Today, 25 April 2002

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    8 1 TODAY Thursday A P m 25,2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Crossroads
    492 1  -  Francis Kan Local giant prepares for life after boss by francis@newstoday.com.sg ONE man's decision to take stock of his life might just be a giant manufacturer's moment of truth. About a year ago, Mr Barry Waite, the chief executive officer of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, had openheart surgery. He stayed
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    Slimming surprise
    152 1  -  Leong Phei Phei ONE of the more popular slimming products in Singapore has been taken off the shelves. Launched amidst a publicity blitz in December, Slim 10 had a number of customers swearing that it worked. But now, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is investigating if there was
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    Lock icon The mother of all mergers?
    89 1 Bloomberg NEW YORK The Nasdaq Stock Market and the London Stock Exchange may merge, creating the world's largest equity market, people familiar with the talks said. The No 2 US stock market home to technology companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Systems and the
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      26 1 £a» laaa-a is-11&& Did Man Utd get past Bayer Leverkusen? Did West Ham put a halt to Arsenal's march? Call after 6am today for the results
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  • HOT NEWS
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      New committee to oversee aviation security
      47 2 A COMMITTEE has been set up to oversee and review security measures related to airports, aircraft and air navigation facilities. The National Civil Aviation Security Committee will ensure that security is adequate and meet interna-tionally-accepted standards. It will also recommend practices.
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      Rising son
      285 2 A QUESTION that is sometimes the subject of coffee-shop chatter was put pointedly to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture) recently and his answer was that having a formidable father can be a liability sometimes. The question was whether he could have come this far in Government
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      Trains redeployed to busier LRT lines
      190 2  -  Sarah Chua ONE of the three service routes on the Bukit Panjang LRT line will have shorter operating hours from next month. Trains plying the loop service from Ten Mile Junction station will start an hour later at 9.30 am and end half an
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      Lock icon Talks suspended
      73 2 Channel News Asia BRITISH oil giant BP has suspended talks with Oman Oil, the latest contender for its one-third stake in Singapore Refining Company (SRC), sources say. BP early last year said it wanted to divest its one-third stake in SRC because of poor refining margins. BP had
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      Lock icon FF team causes stir
      216 3 Keuters reported. Talk of coup in Manila as group meets Cardinal MANILA A group of political activists is causing a stir in the Philippines amid talks of a coup to replace the Arroyo government The group, dubbed the Freedom Force (FF), is reported to have the
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      KL gets tough on immigration offenders
      133 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is amending its legislation to include public whipping even for first-time immigration offenders. Currently, the Immigration Act allows whipping only for those committing the offence for the second time. Immigration director-general Datuk Mohamad Jamal Kamdi said a Bill to amend the
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      Love triangle?
      91 3 FRIENDS and colleagues have expressed shock over Tuesday's shooting incident at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Iseas), in which a 50-year-old Cisco guard shot his wife and colleague, before pulling the gun on himself. They said Mr Sathasivam Ramasamy Nadasan and his wife were a loving couple.
