Streats, 20 November 2003

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  • 10 3 Streats THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> 111/03/2003
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  • Article, Illustration
    652 3  -  Indonesia’s Lion Air set to launch low-fare flights to other parts of region, using Changi Airport as hub By Chua Kong Ho AIR travellers may soon be able to hop on low-fare flights out of Singapore’s Changi Airport to cities in Vietnam, China and India. Lion Air, Indonesia’s
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    • 64 3 STRIKE OUT Star bowler Jesmine Ho may quit because she won’t be getting sports grant, reports LIM HAN MING PAGE 50 BOTH SIDES Govt picks up tab for prosecution and defence of 2 navy officers in collision trial, reports KHUSHWANT SINGH PAGE 5 LICENSED TO FILL Specially certified Nadaman chef
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  • Morning Rush
    • 329 4 His Glasgow jail is a fully equipped 4-room complex -AP EDINBURGH Scottish officials said on Monday that they were investigating how a British newspaper obtained photographs which were said to show the comfortable. prison complex occupied by a Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the
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    • 428 5  -  Defence counsel Steven Chong’s fees for RSS Courageous case may be at least s47k Khushwant Singh THE Government is paying for both the prosecution and defence in the RSS Courageous trial. The state is footing the bill to prosecute the two naval officers accused of causing
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    • 130 5 THE captain of the Dutch container vessel involved in the collision with RSS Courageous came under attack yesterday for his handling of the ship on the night of Jan 3, reports The Straits Times today. Among other things, senior counsel Steven Chong accused Captain Petrus Paulus
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    • Article, Illustration
      41 6 A model in Taipei on Tuesday displaying a notebook computer that matches her bra. The laptop cover is fitted with a refutable pouch which allows fashion-conscious consumers to pick different designs to suit their moods and their tastes Reuters
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    • 279 6 New video format EVD will circumvent patent fee -ap BEIJING Seeking to compete on its own terms in the lucrative entertainment industry, China has announced a state-funded project to promote an alternative to DVDs and “attack the market share” of the global video format. The rollout
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    • 237 6  -  By Yvonne Kwok MOVIE buffs who expect nothing less than superior image quality can take heart in Eng Wah Organization’s move to install digital screens in 20 of their 29 cinema halls over the next year. An outdoor digital screen will
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    • 456 8  -  Budget airline rekindles hopes of flying direct from Singapore Chua KongHo MALAYSIA-BASED budget airline Air Asia has a test flight out of Seletar Airport scheduled for today a move that could jump-start its stalled plans for a daily service to Singapore. Air Asia will
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    • 285 8  -  By_ Sarah Ng WOMEN on the Pill who sometimes forget their daily doses now have an alternative in the form of a stick-on patch that is effective for a week. The world’s first birth control patch, Evra, is now in Singapore, the first country
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    • 141 10 BUZZSTOP CHINA workers who sued a remittance agent had their case settled in chambers in the High Court yesterday. Lam Chen Fong swindled 1,153 workers from China of $B.B million in 2001. They got $906,000 back. But 949 of them who wanted to
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    • Article, Illustration
      56 10 A US Navy officer carrying a bouquet of flowers after a welcoming ceremony held up the arrival of navy frigate USS Vandergrift in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. The USS Vandergrift is the first US warship to visit the city, formerly called Saigon, after the end of the
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    • 135 10 Employee’s written explanation MEDIACORP yesterday defended itself against a claim by a former employee that it had “betrayed” him. The broadcaster said it was merely heeding the law when it gave the police the original copy of the explanation that Vidya Shankar Aiyar had furnished to its
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    • 153 10 Investors flee to safe haven Reuters GOLD yesterday traded above US$4OO an ounce for the first time since 1996. The shift was attributed to the weakness of the US dollar and global security fears. Dealers said that attacks on US-led troops in Iraq and fears of
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    • 119 10 Josephians online THE St Joseph’s Institution Old Boys’ Association (SJIOBA) yesterday launched Joe Net, its website and online alumni portal. Joe Net hopes to reach out to over 20,000 Josephians from all walks of life and across the world. The website will also double as
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    • 86 10 -ap CHINA will wage war on Taiwan if the latter insists on pursuing independence, reported the China Daily yesterday. The newspaper quoted Mr Wang Zaixi, vice-minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, as saying that curbing Taiwan’s efforts towards independence is the main
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    • 92 10 A HOSPITAL in Taiwan on Tuesday reported what may be this winter’s first Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) cage, the China Post reported yesterday. Doctors at the Union Hospital in Kaohsiung said that they diagnosed a resident of the southern Taiwan port city as a suspected
