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  • 7 1 TODAY Thursday June 6, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • 514 1  -  Francis Kan ITS shares have been languishing in the cellar and it is obvious that investors have long regarded Government-linked NatSteel Limited as boring. Analysts, too, have found it difficult to get excited over a loss-making company that is hiving off its far more profitable
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  • 659 1 Comment by S Murali ALL the fuss over the acting skills of World Footballer of the Year Rivaldo ended with a whimper yesterday. A Fifa disciplinary panel decided to fine the player 11,500 francs ($13,177), which works out to about half a day's wage for the
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 54 2 CITIBANK will become the first Qualifying Full Bank to install an off-site automated teller machine {ATM} service. The machine will be inaugurated at the Tampines Plaza tomorrow. The ATM is close to the Tampines MRT station, bus interchange and shopping malls, said Mr Eddie Khoo,
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    • 116 2 THE latest Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices have fallen across the board. The biggest price drop was recorded for luxury cars above 1600cc down by $5,000 to $33,001. The next big fall was for the open category, which saw prices falling by $4,002 to
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    • 436 2 HSA testing 45 Chinese slimming products THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is testing all the 45 Chinese proprietary medicines marketed as slimming products here to see if any of them have been adulterated. The regulator disclosed this when asked by Channel NetvsAsia what was being done to
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    • 351 3  -  Valerie Ng Kit Siang arrested under Sedition Act MALAYSIAN opposition politician Lim Kit Siang knew he was dancing with danger when he kept harping on a sensitive issue: Religion. Thus, some were not surprised when Mr Lim was arrested in Perak yesterday for circulating allegedly
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    • 211 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia signed a contract to buy three submarines from France yesterday for RM3.6 billion ($1.74 billion). However, officials were quick to deny that the country was in an arms race with Singapore. They said the three French submarines would
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    • 137 3 Channel NewsAskt SINGAPORE'S major bus and train operators SBS and SMRT have asked the Public Transport Council (PTC) to let them raise their fares. The PTC confirmed this yesterday, saying that it has received fare revision proposals and is currently deliberating on them. However,
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    • 204 4  -  -Jose Raymond IF ever there was a case that seemed set to be solved in a hurry, it was the double murder in the Bukit Merah office last Tuesday. Two days after Madam Angie Ng Peng Wee and her three-year-old daughter Poh Si Qi were slashed
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      416 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee IN a little twist of fate, the founder of controversial political website Sintercom, which shut down last August, now oversees the Remaking Singapore Committee's website. Dr Tan Chong Kee (picture), a member of the committee which will probe political, cultural and social norms to prepare
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    • 233 2 Can you hear the I HEARTCRY in the CHILD? /|jp| B>\ lf y°u are a parent, a rICUr caregiver, a teacher, a J j therapist, a psychologist, or JMH I J a social worker who IW*/ somehow has to encounter V children with challenging <—> issues quite frequently this conference
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 355 8  -  Joy Frances Turning off that photocopier saves energy and cost HERE'S a compelling reason for companies to go green you can save the environment and keep tabs on your bottom line at the same time. For instance, turning off a photocopier overnight, instead of leaving it on
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    • 238 8  -  Serene Foo BASED on data from two different research companies, Singapore's two rival Chinese channels are both claiming to be No 1. On the same day that an advertisement in The Straits Times claims that audiences have made SPH MediaWorks' "Channel U Singapore's No 1
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  • LETTERS
    • 174 9  -  See Leong Kit S'poreans paying for SingTel-IDA spat I REFER to the article, "Where are the details" (Today, May 31), on the Economic Review Committee's recommendations on Government-linked companies. I have a few questions concerning the legal spat between SingTel and the InfoComm Development Authority (IDA). SingTel has
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    • 118 9  -  Soon Sze Meng I REFER to the article, "How Ho Ching got the job" (Today, June 5). The disclosure by Temasek Holdings' chairman, Mr S Dhanabalan, on its decision to appoint Ms Ho Ching as executive director is an excellent step forward in government transparency. Singaporeans
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    • 205 9  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) I REFER to Mr Lim Boon Hee's letter, "How fast is too fast?" (TODAY, May 30). Processing errors usually occur at card readers under two circumstances. One is when a commuter slides his ez-link card across the reader instead of tapping
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    • 92 9  -  Professor Ong Yong Yau I REFER to Ms Janet Chin YiJia's letter, "My dad's B-class experience" (Today, May 31). I am delighted to know that both Ms Chin and her father are happy with the care and services provided by my staff during their stays with
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 330 10 Bloomberg Fund management industry grows 11% THE fund management industry grew 11 per cent last year, boosted by an inflow of new funds as money managers increased their allocations to Asia. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said total assets under management rose to $307 billion
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    • 347 10  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim AFTER a year's delay, the first phase of the liberalisation of the electricity industry will start by the end of September. The delay has been due to software tests and the time taken to craft regulations for the new energy market.
