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  • 12 1 TODAY We d n e s d ay j«- e 5,2002 MITA(P)M3/11/2WI
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  • 932 1  -  Ng Boon Yian by boony i a n@n e ws to d ay. co m.sg THERE was a context to the briefing by Temasek Holdings' chairman S Dhanabalan to journalists yesterday: To talk about a document called the Temasek Charter. But the session went
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 79 2 AFP STOCKHOLM A young Swedish girl who suffered from seven months of breathing trouble was found to have a peanut lodged in her nose that three doctors failed to discover. She underwent a minor operation last week after a fourth doctor finally found the
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    • 351 2  - Finally Elaine Quek HSA takes legal action in Slim 10 case by! elairte @news today, com. sg TWO months after Slim 10 was taken off the shelves, the Health Sciences Authority finally announced that it was taking legal action against Health Biz, which imported the slimming pill. Meanwhile, 16 people
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    • 330 3  -  Valerie Ng What threat, asks Indon minister by__i_ va leri e iig newstoday. com. sg JAKARTA Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's comments on Islamic militancy in the region have not escaped the notice of several Muslim leaders in Indonesia. In a keynote address at the Asia
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    • 185 3 Bloomberg GOLD rose higher than US$33O ($589) an ounce for the first time in two-and-a--half years as investors sought an alternative to falling US stocks and the US dollar and tensions continued to rise between India and Pakistan. Spot gold rose as much as
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    • 213 3 ALMATY After intense diplomatic wrangling, the first signs of a breakthrough in the conflict between Pakistan and India emerged yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom diplomats hope will mediate between the two, said the leaders of both countries told him that they intend to
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    • Article, Illustration
      356 4  -  Joy Frances Poor featherless chickens, say critics by. j oy@ ne wstoday. co m. sg ANIMAL rights groups are crying foul over an Israeli university's latest creation the bald chicken. The university is proud of its creation which, it says, apart from not needing plucking, grows faster and
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    • 153 4 AFP A SINGAPORE-BORN justice of the peace has been jailed for fraud and forgery in Perth, Australia. Zainal Abideen bin Abdullah, 58, allegedly took A555,000 ($56,500) from immigrants by pretending that he could help their families gain permanent residence. He had told them that he
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 247 6 GOING one step further to help the needy during these difficult times, NTUC FairPrice yesterday launched its Million Dollar Food Scheme. The scheme will see the coop donating $1 million worth of FairPrice gift vouchers to the needy through the Citizens' Consultative Committees (CCCs). The CCCs
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    • 195 6  -  Joy Frances TO mark World Environment Day today, mega-mart Carrefour will be launching biodegradable shopping bags in Singapore and Malaysia. The free environment-friendly bags, which are of the same size and quality, will replace the usual plastic bags from today. The supermarket chain uses
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    • 456 6 Bloomberg to prove wrong a Chinese proverb THE grandson of the founder of United Overseas Bank (UOB) says he aims to prove wrong a Chinese proverb that claims wealth would not last beyond three generations. Deputy chairman Wee Ee Cheong, 49, wants to avoid allowing the bank to
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    • 70 7 TODAY, 5 JUNE 2002 Carrefour <|> Singapore celebrates V&forld Environment Day by launching new BIODEGRADABLE plastic shopping bags 1 I Unlike most plastic bags, our new biodegradable plastic bags will not take a lifetime to break down, will not be responsible for destructive landfill, and will not pollute the air
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  • LETTERS
    • 211 8  -  Jasiyn Urn Ethical organ donation scheme possible I REFER to the recent debate on whether a living non-related person should be allowed to donate his/her organs to another party. May I suggest that we have a similar scheme to the one we have for bone
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    • 253 8  -  Jimmy Toh I BELIEVE most of us are under the impression that the polyclinics are catering to the needs of the poor and to those who want less costly medical care. However, one of my visits to a polyclinic left me disappointed. Three
