Today, 14 February 2005

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    10 1 TODAY incorporating utrCiitS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Monday February 14,2005 todayonline.com
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    Looking forward to a pro-business Budget
    1161 1  -  Val Chua Jobs, older workers should be Friday's focus: MPs val@newsto day, com. sg LAST year, babies hogged the headlines and this year, say political observers, the social focus of the Government should broaden starting with the Budget to be announced this Friday to
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    Lock icon US drones over Iran sign of a looming showdown?
    386 1 Agencies THE United States has been flying surveillance drones over Iran for nearly a year to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programmes and detect weaknesses in air defences, the Washington Post reported yesterday quoting three unnamed US officials with detailed knowledge
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      Lock icon Decisive victory for Shias in Iraq election
      519 2 Agencies But alliance of disparate parties not seen to last BAGHDAD Iraq's main Shia list swept to victory in the country's historic elections, finally translating the majority community's demographic weight into political power after decades under the Sunni yoke. The United Iraqi Alliance
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      179 2 Registered migration agent from Australia based permanently in Singapore to provide honest, timely and professional advice. Only MARA registered agents are authorised to provide migration advice. Registration only covers an individual, NOT a company. For your protection, only seek advice directly from the registered migration agent. ForA Free Assessment Visit
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      Lock icon Myanmar- a country trapped in time
      640 3  -  Constance Singam Resource rich but sadly lagging behind its Asian neighbours due to policy of seclusion THE Myanmar government may want to keep the outside world out but one wonders how long they can continue with this policy of isolation. In Bagan, which I
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      Lock icon Pressure on N Korea to relent
      191 4 -AFP SEOUL North Korea has come under increasing pressure from traditional allies China and Russia to return to multi-party talks on eliminating its nuclear weapons programme. The diplomatic offensive came as the United States said the six-nation forum was the only appropriate arena for
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      Lock icon Troops sent in to crush rebels in Jolo
      387 4 AFP Military says it has armed separatists surrounded JOLO (Philippines) The Philippines yesterday sent hundreds more troops to the southern island of Jolo to crush a week-old separatist rebellion, as the latest clashes left three soldiers dead and 13 wounded. A battalion
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      M'sian civil servants detained under ISA
      316 6 MALAYSIA has detained home ministry officials under its Internal Security Act (ISA) after they allegedly issued forged documents to human trafficking groups, according to a report. The arrests seem to confirm suspicions that dishonest Malaysian civil servants are in collusion with human trafficking syndicates,
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      Lock icon Make it easier for expat spouses to work
      528 6 AFP MNCs want to see Singapore, Malaysia lead the way in Asia LONDON Multinational firms that lobbied the United States Congress to relax restrictions on work permits for spouses of expatriate staff say they plan to focus on Malaysia and Singapore in
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      Lock icon Masks, masks and more masks at colourful rehearsal for Chingay 2005
      92 6 The Singapore Soka Association performing Celebrate Our One DreamS with a gigantic mask float and dancers at the first dress rehearsal for Chingay 2005. For the first time, the floats will form a party convoy to travel all over
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Extradition talks with Jakarta make progress
      484 7 -AFP, ButYeo cautions time needed to negotiate bilateral treaty SINGAPORE and Indonesia are making "good progress" towards concluding an extradition treaty following the first-ever technical meeting on the issue last month between the two countries, Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo said yesterday. His comments
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      Lock icon Poll aims to find out if video games harmful to players
      152 7 Newsßadio 93.8 reached over 75,000 parents through its public education initiatives. PAGi chairman Mrs Carmee Lim said the group has come up with a self-test for game players which will help them find out how much time they spend
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      Turn foreign talent into S'poreans: SM
