Today, 27 July 2005, Afternoon Edition

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      35 1 NEWSX^/IEWS Worlds apart Terrorism: A byproduct of the clash of civilisations?/2 Nation-building For 50 years, this welder has helped shape S'pore/1 8 Latvia for Noh? S'pore striker set for trial with league champions/45 8 "*****6"*****9"
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      43 1 Ft. V^Sf m\ ■2*^1 m\ ~^^*Wa l a m t j Liverpool survive 9 early scare/47 LATEST NEWS SIA PROPOSES TWO NEW PAID SHARE AWARD PLANS/2 'SIGNIFICANT' PROGRESS IN PROBE/12 CHIRAC SEEKS BACKING FOR AIR TICKET TAX/12 ITALY ACCUSES G4 NATIONS OF BLACKMAIL/12
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Australia will sign treaty: Downer
      349 1 Bloomberg Canberra also set to attend East Asia summit AUSTRALIA will sign a nonaggression treaty with its Asian neighbours and attend the inaugural Association of Southeast Asian Nations East Asia summit in December, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has said. Australia, New Zealand and India
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      Lock icon US stocks mixed, oil higher
      97 1 AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares turned choppy yesterday as investors digested a fall in US consumer confidence that was offset by positive corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 17.11 points to 10,579.37 but the Nasdaq edged up 9.23 points to 2,175.97. World
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon SIA proposes 2 new paid share award plans
      154 2 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd is introducing two new employee share plans to help it retain executives amid wage cuts at the company, The Business Times has reported, citing a circular to shareholders. Shareholders will vote on the SIA Restricted Share Plan and
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        War of the worlds, old against the new
        796 2  -  William Pfaff Why should we be surprised by bombers when all we are doing destroys their world? THE war of civilisations, as Samuel Huntington unfortunately phrased it, takes place in time rather than space. The bombers in London and the insurgents in
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      Delusions or lies of cornered man?
      558 3  -  Wong Fei Wan Not schizophrenic, Took's just clever: Prosecution feiwan@newstoday.com.se ON MONDAY, psychiatrist Dr R Nagulendran had told the court that Took Leng How, the man accused of murdering eight-year-old Huang Na, was delusional and appeared to be afflicted with schizophrenia. Yesterday, Deputy Public
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      Lock icon US shuttle returns to space
      97 4 Space shuttle Discovery blasted off yesterday for the first such US mission since the Columbia disaster in Feb 2003 which forced the United States to completely rethink its space programme. Thirteen days after calling off an attempt to get the shuttle back in orbit because
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      Lock icon Sold to Belgians, Crazy Horse club will stay in Paris
      191 4 -AFP PARIS The legendary Paris cabaret Crazy Horse which is due to open an affiliate in Singapore soon has been sold to two Belgian impresarios. But the cabaret will continue to celebrate "The Art of the Nude" from its base
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        Musharraf struggles to rein in madrasahs
        736 4  -  Shibu Ittv Kuttickal shibu@newstoday.com.sg As General fights terror, it breeds in his backyard IS PAKISTAN the main breeding ground for international terrorism? Did Pakistani terrorists orchestrate recent bombing campaigns? Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's "no" to the above questions is quite emphatic. The country's High
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      The real-deal thinking cap
      532 6  -  Lee U-Wen This virtual reality device makes you smarter and it may come to Spore u-wen@newstoday.com.sg NOW here's something that goes beyond just making you look smart An Israeli researcher has claimed that he has developed a virtual reality (VR) device that can make people smarter.
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      Lock icon Dodgy hair centres are a growing pain
      169 6 Channel News Asia THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) says it has received 17 complaints against hair care centres in the first half of this year. The majority concern treatments that do not work. Case has informed consumers that the best recourse is
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      She's carrying rice sacks, training to race 250 km across the Sahara for a cause
      447 6  -  Jasmine Yin DON'T be alarmed if you see a woman running around Macßitchie Reservoir with skg bags of rice on her back. It is Ms Chong Hai-Yen training for a gruelling 250-km race across the
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      NUS scientists unlock 'schizo' protein
      408 8  -  Vinita Ramani This can provide clues to better understanding brain disorders such as multiple sclerosis vinita@newstoday.com.sg SCIENTISTS from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a novel protein that can provide fundamental clues to better understanding neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis.
