Today, 13 September 2003

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    Masthead
    9 1 weekendTODAY lwww.todayonline.com September 13 -14 2003 MITA (p) 009/03/2003
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    SOOTHING THE JOB WOUND
    821 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Fanfare for new agency amid bleak labour stats by hweenak@newstoday.com.sg AS IHE first press conference by the muchhyped Workforce Development Agency (WDA) was being held on Friday morning, a dismal sec-ond-quarter Labour Market Report was released via e-mail without much fanfare. The timing
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    Lock icon 'Disaster Boy', 13, wreaks havoc at the Amateur Open
    622 1  -  S Murali Tan Yo-Hinn by and muranys'newsLouay.com.sg IN GOLF, winning a tournament by four or five shots is considered an emphatic margin. Winning a tournament by 14 shots is nothing short of spectacular. And when a 13-year-old wins by that margin
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    Malaysia slaps ban on Homerun
    130 1 DESPITE director Jack Neo's appeal, Malaysia has decided to ban not just cut his film, Homerun. According to Mr Daniel Yun, CEO of Raintree Pictures, Malaysian authorities said that the film contained scenes which can be easily interpreted by the Malaysian audiences as containing political
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  • NEWS
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      Court dismisses death-row appeal
      326 2  -  Jose Raymond Last-ditch attempt for stay of execution of drug trafficker fails by josecffnewstoday.com.sg IN WHAT was believed to be the first of its kind in Singapore, a Malaysian on death row managed to bring his case back to the High Court again on Friday despite
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      Loss-hit McDonald's undergoes revamp
      290 2  -  Derrick A. Paulo FAST-FOOD chain McDonald's is undergoing a major facelift that will see its 126 outlets here go upmarket with lounge chairs, plasma screens and free Internet access. Five joints at HarbourFront, Admiralty MRT station, Chua Chu Kang Lot 1, Hougang Lifestyle and Hougang Point
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      Lock icon Not in the pink of health
      577 3  -  Tor Ching Li Sentosa's dolphins are suffering, not smiling, says animal welfare group by chingli@newstoday.com.sg THEY may be smiling and pink, but they're definitely not happy or healthy. In fact, the six pink (or IndoPacific humpbacked) dolphins kept at Sentosa's Dolphin Lagoon are "suffering,
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      Dr M unveils Budget with 'bold initiatives'
      420 4 Its main thrust is to make Malaysia a 'truly trading nation' KUALA LUMPUR In his last Budget before he steps down, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad unveiled what Bernama news agency described as a Budget with "bold policy initiatives". Dr Mahathir, who
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      Lock icon Online course subsidies for NSFs
      237 4  -  Pamela Pang by pamela(g)newstoday.com.sg FULL-TIME National Servicemen (NSFs) who want to take up online educational courses in their last 12 months of service can now get up to 90 per cent of their fees subsidised by the Ministry of Defence (Mindef). The e-PREP scheme will
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      Lock icon Cambodia pays a 'heavy price'
      65 4 AFP CANCUN Cambodian Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, moments after his country's admission to the WTO was approved on Thursday, said his country had paid a "heavy price" for membership. "The package of concessions and commitments that we have to accept certainly goes far beyond what
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      Lock icon HSA to work on TCM with China body
      184 4 Tan Hui Leng DESPITE the regulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) since 1999, the public opinion of such products suffered a setback last year when MediaCorp actress Andrea de Cruz's liver failed, caused allegedly by the TCM drug, Slim 10. Yesterday, the
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  • NEWS/HUMOUR
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      SM's items on show
      71 6 Five of the 88 items put up for bidding at the Sotheby's-Lee Kuan Yew Family Collection Auction will be donated or loaned to the National Heritage Board. The most expensive item was the inscribed mythical lions stone seal presented to SM Lee in commemoration of the
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      Custody row hits SIA flight
      163 6 SYDNEY Singapore Airlines has asked for an investigation after a plane carrying 372 passengers was forced to land by Australian authorities because of a custody dispute over a three-year-old boy onboard. Flight 5Q222, which was flying from Sydney to Singapore on Thursday, was diverted to
