Today, 9 September 2005

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    21 1 TODAY /A=LJJJ\CORP incorporating iMTCBtS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Friday September 9, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY Friday September 9, 2005 todayonline.com /A=diaCorp incorporating MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Please, please, join my board...
    828 1  -  JASMINE YIN Wonder about the quality of board members at charity organisations? Here's the rub jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg WHEN former National Kidney Foundation chief executive T T Durai was asked about his 12-month bonuses during the recent court case, his explanation was simple: The NKF board had
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    MAS changes put UOB chief in the spotlight
    196 1 IN A move that may force management changes at United Overseas Bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that, by 2007, separate people must hold the posts of chairman and chief executive in local banks. This requirement, one of several announced
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      44 1 w YELLOW RIBBON PROJECT HELP UNLOCK THE SECOND PRISON Join us at the Yellow Ribbon Fair (10&11 SepOs) hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 12 voices 26 business 42 plus 54 tv/radio listings 65 classad 66 sports 71 we set you thinking
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      IR bidder to quit if no local partner
      679 2  -  VALCHUA Peermont Global says it's in talks with a local consortium but it's keeping fingers crossed as time is running out Va l@newstoday.com.sg THE high-stakes game to build the upcoming integrated resorts (IR) in Singapore may see one less bidder in the
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      'Raise marriage age for Malays to 18'
      162 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO IN THE search for solutions to the problem of dysfunctional families in the Malay community, one proposal under debate is whether to raise the marriageable age. The idea was floated last night at a Feedback Unit session. The legal age
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      FAITH ALONE CANNOT SUSTAIN THEM
      664 3  -  Nazry Bahrawi DURING her recent visit to Singapore, Ms Collette Murray, former head of the United States-based Association of Fundraising Professionals, argued why some executives of not-for-profit organisations should draw salaries that match those of corporate chief executive officers (CEOs). At the same time, she
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      Lock icon Sky eye opens
      411 4 —AFP, CHANNEL NEWSASIA Asean nations join forces to patrol Malacca Straits by air FOUR-NATION joint aerial patrols over the Malacca Strait will begin on Tuesday as part of efforts to counter threats of piracy and terrorism in the vital waterway. The "eyes in the sky" air patrols
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        Lock icon TEEN STOPPED AT CHECKPOINT
        65 4 -938 LIVE A Malaysian boy was stopped at the Woodlands Checkpoint after a couple travelling with him was arrested for suspected drug activities. The 13-year-old has since been released. He was in a car with his aunt and her companion on Wednesday, when officers found 30g
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        Lock icon ALL FOR BUSINESS IN MID-EAST
        58 4 -938 LIVE Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong will lead a business delegation to three Middle Eastern countries on Saturday. The visit is to foster closer bilateral transport co-oper-ation with Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. During his six-day trip, Mr Yeo will visit key
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        TAKING ON THE CHALLENGE
        54 4 To provide more specialised care and support for chronically ill children and their families. Club Rainbow is setting up the Rainbow Challenge Fund. To donate, send a crossed cheque to the Rainbow Challenge Fund at Club Rainbow, PO Box 447, Orchard Post Office, Singapore *****5. For
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      Lock icon Feverish rush for beds at CGH
      239 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO AT CHANGI General Hospital, a legacy of Sars lingers on. At its A&E department, a panel separates waiting patients into two categories: Those with fevers, and those without. These days, however, its feverish patients are likely to be victims of the
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      Lock icon The NEA wants your blood
      252 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE National Environment Agency has asked residents at two HDB blocks in Sims Avenue to give blood samples to help track the number of dengue cases there. Sims Avenue has been identified as one of the hot spots for dengue cases. The exercise
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      Beyond the food chain
      468 6  -  TORCHING LI Singaporean furniture and fashion companies to franchise brands overseas too chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE business of selling businesses or franchising is heating up in Singapore. A survey of F&B franchising trends in the region has revealed that more franchising concepts are coming from the nonfood sector
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      Lock icon SCHOOL TWO DAY CLOSURE EXTENDED
      139 6 On Monday, the students of AIT Academy and Unicampus were told that the school would be closed for the next two days to prepare their certificates and transcripts. The six-year-old school is shutting down as it failed to meet the Government's new minimum standards for
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      Drive to offer low cost calls overseas encounters a snag
      375 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH IT has the potential to become a mainstream product as it allows consumers to call overseas for a fraction of normal IDD rates. But Singapore's move to ride the lowcost technology Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) wave has hit
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      Fuss free music preview, download
      139 8  -  ARIEL TAM MUSIC videos can soon be downloaded onto portable media devices the fuss-free way with an integrated application from Creative Technology and online music provider Soundbuzz. Due for release in Singapore next month, the Soundbuzz Music Video Store will be incorporated into the installation
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      Lock icon Despite crashes, flying's safe
      496 8  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Air travel safest ever, accidents at .06 per million flights shobha@newstoday.com.sg MONDAY'S crash of a Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 jetliner in Medan, which killed 150 people, is the fifth in a string of five major air crashes over as many weeks. But despite the enormity
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      Lock icon Help to come for low wage workers?
