Today, 11 June 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Wednesday June 11, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      David Lim to head NOL?
      80 1 FORMER Acting Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts David Lim (picture) may become the new chief executive of Neptune Orient Lines, The Business Times reported today. In a Cabinet reshuffle announced late April, Mr Lim who was appointed acting minister in Nov 2001 asked
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      Lock icon Gaza erupts
      236 1 Agencies Israeli attacks jeopardise June 4 peace plan GAZA Israel launched a second helicopter attack in the Gaza strip yesterday, killing three Palestinians and wounding 32 in the second such missile strike in the territory within hours. The attacks threatened to scuttle the US-backed "road map" peace plan,
      — Agencies; – AFP photo  -  236 words
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      Lock icon US stocks higher
      72 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks rose yesterday, boosted by hopes of an economic recovery in the coming months and news that chip-making giant Micron Technology had exceeded production forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 74.89 points higher, or 0.83 per cent, at 9,054.89. The Standard Poor's
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      More buses to Tuas
      92 1 ONE of the most inaccessible places in Singapore, Tuas View Industrial Estate, is getting two new bus services. Launched by JTC Corp and Comfort Bus, the bus services will serve 7,000 employees working in about 100 companies in Tuas View, including Tuas Biomedical Park. Comfort Bus
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      105 1 //\~£>J+\CORP Deutsche Post Of World Net MAIL EXPRESS LOGISTICS FINANCE There's no bigger logistics company in Asia. DHL Worldwide Express, global leader in air express, Danzas, global leader in air and ocean freight, I and Deutsche Post Euro Express, European leader in parcel delivery, have joined together under the name
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon PM's visit
      50 2 Ltl11: Prime Minister Goh Chok long (extreme right) meets MediaCorp editors and journalists at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre. RIGHT: Mr Goh with MediaCorp Press CEO-designate Mano Sabnani (left) as MediaCorp Radio CEO Kenneth Tan (second from left) and MediaCorp Press CEO PN Balji look on. p N afp
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      Mutton cheat fined
      266 2  -  Jose Raymond Magistrate says vendor violated religious beliefs by jose@newstoday.com.sg After they were tested on the same day at the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) Services Laboratory, the sample from Abdul Karim's stall showed it contained a mixture of beef and mutton. The butcher admitted in court
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi unhurt
      291 3 Agencies UN envoy reports she is well and in good spirits YANGON Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters can rest easy after UN envoy Razali Ismail reported she is well and uninjured after meeting with her yesterday. Miss Suu Kyi was feared to have been
      – Agencies; AFP photo  -  291 words
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      Lock icon Arroyo considering re-election bid, says key ally
      170 3 AFP MANILA A key ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has said Ms Arroyo may be "examining her options" despite repeated statements that she will not take part in the upcoming presidential elections. The president, 55, may have ruled herself out of the
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      Lock icon Choking haze plagues Riau
      116 3 -AFP JAKARTA Authorities in Riau province have started handing out face masks to pedestrians and motorcyclists as choking smoke haze from ground fires returned to the region. Officials in Riau, Sumatra island have also distributed bumper stickers urging the public to stop forest fires, said Mr
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Why Startech has to pay up
      330 4  -  Francis Kan francis@newstoday.com.sg ON the surface, the news that Maybank has demanded repayment of a loan from Sesdaq-listed Startech Electronics may seem like a straightforward commercial decision. After all, mired in a global industry slump, the printed circuit board maker has seen its bottomline
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      Lock icon Now all homes can set up office
      321 4 —Joy Frances EFFECTIVE immediately, the Government is allowing people to set up small home offices islandwide. The relaxation of business operating rules came yesterday as a result of positive feedback from the pilot Home Office Scheme started in November 2001, which did not
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      HDB will finish job
      507 6  -  Joy Frances Some Marine Terrace complaints are half-truths, says Mah by joy@newstoday.com.sg BELEAGUERED Marine Terrace residents will have their toilets repaired by the end of the week, the HDB has promised. Since upgrading work stopped 10 days ago, residents have been complaining about an increase in
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      Senior Jl man caught
      168 6  -  Lee Ching Wern A SENIOR member of the Singapore Jemaah Islamiyah 01) organisation was arrested last month in Thailand, after being on the run for one-and-a-half years, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement yesterday. Arifin bin Ali, 42, also known as John Wong
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      Fun and funky experience
      656 8  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Revamped Courts guarantees lowest prices ay ;hibu@newstoday.com.sg THE stall have a new credo. For the customers, it's a refreshing experience. And for I the company, it makes commercial sense. Courts is out to make a telling statement in the retail market And that
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      Foreigners who take but do not contribute
      199 10  -  Chris Lee I WOULD like to refer to the article, "This city of immigrants", by Dharmendra Yadav (Today, June 5). I concur strongly with the view that many countries have benefited and even prospered because of the contribution made by foreigners. The latter
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      Why ban dolls?
