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Article, Illustration761 2003-03-24 1 THERE was a subtle but significant shift in the dynamics of the war yesterday as the seemingly triumphant and effortless march of the coalition forces stuttered, at least for a day. The port town of Umm Qasr, which had reportedly fallen last Friday, wasBloomberg photo - 761 words
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Article741 2003-03-24 1 Grace Tay - The buzz has started Grace Tay by grace@newstoday.com.sg EVERYTHING is possible, including a tabloid-sized newspaper going broadsheet Hewlett-Packard's (HP) branding campaign has rolled out in Singapore in a big way. And to bring that idea home in a way that no one can ignore, Today has doubled its page size.741 words
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Miscellaneous12 2003-03-24 1 Eie sake of Singapore, PAP should split RAVI VELOO SEE PAGE 1212 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration771 2003-03-24 2 Michael Tackett - Michael Tackett Heavy air campaign and greater collateral damage means greater political damage by news@newstoday.com.sg WASHINGTON The new bumper sticker phrase for the war in Iraq, "shock and awe", ||i is actually as old as the Chinese military |g| author, Sun Tzu, and is asAFP photo - 771 words
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480 2003-03-24 2 Ng Boon Yian - Ng Boon Yian AS Iraqi Information Minister Said al-Sahaf kept his daily date with audiences around the world on Saturday, an American journalist asked him when President Saddam Hussein would address his compatriots next "Next!" snapped the minister and pointed to another reporter. Minutes480 words
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Article, Illustration672 2003-03-24 2 Agencies A US soldier was arrested after one soldier was killed and 15 wounded in a grenade attack on a US command tent in Kuwait. Iraqi troops found two US or British aircrew who had been shot down hiding in reeds on the edge of the Tigris riverAgencies; – Reuters photo - 672 words
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Article200 2003-03-24 2 The toll begins to mount A US soldier was killed and another injured yesterday in a vehicle accident in southern Iraq, the military's Central Command said. In a release from the military's Camp Virginia in northern Kuwait, the command said the two soldiers were members of a support unit of200 words
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Article, Illustration720 2003-03-24 3 Elisia Yeo - Elisia Yeo But questions are being raised about the objectivity of embedded reporters by AUSTRALIAN freelance cameraman Paul Moran was getting "one last shot" of some peshmergas Kurdish guerrillas in the northern Iraqi town of Sayed Sadiq when a taxi pulled up next to720 words
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Article, Illustration400 2003-03-24 3 Reuters WASHINGTON US President George W Bush's (picture) management of the war on Iraq has the signature stamp of a standard chief executive. He keeps the big picture in mind while letting the generals agonise over the day-to-day details. His hands-off style is inReuters - 400 words
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201 2003-03-24 3 IN THE first concerted effort by Singaporeans to provide humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people, the Singapore Red Cross and the Adult Islamic Religious Students' Association of Singapore (Perdaus), are appealing for monetary donations. The Singapore Government has pledged U*****,000 ($440,000) to the Red201 words
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Article, Illustration744 2003-03-24 3 Clement Mesenas - Clement Mesenas by clement@newstoday.com.sg IT'S ALMOST surreal. Hours after the most devastating onslaught inflicted on the Iraqi capital by allied missile strikes, workers were out on the streets of Baghdad clearing them of debris and young boys were kicking a ball on anAFP photo - 744 words
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LETTERS/HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration200 2003-03-24 4 RUN out of potable water? Now you can generate drinking water from the sea, or even wet ground, with an ingenious new portable device from BMW designer Stephan Augustin. The Watercone (pictures) works on the simple principle of condensation. Made of hard-wearing plastic, the coni-cal-shaped device200 words
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Article423 2003-03-24 4 SARS CASES RISE: As of yesterday, seven more people were diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), bringing the number of cases in Singapore to 51, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. Of the new patients, three are hospital staff and the remaining four are people who had423 words
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Article472 2003-03-24 4 Jose Raymond - Jose Raymond M'sian Bar Council investigates Spore lawyer by j ose@newstoday. com.sg A SINGAPORE lawyer is being investigated by the Bar Council of Malaysia for allegedly distributing his call cards in Malaysia without professional sanction. The lawyer has not been admitted to the Malaysian Bar472 words
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Article, Illustration581 2003-03-24 4 – Jose Raymond - Jose Raymond SOME call him a trouble-maker. Some others say he is a defender of those in trouble. Last week, former Singapore Airlines unionist Joseph Clement Louis Arokiasamy (picture) caused a stir within SIA when several high-level management executives, including incoming581 words
