Today, 13 December 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY T h U r S d ay December 13, 2001 MITAfP) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Amexto lay off over 5,000
      141 1 NEW YORK American Express announced yesterday that it would axe another 5,500 to 6,500 jobs at a cost of up to US$2BO million ($512 million) as travel sales crumbled after the terrorist attacks. The news comes in the wake of 7,700 job cuts announced earlier
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      Eye on the crown jewels
      693 1  -  Chan Chao Peh Temasek Holdings' divestment dilemma by chaopehfS'newstoriay.com.sg AFTER years of nurturing its children to become key corporate players, the mother of all GLCs Temasek Holdings is more than ready to let them handle their own affairs. 'We have completely or partially privatised many
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      29 1 12 Days to Christmas Time to glitter and shine...seepg7\ ft ft __X _H_| ___<■■■'__________. _______H_i ■High ft*--- for £©rgie/37' Man Utd starris five past Derby to snap three-game losing streak-
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Goodbye Streats on Saturdays
      231 2 THE free commuter tabloid, Streats, published by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), will stop its Saturday edition from next week. The announcement came yesterday, after some confusion earlier. In late November, an e-mail announcement from SPH's marketing division read: "The Saturday issue on 24/11/01 will be the
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      SAT mania
      321 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim thanks to new varsity admission criteria by zackaria@news to d ay.com. sg FIVE times as many students here sat for the Scholastic Assessment Test I (SATI) in December this year. Some 1,500 students took the SATI in the same month last year, while the figure
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      Lock icon Raja of Perlis is Malaysia's 12th King
      186 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamafullail (picture), has been elected the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia. In a brief statement, Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Hijacker No 20?
      267 3 Agencies Malaysia cited as man is indicted for Sept 11 attacks WASHINGTON A 31-page charge sheet against the first man to be indicted for the Sept 11 attacks on the United States alleges that some aspects of the plot could have been hatched in Malaysia. Frenchman Zacarias
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    • Article
      Lock icon Al Qaeda hand seen in Sulawesi violence
      140 3 Agencies JAKARTA The Al Qaeda group of Osama bin Laden could be behind the violence between Christians and Muslims in Poso in central Sulawesi, Indonesia's intelligence chief Abdullah Hendropriyono said yesterday. "The Poso problem is the result of cooperation between international ter- rorists
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      Cool link to relatives in jail
      208 4  -  FAMILY members and friends of prison inmates now have a place where they can meet them via video-conferencing. The new service, available from the Prisons Link Centre near Paya Lebar MRT (picture), allows visitors to meet inmates off the prison premises. The $2.3 million
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bad fuel supplied to ships?
      206 4 -AFP PORT authorities here have begun investigating reports that contaminated fuel is being supplied to ships docked in Singapore, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said in a statement yesterday. Fuel tester Det Norkse Veritas AS Petroleum Services (DNVPS) had found high levels of harmful
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    • Article, Illustration
      Two tests for KINSmen
      238 4  -  Tan Howe Yang Special force to tackle security threats by ho wey ang@ne wsto day. c om.sg A GROUP of specially-trained national servicemen has been keeping the peace and guarding the security of Singaporeans since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Called KlNSmen
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    • Article
      Playstation 2 is here ... at last
      82 4 Playstation 2 is here at last SONY'S PlayStation 2 arrived in Singapore today after a year's delay. The system supports NTSC-compati-ble TV monitors and the DVD player supports Region Code 3 (Southeast Asia). The suggested retail price is $466. Nine game titles will be released by the end of the
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      Lock icon Homemade flavours
      857 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Look no further than the streets of Singapore for culinary pleasures ki m@newstod ay. com. sg DO Singaporeans live to eat or eat to live? Going by the sheer diversity of exotic flavours and spicy aromas, eating has become a national obsession in this tiny island-state,
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      48 7 12 Days I To Christmas I UM94# Today Only H 73 to 24 December 2001 H Get into t/ie holiday mood with 12 specially-priced pieces Jor the 12 days before Christmas. What's more, we've got a fabulous offer piece for each and every day! AS PIA L J
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Do your bit for Sharity
      185 8  -  -Jasleen K Randhawa THE Boys' Brigade and NTUC Comfort have come together for the fifth consecutive year to do their part for charity. Forty-two Comfort taxis will make a total of 250 trips ferrying some 300,000 items collected by the Boys' Brigade (picture). The first
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      Branded gold
      193 8  -  Woo Sue-Ann Case to issue service quality stamp by su eann ne wstoday. co m. sg THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) wants to give companies in the service industry its stamp of approval. To get into the consumer watchdog's "white list", businesses will have to prove that
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  • LETTERS
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      8-0 ripple effect
      219 11  -  Philip Chat Min Fook Will it take zing out of new season? I REFER to the article, "FAS: There was no hanky panky" (Today, Dec 11). Geylang United's midfielder Azhar Baksin, who renewed his contract with the club recently, offered this cryptic comment: "We gave our best,
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      Lock icon Come view vision for one-north
      244 11 I REFER to the letter by Ms Kathleen Kwan, "JTC challenge" (TODAY, Dec 8) and would like to thank her for her positive feedback and support for one-north. As Ms Kwan rightly pointed out, JTC Corporation, as the master developer for one-north, will be working
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      Can prices be kept low?