      242 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Just don't buy them I REFER to the letter, "Ban Living Dead dolls", from Ms Nancy Ng (Today, June 10). Although I understand her disquiet, as I was when I read your report, "When dead is truly better" (Today, June 9), banning would
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Firm retains forestry rights
      157 12 Ruling assures Fiber's future PULP firm United Fiber System has won back its forestry rights in Indonesia. A court in Jakarta overturned a decision by the country's Forestry Ministry to revoke its 15 forestry concessions in South Kalimantan. This is crucial for the Singapore company's future,
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      Lock icon Asia Pulp's debts may be rescheduled
      146 12 Bloomberg ASIA Pulp Paper Co (APP), who are in talks with creditors over US$6.4 billion ($ll billion) worth of debt, said as many as one-third of them have signed a rescheduling agreement Under Indonesian bankruptcy law a company needs the approval of 67 per
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        59 12 Bloomberg THE STI fell for the first day in five on concerns that a recovery in the United States may take time. It shed 2.81 points, or 0.2 per cent, to close at 1,440.92. Computer-related stocks rose in the afternoon after the Nasdaq gained 0.4 per cent, a sign
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        SGX most active
        61 12 By volume lune 10 UniFiber Chartered DatacrftUSS SwingMedia DMXTech 1AC 200USS FPV MultiVis MediaRing toon Close 0.140 0.995 0.890 0.165 0.260 1.010 0.600 0.270 0.135 0.225 Change +0.010 +0.020 +0.060 +0.015 +0.010 +0.065 +0.025 +0.020 +0.005 +0.005 +7.7 +2.1 +7.2 +10.0 +4.0 +6.9 +4.3 +8.0 +3.8 +2.3
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        Lock icon Your Ssl buys
        38 12 afp US$ 0.5770 UK£ 0.3492 Yen 68.1400 HK$ 4.5000 RM 2.1923 Euro 0.49 Rupiah 4740.33 Baht 24.1266 Peso 30.7963 A$ 0.8764 Indian Rs 26.9980 Won 689.1806 C$ 0.7832 I Yuan 4.7760 NZ$ 1.0020 NTS 20.0092
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        SGX top rises
        86 12 By$ lune 10 Creative 50 MIC OUE iingamasC 2kHKS Ho Negara L-Jacob GreatEast IMH 400USS ihang Asia 2kHKS Ihai Prime200USS Close Change 13.600 +0.200 1.160 +0.160 6.750 +0.150 2.750 +0.125 3.080 +0.120 1.010 +0.105 9.300 +0.100 6.400 +0.100 5.000 +0.100 5.900 +0.100 fy percentage lune 10 Close
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        SGX top falls
        74 12 )y$ lune 10 XC iPH IBS ilA tenture ilA 200 iPH 100 JOB )lu Inc Close Change 5.300 -0.350 18.100 -0.300 10.500 -0.200 10.500 -0.200 16.300 -0.200 10.600 -0.100 18.200 -0.100 12.000 -0.100 0.235 -0.090 fy percentage lune 10 Close Change )lu Inc 0.235 -27.7 3iipEngSW*****2 0.015
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        World markets
        55 12 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 8789.09 9703.72 3023.30 4832.20 649.75 424.05 519.54 1156.25 217.30 3289.55 Pis -33.64 -0.38 -29.79 -0.31 5.20 0.17 5.26 0.11 -0.60 -0.09 4.77 1.14 0.22 0.04 0.54
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        Lock icon Commodities
        22 12 afp Gold uss/oi 359.7 Silver uss/oi 4.52 Platinum uss/oi 653.5 Rubber centsAg 182.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1507 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.45
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    • Article
      Star Hub Net security
      160 14 THREE players in the telecommunications and computer security fields have got together to provide round-the-clock Internet security monitoring for corporations. Star Hub has teamed with Internet security services provider, Internet Security Systems (ISS), and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation subsidiary, NTT Communications, to protect business IT
