Today, 26 June 2007

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    15 1 TODAY A^ADJACOFIP Frexr MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday June 26, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon NATIONAL STADIUM TIME CAPSULE LOST
    455 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND at exclusive jose@media corp.com.sg WITH the end of a sporting era drawing to a close, it now appears that a piece of its history has been lost along the way. Three years before the National Stadium was officially opened by then-Prime Minister Lee
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    Time to open the gates ?
    615 1  - Time to open the gates JOSEPH YADAO Lift curbs on sale of landed properties to foreigners, says Goldman Sachs joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg IN THE eyes of some, at least, there may never be a better time to slaughter one of the sacred cows of the landed home market The idea of
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      For Temasek, an Indon assurance
      547 2  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI Fair process pledge given in probe into top two telcos nazry@media corp. com. sg TEMASEK Holdings can be assured of a "fair process" in the ongoing investigations into its practices in Indonesia, and should the issue be put to international arbitration, its government
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      CPI inches up as food, transport costs in Singapore increase
      295 2  -  SHERALYNTAY sheralyn@media corp.com.sg DRIVEN by the growing costs of food, petrol and cars, inflation in Singapore hit a 10-month high in May, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registering a 0.4-per-cent seasonally-adjusted increase over April. Transport and communication costs went
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      for sale of landed property to foreigners?
      180 3 According to forecasts released by property firm CB Richard Ellis yesterday, home prices are estimated to have risen by 4 to 6 per cent between April and June, and they are expected to climb by another 3 to 5 per cent. One driving
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      Lock icon Couple sue jeweller for Rasif's $2m spree
      389 3  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg ON THE evening of May 30 last year, fugitive lawyer David Rasif walked into the Jewels DeFred showroom at Hyatt Hotel and asked to see diamonds that he wanted to buy for investment. Rasif, who was a firsttime customer, appeared
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  • Singapore news
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      Nets fee increase 'did not breach law'
      499 4  -  LINYANQIN Competition Commission says alternative payment methods are available yanqin@media corp.com.sg THE increase had the consumer watchdog crying foul, but the Competition Commission of Singapore says the Network for Electronic Transfers' (Nets) decision to raise fees did not breach competition law. In a
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      CASE'S ADVICE
      55 4 Although Nets does not allow retailers to pass on the fee, consumers should still protect themtoday file photo selves by: Asking retailers about payment methods and extra costs involved Checking receipts carefully Reporting to Nets/Case any instances where retailers pass on transaction costs. Call Case at 6463 1811
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      Lock icon Beware of a call from the 'CPF conman'
      278 4 THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has warned people to be wary of a conman claiming to help them sign up for their Workfare Bonus Scheme (WBS) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) credits. The man, impersonating a CPF Board officer, contacts
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      SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      150 6  -  -UNYANQIN F&B OUTLETS MOVE TO DISH OUT BETTER SERVICE Some 44 food-and-beverage outlets have committed to the Customer-Centric Initiative (CCI), a service training drive that was started in 2005 for retailers, and which was launched for the F&B sector yesterday. Underthe scheme, companies undertake a three-step process: Evaluate existing
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      Actor out of jail
      276 6  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER six weeks behind bars, MediaCorp actor Christopher Lee (picture) was released from Queenstown Remand Prison yesterday. He emerged cheerful at about 11.30 am, sporting a pair of aviator shades and ran straight into a media scrum. Carrying a plastic bag of books,
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      From watchdog to watchtower
      447 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG But just how far should newspapers go beyond reporting? cheekong@media corp.com.sg MORE than being the proverbial watchdog, the press must now become a "watchtower" as journalism comes under siege in the changing media landscape, said one veteran Bangladeshi journalist at a conference here
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      ARE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS RELEVANT?
