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Article454 2001-01-29 1 Reuters Aid from many, including US and Israel BHUJ India has received promises of aid from many countries following Friday's devastating earthquake in its western Gujarat state, with even arch-rival Pakistan promising support. The United States said it would provide US$5 million (SsB.6 million) and CanadaReuters - 454 words
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Article226 2001-01-29 1 AFP HONG KONG A litany of complaints about racism levelled against Hong Kong's Chinese residents has thrown the spotlight on the territory's reputation as a free-wheeling cosmopolitan city. Complaints to the equal opportunity commission (EOC) have soared alarmingly. EOC chairperson Anna Wu Hung-yukAFP - 226 words
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Miscellaneous65 2001-01-29 1 V SBPP"^BWB<I y J^W _^OWjjj|^BßjßßJbr .V Sjßl I§L T^^tH ffiLJ "^TBr ffll 1 BBBBr f Jf\^K. f <8888 BBBBPPF JK&-- BBBL. ■Bf^BBBTFfIBBBBI *I -Bp^^ rf B^^^r y■ V"■ Sp* 'B IB Jr fEVI'1 'LvBBI BB^Bb iH BR "Tr T?WiJ l Ml "Jbbbbh bV^- Avbbl The outside story Singapore's tactics paid65 words
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Article, Illustration390 2001-01-29 2 Ng Hwee Koon - Ng Hwee Koon Bukit Gombak residents not sure that *****,000 upgrade is useful by.. liweekoon@newstoday.com.sg AN impressive linkway between three four-storey blocks in Bukit Gombak East was the biggest project under the Gombak Garden Interim Upgrading Programme (lUP). But is the colourful structure anything more than a390 words
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186 2001-01-29 2 HONG KONG has an advantage over Singapore because companies see opportunities in China and could use the former British colony as a base. The region too, may have problems. But Singapore has a secret weapon. Its aim is simple: To186 words
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256 2001-01-29 2 'Bill Gates is dead' popcorn, please LONDON T-shirts and mugs bearing the slogan "Bill Gates is Dead" are being sold via the Internet as part of a slick marketing campaign for a macabre movie based on a fictional murder of the Microsoft chairman. The fact that Mr Gates, the world's256 words
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Article, Illustration304 2001-01-29 2 BHUJ, India As fresh tremors shook the hearts and lives of tens of thousands of earthquake survivors here yesterday, many seemed to be playing the numbers game. It's over 11,000 dead, admitted the government. No, 15,000, declared Reuters news agency. It could be304 words
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Article, Illustration352 2001-01-29 3 Elaine Quek - Elaine Quek Don't feel like a flutter?Turf Club has something else by.. elaii_e@newstoday.com.sg YOU would never have thought that the owner of two of Singapore's best race horses has a problem with racing. After all, her favourite horse, Fischer, is the best sprinter on the Malayan RacingHedy Khoo - 352 words
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Article123 2001-01-29 3 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid dispelled doubts about his decreasing popularity as he faces a tough test in his administration today. Mr Abdurrahman said that some 85,000 of his supporters were beginning to stream into the capital on the eve of rumoured mass rallies against-AFP - 123 words
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289 2001-01-29 3 Leong Phei Phei - Leong Phei Phei by.. pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg THE unrelenting pressure to succeed in today's competitive environment is affecting our children's mental health, a leading expert has warned. Chief executive officer of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Prof Kua Ee Heok, told Today: "Children289 words
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155 2001-01-29 3 BANGKOK On the eve of George Soros' scheduled appearance in Thailand, the PR machine spun into motion with reports that the Bogeyman isn't quite so bad after all. According to The Nation, the international financier believed by many Thais to be the155 words
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Article, Illustration391 2001-01-29 4 David Ngiau - What's real, what's not David Ngiau Survivor 2 roadshow contestants aid real casualty by.. david@news tod ay.com. sg HERE were a group of people gathered to celebrate a show in which people connive, backstab and backbite their way to the top. A show about old-fashioned survival skills and the loserWEETECKHIAN - 391 words
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124 2001-01-29 4 WASHINGTON The creators of the hit cartoon series South Park have promised not to lampoon President George Bush's twin teenage daughters in their new satire. The Comedy Central TV network says the new president's daughters won't feature in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's show That's124 words
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Article173 2001-01-29 4 MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has expressed confidence in the country's armed forces, amid rumours that elements within the military might undermine her new administration. "I firmly believe that, despite the rumours of dissension and de stabilisation initiatives allegedly from your ranks, the dedication and professionalism173 words
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Article162 2001-01-29 4 Maurice Png - Maurice Png by.. maurice@__ewstoday.com.sg NO smell. No corrosion. And it has a design life of 100 years. In fact, even beyond the present century. The Deep Tunnel Sewerage System which could replace the existing system for treatment, disposal and conveyance of wastewater. The current system162 words
