Today, 3 August 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • 12 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday August 3, 2004 mita(P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 120 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks posted moderate gains yesterday as Wall Street shrugged off a heightened terror alert and a new record high for crude oil. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shook off an early decline and gained 39.45 points to 10,179.16, the Nasdaq
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    • 189 1 -AFP WASHINGTON Under electionyear pressure, President George W Bush yesterday joined a chorus calling for the US Congress to create the post of National Intelligence Director that would take some key roles from the Central Intelligence Agency. "Our country is safer than
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    • 787 1  -  Wong Fei Wan Contractor accused of dishonesty; LTA said to have withheld information THREE months after four lives were tragically lost in the Nicoll Highway collapse, the inquiry into what happened kicked off yesterday with the two main parties involved the Land Transport Authority and Nishimatsu-Lum
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 427 2  -  Ng Shing Vi S'pore,Timor Leste are two nations yet to ratify agenda SINGAPORE is one of only two countries in Asia yet to sign an international protocol pledging a commitment to reduce child prostitution and child sex tourism. And for all of Singapore's harsh
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    • 682 3  -  Richard Seah |\IEWS£&DIDI&DL There's more to MSG than latest findings SEVERAL newspaper reports have suggested that MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is safe or even good for health. The latest came from a lecturer in Natural Sciences and Science Education at the National Institute of
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    • 357 4 Reuters NEW YORK In the first terror alert to focus on a specific sector of the economy, the Bush administration declared an "orange" or high-level alert for several financial institutions in Washington and New York on Sunday. United States Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned
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    • 110 4 KEPALA BATAS (Malaysia) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged United Malays National Organisation (Umno) members to close ranks and work together ahead of the party's September elections. Mr Abdullah, who is also Umno's president-elect, said the elections were the party's second test, following
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 483 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Students the target of educational campaign on value of organ donation IN 1998, Mr Chua Chai Leng, 52, went beyond what most people consider a near-death experience. His heart actually stopped beating for five minutes. Miraculously though, he was resuscitated and came
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    • 194 6 THE National Environment Agency (NEA) has designated August as the "Singapore, Litter-Free" month. Over 100 grassroots organisations and event organisers have pledged to make their National Day events litter-free. The National Day Parade, for example, will see participants getting the chance to take part
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    • 231 7 AS LOCAL universities welcome their new intakes this year, one message is clear: Globalisation is here to stay at our campuses. The National University of Singapore's (NUS) 5,600 freshmen hail from 71 different countries, while the Singapore Management University (SMU) reported a 10--per cent increase
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    • 238 7  -  Lee U-Wen MEDIACORP TV and NTUC Club announced a two-year partnership yesterday aimed at leveraging on each other's strengths in the entertainment scene. The goal: To bring families and communities closer together through recreational activities and wholesome television programmes. MediaCorp TV's CEO, Madam Chua Foo
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • 50 7 Another doctor associated with Grace Polyclinic has been suspended for 20 months and fined $10,000 by the Singapore Medical Council's Disciplinary Committee. Dr Eileen Goh Swee Lian was censured for inappropriately prescribing hypnotic medication to patients. She had also failed to properly record their diagnoses ana conditions.
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      • 50 7 Newsßadio 93.8 Minster for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr Lee Boon Yang, will head for Bangkok on Wednesday for the Asean Telecommunications and IT Ministers Meeting He and his counterparts will discuss plans for the Asean Telmin work program and the e-Asean framework agreement.