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    • 83 8  -  David Soh IT is interesting to note that while the Government is giving out relief packages and corporate tax incentives, some government bodies and companies are increasing charges. For instance, refuse collection fees have increased and more ERP gantries have been erected. Now, SingTel wants to increase direct
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    • 220 8  -  Vincent Pet-wen Seah IT has been revealed that only one in three overseas students would not return to Singapore upon graduation. Our Prime Minister is now worried that our talent pool may be depleted because of this. But, what is so wrong about choosing
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    • 161 8  - Chilling that response on aircon interchange Narayana Narayana THE response from SBS Transit on the cost of building the Toa Payoh Interchange ("The price of being cool", Today, June 4) must send an uncomfortably chilly sensation down the spines of public-transport commuters. Apart from envying those who can now enjoy
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    • 19 8 LL.B (Hons) in 2 years! Graduate entry route UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Full time Part time classes Commencing: June 2002
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    • 79 9 NOTICE Come to The PC Show 2002, 6th to 9th June, 11am to Bpm daily, Hall 5, Singapore Expo, Booth 5011 look out for these EPSON promotions! i.— I Trade-in Offers For I Inkjet/Laser Printers Scanners! (Save Up To $600) Fabulous Discounts I (Over $800 Off) On Digital I Cameras
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 294 10 Bloomberg Flextronics cuts its forecast FLEXTRONICS International, a maker of electronics for other companies, cut its fiscal firstquarter profit forecast. Profit in the period ending this month will be five to eight cents a share on revenue of about US$3 billion ($5.35 billion), chief executive Michael Marks said. The
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    • Market Watch
      • 5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 60 10 Bloomberg Index Valve Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.07 ■248.32 ■2.09 Hang Seng All Old in ii lie:. Toiwan Wld *****.55 3301.10 5527.80 ■47.25 -27.10 -43.28 -.42 -.81 -.78 Karen ion,) SET Index 306.33 402.54 +1.4. -4.23 +.17 -1.04 Jakarta Comp 518,93 -4.93 -.94 Phils Camp She men B
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      • 110 10 THE STI closed 25.43 points lower at 1,647.76. For every stock that rose, over two fell while 313 counters were unchanged. Volume was 325 million shares valued at $394 million. Negative news continued to take centre stage. Fresh positions taken last week were reportedly slashed with most players absent
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      • 52 10 'v volume lane 4 '000 '000 JniFiber ItilSleel Imlek WoMed chartered 62,324 18,465 10,318 8,834 8,120 WesTedi ThaiVillog LecngHin KLW SingTel 6,960 6,567 6,096 5,736 5,411 value lane 4 )CBC JOB IniSleel chartered TBS 41,156,158 35,313,950 33,091,880 33,037,332 24,637,750 Venture UniFiber SPH NatBrad SIA 21,441,401 17,459,631 17,070,201
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      • 71 10 By$ June 4 __t5ke! Close Change 1.7B0 +0.160 Bo kit Sem 12.500 +0.100 Amlek 1.100 +0.070 Amlek V.0506IO 0.B10 +0.065 CM 4.530 +0.060 TargetReal IntFaclor 0.505 +0.060 0.430 +0.040 Allgieea m 1.090 +0.030 0.745 +0.025 By percentage June 4 fargetReal MedioS SeeHS Close Change 0.505 +13.483 0,045
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      • 75 10 iy$ lune 4 Close Chnagi ,'eniV. 15.400 -0.501 JOB 14.000 -0.501 :_1i..50 17.900 -0.301 iPHlOO 20.700 -0.301 ITIE1F*****PV 16.623 -0.25! _K 13.800 -0.201 iPH 20.700 -0.201 ilA 12.900 41.201 ..IETF 100 16.B00 -0.131 .BSBk6_,NCPSI0102.700 41.101 By percentage June 4 Close Changi Strike R200 0.005 50.001 GlohaW040B26 0.020
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      • 36 10 US$ D.5606 UKE D.3826 Yen 69.155 HK$ 4.3727 Rivl 2.1304 Euro 0.5940 Rupioh 4,847.9 Baht 23.720 Peso A$ 0.9724 Indian Us Ti '.499 Won 683.73 C$ 0.8552 Yuan 4.6401 NZi 1.1388 NTS 19.111
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      • 20 10 Gold us./.. 327,700 Silver usj/m 5.080 Plotinum 547.400 Ruhb-r r-ntylrg 135.75 Palm oil wine 1440 Bient ciud-_ss. h_n_l 25.08
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    • 360 12 Bloomberg SIA Engineering may outshine SIA SIA Engineering's shares may rise twice as much as those of its parent, Singapore Airlines, in the next year as the maintenance unit's cheaper valuation and overseas expansion lure investors, analysts said. Shares of the unit are forecast to rise
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    • 212 12  -  Toh Boon Ngee COSCO Investment (Singapore), a unit of China's biggest shipping line, may buy into PSA after the Government said it is considering inviting bids. "We have already given them our indications of interest," Mr Ji Haisheng, president of Cosco Investment, told Bloomberg.
