Today, 14 January 2003

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    7 1 TODAY Tuesday January 14, 2003 MITA(P) 002/11/2002
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    Fallen talent trap
    802 1  -  Val Chua Bemused CEOs, coy companies, silent agendas by val@newstoday.com.sg ON the face of it, last week's sudden departure of Mr Flemming Jacobs from Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and Mr Jan Poulsen from the national soccer team incidentally, both Danes may seem to be Round Two of
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      That single question
      490 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Changes to studio scheme, but old grouse remains derrick@newstoday.com.sg by POTENTIAL studio apartment owners may have something to celebrate, but once again, singles won't be invited to the block party. Changes to the Studio Apartment (SA) scheme were announced yesterday, the most important being
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      Lock icon Heryati wants case retried
      173 2 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The second wife of former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Ghafar Baba, Heryati Abdul Rahim, wants her khalwat case retried. Her counsel, Mohd Zaidi Mohd Zain, said the application would be filed as soon as the notes of December proceedings were obtained from the
      – Agencies  -  173 words
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      No more money
      466 3 Dr M cuts aid for community religious schools KUALA LUMPUR Community-based religious schools are coming under increasing pressure from the Malaysian government, with Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad saying they will no longer receive funding. The New Straits Times reported that Dr Mahathir lashed out
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      Lock icon Age of the high riders
      50 3 Young women dressed in traditional kimonos celebrating Coming of Age Day on a roller-coaster in an amusement park in Tokyo on Sunday. More than 4,000 Japanese youngsters celebrated reaching the age of 20 at the park with thousands more celebrating across the country. Reuters photo
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      Lock icon US stand on N Korea will anger Muslims
      126 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR A meeting of legislators from 24 Asia-Pacific countries has highlighted growing anger over how the United States is dealing with North Korea and Iraq. The US, Japan and South Korea presented draft resolutions to the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum yesterday
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      Roping in donors
      699 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Act may be widened to harvest livers and corneas by huileng@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the biggest stories of 2002 was the Slim 10 case involving MediaCorp actress Andrea de Cruz. Apart from raising questions about slimming pills, it highlighted the very real shortage of suitable
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      HDB staff uncertain of future
      268 4 THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) is likely to decide if it will retrench any of its staff by the end of next month. Discussions between the HDB and the union are currently ongoing, and for employees, most of whom have worked with the statutory
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      Search is off for missing navy woman
      174 4  -  Jose Raymond TEN days after the RSS Courageous and the Dutch merchant vessel, ANL Indonesia, collided off Pedra Branca, the search and rescue operation for the final missing servicewoman, Second Sergeant Chua Bee Lin, was called off yesterday at about 7pm. Chief of
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      Spore moves to curb haze pollution
      141 4  -  Joy Frances SINGAPORE ratified the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution yesterday. The country is among the first, besides Malaysia, to ratify the agreement, which requires parties to pursue national, regional and international actions in preventing and controlling burning activities that may result in
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      6 2 Carrefour i(4 Singapore CCCXHSIDEFMTIUrS Carrefour mm
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  • HOME NEWS
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      A direct hit
      417 6  -  Ambiga Raju by news@newstoday.com.sg IF THE last century belonged to the fast food chain, McDonalds, for bringing food of the same qual- ity to any corner in the world by franchising, the new millennium looks set to belong to direct selling, a concept mastered by Dell, the
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      Lock icon Long waiting list for infant care even with more centres
      223 6 Channel News Asia THE number of infant care centres may have doubled over the last year but there is still a long waiting list for the service. There are now 14 such centres across the island, with the newest at
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      Woman nabbed in Bedok murder
      153 6 A WOMAN has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 61-year-old man on Sunday night The elderly man was found dead in the corridor outside his flat on the fourth floor of Block 12 Bedok South Avenue 2. He was dressed in a
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      Lock icon Fast pass, SIR!
      112 6 Newsßadio 93.8 FOREIGN students at 10 institutes of higher learning here can now apply for their student passes online. The Singapore Immigration and Registration (SIR) has implemented a new system called Solar, or Student's Pass On-Line Application and Registration. It can be accessed at SlR's website at
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      Tragi-comic class
      267 9  -  D D Wang It was wine and cheese at 11am housewarming IN his commentary, "Their class act" (Today, Jan 9), Mr Sunny Goh seems to have hit the nail on the head. I have been to too many weddings that seem to be an exercise in trying to
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      Lock icon Can the media do better on Bali?
      178 9 Peter Schoppert YOUR front-page report on Bali, "Like a wounded child" (Weekend Today, Jan 11-12), was probably well-meant but it is not fair to compare the Balinese to "wounded children who can't quite comprehend why their world has changed so drastically". The report
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      Lock icon Time to boost safety
      96 9 LSNg ANOTHER accident has happened at an MRT station. A woman died when she was run over by a train at the Ang Mo Kio MRT station on Saturday evening. Perhaps something should be done to improve safety conditions at train stations that are above ground.
