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  • 14 1 TODAY T h U r S (1 2L\ February 14, 2002 < MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • 581 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim and that means heart of terror is safe from a crackdown by and Elaine Quek news@newstoday.com.sg IN a move that underlines the irony of anti-terrorist operations in South-east Asia, the United States reached an agreement to deploy troops in the Philippines but gave up
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 83 1 fJF day before he t'fc away, he fl J] i^|^ (former President Ong I Teng Cheong) played M the piano something he had not been able to do the last few weeks I and he played Mum's favourite H^^ tunes. Then he said he was tired end went to bed.
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    • 32 1 Lord of the Rings dominates 74th Academy Award nominations Pages 22-23 No regrets, says NTUC Income boss Tan Kin Lian Page 30 Uncivil Waugh prepares for battle, says Rohit Brijnath Page 28
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 387 2  -  Sol E Solomon Will civil service switch to StarOffice? by solom on@newstoday.com.sg THE civil service may be ditching Microsoft's MS-Office software for Sun Microsystems' StarOffice suite. And this can convert to hefty cost savings for the Government, as StarOffice, an Open Source Software (OSS), is available free of
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    • 35 2 WEE TECKHIAN Today gave out heart-shaped balloons to couples along Orchard Road last Saturday as part of its Romancing Singapore Campaign. It certainly made this couple's day. Today photo by
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    • 236 2  -  Elaine Quek CHILDREN are now receiving faster medical attention at the National University Hospital (NUH) with its new 24-hour children's emergency centre. The Children's Emergency Service (CES) is expected to ease the load of NUH's main emergency department by serving patients aged 16 and below.
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    • 35 2 WEE TECKHIAN Perfect 10 deejay Jamie Yeo at the launch of Today's Nutz Supplement last Saturday outside Cathay Cineleisure Orchard. Nutz is a weekly publication targeted at young adults. Today photo by
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    • 153 3 JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri could be facing political hard times after she strongly criticised her administration on Monday, saying it was becoming a "garbage dump". The leader criticised bureaucrats for lacking initiative and being selective in their reporting, Tempo Interactive reported. "When I visit the regions
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    • 338 3 Agencies Moody's may downgradeTokyo economy TOKYO Not that anybody needed a confirmation. But Moody's Investors Service has given the poorest assessment thus far of the Japanese economy. The New York-based global rating agency, watched by investors keenly, said it could cut by two notches the debt
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    • 205 3 KUALA LUMPUR The government yesterday singled out an unnamed former Cabinet member for activities that it said had led the United States to conclude that Malaysia is involved in terrorism. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said "previous ties" between the former Cabinet member
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    • 370 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Marine firm scores record $775m turnover by huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) group is sailing smoothly through the choppy waters of the economic downturn. As one of Asia's forerunners in ship repair and shipbuilding, the group boasted a turnover of some
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    • 154 4  -  Zackana Abdul Rahim TWO Muslim organisations, Perdaus and Darul Arqam, have set up a foundation to set a common standard across the several part-time madrasah programmes here. Yayasan Ilm (education in Arabic) will bring in consultants from overseas to help them with curriculum development Mr Ridzuan Wu, president
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    • 284 4 TO say that there is one active youth for each apathetic one in Singapore may not be far-fetched at all. While the ratio may not be exactly 1:1, the National Youth Council (NYC) believes that there are more active youths than apathetic ones
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    • 148 4 Channel NewsAsia A 39-YEAR-OLD woman died on Chinese New Year's Day after she was hit by a van along Seletar Expressway while she was getting something out of the boot of her car. Police say the accident happened at about lpm on the expressway
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    • 194 3 Is your place safe? Almost every work environment has potential hazards that can cause the loss of life or limb. It can be the pointed tip of a seemingly innocent desk in the office. A hot stove in the restaurant. Or a high-speed machine on the factory floor. One company