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      Don't send a panel to cut waste
      743 6  -  Neil Humphreys send in a loony task force! by neil@newstoday.com.sg SHORTLY after I'd settled in Toa Payoh, I came across a welldug hole beside a sizeable mound of earth that wasn't there the day before. Intrigued, I asked a nearby taxi driver, who
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  • LETTERS
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      Truth behind the tip
      630 8  -  Fakir Singh Service charge system not perfect but most unionised hospitality workers get their tips MR LEE Han Shih in his News Comment "A tip, but for whose pocket?" (Today, Sept 9) was right in saying that the issue of the service charge is the "biggest
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      29 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Robinson to sell retail operations
      200 10 Agencies ROBINSON Co, Singapore's biggest retailer, said it plans to sell its Marks Spencer franchise and other retail operations. It will distribute the proceeds from the sale and $337 million in cash to shareholders. Great Eastern Life and OverseaChinese Banking Corp, which needs to sell
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index: 1,585.6 -7.5
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        World markets
        57 10 In. Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 10,712.81 10,883.52 3,195.20 5,645.28 767.46 Change Pis +166.48 -1.90 +21.85 +1.58% -0.06% +0.39% KLCI 740.94 -2.06 -0.28% SET Index 568.37 +6.71 +1.19% Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 578.375 1,272.99 223.46 4,305.91 +12.737
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        SGX most active
        56 10 By volume Sunningdale AEM-EVER SGX Brilliant AlliedTech Beyonics Close 0.450 0.240 1.690 0.620 0.365 0.270 Change +0.040 +0.030 +0.060 +0.045 +0.015 +0.010 '000 +9.8 75,662 +14.3 61,779 +3.7 52,229 +7.8 44,828 +4.3 37,906 +3.8 37,281 Chartered Singpu FuYu GES 1.320 0.745 0.700 0.710 +0.030 +0.005 +0.035 +2.3
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        SGX top rises
        73 10 By$ Close Change GreatEast 10.400 +0.300 Venture 20.700 +0.300 0CBC4.5MPS100 101.500 +0.200 STIETF100 16.280 +0.080 AmlekW*****0 1.110 +0.070 SATSvcs 1.890 +0.070 AUSSINO 0.460 +0.065 Amlek 1.440 +0.060 GP Bat 3.700 +0.060 MCLLand 1.360 +0.060 By percentage Close Change Netwrk W*****1 0.025 +66.7 MultiChem W*****6 0.065 +62.5 Colex
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        SGX top falls
        78 10 Creative 50 Close Change 18.200 -0.200 SIA 10.800 -0.200 SPH 18.100 -0.200 SPH 100 18.000 -0.200 JMH 400USS 6.950 -0.150 CITYDEV 5.050 -0.100 DBS 12.600 -0.100 OCBC 10.600 -0.100 UOB 12.500 -0.100 JSH 500USS 3.380 -0.080 By percentage Benetun 20k Close Change 0.010 -33.3 Vicplas W*****9 Shining
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        Lock icon Singapore
        80 10 -AFP bHAKh, prices closed mixed on Friday, as the ST Index fell on profit-taking in selected blue chips, dealers said. The ST Index closed down 8.98 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 1,584.27 after touching an intraday high of 1,599.06. The broader All-Singapore Equities index was down 0.37 points
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 378.80 Silver uss/oi 5.31 Platinum uss/oi 701.50 Rubber cents/kg 191.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,414 Brent crude uss/barrel 27.11
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        Lock icon Your S$l buys
        41 10 SGX, Bloomberg US$ 0.5710 UK£ 0.3584 Yen 66.84 HK$ 4.4548 RM 2.1697 Euro 0.5124 Rupiah 4,830 Baht 23.29 Peso 31.40 A$ 0.8680 Indian Rs 26.14 Won 666.99 C$ 0.7841 Yuan 4.7263 NZ$ 0.9840 NTS 19.46 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Made-in-S'pore digicam chips
      287 12 Bloomberg Matsushita move will create 400 jobs here MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co, which makes consumer electronics under the Panasonic brand name, will produce semiconductors for digital cameras in Singapore, the first time such products will be manufactured outside Japan. The world's largest maker of consumer electronics said
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      corporate briefs
      161 12 SingTel has paid Australian Gas Light Co As23 million ($26.6 million) to settle a lawsuit. The Australian company had sued for about AsBs million over the Dingo Blue phone company it bougnt from SingTel's Optus unit in Australia for As22 million in 2000. The lawsuit and a counter-claim
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      Lock icon A tribute to an anti-WTO protester
      41 12 AFP photo South Korean anti-globalisation activists, seen through a hole in a banner, paying homage to fellow countryman Lee Kyang Hao, who committed suicide on Wednesday while participatina in an anti-WTO demonstration in Cancun, Mexico.
