Today, 6 February 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday February 6, 200^ MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon US shares up
    41 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks finished higher yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 24.81 points to 10,495.55, the Nasdaq composite added 5.42 points to 2,019.56 and the Standard and Poor's 500 edged ud 2.07 points to 1,128.59.
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Gunmen Open fire on Sistani
      93 1 Reuters NAJAF Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite cleric, Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani (picture), survived an assassination attempt yesterday when gunmen opened fire on his entourage in this sacred city, an aide said. The attempt came before United Nations experts are due in the country to assess the
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      MPs to get say in succession
      549 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak THE final say on who Singapore's next Prime Minister will be is in the hands of People's Action Party MPs. Even though Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has already indicated Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as the successor of his
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      Lock icon Many eyes help spot danger early
      849 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak SOMEWHERE among us lives a man whose hunch, and the phone-call he backed it up with, saved Singapore from potential catastrophe. The shadowy, and now neutralised, Jemaah Islamiyah had guarded its secrets and plots jealously. The man was not privy to
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      28 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Blair mistake British PM admits he misunderstood Iraq dossier/2 mr brown Says Janet Jackson exposure revealed more than a boob/41 Amazing Els Goes real low Down Under/62
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon I misunderstood Iraq dossier: Blair
      334 2 Agencies LONDON Just a day after he ordered an independent inquiry to probe the quality of the intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted he misunderstood the controversial "45 minute" claim in the Iraq dossier. Amid hecklings and
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      Lock icon Not too young for Thaipusam
      54 2 WEE TECK HIAN Four-year-old devotee Luxwaran carrying a mini kavadi at yesterday's Thaipusam procession which ended at the Sri Thendayuthapani temple off Tank Road. Hundreds of Hindus of all ages participate in the annual Thaipusam festival to fulfil their vows and mark the great day
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      Lock icon SingTel's $223m windfall
      517 3  -  Chan Chao Peh Forex rates boost its Q3 earnings A STUNNING boost of $223 million from exceptional foreign exchange gains helped SingTel post a near three-fold increase in its third quarter earnings yesterday. For the third quarter ended December last year, SingTel reported a 188.4-per cent increase
      BLOOMBERG  -  517 words
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      M'sian PM's son and Libyan WMD linked
      197 3 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian company controlled by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's son is being investigated for possibly supplying machine parts towards Libya's nuclear weapons programme, said the national police chief. Inspector General of Police Bakri Omar said Scomi Precision Engineering Sdn Bhd,
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      Underwater World urged again to free pink dolphins
      432 4  -  Joy Frances Watchdog says four of six sea mammals not captive-born IN ITS third press conference on the subject since last September, a local animal watchdog group again urged Underwater World Singapore (UWS) to set its pink dolphins free. This time, the
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      Go for it, says Tharman
      64 4 Acting Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the guest of honour at yesterday's Thaipusam festival, said he would not be surprised if more students ended up taking Higher Chinese over the Chinese Language "B" syllabus due to greater awareness of the language's benefits. He added he
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      Orientation for maid employers
      212 4  -  Juliha bee Mohd Noor FROM April 1, all first-time employers of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) will have to undergo a half-day orientation programme as part of the processing criteria for their maid's work-permit application. Conducted in English and Mandarin by trainers engaged by the Ministry of
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      74 2 Be a bit more adventurous this Valentines V Pamper me Thrill me ft' Swim with me Fly with me Feed me Pl^ with me ■SfflfiS^^ Girts to be rsmemc-^rad Experiences' and Live Your Dreams Pte Ltd enforce strict privacy and security policies. Experiences name and logo's and Live Your Dreams
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      88 3 When you purchase a Bose Lifestyle® 20,28 or 35... you can now choose the gift from us. Promotion ends 29 February '04 Lifestyle* 35 mjim r?A Kodak lams Retail Pries 555,590 Worth ***** |g^ I ifoq-K/lo® 9ft Bose Wave® Radio Liicaiyic £X> B^J with Pedestal Retail Price 554,710 T^ I
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      A coach with some tips for S'pore execs
      336 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Leadership training school opens Asian campus here IN America, executives eagerly embrace it But in Asia, they all but shun it Coaching to make you a better executive, that is. "If you're an executive in America, people almost expect
