Today, 7 February 2001

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    11 1 TODAY We d n c s d ay *•«*>*««? *>2001. MITA(P) 138/11/2000
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    Lock icon Where are our voters?
    115 1 Agencies JERUSALEM The turnout in yesterday's Israeli election for prime minister was 23.5 per cent by midday, and officials said if the trend continued, it could be the lowest ever in the history of the Jewish state. Some Arab community leaders called for a boycott of
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  • Article
    Scare on SIA plane
    99 1 A SINGAPORE Airlines jumbo jet bound for Singapore returned to Melbourne on Tuesday after a warning light indicated an engine had caught fire, the airline said yesterday. Flight SQ22B left Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport carrying 212 passengers and 20 crew, the spokesman said. He said the plane
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  • Article
    Where's the core?
    492 1 SM on foreigners and local talent CAN Singapore ride on foreign legs when the going gets tough? Can the immigrant wave truly make up for Singapore's own shortage of children? In a speech that mixed relief with a touch of yearning, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Hougang lessons
      382 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Defeat still rankles, but Heng has moved on with his life to Jalan Besar by: boonyian@newstoday.cora.sg LOSING to Mr Low Thia Khiang in Hougang in the 1997 election was his first "public defeat" in life, and that hurt initially at least. But now, Mr Heng
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    • Article
      SM Lee to meet Malay-Muslims
      204 2 SOME 60 Malay-Muslim Singaporeans, including Members of Parliament and grassroot leaders, are expected to meet Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew in a closed-door dialogue session next Monday. The meeting was suggested by Majlis Pusat and Taman Bacaan last September, following SM Lee's remarks that it
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      Lock icon Arroyo picks her VP
      93 2 Agencies MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo named Senator Teofisto Guingona, head of her Lakas party, as Vice President yesterday. Mr Guingona, 72, was the first to call for the resignation of then-President Joseph Estrada in April last year, accusing him of links to cronies. Mrs Arroyo
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      Lock icon Wahid gets a breather
      92 2 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid got a breather yesterday when Indonesia's two main political parties rejected intensified moves to bring him to a snap impeachment trial. Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P) and the former ruling Golkar party opposed calls by MPs for the
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    • Article
      Jobs galore at career fair
      121 3 THE number of jobs up for grabs at this year's career fair tripled to 30,000 compared to last year. Visitors to the fair, Career 2001 incorporating Recruitment 2001, are encouraged to bring along their resumes as there will be on-site interviews conducted by the exhibitors.
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    • Article
      Blood in urine, hypertension
      238 3  -  Leong Phei Phei Many children face threat of kidney disease by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg ONE in five children are in danger of suffering from kidney disease. This was revealed in a pilot programme conducted by the School Health Services of the Ministry of Health, the National University Hospital
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      Lock icon He swallowed SIM card to destroy evidence
      129 3 -AFP PARIS French businessman, Alfred Sirven, wanted in connection with a huge corruption scandal in France, swallowed the chip of his mobile telephone as he was being arrested in Manila, French police said. A police official said that the 74-year-old former number two
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      Learning from the Lightship
      195 4  -  Maurice Png StarHub plays physics teacher to primary school kids by maurice @news t o d ay.com. sg YESTERDAY'S school field trip to the StarHub Lightship by the Singapore American School was a first for StarHub. But for seven-year-old Ryan Clontz, it was also a family
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      Lack of knowledge the main concern
      304 4  -  Ng Hwee Koon by h we eko on@ne wsto day.com.sg LACK of knowledge is the main cause behind many of the public's anxieties and concerns about life sciences research in Singapore. So said the chairman of the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC), Professor Lim Pin,
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      Lock icon Cow power
      107 4 Bloomberg THE most high-tech piece of real estate on earth has been forced to turn to cow dung to keep the lights burning. That is how badly the energy crisis has hit California.One farmer's cows are churning out enough manure to run a specialised power plant that can
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      He did it again
      94 4 SIX years after Lim Kian Beng, 28, was caught for housebreaking and theft, he did it again. At about 2 am on Oct 26 last year, Lim stole a cashcard valued at $36.38 from No 1 Bukit Teresa Close. Then he scaled the walls, entered No
