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Title Section9 2004-02-04 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 111/03/20039 words
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Article604 2004-02-04 1 Villagers in Thai bird flu-hit province challenge Thaksin with this call Wire services BANGKOK Angry villagers in Thailand’s Phanom Thuan district in Kanchanaburi province have criticised Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s televised chicken-eating stunt for two different reasons. One group has challenged him to come and eat theirWire services - 604 words
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193 2004-02-04 2 IS Thai Air Asia close to securing rights to operate budget flights to Singapore? Spokesman Joyce Lai told Streats yesterday that Thai Air Asia has been designated under the Thailand-Singapore air services agreement and has sent the documentation to the Civil Aviation Authority193 words
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185 2004-02-04 2 DNATA Airport Operations a subsidiary of Dubai-basec Emirates Airline, is said to be interested in groundhandling operations at Singapore’s Changi Airport. Dnata handles all the ground handling operations at Dubai International Airport. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) yesterday opened tenders for two185 words
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499 2004-02-04 2 Chug Kong Ho - Non-stop flight skirts air pacts with intermediate countries: CheowTong Reports by Chug Kong Ho THE exclusive Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel, in Beverly Hills, wouldn’t lower its room rates to attract guests of humbler means. And neither would Singapore Airlines, which used the499 words
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Article, Illustration431 2004-02-04 3 Khushwant Singh - Tournament organiser says sponsor backed out of deal to bring in top senior golfers By Khushwant Singh THE European Seniors Tour was to come to South-east Asia for the first time in November 2002, with Singapore playing host to the golfing event. But ittßeuters - 431 words
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Article443 2004-02-04 4 Pakistan’s top brass were told of technology transfer to Iran, N Korea: scientist The Washington Post ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s top nuclear scientist, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has told investigators that he helped North Korea design and equip facilities for making weapons-grade uranium with the knowledge of– The Washington Post - 443 words
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Article, Illustration328 2004-02-04 4 Julie Sim - By Julie Sim MADAM Lim Meow Lang, 72, is remembered by generations of CFHJ St Nicholas Girls’ School students for the delicious chicken wings she sells in the school canteen. For 31 years now she has been doing this as well as serving otherAshlelgh Sim - 328 words
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Article, Illustration437 2004-02-04 6 Ho Lian-Yi - For avid collectors, hongbao are items to be treasured By, Ho Lian-Yi WHILE most people who receive complimentary Chinese New Year hongbao from banks and other organisations use some and discard the rest, Ms Hau Jong Lin is an avid collector of the red packets.437 words
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Article236 2004-02-04 6 LANGKAWI Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in office now for just short of the magic 100 days, has received praise from his predecessor, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The New Straits Times reported yesterday that Dr Mahathir said that Mr Abdullah, who took office on236 words
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118 2004-02-04 8 STOP Reuters SINGAPORE’S manufacturers are optimistic about the outlook for the first half of 2004 as global demand for exports rebounds, but warn that the pick-up is not likely to start before April, a Government survey showed yesterday. A weighted 31 per cent– Reuters - 118 words
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Article143 2004-02-04 8 New OMV calculation system blamed PARALLEL importers share' of the car market here fell last year for the first time since the market was liberalised 10 years ago. After rising every year for a decade, the number of parallel imports fell markedly last year to143 words
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Article142 2004-02-04 8 Suspicious white powder in mail Reuters A SUSPICIOUS white powder found in a US Senate office building on Monday tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. Several preliminary tests confirmed that the substance discovered in a mail handling room was ricin and results of moreReuters - 142 words
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Article, Illustration63 2004-02-04 8 Passengers rushing to find space in an overloaded passenger train in Kenya to get to destinations in the capital Nairobi yesterday. Public transport has almost been paralysed in the country after buses and minibuses were kept off the roads for a third day yesterday for failing to complyAFP - 63 words
