Today, 13 January 2003

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    8 1 TODAY Monday January 13, 2003 < MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon 2nd chance for 120,000
    274 1 Channel News Asia GOOD news: The lower-income group who missed out on the Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) may get another chance. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday the Government wants to find out why they had missed the boat and has asked grassroots organisations
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    Opec acts
    80 1 VIENNA At a time when most Singaporeans are concerned more with rising oil prices, Opec's move yesterday to pump more oil into the market to stave off a spike in oil prices beyond $30 a barrel was cheering news. Leading producer Saudi Arabia, in control of most of
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      FIRST WITH THE NEWS
      52 1 About three hours after the Navy accident off Pedra Branca, we had the news on the front page. We changed Page One and rolled out a special 3am edition on Jan 4.We were first with the news with the other newspapers wondering how we got it
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      MIRROR ON SINGAPORE
      62 1 With Mr Goh ChokTong talking of handing over power, we wrote a Page One cditorial that looked at the challenges facing Mr Lee Hsien Loong and his team.The issues are more difficult and complex than those faced by Mr Lee Kuan Yew, especially with a restive and
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      HONEST VIEWS
      62 1 A perceptive reader look- H ing at the invective thrown at Singapore by the politicians from across I the Causeway must have wondered: Doesn't the Malaysian public have a view? We tried to fill that I vacuum by getting two reporters to drive up the I country.The ordinary
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      STRAIGHT TALK
      65 1 After Singapore lost 4-0 to Malaysia in the Tiger Cup, soccer commentator I S Gulam took the bull by I its horns and said: Jan Poulsen (picture) should quit as coach and concen-1 trate on his job as techni- I cal director.The Football I Association of Singapore acted,
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    Murky secrets bared
    435 1 Church scandal widens WASHINGTON The paedophilia scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church over the past year has touched virtually every US diocese, implicating more than 1,200 priests who have sexually victimised more than 4,000 children, the New York Times reported yesterday. An extensive survey conducted
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  • HOT NEWS
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      'High touch'
      361 2  -  Tan Hui Leng $3.3 m to train more staff to provide nursing home care by huileng@newstoday.com.sg IN the latest move to boost nursing home care, the Ministry of Health is setting aside $3.3 million for the next three years to fund manpower training in nursing homes. "The provision
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      Lock icon Foreign talent still wanted
      166 2 Channel News Asia WITH Mr Flemming Jacobs of Neptune Orient Lines becoming the latest top foreign talent to pack up and leave, some wonder whether Singapore is turning away from foreign talent This was not so, stressed Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in Phuket yesterday. Asked
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  • SERVICE EXCELLENCE
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      Lock icon Beyond the glitter
      599 3  -  Sarah Chua 'Service from the Heart' is what matters most to TianPo by sarah@newsto day. com. sg REMEMBER that scene from the movie, Pretty Woman, where the snobbish staff in an upmarket fashion store treated Julia Roberts' character shabbily because she was not "appropriately" dressed? This is
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      EXCELLENT CCERVICE AWARD
      113 3 Launched in 1994, the Excellent Service Award or EXSA is a national award that recognises individuals who have delivered outstanding service. It seeks to develop service models for staff to emulate, create service champions and professionalise services. EXSA is managed jointly by SPRING Singapore and seven industry
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      $450,000 medical cover during tough times
      134 4 Use your CPF to get medical cover for the family till age 80 DURING tough times, it is even more important to have adequate medical cover for the whole family. Ensure that any unforeseen and expensive medical bills are well covered. Now you can
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      The silver lining during market slumps
      210 4 Long-term investors benefit from depressed markets DURING the Asian financial crisis in 1997, 9-11 terrorist attacks and the corporate accounting scandals in 2002, the global markets declined steeply. But in all the above cases, the markets rebounded strongly within a few months. Many investors
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      Lock icon Domino falls
      397 4 Agencies Illinois move sparks death-penalty debate CHICAGO As a lawmaker, he once voted to reinstate the death penalty. But outgoing Illinois state Governor George Ryan has made history by giving a blanket commutation of 167 death sentences which observers say could have far-reaching implications for other US states.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Fair fees
      220 5  -  Tan Hui Leng Medical costs expected to drop by huileng@newstoday.com.sg HOLD your breath the medical cost structure is due for a revamp. With the cynicism of the times, it is no surprise if one expects medical bills to skyrocket, but the Ministry of Health says that it will
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      Supportive environment for students
      273 5  -  Sarah Chua LONG before the government's call for schools to attract up to 150,000 international students and boost the education industry's contribution to five per cent in 10 years' time, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) was already recruiting international students. Of the 8,000 students
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      No red tape
      534 6  -  Joy Frances Scheme allows ex-lawyers their own timetables by joy@newstoday.com.sg THE Law Society's latest brainwave of getting ex-lawyers back into the field part-time did not stir up much excitement among legal eagles. In fact, in a recent news report, nine out of 10 trained lawyers interviewed scoffed
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      Who's a real specialist?
