Today, 8 May 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Thursday «Ma y 8,20o 3 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Dow slides
      45 1 -AFP NEW YORK The Dow Jones industrials closed down 27.73 points at 8,560.63 while the Standard and Poor's 500 slipped 4.77 points to 929.62. The Nasdaq composite, which has had strong gains of late, fell more sharply yesterday, losing 16.95 points to 1,506.76.
      -AFP  -  45 words
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      Lock icon EU strikes back
      525 1 -AFP WTO nod obtained for record $7b trade sanctions against US GENEVA The European Union yesterday obtained the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) go-ahead for a record US$4 billion ($6.9 billion) in trade sanctions against the United States in a long-running dispute over tax breaks for US companies.
      -AFP  -  525 words
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      SingTel's net profit leaps 72% for last quarter
      495 1  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGTEL'S net profit for the last quarter ended March 31 rose 72 per cent to $313 million, as Australian unit Optus and other regional associates increased their contribution to the bottom line. A poll of five analysts
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Pact Americana
      685 2  -  Elisia Yeo But more work needed to convince US Congress by in Washington elisia@newstoday.com.sg Our strong relations are based on shared interests in many areas. We now fight terrorism together. We have good defence link We both strongly advocate open trade and investment... Let me thank you. President
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      SARS UPDATES
      174 2 Taxi operator Tibs is organising a lucky draw to encourage passengers to retain their receipts, in a modified version of the Singapore Contact Bowl project introduced last week. Passengers who hold on to their receipts between May 8 and June 1 3 will be eligible to take part
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      No need to be alarmed
      166 2  -  Joy Frances THE Singapore Civil Defence Force has asked the public not to be alarmed if they see ambulance staff in their neighbourhood decked out in Sarsproof garb. "This is our normal routine now. They are not responding to Sars cases, they are responding to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Glut fears hit SingTel shares
      160 2 Bloomberg SHARES of SingTel, South-east Asia's biggest phone company, fell two per cent after the Government said it plans to divest itself of its remaining two-third stake in the company. SingTel shares closed down three cents to $1.44 on the Singapore Exchange yesterday, after the
      – Bloomberg  -  160 words
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      Fingers all crossed
      547 3  -  Lee Ching Wern Spore coming to grips with Sars as HK study throws up new scare by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg ON the day a detailed study by a respected medical journal suggested that Sars was deadlier than first thought, Singapore was breathing more easily and keeping its fingers crossed.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The FTA edge
      497 4  -  Val Chua US firms to benefit from more IP protection, less restrictions by val@newstoday.com.sg THE roar of a Harley Davidson bike could soon be registered as a trademark in Singapore, when IP (intellectual property) rights of American companies come under stronger protection here, thanks to the US-Singapore
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      Sars impact on China the big unknown
      343 4  -  Ngßoon Yian AS THE pall of Sars seems to lift slowly from Singapore and Hong Kong, one crucial unknown hovers over Asia's economic prospects. No one knows how deep the impact of Sars will be on the Chinese economy. A severe slowdown there
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      Lock icon S´pore faces anti-green charge
      106 6 S ´pore faces anti-green charge -AFP WASHINGTON Environmentalists have accused Singapore of complicity in the smuggling of illegally harvested timber. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said Singapore had been used as a transit point to export millions of dollars of illegally cut ramin a protected tree species to the US
      -AFP  -  106 words
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      The Arab connection
      709 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Why Dubai chose Malaysia over Singapore by Clement Mesenas and clement@newstoday.com.sg IT would have been the ideal marriage a joining of hands between two similar city states, both entrepreneurial, both visionary. But Dubai, the business centre of the Gulf, chose to link up with
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    Poh Lim will always be remembered
    210 8 WE refer to the letter, "When legends die alone" (Today, 22 April 2003). The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) appreciates the comments made by the writer, and we agree with his suggestion to have past champions play an active role in local sports. The SSC
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    Scary, this health risk
    243 8  -  Sherwin Tngjian Zhi Jeanette Tng Huimin So, how does one pick the right dietary supplement? MY family has been taking dietary supplements every day for the past two years. We tried several brands of supplements before settling on one. To our horror, after reading about the
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  • Article
    Improve Changi Sars checks
    176 8  -  Christopher Harpley I HAVE just returned from a holiday in Thailand. During my departure from Singapore, I was scanned by the thermal imaging machine as I walked through immigration at Changi Airport When I arrived in Bangkok, I was given a mask and advised not to
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Bullish mood
      344 10  -  Chan Chao Peh SingPost IPO priced at 60 cents a share by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg INVESTORS gave their stamp of approval to SingPost's initial public offering (IPO), attracted by the promise of a hefty dividend payout. At the close of its $684 million share sale, investors had submitted bids for
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index- Intra-day Chart
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        Lock icon Singapore
        89 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S key stock index fell for the second day, dragged down by losses in SingTel, after the Government said it plans to sell its remaining twothirds stake in South-east Asia's biggest phone company. The Straits Times Index shed 8.09 points, or 0.6 per cent, to close at 1,307.52.
