Today, 13 April 2005

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    22 1 /AEJyJACORP TODAY incorporating utF6£itS mica (P) 103/07/2004 Wednesday April 13,2005 todayonline.com TODAY MEDIACORP Press incorporating Wednesday April 13,2005 todayonline.com MICA (P) 103/07/2004
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    Lock icon Indon volcano stirs, fears of eruption loom
    665 1 20,000 evacuated as Sumatra's MountTalang spews ash JAKARTA A new wave of panic spread across the disaster-hit island of Sumatra yesterday when a volcano coughed to life, spewing volcanic ash and prompting thousands to flee their homes. Mount Talang, 40 kilometres east of
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    Lock icon Learn to lap-dance, S'pore-style
    621 1  -  Clarence Lim clarence@newstoday.com.sg FORGET expensive marriage counsellors. The solution to rising divorce rates and a lack of romance in Singaporeans' lives, according to a local dance studio, is a "good" ol' fashioned lap-dance. Catz, located in Chinatown, introduced "Contact/LapDance" classes a few weeks ago. According to
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      32 1 NEWSX\YIEWS Politics in film Does the Film Act inhibit local auteurs?/4 Tisa Ng Rejoice, women: Taxation is now gender-equal/ 20 Generation X Meet the new wave of Iranian film-makers/30 CAN RAFA DOIT?
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      52 1 GROWTH liTaM"lia GROW WITH TODAY TODAY we launch a new weekly section within Business Today called GROWTH the business of enterprise. GROWTH will offer news, feature stories and personality interviews on the business of doing business in Singapore. A big brother to back SMEs 26 Singapore as an educational role
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      US cable viewers to enjoy Arts Central programmes
      268 2  -  Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED local arts programmes Art Nation, Threads and Singapore Short Story Project can now be seen by about 11 million households in the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska. In a landmark deal for the local broadcasting industry, MediaCorp
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      Lock icon Casino decision made
      366 3 Channel News Asia SM Goh says there were disagreements at Cabinet meeting THE Cabinet has made a decision on the casino in a meeting last Saturday, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was speaking in Kuwait to the Singapore media at the end of his visit
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      Three new schemes aim to educate needy children
      146 3  -  Sheralyn Tay WHAT do Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan, Ambassador-At-Large Professor Tommy Koh, and radio host Hamish Brown have in common? They are all old boys of St Joseph Institution (SJI) who were present at a gathering at Sentosa Cove, where
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        Lock icon Murder trial set for July
        45 3 Newsßadio 93.8 July The murder trial of Took Leng How, who is accused of killing eight-year-old Huang Na, is expected to open in the High Court on July 11. The vegetable packer is accused of killing the girl last October.
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        61 3 Channel News Asia Lawyers for a woman charged with the murder of a four-year-old girl, have asked the court to reduce the charge to one of causing death with a rash act. The lawyers for 35-year-old Constance Chee, who allegedly flung the girl down six floors in
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        Lock icon New handbook
        23 3 Channel News Asia The Singapore Civil Defence Force will be launching an updated version of its Civil Defence Handbook this Sunday.
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      Universiti Malaya, NUS tie-up
      189 3 THE Universiti Malaya (UM) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have drawn up a new programme for their Arts and Humanities faculties. This was announced during Singapore President SR Nathan's five-day state visit to Malaysia. Mr Nathan, who is also the Chancellor of NUS, met
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        Confusing-this gag on critical films
        796 4  -  Siew Kum Hong Clear rules needed if local film industry is to thrive THE 18th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) opens tomorrow, promising yet another line-up of cutting-edge films. It comes soon after the recent Singapore Film Week, where a number of made-in-Singapore films were
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      Public living, private standards
      327 5  -  Tor Ching Li Housing board introduces condo-style building service centres for new developments chingli@newstoday.com.sg THERE'S more good news for buyers of new public housing flats. Not only has the Housing and Development Board (HDB) extended its building defects warranty recently, it has also made it easier
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      Lock icon SM Goh speaks for Investment Chapter between Singapore and Kuwait
      221 5 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE and Kuwait are discussing an Investment Chapter as part of the free trade agreement that is currently being negotiated between the two countries. Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said the aim of the chapter was to
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      Lock icon 3 universities get go-ahead to go autonomous
      243 5 Channel News Asia THE Government has given the go-ahead for Singapore's three publicly-funded universities the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore Management University (SMU) to go autonomous. In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced
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      Lock icon Makeover for Palawan Beach
      501 6  -  Jasmine Yin $11 million-revamp aims to draw more visitors to family-oriented beach jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg FAMILIES can look forward to more amenities and activities at Palawan Beach by July next year, as the Sentosa Leisure Group management seeks to revamp and increase the number of visitors to the
