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    10 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday Apni6,2oo4* mita(p) 002/11/2002
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    Surprise in Indonesia polls
    611 1  -  Elisia Yeo PDI-P and Golkar lead but voters also cast their lot with smaller parties THE most exciting elections are those that bear surprises and yesterday's historic legislative elections in Indonesia did not disappoint Observers had expected the majority of the votes to be shared between
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    Lock icon Durians will help casino dream bear fruit
    1111 1  -  Prithpal Singh |\IEWS£S!S!S£Bh news@newstoday.com.sg WITH all the talk about casinos in Singapore, I decided to read My Dream, the book by Genting Highland's founder Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. I wanted to see if there were lessons we could learn from this amazing
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      52 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Diabetes cure It may be here soon/6 Healing touch Malaysia brokering peace in Mindanao/21 He's Supercool Teen Superman star Tom Welling is hot/22 Strip flick Andy Lav gets top honours at Hong Kong Film Awards/2/ AFTERMATH OF AN ALLEGED AFFAIR Will Beckham stay at the Bernabeu?/33 «r w>- '■>'
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      Lock icon DPM Lee plays role of matchmaker
      294 2  -  Derrick A Paulo SDU could mean 'sexy, desirable and unique', he tells undergrads DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday played ambassador for matchmaking agencies as he urged Nanyang Technological University students to consider "some discreet tactful assistance", such as from the Social Development
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      Changi's winds of change
      471 3  -  Tor Ching Li Multi-pronged approach, unilateral agreement the way to go, says SM WORK patterns at Changi Airport and Singapore Airlines (SIA) will see dramatic changes over the next two to three years, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew told a gathering of representatives of SIA management
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      Lock icon 1 of 3 suspects in killing turns self in
      126 3 Channel News Asia POLICE have arrested the first of three suspects in the murder of Mr Bock Tuan Thong, 56. Mr Bock was murdered on Friday. His body was found in the boot of a Mercedes in a car park at
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      Lock icon 13 nabbed in French anti-terror raid
      228 4 Agencies PARIS French counterespionage services arrested 13 people yesterday in raids aimed at the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), the organisation blamed for the Casablanca bombings in May last year and suspected of being linked to last month's attacks in Madrid. Reports indicated that
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      Singapore had talks with US over troops in Malacca Straits
      314 4 SINGAPORE confirmed that it had held talks with the United States over the possibility of US forces protecting the Straits of Malacca from terrorists. The issue was discussed with Admiral Thomas Fargo, the top US military commander in the AsiaPacific
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      Lock icon US forces battle Shia insurgence
      504 4 Agencies Moqtada backers seize govt buildings, Shia shrines BAGHDAD United States troops, backed by helicopters, battled radical Shia militiamen yesterday as fighting erupted in Baghdad and four other Iraqi cities in what appears to be a power grab by the young, firebrand cleric, Mr Moqtada
      – Agencies; AFP  -  504 words
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Fabric of the Nation' quilt brought this family together, too
      245 6 Channel News Asia MEDIACORP'S "Fabric of the Nation" project has not only attracted contributions from Singaporeans from all walks of life, it also brought families together. One family that got together to help sew one of the 60 panels comprised
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      Wooing tourists, via Bollywood
      338 6  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal SINGAPORE is pulling out all the stops to lure Bollywood producers here hoping to woo the hearts of Indian tourists. A source at the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) told Today "keen interest has been shown by nearly 10 Indian movie producers" who want
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      His $1m donation went to Kang, now he wants it back
      181 6  -  Wong Fei Wan HE FULFILLED his late wife's dying wish and donated half of her $2.6-million worth of property to the Catholic Church. But, on realising that the donation had ended up in Joachim Kang's personal bank account, he
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      Diabetes cure may be here soon
      295 6  -  Tan Hui Leng A CURE for diabetes may be on the cards if a team of scientists here succeeds in their research project Carried out by the National University of Singapore's Department of Surgery and research firm Stem Cell Technologies (i), the scientific research
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      Youngest wins
      51 6 Polytechnic student Benjamin Tan walked away with $88,000 on Sunday as the winner of Haia Court's 48-hour challenge. He took the least time, 39.01 seconds, to paddle the breadth of a pool in in the tie-breaker. The contest is part of the launch for the 360-unit freehold condominium
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      Why not offer the winner $500,000?