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      Lock icon Gas plant hit by N-standoff
      75 12 Bloomberg SOVEREIGN Ventures' plans to explore for oil and natural gas and build a power plant in North Korea have been delayed because the Singapore-based company's Canadian partners are reluctant to travel there amid tension with the US over the state's nuclear arms programme. The
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      Lock icon Eyeing a stake in Indian airports
      116 12 Bloomberg NEW DELHI Singapore is open to participating in the privatisation of India's two biggest airports, in Mumbai and New Delhi, after the government there approved a plan to upgrade facilities and boost air traffic in the country. Companies from India and other countries
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ...
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        Lock icon ACCS – BUY
        57 14 ACCS BUY Phillip Securities Research Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) has secured several refurbishment projects with various mobile phone distributors in the region.The speed with which ACCS leverages on its scalable business model has exceeded our expectations.We upgrade our projected earnings per share in FYO4 to 4.32 cents. Maintain Buy,
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        Lock icon Osim – BUY
        50 14 Osim BUY Dow Jones CLSA keeps Buy on Osim, with a target price of $1.27 as its lifestyle and health products are gaining a regional market. Osim is also active in product innovation and positioning. It has 500 outlets in Asia and is likely to benefit from low penetration rates.
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        Lock icon Portek – BUY
        61 14 Portek BUY Dow Jones DBS Vickers upgrades Portek to Buy from Hold, with a target of 56 cents, as regional ports in Indonesia provide a growing source of recurrent income, even as near-term losses are expected. DBS Vickers said that stripping out the value of its ports, investors are paying
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        Lock icon SGX – AVOID
        56 14 SGX AVOID Dow Jones S&P Asian Equity Research downgrades SGX to Avoid from Hold on limited short-term upside after its stellar performance in recent months on expectations of a high dividend payout. S&P maintains an FYO4 net profit target of $77.1 million, compared to $16 million in FYO3, on higher
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      Lock icon 'US recovery is for real'
      409 14 Dow Jones Improved growth will stabilise jobless rate, say economists NEW YORK This time, the US economic rebound is for real, according to a survey of forecasters, who found economists confident that the healthy growth will end what has so far been a jobless recovery.
