Today, 24 August 2004

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    13 1 TODAY M^DIACORP we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday August 24, 2004 mita(P) 103/07/2004
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    Lock icon Planting the seeds of discourse
    758 1  -  Ng Shing Vi shingyi@newsto day, com. sg ON SUNDAY night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong added punch to his call for Singaporeans to "speak your voice, be heard, take responsibility for your views and opinions," by saying licences would no longer be needed for indoor
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    Education changes phased in from 2006
    558 1  -  Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg WITH the exception of the five-day work week, it will be 2006 before the changes in education announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong come onstream. The modular approach to Chinese language and the cutting back of syllabi in other
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      40 1 ATHENS 2004 999 /AediaCorp NEWSJW/TEWS H Tiger Airways Up to 40% lower fares, says CEO Gan/2 Nazry Bahrawi I Muslims must play Devil's Advocate/3 Eric Koo How to end the Najaf standoff/28 POOR SHOW, SINGAPORE says Sports Editor Leonard Thomas/36
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      Up to 40% lower fares on Tiger Airways
      479 2  -  Tay Tsen-Waye It will start offering 'the lowest fares' by the middle of next month, says CEO Patrick Gan waye@newstoday.com.sg WHEN budget carrier Tiger Airways takes off next month, short-haul travellers can expect even sweeter deals to popular destinations up to 40
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      A PRICE WAR IN THE AIR
      77 2 Ticket prices as of Monday, excluding taxes and surcharges: Online travel portal Zuji.com Return fares to Bangkok for Sept SIA (mm 2 passengers): $157 Garuda Indonesia: $181 II Malaysia Airlines (via XL): $244 Air Asia website One-way from Singapore to Bangkok: from $55 (until
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      Muslims must play Devil's Advocate
      626 3  -  Nazry Bahrawi Many here have come to realise that critical thinking helps weed out wayward ideologies IN A speech delivered to delegates of the US Council on Foreign Relations earlier this year, former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong proposed that Muslims assume the lead in
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      LTA's choice of lowest bid queried
      452 4  -  Wong Fei Wan Nicoll Highway Collapse Inquiry: Day 15 Selection panel not influenced by costs: Official feiwan@newstoday.com.sg ONE issue which dominated the debate after the Nicoll Highway collapse on April 20 was the awarding of the tender to lowest bidder, Nishimatsu-Lum Chang (NLC) Joint
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      Lock icon No bird flu in suspected M'sian cases
      222 4 Agencies PENANG The seven patients who were hospitalised for checks for bird flu have tested negative, leaving no suspected human cases of the deadly virus, Malaysia's Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said yesterday. "I must emphasise that until now only chickens have been
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Those Sacred Cows
      510 6  -  Tor Ching Li chingli@newstoday.com.sg UNBEKNOWNST to some third generation Singaporean civil servants, the battle for their five-day work-week was a hard and long-fought one. MP Charles Chong (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) told Today that he was reprimanded for advocating a five-day work-week in his maiden speech in Parliament
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      Egg shortage is becoming a concern
      206 6 FIVE days after the import ban on poultry and eggs from Malaysia, Singapore is feeling the effects of the egg shortage. According to a survey by the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA), the price of eggs is still rising. The daily survey of seven supermarkets
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        Lock icon Child incentives a bonus
        257 9  -  Newest baby-friendly policies are welcome news for expecting parents Tan Hui Leng huileng@newstoday.com.sg FOR Gary Khoo and wife Sara, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech was a pleasant surprise not only because the couple is expecting their fourth child, but also because the
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        Lock icon Singapore must improve its mental mettle if our athletes are ever to win a medal
        304 9  -  ONCE again, Team Singapore comes home empty-handed from the Olympic Games. All the high expectations crashed after our last medal hopeful paddler Li Jiawei lost. Our swimmers performed dismally. Ronald Susilo could not rise to
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        Good policy, now to implement it...
