Today, 30 April 2003

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday A P m 3 0, 2003 MITA(P) 002/11/2002
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    Just where is Salam Pax?
    462 1  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINCE September last year, an online diary from a mysterious Baghdad blogger short for Web logger captivated the world with daily accounts of life in Baghdad. The entries stopped on March 24. Is Salam Pax dead? Where is Raed? at
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    The flight fever
    591 1  -  Derrick A Paulo For the first time in its history, SilkAir lays off pilots. What's next? by derrick@newstoday.com.sg ON the surface, a company laying off eight people is not alarming news. In these times, it might be as common as someone hitting a temperature of 37.5 degrees
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Taxi driver dies of Sars after being discharged from hospital
      273 2 JUST when it appeared that Singapore had come to grips with Sars with no fresh cases reported for two days running came another blow. Two new probable cases and 17 suspect cases have come to light. One of them is
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      A resolute China
      504 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Premier Wen outlines steps to make amends and win trust by in Bangkok chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THE saying that when China sneezes, Asia catches a cold, has never held more relevance than in the past two months. As all 28 countries which have reported Sars cases
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      Lock icon Watertight temperature checks
      217 2  -  Tan Hui Leng EVERYONE departing or arriving in Singapore by sea will now undergo temperature checks, as is the case at Changi Airport Thermal scanners are to be installed at the Singapore Cruise Centre, Regional Ferry Terminal and Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Ear thermometers will be used
      WONG KHING CHONG  -  217 words
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      SARS UPDATE
      147 2 Taiwan agreed yesterday to let 33 Hong Kong tourists, who are being quarantined in a hotel, go home on a spe-cially-fitted plane. Angered by the quarantine, some in the group dropped protest notes from hotel windows, demanding their release. A doctor will accompany them. The People's Bank of
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      Lock icon Hope as Palestinian PM-elect speaks
      197 3 Agencies RAMALLAH (West Bank) Most Palestinian deputies reacted positively to a speech in which Prime Minister-designate Mahmud Abbas (picture) presented his Cabinet line-up to Parliament yesterday. The Parliament convened for a milestone session to confirm the Palestinians' first Prime Minister and open the way for
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      Outrage sham?
      422 3  -  Oon Yeoh Political rivals in KL rush to lambast The Economist by news@newstoday.com.sg TOP Umno leaders have been scrambling to heap scorn on The Economist magazine over an article which had been critical of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad a move seen by many as a political ploy. Umno
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      186 2 University of jf #*J B.Sc (Hons) Degree mbetwetnl-3 yWISI UK's Best New University f0r _-w*. The Times Good University Guide The Best New University in England-2001 ■The Guardian Newspaper University Guide One of the Top 5 New Universities in England for Computer Science The Times Good University Guide May 2002
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      31 2 MediaCorp salutes healthcare workers Please donate generously to The Courage Fund. Call 1900-*****11. Each call is a donation of $5. Living with Sars Tune in to Channel 5 at 8.30 tonight
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Multi-ministry response
      241 4  -  Tor Ching Li JUST as Singaporeans are reaching for multi-vitamins to boost their immune systems, the Government is adopting a multidimensional response structure to address national crises. At a visit to Chartered Electro Optics to view the newlydeveloped Infra-red Fever Screening System (IFSS), Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan
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      New facility for suspects
      350 4  -  Joy Frances Once certified Sars-free, they'll be taken to court by joy@newstoday.com.sg CRIMINAL suspects will now be housed temporarily at the old Jurong Police Station, while undergoing health checks. This new measure by the police is targeted at those who had travelled recently to Sars-hit countries,
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      Home quarantine incentive
      195 4  -  Chan Chao Peh IT'S not foolproof, but those serving home quarantine orders from today will have an extra incentive. They will be compensated, at least in part, for the loss of income. The allowance, administered by their community developments councils (CDCs), can amount to $70 a day.
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      Make a wish come true
      142 4  -  Tan Hui Leng THE Make-A-Wish Foundation, which has fulfilled the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses, has come to Singapore. The non-profit organisation was set up 22 years ago, after a seven-year-old American boy suffering from leukaemia, lived his dream to become a police officer.
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      Lock icon The last time I saw him ...
      591 6  - The last time I saw him Tor Ching Li Wife of Dr Chao tells how all attempts to resuscitate him failed by chingli@newstoday.com.sg ONE week ago, Sars claimed its most prominent victim here Dr Alexandre Chao, the only son of the late Professor Chao Tzee Cheng, Singapore's first world-class forensic
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  • LETTERS
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      Lock icon Can S'pore be a Tioman?