      334 8  -  Ng Shing Vi Wrong to view them as unhealthy competition shingyi@newstoday.com.sg AT THE inaugural performance of the new iconic Singapore Lion at the Marine Parade New Residents' Get-Together yesterday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said that Singaporeans must welcome foreign talent even though they
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      Lock icon The Milkmaids of human kindness
      338 8  -  Patricia Yap DON'T be surprised if you see "little milkmaids" holding milk bottles asking for donations at City Hall MRT station tomorrow. This is part of SMRT's effort to do their bit for the Share-A-Meal programme on the seventh day of Chinese New Year, which
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      Lock icon Therapy dogs' cheer up old folks
      296 10 Channel News Asia FESTIVE visiting took on a new twist this Lunar New Year, when 10 "therapy dogs" visited residents at an old folks' home. The big smiles on the residents' faces say it all. Centenarian Wee Huat, who just turned 100 last month,
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      Lock icon Year-old Crime Library turns sleuth
      218 10 Channel News Asia THE Crime Library needs the help of the public. Set up last year to search for missing persons, the voluntary group has been asked by some families to help them track down those who allegedly killed their family members. One Sikh couple
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      Lock icon Migrant issues forefront of M'sian-lndon summit
      187 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The topic of illegal migrants is expected to dominate a landmark meeting between Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Kuala Lumpur today. Mr Yudhoyono chose Malaysia to kick off a traditional round of visits
      -AFP  -  187 words
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      Lock icon Internet new tool of war
      433 12 -AFP 'Lies' travel in seconds: Rumsfeld MUNICH The issue of information as a weapon was the thrust of a passionate argument by Unites States defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld (picture) at the annual security conference of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) here over the weekend.
      -AFP  -  433 words
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      this QUIRKY world
      119 12 Zap the actor A one-man play in Brazil allows the audience to literally shock the performer, ananova.com reported. Actor Michel Melamed gets an electric shock every time someone in the audience makes a noise. Melamed wears a specially-designed suit connected to wires and devices that measure the
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  • stay posted
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      Movie Treat for SingPost customers
      184 13 Watch a romantic epic when you use S.A.M.™ SINGPOST FEB Singapore Post and Warner Bros. Singapore will be giving away complimentary movie passes to A Very Long Engagement, the new French romance epic starring Audrey Tautou. To qualify for this special screening, Sing Post customers
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      vPOSTUSA and vPOSTJAPAN: Online Shopping Made Easier and Cheaper
      184 13 vPOST is an online service by Sing Post that allows you to pay your telecom, hospital, credit card bills and fines anywhere any time. To continuously improve its services to customers, vPOST launched vPOSTUSA and vPOSTJAPAN recently. With many commercial websites
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      Lock icon Bush continues to reject Kyoto Protocol
      457 15 -AFP But his stance is being criticised in US, even by Republicans WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush's administration still rejects the Kyoto Protocol as too costly for the US economy and based on questionable scientific hypotheses, but the debate in the US
      -AFP  -  457 words
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      Lock icon Japan to get tougher on passport control
      79 15 AFP Japan plans to penalise those who receive or carry counterfeit passports or pass them to others, as part of its efforts to stop criminals from entering the country, a newspaper reported yesterday. The justice ministry intends to amend the existing law to
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      Lock icon Pakistan floods kill 250
      78 15 AFP At least 250 people were killed in heavy flooding in Pakistan, officials said yesterday, while 2,000 others were missing and tens of thousands more were homeless. An official said there were confirmed reports that 250 people died in Baluchistan due to floods with more than
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      Lock icon Mobile TV notebooks?
      65 15 AFP South Korea's Samsung Electronics said yesterday it had developed the first notebook computers capable of receiving land-based digital television broadcast signals while moving. The new computers can have tne terrestrial DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) service in real-time with all the existing functions, including wireless Internet connections.