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      Home care good for psychiatric patients
      201 9 A FEW months ago, Institute of Mental Health chief Leong Yew Meng said most IMH patients require long-term care. He said they were also homeless and may be "dangerous" if they were sent back into the community. Given the stigma attached to mental illness,
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      Clarification
      64 9 IN our report, "Aidilfitri grants cut across racial lines" (Today, Jan 13), we said ihatlkhlas, the annual closing show for the Tabung Amal Aidilfitri charity drive, was telecast live on Monday night and the public could make pledges during the show. The programme was actually shown on Saturday night
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Stellar rating
      227 10 Bloomberg TECKHIAN OCBC's preference shares get A 2 grade OCBC met investors here yesterday to gauge demand for its planned sale of as much as $500 million of preference shares. The preference shares were given an A 2 rating by Moody's Investors Service, reflecting the lender's "above average
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      Lock icon Interest rates for outstanding HDB loans remain
      206 10 Channel News Asia INTEREST rates will not be eased for the 90,000 or so households with outstanding HDB market-rate mortgages. This is despite public housing mortgage rates offered by private banks having plunged since the sector was liberalised on Jan 1, with first-year
      — Channel News Asia  -  206 words
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      Hitchins to offer 20 million shares for SGX listing
      107 10 THE Hitchins Group, a Singapore-based building materials group, said yesterday it was offering 20 million shares at 20 cents each for a listing on the Singapore Exchange. Based on a prospectus lodged with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, net proceeds of
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      Lock icon Ascendas eyes S Korea market
      141 10 Bloomberg SEOUL Singapore's Ascendas plans to invest as much as US$5OO million ($B7O million) in the South Korean real estate market as it seeks to expand its portfolio. Ascendas, a unit of JTC Corp, Singapore's biggest industrial developer, said it wants to develop office complexes,
      — Bloomberg  -  141 words
    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        74 10 SHARES powered higher yesterday, with the STI up 38.88 points to 1,386.05. For every stock that fell, eight rose while 271 counters were unchanged. Volume was 553 million shares worth $502 million, shored up by institutional participation. Pacing the advance was the 2.6 per cent jump in the finance
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5753 0.3588 68.7138 4.***** 2.***** 0.5458 5108.88 24.6267 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.739 0.9892 27.578 677.90 0.8876 4.7618 1.0702 19.880
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        Commodities
        14 10 Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi Brent crude us$/borrel 354.900 4.873 615.800 31.680
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        SGX most active
        62 10 By volume Apr 5 Close Chartered 0.890 DatacrftUSS 0.785 DMXTech 0.285 AsiaDekorUSS 0.020 UniFood 0.420 SembCorp 0.950 Pac Cent 0.335 SMB United 0.125 PFood 0.900 SingTel 1.300 Change +0.075 +9.2 +0.070 +9.8 +0.015 +5.6 -0.005 -20.0 +0.025 +6.3 +0.040 +4.4 +0.020 +6.3 +0.005 +4.2 +0.065 +7.8 +0.030
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value 8470.45 Change Pis -27.48 -0.32 Hang Seng All Ordinaries 9834.08 3042.50 112.58 7.40 1.16 0.24 Taiwan Wtd 4991.26 140.46 2.90 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 648.06 364.05 396.23 19.70 3.68 -3.44 3.14 1.02 -0.86 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1055.05 194.81 3327.16 -3.25
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        SGX top rises
        81 10 By$ Jan 13 SIA 200 Close 10.800 Change +0.600 Creative 50 13.400 +0.600 SIA 10.700 +0.500 Venture 14.300 +0.500 SPH 19.000 +0.400 SPH 100 19.000 +0.400 UOB 11.800 +0.400 DBS 11.400 +0.400 F&N 8.600 +0.300 STIETF100 14.300 +0.300 By percentage Jan 13 NM Vkplas W*****9 GMG USS
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        SGX top falls
        82 10 By$ Jan 13 CentralP Close 17.200 Change -0.400 RoyalClit FDS Netw 0.420 0.120 -0.030 -0.020 HLAsia 1.100 -0.020 IntFactor 0.395 -0.020 Kian Ho 0.115 -0.020 Sp Land IPSCOM 3.200 0.105 -0.020 -0.020 LKN 0.015 -0.015 New Toyo 0.355 -0.015 By percentage Jan 13 LKN Close 0.015 Change
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      Lock icon Festive cheer?
