Today, 24 May 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY Thursday •May 24,2001 MITAIPI 138/11/2000 TODAY Thursday -1^24,2001 MITA(P) 138/I \WK
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Bush meets Dalai Lama
      95 1 AFP WASHINGTON US President George W Bush (right) welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House yesterday over Beijing's stern objections and vowed strong support for the exiled spiritual leader's efforts to start a dialogue with China. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said in a statement
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    • Article
      Lock icon US stocks snap winning streak
      54 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks fell yesterday as a six-session winning streak in technology shares ran out of steam. The Nasdaq Composite Index sank 70.37 points to 2,243.48. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 151.73 points to 11,105.51. The broader Standard Poor's 500 Index declined
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      Lock icon India calls off ceasefire, invites Musharraf for talks
      322 1 Reuters NEW DELHI India called off its six-month-old ceasefire in Kashmir yesterday and said it would invite Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf for talks. Islamabad pledged a positive response to the unexpected offer of dialogue, which would be the first since the
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      Lock icon US cracks down on Internet fraud
      433 1 Reuters 88 charged, 62 arrested in Operation 'Cyber Loss' WASHINGTON A major crackdown on Web-based fraud has broken up pyramid schemes, phony "Beanie Bay" auctions and other Internet scams that had cheated 56,000 people out of more than $117 million ($2lO million), US law
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Backaches and breaks
      366 4  -  Leong Phei Phei When housewives do their chores wrongly by.. pheiphei® ne wstod ay. co m, sg WHOEVER said mothers know best should re-examine his life. Unknown to many, housewives have been doing their chores all wrong. And many are stoically suffering from neck and back pains.
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      Govt accepts NWC report
      126 4 THE Government has accepted this year's National Wages Council recommendations. The Manpower Ministry said the monthly variable component (MVC) would minimise the need to cut CPF contributions as a measure to reduce costs in a severe downturn. The Ministry noted that when the NWC met earlier
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    • Article
      Who's most innovative of them all?
      82 4 THE hunt is on for the Innovation of the Year and the Innovative Organisation of the Year. From now till July 17, Singapore-based companies can send in their entries for the Economic Development Board's Singapore Innovation Award 2001, the highest accolade for innovation in
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      Diploma for free, no bond either
      161 4 THE Pan-Pacific Singapore is sending ripples across the hotel industry here. Not only is it the pioneer hotel in Singapore to actually offer a diploma course, it is also offering it for free. Minister for Manpower Dr Lee Boon Yang yesterday officiated the launch
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      Two Hong Kong cops shot
      157 5 HONG KONG The Hong Kong police force will further review its procedures after the shooting of its officers in a suspected robbery on Tuesday, which left the two officers critically injured, reported the South China Morning Post. Police Commissioner Tsang Yampui said: "We have never
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    • Article
      Last sub launched
      97 5 THE Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has launched the last of its four submarines, the RSS Chieftain. Minister of State for Defence and Information and the Arts, Mr David Lim, officiated at the event in the Kockums Shipyard in Kariskrona, Sweden. A Defence Ministry statement said the
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      Lock icon No lifeline for Gus Dur after all
      181 5 Agencies JAKARTA The labyrinthine twists and turns of Indonesian politics had observers bemused again yesterday when the Attorney General's office denied reports that it had stopped probing President Abdurrahman Wahid over two graft scandals. But analysts said even dropping the charges would not
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    • Article
      Move your head, surf the web
      182 5 A SENSOR Helmet for quadriplegics to surf the Internet and an Announcing Signboard that "talks" to the visually-impaired. These ingenious devices are among 24 final year projects designed and constructed by Singapore Polytechnic (SP) students which will be donated to charitable organisations. The Sensor
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      Dr Lee dies
      279 5 Cancer takes ex-Education Minister's life FORMER Education Minister Lee Chiaw Meng (right) died of duodenum cancer yesterday. He was 64 years old. Dr Lee left behind his 38-year-old wife, Lyn Lee, three sons and two daughters, Channel NewsAsia reported. According to family members, Dr Lee was diagnosed
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      50 4 READ 0N... US: Hello Tibet Hi China 'Very good' meeting with Dalai Lama/1 1 Fill your senses It's not just the theme of this year's Singapore Arts Festival, it's a promise/22 Fergie dreams of final European flourish Can the Scot end it all with a fairy tale finish at Hampden?/27
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  • LETTERS
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      A mother seeks an explanation
      297 6  -  Evelyn Aw Clarify the guidelines on RCs and school admissions I WOULD like to seek clarification from the relevant authority about the offer that residents' committees could provide "special" privileges for Phase 2B Primary School Admission. I was approached by an RC leader recently. He
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      Prevention is best policy
      95 6  -  Phillip Mah I REFER to the letter "Publicise theft zones" (Today, May 22). There is no area in Singapore that is particularly crime-prone. However, low crime does not mean no crime. Criminals strike when opportunities are open to them. To prevent theft from vehicles, readers are
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      What's wrong with headscarves?