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      Lock icon Towering inferno in Madrid
      70 15 The Windsor Building, a 32-storey landmark in central Madrid, is seen engulfed in a blaze early yesterday. The fire sent flaming chunks of facade cascading to the ground and consumed the building like a candle. The fire broke out at 6am yesterday (Singapore time) on the
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      'Snakehead' jailed for 70 years
      259 15 MANCHESTER A leading Malaysian member of an international human smuggling syndicate in Britain has been jailed for 70 years, Malaysia's Star newspaper reported. Martin Moo, 59, had pleaded guilty to being the principal facilitator in smuggling more than 50 Malaysians to work illegally in restaurants
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      Lock icon Aussie claims abuse by US
      471 17 AFP Man 'tortured' from Pakistan to Cuba SYDNEY An Australian arrested in Pakistan in the weeks after 911 has alleged his captors subjected him to physical and psychological abuse at every step of his detention. The New York Times quoted Mr Mamdouh Habib, 49, as
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      Australian paedophile applies for job in child welfare
      224 19 BRISBANE A paedophile has called a leading child-protection campaigner, asking for a job, Australia's Sunday Mail newspaper reported. In a phone call, Dennis Ferguson said he wanted to work with Mrs Hetty Johnston, the executive director of Bravehearts, to educate children about
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      Lock icon Alarm over super HIV
      605 19 Highly resistant to drugs, it leads to rapid onset of full-blown Aids NEW YORK A strain of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that is highly resistant to almost all anti-retroviral drugs and which leads to the rapid onset of Aids has set off alarm bells. Doctors
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Call for Howard to apologise
        95 19 Agencies Australian Prime Minister John Howard has come under growing pressure to apologise to a 39-year-ola mentally-ill woman, who was locked up as an illegal immigrant, after Treasurer Peter Costello said he was sorry for what happened. German-born Cornelia Rau is being treated in an
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        Blair may quit if he loses EU vote
        93 19 Tony Blairs closest Cabinet ally has hinted that the British prime minister may resign if he fails to win the referendum on the European Union constitution, British newspapers reported. Asked in an interview yesterday whether Mr Blair could survive a "No" vote,
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        Blunkett in second paternity bid
        85 19 Former British home secretary David Blunkett, who resigned last year amid a scandal linked to his former lover, has launched a paternity bid for her newborn son, me Sunday Telegraph reported. Mr Blunkett, 57, is already involved in a legal bid to gain access to
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        Doubts over Camilla's role
        82 19 Camilla Parker Bowles is reluctant to help the Prince of Wales in some of his royal duties as he prepares for an official tour of the United States, the Sunday Times reported, quoting sources. She has told officials that even after the marriage in April, she
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      Focus on The Family
      251 20  -  Dr James Dobson w by. CREATIVE WAYS TO DATE YOUR SPOUSE Are you tired of that same old dinner and a movie? Are you sick of watching mindless television or yet another boring soccer game? Maybe it's time to come up with some creative ways to
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      Say AFFAIRS OF THE MIND
      515 20  -  Mohd Rosle Ahmad MORE LETTERS ON PAGE 23 IS there such a thing as intellectual infidelity? As my wife and I look forward to our 10th anniversary this year, we thought about our contemporaries couples who have gone their separate ways. Four have called it
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      Think of others to end 'Ugly Singaporean' behaviour
      255 20  -  HASUNDA SHAMSUDIN Letter from I refer to the letter from Mr Nelson Quah, "The four habits of ugly Singaporeans" (Feb 11). I agree with the writer's observation that "ugly Singaporeans are everywhere these days". Recently, there have also been letters lamenting Singaporeans'
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      No link between adult ez-link card, IC number: SMRT
      235 20  -  DAWN LOH I Letter from Manager, Corporate Communications SMRT Corporation I REFER to the letters from Mr Narayana Narayana (Feb 2) and Mr Phua Kok Hee (Feb 3) regarding SMRT's Ride-for-Free Countdown (RFC) Promotion. The RFC Promotion was launched in October
