Today, 8 March 2001

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    8 1 TODAY IIUTSQ3.V March 8, 2001 MITAd') 138/1 I/2OO0
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  • Article
    Change the rules
    387 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Sorry man, your time may be up by kim® newstoday. com. sg ALL these are facts of life in Singapore as we know it. But think about it for a minute: How unquestioningly, they are accepted. Only men in government jobs get medical benefits for
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    MP: We're not company directors
    133 1 SOME people may be flattered to be compared with directors of companies, but not Member of Parliament, Dr S Vasoo. He took offence at recent views comparing MPs with boards of directors of private companies. Such comparisons, he said, were "demeaning". ■'MPs are elected law
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    Definitions
    110 1 When he found out that I was from Malaysia, M Mr Gore nodded j knowingly, and said: i^r 'Reformasi! 1 and stiffly punched his fist in the air. Former Singapore journalist Fong Foong Mei who is being taught by Al Gore at Columbia University's Journalism School {See Page 4)
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      32 1 ■5 1 1 1 j^H JkM I Fill in the blanks. Clue: Shape. For the rest of the Moneywords puzzle, I I LlxUH turn to Page 31. You could win $1,000 Super-dollars.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Can't get it right?
      418 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Forecasts are not easy, says Dr Hu. But tax-cuts are here to stay by boonyian® newstoday.com.sg MAKING economic forecasts is tricky business. But it is even more so for an open economy like Singapore, said Finance Minister Richard Hu in Parliament yesterday. He
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    • Article
      Stole from sis
      130 2 A MAN was convicted yesterday of stealing $8,000 worth of jewellery from his sister and selling it for just $500. On Feb 26 Biwas Norman, 30, on a visit to his sister's home, asked to use the second floor toilet. Instead, he went into her bedroom and
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      S'pore is nuke-free
      90 2 THERE is no nuclear weapon stored in Singapore, Minister of State for Defence David Lim told Parliament yesterday. He said that a 1990 Memorandum of Understanding with the US allows US forces the use of some facilities such as the Paya Lebar Airbase. A 1998 addendum allows
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      Enter the 'ghosts' in the Euro pa/Raffles Club saga
      244 2 GHOSTS were the latest characters to be dragged into the court case of ex-remisier king Peter Lim Eng Hock, 48, against key shareholders of Europa Holdings and Raffles Town Club. Mr Lim claimed that the Club recently discovered a list of
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      A bigger, better search for the stars
      269 2  -  Rachel Lo by rachel@newstoda y.com. sg STAR Search 2001 will be bigger and better than before, and this year the hunt for talent will spread over three countries Shanghai, Malaysia and Singapore. For the first time, MediaCorp has tied in this-talent search event
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      Woman of substance
      364 3  -  Elaine Quek A team of 117 firefighters await the command of Lieutenant Loke by e laine@ newstoday. com. sg EVERYDAY, this woman leads more than 100 men into battle. This is the life of Lieutenant Samantha Loke Ngan Ling (right), who has just been appointed to the
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      Singaporean bags Tokyo film award
      171 3 A LOCAL video-maker has scooped up one of the most prestigious prizes at the Tokyo Film Festival. Mr Royston Tan Tsze Kian won the Silver Award for Sons, which explores the deteriorating relationship between a father and his son. It is the first time that
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      Lock icon Court ruling forces Fiji PM to quit
      123 3 Reuters SUVA Fiji's interim government resigned yesterday following a court ruling last week that its hold on power was illegal. Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase tendered his government's resignation to President Eatu Josefa Iloilo, said Attorney-General Alipate Qetaki. "We have agreed and we have
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  • HOME NEWS
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      His Adequacy, teacher Al Gore
      490 4  -  He is funny and still talks of Reformasi by Former Singapore newspaper reporter Fong Foong Mci tells us what it's like to call former US Vice-President Al Gore "Professor". THE man who was just a couple of dimpled chads away from becoming the leader of
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      $16m boost for Singapore's retail industry
      143 4 THE Government has set up a $16 million fund to help Singapore's retail sector. The fund is part of Retail 21 or R2l, a blueprint put together by merchant associations, retail industry professionals and government agencies, with new strategies for growth in response to
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      Lock icon Qian also backs Tung
      107 4 AFP HONG KONG Another Chinese minister has expressed support for Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa to seek a second term. Vice-Premier Qian Qichen said yesterday that "I support" Mr Tung to ran for a second term as the SAR's Chief Executive in 2002. "I
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      They stole ATM card and spent more than $18,000
      208 4  -  Joy Frances b] j oy@newsto d ay.com.sg A 17-YEAR-OLD boy pleaded guilty yesterday to 13 counts of theft and unauthorised use of an ATM card, which he allegedly carried out with two accomplices, a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy. On
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      97 4 READ 0N... Good, OK the ugly Personal experiences of one person/6 Airport staff help illegals Smuggling ring uncovered in Kuala Lumpur/12 Why we need FTAs S'pore must get in the act to survive/13 Bye, Jerry! Hi, Jerry! As Chang packs his bags, new star Qi Yuwu looks set for TV
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      Hush on the bus? No way!