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      11 share $10m Toto jackpot
      190 6 ELEVEN seems to be this year's lucky number. That's the number of people who will share the $10 million jackpot in this year's Toto Hongbao Draw. Moreover, the winning tickets were sold at 11 different outlets, according to Channel News Asia. Each winner is to
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      440 7 THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR, EVERYONE IS LOOKING OUT TO GRAB NIKON COOLPIX 5700 FESTIVE DEAL! Vw^l^ 1 FESTIVE DEAL FREE GIFTS Offer valid from 16 Jan to 15 Feb 2004. While stocks last. ONLY 1 ,488 WITH FREE GIFTS WORTH $288! Grab the Nikon COOLPIX 5700 festive deal and enjoy
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      Uncertain times add to birth woes
      207 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Transplanting Nordic programme not answer I REFER to your report on the conundrum of Singapore's falling birth rate and the Nordic experience (Today, Feb 5). Merely transplanting the Norwegians' programmes for extended paid maternity and paternity leave will do little
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      More quality childcare services needed
      90 8  -  Nur Aisyah Hashim AS A FULL-TIME working mother of a six-year-old boy, I face many constraints. It will be of great help if the Government looks into providing more quality childcare services with an increase in the childcare grant, allowing flexibility at work for mothers
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      Priority for babies
      74 8  -  Heng Cho Choon TO PRODUCE more babies, we need more marriages and this means encouraging more female graduates to make kids, rather than career, their priority. For them, the question should be: "How do I fit my career around having children?" as opposed to "How do I
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      Remove time limit on second child rebate
      264 8  -  Geraldine Chay Mei Fong I REFER to the report, "Falling rates, rising fears" (Today, Feb 5). I am a 28-year-old graduate female who got married more than a year ago. I am expecting my first child, but most of my peers are not
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      Lock icon UOB may buy another Thai bank
      315 14 Bloomberg Thai govt pushing banks to combine to reduce lenders and create larger institutions UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore's second-largest lender, may buy a second Thai bank to expand its consumer banking business, Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha said yesterday. UOB, which owns Bangkokbased UOB
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.60 Change Pis +17.35 +0.17% Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.82 3274.90 6268.14 -25.91 -4.90 +26.75 -0.20% -0.15% +0.43% Koiea Comp 840.92 +5.42 +0.65% KLCI 807.57 +2.74 +0.34% SET Index 729.65 +11.59 +1.61% Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 736.47 1431.79
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5903 UK£ 0.3223 Yen 62.239 HK$ 4.5911 RM 2.2436 Euro 0.4709 Rupiah 4989.2 Baht 23.047 Peso 33.153 A$ 0.775 Indian Rs 26.725 Won 689.69 C$ 0.7873 Yuan 4.8864 NZ$ 0.8655 NTS 19.651
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold uss/oi 400.800 Silver uss/oi 6.155 Platinum uss/oz 816.000 Rubber centsAg 212.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1793 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.24
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        Lock icon Singapore
        137 14 Dow Jones SHARES in Singapore finished mixed yesterday, with the key index lower for the third straight session as a weak showing on US markets overnight and lingering concerns over the outbreak of bird flu dampened investor sentiment However, some positive earnings from domestic firms helped minimise the fall,
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        ST Index: 1,828.7 -5.9
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        60 14 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by iy volume Rotary Close 0.760 Change +0.095 +14.3 'OOO 68,591 Cosco Corp FuYu AirOcean Speedy-Tech KS Tech AEM-EVER DatacrftUSS TAC 200USS Celestial 0.845 0.950 0.370 0.890 1.000 0.415 1.600 2.980 0.470 -0.005 +0.070 +0.035 +0.110 +0.080 +0.300 -0.6 +8.0 +10.4 +12.4 +5.3
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        SGX top rises
        74 14 Close Changi Fhai Prime200USS 11.000 +0.80I Venture 21.900 +0.40I FAC 2000SS 2.980 +0.30I SPC 1.780 +0.17( APB Breweries 7.150 +0.15( KS Tech 1.000 +0.11C Ezra 1.160 +ai a GrealEasI 11.400 +0.10( JurTech 1.510 +ai a iy percentage SliikeW*****5 Close < 0.025 Changi +25.1 LCDev 0.105 +16.; MAE
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        SGX top falls
        81 14 ly Close Changi F&N 12.500 -0.501 CoscoCoiRCCPS*****4 3.780 -0.341 SPH 100 18.600 -0.301 OCBC 12.200 -0.201 SPH 18.600 -0.201 UOB 13.600 -0.201 CITYDEV 6.350 -0.151 Haw Par 4.820 -0.121 Creative 50 18.800 -0.101 DBS 14.800 -0.101 iy percentage Benefun 20k Close 0.015 Change -25.0 ChfpEngS W*****2 Hiap
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      Lock icon SIA more than doubles Q3 profit
      245 16 Dow Jones Cost cuts, post-Sars rebound and forex gains boost results SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) yesterday reported a better-than-expected 110 per cent rise in thirdquarter earnings, thanks to cost-cutting measures and the post-Sars recovery in passenger traffic. The airline's net profit for the quarter that
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs.
