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  • 27 1 TODAY //\=DIA.CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Tuesday January 30, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Tuesday January 30, 2007 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • 890 1  -  TORCHING LI Airline tries to rise beyond pilot disputes, hungry rivals chingli@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Girl is not used to tight spots, but the squeeze is being put on her from different directions. In Singapore, the pilots who will fly Singapore Airlines' (SIA) thrice-delayed A3BO
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  • 602 1 -AGENCIES NOT ALL PLANE SAILING FOR BA, BANGKOK SIA FUEL LEVY TO BE CUT 1 I KUALA LUMPUR Why are foreign investors hesitant about going to Malaysia? Could it have something to do with the affirmative action bumiputra policy, which favours
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    • 50 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 8 voices 12 business 16 impact 23 infotech 24 plus 26 healthtoday 30 tv radio listings 31 classad 32 sports we set you thinking WHY DIDN'T YOU KICK HIM? Fm not so rude. Fm a gentleman. THE DRAGON'S TRIAL CONTINUES PAGE 3
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    • 256 2 -AGENCIES Britain is facing a dangerous religious rift, with young Muslims increasingly alienated and attempts by the government to combat the spread of Islamic extremism only making the situation worse, according to a poll by a British think-tank. An Internet and phone survey of
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    • 738 2  -  JASMINE YIN Youth Challenge ex-chief was given pay cutbut honorary treasurer says he didn't know that jasmine@media corp.com.sg IT APPEARS that even after the new board at Youth Challenge decided to slash former chief Vincent Lam's salary by more than half, he still managed to get
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    • 655 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG 'One-eyed dragon' claims gun misfired when he jabbed nightclub boss while drunk cheekong@media corp.com.sg THE man known as the "one-eyed dragon" made a last-ditch attempt to save his neck by sending his wife on a wild goose chase for an "alcohol expert" to
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    • 285 2 We Coach You How To is 0 race e^ n like our students! Our students won all the prizes in the Options Trading Championship. It was certainly an Grand Options Single Trade Trading Champion Champion Mr Leong Wei Ping flj fi alB MrLeeYewKlat made 198% I made 1175% portfolio return
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    • 368 3 APMI KAPLAN) AtAPMI,wesayYES. Asia pacific management institute The corporate world is a highly competitive place. To succeed, you need a quality education as I 1 your foundation. MONASH UNIVERSITY cricosoooosc 111 BACHELOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES J j Provides graduates with advanced knowledge of early childhood studies. Provides a solid
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  • singapore news
    • 465 4  -  LEE U-WEN Govt involves work permit holders in community efforts u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg THEY are being attracted here to help build Singapore's economy now the Government wants to rope in foreign workers in the fight against terror too. The Ministry of Manpower is leading the
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    • 226 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI FOR four Malay Singaporeans, speaking Mandarin has become a family affair. When Ms Rodziah Jailani, 45, heard from her sister Rohaini that she could pick up conversational Mandarin for just $24, she jumped at the chance and convinced her other two sisters to do
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    • 337 6  -  GRACIA CHIANG While NUS is ranked fifth in region for MBA programmes gracia@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS an impressive debut for the Nanyang Technological University on a list of the world's top 100 Master in Business Administration (MBA) programmes. Rated by the Financial Times
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    • 21 6 I The region s best MBA programmes, according to Financial Times ASIA-PAC GLOBAL RANK RANK i i 8S&
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    • 322 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg SHE is a familiar face on Tamil television shows here. But of late, Malaysian singer Shaila Nair has become the star in a too-revealing reality show. Being circulated via the Internet and mobile phones is a three-minute video
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    • 254 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive officer TT Durai controlled all board meetings and wielded more power than former chairman Richard Yong, two witnesses told the court yesterday. One, a Health Ministry representative to the old NKF, said Mr Durai and
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    • 625 7  -  Serene Huang DIANA Pang was only 16 when she left for Australia to study, using her own money to pay not only for the air ticket but also the fees for the first semester of college. It was hong bao money she had stashed away for
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  • world news
    • 622 8  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Minister optimistic in spite of RMI.S-billion price tag on damages Editor-At-Large clement@media corp.com.sg EVEN as Malaysia toted up the massive damage caused by two recent floods, amounting to RMI.S billion ($659.5 million), its tourism officials are hard at work seeking to attract
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    • 149 8 AFP LONDON A threatened two-day strike at British Airways (BA) this week was called off yesterday after the airline hammered out a last-minute deal with unions. But the accord with cabin crew unions will come too late to prevent some disruption to flights at London's
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    • 181 8 AFP BANGKOK Thailand plans to ask airlines to move some of their domestic flights to Bangkok's old airport so that the authorities can repair some 100 cracks in runways and taxiways at its gleaming new hub. The move would
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    • 192 10 DPA TAIPEI Taiwan has revised its highschool history textbook to show that Taiwan is an independent country, not part of China, The China Times reported yesterday. The Education Ministry has ordered that the title of Taiwan's high-school national history textbook be changed to China History
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    • 278 10 AGENCIES TOKYO Asia is bracing for more bird-flu outbreaks, as Hong Kong yesterday confirmed that two dead birds found last week had the fatal HSNI strain. The announcement comes as Japan declared that the virulent H5 family of the bird-flu strain killed over
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 44 10 -AP Malaysian blogger Ahirudin Attan and the pro-government New Straits Times (NST) suing him for defamation yesterday agreed to cease publishing items related to the case to ensure fair proceedings. The NST\s also suing another blogger, Mr Jeff Ooi.
