Streats, 2 September 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 88 1 A PAKISTANI woman gang-raped by four men on the orders of a village jury said she was satisfied with the six death sentences handed down for the crime. A special court in Punjab province yesterday sentenced four rapists and two jurors for the June
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  • Article, Illustration
    393 1 Swedish hijack suspect planned to crash aircraft into US embassy in Europe STOCKHOLM As the first anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US approaches, fears of copycat strikes have been fuelled by revelations of another similar plan yesterday. Swedish intelligence and police sources said a
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  • 195 1 KERIM CHATTY, the Swede of Arab descent accused of trying to hijack an airliner on Thursday, has links with hardline supporters of Osama bin Laden, it emerged last night. The man was arrested as he tried to board a Boeing 737-800 Ryanair plane to London
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    • 52 1 ts ITA (P) 240/03/2002 CRAZY ABOUT LOUIS What’s the buzz that’s got these people queuing for hours? Clue: It’s got nothing to do with a new housing launch, New Singapore Shares or National Day tickets. Indeed, these people are patiently waiting to splurge, splurge, splurge. Find out what’s hot inside.
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  • STREATS local
    • 196 2  -  Chua Kong Ho MENDAKI, the pride of the Malay/Muslim community, reaffirms the Government’s belief in the race-based self-help approach to success. Speaking at Mendaki’s 20th anniversary celebrations at NTUC Downtown East in Pasir Ris yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said: “(Self
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    • 521 2  -  Culture, religion don’t affect performance, Mendaki study shows Chua Kong Ho MALAY students’ standard of mathematics has improved over the last 10 years. According to the Mendaki website, 64 per cent of Malay students passed GCE ‘O’ level maths last year, compared with 55 per cent
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    • 132 3 A GENTLE water feature will soon be transformed into an explosive show with towering jets of flame. The musical fountain show on Sentosa island will be revamped into a show that will include flames 20mhigh, huge explosions of water, mist effects, light and music. The 25-minute
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    • 262 3 Blame bad eating, smoking and diabetes IF you are between the ages of 20 and 39, this may make your heart skip a beat: The number of coronary artery disease sufferers in this age group has jumped from seven out of 100,000 people in
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    • 135 3 THE Education Ministry, in grading papers of students who take the new A levels, will look at how the whole cohort performs and also at the standards achieved over the years, Senior Minister of State for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. He
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    • 180 2 Incomeshield Use your CPF for $450,000 medical cover till age 80 Enjoy up to 50% higher coverage with 30% savings* Tel: 6788 1777 Web: streats.income.com.sg Email: mkg@income.com.sg As a cooperative, NTUC Income aims to keep the premiums of medical insurance affordable. 400,000 policyholders enjoy increase in cover from $300,000 to
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    • 539 3 MANY motorists should have started using new HDB/URA parking coupons that cost five to 10 cents more yesterday. Old parking coupons can be changed for new ones at any of the 22 HDB branch offices, HDB’s carpark section at HDBHub in Toa Payoh Central, URA Centre and 13 URA m
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  • STREATS financial
    • 19 4 Bernard Ebbers Gained USsllm James Crowe Gained USs3.sm Scott Sullivan Lost U 5513,059
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    • 378 4 Bosses made millions off Salomon IPOs Reuters WASHINGTON Top current and former World Com executives made millions of dollars from hot initial public offerings made available to them by Salomon Smith Barney and its predecessor companies, records released on Friday by the US House Financial Services Committee show.
