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    26 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking o o 6 _c "E o (0 o o o CM cvj" o to > (0 "O c o
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    US soldier takes potshots at SAF
    1404 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG DAI EXCLUSIVE Mindef responds to criticism over inexperienced scholars, soft soldiers, status of Malays cheekong@media corp.com.sg ARE Singapore's top military commanders too young and inexperienced? Are they fast-tracked to the upper echelons because of their scholar credentials, while more experienced non-scholars
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    Indonesia ups the ante on granite
    377 1 BATAM A second Indonesian navy commander has urged his country's government to impose a ban on the export of granite, barely weeks after Jakarta halted the sale of sand to other countries. According to Antara news agency, the commander of the Indonesian Navy's Western
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      REVOLVING-DOOR NATION? DO WE HAVE A CHOICE?
      981 2  -  P N BAUI For new expats, integration may not really work EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@media corp.com.sg LET'S not kid ourselves. Most expatriates who come to work and live here don't do so because they want to make this place their home. Their primary reason
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      128 2  - -LEONGWEEKEAT PIT STOP: A hole along the Tampines Expressway (TPE), about 1 m wide and 3m deep, brought traffic to a standstill yesterday evening. According to eyewitnesses, the hole appeared in the centre lane of the TPE towards Woodlands, just before the Hougang exit. Motorist Lim Yong Hock, who drove
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon CHENG SAN-SELETAR NEIGHBOURHOOD CLUB OPENS
      102 4 Ms Vasantha (in red) and her grandchildren Prathiba (in green), Namradha (in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's arms) posing for photo with Mr Lee (far left) during the official opening of the Cheng SanSeletar Neighbourhood Club yesterday evening. Mr Lee later mingled with residents from
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      HOUSEWIVES ARE WORTH BILLIONS
      806 4  -  JASMINE YIN Precisely $10.2b, calculates don, while MPs suggest giving them tangible rewards jasmine@media corp.com.sg JUST how much is a homemaker worth? What they do every day clean, cook, balance the household budget, care for the children is worth an average of 34 per cent of
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      Iran nuke programme a serious concern: SM
      1075 6 Singapore hopes issue can be amicably resolved soon, says SM Goh in interview SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong's official trip to Iran his second comes at a time when the country is drawing international concern over its nuclear ambitions. Just last week, the
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      Lock icon IT Show rakes in record sales of $48 million
      508 8  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN LEONG WEE KEAT Consumers took a shine to high-definition TV sets, game consoles and laptops AND hedirman@media corp.com.sg GADGET-crazy Singaporeans kept the cash registers at the IT Show ringing over the weekend, as vendors raked in combined sales of
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      Lock icon Motorists risk fine, jail for misuse of fog lamps
      360 10  -  GRACIA CHIANG gracia@mediacorp.com.sg DO YOU reach for the fog lamp switch when you jump into your car, regardless of the weather? If so, be careful. You could be risking a $1,000 fine or jail of up to three months. Last year,
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      Lock icon Buangkok replay?
      596 10  -  UNYANQIN Residents can't wait but low demand means doors to LRT station stay shut for now yanqin@media corp.com.sg RIDING on the Punggol East Light Rail Transit (LRT) route is a relatively uneventful experience, save for one peculiarity the train stops at a station called Oasis, but the doors
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      Lock icon $1.8 million initiative to train hawkers
      594 13  -  TORCHING LI 5,000 hawkers to receive national certification for customer service, hygiene chingli@media corp.com.sg EXPECT better service the next time you visit your favourite hawker haunts such as Chomp Chomp at Serangoon, Tiong Bahru and Maxwell Food Centre. These hawker centres are amongst the
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      Lock icon Cook in a soup over murder of supervisor
      171 13 938LIVE A 43-YEAR-OLD Chinese national will be charged today for the murder of a fellow staff member at the Soup Spoon restaurant in the basement of Raffles City shopping centre. The victim, a 25-year-old Singaporean, died at the scene after being stabbed
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      167 10 Healthy Male Participants I Needed The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study involving an investigational and 2 existing medicines. The purpose of this study is to determine relationship between investigational medicine (a combination formulation) and 2 existing medicines. In addition, the safety of single
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      Lock icon Ban won't stop former DPM Anwar from running for party presidency
      238 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim will run for president of his party despite being banned from holding public office, party officials said yesterday. The opposition Keadilan, also known as the People's Justice Party, is formally
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      Lock icon Malaysian parties gear up for election
