Today, 2 February 2005

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    7 1 TODAY incorporating utrCfltS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 aaaa
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    Amtek chairman charged with insider trading
    414 1  -  Francis Kan francis@newstoday.com.sg HOME-GROWN electronics giant Amtek Engineering stunned the market last night with the revelation that the company's executive chairman has been charged with insider trading by the Commercial Affairs Department. Mr Lee Ah Bee (picture), a Businessman of the Year Award winner,
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    The push to 'Buy Singapore'
    663 1  -  Val Chua val@newsto day, com. sg IMAGINE going completely patriotic one day Breakfast at Ya Kun, lunch at Prima Taste and dinner at Crystal Jade, listening to music on your Creative Zen Micro and catching the news on your Akira television set The Singapore business
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      36 1 NEWSJ^/lEWS Diana Ser says Tourist dollar needed to help Phuket to its feet/3 Kiss and tell Do stars Adrian Pang and Sharon Au pucker up/26 Post still vacant Sports School yet to find new football head/38
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Air-pact talks to be 'fair'
      489 2  -  Howard meets PM Lee, offers 'goodwill' to negotiations Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT WILL take some "vigorous bargaining", but Australian Prime Minister John Howard expects negotiations on air services between Singapore and Australia to be fair and reasonable. He told reporters this yesterday after meeting
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      Lock icon SM gets one of Australia's top awards
      266 2  -  Derrick A Paulo SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong was yesterday conferred one of Australia's highest awards by visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard. He is now an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, bestowed on nonAustralians for the highest degree of service
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      Lock icon isay HELPING PHUKET GET BACK ON ITS FEET
      625 3 WHAT a difference a month makes. "Tsunami" is now probably the most recognisable not to mention the most feared Japanese word in the global lexicon. Normally teeming with holiday-makers this time of the year, the resort island of Phuket in Thailand is
      AFP  -  625 words
    • singapore news
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        Lock icon NUS to offer new double degree
        464 4  -  Lee U-Wen Law and economics course available from July u-wen@newstoday.com.sg Current first- or second-year students in either faculty who "have performed outstandingly well in their first year" can apply. Tuition fees will be similar to what other Economics or Law students pay: $5,930 per
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        School Mart
        329 6  -  Patricia Yap Primary school kids learn to run thrift shop patricia@newstoday.com.sg YOU can buy your run-of-the-mill groceries like rice, bread and soap here but the first clue that this is no ordinary supermart, is the pint-sized sales staff. Still, it is in keeping with the newlyopened First Thrift
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        Lock icon S'pore to build two clinics in Meulaboh
        151 6 Newsßadio 93.8 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan said Singapore is looking to build two medical clinics, a school and a barge pier in the tsunami-hit Indonesian coastal town of Meulaboh. Dr Tan, who is also Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, announced this
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      • SINGAPORE snippets
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          Lock icon Tharman goes on 3-day visit to Finland and Russia
          93 6 Channel News Asia Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will visit Finland and Russia From today till Friday. In Finland, Mr Tharman, who will be accompanied by school principals and ministry officials, will meet his counterpart and educational leaders and visit Finnish schools.
