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  • 17 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com jf'Ti t i \*ffli P\^B December 22, 2004 MICA (P) 103/07/2004
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  • 668 1 Agencies Thailand says it has photos but M'sia dismisses claims BANGKOK The Thai government upped the ante in the war of words with Malaysia when it said yesterday that it has photographic evidence of Thai Muslim separatists undergoing militia training in the neighbouring country.
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  • 398 1 PARIS A top French judge is to be suspended after he allegedly stole a German colleague's credit card to pay for a prostitute, having earlier delivered an hour-long speech on ethics, reported The Times. The French Justice Ministry will suspend Mr Pierre Hontang,
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    • 29 1 NEWSX^/lEWS I say The flip side of abuse/26 Ronaldinho The buck-toothed charmer/46 WYLIE A T lis ER's lone M m original cast mM ff I member Iwt f jm
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  • hot news
    • 553 2 AFP. -AFP Issues visa to former Taiwanese leader TOKYO Japan issued tourist visas yesterday to Taiwan's outspoken former president Lee Teng-hui and his family, defying a warning from China that the move would further damage Sino-Japanese relations. Japan said it considered Lee, who left office in
      AFP.; -AFP  -  553 words
    • 255 2  -  Ansley Ng THE number of people arrested for drink-driving offences from January to October jumped about 21 per cent compared to the same period last year. At last night's launch of the Anti-Drink-Drive Campaign 2004-cum-Sponsors' Appreciation Dinner, Mr Heng Chee How, Minister of State for Trade
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    • 459 3  -  Lee U-Wen CEO announces increased $313 million payout CHRISTMAS has come early for NTUC Income's 800,000 life insurance policyholders, as the cooperative announced yesterday it would pay out higher bonuses based on its 2004 performance, marking the second consecutive year it has increased its
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    • 249 4 Agencies WELLINGTON New Zealand's spy chief has warned that Islamic extremists with international terror links have attempted to use the country as a safe haven to organise overseas campaigns. Security Intelligence Service (SIS) director Richard Woods said in an annual report
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    • NEWScomment
      • 795 4  -  Dr Eric Teo AFP Asean is at risk too andThaksin could learn from Taiwan election as his nation heads to polls EARLIER this month, Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian lost spectacularly in the Legislative Yuan elections. His election manoeuvre, a last-minute proposal to drop "China"
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    • 181 3 PREVIEW TALK 22"«« (Wed) Dec 04, 7pm By Mr. Ravindra Naidu Member of Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division lIJ M Diploma in Applied Psychology Specialisation in Principles of Psychology I Counselling Psycho-Therapy Principles of Psychology II Community Care Human Growth and Developmental Psychology Psychology of Learning ak
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  • Singapore news
    • 464 6  -  Tor Ching Li All international adoptions will require Home Study Reports IN AN effort to close loopholes in Singapore's adoption procedures, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) will require anyone wishing to adopt children from foreign countries to complete a Home
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    • 243 6  -  Wong Fei Wan BY THE end of January, convenience retail chain 7-Eleven will take another step to live up its motto of "It's a store and more" when all of its outlets are outfitted with ez-link card facilities. Apart from being able to use their
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    • 262 6  -  Ansley Ng AS SINGAPORE restructures the way in which the Chinese language is taught in schools, a language enrichment centre found a creative way to make learning the language fun and memorable for children. For as little as 40 cents, children can listen to
      PHOTOS: MATTHEW TEO  -  262 words
    • 643 8  -  Tor Ching Li Transport GPC chairs address their concerns WHEN it comes to public transport, everybody considers himself an expert, said Mr Chay Wai Chuen, 54, ex-chair for the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport and MP since 1988. After two years of steering his
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    • 92 8  - WHAT THEY SAY Mr Chay Wai Chuen, The cost of public transport in Singapore is very reasonable compared to elsewhere. When the economy is down and people are asked to tighten their belts, the real challenge is to get public transport providers to also be sensitive to the public and
      – Mr Ong Kian Mm,  -  92 words
    • 412 12  -  Subathirai Sivakumaran Robot-assisted surgery comes to Mount Elizabeth Hospital news@newstoday.com.sg WITH the advent of computercontrolled robotics, surgeons at Mount Elizabeth Hospital no longer need worry about having rock-steady hands or fatigue at the operating table. Instead, they sit at a console and direct robotic arms
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    • 138 12 Channel News Asia TRAVELLERS to Malaysia planning to use the Tuas and Woodlands Checkpoints have been advised to plan their travel carefully. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authorities says traffic congestion is expected during the period from Dec 23--26 and from Dec 30 to Jan 2. For departures,
      — Channel News Asia  -  138 words
    • 197 12 Channel News Asia MOTORISED bicycle owners and riders are reminded to get their vehicles inspected before they take to the road next year. This is to ensure they meet the enhanced safety requirements that will take effect from Jan 1.