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146 2004-02-04 8 -AFP ASIAN restaurateurs in Perth met senior government and police representatives yesterday to discuss extra security following racist arson attacks on three Chinese restaurants over the weekend, officials said. Nazi swastikas were daubed on the suburban restaurants which were set ablaze early Sunday morning as-AFP - 146 words
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Article97 2004-02-04 8 Bernama IN an unprecedented move, Malaysia’s fundamentalist Islamic opposition party will field a woman candidate in Tanjung Mas, Kelantan in the next general election, PAS spiritual adviser Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said yesterday. He said the move was proposed by incumbent Wan Abdul Rahim WanBernama - 97 words
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Article91 2004-02-04 8 AFP MALAYSIA is considering legalising transvestites’ activities to create “healthy entertainment” in Kuala Lumpur, the official Bernama news agency reported yesterday. Kuala Lumpur city hall has agreed to the proposal in principle, said Mr Lee Chong Meng, local chairman of the ruling National Front for– AFP - 91 words
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Article76 2004-02-04 8 GOOGLE, the world’s most-used Internet search engine, reportedly has issued a writ against a mimic which uses the name Booble.com. The www.booble.com page even looks similar to Google’s home page. Google’s writ demands that Booble “permanently refrain” from using Google’s name or any variation on it “that76 words
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Article81 2004-02-04 8 TWO churches are being built in Beijing, The China Daily reported yesterday. This is the first time churches are going up in the city since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. Building started in mid-December and will be finished by Christmas. The paper said81 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration519 2004-02-04 10 Sujin Thomas - Ivan Hew’s Yafriro International makes money even in worst of times By_ Sujin Thomas FROM sewing the seams of clothes to sowing the seeds of friendships that have brought him a watch empire, Mr Ivan Hew, 53, has come a long way. TheFrancis Lee - 519 words
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238 2004-02-04 10 Sharlene Tan - By Sharlene Tan LAKSA and Hainanese chicken rice are ordinary everyday food to most Singaporeans, but what if you are in Sri Lanka and have a craving for laksa? Prima Food wants to bring Singapore’s food to the world by marketing238 words
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Article93 2004-02-04 10 SINGAPORE Telecommunications equipment exporters will save a combined total of more than $200,000 a year after the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) slashed its licensing fees. Each of the 1,350 dealers will now need to pay an annual licence fee of only $250 for93 words
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Article91 2004-02-04 10 -AFP SINGAPORE Two attacks on Singapore-bound commercial vessels last week have prompted a warning from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) for ships to improve their security against piracy. A container vessel and a bulk carrier were robbed within a period of two-and-a-half-AFP - 91 words
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Article73 2004-02-04 10 AP BEIJING The eight outlets of A&W All-American Restaurants in China have closed after its parent company, US-based Yum! Brands Inc, and the outlets could not resolve ongoing problems, a company spokesman said. The closures were first reported on Monday in Business Weekly, a ChineseAP - 73 words
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Article, Illustration289 2004-02-04 13 APB doubles capacity to make Heineken lager in Thailand THAI Asia Pacific Brewery (TAPB) has completed a 2,900 million baht (Ssl26 Million) expansion of its brewery to double its capacity to make Heineken lager, which is the top premium beer in the country. For TAPB, which289 words
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168 2004-02-04 13 UK INSURER Prudential has tied up w ith Taiwanese bank E.Sun Financial Holding Co to distribute life insurance Products through the latter’s branches and telemarketing. Prudential bought a 5 per cent stake m E.Sun for an undisclosed sum, the Hrst time a foreign player has168 words
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243 2004-02-04 13 Wire services SINGAPORE US-based Xilinx Inc, the world’s leading supplier of programmable semiconductors, yesterday announced that it will establish its Asian headquarters in Singapore to capitalise on its booming prospects in the region. Sales from the region contributed 37 per cent of the– Wire services - 243 words
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Article, Illustration612 2004-02-04 14 Economies in doldrums due to erratic business climate, war and terrorism -AP CAIRO Forget that cliched image of the “oil-rich” Arabs. Not only has the Arab world had a sick economy for years despite its fat-cat image, experts say that the region’s financial environment-AP; AFP - 612 words
