Today, 19 April 2003

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  • NEWS
    • Article
      Amoy Gardens 'sewage spread won't happen here'
      226 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan SINGAPOREAN flat-dwellers need not fear a Sars outbreak like the one at Hong Kong's Amoy Gardens housing estate, which was caused by the sanitation system leaking contaminated droplets into bathrooms. Authorities here gave this assurance yesterday, citing vital differences in the
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      Another SGH ward gets hit
      435 3  -  Tan Hui Leng 55 patients moved toTanTock Seng ........by' huileng@newstodav.com.sg IT was the worst possible sense of deja vu. Three more patients at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) have been classified as suspected Sars cases and, this time, they are from ward 74. Coming after the
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      Fight to save babies of Sars moms
      158 3 HONG KONG Three babies who were born prematurely after their mothers contracted Sars were reported on Friday to be fighting for their lives. The three had been delivered by Caesarian section because the potent drugs used to treat their Sars-infected mothers can cause
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      SARS UPDATE
      176 3 US health authorities said a test to screen people for the Sars virus could be available within 10 days. US Secretary of Health Tommy Thompson said three tests developed at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention were undergoing an approval process before being released. China's President,
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      Lock icon Stickers to signal fever-free cabbies
      376 3  -  Tan Hui Leng IN a move to allay commuters' fears of contracting Sars in cabs, taxi operators launched 12 temperature check stations on Friday to provide cabdrivers with free temperature checks between 7am and 7pm daily. Those whose body temperatures fall below 38 degrees Celsius
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      Lock icon No war plan aimed at Syria
      698 4  -  Elisia Yeo -AFP photo US threats point more towards political screw-turning .....,,,..by elisia@newstoday.com.sg AMERICAN troops and firepower are already in the region. Syria has poorlya precedent for pre-emptive action. With the US unrelentingly accusing Damascus of possessing chemical weapons and of harbouring fleeing Iraqi
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      Lock icon Talking doll of minister
      144 4 Reuters NEW YORK People who have joined the cultlike following of Iraqi wartime spokesman Mohammed Saeed Al Sahaf can now buy a talking doll and hear him say things like "our initial assessment is that they will all die" as often as they want A Connecticut
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      Lock icon Where are the deadly weapons?
      173 4 AFP WASHINGTON The US government should be "embarrassed" over the apparent failure to uncover weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, retired intelligence officials who opposed the war said on Thursday. "It's going to be very embarrassing when it turns out they have nothing to declare,"
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
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      Hankies, masks and ... condoms
      731 6  - Hankies, masks and condoms Neil Humphreys Your personal protection checklist must include .......by neil@newstoday.com.sg UNDERSTANDABLY, many Singaporean parents have been concerned with personal protection of late. My mother was no different. She, too, was preoccupied with my hygiene, or complete lack of, when I was a child. "Just look at
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      Customs checkpoint quiet
      144 6 USUALLY, when there is a long weekend like this one, the Causeway is jammed with people wanting to go to Malaysia for a short break. But on Friday morning, the usual bustle at the Woodlands Immigration Checkpoint was missing. This could be attributed to the Sars outbreak
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      Lock icon Youths charged
      98 6 Channel News Asia FIVE men aged between 17 and 25 were charged on Friday with the murder of an 18-year-old youth outside Jamms Club in Clarke Quay. Mohamed Rizal Nooraini, Mohamed Khairy Mohamed Yusope, Mohamed Iswan Mohamed Ismail, Saifuddin Hanafi and Mohamed Feros Mohamed Kassim allegedly attacked Mohamed
