Today, 25 June 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Tuesday June 25, 2002 MITA(P) 063il 1/2001
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    Perugia's about-turn
    183 1 ROME Perugia has backtracked on its controversial decision to release on-loan South Korean striker Ahn Junghwan, who scored the goldengoal winner against Italy, and has instead paid £1 million ($2.65 million) to Pusan Icons to have him permanently. A Perugia spokesman dismissed the sacking controversy as a "misunderstanding"
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    Lock icon Slight gains
    76 1 AFP NEW YORK Trading started yesterday on a sour note amidst worries about corporate accounting and ethics and the US dollar's plunge against the euro, sending the Dow and the Nasdaq composite to near postSept 11 lows. An afternoon rally, with the Dow Jones industrial average up by
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Palestine without Arafat?
      309 1 Agencies State possible, but change in leadership is a must, says Bush WASHINGTON In a harsh rebuke to Yasser Arafat, President George W Bush said yesterday that the United States supported creating a provisional Palestinian state but only if there is a "new and different Palestinian leadership".
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      Lock icon Tighten budget US
      129 1 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States should tighten its budgets to help ease the risk of a rapid drop in the dollar, which could jeopardise global economic recovery, the IMF said yesterday. The risk of a rapid dollar depreciation due to growing current account deficits "underscores the importance
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon US airlines in distress
        444 2 AFP CHICAGO United Airlines said yesterday that it was asking for US$l.B billion ($3.2 billion) in federal loan guarantees under a plan approved by Congress last year to help airlines cope with the postSept 11 slump. The number-two US carrier said it would be seeking a
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        Step up, Ms
        307 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Grassroots groups need younger women and those from other races YOUNGER and more educated women are wanted in grassroot organisations. Most of them now are in their 40s or older, and it is getting increasingly difficult to get younger women to take up these
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      Lock icon Another bank merger?
      351 3 Bloomberg Market talks of DBS, OCBC joining ranks following management changes THE departure of Mr Philippe Paillart as DBS' CEO has sent the rumour mill into overdrive. Salomon Smith Barney (SSB) wonders if it could be a prelude to more banking consolidation here. A report from the
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      Zulfikar's trial begins
      153 3  -  Jose Raymond ZULFIKAR Mohd Shariff s trial for wilful trespass began yesterday before district judge Jasvender Kaur. The editor of fateha.com is alleged to have committed the offence on May 1 at the Tanglin Police Station, where Singapore Democratic Party members Dr Chee Soon Juan and Mr
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      Widow's relief
      421 4  -  Tan Hui Leng HPS payout approved after 11 months of worry FOR almost 11 months, Madam Jenny Koh lived in fear of losing her four-room resale HDB flat in Hougang. But yesterday, the widowed mother of two received news that would allow her to keep the flat. Mdm
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      Indecent proposal lawyer pleads guilty
      211 4  -  Elaine Quek AN indecent proposal during a routine security check has landed a lawyer in trouble. On Sept 18 last year, just before his flight to Jakarta at Changi Airport Terminal 2, Peter Pang Xiang Zhong set off a handheld metal scanner when a female
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      Lock icon Animals, drugs and health
      241 4 Channel NewsAsia WILDLIFE Reserves Singapore, which manages the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Bird Park, would like to forge a "twinning" programme with zoos around the world. This would help the Singapore Zoo learn from other zoos and assist less developed zoos by transferring knowledge and
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      Gurmit takes the plunge
      105 4 FUNNY man Gurmit Singh (picture) is getting all serious in this year's The Making of National Day Parade. For three minutes and 40 seconds, he will be falling from the skies some 10,000 feet above ground. Apart from his role as a compere, the MediaCorp artiste
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      442 5 ADVERTISEMENT Dog that swallowed StarHub mobile phone still missing j I WITNESSES ALL ACROSS f SINGAPORE SHOCKED TO .Tfcfcs HEAR RINGING TONE >M COMING FROM SMALL DOG 9 K. C*^ Written by MATT GELLAR answer your "Everybody was turning their phone when it heads around looking for the starts ringing
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      Let buses be
      413 6  -  Gary Ee ERP for public transport does not make sense I REFER to Ms Chung Lyn-Yi's article, "s4m poser" (Today, Jun 21). The rationale given by Mr Tan Hiok Seng from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for making bus companies pay ERP charges is laughable. According to
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      Anti-Semitism rising in France
      142 6  -  Steven Shalowitz I REFER to the article by Ms Ng Boon Yian, "French paradox of integration" (Weekend Today, June 15 and 16). While I appreciate that she spoke to a number of people during her trip to France, I would like to point out that antiSemitic
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      Falling incomes, rising cost of living
      150 6  -  Yea Kok Seng I REFER to Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong's comments on the fare increases for buses and MRT. In the last few months, a series of price hikes have been announced from the Housing and Development Board's new parking charges to
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      Shouldn't PTC be neutral?