      220 6 NMP Mr Simon Tay queried in Parliament whether it is possible to have areas on the bus where TVMobile would not bother passengers who wanted quiet. In reality, is it possible to have "quiet" in a bus? I think not. The only way to
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      Good, OK & the ugly
      363 6  - Good, OK the ugly Chiong Wee Chow Personal experiences of one person I REFER to the letter Don't Play The Blame Game (Today, Mar 2). Labelling a nation as rude can be a sweeping comment. However, we are tempted to do so if we frequently encounter behaviour that indicates lack
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      Cig hikes can be injurious to health
      121 6 ON Feb 24, cigarette prices saw an unprecedented increase, with a stick costing 34 to 35 cents. The 14-stick pack which cost $4.30 previously, $4.10 the year before and $3.90 the year before that, is now $4.80. A 50 cents rise. Smoking is
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      Camera in the toilet?
      105 6  -  Jasmine Soh I RECENTLY received an e-mail with a picture of a toilet in a shopping complex. Inside the toilet, closed circuit television was being installed. Recently, I used the toilet on the fifth level of Orchard Cineplex, and noticed a red light at a spot
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Allgreen Properties launches Binjai Crest cluster housing project
      139 7  -  Chin Weilin by weilin@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING the success of Horizon Green and Horizon Gardens, Allgreen Properties will soft-launch its latest cluster housing project called Binjai Crest this Friday. The public launch will be a day later. Located off Binjai Road and Jalan Kampong
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      Lock icon HK GDP to slow
      313 7 Bloomberg News Market falls on disappointment HONG KONG Hong Kong's economic growth will slow by more than half this year, pulled down by slumping demand from the US and the rest of Asia, the government said. Gross domestic product will probably expand four per cent in
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      Lock icon KL airport to raise charges
      161 7 Channel NewsAsia COME June, the RM 9 billion ($4.2 billion) Kuala Lumpur international airport or KLIA, will be three years old. But its operator, listed Malaysia Airports Holdings, isn't celebrating. It missed its earnings target by 40 per cent Last year's net profits halved to
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      Lock icon Cathay Pacific profit doubles
      93 7 Bloomberg News HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Airways' second-half profit rose an implied 36 per cent, helping net income more than double to a record in 2000, as a regionwide capacity shortage allowed the airline to raise prices. Profit rose 130 per cent to HK$5 billion ($1.12
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • Can the rally last?
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        Market recovers from overselling
        474 8 MARKET sentiment was lifted by two days of gains on Nasdaq as bargain hunters zeroed in on their favourite proxies. Better performers included tech and banking issues but upside was limited by profit taking as nagging doubts about corporate profits and the economy remained. The STI
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        Stocks drift lower on profit-taking
        369 8 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian stock market drifted lower in afternoon trading yesterday, with activities mostly centred around the speculative counters. Despite the firmer US stock market overnight, the local bourse experienced some profit taking, particularly amongst the situational plays. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index fell
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      Lock icon Ship-shape
      312 9 Bloomberg News. NOL profit to rise 43pc: Analysts NEPTUNE Orient Lines, one of the world's ten biggest shipping lines, will probably report a 43 per cent increase in 2000 profit because rising trade boosted freight rates and it stepped up cost cutting efforts. The Singapore-based shipping line is expected
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      Lock icon Haw Par profit up 2%
      144 9 Bloomberg News HAW Par Corp, a Singapore-list-ed company best known for its pain-relieving Tiger Balm ointment, said 2000 profit rose two per cent, helped by a special tax-exempt dividend income. Profit from operations rose to $41.7 million, or 21.4 cents a share, from $40.9 million,
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      Frontline goes public
      127 9 goes public AFTER postponing its plans to seek a mainboard listing, Frontline Technologies, a local IT service provider, yesterday launched its initial public offering of 190 million new shares. The shares, priced at 22 cents each, represents a price-earnings ratio of 12.6 times based on forecast basic
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      152 9 f Took part in a public tender Want to know the result International Women's Day r> ,^^^^P Depicted here by a pair of chopsticks l^X^t-^C^t^t^t^/ .^J^^^^j^^^ to symbolise equality, it is a time to ,^Jr,^A w? reflect on the progress made over the last nine decades of struggle for justice
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Heads to go
      309 10 Get Thai Airways culprit or else, warns PM BANGKOK A frustrated Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has threatened to remove two top officials unless the culprits behind the explosion on board a Thai Airways plane are brought to book. The bombing of Flight TGII4 last Saturday, shortly before
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      Lock icon Britain to curb foot and mouth this week