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      320 3 IP THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA jlNiitf TT&IV/nQ* EdD DOCTOR U cat,.n u\Mm »m lulUnTp K uiiiicTDiTinu BfflMTßißlTft jjjrSij The University Of C'^J University of Technology, ■WB»*^» IYIfW I Ul\ ADMINISTRATION Western Austral!;, t*jg£) Sydney (Australia) Hil 15#1 MfIQTFR of educational (ffßi) '^r^s(sr infl HKBI^ S5Sr mBM IVIMOILIX MANAGEMENT Mlli.W
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      126 4 LIFE LONG^i^J m xlll|| MBA BA (HON'S) B.Sc. (HON'S) BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 8 majors Q 5 majors 1. Advertising I. Software Development 2. Business Admin 3 ammo, 2. Computer Science 4. Hospitality Management 3 Networking 5. Human Resource 6. Information Systems 4. Multimedia 7. Marketing 8. Public Relations
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      100 4 READ 0N... Government should keep an open mind There could be problems our leaders aren't aware of/6 Help minister Leading British Asians rally round Cabinet member/12 A fundamental fix How to make our point without offending our neighbours/13 The end of the glittery couple The separation of Tom Cruise and
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      55 5 /V''/^ 1^ J^f "/fc fv Cj^!lLr">^ :-t*—-^ I* a ft/3m TtwrnrtrrHM/jflM MT~ H^. ,.V^.- |Jjj|PPppp» Dafe ;f 0 12 March 2001 (Saturday to Monday) From Raffles Marina To Awana Kijal, Terengganu, Malaysia Closing Date :28 February 2001 Or^&niser: Benefiting th&rttif. Event IVWi^eJ b^: Qtfhid Prest: Cffkial R«idi6: @iHcmawotA f ERICSSON
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  • LETTERS
    • Letter
      Govt should keep an open mind
      278 6  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong There could be problems our leaders aren't aware of WHILE I do appreciate Prime Minister Goh Chok long's consultative style of governance, I feel that much more could be done in dealing with citizens' views and suggestions. In the live
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    • Letter
      Parliamentary Secretary answers reader (above)
      424 6  -  Chan Soo Sen I SINCERELY believe in the views I shared. I respect his (the letterwriter's) views, but Talking Point has to be seen in context we're there to exchange views, and viewers who call in have different views the various views are presented, and
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      Notorious camera
      67 6  -  Darren Hong I WISH to raise awareness to the red light camera at the junction of Moulmein Road and Thomson Road. As the traffic light is located around a right-turn bend, there is little advance warning when the light turns red, which is tricky especially if the road
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      Bizarre summons a shock
      188 6  -  Tay Ckong Boon A FRIEND recently received a traffic summon under bizarre circumstances. On Jan 18, at about 2.30am, he parked his motorcycle at a HDB parking lot along Toa Payoh Lor 7, and then headed home. At about 6am on the same day, my friend
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      Minister gives the context
      147 6  -  Ong-Chew Peck Wan WITH reference to the article "Capable but reluctant politicians", there are instances where the wrong impression may have been given. Minister Wong Kan Seng was quoted as saying that "The starting point for NMPs is not to oppose Government". The context in which
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      Take note of the change
      120 6  -  Tham Lai Pui I REFER to the article "JTC exec charged" (Today, Feb 6). We would like to state that the person in the article, Ling Shue Fai, is no longer an employee of JTC Corporation. In addition, the Jurong Town Corporation has changed its
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      The big fund slide
      402 8  -  Lee Yew Meng Three out of four unit trust funds lost money in Oct-Dec quarter by ye wrae ng@news today.com.sg SLIGHTLY more than three quarters of unit trusts and investment linked products lost money in the fourth quarter of last year. These include those under the
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      Ericsson doubles R and D investments
      314 8  -  Sol Solomon by s olomon@newstod ay. com. sg TO enable developers in Asia to be among the first to release commercial applications for future high-speed mobile technology, GPRS/3G, Ericsson will double its investment on the Ericsson Cyberlab here. The communications supplier will add $10
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      New contract for SIA's Dr Cheong
      134 8 SINGAPORE Airlines said its Chief Executive Dr Cheong Choong Kong has renewed his contract to head Asia's most profitable carrier until June 2003. Dr Cheong is also Deputy Chairman of Singapore Airlines, which is in an expansion phase. "He has accepted renewal for two
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      Lock icon Islamic bonds to boost new Putrajaya capital
      226 8 Bloomberg News KUALA LUMPUR Putrajaya Holdings, which is constructing Malaysia's new seat of government, said it will raise RM2.15 billion (***** million) by selling Islamic bonds. RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers and Alliance Merchant Bank will arrange the sale of the bonds, which will
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      Lock icon Sorry, we've our hands full