      809 8  -  ADRIAN TAN LATER this week, Yellow Pages will be holding an extraordinary general meeting. A shareholder with 27 per cent of the votes wants to remove the independent directors (IDs). This has caused concern because, as the president of the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (Sias) wrote
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Funds moved, Pyongyang lifts the brakes
      337 10 North Korea to begin shutting down, sealing nuclearfacility BEIJING North Korea vowed yesterday to move forward with its pledge to close its Yongbyon reactor, as United Nations monitors prepared for a visit to discuss how to verify the long-de-layed shutdown. Yesterday, the North's official
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      Lock icon Return Muslim lands, says captured Indon militant
      188 10 -AFP JAKARTA Stolen Muslim land drives the hatred of In-donesia-based extremist network Jemaah Islamiyah for the west, the group's jailed military boss told CNN yesterday. Abu Dujana, one of Southeast Asia's most wanted men, was arrested by Indonesian antiterror police on June 9
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      Lock icon Model faced death threats, says cousin
      136 10 —AGENCIES SHAH ALAM Ms Namirra Gerelmaa, the cousin of a Mongolian woman slain in Malaysia said a private detective hired by a prominent political analyst had threatened to kill her and her cousin. Ms Gerelmaa said a private investigator hired by Malaysian political analyst
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      Lock icon European envoy called to explain criticism of NEP
      274 10 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia summoned Europe's top envoy in the country yesterday to explain his criticism of the country's proMalay New Economic Policy (NEP). Mr Thierry Rommel, head of the European Commission to Malaysia, said he told Malaysia's Foreign Ministry he did
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        Lock icon PAKISTAN CYCLONE FEARS
        74 12 —AFP Pakistan evacuated thousands of people from southern coastal areas yesterday, ahead of a possible cyclone. The move comes two days after a storm killed at least 235 people in the port city of Karachi. The meteorological department issued an alert saying a tropical storm forming in
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        Lock icon CAMBODIA PLANE CRASH
        61 12 —AP A passenger plane flying from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville in Cambodia crashed yesterday. At least 27 people on board are feared dead, an aviation official said. The Russian-made plane was carrying passengers from Cambodia, South Korea, Russia and the Czech Republic. Local officials are conducting search
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      NEP under foreign glare
      577 12  -  JAMES WONG WING ON M'sian policy faces increasing external, internal opposition news@newstoday.com.sg THE race-based affirmative action programme in Malaysia, known as the New Economic Policy (NEP), has been controversial since its inception in 1970. But the domestic debate has deepened with the recent publication of May
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      Lock icon 'HK, an ideal testing ground for democracy'
      580 14 "—AFP HONG KONG China should view Hong Kong as a testing ground for democracy and stop slamming the brakes on reform, said the city's former No 2, who straddled the handover from British rule. As Hong Kong looks to the 10th anniversary this
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      Lock icon Mainland immigrants don't want democracy in HK: Poll
      247 14 -DPA HONG KONG Mainland Chinese migrants may have diluted Hong Kong's democratic aspirations over the 10 years since it returned to Chinese rule, a survey revealed yesterday. A University of Hong Kong survey found that mainlanders who migrated to the city of
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      Lock icon Can new PM stay on top ?
      430 15 Can new PM stay on top -AFP Brown faces challenge from slick Tory leader LONDON Mr Gordon Brown will succeed Mr Tony Blair as Britain's Prime Minister this week. But as he settles into the PM's office at 10 Downing Street, many wonder how long he will be there. Even
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      Lock icon Aussie journalists fined $9,000 each for doing their job
      272 15 -AGENCIES SYDNEY Two Australian journalists were convicted and fined on Monday for refusing to name a source in a landmark case, which has alarmed the country's media. Herald-Sun reporters Michael Harvey and Gerard McManus had pleaded guilty to contempt of court
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        Lock icon CHINA DROPS TOUGHER RULES ON CRISIS REPORTING
        106 15 -AFP China has reversed a decision that could have made it tougher for journalists to report on riots, disasters and other emergencies warning of fines of up to 100,000 yuan ($20,200) if the reports led to "serious consequences". The proposed law worried some
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        Lock icon DO NOT USE FORCE TO SAVE ME, SAYS JOURNALIST ABDUCTED IN GAZA
        112 15 -AFP Kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston appears on a video with a bomb strapped to his body, warning that his captors would set off the explosives if there is any attempt to rescue him, according to video images
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      Lock icon Thailand freezes another $200m of Thaksin's money
      337 15 —AFP BANGKOK Thai anti-corruption authorities yesterday froze another 4.7 billion baht ($223.7 million) of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's money. But the military-appointed Assets Examination Committee (AEC) said it has not launched an investigation into the financing of Mr Thaksin's bid to buy
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      Lock icon Asean charter will give grouping depth: SM
      405 16  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg ASEAN will gain more international credence once it adopts a charter which will transform the grouping into a more rulesbased organisation, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. And the move for adoption of the Association of South-east Asian Nations
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      Lock icon Wave of suicide bombings after 'Chemical Ali' sentencing
