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Article, Illustration41 2001-01-23 1 REUTER photo. I Sumo wrestler Yokozuno Akebono, sumo's first foreign-born grand champion, announing his retirement from the ring in Tokyo yesterday. The 233kg former Hawaiian was in tears as he said goodbye to the sport after 11 championship wins.REUTER photo. I - 41 words
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190 2001-01-23 1 ALL thoughts are on the economy. It could grow 5 to 7 per cent. Many thoughts are on CPF. It could be back next January. But in the bustle of competitiveness, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong wants to urge Singaporeans not to190 words
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Article478 2001-01-23 1 Kim-Kyna Tan - Kim-Kyna Tan How to make people pulled in every direction care about things that matter by kim@newsto d ay.com.sg A SOCIETY in transition. A nation that is changing so fast that its people may want one thing, but end up doing quite another. A people at once478 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration490 2001-01-23 2 Ng Boon Yian - Ng Boon Yian NTU economists who read growth with their secret recipe by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg THIS is the pair of NTU economists who got singled out by DPM Tony Tan for their "quite good record" in predicting economic growth. Last year, their forecast of 8.5 per cent turned490 words
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Article, Illustration241 2001-01-23 2 WASHINGTON Iraq has rebuilt a series of factories that the United States has long suspected of producing chemical and biological weapons. The country may even have started to produce secretly some chemical or biological weapons, said US officials. Their new intelligence estimates could confront President George241 words
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188 2001-01-23 2 BOTH Singapore and Malaysia will join forces later this month to promote their countries as a single destination to travel agents in India. This will kick off the MalaysiaSingapore Tourism Council (MSTC) programme, which only late last year, established a US$3 million ($5.23 million) budget188 words
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Article141 2001-01-23 2 PROFESSOR S Jayakumar, Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, spoke at the UN Security Council Public Meeting on HIV/Aids and International Peacekeeping Operations in New York on Jan 19. This is what he said about Aids in Singapore. "Singapore is fortunate to have a low incidence of141 words
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Article, Illustration476 2001-01-23 3 Mahesha Thetiabadu - Mahesha Thetiabadu Listeners upset with DJs, station acts by rep orter@newsto d ay. co m. sg PERFECT 10 deejays Glenn Ong (top, left) and Rod Monteiro (top, right) think nothing of talking dirty on air. Now they have been told to take leave for two476 words
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Article, Illustration355 2001-01-23 3 -AFP INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid (right) set himself on a path to confrontation with lawmakers yesterday when he cut short a meeting with a parliamentary commission. He was to answer questions about two financial scandals in which he is allegedly implicated.-AFP - 355 words
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190 2001-01-23 3 IT'S a $10 million purse for this year's Singapore Pools' Toto Hongbao Draw on Febl. But the amount could actually be higher, depending on whether anyone wins the Jan 29 draw, and on customer response. Last year's Group 1 prize was also $10190 words
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Article97 2001-01-23 3 AMERICAN music chain Tower Records is moving its flagship store at Pacific Plaza to a new location in a few months. The company declined to reveal the new location. Tower Records' Marketing Manager Christopher Minjoot told Channel NewsAsia that the new flagship store will be just97 words
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119 2001-01-23 3 Agencies MANILA New Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has named an ex-general as her top aide. Mr Renato de Villa, a former armed forces chief, will become her executive secretary, a post roughly equivalent to prime minister. Mrs Arroyo also retained Mr Orlando MercadoAgencies - 119 words
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Article, Illustration389 2001-01-23 4 David Ngiau - David Ngiau Award creates huge upset at Golden Globe ceremony in Los Angeles by david@newstoday.com.sg THE Golden Globe Awards were handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) yesterday, and no one film walked away with a clear victory en route to the Oscars389 words
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Article132 2001-01-23 4 A TRAVEL agency has given up offering the Haj package because too few pilgrims are going on the Haj. Wann Travel Tours has withdrawn its service this year because there were only 13 pilgrims ready to go with their agency. The usual number is 100. "Because of132 words
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Article103 2001-01-23 4 TWO teens were on a cannabis high in a canal when police spotted them. When police approached them at 3.58am in the canal near Bedok Industrial Estate on Aug 3 last year, Kurt Gavyn de Rozario and Mohd Fariq, both 19, fled. They were caught after103 words
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Article86 2001-01-23 4 A LORRY rammed into the back of a stationary motorcycle at the shoulder of the Seletar Expressway (SLE) on Sunday afternoon. The 27-year-old driver, who was travelling towards Yishun, also knocked down the motorcylist, who was standing by his motorcycle. The motorcyclist, 30, is believed to have86 words