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Miscellaneous109 2001-01-29 4 READ 0N... Proton protests Proton seeks legol advice after German distributor halts car sales/ 7 Balancing act for Arroyo New Philippine President grappling with issues/1 1 Language hawker style Seeing change in progress as you eat or drink/14 Druggies? Friends of Mr and Mrs Brad Pitt spill the beans on109 words
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Article354 2001-01-29 6 Chin Chee Meng - Chin Chee Meng Children can sustain kidney damage if they don't urinate promptly I REFER to your article on "Urinating in public with mom's help" (Today, Jan 26). Allowing children to urinate in public areas is not a totally selfish habit if toilets are not available354 words
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244 2001-01-29 6 HS. Tan - HS. Tan I REFER to the letter by Karuppiah Surendran and Annelise Rosen on "Urinating in public with mom's help" (Today, Jan 26). I fully agree that urinating in public is not right, but it is sad to see that we are so244 words
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94 2001-01-29 6 Jasmin - Jasmin I, TOO, would like to know SlA's hiring policies. I applied for a job directly with SlA's Public Affairs Department, listing my educational achievements including a bachelor's degree, two master's degrees and also the fact that I was pursuing a doctorate.94 words
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Article227 2001-01-29 6 Vijayan Pillay - Vijayan Pillay SNP Corporation's decision to throw in the towel in the area of local fiction is an extremely disappointing one. (Today Jan 26). In the wake of poor book sales in retail outlets, SNP must find it commercially unsound to publish local fiction. Doubtless227 words
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109 2001-01-29 6 Balakrishna Ramanan - Balakrishna Ramanan I REALLY have to laugh away, with the kind of letters we are getting regarding "Urinating in Public with Mom's help" (Today, Jan 26). Have these writers forgotten that they were once children? It is a fact that a child's instinct109 words
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Article98 2001-01-29 6 Faridah Mohd Yusof - Faridah Mohd Yusof I APPLAUD the matter raised by Mr. Fadzil Azhar from Yishun regarding fire hazards and "karang gum" neighbours. Having seen these inconsiderate behaviours myself, I'm frightened my family may be harmed by accidental fire. If everybody works together we can make the neighbourhood98 words
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Article282 2001-01-29 7 Bloomberg News German distributor halts sales to protest price hike KUALA LUMPUR Proton, Malaysia's biggest carmaker, said it has sought legal advice in a spat with its German distributor, which has halted sales to protest a price increase. Peru s aha an Otomobil Nasional Bhd had given ProtonBloomberg News - 282 words
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Article120 2001-01-29 7 AFP DAVOS Saudi Arabia oil minister Ali al-Nuaimi said on Saturday that Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) wanted the oil price to be US$25 a barrel, avoiding brutal swings either up or down. "We (Opec) want it to be at US$25, rather than US$3OAFP - 120 words
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Article114 2001-01-29 7 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's biggest bank, the National Australia Bank (NAB), said yesterday that it will reduce short term fixed home loan interest rates by one per cent in anticipation of an overall easing in official rates. The new rate for fixed sixmonth home loans drops-AFP - 114 words
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Article, Illustration284 2001-01-29 7 Bloomberg News DAVOS The International Monetary Fund said global economic growth this year may slow to as low as 3.5 per cent, the fund's No 2 official said. "A lot depends on the US and that situation is changing very rapidly.Bloomberg News - 284 words
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Article, Illustration792 2001-01-29 8 Will Greenspan bring New Year cheer with another rate cut IT was very quiet last week with only two and half trading days because of the Chinese New Year holidays. The Straits Times Index closed almost unchanged, down one point to 1905.89, so if you took an extended holiday you792 words
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Article, Illustration435 2001-01-29 8 KUALA LUMPUR The turnaround in investor sentiment, sparked by the positive run enjoyed by oversold technology-related stocks in recent weeks, received a further boost when Bank Negara announced last Monday that the 10 per cent exit levy on profits of foreign portfolio investments435 words
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Article244 2001-01-29 9 Italian expert says it's to help sterile men ROME An Italian doctor plans to clone the first human to give sterile men, whose wives refuse artificial insemination with a stranger's sperm, a chance to have children. Prof Severino Antinori, 55, a pioneer of in-vitro fertilisation,244 words
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220 2001-01-29 9 -AFP BANGKOK Election officials expect today's reelection of disqualified candidates in 62 Thai constituencies to be tainted with corruption again. The Election Commission (EC) said the politicians running for re-election, who were accused of graft after winning the Jan 6 national polls, were-AFP - 220 words
