Today, 27 July 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday« July 27, 2004 < MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Egyptian envoy freed
      294 1 AFP But more than 20 people are missing or held captive for ransom in Iraq BAGHDAD Kidnappers released an Egyptian diplomat yesterday, in a dramatic twist to Iraq's hostage crisis, as two Jordanians were snatched and two Pakistanis threatened with death, and attacks claimed 10 lives. The
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      Lock icon 'Uncle Sam' t Democratic convention
      45 1 REUTERS A Florida delegate in his Uncle Sam costume during the opening session of the Democratic National Convention in Boston yesterday. Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry is expected to accept the party's official nomination on Thursday. See Page 4
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      Lock icon US stocks close lower
      73 1 Agencies NEW YORK Stocks fell in a volatile session marked by jitters about corporate earnings overshadowing positive economic news. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index fell 10.07 points to 1,839.02, its lowest close since Oct 2 last year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.30 of
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      Lock icon New worm hits search sites
      181 1 Agencies SAN FRANCISCO A fast-spreading computer worm disrupted the world's most popular online search sites yesterday, scanning the vast databases of Google Inc and other search engines to find the e-mail addresses of new victims. The worm's assault came on the same day that Google
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      Acting Ministers set for a bigger stage
      900 1  -  Lee Ching Wern IN a span of just three years, they shot up the political ranks. Overtaking many of their more experienced party colleagues, each landed in the hot seat of Acting Minister less than two years after they made their political debut
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Crime situation is stable: Police
      371 2 Channel News Asia Vehicle thefts up, robberies down THE number of rapes and murders in the first half of the year is up slightly compared to a year ago, but there has been a big drop in robberies and house break-ins, according to the latest
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      Civil-society activism on a higher gear
      748 3 niEwsssDunsoL The social capital that it generates in these troubled times is significant Constance Singam HAVING spent two frenetic weeks, organising visiting siblings and managing the generous responses of Singaporeans to my commentary on a group of stranded workers, escaping to the tranquillity of
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      Lock icon Democrats unite for Kerry
      405 4 Agencies Party to nominate him officially in national convention BOSTON In a sign of higher-than-usual overseas interest in American politics, an unprecedented number of foreign dignitaries were expected to attend this year's Democrat party's national convention, which opened here yesterday. "The number of foreigners reflects that
      – Agencies; RETUERS  -  405 words
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      Lock icon Wall of outcry against Gaza pullout
      53 4 Israeli protesters formed a human chain in central Israel on Sunday to demonstrate against government plans to pull all Jewish settlers and troops out of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to forge ahead with his pullout plan yesterday despite the
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      Lock icon SBY wins first round of Indon election
      228 4 Agencies JAKARTA As expected, former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won the first round of Indonesia's presidential election and will battle incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in the second round in September. Mr Yudhoyono won with 39,838,184 votes or 33.574 per cent, ahead of Mrs
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  • HOME NEWS
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      A timely answer to global competition
      467 6  -  Kenneth Tan Spore Retail Academy to prepare professionals for new challenges SINGAPORE inched closer to living up to its shopping haven image with the official opening of the Retail Academy of Singapore yesterday. The retail academy, a training and research institution set up to
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      Lock icon Great S'pore Sale a hit
      142 6 Channel News Asia Orchard Road retailers who took part in the eight-week Great Singapore Sale, which ended on Sunday, say business was up as much as 45 per cent. The sale was held for two weeks longer this year. Retailers said that the bulk of
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Tony Tan goes on 3-day visit to Malaysia
        82 6 Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan left for Malaysia yesterday on a three-day visit. Dr Tan, who is also Singapore's Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence, will call on Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Najib
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        Singapore males more likely to drown