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      A course for accidental entrepreneurs
      317 8  -  Tan Hui Leng SHE is the vice-chairman of The Hour Glass, a retail legend in Singapore. But Dr Jannie Tay admits that she learnt the ropes of the trade on the job and was not specifically trained for it. This holds true for most entrepreneurs,
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    • SINGAPORE snippets
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        Lock icon Executives-turn-nurses graduate
        86 8 Channel News Asia The first batch of mid-career executives have joined Singapore's nursing ranks, with 49 graduating yesterday from a two-year accelerated nursing diploma course at Nanyang Polytechnic. They received financial assistance from the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme, an initiative by the Workforce Development Agency, as part of
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        Lock icon SIA voted world's best again
        72 8 938 Live For the 1 Oth straight year, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been voted World's Best International Airline in a survey con- ducted by United States publication Travel and Leisure. Subsidiary Silk Air clinched the 1 Oth spot and is the only regional carrier to
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        Lock icon NTU to have a hand in Singapore's economic growth
        73 8 938 Live The Nanyang Technology University has set up an Economic Growth Centre to spearhead research in applied economics. Besides making regular economic forecasts, the think-tank will predict the exchange rates of countries such as the United States, China and Japan.
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      Myanmar is next, says quake expert
      98 10 BANGKOK The next big earthquake in the region might strike central Myanmar, said an expert, pointing to a trend of north-ward-moving seismic activity since the powerful quake off Sumatra triggered the deadly Dec 26 tsunami. If Myanmar was struck by a quake, Thailand's northern
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      Lock icon Female Japanese ruler an option: Panel
      153 10 AP TOKYO An advisory panel on Japan's monarchy said in an interim report yesterday that allowing a female to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne should be an option to avoid a succession crisis. The panel said another option would be to bring back members of
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      Lock icon Dr M adds fuel to Proton saga
      395 10 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The former chief executive of Malaysia's national car maker, Proton, was ousted after he rejected a new contract that offered him "inferior" conditions, revealed former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir hinted Mr Mahaleel Ariff's criticism of the government's automotive
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      Lock icon Arroyo shrugs off impeachment bid
      231 10 AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said she welcomed the filing of an impeachment complaint against her, but dismissed the case as "weak". Her spokesman, Mr Ignacio Bunye, said: "It seems the proponents themselves feel they have a weak case. This is evident in their
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        Lock icon 2nd man in Aussie embassy attack jailed
        63 10 AFP An Indonesian court has sentenced a second man to four years' jail for his role in the 2003 Australian embassy attacks. Agus Ahmad bin Engkos Kosasih was found guilty of storing, transporting and hiding explosives used in the blast which killed 1
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        Lock icon Dutch film-maker's killer gets life term
        55 10 i rv^i t YY I IV. AFP Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamic radical, was convicted to life in jail for killing Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh. The Dutch courts described it as a "terrorist attack". Bouyeri shot and stabbed the film-maker, who was known
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        Lock icon US' South Korea envoy quits on pressure
        56 10 AFP South Korea's envoy to the United States, Mr Hong Seok-Hyun, has offered his resignation, bowing to pressure over his alleged involvement in a massive slush fund scandal involving political donations. There is speculation he might have handed out Samsung Group's slush funds
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        Lock icon Honda Motor staff scuffle in New Delhi
        62 10 AFP Indian police and workers of the Indian unit of Japan's Honda Motor clashed for a second day on New Delhi's outskirts, resulting in 1 30 people being injured. The employees had sought to submit an appeal to district officials to reinstate 30
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        Lock icon Woman held teen drua parties to feel 'in'
        59 10 AP A 40-year-old woman wanted to be a "cool mum" and organised parties where she supplied drugs, alcohol to teenage boys, and had sex with them. Silvia Johnson from Colorado said she was never popular at school and wanted to "feel like
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Countrymen ... lend me your wives
        64 12 Countrymen lend me your wives -AFP Mr Ali Kerimli, an opposition leader in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan has had to defend his track record as a heterosexual after the authorities allegedly launched a gay smear campaign against him. "If anyone has doubts about my manliness, let them send
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        'Drive thru' eatery shuts
        38 12 A newly opened restaurant called Car Crash in Santiago, Chile, has had to close down after a car crashed into the premises, reported ananova.com citing Las Ultimas Noticias. Nobody was hurt in the accident.