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Article, Illustration74 2001-01-29 9 Reuters photo. INDONESIA'S Mount Merapi volcano spewing ash nearly 2 km into sky as seen from Babadan village, in Magelang, 400 km east offakarta, Central fava on Saturday. Residents in the area are being advised to evacuate after activity around the 2,968-metre volcano intensified over Friday– Reuters photo. - 74 words
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80 2001-01-29 9 -AFP DUBAI A Gulf Air plane on a Bangkok-Abu Dhabi flight has become the latest target in a string of attempted hijackings by Iraqis or Iraqi sympathisers. The hijack bid by an Iraqi on Saturday's flight to the Emirati capital with 202 passengers and-AFP - 80 words
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101 2001-01-29 9 -AFP TABA Israelis and Palestinians ended a week of marathon talks in Egypt with substantial progress, but with a warning to Israeli candidate Mr Ariel Sharon. The leaders said a full settle- ment was possible "in a short period of time". However, neither side achieved-AFP - 101 words
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Article96 2001-01-29 9 AFP MANILA Philippine prosecutors will pursue corruption charges against ousted leader Joseph Estrada, but sending him into foreign exile would be his decision, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. Mrs Arroyo was commenting on calls to send the fallen leader abroad to prevent his supporters from sowingAFP - 96 words
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Article90 2001-01-29 9 AFP MANILA Immigration officials have been told to keep a close watch on Philippine international airports for fleeing cronies and mistresses of deposed leader Joseph Estrada, a report said yesterday. The order was issued by new Immigration Commissioner Andrea Domingo amid reports that Mr Estrada's friendsAFP - 90 words
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Article, Illustration262 2001-01-29 10 NEW YORK The legal woes of Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, the multi-millionaire rap singer and impresario, deepened this weekend as police investigated claims that he was nearby when a record company executive was murdered six years ago. Combs, 30, whose relationship with theReuters photo - 262 words
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Article, Illustration317 2001-01-29 10 -AFP Allegations now that British PM is involved LONDON A political storm surrounding the granting of favours to Indian-born billionaire brothers intensified yesterday, with press allegations dragging Prime Minister Tony Blair personally into the affair. Britain's most prominent Asian MP, Mr Keith Vaz (right), was made-AFP; Reuters photo - 317 words
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277 2001-01-29 10 Reuters LONDON Once, it reigned almost supreme, part of a hierarchy that evolved over centuries and stretched up to the throne of Old England. These days the attendants still mutter "my lord" as members pass. But lords get much less respect outsideReuters - 277 words
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Article151 2001-01-29 10 ■AFP SYDNEY Five men travelling to a weekend football match died when a train sliced through their car at a rail crossing, police said yesterday. The five, aged between 18 and 20, were killed along the New South Wales-Victoria state border early on Saturday.■AFP - 151 words
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160 2001-01-29 10 LONDON Saddam Hussein has two operational nuclear bombs and is working to construct others, an Iraqi defector has told Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper. The defector, a military engineer who is currently hiding in Europe, says that he helped to oversee the completion of the160 words
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Article160 2001-01-29 11 LONDON More than half of Britain's major hospitals have removed organs from patients without clearly informing relatives, the government will admit this week. Alan Milburn, the Health Secretary, will make the disclosure on Tuesday, when he publishes the results of an inquiry into the removal160 words
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Article325 2001-01-29 11 -AFP New Philippine president grappling with issues MANILA -Just one week after being catapulted to power, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is walking a tightrope, trying to appease the diverse groups which installed her to power. She also has to ward off persistent rumours of in-fighting and-AFP - 325 words
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Article149 2001-01-29 11 AFP TOKYO Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Myanmar's military junta to hold a general election in a few years, the Mainichi Shimbun reported yesterday. Dr Mahathir visited Myanmar on Jan 3-4 and held talks with military leaders including GeneralAFP - 149 words
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Article, Illustration80 2001-01-29 11 Reuters photo Kazakh hunters riding their horses while holding on to hunting golden eagles during a competition of hunters and their birds in Elan Tau region, some 150 km east of Kazakhstan's commercial capital of Almaty on Saturday. Using eagles is a very ancient– Reuters photo - 80 words
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73 2001-01-29 11 -AFP WASHINGTON A small plane crashed near Denver, Colorado, late on Saturday, killing all ten people aboard, officials with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. Several students, on the Oklahoma State basketball team, as well as team staff members, were among-AFP - 73 words