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    • 95 4 ap CHICAGO -Arthur Andersen on Saturday formally gave up its 89-year-old role as auditor of public companies. The Chicago-based company was convicted in June of obstruction of justice for shredding and doctoring documents related to Enron audits. Afterwards, Andersen told the Securities and Exchange Commission
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    • 457 6 Surging production props up manufacturing sector -AFP SINGAPORE The billion-dollar development of a biomedical sciences industry here has begun to pay dividends as production figures show it to be the star performer in the crucial manufacturing sector. The latest data from the Economic Development Board (EDB)
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    • 218 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia needs to cut taxes and welcome foreign talent if it wants to boost the country’s flagging foreign investment. This call from economists comes as Kuala Lumpur prepares to announce new strategies to attract hi-tech multinational firms crucial for
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    • 99 6 Reuters TOKYO The president and chairman of Japanese trading house Mitsui Co are expected to resign over allegations relating to a generator contract in Mongolia, the Kyodo news agency said yesterday. President Shinjiro Shimizu and chairman Shigeji Ueshima are “certain” to step down over
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    • 24 6 *AS AT AUGUST 30 US$: Ssl_74B 552.717 EURO: 551.722 Ss: 67.48 YEN Ss: RM2.174 Ss: HK54.461 Ss: 24.14 BAHT Ss: 5,068 RUPIAH
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    • 582 6 The stock recommendation is the average of aH the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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  • STREATS medical
    • 119 8 Reuters ATLANTA Fit women may be able to ward off the effect of stress on their body, possibly giving them protection from high blood pressure later, a new study has indicated. “One of the potential benefits of being physically fit for
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    • 275 8 EL PASO, Texas Teens are more likely to have underage sex if their parents smoke, drink or don’t wear seatbelts, according to findings from a US study quoted by BBC Online. The study found a strong link between “risky behaviour” by adults
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    • 167 8 Reuters BERLIN Non-smoking women exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace have a higher risk of developing lung cancer than those who live with a smoker, a German study suggests. Although non-smokers who lived with a smoker had almost twice the risk
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    • 52 8 Discovering Malaysia's hottest nightspot and it's not Bangsar e\ mm m J9* 4 Actress Joanna Bessey gets a taste of the Flaming Lamborghini at Bliss The Lounge at Kuala Lumpur's Golden entertainment belt Cheong Suk-W% hangs out with the party animal and checks out the newest ‘in’ places. ►ln l
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 142 11 THE status and performance of government-linked companies (GLCs) were much debated and defended by our ministers and MPs in Parliament last week. If the GLCs have been so well-managed as to offer exceptional performance, why do the share values of GLCs such as Sing Tel
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    • 215 11 “STAYERS” and “quitters” have been the subject of much recent debate. In my opinion, the most important issue is addressing the problem of our local talent leaving to become another country’s foreign talent. To stop this, why not relax our laws on holding dual nationality? If our
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    • 78 11 IT is gratifying that so many Singaporeans continue to hear, ponder on and respond to our Prime Minister’s National Day Rally message every year. Equally heartening is Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s observation that today’s Singaporean is privileged with equal opportunity and freedom to consider the choice
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    • 238 11 TEACHERS’ Day has come and gone and, as a member of the profession, I would like to say: In teaching, love is most important. I became a teacher after graduating from university, so it seemed that I myself was a student. You can imagine how excited
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    • 80 11 ON Aug 9, at about 8.25 pm, I was involved in a four-car collision on the ECP. As the police took down details, a tow-truck driver offered me his services. His breath smelled of alcohol, so I told the police. Their reply was that he had
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    • 112 11 H ave Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, e-mail us at streats@sph.comsg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore*****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other
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  • STREATS regional
    • 316 13 -AFP MANILA Politicians trying to revive the Philippines’ claim to Sabah state in retaliation to Malaysia’s deportation of illegal migrants are unnecessarily racheting up tensions, Philippines Foreign Secretary Bias Ople said yesterday. “The emotional passions generated by the mass
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    • 205 13 Reuters JAKARTA Unidentified gunmen shot dead three people, including two American teachers, and wounded 14 others in Indonesia’s Papua province on Saturday. The US embassy here said that six or seven Americans were among the wounded. The gunmen ambushed a vehicle convoy on a
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 13 South Koreans trying to rescue their cars in flooded Kangnyung city yesterday. The most powerful typhoon to hit the Korean peninsula in 40 years lost strength yesterday, after triggering flashfloods and landslides that left at least 26 people dead and 14 missing. The death toll is eocpected to