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      • 67 10 China's Communist Party yesterday said too many cadres were guilty of gluttony, sex and other illicit pleasures, days after officials in charge of the 2008 Olympics were warned against such temptations. The People's Daily newspaper, the ruling party's main mouthpiece, said: "It always starts with small
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      • 98 10 -AFP ■AFP More than one-third of foreign students graduating from Australian universities, mainly Asians, have such poor English skills that they should never have been admitted, according to research by demographer Bob Birrell of Monash University. He said that more than 50 per cent of South
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    • 413 11 -AFP Bollywood star wins British reality show after enduring racial bullying LONDON Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty (picture) yesterday basked under the plaudits of winning British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother, after enduring bullying that triggered an international row. Britain's biggest-selling daily, The Sun, said
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    • 164 11 -AFP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed yesterday to pursue "a battle without respite against terrorists", after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat The blast ripped through a bakery next to a small shopping centre.
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    • 135 11 BAGHDAD United States and Iraqi troops killed about 250 militants suspected to belong to an apocalyptic Islamic cult who were planning to attack Shia religious leaders in the holy city of Najaf, officials said, according to The Independent. The day-long fierce battle took place
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    • Why buyer's dollar is shrinking
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        250 12  -  TANYEOWSIEN Letter from' I REFER to the article, "Buyer, be where?" (Jan 29). One cannot help but notice the Matthew Effect being the predominant reason for, if not the sole driver of, the lacklustre performance in domestic sales among average Singaporeans. The Matthew Effect is a term used
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      • 246 12  -  DANNYCHUA Letter from WHILE the economy grew by 7.7 per cent last year, retail sales grew by only 4.4 per cent This is unusual, as the total available market should be growing in line with economic growth and inflation, aside from the nine million tourists spending
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    • 299 13  -  ALVIN HOON Government not to blame for demise of the show Letter from I WRITE in response to Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Publicity restrictions contributed to revue's failure" (Jan 29). The writer has adopted the view that arbitrary restrictions imposed by government agencies seem to inhibit
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    • 205 13  -  POKURONG Letter from I AGREE with Mr Leong Sze Hian that the lack of publicity restrictions contributed to the failure of Crazy Horse. At the same time, I also think that there is little resonance with the tourists who come to Singapore. They
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    • 214 13  -  ISHWAR MAHTANI Letter from MY TRIP to the National Stadium to watch the Lions play against Malaysia on Saturday with my family proved to be a very exciting and thrilling affair. As expected, 55,000 fans thronged the stadium to catch a glimpse of the
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    • 230 14  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY MAKE ROOM FOR CHILDHOOD Applying makeup to four-year-olds and giving them adult-looking dolls atfive, letting them date at 12, and virtually emancipating them at 16... Is this the best preparation for adulthood? I think not. We used to give children time to
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    • 251 14  -  LEONGSOCKBENG Govt should monitor VWOs before increasing funding Letter from THE Government has expressed its intention to increase funding for voluntary welfare organisations so that social workers can be paid better. However, I hope that the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports will
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    • 226 14  - True, we can do with fewer cats through sterilisation DRTANCHEKWEE Letter from IN MY 28 years as a medical doctor, I have not come across a patient with a cat-transmit-ted disease. To eliminate all potential sources of infection, do we need to humanely administer lethal injections to every animal, including
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    • Businesstoday
      • 472 16  -  CHRISTIE LOH Move follows decline in jet-fuel prices, competitors' cuts christie@media corp.com.sg YOU'LL be paying less for fuel on any Singapore Airlines (SIA) ticket that you buy from today. The budget carriers, however, are not budging just yet. Weeks after other
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      • 57 16 AIRLINE ROUTE FUEL LEVY TODAY SIA SilkAir to US/Canada to SE Asia gateways to all other destinations US$78 per leg, down US$4 US$16 per leg, down US$2 US$52, down US$2 Jetstar Asia to Hong Kong US$8 per leg, unchanged AirAsia to Bangkok $25
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      • 108 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA ENTERTAINMENT provider Superßowl plans to sell the 35 units it owns in Parklane Shopping Mall, or 20 per cent of the development The provider of entertainment and leisure services is trying to persuade other unit owners to join in. So
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      • 153 16  -  -LEECHINGWERN ALL 273 units at the Sky@eleven, the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) freehold condominium in Thomson, were sold out yesterday within 30 hours of their soft launch. An SPH statement said: "The overwhelming response to Sky@eleven is not unexpected what with the current bullish property sector...