      234 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Such an incentive would draw better qualified candidates I REFER to the recent comments about the Miss Singapore Universe contest (Today, April 5). Ms Marlene Ec remarked that the contestants were "just average Singaporean women". Perhaps, she hit on precisely
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      Take criticism positively, Sandy
      137 8  -  Jason Ng VIEWERS want to see a representative of Singapore on the world stage and take pride in Miss Singapore Universe a young woman who should be as close to perfect as possible. Winner Sandy Chua kept saying how "brave" she and her friends were to
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        Natural for rival paper to criticise pageant
        59 8  -  David Chiow The bad press is not totally unexpected as certain newspapers have to write the obligatory MediaCorpslamming article. The Miss Singapore Universe contestant will "regain" her regality and beauty only when the event is hosted by the rival station ana these unashamedly
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        Hurling brickbats at beauties is distasteful
        56 8  -  Christina Phillips I was saddened by the criticisms of these beauties in the media. The comments were outrageous, confrontational, distasteful and unprofessional. It is only natural for the girls to be defensive and upset. Criticisms can be both constructive and destructive and must be
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      With prepaid cards, crooks can make untraceable calls
      190 8  -  Tammie Teo I WOULD like to ask the Telecom Authority of Singapore (TAS) to look into the way service providers sell mobile prepaid SIM cards, without requiring any registration or information from the buyer. After receiving several nuisance SMS messages, I was
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      DBS likely to be lead distributor for Air Asia IPO
      232 10  -  Kevin Tan DBS is poised to become the lead distributor for the initial public offer (IPO) by Malaysian budget carrier, Air Asia, later this year. The airline has already hired BBMB Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston and RHB Sakura Merchant
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      Limited liability partners
      330 10  -  Chan Chao Peh New business entity would give partnerships greater flexibility In its statement released yesterday, the MOF agreed with the study team's recommendation that an LLP "should be a separate legal entity from its partners". This means that owners of the business will not be personally
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      90 10 Dow Jones SembWaste Cleantech, a subsidiary of SembCorp Environmental Management, has been awarded a $45 million, five-year contract by the National Environment Agency. From Sept 1, SembWaste Cleantech will provide cleaning operations, which also include the provision of refuse consolidation, in the Eastern and Western sectors of Singapore. Semitech
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        Straits Times Index-1890.20 +9.75
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        World markets
        58 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.32 Change +142.37 +1.20 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwanWtd *****.76 3453.20 6682.73 +55.51 +15.80 +137.19 +0.44 +0.50 +2.10 Korea Comp KLCI 883.69 889.60 +0.94 +2.26 +0.11 +0.25 SET Index Jakarta Comp 709.89 750.65 +16.77 +13.00 +2.42 +1.76 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1490.05 306.09 +39.14
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        SGX most active
        61 10 By volume May 27 Bio-Treat UnitedTAC Unified Horizon Chartered Jaya Hldg Speedy-Tech Interra MediaRing Midas Close 1.100 0.985 0.580 0.165 1.760 0.935 0.665 0.265 0.185 0.680 Change +0.135 +0.090 +0.055 +0.010 +0.110 +0.040 +0.030 -0.005 +0.010 +0.040 'OOO +14.0 90,932 +10.1 46,067 +10.5 40,036 +6.5 37,581 +6.7
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        SGX top rises
        73 10 By$ Venture 21.100 +0.801 ISH500USS 5.500 +0.301 Jardine C&C 6.800 +0.251 Ihai Prime200USS 11.500 +0.201 KepCorp 7.500 +0.151 STIETF100 18.970 +0.151 Bio-Treat 1.100 +0.13. 1AC200USS 2.880 +0.131 Sp Land 4.040 +0.121 By percentage SulTech W*****7 0.035 +40.0 Strike W*****5 0.020 +33.3 ZhipEngS W*****1 0.030 WaDekor USS 0.070
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        SGX top falls
        68 10 By$ F&N 14.100 -0.300 Creative 50 18.300 -0.100 DBS 14.000 -0.100 Fortune Reil HKS 5.050 -0.100 OCBC4.59HNCPS *****1.500 -0.100 SIA 11.400 -0.100 UOB 13.600 -0.100 STEngg 2.040 -0.090 LTAn4.815S*****910kl.050-0.060 By percentage Benefun 20k 0.015 -25.0 fcPoh 0.015 -25.0 Goldtron 0.020 -20.0 MediaS 0.020 -20.0 Over&Gene AS 0.080
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        Lock icon Singapore
        120 10 Dow Jones SHARES closed higher amid rising optimism over the domestic economic outlook. However, profit-taking took some shine off a few stocks. The ST Index rose 9.75 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1890.20, but off an intra-day high of 1894.51. Advancers led decliners 296 to 87, while 999.2
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5964 UK£ 0.3281 Yen 62.4799 HK$ 4.6457 RM 2.2664 Euro 0.4943 Rupiah 5123.2 Baht 23.347 Peso 33.602 A$ 0.791 Indian Rs 26.056 Won 681.99 C$ 0.7827 Yuan 4.9364 NZ$ 0.9171 NTS 19.651
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 422.50 Silver uss/oz 8.16 Platinum uss/.i 896.80 Rubber cents/kg 230 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1962 Brent crude uss/iorrei 30.24 Information provided by
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      Lock icon SingTel and SlPphone Inc to offer Internet phone service
      203 12 Bloomberg SINGTEL will team up with SlPphone Inc to offer a telephone service over the Internet in a bid to increase sales. SlPphone allows users who own the San Diego-based company's telephones and adapters to make free calls over the Internet