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        Lock icon Dope arrest
        33 12 AP Texan Stephen Knight, 17, was arrested after calling San Antonio police to complain about the theft of his marijuana. Police arrested him after findina mariiuana plants growing in his apartment.
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      Lock icon 'Significant' progress in probe
      317 12 -AFP Suspects still at large but similar mind behind blasts: Police chief LONDON Police chief Sir lan Blair said yesterday that "significant" progress had been made in the investigation into the July 21 London bomb attacks but the four would-be bombers remained at large. "The finds
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      Lock icon Chirac seeks backing for air ticket tax
      207 12 AFP PARIS French President Jacques Chirac has written to 145 world leaders seeking their backing for his plan for an international tax on air tickets to finance the campaign against pandemics such as Aids, his staff said yesterday. Paris estimates such a scheme
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      Lock icon Italy accuses G4 nations of blackmail
      153 12 -AFP UNITED NATIONS Italy yesterday criticised the four countries seeking permanent membership on the UN Security Council, accusing them of blackmailing members for support as it backed a rival proposal for council enlargement The G4 blueprint, which is backed by more than 30 countries,
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      Lock icon Hoping for a hat trick
      372 16 AFP Clark's 3rd straight win will set a NZ Labour record WELLINGTON New Zealand's traditionally reformist Labour government is pinning its hopes on a third term in government by painting the once conservative National Party as inexperienced radicals. Prime Minister Helen Clark's centre-left Labour Party
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        Lock icon Two missing after chopper crash
        71 16 AFP Two people are missing after a helicopter carrying three passengers and a pilot crashed in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo island yesterday. The Bell helicopter or state-owned Hornbill Skyways crashed in hilly terrain on the Sarawak border with Indonesia's Kalimantan province after the pilot
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        Lock icon Quake shakes NE China
        41 16 AFP A strong earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook north-eastern China but there were no casualties. The quake occurred at 3.45pm GMT with its epicentre 33km north of Daqing city in the province of Heilongjiang.
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        Lock icon Court rejects war shrine appeal
        69 16 AFP A Japanese court rejected the latest lawsuit seeking to bar Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi from visiting a war shrine which is at the centre of tension with China and South Korea. The court turned down the appeal by 338 plaintiffs, including relatives of war
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      Lock icon China: Surge in suicides in young adults
      180 16 AFP BEIJING Suicide is the main cause of death among young adults in China, the state media said in a health ministry report which highlights the growing pressures to succeed in love, work and education in one of the world's fastest changing societies.
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      Focus On The Family
      243 18  -  Dr James Dobson w TblMTs by* PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET In 1985 and 1986,1 served on the US AttorneyGeneral's Commission on Pornography, which turned out to be one of the most difficult assignments of my life. For 18 months, I had the unenviable responsibility, with 10
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      Lock icon He put his life on the line to help build S'pore
      1013 18  -  CHIN KAU Wong Fei Wan (ace in the crowd I 65, welder THE morning rain that soaked the MRT construction site has reduced to a drizzle. Sixty-five-year-old welder Chin Kau has been waiting since Bam to start work. He
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      Lock icon Peanuts & Marina Bay provoke bloggers
      657 20  - Peanuts Marina Bay provoke bloggers Mr Miyagi CHIP OFF THE BLOG news@newstoday.com.sg They wax lyrical on kacang puteh as currency and branding with no added value THE other day while dining at Adam Road Food Centre, the fruit juice stall-owner served our starfruit and watermelon juice with her usual banter.
