Today, 10 November 2001

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    6 1 TODAY MITA(P) 063/11/2001 Sfttlirdfty November 10,2001
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    Lock icon India next terror target?
    232 1 Agencies KATHMANDU Nepal has tightened security at its only major airport following a threat that terrorists may be planning another attack, this time in India. "Security has been greatly tightened after the threat," Mr Kedar Koirala, a senior security official at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu,
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    HFM disease hits kindergarten
    118 1 SEVEN new cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have been found in a Toa Payoh kindergarten. The Environment Ministry has classified all seven cases as mild. The boys are from the PCF Toa Payoh Central Education Centre and were infected between Oct 19 and
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    Seeds of discovery
    438 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon Biomed firm out to make its mark by hwe ekoon@news tod ay. com. sg LONG before life sciences became the flavour of the month, a group of researchers had been planting the seeds of a biomed company which they hoped would someday sprout made-in-Singapore
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon What about tomorrow?
      558 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Media watchers optimistic about Today's performance by boony ia n@news tod ay.com .sg A YEAR ago, this newspaper was born amid quiet fanfare. Since then, its circulation and advertising revenue have been steadily growing but the question for many critics still remains: Can this
      KOHMUIFONG  -  558 words
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      FIRST IMPRESSIONS
      327 2 No more dumI mres. mis wus me rear rnmg. Today's launch issue was chock-a-block with timely home, foreign, entertainment and sports news, plus a 24-page pullout comprising a motoring supplement for the Millennium Motorshow 2000 and an interiors, style and (ravel special. Two exclusives set the paper apart.
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      Media Works and AsiaOne lay off 96, Mr Magic resigns
      373 2  -  Chan Chao Peh HARD times and a tough competitive environment continue to force media giant Singapore Press Holdings to trim its fat. The company which last month announced pay cuts for two-thirds of its employees announced yesterday it would retrench
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      Lock icon Taking cover
      338 3 Agencies World trade body meets under tight security DOHA (Qatar) Surrounded by troops and barbed wired fences (picture), trade leaders have started meeting in the Qatari capital under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation. The highlight of their five-day meeting is well known. The leaders from 142
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      Lock icon Japanese minister Ms Tanaka snubbed
      218 3 Agencies TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka will have to stay at home while former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa attends the UN General Assembly in New York. Putting on a brave front on a setback in her running feud with bureaucrats and rival lawmakers, Ms
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      Six more ISA detainees freed
      201 3 China is joining the World Trade organisa- Jfl^ tion (WTO). China is paying its entry ticket with rather consistent and sophisticated W market-opening commitments, so this is good news for everybody. Just like every member of the WTO, China will have to deliver on its
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      Lock icon Postal votes delay poll result
      122 3 Agencies SYDNEY The result of Australia's general election today could be delayed by a huge surge in the number of postal votes. The Australian Electoral Commission said yesterday more than 840,000 people had already lodged postal and prepoll votes, well up on the 500,000 postal
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      Lock icon S'pore to ratify landmark treaty
      120 4 -AFP SINGAPORE announced yesterday that it would ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), as part of the country's commitment to global efforts towards nuclear non-proliferation. The announcement by the Foreign Ministry was made on the eve of a United Nations general debate on
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      Help your child get a good nighf s sleep
      226 4  -  Woo Sue-Ann IT IS almost impossible for some children in Singapore to get a good night's sleep. A condition called an Obstructive Sleep Disorder causes them to have breathing difficulties and experts say six per cent of children here suffer from
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      In line for a new executive condo
      138 4  -  KOHMUIFONG FIRST, it was queues to cash in. the New Singapore Shares. Now, it is queues to buy a new executive condo minum. City Developments' (CDL) executive condominium project in Ang Mo Kio has not opened for bookings, but if the queue at
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      Soloist, group axed from Talentime
      127 4  -  Serene Foo SOLOIST Umi Yushida bte Md Yusoff has been disqualified from the semifinals of Talentime 2001, and a group, Black Soul, has withdrawn from the event. A press statement from MediaCorp Studios (Marketing Communications) said that both parties had breached one of the clauses
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      Lock icon SNAPSHOTS
      270 4  -  Lee U-Wen, Editorial G Leela, Customer Service The team at Today reflects in me year posr One year at Today has turned me into a strange nocturnal animal. One day at Today pumps me with so much adrenaline and endorphins that I can no longer sleep at an earthly
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      Back to class
      338 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Pre-school teaching as a job option by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg RETRENCHED workers can consider taking up pre-school teaching as a career, as courses for child-care teachers are included in the Skills Redevelopment Programme (SRP). Minister for Community Development and Sports, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, yesterday said that
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  • HOME NEWS
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      From out of the shadows ...