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Article93 2001-01-23 4 TONIGHT, 13 lucky people will walk away from Kreta Ayer Hawker Centre with their pockets full of cash. Organised by Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore), "Cash for Grabs" has been running for the past three months, with the highest amount "grabbed" by any one person being $2,696. For every93 words
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Miscellaneous71 2001-01-23 4 READ 0N... Hit it or pet it? Find out what the geomancer says about the Golden Snake/6 More Asians Expect more companies in the region doing 828 e-com-merce/13 Hardened but human Dealing with bad news does not make you lose your humanity/16 Places you can go this CNY And what71 words
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LETTERS
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401 2001-01-23 5 S Ramamirtham - S Ramamirtham I REFER to the letter by Mr Bryan Lim of the SDP Youth wing (Today, Jan 17). He calls for a level playing field for the opposition in the mass media. There is no doubt that there is already a level playing field,401 words
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Letter189 2001-01-23 5 Choo Kim Mun - Choo Kim Mun PLEASE reduce the National Service (NS) liability for the good of the nation. My son will soon complete his full-time NS, and my daughter her masters degree in astrophysics overseas. It is very sad to see that the males in Singapore fall189 words
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Letter241 2001-01-23 5 Cynthia Loh - Cynthia Loh THERE have been letters about the "less than desirable" behaviour of some taxi drivers. I want to speak up in their defence. I am a frequent taxi commuter. Once I boarded a taxi after work, and discovered my wallet missing. I still wished to241 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article, Illustration637 2001-01-23 6 Lee Yew Meng - Lee Yew Meng Market will not thrive, says geomancy expert by yewrae ng@n ews tod ay.co m .sg THE Year of the Golden Snake which will slither in tomorrow will have a throbbing impact on the Singapore economy and stock market. The stock market will zigzag whileWEE TECKHIAN - 637 words
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Article167 2001-01-23 6 DEMAND for JTC Corporation's ready-built industrial facilities rose six per cent in 2000. This is in contrast to the previous year when demand rose only 1.2 per cent. Last year's stronger demand was because of a 15 per cent expansion of Singapore's manufacturing sector, reported167 words
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Article90 2001-01-23 6 LOCAL web site builder Ei-Nets saw a dismal trading debut when its shares closed today at 10 cents each half the offer price. About 53 million shares changed hands, according to Channel NewsAsia. Being only one-third subscribed, its placement agents were saddled with some 20 million shares. Because90 words
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188 2001-01-23 6 Bloomberg News MANILA On the first business day since Ms Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took over the presidency of the Philippines, the country's stocks, bonds and the peso surged. Yesterday morning, the peso rose three per cent to 46 per dollar on the local interbank market. On– Bloomberg News - 188 words
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Article, Illustration627 2001-01-23 7 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh Tuas Power is gearing up to take on the liberalised electricity market by c hao p eh@n ews tod ay. com.sg WITH the liberalisation of the power industry in Singapore, Tuas Power Ltd is wasting no time rolling up its sleeves for the bigChan Chao Peh - 627 words
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141 2001-01-23 7 CATHAY Cineplexes has become the first cinema operator in Singapore to get ISO 9002 certification. "Good service is important to discerning customers," said Mr Francis Lee, general manager of Cathay Cineplexes. "We wanted the certification as a hallmark of quality customer service and to instill141 words
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MARKET NEWS
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Mixed trading
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Article, Illustration490 2001-01-23 8 THE Straits Times Index could be locked in a tight 1875-1920 range this week as traders wind down their holdings ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. Despite a weak opening, the STI index was lifted by some bargain hunting interest and short covering490 words
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Article, Illustration546 2001-01-23 8 KUALA LUMPUR Follow through buying from last Friday pushed the stock market higher as the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index gained an impressive 16.5 points or 2.4 per cent to close the day at 711.0. Bank Negara announced that the 10 per cent exit levy on546 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article, Illustration418 2001-01-23 9 Even as new probe panel is set up, he denies defeat MANILA Disgraced ex-president Joseph Estrada kept very much to himself during his final hours as the Philippines' chief executive. So much so that close relatives and friends who continued to stand by him were worried that heREUTERS photo - 418 words