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    • 112 10 Bloomberg BP may package 316 petrol stations with its Singapore refinery stake to hasten a sale that has been delayed for almost two years, EnergyAsia.com said, citing an unidentified official. The stations include 16 in Sabah, East Malaysia, 270 in West Malaysia and 30 in Singapore, the website
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    • 73 10 THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) will operate from its new head office at Toa Payoh Central from Monday. The new HDB Hub is above the Toa Payoh MRT Station and is integrated with the bus interchange. To facilitate the move, public service counters at its Jalan Bukit
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    • 249 12  -  Chan Chao Peh IDA rates 3 mobile operators RECENTLY, you may have seen a mobile operator's television ad, where a two-man team of technicians carry an oversized handset on their backs and run around checking network quality all over the island. Besides pricing, network quality is just as
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    • 98 12 Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings, the Government's investment arm, said it would not be involved in the day-to-day operations of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and other companies it owns, after the appointment of a new executive director. Ms Ho Ching, who was the chief executive of Singapore Technologies, which
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    • 63 12 SINGAPORE'S biggest industrial landlord, JTC Corporation, is releasing 14 industrial land sites covering a total of over 9.8 hectares from today. This is JTC's first land release for this year, under its Open Land Application Scheme. Most of the sites are on 30-year leases. Nine of them are
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    • Market Watch
      • 132 12 INVESTORS remained on the sidelines as dealers said that the market has been travelling in one direction for a while. The STI bounced at the opening, rising 16 points at its height but fell at the close for a 6.24-point gain to 1,654. Gains were selective as participation was
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      • 56 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.67 +10.80 +.09 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan IVtd *****.38 3303.60 *****2 +89.83 +2.50 +71.62 +.79 +.08 +1.38 Korea Camp SET Index 809.59 411.07 +3.26 +8.53 +.40 +2.12 Jakarta Comp 520.47 +1.53 +.29 Phils Camp Shenzen 3 Mum hi 1311.70 205.64 3255.52
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      • 36 12 USS 0.5570 Peso 28.317 UKI 0.3820 A3 0.9747 Yen 69.284 Indian Rs 27.306 HK$ 4.3455 Won 682.2! m 2.1174 C$ 0.8542 Euro 0.5937 Yuan 4.6104 Rupiah 4945.2 NZ$ 1.1403 Bohr 23.687 NT$ 18.998
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      • 20 12 Golduss/g; 328.800 Rubber «nhAa 135.75 Silver uss/«i 5.125 Palm oil w\em 1440 Platinum uss/oi 553.(100 Brent crude ussAnr™l 24.37
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      • 5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 55 12 By volume June S '000 '000 UniFiber 27,383 FirslEng 6,506 AsiaMed 10,775 teongHin 5,689 m 9,632 Chartered 5,188 IkiVillag 7,375 WesTerh 5,062 SembCnrp 6,841 BEL Intl 4,759 By value June S UOB 40,344,490 OCBC 12,455,908 Venlure 31,596,400 SembCcrp 10,047,204 Chartered 21,315,260 SPH 9,723,910 DBS 18,308,272 Nat Steel
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      • 73 12 By$ June 5 Close Change HindHo 1.750 +0.460 CreaiiveSO 18.200 +0.300 F N100 7.750 +0.200 SPH 100 20.900 +0.200 Innovalu 0.985 +8,125 "i:: Yri;-2D0US5 5.150 +0.100 SPH 20.800 +8.100 GreotEosI 11.200 +0.100 SIA 13.000 +0.100 DBS 13.900 +0.100 By percentage June 5 Close Change Strike R200 0.010+100.000
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      • 77 12 Bloomberg By$ June 5 Close Change ISS&P*****USS 105.500 -8.900 Venture 15.100 -0.300 UU3 13.900 -8.100 Ssangyong 1.350 -0.100 DBSBk6%N(PS10 102.600 -0.100 APB Breweries 5.400 -0.050 1IE 1.220 -0.040 Mentor 0.490 -0.040 Amlek 1.060 -0,040 !y percentage tune 5 Close Change ItrikeR 0.005 -50.000 loGCenW*****2 0.010 -33.333 larger
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    • 2837 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices ore iiidintive) Enquirias: Coll 357-2973-6600 E-n"iQ-iI 'ipper.nsin^^uiers.ron Fund Nome HIV/Bid Price Offer Price Aberdeen Asset MonagemeHL Asia) Krrfci Se American tJupucluuitH 0.657 0.733 ilirES -ffilprWTnp 1.175 l.2il A [fJtiii: lli::ull[)u!-u,'ili:-,!und I.I I.lie i=":-nT EurapH EquOy 0.916 1.04! Awlemk-GMii MM 0.608 0.64 A iidec-:i5?-GlubnllHrhnnlony D.409 0.43
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    • 332 14 Johor port revenues rise 15% KUALA LUMPUR Johor Port Berhad (JPB) has reported a 14.6 per cent increase in revenues and a 23.3 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for the first quarter of the year. Executive chairman Datuk Mohd Taufik Abdullah said with the global economy
