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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf incorporating iMTCiItS Wednesday December 14, 2005 todayonline.com I MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon 'China national' in naked video turns out to be Malay
    408 1 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR It was the video that had put Malaysia's ties with China in jeopardy. The footage showed a police officer forcing a naked woman, widely publicised as a Chinese national, performing squats while pulling her ears. The good
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    House rules shaped by conscience
    815 1  -  ANSLEY NG Govt responds to public's push for casino social safeguards a nsley@newstoday.com.sg THE husband has a gambling problem, so when the casino comes to Singapore, the wife seeks to have him barred from it He turns on her in frustration. Can she get a
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      Noise over hostel fee hike
      477 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG Residents plan a petition; NTU says rates subsidised, offers financial assistance cheekong@newstoday.com.sg NANYANG Technological University's (NTU) move to raise hostel fees, most notably in Hall Three, has met with resistance from students. Hall Three comes with "premium" features such as air-condi-tioners, lifts and electronic
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      IS IT CURTAINS FOR THAKSIN THEATRE?
      831 3 The Thai PM's re-election seems more unlikely by the day THE POLITICAL DESK, THE NATION A PREVIOUSLY unthinkable scenario is looking more likely by the day: When the next election comes about, or when the next government is formed, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
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      Lock icon Celebrity gangster is put to death
      467 4 -AGENCIES Denied clemency by Schwarzenegger, former US gang member pays ultimate price for four murders SAN QUENTION (California) The man whose case stirred up the most passionate debate on capital punishment in decades was executed by lethal injection yesterday, 24 years after he was
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      Harrah's ropes in Suntec for IR quest
      420 5  -  ANSLEYNG But observer says this will not give bidder a big edge a nsley@newstoday.com.sg AFTER months of keeping mum about whom it would work with to build the integrated resorts (IRs), one bidder yesterday revealed a partner helping with its bid. US-based Harrah's
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      Lock icon Steve Wynn prefers to build new resort in Macau, not S'pore
      420 6  -  JASMINE YIN Las Vegas mogul decided to quit casino race last month jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg MACAU is the preferred choice in Asia for Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn, who on Friday had quietly pulled out from the bid to build
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      Lock icon Sharity Gift Box only one-third full
      202 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A TOTAL of 450,000 items are needed for the annual Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box project but so far only 30 per cent of the target has been met The Boys' Brigade hopes it would have achieved its objective when the project
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      Rolls-Royce of courses
      371 8  -  LEE U-WEN High-flyers TAP industry attachment resources u-wen@newstoday.com.sg GET sponsored training, interact with top business leaders and possibly secure yourself a job? For Ms Chua Hui Peng, that sounded like a deal too good to pass up. The 27-year-old is among a batch of nine Singaporeans involved
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      Lock icon Getting A-head in JC
      417 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA New curriculum includes modern, fun elements to encourage students to learn WHEN school re-opens in January, it won't just be a new year that A-level students face. They'll also have a whole new junior college curriculum. This will include new elements such as Geography
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      Lock icon Chinese: Boring but important?
      202 10 938 LIVE FEW students enjoy learning Chinese in school, but most of them think it's important to learn the language. This is according to a recent survey conducted by the South West Community Development Council. The survey, conducted from August to September, polled about 1,200 students
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      Holes in the History of Singapore?
      710 12  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Teachers point out errors in Discovery Channel's docu-drama Editor-at-Large clement@newstoday.com.sg ACADEMICIANS and teachers punched holes in the Discovery Chan- nel documentary, The History of Singapore, at a National University of Singapore (NUS) forum yesterday. Giving their views on the topic "History Narrative
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      310 12 Learn more about hearing loss. You probably know someone who has difficulty hearing. Approximately 400,000 people in Singapore has some form of hearing loss that may lower their quality of life. Hearing loss isn't an untreatable problem, so it's not necessary for you or your loved ones to suffer from
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      Lock icon Quiet night in Sydney
      557 14 AGENCIES Howard says riots not rooted in racism but Arabs say these will heighten racial tension SYDNEY There was no rioting yesterday night, but hundreds of police reinforcements took to the streets of Sydney late yesterday to prevent a third straight night of tit-for-tat racial violence
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      ASIA'S DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
      654 15  -  ERICTEOCHUCHEOW Today's inaugural East Asia Summit could bring Asia together or divide the region news@newstoday.com.sg THE inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS) will be held in Kuala Lumpur today. Ironically, this Summit, instead of "bringing Asia together" and highlighting the nascent Asian regionalism, may "divide" Asia, as rivalry
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      Asean to review non-interference policy?