      84 6  -  Rozita Halina I REFER to the article in which Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew spoke about his fear of Muslim women wearing headscarves. This is a not a big issue. The women are doing their part as Islam requires them to cover their heads with scarves.
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      We have been prompt in our reply
      272 6  -  him Kim Wah WE refer to the letter "Deafening Silence" (Today, May 19). We would like to highlight that we have replied promptly to the writer's queries on the Chinese and Japanese gardens, and former Tang Dynasty site in the last six months.
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      Why Singaporeans are 'sian'
      120 6  -  Nita Agarwal I REFER to the letter "The sian Singaporeans" (TODAY, May 23). As a foreigner, I too wonder why Singaporeans move around with unsmiling faces. Most Singaporeans have decent lifestyles, the basic amenities of life, and a pollution-free environment. But somehow, they have forgotten the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      SIC orders ex-CEO to pay compensation
      188 8 MR Eddie Chng the ousted chief executive of Serial Systems was instructed by market regulator, the Securities Industry Council (SIC), to compensate the company's shareholders after he failed to make a takeover offer as required by regulations. The ruling spells the end of Mr
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      Lock icon Power to SIA
      294 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Its engineering arm to service RR'sTrent engines by.. chao pe h@ne wstoday. co m. sg SIA ENGINEERING'S $175 million joint venture with Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aero Engine Services will be operational by the end of the year. The venture called Singapore Aero Engine
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    • Article
      IDA to review guidelines
      152 8 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is reviewing the accounting separation guidelines for the telecom industry. Accounting separation refers to the separation of accounts in the key business areas of telecom service providers licensed by IDA. It said accounting separation serves as a complementary tool
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    • Article
      Lock icon Toyota parts centre opens
      82 8 Channel NewsAsia JAPANESE car giant Toyota yesterday opened its regional distribution hub for automobile service parts here. Located at Jurong Port, Toyota service parts consolidation centre will re-supply car service parts consolidated from Southeast Asian countries, Taiwan and Australia. It's Toyota's first Asta-Pacific hub, outside Japan
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      Lock icon 5 land parcels auctioned off
      147 8 Channel NewsAsia THE Singapore Government successfully sold five residential land parcels by auction yesterday. Prices for Phase Three of the 99-year leasehold Chuan Green area in Serangoon ranged from $137 psf for a bungalow site to $247 psf for a terrace site. Analysts said this
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      Lock icon DBS lowers HK bid
      224 8 Bloomberg News HONGKONG DBS Group Holdings cut its bid for Dao Heng Bank by US$ll.6 million ($20.8) after completing an extended due diligence on the Hong Kong lender. DBS, which in April offered HK$4l.9 billion {$9.7 billion) for Dao Heng, lowered its bid to HK$6O.Ol for
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      Lock icon Msia's growth falls to lowest point in 2 years
      430 9 Bloomberg News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's economy grew at its slowest pace in two years in the first quarter as slumping demand for electronics exports forced manufacturers to scale back. Gross domestic product expanded 3.2 percent from a year earlier, compared with
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      Lock icon Banks again the bane of Japan's economy
      223 9 Reuters TOKYO Tokyo stocks dipped for the second straight session yesterday, with caution ahead of earnings results from Japan's big banks knocking the wind out of a late-morning spurt. Mizuho Holdings, the world's largest banking group, slid 2.46 per cent, dragging down both
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      No chase, no gain
      462 10 Some speculative buying but profit-taking reduces gains WITH the exception of speculative merger and acquisition (M&A) plays, the market's advance was puny with investors' decreasing appetite to chase stocks higher. The ST Index had reached a peak of 1697.37, urged on by a buying frenzy from
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      A bit of buoyancy as gainers get upper hand
      468 10 KUALA LUMPUR The market closed firmer as investors picked up shares of situational and second liner companies, as evidenced by the more encouraging trading volume of 176,361 lots. Gainers overwhelmed the losers 471 to 108, while the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US: Hello Tibet, Hi China
      366 11 Agencies 'Very good' meeting with Dalai Lama WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell has met the Dalai Lama (right), in a meeting described by the Tibetan spiritual leader as "very good". They discussed human values, religious issues and Tibet, which China has ruled with
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      Lock icon S Korean Justice Minister sacked
