Today, 24 December 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday December 24, 2004 mica (P) 103/07/2004
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    Hands across Singapore to lift a child's burden
    527 1  -  Wong Fei Wan Offers of help pour in for Lina from Today readers AS THE year-end festive spending spree reaches a fever pitch, this newspaper's report yesterday about a 13-year-old girl's quiet determination to lift her family out of the poverty trap
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    Shankar whisked out of Singapore
    228 1  -  Derrick A Paulo LESS than a year ago, Vidya Shankar Aiyar was one of the most public faces in Singapore, as the host of a popular interview show, In Conversation, which featured some of the world's most powerful people. Last night, as he was released
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      8 1 READERS A MERRY fr^PK CHRISTMAS fflSjt no publication
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      Debate upsets some in audience
      628 2  -  Ng Shing Yi Some young people fail to understand the concept of welfarism FOR a month, 60 elite young people, aged 17 to 25, were kept together as part of the inaugural National Youth Forum (NYF), where they were given access to talk about national
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      iSay DADDY'S NOT COMING HOME FOR XMAS
      662 3  -  John Wanstall "MUMMY, where is Daddy?" With tears streaming down her haggard cheeks, the young mother clutched her tiny, blondehaired daughter to her bosom and replied: "My darling, he had an accident in his boat and fell into the sea. "But Daddy is
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      Lock icon The staining of Sulawesi
      265 4 US mining corp claims mercury pollution posed no health risk JAKARTA American mining company Newmont Corporation has admitted to having pumped 33 tons of mercury into the air and water at an Indonesian mine but its chief executive insisted the releases posed no health risk. This
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      Lock icon Tis the season to be wary: Bird flu set to spread in Vietnam
      228 4 AP HANOI With the holiday season in full swing, Vietnam's top veterinary official warned of the dangers of bird flu spreading on a large scale, possibly up to Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year festival on Feb
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      351 5 Mobile CableTV i|\ SbarHub r Business B^.' idl/ibs wj-fs and isJJ ha/ 1 you jjiks iis/,,, pit? ?Sfc With our extensive range of roaming services, home is never too far away. To travel is to discover. At StarHub, we give you more ways than one to share your experiences and
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      Lock icon Singing fora cause
      325 6  -  Lee U-Wen u-wen@newstoday.com.sg HE spends his waking hours confined to a motorised wheelchair, but that has not stopped 16-year-old Kevin Lee from doing what he enjoys most singing. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy (MD) at age 10, he has been spending his holidays performing Christmas carols with a
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      Lock icon Have a good time – without the smoke
      501 6  - Have a good time without the smoke Jasmine Yin Three health groups team up to campaign for no smoking in pubs, bars and clubs THERE was music, booze and plenty of hip young people having a good time. The only thing unique about this picture at a Clarke Quay club
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      Sex seminar for Malay parents and teens
      295 6 CONCERNED with increased teenage sexual behaviour and the incidence of Aids in the Malay community, voluntary welfare organisation Jaringan Kemahiran Ibubapa (AIN-JKIB) or Parents' Skills Network is organising a seminar on the subject this Sunday. "In the past, Malays used to stay in
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      ERS: Many yet to top up CPF
      242 6 WITH a little over a week to go before the Dec 31 deadline, about 130,000 Singaporeans have yet to top up their CPF accounts with $50 in order to qualify for the next lot of Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS). About 2.05 million Singaporeans
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      Record number of foreclosed properties for auction
      145 8 THE number of foreclosed properties put up for auction rose to a record high 2,440 this year, a 25 per cent increase from last year. But buyers' response was poor despite the sharp economic rebound, said Jones Lang LaSalle in a report yesterday.