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    • 105 13 -AFP BEIJING -A new law which came into effect in China yesterday protects couples who violate the one-child policy from harsh punishment. The policy has been widely violated in the countryside where farmers want sons and see having children as an investment in old-age
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  • STREATS global
    • 211 14 -AFP DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan Six men were yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by an anti-terrorism court here for their part in a gang-rape sanctioned by a tribal council in Pakistan. Eight others were acquitted over the incident which shocked this Islamic nation
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    • 74 14 ap WASHINGTON Soya sauce is a new source of conflict between Japan and the US. Japan wants soya sauce labelled, particularly unfermented US-made brands. US manufacturers argue that the move should be voluntary. The dispute is to go before the Codex Alimentarius Commission,
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    • 316 14 REMEMBERING 9/11 AP KABUL Through an archway hung with musty drapes, in a gallery of photographs from a distant place, Afghan visitors sit in quiet solitude and record their thoughts about Sept 11. “Tears came to my eyes,” a man named Mohammad wrote in the guest
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    • 354 14 Push for return of UN inspectors, US told Wire services LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called on US President George W Bush not to attack Iraq alone but to seek international backing through the UN, two newspapers reported yesterday. Mr Blair
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    • 81 14 SUPPORT for sending US ground troops into Iraq to oust President Saddam Hussein has fallen, according to a Time/CNN poll. Now only 51 per cent of Americans favour the option, from 70 per cent in December. Those who oppose are now 40 per cent against
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  • easy STREATS
    • 622 16 The absence of dialects in the TV version of I Not Stupid takes away much of the movies heartlander flavour and fan, viewers tell JANICE WONG AWKWARD, restrained and sanitised this is how some fans of Jack Neo’s hit movie I Not Stupid described its TV
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    • 254 16  -  Foodie two-shoes By WILEEN CHANG Simple or elaborate, breakfasts prepares you for each gruelling day. The importance of this meal is clear from the old advice: Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper WALK into any HDB estate and
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    • 338 18 -afp THESE people are waiting to shop. They queued up for hours to get into the world’s largest Louis Vuitton store, which opened in Tokyo yesterday. Located on Omotesando the “Champs Elysees of Tokyo” the 10storey building made from glass and metal was conceived by renowned Japanese architect
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    • 75 18  -  YongHuiMien HOMEGROWN singer A-Do did Singapore proud by winning both Best Potential New Local Act and Best New Artiste awards at the ninth Y.E.S. 93.3 FM Singapore Hit Awards at Suntec City last night. And crooner Stephanie Sun won the Best Local Artiste award. But
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    • 94 18 BIRTHDAY boy Michael Jackson embarrassed himself at the MTV Video Awards in New York on Saturday. He was introduced at the ceremony by pop princess Britney Spears, who presented him with a cake and told him he was her artist of the millennium. Michael then gave an
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    • 149 20 HI. I’m your new weather girl for the month, Linde Olbrich. As you ride the MRT on your way to the office on the first working day of the week, you might want to know that the first Monday k in September is Labor Day in
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    • Just a minute
      • 139 20 National Day decorations incorporating the flag must be taken down by the end of the week. When cleaning the flag, wash and dry it indoors separately, and do not hang it out together with other laundry. Do not throw the old one down the rubbish chute. It
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    • Happenin’
      • Article, Illustration
        61 20 JOHN MOORHEAD’S THE PUNCHLINE COMEDY CLUB Bar None at basement of Marriott Hotel Sept 3-4,9 pm $5O a person This month, Bar None will bring the house down with the Punchline Comedy Club, featuring comedians Sean Meo, Greg Bums and Dianne Ford. They are no strangers in the comedy
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        75 20 SQUEEZE AND SQUEEZABILITY DBS Arts Centre Sept 19-Oct 5 Tickets at $22, $32, $42 at www.ticketcharge.com.sg Squeeze is a new collection of six plays by writers including Desmond Sim, Mary Steelsmith and Kate Hoffower. The plays which will be featured are Trying To Find Chinatown, MRT, Old Man And
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      • 55 20 ARTS IN THE CITY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS VINCENTE JAZZ QUARTET City Square at Raffles City, Level One Friday lpm-1.45pm Free The quartet will do covers of jazz standards from Miles Davies, Duke Ellington, George Benson, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. The objective of the show is to bring
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      • 39 20 BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY Level 2, The Substation Basic Photography Course fee: $l6O The 10-session course introduces the art and basic techniques of photgraphy and handling of the camera. It also includes practical sessions. The course covers about 10 topics.
