Today, 26 September 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODYA Thursday September 26, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks in sharp rebound
      137 1 Reuters NEW YORK-US stocks leaped off multi-year lows yesterday. Blue chips racked up their biggest one-day gain in six weeks, a day after they sank to a four-year low. The Nasdaq also was lifted off six-year lows. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 158.69 points,
      – Reuters  -  137 words
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      Lock icon Scoring points over Iraq
      132 1 AFP WASHINGTON The debate on US action against Iraq spilled into election-year politics yesterday as the nation's top Democratic lawmaker accused the Bush administration of politicising the process. "I don't know what may have motivated the White House to to politicise this debate. But it has
      AFP  -  132 words
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      Inside story
      762 1  -  Joy Frances Ego, passion and the sad departure of Mr Case IT is strange how little things can snowball into a fullblown crisis. How an undelivered fax can kick-start a policy change that makes the voice of Singaporean consumers feel smaller and how leaving a meeting midway can
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Economics of literature
      411 2  -  Tan Hui Leng THERE'S money to be made in the arts after all. After years of playing second fiddle to subjects like science and engineering, literature could be making a comeback in schools soon. The future is in a creativity-driven economy, says the Economic Review Committee (ERC)
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      Lock icon Terror raises its ugly head
      521 3  -  Shanoo Maharaj Indigenous group suspected of temple attack TUESDAY'S bloody siege of the famous Akshardham temple of the Hindu Swaminarayan sect in India's Gujarat state was possibly masterminded by an indigenous, new terrorist group. The bloodbath left at least 29 devotees dead and 100 injured.
      – Reuters photo  -  521 words
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      Rising anti-US anger
      98 3 JAKARTA In the latest show of anti-US sentiments, Yogyakarta's Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X has called off his trip to Washington in protest of US allegations that the province is unsafe. The visit would not be re-scheduled until the US demonstrated "a realistic attitude" toward security conditions in
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      Province No 31
      157 3  -  Elisia Yeo JAKARTA The Indonesian Parliament has ratified a law that will allow 1,000 islands, including Batam and Bintan, off Riau on Sumatra island to become the country's 31st province. The Bill was initiated by the national Parliament despite opposition from the Governor and the provincial Parliament
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      Tudung dad 'missing'
      287 4  -  Jose Raymond SIA employee has not reported for work since last month THE father of one of the tudung girls has not reported for work since last month. And Mr Mohammed Nasser Jamaluddin (picture), an inflight services officer with Singapore Airlines, has not given his company a
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      A touch of Newater in our homes from February
      167 4 FROM February next year, the water that comes out of taps in Singapore homes will contain portions of reclaimed water. Two million gallons of Newater will be pumped into local reservoirs every day. This represents less than one per cent of
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      Lock icon Fair play in the workplace
      139 4 Channel NewsAsia NTUC Secretary-General Lim Boon Heng has said that fair play will be maintained in the workplace here. Mr Lim's reassurance comes after the Muslim community raised concerns about job discrimination during recent meetings with the minister. He was speaking to reporters at the
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  139 words
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Plight off the Muslims
      320 6  -  Jaime Koh BEING caught in the middle is never a comfortable place to be. Having been pushed to the forefront in the aftermath of Sept 11, progressive Muslims, who straddle the political and social boundaries of modernity and Islam, are in this precarious position. Dr Farish
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      Brace yourselves for more haze
      120 6 SINGAPOREANS can expect more haze until the weekend, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) at 4pm yesterday stood at 57, which is within the moderate range. Yesterday morning, the NEA said, lowlevel winds in the region turned east and
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      Lock icon Get set for a splashing good time
      268 6 PLEASURE-seekers can look forward to a wet and wild time when the NTUC Club opens its $12 million water theme park at Downtown East by March 2004. And the NTUC is confident that it will attract 700,000 people every year. Downtown East has
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  • LETTERS
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      Why IDA must explain its 'no'
      194 7  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to the report, "No to SingTel" (Today, Sept 25). I am relieved that at least one attempt at a price increase has been unsuccessful. However, the decision by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) to reject SingTel's application to
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      There is internal discontent in Iraq
      194 7  -  Fong En You I REFER to the letter, "War on Iraq: What it means for Muslims", by Ace Cheong (Weekend Today, Sept 21-22). The writer said that the Iraqis would call for help if they needed it. Since the end of the Gulf War,
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      Loosen up but ...