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  • LETTERS
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      SGH clarifies
      783 8  -  Toy Boon Keng Highly unlikely that doctor infected patient who later died of Sars WE REFER to the article, "SGH doctor might have infected patient" (Today, April 14). It is unfortunate that the article appears to link the said surgeon (X) with the death of the patient on
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      Stunts galore
      931 9  -  Elisa Chia Expect operas, juggling acts and a dragon dance ...by elisa@newstoday.com.sg LAST year, Zoe Tay did an arm-stand on five stacked chairs. Christopher Lee flexed his muscles by skipping non-stop for 61 minutes. And Pan Lingling supported up to 14 bowling balls for a good cause. This
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      248 8 The most-anticipated charity event is back for its 10 t' 1 year! For the past 9 years, you have made a difference to the lives of 5,000 kidney patients and 1,000,000 Singaporeans through the NKF Charity Show. This year, amidst the bad economic times, our patients need your help more
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon GDP to shrink
      425 10  -  Lee Yew Meng Analysts forecast Q2 growth to fall by as much as 3.5% .......by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE full brunt of the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak will be felt in the second quarter of this year, with some economists predicting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for
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      Lock icon DBS to kick off bank reporting season
      154 10 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE banks are due to report first quarter results in the coming weeks, with DBS Group Holdings starting the ball rolling on Monday. Analysts have warned that earnings growth may be muted in light of weak economic indicators recently. They
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      Lock icon Asian markets stirred by Nokia, Wall Street gains
      180 10 Reuters ASIAN investors piled into technology shares on Friday, enthused by a solid growth forecast from the mobile telephone giant, Nokia, and a jump on Wall Street. Shares in Seoul rose two per cent to a 12-week closing high, stocks in Taiwan
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      Lock icon Seiyu to axe 2,500
      289 10 -AFP Those who leave the company will get a special $74,000 bonus along with regular severance pay. About 200 are expected to accept the offer. TOKYO The Japanese supermarket chain, Seiyu, will cut 2,500, or 40 per cent, of its fulltime jobs over the next three
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      Lock icon Bechtel wins $1.2b Iraqi contract
      175 10 Bloomberg WASHINGTON Bechtel Group Inc, which built the UK's Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the Hoover Dam, has won a contract worth as much as US$6BO million ($1.2 billion) to rebuild Iraq's roads, bridges and other facilities. The construction contract is the largest component of
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  • WEALTH MANAGEMENT
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      How you can retire comfortably
      758 11  -  Lee Yew Meng Financial goal and risk profiling are important .....by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg HOW much do you want to have in your retirement years? Is $1,000 or $1,500 a month enough for you to enjoy a comfortable life when you retire? And how do you realise
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR/CO-ORDINATED BY VAL CHUA
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      Lock icon Slow, steady approach
      812 12  -  Vasu Menon Nibble selectively at stocks but be prepared for short-term volatility ...By news@newstoday.com.sg THE war in Iraq has ended sooner than expected. A key uncertainty that had plagued stock markets for several weeks is now behind us. Will the money that was sidelined amidst the uncertainty
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      Lock icon It may be time to re-think your retirement plans but there's no need to panic
      872 12 dollarDEX THINK your investment portfolio has been managed badly? Then spare a thought for the 10 richest people in the world their combined wealth shrank by $85 billion during 2002, an average drop of over
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    • SAVY INVESTOR
      • What The Experts Say ...