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      Capital OK aims to be in top three
      402 12  -  Chan Chao Peh Thai finance firm jointly owned by DBS, Shin Corp DBS aims to build its joint venture with Thailand's Shin Corp, called Capital OK, into one of the top three consumer finance companies in the kingdom by the end of
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      Lock icon Taiwan towers over China, but not for long
      788 14  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg It makes a tall statement with theTaipei 101, but can it stay on top with the rise of the mainland? SKYSCRAPERS can say much about a nation's ambition, wealth, technological prowess and, often, hubris. But if you are
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      2304 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Date Name The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Enquiries: Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to
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        Lock icon Promising outlook for property market
        380 15 DBS Vickers Research Singapore Possible price rise for private home market as economy, job market improves THE Urban Redevelopment Authority's flash estimate of the First Quarter 2004 Private Residential Property Price Index, which it released last week, showed that the private residential property market is
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        Lock icon $261m bond issue launched by Capita Land
        102 15 Dow Jones CAPITALAND has launched a threetranche U*****.6 million ($261.2 million) bond issue backed by residential properties still under development Called "residential mortgage-backed securities", the bonds are lead managed by Bayerische Hypo und Vereinsbank. They are backed by sales proceeds from two condominium
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      Lock icon Malaysian manufacturers seek tax cut incentives
      354 16 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian manufacturers called for a corporate tax cut and the easing of a rule, requiring 30-per-cent equity ownership by ethnic Malays and other indigenous groups, as part of proposed measures to boost competitiveness and woo foreign investors. The Federation of Malaysian
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      Lock icon Ikea founder richest
      154 16 Reuters STOCKHOLM Mr Ingvar Kamprad (picture), the Swede who founded furniture retail chain Ikea, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV reported on Sunday. Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Mr Kamprad,
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      Lock icon Japan, China and S Korea to develop 4G technology
      165 16 Dow Jones TOKYO-Japan, China and South Korea will work together to develop cut-ting-edge technologies, including fourth-generation (4G) mobile phones, digital broadcasting, computer security and open-source software, a Japanese Telecommunications Ministry official said yesterday. At a meeting in Seoul last month, officials
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      Lock icon China eyes $170b in car exports
      231 16 AFP BEIJING China unveiled an ambitious automotive export plan to boost its export of cars and car parts to between US$7O billion and US$lOO billion ($ll7 billion and $170 billion) annually by 2010, state press said yesterday. "Boosting automobile and component exports is in
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      Lock icon Triple billing at WalMart
      101 16 AP DENVER A computer hardware error caused more than 800,000 credit- and debit-card transactions to be double- or triple-billed last week at WalMart stores in the United States, said officials at First Data Corp which handled the electronic payments. The excess Visa and Mastercard charges, which
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      Lock icon New anti-corruption steps
      266 17 Abdullah orders BN lawmakers to make bi-annual asset declarations KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has ordered his ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers to declare their assets by the end of next month. The 650 BN lawmakers elected to Parliament and state assemblies in last
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      Lock icon Boost for M'sian election probe
      144 17 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Bar Council yesterday joined calls for an independent inquiry into claims of fraud in last month's elections, saying a transparent audit was crucial to ensure the legitimacy of the results. The council, which represents more than 8,000 lawyers, noted in a
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      Lock icon Avoid Thailand's south: Abdullah
      164 17 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told Malaysians to avoid visiting southern Thailand as he prepared for talks with his Thai counterpart over recent violence there, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. Mr Abdullah said he had asked Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to
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      Lock icon Lien seeks new election
      398 18 Agencies Defeated candidate goes to court to nullify recent poll TAIPEI Taiwan's defeated presidential candidate Lien Chan has filed a lawsuit in the High Court to nullify the disputed election and hold a new poll. Mr Lien's announcement came as the Interior Minister Yu Chenghsien's and
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      Lock icon Fertiliser pulled off Australia's shelves
      145 18 AFP SYDNEY Australia's biggest supplier of a fertiliser ingredient that can be used to make bombs said that it was pulling the product off the shelves to prevent any eventual use by terrorists. Incitec Pivot called for all retailers to return their stocks of the
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      Lock icon Did history sway Bush decision?
