Today, 18 August 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday August 18, 2004 I MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      34 1 Singapore's Zhang Xueling (picture) and Li Jiawei beat their South Korean opponents in the women's singles table tennis third round at the Athens Olympics yesterday. See table of results on Page 39 ■^■HW^^antaau.-...^. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Pullout will not affect deterrence
      182 1 AFP US 'will still be able to stand up to N Korea' WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday defended plans by the United States to reduce its forces in South Korea, saying it would not in any way diminish US ability to deter North Korea.
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      Lock icon Stocks up, oil prices higher
      71 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks ended higher for a third successive day yesterday, even as oil prices rose to U5546.72 ($80.02), after investors were encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 18.28 points at 9,972.83, the
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      A place in PM's heart
      633 1  -  Jeremy Lim ON THURSDAY, I was almost moved to tears when I heard Mr Lee Hsien Loong say in his first speech as Prime Minister: "We must also have a place in our hearts and our lives for the disabled, who are our brothers and
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Hanoi red carpet for S'pore businessmen
      399 2  -  Derrick A Paulo VIETNAM rolled out the red carpet at a Singapore-sponsored business conference in Hanoi yesterday for its largest foreign investor. The country's prime minister, deputy prime minister, various other ministers and business delegates welcomed over 200 enterprises from Singapore, including a 60-member-delegation
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      Sentosa Cove woos wealthy 'stayers'
      299 2  -  Val Chua IN A bid to woo the region's high networth personalities to take a stake in Singapore, the Government is offering a prestigious resort address in Sentosa. But first, some rules. Those being courted should belong to a pool of "desired" foreigners. By that,
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      Lock icon S'poreans, speaking up is like buying 4-D
      881 3  -  Siew Kum Hong |\IEWS£&DIDI&D^— If you don't, you definitely won't win. If you do, there is a chance of success and things could change IN HIS swearing-in speech last week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong asked Singaporeans to "step forward to make a
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      Lock icon Sadr snubs peace delegation
      258 5 Reuters Failure to hold face-to-face talks raises possibility of US-led offensive to crush his Mehdi Army NAJAF Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr refused yesterday to meet a delegation of Iraqi political and religious leaders seeking to end a rebellion in the holy city of Najaf
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      Lock icon Top Al Qaeda men on the run
      178 5 AFP ISLAMABAD Raids by the Pakistani army have forced top Al Qaeda operatives to flee sanctuaries near the border with Afghanistan to cities and other countries, President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday. Some of those fleeing were among the 30 or so suspects rounded
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      MediShield premiums to rise in first adjustment in 12 years
      421 6  -  Tan Hut Leng WITH healthcare costs on the rise, premiums for MediShield look set to increase, in what would be the first adjustment in 12 years. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan announced this yesterday, barely a week after he declared
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      Wall movement readings were not taken
      460 6  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry: Day 11 Two-day delay not acceptable, says judge NO READINGS were taken from an instrument that measured wall movement two days before the supporting walls of the excavation pit in the MRT Circle Line construction site collapsed.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      S'porean's vision of future triumphs in contest
      269 8  -  ■Lee U-Wen COME 2029, children will get cashcards in place of red packets and family portraits, taken with mobile phones, will be beamed directly into a digital photo frame. For his visualisation of what life would be like 25 years from now in
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      Unfinished business
      469 8  -  Lee Ching Wern Job's done after 3 tasks: DPM Tan IN his final 10 months as Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Tony Tan has plenty to see to. At a press conference at the Istana yesterday, Dr Tan, who is also the Co-ordinating Minister for Security and Defence,
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon CEO faces insider trading charge
        61 10 Newsßadio 93.8 The CEO of KLW Wood Products, a subsidiary of listed KLW Holdings, has been charged with insider trading. Bay Kim Tee, 37, allegedly bought 1 00,000 shares of KLW Holdings on May 8, 2002, based on insider information. If convicted, Bay faces a
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        Lock icon Army forms Training Institute
        60 10 Channel NewsAsia As part of the Army's push for a third generation fighting force that leverages on technology and new skills to develop an urban operations force, three infantry training centres have been merged to form the Infantry Training Institute. The institutes are the Basic Combat
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      Not so unique, Singapore?