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      Lock icon Missing girl, mum reunited
      515 8 Newsßadio 93.8, Channel News Asia 9-year-old unharmed after adventure FILIPINO girl Kaye Charish Mae Patino has been re-united with her parents nearly a day after the nine-year-old was reported missing and following a massive police search. Little Kaye probably didn't realise the trouble she had caused
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      Lock icon On militant alert
      325 10 AP Indonesia,Thailand brace for terror attacks JAKARTA More than 14,000 police officers will be deployed across Indonesia to safeguard churches, malls and hotels amid warnings that Islamic terrorists are planning Christmas attacks in the city. Officers will even escort priests from their homes to churches on Christmas
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      Lock icon Women, being active and lean is best
      183 10 AP WASHINGTON Being fit but fat isn't good enough. Excess weight can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a Harvard School Public Health study found. "There has been some suggestion that if you are particularly active, you
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    • this QUIkKY world
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        Thief falls asleep on the job
        54 10 A burglar in Argentina fell asleep inside the house he was robbing, reported Las Ultimas Noticias, a local newspaper. He was woken up by the owner of the house who attacked him with a broom. He escaped into a neighbour's house but was held
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        Coffins for cats and dogs
        39 10 A company in Chile, Pet Funeral, has launched a line of coffins made exclusively for dogs and cats, Las Ultimas Noticias reported. It also offers a complete funeral service that includes flowers and candles.
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        Up for auction — one cornflake
        59 10 Up for auction one cornflake A woman is auctioning a single cornflake online on eßay to raise money for a dog centre charity, reported Ananova.com. Ms Rosy Greaves said: "After all the publicity regarding toast, tomatoes and foods looking like someone or something else, I decided as a joke to
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        Lock icon Father of India's economic liberalisation dies
        66 12 AP Former Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, 83, died in a New Delhi hospital. Mr Rao, who set in motion India's economic liberalisation more than a decade ago, was prime minister from 1 991 to 1 996. He took office at a
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        Lock icon Radical Islamic ideology spreads through the Net
        69 12 AP The Dutch intelligence service warned that radical Islamic ideology is spreading to thousands of young Muslims through Internet websites and online chat rooms. The agency, AIVD, identified eight sources of radical Islam which pose a threat to the country, ranging from Salifist
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        Hold your tongue, Thaksin tells minister
        62 12 Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered deputy Interior Minister Sutham Saengprathum not to refer to alleged training grounds for militants in Malaysia amid concern that relations between the two countries could become further strained. "I told Sutham not to talk. It's not his business.
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      Lock icon Suicide bomber in US base?
      268 12 -AP Experts: Blast exposes security weaknesses WASHINGTON A suicide bomber may have carried out the explosion at the United States base near Mosul, which killed 22 people, including 14 American soldiers. The attack, say experts, also represents a breach of the most basic principles of
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      Bowling alley secretly bankrolled by Arafat
      118 12 NEW YORK The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat secretly bankrolled a bowling alley in New York with Palestinian Authority funds. He sank about US$l.3 million ($2.1 million) into Bowlmor Lanes, in Greenwich Village in 2002 by using a holding company to transfer the funds.
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      144 10 MMI i "f--fk Think you look good smoking? Not for long. Every cigarette poisons your skin with 4,000 toxic chemicals, the same ones used to clean toilets and kill rats. With each puff, you also suck your skin dry of oxygen, making it dull, wrinkled and t ,^go^ saggy. Some