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      Taxpayers in a huff over revamped e-filing system
      367 6  -  Patricia Yap INSTEAD of taking just five minutes to file her tax online like she did last year, Ms Cindy Lin spent almost an hour trying to submit her tax return form this year. Said the 44-year-old IT manager: "It's frustrating because
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      Masterful
      280 8  -  Lee U-Wen Public administration programme a hit u-wen@newstoday.com.sg MAYORS, ministers, bureau chiefs and senior directors from China are flocking to Singapore to be part of a new masters programme in public administration. Offered by the Nanyang Technological University and taught in Mandarin, there is a heavy demand because such
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      Oasis coming to the CBD
      249 8  -  Jessy Chua TIRED of eating lunch in an air-conditioned foodcourt? Office workers in the Central Business District will have the choice of munching their lunches in a green oasis amid the concrete skyscrapers when the new 0.6-hectare Tanjong Pagar Ricoh Park located at the entrance
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      Lock icon Aussie leisure giant bids for casino deal
      155 8 Newsßadio 93.8 AUSTRALIAN leisure giant Village Roadshow, which co-owns Golden Village cineplexes here, has said it had submitted a bid for the proposed Integrated Resort in Singapore. It has put up a proposal for a largescale theme park and a casino at either
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      116 8 WSTV. WEIGHI iKi^ an issue I Speaker: 1) what is a healthy weight? What is a safe BMI? I Dr Colin Koh 2) Facts and myths on slimming pills and diets. Thomson Lifestyle Centre 3) s rapid weignt bss safe? Thomson Medical Centre 4) ntroducin g Thomson's 4M Weight Control
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        Lock icon Two Asian giants in uneasy tango
        647 11  -  Pars a Venkateshwar Rao Despite resolving decades-old border dispute, China and India have divergent national interests i in New Delhi CHINESE Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's remark to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that China would be happy to see India as a permanent member
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      Thousands of Chinese villagers in bloody riot
      454 12 Elderly women killed as officials disperse protest against factory pollution BEIJING Two elderly women were reportedly killed during a protest against factory pollution, which sparked a bloody riot by thousands of villagers in eastern China on Sunday. Several dozen police officers were injured,
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        Lock icon Man shot and set ablaze in Thai south
        105 12 AFP Three people were shot dead and one of their bodies was set ablaze in separate attacks in southern Thailand, where Islamic separatists have battled the government for more than one year, police said yesterday. Mr Saharee Doroyee, a 41-year-old former defence
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        Lock icon Manila plans identity card system
        97 12 AFP President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday that a national identification card system is being prepared in the Philippines as its first line of defence against infiltration by Islamic militant groups. Despite Congress' refusal to pass a law authorising such an ID system, Ms Arroyo said
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        Lock icon Myanmar wants 1m workers to return home
        79 12 AFP Myanmar's military rulers have asked Thailand to force the estimated one million Myanmar workers there to return home, a senior Thai minister said yesterday. Myanmar sent a letter to the Thai foreign ministry last week, asking for the return of all immigrant
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        Lock icon M'sian jailed for giving son to non-Muslim
        66 12 AFP A Malaysian Muslim man was sentenced to 1 0 months in jail by an Islamic Sharia court for giving his son to a non-Muslim German woman, a report said yesterday. Mazuri Mamat, 32, pleaded guilty to giving Mu'izzuddin Mazuri, now eight, to
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Horse bites pop star's bottom
        84 12 Bosnia's top pop star ended up in hospital after a horse bit her on the bottom during the filming of her new video, ananova.com reported. Jana was filming the video for her new song at a stables in Bijeljina, northeast Bosnia. A horse saw a
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        Orchestra plays in street in protest
        74 12 The orchestra of Argentina's most famous theatre played in the middle of the road to protest about their low pay, Clarin reported. The Colon Theatre Orchestra gave a concert in front of Buenos Aires City Hall. As well as their low salaries, the musicians
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      Lock icon 'Jackson begged me to let my son sleep in his bed'
      290 12 -AFP SANTA MAEIA (California) The mother of a boy who accused Michael Jackson of child abuse 12 years ago told a Santa Maria court yesterday that the sobbing pop icon had begged her to allow her son to sleep
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      Lock icon Japanese firms fret over Tokyo's actions
      441 14  -  Lam Lye Ching They are concerned Koizumi's 'insensitive' China policy could damage economic relationship TOKYO -Japanese companies in China are worried that the demonstrations against Japanese interests in China will affect their businesses there and are urging a reform in diplomatic policies by the
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        Lock icon 24 die in factory collapse
        32 14 AFP Rescuers pulled 24 bodies from the rubble of a garment factory which collapsed in Bangladesh, trapping 200 people. The factory caved in after a boiler exploded.