      315 12 Reuters November retail sales expected to rise slightly SINGAPORE'S retailers were likely to have posted a second straight month of rising sales in November, supported by Christmas shoppers and a rush for big-ticket items ahead of a consumption tax hike this month, a survey showed. Six financial institutions
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      Lock icon Casualties expected
      120 12 Reuters HONG KONG The territory's property market may see some consolidation in the coming year, a property agency chairman said. "We may see some casualties in 2003, where small to medium developers may be absorbed by larger players as they look for help within the industry," said Insignia
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      Eastech wins awards
      86 12 MAINBOARD-listed Eastern Asia Technology (Eastech) said five of its products have received the Innovations 2003 Design and Engineering Award at the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show. The show is the world's largest annual trade exhibition for the consumer technology industry. This year's event was held in Las
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      Lock icon Out goes the boss
      367 14 Reuters NEW YORK AOL Time Warner said Mr Steve Case (picture), the online visionary and architect of the biggest media merger in history, will step down as chairman amid criticism of his role in the company. Mr Case notified chief executive Richard Parsons and the board
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      1824 14 9/1 Go den SEA Special Situations 0.685 0.722 31/12 SGD Enhanced Return II 0.9427 ti-ui,: 9/1 Go den Sure 0.844 0.889 31/ 2 SGD GoU Return-Oct 2005 1.01 Mil I»1I LV 'JM HII II ll^H ■nQQWaaWVH^HH ,_>, 9/1 Go den Worldwide Eqty 0.553 0.583 3/ 2 SGD Global Return 11-Nov
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Bali suicide bomber mystery
      111 16 -AFP SYDNEY The suspected Bali bomber, Iqbal, whom DNA tests proved died in the attack, may have been involved in a dispute moments before the blast, said Australia's chief police officer. It is thought that Iqbal might have been backing out of detonating the bomb or
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      Lock icon Cancel fuel price hikes: Jakarta MPs
      137 16 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian legislators have called on the government to cancel its decision to hike fuel and utility prices as protests against the rises continued across the country. In the latest daily protest since last week, students demonstrated outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.
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      Lock icon Freedom for trio
      304 16 Agencies Taiwanese were on death row for 12 years TAIPEI In an unprecedented ruling, with human rights implications, Taiwan's High Court has overturned the murder convictions of three death row inmates after they had spent nearly 12 years in jail. Citing insufficient evidence, the court's ruling was
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      Feeling good ...
      644 18  - Feeling good Neelam Mathews India eyes investments from diaspora by in New Delhi news@newstoday.com.sg NEW DELHI If the largest ever meet and networking among top brains that just ended at the weekend in New Delhi of the Indian diaspora is any indication, times certainly are changing. Moving towards a partnership
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      Lock icon US carrot and North Korean rhetoric
      177 18 Agencies SEOUL Top US envoy James Kelly reiterated yesterday Washington's offer of talks with North Korea but expressed disappointment that Pyongyang had failed to respond to international concern over the nuclear crisis. Following talks with South Korean President-elect Roh Moo-Hyun, the Assistant Secretary of
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      Lock icon Chavez cracks the whip against strikers
      150 18 Reuters CARACAS Venezuelan troops fired tear gas to drive back tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters as President Hugo Chavez ordered a crackdown against a six-week-old opposition strike that is bleeding the economy. As the demonstrators in Caracas fled the clouds of gas, the
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      Lock icon Analyst 'tried to sell secrets to Saddam'
      195 18 Agencies WASHINGTON As the US faces a possible showdown with Iraq, the trial begins today of a former US intelligence analyst who faces the death penalty for allegedly trying to sell top secret defence information to Iraq and Libya. Brian Regan, 40, has
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Zen and the art of graceful living
      1019 20  -  Shatrughan Yadav It doesn't take much to be courteous, so why aren't we? by news@newstoday. com. sg MUCH has been said about being gracious, being cultured, in the context of appreciating artistic performances. However, I must emphasise that graciousness does not begin and
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon For the greater good...
      749 22  -  Elisa Chia Rival TV stations should stop bickering, say readers MANY people most of all, SPH Media Works must have heaved a sigh of relief when Channel U's charity extravaganza on Sunday raised more than its target sum of $2.5 million. In fact, as of 4pm
      Wong Khing Chong; Alvin Toh  -  749 words
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      Monster come true
      541 22  -  Janice Lee I janice@newstoday.coni.sg WHAT happens when you decide to drop everything and follow your dreams? Well, you might just end up on the set of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets like Singaporean artist Joseph Ng (picture right) did. That's if film and make-up are
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Break-dancing resurrected
      485 23  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg AHH, 'fess up. Yes, confess that you probably thought break-dancing died in the 80s. But on Jan 25, fans of the art form will battle it out at one of Singapore's hottest nightspots Zouk in front of hip-hop star Missy "Misdemeanour" Elliot That's when
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      HAPPENINGS
      128 23 VISUAL ARTS More or Less This exhibition showcases a collection of salmon pottery painted by artists, students and lecturers from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Some of the participating artists include well-known names such as Liv Kang.Tan Swie Hian and Baet Yeok Kwan. Date: Till Saturday Time: I
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Hotpot favourite
      340 24  -  Pauline DLoh Gather the family around the table for a steamboat feast NOT up to cooking up a storm for the coming Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner? Cheat a little, but intelligently. Treat the family to a slap-up steamboat dinner at home. All you need is good
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      Steamboat stock
      164 24 Chicken Stock: 3 large chicken carcasses 1 large white radish (daikon) 6 red dates 1 ham hock (optional) Method: 1. Cut up chicken carcasses into large pieces. Peel and cut the radishes up. 2. Boil water in large pot. When it's boil ing, add chicken, radishes and dates.