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      • 237 16 BLOOMBERG Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust will distribute $27 million, or 1.96 cents per unit, for the quarter ended Dec 31, due to higher revenue from office rentals. Gross revenue rose 16.5 per cent to $45.9 million. The trust distributed $22.2 million, or 1.72 cents per unit, in theyear-ago
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      • 329 17  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@media corp. com. sg INVESTMENTS here are expected to dip this year to between $11 billion and $11.5 billion in value-added terms, as the economy slows down after a bumper year. Last year, Singapore saw a record $13.4 billion in valueadded investments, driven by
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        • 58 17 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.46 +48.53 +0.28 HK Hang Seng *****.68 -44.45 -0.22 Australia ASX200 5760.40 -9.50 -0.16 Korea Camp 1363.10 -8.23 -0.60 Thailand SET 653.92 -3.73 -0.57 Jakarta Camp 1764.99 +5.78 +0.33 Phils Comp 3177.36 +14.54 +0.46 Shenzhen B 506.75 +5.46 +1.09 Mumbai Sensex
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        • 133 17 DOWJONES SHARE prices closed higher, led by a rebound in property shares. The ST Index (STI) rose 41.2 points, or 1.3 per cent, to end at 3,128.9. In the broad market, gainers led losers by 390 to 323 as 1.9 billion shares worth $1.7 billion were traded. "Property shares
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        • 20 17 Gold US$/oz 650.70 Silver US$/oz 13.38 Platinum US$/oz 1,181.50 Rubber cents/kg 346.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1374.00 Brent US$/barrel 55.89
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        • 28 17 USS 0.6489 Rupiah 5926.2 UK£ 0.3315 Baht 23.247 Yen 79.230 Peso 31.910 HKS 5.0682 AS 0.8387 RM 2.2747 Indian Rs 28.736 Euro 0.5029 Yuan 5.0468
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      • 1415 18  -  LYNETTEKOH LYNETTEKOH B|WJs^ffW^B|PffsffßW*jWj^PJ^^^wWß FINDING IT IN RETAIL OUTLETS When it comes to customer service, even the most established businesses can do with an extra boost. Watsons Personal care store Watsons was one of 20 retailers that had pledged to raise service standards through the
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      • 330 19 The Customer-Centric Initiative (CCI) is a nation-wide programme aimed at raising service standards in the local retail indusLaunched in August 2005 as part of the Go-the-Extra-Mile for Service (GEMS) programme, it is chaired bySPRING Singapore and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC),
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    • business news
      • 356 22 —AFP -AP BLOOMBERG China has launched a trial run of homegrown fourth-generation mobile technology in Shanghai in what it called the world's first rollout of the wireless application, state press reported yesterday. 4G technology provides wireless services at much faster speeds, sharply improving high-quality images and data services, and
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      • 166 22 BLOOMBERG Debt underwriter is its latest buy in Indonesia OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp, the smallest of Singapore's three banks, agreed to buy a 29.5-per-cent stake in Trimegah Securities, Indonesia's third-biggest debt underwriter, for 171 billion rupiah ($28.8 million). OCBC's unit will buy 1.07 billion
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      • 230 22  -  CHOW PENN NEE LOOKING to expand geographically, oilfield equipment supplier Aqua-Terra Supply yesterday announced an alliance with one of China's largest stateowned oil companies. Aqua-Terra's subsidiary Marine Hub has partnered Cnooc Oil Base Group to secure $68-million worth of integrated procurement and management contracts. Mr Kris
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    • impact the business of marketing
      • 683 23  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA Well-paid jobs thwart entrepreneurial spirit here, says new book shobha@media corp.com.sg IN SINGAPORE, the most effective way to personal affluence is through the "professional pathway", whether as a civil servant or a professional employed in the corporate sector. This is according to a newly-released book
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        182 23  -  JOSEPH YADAO UNIVERSAL MCCANN CHINA HIRES NEW CEO Universal McCann China has appointed Mr Manpreet Singh as its chief executive officer. Prior to this appointment, Mr Singh was the CEO of Mind Share Singapore. Universal McCann described the appointment as a coup, as Mr Singh's industrial expertise is appropriate
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    • Infotech solutions for business
      • 632 24  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Is Microsoft's new OS all style and no substance? hedirman@media corp.com.sg SHOULD you make the upgrade to I Windows Vista when it is launched here on Thursday? You might be discouraged if you've been following the latest buzz. The latest Windows operating system (OS)
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      • 172 24 System-wide search allows you to look for programs and documents quickly. A feature called Virtual Folders lets you save frequent searches that are updated dynamically when you have new files that fall under your search criteria. A feature called file-versioning lets you revert to multiple versions of a