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          Lock icon President Nathan conferred top Asia-Pacific scout award
          108 6 -AFP President S R Nathan has been conferred the Asia-Pacific Regional Distinguished Scout Award, in recognition of his invaluable support for scouting in general and the local scout movement in particular. Accepting the award, President Nathan, who is also the Chief Scout of
          -AFP  -  108 words
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        Lock icon Plus perks to lure the Mice tourists
        146 8 Channel News Asia INCENTIVES for event organisers to hold international meetings, exhibitions and conventions in Singapore have been extended by a year till the end of December. The Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) Make It Singapore Plus offers enhanced benefits for event organisers. The
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        Bhatia gets 1 year in jail for cocaine use
        309 8  -  Ansley Ng ansley@newstoday.com.sg IT SPECIALIST Dinesh Bhatia, one of 23 people nabbed in a high profile drug swoop last October, has been sentenced to a year in jail for taking cocaine. The son of former Nominated MP Kanwaljit Soin and former
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    • world news
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        Marriott bombers wrong, says radical cleric Bashir
        258 10 JAKARTA Firebrand Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir said religious extremists were wrong to stage attacks in Indonesia because the world's largest Muslim country was not at war with anyone. If Muslims wanted to wage jihad or holy war against the United States, they
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        Lock icon Domestically sound Thaksin eyes world
        385 10 Agencies But ambitions are already irking neighbours BANGKOK With the ruling Thai Rak Thai party expecting a clean sweep at the upcoming Feb 6 polls, incumbent Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may have little to worry about on the home front But his main challenge in
        — Agencies; AFP  -  385 words
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        Missile attack aired by AUazeera may not be genuine
        190 10 LONDON Defence specialists have cast doubts about the footage aired by Arabic TV channel Aljazeera on Sunday, which showed a missile attacking a British Cl3O Hercules aircraft, 32km north-west of Baghdad, killing 10 servicemen on board. The pictures were given to
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      Allawi calls for unity days after Iraq's first election
      208 12 BAGHDAD Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi called for unity as Iraqis remained deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, days after the country's first democratic election, reported the BBC. "From today, I will begin a new dialogue to make sure that
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      Lock icon More of the same policies
      230 12 -AP How will Bush convince Congress? WASHINGTON President George W Bush is expected to use his State of the Union speech today to repackage old, politically damaging policies that had stalled in the US Congress during the past four years. Mr Bush will pitch his
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Thailand to ask M'sia to hand over top rebel
        41 12 -AFP The alleged mastermind behind an Islamic insurgency in southern Thailand, Cnae Kumae Kuteh, arrested last week in Malaysia, holds Thai citizenship and Bangkok will seek his extradition, Thai officials said yesterday.
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        Lock icon N Korean dictator might transfer power to son
        80 12 -AFP North Korea's media has for the first time raised the issue of a possible hereditary transfer of power from dictator Kirn Jong-ll to one of his three sons, South Korean newspapers said. Mr Kirn, who turns 63 next month, is widely
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        Lock icon Nepal's king accused of staging coup
        57 12 -AFP Nepal's King Gyanendra dismissed his coalition government yesterday as political leaders accused him of staging a coup to seize control of the country, which is battling a Maoist revolt. The King said he would chair a new government himself. Several key leaders have
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      Lock icon What does Aceh need most?
      393 14 Agencies Relief groups at odds over whether it is aid or aid workers JAKARTA Does tsunami-hit Aceh need more medical aid or does it need more aid workers? While the Red Cross is seeking more aid for the survivors, saying there are enough medical workers
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        One-third of Italian men still mummy's boys at 30
        103 14 Almost one in three Italian men aged between 30 and 34 still live with their parents, reported the Times of London yesterday. Prof Franco Ferrarotti, of Rome University, said it had to do with "the importance of the extended family in
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        Lock icon FM George Yeo to meet China's Wen Jiabao
        71 14 Channel News Asia Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo is scheduled to meet Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Commerce Minister Bo Xilai in Beijing today. Mr Yeo had earlier met his Chinese counterpart, Mr Li Zhaoxing, witn both countries reaffirming their commitment to
        — Channel News Asia  -  71 words
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  • VOICES
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      Focus On The Family
      266 16  -  Dr James Dobson TblMTs aaaaa CROSSING THE BARBWIRE FENCE Isn't it strange how when we're disturbed over some family problem, we sometimes choose the most obscure or roundabout ways of saying so? Instead of getting our feelings out in the open, we stall. We resort to
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    • Letter
      Service will improve when staff learn to care
      217 16  -  STEVE X NGO MICHAEL LOHYIK MING I Letter from I DISAGREE with Percy Khambatta's comment in "Secret to better hospitality" (Feb 1). I do not think that in order to improve service standards in Singapore, we need to raise wages or have
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    • Clarion call for courtesy code
      • Letter
        INCONSIDERATE AND UNSAFE
        186 16  -  Letter from JEFFREY LAW BENG LEE I SUPPORT the views raised by Mr Soh Tiang Keng in his News Comment "Public nuisance No 1 the mobile abuser" (Feb 1). His call for a code of etiquette for mobile phone users is very timely, especially when almost everyone
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        RING, RING, WHO'S THERE?