      379 9 Bloomberg News Higher oil prices see shipyards here end two-year slump SEMBCORP Marine's shiprepair yards are getting so much business, the biggest marine company in Singapore had to turn down walk-in customers last month. As higher oil prices boost freight rates and spur offshore exploration,
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      Lock icon New HK civil postings
      81 9 Bloomberg News HONG KONG Mr Antony Leung, the head of JP Morgan Chase Co's Asia-Pacific business, will become Hong Kong's new Financial Secretary, replacing Mr Donald Tsang, the Hong Kong's iMail.com reported. Mr Tsang replaces Ms Anson Chan who resigned last month, the paper said. The
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      Lock icon CyberWorks' down on phone news
      218 9 Bloomberg News HONG KONG Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, which runs Hong Kong's biggest telephone company, fell as much as 3.2 per cent following a report the telephone business profit may slump by 65 per cent this year. Hong Kong newspapers cited a company document circulated
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    • Article
      Keppel Fels' profit up 10 per cent last vear
      189 9 KEPPEL Fels Energy and Infrastructure, the rigbuilding unit of Singapore's biggest diversified group, said profit in 2000 rose 10 per cent. This was led by its offshore business, the company said in a statement yesterday. The unit which is a subsidiary
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    • BUSINESS NEWS
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        Losing the gloss
        469 10 Profit-taking culls Sesdaq gains of last four days THE actively traded penny caps lost some of their shine yeseterday after profit taking culled their morning highs, reversing four days of gains. The UOB-Sesdaq index had hit 87.65 before settling down 0.62 points at 84.47. Gains on the
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        KL market edges higher on profit-taking
        393 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian stock market turned in a mixed performance yesterday, with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index managing a meager gain of 0.8-point to end yesterday at 732.8 points. Trading was confined within a narrow range of 728.3 and 733.9 for the KLCI,
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    • Article
      Main threat to China govt
      417 11  -  Steven Ooi Falungong's wide appeal scares the Communist Party by steven newstoday. com. sg THE greatest threat to China now in the eyes of government hardliners is not a political party, or a foreign power, or even independence activists in Taiwan and Tibet. It is
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      Lock icon Ship company charged
      158 11 -AFP CAIRNS The owners of a Malaysian cargo ship which ran aground on Australia's Great Barrier Reef late last year were fined A5400,000 (*****,000) by a court yesterday. The 21,000-tonne Bunga Teratai Satu was stranded for more than a fortnight after hitting the Sudbury Reef off Cairns
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      Thai Cabinet shares finalised
      140 11  -  Oana-Xinhu BANGKOK The three parties of Thailand's new ruling coalition have reached yesterday a final agreement on their shares of cabinet posts. Thai Rak Thai Party, as the core partner of the coalition, will take 27 of 37 Cabinet posts, including the portfolios in key ministries
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      Lock icon Bush, Chretien warm up in first meeting
      230 11 Agencies WASHINGTON Despite their political differences, US President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien (above) wanned up enough on their first meeting to even speak of fishing together. Acknowledging their differing views, the two leaders struck up on Monday such
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      Lock icon 'Welcome, Kinmen compatriots!'
      169 11 AFP KINMEN A Chinese ferry arrived here yesterday on the first official trip to Taiwan-controlled territory since the end of a bloody 1949 civil war. The Gulangyu ferry, carrying some 90 people, sailed in to a warm welcome from dragon dancers, bands and about 200 residents at
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      Banned Malaysiakini reporters allowed in
      146 11 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government is sending conflicting signals on the liberties of outspoken news web site Malaysiakini.com. The web site reported that two of its reporters were barred from covering the Deputy Home Minister, Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's function here on Monday. This followed
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      252 9 E3 University Ssof Canberra f^—^LVi I Australian Government University in <';e Capital ■:il'l'l- Australia and a Member of the Association of I Commonwealth Universities (ACU) W DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Researcfi Accounting BanWng Finance, Law, Marketing, Economics, E-Commerce) The Doctor of Business Administration is conferred by the Academic Board and
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Help minister
      319 12 -AFP Leading British Asians rally round Cabinet member LONDON Prominent British Asians have rallied round a minister embroiled in a scandal over his links to Indian business moguls. They say Mr Keith Vztz (right), Britain's most prominent Asian minister, is the victim of a "witch-hunt" with racist overtones.