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      Lock icon 33 killed in renewed Gujarat violence
      89 3 Reuters AHMEDABAD Renewed violence in India's Gujarat state sent terrified families into crowded relief camps yesterday. So far, 33 people had died in the past three days including the seven killed yesterday in Ahmedabad, Gujarat's biggest city. Relief workers said there were already over
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      Model market
      408 4  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday. com. sg SELLING fresh food is not as easy as you think. "It's not just about food," said chief executive officer of Cold Storage Supermarkets, Mr Silvestro Morabito (picture). "It's about appearances, ideas, food and the entire concept of the store." Established in
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      CPF changes may help older people find work
      172 4  -  Elaine Quek ADJUSTMENTS can be made to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) so that employers will not be deterred from hiring more expensive older workers, said NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng. The Minister (Prime Minister's Office) was speaking at the launch of
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      12 3 For reading I 1 _J I between the lines I ')ii!liillJSJi.liliJ.sM weekend
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      195 3 Fresh food Most of the things we eat are imported. The meat. The vegetables. And the fruits. We hardly grow fruits and vegetables. Or rear cattle on our small island. Yet, we yearn for fresh food. One company that has made fresh food its business is Cold Storage Singapore. A
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      91 6 MARIGQLD For health. For life. MARIGOLD PEEL FRESH. SINGAPORE'S No.l PASTEURISED JUICE DRINK. luV. 8 __H I m-^-*^ M__B H t^RANGE JUICE DRtN^S JHJM| B|P^^ Based on AC a P I Nielsen Retail Audit. P^^^^^/if; P^*'-' 1 Marigold Peel Fresh Wjf H'^^t.-• c is the number one rd Q' pasteurised
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  • LETTERS
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      Cost of repairing ceiling leakages: HDB has helped those in need
      246 7  -  Lam Joon Hin I REFER to the letter, "Stock answers and leaks in my HDB flat", by Mr Dave Yap (Today, April 4). We would like to explain that ceiling leakages generally arise from the wear and tear of
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      Create from nature
      283 7  -  Lav Chek Wai Wild flora and fauna can inspire innovators THERE has been much talk about improving the human mind and preserving old buildings and artefacts, but scarcely any emphasis on reshaping our natural architecture. There is a sense of beauty, vibrancy and affinity that cannot be
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  • E-LIFE NEWS
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      Financial plan made easy
      519 8  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim NTUC Income's financial planning program allows users to plan their retirement with ease IMAGINE a no-frills financial planning tool online that allows the user to project for his retirement needs. Launched in March, NTUC Income upped the ante in the competition among insurance
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      327 8 NTUC O INCOME Cooperative... A Better Life roplo i-lifestyle services ~^W Home Services w f Hotline: 6337 1511 A one-stop solution to many household problems. You can search for reliable contractors for home maintenance and even tutors for your children. Also a useful service for people looking for part-time jobs.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Tug-of-war
      251 11  -  Val Chua Remisiers leave for better terms by val@newstoday.com.sg A POACHING war for good remisiers is brewing in the local stock broking industry. The latest to be hit is DBS Vickers, which has seen the departure of 40 remisiers in the last couple of days. The lure: Better incentives
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      Lock icon E-mail, SMS aboard SIA
      97 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said passengers will be able to send SMS messages and e-mail on its flights from July as part of a $300 million investment in new entertainment systems. The service will eventually be offered on all its long-haul flights and installed on about
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        63 11 SINGAPORE shares closed slightly weaker, guided by feeble finishes on Wall Street. An attempt to rally was shot down as the STI index lost 5.73 points to close at 1734.72 as bulls failed to gain traction above the 1740 level. Losers beat winners by a margin of 1.4, while
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        World markets
        55 11 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.88 -63.95 -.54 Hong Seng Ml Ordinaries *****.57 3324.10 +51.39 -27.40 +.45 -.82 Faiwan WtrJ 6455.39 +64.77 +1.01 Korea Comp >ET Index 915.69 380.76 -10.01 -.67 -1.08 -.18 lakorta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 544.26 1354.82 218.31 +1.20 -14.54 +1.10 +.22 -1.06
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 11 US$ 0.5501 UKI 0.3799 Yen 71.486 HK$ 4.2911 RM 2.0904 Euro 0.6185 Rupioh 5119.5 Bohl 23.820 Pea 28.005 A$ 1.0191 Indion Rs 26.944 Won 719.24 C$ 0.8647 Yuon 4.5530 NZ$ 1.2320 NT$ 19.147