      139 7  - Loosen up but Lam Yeok Ping THE report, "Loosen up TV, media" {Today, Sept 24), highlights the Economic Restructuring Committee's proposal to allow the use of satellite dishes by homes, thereby reducing the role of the Censorship Board. I have no objection to liberalisation and the lifting of controls but
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      29 7 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      SingTel will not appeal
      209 8  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGTEL will not appeal against the decision by the government regulator, Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), which has rejected its request to raise local charges. However, Mr Ivan Tan, SingTel's director of corporate communications, said: "We will continue to review our fixed line business
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      Lock icon Golden Agri profits rise 79-fold
      175 8 Bloomberg HIGHER palm oil prices and a gain from the sale of its tea plantations has let Golden Agri-Resources, a unit of Singaporebased Asia Food and Properties see its first-half profit rise 79-fold. For the six months ended June, its profit rose to US$l4.6 million
      — Bloomberg  -  175 words
    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        122 8 TRADING fell in tandem with declines in the United States, although by mid-after-noon the trading for futures contracts started turning positive. Bargain-hunting was apparent, particularly for tech stocks. The benchmark STI closed down 34.45 points to 1,342.62. It had touched an intra-day low of 1,326.4. Only 384 million shares
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        World markets
        55 8 Index VdK Orange Pis Nikkei 225 9165.41 -156.23 -1.68 Hang Seng All Ordinaries 9124.91 2946.60 -7277 -41.50 -0.79 -1.39 Taiwan Wid 41B5.95 -100.99 -2.36 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 657.94 336.00 408.65 -14.32 ■4.33 +0.34 -2.13 -1.27 +0.08 Phils Comp Shenzen B Murtrbai 1126.60 232.66 3021.05 +4.53
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 8 OS$ 0.5615 UK£ D.3620 Yen 69.295 HK$ 4.380! RM 2.1335 Euro 0.574! I--: 5076.1 Baht 24.381 Peso 29.404 A$ 1 0333 Indian Rs 37.096 Wan 656.31 C$ 0.8896 Yuan 4.6476 NIJ 1.1903 NT$ 19.439
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        Commodities
        20 8 Gold uss/ K 327.200 Silver uss/n 4.670 Plotinum uss/«; 572.900 Ruhhcr [enVkg 153.50 Palm oil rm™ 1376 BrenrtrudeusWonfrt 29.33
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 8 By volume Sept 25 '000 Chartered R 11,938 UniFood 10,152 Ciliroyo 23,035 Links Is 13,312 OoiacrhUSS 12,619 Gy value Sept 25 DBS 76,591,521 UOB 57,180,050 OCBC 32,739,100 SIA 32,657,050 SPH 19,938,632 '000 Chartered 10,999 SingTel 8,703 SembCorp 8,601 NVfeh 7,133 DBS 6,906 Venture 19,350,000 UniFood 15,101,755 SingTel
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        SGX top rises
        76 8 Bf$ Sept 25 Venture Close Change 10.400 +0.500 Creative 50 11.60(1 +0.100 UN 400LJSS S.800 +0.050 me MFond Fo-(l Jlj O.600 +0.040 0.390 +0.010 0.580 +0.025 SpComp Elec US3 IPSCOM Parkway 0.905 +0.025 1.860 +0.020 0.185 +0.020 0.810 +0.050 By percentage Sept 25 CiiipEngSW040(12 Reed MediaS Close
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        80 8 Bloomberg By$ Sepi 25 DBS Close Change 11.000 0.60O UOB Sll E1F100 SPH 11.400 .0.500 13.990 4110 19.100 -0.400 Sn ETF lOOIOFV 13.724 -0.354 F&N 7.400 -0.350 SIA OCBC 9.900 -0.30O 9.650 -0.250 KepCcr 4.120 -0.220 By percentage Sspl 25 F!nirbW*****i ShanghoiM 2kHKS Strike WQ***** 7e::-:s:-here Gartered
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      Lock icon CSM rapped
      263 10 Reuters SGX criticises its handling of rights issue CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing was taken to task by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) over the handling of its rights issue announcement. The world's third largest microchip contract maker unveiled its US$633 million ($l.l billion) eight-for-10 rights issue earlier this month. Shares
      — Reuters  -  263 words
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      Production begins
      108 10 JAPAN-LISTED Stella Chemifa Corp's $50 million chemical plant on Jurong Island started operations yesterday. The plant, Stella Chemifa's only one outside Japan, produces ultra-pure hydrofluoric acid used in the equipment cleaning processes of the semiconductor and liquid crystal display industries. The plant employs about 30 people and can
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      Lock icon Fed votes 10-2 to hold interest rates
      322 10 Reuters WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve warned on Tuesday that a growing risk of war was heightening uncertainty about the US economy's future but voted to keep US interest rates steady for now despite rare dissent within its ranks. By a 10-2 vote,
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      Lock icon Thai oil trading hub to take on S'pore?