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      451 11 Now, you can experience the latest technology in brilliant colours! It's the season of giving to the ones you love! And what better gift than the gift of education? Make this Christmas special for your children. We are offering you a special price of $1 for the world renowned encyclopedia
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      412 13 FANCLrZoREVER |_ini KF i RESH Christmas Fair IWUJLJ m Now tNI 3' Dec 2004 at a"FANCL HOUSE JUST FANCL FRESHNESS jh Look Feel Your Best V iV A this Festive Season. Hi v Enjoy exclusive treats and tips on how to stay fc healthy and beautiful naturally. Receive personal Ik
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      Focus. On The Family
      269 14  -  Dr James Dobson Tbiws CHRISTMAS MEMORIES Without a doubt, the best time of the year for shared memories is Christmas. I've always loved Christmastime, and I really don't mind if everyone knows it. Some of my happiest memories, both as a child and as an adult,
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      Rivervaje area meets air quality standards
      301 14  -  FOONG CHEE LEONG 001 LIN KAH WE THANK Mr Lam Ming Sing for expressing his concern about the air quality in the Rivervale area (Dec 21). The National Environment Agency (NEA) has been monitoring the air quality via a permanent air monitoring station set
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      Be pro-active in helping businesses
      647 14  -  ROBERT TEH KEK HUA THE JTC seems to recognise, in its move to lower industrial rentals (Dec 23), that the operating environment is still fragile and rental costs remain high and uncompetitive for businesses. This is good news. However, HDB seems to take the opposite
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      Lock icon The wildlife of Singapore
      912 16  -  mr brown HowAVAcan solve problem of people keeping illegal pets THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) busted someone recently for illegally keeping wild animals in a Serangoon Ave 1 flat They found 11 wild animals, including two pythons, two scorpions and a bearded dragon in this
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      Reluctant groom irresponsible, cowardly
      121 16  -  I KANG CHOON HOWE CHARLES I Letter from I REFER to Clement Mesenas' "Where's the fair play?" (Dec 23). While I agree with most of his comments about Mr Hasmawi Hassan, I feel some critical points were missed out How would Mr Hasmawi's behaviour tarnish the
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to make $196m China investment
      540 20 Bloomberg It will jointly buy, manage Chinese malls with ShenzhenTrust CAPITALAND will join a Chinese state-owned partner of Wal-Mart Stores to buy and manage retail malls in China. Shenzhen International Trust Investment Co, which owns a 35-per-cent share in Wal-Mart's 38-store operation in China,
      – Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  540 words
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      Lock icon Outspoken HK lawmaker calls in police after Reit death threat
      180 20 AFP HONG KONG Police are investigating a death threat against a Hong Kong legislator following accusations that he was to blame for halting a huge government property privatisation, a statement said yesterday. Lawmaker Albert Cheng supported a legal challenge by
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      Lock icon Yukos' main asset goes to state
      186 20 AFP MOSCOW The main asset of Russia's stricken oil giant, Yukos Oil, fell into state hands in the first re-nationalisation of the post-Soviet era. Russian state petroleum company Rosneft became the new owner of Yukos' core oil-pumping subsidiary, Yuganskneftegazafter, after it bought the mystery
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    • MarketWATCH
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        World markets
        57 20 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex Value *****.30 4025.90 5997.67 876.88 909.30 667.90 986.50 1807.49 234.13 6441.85 Change Pis +84.22 -6.40 -3.85 -6.50 +6.00 -4.89 +1.32 +17.75 -2.98 +28.19 +0.60 -0.16 -0.06
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6098 UK£ 0.3181 Yen 63.566 HK$ 4.7456 RM 2.3173 Euro 0.4554 Rupiah 5681.6 Baht 23.81 Peso 34.214 A$ 0.7988 Indian Rs 26.737 Won 642.56 C$ 0.757 Yuan 5.047 NZ$ 0.8579 NTS 19.698
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        Commodities
        21 20 Gold uss/oi 443.4 Silver uss/oi 6.885 Platinum uss/oz 843.700 Rubber centsAg 199.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1387 Brent crude uss/borrel 40.75
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        Lock icon Singapore
