Today, 18 July 2005

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  • 11 1 TODAY Mediacrop Press incorporating MICA (P) 112/07/2005 Monday July 18,2005 todayonline.com
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  • 482 1 WRITING in her personal capacity, Ms Ho Ching, the CEO of Temasek Holdings, has asked for continued support for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) which has come in for heavy criticism recently. Ms Ho argued that NKF's policy of building up strong
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  • 763 1  -  Tor Ching Li Power to seize and sell flats to recover LUP arrears chingli@newstoday.com.sg Town Council's LUP scheme Only allowed to select HDB blocks where the Town Council's share of the upgrading cost per benefiting unit does not exceed $5,000. Similar to HDB's LUP,
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    • 44 1 2am latest: Woods wins British Open/39 NEWSX^/lEWS Isle reopens Mixed emotions for Pulau Sakeng returnee/4 Hope in Aceh Deal offers prospect of end to 29-year war/10 Art in the dark How to breathe life into local visual arts scene?/26 iVmnfi^l. Bittleston: Coping with spin/25
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      • 1386 2  -  Ho Ching I WRITE in my personal capacity. I have been a long-time admirer of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). The NKF has been outstanding in supporting kidney and other patients. They and their supporters have been tireless not just in raising funds. They have played
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    • 334 3 AFP London suspects may not have planned to die LONDON British police are considering the possibility that the four key suspects in last week's London attacks may have been tricked into setting off their bombs, the Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday. "We do not have hard evidence that the
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    • 797 4  -  Loh Chee Kong PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Pulau Sakeng no longer exists, but evocative memories linger on cheekong@newstoday.com.sg THE YOUNGER visitors to the landfill-cum-nature spot could barely contain their excitement But while they gushed about the view from the shoreline, and squealed at the sight
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • 78 4 Channel NewsAsia Minister in Charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said President S R Nathan, who is seeking re-election, had the overwhelming support of Malays in Singapore. Dr Yaacob said Mr Nathan had shown genuine interest in the community, and had lent his support to
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      • 57 4 Channel NewsAsia Police smashed an illegal horse-betting and 4D syndicate, arresting 1 3 people in an islandwide operation on Saturday Illegal bets would be collected in HDB flats while the betting transactions were conducted over the phone. Betting records amounting to about $11 6,000 on
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    • 179 4  -  Christie Loh IF TANISHA, 15, gets her way, she'll be of on a school trip to Australia next year. That's top on her wish list now that her school, Nan Hua Secondary, has been accorded Autonomous status, a move that will bring in more Government funding.
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    • 112 6 S-League club SAFFC cheerleaders cheer on Mr Sun See Peng (on wheelchair), 54, as he gives the thumbs-up near the finish line of the Wheel, Walk or Jog 2005 event yesterday at East Coast Park. Wheeling Mr Sun through the 3.5km route was
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    • 421 6  -  Lee U-Wen New pre-school materials will make learning Chinese enjoyable u-wen@newstoday.com.sg CHANGES to how the Chinese Language (CL) is taught should not be restricted to primary schools. Nurseries and kindergartens should be involved as well to cultivate in students a greater love for the language
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    • 325 6 Tor Ching Li YOU could call it Singapore's own The Apprentice: A challenge with an offer of employment as the prize. And it was street-smarts that won out over academics. Out of the 79 teams of four students each that took part
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    • 562 8  -  Tan Hui Leng A pilot pays loving tribute to their simple values in a coffee-table book huileng@newstoday, com. sg MENTION Nepal and the grandeur of the towering Himalayas comes to mind as does Singapore's scaling of Everest. Mention the Nepalese people, however, and most would recall
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    • 192 8 Dawn Quek BEING born on August 9, 1 965, the day Singapore separated from Malaysia, gives one a "special feeling", said Mr George Koshy (picture). When he watches the National Day parade on TV, it is like witnessing his own personal celebration. One wonders if he
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    • 239 8 Tan Hui Leng FOR 10 years, Mr Chris Sharrock had been plagued with a persistent backache that just would not subside, no matter what It got so bad at times that he could not even get out of bed. Finally in April,
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    • 293 9 Blerae iorlEßlnisi vinclEb C HUM ES Bj PAR ITURH M^-m -w -w- m wSn UNIVERSITY OF A Western Australia Achieving International Excellence I School of Business School of Life Sciences World Top 100 University PhD Doctor of Business Administration Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) The Times Higher Education to A
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  • world news
