Today, 12 June 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Wednesday June 12, 2002 MITA (P) 063/1 1/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon 31 lawmakers sue Bush
      271 1 AFP Say President should consult them on ABM WASHINGTON Thirty-one members of Congress filed suit against US President George W Bush in federal court yesterday in an effort to prevent the White House from pulling out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty with Russia. "We have
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      Lock icon US stocks hit new lows
      271 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks squandered early gains and swung lower yesterday after an attempted rally was undermined by shaky investor confidence in the wake of renewed violence in Israel, triggering a broad sell-off that sent US indices to their lowest closes for the year and
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      Lock icon Musharraf: 'Islamabad won't compromise on honour, dignity1
      267 1 Musharraf: 'Islamabad won't compromise on honour, dignity 1 -AFP JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said that the situation with neighbouring India "remains grim", adding that measures taken by New Delhi to ease tension were not enough. "The situation will remain grim till we disengage on the borders. So
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      48 1 H *HlBi*sH Wr i H W»*»»■■ |^r jB «fe H mhp l9mr':■■■■■ :.;<dH p.-" V \l I '^B JaT :^^^BMal H^afiaß^T X M 6*, HJMhaf*3SLjA J li*i I Hnr- ft St' I I Beckenbauer: There was something wrong from the start'^2 ■I Vieira: 'We were not committed enough'
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Maid charged in Bukit Merah double murder
      128 2 Channel NewsAsia AN Indonesian maid, Sundarti Supriyanto, was yesterday charged with last month's double murder in Bukit Merah. Sundarti, 22, was accused of murdering Mdm Angie Ng, 34, and her three-year-old daughter, Poh Si Qi. They were slashed and left to die in
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      Cents and sense
      524 2  -  Joy Frances Five cents and below but tinning still an issue by joy@n ewsto d ay.c om.sg WHILE bus, MRT and LRT fare prices are to rise from July 1, the Public Transport Council (PTC) has been able to keep the increase for ez-link and magnetic card
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      Lock icon Courting the Muslim hardliners...
      271 3 Agencies AMBON He has drawn fire for meeting militant Muslim figures accused of terror links. But yesterday, Indonesian VicePresident Hamzah Haz defended a Muslim leader whose group has raided nightspots and gambling dens in the capital. "Habib Rizieq Shihab is not a terrorist. I have talked
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      Reluctant to integrate?
      461 3  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Rosalyn Lim Chinese a less hospitable race: Study by and re porter® tie wstoday. com. sg THE Chinese in Singapore seem to be a less hospitable lot compared to people from other races. A study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) shows that
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      BTM trims staff
      122 4 RETRENCHMENT has hit the local banking sector again, with the latest victim being the Singapore office of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (BTM). The BTM laid off "less than 20" staff of some 400 across all departments last Friday, a spokesperson told Today. The retrenchment exercise was
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      Software piracy up: BSA
      151 4  -  Sol E Solomon SOFTWARE piracy seems to be on the rise here, according to a survey by the Business Software Alliance (BSA). While worldwide figures indicated an increase from 37 per cent in 2000 to 40 per cent last year, software piracy rates in Singapore registered
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      More than grades
      404 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim New scheme admits candidates based on work experience by z a ckari a news today, com. sg NGEE Ann Polytechnic has taken the unprecedented step of allowing admissions based on work experience for a new part-time diploma course. Although the present requirement of three
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      Prompt action taken on Slim 10: HSA
      287 4 THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has reassured the public that it took prompt action in investigating adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to the slimming drug, Slim 10. In a letter to Today, Dr Clarence Tan, HSA's CEO, said the health authority had immediately launched
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  • LETTERS
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      A matter of degree
      242 6  -  Anthony Ckng Yeong Siong Do more to help unemployed graduates THE long economic downturn, like the one we are experiencing, affects everyone. However, it seems to me that most of the initiatives spearheaded by government agencies focus on either those who are above 40 or those
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      Dental rates are subsidised