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    • 85 10 A SAUDI cleric well known for his hardline views has apologised on national television for supporting Islamic militants suspected of having links with A 1 Qaeda. Sheikh Ali al-Khudair, who was arrested earlier this year for supporting Islamic extremists, condemned the recent bomb attack on a
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    • 103 10 -AFP A PANEL of prominent US politicians and educators has decried what it called “America’s ignorance of the outside world”, arguing that Americans’ reluctance to study foreign civilisations could eventually become a threat to national security. The Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad said in a
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  • Financial
    • 658 12  -  L 1 Focusj By_ Choong Choon Yee Hisfrozen food and animal feed businesses started from beginnings as humble as chickenfeet and pig trotters which nobody else wanted CHICKEN feet and pig trotters might be Asian delicacies to some foodies, but for Mr Lim Seek
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    • 64 12 HONG Leong Foundation was honoured on Monday night at the National Heritage Board’s 10th Anniversary Benefactors’ Appreciation Dinner. The charity arm of the Hong Leong Group Singapore’s $2.8 million to the Asian Civilisations Museum earlier this year was the museum’s single largest donation to date. Dr Lee
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    • 99 12 Reuters NEW YORK Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Tuesday arrested about 48 Wall Street foreign exchange professionals in a sting operation which targeted several top firms thought to have defrauded small retail investors of millions of dollars. “It’s currency fraud, securities fraud,” said one agent
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    • COPORATE RESULTS
      • 94 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE ComfortDelgro Corp yesterday said that third-quarter profit fell 25 per cent because of higher costs at its rail unit in Singapore and its bus operations in the UK. Net income fell to $47.4 million, or 2.33 cents a share, from $63.5 million, or 3.13 cents, in
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      • 90 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing’s Singapore-listed property fund, Fortune Reit, said that profit in the third quarter from the time its shares started trading in Singapore more than doubled. It is also considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong. Net income from Aug
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    • 429 14  -  Award first of its kind in Asia-Pacific By Sarah Ng DBS Group Holdings emerged from 12 shortlisted companies as the winner of the Best Managed Boards Award the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region. It stood out for its relentless effort to build
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    • 339 16  -  By i Choong Choon Yee SINGAPORE Telecom remains the local brand with the highest value for this year, while Singapore Airlines’ brand name is the strongest. The two were among 20 companies which received accolades at the Singapore Brand Award 2003 at The Embassy@Esplanade last night.
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    • 499 19 Trust banks in Japan see scope in inheritance-related business Reuters TOKYO As more Japanese start thinking about wills, trust banks are playing up their role as advisers in the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next, and putting their inheritancerelated business at the centre
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    • 24 20 *AS AT NOVEMBER 19 US$: 551.713 Ss: 63.07 YEN Ss: 23.29 BAHT 552.916 Ss: RM2.218 Ss: 4,945 RUPIAH EURO: 552.048 Ss: HK54.526
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    • 321 20 STI: 1,677.35 31.03 Reuters SHARES ended at a onemonth low yesterday as weakness in global and regional equity markets unnerved investors and sparked selling in blue chips such as South-east Asia’s largest bank, DBS Group Holdings. The Straits Times index toppled from an intra-day
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    • 404 19 KENMIR Return excursion coach > 3 nights stay Cititel Mid Valley > Daily breakfast 1 set lunch > Visit to KL Menara Tower Choice of KLCC, Sunway, Time Square,The Mines/ Free day at Genting Highlands Ostrich Farm Malacca Dep: Dec 5,12,19 26 Terms Conditions apply '3rd 4th pax JiSk Supewtwc
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  • Comment
    • 846 22  -  Soh what? By SOH WEN LIN The Straits Times AFTER a century of women confusing the heck out of men by progressively transcending more and more gender taboos, men, through the advent of the metrosexual, are finally getting their revenge. The first confusing thing
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    • 108 22 A Legendary Musical Drama (in Mandarin) by Arts Theatre Of Singapore Ltd nil»! ?lUIH Price (Tickets available at all SISTIC outlets) Family Package $74 (for 2 Adults l Children) Date/Time :28& 29 Nov 03,8 pm, 29 30 Nov 03,3.30 pm MM mihclinMfa Popular curl mb, CMSrmMmier, IV CJrwtms ca/d menrfifr
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    • 187 22 MME Master of Management Enterprise awarded by University of Newcastle 100% in Singapore Advanced Standings granted to MBA graduates Hemsdale, The University Centre Tel: 6339 3889 Fax: 6337 1183 Email: info@hemsdale.edu.sg Website: www.hemsdale.edu.sg WEEKLY ENTRANCE TEST at SAN YU ADVENTIST SCHOOL 299 Thomson Road S'pore *****2 Near Novena MRT (Next
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  • Vocal
    • 224 24 I READ with interest the report, “Minister tells more about ‘white horses’” (The Straits Times, Nov 19). It is common knowledge among NSmen that enlistees dubbed “white horses” were the sons of influential people. It was an unspoken fact that preferential treatment was given to