      137 16 Dow Jones SembCorp Marine reported yesterday net profit fell 14.7 per cent to $78.5 million, or 5.55 cents a share, for the year ended Dec 31, as higher operating costs and lower exceptional gains offset a 5.6 per cent rise in revenue to $1.07 billion. Property developer Wing Tai
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      Lock icon CSM associate plans $1.7b plant in China
      164 18 Bloomberg CSMC Technologies, a China-based supplier of made-to-order chips in which Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) has a 10-per cent stake, plans to build a USsl-billion ($1.7-billion) factory in China to meet the rising demand. The plant, planned for 2007, will make 8-inch chip
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      Lock icon A boost for ICM sector
      279 18 Channel NewsAsia $640m to be invested this year in infocomm, media industries: EDB SINGAPORE can expect to see about $640-million worth of infocomm and media investment commitments this year, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday. This is slightly above the $623 million invested last
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  279 words
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      Lock icon CapitaLand may post 2003 loss
      454 22 Bloomberg as it writes down value of office buildings to account for rent slump CAPITALAND, Singapore's biggest property developer, may report a net loss for last year, as it wrote down the value of its office buildings to take account of a slump in the
      – Bloomberg; AFP  -  454 words
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      Lock icon Swiss probe into Parmalat widens to money laundering
      204 24 -AFP GENEVA Switzerland's federal prosecutor has opened an investigation into money laundering related to the bankrupt Italian Parmalat food and dairy empire, officials said. The move followed in the steps of another probe launched by the country's banking regulator into a financial
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      Lock icon More bonds better
      343 24 Bloomberg Declining savings and diversifying risks reasons to expand Asia's bond markets, says Citigroup chief Charles Prince CITIGROUP Inc's chief executive Charles Prince said Asia needs to expand its bond markets to help fund U5520.38 trillion ($34.52 trillion) of investment in the next decade as the region's
      — Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  343 words
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      Lock icon Oracle fires up hostile bid
      350 27 -AFP Raises takeover bid for PeopleSoft to $16b NEW YORK Business software giant Oracle injected an extra US$2 billion ($3.4 billion) into its hostile bid for rival PeopleSoft in a last-gasp attempt to win the bitter takeover war. Oracle upped its offer to US$26 a
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      Lock icon China is top maker of TVs, mobile phones last year
      200 27 Bloomberg CHINA made 40 per cent of the world's colour television sets and more than a third of all mobile phones last year, outpacing any other country, the Chinese government said. The nation's home appliance makers, including Hong Kong-listed TCL
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      155 27 Sale ends spm, 9 February 2004. Book online at www.qantas.com.sg or ba.com or call your nearest NATAS travel agent. Chan Brothers Travel (TA 109) 6438 8880 Gasi Holidays (TA 1005) 6733 2228 GBC Travel (TA 431) 6339 2233 Diners World Travel (TA 002) 6292 5522 New Shan Travel (TA 106)
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Limited upside potential
      453 28 DBS Vickers Research DBS Vickers downgrades SembLog to 'Hold' after FYO3 results SEMBCORP Logistics (SembLog) reported a net profit of $90.6 million on revenue of $465.4 million for the financial year ended Dec 31. SembLog's earnings met expectations, with the strong Swiss franc and the gain from
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      224 28 Netßesearch Asia Aussino (54 cents) BUY Lifestyle products retailer Aussino reported FYO4 interim earnings of $5.7 million. After registering a 23-per cent growth in Ql FYO4 earnings, Aussino reported a stronger Q2 to deliver six-month net earnings growth of 40 per cent on the back of a 72-per cent
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2541 28 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Enquiries: Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy Call
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon China denies bird flu cover-up
      158 30 -AFP HANOI The death toll from Asia's bird flu crisis rose to 17 yesterday as China rebutted accusations that it was covering up the incidence of the disease and insisted that it had no human infections. Meanwhile, a 16-year old Vietnamese girl died in the
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      Lock icon Dean hasn't thrown in the towel yet
      410 30 Agencies He will fight all the way despite lack of money and loss of supporters WASHINGTON With almost no money left in the kitty and no states won in the Democratic nomination battle, the pressure on Dr Howard Dean to end his once
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      234 30 -AFP NEW DELHI Ms Sonia Gandhi the widow of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said a court ruling, which cleared her husband of wrongdoing in the country's biggest arms scandal, has ended a 17-year-ordeal. Ms Gandhi the leader of the main opposition Congress
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      353 32 Agencies But Dr Khan's confessions to have global ramifications ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday pardoned the founder of the country's atomic weapons programme after the scientist confessed to leaking nuclear weapons secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. "There is a written mercy appeal