      452 10  -  Tor Ching Li Tourism tagline says nothing: Marketing guru Culture, modernity, tagline says it all: STB CEO LAUNCHED amid a blaze of publicity, the "Uniquely Singapore" tagline is the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) way of marketing the Lion City to the world. Earlier this year, STB
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      Will to serve must come from the heart
      172 12  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong I REFER to your report, "PM Lee's stress on strong grassroots" (Aug 16). The contributions of a strong and committed grassroots leader are just as valuable as those of a professional or an academic. I know of people
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      No Wrong Door, but where do they lead?
      187 12  -  Lim Boon Hee THINKING optimistically that the private and public sectors could co-operate for a win-win outcome, I called a hospital to ask if I could send my patients there for X-rays, for a fee to be negotiated. I thought the hospital
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      When non-replies lead to frustration
      452 12  -  Kelvin Lee Jie 'Mechanical' nature of civil service's dealings with public undermines claims it is progressive AS working parents to two young children, my wife and I found the only reliable babysitter available was the confinement nanny my wife had after giving birth. As she
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      Give education officers a taste of reality
      215 12  -  Kenneth Leong De-An I READ with interest the recent comments about education, school workload and children's happiness. As a secondary school student, I agree that the existing school workload is excessive, depriving students of time for our families, fun and to pursue our
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon SGX courts Vietnamese firms
      378 14  -  Derrick A Paulo Hanoi says willing to allow 'pilot test cases' THERE are 22 foreign companies from South-east Asia listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), but none from the fastest growing country in the region: Vietnam. The SGX is hoping that this will not be the
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      Investors ponder NatSteel's future without steel as its shares plunge
      366 14  -  Jaime Koh ONE day after NatSteel unveiled a surprising $486 million deal to sell its core business to India's Tata Steel, investors were left wondering what would happen to the Singapore steel miller following the disposal of its flagship portfolio.
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      Lock icon SIA to fly A3BO super jumbo in April 2006
      200 14 -AFP SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) will start flying the new Airbus A3BO in April 2006, becoming the first carrier to use what is billed as the world's biggest commercial aircraft, chief executive Chew Choon Seng said yesterday. Mr Chew said the move
      -AFP  -  200 words
    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index- 1,880.52 +2.92
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        Lock icon Singapore
        235 14 Agencies SHARES closed mixed yesterday, but blue chips were boosted by Monday's rally on Wall Street that was driven by retreating oil prices. The ST Index rose 2.92 points, or 0.1 6 per cent, to finish at 1,880.52. Traded volume was low at 360.7 million shares worth $381.3 million,
        — Agencies  -  235 words
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        SGX most active
        60 14 Jy volume Jio-Treat jtiraya TO JniFiber iTATS ChipPAC laya Hldg YWTech (1 Ventur (otary Uleghmani SDS Close 0.720 0.635 2.840 0.155 1.030 0.925 0.140 0.310 0.335 0.225 Change +0.010 +0.015 -0.020 -0.010 +0.040 +0.005 +0.005 +0.005 +0.010 +1.4 +2.4 -0.7 -1.0 +4.5 +3.7 +1.6 +1.5 +4.7 'OOO
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        SGX top rises
        78 14 By$ Close Change F&N 14.200 +0.200 UOB 13.000 +0.200 Day en 0.400 +0.160 CITYDEV 6.000 +0.100 CITYDEVW*****0 3.500 +0.100 DBS 15.600 +0.100 Shang Asia 2kHKS Iselan(S) 7.300 +0.100 3.000 +0.060 CIH 2.900 +0.050 Fortune Reil HKS 5.800 +0.050 fy percentage Close Change Jayen iolillioii 0.400 0.020 +66.7
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        SGX top falls
        71 14 By Close Change iingamasC 2kHKS 3.700 -0.200 fransmarco 0.720 -0.190 lardine C&C 6.900 -0.150 jealive50 17.400 -0.100 IMH 400USS 12.900 -0.100 KepCorp 7.000 HatSteel 2.240 -0.100 -0.100 XBC 13.100 -0.100 XBC4.5MPS100 102.400 -0.100 By percent tage Close Change IRECorp 0.025 -28.6 Iwinwood 0.030 -25.0 Iransmarco 0.720 -20.9
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        World markets
        59 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries Faiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 10,725.97 12,256.12 3,495.40 5,342.49 771.03 Change Pts +38.16 +36.37 +14.80 -9.52 -2.82 +0.36 +0.30 +0.42 -0.18 -0.36 KLCI 808.51 -0.61 -0.08 SET Index 602.75 +5.77 +0.97 Jakarta Comp 751.95 -3.97 -0.53 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,566.83 224.66