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    • Letter
      Getting the devil to work for you
      139 20  -  SAM LUM Letter from MR SIEW Kum Hong's commentary, "The gold-plated lawsuit" ouly 25), is enlightening, but I wonder how many readers really understand the legal issue of defamation and its implications. If not for the experience of a friend of mine, Mr
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      Feverishly high waiting times
      325 22  -  LEE YEN LING Involve more health groups to add muscle to the fight against dengue Letter from THERE was a drastic increase in number of dengue fever cases in the past two months, rising to an average of 240 new cases a month. The Tan Tock
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      Marina Bay brand is more than just a name
      272 22  -  MICHAEL KOH Letter from Director, Urban Planning Design, Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to the letter by Mr Ramchand Ramesh, "An expensive naming game" (July 25). Marina Bay is a new area; it is the future downtown of Singapore. It will
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      To see the world in a grain of sand -that's Literature
      377 22  -  i FELICIA CHAN] Letter from DENYSE Tessensohn in "The New Illiterates" (July 26) asks, "What should young people in Singapore today know?" Interesting question. We cannot fault people for not knowing certain things. What people know would vary according
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  • Business today
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      Lock icon Banks throw the interest bait
      615 24 Dow Jones In a battle for deposits, foreign banks capture a slice of the market dominated by local lenders THE battle for deposits is heating up in Singapore amid efforts by foreign banks like Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) and Maybank to increase their share
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      Citiraya scam: Former AMD exec jailed
      373 24  -  Christie Loh THE first of six accused of corruption in the web of conspiracy at Citiraya Industries has been sent behind bars. Chan Kwok Pew, 53, yesterday pleaded guilty to five counts of accepting bribes during his employment as a crusher at Advanced Micro
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      Lock icon Dairy Farm posts $127m profit for first half, underlying earnings per share up 23%
      194 25 Dow Jones DAIRY Farm International Holdings reported a 10-per-cent drop in its first-half net profit this year due to an exceptional gain booked in the first half last year. Its net profit fell to US$76 million
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      Lock icon June output rises 11.1%
      497 25 AFP Volatile biomedical sector leads growth MANUFACTURING output in Singapore grew 11.1 per cent last month from June last year, the Economic Development Board said yesterday, a surprisingly strong performance led by the biomedical sector. Economists had projected output growth of between 0.9 and 3 per
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          122 26 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed higher, led by banks as mortgage rate increases raised hopes of higher earnings. The ST Index rose 12.16 points, or 0.5 per cent, to close at 2,321.77. Gainers led decliners 280 to 200 while 81 1.6 million shares worth $1.01 billion were traded. The
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        557 26  -  Valeric Law ST Engineering CEO stays bullish on plane maintenance business despite Jetstar Asia, Valuair merger valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering chief executive Tan Pheng Hock is not worried that consolidation among budget carriers may affect its aerospace engineering business. In a recent interview
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        368 27 Dow Jones SINGTEL shares hit a four-and-a-half-year high yesterday on hopes of a special dividend from property sales. At the start of afternoon trade, Sing Tel shares reached $2.81, their highest since February 2001. It closed up 2 cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $2.79.