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    • 121 14 Channel News Asia THE Singapore Furniture Association is opening a third furniture mall in Turf City. The association said it would return a total of $1.5 million in rental and property tax rebates to tenants in its three malls by next April. Covering 45,000 square feet
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    • 734 16 Bloomberg. Goldman Sachs has to find smaller clients to pay the bills HONG KONG Goldman Sachs Group Inc, which confined itself to a "Super League" of 100 Asian clients six years ago, is now scratching for fees from companies a fraction of the size of its
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 126 17 -AFP CAIRO A woman airline co-pilot, who was fired when she began wearing an Islamic headscarf, has vowed to fight for her job and take a stand for all Muslim women, Ms Nerine Ahmed Salem, 35, told Tuesday's edition of the Egyptian Gazette that although
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    • 281 17 Agencies $53b Bill to curb terror may be vetoed WASHINGTON The United States seems to be doing a U-turn in its anti-terrorism strategy. When lawmakers yesterday proposed a US$3l billion ($53.6 billion) Senate emergency counter-terrorism spending Bill, the White House threatened to veto it. The Bush administration found
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    • 185 17 -AFP WASHINGTON Heavily criticised for its inaction on the sex abuse scandal, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops will finally convene a special meeting next week. It will debate and vote on a draft proposal to implement disciplinary measures against priests
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    • 279 18 Agencies Pakistan rejects Vajpayee's face-saving offer ALMATY Pakistan yesterday rejected an Indian proposal for joint patrols along the disputed Kashmir border to stem the infiltration of militants, saying it was nothing new and "unlikely to work". "The proposal is not new," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
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    • 118 18 KUALA LUMPUR The recent visit by the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister to Indonesia has been hailed as a start to a new era in bilateral relations by the media here. The Utusan Malaysia said that the uncertainty and unrest in Indonesia over the last four years since the
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    • 137 18 Agencies SEOUL In a blow to South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, prosecutors yesterday indicted his youngest son on charges of influence-peddling and tax evasion, Kim Hong Gul (picture), 38, is charged with receiving cash and shares worth 3.5 billion won ($4.8 million) in bribes
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    • 163 18 MANILA Strategic Forecasting, LLC (Stratfor), a US-based private think-tank, has warned of further turbulence for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, with an eye on the continued military support for her administration. "Political scandals and the US intervention in Philippine security matters are adding to the turbulence in Gloria
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    • 169 18 Reuters CANBERRA Despite its long-time support for the court, Australia has said it might not ratify a treaty to set up an international criminal tribunal. Citing concerns about the court's impact on Australia's national sovereignty, Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said that members of
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    • 147 18 AFP MANILA Asean Secretary-General Rodolfo Severino will retire this year and is widely expected to be succeeded by a senior Singapore official with a stronger mandate. Mr Severino's five-year term will end on Dec 31 but he said Asean foreign ministers are widely expected
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 751 19  -  Patrick Smith Bloomberg columnist but it might be sensible for Asia not to do as corporate America does IT'S curious to note that the Indonesian government is planning an inquiry into Merrill Lynch and Co for possible conflict of interest. This completes a circle. A nation,
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    • 641 19  -  Judith Tan Channel NewsAsia BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder. How many of us have heard that over and over again in our lives? I am sure we all know it is bull. Who would not want to
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  • UPFRONT
    • 835 20 -Reuters Democratic Party committee heads raise millions of dollars WASHINGTON This year, the Big Money Men in the US Democratic Party congressional campaigns are grandmothers. Never before have any of the four congressional campaign committees one from each party for both the US House of Representatives and the
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    • 181 20 RAINTREE Pictures' box-office hit Not Stupid has broken the all-time record in VCD sales after its first week of release. Over 10,000 units of its deluxe edition VCDs have been snapped up within three days of its 1 debut on May 24.