      666 16  -  SHARON VASOO Topic comes into focus as regional grouping gets tough on Myanmar and prepares to adopt Ist constitution in 2007 IN KUALA LUMPUR DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sha ron@newstoday.com.sg A DAY after leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) closed in on Myanmar
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      Lock icon This SMS will self-destruct...
      133 18 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Philanderers, celebrities, loose-fingered politicians, paranoid business executives and many others may well find the latest SMS innovation useful: Stealth Text allows you to send text messages that self-destruct after the recipient has read them. Embarrassing, incriminating or just plain sensitive texts that have
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      Lock icon Asean puts foot down
      284 18  -  SHARON VASOO Expresses concern over Sino-Japan feud IN KUALA LUMPUR DEPUTY FOREIGN EDITOR sharon@newstoday.com.sg EVEN on the eve of the East Asia Summit (EAS), it was anyone's guess which way Sino-Japan relations would swing. But leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) yesterday put
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      N Korea accused of faking US bills
      284 19 Counterfeiting started 25 years ago: Report WASHINGTON The North Korean government has been accused of being behind a growing effort to print and move rafts of US$lOO ($167) bills, the Los Angeles Times reported. The counterfeiting operation began a quarter of a century
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon NOSE RECOVERED FROM DOG'S STOMACH, SEWN BACK
        74 19 -AFP Czech surgeons have sewn backthe nose of an 11-year-old boy after it had been bitten off by a dog and remained in the canine's stomach for two hours. One of the doctors involved, plastic surgeon Jiri Vesely, warned that it would take
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        STRESSED-OUT SHOPPERS BEAT UP SANTA
        71 19 A department store Santa on his way home for the night has been beaten up by stressed-out Christmas shoppers in Germany, ABC News reported. Mr Stefan Stettler, 31, was still in character while waiting for his train home. Police said two men lost their patience
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        Lock icon AUSSIE MYSTERY SOLVED...
        92 20 -AFP One of Australia's most enduring crime mysteries came to an end yesterday when a mechanic and admitted drug runner, Bradley John Murdoch, was found guilty of the 2001 murder of missing British tourist Peter Falconio. Murdoch, 47, was also found guilty by a jury in the
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        Lock icon ANTE-UP: A $100 MILLION POKER GAME
        85 20 -AFP Melbourne's Crown Casino announced yesterday that it will host the world's richest poker tournament next year a winner-take-all battle for US$6O million ($lOO million). Six of the world's best card players will compete in the series of elimination matches in July, said the
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        Lock icon Brokeback Mountain leads Globe nods
        129 20 -AFP LOS ANGELES The gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain led Golden Globe contenders yesterday with seven nominations, among them best dramatic picture and honours for actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and director Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor. Other best
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      Lock icon The ex-diplomat and the spy who loved him
      355 21 AFP He removed secret papers amid liaison with Taiwan agent WASHINGTON A former United States State Department official pleaded guilty on Monday to removing thousands of top secret government documents while conducting a "personal relationship" with a Taiwanese spy, the Justice Department
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      Lock icon Dads and mums on a role
      738 22  -  SIMKAHCHOON MARGARET PEREIRA Frances Ong Hock Lin's commentary, "Giving mums a second chance" (Dec 12), about modern working mothers torn between career and family, draws a plaintive plea for help from one mother and some observations from a hapless father. He says: Spare my
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      Asia's one continent, but it's half the world
      275 24  -  YONGTECKMENG You say we're not globalised are we looking at the same globe? Letter from I WRITE in reference to Mr Terence Chong's commentary, "The front door's open, the backyard's locked" (Dec 12). Mr Chong laments the pace of globalisation for Singapore,
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      YOU'RE BANNED, SINGAPORE!