      150 6  -  Lint Boon Hee I REFER to Public Transport Council (PTC) chairman Eric Gwee's assertion that open competition in the public transport sector will not necessarily lead to lower fares and better service in the article, "Who paid the bill?" (WeekendToday, June 22 and 23). He prefers
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        134 8 THE Singapore bourse got off to a flimsy start and tried to shake off last Friday's Wall Street's woes with some bouts of short covering. The ST index finally ended 8.37 points down at 1,537.88. Market breadth was negative, with losers outpacing gainers 1.6 times while 317 counters were
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        World markets
        55 8 Index Vahe thongs ft Nikkei 225 Htmg Seng ill Ordinaries hib V.Vii! *****.32 *****.34 3186.00 5384.B9 +116.97 +65.48 -1B.50 -75.64 +1.13 +.62 ,58 -1.39 Karen Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phik Camp Shenzen B Wumbni 747.92 393.88 518.81 1114.26 241.78 3231.62 -10.61 -1.58 -7,05 +.11 +21.45 ■11.13 -1.36
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 JS$ JKE <M 1K$ m :ura ?L-i)ioll info 0.5663 0.3762 68.785 4.4183 2.1523 0.5789 4863.0 23.675 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won tt Yuan hit NT$ ***** 0.9B00 27,7000 687,427 0,8598 4,6871 1,1329 19.017
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        Commodities
        22 8 Gold usj/d7 375.100 Silver usj/oi 4.855 Platinum osS/iz 562.700 Rubber rn-.h 159.00 Palm oil i!,'.'.. ;rt 1400 Brenl crude UsVbarrti 24.73
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGXroostactive
        54 8 sy volume lune 24 Scldtron Vicn >GX JILInll '000 15,849 15,565 9,080 8,108 6,975 North 22 U5S CnpitaLond AsioDekor USS TTInl 1PV '000 5,651 5,340 4,665 4,562 4,451 3y value lune 24 JOB DBS XBC femurs iPH 43,377,958 27,168,297 1S,232,8B4 14,992,150 12,580,536 Chartered SEX SIA SingTel SIAEngg S 11,748,460
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        SGX top rises
        82 8 3y Itine 24 SIA CloseChange ***** +0.2O0 By perteninge June 24 11'_' a -i CkseChange 0.115+64.286 >IA200 i!A Engg 12.700 40.200 2.370 +0.170 Hi (if Seng SimSintigC 0.180 +20.000 0.150 +20.000 iintore ii Tyre 1UE iiinj si" 2kHKS .sMetcl 0.795 +0.O9O 0.420 +0.055 6.900 +0.O5O 1.630 +0.050
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        80 8 Bloomberg By$ June 24 floseChunge Cienrive 50 15.300 0.40O i=:i-r:i=r=::..i:in 1.400 -0.250 UOB 12.800 -0.200 By percentage June 24 CSCW*****7 GulTecbW*****7 Goldtron (laseChtmge 0.015 -25.000 0.120 -20.000 0.020 -20.000 STIETF100 15,740 -0,200 SPH 100 19.300 -0.200 CraflP Penguin W*****0 0.070 17,647 0.050 -16.667 OCBC 11.200 -0,200 Presicrele
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      $142m fruit
      539 8  -  Val Chua Big pay day for couple soon IT was a foray into plastic parts that bore fruit 30 years later. The husband-and-wife team who founded NatSteel Broadway in 1972 stands to reap $142.2 million from the sale of the company to Flextronics International Ltd, the world's second-largest
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      NOL-Legend joint venture
      98 8 NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) has entered into a joint venture with China's leading computer maker, Legend Group. NOL's wholly-owned unit, APL Logistics, will pay about US$6.5 million ($11.5 million for a 49 per cent stake in two of Legend's logistics firms Beijing Legend International Freight Forwarding, which
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      Lock icon Wooing to restart?