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      Meats properly presented
      143 24 Fresh salmon and prawns: Cut fillets of salmon into bite-sized pieces. Pile salmon pieces into a rice bowl and pack them tightly. Up-end the bowl into a platter and you'll get a neat pile of fish. Surround with prawns, trimmed of feelers and legs. Fresh spinach fettucine:
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      Simple, tosty souces
      125 24 Simile cut chillis and soya sauce: 3 tablespoons quality light soya sauce 3 tablespoons quality dark soya sauce 3 tablespoons fish sauce 3 red chillis, cut finely (seeded if preferred) Method1. Mix the sauces together. 2. Add chillies. Place in a bowl with a serving spoon. Sesame
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      197 26 -Reuters MIAMI The family of Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb, who died on Sunday at the age of 53 after abdominal surgery, is questioning the hospital's treatment at the time of his death. Brother Barry Gibb, 55, told the British Broadcasting Corporation that the family
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      381 29 -AFP TAMPA Brad Johnson and Tampa Bay buried San Francisco in the first half, while Rich Gannon and the Oakland Raiders came on strong against the Jets in the second, and both ended up in the penultimate round of the National
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      72 29 ROME The future of France star David Trezeguet, who last week said he was ready to walk out on Juventus if he did not get a massive pay rise, remains in doubt, despite he insisting once again that he is happy at the Turin club. Trezeguet, whose contract
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      63 29 LIVERPOOL Everton boss David Moyes says he will bar England from taking teenage striker Wayne Rooney for an international tournament The Football Association wants Rooney for England's World Under-20 Championship squad in the United Arab Emirates at the end of March. But Moyes said he cannot afford to
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      62 29 BEIJING China will play a full-strength Brazil on February 12 at the 80,000-capacity Guangdong Olympic Centre, promoters confirmed yesterday. The world champion will reportedly field a full-strength squad including superstars Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos and Cafu. The match will prove a baptism of fire for new Chinese
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      417 30  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg LITTLE known Peter Butler has thrown his hat in the ring for the vacant post of Singapore's national football coach. According to sources, the former West Ham United midfielder who as a player helped the Hammers gain promotion to the Premiership
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      595 30 Agencies Tennis Australian Open Day 2, live on Ch22, Bam MELBOURNE Jennifer Capriati became the first defending champion in Australian Open history to be knocked out in the first round here yesterday after suffering a shock loss to Germany's Marlene Weingartner. Third-seed Capriati, bidding
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      81 30 SYDNEY Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became only the fourth bowler in history to claim 300 wickets in both Tests and one-day internationals when he bowled England's Jimmy Anderson yesterday. The 30-year-old was playing his 202 nd one-day match. He also has 437 scalps in 78 Tests.
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      89 30 LONDON Michael Schumacher's all-conquering form in the rain might be given a tougher test this Formula 1 season. The German Ferrari driver, who won a recordequalling fifth world title this season, is virtually unbeatable in the rain using Bridgestone tyres. But Williams' test driver Marc Gene believes Michelin
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      86 30 PARIS Lance Armstrong, who fought off cancer to win four Tours de France, said yesterday he would continue working with drugtainted Italian doctor Michele Ferrari. The 31-year-old Texan told Le Figaro newspaper that he had worked on a daily basis with his full-time coach Chris Carmichael but had
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      93 30 PHILADELPHIA Tracy McGrady scored 34 points to get the better of Allen Iverson as the Orlando Magic overcame a 12-point half time deficit to down the Philadelphia 76ers 107-105 in NBA action yesterday. McGrady added seven rebounds and eight assists as the Magic ended a two-game losing streak.
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      798 31  -  S Gulam Initial signals from S-League's new team are positive Comment by gulam@newstoday.com.sg IT'S been a week since the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee, the Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Law, announced the appointment of two new faces
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      419 31 Agencies KAPALUA It looks as if Singapore's golf fans are in for a real treat in two weeks time. For Ernie Els, the main attraction in the US$9OO,OOO ($1.6 million) Caltex Masters Presented by Carlsberg, Singapore 2003, to be
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