      658 9  -  Loh Tse-Lynn Yes, if we allow nature to survive I READ with great sadness about the latest URA Master Plan for Singapore which earmarks mangrove areas and the coral reefs of the southern islands for reclamation and development. Once again, the reasons of land scarcity
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon $2b NOL deal
      290 10 Agencies M'sia shipper to buy American EagleTankers NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) will sell its tanker unit to Malaysia International Shipping (MISC) for US$l,ll5 billion ($1.98 billion), officials involved in the sale said. Singapore Government-owned NOL, operator of the world's seventh-biggest liner fleet, will use the proceeds to
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      Lock icon Fewer visitors this month
      93 10 -AFP VISITOR arrivals in Singapore plunged 65 per cent in the first three weeks of April compared with that of a year earlier due to the Sars outbreak, the Singapore Tourism Board said yesterday. In the third week, from April 15 to 21, the drop was
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      Lock icon Court rejects Widjaja ouster
      154 10 Reuters THE Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday rejected an appeal to oust Indonesia's Widjaja family from control of debt-ridden Asia Pulp Paper Co (APP), which owes creditors more than US$l3.9 billion ($24.7 billion). The appeal court said in a 32-page written judgment obtained by Reuters that
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      Lock icon Keppel posts $95m Q1 profit
      113 10 Reuters SINGAPORE conglomerate Keppel Corp, one of the world's biggest oil platform builders, reported yesterday a higher-than-expected first quarter net profit, helped by its strong offshore order book. Keppel, 32-per cent owned by the Singapore Government, posted a net profit of $94.96 million for the
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index – Intra-day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index Intra-day Chart
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        Lock icon Singapore
        77 10 Reuters SINGAPORE shares rallied for the second straight session yesterday, with the key index clocking its biggest percentage gain in six months as concerns eased over the Sars virus, sparking some short-covering activity. The Straits Times Index ended up 3.51 per cent, or 43.57 points higher, at 1,284.61 after
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5628 UK£ 0.3534 Yen 67.5774 HK$ 4.3896 RM 2.1387 Euro 0.5125 Rupiah 4900.80 Baht 24.1621 Peso 29.7341 A$ 0.9088 Indian Rs 26.6667 Won 685.549 C$ 0.8168 Yuan 4.6585 NZ$ 1.0125 NTS 19.6389
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        World markets
        53 10 Index Value Change Pts NIKKEI 7607.88 -91.62 -1.19 HANG SENG 8744.22 309.18 3.67 ALL ORDINARIES 2971.20 36.50 1.24 TAIWAN WTD 4200.32 60.82 1.47 KOREA COMP 597.36 28.34 4.98 SET 372.92 4.07 1.10 JAKARTA COMP 444.18 13.27 3.08 PHIL COMP 1048.37 12.08 1.17 SHEN7HEN B 211.91 -4.09 -1.89 MUMBAI
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 10 SGX Gold uss/oz 332.95 Rubber centsAg 171.75 Silver uss/oi 4.56 Palm oil RM/tonne 1446.5 Platinum uss/oi 618 Brent crude uss/barrel 25.49
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        SGX most active
        61 10 By volume April 29 Chartered TTInt StarCrusUSS GuthrieG DatacrftUSS JK Yarning Informatics LeongHin ComfortDelGro SingTel Close 0.715 0.210 0.200 0.210 0.545 0.335 0.675 0.075 0.800 1.430 Change +0.065 +0.050 +0.010 +0.015 +0.015 +0.030 +0.030 +0.010 +0.035 +0.050 +10.0 +31.3 +5.3 +7.7 +2.8 +9.8 +4.7 +15.4 +4.6 +3.6
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        SGX top rises
        82 10 By$ April 29 DBS Close Change 9.000 +0.500 By percentage April 29 Close Change L&M 0.010 +100.0 Sluing Asia 2kHKS 4.600 +0.500 NewToyoW*****7 0.040 +100.0 Venture OCBC 14.500 +0.500 9.550 +0.450 Dragon USS 0.040 +33.3 Goldtron CPS*****6 0.020 +33.3 SIA Creative 50 9.300 +0.450 11.500 +0.400 Yongnam
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        84 10 Bloomberg By$ April 29 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.000 -2.400 By percentage April 29 Goldlron Close Change 0.010 -33.3 SembLog 1.730 -0.060 UIS 1.050 -0.040 Liang Huul PNEIndW*****8 0.020 -33.3 0.015 -25.0 Cathay Org 0.150 -0.030 Hr Glass 0.380 -0.030 Cyberm GMG USS 0.060 -20.0 0.020
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      169 12 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia NET PROFIT UP: Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp said its net profit in the first quarter rose 54.20 per cent to $4,529 million from $2,938 million a year earlier on strong sales. Sales rose 82.10 per cent to $106,553 million from $58,506 million a year ago, boosted
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      Pact that binds
      241 12 US deal will cement ties SINGAPORE'S top trade official, Mr George Yeo (picture), has told the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC that the proposed United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) will help to solidify American economic and political interests in South-east Asia. Mr Yeo, Singapore's
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      Vietnam leads China
      170 14  -  Lee Yew Meng VIETNAM is becoming a more attractive investment haven for local enterprises than China. Mr Lai Chun Loong, Singapore Technologies' adviser on Vietnam investments, said the US-Vietnam trade agreement has opened up vast opportunities for labour-intensive industries such as garments, footwear and electronics. Singapore's enterprises
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      Centrepoint buys Jervois site
      94 14  -  Lee Yew Meng NINETY-FOUR owners of four parcels of land have sold a prime condominium site at Jervois Road/Jervois Close for $105 million. The buyer is CPL Joo Chiat, a subsidiary of Centrepoint Properties. Two of the land parcels are collective sale sites known as Jervois
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      Back to sales
      324 14  -  Lee Yew Meng More property launches despite price dips by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg WITH the Sars outbreak stabilising here, more developers will in the coming weeks be launching new residential projects which they have held back last month because of the Iraqi war. One of them is The Pier
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      Lock icon After the buzz ...