    • 361 10 Agencies Deal raises hopes for end to world's longest war HELSINKI (Finland) Indonesia's government and Aceh rebels have agreed on a peace deal which will end a 29-year insurgency in the tsunami-devastated province, a top Indonesian official said yesterday. A draft peace deal, submitted by the rebel
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    • 197 10 Agencies HONG KONG Plans to build a huge mosque for Hong Kong's Muslim community have been held up by the international squeeze on terror funds, the Sunday Morning Post reported yesterday. Donors fearful of being probed by the anti-terror authorities had cut off funds needed
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    • 138 10 Agencies BAGHDAD Saddam Hussein (picture) and three others will stand trial in the 1982 massacre of Shia villagers north of Baghdad, a senior judge announced yesterday. It is the first criminal case brought against the ousted leader. Mr Raid Juhi, chief judge of
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    • 105 10 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand declared emergency rule across almost the whole of its Muslim south yesterday in a surprisingly tough move to reign in a raging insurgency. Invoking new powers, the government declared an emergency in Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani provinces plus four districts in
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • 61 10 United States firm Secret Lover Inc has launched a new line of cards for people whose feelings, until now, had gone unacknowledged: Adulterous lovers, reported The Independent newspaper. Ms Cathy Gallagher, who started the company, has developed the new range which includes cards such as "please-leave-your-spouse-now"and
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      • 80 10 AFP Curry chef Abdul Salam from central English town of Lichfield claims that he has rustled up the world's biggest curry a sizzling 1 O-tonne chicken tikka masala cooked in a swimming-pool-sized pot. Mr Salam, used six tonnes of chicken and vegetables, a tonne of spices and
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      • 42 10 AP Michael Pickens of Missouri is being sued by state Attor-ney-General Jay Nixon for allegedly sending garbage and even faeces to online auction eßay customers who thought they were bidding for new or slightly used clothing.
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    • 331 12 AFP President Hu says Congrats as Beijing woosTaiwan's opposition BEIJING China's President Hu Jintao yesterday congratulated Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou on his election to lead Taiwan's main opposition party which favours closer ties with Beijing. In a message to Mr Ma,
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    • 52 12 A police officer walks through a crowd of naked people following an art installation event by New York-based artist Spencer Tunick in Gateshead, northern England, yesterday. Over 1,600 volunteers appeared nude in four installations for a series of photographs near the River
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    • 113 12 -AFP SYDNEY Many wives might object to their husbands playing poker all night, but not Mrs Jeannie Hachem of Melbourne. Mr Joseph "Hash" Hachem called her from Las Vegas in the early hours of yesterday to tell her he had won the 36th World Series
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    • 393 13 -AFP But he rescinded his decision for covert action amid opposition from Congress, says report NEW YORK United States President George W Bush (picture) approved a covert plan to influence the outcome of Iraq's election last January, but dropped it amid opposition from
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    • 237 13 AFP HILLA Panic-stricken parents threw their children from the windows of burning buildings after a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a tanker truck in a town south of Baghdad on Saturday, eye-witnesses said. An Interior Ministry official said 60 people were
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  • 231 14  -  Dr James Dobson Tbiws by, A CURE FOR UNDERACHIEVEMENT One of the most troubling of all problems with children is underachievement in school, where a child refuses to use his or her potential. While there's no simple solution to this laid-back response, there are some approaches
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    • 964 14  -  Denyse Tessensohn news@newstoday.com.sg T T DURAI has few friends, as he would tell you himself. I hope he considers me one of them. We were acquainted at university and met again when his son and mine entered school, about 14 years ago. In
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    • 124 15  -  LEE YOW JINN Letters I REFER to your report, "Banks chequeout on Saturdays" (July 13). The five-day clearing week goes beyond just cheque-clearing. Giro and electronic payments are similarly affected. Singapore aims to be a premier financial centre. What we are doing now is a step
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    • 441 15  -  BOBBY LEE LEE HONG YIN LIMENGYEOK LIM BOON HEE Who is to blame for theTampines cyclist's mishap? Readers write in Letter from I REFER to the report, "For cyclists, barrier's a death trap" ouly 16-17). I strongly support the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) decision because
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    • 407 16  -  JOHNSON GOH I Letter from Director, Marketing Internet Yellow Pages WE THANK reader Tracy Wan for her views and suggestions, "Paint cyberspace Yellow" (July 12). We agree the Internet is fast becoming a popular way of searching for information. In fact, we are always