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Article, Illustration372 2003-03-24 4 Adolf Yew - Adolf Yew That's what the people of Iraq face THE invasion of Iraq has finally taken place. The subsequent occupation of the country is a foregone conclusion. What will be the fate of the poor Iraqi people? At the outset, we may safely brush aside US372 words
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Article264 2003-03-24 4 Han Liang Yuan - Han Liang Yuan I REFER to Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter, "Any alternatives to LRT for Bukit Panjang?" (Today, March 13). The Bukit Panjang LRT (BP LRT) system was built following feasibility studies that showed that the system would be viable over 30 years. There264 words
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Article71 2003-03-24 4 Vincent Lim - Vincent Lim I REFER to the report, "Transport hitch" (Today, March 20). We wish to explain that SBS Transit is not seeking compensation from the Government for the delay in the start of revenue service for the North-East Line. What we are seeking is assistance71 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article, Illustration688 2003-03-24 6 Francis Kan - Francis Kan Carly Fiorina has exceeded most expectations in leading the IT industry's largest buyout, but is the honeymoon over? by francis@newstoday.com.sg AT A TIME when the mega-merger is being discredited widely as a reckless indulgence undertaken by desperate chief executives, this may be the one corporate union688 words
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Article, Illustration423 2003-03-24 6 Francis Kan - Francis Kan HEWLETT-PACKARD has been known as a powerhouse of innovation ever since Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard set up shop building electronics products in their garage. More than 60 years on, faced with tough economic conditions and the mammoth task of executing its423 words
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In Brief
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Article, Illustration172 2003-03-24 6 Reuters THE German postal group, Deutsche Post World Net, is interested in taking a stake in Singapore Post once it is privatised. Deutsche Post said it has held preliminary talks with Singapore as part of its ambitious plans to expand its presence in Asia.■ Reuters; IiETTY IMAGES - 172 words
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Article237 2003-03-24 6 AFP A TOTAL of 12,268 Malaysian companies and individuals went bankrupt last year, the highest yearly figure since 1985 and up five per cent from the 11,685 cases in 2001. The Edge publication reported yesterday that last year's bankruptcies personal and corporate also grew by moreAFP - 237 words
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87 2003-03-24 6 Bloomberg MERPATI Nusantara Airlines, an Indonesian domestic carrier, will take over flights between Makassar and Singapore from tomorrow, when Singapore's Silk Air ceases the service, said Mr H Aksa Mahmud, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Makassar branch, the Jakarta PostBloomberg - 87 words
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139 2003-03-24 6 AFP THE US-led war in Iraq marks the main external source of uncertainty for the Chinese economy this year, state media reported. "Currently, the top source of uncertainty coming from the outside is the US war on Iraq," said Mr Qiu Xiaohua, the deputyAFP - 139 words
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Article, Illustration585 2003-03-24 8 Reuters Global airline losses could hit $17b: lata CHICAGO The war in Iraq could easily add US$lO billion ($17.7 billion) to world airline losses and deepen what is already the worst crisis in the history of commercial aviation, the International Air Transport Association (lata) said. In theReuters; – Reuters photo - 585 words
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Article, Illustration755 2003-03-24 8 Asian stock markets rally for now Bloomberg TOKYO Shares of Asian companies, including those of Japan Airlines System and steelmaker Posco, have rallied in response to lower crude oil prices. Some investors, though, are questioning how long the gains can be sustained. The advance may persist in the coming week— Bloomberg; Reuters photo - 755 words
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494 2003-03-24 8 Carmen Lee - Carmen Lee by news@newstoday.com.sg FROZEN and fresh pork producer and processor, People's Food Holdings (PFH), is clearly an outperformer in this volatile market environment Recently, it released its financial year 2002 results and delivered a strong 34 per cent jump in net494 words
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Article146 2003-03-24 8 AFP HANOI Pledged foreign direct investment in Vietnam slumped 32.3 per cent during the first three months of the year to U*****.6 million ($316 million). The number of projects also fell by 48 per cent, with only 79 projects licensed, the Nhan Dan (People) daily said. Seventy-sixAFP - 146 words
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Article168 2003-03-24 8 AFP TOKYO Japan's Fuji Xerox plans to invest 36 billion yen ($530 million) over the next three years to expand copy machine businesses in China, a business daily said yesterday. The copy machine and printer maker controlled by Japan's Fuji Photo Film and Xerox of theAFP - 168 words
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Market Watch
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Article73 2003-03-24 8 FOR the week, the STI gained six per cent, its biggest rise since the five days ended Oct 18, 2002, but it was still 14.92 points below the close of Dec 31. Singapore will issue seven per cent more COEs for the year ending April 2004. The distributor of73 words
