Today, 2 November 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Bush, Kerry rush to break deadlock
      518 1 -AFP MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin) President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry took their presidential race down to the wire yesterday, barnstorming across key battleground states in a last-ditch push for decisive votes to swing a contest that remained stubbornly deadlocked. With poll after poll
      -AFP; AFP  -  518 words
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      Lock icon Stocks higher before US polls
      85 1 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street shares finished modestly higher yesterday as a sharp drop in crude oil prices brought out buyers in a cautious market a day before the US presidential elections. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 26.92 points to 10,054.39, the Nasdaq Composite
      -AFP  -  85 words
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      Analysts baffled as jobless rate falls to 3.4 per cent
      644 1  -  Lee Ching Wern SINGAPORE'S labour market took a surprisingly dramatic turn for the better in the third quarter, with the unemployment rate dropping by more than 1 percentage point to 3.4 per cent Analysts had expected the number, which reached
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Took charged with Huang Na's murder
      324 2 Channel News Asia Forensic probe on to confirm body's identity TOOK Leng How, a 22-year-old vegetable seller, was charged yesterday with the murder of eight-year-old Huang Na. He was accused of causing the girl's death on Oct 10 between 1.40pm and 10pm at Block
      – Channel News Asia  -  324 words
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      Lock icon Random armed patrols round the clock
      230 2 Channel NewsAsia ARMED officers from the Police Special Operations Command will now patrol commercial, entertainment and residential areas on a random basis 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The officers in blue will be armed with service revolvers and MPS sub-machine guns.
      Channel NewsAsia  -  230 words
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  • NEWScomment
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      High-priced drugs and fat-cat salaries
      689 3  -  Dr T Umapathi Drug companies need to put a reasonable limit on the profits they make from others' misery AN ESTIMATED 40 million people around the world die every year from preventable diseases because the drugs they need are too expensive or existing drugs are
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  • Singapore news
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      Interest in engineering studies waning, says poly principal
      202 4  -  Eveline Gan INTEREST in engineering as a course of study among youngsters has waned over the past five years, despite the continuing good career prospects. According to Prof Low Teck Seng, the principal and CEO of Republic Polytechnic, fewer polytechnic and university
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      Focus on customer service
      281 4  -  Ng Shing Vi NTUC poised to train Singapore workers in 'customer-centric' skills CUSTOMER service is the next moneyspinner for companies and that's what worker skills training will focus on, in the coming year. The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Learning Hub is launching a pilot programme
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      Christmas in S'pore – as never before
      181 4  - Christmas in S'pore as never before Surekha A Yadav CHRISTMAS this year promises to be bigger, better and much brighter, with the Singapore Tourism Board's "Christmas in the Tropics" promising many firsts. The Orchard Road light-up, with the theme of "Magical Christmas Garden", will be extended to Marina Bay. Singaporeans
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    • SINGAPOREsmeeets
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        Lock icon Change SIA seating via Net
        47 4 AFP Singapore Airlines passengers on most flights can now ask for a change in seating assignments when checking in via its Internet website, www.singaporeair.com. The service is available for all SIA flights with the exception of those from some cities in Asia.
        – AFP  -  47 words
      • Article
        Lock icon V K Rajah named HC judge
        44 4 Newsßadio 93.8 President S R Nathan has appointed Mr V X Rajah as a judge of the High Court. Mr Rajah, 47, has been a judicial commissioner and the managing partner in the law firm Raiah and Tann.
        – Newsßadio 93.8  -  44 words
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        Lock icon White Ribbon Campaign
        42 4 Newsßadio 93.8 Women s group Aware has dedicated November to raising awareness about violence against women, in line with the international day set on Nov 25. Aware will hold a White Ribbon Campaign from Nov 21 to Dec 4.