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217 2004-02-04 14 Wire services BERLIN The European Union is considering imposing a record fine of 100 million euros (Ss2ll million) on computer giant Microsoft on anti-trust charges, Germany’s weekly Focus magazine reported on Sunday. Citing “informed” EU sources, it said that Competition– Wire services - 217 words
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303 2004-02-04 14 -AFP SYDNEY -Australia’s opposition called yesterday for limits on “exorbitant” corporate payouts after it was revealed that bank chief Frank Cicutto will receive Asl4 million (SslB million) following his resignation over a rogue forex trading scandal. In a statement announcing Mr Cicutto’s-AFP - 303 words
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Article392 2004-02-04 17 STI: 1,845.13« 3.23 Reuters THE Straits Times Index (STI) ended down yesterday as worries over the spread of bird flu in Asia sparked selling in blue chips. However, gains in Singapore Telecom helped to curb the losses. The STI dived to an intra-day lowReuters - 392 words
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Article16 2004-02-04 17 US$: 551.694 Ss: RM2.244 553,104 Ss: HK54.590 EURO: 552.127 Ss: 62.23 YEN Ss: 4,9BBRUPIAH16 words
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Article, Illustration752 2004-02-04 19 JOHN M BERRY - Comment By JOHN M BERRY ■Bloomberg NOW that Federal Reserve officials have dropped “considerable period” from their policy-making statement, the new question is, what does “be patient in removing its policy accommodation” mean? Well, for one thing, it clearly means the Fed won’t■Bloomberg - 752 words
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Article, Illustration819 2004-02-04 20 It’s all or non£ when it comxs to hair and sex appeal, KHUSHWANT SINGH discovers HAIRLESS scalps are in vogue judging from the number of men sporting this new look nowadays. And they seem to be scoring with women as a walk along Orchard Road or Holland819 words
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268 2004-02-04 22 THE Tripartite Taskforce on Wage Restructuring has issued guidelines to reform our current wage system (“Govt offers guide to wage reform”, Streats, Jan 30). Though it creates a more flexible and competitive wage system for employers, I feel that there should be some consideration for268 words
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Article242 2004-02-04 22 WE refer to Mr Walter Chan’s letter, “Of leaks and puddles” (Streats, Jan 15), and we would like to thank Mr Chan for his feedback. We wish to clarify that Mr Chan’s feedback to SBS Transit in November last year was not referred to us. But SBS242 words
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Article, Illustration248 2004-02-04 22 I REFER to the letters, “Restrict sale of pets” and “Educate public on responsible pet ownership” (both in Streats, Jan 26), by Ms Wong Mei and Mr Gilbert Thomas respectively. We agree with the writers that public education is imperative in raising the standard248 words
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Article193 2004-02-04 22 I AM disappointed at the level of customer care offered by HewlettPackard Singapore (HP), particularly in its after-sales service. On Dec 29,1 ordered a secondhand printer from HP which was covered by a three-month warranty. On Jan 6, it failed to print due to repeated paper jams193 words
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320 2004-02-04 24 HONG KONG China is aiming to rise peacefully as a world power, and this is one of the most significant new ideas put forward by President Hu Jintao’s administration, a CNN report yesterday said. It credited the strategy which it said was called he320 words
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Article, Illustration40 2004-02-04 24 Pastry chef Gregor Pfaff from Germany using his hands to smear finishing touches on the world's largest chocolate heart at a hotel in Bangkok yesterday. It weighs 922 kg and is 5m tall and 5m wide AP r^rrzAP r^rrz - 40 words
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Article113 2004-02-04 24 BEIJING A school in China has come up with a novel method of motivating students. Students in Penglai Road No 2 Primary School in Shanghai, who are not happy with their scores, can borrow points to improve their grade, but twice as many points must113 words
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211 2004-02-04 24 BANGKOK The Myanmar military government may be poised to sign a ceasefire agreement with the country’s last significant rebel group. A formal peace deal, which could be sealed at a planned meeting between the government and the Karen National Union (KNU) at a211 words
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Article, Illustration427 2004-02-04 26 Working wives of Democratic aspirants are actively involved in husbands’ campaigns NEW YORK The three women whose husbands stand the best chance of becoming the Democratic candidate in the US presidential elections have one thing in common. Unlike the incumbent, First Lady Laura Bush, 57,Reuters; AFP - 427 words