      249 10 AFP BRUSSELS Britain expects to contain the fool and-mouth epidemic this week, according to its veterinary experts. They told the EU Standing Veterinary Committee that the disease was likely to "peak" this week, possibly by late yesterday, an indication that Britain might
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      Lock icon The Bollywood moral
      99 10 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian minister has spoken out in defence of Bollywood movies, which are blamed for the increase in violence against women. Women's Affairs and Family Development Minister Datuk Sharizat Abdul Jalil said: "Bollywood movies often portray children as obeying their parents and fulfilling their filial
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      Lock icon Watch out for 'naked wife'
      76 10 -AFP WASHINGTON Watch out for the "naked wife", a destructive mass-mailing virus that inflicts significant damage. Network Associates' McAfee researchers said the new virus has hit at least 25 companies and once activated, it is able to delete files in users' computers. Recipients of the
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      Lock icon Mahathir: PAS now working on Chinese
      123 10 Be mama PENDANG Having succeeded in persuading many Malays to desert Umno, the opposition is now trying to convince Chinese to do the same. Chinese Malaysians have long preferred Umno to other Malay or Islamic-based parties due to the perception that it is the
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      Airport staff help illegals
      205 12 Smuggling ring uncovered in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR Some airport workers, such as cleaners and contractors, are helping syndicates to smuggle illegal immigrants into Malaysia through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The workers are paid between RMSOO (*****.85) and RMI.OOO for each passenger smuggled out
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      Lock icon US unfazed by China's defence hike
      133 12 Agencies WASHINGTON China's decision to raise its defence spending next year will not have a "destabtising" effect on the military balance of power, said a Pentagon spokesman. On Monday, China's Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng announced the 17.7 per cent jump in defence spending, saying
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      Lock icon School destroyed
      47 12 Agencies BEIJING Children were assembling firecrackers at a school in Wanzai when a huge blast destroyed the building, killing at least 41 people and injuring more than 30 others. County officials said they believed fireworks were responsible for the blast. Some 29 bodies were recovered.
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      Lock icon US spy thumbed his nose at the FBI?
      170 12 ATP WASHINGTON The "intellectual rush" to defy the Federal Bureau of Investigation might have spurred its counter-intelligence officer Robert Hanssen (right) to spy for Russia. Mr David Major, Hanssen's former supervisor at the FBI, said: "I could see his mind saying, 'I
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Why FTAs necessary
      764 13  -  Sree Kumar S'pore must get in the act to survive THERE are ripples of discontent emanating from Malaysia over the free trade agreements (FTAs) that Singapore has concluded, or has been negotiating. The nub of the concern is over the possible use of these channels to infiltrate
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      China: Room for optimism but ...
      327 13 China: Room for optimism but HONG KONG'S South China Morning Post looks at the challenges facing China as the National People's Congress meets for its annual session: Beijing has faced countless social and economic challenges since the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping launched his "open door" policy in 1978. Yet,
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  • RELAX
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      Bye, Jerry! Hi, Jerry!
      439 14  -  Hazel Tan As Chang packs his bags, new star Qi Yuwu looks set for TV stardom by h a zel@newstoday.com.sg TT^orget Jerry Chang. Aren't we glad J7 that he has packed his bags? Here's another Jerry you should really watch out for, if you have yet
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      Silencing of the lambs
      769 15 and the cattle, and the pigs... as UK farmers watch their ivestock go up in flames by Neville Stack nstack@esatclear.ie A s the oily black smoke from the. Zliuneral pyres of tens of thousands of slaughtered animals rise over the tranquil British countryside, the whole UK
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      8 15 f Want to know where to party on
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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      1005 16 M-diaCorp MbdiaCorp i In the Lake of the Food Frenzy Senatorial candidate John Waylan E^w E^ Spot or MfcillL-OttllU' Kath b his sid6 evm though his %,^>- WTbJ^2 fli A career is ruining their marriage. *U| 11 -2 mous massacre of civilians i>2 a vil- <0^ fct l 9ksß^' J^^^^^J
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      519 19 Ur™_J '5 HBO(Ch60) TCM(ChI7) The Jack Bull 31 Days of Oscar f^r) <?£m Gigi A touching Western about, a horse 9pm _M ___\l___S _K. trader fighting for justice after his Leslie Caron stars as the waifish girl _4 X horses and caretaker are abused by a who is being raised
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      1195 20 OEVCniVOICIIQUI the fun-filled fairy tale of the mermaid princess Ariel, and Date: March 11, 5.30 7.30 pm Ml Yoijth Connection 2001: DIDO AND Aeneas journey with her from land to sea to true love. Enquiries: Call Chris (9842-5814), Gerard (9799-4371) or A beautiful play that employs shadow puppetry played out