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      262 32 TOKYO The men sport moustaches and the women cover their hair with head scarves. Alcohol is banned on their base and pork is off-limits. These are the orders for the Japanese troops headed to Iraq, so as to blend in with
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      279 37 AFP. Peace process in jeopardy till Gaza convoy killers found, says PLO RAMALLAH (West Bank) A top adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat accused the United States of "blackmailing" his government by pulling back from the Middle East peace process until the perpetrators
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        81 37 AFP The Massachusetts Supreme Court cleared the way for gay marriages in the United States, drawing a stern condemnation from President George W Bush. The state's highest court issued an opinion clarifying a landmark November ruling that said denying marriage licences to
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        79 37 AFP Russian tycoon Viktor Vekselberg has bought the renowned Faberge imperial eggs from the Forbes family and plans to return them to their Russian homeland, Sotheby's auction house announced on Wednesday. Mr Vekselberg, one of Russia's richest men, bought the nine eggs in a
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        81 37 Reuters Sick birds are causing a flap in China in more ways than one. Not only is the country battling an outbreak of bird flu, but now comes a report that over 1 0,000 small birds fell dead from the sky this week in
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        74 37 Agencies A German court yesterday cleared Moroccan student Abdelghani Mzoudi of accessory to murder in the Sept 11, 2001 suicide plane strikes against US cities and being a member of a terrorist organisation. In Germany's other major 911 case, Mr Mzoudi's friend, Mr Mounir
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      346 39 Reuters Miscarriage ends maverick US scientist's bid CHICAGO A Kentucky fertility expert who announced last month that he had transferred a cloned human embryo into a woman said on Wednesday that the pregnancy had failed. But that is not stopping Dr Panos Zavos from
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      191 39 -AFP MECCA Saudi authorities are planning a US$533 million ($903 million) redevelopment of the site where pilgrims flock to cast stones at pillars symbolising Satan, after 251 people died there in a stampede, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The project, the first phase of
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      141 39 Reuters LONDON The secret of carrier pigeons' uncanny ability to find their way home has been discovered by British scientists: The feathered navigators follow the roads just like humans do. Researchers at Oxford University spent 10 years studying homing pigeons using global positioning satellite technology
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      757 43  -  Elisa Chia After 15 years, this diva is still rising WHEN a pop star's "crossover ceremony" (jumping from one record label to another) happens aboard a luxurious ocean liner with dramatic fireworks display as the backdrop, no less it's a telling sign that this is not
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        296 48 Berry can scream but she can't plug the holes in this story FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang Gothika FORMER Bond girl Halle Berry has the unglamorous look down pat Having snagged an Oscar tor ner down-and-dirty role in Monster's Ball, she looks 1 downtrodden and dishevelled
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        228 48 FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang DISAGREEMENTS happen everyday. Some are resolved in a matter of seconds. Others escalate into complex situations. The contentious issue in this film is the house formerly inhabited by recovering alcoholic Kathy (Jennifer Connelly). She is evicted through a bureaucratic
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        144 51 FILM REVIEW by yong shu chiang Torque THE latest film by producer Neal H Moritz, the man responsible for such highoctane fare as The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious and XXX, hits the screens running on empty. Inconceivably, this "two wheels
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    347 53  -  Sam Chua Ftego Pasta manna PASTA SAUCE %B? Make this American ball-game classic with the help of a mouth-watering pasta sauce HERE'S a secret of mine: I have several bottles of pasta sauce at home. It started out innocently enough. I was making oxtail soup and I
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      607 62 -AFP The Big Easy' comes agonisingly close to that magic number 59 GOLF Heineken Classic MELBOURNE South Africa's Ernie Els shot the best round of his life and one of the finest in the history of tournament golf yesterday to lead the USsl.s2 million ($2.57 million)
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      197 62 AFP LONDON World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis (picture) will retire from boxing today, the BBC said in a report yesterday. The 38-year-old Briton has not fought since June last year, when he stopped Vitali Klitschko. He has been under pressure to decide on
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      372 62 AFP SYDNEY Rival skippers Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly gave cautious approval yesterday to a proposed world-best cricket tournament Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed they had given in-principle agreement to the International Cricket Council (ICC) idea, which would pit the world's best team against
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      518 63  -  JOSE RAYMOND Retail giant interested in S-League, O'Connor announces FA Cup display COURTS managing director Terry O'Connor admits he is a die-hard football fan. The Liverpool fanatic was responsible for one of the biggest local football events ever in 2001 when Courts sponsored Manchester United's visit to Singapore.