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    • 153 5 Romancing njß* I HUP TUM&h HII~P It's a double celebration of love this year with Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day spicing up the month of February. With loved ones around, bite into these special heart-shaped pizzas. Loaded with all your favourite toppings, you'll just love the taste... from first
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  • LETTERS
    • 216 6  -  Sri Widari Mohamed Affandi I REFER to the letter, "Sharing the space", by Mr Lim Chee Hwee, the Press Secretary to the Minister for Education, (Today, Feb 2) and other press reports regarding the fostering of unity through school
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    • 313 6  -  Karen Tan but we must look beyond labels and biases OF late, there has been much debate over perceptions and preconceived notions of many issues. While it is human to form stereotypes, we should also remind ourselves to see each person for him or herself. Often, forming
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    • 148 6  -  Saleh Ali WE refer to the letter, "Why are childcare centres not given Muis certificates?", by Mr Mohamed Rahimatullah (Today, Jan 31). Childcare centres are required to ensure that the various dietary requirements of the children enrolled in the centres are catered to. In this
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    • 141 6  -  M Mueller I REFER to the article, "Too much school work, so my daughter sleeps less" (Today, Feb 11). I sympathise with the Lims and other parents who are experiencing the same situation. Through my interaction with Singaporean students and parents, I've realised that the school
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    • 210 6  -  Vincent Lim WE refer to the letter, "EZ-link that is not easy", by Ms Lim Le-Anne (Today, Jan 31). The selective preview for the EZ-link card is currently taking place and will last until early next month. The SBS Transit bus services involved in
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    • 33 6 I Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-*****17; E-mail: n ews@ newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 233 9 Bloomberg Indonesian government plans to sell entire stake in telecom giant JAKARTA The government of Indonesia may sell its entire 65 per cent holding in PT Indosat, the country's main fixed-line overseas call operator, this year. The public holds 35 per cent. Answering a question
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    • 356 9 SINGTEL has teamed up with Thai Internet and data centre provider, Loxinfo IDC, to provide managed hosting services (MHS) to corporate users, Internet service and content providers in Thailand and elsewhere. These customers can outsource their entire IT networks and house their mission critical equipment in data
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    • 221 10 Reuters News Corp becomes second major media firm to shun Andersen NEW YORK Rupert Murdoch's (picture) News Corp became the second major media conglomerate to pledge not to use its auditor, Andersen, for consulting services. This follows the action of its rival, Walt Disney, which did so late
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    • 222 10 AFP LONDON British Airways will cut a further 6,000 to 7,000 jobs, eliminate more loss-mak-ing routes and reduce its Gatwick airport operations. The Financial Times said the job cuts provided BA chief executive, Mr Rod Eddington, with his stiffest test in two years at
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    • 26 10 UK£ U.JtQO 0.3809 Rupiah Baht 5557.83 23.914 Yen 72.522 Peso 28.054 HK$ 4.2603 A$ 1.0755 RM 2.0754 Rupee 26.593 Euro 0.6236 Won 718.28
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    • 278 10 Bloomberg SYDNEY Australian consumer confidence rose for a fourth consecutive month in February to its highest in almost three years, paving the way for increased retail spending. The Westpac Banking/Melbourne Institute sentiment index of 1,200 consumers rose 0.6 per cent to 112.9 points this month, the
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    • 121 10 -AFP TORONTO Telecommunications giant Nortel Networks has cut its overall cost structure by US$5.4 billion ($9.9 billion) over the past 12 months. "We're a much slimmed down organisation, more focused and much more agile," Nortel president and CEO, Mr Frank Dunn, said in a conference
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    • 2825 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Sel Singapore Dollar Fund 1.0015 1.0016 Aberdeen Sel American Opportunities O./l 3 0.749 Aberdeen Sel Asian Fixed Income 1.16/ 1.203 Aberdeen Sel China Opportunities Fund 0.939 0.987 Aberdeen Sel Continental Europe Equity