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    • Article
      Samy Vellu sues daily
      112 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has filed a RMIOO-million (5545.8-million) libel suit against a Tamil daily. It names Malaysia Nanban, its editor, and its publisher, Pernerbitan Sahabat, as defendants, reported The Star. They were sued over a report on Dec 25,
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      Lock icon Holy Land theme park opens next to Disney World
      143 12 AFP ORLANDO Trading Mickey Mouse ears for crowns of thorns, an enterprising Christian congregation opened a US$l6-million <5529.3-mil-lion) Holy Land Experience amusement park here on Monday. The park is a venture by Zion's Hope of Orlando, a messianic congregation with devotees
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      More housewives hit by sick-house syndrome
      173 12  -  Oana-Kyodo OSAKA The number of housewives suffering from sickhouse syndrome, with symptoms such as endless coughing, is on the rise in this Japanese city. The syndrome, caused by chemical substances used in building materials for houses, includes allergies such as dermatitis, a skin disorder
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      Lock icon Ex-employee shoots 8
      94 12 -AFP CHICAGO A disgruntled former driver, returning to his workplace here early on Monday, killed four employees and injured four others in a deadly shooting rampage. Willie Baker, 66, forced his way into the engine plant armed with two rifles, a shotgun, a revolver and extra ammunition.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A fundamental fix
      705 13  -  Steven Ooi How to make our point without offending our neighbours by Steve n@ne wsto day. c om.sg PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong, in his interview with the Straits Times last month, said of Asean: "The fundamentals are good." This has been the pitch he has often
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      Lock icon Bush foreign policy different? Not quite
      235 13 AFP HONG KONG US President George W. Bush's foreign policy is not strikingly different from the one Mr Bill Clinton left behind, said the South China Morning Post in an editorial yesterday: "Some fresh details emerged on Sunday when Secretary of State Colin Powell
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      157 13 JL g JL Chap Goh Meh Feast For the first time ever, this auspicious day will be celebrated with pomp and fanfare. And only at Raffles Marina, will you enjoy it ivifh the utmost dining and entertainment pleasure. Highlight of rlie evening is the rossing of Yn SSien g over
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      658 17 Showbiz Tycoon YI^BIP^BCtSV Mini's Tree House f\ Channel 8,7 pm Kids Central 9>3°am iCwM fe#s Mehghua get out of her l^^j- Watching Nini's Tree House, a prefix by repaying Tian's debt. She Jk. W\ Hi sc/ioo/ fiewer learns how to ask finally sees Tian's true colours and I'^sT important questions
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Kuo's timeless plays Neo's funny act
      764 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind®newstoday.com.sg The Coffin Is Too Big For the Hole and No Parking On Odd Days Today till Feb 16 8 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays) 3 pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays No performances on Mondays The two timeless monologues are
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon The end of the glittery couple
      627 20 The separation of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman does not come as a surprise The uncoupling of Tinseltown's most glittery twosome, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman was not unexpected. Entertainment website Zap2it reported Janet Charlton, gossip columnist for Star magazine, as saying: "It's not
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      Boy in love
      345 21  -  Hazel Tan Nicholas Tse shows Faye's influence by haz el@n ews to day.com ,sg It's easy to tell. Nicholas Tse is happy, and madly in love. As expected, he declined politely to talk about his younger man-older woman romance with Faye Wong. But still, it's easy to
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      No vulgarity in my concert...
      381 21 MY concert is not raunchy, says Nicholas Tse. And no, he does not plan to use foul language or profanities when he performs here on March 24. The concert, which will sit 8,000 people, is brought in by Legend Events, (see box below) Nicholas held
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      Come see a 'dancical'
      446 22  -  Hazel Tan by hazel@newstoday.com.sg One is a trained dancer pretending she knows zilch about dancing. Another is a non-dancer acting as if he is the dancing king. In either case, it's quite a feat. Just ask Hann Chia Pei Qui and Adam Tan, both undergraduates at
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      107 25 appointments As a teacher, you get to work with young people. people, you should consider teaching. Find out The challenges are great, and you will also play an more about a teaching career today. Your working important role in shaping the leaders of tomorrow. experience will benefit students tremendously. A
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka thrashes sad Kiwis
      298 27 Reuters Captain Jayasuriya and company prove too good for New Zealand Cricket AUCKLAND Sri Lanka thrashed New Zealand by nine wickets in a rain-affected one-day international in Auckland yesterday to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Attapattu
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      Lock icon Snowstorm fails to stop 'The Answer'
      371 27 NBA Philadelphia 99 Denver 80 PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson didn't need to warm up. Iverson, a late arrival at the First Union Center because of a snowstorm, scored 37 points to help the Philadelphia 76ers end a two-game losing streak with a 99-80 victory over
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      Lock icon Captain Marvel II
      669 28  -  Leonard Thomas Keane up for Player of theYear again by] leon ard ©newstoday. com. sg PLAYING alongside Roy Keane must evoke in teammates the feeling they are in heaven and hell all at once. One moment he is breaking up the opposition's attack with a crunching but
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