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          Lock icon DBS – Buy
          192 13 DBS Buy S&P Equity Research ALTHOUGH we have lowered our projections for DBS, we are maintaining our S-stars BUY recommendation on the stock ahead of its first-quarter results, to be released on Monday.We expect IQ earnings to come in at around $213 million, down 25 per cent quar-ter-on-quarter and 23
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          Lock icon MCL Land – Buy
          90 13 MCL Land Buy DBS Vickers Securities MCL Land is opting for a leaner portfolio structure by embarking on a strategy to crystallise the value of its low-yielding investment property assets. Sales proceeds will be re-deployed towards higher yielding development ventures or distributed back to shareholders. Prime investment assets like Juniper
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          Lock icon Informatics Holdings Ltd – Hold
          109 13 Informatics Holdings Ltd Hold Phillip Securities Research INFORMATICS' announcement on April I I that its FY'O3 results would not be UP to the management's expectations was unexpected.We have chosen to be cautious.We have cut the projected Srowth rates for its divisions by 10 per cent and have assumed a doubling
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          Lock icon Ascendas REIT – Buy
          113 13 Ascendas REIT Buy DBS Vickers Securities A-REIT's distribution of $15.2 million (2.78 cents per unit) for the five months to Mar 03 surpassed our estimates and its IPO forecast by 5.3 per cent and 7.8 per cent respectively.The trust's assets have consistently outperformed industry trends and offer high leverage to
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          Lock icon Venture Corporation – Strong Buy
          67 13 Venture Corporation Strong Buy DBS Vickers Securities VENTURE'S business model will once again prove resilient amid soft end-market demand which created intense price competition. Growth in 2003 will be driven by continued strong execution by its clusters of excellence, deeper customer engagements, volume ramp from new customers, and full-year contribution
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          Lock icon SIA – Market Perform
          88 13 SIA Market Perform OCBC Investment Research Together with those announced in March and early April, SlA's latest capacity reduction will result in a 19.7 per cent cut in capacity in terms of available seat kilometres.The bulk of the cuts will last till the end of May. As confidence in the
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        Stock Picks — 'Strong Buys'
        212 13 Stock Picks 'Strong Buys' Company Forecast EPS P/E Ratio PEG 12-Mth Price Target AMTEK ENGINEERING LTD 0.18 4.75 -0.45 1.53 AUSSINO GROUP LIMITED 0.03 7.42 0.53 0.40 CHEUNG WOH TECHNOLOGIES 0.04 6.29 0.08 CSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 0.05 7.34 0.02 0.37 0.54 EASTERN ASIA TECHNOLOGY LTD 0.11 4.83 0.17 0.97 FIRST
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        Lock icon Banking headache
        609 13 Bloomberg 'Biggest challenge since Asian crisis' HONG KONG For HSBC Holdings, Dah Sing Financial Holdings and other Hong Kong banks, the advent of a deadly disease isn't just a public health scare it may also prove a financial headache. HSBC sent 26 workers home from its headquarters last
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Blair breathes sigh of relief
      290 14 Reuters LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair let out a sigh of relief on Friday when he admitted for the first time that the war in Iraq nearly cost him his job. In an interview which appeared in the Friday edition of The Sun, Mr
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      Lock icon US, go home
      316 14 Agencies Wary Middle East countries meet to try to hasten coalition departure from post-war Iraq BAGHDAD Iraq's neighbours, wary of Washington's intent to stamp its indelible print on a post-war Iraq, met in Riyadh on Friday to try to put a national government in place in Baghdad
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      Lock icon FRIDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
      221 14 AFP, Reuters Thousands of people carrying Korans and waving banners demonstrated outside a Baghdad mosque on Friday demanding that the United States leave Iraq. In the first Friday prayers since US tanks drove to the heart of the Iraqi capital last week, Imam Ahmed Al Kubaisi said in
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      Lock icon North Korea ups the ante
      126 14 Reuters SEOUL North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the United States on Friday by saying it was "successfully reprocessing" more than 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods that could be used in atomic bombs. Just days before the first formal talks with North
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      Lock icon Stephanie in palace row?