      233 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE THE concept of workfare where help is given to individuals who fulfil certain work criteria will be a key topic of discussion when trade unionists meet at their Ordinary Delegates Conference at the end of the year. Among other
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      It's cool and it's safe
      394 10  -  DAWN QUEK From Play Stations to ceramic making, the Jurong Youth Centre has it all da wn@newstoday.com.sg YOUNG people with nowhere to go and nothing to do could get up to mischief. It is with this thought in mind that a new youth centre has
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      Boost for NTU's green research
      317 10  -  LEEU-WEN THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has partnered with a top multi-national company to tap into the US$6OO billion ($1,005 billion) global environmental technology (ET) market. Under the agreement, Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) will provide a $1 million start-up fund over the next three years
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      472 10 lE^ NANYANG (A^ TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Graduate Diploma in Information-Communication Technology (G Dip ICT) Information and communication technologies (ICT) have advanced very rapidly along with the restructuring of our economy in the last decade. In the coming years, there will be an increasing demand for
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      Lock icon Please return crash clues
      363 12 AGENCIES Looters urged to hand back equipment, plane parts and victims' belongings MEDAN Investigations into the jetliner crash in Medan have been hampered by looters who made off with large amounts of equipment and plane parts that could help detectives piece together the puzzle as to
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        Lock icon THIEF NABBED BY DOOR
        62 12 AFP A thief raiding a Swiss shopping centre was arrested after his head was clamped by a sliding door, police said. The thief forced his way through the automatic sliding door in the village of Nendaz during the night. But the door shut, trapping him and
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        Lock icon THINGS GET HAIRY FOR CABBIES IN CHINA
        58 12 AFP Cabbies with shaved heads, or those with long hair and moustaches, will be banned in Nanjing in China, as will generally messy or rude taxi drivers. The rules are aimed at presenting a positive image of the city ahead of China's National
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      Lock icon Thaksin soothes tensions with free circumcision scheme
      166 12 -AGENCIES BANGKOK In a bid to soothe tensions in the Mus-lim-dominated south, Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has proposed free circumcision for Muslim boys under the country's 30-baht ($1.20) healthcare scheme. A health official said the government would need to set aside between 15
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      Lock icon Koizumi poised for a win
      164 14 ■AFP TOKYO —Japan looks set to return Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to power on Sunday after a drama-filled election in which he has forged a national consensus on reform but may have destroyed his own support base. The attention has turned to whether the flamboyant
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      Lock icon 'MR TALIBAN'
      163 14 -AFP Japan's main opposition leader Katsuya Okada, 52, (picture) has been nicknamed "Taliban" for his strict adherence to principle but he hopes his dry, wonkish style will register with voters. The former civil servant has proved critics wrong before. Deemed too straight-laced when he took the helm of
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      Lock icon LONER PM
      163 14 —AFP With stubborn determination and a flair for drama, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (picture) joked that he is seen as a 'weirdo' but opinion polls have vindicated him so far. The 63-year-old maverick, with his love of rock music and lion's mane of hair, is divorced and
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      Lock icon In NZ, 'sparing the rod' turns an election issue
      199 14 -DPA WELLINGTON Is it okay for parents to hit their children when they are naughty? The debate over whether sparing the rod will spoil the child has become a hot topic in the upcoming New Zealand's election on Sept 17. A
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      Lock icon Wife gets into the act for Schroeder
      233 14 THE GUARDIAN BERLIN The fourth wife of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder accused her husband's electoral rival Angela Merkel of "failing" working mothers in the latest of a series of barbed attacks that has shocked observers. Mrs Doris Schroeder-Kopf, 42, a former tabloid journalist,
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      Lock icon Restaurant fined for dish laced with tiger urine
      233 16 AFP SHANGHAI A restaurant in northeastern China that advertised illegal tiger meat dishes was found instead to be selling donkey flesh marinated in tiger urine, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Hufulou restaurant, located beside the Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park near the city
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      Lock icon The brand's new, the child's king
      517 16 -AFP HK wants to be Asia's No 1 family destination HONG KONG Hong Kong has long been considered a shopping and gastronomic hot spot, whose East-meets-West culture draws travellers worldwide. But, faced with competition from the region, Hong Kong realises that it needs to
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      Lock icon THE ELUSIVENESS OF VICTORY
      768 18  -  FRANK FUHRIG ■DPA In the global war on terror, there are few clear-cut triumphs news@newstoday.com.sg FOUR years into the US-declared war on terrorism, there have been few clear-cut victories but plenty of what Washington considers progress. The Sept 11, 2001, strikes against New York and Washington
