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AFTERNOON EDITION
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162 2002-01-03 1 -AFP NEW YORK US markets finished higher yesterday, the first day of trading in the new year, with both the Dow industrials and the tech-heavy Nasdaq posting gains. The Dow Jones Industrials Average gained 48.51 points to 10,070.01, and the Nasdaq added 28.59-AFP - 162 words
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Article436 2002-01-03 1 Ambiga Raju - Stand-off games Ambiga Raju with China and Taiwan joining in by ambiga@newstoday.com.sg CHINA, and even Taiwan, are being dragged into the Indo-Pakistan quagmire in some unusual ways. With India and Pakistan slowly pulling back from a war scenario, it seems the two are looking to means other than open warfare436 words
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Miscellaneous11 2002-01-03 1 Scholes stars in Manchester United's sixth straight win See Page 3511 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration277 2002-01-03 2 Leong Phei Phei - Leong Phei Phei Super drugs act on the brain by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg FOR some, sex drug Viagra simply isn't enough. It takes too long to work, and when it does, its effect is short-lived, they say. So, scientists have begun to develop a "super Viagra" to give users an277 words
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Article204 2002-01-03 2 THE names of all 94 members of the seven sub-committees of the Economic Review Committee (ERC) were unveiled yesterday. Twelve of them are women. They include Dr Lee Tsao Yuan, executive director of the Skills Development Centre, Ms Lim Kwee Enn, CEO of Knowledge Engineering,204 words
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Article, Illustration82 2002-01-03 2 – Gillian Wong - Gillian Wong THE father of the toddler found dead on New Year's Day was arrested by police yesterday for the murder of his 21-month-old son, Hussaini (picture). The 23-year-old will be charged in court today. Relatives said that the father, who cannot be named before82 words
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308 2002-01-03 3 JAKARTA There is more trouble in store for Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri as she comes under attack for being, among other things, inconsistent. People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Dr Amien Rais told Reuters: "I believe so far she has not demonstrated the needed leadership." In his308 words
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224 2002-01-03 3 KUALA LUMPUR Like the Lunas bielection in Kedah not so long ago, the Indera Kayangan by-election in Perlis set for Jan 19 will be watched as a barometer on how well the government is faring. With a resurgence in popularity for Prime Minister Datuk224 words
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Article129 2002-01-03 3 KUALA LUMPUR The management of The Sun newspaper has rejected requests by two union bodies to reinstate two journalists who reported an alleged plot to kill the country's two top leaders. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) had129 words
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Article135 2002-01-03 3 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesian police yesterday arrested two people in connection with explosions that rocked four churches in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu over the New Year, while 17 others were arrested carrying explosives in East Java. "We arrested two people after the explosion in Palu,"– Agencies - 135 words
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Article, Illustration542 2002-01-03 6 Tan Hui Leng - Tan Hui Leng Gardenia's secret recipe to success by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THERE was never any half-baked notion behind the tagline "So good, you can even eat it on its own." From a small bakery 24 years ago in Bukit Timah Plaza, Gardenia has morphed from a neighbourhoodWONG KHING CHONG - 542 words
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125 2002-01-03 6 —Jasleen Randhawa - —Jasleen Randhawa A 21-YEAR-OLD man died on New Year's Day after he was stabbed in the chest. Mr Tan Hock Chye had gone to a pub at Wheelock Place, where a fight broke out between him and 10 other men at about 2.45am.125 words
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Article141 2002-01-03 6 THE Solicitor-General, Mr Chan Seng Oon, has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) board of directors. His two-year term began on Janl. Re-appointed to the board for the same two-year term are Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong, Environment Ministry Permanent141 words
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LETTERS
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Letter486 2002-01-03 8 Cheng Shing Chow - Cheng Shing Chow There is a need to be in sync with Singaporean tastes I REFER to the article, "A big image baggage" (Today, Dec 26). The People's Association chief, Mr Ong Keng Yong, believes that the 106 community centres (CCs) are the greatest equaliser of the various486 words
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484 2002-01-03 8 Grace Wee ( Mrs - Grace Wee (Mrs) WE note Mr Yeo Kok Seng's comments on the need for balance between work and family in his letter, "Family or work: Which comes first?" (Today, Dec 28). Indeed, in today's 24-hour economy, the tension between work and life484 words
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Letter146 2002-01-03 8 See Leong Kit - See Leong Kit I REFER to the report, "Changes at SPH" (Today, Dec 28). In the good old days when its share price skyrocketed, Singapore Press Holdings might as well have been printing money instead of newspapers. It was at that time operating in a monopolistic146 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article271 2002-01-03 10 Zero GDP growth predicted THE fourth quarter 2001 flash estimates confirmed that the Singapore economy is still in difficult times. The slump in electronics production extended its decline, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said. Production of semiconductors and other goods fell 16.2 per cent from a year271 words