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Article21 2003-03-24 8 Gold uss/oz 326.05 Silver uss/oi 4.353 Platinum uss/oz 652.1 Rubber cents/kg 187.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1486 Brent crude uss/barrel 27.3621 words
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Article38 2003-03-24 8 SGX Bloomberg USS UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5657 0.3619 68.2547 4.4115 2.1494 0.5318 5071.27 24.3156 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.801 0.9534 26.969 705.79 0.8382 4.6823 1.0263 19.678SGX; Bloomberg - 38 words
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World News
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Article, Illustration684 2003-03-24 10 Francis Kan - Francis Kan Open outcry systems come under threat as technology assures 99.999% reliability by francis@newstoday.com.sg TO THE investing novice, a stock or commodities market is a place where overweight men in suspenders bark "buy" or "sell" at each other while making esoteric gestures with684 words
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Article, Illustration309 2003-03-24 10 Agencies HONG KONG Scientists moved a step closer to containing the mysterious Sars illness after they identified a new virus believed to be behind the global outbreak of the mysterious respiratory disease that has so far killed 12 people. University of Hong Kong scientists— Agencies; AFP photo - 309 words
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Article205 2003-03-24 11 Reuters MUMBAI It tells you all you ever wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. India's first sex museum in the western city of Mumbai takes curious visitors on a journey into a world that is still considered taboo in the traditionbound country.— Reuters - 205 words
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Article, Illustration298 2003-03-24 11 AFP Bush invites Palestinian PM for talks in US LONDON For the first time since he took office, US President George W Bush will be inviting a senior Palestinian official to Washington. The Bush administration has extended an invitation to the Palestinian Authority's new Prime Minister, Mr MahmoudAFP - 298 words
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Article113 2003-03-24 11 -AFP BEIJING Chinese officials are driving crooks crazy by sending a relentless barrage of messages to their mobile phones, urging them to give up crime. China's Hangzhou city launched the campaign against people who paste postcard-sized ads in public places with their mobile numbers that offer fake-AFP - 113 words
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Article90 2003-03-24 11 -AFP BEIJING The nylon baggage looked ordinary but the contents were nothing short of bizarre. Police in southwestern China discovered 28 baby girls, drugged to keep them from crying, hidden in suitcases on a long-distance bus, apparently destined to be sold, according to reports on Saturday. The youngest-AFP - 90 words
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Article167 2003-03-24 11 -AFP TOKYO A senior Japanese government official said yesterday that the United States would not take any military action on North Korea without Japanese and South Korean consent Despite the inclusion of Pyongyang in the "axis of evil" with Iran and Iraq, Japanese-AFP - 167 words
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Article, Illustration145 2003-03-24 11 AFP HOLLYWOOD US divas Madonna (picture) and Britney Spears earned Hollywood's most dreaded distinction as they tied for top dishonours at the Golden Raspberry Awards on Saturday. The "Razzies" are handed out annually a day ahead of the Oscars to mark the worst cinematic performances of theAFP - 145 words
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COMMENTARY
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965 2003-03-24 12 Ravi Veloo says... DO YOU remember 1959, the year the People's Action Party came to power? Under kerosene lights, some of our grandmothers ironed our fathers' shirts using metal containers filled with hot charcoal. Telephones were clunky, chunky and took months965 words
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Article, Illustration1829 2003-03-24 12 Interview with Deputy Speaker of Russian Parliament Mr Vladimir Lukin, Deputy Speaker of the Russian Duma and former Soviet Ambassador to the United States, was interviewed in Moscow on March 10 by Global Viewpoint contributing editor Genrikh Borovik. GLOBAL VIEWPOINT:Getty Images - 1,829 words
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Article, Illustration916 2003-03-24 14 Felix Cheong - Felix Cheong Such is the sorry image of writers that Hollywood perpetuates by news@newstoday.com.sg IT'S a marriage made for melodrama. Two headstrong poets, one English, the other American, feted as the most exciting voices of their generation, meet and fall in love. But, he has a916 words
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Article, Illustration553 2003-03-24 14 Tan Hui Leng - Tan Hui Leng I by I huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) are embarking on a ground-breaking project to discover why people suffer from neural disorders such as dyslexia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and stroke.553 words
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FEATURES/TV
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Article, Illustration1028 2003-03-24 16 Lim Kuan Chiang David Ngiau - Lim Kuan Chiang David Ngiau by and news@newstoday.com.sg WHAT AN evening ogling Singapore womanhood at its best and with free rein to make all the catty comments you want In the name of work. But these are trying times for journalists. With war blaring itsERNEST CHUA. - 1,028 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1196 2003-03-24 17 Agencies Gem of a goal puts Premiership on a wire MANCHESTER Three goals, the second of which was breathtaking. The supporters and the manager may despise early-Saturday kick-offs, but they do provide Manchester United with an opportunity to toss a gauntlet in Arsenal's direction. For one night at■ Agencies; Reuters photo - 1,196 words