      333 16 After the buzz Bloomberg SingTel expects little revenue from 3G services until 2006 SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) will register "minimal" sales from high-speed mobile phone services until 2006 or later, said executive vice-president Lucas Chow. SingTel, South-east Asia's biggest phone company, will need to persuade customers to buy new phones which
      – Bloomberg; WEE TECKHIAN  -  333 words
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      Lock icon Ericsson to cut 7,000 jobs by 2004
      201 16 AFP STOCKHOLM Sweden's beleaguered telecommunications equipment giant Ericsson said it would shed about 7,000 jobs by next year as it reported its eighth consecutive quarterly loss. The company posted a net loss of 4.31 billion kronor ($921 million) for the first three months
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      Lock icon Titans to pay dearly
      332 18 ■AFP 10 Wall St firms, including Citigroup, in $2.5b settlement for financial scam WASHINGTON Ten of Wall Street's most powerful firms will pay a total of US$l.39 billion ($2.47 billion) as a final settlement for biased stock research, the market regulator said yesterday. Financial titans, including
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4125 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Beware of Iran: US
      273 20 Agencies GENEVA The United States warned on Monday that Iran was a potentially greater threat to international efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons than North Korea. "Despite professions of transparency and peaceful intent, Iran is going down the same path of denial and deception
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      Lock icon Battle not over for Vietnam
      625 22  -  Val Chua Despite containing Sars, a lot of factors are working against the country by val@newstoday.com.sg IN THE race to combat and control the Sars virus, one country has become the poster child for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Vietnam. The accolades have been coming
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      Lock icon Dr Germ's hubby in coalition custody
      124 24 Agencies AS-SALIYAH US forces said yesterday they were holding Mr Saddam Hussein's former veteran Oil Minister, Mr Amer Mohammad Rashid AI Übaidi, in custody. He "surrendered on Monday and is in coalition custody", the Central Command said in a statement Mr Amer Mohammad was
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      Lock icon All out of love?
      308 24 Reuters Lovesick woman threatens to kill all on board so as to shorten cruise trip HONOLULU A young woman, who wanted to leave a cruise ship to return to her boyfriend, threatened to kill everyone on board in a bid to cut the cruise short Kelley
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Rough ride ahead
      889 26  -  Heng Chee How by news@newstoday.com.sg but open minds and a resilient spirit will carry us through these hard times LIFE is a roller coaster ride. At the start, the rider begins a long, slow climb upwards. Fear builds up as we approach the crest and get ready
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      790 28  - With claws bared Yong Shu Chiang Kelly Hu sinks her nails into her latest role in X-Men 2 KELLY Hu, the doll-faced Asian-American beauty, is making her X-Men 2 co-star James Marsden roll his bright blue eyes. Just as she's starting to pour her heart out about living through some
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      NEW MUTANT, MAN
      117 28 Meet the new characters, who join Kelly Hu, in the film: Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner Played by Scottish actor Alan Cumming [Spy Kids), 38. A mutant whose awesome agility and teleportation powers is at odds with his child-like and gentle demeanour. Not related to Mystique, despite sharing a similar
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      392 30  -  Elisa Chia S'pore edition of Russian Roulette premieres tomorrow by elisa@newstoday.com.sg RUSSIAN roulette n: Firing of revolver held to one's head with one chamber loaded; an act of reckless bravado. That is the definition when you look up a dictionary. United States-based Swedish producer Gunnar
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      His 'seven-year itch'
      181 30  -  Serene Foo HE refers to it as a "seven-year-itch". Out-going National Arts Council (NAC) chief executive officer Choo Thiam Siew (picture) is moving from influencing public policy to dabbling in the day-to-day operations of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa). Come Aug 1, the 52-year-old will
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      DAILY BREW
      134 33 QUEUE FOR COFFEE: Coffee lovers (picture) queued up for the Boncafe giveaway last Friday outside Raffles Place MRT, in a special exclusive promotion with TODAY. For their patience, they were rewarded with a free cup of Boncafe Brazilian Gold coffee. The first 500 readers also received an exclusive
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      LEE HWA
      60 33 PRESENTS LIVING WITH SARS: Tonight's episode of Living with Sars, hosted by Gurmit Singh, will be shown at 8.30pm instead of 9pm. Find out how parents and children are dealing with the disease and how the travel industry is coping with the problem. Also find out how the