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    • 362 16  -  SEE LEONG KIT Public concerns about stopping spread of infection Letter from YOUR report, "State hospitals make staff sick" (July 13), indicated 25 Malaysian doctors, nurses and other staff were infected with tuberculosis (TB). Once thought to have been eradicated, TB has recently made
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    • 100 16  -  LOWPUILENG Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing Communications SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter, "MRT should be off limits to flag-sellers", by Khoo Lih Han (July 8). We thank the writer for his feedback, and would like to share with readers that
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    • market BUZZ
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        89 18 JOIN the twoday "Client Care T'speciality workshop on July 23 and 24, presented by the Spa Wellness Association Singapore. It will be led by School of Integrated Body Therapy principal Maggie Sands (picture), who is also a director of Lake Spa Healing, Therapy Education Centres, Australia. The workshop
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        87 18 THE Spring/Summer 2005 End-of-Season Sale at all Fox Women/Men/Kids/Baby stores is on. There's a whopping 50-per-cent discount with purchases of four or more items, a 30-per-cent discount for a minimum purchase of two items, and a 20-per-cent discount for any single item purchase. Take array of Fox Women
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    • 344 18  - Be armed for the Mobile Column with a camera Ansley Ng IF YOU hear a loud rumbling and roaring outside your home on National Day, don't be alarmed. Grab your camera and go outside to catch the vehicles of the Singapore Armed Forces and the Home Team rolling past your
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    • 167 18 MAINBOARD-LISTED stainless steel group AnnAik has issued a profit warning for its first-half performance. In a statement on Saturday, the company said its engineering division experienced "significant cost over-runs" in certain jobs and suffered losses in the first six months of the year.
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    • Market WATCH
      • 176 18 AFP Shares prices are expected to move in a narrow band this week as the market consolidates the multi-year highs set this week, with interest focused on small caps stocks, dealers said. Dealers said volatile oil prices, which shaved off nearly US$5 from record peaks above US$62 per barrel
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      • 36 18 US$ 0.5928 UK£ 0.3383 Yen 66.4819 HK$ 4.6094 RM 2.2525 Euro 0.4925 Rupiah 5798.459 Baht 24.7688 Peso 33.1535 A$ 0.791 Indian Rs 25.7973 Won 615.5898 C$ 0.7235 Yuan 4.9059 NZ$ 0.8792 NTS 18.9342
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      • 28 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold ussAi 421.700 Silver uss/oz 7.00 Platinum uss/ K 865.500 Rubber c.nts/k 9 286.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1420.50 Brent crude uss/iami 58.09 Information provided by
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    • 369 18  -  Christie Loh US retailer expects to clock Q2 loss of between 16 and 19 US cents per share christie@newstoday.com.sg OSIM International's takeover target, United States retailer Brookstone said it expects to spill red ink for the second quarter, prompting the Singapore healthcare products
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    • 327 19  -  Valerie Law This bodes well for listing of Mapletree's Reit valerie@newstoday.com.sg LOGISTICS-related property trusts may receive a favourable response from local investors due to their track record of outperforming other types of real estate investment trusts (Reits) in the United States. According to
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  • business news
    • 239 20 Christie Loh ARCHITECTS, engineers and accountants of Singapore you're wanted overseas. Professional services is one industry that has preferred staying home despite repeated calls to venture beyond Singapore's shores. But the reluctance is understandable considering the difficulties of going global, said Mr Ted Tan, deputy
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    • 367 20 Bloomberg Hospital operator wants to expand business portfolio PARKWAY Holdings, Asia's second-largest listed hospital operator, will embark on investments in the region, working with companies owned by its biggest shareholder to expand, its newly-appointed chairman Richard Seow said. "We think a lot
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    • 326 21 Dow Jones He responds to a police complaint about 'irregularities' in a cargo deal KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged immediate action to restore the image of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) following allegations of illegal practices by former senior executives,
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    • 146 21 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Talks between Malaysia's Proton and Volkswagen (VW) have stalled after a plan by the German auto giant to acquire a substantial stake was opposed by Proton's senior management, a report said yesterday. The Edge financial newspaper said as a result, an ambitious technical
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    • 177 21 Agencies BERLIN The headquarters of German semi-conductor giant Infineon and the homes of several company directors were searched by Munich's public prosecutor over the weekend. A company spokesman confirmed people outside the company as well as Infineon employees were under investigation. The