      377 8  -  Henry Lim Li Shun Realtors making all sorts of claims THE Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore, which regulates advertising, introduced new guidelines recently in the updated version of the Singapore Code of Advertising Practice. The code is meant to promote ethical advertising and spells out guidelines
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      In the dark about price hikes
      259 8  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng MR Yeo Guat Kwang of the Consumers Association of Singapore and the Committee on Profiteering has commented that it is ridiculous that shopkeepers do not inform consumers that prices have gone up and that most people realise it only after
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      Smiles should not be for sale
      148 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming IT is good to know that the Singapore Immigration Registration (SIR) is unrelenting in its efforts to ensure that front-line immigration staff are constantly friendly and present a pleasant visage to visitors and Singaporeans returning home through ongoing incentives (Weekend
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      New questions
      603 9  -  Francis Kan Oei's next move and 98 Holdings' reaction to it by francis@newstoday.com.sg IN a story full of surprises over its seven-month run, the Nat Steel script may still have a twist or two left to play out Even as 98 Holdings' success in clinching the steel maker
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      Lock icon Better year forecast for Taiwan chip giants
      232 9 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), the world's two largest contract chipmakers, are expected to perform better in 2003 on hopes that the global semiconductor sector will stage a modest rebound, analysts said. The global semiconductor industry
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      Asian funds shine
      493 10  -  Teo Hwee Khee while equity and tech funds remain lacklustre by news@newstoday.com.sg EQUITY funds stayed anaemic for most of last year, except for single-country funds, which were the star performers. Four of the top five performing funds were invested in Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand and India.
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      Lock icon Here comes the dancing robot
      43 10 -AFP photo Honda's high-tech humanoid robot, Asimo, dancing during an exhibition at the National Science Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Asimo is the world's first robot that walks like a human being and only 40 units are available worldwide.
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    • Market Watch
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        STI weekly chart
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value 8470.45 -27.48 Change -0.32 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9721.50 3035.00 4850.80 +46.09 -0.60 +37.07 +0.48 -0.02 +0.77 Korea Comp SET Index 628.36 360.37 -2.04 +1.61 -0.32 +0.45 Jakarta Comp 399.67 +3.64 +0.92 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1058.30 194.27 3349.78 +22.99 -1.40
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        Your Ssl buys
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        Singapore
        108 10 THE Singapore market started last week on a soft note, with the STI breaking down below a key technical support level at 1,325. Fortunately, there was some index-linked buying towards the close, particularly on defensive index stocks such as F&N, and some bargain-hunting on bank issues, which helped the
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        Commodities
        13 10 Gold uss/oz 354.900 Silver uss/oz 4373 Platinum uss/oz 615.800 Brent uss/bbl 31.680
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      Worth a second look
      491 13  -  Carmen Lee ECS Holdings' valuations undemanding by news@newstoday.com.sg AS THE new trading year kicks off to a faltering start, investors are finding little cheer on the local market As such, one of the better investment approaches is to adopt a defensive stance and look at cash-rich,
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      Lock icon Japan set for another downgrade
      146 13 AFP TOKYO The Japanese government has decided to lower its assessment of the economy for the third straight month in January due to stagnant industrial output and consumer spending, a daily said yesterday. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said the Cabinet Office would say in its
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      A nod of recognition
      485 14  -  Chan Chao Peh The employees appreciate it, says Seksun boss by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg TO his employees, he is the cook for the May Day celebrations, the chief-editor of the in-house newsletter, a counsellor and a crooner of Hokkien songs. Dr Felix Ong, group executive chairman of hard-disk
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      New airline at Changi
      83 14  -  Derrick A Paulo REGIONAL airlines are expanding their wings to Singapore and Xiamen Airlines is the latest to touch down here. Its inaugural flight to Changi Airport yesterday meant that, in the space of 12 short days, the airport has added three airlines to its fold.