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    • 294 12 Bloomberg IMF to probe nations that consistently seek aid WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerned that a quarter of its members such as Pakistan, Argentina and Turkey tap its loans for decades at a time will investigate why some countries are perennial borrowers. The review, the first
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    • 227 12 GOVERNMENTS in the Asia Pacific are ambitiously launching e-government initiatives. The Asia-Pacific e-Government Strategies report by research group, International Data Corporation (IDC) also expects that by 2003 governments worldwide would have increased spending on e-govern-ment initiatives to devote more resources to e-enable
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    • 155 10 run %i/ p>3f CO-FOUNDERS ANTHONY THEN AND GOH SOO KHIM V^»_ Z^J& jg^L ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GOH SOO KH[M y V 5§ SINGAPORE DANCE THEATRE ~*?/S~* £3 e620 Choreography by Jean-Paul ComettttßfierjuirirernntjMxconttt I Music by Adolphe Mam I CjiseCCe, a peasant airC 'A&recfit, a nofafeman m** Can faw £c eternaC? j^bk
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 124 13 WASHINGTON In an unusual bipartisan move, an inquiry will be held into the US intelligence community's response to terrorism. The inquiry will go as far back as the Reagan era. Both the Senate and the House intelligence committees, combining members of different political parties, will
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    • 183 13 Reuters CANBERRA The Australian government has admitted that its top-secret satellite spy agency spied on its own citizens during the crisis over boatpeople on the Tampa freighter last year. The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) can monitor every telephone call in the region but cannot pass the
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    • Article, Illustration
      322 13 He says Europe is wise, US is power dizzy WASHINGTON Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has taken advantage of a split in opinion between the US and the European Union (EU) to save himself from being toppled. Calling the Americans "power dizzy", he praised the EU for taking a
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    • 136 13 AFP KARACHI British-born Islamic militant Sheikh Omar (picture) has confessed to kidnapping Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl. Omar believes Mr Pearl is still alive, officials said yesterday. But Omar, who has been under intense questioning by police in Lahore and Karachi, has refused to
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    • 173 13 Agencies WASHINGTON Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is here for bilateral talks that analysts say are a reward for supporting Washington in its war against terrorism. Pakistan, having already received a boost from the US, is not expected to be given any more aid money but President Musharraf
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    • 173 13 Agencies THE HAGUE Charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, speculation is mounting about how former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic will construct his defence. Milosevic is the first former head of state to face charges of war crimes before an international tribunal. Contemptuous of a tribunal
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 977 14  -  Susanna Angeline Kulatissa Key officials cannot disconnect from their jobs even during holidays by AT MY office, you don't have to look at the calendar to know that a festive holiday is around the corner. A hush envelops the five rows of open-plan work stations that make
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    • 222 14 What the regional papers said yesterday Philippine Daily Inquirer/ The Philippines Air force pounds Abu Sayyaf hideouts before war games Philippine Air Force planes on Tuesday pounded hideouts of the Abu Sayyaf group on Jolo island, raising to 20 the number of bandits killed in three days of fighting. Utusan
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  • UPFRONT
    • 929 15 My father the great listener Mr Ong Tze Guan, the eldest son of former president Ong Teng Cheong, gave Singaporeans a glimpse of the close ties that bind the Ong family at his father's funeral service on Tuesday. f SO much has been said about my father in the M
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    • 581 15 Reuters NEW DELHI It was just a small notice buried in a newspaper but it set tongues wagging because it was placed by the son-in-law of India's most powerful political dynasty the Gandhis. Mr Robert Vadra, husband of Ms Priyanka Gandhi (picture) whose family
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 310 16  -  -Janice Lee IT S a case of first-time lucky for Air France promotion winner, Ms Yvonne Wee. In a contest published in the Feb 1 edition of Today, Air France offered a pair of tickets to Europe as part of its Valentine's