      – Channel News Asia  -  197 words
    • 214 12  -  Jasmine Yin BEING woken up from a nap is not something most people are happy about except when it is to receive news that you have won a holiday to Perth. Miss Hew Li Wen (picture), 18, nabbed the top prize of the five-day,
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    • 97 12 Channel News Asia A SECOND person in the highprofile cocaine case has failed to show up in court. Technician Hamdan Mohd, 35, has skipped bail posted by his sister, Saedah Mohd. The $20,000 bail has been forfeited. A warrant of arrest has been issued for
      – Channel News Asia  -  97 words
    • 99 12 Channel News Asia AN ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) taskforce set up to deal with the bird flu threat has come up with eight action areas at the end of a two-day inaugural meeting here. They include: Disease surveillance and alert systems for prompt
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  • world news
    • 264 17 Agencies Footballer to be kicked off team KEDAH Malaysian footballer Hasmawi Hassan, who failed to show up at his wedding, is likely to be shown the red card by his football team. According to the BBC yesterday, the deputy head of the state football association said Mr
      – Agencies; AFP  -  264 words
    • this QUIRKY world
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        81 17 The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department kicked up a stink yesterday when it found toy bombs that trigger farting sounds when they are ignited. The bombs, which were declared unsafe, contain powdered sulphur, hydrogen sulphide and diluted acid and give off a disgusting smell when pressecT. Each
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      • 90 17 The British Royal Navy has paid for two sailors to have cosmetic breast surgery even as the armed forces face budget cuts. The Telegraph reported yesterday that a man had breast reduction surgery and a woman implants. The defence ministry spent £38,000
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      • 75 17 AFP A man brandishing a gun-like object held up a chemist in a small Swedish town and made off with his booty: A package of headache tablets. Swedish media reported on Monday that the man walked into the pharmacy, pulled out an object that resembled a ?un
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    • 339 19 AP Combination drug will ease patients' burden TRENTON (New Jersey) Two drug companies announced they will collaborate on developing the first all-in-one, one-a-day pill to treat HIV infection a long-sought goal that would make it much easier for patients to stick with their
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 94 19 Agencies Surgeons at Shanghai's Ruijin Hospital successfully completed an operation to transplant seven organs from a single donor to a local woman. The 14-hour operation involved the transplant of a new liver, pancreas, spleen, stomach small bowel, duodenum and colon into Ms Lv Xiao, 38. "The
        – Agencies  -  94 words
      • 59 19 AP Pakistan police yesterday arrested former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari in connection with the killing of a former judge and his son in 1 996. Zardari had been released from eight years in jail last month after the Supreme Court
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    • 183 19 AFP JAKARTA The trial of Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was halted abruptly yesterday as his supporters tried to attack a witness testifying against the alleged leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) extremist group. The row erupted as Bashir's lawyers scolded Mr Mohammad Nasir
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    • 413 20 AFP Can't ascertain he gave instructions to fast-track application LONDON Former British Home Secretary David Blunkett was exonerated yesterday when an inquiry said it could not ascertain whether he personally gave instructions to speed up a visa application for his ex-lover's Filipino nanny. "I
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    • 202 20 AFP BAGHDAD About 22 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a blast at a US military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, US media reported, citing Pentagon officials. The attack, which
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    • 58 20 The Siamese twin boys, conjoined at the heart and liver, who were abandoned three days after birth, underwent treatment yesterday at the Hefei City Children's Hospital in China's eastern Anhui province. The boys are in stable condition but need donations for an operation