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183 2002-01-03 10 BUYING a private residential property in Singapore became slightly more affordable in the last quarter of 2001, according to figures released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It said that private property prices fell 2.9 per cent in the quarter ended December from those183 words
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158 2002-01-03 10 IN line with the less volatile market and economic conditions, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced yesterday that it is returning to a narrower policy band for the Sing dollar. But it's keeping to a neutral monetary policy bias because the current158 words
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175 2002-01-03 10 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) filled fewer seats in November compared to a year ago. It filled 66.9 per cent of total available passenger seats, or a 9.1 percentage point decline from a year ago. That's better than October's 63.2 per cent. Passengers account for175 words
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Article27 2002-01-03 10 Your S$1 buys US$ 0.5405 Rupiah 5648.3 UK£ 0.3722 Baht 23.885 Yen 71.053 Peso 27.947 HK$ 4.2153 A$ 1.0562 RM 2.0539 Rupee 26.087 Euro 0.6013 Won 712.0927 words
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Article280 2002-01-03 12 Francis Kan - Francis Kan Industry first, homes have to wait by francis@newstoday.com.sg LARGE industrial users of gas will soon have a choice of gas retailers as the market opens up to competition in the second half of this year, said Mr Yeo Yek Seng, deputy chief executive for regulation of280 words
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Article108 2002-01-03 12 Channel News Asia ALL life insurance firms in Singapore will lower their maximum assumed gross interest rate from six per cent to 5.25 per cent by March 1. The maximum assumed gross interest rate is used in new sales quotations. This is also used inChannel News Asia - 108 words
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Article149 2002-01-03 12 -AFP SEOUL South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc, the world's third-largest semiconductor firm, has increased its memory chip prices by 30 per cent from Jan 1, company officials said yesterday. The hike is Hynix's third over the past month and was followed by an announcement by-AFP - 149 words
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Corporate Briefs
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89 2002-01-03 14 SMOE, the oil and gas division of SembCorp Utilities, has clinched its first North Sea offshore oil production platform building contract. Worth $150 million, the job is for Maersk Oil and Gas, a member of Danish group AP Moller. To be completed in89 words
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Article64 2002-01-03 14 NATSTEEL is paying $10.5 million for a 71 per cent stake in Thai firm Siam Industrial Wire, making it the leading pre-stressed concrete wire group in the region. Its partner, Cementhai Steel is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Siam Cement Group. Siam Industrial Wire will lift64 words
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Article38 2002-01-03 14 POH Lian Construction, a unit of Poh Lian Holdings, has clinched two building contracts worth $124.4 million. Work on an executive condominium in Ang Mo Kio and a condominium in Hillview will commence this month.38 words
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Market Watch
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Article199 2002-01-03 14 LOCAL shares overcame a sluggish and lethargic start to close the first trading day of the year higher with the ST Index up 2.09 points at 1,625.69. The index earlier slumped to a low of 1,606.09 but fears of crisis in Kashmir and Argentina soon faded out of sight199 words
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Article121 2002-01-03 14 THE benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) finished the first trading day of 2002 lower, giving back some of the window-dressing gains accumulated over the final week of 2001. At the close, the KLCI was down 13.4 points at 682.7, led by declines in the top three component stocks121 words
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Article1970 2002-01-03 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name Bid Price/NAV Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen Asian Fixed Income Fund 1.174 1.21 Aberdeen American Opportunities 0.771 0.811 Aberdeen Continental Europe Equity 1.009 1.06 Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.931 0.978 Aberdeen Global Technology Fund 0.556 0.585 Aberdeen Global1,970 words
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WORLD NEWS
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AFTERNOON EDITION
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Article, Illustration286 2002-01-03 16 Former Argentinian VP Duhalde takes the torch amid protests BUENOS AIRES Argentina yesterday saw a fifth man in 12 days take up the presidency with the all-too-familiar promise of helping the country out of its economic troubles. Although Senator Eduardo Duhalde's (picture) appointment was greeted286 words
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Article105 2002-01-03 16 SYDNEY Police have discovered a device in the fire area that confirms suspicions that the raging bushfires were lit by arsonists using homemade fire bombs. The device can be ignited and cause substantial damage. Police have nabbed 21 boys and six men allegedly lighting fires. The juveniles105 words
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Article104 2002-01-03 16 -AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday warned that she would crush any attempt to destabilise her government. Her threat followed Monday's murder of Mr Baron Cervantes, a member of a military fraternity called the Young Officers Union (YOU). In a radio interview, Mr Cervantes had accused-AFP - 104 words