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        44 20 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL 2002 Sept 4-8 Tickets at www.sistic.com.sg The festival features international artistes from Cuba, France, Britain, the US, Poland, Chile, Spain, Mexico and Singapore. It is divided into three categories recitals and concerts; seminars; and masterclasses and individual lessons.
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 40 21 9pm, Channel U Edmond Leung stars in this new series as Wendi, a police sergeant who has earned the respect of his colleagues. His only regret is that he has been unable to find his kidnapped older brother.
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        91 21 10pm, Channel i Albert Brooks is Steven Phillips, a veteran screenwriter who is told that he has lost his edge. A fellow writer (Jeff Bridges) refers Phillips to Sarah (Sharon Stone), a professional muse. In exchange for royal treatment and expensive gifts, she will grace writers with her
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      • 150 21 -AFP PARIS There is a moment in the 1942 film Casablanca which no one who has seen it will ever forget when Ingrid Bergman looks at Humphrey Bogart and her eyes well up with tears. It has been held up as the prime example of the
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      106 21 MODERN ROCK 2 18 Modem Rock Hits AS the title suggests, this compilation is for rock/altemative music fans. In it you will find some of the greatest rock/alternative hits such as In The End, Youth Of The Nation, Wasting My Time, My Sacrifice, Here Is Gone, The Hindu
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 657 17 Singaporeans and PRs between 40 to 69 years can join Elder Shield... what if they become disabled at an older age? 6 Once the premiums are fully paid, they are covered for life. Wah, it's like not having_an expiry date! J Lu Unlike here, which says: "Consume before 1979"... 'T'
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 340 20 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign Rev •‘*9»' mt* «0 m* ull up your energy levels with Singapore's Choice Redßull Why Redßull Energy Drink? Because of its unique combination of ingredients, Redßull can improve efficiency,
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 441 21 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Aquarius is nobody’s sweetheart today, and maybe that’s the problem. Get out and see what the rest of the world is doing. You can be friendly without making a commitment. K PISCES FEB 19 MAR 20 Your dreams of flying
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  • STREATS sports
    • 57 23 Group stage: Beat Tie Yana (HK) 11-4, 11-7,11-7, 11-8; Li Jiawei (S’pore) 11-2, 11-6, 4-11,11-6, 11-3; Jie Scbopp (Ger) 11-5, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8, 13-15, 114 Quarter-final: Beat Mihaela Steff (Rom) 11-9,11-9, 7-11, 114, 12-14, 11-1 Semi-final: Beat Lin Ling (HK) 11-5, 11-7, 114, 11-3 Final: Beat
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    • 352 23  -  Zhang Yining, China and World No 2, lifts World Cup By Adam Hashidy THE Women’s World Cup table tennis final last night was an All-China affair yet the Toa Payoh Sports Hall was bursting at the seams with 2,500 fans. They were there to watch Zhang Yining trounce
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    • 200 23 Bloomberg SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix to earn his 10th race victory this season, a Formula One record. Schumacher, the pole sitter, held the lead for all but two laps in his Ferrari. His team-mate Rubens Barrichello was
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    • 194 23 NEXT year’s Singapore Open may be part of the International Table Tennis Federation’s Pro Tour. Being part of the pro tour means that Singapore will be able to attract the cream of the world’s players. Said Singapore Table Tennis Association president Choo Wee
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    • 158 23 Wire services LONDON A second half penalty converted by Michael Ricketts earned Bolton Wanderers a 1-0 home victory over Aston Villa in the English Premier League yesterday. Ricketts scored in the 56th minute after Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman tripped striker Henrik Pedersen, but the visitors were