        – Newsßadio 93.8  -  42 words
    • MAVAENS OF THE NEW ECONOMY
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        Feed Your MiND
        496 6 Stay Connected: News, views and headlines on vital international i developments channelled round the clock to your living room daily. There's no turning back, at least not to the time when your day to day life would have been easily satisfied with a limited dose of information
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      Connecting To Complete Convenience
      414 7 Stay Connected: MSXUnliriG Truly Unlimited. Truly Broadband. Get with what's new, what's cool and what's going to make your life more enjoyable and smooth, not only at work but when you're home as well. It's about time you wear and live the attitude of the new
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      THEY SHOPPED AND SHOPPED AND WON
      434 8  -  Surekha A Yadav HE HAD been eyeing it for months. Each time he passed a sports shop, he would go in and look at it, feel the grip and finger the strings. But with a price tag of $350, the MP 99 Yonex badminton
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    • Article
      'I didn't think he would lie'
      344 8  -  Wong Fei Wan Training OC on captain who hid rank to avoid harsher treatment THE captain who nearly drowned after he was dunked repeatedly in a tub of seawater was never taught that high-ranking officers would be singled out for harsher prisoners-of-war treatment This
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      Lock icon Blaze destroys 10 motorcycles
      162 9 Channel NewsAsia NINETEEN motorcycles at a Hougang carpark caught fire early yesterday morning. Ten of the bikes were destroyed and 9 were partially damaged in the blaze, which happened in the carpark in front of Block 304, Hougang Ave 5. There were no casualties. Police have
      — Channel NewsAsia  -  162 words
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      Smoke-free pub nights? Not yet
      413 9  -  Tan Hui Leng Nightspots reject proposal from NCC FOR two weeks, the National Cancer Centre (NCC) tried to sell the idea to 12 local nightspots in the city area: Why not hold smoke-free ladies' nights at least once a week? But all 12 rejected the
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  • I world news
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      Lock icon Howard Bushwhacked
      352 10 AFP, Sydney Morning Herald Australian PM rapped for undiplomatic support of US leader SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard was told to mind his manners by the opposition and a top adviser to the American Democratic Party in the United States after publicly saying he "hoped" US leader
      – AFP, Sydney; Morning Herald; AFP  -  352 words
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      Lock icon Bomber's mother: 'Why my boy?'
      205 10 -AFP NABLUS (West Bank) "My son was very young, he was just a child. Why did they choose him?" asks the tearful mother of a 16--year-old Palestinian suicide bomber who killed three people in Tel Aviv yesterday. The military wing of the Popular Front for
      -AFP; AFP  -  205 words
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      Lock icon Osama vows long war until US is bankrupt
      237 10 -AFP DUBAI Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has vowed to wage a war of "attrition" against the United States until it is "bankrupt", in a message to the American people posted yesterday on the website of the Aljazeera TV station. The
      -AFP  -  237 words
    • ELECTIONbriefs ■
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        Lock icon National Lampoon?
        65 10 -AFP A new political film is taking a lighthearted poke at the unique words and phrases invented by United States President George W Bush. The one-hour film, titled Bushisms, gently lampoons 50 of the president's most memorable verbal gaffes, welding them together with commentary by US comedian Brian
        -AFP  -  65 words
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        Lock icon China lambasts 'arrogant' US
        65 10 AFP China slammed US President George W Bush's war on Iraq yesterday, accusing an "arrogant" America of trying to "rule the world" and blamed the war in Iraq for an increase in terror attacks. The rare commentary by former vice premier and long-time foreign minister Qian
        – AFP  -  65 words
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        Lock icon Chelsea hits the road for Kerry
        77 10 AFP Following in the footsteps of her politically prominent parents, Ms Chelsea Clinton hit the campaign trail for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, delivering her first ever political speech in Florida. Ms Clinton, the only daughter of Senator Hillary Clinton and former President Bill
        – AFP  -  77 words
    • this QUIRKY world
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        No office sex, we're British
        43 12 Britain's biggest company, BP, has issued a memo asking staff to stop having sex in the office, reported The Sun. This comes after romps in toilets, in a conference room and behind cabinets were caught on security cameras.
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        No eyes on the road
        33 12 Romanian Alin Popescu's attempt to steal a car was stopped in its tracks after he smashed into a tree and knocked himself out, reported Ananova.com. He was blind.
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        Has she gone bonkers?
        44 12 Germany's youngest elected MP, Ms Julia Bonk, 18, has caused an uproar after encouraging drug taking and saying that pure heroin is harmless, reported B ild newspaper. Her Party of Democratic Socialism bosses said they'd have a word with her.