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    • 2023 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices ore indicative) Enquiries: Coll 855-2973-6400 E-mail lippe .„_„;_■.-_'_rs.i:-m Fitnd Name NAV/ESfd i Jr i_. 0 .11 Ptiu Aberdeen As-se-r Wmaqemeil {Aiial 1:1: i-._■■ lj.:n: i. il.- 0..!:. i:-: ee n^-Ai-gnF. i c«lln«ine t 17? l.Zfo AteticenSe Uin j Li|__>ui_i h_.Fm.il .M9 I .lib A ten
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    • 176 14 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Napster, the once-wildly popular musicswapping website shut down by the courts last year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, hours before a hearing set heavy fines against the website. Chapter 11 allows a company to put creditors on hold while it
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    • 266 14 Bloomberg Hitachi to buy IBM's disk drive business NEW YORK Japan's Hitachi has agreed to pay US$2.O5 billion ($3.66 billion) for IBM's computer hard-disk drive business over three years, during which time the two companies will run a joint venture. IBM will exit the business at the
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    • 54 14 -AFP WASHINGTON Microsoft settled a probe into its accounting practices that will prevent it from using "cookie jar" methods. The deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will stop Microsoft from understating earnings in strong times so the reserves could be used later to boost revenues during weak
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 336 16 Agencies Myanmar gets set to battle Shan rebels BANGKOK The Thai government tried again yesterday to defuse rising tension with Yangon as masked gunmen attacked a Thai school bus near the Myanmar border. Myanmar has reinforced its borders with Thailand and increased naval patrols in waters claimed
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    • 157 16 AFP WASHINGTON The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has created a new super secret paramilitary unit to target known terrorists and their leaders abroad. The CIA has several paramilitary units trained to conduct covert operations, but according to a US government official, the new hit
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    • 78 16 Reuters TOKYO Japan yesterday ratified the Kyoto protocol on global warming and said it would urge other countries, including Russia and the United States, to do the same. Under the protocol, named after the Japanese city where it was signed, industrialised nations must cut emissions of
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    • 332 16 BEIJING China will raise taxes levied on foreign companies from next year. This is the first time China is providing a timetable for this long-expected policy change. The steeper tax bill will come about as China eliminates most of the preferential tax rates
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 811 18  -  Shanoo Maharaj Here are four reasons why India and Pakistan will stay their hand by in New Delhi TO WAGE a war or not? That is the question troubling people in India and Pakistan these days. And the signs are ominous. On the one hand,
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  • SPECIALFEATURE
    • 565 19  -  Jeffrey Tan The Shelford seeks to offer the best in terms of the three Ls location, lifestyle and luxury by, j efftan@newsto day, co m, sg IF YOU are buying a piece of property as an investment, common wisdom suggests that only location is important. But if
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  • UPFRONT
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      371 20  -  Elisa Chia For Alex, its not just singing and dancing HE'S better known for his groovy dance numbers than acting skills. Yet, Hong Kong singer-actor Alex To (picture) is banking on his acting to make an impact in Hollywood. Alex told Today that he will star as
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    • 178 20 Reuters LONDON A who fs who of British rock and pop over the last half century paid a deafening tribute to Queen Elizabeth as she celebrated 50 years on the throne. Stars ranging from former BeatJe Paul McCartney to Gothic rocker Ozzy Osbourne wowed the royal
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    • 71 20 It's for charity THE Police charity concert will be held at 7.30pm on Sunday at the Police Academy grounds at Thomson Road. Tickets, at $12 each, are available during office hours until Friday at the Police Cantonment Complex's welfare division at New Bridge Road and the Police Academy's sports shop.