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210 2004-02-04 26 Reuters PARIS A Jewish lawyer, fighting France’s plans to ban religious symbols from state schools, is appealing a decision to bar his Muslim daughters for wearing headscarves. Mr Laurent Levy said on Monday that he would fight a decision by his local school district– Reuters - 210 words
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Medical
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269 2004-02-04 28 Reuters NEW YORK Premature babies whose mothers continue to worry about their health even when they are out of danger may show some developmental delays, a study released last Monday suggests. Researchers found that among 116 premature infants, those whose mothers felt that their babies– Reuters - 269 words
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Article, Illustration550 2004-02-04 29 Polytechnic student Geneda Luo has joined a beauty pageant for a rather unusual reason. SARAH NG learns more /1 POLYTECHNIC student Genecia Luo has a very different reason from most people for taking part in a pageant. She is not using it as a springboard topft : AsMeigti Sim - 550 words
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Article, Illustration137 2004-02-04 29 JANET Jackson has admitted planning the breast-baring incident, where Timberlake apparently ripped her top and exposed one of her breasts on American national TV She said: “The decision to have a costume reveal at the end of my halftime show performance was made after final137 words
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Article, Illustration92 2004-02-04 29 THE Ren Ci Charity Show 2004 has raised more than $7.7 million, exceeding the initial target of $5 million. The show, televised on Channel U on Jan 11, which had segments such as Ren Ci CEO Venerable Shi Ming Yi standing in icecubes for92 words
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92 2004-02-04 29 -AFP PAKISTANI actress Meera will star in two Bollywood films, the first appearance by a major Pakistani star in an Indian movie in more than a decade. She will be in Allah Malik (God Willing), produced by Mumbai-based PD Mehra, and Lai Haveli (Red-AFP - 92 words
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Article, Illustration715 2004-02-04 30 How cruise k ships have I developed! swd ANTHONY, 70, who took a cruise from Singapore more than half a century ago, recently went on board the Superstar Virgo and found it a world apart HERE I was, on the Superstar Virgo, embarking on715 words
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Article, Illustration338 2004-02-04 32 TIME to move on from Tinky, Winky, Laa-Laa, Dipsy and Po, and learn five new names: Humbah, Jingbah, Jumbah, Zing Zing Zingbah and Zumbah. The Boohbahs are the latest invention from the makers of the Teletubbies. But while the Teletubbies seemed rather TV-orientated (they had338 words
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Article, Illustration104 2004-02-04 32 BRITNEY Spears would like to be a Bond girl and intends to work on her acting. The 22-year-old has instigated a meeting with Bond producer Barbara Brocolli, according to The Daily Mirror. Spears’s performance in the film Crossroads was widely panned by critics and her onlypr - 104 words
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Article, Illustration136 2004-02-04 32 A BERLIN Dozens of unpublished photographs of Marilyn Monroe have been released in a new book and are now on display at Berlin’s Cafe Einstein. There is Marilyn in a small boat in Central Park at sunset, and Marilyn holding a hotdog alongside her husband, playwright Arthur Miller.. – A - 136 words
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Article, Illustration104 2004-02-04 34 Last month was the rainiest January in 30 years, thanks to the north-east monsoon, the Singapore weatherman has said. And most of it fell in the last week of the month. Yishun had the least (230-265 mm), and Changi and Tuas the most i (555-645 mm).PicAshleigh Sim - 104 words
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Article, Illustration63 2004-02-04 34 7pm, Channel U The story of Ne Zha, whose mother bore him in a pregnancy that lasted three years and six months before giving birth to a huge ball. Three-year-old Ne Zha emerges from the ball. His father thinks that the “baby” is evil so his mother63 words
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Article48 2004-02-04 34 10pm, Central Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of his colleagues, spends his entire life working. When he learns that he is dying of cancer, he wants to find some meaning in his life. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.48 words
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Article, Illustration65 2004-02-04 34 SAYANG Tomorrow till Feb 15, 4pm-Bpm Tuesday to Sunday Space 21 (21, Tanjong Pagar Rd #O3-01) Free Perhaps better known as a playwright, writer and author, Desmond Sim is also a painter, and has exhibited in group shows in Singapore and Hong Kong. This is his first solo painting65 words