        – Bloomberg  -  89 words
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 UK£ 0.3563 fen 67.2845 HK$ 4.4749 RM 2.1816 Euro 0.5035 Rupiah Baht 4891.27 24.4353 Peso 29.8755 4$ 0.8948 Indian Rs 27.1163 Won 697.171 C$ 0.7987 fii a n 4.7507 NZ$ NTS 1.0029 19.9466
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        World markets
        49 10 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 8109.77 26.21 0.32 HANG SENG 8901.05 11.83 0.13 ILL ORDINARIES 2944.20 6.70 0.23 LAIWAN WTD 4275.91 55.46 1.31 KOREA COMP SET 618.08 379.45 13.75 -0.60 2.28 -0.16 JAKARTA COMP 473.13 9.52 2.05 PHIL COMP 1077.90 -6.11 -0.56 SHENZHEN B 212.37 0.45 0.22
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        Commodities
        22 10 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 343.25 4.76 625 Rubber cents/kg 166 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 442 Brent crude us$/barrel 25.72
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume May 7 Chartered UniFiber PFood LeongHin DatacrftUSS FTInt Ocean Sky FAC200USS L&M El-Nets Close 0.810 0.080 0.720 0.255 0.620 0.280 0.265 0.740 0.010 0.010 Change +0.045 +0.005 -0.035 +0.005 +0.025 +0.025 +0.015 +0.100 +5.9 +6.7 -4.6 +2.0 +4.2 +9.8 +6.0 +15.6 '000 77,99 44,49 41,68
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        SGX top rises
        82 10 By? May 7 Close Change CM 4.520 +0.300 By percentage May 7 AcmaW*****6 Close Change 0.015 +50.0 DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.900 +0.200 Nucleus 0.085 +41.7 SPH 100 17.000 +0.100 Goldlron 0.020 +33.3 TAC 200USS 0.740 +0.100 AsiaDekor USS 0.025 +25.0 GP Bat 2.150 +0.090 MulliChem 0.140 +21.7
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        SGX top falls
        79 10 )y$ By percentage May 7 .IA Close Change 9.700 -0.200 May 7 Globa Close Change 0.015 -25.0 JOB 10.500 -0.200 Hiap Hoe 0.015 -25.0 ieaview ilA 200 5.350 -0.100 9.750 -0.100 Yongnam Wee Poh 0.020 -20.0 0.025 -16.7 /enlure 14.800 -0.100 Tri-M 0.145 -14.7 Land 3.320 -0.060
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      Lock icon Ring in the profits
      203 12 Bloomberg Globe to benefit from high demand for cellular services MANILA Globe Telecom, in which SingTel and Deutsche Telekom own stakes, is likely to announce a surge in first-quarter profits as a growing economy drives demand for cellular services. The company, the Philippines' sec-ond-largest mobile-phone company,
      — Bloomberg  -  203 words
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      Lock icon Garuda cuts sales target
      204 12 Agencies JAKARTA PT Garuda Indonesia cut its sales target for this year to eight trillion rupiah ($1.6 billion) from 11 trillion rupiah as the Sars virus slashes demand for air travel, Bisnis Indonesia reported, citing Garuda's president. The country's national airline also plans to lay off
      — Agencies  -  204 words
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      Lock icon Deal on sewage plant
      186 13 Agencies SembCorp inks $125m water treatment pact SEMBCORP Industries, South-east Asia's biggest civil engineering group, said its engineering and construction unit has won a $125 million government contract to build a waste treatment unit for a water reclamation plant project SembCorp Engineers and Constructors will design
      – Agencies  -  186 words
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      234 13 -AFP AFP INFOCOMM DEAL FOR NCS: JTC Corporation said yesterday that a consortium led by National Computer Systems (NCS) has won the Biopolis InfoComm Technology contract NCS will be in partnership with Hewlett-Packard. The consortium will provide "ICT-utility-on-Tap" technology to tenants. This is a service-on-demand, pay-as-you-use model that
      -AFP; AFP  -  234 words