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Article170 2002-01-03 16 AFP JERUSALEM Hope for peace is returning with the United States Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni, who is expected back in the region today. He had quit three weeks ago in frustration over his inability to broker a ceasefire. US embassy spokesman Paul Patin saidAFP - 170 words
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Article98 2002-01-03 16 HONG KONG Mainland Chinese tourists expecting a solemn flag-raising ceremony on Jan 1 were greeted instead by debris from New Year's Eve revelries. The event, included in many packaged tours, drew about 200 people to Bauhinia Square early in the morning but cleaners had98 words
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138 2002-01-03 16 What the regional papers say today The Jakarta Post/Indonesia Landslides kill five in Gowa A series of landslides and severe flooding killed at least five people and forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes in the South Sulawesi district of Gowa. Bangkok Post/Thailand Tolls won't rise before 2003 Expressway138 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration911 2002-01-03 18 Ravi Veloo - Ravi Veloo Championing nature's well and good, but don't forget the rights of the ordinary man by I GUESS it's only natural for the Nature Society to whinge, and whine and squirm at every inch of urban development in Singapore. That's what salad-munching greenies do.911 words
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Advertisement627 2002-01-03 19 Bio-Herbalogy Hair Series Advertising Feature Some people at 50 have hair loss problems. Some at 35. Some at 25. Some at... At what age did you start losing your hair? And have you taken any action? Age Grouping -The Hair Loss Solution Explained a Yun Nam spokesman: we discovered a627 words
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UPFRONT
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Article, Illustration922 2002-01-03 20 Timothy M Gray - Timothy M Gray Reuters/Variety Which are this year's best pictures? Critics are divided by and Dade Hayes HOLLYWOOD The awards season is in full swing and there are a load of contenders for best performance, production design and special effects. It's the award for best picture thatReuters/Variety - 922 words
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Miscellaneous6 2002-01-03 20 INSIDE: •22/CityStyle •24/lnfoTech •26/lnCinemas •30/TV listings6 words
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CITYSTYLE
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Article, Illustration614 2002-01-03 22 Pearlyn Tham - Pearlyn Tham This latest craze to hit town' seemed a little dubious, at first I'VE heard of people putting tea leaves, Chinese pear slices and wine-soaked ginger on their faces all for the sake of beauty. But charcoal? After all, I've always associated charcoal with barbeques and tummyALVINTOH | - 614 words
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Article, Illustration207 2002-01-03 22 — Pearlyn Tham - Pearlyn Tham IF movie legend Marlene Dietrich, the Princess of Jordan and the Sultan of Brunei had anything in common, it would be their love of Mauboussin. The French brand is so exclusive that few have heard of it. Indeed, Mauboussin watches and jewellery areWEE TECK HI AN - 207 words
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INFOTECH
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Article, Illustration605 2002-01-03 24 Reuben Lee - Reuben Lee New Pentax Optio 430 is a small wonder of a camera by reuben.lee@asia.cnet.com PENTAX has introduced what it describes as the smallest and lightest digital camera in the 4-megapixel, 3X optical zoom class. Measuring only 92 by 59 by 31mm and weighing 240g with the battery,605 words
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Article, Illustration195 2002-01-03 24 THE Singapore Consumer Business Organisation of Hewlett-Packard has made available a long-lasting battery for HP's Jornada 560 series Pocket PC (picture). The vendor describes it as the longest-lasting extended battery pack in the market for Pocket PCs. HP said195 words
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CNETASIA Breaking News
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Article55 2002-01-03 24 Eleven of Japan's major chipmakers, including Hitachi, NEC and Toshiba, are looking into setting up a company to produce next-genera-tion chips. The Nihon Kezai Shimbun Business daily said the company could start building a production plant next year. Through the project, the companies aim to cut plant construction55 words
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Article57 2002-01-03 24 Apple Computer has released another update for the Mac OS X Version W.I .2 of OS X is available for download at Apple's website. The update includes: Support for more devices with USB and FireWire connections Support for storage devices based on the PC Card format,57 words
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CNETAsia Downloads
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Article29 2002-01-03 24 If you don't want anyone to know where you've been online, this free program for Internet Explorer protects your privacy ana stops those annoying pop up windows.29 words
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Article18 2002-01-03 24 A software that lets you keep a personal voice diary or journal on your PC.18 words
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Article27 2002-01-03 24 Firewall security and Internet sharing on your LAN. After installing SolidShare, anyone on the local network will be able to transparently and securely access the Internet.27 words
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Article21 2002-01-03 24 This utility allows you to view multiple file types, zoom in on a selection and rename files with one keystroke.21 words
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Article23 2002-01-03 24 Defend outer space, space stations, earth and oceans from alien spacecraft. Catch better weapons with your spacecraft to gain higher scores.23 words