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Article55 2004-02-04 34 ARTSPEAK WITH CATHERINE LIM Tomorrow, 12.30 pm Lecture theatre 19, North Spine, Nanyang Technological University Free This interview cum conversation with writer Catherine Lim is part of NTU’s Artstravaganza 2004 an inaugural arts festival organised by the university’s Cultural Activities Club. Dr Lim will answer questions on writing, politics55 words
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Miscellaneous429 2004-02-04 34 Yourdailyhoroseope j® AQUARIUS PISCES JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19-M/ Good manners are preferable to blunt honesty. When there’s obviously dirty business happening, no one expects sincerity. Crusaders for justice are sure to have a big job on their hands. You prefer forecasts to warnings. Mix with the high quality people in429 words
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Article, Illustration640 2004-02-04 35 him Han Ming - Thai Prom aims to play in the PGA Tour in three years’ time By 'him Han Ming *N BANGKOK HE wants to become the first bai golfer to play in the US Tour in three years’ time. But can Thai sensation Prom Meesawat (right), a twotime worldThai Post - 640 words
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Article, Illustration300 2004-02-04 35 Reuters Melbourne Australia’s Greg Norman has called for an end to women competing in men’s golf tournaments, while world No 3 Ernie Els also expressed reservations about the growing trend yesterday. Norman said women should stay in their “rightful” place on theirReuters; Emie Els - 300 words
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Article, Illustration537 2004-02-04 37 Anelka preparing way for return to national squad for Euro 2004 Reuters PARIS Two French sayings sum up Nicolas Anelka’s (right) position as he tries to restore his image with the French public just at the right moment to reclaim a place in France’s squad for Euro 2004.– Reuters; Reuters - 537 words
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349 2004-02-04 37 Wire services LONDON West Ham manager Alan Pardew insists that the club had no choice but to sell Jermain Defoe. Defoe joined Tottenham Hotspur for £7 million (5521.7 million) on Monday, with Bobby Zamora moving to Upton Park as part of the deal.Wire services - 349 words
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Article, Illustration300 2004-02-04 38 t Darren Goh - By t Darren Goh HE was dropped by two S-League clubs Sembawang Rangers and Singapore Armed Forces FC last season. But Japanese midfielder Akihiro Nakamura (below) has no intention of packing his bags and going home. The 26-year-old has two reasons for wanting to stay in Singapore:Edwin Koo - 300 words
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282 2004-02-04 39 AFP LONDON Formula One could move away from Europe because of red-tape danglings threatening the sport, FIA president Max Mosley said on Monday. Mosley told reporters that it was very possible” the sport could move outside of the European Union and into aAFP - 282 words
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Article, Illustration512 2004-02-04 39 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT CARDAN MAMAT (above) can afford give his close friends a treat after the leading golfer in Singapore pocketed about $42,000 for a fortnight’s work. Last week, he earned $18,770 for his 40th spot in the star-studded Johnnie Walker Classic in Bangkok.512 words
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Article74 2004-02-04 39 YACHTING AFP BREST, France Francis Joyon completed his solo round-the-world non-stop voyage here yesterday in a record 72 days 22hr 54min. Joyon, in his 27m trimaran Idee, became the first man to sail solo round the world in under 80 days. Frenchmen Olivier de Kersauson set aAFP - 74 words
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Article110 2004-02-04 39 BASKETBALL -AFP LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Lakers superstar Shaquille O’Neal on Monday served a one-game suspension imposed by the National Basketball Association for his expletive-laced rant after a 8483 victory over Toronto on Sunday. The tirade will cost O’Neal close to US$3OO,OOO (*****,933) and he had to watch-AFP - 110 words
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Article104 2004-02-04 39 FOOTBALL -AFP LONDON Swedish midfielder Freddie Ljungberg could be out for three weeks with a rib injury that could force the new signing Jose Antonio Reyes into a more prominent role than manager Arsene Wenger had anticipated. Ljungberg sustained a cracked rib in Sunday’s 2-1 win over Manchester-AFP - 104 words
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Miscellaneous43 2004-02-04 39 IN THE LIVING ROOM FOOTBALL: English FA Cup 4th rd replay: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.40 am). DELAYED TELECAST FOOTBALL: European Soccer Show (Super Sports Ch 22, 9pm). Spanish Primera Liga highlights (Channel i, tomorrow, 12.30 am).43 words
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