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      QUEEN OF THE HEAP
      766 22  -  LOH WAI KIEW coffee witti 44, President and CEO, Sembcorp Environmental Management They call her the Garbage Queen. She is, in fact, a former beauty queen. No other CEO, perhaps, has been featured in a company's calendar quite the way Ms Loh Wai Kiew has. Last
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      Teach our children the facts of life
      246 23  -  BARCLAY YONG Consider sex education classes at Primary 6 Letter from AS A healthcare professional, I agree with Ms Constance Singam's news comment, "Overcoming the myths about sex" (Jan 31). Aids and pregnancy are not the only dangers to worry about when it
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    • Letter
      Build themed hotels instead of casinos
      186 23  -  BENJAMIN GAN Letter from I REFER to the news commentary by Cheng Shoong Tat, "First a casino, then what?" (Feb 11). I think casino operators have realised that casinos that rely purely on gambling are a losing proposition. Increasingly, visitors to casinos are travelling
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      Recognising tsunami's unsung heroes
      184 23  -  PNG PECK CHEONG Letter from I WRITE to highlight the importance of appreciating our unsung heroes of the tsunami disaster. Many of us have read names of many individuals and organisations highlighted in the newspapers because of the significant roles they have played in helping the
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      228 23 GOOD NEWS for 450,000 people covered under Incomeshield plan iJT 1. Limits for daily charges and surgical fees will be raised (details to be announced separately). 2. Deductible and co-insurance will be revised to the new levels required by Ministry of Health. 3. The revised terms will cover a higher
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      Creating the workforce of the future
      720 24 Special Feature The NKF conducts intensive training sessions to enhance the value and output of each employee PEEL away the glitz and glamour of charity shows, innovative fund-raising projects and heart-wrenching patient stories that are the trademarks of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), and
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      Manulife Protect money you have maae
      478 24  -  Jaime Koh Not enough done to prepare for rainy day, says Manulife chief news@newstoday.com.sg MANY markets in the region are still underinsured due to an overemphasis on investmentlinked products, according to a top insurance executive here. "Everything is about how to make money. There's
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        Lock icon Singapore
        129 24 -AFP SINGAPORE share prices are expected to get a boost this week as analysts anticipate tax cuts in the Bud?et when it is announced on Friday y Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. United States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's update on the economy on Wednesday and expectations of stronger
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        Your S$l buys
        36 24 US$ 0.6062 UK£ 0.3244 Yen 64.079 HK$ 4.728 RM 2.3034 Euro 0.4711 Rupiah 5625.1 Baht 23.366 Peso 33.175 A$ 0.7711 Indian Rs 26.565 Won 626.31 C$ 0.7494 Yuan 5.0168 NZ$ 0.849 NTS 19.203
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 24 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 422.00 Rubber cents/kg 209.00 Silver uss/oz 7.21 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,273.00 Platinum uss/oz 871.20 Brent crude uss/borrel 44.85 Information provided by
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  • savvy investor
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      Lock icon 1997's ghosts are still haunting Bangkok
      630 26  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg news@newstoday.com.sg ANYONE who doubts Thailand has consigned the 1997 Asian crisis to the dustbin of history should check out Central World Plaza in downtown Bangkok. The complex is abuzz on evenings with fashionable 20-somethings showing off their growing affluence seeking
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  • business news
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      Lock icon Japan to continue very modest growth
      556 28 AFP Corporate slowdown, reduced outputs, poor consumer spend hit world's second-largest economy TOKYO The Japanese economy is likely to have posted only very modest growth in the October-to-December quarter as corporate spending slipped especially in the high-tech sector and consumer demand softened, economists said.