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        207 27 Dow Jones SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) will distribute 1.561 cents a unit for the April-to-june period, higher than its forecast distribution of 1.49 cents. The Reit, which owns the mall and most of the office space at Suntec City, Singapore's largest commercial development, said
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        182 27 United Test and Assembly Centre reported a net profit of US$7.3 million ($12.2 million), or 0.5 US cent per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to US$2.B million, or 0.33 US cent per share, a year ago. Revenue almost doubled to U5577.4 million. MCL Land
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        551 28  -  Valeric Law It does 'health checks' on firms, suggests areas to improve valerie@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE the day when all you need to do is to key in your destination and your car can drive on its own. Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs that could do
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        198 28 NEED an investor to finance your next mega project? Find your money saviour online. Through Deal Flow Connection an online portal by the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) over 500 matches have been struck between entrepreneurs, financial intermediaries (such as
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      372 31 Actor blindfolded, tossed to prepare for role AMONG the professions that Hollywood has chosen to make a film about, fighter pilots are behind lawyers, policemen, doctors and even gangsters in the queue. But, while the opportunity is rare for an actor to strap himself or herself
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      268 31  -  David Chew TWELVE-year-old Sarah Megan Remedios had heard that her cousin was instructing a claymation workshop during the school holidays and promptly signed up for it "A clay model doesn't have to be perfect to look nice," she said. Now, she and her 11-year-old
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      93 32 AFP LOS ANGELES New Line Cinema has granted game maker Electronic Arts (EA) the rights to develop games based on J R R Tolkien's epic literary fiction using the likeness of characters depicted in director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. The game maker based
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      527 32  -  Mervin Tav The song tempos will vary in the semi-finals of SuperStar news@newstoday.com.sg AFTER last week's revival round, which saw Derrick Hoh and Kelly Poon returning to the competition, Project SuperStar is down to its top 10 as the semi-finals commence tonight This week's theme is
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      279 32  - Wait a minute! These geishas are actually Elisa Chia IT'S not your eyes playing tricks on you. The geishas in the picture are indeed Xie Shaoguang and Bryan Wong. Kirei desu ne? (Japanese for "Pretty, isn't it?") The MediaCorp artistes turned heads recently when they were filming a segment about
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        188 33 AFP MIAMI BEACH "New punk" rockers Green Day garnered eight nominations on Monday, joining rapper Missy Elliott and pop-rock singer Gwen Stefani (picture) as the favoured nominees for the MTV music video awards. The awards ceremony will be held in Miami
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        284 33 -AFP Charlie still tops North American box office LOS ANGELES Charlie and the Chocolate Factory found the sweet spot at the North American box office for the second weekend in a row, raking in USS2B.2 million ($46.98 million), final film industry figures showed on Monday. The
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      615 44  -  TAN YO-HINN Former world champ Azman appointed assistant national coach before SEA Games yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AZMAN Abdullah is one of Singapore's most famous bodybuilders and one of its most controversial. In Seoul in 1993, he was crowned Mr Universe in the middleweight category. He also won the
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      384 44  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Bodybuilding Federation (SBBF) have groomed several champions over the years, including former world champion Azman Abdullah and eight-time Asian champion Fatholomein Ali. But their preparations never took them beyond the shores of Singapore. On
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      508 45  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg Singapore striker set for trial with league champions WHILE his future at English League Two side Notts County hangs in the balance, Singapore striker Noh Alam Shah does appear to be destined for Europe. Yesterday, Tampines Rovers chairman Teo Hock Seng confirmed that
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      381 45  -  CUBBYLEONG ATHLETICS Asean Schools Track and Field U-18 C'ships cubby@newstoday.com. sg RAYZAM Shah was so confident he hit the line first he punched the air in delight, celebrating an "apparent" gold medal in the 110 m hurdles on the first day of competition in
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      210 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THERE was cheer in the Singapore camp on the second day of competition, at the 11th Fina World Swimming Championship in Montreal ouly 17-31). While none of Singapore's swimmers managed to progress beyond the heats for a second successive day on Monday (yesterday morning,