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 403.50 Silver uss/oi 6.725 Platinum uss/oi 869.00 Rubber centsAg 213.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,482.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 42.35 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5838 UK£ 0.3175 Yen 64.455 HK$ 4.5469 RM 2.2154 Euro 0.4726 Rupiah 5,413.5 Baht 24.194 Peso 32.482 A$ 0.8123 Indian Rs 27.025 Won 674.91 C$ 0.7613 Yuan 4.8216 NZ$ 0.8762 NTS 19.931
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      Lock icon Nodx resumes growth
      345 16 Bloomberg July non-oil exports gain 17.6% from last year, 2.6% from June NON-OIL domestic exports last month gained a seasonallyadjusted 2.6 per cent from June, after shrinking 6.9 per cent that month, said International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the Government's trade promotion agency. From a year earlier, exports
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      Lock icon SIA might raise fuel surcharge
      100 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines may have to increase a US$5 ($8.60) per passenger fuel surcharge if oil prices continue to rise, Reuters reported, citing chief executive Chew Choon Seng. The airline might not have a choice, Reuters quoted Mr Chew as saying at a conference in
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      Lock icon Sept 15 deadline for NOL shareholders
      263 18 Bloomberg Temasek sends offer document; shipping firm to release adviser's recommendations in 14 days TEMASEK Holdings said yesterday that its $2.8-billion take-over offer for Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) will close on Sept 15 and it has no plans for "major changes" at the shipping
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      Lock icon Robinson profit up
      107 18 Channel NewsAsia ROBINSON and Company had a good year as shoppers flocked to its stores. Its full-year net profit for the year ended Jun 30 rose 40 per cent to $41.5 million, or 48.3 cents per share. Revenue rose 11 per cent to $380 million. It also
      Channel NewsAsia  -  107 words
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      99 18 Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology Group's net profit for the first half ending June 30 rose 69 per cent to 35.7 million yuan ($7.4 million) from 21.2 million yuan a year ago. Sales fell 37 per cent to 17.82 million yuan from 28.4 million last year. Earnings per share rose
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      Lock icon Novartis to build $310m plant here
      287 20 AFP Move strengthens role of biomedical sector as key pillar of the economy SWISS pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced yesterday it will build a US$lBO-million ($3lO million) plant in Singapore to boost its global manufacturing capacity and meet growing demand for its products worldwide. Construction
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      UOB sells $1 billion in 15-year bonds, boosts Tier 2 capital
      151 20 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) sold $1 billion in 15-year subordinated bonds yesterday at a yield of 68 basis points above the 10-year Singapore dollar swap offered rate, Dow Jones Newswires quoted a banking source as saying. The bonds carry
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      Lock icon Honesty in question
      222 22 Agencies Australian PM refuses to take lie detector test SYDNEY Questions over Australian Prime Minister John Howard's honesty look set to dominate a looming election as he refused to take a lie detector test over accusations that he lied during the last poll campaign. Mr Howard said
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      Lock icon Jacksons turn up the pressure
      191 22 Reuters SANTA MARIA (California) Singer Michael Jackson and his family members, clad in white outfits, turned up at court yesterday to watch his lawyers grill the prosecutor who is pursuing him on child sex charges. Greeted by screaming fans, Mr Jackson attended the hearing to
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Brazil army to pay citizens to hand over firearms
        52 22 Reuters Brazil's army will begin paying citizens for firearms to double the number of guns handed over in the country's campaign to cut one of the world's highest murder rates, police said yesterday. In the last month, Brazilians have turned over
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        Lock icon Donkey cart beats Porsche
        55 22 AFP A donkey cart beat a rorsche in a race held in a northern Portuguese city to see which mode of transportation could best get through the city's congested roads. The cart was the first to reach the port city of Viana do Castelo from the
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        Lock icon German Chancellor adopts Russian daughter
        40 22 Reuters German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife have adopted a 3-year-old Russian girl. The Schroeders adopted the child, named Victoria, from a children's home in St Petersburg and picked her up several weeks ago.