      148 6  - From out of the shadows Channel News Asia OF THE more than 2,000 plants that are native to Singapore, nearly 90 per cent are listed as rare, endangered or extinct. And the Singapore Polytechnic and National Parks Board hopes to reverse the trend. The Partulaca pilosa, also known as the
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      Making it cheaper to network
      132 6 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has reduced the annual licence fees for Services-Based Operators (SBO) who are licensed individually. They now have to pay a flat annual fee of $5,000, compared to the previous fee levied at one per cent of their annual
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      TODAY'S FOOTPRINTS/ Did you know?
      166 6 IWe hold the record for the quickest startup of a newspaper here just g four months from 1 creation to our first issue this day lost year. 2 We're the first tabloid-sized newspaper to be carried on all Singapore Airlines flights. Joining the league of
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      Target: China
      583 6  -  Pauline D Loh PAULINE D LOH Singapore Tourism Board goes all out to bring in million visitors from China with discounts and special travel packages by in Kunming THE first salvos have been fired to attract a million Chinese visitors to Singapore. At the China International Travel Mart
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      Father loses his cool over a stare
      199 6  -  Cathleen Tung FATHERHOOD is no easy task. In Wan Kok Heng's case, being a stepfather to two boys is even harder. He was given a twomonth jail sentence after a dispute with them. In July this year, Wan, a bus driver with Singapore
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  • LETTERS
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      Hawker stalls fire insurance: NTUC will review the rates if claims go down
      263 7 I REFER to the letter from Mr Henry Tan, "Insurance hike that shocked my hawker parents" (Today Nov 8). NTUC Income revised the premium for hawker stall fire insurance from April 1, 2001. On the renewal of
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      Hurry, hurry
      267 7  -  Liv Fook Thim Develop e-learning industry quickly or we'll be left behind I REFER to the article, "E-learning boost" (Today, Nov 8). While the effort by Ednovation, National Institute of Education and Pearson Broadband to launch a multimedia database for schools is laudable, the elearning effort in Singapore
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      S-League: Another view
      137 7  -  Sam Bhullar I HAVE been following the S-League matches on TV and note that most of the players seem indifferent to the game so disunited, so uncaring of their supporters, and so unhappy. As a person who was retrenched three years ago, to watch these players both
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Dollars and image
      366 8  -  Ivay Tan Food Junction IPO 'more a corporate move than bid to raise cash' by ivay ©news tod ay. com. sg FOOD and beverage service management group, Food Junction Holdings, yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) to boost the group's corporate image despite the economic downturn.
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      SNAPSHOTS/So far, so good
      292 8  -  Rosnoh Ahmad, The dull blue sofa bed outside CEO P N Balji's office has yet to be used for its original intended purpose: for sleeping. In the run-up to ,^Jjfl Today's launch on Nov 10, 2000, a few y^^^ of us were spending mast of our
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      Nothing fanciful, but here's his dare
      312 8  -  Tan Hui Leng by! huileng@newstoday.com.sg THREE that's the number of days it took to set up the new Courts megastore at Suntec City, which opens officially today. "We took over the store on Nov 1 and started setting it up with no expensive or
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      Rentals slump in prime areas
      809 9 Condo markets sees more 'break leases' clauses THE premium residential rental market here suffered a two-way blow in the aftermath of the Sept 11 terrorists attacks in the United States. In its latest industry report, Colliers Jardine said there were immediate reconfigurations in expatriate movements
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      New power plant
      175 10 SEMBCORP yesterday opened a $650 million co-generation power plant on Jurong Island. The 815 megawatt plant began operations in September and sells power to the country's electricity pool and processed steam to industrial companies on Jurong Island. It also supplies more than 300 megawatts of electricity to
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      Lock icon SIA to sell $800m in bonds
      109 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines will sell at least $800 million of 10-year bonds with a coupon of 4.15 per cent, said an official at HSBC Holdings, one of the sale's two arrangers. The sale began yesterday afternoon and is close to being completed, the official
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        147 10 THE key ST index surged 29.86 points to 1362.77 yesterday on index-linked buying by foreign brokerages. For every stock that fell, two rose while 334 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 280 million shares worth $436 million. Electronics-based counters rose following encouraging prediction by the US trade group Semiconductor Industry