      415 6 I REFER to the letter by Mr Jimmy Toh, "I had to pay through my teeth" (TODAY, June 5). Mr Toh was right to say that the polyclinics should be catering to the needs of those who require less costly quality medical care. SingHealth Polyclinics would
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      SingTel entitled to compensation
      136 6 WE refer to the letter by Mr See Leong Kit, "The losers" (Today, June 6). Mr See had asked why SingTel was required to be compensated for its loss of monopoly. SingTel was compensated because the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) modified SingTel's telecommunications licence in
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      Slimming: Know your body
      205 6  -  Kathleen Kwan I REFER to Mr Ananda Perera's letter, "A need to know" {Today, June 10). An excessive focus on the rules of the Ministry of Health on organ donation could divert our attention from the seriousness of the actual social stigma that women must take
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Premiums driven up
      600 8  -  Val Chua With motor insurance up five-fold, private bus operators ponder survival by val@newstoday.com.sg PRIVATE bus operators are struggling to survive a sharp rise in premiums. Sources said insurance companies such as Cosmic Insurance Corporation and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance are among the firms that have imposed the
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        141 8 THE market yesterday failed to hold on to its initial gains with the STI index closing 7.88 points down at 1656.56 in mixed trading. The day's turnover was 238 million shares worth $241 million. DBS and SIA led with a 20 cent decline to $13.90 and $13.10 respectively while
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        World markets
        48 8 Index Value Chang, i.khi 225 *****.41 +79.23 +.70 Hang Seng til Ollliillllii:foiwonVW *****.02 3277.80 5405.4! 73.82 -17.90 ■93.91 ,65 -.54 -1.71 Korea Comp SET Index 815,33 418.85 +3.43 ■4.80 +.42 ■1.13 Jakarta Comp 516.S2 +5.45 +1.07 Phils Comp Shenzen B 1274.36 212.21 -10.44 +.73 ,81 +.35
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        Your S$1 buys
        32 8 JS$ m (m m m Euro lupinh 0.5592 0.3816 69.770 4.3627 2.1255 0.5910 490B.0 Peso A$ rdiar. Rs Won et Vuon NZ$ 28.2): 0.9821 27.391 638.01 0.860! 1.626: 1.147'
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        Commodities
        14 8 Sold usj/oi ■ilver US$/h 119.50 4.912 Rubber isn's/kg Fob oil (M/Mik MO 1
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        Straits Times Index -— 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        51 8 By volume JuitH UniFiher SembCorp .'■.sKeg KLW Amtek '000 10,590 9,363 8,710 6,035 5,B2A pto jHill Ellipsii BILInil WesTEth '000 5,676 4,890 4,733 4,511 4,412 By value Junll DBS DOB SembCorp OCBC Chcrlered 19,643,35B 16,040,127 14,567,720 11,805,658 11,501,900 Venlure NatBroad SIA SPH Amtek 10,177,448 9,047,840 8,534,600 8,093,934
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        SGX top rises
        76 8 Iwi 11 Close Change Ireolive 50 18.600 +4400 By percentage Jun 11 Close Change HBM 0.125+19.048 thai Prime200USS 5.400 +0.150 SemliCorpDBe[WO3D2ZS 0.090 -e-12.500 S H 100 7.950 +0.150 Twinwood 0.095+11.765 :sC 4.520 +0.120 iAISvts 1.980 +0.090 k1ekW0506 U 0.960 +0.070 Ipco 0.105+10.526 Ellipsi; 0.295 +9.259 (Kiting 0.190
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        73 8 Bloomberg Jen 11 dose Change MDBMKBd IBS 102.500 -0.300 DBS 13.900 -0.200 SIA 13.100 -0.200 ieoview 6.300 O.20O M2Q0 13.100 -0.200 By percentage Junll Case Change JurEng W02D702 0.005 -50.000 HoGCen W*****2 0.01(1 33.333 KohBrosW*****6 0.035 -22.222 GYGU5S 0.020 -20.000 U-lii-i 0.020 -20.000 JOB 14.10O -O.I 00
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      Lock icon Greenback's slide 'orderly'
      216 9 Reuters WASHINGTON The current slide in the US dollar amounts to what economists see as an "orderly" decline in a currency that had been overvalued. With the weakening of the greenback coinciding with a stock market slide, some on Wall Street are starting to worry about a
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      Lock icon Soccer vision
      308 9 Bloomberg THE sole cable-TV provider here, Singapore Cablevision (SCV), is luring new customers at twice the normal pace with its World Cup broadcasts. But the company said it may still lose money because of licensing fees. SCV said it added over 6,000 customers in the last two weeks,
      — Bloomberg  -  308 words
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      Courts shifts focus of Turf City outlet from IT to household products
      196 9  -  Chan Chao Peh by ch a opeh@ne wstoday. com. sg FURNITURE and electrical appliances retailer giant Courts is converting its speciality IT store at Turf City into a household products and furniture outlet. This signifies a shift in
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1436 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prkes ore indicative! Enquiries: tall 85HW3-MOB E-ma.il lifjKr.osio@reolers.tDrn "■.in B ni■:■ NW/Iid Prin Oflsi Pike i'k-H::ii Jss:l M: mlj|: m:t i>; j iiP j in IS I I ihrii«i>!< ncor tm in 1!N AMjtO fc»t Mnnjiniit IS) Lnihd mtsjngApr o.ifi li!SS5'i2rr^'"" K*C'limit*J l in I «l
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      Lock icon Long-term investors only?