        233 10  -  Gladys Ong I REFER to the procreation policies laid out by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech. Like all young expectant parents, my husband and I welcomed Mr Lee's extension of the maternity leave. We are expecting our first
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        Self-employed mothers, private sector are also worthy of consideration
        227 10  -  Yak Chin Hua I AM sure many Singaporeans felt inspired after Mr Lee's speech on Sunday night and must have welcomed the key policy changes particularly those concerning the baby bonus and a more balanced work-fam-ily life. However, I do find
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        PM Lee shared his heart well
        105 10  -  Wilson Phang Wai Sum IT WAS a pleasure to listen to PM Lee's first rally speech. Key to any relationship is not what one party can do for the other. Rather, it is discovering where each other's heart is; and connecting in values and
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        Relax rules on usage of S'pore flag
        162 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I WAS pleasantly warmed by PM Lee's speech; in particular, the actual realisation of a "do-first-on-the-basis-that-it-is-okay" rather than a "confirm-it-is-okay-then-do" outlook by the new administration. For instance, private talks and speeches at the Speaker's Corner are no more regulated.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        67 12 SHARES rose yesterday, with sentiment lifted by higher US stock markets on Friday and a welcome slide in oil prices. In electronic dealings in Asia yesterday, New York light crude changed hands at U5547.05 per barrel, well below an all-time high of U5549.40 on Friday. Although Prime Minister Lee
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        Lock icon ST Index— 1,901.23+6.3
        49 12 Agencies big catalyst for the stock market", a trader said. The ST Index climbed 6.3 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 1,901.23. On the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers 201 to 102. Traded volume amounted to a low 403.8 million shares worth $336.2 million.
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        World markets
        60 12 Index Value .hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 10,960.97 12,431.77 3,535.10 5,660.97 Pis +71.83 +54.87 +27.30 +38.11 +0.66 +0.44 +0.78 +0.68 Korea Comp 787.65 +0.01 0.00 KLCI 808.61 +0.14 +0.02 SET Index 597.50 -1.05 -0.18 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 749.37 1,576.18
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oz 413.30 Silver uss/oi 6.805 Platinum uss/oi 842.00 Rubber centsAg 212.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,521.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 43.95
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5855 UK£ 0.3225 Yen 64.125 HK$ 4.5658 RM 2.2243 Euro 0.4773 Rupiah 5,431.5 Baht 24.276 Peso 32.659 A$ 0.8127 Indian Rs 27.081 Won 674.98 C$ 0.7605 Yuan 4.8465 NZ$ 0.8706 NTS 19.934
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
        75 12 By$ Creative 50 Close Change 17.900 +0.300 DBS 15.800 +0.200 GreatEast 11.800 +0.200 CITYDEVW*****0 3.720 +0.160 CITYDEV 6.200 +0.150 Jariline C&C 6.850 +0.100 SIA 11.000 +0.100 GuocoLand 1.170 +0.050 Hi P 1.580 +0.050 UtdEnvirolech 0.360 +0.050 By percentage El Nets Close 0.015 Change +50.0 KLWW*****6 0.040 +33.3
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        SGX top falls
        78 12 By$ Close Change JMH 400USS 12.800 -0.100 UOB 12.900 -0.100 AURIC 1.040 -0.060 Transput 2.120 -0.060 JSH 500USS 5.700 -0.050 OUE 7.250 -0.050 PanUniled 0.370 -0.050 SingamasC 2kHKS AmlekW*****0 3.650 0.750 -0.050 -0.030 Semb Log 2.170 -0.030 By percentage Oculus Close 0.040 Change -27.3 North 22 USS
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      From rivals to partners?