      554 14 AGENCIES Ruling coalition may pick poll date today: Opposition leader KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian political parties have begun preparations for a possible early general election ahead of a meeting among top leaders of the ruling coalition government, it was reported yesterday. Parliamentary opposition leader Lim
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      Lock icon You don't have to pay to see me: Khairy
      264 14 KUALA LUMPUR Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, the deputy leader of the youth wing of Malaysia's ruling party, yesterday dismissed allegations that people had to pay to get an appointment with him. The son-in-law of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he had
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        Lock icon MUSLIM CONVERTS IN PERLIS CAN KEEP THEIR SURNAMES
        99 15 AFP Muslim converts in the state of Perlis in northern Malaysia will now be allowed to retain their family name, instead of changing it to "Abdullah", following a state religious edict, reports said yesterday. The fatwa, or religious edict, issued by the
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        Lock icon DNATESTS FOR MONGOLIAN'S SON
        77 15 AFP A team of Malaysian forensic specialists will travel to Ulan Bator next week to conduct DNA tests on a Mongolian model's son, as they search for clues to her grisly murder. The Mongolian consul in Malaysia, Mr Syed Abdul Rahman Al Habshi, said the team
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      Lock icon Did jet's brakes fail again?
      321 15 AGENCIES Indonesian plane reportedly malfunctioned day before crash i SYDNEY The braking system of a doomed Garuda airliner malfunctioned the day before the jet crash-landed in Yogyakarta in Indonesia, killing 21 people, it emerged yesterday. The malfunction reportedly took place while the plane was landing
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      Lock icon Quake relief aid given to the wrong people
      302 15 -AFP PADANG (Indonesia) Indonesian officials have acknowledged that relief aid meant for those left homeless by a deadly earthquake had been mistakenly distributed to people who did not need it. Officials said many people had collected aid supplies at relief centres in
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      Lock icon Abe warns of more sanctions against North
      410 16 -AGENCIES TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (picture) warned yesterday that Japan might impose more sanctions on North Korea and brushed off concerns that its tactics could be isolating Tokyo from close ally Washington. In an interview on Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Mr Abe said
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      Lock icon How Al Qaeda got 'more dangerous than ever'
      1212 16 -THE OBSERVER Osama just turned 50; his terror group may last longer than that LONDON For his 40th birthday, Osama bin Laden's followers gave their leader a white stallion. Osama, a keen horseman despite back problems, rode for hours through the dusty
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        Lock icon ISLAMIST MILITANTS THREATEN ATTACKS ON GERMANY, AUSTRIA
        107 16 -AFP Islamist militants have threatened to attack Germany and Austria if they do not pull their troops out of Afghanistan in a statement read out yesterday by a masked man on an Al Qaedalinked website. In the video posted on the so-called Voice
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        Lock icon AHMADINEJAD WANTS TO MEET U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
        101 16 -AP Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would like to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting to defend his country's disputed nuclear programme, state-run television has reported. The report, which was broadcast yesterday, did not say when Mr Ahmadinejad planned to attend a meeting
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        Lock icon LINKING U.S. WITH MUSLIM WORLD
        108 17 -AFP Envoys of 57 member nations of the world's largest Islamic grouping are to launch an informal forum in Washington this week to discuss common concerns and act as a key link for the Muslim world in the United States. The forum will comprise Washington-based
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      Lock icon Injured UK soldiers denied basic care
      437 19 —THE GUARDIAN National Health Service launches inquiry into veterans' complaints LONDON A shocking picture of neglect and the appalling treatment of wounded British troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan emerged yesterday in a remarkable series of letters from soldiers' families. The sheaf of complaints,
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      Lock icon Chirac to say au revoir to politics
      262 19 —AGENCIES PARIS French President Jacques Chirac is expected to confirm he will not seek reelection, bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline politics. He leaves behind a legacy of strong, symbolic gestures but meagre concrete results. Mr Chirac was
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      An outmoded arrangement
      535 20  -  HENRYUMUSHUN HDB's Fiance/Fiancee Scheme for acquisition of flats should be reviewed Letter from I AM appealing to the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to review one of its eligibility criteria for its balloting exercise the Fiance/Fiancee Scheme. This scheme allows courting couples who intend to get married
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      Cyclists aware of rules, but more can be done to ensure road safety
      301 20  -  CHOUCHINGCHUAN Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Teach traffic rules to errant foreign bicycle riders" (March 8). I am a foreigner and I look Chinese. Most importantly, I am a cyclist. Was the letter writer referring
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      Lock icon isay HOW IMPORTANT ARE THOSE FIVE MINUTES?