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  • YOURMONEY
    • 500 21 Trade shares and save money with the Phillip Cash Management Account ALL is not what it seems in the world of financial products these days. The growing emphasis on financial planning and the accompanying liberalisation of the industry, has led to a slew of increasingly
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 155 22 AFP LOS ANGELES Pop icon Madonna is not pregnant, her publicist said Monday, denying press reports that the superstar is pregnant and expecting her third child. "It's completely untrue," Madonna's New York publicist Liz Rosenberg told AFP by telephone. US and British newspapers had quoted Madonna's father,
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    • 372 22 Reuters/Variety Ryder fractures arm on her way to shoplifting hearing BEVERLY HILLS A court hearing into shoplifting charges against Winona Ryder (picture, left), which began with an irked judge ordering the actress to appear in court, was interrupted on Monday when she apparently broke her arm during
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    • 326 22 -AFP LOS ANGELES Jennifer Aniston is to go to court next month to sue two magazines that published a photograph of her sunbathing topless, a court heard on Monday. Friends star Aniston, who is married to Brad Pitt, will go to trial against
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    • 305 23 Reuters/Variety Basketball playoffs affect US box office HOLLYWOOD The film biz finally took a box office breather from its record-setting pace, partly due to NBA basketball playoffs and franchise fatigue. The Sum of All Fears (Paramount) debuted at No 1 with US$3l.lB million ($53.15 million) and Undercover
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    • 136 23 What Bibby did in Hollywood SACRAMENTO Kings basketball player Mike Bibby (picture) showed up for the Undercover Brother premiere last Thursday and personified the blaxploitation spoofs main, competition: The NBA playoffs. Variety reported that the Laker-friendly crowd teased Bibby with jibes such as "Trip him", "Break his leg", "Keep him
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    • 308 23 AFP LOS ANGELES The man once described as "The Last Emperor" of Hollywood died on Monday. Lew Wasserman (picture), Hollywood's last great movie mogul who ruled Tinseltown for 60 years, was 89. He died at his Beverly Hills home after suffering a stroke earlier, Wasserman headed
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    • 311 26  -  Gurmeet Singh Increased interest in S'pore-based options by_ NOW in its third year, the Singapore Distance Learning Fair aims to draw more working professionals, and both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Last year's fair (picture) was very successful nearly 7,000 individuals interested in distance and open learning
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    • 331 27  -  Carol Blythe b_y_l THE United States has hundreds of accredited universities offering distance learning classes delivered through alternative media. Students can study through correspondence, video, or World Wide Web. Students may work on their programmes at their own convenience. They do not have to worry about rushing to
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    • 420 28 rT"*HE Singapore Training and Development X Association (Stada) is a non-profit professional institution committed to the advancement of the human capital development (HCD) field in Singapore. As a pioneer in learning approaches, Stada is offering new Master of Education certification specialising in On-line Education, and Further Education
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    • 551 29  -  Gurmeet Singh Get that qualification you dream of without having to quit your job by AS with almost everything else in this world, education has gone borderless through the advent of the distance learning process. Individuals can now obtain higher qualifications from universities around the world without
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    • 634 30  -  Gurmeet Singh Get a UK Master of Science in crime-related studies in Singapore br FOR those with a keen interest in law and order issues, here's an opportunity to acquire a professional qualification via distance learning. You can now get a Master of Science in one
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    • 740 32  -  Prof Duncan Eloy An agency has been set up to audit the standard of Australian universities by QUALITY assurance of higher education in the United Kingdom is now a decade old. On the heels of the Higher Education Funding Council and the Quality Assurance Agency comes the
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    • 664 34 Local player with international reach continues to be a provider of quality education WITH nearly 20 years of experience as an education and training provider, Singapore's Informatics Group continues to lead the field through strong alliances with international universities and institutions. Informatics Group has a network
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    • 509 35  -  1 Gurmeet Singh If you're into health, opt for a master's degree in exercise and nutrition science _-L EXERCISE and nutrition science is a rapidly expanding field. New findings linked to health, sport and physical activity are constantly being published as knowledge becomes updated. The Master
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    • 117 29 Imperial College Please visit us at the -MBA Warwick Business School Singapore Distance Open Learning Fair MBA Place Suntec City, Level 3 Singapore International Convention University of Sheffield Master/Dip in Education Exhibition Centre University of Durham DoteS Bfh 9th June 2002 Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) Time 1 lam to 7pm
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    • 404 37  -  Yong Shu Chiang T 7TEWING the publicity shots for V Action Theatre's latest play, one might get the impression that the story is a racier version of Home Improvement. While the pictures depict actors with plugs on various parts of their bare bodies and there's
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    • 161 37 DANCE Impressions of Shangri-La by DiqingTibetan Autonomous Prefecture Song and Dance Ensemble This ensemble of musicians, singers and dancers will share with us its musical and cultural heritage. Date; Today Time: Bpm Venue: Singapore Conference Hall Entry: $16, $22, $32, $42 Enquiries: Call Sistic at 6348 5555. Missing inTall Pillars
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    • 440 39  -  Jose Raymond National bowler might make it for Asian Games by. jos e newstoday. com. sg THE relationship between the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC) and controversial bowler Andrew Fang (picture) is certainly a strange one. Despite being locked in a perennial war of words with
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    • 296 39 AFP PARIS Clarisa Fernandez defeated Paola Suarez 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 at the French Open yesterday to win the battle of the Argentines and become the first unseeded semi-finalist in 12 years. Fernandez, making her debut at Roland Garros, goes on
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    • 106 39 THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has made an amendment to this season's NTUC Income S-League fixtures list in a bid to boost television ratings. This week's match between Tanjong Pagar United and SAFFC, originally scheduled to be the 'live' game on Saturday on Channel i, has
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    • 44 39 IN ITS second friendly, the national U-23 team beat a Western Australian amateur side 4-0 yesterday. Rosman Sulaiman scored twice, Indra Sahdan made it three, before Asnol Asat bagged the fourth. The team leaves for Bangkok next Monday for another friendly game.