      128 11 -AFP SEOUL South Korean President Kim Dae Jung sacked his new Justice Minister Ahn Dong Soo yesterday, amid controversy over a message of allegiance to the President. "Justice Minister Ahn expressed his wish to resign because of the controversy following his appointment," spokesman Park Jun
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      Lock icon Drug lord off to US
      128 11 -AFP MEXICO CITY The Mexican government announced it will extradite to the United States "methamphetamine king" Jesus Amezcua, making him the most important Mexican drug baron to be sent across the border to face trial. Amezcua, one of three brothers who allegedly ran the powerful
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      Lock icon Election loss suicide
      76 11 -AFP JOLO (Philippines) A young election worker hanged himself early yesterday after his candidate lost the Governor's seat in this southern island, police said. Mr Jobel Alih went home crying after election officials proclaimed former Muslim guerilla leader Yusop Jikiri as the new Governor of the Sulu
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      Lock icon The unthinkable
      423 12 Reuters Imagine a Labour sweep and one party rule in UK LONDON Britain is heading for a virtual one-party state under Prime Minister Tony Blair at next month's general election, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The Gallup survey carried by the top-selling Sun tabloid suggested that
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      Lock icon M'sian news Web site warned
      115 12 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Online news portal Malaysiakini.com will not be spared from Government action if its reports cause racial tension and undermine national security, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung warned yesterday. The Government would not hesitate to act against it in such a
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      Lock icon Quitting over money politics
      98 12 Bernama ALOR SETAR Datuk Zainol Md Isa said yesterday, he was resigning as a Kedah state executive councillor this week. His decision followed endorsement by the Umno Supreme Council, of a disciplinary action against him for resorting to money politics in recent party polls. "I have
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      Lock icon Ford replaces 13 million tyres
      75 12 Reuters DEARBORN (Michigan) The Ford Motor Company is to replace all 13 million Firestone Wilderness AT tyres on its vehicles. The company said it was taking urgent action to replace the Firestone tyres because its analysis showed a substantial risk of failure. Eighty per cent
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      Lock icon Just fooling around
      89 12 Reuters photo SAIYOK (Thailand) A Thai Buddhist monk watches on as two Asian tigers play at the Wat Pa Luangtabua temple in Sai Yok, western Thailand. The monks, who hope to build a natural preserve for the eight endangered tigers at their temple, are appealing for donations
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      Lock icon Small Chinese mines ordered to shut down
      161 12 -AFP BEIJING Following a spate of mine disasters in China, small mines across the country have been ordered to close by the end of next month, reported the China News Service. The move was taken by the State Bureau for Production Safety. It
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      Lock icon Know what your kids look like
      156 12 Reuters WASHINGTON Every day about 2,100 children are reported missing in the United States, but many parents lack vital information that may lead to finding an abducted child, said a survey yesterday. The survey by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Woman complex
      906 13  -  Meera Thilagaratnam The choices we make are supposed to liberate us, not weigh us down by.. SOMEWHERE in between the latest Miss Universe beauty pageant, family complications and an incident witnessed outside Tanglin Mall one sultry evening, I am starting to feel stuck in a time warp. Incident
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  • INFOTECH
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      Simply magic
      287 14  -  Sol E Solomon Financial transactions through SMS messaging by.. solomnn@new3tnd3y.com.sg IMAGINE buying a concert ticket from a web site which generates a ticket in the form of an encoded numeric code that it sends to your mobile phone as a bar code graphic. Payment is then debited from
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      New name
      100 14 RICHFIELD Innovations has renamed its "jazPiper" digital audio player range of products to "jazzPiper" to provide a better representation of its range of products and allow easier recognition by users. One product in the line is the MCD6SO/A MP3 CD-player that supports multiple CD playback media such as
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      E-biz consultinq tie-up
      92 14 A SUPPLIER of customer-driven Internet applications.Vignette Corp, and e-business consulting firm, Deloitte Consulting, have announced an alliance. They will jointly implement content, integration and analysis applications based on Vignette's suite of products. Deloitte will initially train 25 of its practitioners on Vignette applications. It will provide access