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      Lock icon At least 20 die in China ethnic clash
      348 12 Agencies Violence between Huis and Hans 'worst in memory', say residents ZHONGMOU (China) At least 20 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between the Muslim Hui minority and the Han majority in central China's Henan province, local residents said yesterday. But
      Agencies; AFP  -  348 words
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      Lock icon Thai king urges gentle approach
      164 12 Agencies BANGKOK In a rare intervention, Thailand's revered king urged a "gentle approach" to ending violence in the country's Muslim-dominated south, where at least 85 people died at the hands of government forces last week, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. After taking a heavy-handed
      – Agencies  -  164 words
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      Focus on The Family
      267 14  -  by Dr James Dobson WE'RE IN THIS BOAT TOGETHER If you're in a position to do so right now, let me ask you to engage in a little exercise. Take in a deep breath and hold it for a moment, then let it out. It might
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      Venture Capital in S'pore is vibrant – not sluggish
      503 14  - Venture Capital in S'pore is vibrant not sluggish ALAIN VANDENBORRE Dow Jones article had misquoted what was said THE report, "Venture Capital in Singapore still sluggish" (Oct 26), may give readers the wrong perception that Singapore Venture Capital is stagnant or lethargic. I would like to clarify that this is
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      Official Assignee did not query on property earlier
      268 14 I REFER to your report, "Jeyaretnam a liar: Official Assignee" (Oct 26) on the hearing of my appeal. I cannot complain about your reporting what the Official Assignee (OA) said in court, but in the interest of the objectivity of your paper
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      ITS'S MAN MAN MAN WORLD
      898 15  -  PETER LEUNG AT THE height ofthe 1998 Asian financial crisis, the then vice-president at Chase Manhattan Bank found himself jobless after a restructuring exercise. The following year, Peter Leung, an expatriate from New Jersey, formed Hotspots.com an online nightlife entertainment infoprovider and events organiser. His
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Temasek bond sale unlikely this year
      402 16 Bloomberg Move would incur negative carry as firm is cash-rich TEMASEK Holdings may make investors wait until next year for the chance to buy the first top-rated global bond from Asia outside Japan. A sale is unlikely this year because Temasek has sufficient cash
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      Lock icon SingTel regional mobile users top 56 million
      116 16 AFP SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) said yesterday that the number of its regional mobile phone subscribers rose 38 per cent from a year earlier to 56.4 million at the end of September. With only 1.52 million mobile users in a saturated domestic market, SingTel
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      Lock icon Business confidence falters: EDB survey
      174 16 -AFP MANUFACTURERS in Singapore are less confident about business prospects than they were three months earlier, due in part to worries over falling global demand for electronics goods, a survey showed yesterday. A net 12 per cent of industrial firms polled by the Economic Development
      -AFP  -  174 words
    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index —1,978.79 -1.9
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        Lock icon Singapore
        217 16 Agencies SHARE prices slipped slightly yesterday amid caution ahead of the United States presidential election and spillover sentiment from sluggish regional markets, traders said. "For this week, investors' attention will focus on the US elections, where George W Bush and John Kerry are battling to be the next President,"
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        SGX most active
        53 16 )y volume Close Change '000 :20 Hldg [honghui ihanghaiAsia :ung Choi rVee Poh Jio-Treat _iinaAvOil >ingTel \utoTouch \zeus 0.235 0.440 0.290 0.440 0.010 0.760 1.370 2.400 0.315 0.215 +0.015 +0.010 -0.035 -0.040 -0.020 +0.005 +5.5 +2.3 -4.4 -2.8 -0.8 +2.4 42,210 36,856 27,532 18,754 15,706 15,500 12,405
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        SGX top rises
        83 16 By Close Change lardineC&C 8.350 +0.350 OBS Bk6% NCPS 10 107.500 +0.300 F&N 14.000 +0.300 JOB 13.800 +0.300 Bukit Sem 13.100 +0.200 IMH400USS 14.900 +0.100 \pollo 0.500 +0.060 \ustlandPG AS 1.850 +0.050 FIKLandUSS 2.100 +0.040 KepLand 1.850 +0.040 By percentage MultiChem W*****6 Close i 0.140 Change +33.3
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        SGX top falls
        81 16 By$ OCBC Close 13.500 Changi -0.301 Venture 15.600 -0.201 CITYDEV W*****0 3.660 -0.161 CITYDEV 6.150 -0.151 TAC200USS 3.120 -0.121 TACSGAeCV/*****0 1.060 -0.111 Creative 50 18.700 -0.101 Shang Asia 2kHK$ SIA 200 8.750 10.700 -0.101 -0.101 Trek 0.400 -0.08^ By percentage L&M Close 0.005 Change -50.0 Auslon 0.140
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        World markets
        59 16 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 10,734.71 13,094.25 3,797.40 5,656.17 835.66 Pts -36.71 +39.59 +11.10 -49.76 +0.82 I -0.34 +0.3C +0.25 -Oi +0.1 C KLCI 864.04 +2.90 +0.34 SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp .henzhen B Mumbai Sensex 626.96 863.58 Closed 223.33