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        51 14 AFP A recent study on population statistics nas prompted the Australian government to consider raising retirement age beyond 65. They want workers to work longer so they can help the country cope with an aging population. One in five residents would be over age 65 by
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        Lock icon Crash test dummies are now real dead people
        32 14 AP An Austrian ethics commission has ruled it acceptable to use human bodies as crash test dummies, provided the families of the dead approve.
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      Lock icon Sharon brushes off Bush warning
      357 15 -AP Israel will continue to maintain grip on strategic areas WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon brushed off a warning from President Bush not to allow further West Bank settlement growth, indicating that Israel would continue to intensify its hold on areas it considers of
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      US to withdraw up to one third of its forces in Iraq
      209 15 WASHINGTON The United States plans to pull out up to a third of its forces from Iraq possibly as early as next year. Reports suggest that military commanders believe they are making progress against insurgents and in training
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      Focus On The Family
      289 16  -  Dr James Dobson TblMTs by DROPPING IN ON A FRIEND When was the last time you had friends drop in unexpectedly for a visit? For many of us it's been entirely too long. There was a time when families made a regular habit of packing into
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      Inconsistency can be crippling
      349 16  -  DROWCHEE CHUNG I Audit disabled-friendly buildings, suggests Society for Physically Disabled Letter from] Executive Director The Society for the Physically Disabled WE REFER to the letter "Not designed for the disabled" (April 6). The Society for the Physically Disabled fully understands what the author meant when
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      151 16 Red alert! It is very common to see so many traffic signs on one little stretch of road in Singapore but not in many other countries in Asia, says freelance photographer Then Chih Wey who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. He took this picture at Nicoll Highway as it
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      Optometrist to the untrained eye
      245 16  -  MARTIN KWAN HENG KUEN Letter from I REFER to the letters "Shortsighted optometrists" by Chong Yee Ming and "Separate retailing of spectacles from optometrist services" by Edwin Yeo Tee Yeok. I am an optometrist with a Diploma in Optometry from Singapore Polytechnic. The first thing
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      It's not about geography
      254 16  -  LEE PONG-DING Letter from I READ with much interest Ooi Giok Ling's take on "Taking geography seriously" (April 11). The tsunamis that struck the region were unprecedented. I do not think a disaster of such magnitude has occurred within the past 500 or 1,000 years. The
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      Money is not a panacea
      551 18  -  KAN SU FEN MY VISION FOR SINGAPORE A mature society listens, thinks and takes responsibility for its actions b^bE I WAS raised in a private semi-detached house and I received a mainly English education. Most people who know me presume I'd emigrate to greener pastures
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      Let Medisave pay for my medication
      228 18  -  NG ENG HUAT Letter from I AM a hepatitis B carrier (since 1991), and was referred from a polyclinic to Singapore General Hospital specialist for a long-term follow-up. I'm classified under Class B, which entitles me to a subsidy for doctor consultations twice a
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      iSay IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD
      393 20  -  Tisa Ng Gender equality arrives in a new guise as wives get their own personal pin numbers to e-file their taxes SIGNIFICANT progress can be made in small, quiet steps. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) has taken such as step this year, in sending
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      Lock icon Economy to grow at low end of forecast: MAS
      482 22 -AFP Central bank maintains policy of modest Spore dollar appreciation SINGAPORE'S economy is likely to grow at the low end of the official 3 to 5 per cent forecast for 2005 after a slower-than-expected start to the year, the Monetary Authority
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      Lock icon DBS'Wong paid more than his boss
      107 22 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings paid chief executive Jackson Tai between $5 million and $5.25 million last year, less than it paid Mr Frank Wong, the chairman of its Hong Kong unit Mr Wong, who is also the group chief operating officer, was paid between
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      Lock icon SGX Q3 profit down
      97 22 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) said its third-quarter net profit fell 26 per cent year-on-year as trading volume dropped due to corporate scandals and uncertainties related to record-high oil prices. Net profit for the three months ended March 31 fell to $27.6 million, or 2.67 cents
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        Singapore
        59 23 SHARES fell yesterday, taking their lead from a decline on Wall Street overnight due to higher oil prices. Caution about the economy following weak growth data for the first quarter announced on Monday continued to weigh on sentiment. The ST Index ended 8.02 points, or 0.4 per cent, lower
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        World markets
        62 23 In. Index Value Ch hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,670.30 13,658.05 4,123.40 5,993.89 981.79 Pts -75.34 -1.88 +7.60 +14.47 -4.15 -0.64 -0.01 +0.18 +0.24 -0.42 KLCI 866.24 -3.69 -0.42 SET Index 698.28 +3.94 +0.57 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex
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        Commodities
        21 23 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 431.00 7.255 865.00 Rubber centsAg 217.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,416.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 53.35
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        Lock icon ST Index — 2,173.56 -8.02
        38 23 ST Index 2,173.56 -8.02 Dow Jones ers 281 to 138. Traded volume amounted to 516 million shares valued at $504.4 million. Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing shed 1 per cent to $1.01 and StatsChipPAC fell 2.7 per cent to $1.07.