        129 6 A study of drowning in Singapore in the 1 0-year period from 1992 to 2001 shows that males in Singapore were much more likely to drown than females. Published in the latest issue of the Singapore Medical Journal, the study found that the male
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        Lock icon All-women climbers plan to scale Mt Everest
        96 6 Channel News Asia An all-women team of climbers from Singapore wants to scale Mount Everest in four years' time, but they need at least two more climbers. The four climbers, led by 20-year-old Jane Lee, recently climbed the 6,000-m high Island Peak in
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        $250,000 raised for children's cancer body
        53 6 PSA Corporation raised a total of $250,000 for the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF) from its charity Walk-A-Jog at the Singapore Zoo on Sunday. The Walk-A-Jog, which had 1,200 participants comprising CCF members, PSA management, unions and staff, was part of its on-going "PSA Cares"
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  • LETTERS
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      Disillusioned with S'poreans' attitude
      356 7  -  Louisham Osman Patrons at eating outlets fail to show compassion to a fellow human being who was assaulted ON THE night of July 16, two friends and I were waylaid by a group of middle-aged men at Ang Mo Kio Central. They accused my friend, who
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      Neglect cause of kids' waywardness
      148 7  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I REFER to the article, "Wayward kids coming from affluent homes" (July 26). Children's waywardness can often be traced to the lack of empathy and communication with their parents. A child deprived of interaction with family members may feel alienated and
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      Bravo Today for bold decision
      135 7  -  Kate Smith I REFER to Mr Loh Chee Kong's news comment, "Drawing the line on terror coverage" (July 22). Mr Loh says that the duty of the media is to report However, I would argue that the media does not report out of a sense
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      Extreme Leisure on Remote
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Buyer beware
      299 11  -  Val Chua MAS unveils list of dubious financial-services firms THE authorities are coming down hard on investment scams that target Singaporeans, with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) releasing a list of 24 unlicensed financial-services firms that consumers should be wary of. Although eight firms in the list
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      UOL doesn't need shareholder OK to sell UOB stake
      112 11 THE board of United Overseas Land said yesterday that the Singapore Exchange had waived the requirement that the property group seek shareholder approval for the divestment of its 4.2-per-cent stake in its parent company, United Overseas Bank (UOB). The UOL board
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      Lock icon Informatics says full PwC report has legal implications
      215 11  -  Chan Chao Peh TROUBLED education group Informatics Holdings said that possible "serious legal ramifications" prevented it from releasing the entire investigation report by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias), which expressed concern over this issue last week,
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      Lock icon CPF at every stage of your life
      956 13  -  Tan Swee Lian The CPF Board has a list of schemes to help members build their nest egg and plan for a secure retirement FOR close to 50 years, the CPF Board has provided its members with financial security in retirement, as well
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      CPF SCHEMES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR FUTURE
      306 13 RETIREMENT CPF Minimum Sum The CPF Minimum Sum provides members with a monthly income to help them build their nest egg and ensure that they can continue to enjoy a basic standard of living during retirement. HEALTHCARE Medisave Medisave is a national savings scheme
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      Lock icon June output up 19.4%
      242 14 -AFP Electronics sector led growth, surging 36.7% SINGAPORE'S industrial output grew 19.4 per cent last month from June last year. The growth was boosted by an excep-tionally-strong performance by the electronics industry, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday. The June data was slightly lower than
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      Lock icon APB plans to gain full control of NZ brewer
      252 15 -AFP It is offering $10.41 per share for the 23% of DB Breweries it does not own AUCKLAND Singapore's main-board-listed Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) said yesterday it was seeking 100-per-cent control of New Zealand's DB Breweries. APB, 42.5-per-cent controlled by Dutch
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    • Article
      Reliance, Temasek in $345m fund tie-up