      170 10 -AFP TOKYO Japan's financial watchdog may tighten rules over who can buy shares in banks, in a move that could stop investments by foreign and domestic venture funds, a news report said yesterday. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering a move to allow long-term investors to
      -AFP  -  170 words
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      Lock icon Getting the price right
      350 10 Bloomberg Offer a higher yield to draw investors to real estate trusts, say bankers SINGAPORE developers need to offer dividends of between six and eight per cent if they want to attract investors to real estate investment trusts, bankers said. CapitaLand, Singapore's biggest developer which scrapped
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      Keeping secrets
      750 12  -  Lee Yew Meng Swiss continue to resist attempts to relax laws on numbered accounts by in Zurich yewmeng® newstoday.com.sg BESIDES Swiss watches and chocolates, secret bank accounts the classic numbered bank accounts that kings and tycoons have are often associated with the Alpine country. A number replaces your
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      138 12 Are You Aware Of The Pretious Time You Hove Lost Thru How Sloppy Heading? fUST THINX what it would mean to you if you could read k comprehend twice I faster than you do now. If you're a student you would leorn more In leu time, and get better grades
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      62 12 Experience Swiss culture and food at Raffles City from tomorrow until Sunday. Highlights include: Swiss music and folk dance Swiss food promotion at Plaza Cafe Restaurant, Prego's, Stamford Lobby Court Photo exhibition by Olivier Aeby Book signing by world record-breaking balloonist Bertrand Piccard Official launch of Swiss Air Lines Launch
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Sum of all fears
      383 13 Agencies 'Dirty bomb' scare puts Americans on edge CHICAGO The arrest of a man suspected of plotting to explode a radioactive "dirty bomb" has put Americans on edge, with many believing it is only a matter of time before another terrorist attack hits the United States.
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      Lock icon No confidence in emerging Palestinian govt: Bush
      224 13 Agencies WASHINGTON The Palestinians and their supporters have been rebuffed for a second time in less than a week by the United States following Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit. Although US President George W Bush has urged Mr Sharon to resolve the
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      Lock icon Early polls in New Zealand
      101 13 -AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand is set for an early election on July 27 instead of in November, three months before the latest date the poll could be held. The election has been called early because the breakup of a small coalition partner was affecting the
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      Lock icon Kingly gesture
      282 14 Agencies KABUL It is meant to be a landmark move to unite Afghans but yesterday Afghanistan's Loya Jirga was rife with feuding. More than 1,500 delegates attended the inauguration of the traditional assembly by former king Mohammed Zahir Shah after debating through the night his decision not to
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      Lock icon Myanmar ready to talk about border row
      146 14 Agencies CHIANG MAI Myanmar has contacted Thailand to say it wants to hold talks, Thai Defence Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said yesterday. Tensions have flared between Thailand and Myanmar in recent weeks with fatal clashes along the border between the rebel separatist Shan State
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      Lock icon Rumsfeld hopeful
      271 14 Agencies NEW DELHI US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday struck a positive note about tensions between India and Pakistan, saying there were "hopeful signs" that war could be averted. Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to have levelled off, as opposed to escalating, Mr Rumsfeld said in Doha
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      Lock icon Group says if s victim of witchhunt
      109 14 AFP BEIRUT The group that the Singapore Internal Security Department (ISD) has accused of planning the attack on American and Israeli ships five years ago has denied responsibility, calling the charges "absurd". The identity of the group was revealed over the weekend. The
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Brave, scary science
      916 15  -  Richard Seah Man's insatiable desire to fiddle with God's designs will lead to ruin by rich s@ne wstoday. c o m.sg IN the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Then, He created light, the land and the sea and the animals and birds, including, presumably,
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Why these babies are a hit
      680 16  -  Janice Lee Meet NeoPets, the new cyberspace craze THE virtual Tamagotchi pet of yesterday was a noisy pager that needed care or the pet that lived in it would die. NeoPets need care too, but there is a lot more to these online babies.