      158 14 AFP MONACO Monaco's royal family on Thursday denied a report that Princess Stephanie (picture) has been banished from the palace by her father Prince Rainier because of an alleged affair with a young gardener. French weekly magazine Paris Match said Prince Rainier no longer wanted to
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      Lock icon Anwar's appeal dismissed
      250 14 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Court of Appeal dismissed on Friday former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against a sodomy conviction, for which he was sentenced to nine years in jail. About 200 supporters gathered outside the courtroom in central Kuala Lumpur for the proceedings, clinging to
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  • COMMENTARY/HUMOUR
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      Lock icon Principle, not pragmatism
      1213 16  -  Simon Tay Spore cannot afford to let bottom-line concerns compromise its convictions by weekend@newstoday.com.sg BEING pragmatic and doing what works for the bottom line are strengths that Singaporeans appreciate. The Singaporean is not usually someone who sips tea and argues about abstractions and philosophy for hours. Whether
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      Lock icon Wild weekend in Planet LA
      714 17  -  Dave Barry At the Oscars, Dave battles fruit, rubs elbows with the stars and lets Julia Roberts down easy by weekend@newstoday.com.sg RECENTLY, I had the most surreal weekend of my life. It goes without saying that this happened in Los Angeles. I was there for
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  • weekend WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Madonna is stirring it up again
      1189 18  -  Lim Kuan Chiang Queen of Controversy withdraws anti-US video. Is it patriotism or marketing savvy? by kuanchiang@newstoday.com. sg M AUSING A Commotion, J Madonna's hit single from her 1987 movie Who's That Girl, aptly sums up the pop superstar's career thus far. After bursting
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    • FAMILY
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        Give your body's immune system a boost- pop a pill
        549 19  -  Theresa Tan MY MOTHER, a former nurse, used to forcefeed my brother and me cod liver oil, or Haliborange (the orange-flavoured version). I didn't mind it but let's say I wasn't fooled by my mother's claim that it was a
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    • IN TUNE
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        Lock icon Vandross suffers a stroke
        391 20 ■Reuters The silky, soulful crooner is now under medical care LOS ANGELES R&B singer-songwriter Luther Vandross (picture), who has battled weight and health problems for years, has suffered a stroke just days before his 52nd birthday, his record label said on Thursday. Vandross, a five-time Grammy
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        Lock icon Lee cleared in negligence suit
        313 20 -AFP LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles Jury on Thursday cleared bad boy rocker Tommy Lee of negligence in a US$lO million ($17.8 million) lawsuit over the death of a four-year-old boy who drowned in his swimming pool. German actress Ursula Karven and her husband James
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        Video Ezy opens River Valley Road outlet
        303 20 GOOD news for couch potatoes living in the central area: rental chain Video Ezy now has a new outlet at River Valley Road giving you more reason to stay home on weekends. The new outlet has over 2,000 video titles for rent. Television
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    • EAT OUT
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        Great Thai street Treats
        599 22  -  Katrina Karim Instead of just local fare, this food court offers Thai delights among other cuisine I by eatout@newstoday.com.sg THERE are great treats to be discovered at the new food court at the basement of Hotel Meridien Shopping Centre. Aptly called the Great Treat Food Court,
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        Lotus -tasty medicine for the lungs
        493 22  -  Richard Seah by eatout@newstoday.com.sg THE lotus root (picture) if you stretch your imagination a little has a profile that resembles that of your lungs. From the perspective of oriental medicine and macrobiotics, this indicates that both have similar energy and that lotus nourishes the
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    • EPICURE
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        Happy chilling out
        653 23  -  Justine Moss There's something for everyone at Swensen's new outlet by eatout@newstoday.com.sg SWENSEN'S, a restaurant synonymous with consistent quality, is a favourite with families, friends and couples alike. It's been going strong since 1979 and has expanded with 18 outlets around Singapore. I went for lunch at
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        It's Tiger-and-dinner time
        177 23 FINE wines and exquisite cuisine have long been recognised as a perfect combination, bringing out the best in one another. But did you know that beers can also be a good complement to your food? The Tiger Gourmet Passport campaign, launched at this year's Singapore Food Festival,
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        From up-andcoming hot spots
        343 23  - From up-and-coming hot spots Jeffrey Yang by eatout@newstoday.com.sg OVER the past few months, we've gone through at length what are the wines to stock up this year. If you've made your purchases and there's still some space in your cellar or fridge, you might want to consider checking out some