        119 20 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed barely changed yesterday, although technology stocks succumbed to profittaking after gains on Wednesday. The ST Index closed down 0.29 point, or 0.01 per cent, at 2,055.48. Decliners led advancers 200 to 170, while 475.3 million shares worth $364.9 million were traded. Traders lamented the
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        ST Index: 2,055.48 -0.29
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        57 20 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume UniFibet Intend LeongHin Sing Tel Bio-Treat Capitaland Horizon ChinaCast Etika China Sun Close 0.265 0.135 0.340 2.380 0.650 2.040 0.085 0.245 0.200 0.385 Change +0.025 +0.010 +0.020 -0.005 +0.020 +0.025 +10.4 +8.0 +6.3 -0.8 +1.0 +11.4 'OOO 106,655 34,028 14,889
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        SGX top rises
        79 20 By Close Change ihang Asia 2kHK$ 11.100 +0.600 DCBC 4.5%NCPS 100 101.400 +0.300 5TIETF100 20.800 +0.190 IMH400USS 16.700 +0.100 XBC 13.700 +0.100 >IA 11.600 +0.100 HL Fin 3.080 +0.080 WB Breweries 7.600 +0.050 WJennings A$ 1.520 +0.050 By percentage China Infiu Close i 0.070 Change +40.0 FJBenW*****6
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        SGX top falls
        77 20 By$ /enture Close 15.400 Change -0.300 DBS 16.100 -0.100 F&N 15.700 -0.100 jteatEast lardine C&C ISH 500USS 13.100 10.700 8.300 -0.100 -0.100 -0.100 UOB 13.700 -0.100 iPC iembCotp HPL 3.760 1.520 1.110 -0.080 -0.050 -0.040 By percentage Falmac WediaS F!ua Kok Dragon USS iPCotp lackslnl lade Close
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Singapore's inflation slowed to 1.7% in November
        209 22 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S inflation slowed last month as education costs fell because of cheaper personal computers and egg prices declined after the Government lifted import curbs on poultry products. The index of consumer prices rose 1.7 per cent last month from November a year
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        Lock icon PSA's Hong Kong port bid foiled again
        489 22 Dow Jones Asia ContainerTerminal's shareholders exercise pre-emptive purchase rights HONG KONG PSA International's bid to gain a foothold in Hong Kong's port operations has been blocked after two companies with stakes in one of the territory's port operator Asia Container Terminals (ACT) exercised
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      Sex doesn't stop here
      549 24  -  Jeanine Tan Sex addicts can now enjoy series-related books and TV shows JUST as the relationship between Carrie Bradshaw and Mr Big never seems to end, it appears that Sex and the City hasn't quite come to an end, even though the hit series on the
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      PLACES To GO...
      281 24  -  Rachel Lo PUBS and clubs around town are pulling out all the stops this year with round-the-clock party licences. "Many people go away to celebrate the holidays," said Kenny Skeoch, the Emerald Hill Group's director for entertainment. "This year, the feel-good factor is high so we need
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        Fist of funny
        465 26  -  Yong Shu Chiang Comedian Stephen Chow scores another hit FILM REVIEW Kung Fu Hustle STEPHEN Chow used to make straightforward nonsensical movies. He and frequent sidekick Ng Man Tat were box office gold, entertaining audiences with their brand of slapstick and ridiculous comedy for much of the
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        Phantom of the Opera
        331 26  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW by THE singing is marvellous, the sets and costumes divine and the story faithful. So, why is Phantom of the Opera the movie only a qualified success? But why make Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical one of the most popular and enduring
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        Nobody Knows
        382 27  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW by THE world can be a lonely and hostile place. Four children and their young mother know that i Desperately poor and fatherless, the children stay at home by themselves while Mum works to support the family. Despite their hand-to-mouth existence, they lead
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      1522 28 Kelly, Ruben Fantasia: I Say It If You Dare I Lifestyle I 25 On 20/20 Home for Christmas j channel 8,8 30pm j Soul Food: Foods of Passion (Episode 1) Part 1 Channel 5,10pm :f j Arts Central, 9pm Channel NewsAsia, 7.32pm ~^H i Hosted by Mark Before we bring
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      Lock icon Bored with netball...