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      • 39 7 Channel News Asia Singapore has appointed its only serving woman police commander. Superintendent Zuraidah Abdullah is only the second policewoman ever to reach the rank of division commander. She will head the Juronq Police Division.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 158 12 Dow Jones $80m full-year dividend payout likely SINGAPORE Post (Sing Post) reported a 10.5-per-cent rise in first-quarter net profit to $26.1 million, or 1.37 cents per share. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $89.4 million, a 0.5-per-cent decline from $89.01 million a year
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    • 112 12 Bloomberg UNITED Overseas Land (UOL) is evaluating all options regarding its 4.2-per-cent stake in parent United Overseas Bank (UOB), including selling the shares on the open market Depending on proposals received from financial institutions and market conditions, the divestment could include a block trade of
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    • 205 12 Dow Jones SembCorp Marine reported a 20.2-per-cent year-on-year rise in second quarter net profit, due to more ship repair jobs and a stronger contribution from associates. Net profit for the quarter ended June 30 was $25.97 million, or 1.82 cents a share, up from $21.61 million, or 1.52 cents
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 111 12 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed down in quiet trade, spooked by US terror alerts, rising oil prices and concerns about the outlook for the rest of the year. The ST Index fell 4.3 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 1,887.41. Losers led gainers 1 95 to 93 as 371
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      • 3 12 STI 1,887.41 -4.3
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      • 60 12 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.24 Pis -103.54 Change -0.91 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.39 3544.90 -36.64 +8.80 -0.30 +0.25 Taiwan Wtd 5350.40 -70.17 -1.29 Korea Comp 719.59 -15.75 -2.14 KLCI 827.49 -6.49 -0.78 SET Index 636.70 +5.28 +0.84 Jakarta Comp 749.45 -7.52 -0.99 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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      • 26 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 396.1 Silver uss/oz 6.67 Platinum uss/oi 825 Information provided by Rubber cents/kg 235.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1397 Brent crude uss/borrel 39.23
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      • 36 12 US$ 0.582 UK£ 0.32 Yen 64.798 HK$ 4.5391 RM 2.2114 Euro 0.4843 Rupiah 5313.2 Baht 24.046 Peso 32.56 A$ 0.8283 Indian Rs 27.043 Won 680.94 C$ 0.7747 Yuan 4.8168 NZ$ 0.9138 NTS 19.866
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      • 59 12 By volume Citiraya Links Is Chartered AEM-EVER Memtech 8Telecom UniFiber Noble Grp Bio-Treat Kl Ventur Close 0.615 0.385 1.040 0.260 0.495 0.320 0.160 0.985 0.805 0.300 Change +0.005 -0.035 +0.020 +0.020 -0.010 -0.015 +0.030 -0.010 -0.005 +0.8 -8.3 +2.0 +8.3 -2.0 -4.5 +3.1 -1.2 -1.6 'OOO 19,845
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      • 76 12 By Close Change lurEng 2.400 +0.270 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 108.500 +0.200 IMH400USS 12.400 +0.200 DBS 15.600 +0.100 F&N 14.300 +0.100 3realEasl 11.700 +0.100 5TIETF100 18.800 +0.080 Fortune Reil HKS 5.850 +0.050 lurTech 1.170 +0.050 )y percentage El Nets Close i 0.015 Change +50.0 WediaS 0.015 +50.0 SinSoonH
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      • 79 12 By$ Close Changi Creative 50 17.100 -0.401 SIA 10.700 -0.401 SIA 200 10.800 -0.401 Bukit Sem 13.000 -0.101 lardine C&C 6.450 -0.101 KepCorp OUE 7.200 7.250 -0.101 -0.101 UOB 13.600 -0.101 CITYDEV 6.050 -0.051 TAC 200USS 2.710 -0.051 By percentage Wee Poh Close Ch 0.010 hange -33.3
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    • 1077 14 OCBC investment seminar sees experts share views with 400 investors on how to reap rewards WHAT'S the impact of rising interest rates in Asia? Which United States president will benefit the markets more Mr John Kerry or Mr George W Bush? And which Singapore stock should
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    • 343 15 Dow Jones FIRMS in Singapore's services industry as well as those in the manufacturing sector here are bullish about their prospects for the next six months, according to two surveys published yesterday. But among the 400 manufacturers polled in June and last month by the Economic
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    • 137 15 THE JULY reading of the Singapore Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) indicated that the manufacturing sector expanded for the 14th consecutive month. But the rate of expansion slowed, as the PMI posted a reading of 53.5 a decline of 3.3 points from the previous month.
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    • 68 15 Dow Jones BANK lending here rose about 6 per cent year-on-year to $174.7 billion last month, compared with $165.2 billion in June last year, according to preliminary data issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Compared with May, the volume of bank loans was up by
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    • 384 16 Possible terror attacks on US push investors into buying mode OIL prices climbed to new highs late yesterday in Asia as fears of a crude shortage and possi ble terror attacks in the United States pushed investors into speculative buying mode. New York light, sweet
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    • 149 16 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR The first major business figure to be charged for corruption in Malaysia since Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came to power last October went on trial yesterday. Singapore-born entrepreneur Eric Chia Eng Hock, the former head of state-led Perwaja Steel, denied charges that
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    • 140 16  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) and its five regional associates posted their biggest gain in the number of subscribers for the quarter ended June 30, led by growth from its Indonesian business, the company said yesterday. Between April and June, the total number
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    • 2387 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS FIGURES AS AT SPM YESTERDAY UNIT TRUSTS BEGINNING WITH LETTERS A-H AND I-Z ARE LISTED ON ALTERNATE DAYS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not
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  • INFOTECH
    • 467 19  -  Francis Chin Fuji Xerox's technology sends a document to all the departments that require a copy I A SALESMAN on the street in Japan walks into any 7-Eleven store, turns on the printer which is connected to the Internet, retrieves documents from his office and prints them
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    • 397 19 I COMPUTER security is the I most critical attribute of corporate networks, say 78 per cent of corporate executives in a survey by AT&T and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Security moved to the top of the list from
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    • 265 20  - When hacking pays Ariel Tarn More than $5,000 worth of prizes for winning duo in challenge The teams will will have to defend their "organisation's" equipment and resources against penetration and exploitation by other teams. The winning team will walk away with two lomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burners (worth
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    • 34 20 AFP An employee of Hitachi displaying the prototype model of a notebook computer [left] and a Windows CE-based PDA that are powered by direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) batteries.