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      Lock icon A city bogged down by IT success
      353 24 -AFP Congested roads, a worsening power shortage is crippling Bangalore in India's Silicon Valley BANGALORE The success of India's high-tech and outsourcing industry was built on Bangalore, but the southern city has now become a victim of its own success. The rapid growth
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        Lock icon Search for survivors
        45 24 -AFP British rescue workers combed the coastal village of Boscastle in North Cornwall yesterday to search for victims after a devastating flash flood tore through the tourist spot. No one has been reported missing, but police said some people remained "unaccounted for".
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        Lock icon US doubts Chavez win
        41 24 AFP The United States has declined to join international monitors in backing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's apparent victory in a recall election. Instead, it called for a prompt, thorough and transparent probe into opposition claims of fraud.
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      815 26  -  Dr EricTeo Upcoming polls in Hong Kong,Taiwan may not^pome up to China's expectations CHINESE leaders will face two crucial electoral challenges in the next four months which could have critical consequences for regional peace and stability, especially early next year. On Sept 20, Hong Kongers will
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      541 26  -  Ivy Singh-Lim AS the driver drove us into the compound of my friend's house in Colombo, I was intrigued to see a group of people playing cricket intrigued because the group was made up of women and all were between the ages of 55 and 60 an
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      513 28  -  David Chew Upcoming play Dead Certain hits close to home for its actors BEATRICE Chia almost became a duchess. While she was studying in London, she was seeing someone whose father was a duke. But competition soon got the better of her when another girl's father, intent on
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      276 28  -  Zul Othman TODAY, Velvet Underground celebrates its 10th anniversary. Considering how clubs and pubs come and go in threemonth cycles, it's rather remarkable that Velvet lives on. Velvet is part of the 13-year-old Zouk super-club at Jiak Kim Street, which comprises the main room, also called
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        254 30  -  Yong Shu Chiang TWO species of brutal alien killers knocked off a jaded hired gun from the top of the North American box office last weekend. Alien vs Predator, which unites two of the best-known sci-fi monsters in film, chewed up US$3B.3 million
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      11 30 BECKHAM 'FLOPPED' Admits he had a poor Euro 2004 SPORTS 34
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      357 34 -AFP England skipper admits he had a poor Euro 2004 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY England v Ukraine SLALEY, England England captain David Beckham said his performances at Euro 2004 were below what he expected of himself. "I've set high standards and I don't think I had a terrible championship,
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      408 35 LONDON Newcastle United have announced they will sell the petulant Kieron Dyer to any club prepared to offer £8 million ($25 million) for the England midfielder, who refused to start on the right wing at Middlesbrough on Saturday. But
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      148 35 LEAGUE leaders Tampines Rovers beat Sinchi Golden Throat FC 2-0 last night to move one step closer to the S-League title. Despite going a man down as early as the 28th minute striker Noh Alam Shah was sent off for elbowing an opponent the
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      453 35  -  TANYO-HINN Title contenders demonstrate their potential with easy win yohinn@newstoday.com. sg players in Jean Ng, Joanne Loo and Liew Pei San unavailable for the semifinal play-offs. So that will be another factor against them." The result meant the Mannas completed their main NSL season as the
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        374 36 AFP OLYMPICS Basketball USA 77 Greece 71 ATHENS Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team were pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game this morning