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Article, Illustration252 2001-01-23 9 Reuters RATCHABURI The gun-toting twins who once led a ragtag band of guerillas in Myanmar's jungles now have only one wish: To lead an ordinary life. Johnny and Luther Htoo, 13, led the God's Army ethnic Karen guerilla group for years in– Reuters; REUTERS photo - 252 words
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207 2001-01-23 9 Reuters YANGON A Myanmar court has dismissed a suit by the estranged brother of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi over ownership rights to her home. The ruling is yet another sign the military is easing its crackdown on the pro-democracyReuters - 207 words
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Article103 2001-01-23 9 Reuters NEW DELHI A newspaper has published a travel guide for new US President George W Bush, lampooning his alleged lack of general knowledge. Under a map of India, the Asian Age wrote: "This is India. Very conveniently located. Pakistan to the left and China– Reuters - 103 words
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142 2001-01-23 9 -AFP SEOUL A former spy and an opposition MP have been charged in connection with siphoning security agency funds for election campaigns. Kim Kim-Sup, a former national intelligence agency deputy director, and Kang Sam-Jae, a representative for the opposition Grand National Party (GNP),-AFP - 142 words
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Article, Illustration351 2001-01-23 10 Bold prediction by the South's President SEOUL North Korea will change in a very big way. That is the prediction of South Korean President Kim Dae Jung following a visit to China by the North's secretive leader Kim Jong 11. The visit prompted speculationReuters photo - 351 words
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Article202 2001-01-23 10 LONDON Move over Harvard, here comes Wharton. For the first time, Harvard Business School has lost its No. 1 position in the Financial Times league table for international MBA programmes. The world's most prestigious business school has been overtaken by the Wharton school at Pennsylvania University, which202 words
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Article148 2001-01-23 10 -AFP JAKARTA The authorities in Indonesia's province of Irian Jaya plan to make the use of condoms compulsory for extra-marital sex. Irian Jaya Governor J, P. Solossa told the Kompas daily that a "provincial decree" to be issued on the obligatory use of condoms was aimed at curbing-AFP - 148 words
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Article90 2001-01-23 10 PETALING JAYA A kidnapped Malaysian teenager was released after his father, the chairman of a public-listed company, paid a RMI.I million <*****,040) ransom. His kidnappers released the 13-year-old boy somewhere in Gombak at 2 am on Sunday after his father, who is also a director of a90 words
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Article104 2001-01-23 10 -AFP PERTH Australian police used pepper spray to end a riot by 180 boat people armed with iron bars, bricks and chairs in protest over the rejection of their claims for asylum. The violence that flared at Western Australia's Port Hedland detention centre on Sunday night, following-AFP - 104 words
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Article, Illustration131 2001-01-23 10 BEIJING Divorce is out for a woman who marries a Chinese army officer unless he consents. China's Marriage Law has a provision which states that marriages involving army officers are "protected from divorce", reported the South China Morning Post. In a normal situation, a woman– South China Morning Post photo - 131 words
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Article, Illustration239 2001-01-23 11 Agencies CHICAGO Yet another woman continues to stand by her unfaithful man, at least in public. Mrs Jacqueline Jackson gave her embattled husband, civil-rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson, a hug (above) during a church service on Sunday. It was his first public appearance since newsAgencies - 239 words
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Article397 2001-01-23 11 Shanoo Maharaj - Shanoo Maharaj India's 'third sex' to launch new party I by io New Delhi IT'S final. Eunuchs in India will launch a regional political party soon. The party, the first of its kind in the world, will be led by Mr Shabnam Mausi, the country's lone397 words
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102 2001-01-23 11 AFP LONDON Global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has become the next target of animal-rights activists in Britain. A spokesman for the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign told The Times newspaper that it will hand out leaflets denouncing animal testing to children buying GlaxoSmithKline'sAFP - 102 words
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105 2001-01-23 11 -AFP TOKYO -AJapanese hospital covered up a surgical accident after one of its doctors pierced a woman's brain with a wire. The woman, in her 20s, died in December 1997, just two days after the operation at the Nippon Medical School Hospital in Tokyo,-AFP - 105 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration810 2001-01-23 12 tehelka.com Chinese leader's visit to India shows change in policy by Vivek Bharati in New Delhi A FEW years ago it would have been unthinkable that a senior Chinese leader visiting India returned to Beijing without making a stopover in Islamabad. For over 30 years since– tehelka.com; India. – Reuters photo - 810 words