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    • 172 20 Francis Chin THEY may be regarded as the IT boss of their company but CIOs (chief technology officers) do not care for technology. They regard themselves as business people. So, their decision to acquire technology is based more on business concerns such as customer
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    • COOKIEbox
      • 52 22 Satyam Computer Services, India's software services giant, has entered into a global partnership with Singapore-based financial software company System Access. Satyam will support the distribution of System Access' banking solutions globally and will be the latter's primary partner in the implementation of
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      • 64 22 SIEBEL CRM OnDemand, the first hosted customer relationship management service offering analytics and standalone and hybrid deployments, is available in Singapore. It offers integration to the Siebel onpremise solution via a hosted integration server, real-time analytics with a data warehouse and Outlook synchronisation. It is
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      • 54 22 Reuters South Korea's top website operator, Daum Communications, said it would acquire Lycos Inc, the US business of Spain's Terra Lycos, owner of sites such as Tripod, for 11 1.2 billion won. Daum will finance the deal with 70 billion won of its cash reserves
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      • 45 22 Reuters Microsoft Corp has issued a patch for its Internet Explorer browser, which was known to have three critical flaws that let hackers take control of computers and distribute malicious software code. The patch can be downloaded at www. m icrosoft. com/security.
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    • 175 22  -  Ariel Tarn Ariel Tarn Knowledge®Work encourages on-demand, collaborative learning ariel.tam@newstoday.com.sg To enable learning ondemand and encourage collaborative learning, the Institute of Systems Science (ISS) and IBM have launched a knowledge portal for IT technology and management, called Knowledge@Work. Targeted at professionals in the IT community,
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    • 102 22 REUTERS A June 27 file photo shows Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs previewing the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system code-named Tiger in San Francisco, California. Mr Jobs has had successful surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer, the
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    • Article, Illustration
      154 23 Time to upgrade CPU? Q: I want to monitor the performance of my Windows PC servers as I want to know if I need a faster processor. Is there a program I can run to determine this? Peter Lum A: WinNT, 2000 and XP comes with a performance
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    • 517 23  -  John Lvi How to cut telco and computing costs I BUDGET IDD carriers I often offer international direct calls which vary widely in sound quality to different countries. By using a spread of several IDD budget carriers, you won't be frustrated should the line to Jakarta
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • GLOBALroundup
      • 45 24 -AFP Russia's first ever food donation to North Korea 34,700 tonnes of wheat has arrived in the impoverished nation, bringing hope to millions, the United Nations World Food Program said yesterday. Beneficiaries of the aid include survivors of the April train explosion.
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      • 33 24 AFP A Saudi diplomat in London suspected of sexual impropriety against an 1 1-year-old girl was allowed to walk free due to his diplomatic status, the police said on Sunday.
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    • 342 24 Agencies Car bombs used in the first attack on Iraqi Christians BAGHDAD The interim Iraqi government has fingered wanted militant, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, as the mastermind of a series of church bombings in Baghdad and Mosul that killed at least 11 people, on Sunday. Six car bombs
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    • 164 24 -AFP TOKYO Fugitive US chess master Bobby Fischer has applied for political asylum in Japan in a new bid to avoid being deported to the United States where he could face a lengthy jail term, his lawyer said yesterday. Ms Masako Suzuki said she was filing
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    • 427 25 -AFP Former security chief blames Arafat for graft as thousands join rallies DUBAI Former Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan vowed on Sunday that Palestinians would continue pressing for reforms as he denied challenging President Yasser Arafat. "We will press on with demands (for reform), despite
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 47 25 AFP At least 340 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a fire raced through a crowded supermarket in Paraguay on Sunday. Firefighters believe the blaze may have been ignited by a spark hitting a propane aas tank in the food court.
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      • 34 25 Reuters Chechen rebel leader Asian Maskhadov vowed on Sunday to kill whoever wins the Aug 29 presidential elections in the Russian province later this month. Other pro-Moscow officials would also be targeted.
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      • 69 25 -AFP Britain's Royal Air Force launched an operation yesterday to rescue four people trapped on a sinking yacht over 320km off the northwest coast of Scotland. "The people are in dire straits at the moment," an RAF spokesman said. "We are doing our best to
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      • 49 25 When women get high AFP Alcoholic Thai women are more prone to hit their spouses than the other way around, according to the results of a survey released on Monday. 6.2 per cent of Thai female alcoholics assault their husbands, while it was 5.7 per cent for male alcoholics.