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        137 24 NETGEAR SPH2OOD DUAL-MODE CORDLESS PHONE WITH SKYPE Netgear's SPH2OOD is a dual-mode cordless phone that can support landline phone calls and Skype voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls without the need for a computer. Its base station connects to a network router and the phone line to enable its
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      • 454 25  -  MATTIZINDER Gambling using mobile phones is a billion-dollar industry infotech@newstoday.com.sg I CULTURALLY, there has been growing acceptance in Asia towards gambling. By 2009, two casino resort projects in Singapore will be in operation, with Las Vegas Sands creating a $3.2 billion 51-acre resort in the Marina
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      • 108 25 LBS What it's not: Laser Bluetooth System What it is: Location-Based Services In Other Words: LBS are applications based on the geographic location of a person carrying a mobile electronic device, such as a phone. For example, the person can be notified via a text message about a boutique
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      • 99 26 Taiwanese actress Hsu Wei Lun (picture), who lay in a coma after a serious car crash in Taichung, Taiwan last Friday, died on Sunday night. The 28-year-old was best known for her roles in idol dramas such as True Love and 9 Ball. She
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      • 60 26 Due to popular demand, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra has opened up limited gallery seats in the Esplanade Concert Hall for sale for its performance this Friday. The concert will feature Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor and Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko. Tickets
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      • 118 26 AFP International opera diva Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (picture) is being sued for $1.55 million ($2.4 million) for pulling out of a tour with Australian rock star John Farnham, after learning his fans threw underwear at him. After agreeing to perform with Farnham,
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      695 27  -  Zul Othman except for in-your-face fame, that is. Indie band Yo La Tengo talk about lasting this long, staying this quiet zul@mediacorp.com.sg anything you want... THEY are probably the most popular musicians you have never heard of. Hailing from New Jersey, the trio known as Yo La
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    • 368 27 AP LOS ANGELES Helen Mirren of The Queen and Forest Whitaker of The Last King of Scotland won Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday as best lead players, their latest prizes on the road to the Academy Awards. The road-trip romp, Little
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    • 270 28  -  Juliana June Rasul CONCERTREVIEW by Hoobastank Live in Concert THE kiddies came for the rock, and the, er, older kiddies anyone who wasn't in the mosh pit in front of the stage came for The Reason. But Hoobastank frontman Doug Robb got everyone
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    • 392 28  -  DAVID CHEW Artist Brian Gothong Tan wants executives to stop and examine their lives david.chew@media corp.com.sg ARE you part of the Shenton Way crowd? And are you tired of dragging yourself to work every day? Perhaps artist Brian Gothong Tan's exhibition of his latest work entitled
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    • 119 29  -  Zul Othman CDREVIEW by Various Artists SO how did American Idol hopeful Jennifer Hudson fare on this hotly-tipped adaptation of the Broadway hit musical, Dreamgirlsi Not well, it seems. While Hudson snagged a Golden Globe award for her performance as a supporting actress (and outranked co-stars Beyonce
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      108 29 Norah Jones SHE'S made a career out of mixing despair with cautious optimism. Sadly, Jones' third album Not Too Late sees her distinctive jazzstyled musings start becoming trying. Yes, Jones is still quite adept at crafting swooning melodies based on an understated blend of country, folk, jazz
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    • 533 33 THE GUARDIAN Fergie determined to keep Real at bay, as Gill says it's no go for Hargreaves MANCHESTER Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo admitted yesterday he was aware of Real Madrid's desire to sign him, but has been ordered by Alex Ferguson not to discuss the Spanish
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    • 234 34 —AFP LOS ANGELES Michael Finley's game-winning 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime gave the San Antonio Spurs a 96-94 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers here Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). After the Lakers squandered a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, the NBA thriller
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    • 234 36 LONDON The Football Association (FA) are to hold talks with Manchester City over the proposed appointment of their manager Stuart Pearce (picture) as England under--21 boss. Pearce said on Sunday he would like to succeed Peter Taylor in the role, if City reached an
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    • 540 36 -AFP FA CUP, 4TH ROUND Arsenal 1 Bolton 1 LONDON Arsene Wenger has hinted he may make a late move in the transfer market to ease the strain of Arsenal's increasingly lengthy injury list Wenger had insisted he would not sign any new players before
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