      716 25  -  Mr Miyagi CHIP OFF THE BLOG news@newstoday.com.sg A website has barred Spore surfers to protest hanging as an execution method here A HEADLINE like "Singapore bans website" wouldn't raise eyebrows one bit, as we know that the Media Development Authority (MDA) monitors the web and occasionally restricts
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      250 26  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I KNOWING YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING STYLE Do you knowyour child's learning style? It's easy to determine, and knowing that can help you communicate better. Cheri Fuller defines three learning styles. Many children are visual learners. That is they learn mostly by looking
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      First Singapore, then the world
      255 26  -  DEBORAH ABRAHAM Local advertisers, pageants just as guilty of racial imbalance Letter from I READ with interest Lim Kuan Chiang's commentary, "Are Asian looks out of fashion?" (Dec 13), on Asian looks at international pageants. I agree that while Miss Iceland's win was a surprise
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      Library's changing role needs defining
      210 26  -  COLIN ONGTAUSHIEN Letter from I WOULD like to highlight two observations as a frequent library-goer. One: Many students play online games on the library's computers. In their exuberance, they are noisy and also mishandle the keyboards. Two: There are many working professionals who use the
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        Long taxi queues at airport frustrating for taxi drivers too
        431 28  -  TAN TIAH YANG Letter from I REFER to the various letters under the headlines, "A generous tip can go a long way" (Dec 12) and "Let's not go on guilt trips" (Dec 13). I'm a part-time relief taxi driver. It
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        CAAS, LTA say no to separate taxi queues at airport
        197 29  -  IVYWOO Letter from Assistant Public Relations Manager Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore I REFER to the recent letters suggesting a separate taxi queues at Changi Airport for passengers heading towards nearby destinations. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) had
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        Any way to curb drivers abusing 'On Call'signals?
        299 29  -  KENNYER Letter from I REFER to the recent discussion about taxi drivers and I would like to voice my disgust with drivers who misuse the "On Call" signs. I left Devil's Bar last Friday at 11pm and spotted 5 taxis by the
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      Condo management can help deter speed devils
      188 29  -  AUDREYANG Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force I REFER to Mr Rod Wyatt's letter "Speed devils whom the cops can't catch" (Nov 26). Police will take action against any person who drives in a manner that endangers the lives of
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      313 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH Poor subscription means firm fails to meet listing rules christie@newstoday.com.sg HAVING bent the rules before to allow listing aspirants through its door, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday refused to let through Chasen Logistics Services' initial public offering (IPO). The homegrown mover of equipment
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      140 30  -  CHRISTIE LOH OSIM International's recently acquired US retail chain, Brookstone, continued to spill red ink in its fiscal third quarter ended Oct 29. The American firm's net loss widened to US$l3.4 million ($22.5 million) from US$6.7 million in the corresponding period a year ago. Revenue in the
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      93 31 ST Engineering unit ST Electronics won a $2.3-million contract to provide homeland security consultancy services in Qatar. State-owned Qatar Security Services Co awarded the contract to the ST Education Training unit of ST Electronics. Autron has secured a US$2O-million ($33.5-million) contract to provide SMT equipment to Hangzhou Eastcom Cellular
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      155 31  -  CHOW PENN NEE BIOSENSORS International Group is embroiled in a legal battle with two of its competitors accusing the medical products maker of infringing on their patented technology. Mainboard-listed Biosensors said that Boston Scientific Corporation, a worldwide manufacturer of medical devices, and its partner in developing
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        362 32  -  CHRISTIE LOH Mobile phone after-market services provider buys back stake in Aussie unit christie@newstoday.com.sg IT'S FULL steam ahead for Accord Customer Care Solutions' (ACCS) new management as it announced yesterday its first strategic move to consolidate the operations of the ailing mobile phone after-market services provider. This
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        226 34 -BLOOMBERG SHARES of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing had their biggest tumble in almost a year after Citigroup downgraded its recommendation for the stock to "Sell" from "Buy". Citigroup said the share price already reflected improved sales prospects. Chartered shares declined 9 cents, or 6.8
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        354 34  -  CHOW PENN NEE DBS targets mass affluent in Asia for growth pennnee@newstoday.com.sg DBS GROUP is trying to capture a bigger slice of what it calls the mass affluent market in Asia by setting up more dedicated centres in the region under its Treasures Priority Banking umbrella.