      206 10 Bloomberg THAILAND'S biggest energy company, FIT, is considering building storage depots that may help use the country's spare refining capacity and boost competition with Singapore for the supply of fuels in South-east Asia. PTT held talks with oil trading companies from Japan
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      Corporate Briefs
      135 10 CREATIVE SUES RIVAL: Creative Technology has sued Mad Dog Multimedia Inc, saying that its smaller rival's Predator Blastwave sound card is misleading customers who intend to buy the Creative Sound Blaster product. Singapore-based Creative filed a trademark infringement lawsuit on Friday in federal court in San Jose, California.
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      Lock icon Moody's gives Malaysia's credit rating a boost
      370 12 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia had its credit rating raised a level by Moody's Investors Service, which said export-driven growth and a clean-up of bad loans hasn't been derailed by slowing global economies. Moody's raised the nation's foreign currency rating to Baal from Baa2
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Canon sets its sights on China
      428 14  -  Val Chua in Beijing Company to locate its Asian business headquarters in Beijing SOME 20 years after Canon started producing compact cameras in a state-run factory in Beijing, the Japanese electronics giant is falling in love with the mainland again. So confident is the
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      Lock icon Better ratings
      43 14 -AFP SEOUL Global risk evaluator Standard and Poor's has upgraded the ratings for six South Korean banks, including Kookmin Bank, the biggest in the country. "Korean banks have succeeded in reducing their problem loans," the ratings agency said in a statement.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Arming the opposition
      259 16 White House wants to fund training for Iraqis WASHINGTON The Bush administration, in a reversal of a long-standing policy that might rankle Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, is looking at digging into its coffers to fund the military training of the Iraqi opposition. The White House is expected
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      Lock icon 'She didn't scream'
      185 16 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian women and rights groups yesterday expressed outrage over a judge's comments when he acquitted a policeman charged with raping two foreign women lodged in police cells. Sessions court judge Mohamed Saman Ramli said the sexual acts, captured on closed circuit television, appeared voluntary
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      Lock icon Transport strike hits millions
      103 16 -AFP LONDON In separate campaigns yesterday, public transport workers in London, Paris and major Italian cities went on strike for higher pay and better conditions. The British capital was worst-hit. All 12 lines of the London Underground were halted for 24 hours, forcing the three million
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      Lock icon Christians massacred
      113 16 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani Christian leaders have blamed Islamic militants for yesterday's massacre of seven Christian charity workers in the southern city of Karachi, Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana of the eastern city of Lahore said the assault was an act of vengeance by the group against the crackdown on Al
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  • COMMENTARY
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      WHY the war can't wait
      1050 20  -  Tor Ching Li THE despot of Baghdad has been thumbing his nose at the United States since the then American President, Mr George Bush, decided to leave President Saddam Hussein's regime intact at the end of the 1991 Gulf War. Now, the American administration headed
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      US blames poverty and falling incomes on recession
      270 20 WASHINGTON The US government has blamed recession for the increase in poverty and lower incomes in the world's number one economy. After four straight annual falls, the number of Americans surviving under the poverty rate made up 11.7 per cent of the
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon No more shoeshines
      368 23 -Reuters Vietnam's disadvantaged youths are trained as chefs HANOI Chef Vinh has found his own recipe for rescuing Vietnamese youths from a life of poverty by teaching them the finer points of pastry-making. Vinh, 25, is a veteran of the Hoa Sua Vocational Training School, a non-profit
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      Lock icon He made Dunkin' Donuts 'Worth the Trip' with great coffee
      397 23 Agencies BOSTON The man who made coffee and a doughnut a winning combination never believed in good enough being good enough. "I'm never satisfied. And that's what makes progress, you know?" Dunkin' Donuts founder William Rosenberg (illustration) once told an
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      Lock icon Save your heart by not pouring it out
      213 23 Reuters WASHINGTON Ignoring trauma may be healthier than pouring out your heart about it, say Israeli researchers. Reports have detailed the post-traumatic stress suffered by the US population after the Sept 11 attacks in the United States. But a study published in
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  • FOOD FORUM
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      Freshen it up with fruit
      645 24  -  Katrina Karim As an ingredient, it adds zest to your cooking FRUIT makes for a healthy snack when eaten fresh and is just as good as an ingredient in your favourite dishes and in the making of jams, marmalades and jellies. Fruit extracts have long
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  • TIMEOUT
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      316 25  -  Rosalyn Lim Age is no barrier when it comes to having your work published Lake of Greatness, When wilt thou fall? My soul enters my blood, Cowardice withers small. Lake of Happiness, When wilt thou cry? My blood meets my love, Sadness departs shy.