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    • 1115 17 Singaporean couples talk about how they retain the romance in their relationship VALENTINE'S Day means much to some, and absolutely nothing to others. But one thing no one can deny. It's here to stay and it's about as enduring as the most celebrated passions. While
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 84 16 MUSIC Unleash The Music Students from the Song Composing Club of Ngee Ann Polytechnic will perform their own compositions in English, Chinese and Malay. Date: Tomorrow Time: 6.30pm Venue: Singapore Conference Hall Price: $7 Ticketing: Call Jia Rong at 9476 4746 THEATRE Beautiful Thing R(A) This Toy Factory play (English
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      375 18 Reuters/Variety Expect more than just lace and ruffles next season NEW YORK Traces of romance and a freespirit linger on in the fashion world, as seen on the runways of New York's semi-annual Fashion Week which ends tomorrow. But, on top of the ever-popular ruffles and lace, expect
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    • 1216 19 JjoV^hsot6Sc(assiM (Q) Rpmancfng Aishite Iru '&o w \§r W- y^V V^'%V w V; DARDAR LOVE YOU MUCH Dear Mr Moon, I'm feeling closer Dear, How Often We Quarrel It MF^TiMF^Tn^Hnm-T^Tn Inu BABYWAN, "I LOVE YOU BABY WITH AH Rl Rl. HAPPY V DAY. I WILL V/ MUCH HAPPYVALENTINE DAY to
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  • INFOTECH
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      406 20  -  Reuben Lee New Kodak scores with low price and ease of use by reuben.lee@asia.cnet.com IT'S hard not to mistake the new Kodak DX3215 Zoom (picture) for a portable webcam that doubles as a low-resolution digital camera. After all, most of these devices have a maximum capture resolution of
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    • 172 20 WOULD you like to have your picture specially cast on your mobile phone? Now you can. StarHub will be offering an exclusive version of the Sendo S2OO, a first-in-market personalised picture mobile phone. At 98g, the Sendo S2OO dual-band GSM mobile phone has a unique feature:
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    • 67 20 AN alternative to the stylus, the HP Jornada 560 series Pocket Keyboard (picture) allows for easy thumb-typing and is ideal for working on e-mail, documents and spreadsheets. Not only designed to pro- vide greater productivity and speedier data input, the keyboard doubles up as a sleek
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    • 84 21 THANK YOU SINGAPORE FOR MAKING "THE REUNION" THE NUMBER 1 LOCAL DRAMA OVER THE PAST YEAR. i>-^ THE REUNION 482,000 PI L. M t THREE WOMEN A HALF 435,000 THE CHALLENGE 400,000 E_ v NAME 3fliK 1 rf% OF MADAM WHITE SNAKE 355,000 THE HOTEL I 339,000 LUCKY NUMBERS 334,000
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 400 22 Reuters/Variety Lord of the Rings dominates 74th Academy Award nominations LOS ANGELES The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (picture) has earned 13 Academy Award nominations. With one less than the record 14 Titanic in 1997 and All About Eve in 1950 Rings
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    • 134 22 AFP MUMBAI The best foreign film Oscar nomination for Lagaan will open the doors wider for Hindi movies on the global market, Indian film industry insiders said. Mother India was nominated in 1957 and Salaam Bombay in 1988. Lagaan, which portrays a village's struggle under British
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    • 443 23 Best Motion Picture A Beautiful Mind Gosford Park In the Bedroom The Lord of the Rings Moulin Rouge s Best Actor Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind Sean Penn, /Am Sam Will Smith, Ali Denzel Washington, Training Day Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom R um d a/i >d
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    • 132 23 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Warner Bros unveiled Arnold Schwarzenegger's Collateral Damage this weekend and it claimed US$l5 million ($25.6 million) at the box office. The film, in which Arnie battles terrorists, had its Oct 5 release postponed after the Sept 11 attacks. Warners executives were pleased Collateral showed few
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 119 23 Weekend gross Cumulative gross/days 1 Collateral Damage U5515.06 m US$ 15.06 m/ 3 2 I* Big Fat Liar U5511.55 m U5511.55 m/ 3 3 I* Rollerball US$ 9.01 m US$ 9.01 m/ 3 4 1) Black Hawk Down US$ 8.00 m US$ 86.72 m/ 45 5 2 Snow Dogs US$
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 313 24  -  Gail Wan by gail@newsto day. com. sg JAY Chou (picture) has dropped his baseball cap and got himself a flashy wardrobe and kept his eyes off the ground during his Fantasy concert, but the shy singer's mentor still had to give him a tip or two
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    • 89 24 ■Reuters LOS ANGELES The mystery of where Beatle George Harrison spent his last days was solved when Los Angeles officials said he died in a Hollywood Hills mansion that had been leased by former bandmate Paul McCartney. Harrison's death on Nov 29 has been surrounded by controversy