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      The consumers' choice
      192 33  -  Serene Foo THE way you publicise and promote your product, even during tough economic times, can take it to the kingdom of the "superbrands". Asian consumers in the Reader's Digest Superßrands 2003 survey had picked Pantene and Nivea, among others, as their preferred brands in 40 categories
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      Dancing up a storm
      457 34  -  Janice Lee SDT struts its way into the international dance arena by janice@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS done it again. First, it was the opening act for the Esplanade's opening ceremony. It is also going to be one of the major highlights at the Singapore Arts Festival. Now,
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      June US release for The Eye
      330 34  -  Serene Foo HORROR movie thriller The Eye propelled Malaysian-born lead actress Angelica Lee (picture) into the limelight throughout Asia and now, her star is set to shine in the United States as well. The smash hit will have a North American release on June
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      Enjoy a meal and donate to Courage Fund
      124 34 DONATION boxes for The Courage Fund have now been placed at 94 outlets of Burger King, Starbucks and Orange Julius. The public can make donations at these outlets. This initiative by the Bonvests Group is part of its community programme that runs
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        367 38 -Reuters Reality movie on college kids is last onTop 10 LOS ANGELES The Real Cancun, a topless, tequilasoaked look at college kids getting down and dirty during their spring break, has failed its box-office exam, defying predictions that TV's "reality" genre was ready to sweep the big screen.
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      333 42  -  Stanley Ho Tanjong Pagar in talks with Socceroo midfielder by stanley@newstoday.com.sg AN AUSTRALIAN international midfielder who has played in both the Dutch First Division and the Scottish Premier League could make his debut in the NTUC Income S-League in June. In a bid to recover from its
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      No verdict yet for Noor Ali
      130 42  -  Stanley Ho THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has decided to drop one of the five charges against former national and Geylang United winger Mohd Noor Ali. After four hours of deliberation last night, the FAS disciplinary committee dropped one charge under Clause 4
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      278 42  -  Tan Yo-Hinn S-LEAGUE referees have once again been the subject of considerable criticism. But this time, the Football Association of Singapore referees' committee has come down hard on an S-League Referee of the Year award winner. At its meeting on Monday, the committee's appointment and
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      Lock icon Roeder recovering
      93 42 LONDON West Ham United manager Glenn Roeder (picture) is out of intensive care but will need neuro-surgery in the near future, the club said yesterday. Roeder, 47, was taken ill after the game against Middlesbrough on April 21. He will not return to work until at least June,
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      80 42 NEW ORLEANS The Philadelphia 76ers didn't need a heroic effort from Allen Iverson to regain command of their playoff series with the New Orleans Hornets. Iverson's 22 points on nine-of-28 shooting on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) were his lowest total in the series. But five other
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      84 42 NEWCASTLE Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer (picture) has a fractured ankle and could be out of action for up to two months, the club said yesterday. The 32-year-old striker suffered the injury during Saturday's 1-0 derby win at Sunderland and ruled himself out of the club's last
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      58 42 LONDON Former Australian international goalkeeper Mark Bosnich was banned for nine months by the English Football Association yesterday after a disciplinary hearing into his testing positive for cocaine. The hearing did not agree with the 31-year-old former Manchester United goalkeeper's claim that his drink had been spiked by
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      Lock icon Barthez faces Man United exit
      539 43 Agencies Ferguson's patience snaps after 'keeper's blunders LONDON Fabien Barthez may have played his last game for Manchester United. The French international goalkeeper walked out on the club and flew home to France after being berated by the United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, over his
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      368 43 -AFP MANCHESTER Ryan Giggs believes Arsenal has cracked under the pressure of the Premiership title race. The Welsh winger scored Manchester United's crucial equaliser in the 2-2 draw at Highbury earlier this month, which swung the title pendulum towards Old Trafford. And he
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