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Horror began after the film
        720 24  -  Janice Lee Off-screen jibes of Dreamcatcher co-stars were the real nightmare by in Los Angeles jani ce@newstoday.com.sg THEY may seem like the best of chums on reel but off the big screen they'll make you wonder how they managed to make a movie together at
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        Lock icon IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
        451 28  -  Yong Shu Chiang Janice Lee Serene Foo Fli rr Thir, C.IISQ (.flfCl David Ngiau -DN -DN -YSC V^ I I _aP" I Recommended fi ms The Pianist: Based on Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman's memoirs, with actor Adrien Brody playing out his ordeal under the Nazis' reign of
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    • INSIDE OUT
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        WHITE OPEN SPACES
        523 30  -  Cheryl Frois Black-on-white contrast for a classy HDB apartment by news@newstoday.com.sg AS QUICK as you can say the words Punggol Field, the designers of this 110 square metre fiveroom HDB flat covered everything, except the kitchen, with white wallpaper. With a plan to keep things sparse and
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        A touch of colour
        456 31  -  Merlissa Yeo Family shares secret on how to brighten up home and lift the spirits by news@newstoday.com.sg PURE lines, inspiring craftsmanship and clean lines dominate in this artistic home. Pleasantly idiosyncratic, this living space is not only a place to relax in when you're weary but
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    • DRiVE
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        Inner beauty
        609 36  -  Colin Yong Not much to look at from the outside but the new Opel Vectra is comfortable and elegant inside by colin@newstoday.com.sg LOOKING at the new Vectra, it seems that Opel blew a huge chunk of its development budget on the cabin first, only to find out that
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        New hybrids offer economy
        237 36 HYBRID vehicles may still be in their infancy but car manufacturers are already introducing second-generation models that are lighter, offer better performance and consume less fuel. A hybrid car has both a normal engine and an electric motor. Unlike a fully electric car, it never needs
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        Schumi eyes Ferrari one-two
        165 36 DESPITE not having finished on the podium in the first three races of this season, Ferrari's Formula One ace Michael Schumacher remains confident that he and teammate Rubens Barrichello can repeat last year's one-two finish at the San Marino Grand Prix, to be held this Sunday.
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      130 20 Top Ten Charts 1. Meteora Linkin Park 2. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Various Artistes 3. Modern Love 2 Various Artistes 4. Come Away With Me Norah Jones 5. Fallen Evanescence 6. One Heart Celine Dion 7. One Love Blue 8. Amour Various Artistes 9. The Most Dance 2 Various Artistes 10.
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      841 41  -  Rohit Brijnath Failed runner believed she could smash world records and she did PAULA Radcliffe runs like a doll whose head is on a spring. The faster she runs, the more tired she gets, the more it bobs up and down. With every stride, effort can
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      359 41 LONDON Athletics legend Carl Lewis heads the list of 19 American medallists who tested positive for drugs, but were still allowed to compete at the Olympic Games in 1988. The claim comes in documents released by Wade Exum, the director for drug control at
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      392 42  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income S-League Balestier 1 Woodlands 2 Losing start for fang at Toa Payoh IT WAS a much-improved performance, but it was not enough to warrant a victory. Newly-appointed Balestier Khalsa head coach Jang Jung was a disappointed man on Friday
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      463 44  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Leader takes on nearest rival SRC in intriguing clash as League returns by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FOR the past two weeks, the Delta Sports Complex has been a quiet place. This after all training and matches for the various national men's and women's hockey teams were
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      738 44 ON THURSDAY, Ong Poh Lim one of Singapore's greatest badminton players died, aged 80. Ong was a member of the Malayan Thomas Cup team which included the late Wong Peng Soon and Ismail Marjan that won the Thomas Cup in London in 1949,
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      167 46 LONDON -Manchester City sauntered past Tottenham Hotspur with a comfortable 2-0 victory at White Hart Lane last night. There was simply no case for Spurs' defence in the first half as it collapsed to allow David Sommeil and Joey Barton to score for the visitor, reported
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      225 46 -AFP LONDON Manchester United and Arsenal may have to play off on a neutral venue in May if the English Premiership finishes in a dead heat. The Premier League told the BBC on Friday that if the two sides finish level on
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      771 47 Wenger looks set to explode, while Ferguson's the proverbial cucumber DO NOT adjust your television sets. The man on your screen who seems to have swallowed a waspcovered cactus is in fact Arsene Wenger, usually the Dalai Lama of the dug-out The man next to him
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