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      Lock icon Long life is a family affair
      156 16 -AFP WASHINGTON Siblings of centenarians have an increased chance of breaking the century mark, a study has found, reinforcing the idea of a longevity gene. The brother of a centenarian is 17 times more likely to reach 100 than the average American, according to
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon Something to smile about
      477 17  -  Yee Wei Zhen Her lawsuit settled, Michelle goes from strength to strength by weizh e n@newsto d ay. co m. sg SEVEN months ago, she broke down overwhelmed by emotions at a press conference where she explained her side of the story about her contract woes.
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon P Diddy and JLo no go
      148 20 -Reuters NEW YORK P Diddy and JLo are a no go. On Monday, rap mogul Sean "P Diddy" Combs quashed rumours that he and Jennifer Lopez, his former girlfriend, were back together after the bombshell actress-singer's much-publicised break-up with her second husband, Cris Judd.
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      Lock icon Happy ending
      382 20 -Reuters She's had a hard life, now she's marrying her prince GLASLOUGH (Ireland) Stars from the rock world flew into Ireland yesterday for exBeatle Sir Paul McCartney's marriage to former model Heather Mills, 34, at the 17th century Castle Leslie in the border county of Monaghan. Mills' marriage
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      Lock icon Gere still dogged by gigolo image
      192 20 -Reuters MADRID Despite his 52 years and a Hollywood career spanning dozens of films, Richard Gere says he is still fighting to shake off the sex symbol image which has dogged him since the 1980 hit American Gigolo. The American screen idol is in
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      Lock icon Girl power
      338 21 Reuters/Variety Sisterhood despite sports fest HOLLYWOOD Over a weekend marked by big televised events in NBA basketball, boxing (Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis), tennis (the French Open), horseracing, Fl and the World Cup, a "chick flick" opened strongly. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Warner Bros) debuted at
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      Lock icon TV network's final answer
      141 22 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD American television network ABC has a final answer for its one-time hit garaeshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The English import, which attracted almost 40 million viewers at its peak but was blamed for ABC's ratings declines, will sign off for good as
      Reuters/Variety  -  141 words
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      Lock icon Weakest link
      469 22 Reuters Style of gameshov/s female host offends Arabs BEIRUT Not long ago Rita Khoury was an obscure radio presenter, but one who everyone liked. A few months into the first series of Al Halka Al Ad'af- the Arabic version of the hit TV quiz show The Weakest Link
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      334 26 Agencies NEW YORK Felix Casas (picture) of the Philippines endured a crosscountry trek on Monday to keep his date with a historic appearance in this week's US Open in New York, beginning tomorrow. Casas, the first Filipino to tee-off in the US Open, is determined
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      410 27  -  Jose Raymond Top throwers may receive citizenship in time for Asian Games Today Exclusive by j o se@n ewstoday. co m. sg SINGAPORE'S 28-year wait for an Asian Games athletics medal may come to an end in Busan in October. This is because the Singapore Sports
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      467 27  -  Kelvin Phang by ke 1 vin newstoday. com. sg FIVE local-born shuttlers will get to play in next month's Commonwealth Games, thanks to Singapore Immigration and Registration awarding citizenships to their two China-born team-mates. In May, the Singapore National Olympic Council decided that it
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      142 27 Reuters SAO PAULO Brazilian soccer great Pele has been kept in hospital after suffering an allergic reaction during a routine check-up, a Sao Paulo hospital spokesman said yesterday. Pele, 61, was taken into intensive care on Monday following the adverse reaction but was moved to a normal
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      639 28  -  Leonard Thomas It's the turn of England's top striker to shine f:f'^ England v Nigeria by nard@newstoday. com. sg Live, today on Ch2s-28,2.30pm HOW many world-class players does England have? Over the last 24 months or so, it has been well documented that David Beckham, Michael Owen, Steven
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      460 28 Reuters I World Cup Group F \hive, today Ch22, 2.30pm I NARAHA Argentina's World Cup coach Marcelo Bielsa made an impassioned defence of his team's attacking game yesterday, saying it was how his country should honour its soccer heritage and the fans' expectations.
