Today, 25 March 2002

Microfilm: NL24558
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Not so sweet
      443 2  -  Richard Seah Politics behind banning of sugar substitute? by MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR politics lie at the root of a US ban on stevia a sugar substitute. The ban had caused panic across the region. Hong Kong and Macau seized food items containing the natural herbal product, while Thailand's Public
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      PAS activists detained
      147 2 JOHOR BARU Thirteen members of the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) were detained on Saturday after police broke up what they called an illegal gathering, or ceramah, in a housing estate, the New Straits Times said yesterday. A statement by PAS Johor liaison officer Azam Haron said
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      Share info, says Ling
      106 2 MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Datuk Serf Dr Ling Liong Sik yesterday urged the Singapore Government to share information from its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the reclamation areas bordering Johor. According to a Bernama report, Dr Ling said Singapore had promised to study a memorandum to be
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      Lock icon Keeping it cool in 'air-conditioned nation'
      240 2  -  Leong Phei Phei SINGAPORE is set to become even more of an "air-condi-tioned" nation thanks to upgrading work at three bus interchanges. Toa Payoh Interchange will be the first to be fully air-condi-tioned in May. Next in line is Seng Kang Interchange, which is
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      149 2 I will definitely continue the work of Mr Abdullah... We've laid the foundations, B which I think are very, very good for us to V further cement the ties that we have between the political leadership and the community. So in terms of reaching out to the various Malay/Muslim organisations,
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      Lock icon More non-Chinese needed
      182 2 Channel News Asia THE People's Association Youth Movement (PAYM) is tying up with ethnic self-help groups to organise activities as part of its plan to increase its proportion of non-Chinese volunteers from the present 12 per cent to 20 per cent next year. Over the next six
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      Lock icon No S-E Asia haven
      427 3 AFP SM Lee on Al Qaeda and the Mega vs Arroyo approach SINGAPORE South-east Asia must not let Al Qaeda members fleeing Afghanistan find a safe haven in the region, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said. In a commentary for the April 1 issue of Forbes
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      Lock icon Indonesia, China build closer economic ties Battle for Chinese votes
      378 3 Agencies BEIJING Chinese-made motorcycles whizz down Jakarta roads. The Bank of China is set to open a Jakarta branch after a 35-year break and Garuda now flies direct to Guangzhou. These are but some of the rapid economic activities that
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      Lock icon Help with deportation
      78 3 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Concerned about the financial strain imposed by the deportation of illegal Filipinos from Sabah, the Philippines has appealed to Malaysia to help reduce the impact. Ambassador Jose Brillantes yesterday said "timely information" from Malaysia on the deportations would reduce the burden on authorities in
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      Lock icon 2m protest in Rome
      83 3 Agencies ROME In what has been described as the biggest rally in Italy, at least two million people filled the city centre on Saturday to protest against government plans to re-write labour laws. More than 9,000 buses and 60 special trains carried members of Italy's largest
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      The big job
      397 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Balancing local and foreign workers by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg IT is a delicate task keeping a balance of foreign and local workers in the job market Two American professors from the University of Pennsylvania one a Nobel laureate in Economics and the other the newly-appointed dean
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      North Pole trek hits water snag
      255 4  -  Sarah Chua ADVENTURER Khoo Swee Chiow has encountered yet another hurdle in his bid to trek across the North Pole. Despite making it to Ward Hunt Island last Friday after a five-day delay at Resolute Bay because of a blizzard, Mr Khoo has had