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      Satyam's solution
      51 14 LISTED company Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation has appointed Indian software major Satyam Computer Services to implement an end-to-end enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for Jurong's four plants in the Asia-Pacific. The ERP system will allow the plants to be linked on a single platform, according to a press
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      Lock icon Rising support for Asian bond market idea
      235 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa is pushing for the creation of an Asian bond market in his talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. "We talked about creating an Asian bond market, trying to push that idea forward," Mr Shiokawa
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      334 10 Every Monday, we will carry a table of dividends declared by companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The list, compiled with the assistance of Telekurs Financial, will appear every Monday on our business and finance pages. The new service is in line with the efforts of the editorial team
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Maids against HK levy
      76 16 Reuters photo Foreign domestic helpers performing a street drama yesterday during a demonstration against plans to impose a levy on employers of foreign maids and possible cuts to the workers' minimum wage salaries in Hong Kong. The 240,000-strong commu nity of domestic workers from Thailand, the
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      Jl's Sabah link
      314 16 Two suspects arrested under ISA KUALA LUMPUR The presence of terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah in the East Malaysian state of Sabah was highlighted on Saturday with the arrest of two more of its suspected members. The two, a chairman of a religious school and a teacher there,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Peace, not war?
      297 18 Agencies Experts think so despite military build-up WASHINGTON The drums of war appear to be beating softly these days in the Persian Gulf despite an unabated military build-up by the United States. The prospect of a US war with Iraq over weapons of mass destruction considered a
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      Lock icon Faster Web browser
      199 18 AFP DUBLIN A computer browser, said to at least quadruple surfing speeds on the Internet, has won the top prize at the Young Scientists exhibition in Dublin. Mr Adnan Osmani, 16, a student at Saint Finian's College in Mullingar, central Ireland, spent 18 months writing 780,000 lines
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      Lock icon Scanning for varsity cheats
      71 18 AFP MELBOURNE An Australian university will begin scanning students' assignments with a new anti-plagiarism software after a survey found widespread cheating among undergraduates. Melbourne University said it will use the software, developed on campus, to scan 1,000 students' assignments in five subjects beginning next semester, the
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      Lock icon UK charges 4 with manufacturing poison
      234 18 Agencies LONDON Four North African men accused of manufacturing one of the world's deadliest poisons in a tiny north London flat became the first to be charged under Britain's chemical weapons laws. Police told Reuters the charges were brought on Saturday after the discovery
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      Lock icon Women power
      147 18 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian women, beautiful but downtrodden by a macho Latin culture, look forward to a fairer deal in a new civil code that came into force over the weekend. The code, which updates social rules in Latin America's largest country of 170 million people, ends
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A long battle begins
      967 20  -  Dr Rohan Gunaratna Jl White Paper is a start and will improve understanding of the issue by news@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Government's White Paper on the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) organisation released on Thursday will improve the public understanding of the terrorist threat in Southeast Asia. The Singaporean
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      Lock icon HOW TO FIGHT TERRORISM
      59 20  -  Drßohan Gunaratna. The key to fighting a network of this nature rests on: (a) Developing a solid understanding of the organisation; (b) Generating high-grade count-er-terrorist intelligence; (c) Developing public support, especially from the Muslim communities; and (d) International security, intelligence, law enforcement and judicial cooperation. Checking
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Watch out for The Wiggles
      145 22 Reuters CANBERRA Australia's topselling children's phenomenon, a hyperactive band of pre-school teachers, pub band musicians and a giggling dinosaur, is heading to Asia after successes in the United States. The Wiggles, a children's group whose earnings now exceed those of antipodean pop princess Kylie Minogue,
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      Lock icon End of Bee Gees
      751 22  -  Lan De Cottar by ian@newstoday.com.sg MAURICE Gibb, 53 (picture), the younger fraternal twin of Robin and brother of Barry, 56, died yesterday after undergoing surgery for a blocked intestine. The bass player and singer of the famed Bee Gees trio was rushed to hospital last Thursday
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  • EATOUT
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      Welcome back!