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      Take a risk ... but be careful not to get burned
      409 14  - Take a risk but be careful not to get burned Lee Yew Meng SHARE prices have risen sharply in the last few months, rewarding investors and punters who returned to the market after the Sars outbreak was contained. Many investors, when approached by financial planners, say they believe they can
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Unrest over bid to oust Arafat
      430 16 Agencies US, Israel divided on what to do with Palestinian leader JERUSALEM Israel faced an international outcry on Friday over its decision to "remove" President Yasser Arafat, threatening the Palestinian leader with expulsion, jail or death. Calling Mr Arafat an obstacle to peace after
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    • global roundup
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        Lock icon Ex-NYT reporter wins book deal
        72 16 AFP Disgraced New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, who quit in a plagiarism scandal, has signed a US$5OO,OOO ($875,000) book contract. Mr Blair won an advance valued "in the mid six-figure range" from the Los Angeles-based New Millennium Press, which will publish his book, Burning
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        Lock icon Minders gave 2 children cannabis
        66 16 Reuters Two girls aged three and four were recovering from trie effects of cannabis in a South Australian hospital on Friday after carers gave them food laced with the drug and let them inhale its fumes, police said. Police said they had arrested a man
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        Lock icon Online help for divorced men
        74 16 AFP Divorced Portuguese men can now turn to an online survival guide for help on tackling domestic chores which they used to leave to their wives. The portal, called Vida-On, gives advice on concerns such as which bathroom cleanser works best or how to remove
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      Lock icon Iran deadline to declare WMD
      202 16 Agencies VIENNA After several days of intense lobbying, the United States has garnered support for a vote on Friday at the United Nations to give Iran a deadline to prove that it is not developing atomic weapons secretly. Diplomats said that such a move could
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      Lock icon Drifter sought for killing
      142 16 Agencies STOCKHOLM The police are searching for a 32-year-old homeless drifter with a criminal record in connection with the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, two dailies reported on Friday. The man is known to use knives and always carries one or several of them,
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      Officers punished for crash
      113 16 LONDON Four British naval officers got into trouble on Friday for one of the most embarrassing incidents in recent Royal Navy history. Commander Richard Farrington of the HMS Nottingham, the navy's most capable air-defence destroyer, was dining with dignitaries on an island off the east coast
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  • COMMENTARY
    • global roundup
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        Lock icon Eat more dogs
        77 18 Reuters Cambodians are being urged to eat more dogs as part of a crackdown on stray mutts wandering around the capital. Although dogs are found regularly on menus in rural areas, eating them is frowned upon in relatively more sophisticated Phnom Penh. But the city governor says
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        'Wired' robber nabbed
        55 18 A 49-year-old woman robbed an unspecified amount of cash from a Missouri bank after warning the teller she was "wired" to a device around her neck, reported the Associated Press. She said that a van with explosives was in front of a school. No explosives were found
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        Lock icon Mag for the homeless
        61 18 AFP The Big Issue Japan, a magazine that provides income for homeless vendors in the same way as its British namesake, went on sale for the first time in Japan on Thursday in Japan's homeless capital, Osaka. It follows similar Big Issue international editions and comes
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        Lock icon Flaw in Windows
        71 18 AFP United States Government and private cybersecurity experts has warned that the Internet could come under attack from a new virus similar to last month's Blaster worm in the wake of a new Windows flaw revealed by Microsoft. The software giant had announced on Wednesday that the
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        Lock icon Obese Aussies
        63 18 AFP Australia's sporting and health-conscious image may become a thing of the past, as a new report published revealed that nearly half of its people are now too fat. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimated that 3.3 million people in Australia are obese, and 5.6 million
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      Lock icon PRESENT FOR DR M
      1094 18  -  Eric Teo Asian Congress. First East Asian Congress resurrects concept of regional community by news@newstoday.com.sg MALAYSIA held the inaugural East Asian Congress in Kuala Lumpur in early August Almost 1,200 East Asians attended the Congress, comprising 200 "foreign" participants and 1,000 Malaysians. The Japanese and Chinese
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      A TOUCH OF awww
      808 20  -  Dave Barry That's what these petal pushers give to our weddings by weekend@newstoday.com.sg I'M NOT saying it's easy to be the father of the bride. I'm just saying it can't be any more stressful than being the father of the flower girl. I found this out
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  • WATZUP?