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      284 6 It is a well-established fact that zinc plays an important role in maintaining a healthy immune system. This essential mineral is commonly found in almost every cell in a healthy human body and is required for the development and activation of white blood cells which help fight infections. A lack
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  • HOME NEWS
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      No gain in pain
      359 7  -  Leong Phei Phei Over-exercising does more harm than good by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg MORE working Singaporeans are turning into gym rats but experts say some are falling victim to over-exertion. They end up injuring themselves as they push their bodies to the limit. Mr Jackson Yong, a senior
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      Win condo with SingTel
      207 7 SINGTEL Mobile has upped the ante in its fight to retain customers. It is offering a Changi Rise condominium as the top prize in its Rewarding Relationship Draw. Another top prize is a 1.6-litre Volkswagen. Other prizes include three $10,000 cash prizes and more than 100
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  • LETTERS
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      Send out clear signals
      91 8  -  Chen Yuanjing I REFER to the article, "Lessons in protest" (Today, March 18): What seems like a simple demonstration by a group of Chinese nationals can lead to the destruction of our economy. Singapore relies heavily on foreign investments. Such demonstrations are a threat to our
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      See the good in our young
      269 8  -  Lizawati Mohd Ta'at But they must better their world view I REFER to the letter by Ms Doris Wan on why young people fail in life, "What we lose by winning" (Today, March 19). Living in an age of affluence makes us take many
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      It's hard on parents, too
      141 8  -  Low Wai Choong MS Doris Wan is clearly as concerned as columnist Richard Seah (Today, March 14) about the ability of our young to "pass Life". Life means different things to different people. Some people, myself included, are unsure what life or, for that matter,
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      Chu will prove critics wrong
      128 8  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng I DISAGREE with Miss Jessica Yeoh's letter, "Such cheek making profit from bedroom romps" (Today, March 19). She said Ms Chu Mei-feng is hypocritical about giving to charity and that she was never sincere in expressing her remorse. She said the
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      Before ez-link fully hits the tracks and roads ...
      127 8  - Before ez-link fully hits the tracks and roads David Soh I REFER to how a "256-day bug" hit the ez-link system recently. Perhaps, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should consider the following suggestions before implementing the system fully: Commuters should be allowed to use the system in progressively bigger batches.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon White House under probe
      315 9 -AFP Enron-Andersen investigators looking at links with US govt WASHINGTON Congressional investigators are focusing on the White House for the first time in the probe of collapsed energy giant Enron and accounting firm Arthur Andersen, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. In a significant expansion of
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      Analysts bullish about Huan Hsin
      369 9  -  Vasu Menon Stock Watch by ANALYSTS are bullish on contract manufacturer Huan Hsin, expecting its share price to rise by 20 to 40 per cent over the next six to 12 months. ING Barings is probably the most bullish about the share price. It is
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      CPI up marginally last month
      127 9 A RISE in food prices, coupled with hikes in transport and communication costs last month led to the first monthly increase in Singapore's consumer price index (CPI) in half a year. The CPI which measures changes in prices of a basket of consumer goods and
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      Japan, China to conclude $5.5b currency swap agreement
      206 9  -  The Japan Times JAPAN and China will conclude a currency swap agreement as early as Thursday to avert a currency crisis, financial sources said Saturday. People's Bank of China governor Dai Xinglong will visit Japan this week to sign the agreement at
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      Lock icon Will Hague join Utama Bank?
      180 10 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR RHB Capital Bhd, which is merging its banking business with smaller rival Utama Banking Group Bhd, has asked Mr Michael Hague, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd, to run the combined group, the Star newspaper reported on Saturday, citing