      350 12  -  Val Chua PSA reportedly taking stake in PTP subsidiary in win-win move val@newstoday.com.sg PORT operator PSA Corp is reportedly sealing up a deal with its Malaysian rival in Johor, Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). Malaysia's The Star reported that Singapore's Governmentowned PSA would be invited to
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Asia's stock market valuations attractive
      506 16 Dow Jones Region's bourses set to see inflow of foreign funds as central banks exercise restraint on interest rates IMPROVING economic fundamentals and attractive valuations are driving First State Investments to become most bullish towards Asia (excluding Japan) within its global equities portfolio. "We see
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      Lock icon STOCK call
      91 16 Kirn Eng AsiaPharm (59.5 cents) We initiate coverage with a 'Buy' recommendation and a fair value of 75 cents, or 1 8 times FYOS earnings. Asiapharm has significantly outperformed the ST Index since its initial public offering in May. We feel that the current price-earnings ratio of 13
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  • INFOTECH
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      Lock icon The laptop lifestyle
      629 19  -  Francis Chin An expert offers tips on creating a portable office infotech@newstoday.com.sg LAPTOPS are no longer an I "equation of price and features". They have become lifestyle products, for use at home and in the office. We no longer consider their reliability, screen display and power-saving capabilities,
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      Samsung grabs market by design
      730 20  -  Ariel Tarn Products that look good provide winning formula to phone-maker in Seoul ariel@newstoday.com.se I TARGETING the high-end handset segment has 1 proved to be a good bet for South Korean electronics giant Samsung and it aims to extend its lead by blending ground-breaking design
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      SHORT cuts
      360 20 Crimsonlogic's offering IT services provider Crimsonlogic has announced Trade Palette Procurement, an extension of its Trade Palette service offerings, to help retailers and their suppliers achieve supply-chain efficiencies. The extension simplifies the pur-chase-order-and-invoice-creation processes with system automation and data integration through a self-service portal and direct system-to-system integrations,
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      IT MOVES
      211 21 Network service provider Orient Networks has appointed Mr Kirn Odhner as chief operating officer. Based in Singapore, Mr Odhner will lead the acquisition of customers and organisations, the hiring of talent and the driving of market growth and penetration. Lexmark has named Mr Charles Wong as the country
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      Lock icon Remote-control repast for your pet
      68 21 AFP An employee of Japanese IT venture AOS Technology aispiaymg the company's remote controlled pet communication unit, iSeePet, which enables pets to be fed via the Internet or a mobile phone. Owners can see their pets via an embedded CCD camera on the iSeePet, which
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      Get IT security alerts by email
      180 21 I TO help network secuI rity professionals in small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) keep abreast of emerging security threats, issues and trends, Watch Guard Technologies has unveiled an email broadcast service, Live Security Informer, that alerts users to the latest IT vulnerabilities. Live Security
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    • Focus: Business Intelligence
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        Take control of data
        618 22  -  A data warehouse streamlines and secures your IT info Dr Vadlamani Ravi infotech@newstoday.com.sg I THE concept of the data I warehouse, a single repository of useful data collected at disparate sources by business systems, started in the late 1980s. The data warehouse gives business decision-makers timely
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        Lock icon Whirlybird that's smallerthana bird
        56 22 The world's lightest helicopter, Micro Flying Robot 11, produced by Seiko Epson, on display at the company's Tokyo headquarters. The robot, 85mm in height, 136 mm in diameter and weighing 8.6g, is equipped with microactuators to drive rotors, a gyro sensor to stabilise it and a
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        Data warehousing is essential
        315 22  -  Goh Beng Yeow I BUSINESS intelligence I (BI) architecture has evolved from simple reporting to today's customisable analytical applications. The evolution of these technologies depends on a repository of trusted data in a flexible and reusable format, also known as the data warehouse. Today's business demands
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        Get smart about your company's BI
        447 23  -  Vena Goh Business intelligence can give your firm the leg-up infotech@newstoday.com.sg I SMALL and medium busiI nesses (SMBs), like any other business setups, need quid simple and direct answers on how to grow their top line (revenue), beyond just managing their bottoi line with
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        B1 market in Asia-Pacific expected to surge
        274 23 I AS MORE organisations seek 1 to enhance their relationships with their customers, partners and employees, as well as pre-empt risks across business operations, business intelligence (BI) solutions are increasingly becoming an investment priority. According to IDC, the AsiaPacific (excluding Japan) BI solutions
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        HELP DESK
        354 23 Illegal operation error in Internet Explorer Q: I am using Win9B and every time I try using Internet Explorer, a window titled "lexplore" appears with the message: "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor. lEXPLORE
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      258 25 Hj Turn your Sun Perks points into an exclusive movie preview! M 1 customers can redeem a pair of movie tickets to the M 1 Box Office Preview of The Terminal with 400 Sun Perks points. Simply log on to www.miworld.com.sg from 24 August 9 am onwards to redeem. •While
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        47 26 AFP Australian Mark Collier, 26, was yesterday jailed for a year for posing as a doctor and treating more than 1 00 patients in Melbourne even though he had no medical training. He secured the ob after meeting the c inic owners in a bar.
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        26 26 -AFP Sniffer dogs were put into service on public buses in Jerusalem for the first time in a bid to thwart suicide bombers.
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        34 26 AFP Lawyers represent ng 1 1 1 South Korean former leprosy patients filed a suit yesterday, demanding that Tokyo compensate them for their segregation during the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula.