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Article95 2001-01-29 11 HARARE Thieves in Zimbabwe are stealing traffic lights to sell to nightclub owners. The situation is so bad in Harare that the council has run out of replacement lights. And, the missing traffic lights are causing a rise in accidents. Last week, 23 people were95 words
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Article303 2001-01-29 13 AFP Are its debts exceeding its assets? TOKYO The complacency of Japan's foreign partners about the massive debts of the world's second-biggest economy, rests on a dangerous assumption that its assets are worth as much as the government says. Observers say the state debt now surpassing aAFP - 303 words
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227 2001-01-29 13 KUALA LUMPUR The Kedah state government is believed to be more than a billion ringgit (*****.4 million) in debt due to overspending on luxury projects, a Malaysian opposition leader has said. Barisan Alternatif state assemblyman for Lunas Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told Malaysiakini that the projects,227 words
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Article154 2001-01-29 13 AFP WASHINGTON A plan to create a super US airline through the acquisition of troubled Trans World Airlines by American Airlines, moved closer to reality on Saturday when a bankruptcy judge approved a financing package designed to facilitate the purchase. "This is a greatAFP - 154 words
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Article, Illustration58 2001-01-29 13 RSVTSSS photo Kananu Kirmi lights a candle at a Scottish ceremony in the Usher Hall in Edinburgh to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan 27. It is hoped that the events based around the country wilt educate more people about the Holocaust, and allowRSVTSSS photo - 58 words
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83 2001-01-29 13 LONDON Japanese businessmen are seen as too chauvinistic by their employers and are being trained to avoid staring at the hips and breasts of Western female executives, reports London's Sunday Times. The Japanese culture of treating women as subordinates has raised con- cerns that83 words
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Article, Illustration549 2001-01-29 14 Lionel Wee - Lionel Wee Seeing change in progress as you eat or drink by.. COFFEE shops and hawker centres can be great places for observing language change in progress. Amidst the heat and smells of local food, the jostling of people who are there to eat (rather than to549 words
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427 2001-01-29 14 ■AFP ARE Myanmar's ruling generals finally bowing to foreign pressure and are there perceptible signs of change in that nation? The following editorial in the South China Sunday Morning Post attempts to shed light on these issues: It is easy to view sceptically recent conciliatory■AFP - 427 words
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Article, Illustration761 2001-01-29 15 Rosalind Png - Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalii_d@newstoday.com.sg A Streetcar Named Desire (right) Today and tomorrow 8 pm Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Colourful and raw, the Tennessee Williams' classic play is about love and betrayal in New Orleans when it was first produced in 1947. Now, students of Yishun761 words
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Article, Illustration543 2001-01-29 20 Hazel Tan - Getting up close and personal Hazel Tan Filming takes a back seat while Fann parties away with her fans by.. hazel@newst_day.com.sg ON the morning she turned 30, Fann Wong awoke to an acute pain. Nothing to do with age. "Turning 30 should not be a burden for a modern womanWONG KHING CHONG - 543 words
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Article, Illustration465 2001-01-29 21 Friends of Mr and Mrs Brad Pitt spill the beans on the celebrity couple's drug habit HOLLYWOOD'S golden couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are hooked on drugs, reported Star magazine. And their friends are worried that their marijuana addiction could cause their dream of having children to literally465 words
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Article, Illustration155 2001-01-29 21 NOW that she has won the Golden Globe, pretty woman Julia Roberts wants the golden wedding band. Peoplenews.com reported that the newly crowned Best Actress has issued boyfriend Benjamin Bratt an ultimatum: "Marry me or you are dumped." Roberts, 32, broke the news155 words
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Article138 2001-01-29 22 SHARED MEMORIES is a look back at the history that bonds Malaysia and Singapore. The series, running every week, will examine the common trials and tribulations that our countries shared on the rocky road to independence. It will re-live the history of the colonial transition, the communist terror138 words
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Article979 2001-01-29 22 Yap Yok Foo - Yap Yok Foo His ingenuity quickly rid Malayan town of Communist terrorists by' AFTER the murder of Sir Henry Gurney in October 1951, the morale of the security forces slumped to an all-time low. Something needed to be done to jumpstart the stalled fight against979 words
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Miscellaneous889 2001-01-29 23 Your weekly forecast today art by yen yoke V£jS__ AQUARIUS GEMINI /ll LIBRA A jjK, VI (Jan 20-Feb 18) iT&TPfr* (May 21 Jun 20> i^4i__P J^saC* (Sep 23'0ct 22> For some time you've felt tbat certain prob- Tuggling intriguing new ideas and work or ongo- TTThile time invested in certain889 words