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      .biz registration now open for business
      144 14 DIGITAL domain name registrar, Speednames, has launched an intellectual property claim service for customers that want .biz domain names on q.speednames.com. The service is offered by the central registry behind .biz and Speednames, and will run till July 9. All registration requests on .biz
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      Tools site for Office users
      91 14 MICROSOFT launched a new web site Tools on the Web to bring more services to Singapore users of Microsoft Office. The tools at the site are designed to help people complete various Office tasks. Located at office.microsoft.com, the site gives access to more than 120,000
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    • BREAKING NEWS
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        Pirates' bite
        97 14 The Asia-Pacific (including Japan) accounted for the highest revenue lasses due to software piracy among corporate users last year. Specifically, losses in the region hit over US$4 billion ($7.2: billion) for the first time, contributing about 35 per cent to a worldwide figure of US$ll.B billion, said the
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        HR training through loan
        66 14 The Vietnamese government has agreed in principle to the use of India's loan of about US$5 million ($9 million) to build two human resource (HR) training centres for the software industry in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. It also reiterated its resolve to give top
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    • DOWNLOADS
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        Cookie Crusher
        39 14 This tool allows you to automatically refuse cookies when using Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Cookie Crusher also lets you track potential security violations by maintaining lists of sites from which you've accepted or rejected cookies.
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        Autolnsult
        42 14 At a loss for words when someone insults you? Fear no more! Autolnsult helps generate insults in Arabian, Shakespearean, Mediterranean or modern styles by taking words from an external file and randomly combining them together to create billions of possible insults.
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        Amazin' Spispopd
        26 14 A fun and goofy maze game where you gobble up candles as you weave your way through countless levels and escape from hostile pumpkins.
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        Desktop Reflections
        37 14 Desktop This powerful wallpaper manager features automated schemes, colours and sounds that add life to your desktop. It cycles through all your wallpapers so that you can have something new on your desktop every day.
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        JewelPro
        14 14 You can design and print professionallooking labels for the CD you have compiled.
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      No-frills phone
      387 15  -  HHLoh But it meets a user's basic needs by.. THE Motorola Talkabout TlB9 is a no-frills phone but apparently the company has done some research and believes that this hand phone answers the needs of mass market consumers who just want a basic entry-level phone. Thus, the TlB9
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      Brotherly rescue
      312 15 SINCE its release in 1993, Myst and its sequel, Riven, have sold approximately 10 million copies. Now the Myst colossus is back with Myst III: Exile. One great appeal of the Myst series is its ability to immerse you in visually memorable fantasy worlds. The developers pull off
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Cool rags
      444 21  -  David Ngiau Film Review The Mummy Returns (Now showing) But movie lacks body by.. david@newsto d ay. c o m ,sg Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) are back, and so is the mummy. The year is now 1935, a decade since our adventurers last defeated
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      509 22  -  Francesca Seah Its not just the theme of this year's Singapore Arts Festival, it's a promise by.. francesca@newstoday.com.sg The 31st of May ushers in a month of sensory delight. The Singapore Arts Festival 2001 promises sights and sounds from 20 countries and regions around the world marinated
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      669 22  -  Jeremiah Bullfrog ON THE LILY PAD ..with I ONCE saw a mother teach her son to steal. Oh, I'm sure she didn't see it that way, but there's no other way to describe it. Because I do occasionally lunch alone, and because the fast-food outlets are often crowded,
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      462 23  -  lan De Cotta Festival on track to becoming a world-famous event by.. ian@ne wstoday. c om.sg The three-day Singapore International Jazz Festival last weekend was billed as the biggest jazz festival in this year's Asian calendar. And it resonated as such with the sounds of jazz
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      164 24 INSPIRED by the trendy Parisian culture that Japanese women adore, the founders of ettuso/s named their product after a French expression meaning: "You know what?" Now the best-selling brand in Japan, this new range of sksncare is specially formulated to treat adult acne, the kind experienced by