      82 11  -  David Soh Poh Huat I WOULD like to know if NTUC FairPrice is subsidising its recent price reductions or will that result in a lower profit margin for it? As a cooperative, shouldn't it keep prices low, instead of making profits? If FairPrice can keep
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Big WTO hype
      362 12  -  Chan Chao Peh Competition? ChinaTelecom will still be tops bv chaopeh@newstoday.com.st; DESPITE the opening up of China's largely state-owned telecom industry following the country's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is unlikely to see many changes in the near future. "There's a lot of unwarranted
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      Aid for furniture firms
      222 12  -  Ivay Tan THE Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) is forking out $1 million to help its members upgrade their skills and operations locally and overseas. The member assistance scheme will allocate all 234 SFIC members a sura ranging from $500 to $9,000 each, depending on their
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    • Market Watch
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        PWD EMS – Ansai joint venture
        82 12 PWD EMS Ansai joint venture SINGAPORE'S facilities management specialist, PWD EMS, is entering into a joint venture with leading Indian real estate developer and construction firm, Ansal Properties Industries. Initially, the 50-50 venture with Ansal will manage several Ansal properties, occupying a total of about 80,000 square metres. It will
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        Your S$1 buys ...
        27 12 Your S$1 buys US$ 0.5465 UK£ 0.3789 Yen 68.777 HK$ 4.2623 RM 2.0766 Euro 0.6107 Rupiah 5546.7 Baht 23.908 Peso 28.406 LA$ 1.0543 Rupee 26.129 Won 695.83
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      Lock icon Banks to sell foreign assets
      313 13 -AFP Aim is to help write-off bad loans TOKYO Japanese banks are rushing to sell profitable foreign assets to fund bad loan write-offs as part of a government drive to ldckstart the country's economy. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC), the world's second largest financial group,
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      Lock icon Singapore eases telecom goods tests
      144 13 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE has taken the lead in giving faster access to telecom equipment imports from Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) member countries. The InfoComm Development Authority announced yesterday it is prepared to implement phase two of the Apec Telecom Mutual Recognition Arrangement. That means
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      Lock icon Hong Kong follows Fed's rate cuts
      172 13 AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong yesterday cut its base lending rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25 per cent after the Federal Reserve cut US rates by the same margin. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority usually follows Fed action because its currency is
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      Lock icon Teledata says it is meeting obligations
      86 13 Channel NewsAsia TELECOM systems specialist Teledata has clarified that its financial obligations are being honoured as and when they fall due. The mainboard-listed company added it is still operating as a going concern. The clarification came after it said yesterday that it expects its
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      Sailing with the wind
      297 14 Small Stock Watch Yacht maker GB Holdings' revenue jumps 17 per cent to $77.5 million GB HOLDINGS, a luxury yacht maker in Singapore, began trading on the Sesdaq in 1987, It established its Malaysian subsidiary and also made its main board debut in 1990. The company
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      Lock icon Qantas won't buy back British Airways' stake
      111 14 Bloomberg SYDNEY Qantas Airways would not buy the 22,5 per cent stake of British Airways (BA) in Australia's biggest carrier if cash-strapped BA wanted to divest its holding. This was said by Qantas' chief executive Geoff Dixon, who told told Australia's Channel Nine's
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        144 16 SINGAPORE shares ended mixed following the US market. Technology stocks were up while the broader market eased. The key STI closed 8.23 points down at 1594.59 with 327 counters closing unchanged. Turnover was 392 million shares worth $467 million. WizOffice was the most active stock as it rose half
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        Malaysia