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/oz 429.50 iilver us$/oi 7.285 'latinum us$/oi 834.50 lubber centsAg 213.50 'aim Oil RM/tonne 1,475.50 Irent crude us$/barrel 49.47
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        Your Ssl buys
        34 16 UK£ 0.3276 Yen 63.915 HK$ 4.6701 RM 2.2813 Euro 0.4711 Rupiah Baht 5,452.1 24.674 Peso 33.789 A$ 0.8049 Indian Rs Won 27.249 671.75 C$ 0.7335 Yuan 4.9691 NZ$ 0.8786 NTS 20.081
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    • business news
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        Freight Links divests further
        365 17  -  Val Chua Plans third sale of warehouse to A-Reit val@newstoday.com.sg FREIGHT Links Express Holdings is poised to sell another of its warehouses to Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) its third such transaction with the property trust, the logistics management company said yesterday. The planned $21-million
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        Lock icon S'pore to host anti-money laundering forum next June
        112 17 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE will host an international meeting for combating money laundering and terrorist financing in June next year. This is the first time the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting will take place in South-east Asia. The FATF is an organisation
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      • Article
        CORPORATEbriefs
        213 17 The Government will extend thirdparty war risk insurance cover to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Sats Security Services until October next year, or until alternative commercial cover is available. The insurance cover, for which CAAS and Sats Security will pay a fee, fills the gap between
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  • the business marketing
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      Pay faster, more efficiently
      570 18  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla MasterCard to launch contactless PayPass solution in Asia by year-end IN A world where speed and efficiency in service and delivery are key survival factors for businesses, MasterCard International will soon be upping the ante with a new payment technology that is expected
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  • Impact
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      Lock icon Putting Mouth where the money is
      439 19  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Innovation, such as Chinese fast food, breeds success for restaurant group TALK about putting your money where your mouth is. That's just what businessman Daniel Goh, 38, did at the height of the 1998 Asian currency crisis. During the regional crisis,
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      No package is too 'unruly* for FedEx, here's proof
      171 19  -  Ted Chen EXPRESS transportation giant FedEx aired a television commercial in Singapore recently to highlight its employees' efficient delivery of customers' packages. The commercial, which runs until the end of the year, opens with a customer calling FedEx for help with
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  • Infotech
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      Lock icon Mind the obstacles
      906 20  -  Seah Siew Hua but stay focused, chairman Courtot of Qualys tells technopreneurs I USING extreme skiing as an MM analogy, Qualys Inc chairman and chief executive officer (and extreme sports enthusiast) Philippe Courtot had these words of wisdom for aspiring technopreneurs: "What I have learned in extreme
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      Lock icon Tomorrow's world... today
      534 21  -  Francis Chin Futuristic things you can do with a blue screen and a mouse I WITH advances in computer graphics I software, there is no need for filmmakers to build elaborate sets or travel to exotic locations to shoot unusual scenes. In fact, all the actors need
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      Nasa supercomputer confirmed as world's most powerful
      195 21 I SILICON Graphics (SGI) with the US II National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) confirmed that the agency's new Intel Itanium 2 processorbased Columbia supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world. Only days after Nasa completed installation of Columbia and using
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      Lock icon She believes in me ♦♦♦
      669 23  - She believes in me Elisa Chia And so Chrissypoo goes on singing faithfully with Mum behind him all the way /CHRISTOPHER Lee isn't just with good looks and a nice set of pearly-whites. The 19-year-old seems to have the ability to read people's minds. Or maybe the latest Singapore Idol
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      Boys will be boys, Vienna choirboys or not
      264 23  -  David Chew THEY may seem like little angels on stage, but conductor Martin Schebesta assured me: "Oh, trust me, there are moments when they just act their age!" And after having sat down to lunch with the group of 25 boys from
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  • incinemas
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      More morbid tales
      448 24  -  Yong Shu Chiang Award-winning drama series returns tonight on Arts Central ALFIAN Sa'at painted a depressing picture when he penned Winners. With the ironically-titled short story from Corridor the award-winning omnibus the author described as "uniformly bleak" he documents the collapse of a marriage. "I didn't want