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    Stepping out
    498 21  -  Jeff Tan A dancing boy breaks the mould by Oh no, not another movie about dancing," was my initial reaction to the suggestion that I watch Billy Elliot Put simply, grace and rhythm are as alien to my feet as fishnet stockings. Reason being, in the words of
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    When IQ goes MIA
    331 21  -  Edmund T Shern NOT SAY I WANT TO SAY... Why is it that the organisers of beauty pageants still continue to pretend that intelligence is one of the criteria? Does it really matter if what a finalist says in an interview contains as much insight as
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  • SPORTS
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      Webber's return inspires Kings to victory over Raptors
      352 24 NBA Sacramento 98 Toronto 91 SACRAMENTO Although it was not vintage Chris Webber, the Sacramento Kings weren't complaining yesterday. Returning from a 10-game absence, Webber scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings defeated the Toronto Raptors 98-91, reported
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      Lock icon Knicks get it right
      617 24 Vociferous Madison Square Garden crowd stirs New York out of slumber NBA New York 97 Indiana 83 NEW YORK The fans booed the Knicks with the same venom they usually save for Reggie Miller. Fortunately for New York, there were still 36 minutes left for it
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      Lock icon Sad Holyfield
      674 26 Once a great warrior, now a mere shell Boxing LONDON No one who saw the first fight last summer could have been surprised at the weekend news from Las Vegas. Then, Evander Holyfield was a shell, a parody of a champion hit with dismaying ease by John Ruiz,
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      Lock icon 'Pistol' misfires again
      373 26 Reuters Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic SCOTTSDALE Incredibly, top seeds Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi were upset in the first round of this US$4OO,OOO (S$680,000) classic yesterday. Top-seed Sampras, 29, stumbled out of the gate again as he was upset by Australian Andrew Ilie. Sampras double-faulted at match
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      Lock icon German champion
      531 28 AFP Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer fumes at shameful Bayern display Champions League Lyon 3 Bayern 0 LYON Bayern Munich President Franz Beckenbauer roasted his club after they crashed 3-0 to Lyon in a one-sided Champions League clash yesterday. The legendary 'Kaiser' slammed the lacklustre German giant after Lyon ran
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      Lock icon Govou and Lyon 'simply magnifique' in humbling Bayern Munich
      314 28 Reuters LYON Sidney Govou smiled a shy smile and admitted he had just ■played the most memorable match of his short career. The 21-year-old Olympique Lyon striker, normally used as a substitute, scored two outstanding goals as the French side trounced
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      Lock icon Bring on Bayern
      397 29 -AFP Gunners goal hero Henry in confident mood Champions League Arsenal 1 Spartak Moscow 0 LONDON Arsenal star Thierry Henry is confident the Gunners can book their place in the Champions League quarter-finals with a victory at Bayem Munich next week. Henry who was the Arsenal goal
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      Lock icon Porto wary of Reds' qualities
      772 30 Portuguese side will have to match Merseysiclers' fighting spirit FC Porto v Liverpool {Live tonight, 3.55am, Ch 22) Porto's two "English imports" admit they fear Liverpool and have warned their team-mates that they will have to match the Anfield men's fighting spirit, reported Liverpool Daily
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      Celta Vigo hopes to exploit Barcelona's inconsistency
      306 30 Barcelona v Celta Vigo (Live tonight, 3.55am, Ch 20) BARCELONA Barcelona hosts Celta Vigo in an all-Spanish Uefa Cup quarter-final first leg tonight with its pride restored after winning what it saw as a moral victory over Real Madrid last weekend. Saturday's 2-2
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      Lock icon Ranatunga arrested
      214 31 Former Sri Lankan captain allegedly involved in brutal assault of 10 students Cricket COLOMBO The reputation of Sri Lanka's greatest cricket son, Arjuna Ranatunga, was in tatters last night. Sri Lanka's cricketing legend, Ranatunga, was arrested by police on his return from a charity match in Kenya last
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      Lock icon Jayawardene century fails to bury England
      324 31 Reuters KANDY Mahela Jayawardene struck a sparlding century for Sri Lanka yesterday before England hit back to share the honours after the first day of the second Test. Nasser Hussain's pace bowlers, having laboured on a pitch designed for spin, suddenly took the last
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      Lock icon From S-League to Super League
      629 32  -  Scott O'Donell by scott@newstoday.com.sg FROM Woodlands Stadium, to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid. This is a possible scenario for four players who not so long ago starred in the SLeague. Former Woodlands Wellington players Stuart Young (right) and Max Nicholson have teamed up with
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      Sir Alex continues war of words with Leeds United
      326 32 MANCHETER-Sir Alex Ferguson last night refused to back down in his war of words with David O'Leary. The Manchester United boss insists that allegations of referees showing bias towards his side are nonsense, reported The Mirror. Ferguson was left fuming after
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