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    • 630 24  -  Elisa Chia For this 'millionaire 1, work is his hobby by elisa@newstoday.com.sg FIND a job that you like and you'll never have to work a day in your life. In that true fashion, Taiwanese motor-mouth Cao Qitai hasn't been "working" for the past eight years. A household name
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    • 210 24  -  -Janice Lee ''pHEY'RE back and all their eccentrici--L ties are even more extreme in their new series. Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and her alcoholic best friend Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) are back and are set to be Absolutely Fabulous on MediaCorp TV 12's
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 939 28  -  Rohit Brijnath DEFEAT has its own look, its particular grimace. It brings a stiffer bearing, lips white in their tightness, a face flat and heavy with disappointment. Defeat has its own tones. It oscillates between clipped monosyllables, a dull tenor and unpunctuated harangues. Mostly, it is patience on
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    • 100 28 Reuters LONDON Mike Tyson (picture) could face heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis in Atlanta in June after being granted a licence to fight in Georgia, according to BBC reports. A spokesman for the Georgia Boxing Commission told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Shelly Finkel, Mr Tyson's manager,
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    • 207 28 Reuters MELBOURNE Steve Waugh, who has been dropped from the one-day squad, refused to go quietly when Australia's 1999 World Cup campaign looked doomed. Few could forget his 120 not out against South Africa in or his 200 against the West Indies
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    • 726 29 NBA Lakers 103 Wizards 94 Phil Jackson wins first duel against Mike LOS ANGELES It was billed as Air Jordan against the heir apparent And by the end of yesterday's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards, which had Staples Center crackling with post-sea-son
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    • 374 29 LONDON Juan Sebastian Veron has denied rumours that he is set to rejoin Lazio and has begged David Beckham to commit his future to Manchester United, reported BBCSport Online. The Argentine midfielder has failed to produce his best form
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    • 134 29 MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin waded into a spat over a controversial Olympic gold medal yesterday, congratulating Russia's pair figure skating champions on a "brilliant victory". Russian duo Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze edged out Canadian world champions David Pelletier and Jamie Sale on Monday to clinch
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    • 100 29 KUALA LUMPUR Foreign demand for tickets to the World Cup field hockey tournament starting here Feb 24 has been hit by the Sept 11 terror attacks. The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) said just 20 per cent of tickets had been sold, but organisers were confident that bookings
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    • 51 29 CHRISTCHURCH Nathan Astle scored an unbeaten 67 to shepherd New Zealand to a four-wicket victory in the opening one-day international against England yesterday. Having dismissed England for 196 with Daniel Vettori taking four wickets, Stephen Fleming's side reached 198 in just 38.3 overs for the loss of six
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    • 559 30  -  Jose Raymond IMTUC Income chiefhas no\egrats^a[c I becoming title sponsor by j ose@newstoday. com.sg A YEAR has passed since NTUC Income became the title sponsor of the seven-year-old S-League. And chief executive officer Tan Kin Lian says that the yearly $1.5 million sponsorship of the S-League has
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    • 146 30 NTUC Income was established in Singapore in 1970. Over the last 31 years, it has matured into a leading insurer in Singapore and has seen its assets grow from $1.2 million in 1970 to more than $9.1 billion today. At the end of 2001, NTUC Income had
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    • 241 30  -  Jose Raymond IVICA Raguz's dream of returning to the club he helped win a hat-trick of titles in 1996, 1997 and 1998 has been dashed. The Croatian, dubbed "the magician" because of his silky ball skills, has been told that he will not be part
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    • 90 30 -AFP PERTH Western Australian batsman Michael Hussey last night unfurled what could be the most lucrative single stroke in the history of cricket. Hussey won a cool A5200,000 ($185,000) for one shot which hit into a sponsor's sign in a match against New South Wales. It was understood the
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