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        Malaysia
        140 10 BUYING interest on index-linked counters subsided after the key KLCI moved above the psychological 600 level yesterday. At the close, the KLCI was up by 0.9 points at 599.45. The overall market was mixed with 253 gamers against 331 losers and 211 counters remaining unchanged. Trading volumes fell to
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1964 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS [All prices are indicative) Fund Nome Bid Piics/PV Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Mnnoaemsrit Asio Ltd .■■.bi:h,-iiii::i:i:;irl..-li Ci -,Tl 0.862 0.906 Aberdeen GIdIwI life Fund 0645 0 678 Aberdeen GIdIhJ Tedinolo^y Rind 0.518 0.H5 AbJeen OK Bine Chip Fund 0.711 0.753 Aberdeen Antericon Doporiunities Fund 0727 0.765 ibfenl:,r,™lrYr
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      Bet on property trusts
      1412 11  -  D Segaran COMMENT by $13b could be injected into SPTs and listed on SES over next 3 years SINGAPORE Property Trust (SPT) is fast becoming a new investment option for local investors, with several companies expressing interest in sponsoring trusts for listing on the Singapore Exchange.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon The thin line
      616 12 Agencies Defining a terrorist and a freedom fighter CAIRO The UN General Assembly opened yesterday in New York with Arab delegates gearing up to fight a long-standing debate over the definition of a terrorist and freedom fighter. Besides insisting that groups attacking Israel were fighting occupation, Arab
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      SNAPSHOTS/The life of a Today journalist
      266 12  -  Leong Phei Phei, One of the most difficult stories I worked on this year was an expose on the poor living conditions of five foreign footballers who had to put up in a little storeroom. I knew I was going to step on many
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      Lock icon Pakistan protest turns bloody
      250 12 Agencies ISLAMABAD A planned protest by Pakistani fundamentalist groups against the US-led attacks on Afghanistan turned bloody yesterday when police opened fire at the demonstrators, killing three of them. Police said that 5,000 members of the radical Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam QUI) party, some armed with rifles, stopped
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      Lock icon US told to shut up by Afghan opposition
      179 12 Reuters QUETTA US officials have been told to shut up if they really want to help Afghan tribal chief Hamid Karzai and other opposition leaders forge an antiTaliban alliance. Mr Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, chief of the Brahui tribe from Baluchistan, said
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Space escape
      620 13 DRY ICE by Sisyphus It is a natural progression from conception to invasion EARTH has, in recent weeks, become exceedingly boring. It is time again for me to escape into space. Perhaps it will prove to be more interesting. A news leak reveals that US space agency Nasa
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      readers surprise experts
      1701 14  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Pauline D Loh, T)DA¥ YOU expect father to cradle his baby with pride. But the CEO of Today, Mr PN Balji, knows that a new newspaper is not a baby, but a messenger of truth for its readers, jobs for people up and down the
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      our best moments
      1437 16 One year seemed like an infinity when we sat down to sieve through the best of our stories, photos, illustrations, special editions and supplements to tell you the behind-the-scenes story of a year-old newspaper. Here's a collage that we feel encapsulates the get-up-and-go spirit of Today. TALKING
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Forgotten ••• nearly
      536 20  - Forgotten nearly Sian E Jay Wu Tsai Yen, the artist who revived interest in finger painting by. TWO in as many days. Singapore lost another prominent artist last Monday. The death of 91-year-old Wu Tsai Yen came just as the arts community was still reeling from the news of sculptor
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      St Lukes' inspiration
      518 20  -  Edmund TShern My Say by Edmund @p a prika, com. sg WELL, I'm back from my company retreat at Pulau Übin's Outward Bound School. It's something we needed for a long time and with the economy going down the toilet, it seems an even more important thing
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  • HEALTH
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      From prison to present
      394 21  -  Rachel 1.0 Exercise that was started for World War I jailbirds PILATES has been gaining popularity and recognition throughout the world. It's a set of movement and therapeutic exercises named after the German-born athlete and physical therapy pioneer Joseph H Pilates. It has even received Hollywood's
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      Lock icon New blood test can be a saviour
      204 21 -Reuters CHICAGO A blood test to measure levels of a protein linked to blood vessel inflammation could identify which patients are more likely to die from heart disease, according to researchers. An elevated level of the interleukin 6 protein in the bloodstream is