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    • 508 40 Agencies Fifa's decision to be known today YOKOHAMA -Former World Player of the Year Rivaldo will learn today whether or not he will face a fine and/or a suspension for his exaggerated reaction to an incident in Brazil's opening World Cup match against Turkey on Monday.
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      254 40 Prediction: IX2: A Germany win, worth a bet 1/2 goal: Germany (-1 1/2) should overcome this handicap Total Goals: 2 or 3 goals should j be a safe bet. Team news: Germany: Marko Rehmer, who was on the bench on Saturday because of a groin injury, is now
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    • 433 42 Reuters [World Cup Group H \Live, on Ch2s-28, today, 2.30pm KOBE Russian coach Oleg Romantsev, under pressure to succeed from president Vladimir Putin, hinted yesterday that he would quit if his team failed to get through to the second round of the World Cup. "The minimum
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    • 126 42 AFP LAGOS Two hundred Nigerian fans will leave today for the World Cup finals after they were finally issued entry visas by the Japanese embassy. "We had a really tough time getting our visas from the embassy, but thankfully 200 of us were given visas on
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    • 473 43 -AFP World Cup Group D Live, on CH2S-28, today, spm SUWON US coach Bruce Arena (picture) has looked in vain for a weak point in Portugal, the Americans' opponent in the two teams' first match of this World Cup today. "I
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    • 582 43  -  Stanley Ho German threatens to follow in footsteps of legends Germany v Ireland by ktanley@newstoday.com .sg Live, Ch 25-28, today, 7.30pm IT DOES seem as if Mick McCarthy has got the short end of the stick these last couple of weeks. First, it was his inglorious drawn
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    • 736 44  - Early drama from Rivaldo, German omens stone Buddhas Rohitßrijnath RADIO Brazil announced on Monday, during the 50th minute against Turkey, that it was safe for residents to come off the oxygen and breathe freely again. Brazil had scored, Ronaldo had restored parity, the world had resumed turning. Phew. Most things
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    • 530 45 Agencies World Cup-Group H j Japan 2 Belgium 2 j Troussier unhappy with disallowed goal SAITAMA Two goals, a point and history was made for Japan yesterday. Japanese fans roared with excitement yesterday after their football team earned its first-ever World Cup point, drawing 2-2 against
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    • 326 45 AFP World Cup- Group C China 0 Costa Rica 2 China's long-awaited debut ends in misery GWANGJU China's long-awaited World Cup debut ended in a 2-0 defeat against Group C rival Costa Rica yesterday. China, playing its first match in
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    • 576 46  -  S. Murali The nation celebrates after historic first win in World Cup S. Korea 2 Poland 0 by murali@newsl.oday.com. sg Poles torn apart by better side FORGET North Korea's 1-0 win over Italy in 1966. That was an upset. Last night, in front of 55,000 hysterical fans,
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    • 766 47  -  Leonard Thomas Day five: by le onarci® ne wstoday. com. sg ASIA'S tigers fought back at the World Cup yesterday. After the first weekend had passed with the world's most populous continent suffering from a German-inspired hangover, the two co-hosts of the tournament fought, not unlike the
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    • 123 40 USA v Portugal USA: Cover boy Clint Mathis might start the World Cup on the bench. The dynamic striker is still recovering from knee surgery he had last summer. Portugal: Playmaker Rui Costa has had a frustrating season plagued by injuries at AC Milan, but has joined in full training
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