      502 10  -  Chan Chao Peh SembCorp's plan to privatise SCM may spur talks SEMBCORP Industries' plan to privatise its marine engineering subsidiary may revive talks of merging its marine business with that of another conglomerate, Keppel. The merger talks were scuttled late last year reportedly due to disagreements over
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      Hypermart at Expo MRT?
      237 10  -  Francis Kan COMMUTERS headed to Expo MRT may soon be able to enjoy shopping at a hypermarket there. Property developers interested in buying a land parcel next to the train station have been invited to apply for the site to be put up for tender. The
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      Staying put- Lufthansa says Singapore serves its needs best
      395 12  -  Clement Mesenas LUFTHANSA German Airlines said yesterday it was staying put in Singapore, its management hub for the Asia-Pacific region since 1997, The airline, one of Europe's biggest and most profitable, said it had no plans to move its hub activities
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1689 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries; Call SSZ-2973-6600 E-moil lipper.nHO@reuters.coin I Find None NAV/Bid Mhr PrTie Pike Absrdew Aral Moiwgsneit (Asia) ?il,-n :-i .iTSoJpihrl" 0 nRl !!lh 50/6 A erdein Sel-Ching OppgrNnirili Fd 1.(55 110) Hi d :H: f.-rir-rt I irc-pc Fory 0. 2; liWi 20/6 Aeerd.:er<: Cli-hol fd 0.58 Oil 20/6
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      342 13 S^'3 rf V. i j^ ||^V WJ^- ># IsV v^nina Square v^entral Wncre new /vsia meets old world cnarm. jneak I review rrom 1 June You're invited to take a look inside China Square Central, Singapore's newest collect a surprise gift from, the redemption counter at the atrium. and most
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Chosen ones
      314 14  -  Jaime Koh Tung's hand-picked Cabinet raises concerns HONG Kong Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa marked the start of a new chapter for the Special Administrative Region when he revealed the line-up of his new Cabinet yesterday. Mr Tung hand-picked 14 ministers and said the new government "will be an
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      Lock icon Israel's kill-the-killers policy
      151 14 Agencies GAZA The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, suffered a double blow yesterday from Israeli forces and the Palestinian Authority. Two senior Hamas activists were killed when Israeli helicopters shot missiles into the car they were travelling in. Israel Radio said the attack was part of Israel's policy
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      Conspiracy at the university?
      94 14 KUALA LUMPUR Two lecturers from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia have abruptly tendered their resignations. Six months ago, three lecturers were detained under the Internal Security Act. All five were from the Geo-Information Science Engineering faculty. The lecturers who were arrested were said to have been involved
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      Name Your Own Price for a Holiday? You Must be Joking!