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        111 10 DESPITE February non-oil domestic export numbers declining by more than 23 per cent, the STI breached the 1800--level three of five days last week, with Friday closing just above the 1800 for a weekly rise of 20.1 points or 1.2 per cent Banks accounted for the bulk of the
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        Malaysia
        88 10 THE benchmark KLCI gained one point last week on modest volume to close at 752.6 on Friday. Without leads to drive the market, key index-linked stocks generally closed the week mixed. Market interest focused more on the technology-related stocks and the lower liners. Spurred on by a better US
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        Week's SGX most active
        65 10 By volume Mar 18 to 22 '000 Ipco 138,324 Vikay Ind 90,473 IPC 73,120 Food Empire 68,277 Pac Cent 67,641 '000 FirstEng 67,528 PFood 61,668 Sing Tel 58,882 Capitaland 58,854 ASTI 51,001 By value Mar 18 to 22 Value UOB 219,067,607 DBS 185,271,038 Chartered 144,609,396 SPH
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        Week's SGX top rises
        85 10 Mar 18 to 22 Close Change SPH 23.900 +1.200 SPH 100 23.800 +1.100 CentralP 17.900 +0.600 OUT 4.560 +0.520 UOB 14.900 +0.500 SIA 200 14.600 +0.500 OUTF 4.560 +0.500 ICB 5.600 +0.450 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.800 +0.400 CSA 1.790 +0.400 )y percentage Mar 18 to
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        Week's SGX top falls
        81 10 War 18 to 22 >hang Asia 2kHKS ieaview Close Changi 6.050 -0.501 6.600 -0.301 IITYDEV 6.800 -0.301 SreatEast iukit Sem 12.200 -0.201 12.100 -0.201 5ES 0.675 -0.171 lapitaland 1.790 -0.131 bean 200USS 8.000 -0.101 taSteel 1.240 -0.071 )y percentage to 18 to 22 Close Change Remind
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.08 -181.70 -1.58 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.07 3381.60 6140.42 +33.34 -2.30 +93.90 +0.31 -0.07 +1.55 Korea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp 895.98 389.31 484.73 +10.34 +2.98 +4.08 +1.17 +0.77 +0.85 Phils Comp ihenzen B Mumbai 1417.75 233.44 3516.11 +2.28 -2.57
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5453 UK£ 0.3831 Yen 72.425 HK$ 4.2533 RM 2.0720 Euro 0.6229 Rupiah 5,357.9 Baht 23.656 Peso 27.839 A$ 1.0266 Indian Rs 26.599 Won 722.60 C$ 0.8602 Yuan 4.5137 NZ$ 1.2416 NTS 19.080
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 10 Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 293.10 Silver uss/oi 4.508 Platinum uss/oi 504.00 Rubber cents/kg 124.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1163 Brent crude uss/barrel 25.61
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      RHB deal for the big boys
      619 12  -  Mano Sabnani Business Commentary by mano@newsto day. com. sg ON the face of it, the biggest banking merger in Malaysia in recent memory has many pluses going for it The union of RHB Bank with fastrising Bank Utama will create the second biggest financial
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Sharon wants to talk
      349 14 Agencies Israeli PM keen to attend Saudi peace summit in Beirut JERUSALEM The need for a truce between Palestinians and Israelis has never been greater, but it has gained more urgency ahead of a key Arab League summit this week. Despite Israeli-imposed restrictions on his travel,
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      Lock icon Bush vows aid for Latin America reforms
      159 14 Agencies LIMA (Peru) US President George W Bush completes his tour of Latin America today after reassuring countries their economic prosperity had not fallen off the agenda post Sept 11. Mr Bush said during his four-day visit that the US would spend US$lO
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      Lock icon Corpse show vandal
      129 14 Reuters LONDON A man who could not bear an exhibit of a preserved baby in a womb poured paint on the floor and threw a blanket over the exhibit Martin Wynness said he was reacting as a parent at exhibits on display at the Atlantis Gallery, which
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      Lock icon Hijacker 'had anthrax'
      350 16 Agencies WASHINGTON A doctor who treated a Sept 11 hijacker in June last year for a lesion on his leg has gone through his notes once again and concluded that the man was suffering from anthrax of the skin. Dr Christopher Tsonas, of the Holy Cross Hospital
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The missing Parliament
      956 18  -  Ravi Veloo Why did the highest political forum here disappear for nearly half a year? by] I HOPE one of the questions that will be asked at the first session of the 10th Parliament today is: Why did it take so long to happen? The last session
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  • UPFRONT