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      Lock icon Motorola cuts China workforce as Sars slows sales
      199 13 Bloomberg BEIJING Motorola, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, has cut its workforce at a factory in northern China as the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) has kept potential buyers out of shops. Motorola didn't renew the expiring contracts of
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      Time to buy?
      397 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Property prices have hit bottom, says Knight Frank by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE PROPERTY market, as a whole, will turn around in a sustained way after the beginning of next year. The residential sector is likely to be first off the mark, probably in the third
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      Lock icon Asian cities fund
      160 14 Reuters A WHOLESALE property fund set up by Singapore's Keppel Land and money manager Henderson Global Investors has raised $180 million and wants to raise a total of US$3OO million ($522 million) this year, a Keppel spokeswoman said yesterday. Investors in the Asia No 1 Property Fund
      – Reuters  -  160 words
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      Lock icon Now worth less
      341 15 Reuters Asian stock values of top investors dip to $325b THE value of Asian stocks held by the region's 20 biggest institutional investors fell 0.56 per cent to U*****.43 billion ($325 billion) at the end of April from U*****.49 billion in March, data from Lipper Asia showed.
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3900 15 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Si Dole Nome NAV/Kd Offer Prin Prke Aberdeen Ami Management (Asia) 5/5 Aberdeen Amerknn Onponnnilies 0.582 0.612 I.,.!... ,1, i, II I I 5/5 Aberdeen China Opportiinilies 0.937 0.985 5/5 Aberdeen Cenlinenlal Europe Eqty 0.814 0.856 5/5 Aberdeen Global MNC 0.504 0.53 5/5 Aberdeen Glabal Technology 0.316
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      177 13 f A INFORMATICS WCOMPUTER SCHOOL ■L Jk Who else equips B M their students with laptops and PDAs? Informatics is an industry leader in providing world-class technology infrastructure. Along with world-class degrees and courses, we equip you with the most sophisticated business tools and systems to help boost your employability.
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  • INFO TECH
    • FOR CONSUMERS
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        Sharp shooter
        109 16 SHARP'S latest video camera ViewcamZ incorporates in the Sharp System LCD the newlydeveloped CG Silicon technology, making it the first video camera with a super-enhanced LCD screen display, the manufacturer said. Its 2.5-inch screen with CG technology delivers high 215,000-pixel resolution using the proprietary high-transmissivity advanced LCD display
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        Gamers win $1OOk cash
        216 16 Strategy, teamwork key to victory AFTER three months of fierce battling online, a team of 40 gamers has emerged as the winners of The Fortress Conquest an online competition with the largest prize money of $100,000 in Singapore's gaming history. Strategising, teamwork and determination are traits
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      71 16 Panasonic's state-of-the-art LCD technology presents the ultimate in TV viewing. Revolutionary design and manufacturing have achieved the world's most advanced LCD TVs, with a host of innovations that deliver an absolutely unmatched entertainment experience. See just how far Panasonic LCD technology has taken the TV. Features: 1 6 msec Ultra-High-Speed
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Oh, to be a queen!