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    • 155 20 -AFP LONDON The British government forged ahead yesterday with plans to introduce identity cards as part of its drive against terrorism after defeating a revolt in Parliament A rebel group of Labour and opposition Conservative Members of Parliament had tried on Monday to deny the
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    • 161 20 AFP JAKARTA United States jazz singer Norah Jones yesterday became the latest in a string of performers to cancel a concert in Indonesia after foreign governments warned of an imminent attack by extremists. Miss Jones, whose 2002 album, Come Away With Me, won
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    • 234 22 ATHENS The two Albanians who hijacked a Greek bus last week, taking 23 people hostage, have apologised for what one of them called their "stupid" act If convicted, 24-year-old Albanian immigrants Gaz Resuli and Leonard Murati could faced up to 25 years in prison.
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    • 237 22 KANSAS The woman who strangled a 23-year-old mother and stole her baby has been charged with womb theft resulting in murder, reported BBC. Lisa Montgomery, 36, from Melvern, Kansas, killed eight-month pregnant Bobbi Jo Stinnett and went around showing off the newborn
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    • 499 22 DUBAI The world's biggest and probably grandest yacht at 160 m, it is the length of one-and-a-half football fields is being built in the United Arab Emirates for one of the world's richest men, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai. The £120
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  • voices
    • 237 24  -  Dr James Dobson m Erma Bombeckonce wrote, "The family that plays together, fights together."And I'm afraid she's right. Why is it that children are most obnoxious and irritating on vacations and other times when parents specifically try to please them? On those special days, you'd think
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    • 122 24  -  ONG-ANGAI BOON Letter from Director, Association of Banks in Singapore WE REFER to the letter by Mr Lim Boon Hee, "Bank robberies raise questions of safety" (Dec 13). Our member banks have always placed the safety of bank customers and security of banking premises on
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    • Thoughts on torture
      • 318 24  -  DR JULES SCHWAGER AFP Letter from Arizona, USA MR WILLIAM Pfaff never had much good to say about American politics. He gives the impression that we have state-spon-sored torture in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo. The United States is bound by the Geneva Conventions, but
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      • 325 24  -  KENNETH TTELLIS Letter from Ontario, Canada MR WILLIAM Pfaff says the US never officially practised torture against Germany or Japan in World War 11. In January 1965, my merchant ship touched base in Minamata, Japan. Not being one of those who
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      • 341 24  -  BRANDON KWAN, 14 Letter from THIS year, my school introduced a new subject Philosophy. We had to do a project which consisted of discussing an issue of debatable morality. My group chose torture. Long a part of human history,
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    • 704 26  -  Mci Tan AS I write this letter, feelings of guilt, anger and pain start to flow in my heart My story began just after Christmas last year. We employed a domestic helper to help around the house and take care for my two sons, aged
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    • 485 26  -  JANINE MATHIEU I Letter from Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Singapore Post WE REFER to the letters from Mr Marcus Ho (Dec 14 and 17) and our response (Dec 16). We would like to clarify that the air and surface parcel business is highly competitive. Besides
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    • 46 26 Defensively, the Lions are all right. The main concern is in their attack. With Indra (Sahdan) out, a lot will depend on Agu Casmir. Singapore's chances will depend a lot on his form. I'd rate Singapore's chances as 50-50. Singapore football fan Spencer Low, 33
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    • 98 26 It has been a long while since the Lions have come so far in any tournament. I'd actually written them off a long time ago, but ifs great to see them in the semi-finals and I wish them the best of luck. Singapore football
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  • Businesstoday