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      Lock icon Brains need cholesterol
      227 21 -AFP WASHINGTON The cholesterol present in the brain plays a key role in the formation of contact points between neurons, which are vital to brain development and function, a study in yesterday's issue of the journal Science has found. The study, by researchers at the Max Delbruck
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  • MOTORING
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      Fiat's new contender
      458 22  -  Colin long The Stilo's better interior, quality look set to put the fizz back in sales HAVE you seen a brand new Fiat on the road recently? Count yourself lucky if you have, for the marque's sales have slowed to a virtual standstill in recent times. It's
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      FIAT STILO 1.6
      75 22 Quick Takes Ups Confidence inspiring build quality Spacious and versatile cabin layout High level of standard equipment Downs Exterior styling lacks Italian flair No automatic gearbox for now Agent Massa Motor Singapore Pte Ltd Price To be announced Specifications Engine Type 1596 cc, 16V in-line 4 Maximum
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      Transmission maker ZF wants bigger market
      264 22 MORE than half the public buses on Singapore roads use them, as do many cars manufactured by Audi, BMW, Jaguar and Porsche. ZF transmissions are specified by an increasing number of car, bus and truck manufacturers. But being hidden deep within a vehicle's mechanical
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      Competitive prices for new Jaguar
      167 23 TJARALLEL importers were advertis- ing the new Jaguar X-Type (above) for anything up to $180,000 before its official launch last weekend, but the agent's pricing has proved to be considerably more competitive. Malayan Motors is selling the entrylevel X-Type for $168,000 including the COE, and
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      Audi joins all-terrain ranks
      156 23 'X^HESE days, it seems like no car A manufacturer's range is complete without an all-terrain vehicle. Audi's allroad quattro (below) is the latest model to join in the muddy fray. In concept, the allroad quattro is closer to Volvo's V7O XC than its BMW and Mercedes-Benz
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  • FAMILY
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      Magical playthings
      580 24  -  Rachel Lo With a bit of wizardry, these Harry Potter toys will amaze you by rachel@newstoday.com.sg HARRY Potter fever has hit town and Singapore's leading toy store, Toys 'R' Us, has every conceivable Harry Potter item imaginable for kids. For kids aged eight and above, the magical world
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      FAMILY LISTINGS
      72 24 Beyond Love: Caring for the Elderly (English) Highlights the ageing process and its implications, medications and the older person, helping the elderly to be independent in self-care, maintaining adequate nutrition for the elderly, positioning and transferring the dependent elderly and skincare. Date: Nov 17 Dec 29 Time: 3
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  • WEEKENDSTYLE
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      Made to fit
      147 25 When size doesn't matter, it's clothes that do CLOTHES that flatter your figure no matter what size you are. This is the claim made by Per Una, the latest line of clothing created by retail guru George Davies. Meaning "for one woman" in Italian, Per Una clothes
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Michael Jackson doesn't want his kids to go into society
      379 26 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson loves watching Sesame Street, plans to make a movie with close friend Liza Minnelli and says he will build a computer school on the grounds of his Neverland estate so that his own kids won't
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      Lock icon Hurley delighted with pregnancy
      132 26 -AFP BRITISH actress and model Liz Hurley (picture) is pregnant with her first child, her spokeswoman said on Thursday. The 36-year-old star is expecting a baby in April. The father is Hurley's boyfriend, movie producer Stephen Bing. Her spokeswoman issued a statement saying: "Elizabeth Hurley is
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      Little leaf, big story
      400 28 'TMIIS is the story of a little 1. leaf's extraordinary journey to find the sea, told in a different form piano music and choral singing. And this performance by the La Petite Touche Ensemble is extraordinary because it is a piano lesson project for performers aged
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      486 28 mm Three-Day LiSTiNGsf|||H Winter Wonderland Enquiries: Call Grace at Price: $40 (members), Decor Downtown East 279 I 180 $45 (non-members) Have fun in the snow and Registration: Cail Punggol experience a white Logamaya Community Club at Christmas.Take a ride on the This is a fantasy tale of the 387 1830
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      Lock icon Timberwolves have Bulls for dinner
      226 30 Reuters MINNEAPOLIS The Timberwolves had seven players in double figures and embarrassed the Bulls 127-74 yesterday for the largest victory in Minnesota's history, the franchise's first 5-0 start and Chicago's worst loss ever. "What you saw out there tonight was pathetic," Bulls coach Tim Floyd