      115 17 Reuters MELBOURNE An Australian college has introduced a drag queen make-up course to meet demand for the skill to hide beard shadows and to enter the glamourous drag world. The course, targeted at drag queens, cross dressers and make-up students, has also sparked interest in
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      Lock icon How the US can cut oil imports
      375 17 Reuters Reuters Senator to propose plan to think-tank WASHINGTON Democratic presidential candidate Senator Joseph Lieberman (picture) was to unveil yesterday his national energy plan that aims to slash US oil imports by two-thirds within a decade and eliminate the need for foreign oil
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      Lock icon Pilot stuns passengers with Palestine remarks
      169 17 Reuters JERUSALEM There has yet to be a Palestine state but that did not stop an Alitalia pilot from announcing: "Welcome to Palestine, happy Independence Day to Palestine" to stunned passengers flying to Tel Aviv on Israel's Memorial Day yesterday. Israel celebrated 55 years
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      Lock icon 9 killed as Jakarta plans to face rebels
      268 17 Agencies BANDA ACEH Nine people have been killed in Indonesia's Aceh province since Monday as the government prepares for a military operation amid the collapse of a peace pact with separatist rebels. Speaking in the city of Surabaya to some 6,000 officers
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  • COMMENTARY
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      For once, Asean is acting, not just talking ...
      905 18  - For once, Asean is acting, not just talking shamala Kandiah by news@newstoday.com.sg as it tackles the threat of Sars IN the last month, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) has shown the world that infectious diseases are far more than just a health threat Globalisation brings with it large flows
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      49 18 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF The SNA is a non-profit, INTERNATIONAL non-government think-tank. AFFAIRS Through different programmes for its members and Singaporeans, it is helping to make Singapore a m V more cosmopolitan and global society with a people who know ant'cate mote a')oU' e te9'on i. and wider world WWW.siiaonhne.org
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  • WATZUP_
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      Tears of the Tiger
      607 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang Dedication and endurance pay off for trainee actors by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg TUCKED away in Jurong, in a secluded, futur-istic-looking complex, a select group of people are being stretched physically and mentally. The training requires dedication and endurance, and after years of toil, some of
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      Babes postponed
      62 20 THE inaugural FHMs Bikini Heaven 2003, originally scheduled to be shown on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 today at 10pm, has been postponed until May 29 at 11pm. You'll get to see Singapore beach babe Rachel Lee battling it out in Miami, Florida, with 13 other sexy lasses from
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      Penned in by the Sars outbreak
      185 21  -  Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg SOUNDING relaxed over the phone from Taiwan, singersongwriter Penny Tai (picture) is happy to talk about her fourth pop rock album, No Penn, No Gain. But, what's really on her mind is when the Sars outbreak will end. The 25-yearold
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      Closer still
      332 21  -  Wong Khing Chong Life is great with meaningful relationships by khingchong@newstoday.com.sg THE recent spate of events involving retrenchments, the war in Iraq and the most gripping of all the deadly Sars have got many of us into a pensive and philosophical mood. And a recent Sars-like encounter led
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    • CITY STYLE
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        Beauty secrets from China
        447 22  -  Cathleen Tung /COLOURFUL plastic toys may get out while plush soft toys become torn and tattered with age. But now, you can present children with their favourite Disney characters that are immortalised in gold. Talk about an everlasting gift Poh Heng has introduced the Disney Baby
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        Feast for the senses
        182 22 AFTER delighting ladies with the vivacious red bottles of Parfum Subtil pour Femme, the house of Salvatore Ferragamo now introduces Subtil pour Homme a scent dedicated to the urban man who appreciates timeless style and quality. Like its feminine counterpart, the Subtil pour Homme comes in
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    • TRAVELLER
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        British Airways beds pass Hurley test
        203 23 BRITISH Airways spacious beds could never get a better endorsement than from British siren Liz Hurley (picture). The Sunday Mail reported that horrified first class passengers on a British Airways jet were "concerned" that Hurley was on the verge of joining the mile-high club
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        Reasons to smile
        452 23 Thailand launches three-month campaign to woo travellers THERE is something to smile about for the next month's school holidays. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), has pulled out all the stops to boost tourist arrivals in the Land of Smiles during the summer low-season period. And it
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon 'Gangsters' of New York
        548 24 -Reuters -Reuters Rapper 50 Cent owes doctor surgery fees; DiCaprio questioned for attack on screenwriter NEW YORK A New York surgeon is suing rapper 50 Cent (picture), alleging he owes more than U5532,000 ($55,860) in fees for the treatment of gunshot wounds nearly three years ago.