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Article, Illustration446 2003-03-24 17 Agencies LONDON The former Leeds United manager refuses to sweep his dismissal under the Elland Road carpet he wants the whole world to know that chairman Peter Ridsdale sacked him. In a desperate attempt to absolve himself from any blame, Venables used his column inAgencies; AFP photo - 446 words
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Article, Illustration296 2003-03-24 17 ROME AC Milan threw itself back into the title race after defeating league leader Juventus 2-1 at a sold-out San Siro yesterday morning. All the goals came in a thrilling first-half with Fillipo Inzaghi scoring the winner after Juve's CzechGetty Images - 296 words
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Article, Illustration459 2003-03-24 18 Reuters ICC Cricket World Cup Final Australia v India Tendulkar falls in the first over JOHANNESBURG Ricky Ponting hit a majestic undefeated 140 in the World Cup final and put on an unbroken stand of 234 with Damien Martyn as Australia amassed 359– Reuters; APF photo - 459 words
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Article, Illustration650 2003-03-24 18 Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho Singapore hardly better than part-timers Asian Cup preliminary round Singapore 2 Macau 0 Newcomers disappoint atjalan Besar by stanley@newstoday.com.sg NOW, it has no choice. Singapore must beat Pakistan tomorrow. After struggling to a 2-0 win over Macau yesterday, anything less than a victory against PakistanWEE TECKHIAN - 650 words
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Article, Illustration515 2003-03-24 18 Tan Yo- Hinn - Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THEY knew beforehand that every point and goal would count in the chase for the Singapore Hockey Federation (SHF) 2003 Women's Premier League title. Especially if they are to keep pace with the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC), widely acknowledged as theWONG KHING CHONG - 515 words
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Article82 2003-03-24 18 JOHANNESBURG Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar was named the Player of the World Cup yesterday. The 29-year-old cricketer ensured the honour would be his after taking an unassailable lead in the voting system by which the match referee for each of the 51 games so far awarded three points82 words
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Article103 2003-03-24 18 LONDON England thrashed Scotland and Ireland squeaked past Wales in their penultimate Six Nations matches on Saturday to set up a grand slam decider in the last match of the tournament at Lansdowne Road next weekend. In Cardiff, Ronan O'Gara's injury-time drop goal gave Ireland a 25-24 win103 words
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Article79 2003-03-24 18 DALLAS Dirk Nowitzki scored 27 points 16 of them in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Mavericks rallied for a 102-95 win over the Phoenix Suns yesterday morning. Steve Nash added 27 points and 13 assists for the Mavericks. NBA results: Atlanta 92 Indiana 89, New Jersey 10779 words
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Article75 2003-03-24 18 LONDON England's Euro 2004 qualifier in Liechtenstein next Saturday is in doubt after police in the principality asked for the game to be postponed due to the war in Iraq. Uefa is expected to make a decision today after a visit by its security experts and following75 words
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Article69 2003-03-24 18 HE WAS simply unstoppable. Fresh from bagging $100,000 after bowling a perfect game on Friday, American Tim Mack kept up his rich vein of form to win the Cathay Bowl Super Classic on Saturday. Mack, who last won the event in 1998, clinched the title and added69 words
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Article, Illustration1012 2003-03-24 19 Leonard Thomas - Leonard Thomas Raikkonen pilots to first Formula 1 win at Sepang, earns McLaren back-to-back victories in championship by I in Sepang I leonard@newstoday.com.sg HE TOOK our breath away two weeks ago. With the emperor on his tail, Kimi Raikkonen held off Michael Schumacher with verve, skill, and,Reuters photos - 1,012 words
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Article, Illustration343 2003-03-24 19 Brad Faxon, take one step forward, please. On a muggy Saturday, the mosquitoes around here had attention spans longer than the match-up between Tiger Woods and Ernie Els at the Bay Hill Invitational. Watch how quickly it goes Do you want to see it again? Els343 words
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Article, Illustration416 2003-03-24 19 ORLANDO Who's next in line now? You, Brad Faxon, take one step forward, please. On a muggy Saturday, the mosquitoes around here had attention spans longer than the match-up between Tiger Woods and Ernie Els at the Bay Hill Invitational. Watch how quickly it goesReuters photo - 416 words
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Article199 2003-03-24 19 AFP SEPANG Michael Schumacher admitted he was to blame for the dramatic first-lap pile-up at the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. Ferrari's five-time world champion smashed into the side of Renault's Jarno Trulli when going for a non-existent gap on the inside at the second turn. Schumacher wasAFP - 199 words
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