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        Commodities
        22 11 Gold us*/_ 304.600 Silver uss/« 4.570 Platinum uss/to 544.800 Rubber twKAg 120.50 Palm Oil RM/t°niie 1 224 Brent crude UsS/bontl 26.02
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        SGX most active
        57 11 By volume April 24 '000 Doyen 60,094 Roly 39,912 Europlron 15,178 Ipco 14,611 Sing Tel 13,956 ByS April 24 Value DBS 42,223,630 Doyen 37,203,565 Creative 50 36,042,205 UOB 22,033,576 Sing Tel 21,805,430 '000 Chosen 13,584 Sonlok 13,431 AsioDekorUSS 11,422 UniFood 10,632 (food 9,600 Value Holy 17,968,750 OCBC
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        SGX top rises
        74 11 tyril 24 Close Change iPB Breweries 5.350 +0.250 ksean 200USS 8.100 +0.200 jeative 50 22.900 +0.200 layen 0.655 +0.115 N 100 7.800 +0.100 TTYDEV 6.100 +0.100 SB 0.845 +0.085 WT 0.960 +0.080 *tiWrt«W1024DSS 1.220 +0.070 IKLandUSS 1.700 +0.070 8y percentage April 24 Close Change 9onvestsW*****5 0.020+100.000 Flexlech
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        SGX top falls
        78 11 By$ April 24 Close Chang/ SPH 22.700 -0.501 SPH 100 22.800 -0.504 GreolEosI 10.900 -0.401 Thai Prime200USS 4.700 -0.121 Venture 17.300 0.101 SIA 14.000 -0.101 HOB 14.500 0.101 SIA 200 14.000 -0.101 STIETF100 17.290 -0.081 CH 0.255 -0.061 By percentage April 24 Hetwrk W*****T Close Change 0.030
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3178 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.734 0.771 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixed Income 1.178 l.!14 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.034 1.086 Aberdeen Se Continenfal Europe Eguity 1.011 1.06! Aberdeen
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      Lock icon We beat HK, but ...
      302 12 We beat HK, but AFP Singapore's ratings slip SINGAPORE has overtaken Hong Kong as Asia-Pacific's best location for doing business, but the news is not exactly rosy. Both countries actually lost ground in the worldwide ranking of 60 countries with Hong Kong having slipped from fifth to 11th place, while
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      SUT rewards unit holders
      81 12 SINGAPORE Unit Trusts Limited has declared a gross dividend of eight per cent for The Savings Fund for the financial year ended 28 February 2002. Registered unit holders, as on 28 February 2002, are entitled to the dividend, which will be made today. The last dividend
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      Lock icon Target: Mumbai
      492 14 Bloomberg SGX woos Indian companies MUMBAI Officials from Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) are on a mission to the city that houses Asia's oldest bourse, wooing companies listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. Faced with a slump in trading and rising delistings at home, the SGX needs to find
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Indon, US defence talks a step forward
      126 16 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesia and the United States yesterday embarked on sensitive security and defence talks, marking a step forward in military ties since the 1999 rupture in relations. "I believe that we are agreed that we need to increase our cooperation," Indonesian Defence
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      No excess baggage
      260 16 That will help Malaysia's new human rights chief: Ex-DPM KUALA LUMPUR A former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, who will retire as chairman of the country's human rights body, says his successor will have one great advantage over him. Tan Sri Abu Talib (picture), the new chairman who
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      Second train crash in five days
      80 16  -  Angeles Times. PLACENTIA (California) In the second major train accident in the United States in five days, a freight train ploughed head-on into a crowded commuter train. Two people were killed and more than 250 injured in the accident near Los Angeles on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon UN fact-finding team to visit Middle East by Saturday
      220 19 Agencies UNITED NATIONS A UN factfinding team has postponed its visit to the West Bank to conduct investigations into the Israeli army's assault on the Jenin refugee camp. This came after UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan acceded to Israel's request for a
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      Lock icon Nepal asks for military aid
      146 19 Agencies KATHMANDU As Washington considers granting US$2O million ($36.35 million) in military aid to Nepal, Maoist rebels have destroyed the family home of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The attack, late on Tuesday, came on the first day of a nationwide strike called by the
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      Lock icon More trouble for Duhalde
      113 19 Agencies BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) The end appears to be near for Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde following the resignation of the country's fifth Economy Minister, Mr Jorge Remes Lenicov (picture), analysts said. Mr Remes Lenicov quit after the Argentine Congress refused to debate a plan aimed at
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      On the petrol prowl