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        474 36 Agencies Comic own goal puts Asians into last eight, Aussies progress OLYMPICS Football South Korea 3 Mali 3 Argentina 1 Australia 0 ATHENS South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals at the Athens Olympics this morning (Singapore time) after a bizarre own goal from Adama Tamboura gave them
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        280 36 ATHENS A medical report has cast doubt over the injuries suffered by Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou. The pair, who were involved in a motorcycle accident after missing a drugs test, face being expelled from the Olympics at a tribunal tomorrow,
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      151 37 Who will emerge as the swimming king? lan Thorpe aims to become the first man to win the 100m, 200m and 400m freestyles at one Games, while Michael Phelps can still leave Greece with the most gold medals. Here's the breakdown: Thorpe Completed events Gold, finished o.26sec
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      618 37 Agencies American star sets new Olympic record OLYMPICS Swimming ATHENS Michael Phelps won the men's 200 metres butterfly final at Athens this morning to claim his second Olympic gold medal. The American teenager powered to victory in an Olympic record time of one minute 54.04 seconds
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      138 37 -AFP ATHENS World No 1 Roger Federer (picture) of Switzerland crashed out of the Olympic tennis tournament this morning when he lost to unseeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. The Czech, ranked 74 in the world, beat the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion 4-6,
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      520 38  -  LEONARD THOMAS History-chasing Singaporean sails into last eight, will take onThai Boonsak today OLYMPICS Badminton A THAI, and then an Indonesian or a Dane, stand in Ronald Susilo's way of achieving sporting immortality. Yesterday, in the round of 16 of the men's badminton singles tournament, Singapore's No 1
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      316 38  -  Leonard Thomas CASTING an expert eye on his doubles pair as they warmed up for a match, he wasn't difficult to spot. Malaysian coach Misbun Sidek is best remembered for his magical court craft and a flamboyance off it that once saw him sport a garish
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      Lock icon Halfway to history
      177 38 Singapore's Ronald Susilo is now two victories away from the badminton final and an Olympic medal. II the unexI exit of Lee n II yesterday, Greek gods ;m to be on jsilo's side of he court as the draw has now opened up RD OF 32 Beat
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      324 39  -  TAN rO-HINN HAVING just defeated the world's top player, doing likewise to a lesser opponent should have been a stroll on paper. Instead, world No 9 Ronald Susilo, who dumped world No 1 Lin Dan in the first round of the
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      End of the road
      420 39  -  STANLEY HO Jing retires after two quick defeats JING Junhong (picture) was close to winning Singapore an Olympic medal in Sydney four years ago, having qualified for the semi-finals of the women's singles competition. But this year, her Athens chapter was much shorter as she completed
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      68 39 ATHENS America's hopes of salvaging their badly bruised Olympics pride suffered a setback yesterday when, for the first time in history, their men failed to qualify for the 100m freestyle swimming final. The blue riband event of the pool had been expected to provide some solace,
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      59 39 ATHENS Greece's top two athletes, facing an investigation over missed drug tests and a crash, left hospital yesterday declaring they were innocent and should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, Olympic 200m champion Costas Kenteris said: "I have never used banned substances." Kenteris and compatriot
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      580 39 Singapore Olympians in action i :DAY 1:30pm: Athletics-Women's shot put qualifying round (Zhang Guirong) 2pm: Badminton Men's singles quarter-finals (Ronald Susilo) 3pm: Swimming -Women's 200m breaststroke heat 1 (Nicolette Teo), Men's 200m IM heat 3 (Gary Tan) Singapore results YESTERDAY Badminton: Men's singles rd of 16 Ronald Susilo bt Bjoern
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