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      Lock icon Mystery infection, not Aids killed Arafat, says report
      198 20 AFP JERUSALEM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died from an unidentified infection that was "highly unlikely" to have been caused by Aids or poisoning, the New York Times reported yesterday. Citing United States and Israeli medical experts, who were shown Mr Arafat's medical
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      Lock icon The Katrina blame game
      394 20 AGENCIES Critics heap wrath on officialdom WASHINGTON Even as the United States braced itself for tropical storm Ophelia, which reportedly strengthened off Florida's Atlantic coast yesterday, another storm brewed in the US Congress with Democrats piling the pressure on President George W Bush's administration over the
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      Lock icon Annan at fault but he won't quit
      398 23 AGENCIES Says his son has to speak for himself in oil-for-food scandal NEW YORK The evidence is out. Now all eyes are on the United Nations chief Kofi Annan (picture) on what he will do next The latest findings into the oil-for-food scandal
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      Lock icon Yushchenko sacks Ukraine government
      333 23 -AFP KIEV Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed his government yesterday amid a deepening corruption scandal that had produced a string of high-level resignations and called into question the integrity of the "orange revolution" leader's administration. "I am signing an order to dismiss the government and the
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      Lock icon Mosquitoes leave trail of death in India
      618 24 -AGENCIES 580 dead, at least 2,400 fighting for life as authorities struggle to come to terms with Japanese encephalitis outbreak hot spot LUCKNOW (India) Eight-year-old Rozni sucks greedily on a tube taped to her mouth in a desperate effort to breathe in oxygen
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      Lock icon CSI—assisting criminals?
      215 24 CSI —assisting criminals? -AFP LONDON Criminals are getting a helping hand from television programmes that reveal the secrets of forensic science, according to a study published in Britain. The likes of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", a hit US series about forensic crime investigators which has been syndicated around the world,
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        Lock icon PEACE MONITORS IN ACEH
        55 24 -AFP Up to 160 foreign observers started arriving in Indonesia's Aceh province Thursday to help monitor a peace deal between the government and separatist rebels. The monitors are part of the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) agreed by the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in
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        Lock icon CHINA'S MANNED SPACE MISSION THIS MONTH
        71 24 —AFP China could move ahead the launch of its next manned space mission to as early as this month, a state newspaper reported. "The launch time for the Shenzhou VI is around September or October," Mr Zhang Qingwei, president of the China Aerospace Science
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        Lock icon ALQAEDA SUSPECTS KILLED
        75 24 —AFP Five Al-Qaeda suspects on a mostwanted list were killed during three days of clashes with Saudi security forces in the eastern city of Dammam earlier this week, the Saudi interior ministry said yesterday. Among the five named were those who took part in attacks against Westerners
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      204 16 m Fort Siloso Commemorates 60th Anniversary Of The End Of World War II 9 30 September 2005 History comes alive as you tour the Fort and revisit the F scene where the Japanese signed their surrender 60 years Commemorative^ackage* ago. Catch The Impregnable Fortress and be thrilled by includes admission
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      499 26  -  JOCELYN CAI Allow unorthodox ideas and criticism to help nurture a politically vibrant society Letter from I ADMIRE Wayne Soon's interesting suggestions for more political activism among the youth ("Think pills for Generation Lax", Sept 7). But more than 10 pages into the same edition of
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      Bureaucrats should be sympathetic to foreign workers' woes
      262 26  -  GOH CHENG CHUA Letter from DR TAN Chek Wee ("New Samsui with their work permits", Sept 6) has taken time to understand the patients he treated not just their medical conditions, but their work and circumstances. Yes, our foreign workers come to
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      Give help, but let's not expect something in return
      220 28  -  ALOYSIUS LOW Letter from I REFER to Khoo Lih-han's letter, "Spores generosity will go a long way" (Sep 7). Some of his comments have disturbed me, specifically: "For a small country like Singapore, it is important for us to lend a
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      Not merely an 'accident'
      268 28  -  JIMMY HO KWOKHOONG Motorists must be more liable in mishaps Letter from RECENTLY, a verdict was rendered on the car accident that left a housewife, Madam Tan Siok Kee, comatose for the past three years. The judge ruled that both Madam Tan and the driver, Ivan
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      Lock icon Creative should have splurged on advertising from the start
      234 28  -  KEN XIE Letter from I REFER to Vincent Chia's News Comment, "When 'cheap and good' can be bad" (Sept 8). His points are valid, but perhaps the failure of Creative Technology to gain market share of the MP3 players over the
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      Lock icon isay SINGAPORE'S VERY OWN BILLY ELLIOT
      497 31  -  SIMKAHCHOON I HAVE passed the age of watching a singing contest on television. Less so, having to listen to the cliched and often wearied comments of the judges. I prefer those Talentime days when the judges were silent but could reduce you to a
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      Where dengue and Sars differ ...