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    • 327 24 I REFER to the explanation by Minister of State for Defence Cedric Foo about the now-discontinued “white horse” system in national service. While I agree that sons of VIPs in national service ideally should be treated the same as other regular NSmen, if a platoon corporal
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    • 174 24 I AGREE wholeheartedly with Ms Linda De Silva’s comments about plastic screens in taxis (“Cabs’ screens bad for safe reputation”, Streats, Nov 19). In the event of a road traffic accident where the taxi is flipped on its side, the screen may impede the
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    • 225 24 ONE of the touted benefits of introducing the ez-link system was that it would prevent underpayment of bus fares, so it’s ironic that the system now overcharges commuters. Now honest, full-fare paying, lawabiding commuters have to pay the price for a worse system, and dishonest people
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    • 145 24 I REMEMBER that when cable payTV services were launched, we were promised that programmes would not be interrupted by commercials. However, recently there have been more and more commercials running. If I want my viewing to be interrupted, I don’t need to subscribe to
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    • 85 24 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Global
    • 406 26 Beijing may be better prepared to avoid becoming whipping boy this time round Los Angeles Times BEIJING China is bracing itself for the usual political onslaught when the US presidential election kicks off next year. US labour and manufacturing groups are already accusing the
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 26 A view of the ‘Moai statues on the side of the Rano Raraku volcano on Easter Island, 4,000 km west of the Chilean capital, Santiago. The mysterious giant head statues carved out of volcanic rock are in danger of being destroyed because of tropical rains and abuse by
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    • 323 26 KUALA LUMPUR Some Malaysians have rejected a minister’s call to stop referring to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as “Pak Lah”. In a poll by the Malay Mail on Tuesday, they disagreed that the nickname was a disrespectful way of addressing the prime minister.
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    • 185 26 -AP BEIJING China has cancelled its second buying trip to the US in retaliation for new trade sanctions on some Chinese-made textiles, Dow Jones Newswires reported yesterday, quoting an unnamed official. A source arranging the planned delegation told the agency yesterday that the trip
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 28 Hostesses Francine, Georgia and Valerie (left to right) posing with the Taser X 26, a British-made conducted energy weapon designed for police forces. The Milipol 2003 exhibition of internal state security opened on Tuesday at Le Bourget airport near Paris AP
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    • 433 28 BAGHDAD If being stationed in Tikrit, A 1 Nasariya, Basra and capital Baghdad is a nightmare for the coalition forces, Mosul is one Iraqi city that the troops might just want to be in. Iraq’s third largest
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    • 179 28 Reuters TOKYO A Japanese bullet train driver has been questioned for taking photographs with his cellphone and sending them to his girlfriend while at the train’s controls. The 42-year-old driver is reported to have sent her shots of Mount Fuji, fireworks, passing trains and
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  • Medical
    • 273 30 LONDON A brisk walk may be all it takes to maintain a healthy heart, a recent study has shown. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts found that moderate exercise was enough to raise heart beat to recommended levels. It is usually
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    • 169 30 Reuters CHICAGO Psoriasis sufferers are three times as likely as people who do not have the skin condition to develop lymphoma cancers, a study said on Monday. The reason for the greater risk is not clear, said the report from the University of Pennsylvania
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  • Thursday Tech
    • 591 34  -  Are you The One to deliver Sauron’s Ring of Power from the evil clutches ofDarth Voder? Get ready for the adventure of your life in video game tie-ins to the 20th century’s greatest movies and literary masterpieces By CHI A HIAN HOI Computer Times EVER wished
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    • Article, Illustration
      193 35 Franchised games range from fastpaced action ones like Quidditch World Cup and Enter the Matrix, to meticulously planned military campaigns to save Middle Earth in War of the Rings, and even cooperative online gatherings of thousands of players in Star Wars Galaxies. We bring you a selection of
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    • 91 34 Eat To Your Heart’s Content This November With Premier Thai’s Steamboat Buffet Our customers simply can't get enough of Premier Thai's Steamboat! That's why, we will be extending Premier Thai's Super-Value Steamboat Weekend Buffet all through the month of November! So come on down to Premier Thai this November, where
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  • EasyStreats weekender
    • 438 36 Dance their calling from God Two classically trained Barong dancersfrom, Java will demonstrate their craft under the trees this weekend. SHERVINSEAH reports THEY took their first dance steps when they were just seven years old. Now in their 30s, former junior college schoolmates Hery Suwanto and Ari Kuntarto from Java,
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    • our PICKS
      • 116 36 CATCH the Peranakan musical comedy revue, Bibiks Go Broadway, in aid of Dover Park Hospice. The play, which is in Peranakan patois and English and stars Ivan Heng, Kenny Chan and others, is about a group of Peranakans squabbling over roles for a fund-raising musical.