      774 21  -  SIEWKUMHONG Was the Fort Canning Tunnel worth it, after all? HOW much is five minutes worth to me? That was the thought running through my head as I drove through the new Fort Canning Tunnel. The actual experience of driving through it was
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      245 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY FLAI FLATTERY VS PRAISE It's a good thing to praise children for the praiseworthy things they do. But is there a limit to the compliments we offerthem? Praise is essential to a child's self-esteem and the children who grow up without it
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      Engage children as early as possible in English literacy
      297 22  -  HOYINFONG Letter from Deputy CEO NTUC Childcare Co-operative Ltd IN RESPONSE to Today's article "English lessons for kindergarten teachers" (March 8), NTUC Childcare is in tandem with the Education Ministry's attempts to redouble its efforts to help children who struggle with
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      Doc, your patient deserves better
      392 22  -  DR DANA ELLIOTT SRITHER Doctors should not needlessly advise expensive procedures Letter from I REFER to Dr Ranjiv Sivanandan's letter on "Quality Healthcare, Regardless of Status" (March 9). I was working in the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department in one of our restructured hospitals
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      Obsessed? No, just setting goals
      214 22  -  DIERDRE GRACE MORGAN Letter from I REFER to Mr Harry Chia's letter, "Students should aim high, not be obsessed with perfection" (March 10-11). In my opinion, the word "obsessed" is an inapt adjective to describe the students. I believe that they were indeed aiming high,
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      Lock icon ASSURANCES FOR MUMS RING HOLLOW
      534 23  -  TRINA TANKER WEI Get married and having babies is hard enough without the Govt telling us we're 'disrupting' work Letter from I REFER to the article "Current provisions for maternity, paternity leave adequate let's focus or singles" (March 9). More women are struggling to juggle
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      Know ye the cabbie's plight
      304 23  -  VASANTHAN GOVINDASAMY Letter from I REFER to Mr Ng Tong's letter, "Cab shortage is fault of companies, not drivers" (Mar 9). I agree wholeheartedly with him about the plight of taxi drivers. I am not a taxi driver, but I know many managers and executives
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      Shake up building safety
      202 23  -  ONGUPHUA Letter from I AM perturbed by the information that only some not all tall office buidlings in areas which felt the tremors of the Sumatra quake evacuated their tenants. Singapore's strict building regulations and geography mean there is only a negligible chance of building failures
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      179 21 Most Improved Retail Fund House V Prudential Asset Management (Singapore) Limited was set up as a company in 1994. We enjoy direct access to extensive global research and fund management capabilities of the Prudential Group in Europe, USA and key Asian markets including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, India and Malaysia. As
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        Lock icon BUY THIS VODKA? ABSOLUTLY
        77 24 AGENCIES Absolut Vodka, with its warm connotations of first clubbing experiences, is up for sale and wooed by global drink-making leaders Bacardi, Pernod Ricard and Diageo, said the Swedish government, according to Forbes magazine. Absolut's maker, Sweden's stateowned Vin Spirit (V&S) is expected to quaff US$6
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        Lock icon MYANMAR SIGNS GAS DEAL WITH M'SIAN, S'PORE FIRMS
        53 24 AFP Myanmar has signed another contract with two foreign firms to explore natural gas in offshore waters, state media said yesterday The state-run Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise signed the deal with Rimbunan Petrogas, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands,
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        Lock icon AMP CAPITAL INVESTORS OPENS REGIONAL OFFICE HERE
        84 24 BLOOMBERG Aiming to capitalise on Asia's growth, Australia's AMP Capital Investors, the fund management unit of the country's biggest life insurer, has opened a regional office in Singapore. AMP Capital, whose portfolio of A5105.6 billion ($126 billion) in funds includes Ass billion from
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      Homes on the green
      460 24  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Launch of huge $1.3b residential-and-golf resort in Johor Baru IN JOHOR BARU ashraf@media corp.com.sg PROPERTY developers in Malaysia are hoping to cash in on the residential property boom that is expected in Singapore when the Integrated Resorts (IRs) are ready in 2009-2010. With that in
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      Lock icon Asia's budget carriers set for 20% market share
      315 24 —AFP ASIA'S budget airlines are set to expand their share of the regional aviation market to 20 per cent within three years from less than 1 per cent in 2001, an industry consultancy said yesterday. The strongest growth will be seen in
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      Lock icon Will Asia take care of the US housing bust?