      173 24  -  -Karman Tse Serangoon Gardens Market food centre reopens with more to offer. Here's a quick look at what you can expect. THE Serangoon Gardens Market used to be hidden behind a police post right before the characteristic roundabout. If you were not from the neighbourhood, chances are you
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      FOODNOTES
      336 25 Brand New Flavours A brand new year calls for new flavours to be explored. And that is what Marina Mandarin has done. At Brasserie Tatler, there are mussels galore (picture, right) for mollusc lovers. Those fond of fresh blue Atlantic mussels will enjoy the wine stock served with wholemeal
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      528 26  -  Jaime Koh Queen of Canto-pop Sally Yeh is back after a five-year break by jaime@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a five-year hiatus from the entertainment scene, Canto-pop diva Sally Yeh (picture) is back, with renewed vigour. In town for a two-day promotional tour of her newly-released album, Have You
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      444 28  -  Elisa Chia Jay is no longer shy but he speaks with his songs by elisa@newstoday.com.sg AT Jay Chou's (photos) two concerts over the weekend, it was easy to expect him to work his fans into a frenzy with his brand of rap and blues. The Taiwanese R&B
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      334 28  -  CHENSZEKAI SOMETIMES, it needs a jolt to change a life. Abdul Aziz was 28 when he was retrenched from his interior design job. It made him rethink his entire career. "I told myself, I need to diversify and not just do interior design," said
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      185 29 Reuters/Variety LONDON Oscar-winning film director and writer Anthony Minghella was named on Friday to head the British Film Institute, created 70 years ago to make films more accessible to the public. "I am delighted and honoured to be joining the BFI as chair," Minghella,
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      288 29 AFT Maoris upset after filming near sacred mountain AUCKLAND Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise may have to talk peace after Maoris complained about the use of their local icon, Mount Taranaki, in his latest blockbuster, The Last Samurai, the Sunday Star-Times reported. The row has the potential to
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      1568 30 Warga Askar Kita Suria, 8 30am Fear Factor 2 Monday Movies Starman channel i, io P m Straight Talk With Young Channel 5, 10pm He has travelled from a galaxy far beyond our own -he is Ming Channel News Asia, 7.32pm National Service (NS) has been the bedrock of Singapore
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Eager Els shoots 54-hole Tour record
      286 32 -AFP KAPALUA South Africa's Ernie Els established the PGA Tour's 54-hole scoring record yesterday morning, carding an eight-under-par 65 for a twoshot lead after the third round of the US$5 million ($8.7 million) PGA Mercedes Championships. At 25-under 194, Els established the Tour's record
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      476 32 AFP Capriati refuses to discuss a third Open title Tennis Australian Open Day 1, live, Ch22, Bam MELBOURNE Jennifer Capriati is banishing all thoughts of an Australian Open hat-trick as she prepares for a tilt at a third consecutive singles crown. The defending champion will be
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      281 32 -AFP NASHVILLE Tennessee's Joe Nedney made the most of his third chance on Saturday, kicking the game-winner on his second overtime try as the Titans downed Pittsburgh 34-31 and left the Steelers crying foul in the National Football League playoffs. The Titans won the
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      Fast Pacers
      63 33 INDIANAPOLIS Jermaine O'Neal scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds and five blocks as the Indiana Pacers won their fourth straight game by downing the Golden State Warriors 116--104 in the National Basketball Association yesterday morning. NBA results: Atlanta 87 New Orleans 80, Indiana 116 Golden State 104,
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      Tapia injured
      71 33 LAS VEGAS Boxer Johnny Tapia, a five-time world champion, was on life support in a Las Vegas hospital yesterday after suffering a head injury at his home, an online boxing site reported. The 35-year-old American was reported to be unconscious in the hospital's intensive care unit. Just several
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      96 33 VALENCIA Real Sociedad showed real fighting spirit as it staged a late comeback to draw 2-2 with host Valencia and retain its unbeaten record. Valencia took the lead when defender Fabio Aurelio scored with a header on 18 minutes. It was then gifted a second goal when Agustin
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      92 33 ROME Lazio drew 0-0 at Brescia but a point was enough to move it up a place to second spot in the Italian football league yesterday morning. Lazio has seven victories and one draw in its eight league matches away from home this season in an astonishing
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      498 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Susilo wins Thai singles title by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS hardly a picture of health as 2002 drew to a close. In fact, he was wallowing in a hospital sickbed. But the illness served only to make Ronald Susilo's triumph at the Thailand Open
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      434 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn LAST month, he became the first Singaporean to win the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Junior Golf Invitational. And he's now achieved back-to-back wins by successfully defending his Philippines International Junior Open title in Manila on Friday. What's the reason
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      418 35 2.45 am Latest English Premier League oirrnioonsm 0 Arsenal 4 Blues punished by leagtu leadt > BIRMINGHAM St. Andrews served up some classic Gallic flair in the first meeting between Birmingham and Arsenal in 16 seasons but it was not the debut that Christophe Dugarry had
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      167 35 Reuters LONDON A second-half hattrick by Ireland striker Robbie Keane gave Tottenham Hotspur a thrilling 4-3 victory over Everton in their premier league clash at White Hart Lane yesterday. Spurs were behind after only 10 minutes and twice squandered the lead before Keane's opportunistic final
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      721 34 LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Gerard between them. pr^M Houllier said it was vital all those connected with If one of the first signs of an uncomfortable the club "kept faith" after a 1-1 Premiership draw manager is his refusal to listen to local radio against Aston Villa at Anfield left the
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