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526 2001-01-23 12 FAR from being marginalised, as claimed by some people in Singapore and outside, Malay Singaporeans have achieved significant progress in the past decade, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday. In a speech at a function organised by MalayMuslim organisations526 words
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TECH NEWS
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Article, Illustration464 2001-01-23 13 – Sol £ Solomon - Sol Solomon Greater 828 adoption in the region expected by so 1 o mn n@n e wstn d ay. c o m. sg ALTHOUGH for now, the busi-ness-to-business (B2B) e-com-merce scene in Asia is still being dominated by foreign multinational corporations (MNCs), its adoption among Asian enterprisesHEDYKHOO - 464 words
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Article, Illustration101 2001-01-23 13 MOBILE and wireless Internet products and handheld computer provider, Palm Inc, has named AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) as its primary provider of Flash memory devices through 2003. The agreement with AMD is significant in obtaining increasing volumes of high quality components to101 words
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Article, Illustration147 2001-01-23 13 ORACLE announced new applications for online collaboration among a company's employees, customers, partners and suppliers. Oracle Supply Chain Exchange connects trading partners with disparate enterprise systems to enable real time inter-enterprise event management, collaboration, performance measurement, and synchronised planning and optimisation. In addition, it supports147 words
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Article105 2001-01-23 13 SYMANTEC Corp has extended its Norton AntiVirus for Lotus Notes/Domino, to IBM AIX, IBM OS/400 and Sun Solaris operating systems. The product scans, detects and repairs viruses found in Lotus environments without inhibiting or degrading server performance or stability, the vendor said. An administrator can105 words
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Weapon for the road warrior
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Article, Illustration524 2001-01-23 14 Sol E Solomon - Sol E Solomon by s olomon@ne ws today, com. sg SOME people might feel that palm-sized handhelds lack functionality. But at the same time, these users don't want to lug about heavy periph-eral-intensive notebooks. Enter the ultra-portable or sub-notebook. This type524 words
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Article, Illustration495 2001-01-23 14 Kong Chee Hoh - THE growth of e-business has compelled firms to operate in a more interrelated-value network one company's customer is also another company's supplier creating a complex web of relationships. The result is a new form emerging, called collaborative commerce or c-com-merce. C-commerce is driven by revenue495 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration294 2001-01-23 15 Hazel Tan - Hazel Tan by I hazel@newstoday.com.sg YOU have seen Jack Neo as the auntie in a skirt. Now, catch his protege Mark Lee in drag. The two popular local comedians will be joining forces to entertain all with their skit and skirts on the294 words
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Article894 2001-01-23 16 Nasya Bahfen - Nasya Bahfen Dealing with bad news does not make you lose your humanity b y LIKE practically everyone I know, I seem to spend more and more time at the office these days. On one particularly long and tiring day, I finally managed to get a decent894 words
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Article, Illustration436 2001-01-23 17 Jean Danker - Jean Danker Wow! Things for 2001 are looking up, or so I tell myself by j danker@rcs. com. sg ARE you, like me, a big believer of horoscopes? Do you zoom-in to the astrology pages when you pick up a magazine or do you have your436 words
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367 2001-01-23 17 Augustine Tan - Augustine Tan by_ A NOTHER year in TV ticks away... but what a year! XiXhousaiids of viewers saw Richard Hatch connive his way to the top on Survivor, yet only about three people admit367 words
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Miscellaneous15 2001-01-23 16 The writer is a Producer/presenter of Newsday, the evening drive show on Newsßadio 93.8 FM.15 words
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Article, Illustration703 2001-01-23 18 Rosalind Png - Rosalind Png Compiled by ro s ali nd@n e wsto d ay. com. sg River Hongbao Today Marina Promenade The 10-day festival aims to educate the young and old on the arts and culture of China. Come down with your family and friends and703 words
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Miscellaneous1019 2001-01-23 24 perhaps, just a friend to see you through the start Gold 90*5 FM j Focus On the Family of a rough day at work. Jukebox with Jessica Seet Today Noon -2 pm 6.25 am, 8.25 am, 12.25 pm, 4.25 pm and 7.25 Pm Tune in with Jessica for a two1,019 words
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Article, Illustration600 2001-01-23 25 Returns for Super Bowl to Tampa, a town where he started his career OWINGS MILLS Baltimore Ravens quarterback Trent Dilfer is more in the centre of the Super Bowl XXXV media hype than even the national press realizes, reported NFL.com. His US$l million-phis ($1.7 million) dream houseAIISPOKt photo - 600 words
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Article77 2001-01-23 25 NEW YORK Arnold "The King" Palmer will no longer be the US Golf Association's chief recruiter unless they settle differences over his support of non-conforming drivers, president Trey Holland said yesterday to CNNSI.com. Palmer shocked the USGA in October when he endorsed the new ERC II77 words