        68 16 OVERALL sentiment took a slight dent on the back of the Dow's weakness despite the US Fed's quarter point rate cut. A total of 412,196 lots were traded, about 12 per cent lower than the previous day's volume. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index gained 1.1 points to close at
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      Lock icon Cashing in on chips
      400 16 Bloomberg increased holiday computer sales chip in to boost demand CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing said its factories were busier than expected as business stabilised after a oneyear slump. The company expects to use a quarter of production equipment for the three months ending Dec 31, after earlier
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2057 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Nome Bid ftiie/NAV Aberdeen Assel Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.937 Aberdeen Glohol MHC Fuad 0.664 iberdeen Glohal Technology Fund 0.667 Aberdeen UK Blue Chip Fuad 0.731 /aoidoco itmericor Opponuiiilies Fund 0-747 Aberdeen Conrinentn Europe Equity Fend 0-990 Aberdeen Japan
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      No George, not again
      329 22 New Delhi's defence minister in furore over exorbitant coffin purchases NEW DELHI India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which heads the ruling coalition, looked increasingly embattled over the purchase of exorbitantly priced coffins for Kashmir "martyrs". Parliament came to a standstill yesterday and was forced to adjourn
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      Lock icon Longer-range Prithyi missile fired by India
      157 22 Agencies NEW DELHI India yesterday successfully test fired a home-grown longer-range version of its Prithvi surface-to-surface missile, which Western experts believe is capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The Prithvi (Earth) missile blasted off in the morning at a national test range in the eastern
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      Lock icon Misuari: KL sets date for Manila
      102 22 -AFP ZAMBOANGA A possible end is in sight to the Nur Misuari problem, the renegade Philippine Muslim leader detained in Malaysia. Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja said that Malaysia had told the Philippines to take back Misuari by Dec 24 or he would
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      Lock icon Wake-up call
      310 24 Agencies Tigers send signal to new prime minister COLOMBO As if to make sure they were not forgotten, Tamil Tiger guerrillas launched their first major attacks since a new Prime Minister was elected last week. The twin attacks on a police station and an army position in eastern
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      HK's Li to buy Taiwan magazine
      121 24 HONG KONG Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka Shing has agreed to buy Taiwan's Business Weekly magazine for NT$l.65 billion ($87.4 million). The deal is part of Mr Li's effort to build an offline media empire concentrating on the Greater China region, reported Hong Kong
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      What the regional papers said yesterday . . .
      121 24 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/ Malaysia Festive cheer Hardcore poor from all races will receive RMIOO ($48.14) each to spend for the coming festivities, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced Tuesday. The Jakarta Post/ Indonesia Troops disarm rivals, expel outsiders from troubled Poso Authorities have
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      449 27  -  Caroline Baum Bloomberg. by In New York IN JOURNALISM, we call it the "to-be-sure graf. It's the paragraph you write after you've set out the major thesis for your story and supported it with facts and quotes. It's a warning to the
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      675 28 Today Foreign Desk Two doctors out to better the lot of Afghan women THE Taliban's retreat in shame has not prompted women in Afghanistan to remove their head-to-toe Islamic headdress, the burqa. The reason for that is a practical one, said Ms Friba Amal, a Kabul woman,
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      395 28 New Channel 8 serials FRAGILE friendship and moral dilemmas play a big part in the script of two new dramas soon to he launched by MediaCorp TV Channel 8, although one is an intense drama while the other is intensely funny. The Reunion follows
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      70 28 HDO YOUR KIDS READ ENOUGH? GOOD QUESTION. THEY PROBABLY WATCH TOO MUCH TELEVISION. THEY PROBABLY OVERPLAY COMPUTER GAMES. BUT READING MAKES THEM SMART. KNOWLEDGABLE. LITERATE. THE BEST SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? THIS SUNDAY, YOU CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THAT IS, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. HOW?