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        48 26 AFP Australian academic Yvette Hancock said yesterday she plans to teach quantum physics to children as young as five through a new series of books. She believes they might be better than adults in grasping the bizarre scientific concepts through characters such as "Ellie the Electron".
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        37 26 AFP The French government declared "war" on racism yesterday, one day after arsonists torched a Jewish centre in Paris and scrawled swastikas inside in one of the worst antisemitic attacks in the country.
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      151 26 IRAQ'S Olympic soccer coach took issue with a campaign commercial for United States President George W Bush. The flags of Iraq and Afghanistan appear in a commercial as part of Mr Bush's drive for reelection in November with a narrator saying: "At this
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      314 26 WASHINGTON Official reports have revealed fresh details about Al Qaeda's shady business dealings that may have financed terror attacks. A confidential report from the United Nations-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone alleges that former Liberian president Charles Taylor sold "conflict diamonds"
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      363 26 Cries to make marital rape an offence being heard PETALING JAVA Calls to criminalise marital rape are gathering pace in Malaysia, but the controversial proposals have drawn criticisms from some Muslim leaders who say it goes against Islam and could ruin the institution of marriage. According to
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      859 28  -  Eric Koo Peng Kuan Capture of Moqtada Al Sadr by special forces will demoralise and prompt Shia militants in Iraq to give up their cause BAGHDAD Serious damage to the Najaf shrine of Imam Ali would enrage millions of Shias around the world and
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      502 29 After presenting the Olympics, Otelli Edwards aims to make it as a DJ Yong Shu Chiang shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THAT old backhanded compliment for deejays goes: "Oh, you have a face for radio." One person who has probably never heard it is Otelli Edwards. Currently, she's
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      169 29 They say that in the Army SOME dread it Others simply shrug it off as a necessity. It's almost as inevitable as death and taxes that is if you're male and Singaporean (or a second-generation permanent resident). It is National Service. Come on guys, it's wasn't all that bad, right?
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        435 30  -  Jeanine Tan Our first-ever skydiving festival falls a little short of its drop zone j eanine@newstoday.com. sg WHILE some 1,000 people are still buzzing from the high of skydiving from 12,000 feet above Marina Bay over the weekend "better than sex" was how one described his experience
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        137 30 Reuters LOS ANGELES Following the success of televised poker on cable TV, the card game is ready to place its bets in syndication. The Ultimate Poker Challenge, a one-hour weekly show set for a Sept 4 launch, will feature amateur and professional poker players competing against
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        79 30 Reuters/ /Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Alan Alda is returning to series television. The five-time Emmy winner will join the cast of NBC's White House drama, The West Wing, next season, playing a Californian Republican with presidential aspirations. Playing a Republican senator is familiar territory for Alda, who
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        464 31  - When the stork arrives too early Pearlyn Tham Fret not, parents, premature babies catch up with normal babies within two years pearlyn@newstoday.com.s; ONCE you know that you are pregnant, see your gynaecologist for regular antenatal check-ups. This allows your gynaecologist to monitor your pregnancy and reduce chances of premature birth.