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    • 132 20 T 7TEWERSHIP ratings for local Malay variety V and drama programmes on MediaCorp TV 12 Suria are constantly challenging and even surpassing those of mainstream English channels. Anak Metropolitan, a drama series portraying the social and personal problems commonly faced by teenagers, ranked third behind True Files
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  • BEAUTYSPECIAL
    • 415 21 Using the latest technology e. Spa treats beauty problems, fast TLIKE to see people looking beautiful, Asays Ms Shuting Grayston, e. Spa's diminutive managing director. It is this credo that led her to invest some $200,000 in the most technological-ly-advanced equipment available on the market, most
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  • INFOTECH
    • 192 22 Satisfy your IT cravings at this computer show, which comes with additional perks LOOKING for computer hardware, software or other peripherals? Head for The PC Show 2002 micro-computer event. The 2002 showcase will be the PC Show series' 12th appearance and is organised by Lines Exposition
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      • 35 22 THIS powerful program designed for Windows 9x/NT/2000/Me/XP makes an automatic backup of your critical data virtually to any type of storage media floppy disk, hard drive, network drive or a remote FTP server.
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      • 20 22 AN anti-virus program that remotely checks messages in your POP3 mailbox: for worms and viruses in attached files.
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    • 662 22  -  Lynette Low WHILE the world is rattling on about going digital, there are many people who feel that they are completely lost when it comes to information technology. But it is not an impossible dream to enjoy digital imaging. Find out from
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      396 26 A MEANINGFUL life should .rt.be a winding path filled with challenges. I only live once and I want it to be exciting. Give me a chance to experience new things. When these words are uttered by 20-year-old Julinda Kong, one gets the feeling that she is not saying
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  • HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
    • 630 27 A healthy lifestyle starts today, right away RE you you starting to make small changes to your lifestyle as the first steps to getting healthy? Or is your body still whimpering silently as it carries you from day to day? For the past nine weeks, this
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    • 345 34  -  Serene Foo Nakata returns with another nightmare FILM REVIEW Dark Water (Opens today) IF HIDEO Nakata is not a director, he will probably make an impressive psychologist. The renowned director of the 1997 cult horror classic, The Ring, knows how to get under your skin and
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    • 341 35  -  Serene Foo The Eye marks a list of many firsts for local film house Raintree A HONG KONG horror flick that is taking the territory by storm is actually part Singaporean, The Eye (picture), which arrives in Singapore on June 27, is jointly produced by
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    • 257 35 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Woody Men reduced his old friend and producer, Jean Doumanian, to tears on Tuesday as he told a Manhattan court that he had expected them to remain friends, despite a multi-million-dollar lawsuit he filed against her. Allen, 66, claims Doumanian and
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    • 423 37  -  Low Kee Hong History tempered with childhood stories in Subiman's live' theatre rendition SKILLED craftsmen of great calibre were at work. And their occupation? To make good art, to tell a love story and to move the audience with the power and magic of "live" theatre. A
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    • 668 39 His museum full of victims will give you some clues to his success NBA Finals Game 1 Lakers v Nets Line, today an Ch23, 9am LOS ANGELES Welcome to the Phil Jackson Museum. We'll hurry past the motorcycle, the how-to-med-itate books, and the picture of Chicago
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    • 525 39 -AFP TUNICA Mike Tyson gave a fleeting glimpse of the speed and power he will bring to Saturday's heavyweight title showdown against Lennox Lewis, but left the talking to his trainers. Former world champion Tyson worked out in front