      472 32  - Where dengue and Sars differ S SATISH APPOO KAREN TAN (MS) Isolating dengue patients is ineffective, but like Sars, everyone has a part to play Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health (MOH) IN "DENGUE: Fight it the Sars way" (Sept
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    • BREEDINGGROUNDS?
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        POOR SUPERVISION THE CAUSE?
        97 32  -  JUNE TAN ZEE LAN: Dengue fever and accident rates at construction sites have been on the rise. I have observed that the Registered Safety Officer (RSO) responsible primarily for site safety has also been "doubling up" as an Environmental Control Officer (ECO). I understand that projects
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        MOZZIES TAKE THE BUS
        93 32  -  FANNY FAN MEIYING: I was travelling on bus No 965 a week ago and realised there were lots of mosquitoes flying around inside. I saw water dripping from the airconditioning duct. Perhaps that provided an area for the mosquitoes to breed. Since mosquitoes breed in water,
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        62 32  -  AVENYEO: On the way to Boon Lay MRT station this morning, I saw plots of land with puddles of water everywhere. At the station itself, the plant islands were filled with water after the rain this morning. We are told to take care of breeding grounds
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      179 32  -  DRNGSWEECHING Letter from I REFER to "Breed Aedes larvae to stem dengue fever" (Sept 8). Let me suggest a similar strategy to combat the menace. To me, it is next to impossible to locate every breeding ground in Singapore. What about the graveyard and the
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      137 32  -  UMBOONHEE Letter from IN AN epidemic situation, there is an urgent need for innovative measures to solve the shortage of hospital beds. Let us take a hot shower, as suggested by a minister who did just that so that his left brain can relax, and let
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      296 34  -  ONG SENG ENG Letter from Head, Resource Conservation Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) WE REFER to the letters "Cut trash charge for plastic bags" (Sept 6) and "Charging for trash bags can only help recycling efforts" (Sept 7).
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      392 34  -  MICHAEL SIM Negotiations for next Serie A season underway Letter from Manager, Corporate Communications, Star Hub Ltd WE REFER to the letter "Fee hike, and now no Serie A" by Mr Ho Kum Hong (Sept 5). We thank Mr Ho for his feedback. Telecast rights for sports
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      243 36  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY GFSGV CHILDCARE DILEMMA Imagine the shockone single mum felt when she walked into her daughter's day care facility and found her wearing her soiled underwear on top of her head, a punishment the provider imposed when the child had had an accident.
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      1004 36  -  mr brown Was fuel efficiency a criterion for the selection of the F-15 as our next fighter jet? It wouldn't be a surprise.. THESE days, I am driving with a much lighter foot With petrol prices crossing the $2-per-litre mark, I find it very hard to
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      624 40  -  LAMPINWOON New Health Promotion Board CEO explains his priorities coffee with 147, chief executive officer. Health Promotion Board With a healthy Body Mass Index of 20 and a better-than-average body fat content of 15 per cent, Mr Lam Pin Woon is all fit (pun intended)
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      67 40  -  Noraini Latiff For you Muslim fathers out there who are thinking of a second, third or fourth marriage, the emotional and psychological damage you wreak on your children is permanent. My father took another wife when I was 10 years old. He had nine children and a beautiful wife.
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      175 40  -  HAN HEE JUAN Letter from I REFER to your report, "Blinds drawn on contractors' brazen bluff" (Sept 5). My mother, who is 68 years old and lives in Tampines Court, a privatised HUDC estate, faces a similar situation. Contractors are all quoting higher prices compared to
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        DID CALLER MISUSE 999 HOTLINE?