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      418 25  -  Lynn Seah Reduce stress, exercise and adopt a balanced diet MENOPAUSE occurs only when a woman has had her final menstrual period or, as acknowledged by doctors, after she has not had her period for a year. Some of the symptoms can start in the years leading
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      177 26 Series on children's health If you have no idea what some of the common children's health problems are or are not sure how to take care of your children's well-being, you may want to attend a series of talks on kids' health this Saturday. Organised by the Health
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      333 26  -  Lynn Seah The increase in bowel infections may, ironically, be due to our sanitised living conditions IT SEEMS like we can never completely escape our past our stomachs betray us. Billions of microbes live in our gut and the mix of bugs each of us
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      716 29 Agencies Incredible Vijay breaks earnings mark to join pantheon of greats GOLF PGA Chrysler Championship PALM HARBOR, Florida Vijay Singh (picture) will need time for this to sink in. The guy who once gave US$lO ($16.60) lessons as a club pro in Borneo is now the first
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      336 29 NFL Steelers 34 Patriots 20 PITTSBURGH The Patriots finally found out what it is like to lose again, as the recently crowned baseball champions the Boston Red Sox seemed to have used up all of New England's positive karma. Super Bowl MVP Tom
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        1055 30 -AFP 'Disgraceful abuse' forces German to resign as Scotland manager GLASGOW Scotland manager Berti Vogts has resigned because of "disgraceful abuse" including being spat upon, he said in a Scottish Football Association statement yesterday. Vogts, who led his native Germany to victory in Euro 1996, has
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        233 30 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester City 1 Norwich 1 MANCHESTER Norwich remained winless in the Premiership after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Manchester City this morning. City had taken the lead in the 11th minute through the impressive 19-year-old Irishman Willo Flood, marking his first
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      548 31 Group E: Arsenal (Eng) v Panathinaikos (Gre) Thierry Henry and Robin van Persic scored as Arsenal drew 2-2 with Southampton on Saturday. Sol Campbell (calf), Gilberto (back) and Gael Clichy (ankle) were absent and are doubtful against Panathinaikos. Meanwhile, the Greek champions beat Panionios 4-O.Dimitrios Papadopoulos scored in
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      460 31 -AFP Catalans seek revenge as Italians look to seal qualification CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRP F Barcelona v AC Milan BARCELONA -The spectre of AC Milan looms large in Barcelona's recent history. And the Catalans are out to exorcise ghosts of matches past, when the two European giants
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      284 31 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GRP E Arsenal v Panathinaikos LONDON Arsene Wenger (picture) has insisted his Arsenal side can shrug off their under-achievers tag and win the Champions League this season. Despite being a dominant force in the English Premiership over the last 18 months or so,
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        269 32  -  JOSE RAYMOND TABLE tennis star Li Jiawei and her coach Shi Meisheng now have extra reason to smile. Yesterday, the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) confirmed changes to the rules governing the Sportsman, Sportswoman and Coach of the Year awards. Before the changes, Li could
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        392 32  -  STANLEY HO S'pore suffer yet another home defeat to rivals TIGER BEER CHALLENGE TROPHY Singapore 1 Malaysia 2 THERE was a good opportunity for revenge. An avalanche of chances were created and if taken, victory was almost certain. Alas, Singapore were left to rue countless missed scoring chances,
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      495 33  -  STANLEY HO Cash-strapped Tanjong Pagar to drop out of S-League TANJONG Pagar United were never out of the S-League's top three from 1996-2000, and they were the first club to win a Cup double in 1998. One of the giants of club football, the Jaguars are now staring
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      152 33 1996 One of 12 teams in the inaugural S-League. Finish second in the Pioneer series. 1997 Come in second in the S-League again 1998 Change name to Tanjong Pagar United. Second in the S-League yet again, but bag a historic Singapore Cup and FA Cup double.
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      639 33 youuiiheserroiig IN 1998,1 visited a Muslim orphanage with the Tanjong Pagar United squad. When we arrived, the brash kids were wearing fake English Premiership jerseys. It was a rather amusing mini-protest, their cheeky rationale appearing to be: You might be S-League
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      247 30 League Home Team Away Team c Match l*jck?ff 2 (Singapore date/time) UE Champions CSKA Moscow Chelsea Wed, 03/11/04 1.30 am UE Champions Inter Valencia Wed, 03/11/04 3.45 am UE Champions Glasgow Celt Shakhtar Wed, 03/11/04 3.45 am UE Champions PSV Rosenborg Wed, 03/11/04 3.45 am UE Champions Porto Paris SG
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