        185 16  -  BENJAMIN GAN Letter from I, TOO, am disturbed by the inconsiderate behaviour of mobile phone users. One of my favourite all-time peeves is getting a call from a mobile user who demands to know, without introducing himself or herself, who had called earlier. It goes like
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        PHONE 'TERRORISTS' ON PLANES
        107 16  -  NELSON QUAH I Letter from THIS anti-social habit is also exhibited by inconsiderate air travellers. Even after boarding the plane, they can be seen making calls from their mobile phones. Some passengers cannot even wait for the aircraft to come to a stop after landing before
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      Narayana Narayana:
      86 18 Narayana Narayana: I refer to SMRT's "Ride for Free Countdown" advertisement showing eight blank faces under the heading, "SMRT Most Wanted", with accompanying ez-link card numbers. While we are familiar with our IC numbers, to which the ez-link card is linked, I wonder how many know or have
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      READERS'SHORT TAKES
      164 18 William Tneah Chye Heng: I'm glad the Government sees there is a need to keep citizens working beyond the retirement age to sustain themselves according to today's standard of living. However, why should it push the private sector to employ senior people, who are still strong and healthy,
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      isay lots DRUGS'
      175 18  -  Dr Lim Shun Ping MUCH has been written in the local newspapers in recent weeks about drug safety, regulation of Pharmaceuticals and the harm done to users by drugs such as Vioxx. We continue to learn painful lessons about the adverse effects of drugs. In particular, we
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    • Letter
      Fund governance is under review
      87 18  -  ANGELINA FERNANDEZ Letter from( Director (communications), I Monetary Authority of Singapore I REFER to "More info on life fund deals" (Jan 29) and "Seeking more information from insurance companies" (Jan 31). A participating fund review workgroup, comprising representatives from the life insurance industry, Singapore Actuarial
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      TO LEARN ABOUT LONG-TERM USAGE
      252 19 Little is known at the time of the launch of the drug about its long-term use. This chronic use is the rule for drugs used to treat high blood pressure, high cholesterol and arthritis, for example. Patients often have other diseases, and may be taking
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  • Business today
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      Premiums waived
      321 20  -  Jaime Koh Manulife helps Aceh policy holders rebuild their lives jaime@newstoday.com.sg AS RECONSTRUCTION work begins in tsunami-hit Aceh, Canadian insurer Manulife Financial is extending help in its own way by waiving this year's premiums for its affected Acehnese policy holders. When the tsunami hit on Dec 26, Manulife
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        58 20  -  SINGAPORE shares trading near four-year highs closed lower ahead of the United States' decision on interest rates. The ST Index ended 1.67 points down, or 0.08 per cent, at 2,094.65 after crossing the 2,100-point level several times in the day. Advancers led decliners 273 to 173 as 958 million
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        ST lndex- 2,094.65 -1.67
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        SGX top rises
        74 20 By$ By percentage Jardine C&C 10.300 +0.300 Thai Prime200USS 11.500 +0.300 IRE Corp 0.020 +100.0 CharleredSGAeCW***** 0.150 +36.4 JMH400USS 16.600 +0.200 CharleredDBeCW*****0 0.155 +24.0 Venture 15.900 +0.200 TAC200USS 3.800 +0.120 Sing TelSGAeCW0S0627 0.330 +22.2 Cathay Org 0.150 +20.0 CapilalandCAeCW***** 0.665 +0.100 JSH500USS 8.350 +0.100 GenMag 0.180 +20.0
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        SGX top falls
        77 20 By By$ By percentage Creative 50 21.600 -0.600 SingTel DBeFW***** 0.085 -54.1 HSI*****SGAeCW*****0 1.630 DBS 15.600 -0.280 -0.200 SingTel DBeffl/*****8 0.005 PNE Ind W*****8 0.010 -50.0 -33.3 OCBC 13.500 -0.200 Goldtron 0.015 -25.0 SIA 11.500 -0.200 VenlureDBSeCW*****7 0.025 -16.7 CITYDEVW*****0 4.280 -0.120 DBSSGAeCW*****6 0.140 -15.2 Sp Land