        68 40  -  FUI MUI CHANG: I am amazed to learn that the police had responded to a 999 call on the small matter of the "white elephants" case in Buangkok. My question is: Can I call 999 if I see any inappropriate paper or poster hanging in
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        ORCHARD RD GREEN: THINK BEFORE TURNING IT INTO CONCRETE JUNGLE
        149 40  -  DENIS DISTANT: I suggest Singapore's planners who hope to turn the park-like plot of land on Orchard Road into a cash cow on the grounds that it could be the site for the tallest building there visit the spot and
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        SECOND CHANCE: KUDOS TO SCHOOL
        96 40  -  KHOO LIH-HAN: It is heartening to read about Mr Jonathan Tang ("Rebel meets his match". Sept 8) changing from a rebellious child to a disciplined young adult, thanks to the City Harvest Education Centre which gave him a second chance. There should be more such
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      84 42 MULTMSION Intelligent Surveillance will sell its entire networked video security business for US$4B.2 million ($BO million) to Verint Systems. US-based Verint, a provider of analytic software-based solutions for communications interception, networked video security and business intelligence, has proposed paying in cash. Verint would buy
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      Darco settles dispute in China
      84 42 DARCO Water Technologies has resolved a dispute with its Chinese joint-venture partner, Deqing Water Producing Co, over a build-operate-transfer project in Zhejiang province. Under a deal brokered by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Darco which had withdrawn from the project and filed an
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      459 42  -  VALERIE LAW New MAS regulations put UOB chairman/CEO Wee Cho Yaw in spotlight valerie@newstoday.com.sg IN A move that throws the spotlight on banker Wee Cho Yaw, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that local banks must each have a separate chairman and chief
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        63 42 BLUE chip prices closed barely changed amid a lack of fresh news in the local bourse and as school holidays thinned the ranks of traders. The ST Index ended up 1.0 point, or 0.04 per cent, at 2,297.90. Gainers, however, lagged losers 167 to 280 as 682.1 million shares
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        45 42 -DOW JONES prospects, a trader said, despite the continued fall in oil prices and overnight gains in US shares. He added that Indonesia's efforts to support its beleaguered currency and rein in its budget gap also cast a pall over the market.
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        36 42 US$ 0.5961 UK£ 0.3246 Yen 65.626 HK$ 4.6305 RM 2.2466 Euro 0.4801 Rupiah 6205.1 Baht 24.439 Peso 33.428 A$ 0.7785 Indian Rs 26.132 Won 609.48 C$ 0.7084 Yuan 4.8237 NZ$ 0.8471 NT$ 19.455
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        51 42 Nikkei 225 *****.89 -73.70 -0.58 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.17 4474.90 -58.40 -17.10 -0.38 -0.38 Taiwan Wtd 6149.88 +8.74 +0.14 Korea Comp 1145.26 +2.27 +0.20 KLCI 916.80 -2.27 -0.25 SET Index 715.08 +6.58 +0.93 Jakarta Comp 1080.45 +21.07 +1.99 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1905.84 225.88 +8.51 +0.79 +0.45
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        26 42 sgx, Dow Jones Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 448.800 Silver US$/oz 7.110 Platinum US$/0z912.200 Rubber cents/kg 291.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1377.50 Brent US$/barrel 63.02 Information provided by
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        SGX most active
        51 42 Reyoung 0.320 SingTel 2.580 UniFiber 0.300 GlobalTest 0.250 Biosensors 1.100 Brilliant 0.310 MediaRing 0.235 Bio-Treat 0.970 Bio-TreatBNPeCWG0421 0.105 STXPOBNPeCW*****4 0.170 +0.050 +0.015 -0.015 +0.010 -0.035 -0.005 -0.025 -0.010 -0.015 +2.0 +5.3 -5.7 +0.9 -10.1 -2.1 -2.5 -8.7 -8.1 92,728 35,039 26,929 24,871 21,101 16,311 10,959 10,233 10,059
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        Lock icon Temasek to hold its first global bond sale
        612 44 -AGENCIES The investment firm aims to raise $1.7 billion through the bonds that it plans to price next Wednesday TEMASEK Holdings will sell US$l billion ($1.67 billion) worth of bonds its first debt offering as it increases stake purchases in overseas companies,
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        Lock icon SIA, Silk Air raise fuel surcharge for tickets
        226 46 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it would raise its fuel surcharge for most tickets issued after Sept 13. In a statement, SIA said it would raise its surcharge by US$3 ($5) for flights between Singapore and Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok,
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        Singapore buys a Pans landmark
        356 46 Pays $658 m for hotel, renames it Westin Paris ONE of Paris' most well-known landmarks the InterContinental Hotel Paris is now owned by the Singapore government GIC Real Estate (GICRE), the real estate arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp, said yesterday it had
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        CORPORATEBRIEFS
        129 46 Advance Modules Group has launched an initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange to raise $18.3 million to help fund the Malaysian semiconductor-products maker's operations in China. It is offering 31 million new shares and 13.6 million vendor shares together representing 26 per cent of its enlarged share capital