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    • 310 25 Reuters NEW YORK While other big names wobbled at the US Open on Saturday, Venus Williams, Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati stayed rock solid to slice further through the grand slam draw. Venus smashed German Martina Mueller 6-1, 6-2 in 41 minutes, Capriati
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    • 455 25  -  Protectors hope new coach can turn around their fortunes By_ Tan Kim Han HOME United has set new coach Stephen David Darby (below) a difficult target next season win the S-League and Singapore Cup. This year, his immediate tasks are to help Home finish second in the
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • SOCCER
        • 151 25 Reuters LONDON Victoria Beckham gave birth to a second son yesterday and her superstar footballer husband said they have named the boy Romeo. “It’s a boy... Romeo,” a beaming David Beckham told reporters outside the exclusive Portland Hospital in central London where Victoria gave birth to
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        • 92 25 Reuters LONDON Leeds United’s Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer are in the reckoning for England call-ups as SvenGoran Eriksson prepares for the Euro 2004 qualifiers with next Saturday’s friendly against host Portugal. “It’s very good because now I’m a free man and 1 can pick whoever I
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      • 46 25 BASKETBALL -AFP INDIANAPOLIS Paul Pierce scored 19 points as the United States overcame a slow start to beat China 84-65 on Saturday and advance to the second round of the World Basketball Championship with an unblemished 3-0 record. The US faces Russia today. afp
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    • 303 26 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari described him as “spoilt”, while Inter Milan fans have dubbed him “ungrateful”. Whatever you call him, Ronaldo (below), whose dream move from Inter to Real Madrid finally materialised on Saturday, has put himself
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 26 Robbie Keane (right) moved from Leeds United to Spurs for $lB million Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo (below) has joined Man Utd for $4 million Tore Andre Flo, from Rangers, and Marcus Stewart, from Ipswich, to Sunderland for s27million
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    • 337 26 EPL managers on spending frenzy LONDON It was a race against time as English football’s first transfer deadline sparked chaos yesterday as clubs were panicked into a spending frenzy. Flushed with cash, managers flashed their cheque-books in desperation ahead of shutdown, all too aware
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    • 557 27 (Had for it... Wire services LONDON The latest misdemeanor in the life of Manchester United captain Roy Keane dominated British newspapers yesterday. The fiery Irishman, 31, was sent off for the 10th time in his career on Saturday, for elbowing former Ireland team-mate Jason McAteer
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    • 250 27 Sunderland 1 (Andre Flo 70) Man Utd 1 (Giggs 7) Birmingham 2 (Devlin 32, Johnson 59) Leeds United 1 (Bowyer 50) L Man City 3 (Anelka 14, 16, 85) Everton 1 (Unsworth 29 pen) L Middlesbrough 1 (Job 90) Blackburn 0 Tottenham 2 (Ferdinand 10, Sheringham 90 pen)
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    • 305 27 Reuters LONDON Leeds United has plenty of work to do this season if it was to live up to expectations, says manager Terry Venables after his side was beaten 2-1 by newly-promoted Birmingham City on Saturday. After losing 0-1 in midweek to Sunderland,
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 45 25 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: English Premiership: Liverpool v Newcastle (Ch 23, tomorrow, 2.55 am). TENNIS: US Open: Men’s 3rd/ Women’s 4th rd (7am). 4th rd (10.30 pm and tomorrow, 7am) Ch 24. DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: PGA Air Canada C’ship: Final rd (Ch 24, spm).
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