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        SGX most active
        56 20 By volume Close Change '000 L&M Chartered CDW UTAC StTrdg RafflesEdu FirstLink Asia Dekor STATSChP Sing Tel 0.005 1.060 0.550 0.580 2.450 0.695 0.145 0.130 0.940 2.590 +0.050 +0.010 +0.040 +0.020 -0.015 +0.005 +0.010 +0.040 +5.0 +1.8 +1.7 +3.0 -9.4 +4.0 +1.1 +1.6 57,955 34,845 31,938 27,478
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        World markets
        57 20 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.40 Change Pis -3.19 -0.03 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.26 4127.70 -143.43 +20.40 -1.05 +0.50 Taiwan Wtd 5981.54 -12.69 -0.21 Korea Comp 923.69 -9.01 -0.97 KLCI SET Index 708.73 +6.82 +0.97 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 1047.53 1992.46 232.48 6552.47 +2.09
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        Commodities
        22 20 Gold uss/i 423.300 Silver uss/oz 6.730 Platinum uss/m 881.500 Rubber ontsAg 201.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 ,274 Brent crude uss/bomi 44.95
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        Your Ssl buys
        41 20 US$ 0.6106 UK£ 0.3243 Yen 63.267 HK$ 4.7624 RM 2.3203 Euro 0.4683 Rupiah 5593.7 Baht 23.537 Peso 33.632 A$ 0.7873 Indian Rs 26.695 Won 626.47 C$ 0.7569 Yuan 5.0535 NZ$ 0.8594 NTS 19.383 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Sing Tel has 62 million regional mobile users
      205 21 Bloomberg Gets record 5.2 m subscriber rise over earlier quarter SINGTEL said that the number of mobile-phone users subscribing to its services and those of its units rose to almost 62 million as of Dec 31. The company added 5.2 million subscribers
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      Tuan Sing awarded Indon deals worth $276 m
      169 21 TUAN Sing Holdings unit SP Corp entered into three contracts with Indonesian coal mining company Bukit Baiduri Energi (BBE) worth a total of about $276 million. SP Resources, a whollyowned unit of SP Corp, was appointed the exclusive agent to market all
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      Lock icon Datacraft proposes $23m capital reduction
      213 21  -  DATACRAFT Asia, a Singa-pore-based regional informa-tion-technology services company, has proposed a cash payout of US$l4.2 million ($23.4 million), or 5 Singapore cents a share, to shareholders by way of a capital reduction exercise. The move is aimed at returning excess cash to shareholders, the company
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      Lock icon Keppel to build $205 m oil rig for Wilhelmsen
      128 21 Bloomberg KEPPEL Corp, one of Singapore's two biggest offshore marine engineering firms, will build a US$l25-million ($205-million) rig for an offshore unit of Anders Wilhelmsen Group of Norway. The jack-up rig will be delivered to Awilco in Decem- ber next year
      — Bloomberg  -  128 words
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      Lock icon Chartered boosted by hopes of industry recovery
      345 23 Bloomberg Chip-maker's shares also lifted by merger speculation CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing shares surged a further 5 per cent yesterday on optimism that demand for computer chips will recover and after investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston raised its recommendation, analysts said. The stock
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      Manufacturing sector robust, but jobs weak
      154 23  -  THE manufacturing sector chalked up its 20th consecutive month of growth, with the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posting a reading of 52.4 last month. The reading for January was a 0.6-point increase over December's. A reading above 50 shows that manufacturing activity is rising,
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      Lower premium on your mortgage policy
      169 23 NTUC Income is pleased to announce that it has reduced its premium rate by 5% to 15% on 18,500 existing mortgage policies taken prior to October 2004. These policyholders will enjoy this saving from March 2005. Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tan Kin Lian said,
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      Tailor-made To Your Needs
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      Renew your maid's work permit with just a call