      168 18 WASHINGTON A historical photograph may have influenced United States national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's decision to testify before an independent commission investigating the 911 attacks. The photo, published in The New York Times on November 22, 1945, shows Admiral William D Leahy then White House
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        Lock icon Older, but younger
        75 18 AFP Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has marked his birthday by declaring himself a year and four months younger, the Cambodia Daily said yesterday. The Premier said, according to official documents, he should have turned 53 on Sunday. "It is not my real birthday, April 4, 1951
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        Lock icon Yes, they were fat
        72 18 AFP Austrian anthropologists have found evidence suggesting that Roman gladiators were overweight vegetarians who bore scant resemblance to action star Russell Crowe. The scientists did tests on skeletons of gladiators found at the ancient site of Ephesus in Turkey and found that they ate mainly barley,
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan peace bid hangs in mid-air
      308 20 Agencies New government may lack majority to push peace efforts COLOMBO Sri Lanka's bid to forge a lasting peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels may be sidelined because the new government lacks a majority to push the process ahead, the
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        Lock icon TV bad for kids' attention
        79 20 Reuters The more television children watch between the ages of one and three, the greater their risk of having attention problems by age seven, American researchers reported yesterday. They found that each hour of television that pre-schoolers watched per day increased the risk of attention
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        Lock icon Compensated for an affair
        67 20 AFP (government officials will right an education department decision to award A 528,000 ($35,350) in "stress" compensation to a Sydney teacher who was sacked for having an affair with a student. Mr Jeff Sinclair, now 51, was removed from the classrooom in 2001 and given an
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      803 21  -  Marites Danguilan Vitug Three doctors undertake rehabilitation work, while M'sia plays a key role in forging peace DR ABAS Candao, Dr Danda Juanday and Dr Saffrullah Dipatuan are medical doctors from Muslim Mindanao. These days, they are not always in their clinics. Often, they are in meetings with
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      241 24  -  Wendy Cheng YES 93.3FM is most-listened-to radio station IT'S been a great week of double happiness for the Chinese-language radio station, YES 93.3FM. Last week, AC Nielsen's Media Research Survey 2004 was released and the radio station was named for the 11th year running the most-listened-to
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        740 25  -  Pauline D Loh This home-made seafood chowder will re-define the dish WE were eating at an American fast food restaurant in town and my friend had ordered the clam chowder. What finally arrived after half an hour was an anaemic-looking bowl of starch with microscopic pieces of what
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      175 26  -  Serene Foo IT'S the hilarious version of Infernal Affairs with a gay twist. Hong Kong heart-throb Daniel Wu plays a reluctant, gay triad-successor called Georgie who lets his friend Sam (Eason Chan) impersonate him for his gangster dealings in the action flick, Enter the Phoenix. The Hong Kong
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        367 27 Reuters Andy Lav's strip flick gets top honours at Hong Kong Film Awards HONG KONG Running on Karma emerged a big winner on Sunday at the Hong Kong Film Awards among the most prestigious on the global Chinese-language cinema circuit The movie bagged the prize for best film
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      408 33 Media frenzy over alleged affair won't please employers at Real LONDON Blissfully unaware of what was about to appear in the News of the World, David Beckham was the picture of contentment in Spain on Saturday night. Real Madrid had just beaten Albacete 2-1
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      176 33 -AFP PRIMERA LIGA Valencia 2 Murcia 0 MADRID Second-placed Valencia took their time finding their range, but eventually managed to overpower bottom club Murcia to win 2-0 on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and stay just one point behind Spanish league leaders Real
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      291 34 -AFP LOS ANGELES Annika Sorenstam won her 50th career LPGA Tour title on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), cruising to a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Office Depot Championship. The best women's player in the world, Sorenstam became the sixth player to reach the