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      Stop, check the life compass
      806 20  -  Audrey Perera Where are we heading? What regrets will we have and how can we avoid them? A FRIEND posed a question to me the other day: "Imagine you are on your deathbed. You know you don't have much time left. What do you think
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      Lock icon Thumb is digit of the next generation
      130 20 -Reuters LONDON Research carried out in nine cities shows that the thumbs of people under 25 years of age have taken over as the hand's most dextrous digit, said The Observer. The change affects those who have grown up with Game Boys and
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      Diva shows her
      381 21  -  Ong Poh Chin Sammi Cheng charms Singapore yet again by pohchin@newstoday.com.sg ASIAN pop diva Sammi Cheng charmed her Singaporean fans once more in her sell-out Shocking Colours Concert 2002 last Friday. At the fully-packed Singapore Indoor Stadium, she kept 11,000 fans on their feet with a combination
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  • JOBBEAT
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      Up there where he belongs
      713 22  -  Jeffrey Tan For Brandon, it's all about staying cool under pressure and making the right decisions STAFF Sergeant Brandon Joseph (picture right), 31, is a flight engineer who calls the shots when it comes to the aircraft he services. Staff Brandon, as he likes to
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      Lock icon Afghan girls return to school
      419 23 -AFP MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan) Afghan girls went back to school for the first time in up to five years on Saturday, elated and emotional at the end of the draconian ban on female education imposed by the former Taliban regime. In this northern city, small groups
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  • EATOUT
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      Simply delicious
      445 24  -  Janice Lee Chefs of Four Seasons offer tips on cooking good food WELL-PREPARED food always leaves us pondering the tricks chefs have up their white sleeves or under their big white chefs hats. But for chefs of the Four Seasons hotel chain, the key to good food is
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      foodNotes
      363 24 Raffles Grill Says Bon Apetct One of the youngest three-Michelin-star chefs in the world is cooking up a storm at Raffles Hotel. Until Wednesday, you can savour the best of Chef Jacques Pourcel's Languedoc cuisines at the Raffles Grill. The menu features an extensive selection of appetisers, soups, fish
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      Ultimate dishes
      445 25  -  Pauline DLoh Chef Chan re-surfaces with his temple of fine food FOR more than a decade, Chef Chan Chen Hei's name has been associated with the Hai Tien Lo at Pan Pacific Hotel, where he has a devoted following Last year he finally decided to strike out on
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      329 26 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Throw out the envelope, please. Tom Green is Tinseltown's top turkey. Comedian Green and his big screen debut Freddy Got Fingered were panned as the worst of the merely bad at the 22nd Annual Razzie Awards, given to Hollywood's most
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      Splashing fun
      483 26  -  Serene Foo Yaguchi's Waterboys is a goofy crowd-pleaser PLUNGING into a cliched underdog-makes-good plot, Japanese director-writer Shinobu Yaguchi (My Secret Cache and Adrenaline Drive) risks having Waterboys being dismissed as bubblegum fare early on. Yaguchi, however, keeps his goofy crowd-pleas-er afloat by deftly injecting exuberant freshness into his
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      357 27 -Reuters Will winners of Independent Spirit Awards bag Oscars as well? LOS ANGELES The low-budget amnesia thriller, Memento, won the top prizes on Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards the independent movie world's equivalent of the Academy Awards while Oscarnominated family tragedy, In The Bedroom, nabbed two
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      319 27 -Reuters LOS ANGELES When the Oscar for best foreign language film is announced on Sunday, the choice may boil down to contrasting visions of Europe: One, a picture-postcard perfect Paris, the other, a war-shattered Bosnia. Amelie, about a woman who sets out
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      45 27 Catch the Oscars Today Will Crowe (picture, left) win again or will his bad-boy behaviour tip the scales in Washington's (picture, right) way? Find out from the 74th Academy Awards on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 at 9am today. The repeat telecast will be at 10pm.