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        41 23 SGX, Bloomberg US$ 0.6066 UK£ 0.3206 Yen 65.415 HK$ 4.7345 RM 2.3065 Euro 0.4681 Rupiah 5,760.2 Baht 24.042 Peso 32.888 A$ 0.7824 Indian Rs 26.545 Won 615.11 C$ 0.7476 Yuan 5.0275 NZ$ 0.8406 NTS 19.159 Information provided by
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      274 23  -  Valeric Law Firm focuses on multimedia, publishing valerie@newstoday.com.sg SUN Business Network (SunBiz) said it would no longer be a majority shareholder of education provider Auston International Group as it proposed to cut its deemed stake from 64.6 per cent to 10.7 per cent The Sesdaq-listed
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        256 24 Bloomberg OFFICIALS from Singapore and Indonesia will meet next month to discuss Singapore's request to allow more of its discount carriers to fly to Jakarta and other key cities in Indonesia. The May 13 meeting will come after discussions in January
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        107 24 Dow Jones WASHINGTON The United States trade gap reached a monthly record high in February amid a sharp pickup in the cost of oil, gas and other imported industrial supplies and growing imports of consumer goods such as pharmaceuticals and apparel. The US deficit in international
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        792 25  -  John Dorfman Bloomberg Ten places to pick up investment ideas ARE you looking for stock tips in all the wrong places? Some places are more fertile scouting grounds than others. Here are 10 places you can scout, in reverse order: 10. Stock-market chat. Internet chat
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        584 26  -  Val Chua New NTUC Income scheme aims to ease cashflow woes of contractors val@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU spend more time chasing after payment from evasive customers than growing your proper business, here is a new service worth considering. Today has learnt that NTUC Income is studying
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        473 28  -  Chow Perm Nee Overseas students have much to learn, says Stansfield Group founder pennnee@newstoday.com.sg THE entrepreneur behind the Stansfield Group considers helping students who slip and fall along the road to a tertiary qualification as a key mission of the education company he founded. "We
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      497 30  -  Vinita Ramani This year's Singapore International Film Festival offers an insight into how repression has sculpted Tehran's young film-makers news@newstoday.com.sg MENTION "Generation X" and the first cultural cornerstones that come to mind are, unavoidably, Douglas Coupland's book Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture which introduced the "Gen
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        88 30 You can't be in two places at once. A look at the SIFF schedule in the handy festival booklets, or on the festival website at www.filmfest.org.sg, will reveal that it's only humanly possible to watch 48 main programme movies. This number dwindles when you consider
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        142 32 Check the film festival website for updates periodically: If a movie's sold out, the festival may hold second screenings, which are announced online, along with information about which films have either been banned, withdrawn, or simply cancelled. At the moment, films banned are Raspberry Reich,
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        117 32 Okay, what to watch The answer is suit yourself. The whole point of the film festival is that it offers an adventure in film-going. Many of the films on show will never again be screened in Singapore. So, take a walk on the wild side and see what's out there.