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      507 34 AFP Johnson stays cool to hold off Aussie charge GOLF Bell South Classic DULUTH, Georgia In the final warm-up for this week's US Masters, a rookie stole the show. Zach Johnson (picture), the reigning Nationwide Tour Player of the Year, claimed his first US PGA Tour victory on
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      402 34 AFP TENNIS Nasdaq-100 Open KEY BISCAYNE, Florida The result was probably expected, but it couldn't come quickly enough for the defeated man. Reigning US Open champion Andy Roddick captured the Nasdaq-100 Open title here on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when
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      585 35 Reuters Fl's newest race raises bar and puts historic circuits under scrutiny FORMULA 1 Bahrain Grand Prix BAHRAIN Formula l's first visit to the Middle East has left team bosses marvelling at their most modern circuit yet, while also fearing for the future of some of Europe's more
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      383 35 AFP TEST CRICKET Pakistan v India LAHORE, Pakistan Pugnacious left-hander Yuvraj Singh hit a maiden century to anchor India's fightback after a career-best 5-31 by Pakistan's Umar Gul in the second Test here yesterday. Yuvraj, playing only his third Test, hit 112
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        104 35 SYDNEY Australian swimmer lan Thorpe (right) claims he won't swim in the 400 m freestyle at the Athens Olympics if team-mate Craig Stevens is pressured to relinquish his place in the event. Stevens is the chief beneficiary of Thorpe's disqualification in the 400 m event at last
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        78 35 charge SYDNEY A former coach for tennis stars Monica Seles and Mark Philippoussis was committed to stand trial yesterday over allegations he had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl while teaching in a Melbourne school. Gavin Hopper, 47, pleaded not guilty to the allegations he
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        70 35 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Brian Lara has insisted that he will not step down as West Indies captain despite presiding over his country's first home series defeat to England since 1968. Lara is under renewed pressure after England won the third Test on Saturday to take a
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        70 35 LONDON Everton striker Duncan Ferguson has been handed a four-game ban and a £10,000 ($30,456) fine for violent behaviour and improper conduct. The English Football Association charged Ferguson for an incident involving Leicester's Steffen Freund and a subsequent gesture to the crowd. The Scot was sent
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        72 35 ROME Striker Christian Vieri has pledged his future to Inter Milan despite constant speculation linking him with a move abroad this summer. "I hear these rumours about my future, but I haven't even thought about it," said the scorer of Inter's second goal from the
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      533 36  -  STANLEY HO Champions from both sides of Causeway eye Asian glory AFC CUP, GROUP D PerakvHome United TONIGHT, the traditional Causeway rivalry between Singapore and Malaysian football will be re-ignited in Ipoh. Home United, the S-League and Singapore Cup champions, will take on reigning M-League champions Perak in
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      379 36 NEW faces, DPMM and the Combined team from the local Cosmopolitan League, are expected to be a breath of fresh air in the upcoming Big Trumpet Singapore Cup 2004, which kicks off on April 17. "We cast our net
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      317 36  -  Stanley Ho HE ENJOYED a fairly successful time in English football with Wrexham in 2002-03. After helping the Welsh side win promotion to Division Two last year, where he made 27 appearances for the Red Dragons, Daniel Bennett returned to Singapore in May,
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      758 37 Agencies Arsenal's weaknesses will be exploited: Parker CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG Arsenal v Chelsea (Ist leg: 1-1) LONDON The Gunners' confidence has been rocked, several key players will spend this morning in the treatment room and Sir Alex Ferguson believes Arsenal could stumble out of Europe.
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      338 37 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL, 2ND LEG Monaco v Real Madrid (Ist leg: 2-4) PARIS Real Madrid, leading 4-2 from the first leg, will start as hot favourites to overcome a depleted Monaco and progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League tonight (tomorrow morning,
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