      98 15 MUMBAI India's Reliance group is planning to tie up with Temasek Holdings to launch a US$200-million ($345-million) fund that will seek investment opportunities in various electricity projects in India, reported the Economic Times yesterday, quoting unnamed sources. Reliance and Temasek, Singapore's investment holding company,
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      190 15 Singapore Telecommunications' (SingTel] chief executive Lee Hsien Yang has been named as the best CEO in Singapore by The Institutional Investor Research Group. SingTel's investor relations team also took the top spot among its local peers. Keppel Land's subsidiary, Keppel Investment (Mauritius), and India's Puravankara Projects have formed a
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    • MarketWATCH
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        SGX most active
        59 16 iy volume chartered 'rogen (1 Ventur STelecom ~hina Paper iio-Treat ~mw Corp Soldtron Jnified JOL Close 1.030 0.170 0.290 0.320 0.330 0.810 0.875 0.015 0.285 2.330 Change -0.060 +0.025 +0.010 -0.010 -0.010 -0.010 -0.005 -0.015 +0.030 -5.5 +17.2 +3.6 -3.0 -2.9 -1.2 -0.6 -5.0 +1.3 '000 46,726
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        World markets
        61 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.55 C Pis -27.78 Change -0.25 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd *****.83 3485.70 5331.71 -33.16 +0.40 -42.14 -0.27 +0.01 -0.78 Korea Comp KLCI 736.21 838.49 -1.30 +0.29 -0.18 +0.03 SET Index Jakarta Comp 633.42 761.80 -15.05 -4.56 -2.32 -0.60 Phils Comp Shenzhen B
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 16 SGX, Bloomberg Gold us$/oz 392.400 Silver us$/oi 6.350 Platinum us$/oz 812.000 Rubber cents/kg 235.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1430 Bient crude us$/barrel 38.27 Information provided by
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        Your S$1uys
        35 16 USS 0.5798 UK£ 0.3166 Yen 63.8931 HK$ 4.5228 RM 2.2034 Euro 0.4795 Rupiah 5262.1 Baht 23.814 Peso 32.503 A$ 0.8174 Indian Rs 26-86 Won 676.24 C$ 0.766 Yuan 4.7991 NZ$ 0.9126 NTS 19.752
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        Lock icon Singapore
        52 16 Dow Jones SHARE prices rose as investors bought property stocks after the Urban Redevelopment Authority reported on Friday about slightly higher private home prices. The ST Index rose 5.72 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 1,855.98. Losers led gainers 21 6 to 97 as 447.8 million shares
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        STI – 1,855.98 +5.72
        3 16 STI 1,855.98 +5.72
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        SGX top rises
        80 16 By Close Changi BukilSem 13.200 +0.201 lardineC&C 6.300 +0.151 KepCorp 7.350 +0.151 :iTYDEV 5.800 +0.101 OBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.200 +0.101 ISH500USS 5.500 +0.101 UOB 13.700 +0.101 iPC 2.990 +0.091 FirslEng 1.120 +0.051 Fortune Reil HKS 5.550 +0.051 By percentage WediaS Close i 0.015 Change +50.0 Sunlight
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        SGX top falls
        80 16 By Close tfJ 0.640 Changi -o.i i: jealive50 17.000 -0.101 F&N 13.600 -0.101 3CBC 4.59CNCPS 100 102.200 -0.101 >TI ETF100 18.600 -0.101 fhai Prime200USS 10.100 -0.101 bartered 1.030 -0.061 lurTech 1.070 -0.061 m Breweries 7.600 -0.051 DUE 7.250 -0.051 By percentage El-Nets Close 0.010 Change -33.3 Shining
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      Most of Ascotfs apartments are filled up
      248 16 THE Ascott Group filled 80 per cent of its Singapore serviced residences in the first six months of this year, senior executives said yesterday, citing firmer demand after last year's Sars outbreak. A year earlier, the average occupancy at its Singapore apartments sank
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  • INFOTECH solutions for BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Get online the MSN way
      378 20  -  Francis Chin Microsoft portal offers SMBs secure solutions I MORE security, storage I and better communications are what small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) look for when they invest in online technology. According to the regional head of Microsoft's MSN Web portal, going online is essential
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      Lock icon Automated Symphony
      285 21  -  Francis Chin Centralised quotation system eliminates errors, improves accuracy PROCESS automation supI plier Emerson Process Management supplies a complex range of measurement and control devices, instruments and systems to process plants in Asia. One difficulty it encountered was that its 2,800-strong sales force had to compute and issue
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      Auction of phone accessories a lucrative business
      218 21  -  Francis Chin PHONE covers on eßay are I good business for Ms Gina Koh, who runs a thriving small business selling them to the rest of the world. From an office in a Geylang factory, Ms Koh supervises the daily auctions of her
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      Inkjet tech: Not just for printers