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      Lock icon UOB, Bermuda bank unit trust joint venture
      135 14 AFX-Asia UNITED Overseas Bank and the Bank of Bermuda, through unit Bermuda Trust (Singapore), have formed a 50:50 joint venture company to offer unit trust registration services to fund managers in Singapore. The new entity, Asia Fund Services (AFS), was set up with
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      Keppel Corp to divest 77% stake in SPC
      93 14 KEPPEL Corp is divesting its listed unit Singapore Petroleum Company, reported Channel News Asia yesterday. The divestment will generate about $350 million for the conglomerate. Analysts say the divestment makes sense, given the improved outlook for the refining business, due to high
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      Nokia N-Gages in mobile gaming war
      287 17  -  Chan Chao Peh NOKIA, the largest mobile handset maker in the world, is set to make a splash in the mobile gaming market when it launches its N-Gage game deck in October globally. The Finnish giant is planning its largest marketing campaign to woo
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      118 17 AFX-Asia SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES has subscribed to 655,000 redeemable preference shares of its wholly-owned unit, SembCorp Utilities, at a premium of $99.99 each, for a total consideration of $65.5 million. The proceeds will be used to fund the operations of SembCorp Utilities, the acquisition of SembCorp Utilities Teesside, related
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      A China education
      662 19  -  Lee Yew Meng Lessons learnt help Raffles LaSalle expand by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE Sars outbreak in China has not dampened creative design school Raffles LaSalle's expansion plans in the country. It has, in fact, seen student enrolment soar and will open a new college its sixth in China
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      Lock icon Full and fair value
      299 20 AFX-Asia Oracle defends takeover bid, calls for People Soft board meeting SAN FRANCISCO Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (picture) on Monday requested a meeting with People Soft chief executive Craig Conway and his board of directors as part of his company's US$5.l billion ($B.B billion) hostile takeover
      – AFX-Asia  -  299 words
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Demolition begins
      357 21 AFP Agencies Settlers shocked but Palestinians unappeased JERUSALEM Taking the initial concrete steps towards implementing the peace "road map", Israel has started tearing down settler outposts in the West Bank. By yesterday, the Israeli army had dismantled 10 mostly-uninhabited outposts since the exercise began on Monday night The
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        65 21 AFP The Australian government said yesterday that a man suspected of being an Al Qaeda agent had worked as a baggage handler at Sydney airport. A report by the Australian Broadcasting Corp said Bilal Khazal was named by security agencies as having trained with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        58 21 AFP Thai Tourism Minister Sonthaya Khunploem threatened yesterday to sue a Hong Kong tourist if it is proved she fabricated claims she was gang-raped. Police said the doctors who examined her found no evidence she was raped. The minister said authorities would sue for damages resulting from her allegations
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        Lock icon WASHINGTON
        48 21 Reuters The US government has concluded that stun guns, which inflict a disabling electric shock, can be used for security by crew members on commercial planes, a homeland security official said. Commercial pilots are permitted to carry fire-arms but are not yet approved to carry stun guns.