      257 16 —AFP BAGHDAD Suicide bombers struck a hotel and police targets on Monday in a wave of bombings in Iraq that killed at least 45 people. A suicide bomber, after penetrating layers of security, blew himself up in the crowded lobby of Baghdad's
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      No scot-free ride for bus bullies
      214 18  -  TOH BOON NGEE, Letter from Assistant Director, Media Relations (Covering), Public Affairs Department, Singapore Police Force WE REFER to the article, "Attacks on bus drivers up; SBS fights back (June 22)". The Police view all cases of assault on bus drivers seriously as they
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      Charities' balancing act
      320 18  -  LAI YEW CHAN Over-reaction in enforcing control could hurt good work Letter from I REFER to the News Comment, "Don't wait for another black sheep" (June 25) by Ms Jasmine Yin. Changes in corporate governance practice in the wake of scandals are nothing new, a famous example
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      266 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY LOVE IS A ROSE One of the great myths about romantic love is that if a couple is genuinely in love, that condition is permanent and will last a lifetime. Love, even genuine love, is a fragile commodity. Like more than one
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      Lock icon A social conscience revisited
      371 20  -  KOHYUCHEN Complain less about your fortunate lives, says youth to peer Letter from IT WAS appaling to read about the prevalence of slave trade on the Page 1 report, "Still bound by the shackles of slavery" (June 23-24). The revelation that many of the exploited victims
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    • Letter
      Modesty issues at the urinals
      246 20  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Public toilets are open for all to see" (June 23-24) by Mr Goh Kian Huat, and would like to share my thoughts. I would usually feel uneasy when a middle-aged or elderly female cleaner enters the
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        PRICE RISE ADDS BITTER TASTE TO FOOD
        147 20 PAUL ANTONY FERNANDEZ Every morning, I have my breakfast at the Amoy Street Food Centre, where my favourite meal is a plate of chee cheong fun that, up until last week, used to cost $1 per plate. I stopped eating it when I
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        BEGGARS MAKE THEIR ROUNDS
        70 20 ZHUHUIMIN Recently, I took short walks along Boon Lay and Orchard Road. During these walks, I observed many people begging on the streets. Along the route from Somerset MRT Station to Wheelock Place, I counted five people begging. And near Jurong Point, there were two disabled
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      Lock icon HDB parking-lot rules apply equally to everyone
      223 22  -  CHAN KENG MIN Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Be flexible when meting out fines" Gune 23-24) by Mr Tan Chee Meng, regarding his frustration at being fined for parking in the Housing and Development Board (HDB) season parking lots. The whole
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    • Letter
      CPR should be given immediately
      214 22  -  LIMBOONHEE Letter from I READ with surprise the report, "RJC athlete dies after SEA Games trials" (June 25), which quoted the deceased's mother as saying that her son had collapsed at the end point and there was no medical help. There was also no cardio-pul-monary
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      Lock icon Let's all take part in beating the buzz
      266 22  -  KENNETH LIM CHUN TAT Letter from OF LATE, there has been a sharp increase in dengue cases, which is shocking considering that the Government has put in extra efforts to help alleviate the problem. I was at the event last Saturday when
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      87 18 m____ MediaCorp Press Ltd IIITIAA/ 24 Raffles Place#2B-01/06 iW-l/rYX Clifford Centre *****21 MEDIACORP Editorial Director P N Balji TODAY EDITORIAL Managing Editor Walter Fernandez Deputy Night Editor Yvonne Liiti Editor-At-Large Clement Mesenas Chief Sub-Editor Richard J Valladares Section editors News Business Val Chua Foreign Sharon Vasoo Voices Commentary Teo Hwae
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      292 24 I l^^L^^ MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE I I I I IS NOT A DREAM! Facing hair loss and grey hair problems before 40? Overeating during puberty, post-natal weight gain and hereditary weight gain? Can't face people because of your skin problems? Are you facing any of the problems above? If you
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  • Business
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      Daiwa to double headcount here
      239 26  -  DOW JONES NEWSWIRES DAIWA Securities Group will open a Singapore branch to start private equity investments in Asia outside Japan. The company will invest up to ¥100 billion ($1.24 billion) in regional companies and funds, as part of plans to expand its Asian presence, Japan's
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      Lock icon Less red tape for investors: Arroyo
      515 26  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE President of the Philippines forecasts stronger economy clement@media corp.com.sg THE Philippine economy has turned the corner, and visiting President Gloria Arroyo (picture) is pulling out all the stops to convince businessmen why they should put their money in her country. Ms
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    • marketwatch
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        ST Index — 3,580.33-35.05
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        85 28 —AGENCIES SHARE prices slid yesterday, mirroring losses in most Asian bourses. China stocks plunged by the most in three weeks after central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said shares might be overvalued and he did not rule out raising interest rates. The ST Index shed 0.97 per cent, or 35.05
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        Lock icon World markets
        58 28 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg Mikkei 225 18.087.48 -101.15 -0.50 IK Hang Seng 21.822.35 -177.50 -0.81 \ustralia ASX200 0.329.7 -52.9 -0.83 (area Camp 1.757.73 -13.25 -0.75 fhailand SET 704.12 -7.93 -1.03 Jakarta Camp 2.152.20 -0.118 0 3hils Camp 3.053.58 -47.58 -1.29 Shenzhen B 072.35 -19.30 -2.8 Iflumbai Sensex