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      217 24 JESSICA Fun, an ettusois skincare expert, answers my questions on caring for Asian skin. What are the major skin problems of Singapore women? Oiliness and open pores, which lead to pimples and blemishes. What should we do? Always deep cleanse to dissolve and remove all traces
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      434 26 NBA 76ers 93 Bucks 85 76ers lead best of seven series 1-0 PHILADELPHIA In the afternoon, a couple of hours before tip-off, Allen Iverson had X-rays that showed no fracture, but a deep bruise in the left lower back, just above the buttocks. He
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      87 26 PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia 76ers coach Larry Brown is expected to be named the NBA's coach of the year today, according to a source in the 76ers' organisation, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer. Brown's being named coach of the year would make the Sixers the
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      183 26 Reuters Boxing NEW YORK Having been snubbed by Hasim Rahman, rival cable television broadcasters HBO and Showtime are negotiating to present a fight between former champions Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, according to a newspaper report yesterday. Neither cable company was able to sign new heavyweight champion
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        603 27 -AFP Keeper Kahn the hero with three penalty saves Champions League final Bayern 1 Valencia 1 (After extra-time, Bayern won 5-4 on penalties MILAN It needed 11 penalties in all to decide the 2001 Champions League final. And in the end, it was Oliver Kahn's
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        135 27 "The pressure was enormous and I don't really know how I did it I guess it's part intuition and part luck." Bayern hero Oliver Kahn "It was a climax worthy of Hitchcock. Kahn's incredible reflexes won us the title." Bayern vice-president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge "All the players did what
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        ICC report could harm Singapore's hosting of world-class cricket
        230 27  -  Kelvin Phang EXTRA vigilance and security will be needed to prevent match-fixing in neutral venues such as Singapore, according to a report released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday. Said Sir Paul Condon, head of ICC's anti-corruption unit, in his
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      If he goes, so will I
      401 28  -  Jose Raymond Aaron wants to quit relay team, just like Shyam by sports newstoday. com. sg HOT on the heels of U.K. Shyam's declaration that he may quit the relay team to concentrate on individual races, sprinter Aaron Huang has now said that he
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      116 28 THE Singapore Cricket Club will be holding its annual charity football match this afternoon at spm at the Indian Association field. The SCC President's XI will take on the TNT Scottish AllStars. TNT will donate a cheque to the Children's Society before the
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      United's visit a dream come true for Anthonysamy
      242 28  -  Stanley Ho ON 24 July, S Anthonysamy will have his biggest dream come true. The ex-Woodlands Wellington midfielder has been invited by ProEvents, the tour promoter of Courts Cup 2001 Manchester United v Singapore Invitation XI as a special guest for the
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      836 29  -  Rohit Brijnath That's what tennis players are, so leave them alone THE chef at the French Open in 1992 was adamant. What I wanted to eat 1 couldn't have. Simple. It didn't matter that France, when he last looked, was a democracy. My money was no good, he wouldn't
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      357 30  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg THIRTY-THREE minutes. That was how long Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin's return to international football lasted. The Indonesian-based striker limped off with a knee injury after just 33 minutes of Tuesday's international friendly against New Zealand. For all the hype over his reunion with strike partner
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      132 30 Match 1: Woodlands v SAFFC Woodlands Stadium 24 May 7.30pm IX2 (1) Woodlands $5.50 (X) Draw $4.30 (2) SAFFC $1.38 1/2 Goal Woodlands (+1 1/2) $1.75 SAFFC (-1 1/2) $1.90 Total Goals 0 goal $16.00 1 goal $7.20 2 goals $4.40 3 goals $4.30 4
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      152 30 -AFP HELSINKI Finland's disgraced Nordic skiers used illegal drugs on the orders of the team's head coach and with the prior knowledge of team doctors and the Finnish ski federation during the World Championships in Lahti, a gov-ernment-led commission revealed yesterday. At the February
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      210 30  -  Kelvin Phang Woodlands v SAFFC Woodlands Stadium, 7.30pm HE IS known as the "Mouth of the North". But strangely, flamboyant Woodlands manager R Vengadasalam has had little to say in recent weeks. After starting the season with a threematch unbeaten run, his beloved Rams
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