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        WASHINGTON
        58 21 Saudi Arabia launched an advertising campaign aimed at improving the country's image in the US, particularly on its commitment to the war on terrorism. One ad is called "Shared Values" and describes the common values of the US and Saudi Arabia. The other is called "30 Years" and traces
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      Lock icon Anwar's protege free on bail
      187 22 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR A leading supporter of jailed former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim left prison on bail yesterday. He had been locked up for two years on various charges, including plotting to oust the government. Mr Mohd Ezam Mohd Noor, a youth leader
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      CIA leaks
      238 22 Agency knew Iraq, Al Qaeda links unlikely LONDON The Bush administration's pre-war claims of links between former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden's (picture) Al Qaeda network have taken another beating as it emerged that the CIA had known that such links were unlikely. As US
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      Lock icon Russian women go to geisha school
      144 22 -AFP ST PETERSBURG A geisha school in St Petersburg, the first in Russia, and Europe, is making waves among women from all backgrounds and age groups. For US$44O ($762), the students who have resolved to become "ideal women" follow 10-session seminars devoted to "the
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      Lock icon Only one bid
      220 24 Reuters US handling of contracts in Iraq 'flawed' WASHINGTON The US government's handling of lucrative contracts in postwar Iraq came under the spotlight again, after a US senator charged that Washington had awarded a U*****.1 million ($271.7 million) contract to a contractor with no bidding competition. The
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      Lock icon A Baghdad first
      109 24 AFP BAGHDAD Iraq's first English-language newspaper, The Baghdad Bulletin, hit the streets on Monday. The independent and colourful bi-monthly newspaper is very different from the turgid propaganda sheets of the ousted Saddam Hussein regime. The paper has been operating on a shoe-string budget a British venture capitalist
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      Lock icon US wants base in Thailand
      84 24 Agencies BANGKOK The United States is seeking to lease land in Thailand for a military base to combat militant groups suspected of planning attacks in Southeast Asia, The Nation reported yesterday. Thailand is said to be keen to improve relations with the US after keeping
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Troubled brew
      902 26  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg Is Starbucks creating its own little Asian crisis? by news@newstoday.com.sg IT happens with increasing frequency here in Tokyo. You're invited for coffee at the local Starbucks, only to hang up the telephone and cry: "Oh no, which one?" Starbucks Corp's circular, green-and-black logo has
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      I want my MTV!
      389 27  -  Viewers can watch VHI programmes now serene@newstoday.com.sg MUSIC junkies hooked on MTV South-east Asia have more reasons to tune in to the channel. Viewers can catch programmes from the VHI music channel on Star Hub CableTV Channel 20. These include weekly shows and weekend specials. Previously,
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      Finalists hone their skills
      431 29  -  Elisa Chia f I Which Stars will shine brightest? LESS than two months into his showbiz career, Star Search finalist Huang Shiyu is already a pro when it comes to dealing with the press. On meeting this reporter, the 21-year-old clarifies a quote he gave in
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      Meet the real Amy Cheng
      345 30  -  Jeanine Tan by jeanine@newstoday.com.sg PLAYING a troubled wife first put actress Amy Cheng (picture) in the spotlight. As the long-suffering spouse of Gary Tan in the 1960s drama Growing Up, she wept her way into the public eye. She will do it again this time
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      Lock icon Titanic star remarries
      147 30 Reuters LONDON Titanic star Kate Winslet has married her director boyfriend Sam Mendes at a Caribbean ceremony, her publicist said on Monday. The Oscar-nominated British actress took the plunge late last month. A statement described the event as a "small ceremony". Winslet's daughter, Mia, and three of
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      Lock icon Witherspoon and her tummy
      324 32 Reuters are both roped in for Vanity Fair LONDON When Reese Witherspoon (picture) discovered she was pregnant a few weeks before she was to start work on the set of Vanity Fair, she didn't let her expanding waistline get in her way. Instead, she spoke to
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      Lock icon Drug overdose led to JAG actor's death?