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        Lock icon Bank of Asia to raise $68 lm in rights issue
        389 48 BLOOMBERG Proceeds to be used to buy Radanasin in move to merge the two UOB units BANK of Asia, the 97 per centowned Thai unit of United Overseas Bank (UOB), plans to raise 16.7 billion baht ($6Bl million) in a
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        ABN Amro targets 'mass affluent
        165 48  -  CHOW PENN NEE ABN Amro launched its Van Gogh Preferred Banking service in Singapore yesterday. The wealth management service caters to wealthy residents known as "mass affluent" one level above the mass market, but who fall short of the requirements set by private bankers. To
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        Media Ring in Cambodia venture
        130 48  -  CHOW PENN NEE MEDIARING, a voice-over-Inter-net protocol (VoIP) telephony service provider in Asia, is branching into Cambodia. The mainboard-listed company has tied up with a Cambodian IT company, Anana Computer, to take a 40-per-cent stake worth US$2OO,OOO ($335,000) in Cambodia Data Communication Company (CDC). The
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        Lock icon China growth will offset impact of oil price on Asia
        411 50 -AGENCIES But prolonged high prices may hit Spores 2006 GDP severely: ADB THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its growth forecast for developing Asia this year as a faster-than-expected expansion in China offsets the impact of higher oil prices in
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        Lock icon Macau, China banks probed over N Korea nuclear links
        316 50 -AFP HONG KONG US investigators are probing Bank of China (BOC) and two banks in the southern Chinese territory of Macau for possible links to a fund-raising network for North Korea's nuclear programme, a media report said yesterday. The investigation is
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        887 52  -  ANDYMUKHERJEE BLOOMBERG Pressure on authorities to slash fuel subsidies, raise interest rates news@newstoday.com.sg THE Indonesian rupiah's woes might be a blessing in disguise for the global economy. The 6-per-cent slump in the rupiah against the US dollar in the past month is
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          CELEBRATE WITH GOLDHEART DURING ITS 31ST BIRTHDAY BASH
          164 52 GOLDHEART Jewelry is celebrating its 31st anniversary by introducing a new collection of diamond jewellery. It is also offering promotions and exquisite free gifts to customers. Until Nov 17, every $500 spent gives a customer a chance at the "Peel Reveal" lucky
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          FOREIGN TRAVEL EXECUTIVES TO MEET IN MANILA FOR TOURISM EVENT
          152 52 SEVENTY-seven top foreign tour operators and travel executives from all over the world are meeting at the sth Philippine Travel Exchange (Phitex) today and tomorrow in Manila. Spearheaded by the Department of Tourism (DOT), Philippine Airlines and tourism private sector
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        AIA INVIGORATES SINGAPOREANS ON SMRT TRAINS
        108 52 AS YOU board an SMRT train every day until Nov 7, AIA will greet you in a different way on two orangecoloured AIA Health Shield Gold trains filled with fresh, zesty orange scent. Following the MediShield reform, AIA has launched AIA Health Shield Golda
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        Lock icon Delay on fuel subsidy cuts hurts rupiah
        190 52 BLOOMBERG THE Indonesian rupiah fell for the third day in four after a finance ministry official said the government would hold off deciding on raising fuel prices until as late as November, spurring concern oil costs will hurt finances. The currency last week
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        369 54  -  Zul Othman DON'T ■REVIEW by THE story of blind and deaf protagonist Theresa Chan, who perseveres in life despite the odds, is an interesting tale. Still, Chan's inspirational story doesn't stop Eric Khoo's third directorial effort Be With Me from descending into a pretentious mess. In Be
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        367 54  -  Jeanine Tan DO.......................... FILMREVIEW by, LIFE is hard love is harder. Eric Khoo's third feature film Be With Me toucles on this theme in a way that is at once sad, poignant, funny and hopeful. Three different stlries Meant to Be, Finding Love and So in Love
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      370 54 THERESA Chan is a remarkable woman. Deaf and blind, the 62-year has led a full and varied life, travelling overseas to study in the United States. After being spotted by Eric Khoo at a family wedding, she became his muse and
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      739 56  -  FELIX CHEONG NOTHING NEW HERE Pay your last respects to a Hollywood genre that's clearly dying IT HAS long run out of happy endings. Still, it carries on as though there are rich pickings to be found at the bottom of the barrel. Hope certainly springs eternal
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      469 58  -  WONG FEI WAN Tony Leung couldn t keep up with the action star on the set of The Myth IN HONG KONG f eiwan@newstoday.com.sg ACTING alongside action superstar Jackie Chan is hard work, according to Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Kar-fai. He doesn't have a problem
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      370 58  -  WONG FEI WAN IMAGINE growing 10 years older every day so that in just over a week, you become an octogenarian. Hong Kong superstar Andy Lav did, after taking a magic potion in his latest film, that is. In Wait Till You're Older, which opens here