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        Lock icon Deal afoot in porn case
        328 25 Reuters Ferris Bueller actor mulls plea on child pornography charge LOS ANGELES Lawyers in a child pornography case against veteran character actor Jeffrey Jones (picture) are attempting to settle the case quietly by the end of the month with a plea bargain, prosecutors said. Jones,
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        Forget Madrid — Mrs Beckham sets sights on US
        248 25 Forget Madrid Mrs Beckham sets sights on US SINGER Victoria Beckham (picture) aka Posh Spice wants to conquer the American market, reported London's The Sun. As part of her megastar plan, the newspaper says she'll be present at the MTV Movie Awards in June, and will do a photo shoot
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      275 22 A Special Mother's Day Treat For TODAY Readers Dong Kuai is traditionally believed to have a balancing A B^^ effect on the female hormonal system. Dong Kuai helps to ease cramps, irritability, headaches, reduces water retention, helps to ease insomnia, hot flashes and mood B changes. BB^r For Mother's Day,
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      436 27 Agencies Webber humbles the Mavericks NBA playoffs Game 1 Sacramento 124 Dallas 113 Webber leads the way with 24 points DALLAS The Sacramento Kings, refreshed after a six-day break in their National Basketball Association playoff campaign, dismantled the Dallas Mavericks here yesterday morning (Singapore time) in
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      340 27 NBA playoffs Game 1 Detroit 98 Philadelphia 87 Injury may rule out Billups AUBURN HILLS Chauncey Billups' (picture) sprained ankle concerned the Detroit Pistons as much as their win over Philadelphia excited them. Richard Hamilton scored 25 points and Billups had to
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      245 27 Reuters MELBOURNE World Cup champion Australia will fly a quartet of one-day specialists including Michael Bevan to Antigua tomorrow for the lim-ited-overs series against the West Indies starting next week. Bevan was rated by cricket magazine Wisden as the fifthbest one-day batsman of
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        702 30 AFP Inter digs deep to deny city rival Champions League semi-final first leg AC Milan 0 Inter Milan 0 All to play for in second leg MILAN Inter Milan survived a second-half onslaught to escape with a 0-0 draw against local rival AC Milan in the first
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        390 30 Agencies LONDON Manchester United skipper Roy Keane has told manager Alex Ferguson to splash out big money on big names if the English champion is to conquer Europe next season. "It's good to hear the manager talking about
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        455 31 Reuters Arsenal drubs Southampton in FA Cup final rehearsal English Premiership Arsenal 6 Southampton 1 Gunners get early confidence boost LONDON Robert Pires and Jermaine Pennant fired hat-tricks to help Arsenal demolish Southampton 6-1 this morning in a dress rehearsal for next week's FA Cup final. But
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      669 29  -  S. Murali While brewer supports SGC, are plans afoot to bring Annika here? by murali@newstoday.com.sg FOR A long time, Heineken used to be the flagship brand as far as golf was concerned for Asia-Pacific Breweries (Singapore). From the Heineken Matchplay Series in the late nineties to
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      392 29 -AFP THE BELFRY Ireland's Padraig Harrington will be hoping that some of last year's magic from the Ryder Cup will rub off on him this week as he tries to stop a dramatic slump in form. The Irishman was a
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