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Article, Illustration183 2001-01-23 25 US PGA Tour HONOLULU Brad Faxon's pure putting stroke made his wire-to-wire victory in the Sony Open in Hawaii look easy. It might come in handy at Augusta National, too, reported golf.com. Faxon (right) took a big step toward getting into the US Masters in April183 words
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Article, Illustration337 2001-01-23 26 Carter wins battle of the superstars NBA Toronto 110 Philadelphia 106 PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson wound up with the bigger total. But Vince Carter walked away with the win. Carter scored 39 points and the Toronto Raptors overcame Iverson's 51 points and two big deficits to rallyReuters photo - 337 words
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548 2001-01-23 26 NBA Miami 103 LA Lakers 92 LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant says the Los Angeles Lakers aren't presently in the proper physical condition to play the kind of defence they should be playing, reported ESPN.com. In Ron Harper's opinion,548 words
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Article, Illustration430 2001-01-23 27 Ntini and South Africa rout the hapless Sri Lankans by an innings Cricket CENTURION South Africa completed an emphatic 2-0 series win yesterday as Sri Lanka suffered its second successive innings defeat within three days in the third and final test. Sri Lanka was dismissed for430 words
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260 2001-01-23 27 Reuters SYDNEY Australian batsman Mark Waugh has announced he won't meet the unit investigating corruption in cricket after previously saying he was happy to co-operate. Waugh said last week he was prepared to speak with the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption investigators– Reuters - 260 words
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Article, Illustration800 2001-01-23 28 Leonard Thomas - Leonard Thomas Coach Capello must start earning his lira in race for the Scudetto by leo na rd@news today.com.sg HOW the Romans, at least the red half, must despise Zinedine Zidane and Juventus. Just two weeks ago, their club was motoring along nicely at the summitAllswrt phnio I - 800 words
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Article, Illustration555 2001-01-23 29 Kelvin Phang - Kelvin Phang Manchester United tour organiser ProEvents trying to bring World Cup stars to Singapore by kelvi n@n ewsto d ay. co m. sg FOURTEEN months of behind-the-scenes negotiation with the relevant authorities took place before news of Manchester United's upcoming visit was made555 words
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585 2001-01-23 29 MADRID Iker Casillas once again demonstrated his value to the Real Madrid cause with a stunning late stop that earned a point in the leader's 2-2 draw at Valladolid, reported Skysports.com. Casillas, still only 19 years-old, stretched his right585 words
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Article, Illustration372 2001-01-23 30 West Ham striker hopes for move to a bigger club so French selectors will notice him LONDON Freddie Kanoute (right) rocked West Ham last night by admitting he will have to leave it if he wants to reach the top. And the star Hammer willA^z^^eMofo - 372 words
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Article, Illustration253 2001-01-23 30 MANCHESTER Angry Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed reports of a bust-up with Dwight Yorke (left). Ferguson is fed up of reading of an apparent feud between him and Yorke whenever the former Aston Villa striker does not play, according253 words
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319 2001-01-23 31 MELBOURNE -Venus Williams showed her killer instinct when it mattered most to defeat Amelie Mauresmo and book an Australian Open quarterfinal place yesterday. The US Open and Wimbledon champion was joined in the last eight by sister Serena, Martina Hingis and Amanda Coetzer, all319 words
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Article, Illustration406 2001-01-23 31 Kafelnikov is just two matches away from the final Australian Open MELBOURNE He loves the court surface and is now second favorite to take the title, but fifth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov refuses to think about winning a second Australian Open title. The Russian blasted aside Swede406 words
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331 2001-01-23 31 OK, let's set the record straight right now this All-American quarter-final affair was not exactly the battle of the Yanks that tennis fans were expecting to see, reported www.ausopen.com. Anticipation was high that this quarter-final section of the Australian Open331 words
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Article526 2001-01-23 32 S. Gulam in Dubai - S. Gulam in Dubai Despite starting well, the class of the Russians told in the end by gulam@ne wstoday. c om.sg FOR 27 minutes, the Lions played their best football of the Dubai tour. There was organisation and aggression in defence. There was movement and creativity in526 words
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Article, Illustration234 2001-01-23 32 AFP MELBOURNE Security staff detained a 15-year-old boy after a bright orange flare was thrown on to court one at Melbourne Park during Anna Kournikova's doubles match yesterday, the second security breach in two years for the tournament. The flare was thrown from the stands as Kournikova was preparingAFP - 234 words
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