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      438 28  -  Janice Lee Miss Singapore Universe 2002 is a considerate winner, too by janice@newstoday.com.sg GLITZ and glamour transformed 20 girls-next-door into stars on Saturday night The finalists of the Miss Singapore Universe 2002 pageant shone brightly on stage during the two-hour event, which was broadcast live from the
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      124 28  -  THE rain was pouring down on the 40,000 people gathered at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday but the crowd showed no intention of leaving. Their eyes were glued to the stage and their cheering got louder by the minute all in anticipation of
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      152 32 -AFP PERTH The injured girlfriend of England cricketer Ben Hollioake, killed in a car crash on Saturday, remains in a critical condition, a spokesman for Royal Perth Hospital said yesterday. Janaya Scholten, 23, was travelling in the sports car Hollioake was driving in South Perth when it
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      626 32 Golf The Players Championship Unknowns lead, host of big names, including Woods, give chase PONTE VEDRA BEACH Neither man has ever won on the PGA Tour. So what are Carl Paulson and Craig Perks (picture) doing in the final group at the Players Championship? Unlike
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      412 32 ■AFP NEW DELHI If Nayan Mongia had his way, he would probably dump India's cricket selectors in the nearest hole and ensure they are never seen again. The 32-year-old veteran has once again been ignored by selectors, this time for next month's tour of
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      492 33  -  Jose Raymond Today EXCLUSIVE Singapore's fastest man wants to focus on Asiad by j ose@newstoday. com.sg SINGAPORE'S fastest man U.K. Shyam (picture) has decided to give the Commonwealth Games a miss. Despite being one of three athletes from the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) that
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      66 33 HOME United's women's team (above) clinched the Football Association of Singapore Women's Challenge Cup after defeating Tampines Rovers (1951) 4-3 in a penalty shootout at St Wilfred's Recreation Centre yesterday. The score was tied 0-0 after 90 minutes. The Guest of Honour, President S.R. Nathan, presented the
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      175 33 Reuters SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs extended its season-high winning streak to 12 games with an 89-79 victory over the Miami Heat yesterday as the impressive Tim Duncan had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Rookie Tony Parker also chipped in with a sterling performance as
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      170 33 REIGNING World Bowling Masters Jesmine Ho had another mediocre outing in the Malaysian Open, held at the Pyramid Bowl in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. She came in 30th (189 average) in the Masters event and even finished behind less experienced team-mates like Cheryl Soon, Michelle Kwang
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      158 33 Today-NTUC Income Fan of the Week HE WORKS in a restaurant to earn extra pocket money. Just so he can buy a season ticket and follow Jurong in all its matches. T. Movindran (picture) has not missed a Jurong game since the club's entry into the S-League in
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      605 34  -  Kelvin Phang Injury-hit Singapore scores historic win over Japan by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg THE SINGAPORE rugby team recorded several firsts when it scored an improbable 19-17 win over Japan in the Bowl quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Sevens yesterday. It was the first ever win for the Republic in
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      185 34 LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed to BBC Sport that Jonathan Woodgate has been left out of the England squad for non-football reasons. Woodgate will not be involved against Italy on Wednesday after Eriksson, his assistant Tord Grip and Football Association chief executive Adam
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      584 35 Agencies Smicer's late winner sends Reds to the top of the table English Premier League Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 Blues lose, despite being the better side at Anfield England's match against Italy. Chelsea controlled the firsthalf and Danish winger Jesper Gronjkaer was an excellent outlet for it on
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      100 35 MILAN Bologna maintained its grip on Italy's fourth Champions League qualifying slot with a thrilling 4-3 win over Lecce in the Serie A yesterday. Two goals from Gheorghe Popescu had helped Lecce to a 3-2 lead, but Giuseppe Signori and Salvatore Fresi struck to give Bologna
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      Pires blow
      126 35 LONDON Robert Pires will be out for four weeks after picking up a knee injury in Arsenal's 3-0 FA Cup quarterfinal replay victory over Newcastle on Saturday. Pires suffered twisted medial knee ligaments in an innocuous challenge with Nikos Dabizas. The Frenchman scored and made Dennis Bergkamp's second
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      192 35 Agencies English Premier League Fulham 0 Tottenham 2 Spurs finally end losing streak LONDON Teddy Sheringham broke his goaldrought in an unexpected manner, and with it ended Tottenham Hotspurs' winless three-match run yesterday. But Fulham's sixth successive defeat leaves Jean Tigana's team three points above
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      337 35 English Premier League Man United 0 Middlesbrough 1 Boksic winner probably ends United's title hopes MANCHESTER Steve McClaren is no stranger to Old Trafford, and in common with 67,000 others did not immediately recognise Alen Boksic's ninthminute goal as the moment when Manchester
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