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      346 32 Guardian What does the music on his iPod say about Bush? AS HE ponders the future of the free world, the fate of social security or the state of the brush on his Crawford ranch, United States President George Bush (picture) can turn to one source for
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      322 33  -  Mervin Tay mervin@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS him all right Amazing Race 7 contestant, Brian Smith, is the guy who walked off with Jennifer Aniston's six-pack of beer from the supermarket shelves in the 2003 TV commercial. "I didn't expect to be in an
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        408 40 -AFP Coria claims world No I's Grand Slam hopes will end at French Open TENNIS Monte Carlo Masters MONACO Defending Monte Carlo Masters champion and 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria believes Roger Federer could endure another shattering Roland Garros heartbreaker this season. The world No
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        668 41 -AFP AsTiger goes solo again, what happened to Vijay, Els and Lefty? AUGUSTA, Georgia Golfing order was temporarily restored at Augusta National on Sunday. Tiger Woods was US Masters champion, for a fourth time, and back on top of the world rankings. Suddenly all the
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        181 41 -AFP SHANGHAI Police in Shanghai have busted an online football betting organisation linked to Taiwan syndicates that offered betting services in 22 mainland Chinese provinces, state press reported yesterday. The group have been charged with accepting "tens of millions of yuan (millions of dollars)" in
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        168 41 AP WASHINGTON Mike Tyson (right) is returning to the ring. The former heavyweight boxing champion will fight for the first time in nearly a year, facing journeyman Kevin Mcßride on June 11 at Washington's MCI Center, a boxing source said yesterday. The 38-year-old is 50-5
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        595 42  -  DINESH KUMAR DebutantTomasi takes on Dad's Taiwan RUGBY Standard Chartered Singapore Sevens dinesh@newstoday.com.sg STEPPING out for the legendary All Blacks is a daunting task for any rising rugby player. On Saturday, that will be just one obstacle for Komainaua Tomasi to clear. When
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        151 42 When: Saturday and Sunday Where: National Stadium Teams: Pool A: Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, Singapore Pool 8: England, Hong Kong, Kenya, Scotland Pool C: Fiji, France, South Africa, Thailand Pool D: Argentina, Canada, China, Samoa Tickets available from Sistic hotline 6348 5555, online at www.sistic.com.sg,
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        208 42  -  ERIC DING NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Geylang 1 Young Lions 0 sports@newstoday.com.sg JOHN Wilkinson's sixth goal of the season was enough to earn Geylang United a 1-0 victory over the Young Lions, in their NTUC Income Yeo's S-League match at the Bedok stadium last night The decisive
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        234 42  -  JASMINEZHAO jasmine.zhao@newstoday.com.sg SHE may no longer be president of Netball Singapore (NS), but the irrepressible Ivy-Singh-Lim continues to contribute to the sports association. Yesterday, she received a cheque of $20,000 from popular entertainment outlet Top Ten, which will be used
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        620 43  -  ERIC DING Tiger Cup-winning coach Whitbread meets up with Subramani, Kadir sports@newstoday.com.sg WHEN he was national coach, Barry Whitbread (above) often barked instructions at S Subramani and Kadir Yahya, as he guided the Lions towards their historic Tiger Cup win in 1998. Yesterday, the trio were reunited in
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        103 43  -  Jasmine Zhao THIS shoe claims to understand its owner. Indeed adidas' newest fit promises to sense, understand and adapt to every pair of feet. Called "One", the limited edition shoe has a motor in the heel that reacts faster than moving helicopter
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        195 43 AP MANCHESTER He makes a considerable impact with his feet, but Wayne Rooney claimed he doesn't use his hands to similar effect The Manchester United and England striker denied reports that he slapped his fiancee during an argument in a nightclub. The Sun
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        145 43 LONDON McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya remains a doubt for the Formula 1 San Marino Grand Prix next weekend because of a hairline fracture in one of his shoulders. The 29-year-old, who celebrated the birth of his first child this week, will have more scans on
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      455 44 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, QUARTER-FINAL PSV Eindhoven v Lyon, 2nd leg EINDHOVEN They may have won the French League championship three times, but Lyon consider their trip to PSV Eindhoven to be one of the biggest games in the club's history. The
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      844 44 Agencies With Gerrard out, Spaniard must conjure heroics from his patched-up squad to end a disappointing season on a high note CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, QUARTER-FINAL Juventus v Liverpool, 2nd leg TURIN He was hailed as the man to bring Liverpool's glory days back to Anfield. Now Rafael
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      87 45 Reds boss Benitez needs to progress in the Champions League to halt Liverpool's slide. 1999-2000 4th in Premiership 2000-2001 3rd in Premiership; Uefa Cup, FA Cup and League Cup winners 2001-2002 2nd in Premiership; European Super Cup and Charity Shield winners; Champions League quarterfinalists 2002-2003 sth
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      236 45 Agencies TURIN Juventus coach Fabio Capello is fearful of the threat Liverpool pose from set-pieces. The Italian giants aim to overturn a 2-1 firstleg deficit when they entertain Liverpool in the quarter-final, second leg of their Champions League clash tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Liverpool's
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      221 45 -AFP MANCHESTER Injury has forced Manchester United's Louis Saha out of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final with Newcastle, as the striker is expected to miss the next two weeks with a calf strain. The forward, signed from Fulham for £12.8 million ($4O million) last
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      110 45 -AFP LONDON Ashley Cole has moved to end speculation that he wants to join Chelsea by calling on Arsenal to buy some big-name players in the summer in order to compete at the top of the Premiership. The England left-back told New Nation Weekly: "The club definitely
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