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        494 31  -  Recta Raman TWO independent charitable organisations in Singapore Club Rainbow Singapore (CRS) and the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF) have been the bedrock of support and comfort to many families with children suffering from chronic illnesses. The Rainbow children, as they are known, are
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      1319 32 W\ Olympics Men's Football, '^I|R MI I fc-^^flF Olympics Athletics Wj^-\ff rX^LJ/r~M Sem'"F'na's j£aj *?j* 4."^^ Channel 5,12.30 am (Live) WAilk k\F7/5^K Channel s, l.soam (Live) H^ *^-J I AbV/pl^LjjF-~|"H^TP ffJE t"■ Women's 400 m Ana Guevara (picture), S/SrJ Iraq take on Paraguay (picture) in an "iV J who became
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      467 34 Reuters Owen believes life at Liverpool was too easy LONDON England striker Michael Owen (picture) says he is looking forward to a "nerve-racking" new challenge after leaving his comfortable life at Liverpool to join Real Madrid. The 24-year-old joined the nine-time European champions last
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      242 34 AFP LIVERPOOL Anton Zingarevich, who is set to be unveiled as Everton's new 23-year-old Russian white knight, has an encyclopaedic knowledge of football, according to club chairman Bill Kenwright Zingarevich, the son of Russian pulp and paper tycoon Boris Zingarevich, is reported to be
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      371 35  -  TAN YO-HINN Young shuttler Derek hopes to become a Singapore Olympian yohinn@newstoday.com.sq LAST week, Ronald Susilo sent Shockwaves through the badminton community, when he defeated top seed and world No 1 Lin Dan of China in the Athens Olympics' men's singles in straight sets. Even though
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      381 35 GOLF WGC-NEC Invitational, final round AKRON, Ohio In the end, Stewart Cink held on for the title and Tiger Woods his world No 1 ranking. Cink captured his second title of the year with a wire-to-wire win at the US$7 million
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      174 35 -AFP FOOTBALL Champions league, qualifying round PARIS As the first Irish club to reach the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Shelbourne are hoping to hit the jackpot with a win against Deportivo La Coruna in the second leg of the tie tonight (tomorrow morning,
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      Sturrock leaves Southampton
      83 35 LONDON Southampton manager Paul Sturrock has left the Saints by mutual agreement, the club confirmed yesterday. Sturrock, who has been in charge for five-and-a-half months, exits St Mary's with immediate effect, reported BBC Sport Online. Coach Steve Wigley takes the helm on a temporary basis while the
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      Singapore deserves more from its athletes
      967 36  -  LEONARD THOMAS Even Li and Susilo cannot mask a sorry Olympic performance ONE fourth place and two quarter-final spots. That is the report card after Singapore concluded its campaign in the XXVIII Olympic Games. It came to a tragic end on Sunday, after table
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      HOW THEY FARED
      377 37 1 Li Jicrwei table tennis Women's singles: Bronze medal play-off (lost to Kirn Kyung Ah of Korea 4-1) Women's doubles: Fourth round (lost to Kirn Bok Rae/Kim Kyung Ah 4-3) 2 Ronald Susilo badminton Men's singles: Quarter-finals (lost to Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 10-15, 1-15) 3 Jing
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      274 37  -  Stanley Ho MOMENTS after their two Olympians touched down at Changi, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) revealed that they have carried out an analysis of their athletes' performances in Athens. Not surprisingly, their results were hardly impressive. Thrower Zhang Guirong, 26, managed a distance of 16.58 m
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      Lock icon Yao-inspired China upset world champions
      277 37  -  Reuters ATHENS Yao Ming led China to one of the biggest upsets in men's Olympic basketball yesterday, netting 27 points as his team beat Serbia and Montenegro 67-66 to knock the world champions out of the tournament. Yao, the tallest athlete ever to compete at
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      Lock icon After 80-year wait, Chile win two golds in less than 24 hours
      197 37 Reuters OLYMPICS Tennis ATHENS In a feat that would have made alchemists green with envy, Chile's Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu turned sweat, tears and raw desire into gold at Athens. The small South American nation had waited
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      936 38  -  LEONARD THOMAS 100 m final produces an 'I was there' moment, as Gatlin storms home THEY lined up as if aware they were on hallowed ground, a city that gave birth to these Olympic Games over two thousand years ago. It was an atmosphere like no
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      61 39 Name: Justin Gatlin, Age: 22 Weight: 79 kg, Height: 1.85 m Achievements: A leading hurdler in high school who transferred to the sprints. Missed the 2002 season after failing a dope test, but was reinstated by the world governing body who accepted his explanation that the drug
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      Kunalan stunned by 100m times
      211 39  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THE four fastest men in the blueriband 100 m at the Athens Olympics all finished below 9.905. American Justin Gatlin won the race in 9.855, with Portugal's Francis Obikwelu (9.865) and defending champion Maurice Greene (9.875) taking the silver and bronze medals respectively,
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      228 39 Athletics Women's 20km walk- Gold: Athanasia Tsoumeleka IGre) 1:29:12, Silver: Olimpiada Ivanova (Rus) 1:29:16, Bronze: Jane Saville (Aus) 1:29:25 Basketball Men's Spain 88 New Zealand 84, Lithuania 100 Australia 85 Cycling Women's individual pursuit- Gold: Sarah Ulmer (Nzl), Silver: Kate Mactier (Aus), Bronze: Leontien Van Moorsel-Zijlaard (Hoi)
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