      435 30  -  TANYO-HINN So Singh-Lim vows 2005 will be her final year as NS president SHE wanted to leave the post in June, but a petition persuaded her to sign on as president of Netball Singapore (NS) for another twoyear term. But Ivy Singh-Lim insists this is it and
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      Lock icon Bangladesh fight hard, but come up short
      274 30 AFP ONE-DAY CRICKET Bangladesh v India CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mashud hit solid half-centuries, but failed to stop India from posting an 11-run victory over a fighting Bangladesh in the first one-dayer here yesterday. India, who fielded an experimental side, rode
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      Lock icon McGrath slams Akhtar
      327 31 AFP CRICKET TEST Australia v Pakistan MELBOURNE Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath yesterday labelled Pakistan quick Shoaib Akhtar a showman whose obsession with pace meant he was just as likely to bowl "a load of rubbish", as rip through a batting line-up. "Without a doubt, that's Shoaib,"
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      Lock icon A Real trying year
      515 32 AP And there does not seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel PRIMERA LIGA Real Madrid 0 Sevilla 1 MADRID Real Madrid's 1-0 league defeat against Sevilla set the seal on a miserable year in which the team failed to win a
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      Lock icon Gerrard's happy at Anfield, but he wants Morientes
      385 32 LIVERPOOL Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has reiterated his desire to stay at Anfield and win trophies with the club. The 24-year-old England midfielder is determined to see out his contract, despite reported interest from Chelsea. Speaking to BBC Sport, he said: "I'm
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        A dream fulfilled
        56 32 NEW YORK Carl Pavano (right) fulfilled a boyhood baseball dream yesterday, signing a four-year contract to pitch for the New York Yankees. The 28-year-old right-hander, who won a career-best 1 8 games last season for the Florida Marlins, will receive a reported U5539.95 million ($65.5 million) to
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        Coach paralysed
        78 32 BOGOTA Luis Fernando Montoya, coach of Copa Libertadores champions Once Caldas, has been left quadriplegic after being shot in the neck, doctors said yesterday. The 47-year-old, wnose side were beaten by European champions FC Porto in tnis month's Intercontinental Cup, was shot at his home in Medellin by
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        Blackburn's Savage bid
        77 32 LONDON Blackburn manager Mark Hughes confirmed yesterday they had bid in excess or £2 million ($6.3 million) for 30-year-old Birmingham midfielder Robbie Savage. He hit back at Birmingham chief executive Karen Brady, who described the offer as "derisory". "I wouldn't say the offer is derisory in this
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        Souness dreads the hangman
        91 32 LONDON Graeme Souness has admitted he has little time to get Newcastle winning, before the board and fans lose patience. "In an ideal world my performance at Newcastle would not be held up to serious judgment until the end of next season," he told the Daily
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      36 32 8.30am B'ketball Big East Conference: Richmond v Pittsburgh, Ch23 9am NBA Timberwolves v Spurs, Ch24 10.45am American Las Vegas Bowl: Football UCLA v Wyoming, Ch23 Tomorrow Bam American 2004 Hawaii Bowl: Football Hawaii v UAB, Ch23
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      Lock icon Czar Popov quits
      255 34 AFP PARIS Alexander Popov (above), twice a double sprint freestyle gold medallist in the Olympics, has retired from swimming at the age of 33,1'Equipe sports daily reported yesterday. There was no immediate confirmation from the Russian, who lives in Switzerland. The Russian sprint great completed 50m and
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      Lock icon Record punishment
      95 34 AFP SYDNEY Australian rules sporting officials have banned 22 players for a total of more than 400 matches, following an all-in brawl last September involving players, fans and officials. The punch-up occurred at the North Queensland AFL grand final between the North Cairns Tigers and the Port Douglas
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      Lock icon JORDAN RULES ... compared to Kobe
      1530 34 JORDAN RULES compared to Kobe He is probably the most scrutinised athlete in American sport right now. When Kobe Bryant takes to the Staples Center court for a Christmas Day showdown against former team-mate Shaquille O'Neal, the hype says it'll be the most watched NBA clash of all time two
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        Ex-coach Phil Jackson (right)
        76 35 People can talk about Michael Jordan being coachable, but he's had many disagreements with Phil. Shaq's had disagreements with Phil. But for whatever reason, he had a partk' ular dislike for me and wanted to trade me before I ever even started developing as a player.
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        Hailing team-mates, like Jordan did, as "my guys"
        76 35 I did that, like, once. Everybody's like, "You can't say 'my guys'." Whoa. I was just saying "my guys", not even mean* ing "my guys". It just shows you how much people are paying attention to every step I take. If the
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        Feeling like he can never win
        64 35 There's a motto that my English teacher told me a long time ago in school: Some' times you have to dare to be great. When you do that, you're going to [tick] some people off you can't please everybody and you shouldn't try to
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        Going up against Shaq (right) on Christmas Day
        69 35 In my gut right now, I don't have one butter' fly, nothing IVe never been the type to back down from any' thing on that basketball court When we practised we were on opposite teams we were jawing back and forth. It's
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