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        297 35 -AFP ConocoPhillips buys Burlington Resources for $60 billion HOUSTON ConocoPhillips, the thirdbiggest oil group in the United States, has bought competitor Burlington Resources in a massive U5535.6-billion ($6O billion) deal, the companies announced yesterday. The tie-up of the two Houston-based groups will make ConocoPhillips, the product of
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          178 35 AROMATIC House presents "Miss Divine Wellness Pageant 2005/06", a pageant promoting holistic wellness and distinctive for not having a swimsuit competition. Instead, the focus is on a balanced lifestyle, revitalising the mind, body and soul through relaxation, exercise and such. The semi-finalists will go through
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          120 35 STANDARD Chartered Credit Cards is spreading festive cheer along Orchard Road with special promotions and activities every weekend till Christmas Day. Get a free scoop of Magnolia ice cream by presenting your Standard Chartered Credit Card and a transaction slip at any of the
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        136 36 China picks up the pace 1 o h t& Sjgof^tft processes ?"Us* Q 1S SQipethirtg that L^ exrremely apparent receVs, times. As new dfempafnie^, immerge, it's now obvious that you can't just rely corporate might atone. No longer can companies expect to gain market share and
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        357 36 BLOOMBERG CHINA will exempt foreign investors in the nation's local-cur-rency securities from paying cap-ital-gains tax, the latest attempt to revive stock markets that have lost more than half their value in the past four years. The State Administration of Taxation announced
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        704 37  -  ADRIAN TAN With the increasing focus on compliance issues, directors should not neglect their strategic responsibilities news@newstoday.com.sg IF THE media and corporate governance experts are to believed, it seems that the role of company directors is just to ensure compliance with the minutiae of corporate governance
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        802 38  - Japanese pizza so Singaporean DERRICK A PAULO The local creation looks set to satisfy diners in the region aemcKigmewstoaay.com.sg APPARENTLY, there is only one country that sells Japanese pizza. It is not Japan. According to Ms Christine Toguchi, that country is Singapore. The fourth-generation JapaneseAmerican has visited her homeland many
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      199 42 DPA THE author of a Wikipedia entry that falsely implicated a prominent writer in both Kennedy assassinations and prompted a row about the online encyclopedia's reliability has apologised to his victim, saying it was a "joke that went horribly, horribly wrong". In a hand-delivered
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      353 42 LEE U WEN THE OTO retailer at Tampines Mall has proved to be a lucky outlet for two Today readers, as they each won a $500 cash prize for themselves after shopping there recently. Coincidentally, both Mr Ting Kok Heng, 37, and Ms
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      409 43  -  ELI SA CHI A Or will the anyone-but-the-Weavers brigade get their wish? elisa@newstoday.com.sg NOW, will justice be done? As The Amazing Race: Family Edition heads for the finish line, many are keeping their fingers crossed that anyone but the Weaver clan will grab the USsl
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      261 43 AFP NEW YORK It's one of Hollywood's first mainstream gay movies, but it's snapping up so many prestigious awards that it now looks like a major Oscar contender. Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee's gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain swept the New York Film
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        490 44  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Narnia and Knightley's charms fare well this week Deputy Plus Editor neil@newstoday.com.sg A NIGHT out with a wardrobe hasn't been this popular since Courts' last clearance sale. In Toa Payoh, they'll queue overnight for a cheap wardrobe. No one's going to such lengths in
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          135 45 -AP Prince, who has put out most of his music on his own record label over the past decade, is aligning himself with a major label once again. The 47-year-old superstar has signed a deal with Universal Records to release his upcoming album, 3121, early
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          126 45 AGENCIES Comedian Chris Rock has officially ruled himself out of the running as host for next year's Academy Awards. Rock took on Oscar-hosting duties for the first time in February and while he drew younger viewers, his jokes skewering stars like Jude Law, Tobey