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    • 311 40 Agencies PARIS Heavy rain disrupted play at the French Open yesterday after just 30 minutes of play. Juan Carlos Ferrero was leading Andre Agassi 5-2 in the opening set of their quarterfinal when the players were called off court. The start of action
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    • 619 40  -  Jose Raymond Korean World Cup success may bring in more cash, says Alberts Today EXCLUSIVE HOW the South Koreans perform at this World Cup will determine the football future of the country over the next decade or so. And if the Tigers of Asia, as they
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    • 354 41 -AFP HIGASHIURA David Beckham admitted yesterday he felt only "95 per cent fit" after his seven-week layoff with a broken foot bone. But the England captain said he was confident of lasting a full 90 minutes against Argentina tomorrow. The Manchester United midfielder, who
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    • 673 42  -  S Gulam A NEW star is born at virtually every World Cup. He will grab the attention of opponents and talent scouts, and the admiration and adulation of millions all over the world with a shake, shuffle or with his venomous strikes on goal.
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    • 163 42 -AFP ULSAN Ricardinho, the replacement for injured Brazilian captain Emerson, arrived in Korea yesterday after a horror trip from Sao Paulo. The Corinthians midfielder, who got a surprise call-up on Sunday after Emerson dislocated his shoulder, packed his bag and rushed to the airport.
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    • 307 42 Agencies |World Cup Group E \Live, on Ch2s-28, today, spm j RIYADH Saudi Arabia coach Nasser al-Johar will send his team out to face Cameroon after branding it a failure. Johar apologised in Saudi newspapers yesterday for the opening 8-0 demolition by Germany in Sapporo, saying:
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    • 693 43  -  Neil Humphreys AFP photo sdfdsfdsjf France v Uruguay Live, an Ch 25-28, today, 7.30pm I THEY have an ageing defence, a crocked playmaker, exhausted centre-forwards and an uncertain coach. World Champions? To be honest, the Blues look more like an amateur outfit at Bishan Park. Yet
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    • 328 43 Agencies World Cup Group A Live, on Ch25~28, today, 2.30pm TAEGU Denmark's preparations for its vital match against Senegal today were rocked yesterday by personal revelations about charismatic midfielder Stig Tofting. The Danish squad issued a statement after training, condemning an article about Tofting which is
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    • 236 44 Reuters World Cup-Group H j Mediocre Russians go top KOBE Russian captain Viktor Onopko was more upbeat than his coach Oleg Romantsev, after the team began its World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Tunisia yesterday. Romantsev said he would "reprimand" his players after
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      462 44 Reuters World Cup-Group E Ireland t Germany 1 Germans pay for missed chances IBARAKI Robbie Keane scored an equaliser deep into injury time to keep Ireland's World Cup hopes alive in a 1-1 draw with Germany yesterday. The Irish looked to have lost, sending Germany through to the
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    • 295 44 Reuters YOKOHAMA Embarrassed by a tickets fiasco threatening the image of Asia's first World Cup, co-host South Korea has taken the control of ticket sales away from world soccer's governing body Fifa and its British agent. Japanese organisers took less drastic measures, saying
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    • 867 47  -  Leonard Thomas CAN it go any faster? For the rolling stone seems to be gathering pace as each World Cup day passes. When was the last time there were so many apparent makeweights put so many aristocrats in the shade. Senegal started it
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    • 116 40 Today's Fixtures (on SCV Ch2s-28): Group A: Denmark v Senegal 2.00pm (preview) 2.30pm I LIVE); I *^V W o^m HA I Group E: Cameroon v Saudi Arabia -4.30pm (preview) s.ooprn (LIVE); I m^m L .^H Group A: France v Uruguay 7.00pm (preview! 7.30pm (LIVE) BHj^HHI^HHi^BH^HHH HU^^HIS I 1 ...Common Skin
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