      273 32 Reuters LOS ANGELES Australian actor Trevor Goddard, who played Lt Cmdr Mic Brumby on the long-running CBS series JAG, was found dead at his North Hollywood home of a suspected drug overdose, authorities said on Monday. Goddard's girlfriend discovered his body lying on
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        194 33 Reuters LOS ANGELES NBC has become the latest network to discover an unpleasant reality about one of its reality TV shows. The network said on Monday it would continue to air the reality series, For Love or Money, despite discovering that its star hid
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        183 33 Reuters/ LOS ANGELES The weekend's only new release, 2 Fast 2 Furious (picture), broke weekend and studio box-office records with its high-rewing U5550.47 million ($B6 million) gross. The street-racing action film also proved to be the biggest opening ever for a black director,
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      374 31 www-klmxom.sg^B P. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines celebrates 70 years These are our many other ways of saying thank you from KLM: in Singapore and the Tulips for Charity Sale Receive an exclusive KLM mug with every purchase of a bouquet of five tulips. jA is our wa V of contributing
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      170 33 weekend gross cumulative weeks 1 2 Fast 2 Furious USsso.47m USsso.47m 1 2 (1) Finding Nemo U5546.59m U*****.04m 2 3 (2) Bruce Almighty U5522.36m U*****.44m 3 4 (3) The Italian Job USsl3.l6m USs4o.oom 2 5 (4) The Matrix Reloaded USs9.l9m U*****.78m 4 6 (5) Daddy Day Care US$4.6l m USsBB.47m
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      1474 34 Stanno Tutti Bene Arts Central, 10pm •No Place Like Home Colours channel s,Bpm Wednesday Movies Another Stakeout eh i, 10pm ABC Special cna, 7.32pm d~9IVTKIn "TllTf"! Daisy is the only child of Daniel and Beatrice. She has an observant When Lv Delano —an important witness against the mafia myste- 4k
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      Lock icon Stars happy in Chicago
      567 36 Agencies Top players praise US Open course OLYMPIA FIELDS It has been 75 years since Olympia Fields hosted a US Open and the Chicago club goes into this week's event under pressure to justify its status as a venue for the year's second major. Chicago gangster
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      Lock icon United says yes
      508 37 Agencies Beckham could be a Barca player after Sunday's election LONDON Manchester United has agreed to sell David Beckham to Barcelona. But the move now depends on whether Joan Laporta is elected president of the Spanish club. Laporta had made Beckham his number one target ahead of
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      Runners, protect your feet
      219 38  -  Tan Yo-Hinn MOST folk think their feet are either flat-footed or normal. But there is also the higharched foot, where the front of the foot and the heel support most of the bodyweight. High-arched feet can lead to over or under-pronation (natural inward roll of the
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      Hot Valeric leads the way
      92 38 THE Youth Challenge 2003 bowling tournament began at Victor's Superbowl yesterday. Valeric Teo led the way in the first qualifying round when she struck a 218 average over six games. Michelle Kwang was second on a 202 average while Wong Vi Quan's 205 average saw
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      Lock icon Two goals for England
      599 38 Agencies Nation expects every man to do his duty on the pitch and in the stands Euro 2004 qualifier England v Slovakia Live, tomorrow morning, Ch 22, 2.55 am REDWORTH England heads into today's (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) Euro 2004 qualifier against Slovakia looking not just
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      Singapore Open back on
      138 39  -  Tan Wee Boon THE Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2003 has been re-sched-uled to take place between Aug 18-24. Originally pencilled in for June 16-22, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) postponed the event after the Sars outbreak. Yesterday, SBA's secretary general Steven Yeo expressed his delight that the
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      Drug problem
      82 39 IT LOOKS as if the drug problem that recently tainted sepak takraw is bigger than first thought Yesterday, the president of the Sepak Takraw Federation, Abdul Halim Kader, said he had been tipped off about some other club players. Said Abdul Halim: "We received a phone call that
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        Dv hoping to hit Athens' TV distance
        406 39  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AT 21 years of age, she is the younger of Singapore's formidable shot putt duo. And after Dv Xianhui's performances on the Asian Grand Prix circuit this season, it looks as if the sky's the limit for the Chinaborn
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        Zhang looking to mix it up with the best
        310 39  -  Tan Wee Boon by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg ZHANG Gui Rong has a simple wish. The shot putter wants to rub shoulders with the very best on the international stage. And no stage comes bigger than the Olympics, which looms next year in Athens,
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      Expect ultimate action, Asian style
      185 39  -  Tan Wee Boon SPELL-BINDING twists, gravity-defyin! jumps and Matrix-like manoeuvres. Witness all these and more at the 2003 Asian Xtour Singapore presented by Toyota, to be held at Tan Quee Lan Street, opposite Bugis Junction, from Friday to Sunday. The three-day event will see athletes
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