      279 21  -  Ariel Tarn EPSON is pumping R&D I money into imaging technology. In its last financial year, the Japanese printer manufacturer invested 6.4 per cent of its 1.4-trillion-yen ($22 billion) revenue to develop new applications for printers, projectors and displays. Mr Masao Akahane, managing director
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      Protect your enterprise
      100 21 STOP viruses, intruders I and online thieves. This is the promise of McAfee (formerly Network Associates) when it launched a protection package for businesses. Virus Scan Enterprise B.oi combines anti-virus software with a firewall and an anti-intru-sion barrier, said Mr Ashley Wearne, McAfee's regional vice- president The
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Arroyo promises 'tough love'
      332 24 Agencies Sweeping reforms 'to raise or save $3 billion' to hit the upper-classes MANILA Facing fresh criticism from close allies United States and Australia, President Gloria Arroyo once again defended her decision last week to pull out Filipino troops from Iraq to save the life of
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      Lock icon Hostage takers extend deadline
      196 24 Agencies BAGHDAD The captors of seven foreign truck drivers in Iraq put on hold a threat to start killing their hostages and instead extended a deadline to facilitate negotiations for their release. In a video message, the militants who call themselves the "Holders of the Black
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      Lock icon Saddam eats American snacks in jail
      161 25 AFP LONDON Iraq's human rights minister gave the world its first glimpse into the life of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as he awaits trial. Mr Bakhtiar Amin, who visited Saddam on Saturday, told The Guardian that the former dictator spends his time in
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Deranged, detained
        41 25 Reuters A Chinese man with a history of mental illness tried to hijack an Air China Boeing 737 from Beijing to South Korea yesterday but was detainee! by police after the plane made an emergency landing in central China.
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        Change in tradition
        41 25 In a reversal of tradition, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the losers in the Umno party elections for the vice-presidential posts may not be appointed to the party's supreme council, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.
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        Pay for M'sian brains
        35 25 Former Malaysian leader Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysian students overseas snould be considered national intellectual property and countries that want to keep them should pay compensation to Malaysia, reported The Star.
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      JI may be on a recruitment drive
      283 25 Top Indon cop: Group could be reorganising JAKARTA An Indonesian top policeman said the Jemaah Islamiyah 01) is still plotting to launch more attacks in Indonesia, despite the arrest of several leaders. In a weekend interview with The Jakarta Post, National Police Director
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Why the impasse in Sri Lanka should end
      822 26  -  Ravi R Prasad The delay in peace talks is vitiating the environment THE absence of war and the peace process which is in a limbo is threatening the fragile peace in Sri Lanka. There have been no bloody clashes between the armed
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      The accidental playwright
      619 28  -  David Chew The man behind Private Parts and Army Daze says he started those scripts with no clue what to write about THE way he tells it, Private Parts playwright Michael Chiang still can't get over how he got to where he is today. "I've always been
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      'RERUNNING' ALL OVER THE PLAGE
      260 29 This year has seen numerous reruns of plays. Counting The Necessary Stages' Mardi Gras, Toy Factory's Mandarin version of Eleanor Wong's Mergers and Accusations and Wills and Secession, and Private Parts, 2004 has seen more reruns than original plays being performed. But before we raise
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      201 29  -  Surekha A Yadav IT PAYS to be generous? For 33-year-old production planner Yap Sit Sun, it certainly did. Of the 2.6 million calls to the donation hotlines for the NKF Children's Medical Fund (CMF) lucky draw, her call won the first prize of $500,000 in
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      The usual suspects are back
      188 29  -  Eveline Gan TAIWANESE singer Jay Chou and homegrown artiste Tanya Chua continue to rule the Chinese music scene here, if their nominations at this year's Singapore Hit Awards are anything to go by. They have garnered five and six nominations, respectively, in the awards which
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      186 29 'Coming out' next year Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Cher, Scottish actor Alan Cumming and comedian Kathy Griffin are among the stars who have come onboard the new gay-themed digital cable channel, Logo, which is scheduled to launch in as many as 15 million homes in the United States next February.