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      741 60  -  DAVID CHEW It is the passing of a great mind and an enormous loss for the arts scene and the cultural development of Singapore. Singapore arts circles mourn the loss of a true artistic soul Dr Earl Lv who died last Friday david. chew@newstoday.com. sg AN ARTIST,
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        70 60 British rocker Rod Stewart, 60, has been ordered to pay a Las Vegas casino US$2 million ($3.35 million) plus interest for a cancelled show in December 2000. A federal jury decided yesterday that Stewart should not have kept an advance he was paid for the New
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        75 60 The Apprentice's first season winner Bill Rancic will start his own business when his contract with American real estate mogul Donald Trump ends in March. The former Internet entrepreneur, 33, said he will not totally sever ties with Trump, noting there are plans for him to make
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        63 60 As part of the World War II commemorative activities taking place around the world. Fort Siloso salutes war veterans from across the globe today at 10am. About 30 war veterans from Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom will gather at Fort Siloso on
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        55 60 Lomography enthusiasts pay attention: The Heineken Greenspace Lomography City Hunt will take place tomorrow from 10am to 2pm at Asylum The Store, 22 Ann Siang Road. The theme is Going Beyond, and winners stand to have their works showcased at the Heineken Greenspace festival in Spain next
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        61 60 In conjunction with the extreme skateboarding film Lords ofDogtown, which opens here on Sept 22, the first Heartland Skate Fest and an outdoor movie preview will be held atthe Bike, Blade and Board Park at Bukit Batok West Aye 8 tomorrow from 10am. The activities include
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      465 62  -  ZULOTHMAN ...it's rock; so enjoy it with out over analysing, says Ronin's lead singer zul@newstoday.com.sg LE VAN Wee gets straight to the point "The term local music is passe," said Ronin's lead singer. The long-haired frontman despises the term because "music is universal". "We consider ourselves
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      82 62  -  -EUSACHIA THREE years after it was banned, Lan Yu a poignant love story between two homosexuals will open here on Oct 13. The Chinese movie has been approved uncut with a rating of R2l. Adapted from an original, anonymouslywritten novel on the Internet, the
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      520 63  -  Neil Humphreys Good intentions, but Neo's new movie insults its audience with 'surreal' plot FILMREVIEW byFSDFSDFZ One More Chance OCCASIONALLY, a movie comes along where its subject matter is so honourable that you are desperate for it to be good. Stepping into the cinema to watch the
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        276 64  -  Zul Othman Not very unoriginal, but it's entertaining nonetheless FILMREVIEW by; I The Longest Yard ADAM Sandler's remake of the 1974 Burt Reynolds vehicle is a hoot. Even if freaky cartoon characters populate the world of this quaintly entertaining American football yarn. In the latest remake of
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        251 64  -  David Chew FILMREVIEW by///// I As It Is In Heaven EVEN heaven can't be perfect, as Swedish movie As It Is In Heaven shows. An internationally renowned worldclass conductor goes back to his small hometown village and causes a ruckus in the otherwise peaceful community, sending
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        221 64  -  Jeanine Tan FILMREVIEW by THE only thing that is truly scary about The Cave is hearing Daniel Dae Kirn (as Ko-rean-American photographer Kirn) speak perfect American English. Watching him handle the language with such panache might come as a bit of a shock to those familiar with the
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      217 76  -  DARREN LAI HOME United consolidated their fourth position in the table last night by beating bottom club Paya Lebar Punggol 3-2 in an NTUC-Income Yeo's S-League match at the Bishan Stadium. But for 39 minutes, the underdogs had the 2,000-odd home fans' hearts in their
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      437 76  -  TANYO-HINN Despite distractions, Singapore's No 1 golfer finishes with 73 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WITH thick rough, unforgiving fairways, sweltering heat and humidity, and tremendous pressure on him to perform, things could so easily have gone awry for Mardan Mamat on the opening day of the US$2 million ($3.35 million)
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      241 76 -AFP LONDON Shane Warne (picture) made a dramatic start to his last Test in England by taking three wickets in quick succession to leave the hosts 115 for three at lunch on the first day of the fifth Test at The Oval a match Australia have
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      644 77  -  TANYO-HINN Little-known Nirat and Kang shoot stunning 67s at Sentosa's tough Serapong course GOLf Singapore Open, first round yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THEY are among the world's top golfers and the tournament's Big Four marquee names. So, naturally, Adam Scott, Lee Westwood, Craig Parry and Nick O'Hern are hot