      184 23 "I just give them a call and they will take care of everything" RENEW your maid's work permit with just a phone call. Simply call NTUC Income and we will send our courier to collect the documents from you. Once the
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      407 24 Bloomberg HK court rejects govt bid to end stay on sale of $4.4b property trust HONG Kong's High Court yesterday rejected the government's request to end the stay of proceedings for the 67-year-old plaintiff in a legal challenge that may halt the sale of
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      164 26  -  Elisa Yang WITH a swish and a flick, award-winning magician Lv Ning stopped shoppers at Tiong Bahru Plaza in their tracks by "snatching" a live fish out of thin air. The pretty Henan native swished an empty fishing line at shoppers' feet, and with a
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      709 26  -  Meryin Tay The stars of Jack Neo's latest film tell us why you can't say Do without puckering up mervin@newstoday.com.sg FILMING a romantic comedy is not as easy as it seems. Just ask Sharon Au. The lead actress oil Do I Do, which opens in cinemas on
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        258 28 -AFP TOKYO Chicago film-maker Rob Marshall has completed the filming of the movie based on the bestselling novel, Memoirs of a Geisha. The film features a star-studded Asian cast including China's Gong Li, Malaysia's Michelle Yeoh and Japan's Ken Watanabe. Set in 1920s Japan, the film, Co-produced
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        65 28 -AP The Aviator star Leonardo DiCaprio was honoured on Sunday with the Platinum Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. "It's a lifetime achievement award, which is completely and utterly surreal, given I'm only 30 years old," said DiCaprio. "It's really exciting for me because ...I
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      278 36 -AP MELBOURNE Ernie Els believes golf technology and a more competitive US PGA Tour means Tiger Woods won't be as dominant as he once was. "Everybody has become better players, technology has brought everybody closer together," Els said
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      138 36 AFP MELBOURNE Greg Norman said he was looking forward to tackling the seniors' Tour this year. The Australian golfing great turns 50 on Feb 10 and can play in lucrative seniors' tournaments after a professional career which netted him the 1986 and 1993 British
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      351 37 LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger launched a scathing attack on Chelsea yesterday for, their alleged involvement in the "tapping up" of his defender Ashley Cole. He also warned the Premiership's runaway leaders that their financial might did not allow them to ride
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      341 37 -AFP LONDON In the midst of a typically frenetic transfer deadline day, Celtic's signing of Newcastle United outcast Craig Bellamy on loan was the standout move in British football yesterday. Wales striker Bellamy, 25, torpedoed any hopes of staying at Newcastle
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      421 37  -  -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Blackburn v Chelsea LONDON Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (picture) is proving to be a cunning linguist in one of his many languages. With the confidence of a British politician, he has deflected accusations that he is trying to
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        514 38  -  JOSE RAYMOND Sports school yet to find replacement for axed Bilton, parents worried jose@newstoday.com.sg IT IS now more than seven months since the Singapore Sports School sacked John Bilton as the head coach of their Football Academy. And with the second batch of students rolling in to
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        207 38 -AFP MADRID Organisers of Madrid's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games claim that a successful campaign to stage the sports festival would net the city a six-billion euro ($12.8 billion) profit. International Olympic Committee delegates are due in the Spanish capital this
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