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LIMELIGHT
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Article, Illustration409 2002-01-03 25 Elisa Chia - Elisa Chia For the workaholic Shaoguang, it is acting, even on New Year's Day by elisa@newstoday.com.sg WHILE most people were out in force to usher in the New Year with a big bang, Shaoguang (picture) would have preferred to spend some quiet moments by himself. "IWEE TECK MAN - 409 words
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INCINEMAS
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Article, Illustration155 2002-01-03 26 ONE year after the end of the affair, Russell Crowe (picture) has finally apologised to Meg Ryan. Crowe and Ryan fell in love on the set of Proof of Life last year, and their high-ly-publicised affair led to Ryan divorcing actor155 words
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Article, Illustration521 2002-01-03 26 Reuters/Variety Internet investors fuel film boom SEOUL (South Korea) With Korean movies snagging more than 40 per cent of the local box office and homegrown hits bringing seven-digit profits to producers, Koreans are realising that movies can be as good as gold for investors. And never has– Reuters/Variety - 521 words
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Article88 2002-01-03 28 Reuters/Variety LAS VEGAS The Lord of the Rings won six awards from the Las Vegas Film Critics society, while Memento earned four, including best picture. The Lord of the Rings won best director (Peter Jackson), cinematography (Andrew Lesnie), score (Howard Shore) song (Enya's May It Be),— Reuters/Variety - 88 words
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Article244 2002-01-03 28 Reuters/Variety CAIRO The Egyptian film industry is losing US$l5 million ($27.8 million) every year due to video piracy, according to statistics from video distributors of American and Egyptian films. Since the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) closed its Cairo office in 1999, piracy has– Reuters/Variety - 244 words
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Miscellaneous1488 2002-01-03 30 /A=diaCorp /A=diaCorp A^H^^^H*^^3H Love Revolution (Finale) Frasier Merry Christmas, Lonely Planet Arts Central, 12.05am I Channel 8,10.30pm Mrs MoskowitZ Channel 5,1 lpm This series chronicles the traveller's P^^ Apß I Endo Mariko (left) confesses to Asaoko adventures and misadventures, introChannel Newsasia «HP Kyoko that she has spent a night with1,488 words
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Article, Illustration555 2002-01-03 31 Low Shi Ping - Low Shi Ping Bringing art to people's doorstep by shiping@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE using an entire HDB block as an art installation. That's exactly what a group of artists has turned Block 124 of Kim Tian Place into. But do not expect any fancy sculptures or blackWONG KHING CHONG - 555 words
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Article, Illustration690 2002-01-03 32 Agencies LOS ANGELES Tiger Woods barely had time to savour his third straight Player of the Year award before January ushered in the US PGA Tour's 2002 season and a new list of players eager to knock him off his perch atop the golf world.– Agencies; Allsport photo - 690 words
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Article, Illustration656 2002-01-03 32 Rohit Brijnath - Rohit Brijnath by rohit@newstoday.com.sg YESTERDAY, it was about Holyfield retiring, Chievo winning, and an AH clone. Here, Today columnist Rohit Brijnath brings you the rest of his sporting wishes for 2002. C\ f\ A fellow in Azurri blue (which £d \j is656 words
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Article, Illustration518 2002-01-03 33 Jose Raymond - Jose Raymond Today Exclusive Football and badminton to lose 'core' sports status, amongst other changes by jose@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore sports scene looks set for a major overhaul. Under the restructuring, two major sports, football and badminton, are likely to be reclassified as "Community Sports" after enjoying the518 words
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Article, Illustration543 2002-01-03 34 Razali Abdullah - Razali Abdullah by razali@newstoday.com.sg THE team is just going through a bad patch. It made a huge mistake in letting Fowler go. The season's a marathon, not a sprint Owen is going through a brief lean spell. What's happening to Liverpool? Frankly, I'm runningReuters photo - 543 words
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Article, Illustration448 2002-01-03 34 Kelvin Phang - Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S Remy Ong (picture) could finish as Asia's number one bowler for 2001 if he does well in next week's Singapore Open at Plaza Bowl. According to the latest rankings released by the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF), Ong448 words
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Article, Illustration586 2002-01-03 35 -AFP English Premier League Man Utd 3 Newcastle 1 Man U makes it six wins in a row LONDON Reborn Manchester United notched its sixth consecutive league win with an impressive 3-1 victory at home to fellow title contender Newcastle this morning to move-AFP; Reuters photo - 586 words
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Article170 2002-01-03 35 Agencies MANCHESTER Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon has put an end to speculation over manager Alex Ferguson's retirement plans. "We're going to do what we said all along, which is to start to look for our new manager in the new year," said Kenyon– Agencies - 170 words
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Article66 2002-01-03 35 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid clinched the inaugural Madrid 2002 trophy after beating local rival Atletico Madrid in a close-ly-fought match at the Santiago Bernabeu this morning. A well-taken first half strike from Raul and second half goals from Ivan Helguera and Albert Celades gave the SpanishReuters - 66 words
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