      384 19 Consumer watchdog sniffs out price-fixing claims SYDNEY The offices of Mobil, Shell and Caltex have been raided by Australia's competition watchdog to inspect company documents following allegations of collusion and price-fixing for petrol. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) yesterday confirmed that it had conducted
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      Lock icon Asean-China symbiosis
      131 19 AFP KUALA LUMPUR China's future leader, Mr Hu Jintao, has urged Asean to play a bigger role to deepen cooperation in Asia. Addressing a public forum here yesterday, the low-profile Vice-President said trade between China and the 10-mem-ber grouping grew over 20 per cent to US$4l.6 billion ($75.6
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Struggle for Islam's soul
      849 20  -  Tommy Koh How US foreign policy can undermine modernist Muslim rulers by ONE of the unintended consequences of Sept 11 is that America and Asia have drawn closer to each other. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan has earned a nickname as the Tony Blair of
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Family comes first
      779 22 Agencies Bush aide resigns to spend more time with hubby and son WASHINGTON If a super woman is defined as one who can balance her family life with a demanding career, then Mrs Karen Hughes (picture), US President George W Bush's most trusted confidante, does not fit
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      17 22 For an insight into ■V—■hpMH*>4fp V^Q Singaporeans who 111 1 r J 1 make a difference I<H)AY
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  • INFOTECH
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      M-commerce fever in S'pore
      519 24  -  Val Chua Different players fighting for slice of $100b pie by val@newstoday.com.sg IT may be early days, but the mobilecommerce (m-commerce) space in Singapore is getting crowded. Different players financial institutions, cellular operators, phone companies are all trying to get a slice of the commerce pie,
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      S'pore, HK year-on-year PC sales down
      275 25 REGISTERING a 3.6 per cent rise from the same quarter the year before, PC sales in the Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) reached 5.39 million units in the first quarter of this year. But according to preliminary results from market researcher, International Data Corporation (IDC), while
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      New from Compaq
      117 25 COMPAQ Computer Asia-Pacific has released the wireless-ready Presario 2800 notebook. Based on the Mobile Intel I.6GHz Pentium 4-M processor, it includes the Multi Port wireless feature that enables users to access the Internet or their enterprise networks without cables. Multi Port is available in either an 802.11b
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    • CNETAsia Downloads
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        ISMail
        27 25 THIS is a mail server for Windows. Its Windows-based graphical user interface makes it easy to set up and use. Online tests virtually eliminate configuration problems.
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        Codecreatures 3D benchmark
        40 25 THIS benchmark is written with Microsoft's DirectX 8.1 API and pushes massive amounts of geometry (up to a million triangles per frame. It incorporates the use of Vertex and Pixel Shaders popular on next-generation 3D graphics accelerators.
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    • CNETAsia Breaking News
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        Intel's 3 new Pentium 4-M processors
        137 25 INTEL has unveiled three new Pentium 4-M processors. The chips will run at I.4GHz, I.SGHz and I.BGHz the latter a new topspeed for the chip line. It will act as bookends for the currently available I.6GHz and I.7GHz Pentium 4-M chips. Corporations have been
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      13 24 Look out far Sun Microsystems' Business IT Series next Tuesday. Info Tech section
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      219 28 Going places, surely THE fire still bums for Peter Thio, 22, and Lim Lay Cheng, 24, winners of Suntec City's Face of the Future 2002 contest, which was held on March 31. As winners of such a prestigious contest, what is in store for them? First,
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      185 30 ONE lucky Today film fan will be taking home a set of meticulously crafted props for Hearts in Atlantis soon. Set in 1960s America during the communist scare, Hearts is centred on the friendship young boy develops with a mysterious stranger, Brautigan. Starring Oscar winning
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      221 31 -AFP HONG KONG A former chauffeur pleaded guilty yesterday to perverting the course of justice by claiming to have been behind the wheel when Canto-pop star Nicholas Tse (picture) crashed his Ferrari last month. The court heard that Shing Kwok-ting, formerly employed
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      194 31 AFP BANGKOK A quirky Thai film best described as Tootsie meets Saving Private Ryan begins shooting early next month. In Prang Chomphu, or Pink Disguise, six transvestites are taken hostage by a rebel army, when their plane crashes in the jungle near Myanmar. A team