      576 15 Do some homework, Priceline said, check the typical market cost of your specific travel itinerary; then name your price up to 20%-30% off the going rates. Wei Kit saw it, but he didn't believe it. The latest travel service
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      Lock icon Refugee time bomb
      388 16 AFP Beijing's deal with Seoul may encourage more N Koreans to defect BEIJING China may have clinched a deal with Seoul to allow 26 North Koreans to escape to freedom. But it is only a question of time before Beijing has a new refugee mini-crisis on its
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      Lock icon Baby girl for Priyanka Gandhi
      171 16 AFP NEW DELHI India's most powerful political dynasty has a new addition. Ms Priyanka Gandhi, the great granddaughter of the country's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, gave birth to a baby girl yesterday. "She gave birth to a daughter at 5.30 in the morning at
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      Lock icon Smoke gets in the eyes
      43 16 AFP photo A COUPLE looking at the enormous smoke cloud created by fire in the western US state of Arizona. Two infernos merged into a giant fireball on Sunday, forcing 25,000 residents to flee and destroying 225 homes.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      S Korea's next big match
      801 18  -  Patrick Smith Will Kim's successor keep the nation's reforms on track? IT IS none too soon, now that the World Cup is drawing to a conclusion, to start handicapping the next big contest in South Korea. Selecting a successor to President Kim Dae Jung at
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  • UPFRONT
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      Of bridges and divides
      734 19  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Causeway on the realities of cross-strait neighbours IF one had to label Causeway, the label would read: Extremely Flammable, Please Handle With Care. Before the play took to the stage, there was talk that the script had succumbed to the snips and cuts of
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  • INFOTECH
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      No lines attached
      605 20  -  Ariel Tarn Having a wireless enterprise network can increase productivity IF you are setting up a wireless network in your office, your company is one of a growing number of organisations taking the wireless communications route. Its popularity is not surprising, as the elimination of cumbersome cables
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      For GPRS transmission
      124 20 THE world's first Universal Serial Bus (USB)-compatible General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) modem is now available. The iTegno WMIOBOA GPRS modem (picture), from local manufacturer iWow Connections, is designed to provide access to all areas covered by GSM 900/1800 networks. It also allows international roaming over GSM
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      2GHz Pentium 4-M
      84 20 INTEL has broken the 2GHz barrier for notebook PCs with the launch of its Pentium 4-M chip. Intel's Pentium 4-M and Celeron chips will be offered in new notebooks from a slew of PC makers, including Dell Computer and HewlettPackard. Intel was expected to offer the 2GHz
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      A mobile OS open to all
      167 20 LOCAL company IntraMedia has created what is billed as "the world's first universal mobile operating system". Motion Experience Interface (MXI) allows people to use mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs as they would a desktop PC for work and play. MXI supports
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  • IT FOR SME
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      Creativity gets a boost
      719 21 HP DVD-writer helps a design house to serve its clients better MR Philip Sim, who runs his own design company, GeckoMedia, specialising in multimedia, print and Web-based development, used to archive designs that had been produced for clients, on CDROMs, using an external CD-writer. Clients of
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      USER AT A GLANCE
      43 21 GeckoMedia Founded 1 999 Phone 6298 8628 Industry Design services Challenges: To store large amounts of digital videos and designs To create DVDs for clients in-house Solution: HP dvd-writer dvd 200i Benefits: Lower costs Faster response time Convenient storage
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Surf 'n' turf for a football feast
      415 22  -  Pauline DLoh Salt-roasted saba and a mirin-marinated beef tenderloin fill in the time between goals WORLD Cup fever has infected us and matches are being played during dinner time. Do you have problems competing with those little men running around with a little
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      Sea salt-roasted fish
      207 22 Ingredients: 1 medium-sized fish, preferably tuna or mackerel 1 tablespoon sea salt (sel marin) Lots of cracked black pepper Japanese crushed mixed red peppers Method: 1. Clean the fish and remove all intestines and gills. Rinse well and pat dry with a paper towel. Cut diamonds across
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      Mirin-marinated beef tenderlion
      164 22 Ingredients: 1 piece beef tenderloin 1/2 cup mirin 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce 1 tablespoon minced ginger 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 punnet brown mushrooms 1 bunch of fresh rosemary, finely chopped Freshly ground black pepper Method: 1. Marinate whole tenderloin in the mirin, teriyaki sauce, minced ginger
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Kopi-O II to perk up TV fare
      107 23 'T^HE nostalgic aroma of Kopi-0 is X returning with MediaCorp TV Channel B's sequel to the 1980s hit. Kopi-0 11, brought back after a 15--year hiatus, will see familiar faces from the original cast, like Cai Pingkai, Xiang Yun and Qian Zhigang. As
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      Unforgettable
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      571 24  -  David Ngiau Gosford is a subtle social satire with plenty of bite FILM REVIEW Gosford Park (Now showing) /TOUCHED inside a CluedoX^type murder mystery, Robert Altman's Gosford Park is a brilliant, richly-detailed social satire that will have you riveted from start to finish. You won't even notice that
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      174 24 CALISTA Flockhart (picture), better known as the titular character on the TV drama, Ally Mcßeal, is reportedly set to co-star with Harrison Ford, her boyfriend, in Indiana Jones 4. According to a source, Ford was insistent on Flockhart's involvement, World Entertainment News Network reports.