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      387 29 Agencies jWorld Cup-Group B I Live, today Ch2s-28 7.30pm TAEJON South Africa striker Benni McCarthy has laughed off reports that his side use voodoo to help performances. A reporter asked McCarthy at a news conference yesterday to discuss the rumours that South Africans had been injecting
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      233 29 Agencies World Cup Group B I Live, today on Ch22, 7.30pm I SEOGWIPO Outspoken Paraguay skipper Jose Luis Chilavert is hoping not to let Slovenia have the last word on his World Cup career as the South Americans fight to stay in the tournament
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      788 30  -  Rohit Brijnath Asia's journey started with '66 North Koreans FOR the world in general, he is a hero overlooked. A memory abandoned. A name forgotten. A face beyond recall. Only the old men remember. Old men in his country, and old men far
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      352 30 Nigeria v England Prediction: IX2: An England win, but the payout is too low. 1/2 goal: The margin will be slender so Nigeria at (+1 1/2) might be worth a small bet. Total Goals: 1 or 2. Team news: Nigeria: Striker Nwankwo Kanu is not expected to play
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      535 32 Reuters Indomitable Lions outclassed by Germany World Cup-Group E Voeller looks to have team back on track SHIZUOKA Who was it that said Germany is a spent force? Eight goals against Saudi Arabia in its opening match of this World Cup was still not enough to
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      503 32 Agencies World Cup-Group E j Ireland 3 Saudi Arabia 0 Irish advance, thanks to Keane YOKOHAMA Ireland surged into the second phase of the World Cup finals for the third time in its history yesterday, defeating Saudi Arabia 3-0 to clinch the
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      487 33 AFP Senegal coach renounces European heritage, embracing Africa I World Cup-Group A j I Tense draw sees Africans advance I at expense of favourites INCHEON French by birth, west African by adoption. Bruno Metsu backed the right horse at the World Cup after masterminding Senegal's
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      471 33 Reuters INCHEON While Denmark coach Morten Olsen was happily celebrating after his team's 2-0 victory over world champion France yesterday, French midfield wizard Zinedine Zidane was at a loss to explain just what went wrong. And his coach said the team's exit was not his fault.
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        720 34 Agencies Les Bleus left asking questions INCHEON Patrick Vieira insists France got what it deserved as the defending champion began its inquest into its spectacular failure in the World Cup. The Arsenal midfielder admitted: "Our commitment was not enough and that is why we failed. We
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      1202 35  -  S. Murali IT IS highly embarrassing, this game of football. One moment, you are World and European Champion, the next, the laughing stock of the world. And, I apologise to fellow French fans when I say this, but laughing stock is the right word. Whatever excuses you come
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      133 28 COVERAGE Q F ■■■■I LEAGUE MATCH DATE *™LL-TIME jx 2 ]y2 COAL TOTAL RESULTS GOALS WCUP SENEGAL VS URUGUAY Li/Ofi/02 3.3 usjw Senegal (+ll/2 > 0 W CUP DENMARK VS FRANCE LI/06/02 2-0 DENMARK DENMARK. 11/2) 2 WCUH SAUDI ARABIA VS REP OF IRELAND 11/W/02 0-3 REP OK IRELAND REP
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