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      Lock icon 3G's challenge
      423 30 -AP Phone makers tackle PARIS This year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes marks a coming of age for faster third-genera-tion (3G) mobile services in much of the industrialised world. But the mobile industry is weighing a tough challenge as it struggles to maintain profitability. At the show in
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      Lock icon Steel tycoons dethrone oil kings in Russia's 'richest' list
      305 30 AFP MOSCOW In the 2004 list of Russia's billionaires, fortunes made in Russia's least-transpar-ent metal sector had dethroned those made in oil that had until now reigned supreme. Russia's Finans weekly, which published the list, noted that last year's ten fastest-grow-ing
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      1158 35  -  David Chew and Jeanine Tan Mervin Tay Clarence Lim david@newstoday.com.sg IN WHAT may be a break from traditional Valentine's Day fashion, Japanese label Comme dcs Garcons launched a special edition fragrance called Love Hurts that is anything but red and cuddly. The soft, alluring perfume inside comes
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      339 36  -  David Chew Hong Kong's Elaine Liv is a multi-hyphenate david.chew@newstoday.com.sg ELAINE Liv is anything but your typical jazz singer. Firstly, she's from Hong Kong, a place you probably would not associate with jazz. Also, she sings like Billie Holiday and Eartha Kitt but,
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      336 37  -  David Chew ARTHUR Miller, the playwright who brought us The Crucible and Death of a Salesman died of congestive heart failure last Friday in his Connecticut home. He was 89. He was considered one of America's best playwrights and his work spanned seven decades. But, aside
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      495 38  -  David Chew Choreographer Shen Wei's dance works meld visual art with music and movement david.chew@newstoday.com.sg tt"pv ANCE is an honest art.L/form. Using the human body to express something visually can be the most musical of languages," said choreographer Shen Wei (picture) in a telephone interview
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      788 40  -  Kwen Ow Ricciotti's chef has won over critics in his homeland and the US and he's now set to enchant Singapore food@newstoday.com.sg MY visit to Clarke Quay on a weekend afternoon was a nice break from the maddening crowds on Orchard Road. I headed to The
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      254 44 AFP TENNIS Hyderabad Open HYDERABAD, India Sania Mirza became the first Indian to win a Women's Tour Association (WTA) title, when she defeated Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the final of the Hyderabad Open on Saturday. Mirza kept her
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      687 44 AP Mickelson breaks another record, fourth round looks to be a coronation GOLF Pebble Beach National Pro-Am PEBBLE BEACH, California Phil Mickelson (picture) must have an idea how Tiger Woods felt when he won the US Open at Pebble Beach five years ago. In another dominant
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      647 45 -AP Hoyzer arrested as German bribery scandal takes another twist FRANKFURT World football chief Sepp Blatter is against trying to ban players and officials from betting, believing such a move would be impossible. The issue of betting has been brought dramatically into the headlines by the
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      359 45 AFP PRIMERA LIGA Real Zaragoza 1 Barcelona 4 MADRID Leaders Barcelona, who lost their year-long unbeaten home record last weekend, bounced back in devastating style on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with a 4-1 thrashing of Real Zaragoza. Barca found Zaragoza much easier
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      100 45 -AFP PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson finished with a career-high 60 points, as the Philadelphia 76ers posted a 112-99 triumph over Orlando, in NBA action yesterday. Iverson became the 18th different player to score 60 points in a game. Said 76ers coach Jim O'Brien: "I think we are witnessing one
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      176 44 In the US since 1991. Now in Singapore. You are at a great place in life. You're young, single, attractive and successful. And you are ready to share it all with someone. But where do people go to meet other single professionals? Not a singles club. Not a dating marathon.
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      32 45 8.28 am A Football AFC/NFC Pro Bowl, Ch23 Tomorrow 2.30 am Tennis ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, Ch24 3.55 am EPL Arsenal v Crystal Palace, Ch23 Bam B'ketball Pittsburgh v Syracruse, Ch23
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      497 46 -AFP Blues centre-half accused of play-acting, Clarke retorts by branding Beattie 'silly' ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Everton 0 Chelsea 1 LIVERPOOL Chelsea's celebrations at going 12 points clear at the top of the Premiership were overshadowed by a row over the sending-off of Everton striker James Beattie, during
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      257 46 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal v Crystal Palace LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at England boss SvenGoran Eriksson over the Ashley Cole "tapping up" controversy. Wenger, whose side face Crystal Palace today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) at Highbury, criticised Eriksson saying
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      260 47 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Birmingham 2 Liverpool 0 BIRMINGHAM Liverpool's Spanish coach Rafael Benitez will spend the next 10 days searching for answers to the dismal performance by his players, who crashed 2-0 at Birmingham on Saturday. The defeat cost them the chance of moving to within
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