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      76 24 AFP BUCHAREST Nicole Kidman will use a bus once owned by Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu as her make-up truck during filming of Cold Mountain, the Romanian press reported. The German-built bus, ordered specially for Ceausescu in 1969, includes a luxury bathroom, a generator and
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      475 25  -  Yong Shu Chiang Beckham director Chadha followed her heart TN THE British film, Bend It Like XBeckham (picture), Jess is an Indian girl who wants to play football like her idol, David Beckham. Her mother, however, is intent on teaching her to make a full Indian
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      293 25  - Celine's heart will go on on SCV AsifAnsar AFTER a two-year hiatus, Celine Dion (picture) marked a triumphant return with a rare concert in March at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Back on New Year's Eve, 1999, she shocked millions of fans when she gave her "last" performance in Montreal.
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      1534 26 Singapore Business Tonight Frfa World Cup 2002 Ist Semi-FinaE Germany vs Korea, Live Print to Screen The Wizard of Oz Arts Central, 10pm Making Waves CHA, 10.30pm Qiannel 5,7.20pm Dorothy hates boring black-and- A Cheng Wai Keung talks exclusively for show is about an Asian team Dorothy decides Hud there
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      636 29 U-23 team fails to make Asian Games party by Jose Raymond j ose newstoday. com. s g ONE day after Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said that Goal 2010 was at best, a dream, football was dealt another blow yesterday. The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) announced that
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      354 29 LONDON Former champions Andre Agassi and Richard Krajicek steered a safe course through the first round at Wimbledon yesterday, completing straight sets victories under sunny skies in south-west London. Agassi and Krajicek, now both in their early 30s and playing in their
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      369 29  -  Kelvin Phang ONLY 94 out of 132 nominated athletes were picked for this September's 14th Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. A selection committee, headed by Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) president RAdm Teo Chee Hean, made its decision after a twohour long meeting yesterday.
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      311 31 Agencies SAITAMA Brazil's brush with the injury curse saw mixed results yesterday. First, it was given a lift when top goalscorer Ronaldo took part in a training session 48 hours ahead of the semi-final against Turkey. But just when it seemed as if the
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      282 31 AFP LONDON Rio Ferdinand has vowed to get over the pain of England's World Cup quarterfinal exit by winning a major international title in the next four years. Leeds United defender Ferdinand, who is rumoured to be moving to Manchester United soon, returned from Asia a
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      629 32  -  S Oulam Refereeing errors have always been part of the game FIRST, the Portuguese cried foul. Then, it was the Americans. They were joined by the Italians and the Spanish. The cries have been getting louder. And there is no certainty that the Germans might not
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      354 32 Agencies SEOUL North Korea's rigidly controlled population has been given its biggest taste of the World Cup fever in the rival South with the showing of South Korea's stunning victory over Italy. In a radical change of the Stalinist's state strict anti-South media policy, the
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      613 33 AFP But now, coach strikes off the pitch World Cup semi-final Live today, Ch 5 and CH2S-28, 7.30pm SEOUL Anyone who thought the Germans broke the mould with Franz Beckenbauer had better think again. In Rudi Voeller, Germany looks to have a second footballing genius, who
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      338 33 Agencies SEOUL The 'Red Devils', South Korea's fanatical supporters, have promised that Germany will get the shock of its life when it walks on to the pitch for today's World Cup semi-final, Kim Yong 11, head of the Seoul chapter of the 'Red Devils',
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      680 34 All eyes on officials Germany v S Korea by Leonard Thomas leo nardSnews Lod ay. com. sg I Leonard's take: Germany 1 S Korea 0 WOULD anyone want to be in Swiss referee Urs Meier's shoes today? Or for that matter his two assistants Frederic Arnault (France) and Evzen Amler
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        363 35 Reuters Coach did 'mean' things to make them tough SEOUL Luck, home advantage and an inspirational coach all have been used to explain how South Korea has become the first Asian team to reach the last four of a World Cup. No-one could dismiss the importance
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