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          65 45 Meet Hong Kong stars Nicholas Tse and Charlene Choi on Friday, 4.30pm, at IMM shopping centre, level three. The first 50 fans will receive an autographed poster from their movie A Chinese Tall Story, which opens here on Dec 29. Charlene will also
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      128 53 PHONE YOUR BETS! Club World Champ Al Ittihad Sao Paulo Wed, 14/12/05 6.20pm German League Kaiserslautern E Frankfurt Thu, 15/12/05 I.ooam UE Cup Bolton Sevilla Thu, 15/12/05 3.45 am UE Cup Marseille D.Bucharest Thu, 15/12/05 3.45 am UE Cup Roma Basel Thu, 15/12/05 3.45 am Club World Champ Saprissa Liverpool
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      573 54  -  LEONG WEE KEAT After 2 golds in Manila, gymnastics aim for Merit status and bigger talent pool weekeat@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been a good few weeks for Singapore Gymnastics. At last month's Manila SEA Games, they marked their best ever showing in the SEA Games,
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      110 54  -  LEONG WEE KEAT NINE-YEAR-OLD Tiger Lee failed to emulate his more famous namesake, carding a 89 at the par--72 Island course, in yesterday's first round of the 14th Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Junior Invitational Golf Championship. The Hong Kong Junior, who holds a handicap of
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        445 49 -AP Woods skips seasonopening Mercedes to extend his break THOUSAND OAKS, California Tiger Woods is so serious about wanting a shorter season on the PGA Tour that he is skipping the season-opening Mercedes Championships at Kapalua next month. "I haven't had an off-season," Woods said. "And I need
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        240 49 AFP TOKYO Pele predicts that Japan, under fellow Brazilian legend Zico, will do better at the 2006 World Cup than at the last edition which they cohosted with South Korea. French firebrand Philippe Troussier led Japan to the last-16 round in 2002 while South
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        331 50 ■AP NBA LA Lakers 109 Dallas 106 DALLAS Lamar Odom has a pretty good theory on why Kobe Bryant shoots so much. "It's hard not to shoot the ball when you can make shots from everywhere," Odom said. Bryant gave several more eye-popping examples on Monday
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        433 51 —AFP Visitors set improbable target as India press for victory CRICKET India vSri Lanka NEW DELHI Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble bagged two quick wickets yesterday as India looked set for an easy win in the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.
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        321 51 AFP PERTH Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has rejected the notion of a "war of words" with South Africa in the lead-up to Friday's Test opener while speedster Brett Lee said he'd rather let his bowling do the talking. "Banter is part of
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        578 52 LISBON Jose Mourinho (above) is confident that Chelsea will retain their English Premiership title if they do well over the Christmas holiday. The London club's Portuguese coach told television station TVI late Monday they have only three more matches with the three teams in the race
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        319 52 -AFP TOKYO Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says he is comfortable playing in whatever position required by his club and country, but prefers licence to roam as an attacking central midfielder. Gerrard, 25, has played not only in central midfield but on the flanks
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        299 52 -AP HANOI Four members of the Vietnam's national soccer team will be questioned by police over allegations of match-fixing during this month's South-east Asian Games in the Philippines, Vietnamese media reported yesterday. Chief investigator Pham Xuan Quae of the Ministry of Public
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        302 53 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United v Wigan MANCHESTER Wayne Rooney admits there are days when he finds it hard to get out of bed and the way Manchester United's season has been going, he must be thinking about going into hibernation until the World Cup. Out of Europe
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        271 53 AGENCIES LONDON Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer has revealed that his battle against frustrating injury and illness left him feeling "suicidal". The 26-year-olds recovery from hamstring and other muscle problems has been complicated by illness. Dyer said: "I was suicidal after the West Brom game when
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