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      245 30 -AFP BRISBANE Adam Gilchrist proved again why he is regarded as one of the world's most explosive batsmen by savaging the New Zealand bowling attack yesterday as Australia took charge of the first Test at the Gabba. Only rain saved the
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      730 31 Reuters Serie A MILAN When Carlo Ancelotti (picture) was unveiled as AC Milan's coach, he closed a circle which began with Sven Goran Eriksson's appointment as England coach in October last year. The rapid changing of the guard at the San Siro last week showed how
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      Lock icon Real ready to silence critics
      304 31 ■AFP Primera Liga MADRID Only a month ago, Real Madrid's many critics were chuckling over its predicament and its proximity to the Spanish first division relegation zone, after one of its worst ever starts to a season. However, after going undefeated in its last five
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      Lock icon Teams promise fans a feast
      193 31 Reuters Rugby LONDON England and Australia are promising to play attacking, running rugby when they clash in the Cook Cup today. England coach Clive Woodward has picked an offensive team, with former rugby league winger Jason Robinson playing his first test at fullback. The last
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      Finally... because off a rule
      818 32 Singapore's favourite footballing son Fandi is forced to call it quits. But caught by the same rule, 'rebel' Sundram vows to fight on. Stanley Ho reports THEY are undisputably Singapore's best two footballers of the past 20 years. And though both are well past their
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      Rhodes scholar turned banker turned sports marketing consultant
      239 32  -  Jose Raymond HE IS a Rhodes Scholar, a banker and helped establish one of Singapore's more mature magazines, East. But former national swimmer Desmond Koh now has his mind firmly bent on increasing the profile of local sportsmen. And he intends to
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      Break-up problems
      421 33  -  Jose Raymond by j o se@ne wsto day. c om.sg DESPITE losing several key players from the squad which won him the S-League championship, Geylang United coach Jang Jung is still confident that the new team he pieces together will go on to retain the championship next year.
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      Why breaking is never good
      188 33 1996: Geylang United was the all-con-quering team. But it lets go of Iranian key defender Mohammed Khakpour, Reza Manesh and also Fandi Ahmad. 1997: Geylang finishes third in the league. SAFFC emerges as champion and retains the services of Croatian trio Velimir Crljen, Jure Eres,
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      Woodlands keen on Perak's Malaysia Cup coach Karathu
      370 33  -  Jose Raymond FORMER Malaysia Cup winning coach M. Karathu (below) is wanted by SLeague club Woodlands Wellington next season. The 58-year-old, who guided M-League team Perak to the Malaysia Cup last year and again to the final last Saturday, was approached by
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      Lock icon English league facing first strike
      495 34 MANCHESTER English football took a decisive step towards its first strike yesterday when the players voted almost overwhelmingly in support of industrial action in a dispute over television money. Over 99 per cent of the union's 2,312 members who voted backed the use of strike
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      Lock icon Injuries to regulars, so Eriksson can experiment
      423 34 -AFP LONDON Sven Goran Eriksson has the chance to assess several fringe players when England takes on Sweden at Old Trafford today in the first of four friendly matches before next summer's World Cup finals. Injuries to Steven Gerrard, David Seaman, Ashley Cole,
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      Tension mounts as Shevchenko's Ukraine takes on Germany
      352 34 KIEV-Ukraine's Andriy Shevchenko could be forgiven for being tense ahead of today's World Cup first leg playoff against Germany he has called the two games against the three time world champion the most important of his life. "These are the most important
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      Lock icon Ireland learns from Australia's experience
      573 35 -AFP DUBLIN Wary Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has warned his players against complacency as they prepare to tackle Iran in their World Cup play-off first leg match against Iran today. Ireland, which reached the play-offs against the odds and at the expense of Holland, stands
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      Lock icon Venezuela's transformation continues with Paraguay win
      474 35 Reuters AN CRISTOBAL South American minnow Venezuela sounded an ominous warning to Brazil when it beat Paraguay 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier yesterday. Venezuela, which conceded 40 goals on its way to losing 11 of its first 13 matches, continued its amazing transformation
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      30 34 Live on Ch 22 12.55 am tomorrow morning Other fixtures: Republic of Ireland v Iran (Live, 1.55 am Ch 20) Slovenia v Romania, Belgium v Czech Republic, Austria v Turkey
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