    • 252 28  -  Jaime Koh IN A bid to boost the competitiveness of Singapore's ports, the Government announced yesterday reductions in port charges from Janl. These include a 50-per-cent reduction in port dues for vessels undergoing shipyard repairs exceeding 95 days. Vessels calling at the port only to take bunker
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 124 28 Dow Jones SHARES rose yesterday as concerns over oil prices eased, boosting blue chips that are seen as proxies for the economy. Oil prices declined on Monday in New York amid forecasts of warmer US weather, which is expected to reduce the demand for heating oil by the world's
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      • 18 28 2062.0 2053.7 2055.1 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 A am pm ©SGX
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      • 60 28 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,125.92 14,180.79 4,018.30 5,987.85 882.82 Pis +22.5 +0.20 -33.25 -0.23 +19.90 +0.50 +1.91 +0.03 -1.49 -0.17 KLCI 906.50 -3.11 -0.34 SET Index Jakarta Comp 671.50 976.31 -4.21 -0.62 +9.51 +0.98 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,775.45
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      • 36 28 US$ 0.6088 UK£ 0.3147 Yen 63.475 HK$ 4.7363 RM 2.3133 Euro 0.4554 Rupiah 5,674.5 Baht 23.768 Peso 34.173 A$ 0.7956 Indian Rs 26-688 Won 642.62 C$ 0.7471 Yuan 5.0391 NZ$ 0.8566 NTS 19.684
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      • 26 28 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 442.70 Silver uss/oi 6.855 Platinum uss/oz 842.00 Information provided by Rubber cents/kg 198.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,407 Brent crude uss/barrel 42.28
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  • business news
    • 377 30 Bloomberg Troubled oil company's unit, CAOT, completes jet fuel tender AIR China, the nation's biggest international carrier, denied a newspaper report that it may invest in China Aviation Oil Singapore Corp (CAO) as part of the company's reorganisation. CAO, which
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    • 112 30 -AFP MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that a Chinese state oil firm could participate in developing oilfields of the Yukos oil group's main asset sold at an auction last weekend. "We do not exclude the possibil- ity that the Chinese
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    • 320 30 Channel News Asia INVESTORS who put their money into certain structured deposits linked to China Aviation Oil (CAO) shares may have some way out of their troubles. OCBC Securities executive director T X Yap said that a certain "market disruption"
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    • 147 30 Bloomberg TRANSPORT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said that he will be meeting with Australian Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson "in the coming months" to discuss an open skies agreement "I think the two governments have made their stands quite clear," said Mr Yeo. "That the
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    • 191 32 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian discount carrier Air Asia urged the Malaysian government to turn former Subang airport into a regional low-cost aviation hub to help attract more tourists and reduce operating costs. Chief executive officer Tony Fernandes expects direct cost savings of 10 to
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    • 926 32 Dow Jones Asia's airlines cannot afford to miss budget market SYDNEY With US and European skies crowded with low-cost carriers, Asia is a sure bet as the next frontier for cheap and cheerful travel. But the question on the mind of investors is who will lead the
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    • 1137 33  -  Bharathi Rajan DBS ShentonThrift Fund manager Roy Phua discusses the outlook for Singapore equities in 2005 THE Singapore stock market has been the second-best performing index in the region this year, with the ST Index chalking up a year-to-date gain of 15 per
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    • 261 34  -  -Jeanine Tan GOOD food is everywhere if you know where to look. And the new Malay TV programme, Jalan-Jalan Cart Makan International (Let's Walk Around To Find Food Internationally) will help you do just that A joint production between MediaCorp TVI2 Suria
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      476 35  -  Yong Shu Chiang Eliminated grandparent contestants remain spirited Someone's eyeing Amazing Race presenter Phil Keoghan's job. "I'd love to be the host, especially if they ever have a senior's version of the Race," said Don St Claire, 70, a Californian physician who, with wife Mary Jean, became
