he had told the White House that he does not intend to stay on if President George W Bush wins a second term next year. "It's nonsense," Mr Powell said of a Washington Post
      -AFP  -  188 words
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      Lock icon Albright slams Bush policy on N Korea
      124 20 AFP WASHINGTON Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (picture) has criticised the Bush administration for wasting a "diplomatic opening" with North Korea left by former President Bill Clinton, branding the current nuclear crisis "a dangerous mess". In her book, Madam Secretary, Ms
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      Lock icon XL to send astronaut on Russian mission
      101 20 -AFP PUTRAJAYA Malaysia will send its first astronaut into space on a Russian mission in 2005, Defence Minister Najib Razak said yesterday. The trip is part of a technology transfer deal tied in with Malaysia's US$9OO million ($1.58 billion) purchase of 18 Russian
      -AFP  -  101 words
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A world without easy answers
      844 22  -  Koh Buck Song Citizens should fill void when Govt has no sure-fire recipe "WE won't give you any answers, but you won't get your tuition fees back". This is a paraphrase of a key message that professors at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government give to
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Private moments
      449 23  -  Janice Lee with The King of Pop tonight FfRST came Martin Bashir's tainted documentary, then came the overcompensating retort from The King of Pop. And with Michael Jackson's Private Moments, the latest documentary to air on Star World tonight, the trilogy is complete Gloved superstar Michael Jackson (picture)
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      Lock icon Neo victim of success
      655 24  -  Yong Shu Chiang Expectations of Homerun director are high WHATEVER pressure Jack Neo feels from the weight of expectations for his new film Homerun, he blames it on the press. "A lot of it stems from you people in the media!" he accuses jokingly. "You're the
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      174 26 AFP LOS ANGELES On Monday, a judge ordered that topless pictures of Cameron Diaz (picture) remain sealed, until a case related to the photos has been settled. The Charlie's Angels star is suing to stop photographer John Rutter from selling the photos. The pictures
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      No sex, please
      432 26  -  Jeanine Tan British girl band aiming for fresh look by ieanine@newstoday.com.Sß THEY may have an exciting and "in-your-face" name for a band, but talking to Cheryl Tweedy of girl group Girls Aloud is more likely to incite a couple of yawns. Throughout the 15-minute phone interview, Cheryl
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        698 27  -  Yong Shu Chiang The Substation's promoter of home-grown movies moves to the television industry YUNI Hadi seemed to be everywhere. One moment she would be tearing tickets at the door to The Substation's Guinness Theatre. The next she would be introducing the evening's
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        289 27 -Bewters/VNU LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant lost a bid on Monday to keep cameras out of a Colorado courtroom when he makes his first appearance there on charges that he raped a 19-year-old woman. Eagle County Judge Fred Gannett rejected
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        Lock icon Honeymoon weekend
        515 28 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter American Wedding rakes in $59m, takes top spot LOS ANGELES American Wedding unwrapped a sizeable opening weekend dowry of U5533.4 million ($58.7 million) as the third film in Universal's American Pie franchise easily took the top spot. Heading into the weekend, industry observers had anticipated that
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      398 32 Reuters Klitschko's promoter says champ has called off rematch RESEDA World champion Lennox Lewis has pulled out of a December rematch with Vitali Klitschko and will not fight again this year, the Ukrainian heavyweight said yesterday. A Dec 6 date had been tentatively set for a rematch
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      Lock icon Now, Williams will use team orders
      320 32 -AFP HOCKENHEIM Williams-BMW team bosses admitted yesterday that they will use team orders as the world championship fight goes down to the wire this season but only if one of their drivers is out of contention. Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya is now just six
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      Lock icon Randell: All Blacks must become bullies against Boks
      283 32 -AFP DUNEDIN Former All Black skipper Tame Randell has urged New Zealand to get its retaliation in first when it takes on South Africa here on Saturday. The Springboks arrived in Dunedin from Australia yesterday with howls of angry criticism still ringing
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      She's the sting in the tail
      522 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Vipers' coach Noraida does not pay attention to league positions, just results by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SHE is the coach of one of the favourites in this season's NTUC Fair Price 2003 Netball Super League (NSL). Yet, Noraida Abdul Malik says she does not
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      Lock icon After Serena, there's now critical Clijsters
      373 33 -AFP LOS ANGELES Kirn Clijsters doesn't make a habit of backing down on the tennis court, and she wasn't backing down yesterday from her charge that fellow Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne isn't above a little gamesmanship in a tennis match. Clijsters, who lost to HeninHardenne
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      Singapore whips Brunei in inaugural tournament
      197 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn IT was a case of David v Goliath yesterday when Singapore took on Brunei in the inaugural Asean Schools Netball Championships at the Toa Payoh Sports Complex. Brunei, a newcomer to the sport, had no answer to the potent Singapore attack in
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      An Eagle soars
      792 34  -  Tan Wee Boon Written off before even a ball was kicked, he's hitting back by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg HIS lack of experience was cited as the fundamental reason he would flop as a coach by one newspaper prior to this season's NTUC Income S-League kick off. And the rookie,
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      Asian Games silver medallist opts out of SEA Games
      340 34  -  Tan Yo-Hinn AT 46, he would have been the senior member of the national bodybuilding squad bound for the SEA Games in Vietnam from Dec 5-13. But Ibrahim Sihat will not be adding to his haul of three SEA Games gold
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      Gough quits
      86 34 LONDON England bowler Darren Gough announced his retirement from Test cricket yesterday, saying his body could no longer take the strain of playing five-day matches. Gough, who took 229 wickets in his 58 matches, will still be available for selection for one-day international matches. His decision to bow
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      Spur-red on
      72 34 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur's new signing Frederic Kanoute has vowed to show the club's fans his true quality after a desperately frustrating final season at West Ham. The £3.5 million ($lO million) signing said he was resigned to having to fight for a place in Glenn Hoddle's side after
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      Phillips a Saint
      48 34 LONDON Sunderland accepted a £3 million ($8.5 million) bid for striker Kevin Phillips from Southampton yesterday. The 30-year-old, capped eight times by England, started his career as a defender at Southampton but was released without playing a first team game and drifted into amateur football.
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        Lock icon Federer struggles, Ferrero cruises
        233 35 Agencies MONTREAL Wimbledon champion Roger Federer survived a mighty scare against Argentina's Gaston Gaudio in the first round of the U552.45 million ($4.32 million) Montreal Masters yesterday, before hanging on to win 6-4 3-6 7-5. World No. 28 Gaudio led 4-2 in the final set with
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        Lock icon Poor showing by Montgomery
        265 35 Reuters STOCKHOLM World record holder Tim Montgomery finished a miserable sixth in the 100 metres at an lAAF Super Grand Prix meeting yesterday before saying he is likely to return to the US rather than compete again in Europe before the world championships in Paris later
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        Lock icon Chelsea nabs Cole
        542 35 AFP West Ham striker joins Blues' revolution, Veron next? LONDON Joe Cole is set to become the latest recruit to Roman Abramovich's revolution at Chelsea after West Ham agreed a £6.6 million ($lB.B million) bid for the England midfielder. Chelsea was also reported yesterday to have agreed
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        Lock icon Gunners give Rangers wake-up call, Kewell strikes
        410 35 AFP GLASGOW FA Cup holder Arsenal gave Scottish champion Rangers a reminder of the gap in class between the respective leagues yesterday as it humbled the Glasgow club 3-0. Recent lobbying from Rangers and its bitter rival Celtic to be accepted into the
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