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        633 26  - Bublé Bubl é, toil and trouble Janice Lee Crooner on his pop star image and that thing called fame by janice@newstoday.com.sg SORRY to burst your bubble. Singer Michael Buble may look like a pop idol, but he won't start dancing should you turn on the beats. The truth is: Buble
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      287 30  -  Anwar Hashim A round-up of Singapore Fashion Week 2003 by anwar(g>newstoday.com.sg HAVING given a few talented local designers the chance to shine, the 16th Singapore Fashion Week 2003 wrapped up at the end of last month with a party at the Boom Boom Room. The objective of
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      819 32  -  Joy Frances in Deauville Car chases and journos are still no problem for the 61-year-old star by joy@newstoday.com.sg was trying to say in order for you to have another opportunity to do the same thing," he shot back. "All I am saying is it's a very complex
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      93 32 Reuters LOS ANGELES Actor John Ritter, who gained fame playing bumbling and lovable characters in a pair of television comedies decades apart, has died, a representative said on Friday. Ritter was best known for his portrayal of Jack in the 1970s sitcom Three's Company and he
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      354 32 Agencies LOS ANGELES Johnny Cash, who died on Friday at the age of 71, helped oversee the rise of rock V roll in the 1 950s before becoming a country music legend and American icon whose rugged appeal transcended generations and nationalities. He
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        255 33  -  -JeanineTan ES noteworthy that there e intellectually and visually challenged individuals among the cast and crew of Nanyang Girls' High School's staging of the musical Bridging Worlds. The plot revolves around a young girl who defies conventional society to find acceptance in the fringes. Staged
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      573 50 -AFP But in-form Vijay just one shot back and ready to pounce Golf John Deere Classic Lewis, Byrd edge ahead with opening 65s CHICAGO American JL Lewis fired a six-under-par 65 on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time) for a share of the clubhouse lead with Jonathan
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      368 50 AFP LAS VEGAS Oscar de la Hoya tries to avenge one of only two career defeats on Saturday (Sunday morning, Singapore time) as he defends his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super welterweight titles against Shane Mosley. Mosley,
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      213 50 AFP LONDON Aston Villa confirmed that it has been approached by potential investors, raising hopes the Birmingham club could be set for a Chelsea-style cash injection. In a statement to the stock exchange on Thursday, Villa said that "unsolicited approaches" had been made
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      108 50 LONDON Double world sprint champion Kelli White, who tested positive for a stimulant at the world championships, said on Friday she would fight to keep her medals. The lAAF said this week that it did not accept White's explanation for her positive test for modafinil and had referred
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      793 52 Reuters Race row sees rainbow nation plunge into darkness CAPE TOWN The racism row overshadowing the Springboks' preparations for the World Cup next month has reopened old wounds that most people in rugby believed had healed. White lock Geo Cronje's alleged refusal to share a
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      122 52 THE winners in the 2003 Sheares Bridge Run and Army Half Marathon will get a chance to compete in the Boston Marathon, one of the world's most prestigious road racing events. Reebok Singapore, the official sportswear, will send the top male and female runners on a three-day,
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      143 52  -  Tan Wee Boon Today photo by THE evening began on a positive note for Jang Jung, who bagged August's NTUC Income S-League Coach of the Month award (picture) as a rejuvenated Balestier Khalsa collected seven points from a possible 12 to move clear off the bottom.
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      80 52 VETERAN discus thrower James Wong on Friday said that he would win an unprecedented seventh gold medal in the discus at this year's SEA Games in Hanoi for his newborn son Jordan Ryan. The 3.3kg bundle of joy arrived on Tuesday and is Wong's second
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      794 53  -  lan De Cotta TWO weeks ago, Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn fired a potentially damaging salvo at his Michelin-clad rivals. He claimed the thread width of their tyres exceeded the legal limit after use and called for their disqualification in grands prix where such tyres were
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      156 54 Reuters NEW DELHI India has cancelled a training trip to Singapore because of renewed fears over Sars in the country, a hockey official said on Friday. The India squad, preparing for the eight-nation Asia Cup to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Sept 21-28, had
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      292 54 AFP MADRID Spanish Primera Liga giants have their eye on Europe as they go into this weekend's domestic action with the likes of Real Madrid coveting success and riches from the Champions League, which starts next week. Real Madrid has set itself a target
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      178 55 AFP LONDON- Frenchman Patrick Vieira (picture) may have signed on with Arsenal until 2007 but the world's leading midfield enforcer refuses to rule out playing for Premiership rival Manchester United one day. Vieira, 27, ended speculation about his immediate future last month when he
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      326 55  -  Tan Yo-Hinn STEPPING gingerly down the slope at the 16th at Sentosa's Serapong Course, someone in the crowd asked Jaideep Patwardhan what the leader's score was. "Minus five, it's a given," said the two-handicapper from India with a shrug of the shoulders. Moments later,
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