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      445 77  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg WHENEVER one mentions Thai golfers, 2004 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Thongchai Jaidee and current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Thaworn Wiratchant often spring to mind. Now add Chapchai Nirat to the mix. The 22-year-old managed to steal
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        65 77 Besides tying fourth on the leader board yesterday, Mahal Pearce has another way of making sure spectators atthe 2005 Singapore Open notice him-his name. According to the 29-year-old Kiwi, he was named after a New Zealand racehorse. Rich Mahal. After shooting a 4-under 67 yesterday, Pearce
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        77 77 ChowTakChuen is one of 1000 volunteers deployed as course marshals and ball spotters at the tournament atthe Singapore Open. But the job of spotting balls can be risky business, as the 15-year-old Raffles Institution student found out. He was almost hit by one, while having his lunch, from
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        70 77 SINGAPORE'S top amateur golfer, Choo Tze Huang, has a new caddy— Lam Zhi Qun. After a fall out with his caddie over financial issues, 18-year-old Choo sought the help of his good friend and first-time caddy, Zhi Qun. And Choo is all praise for the Singapore Sports
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        445 71 -AP Super Bowl champs Patriots aware the damage Oakland's star receiver can inflict NFL New England v Oakland FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts The New England Patriots marvel at the talent of Randy Moss. They'll see it up close this morning (Singapore time), when the receiver who grabs attention
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        183 71 —AFP AUSTIN, Texas If Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (right) wants to return to racing in order to keep his legacy intact, then he is welcome to rejoin the Discovery Channel team, manager Dan Osipow said yesterday. "Circumstances change and when you're dealing with an
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        620 72 -AP Veteran comes back from the dead to down Blake in a match for the ages TENNIS US Open, men's quarter-finals NEW YORK Andre Agassi, 35 years young, took a pounding for two sets from James Blake, pounced on him for two more, then survived a tiebreaker
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        396 72 -AFP TENNIS US Open, women's q-finals NEW YORK Second-seed-ed Lindsay Davenport and No 3 Amelie Mauresmo were sent packing on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) as Elena Dementieva and Mary Pierce set up a semifinal clash at the US Open. Pierce, the 12th seed, got
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        243 72 AFP SEOUL South and North Korean sports chiefs have reached a provisional agreement to field unified teams for next year's Asian Games in Qatar, reports said yesterday. The agreement was reached between South Korean Olympic Committee head Kirn Jung-Kil and his
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        438 73 Hardly troubled by Thais, Singapore book final slot against neighbours M'sia 6TH ASIAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, SEMI-FINAL Singapore 64 Thailand 37 CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE booked their place in the final of the 6th Asian Netball Championship, after overcoming Thailand 64-37 in the semi-final last night. Meeting the
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        343 73 -AFP WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Ireland 0 France 1 PARIS France coach Raymond Domenech has warned his side to avoid premature celebrations, after a 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland in Dublin boosted their qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup finals. Thierry Henry's
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        206 73 -AFP WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Mexico 5 Panama 0 LOS ANGELES Mexico got goals from five different players to trounce Panama 5-0 on Wednesday and clinch a trip to Germany for the 2006 World Cup. Pavel Pardo, leading scorer Jared Borgetti, Luis Perez, Rafael Marquez
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        828 74 -AGENCIES England calls for Eriksson's head after humiliation in Belfast WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Northern Ireland 1 England 0 LONDON Three weeks ago, ingland were hailed as genuine ;hallengers to Brazil for the World title and Sven-Goran Eriksson's unbeaten record in qualifying lames showed no sign of ending.
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        345 74 HER Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana is a member of the Thai royal family, but she was in Singapore with her sights firmly on a different type of crown. The 18-year-old granddaughter of Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and daughter of the Crown Prince
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        328 75  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg TWO years ago, Singapore women's basketball team created history when they won the South-east Asia Games silver medal in Vietnam. This November, a new-look team will have a chance to match or better that feat at the SEA Games in Manila.
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        331 75 -AGENCIES LONDON Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez believes England should still be regarded as potential World Cup winners, despite his side's shock win over David Beckham and Co on Wednesday night David Healy 's second-half winner at Windsor Park ended Sven-Goran Eriksson's record
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