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      249 25 PARTICIPATE Reading Out Loud and Doing Calculations Develop Children's Brains Help children develop their brain power with Professor Ryuta Kawashima, an expert on brain research.This seminar is suitable for parents and educators. Date: Today Time: 7.30pm Venue: Amara Hotel Ballroom I and 2 Prke: $30 Registration: Call Kumon Asia
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      91 25 Agencies NEW YORK Miss Universe first runner-up Ms Panama Justine Pasek (picture), was crowned by pageant co-owner Donald Trump on Tuesday. Her predecessor Ms Oxana Fedorova from Russia was sacked four months after she won the pageant for allegedly being married and putting on
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      505 26  -  Ambiga Raju Indian artiste's multimedia dance show returns TT is not surprising that Arul Ramiah's AAbhinaya, My Journey of Return, is being staged at The Substation. The theatre has always been about bold new ways to present the arts and Harvard-trained lawyer Anil's approach to Bharatanatyara, the ancient
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      275 27  -  Pearlyn Tham Cynthia shares some beauty tips BEAUTY comes at a price. But, for MediaCorp artiste Cynthia Koh (picture), it's easy. Despite a busy work schedule, Cynthia, now filming the third season of Moulmein High, looks fresh. At a press conference last Friday, Cynthia was named
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      549 27  -  TohXlngYu, SOME people spend hundreds of dollars on facials and body creams but when it comes to their feet, it's another matter. Most of us neglect our feet since it's that humble part of our anatomy we tuck away into our shoes. But,
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      406 28  -  Diana Ong in Toronto Jackie takes on the bad guys in a tux IT'S a freezing 11 degrees Celsius on this Canadian morning. You are shepherded to a DreamWorks Pictures soundstage 30 minutes from downtown Toronto. You're here to visit the set of The Tuxedo,
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      95 28 Reuters/Variefy NEW YORK Starsky and Hutch is back and updated for today's audience. Taking on the roles of the titular characters are funnymen Owen Wilson (Hutch) and Ben Stiller {Starsky), The action-comedy takes its inspiration from the ABC series featuring hip, streetwise cops, which
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      560 29  -  Yong Shu Chiang Way Home is a tribute to grannies the world over FILM REVIEW The Way Home WATCHING this simple tale of cross-generational bonding, it's hard not to feel moved, and perhaps a little guilty. We're moved because The Way Home illustrates the unconditional love that some
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      346 30  -  Yorig Shu Chiang EU films a departure from Hollywood IT isn't easy to stay true to one's vow. The infidelity we're talking about, however, isn't the kind related to the seven-year itch. We're talking about a filmmaking "Vow of Chastity" created by Danish directors Lars Von
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      651 30 Jump Tomorrow (United Kingdom) (above) Director Joel Hopkins When introvert George meets stunning Spanish girl Alicia, they are both smitten.The problem is, he's marrying a childhood friend from Nigeria in four days' time. Black Box German I Black Box BRD (above) Director: And res Veiel
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      837 32  -  S. Murali Only question at Ryder Cup is motivation FINALLY, Tiger Woods has come out to explain that what happened last week at the American Express World Golf Championships was a misunderstanding. No, I am not talking about his record 25--imder-par total winning score but his
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      533 33  -  Kelvin Phang Shyam fears he won't even reach final U K SHYAM may be Singapore's fastest man and one of South-east Asia's quickest But in the upcoming Asian Games, the 26-year-old feels he could be out of his league in the century sprint. Last
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      47 33 SINGAPORE Sports Council chairman Ng Ser Miang said yesterday that the Asian Games is highly likely to be telecast in Singapore. Speaking at Changi Airport, before Team Singapore left for Busan, he said: "We should be able to resolve the TV rights issue shortly."
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      Lock icon Who Shyam's up against
      96 33 *Nobuhara Asahara The Japanese clocked 10.05 seconds in May. His personal best is 10.02s *Shingo Suetsugu Rising Japanese sprinter, who clocked a new personal best of 10.05s in May. *Jamal Al-Saffar The Asian Championships winner. The Saudi's personal best, set last season, is 10.24s *Salem Mubarak
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        535 34 Agencies Record strike sparks Arsenal romp Champions League PSV Eindhoven 0 Arsenal 4 Arsenal looks set to progress EINDHOVEN Arsenal's Gilberto Silva (picture) scored the fastest goal in Champions League history as Arsene Wenger's side crushed PSV Eindhoven 4-0 this morning to win away in Europe for the
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        328 34 -AFP LIVERPOOL Liverpool's Champions League campaign suffered another setback when it was held to a 1-1 draw by FC Basel in their Group B clash. Czech striker Milan Baros capped a superb all-round performance with a first half goal to take his tally for the
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        417 34 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid produced an irresistible attacking display to crush Champions League newcomer Genk 6-0 at the Bernabeu. Real was missing the French midfield pair of Zinedine Zidane and Claude Makelele, while Ronaldo's debut was put on hold because of a slight injury.
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      692 35 Agencies Van Nistelrooy will not to be a one-season wonder if he's fit LONDON Charlton Athletic is holding its breath right now as Ruud van Nistelrooy battles to overcome a hamstring injury. From an ethical point of view, Charlton's players will not wish an injury upon another footballer.
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