      509 25 GUARDIAN NEWS MEDIA India and China may absorb the shock THE decade-long boom that has swept home prices in the United States to extraordinary levels has begun to crumble. The damage could spread far beyond the housing market, rocking the foundations
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        139 25 —AFP Singapore share prices are expected to trade sideways next week after sustained gains over the past four days showed the market was steadying after the recent turmoil in global equities, dealers said Friday. For the week to March 9, the benchmark ST Index (STI) rose 64.97 points or
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        25 25 I SGX, Bloomberg USS 0.6513 UK£ 0.3313 Yen 78.890 HKS 5.0857 RM 2.2800 Euro 0.5025 Rupiah 5,919.0 Baht 22.751 Information provided by
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        Commodities
        21 25 Gold US$/oz 651.50 Silver US$/oz 13.38 Platinum US$/oz 1,163.50 Rubber cents/kg 349.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,917.0 Brent crude US$/barrel 59.02
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          MANAGING EMPLOYEE TERMINATION
          96 26 Termination of employees is a part of every manager's life. However, doing it inappropriately could result in a loss of valuable human capital, low morale of existing employees, poor public image, tension in industrial relations and even litigation. This workshop, by Effective Online Networks, will help every
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          WORK ON THAT EQ
          89 26 Often, we need to work with a team to get different tasks done. Emotional Quotient (EQ) is one key attribute that we should possess to maintain good relationships with one another. This workshop, conducted bythe Singapore Human Resource Institute (SHRI), will show you the fundamentals of
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          LIVING OUT YOUR DREAMS
          102 26 Acclaimed speaker and author Bob Urichuck will be in town next week to inspire with his unique "12 Disciplines" blueprint for discovering your inner self and changing your attitude towards life. Join him in this workshop organised bythe GMP Group as he takes you on a
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        Wake up to stronger tribes and a longer life
        796 26  -  PATRICKDIXON Tribalism and ageing are two of the trends that will influence the future of organisations SUCCEED with succeed@newstoday.com.sg YOUR company may have a reputation for brilliant leadership, outstanding innovation, clever branding and effective change management, but the business could fail
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        Bringing down the academic barriers
        651 27  -  LOH CHEE KONG The team led by UNSW Asia's dean is charting a new educational path here cheekong@media corp.com.sg SOMEWHERE on the outskirts of downtown Singapore, a group of academics has been discussing how to bring down the barriers in education. And today, their grand
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      COME ON, SNOWY! WE'RE OFF TO THE MOVIES!
      924 28  -  David Chew tintin ear for BiG-&ci?eeN T&eATMeNT, BUT I A&e Hie APveNTU&e& sarreie lsft on rags? HE REACHED the moon more than a decade ahead of Neil Armstrong and had logged time in far-flung locales ranging from Peru to the Sahara Desert
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      NO REGRETS
      392 30  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Despite media scrutiny, controversial American Idol reject Antonella Barba says it was all worth it Juliana.rasul@mediacorp.com.sg POORAntonellaßarba. After a couple of weeks of intense media scrutiny, endless jibes and harsh comments from the judges, she was finally voted off American Idol last week, falling just
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      Bring on the fame, say ousted Amazing Race duo
      329 30  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL COAL-MINING couple David and Mary Conwell may have become reality stars in their own right, but they admitted to being star-struck when they first met their competitors on the All-Stars edition of The Amazing Race. "We spent the
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      Messenger of hope
      373 31  -  Zul Othman Jazz legend Terry Callier performed songs of love and redemption... but where was everyone? CONCERTREVIEW Mosaic Music Festival presents I Terry Callier FOR nearly two hours on Saturday, Chicago-born jazz-funk troubadour Terry Callier enveloped the Theatre Studio at the Esplanade with the kind of honeyed
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      BEAT THE HEAT WITH FINDING NEMO ON ICE
      68 31 Relive the fun and colour of Pixar's animated smash hit Finding Nemo in the ice show spectacle Finding Nemo on Ice- in which the lovable little clownfish Nemo, his neurotic father Marlin and their loopy friend Dory experience brand new adventures. The