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Article, Illustration764 2001-01-29 24 The drama just rolls on and on NBA LOS ANGELES Heavy lies the crown upon the head of the defending champion. The Shaq Diesel says he's sick of the media stirring stuff up. Signore Kobe Byrant says his unnamed team-mates have to get in shape.REUTERS photo - 764 words
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271 2001-01-29 24 NEW YORK Miami's Alonzo Mourning has been sidelined all season and Orlando's Grant Hill has played in only four games. Yet their reputations have helped them make the Eastern Conference team for the 50th NBA All-Star game. Mourning, out with a kidney ailment, received271 words
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Article, Illustration576 2001-01-29 25 -AFP During wacky week at Phoenix Open SCOTTSDALE This year's Phoenix Open has had a little bit of everything, including a hail storm and early darkness that prevented the completion of a round for the third straight day. Mark Calcavecchia still holds a fiveshot lead, but he-AFP; Revtf.rs photo - 576 words
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190 2001-01-29 25 -AFP BRISBANE Greg Norman says he has two more years of top flight golf left in him before he winds back his tournament commitments. The former world No.l said yesterday he had a busy schedule this year, including this week's Heineken-AFP - 190 words
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136 2001-01-29 25 Reuters (None of the 71 golfers in the field was able to finish the round, US unless noted): Mark Calcavecchia 19-under (through eight holes), Scott Verplank 14-under (through eight), Rocco Mediate 13-under (through eight), Steve Lowery 11-under (through 14), Stewart Cink 11-under (through nine), Scott– Reuters - 136 words
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Article, Illustration790 2001-01-29 26 Clash of titans fails to live up to its billing as Reds start cautiously LONDON For a long time, SvenGoran Eriksson, like the rest of us, must have been wondering whether his journey was really necessary, but cometh the hour, cometh the man. Or rather, cometh theAuseokrphoto - 790 words
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363 2001-01-29 27 Reuters MADRID Champion Deportivo Coruna failed to put pressure on leader Real Madrid as it was held to a 2-2 draw by Athletic Bilbao at its San Mames stadium. Barcelona also missed an opportunity to close the gap on Real as it– Reuters - 363 words
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Article, Illustration589 2001-01-29 27 Tranmere dumps Merseyside neighbour out of FA Cup LONDON -John Aldridge, for so long the bete noire of Goodison Park in his playing days for Liverpool, returned to inflict yet more pain on Everton on Saturday, steering First Division Tranmere Rovers to a 3-0 win in their FAAusport photo - 589 words
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Article, Illustration233 2001-01-29 28 -AFP Raul's winner puts leader seven points clear Spanish Prirnera Liga Valencia 0 Real Madrid 1 MADRID A late goal from Raul (right) earned Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Valencia to put the Spanish giant seven points clear at the top of the Prirnera Liga race-AFP - 233 words
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233 2001-01-29 28 Reuters Italian Serie A Juventus 4 Vicenza 0 MILAN Filippo Inzaghi grabbed a hat-trick for Juventus as the Turin club kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Roma with a 4-0 home win over Vicenza last night. Roma remains threeReuters - 233 words
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681 2001-01-29 28 MELBOURNE Andre Agassi no longer feels the need to be flashy. He wore a bland black and white outfit to work yesterday, then played tennis that was smart and steady rather than spectacular. The approach worked. Agassi won his third Australian Open681 words
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Article, Illustration975 2001-01-29 29 Koh it Brijnath - Koh it Brijnath All gleaned by comeback queen Capriati from eights years of tournaments by: rohi t@ne w sto day. co m.sg THEY will talk about it for years. They will print it in the record books. They will remember her every time they polishENG KONG - 975 words
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Article, Illustration682 2001-01-29 30 S. Gulam - S. Gulam Lions fight till the end to beat Thais by gulam newstoday. com. sg THE taste of victory cannot be sweeter. For it has come only the second time in 28 long years. All these years, we have been trying, trying and trying. But, somehow,WONG KHING CHONG - 682 words
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Article, Illustration76 2001-01-29 31 With a brand-new sponsorship of $15 million from Tiger Beer and victory over fancied Thailand in the Mikasa Challenge Cup in front of 35,000 fans at the National Stadium, things are looking up for Singapore soccer.Tiger Beer and NTUC Income join TODAY in congratulating the national football76 words
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Article463 2001-01-29 32 -AFP Man Utd boss angry at how club was bundled out of FA Cup FA Cup Man Utd 0 West Ham 1 MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson was left seething after his side was dumped out of the FA Cup by West Ham following a disputed late goal last night.-AFP - 463 words
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