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      • 104 36 DON’T miss Sentosa’s foam party on Saturday. There will be two large foam pools built amid the coconut trees, giving a total dance area of half an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and Top 40 music to dance to all night. Tickets at $2O each are available
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        65 36 MANHOOD is the theme for Oh Man, a play all about men presented by The Necessary Stage and South East Community Development Council. The cast includes Sheikh Haikel, Kumar, Errol Lim and Lim Kay Tong. Tickets at $16 are available from Sistic. Run ends this weekend. Remaining
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    • going out
      • 410 38  -  By r GREGORY LEOW LOONEY TUNES Starring Jenna Elfman, Brendan Fraser, Steve Martin Directed by Joe Dante oo©®® LOONEY Tunes has a long history in entertainment and American culture. So any follow-up film to the original cartoons will be a tough job. On paper, the formula
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      • Article, Illustration
        572 42  -  By Yvonne Kwok EVEN from afar, the 35m twin pillars that sit along the Singapore River, directly opposite the Clarke Quay North-East Line station, looked daunting. Suspended by two rubber cords, the single capsule that seats up to three adults was anchored on the ground waiting to
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    • eating out
      • Article, Illustration
        668 40  -  B y i Sharon Soh THE fugu sashimi looked innocuous enough pristine white meat without any trace of blood, arranged to resemble a chrysanthemum; quite an ethereal sight. Now being served at Nadaman restaurant in Shangri-La hotel, fugu contains the poisonous tetrodotoxin, which is 500 to 1,000 times
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      • 531 41  - Yakitori from the master himself BH Sharon Soh WHILE fugu is a rarefied Japanese delicacy for the upper echelons, yakitori epitomises everyman gastronomy. Often featuring rough-and-tumble settings and limited chicken-morsels-on-skewer menus, yakitori-yas used to attract a wholly male clientele, alienating the women. All that changed when yakitori chef Fumio Tanaka
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    • staying in
      • 259 46  -  By Deepa Vijiyasingam FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER ©O©®® VCD REVIEW THIS feels like a film that could have been much more, but somehow isn’t. The action-packed wartime adventure is occasionally entertaining to watch but the plot is filled with cliches as are most of the characters. But tempted
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        • 49 48 10pm, Channel i Honouring the request of a lonely and desperate man, Sister Helen Prejean writes to Matthew Poncelet, the condemned killer of a teenage couple. With his scheduled execution fast approaching, she struggles for his life, dignity and soul. Starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.
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        • 73 48 NAFA SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE AND CHORUS Today, 7-30 pm Victoria Concert Hall Tickets at $lO, call 6331-0386 Various instrumental groups from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts music department come together for their first major concert led by department head Richard Adams and this year’s Young Artist Award winner
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    • 535 50  -  Bowlers to lose grant next year owing to lack of major competitions By Lim Han Ming SOME national bowlers, including former world champion Jesmine Ho (right), will not be getting their monthly Grant for Loss of Wages (Glow) next year. The others include Asian Games champion Remy
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    • 239 50 Reuters LONDON Leeds United and England striker Alan Smith will not be charged over a bottle-throwing incident during a League Cup match against Manchester United last month, prosecutors said yesterday. Smith, 23, was arrested and questioned last week by police investigating the incident. The
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      • 70 51 Reuters SANTIAGO Midfielder Carlos Paredes hit the only goal to guide Paraguay to its third consecutive victory in World Cup qualifying, a 1-0 win over Chile on Tuesday. Paredes, who plays for Serie A side Reggina, scored in the 31st minute to put Paraguay top of the
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      530 52 If hooker Thompson misfires, England can kiss the World Cup goodbye iRB Match for third-place: New Zealand V France (Star Sports Ch 24, today, spm; Delayed: ESPN Ch 23, 8.30 pm) -AFP SYDNEY It is one of the most high-pressure roles in rugby union, requiring nerve, skill and
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    • 228 52 Reuters COFFS HARBOUR, Australia Australia has staked its World Cup hopes on a comparatively young forward pack, with A 1 Baxter named to replace injured prop Ben Darwin for Saturday’s final. Baxter, 26, is the only change to the world champion’s starting side. Said Wallabies
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