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      180 30 Reuters/Variety LONDON Tfte £««i o/ flte %s was launched at a glitzy world premiere here on Monday, and critics are already hailing it as a masterpiece. The popular JRR Tolkien trilogy of fantasy novels has been adapted into three films at a cost of US$27O
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  • INFOTECH
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      299 31  -  Tan Howe Yang That's what Intel's future chip gives the notebook by howey ang@ newstoday.com.sg DESPITE the recession in the United States and the worldwide electronics slump, Intel has continued to increase its research and development (R&D) expenditure. Among the fruits of this continued R&D comes the next
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      67 31 asio. cnet. com/down loads IncrediMait This e-mail client offers you an unprecedented interactive experience. Choose from an assortment of e-mail backgrounds, animations, sounds and 3D effects and make them all become part of your e-mail. Move tt! A puzzle and a game of speed. As blocks fail from
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      100 31 /^YBER-GAMERS will do batat the Empire Earth Singapore Challenge in Downtown East at NTUC Pasir Ris on Dec 29. The winner will get a three-day stay at Resort Downtown East, $1,000 and a trophy. The one who contributes the most to the tournament organised by StarHub
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      MediaCorp stars play Santa for a good cause
      200 33  -  Sandra Leong THIS Christmas, residents at the Singapore Cheshire Home will have their presents gift-wrapped and delivered by some of MediaCorp stars like Pierre Png, Robin Leong, Cynthia Koh, Terence Cao and Jaime Teo. The event is organised by Andrea De Cruz,
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      496 33  -  Janice Lee Darren scores with self-arranged piano piece by janice@newstoday.com.sg Talentime's solo category winner, Darren Seah (picture), never took a piano lesson in his life. Yet, he impressed the audience and judges, jazzing it up on the keyboard before breaking out into a song and
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      1327 34 A* Detective Investigation Files tV (hand s, 9pm S-League Geylang United Earthvisions Man Eaters Arts Central, 9.30pm 6am, 10.30am, lpm, 3.30pm, 6pm, jftS^B^B^r Ht i, m Relive this exciting clash between two p Scream Test Mcitland (Debut) channel 5, ldpm dubs wh kk battled it out for the 2001 Layar
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon A toast to Verdi
      423 35  -  Serene Foo SLO pays tribute to the Italian composer serene@n ewsto d ay. com, sg EVEN Young Artist Award 2001 winner, Yee Ee Ping, confesses to having a little difficulty with the Singapore Lyric Opera's (SLO) upcoming concert, A Toast to Verdi! The 27-year-old soprano said
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      Understanding peace and terror
      387 35  -  Stan EJay ÜBICLES made of muslin hang from ceiling, creating a maze of transparent rooms through which one must navigate. A projector throws moving images of nature ducks on a pond, the wind blowing through trees— onto the muslin. The images are gradually distorted into a
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      134 35 SSO Familiar Favourites Christmas 15 per cent discount for five to nine tickets ai Concert 20 per cent discount for bulk purchase for 10 Conducted by former SSO violinist ChanTze more tickets. Law, this year's concert is an enjoyable mix of the familiar and the popular. Holiday Stars Festival 2001
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon No more laziness, says Tiger
      357 36 CALIFORNIA -Tiger Woods (picture) says he is "going back to basics". Preparing to host the Williams World Challenge, which benefits his foundation, the world's No. 1 golfer conceded yesterday he had become slightly lazy in working on his game, reported the Electronic Telegraph. Having grown
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      Second straight defeat for Lakers, first at home since April
      347 36 NBA Los Angeles 93 Seattle 104 It's the first time Lakers have lost two consecutive games since March LOS ANGELES The Lakers of remarkable winning streaks, the weeks upon weeks of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant and whoever wanted to
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      Lock icon Farina may stay
      122 36 Reuters SYDNEY Socceroos coach Frank Farina has indicated he is likely to continue coaching Australia's national side, the Australian Associated Press reported yesterday. Farina, who met with Soccer Australia chairman lan Knop yesterday morning, said he was close to making a decision on the new contract which
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      Lock icon Rafter gone for good?