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    • 279 35  -  Jeanine Tan HE WASN'T in the top 12 of Singapore Idol, but Dwayne Tan has gone one up on all the other finalists including winner Taufik Batisah. Yesterday, the 27-year-old launched his first album, called Moments Alone. Contractual obligations means that Taufik's
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    • 124 35 MEDIACORP is renaming the Chinese names of its TV channels from Bo Dao to Pin Dao. With the new names, these channels will now be aligned with Channel U or You Pin Dao, which will become part of the MediaCorp Group from
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      • 336 36  -  Yong Shu Chiang But Soderbergh's Ocean's Twelve is hot favourite here JTM Carrey's return to comedy after a turn in the quirky drama, ternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has made a small fortune at the North American box office. Based on a series of
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      • 101 36 In the US (Dec 17-19) RANKING MOVIE WEEKEND CUMULATIVE WEEKS IN GROSS/USS GROSS/USS CINEMAS Figures according to Exhibitor Relations Co., Inc 1 Lemony Snicket's A 30.06m Series of Unfortunate Events 2(1) Ocean's Twelve 18.12m 3 Spanglish 8.82m 4 (4) me Polar Express 8.41 m 5 (2)
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      • 80 36 RANKING MOVIE WEEKS IN CINEMAS Rankings according to Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association 11 Last week's ranking in brackets Denotes new release 1 Ocean s twelve 2(1) National Treasure 3 (2) Blade: Trinity 4 A World Without Thieves (Mandarin) 5 (3) The Incredibles 6 (4) Alexander (Ml8)
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    • 458 42 AP With star receiver sidelined, Eagles no longer a shoe-in for Super Bowl PHILADELPHIA Long-suffer-ing Philadelphia Eagles fans would never be so foolish to think a trip to the Super Bowl was a lock, even though their Birds are clearly the best team in their conference
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    • 298 42 MIAMI Shaquille O'Neal has some advice for former team-mate Kobe Bryant when the rivals play against each other for the first time stay out of the lane. "If you've got a corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's gonna
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    • 592 43  - Beware never-say-die Myanmar JOSE RAYMOND But while wary of the opposition, Lions coach Avramovic insists his men have no fear FOOTBALL Tiger Cup semi-finals SINGAPORE fans know little of Myanmar and that is probably why many of them feel confident that the Lions will successfully negotiate their semi-final and qualify
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    • 438 43  -  STANLEY HO BADMINTON Cheers International Championship THEY are bests friends who enjoy each other's company while relaxing along Orchard Road after a hard day of training. But today, Singapore shuttlers Chew Swee Hau and Erwin Djohan will put friendship
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    • 523 44 Agencies LIVERPOOL In news that will cheer every fan of the Reds, Spain star Fernando Morientes yesterday told Real Madrid he wanted to join English Premiership outfit Liverpool. Liverpool, seeking to replace Djibril Ciise after his broken leg, confirmed Morientes as their number one target when the
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    • 240 44 Agencies MADRID Real Madrid were supposed to discuss the appointment of former Italy boss Arrigo Sacchi as general manager, at a board meeting here last night (this morning, Singapore time). A statement on the club's website said the 58-year-old "had emerged as the first option". Sacchi
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    • 157 44 AFP PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa England completed a record eighth successive Test win, when they beat South Africa by seven wickets on the fifth day of the first Test, here at St George's Park yesterday. Andrew Strauss raced to 94 not out as England took only 36
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    • 115 44 AFP THREE-TIME world champions Germany ended their three-match training tour of Asia by hammering Thailand 5-1, at the Rajamangla Stadium in Bangkok yesterday. The Germans had won their first match against Japan 3-0, but then slumped to a 3-1 defeat against South Korea two days later. But
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