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        Lock icon Barbecue is best at Bobby's
        608 32  -  SERENE HUANG serene@mediacorp.com.sg NEVER mind the sexy nuances of haute cuisine, or the refreshing blanche of fusion food on the palate. If a restaurant gets its meat right, and heartily so, it is a good restaurant to me. And Bobby's Taproom.Grill.Ribs hits the right note
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      437 35 Wmm\ Sw^ MONTHLY CHALLENGE Many readers have written in with their pet peeve in poorly spoken English heard in use in Singapore. While people quite like the occasional shiok or alamak!, examples of what seem to cause real annoyance are "opportunity" pronounced 'opPOR chunity' TRAVEL/TOURS TRAVEL/TOURS EDUCATION and "May I
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      187 36  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg SHE had been eyeing the mark for some time and yesterday, Singapore's top paralympic swimmer Theresa Goh (picture) did the business to break the women's 50m breaststroke world record. On the final day of the 2007 Danish Open, Goh won the event
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      131 36  -  —TANYO-HINN THREE players were dismissed as Woodlands Wellington beat Tampines Rovers 2-1 in their opening NTUC In-come-Yeo's S-League 2007 match at the Woodlands Stadium last night Woodlands, who recently won the SingTel League Cup 2007, went in front after 13 minutes through Abdelhadi Laakkad and doubled
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      711 36  -  TANYO-HINN Liang recalls how he started, so the winning purse is going to China's golf development GOLF Clariden Leu Singapore Masters 2007 yohinn@media corp.com.sg IT WAS his biggest cheque ever, a whopping U*****,330 ($280,091). That was the prize money banked by Liang Wen-chong yesterday,
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      249 36  -  -TANYO-HINN EXACTLY 365 days ago, a tearyeyed Mardan Mamat (right) was on top of the world when he became the first Singaporean to win a European Tour-sanctioned event. Yesterday, the Singapore No 1 was teary-eyed again, and down, after an even-par 72 saw him end
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      Lock icon Magnificent Messi
      561 37 -AFP PRIMERAUGA Barcelona 3 Real Madrid 3 BARCELONA Teenager Lionel Messi hit a spectacular hat-trick to save Barcelona's blushes in a 3-3 draw with bitter rivals Real Madrid on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Argentine winger, who does not turn 20 until June, salvaged a point for
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      347 37 —AFP DANIEL TOWN, Jamaica Legendary West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers is scheduled to open the Cricket World Cup this morning (Singapore time) after a two-hour, 45-minute ceremony. The ceremony will feature over 2,000 singers, dancers and other performers. Speaking from his home in
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    Lock icon Ref 's got no style, blasts Boateng
    398 38 -AFP FA CUP, STH ROUND Middlesbrough 2 Man United 2 MIDDLESBROUGH Middlesbrough skipper George Boateng faces a Football Association charge after suggesting referee Rob Styles is singling him out for unfavourable treatment this season. Styles awarded Manchester United the second-half penalty which earned
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    514 38 Ronaldinho and some other big names spurned him, but Fergie says it turned out all right LONDON Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson admitted in an interview with Sky Sports yesterday that he does think of what might have been had he signed Ronaldinho
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      97 38 2nd CHANCE FOR KOREANS! Beaten 1-5 in opening match. S.League Korean Reds Gombak Mon, 12/03/07 7.45pm S.League Geylang Sengkang Tue, 13/03/07 7.45pm E League Champ Derby QPR Wed, 14/03/07 3.45am E League Champ Preston Ipswich Wed, 14/03/07 3.45am E League Champ Sheffield Wed Colchester Wed, 14/03/07 3.45am E League Champ
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    623 39 Despite Essien howler, Blues overcome two-goal deficit to earn replay FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL Chelsea 3 Tottenham 3 LONDON Chelsea came back from two goals down against Tottenham Hotspur to draw 3-3 and earn an FA Cup quarter-final replay last night, reported BBC Sport. Dimitar Berbatov
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    636 39 —AGENCIES LONDON Roy Keane, brought up under the strict regimes of Brian Clough and Alex Ferguson, gave ample evidence last Friday that his own managerial career will be forged in the likeness of those uncompromising giants. The former Manchester United midfielder lived up
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