      149 36 Reuters SYDNEY Pat Rafter's break from tennis was made official yesterday when he was the only man in the ATP's top 100 not confirmed for January's Australian Open. The two-time US Open winner is taking an indefinite break from the sport, but the question remains whether
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        521 37 AFP Could this be the turnaround for Fergie's men? English Premier League ManUtds Derby 0 Red Devils climb to fifth in table LONDON Normal service was resumed at Old Trafford yesterday %s Manchester United ended its threematch losing streak in the Premiership with a convincing 5-0
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        Chelsea grabs late winner
        110 37 Worthington Cup LONDON Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink struck deep into stop-page-time to give Chelsea a: 1-0 win over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge and take the Blues into the League Cup. semi-finals yesterday.■ An evenly balanced: contest .appeared to he heading for extratime when substitute Boudewijn Zenden crossed
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        Lock icon Second division struggler stuns Real
        96 37 Reuters MADRID An Aitor Karanka own goal gave Spanish second division struggler Gimnastic Tarragona a deserved 1-0 victory over a listless Real Madrid in their King's Cup fourth round, first leg tie at the Nou Estadi yesterday. Cordoba also managed to get the better of
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        Lock icon Roma beaten, Juventus wins big
        51 37 Reuters ROME Italian champion AS Roma was stunned 1-0 by visiting Brescia in the first leg of their Italian Cup quarter-final yesterday. In the night's other game, Juventus thrashed Sampdoria 5-2 in a delayed second round, second leg match to reach the quarter-finals 7-3 on
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        97 37 Reuters LONDON England's Premier League has ruled out any chance of Scottish pair Celtic and Rangers joining the competition. Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore also said yesterday that the idea of a second premier league division had been dismissed by premier league chairmen. Celtic
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      390 38  -  Jose Raymond Coach Tang the reason for duo quitting team byjo seiffnewsro aay. c om. sg NATIONAL sprinters Yusof Alias and Anuar Abdullah do not want to be part of the 4xloom relay squad as long as Tang Ngai Kin remains the coach. Another sprinter, Aaron Huang, made
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      New-look Woodlands Wellington a breath of fresh air
      490 38  -  Stanley Ho by sta nley® n ewsto d ay, c o m .sg WHEN the S-League started six years ago, Woodlands Wellington was THE team. The Rams, as they are known, struck fear into opponents with their no-holds-barred, free-flowing football. They also
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      Lock icon Good draw for Italians
      145 38 Reuters LYON Italian clubs could have few complaints after yesterday's Uefa Cup fourthround draw paired AC Milan with Roda JC Kerkrade and Parma with Israeli outsider Hapoel Tel Aviv. Serie A leader Inter Milan three times a Uefa Cup winner in the 1990s should meet stiffer
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      Lock icon England's White hits a ton
      134 38 -AFP AHMEDABAD England all-rounder Craig White celebrated his birthday three days early with a maiden Test century in the second cricket Test against India here yesterday. White, who turns 32 on Sunday, made India pay dearly for fielding lapses as he cracked 121 under pressure
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      Capello or O'Neill?
      82 38 LONDON AS Roma coach Fabio Capello and Celtic manager Martin O'Neill are 11-8 joint favourites to succeed Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United after England's Sven Goran Eriksson ruled himself out of the running. Eriksson had been 6-4 favourite, but on Sunday the Swede said he
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        Lock icon Goosen honoured
        129 39 Reuters LONDON South Africa's Relief Goosen was named the European Tour's golfer of the year yesterday after winning his first major, two tour events and the European order of merit. The 32-year-old won the US Open in Tulsa after an 18-hole playoff with America's Mark Brooks, and followed
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        Lock icon Fowler arrested after party
        115 39 Reuters LEEDS England striker Robbie Fowler has been arrested by police in Leeds in relation to an alleged offence of criminal damage. A Leeds police statement yesterday said two unnamed men in their 20s were released after the incident just before midnight on Tuesday and were
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        Lock icon World class golf academy in Singapore
        447 39  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newsto day.com.sg GOLF in Singapore may never be the same again. That's because a David Leadbetter Golf Academy (DLGA) will soon begin operations here by March 2002. "We are still trying to finalise the location," revealed Paul Burley, managing director of
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