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      Lock icon Fresh salvo as voting nears
      409 28  -  CHRISTIE LOH YP Board on how it countered 'dilution' move christie@media corp.com.sg EXISTING shareholders of Yellow Pages nearly had their interests diluted last year when investor Stanley Tan asked for new shares in Singapore's biggest directory publisher. According to a statement by the independent directors
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      Lock icon Thailand to buy China power
      196 29  -  BLOOMBERG THAILAND plans to start buying electricity from China for the first time because the country is not building its own plants fast enough to meet an expected surge in demand. Under an agreement, the government will buy about 3,000 megawatts of electricity from hydropower
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        475 30  -  JOSEPH YADAO Over 35,000 students here participated in P&G's philanthropic programme joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg EVERY day, about 4,000 children die from illness and disease caused by unsafe drinking water. And according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, some 5 million children die of
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        161 30  -  -JOSEPH YADAO BBC World is giving its viewers an insight into the field of broadcast journalism. It is offering a sneak peek into the interconnected nature of the news network's newsgathering capability, through a "reality TV-type on-air advertising campaign. "Our latest television campaign reinforces the key brand
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        480 32  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN STMicroelectronics has invested $5.2 billion into its Asia-Pac HQ in Singapore hedirman@media corp.com.sg SEMICONDUCTORS are at the core of consumer electronics, especially computers and mobile phones. And with Singapore's strong front in the electronics sector, it is no surprise to find industry bigwigs
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        227 33  -  BLOOMBERG NINTENDO, the world's largest maker of handheld game players, has surpassed Sony in market value after sales of its Wii home console (picture) beat those of the Play Station 3. Wii's lower price, simple games and wand controller that players swing like
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      589 36  -  ZULOTHMAN Beats get lyrical as electronica meets punk zul@media corp.com.sg JAN ST Werner is excited that his latest project Yon Sudenfed is turning out better than expected. Above all, the 37-year-old German producer best known for his work with partner Andi Toma in electronic duo Mouse On
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        771 38  -  JOANNEYAP Combination treatment holds promise for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma joanne@media corp.com.sg A LUMP the size of a 10-cent coin that grew near his thyroid gland and another at the base of his neck raised the alarm bells for then 26--year-old Lim Tau Wei. A visit to the doctor
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        182 39 WHAT are the threats that emerging diseases such as the avian flu pose to Singapore and what happens when diseases are made into weapons of war? Throwing light on these issues is The Invisible Enemy: Singapore's Encounters with Infectious Diseases Past, Present and Future exhibition. Through
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        465 41  -  SERENE HUANG Administrative assistant Kassie Ang (picture, left) got more than she bargained for while scouring the Netfor health information a few months back. The 35-year-old NTUC member, who is also a self-con-fessed trivia queen, stumbled upon a health quiz on the U Wellness portal
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      762 43 —THE GUARDIAN With Grimandisettobe Wenger's new ally at board level, Arsenal could rebound fast, even without Anelka LONDON Gilles Grimandi is expected to become Arsenal's director of football this week, seen as a vital move to stabilise the club as Arsene Wenger
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      405 44  -  TANYO-HINN Now 34, the National Stadium will make way for a new sports hub later in the year. To honour a Grand Old Lady that has become Singapore's most powerful and poignant sporting icon, Today has identified 34 of the most special sporting moments at Kallang. As the National
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      633 44 Noor Azhar ensured National Stadium got a glorious start with a jump for the ages Singapore Open in 1969. He struck gold in the 1969 SEAP Games with a jump of 1.94 m. It was a bleak year for him in 1970, as he sustained a knee
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      354 45 —AFP SHOOTING STAR Tyson Gay's 200 m time is only slower than Michael Johnson's magical record INDIANAPOLIS Tyson Gay posted the second-fastest 200 m time in history here on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to complete a sprint double at the US athletics championships in style.
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      879 46  -  TANYO-HINN Thomas hopes to compete in SEA Games, as authorities look to make triathlon safer yohinn@media corp.com.sg IN MARCH, 13-year-old Thomas Cheong won the under-13 category at the Malacca A'Famosa Triathlon, and big brother Thaddeus made it a double for the family when he emerged
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      148 46 —AFP LONDON Roger Federer's (picture) bid for a fifth straight Wimbledon title got off to a smooth start, with the Swiss maestro easing past Russia's Teimuraz Gabashvili in straight sets yesterday. World No 1 Federer won 6-3, 62, 6-4 to advance to a second round meeting
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      648 47  -  DARREN LAI darren@mediacorp.com.sg GRAHAM Arnold's future as the coach of Australia has been the subject of constant speculation ever since the Socceroos were defeated 2-0 in an Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait last September. After Guvs Hiddink's success with the team at last
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      381 47  -  DARREN LAI darren@media corp.com.sg WHEN the two Protectors joined centralised training with the Lions on Friday, their club was in turmoil. Home United coach Vincent Subramaniam (picture) had just stunned his players, and the whole S-League, when he quit the league
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