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  • savvy investor
    • 618 22  -  Wong Sui Jau 15 Asian funds in top 20 list for first half of year news@newstoday.com.sg THERE have been a slew of concerns affecting markets this year, such as movement in United States interest rates, and a spike in oil prices. And, despite oil
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  • the business of learning
    • 21 24 former United States president 1743-1826 I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
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    • 637 24  -  Dawn Quek Being a chef is no cake walk, but it's a satisfying career Dawn@newstoday.com.sg IF you aren't up to 70-hour working weeks and that doesn't mean just standing in front of the stove, but also entails dealing with unruly customers then being a chef may not
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        581 25  -  John Bittleston IN MY last article, I considered the give and take of learning, how the good teacher is always learning from the student just as much as the student is learning from the teacher. If, at any time, that ceases to be the case the teacher rapidly
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    • 892 26  -  David Chew Mediocre works, obscure art awards, what does it take to raise the profile of local visual art? david.chew@newstoday.com.sg ARE art awards in Singapore as bleak as this year's winning UOB Painting of the Year? Although this year's competition attracted about 940 entries from local
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    • incinemas
      • 376 29 INSPIRED by urban legends and other "true-life" experiences most of which were submitted by viewers online Incredible Tales uses its creative license to enhance the dramatic effect of a story. Not surprisingly, with its spooky focus and the word "true" in the title, the "docudrama" did incredibly
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      • 180 29 LOS ANGELES Sandra Bullock married bad-boy Monster Garage host Jesse James in a sunset ceremony on a ranch outside Santa Barbara on Saturday. According to Us Weekly, more than 300 friends and family members including Metallica frontman James Hetfield and actresses Constance Marie and Regina
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        477 28  -  David Chew No acrobatics needed, just the right approach david.chew@newstoday.com.sg CIRQUE Du Soleil's latest production, Quidam (pronounced "key-dam"), marks the Cirque's third visit to our island and is a spectacular, gravity-defying performance. The title is Latin for an anonymous passer-by, a figure lost among the crowd, and
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      • 164 28 -Jason Tan THE thoughts of Hans Christian Andersen were always on children. And as Singapore joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 200th anniversary of his birth, the children were not forgotten. On Friday, the Royal Danish Embassy, organisers of the HCA2OOS Singapore
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    • eatout
      • 588 30  -  CMLim Sit tight and wait for service when you have Cafebiz's grilled-meat spread food@newstoday.com.sg ONE can't help but be pleasantly taken aback by the revamped look of Traders Hotel at Cuscaden Road. The lobby and hotel restaurant were spruced up at a cost of $2.2 million
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      • 317 31  -  Eveline Gan SFF shows how veggies and fruit can excite palates eveline@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU think healthy vegetarian dishes are boring, think again. The "Vegetarian and Fruits Jamboree" event that will take place this weekend at Parco Bugis Junction will change your mind. The three-day event, sponsored by the
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      • 380 32 Indulge Your Senses Have a taste of the ultimate in luxury dining on the Eastern Oriental Express with renowned chef Kevin Cape and his talented team. when: July 22 and 23, 6.30pm to midnight where: Eastern Oriental Express price: $325 per person tel: 6392 3500 Feast
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    • 477 38 Agencies City winger off to^ Chelsea after two clubs agree massive fee LONDON After weeks of fruitless enquiries, Chelsea have finally pulled off one of the summer's most expensive signing. Last night, the Blues reached agreement with Manchester City over a £21 million ($62 million) transfer fee
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      • 82 38 LONDON Manchester United insist that Rio Ferdinand will shrug off being booed by disgruntled supporters. The defender, who is stalling on signing a new deal, was jeered by travelling fans during the 5-1 pre-season win over Clyde on Saturday. His refusal to accept United's new offer
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      • 60 38 LONDON Arsenal defender Ashley Cole will agree a one-year extension to his current contract, according to Sky Sports yesterday. Cole looked set to leave the Gunners after being fined for an illegal meeting to discuss a move to Chelsea. But now, he will agree
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      • 47 38 LONDON West Ham United completed the signing of Israeli international midfielder Yossi Benayoun from Spain's Racing Santander yesterday. Nicknamed "The Diamond", Benayoun, 24, arrived in Spain from Maccabi Haifa in 2003 and played 35 league games for Santander last season, scoring nine goals.