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      S'pore's Winter Olympics dream
      308 63  -  Tan Yo-Hinn WITH not even a hint of snow here, many will be surprised ice skating in Singapore is represented by a national sports association. Formed just four years ago, the Singapore Ice Skating Association (Sisa) has big plans for the future. Sisa are planning to
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      Lock icon Larsson snubbed Man Utd
      542 64 Agencies Scottish striker claims Ferguson tried to sign him on six years ago GLASGOW Celtic striker Henrik Larsson revealed yesterday that he had once turned down an offer to join Manchester United. But, he admitted that he would be unlikely to do the same now given
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      Lock icon Mallorca keen on signing Larsson
      259 64 Agencies Real Mallorca have confirmed they would love to sign Henrik Larsson in the summer as long as he doesn't treat his stay on the sunshine isle as a holiday. Mallorca's director of football Pepe Bonet yesterday revealed they had been offered the Celtic star
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      Lock icon Lazio upset holders Milan
      180 64 -AFP ROME Lazio are well placed to secure a place in the final of the Italian Cup after winning 2-1 away to holders AC Milan in the first leg of their semi-final this morning. Lazio stormed into a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Stefano Fiore
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      Lock icon Savio the saviour
      101 64 Reuters MADRID A last-gasp strike from former Real Madrid striker Savio allowed struggling Spanish side Real Zaragoza to salvage a 1-1 draw at second division Alaves in a King's Cup semi-final first leg. Alaves took the lead in the 19th minute when Croatian striker Jurica Vucko nodded
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      Lock icon Red Army on the march
      511 65 -AFP United fans vow to increase the pressure on Magnier and McManus LONDON Manchester United fans have stepped up their campaign against John Magnier by taking their battle all the way to the European Parliament Thousands of angry United supporters have vowed to write to
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      Lock icon Racism probe on Everton's Ferguson
      210 65 -AFP LONDON English football's governing body are set to open enquiries into Fulham striker Luis Boa Morte's claim he was racially abused by Everton's Duncan Ferguson. Fulham confirmed after their 2-1 FA Cup fourth round replay victory against Everton they were on the verge of
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        Anelka banned for three games
        71 65 LONDON Manchester City striker Nicolas Anelka's appeal against his sending-off in the 2-1 Premiership defeat by Arsenal last Sunday has failed, the Football Association said yesterday. The Frenchman was sent-off for pushing Arsenal defender Ashley Cole, who had tried to prevent him retrieving the ball
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        You win some, you lose some
        113 65 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur's sec-ond-half collapse in their FA Cup fourth round tie to Manchester City saw one lucky gambler pick up £25,000 ($78,000). With Spurs leading 3-0 at half-time and City down to 10 men, a William Hill customer from Scotland staked £100 on
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        Mancini in talks with Tottenham
        36 65 LONDON Lazio coach Roberto Mancini has confirmed he has spoken with Tottenham over the vacant manager's job at White Hart Lane. The Italian hinted he may be tempted by a move.
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        Diamond's Olympic hat-trick bid
        86 65 SYDNEY Australia's Olympic trap shooting champion Michael Diamond (picture) has been given the chance to compete in this year's Athens Games. Diamond, who won gold medals at the 1 996 and 2000 Olympics, had his licence suspended after being charged with assaulting his former girlfriend and
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        Football clinic for Nee Soon East
        94 65 NEE Soon East CCC will be conducting a weekly football clinic for the under-10, under-12 and under-14 age groups, which starts this Sunday up to April 25. Participants will be charged a monthly fee of $40 for the Sunday sessions, but residents of Nee
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      Lock icon Defoe: The heir to legends Greaves, Lineker and Allen
      896 66 Tottenham boss hails his latest signing, and Brooking says he could be as good as Owen LONDON When he signed for Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, Jermain Defoe was told that the best way of dismantling the skeletons in his footballing cupboard
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