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    • 929 26  -  William Pfaff If Washington maintains its claim to 'more security' than anyone else, it stands to be challenged PAEIS For the world outside the United States, the upcoming presidential election is all about the US' international role. The result of the election
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    • 1019 28  -  Jeanine Tan Women may not be the only ones feeling the pressure as the beauty industry ramps up its ad campaigns THE body beautiful ideal is everywhere; the call to lose weight and get that perfect shape is growing. Advertising campaigns for beauty treatments and
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    • 156 29 MEDIACORP artiste Jacelyn Tay recently penned Feel Look G<uid with Jacelyn Tay. a book filled with lips on how to stay healthy. She for a beauty and slimming chain. ing slim is having a body thai doesn't have fat. For a lot of pie,
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        649 30  -  Gurmeet Singh From a glowing complexion to a reduced risk of cancer, many are discovering the benefits of a glass of juice THERE'S no denying that Singaporeans love food: Fried, simmered, broiled, barbecued, stir-fried and baked. However, we have yet to wake up to the many life-pre-serving and
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    • 557 35 Agencies World No 1 makes history with three straight wins on three different surfaces TORONTO His spell at the top of world tennis is still in its infancy, yet Roger Federer's yawning lead in the rankings and a mass of milestone achievements already place the Swiss
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    • 260 35 -AFP GALLE, Sri Lanka Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan (picture) is all set to take a lead over arch-rival Shane Warne, when he returns to his favourite hunting ground tomorrow for the first Test against South Africa. The Sri Lankan, who shares the
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    • 431 36  -  STEFANIE LOH MOST people are used to seeing MediaCorp actor Tay Ping Hui on the goggle box. However, the 33-year-old, who has had starring roles in Singapore television series like Always on My Mind and Spicy Siblings, is no stranger to
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    • 442 36  -  DAN PEK Bedok Kings star Tan travels 720 km every weekend to play LIKE many Singaporeans, Gary Tan enjoys making weekly trips across the Causeway for shopping, food and to visit family and friends. There is a small difference, though. Tan's trips involve him travelling
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    • 85 36 THERE will be a festival of rugby for Primary 5 students and below today. Various schools will be participating in the National under-11 Primary Schools Championships at CCAB Bukit Timah. Held from 3pm-6pm, the competition will showcase the nation's brightest and youngest talent, all slugging it out
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    • 113 36 AUCKLAND All Blacks hardman Keith Robinson yesterday was ruled out of the Tri-Nations rugby Test against Australia in Sydney on Saturday because of a calf strain. Robinson, who missed New Zealand's first two Tri-Nations Tests because of a back problem, strained the muscle in his comeback
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      • 509 37 Agencies Maradona's former club to be declared bankrupt MILAN Debt-ridden former Italian champions Napoli have been declared bankrupt, news agency ANSA reported yesterday. Napoli, who have been refused a licence to play in Serie B due to their heavy debts, reported to be around
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      • 579 37  -  TAN YO-HINN Big blow for Singapore and the Marlins as skipper is laid low ONE of Netball Singapore's (NS) marquee events next year is the Asian Netball Championships. NS, the hosts of the tournament, have targeted a good showing by their team, as a stepping stone
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    • 560 38 Agencies Ageing Popov wants 'King of the Sprint' title back PARIS His legendary status is assured, but the possibility of making Olympic history compels the Russian to return one more time. Four-time Olympic champion Alexander Popov (picture) will be bidding to reclaim not
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    • 459 38 AFP PARIS Her dominance at the Sydney Olympics was absolute. But veteran Inge de Bruijn will be going head on with a new wave of women swimmers, in a bid to reaffirm her status as the queen of the pool at the Athens Games.
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    • 642 39 Agencies Shamed FA executive resigns over sex scandal as England players back their coach LONDON There have been sex, lies, but hopefully not a videotape. No one, surely, wants to actually see Sven-Goran Eriksson sleep with his secretary. Nevertheless, the "Sven-gate" crisis at the
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    • 337 39 Agencies JINAN, China Japan coach Zico (picture, left) is not a happy man. Frustrated at the racist booing on the terraces, he now finds himself at the centre of a major political blunder. The Brazilian appealed yesterday to Chinese fans to lay off the loud
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    • 196 39 -AFP BEIJING China coach Arie Haan has mustered a plan to topple a powerful Iran brimming with confidence in the Asian Cup semi-finals attack from the whistle. The former Dutch star knows China face a different ball game against the three-time champions, as he looks to
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