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        626 30  -  Lynn Seah From creams to potent drugs, there is help for eczema sufferers ECZEMA and psoriasis are life-long skin conditions that have no known cure. But there are ways to manage them and recent medical advances are offering an even brighter ray of hope for sufferers.
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        31 30 Organising a health-related event or talk? If you would like it to be featured in TODAY, email pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg at least two weeks in advance. Publication depends on space availability.
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        Don't be short-sighted about myopia
        373 32  -  Lynn Seah YOUR five-year-old is holding his book exceptionally close to his face and he has been doing that increasingly often. Could he be myopic at such a young age? In Singapore, the number of children who need vision correction is rising at an alarming
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        MYOPIA AND LAZY EYE
        86 32 To learn more, make time to attend a Mandarin forum entitled "Myopia and Lazy Eye". Organised by Tan Tock Seng Hospital and The Eye Institute, the forum will discuss the latest developments in myopia control. Find out what myopia or lazy eye is and what you
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      351 36 Reuters JOHANNESBURG A South African soccer referee pulled a gun and shot dead a coach who questioned one of his rulings, police said on Sunday. Inspector Mali Govender of the Grahamstown police in the Eastern Cape province said a fight broke out after
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      762 36 -AFP With rock star girlfriend in tow, record-breaking cyclist's happy with life CYCLING Tour de France PARIS It was a more laid-back Lance Armstrong who arrived at this year's Tour de France, hoping to overtake the four other riders who had, like him, won the world's most famous
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      500 37 -AFP Future looks rosy as second stringers add South American crown to world title COPA AMERICA FINAL Brazil 2 Argentina 2 (Brazil won 4-2 on penalties) LIMA, Peru There is only one team in the world who can afford the luxury of resting high profile players such as
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      293 37 LIMA Anyone who has to fight with Ronaldo for a place in the team needs to do well when he is given a chance. Brazil striker Adriano (picture) took his with both hands, by scoring seven goals in six games to finish as the
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      395 37 Agencies LONDON Arsene Wenger remains confident that Patrick Vieira's future lies with Arsenal, but his midfielder's silence suggests otherwise. Despite mounting media speculation the Frenchman will be joining David Beckham at Real Madrid, Vieira still hasn't rejected the rumours or said
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        502 38 Agencies LONDON England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson faces the sack after scoring an embarrassing own-goal with a secretary in his office. Arguably the most famous coach in international football, the Swede may be forced to step down for having an affair and then denying
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        480 38 Agencies Newcastle, Man Utd agree fee for England midfielder LONDON Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt is set to join premier league rivals Newcastle United, Manchester United said on their website yesterday. The 29-year-old England international has left the club's tour of the United States and
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        296 38 -AFP LIVERPOOL Liverpool hope to secure Michael Owen's signature on a new contract during the club's three-match trip to the United States. Club sources said yesterday it was hoped the deal would be inked before Liverpool play a Champions League qualifier on Aug 11.
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      262 39 Bayern squeak past United LONDON Manchester United striker Alan Smith (picture) missed a spot-kick in the shoot-out as Bayern Munich beat the Red Devils 4-2 on penalties in the second match of the Champions World Series in Chicago on Sunday [yesterday morning, Singapore time). Smith, making his debut after
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      654 39  -  STEFANIE LOH Coach La Fontaine says women will beat US in Athens, but the men PIERRE La Fontaine was born in Canada, lived and coached in the US for a long time and is now head coach of swimming at the Australian Institute of Sports. He
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      231 39 AFP ASIAN CUP, GROUP C Iraq 2 Saudi Arabia 1 CHENGDU, China Iraq reached the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup here yesterday, after defeating bitter rivals Saudi Arabia, who promptly fired their coach after an unprecedented first-round exit Saudi
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