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      427 33  -  Low Shi Ping Violinist Li Chuan Yun, known for improvising classical pieces, is here to perform by shiping@newstoday.com.sg LI Chuan Yun (picture) has played the violin all over the world. From concert halls in Iceland, Hong Kong and France, to the streets of Aspen, subways
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      223 35 AFP MEMPHIS Tickets for the Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis heavyweight boxing showdown were set to go on sale yesterday, with area fans getting a one-day advantage over those worldwide. But fight fans must be expected to pay top dollar for the
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      209 35 SACRAMENTO So much for that home-court advantage for the Sacramento Kings. The Kings, who had the National Basketball Association's best regular-sea-son record to claim a homecourt edge throughout the playoffs, shot poorly and lost 93-86 to Utah Jazz yesterday, levelling their first-round series at 1-1. Sacramento shot
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      322 36 Reuters NEW DELHI Former players were effusive in their praise of India after a rare overseas Test victory over West Indies in Trinidad yesterday. "It's a great feeling. They fought well," ex-India skipper Ajit Wadekar said after India pulled off a 37-run win to go 1--0
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      456 36 AFP PORT-OF-SPAIN India skipper Sourav Ganguly yesterday praised his fast bowlers for a memorable 37-run victory over the West Indies in the second Test at the Queen's Park Oval. This was only India's third win in 35 Tests in the West Indies, the previous two also
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      530 37  -  Stanley Ho Talks on-going to bring World Cup teams here by stanley@newstoday.com.sg Even if it means losing money, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) will bring in World Cup teams to Singapore. That is the promise FAS director of marketing and communications, Winston Lee, is giving local
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      517 37  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg A TOP four finish in this year's Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy is the first target for Singapore Cricket Association's (SCA) newly appointed director of coaching Brendon Kuruppu. The former Sri Lanka Test player hopes that a good draw
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      492 38 Champions League semi-final Barcelona 0 Real Madrid 2 Zidane, McManaman all but seal Catalans' fate LONDON Calm all the talk in Britain of Manchester United's name being on the European Cup. After the Battle of the Nou Camp yesterday, Real Madrid looks like the team with
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      693 39 Agencies English Premier League Blackburn 2 Newcastle 2 Both goal aces on the board LANCASHIRE One has just helped his club into next season's Champions League. The other has probably saved his latest club from relegation into Division One. Both do not like each other,
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      117 39 LONDON Manchester United midfielder David Beckham's famous injured foot was still intact after the player was reportedly involved in a car accident in his top-of-the-range Mercedes. The crash happened last Thursday on a bend close to the Beckhams' home in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, BBC News reported. Beckham currently recovering
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      Lock icon Jonsson: my affair with Eriksson is over
      248 39 Reuters LONDON Ulrika Jonsson has admitted she had a relationship with England boss Sven Goran Eriksson (picture). But she insists it is now over. The TV star said she was "no longer a part of this relationship". And she denied reports she had
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      Yao's NBA dream stalls
      86 39 BEIJING Although Chinese star Yao Ming will participate in this year's NBA draft, it could take years before the centre plays in the league, an official said yesterday. New regulations on athletes playing overseas, issued this month by the ministry-level All China Sports Federation, could stall
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      80 39 AFP NEW DELHI India will bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, sports minister Uma Bharti announced yesterday. "I have directed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to bid for the Olympics. The preparation for the bidding starts today," Bharti told a meeting of corporate leaders. Other cities interested
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      64 39 STOCKHOLM European football union president Lennart Johansson condemned Fifa head Sepp Blatter yesterday for suspending the world governing body's internal audit committee. "If he has nothing to hide then let the truth be established," Johansson said. Earlier, the Fifa emergency committee approved the suspension imposed by Blatter on
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      63 39 LONDON Use of the referee's toilet saw a two-week fine imposed by Leicester City on midfielder Robbie Savage before Saturday's Premiership clash against Aston Villa. Official Graham Poll was furious after the Wales international made use of his facilities without asking at Leicester's home match, which ended 2-2.
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