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      174 45  -  Eric Ding WOODLANDS took a step towards the semi-finals of the RHB Singapore Cup 2005, after a 5-3 victory over Albirex Niigata at the Woodlands Stadium last night Two goals each from Jonathon Angelucci and Park Tae Won ensured the Rams a twogoal cushion, going into the return
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        520 39 AP Woods and Daly dumped as S African stars with Mickelson GOLF Battle of the Bridges RANCHO SANTA FE, California The sun was just dipping below the horizon when Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson turned out the lights on Tiger Woods, John Daly and Monday Night
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        500 39 LOS ANGELES On the eve of his return from a two-month injury layoff, Andre Agassi spoke like a man ready to make some more magic on the tennis court, not one ready to say farewell to his sport The 35-year-old American
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        199 39  -  DN Galan Meet -AP TRACK AND FIELD STOCKHOLM Before going for gold at the world championships next week, Olympic champions Justin Gatlin, Yelena Isinbayeva and Jeremy Warmer will be trying to win a diamond. Each meet record at this morning's {Singapore time) DN Galan is worth
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        511 40 Agencies Poll sees Armstrong well ahead of Merckx and Hinault asTour's greatest PARIS His biggest critics over the years have been the French, whose press have been the most vocal in questioning the man's "drug-free" feats. But in a stunning development, Lance Armstrong overwhelmingly topped a
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        200 40 AFP SAN FRANCISCO National Football League (NFL) No 1 draft pick Alex Smith has agreed to a six-year deal worth US$5O million ($B3 million) with the San Francisco 49ers, making him the highest-paid rookie in NFL history. The University of Utah quarterback's contract
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        221 40 AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand's parliament called on the national cricket team to abandon a tour to Zimbabwe, in a symbolic gesture a day after the team left for Africa to prepare for the series. Prime Minister Helen Clark introduced the resolution yesterday, which expressed
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        221 40 AFP DAVIE, Florida Ricky Williams (picture) apologised to team-mates, coaches and fans of the Miami Dolphins here on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) at training camp, one day after returning to the American football club he walked away from a year ago. The star running back stunned
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          431 41 AFP KAUNAS Champions League holders Liverpool came from behind to beat Lithuanian champions Kaunas 3-1 this morning in their Champions League second preliminary round first leg clash. Goals by Djibril Cisse, Jamie Carragher his first goal in six years and a second-half penalty by captain Steven
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          339 41 AFP BEIJING Manchester United playmaker Paul Scholes scored two goals and South Korean newboy Park Ji-Sung headed home another, as the Red Devils overpowered China's Beijing Hyundai yesterday in a friendly that was anything but. United dominated the five-time Chinese
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          210 41 AFP LONDON Veteran Dutch international midfielder Edgar Davids is poised to join Tottenham Hotspur from Inter Milan on a free transfer, subject to a medical and agreeing personal terms. The 32-year-old will add some much needed bite to Spurs' midfield he is nicknamed the 'Pitbull'
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          138 41 AP LONDON David Beckham's marketability may be fading. The England captain and Real Madrid star the world's most recognisable footballer has been dropped as the advertising face of Vodafone. The mobile-phone giant announced yesterday that it had ended its three-year deal with the 30-year-old Beckham. "We would like
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          339 42 LONDON The group threatening to set up a rival Grand Prix series has presented Formula l's governing body with their proposals for how they want the sport to be run. Not surprisingly, they want more money. A preferred rules package was submitted
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          514 42 AP SWIMMING 11th World Championships MONTREAL Brendan Hansen (picture) pounded the water with a defiant swing of his right arm, then paddled slowly towards the lane rope, exchanging a handshake and hug with the man he had just beaten. After their brief embrace, the American swam
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          272 42 AFP TOKYO David Beckham is revered in Japan. "Posh and Becks" enjoy a level of fame and adulation usually reserved for royals and Hollywood megastars, with their faces adorning billboards across the country. But the locals here are now queuing up to make fun
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          417 43 BOWLING 17th Cathay Superclassic 2005 DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg WHILE much of the focus was on Singapore stars Remy Ong and Lee Yu Wen, unheralded David Wong stole the show on the first day of competition in the ongoing 17th Cathay Super Classic 2005 Guly 26-31), held at the
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