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      • 53 38 DUBAI Dutchman Dick Advocaat became the new national coach of the United Arab Emirates on a one-year contract yesterday. Advocaat, who was Holland coach at the 1 994 World Cup finals and at Euro 2004, takes over from compatriot Ad de Mos, who was sacked in
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    • 515 39 Agencies World No 1 hits double figures in Major victories GOLF (2AM LATEST) British Open ST ANDREWS Yesterday brought yet another grand crossing over the Swilcan Bridge. The defiant return of Tiger Woods. Two days after Jack Nicklaus bade farewell to the Majors, Woods took
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    • 182 39 AFP ST ANDREWS K J Choi's hopes of a career-high finish at the British Open were derailed when he took a nine at the treacherous Road Hole at St Andrews yesterday. The Korean, who signed off with a final round 73 for a 1-under-par 287
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    • 325 39 -AFP ST ANDREWS If Singapore's Mardan Mamat failed to leave an impression at the British Open, after failing to make the cut, Thongchai Jaidee certainly did. The Thai has set his sights on winning a place in next year's US Masters after
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    • 64 39 AFP k.M SAINT-LARY-SOULAN American rider George Hincapie won the 15th stage of the Tour de France held over 205km from Lezat-sur-Leze to the summit finish of St Lary Soulan last night Hincapie's Discovery Channel team-mate Lance Armstrong retained the yellow jersey he is aiming to win for
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      • 617 34  -  ERIC DING Withe, Poulsen hunt first trophy with Indonesia, SAFFC FOOTBALL Singapore Cup, quarter-finals sports@newstoday.com.sg THE 2005 RHB Singapore Cup returns this week with Indonesia's under-23 coach Peter Withe determined to win his first silverware on Singapore soil. In January, he watched the Lions defeat Indonesia's
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      • 332 34 FOR Albirex Niigata and Sinchi FC, the Singapore Cup provides both clubs an opportunity to redeem what has been a disappointing season so far. Albirex coach Otsuka Ichiro, in particular, is under tremendous pressure to deliver the trophy after promising the S-League title earlier in
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      • 684 35  -  ERIC DING Ten S-League beefcakes flex their 'pecs' as they battle for coveted crown sports@newstoday.com.sg THEY appeared on stage uncut, uncensored and almost unrecognisable. Ten S-League players, one from each club, left the ladies drooling over their rippling torsos, bulging biceps, and tanned physiques at a launch
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      • 232 36 AFP BOLTON British Muslim Amir Khan hopes he can help race relations in the wake of the London bombings after making a stunning professional boxing debut at the Bolton Arena on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The 2004 Olympic Games silver medallist stopped
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      • 110 36 AFP LAS VEGAS Undefeated Jermain Taylor captured the undisputed world middleweight crown, ending the 10-year reign of Bernard Hopkins with a split-decision victory on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Two judges saw Taylor winning 115-113 while a third saw Hopkins ahead by 116-112. Their scoring
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      • 433 36 Agencies Inspired Nalbandian destroys Hewitt and Co TENNIS Davis Cup, quarter-finals SYDNEY Australians take their tennis and their Davis Cup campaigns extremely seriously. With a patriotic Leyton Hewitt leading the charge, the sports-mad country demands and expects success. But the Aussies were left humiliated yesterday after
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      • 144 36 AFP LEBANON, Ohio American Clay Ogden, who ousted 15-year-old golf sensation Michelle Wie at the US Men's Amateur Public Links Championship, beat Chile's Martin Ureta 1 up in the 36-hole final on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The 20-year-old junior at Brigham Young University rallied
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      • 568 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND COE boys could face thorough check-ups after Friday's tragedy jose@newstoday.com.sg BUDDING footballers from the S-League's Centres of Excellence (COE) could soon be subject to exhaustive medical tests before they are allowed to take to the field for competitive matches. Presently, only footballers
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