Today, 18 August 2006

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    26 1 TODAY //\=DIJ\COKiP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Friday August 18, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY share your free newspaper Friday August 18, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006 free?
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    Great new lawyer factory
    900 1  -  DERRICK A PAULO SMUs school among steps to address the legal-eagle shortage derrick@newstoday.com.sg FOR half-a-century, there has been only one place in town where you could get a law degree. But 50 years of law-school monopoly is coming to an end for the National University of
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    Lock icon 'Unsolvable' murder mystery unravels
    601 1 -AGENCIES BANGKOK It seemed destined to go down as the greatest of murder mysteries. But 10 years after an American child beauty queen was killed, an arrest in Bangkok thanks to some detective work by a journalism professor seems to have solved the case of Jonßenet
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      66 1 i i i i i i i SAVE OUR L£GACY More Singaporean babies are needed 2 FOCUS ON THE PATIEINTT Ministry asked to regulate managed care schemes 3 A BATTU= FOR MILLIONS Wealthy Indonesian family slugs it out in court here 4 WE NEED TO TALK... Israel can't shy away
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      29 1 ASSEENONWINEWANDIMPROVEDI bootlastnigrrt I AREYOUREADY,REDS?* Revived from RockStar,\NXS returns to Spore I After 16-year drought fans wantthe league title AFTER A DECADE, JONBENET'S FAMILY FINDS CLOSURE AT LAST PAGE 14
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      WANTED: BABIES TO SAVE OUR LEGACY
      773 2  -  NG YA KEN Native-born Singaporeans face having a shrinking voice if birth rates don't rise SINGAPORE is short of about 15,000 newboms each year. To keep our population from declining, the number of births yearly needs to be at least 60,000. Beyond these figures,
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      FOREIGNLAWYERDEBATE
      229 2  -  A new scheme that will allow Singapore law firms to tap foreign talent is attracting some debate. Currently, only foreign lawyers in joint law ventures practise Singapore law in a select few areas. But the Government will now allow all firms to hire foreign lawyers. Their practice will still
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      Lock icon Cutting corners on care
      751 3  -  TAN HUI LENG HHiJiVJiMHllfcikTJ:! To stop this, managed care schemes must be regulated: Medical body huileng@newstoday.com. sg LIKE many others in Singapore, her employer pays a medical management company a group rate to treat its workers. So, when she fell ill last month, she went to
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      A $50m family feud
      586 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH Daughter of Indonesian businessman takes step-mum to court over assets here christie@newstoday.com.sg A WEALTHY family from Indonesia is slugging it out in court here over Singapore assets worth about $50 million. According to court documents that Today obtained, the case centres on the step-daughter's
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      SPH retrenches 35 more employees
      265 4  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com. sg MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) axed 35 of its employees yesterday, saying that these staff had "reached a plateau in their careers". The retrenchment exercise is the latest in a string of similar cuts over the last six years, which has
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon FRESH FACES FOR FEEDBACK PANEL
        98 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA New faces have been added to the Feedback Supervisory Panel, which is now tasked with seeking views on how the Feedback Unit can improve its connection with Singaporeans and facilitate the consultation process. Twenty-one of the panel's 24 members are new names. Headed
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        LIVE BROADCAST OF NATIONAL DAY RALLY SPEECH ON SUNDAY
        92 4 MediaCorp will broadcast, across its various television and radio channels, the Prime Minister's National Day Rally Speech live this Sunday. As with last year's rally form at, there will be two parts to the speech, which will start at 6.45pm. Mr
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        WOMAN BEATEN, ROBBED
        82 4 A woman in her early 50s was beaten and robbed of her mobile phone on Tuesday, as she was walking along Seletar West Farmway 4 around 11.30 pm. A man, who stepped out of a parked excavator, punched her head and face. She lost consciousness and was
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        Lock icon CPF, HDB INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED UNTIL YEAR-END
        103 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board will continue to pay interest at 2.5 per cent per annum to members for CPF savings in their Ordinary Account from Oct 1 to Dec 31. This minimum rate is higherthanthe 12-month fixed deposit and
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      Lock icon Israel's Olmert faces possible probe
      325 4 —AFP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, already under fire for his handling of the Lebanon war, was yesterday facing a possible probe over a Jerusalem property deal. Mr Olmert and his wife, Aliza, are to be summoned for questioning over the deal by the
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Enough people to occupy these flats ?
      683 6  - Enough people to occupy these flats TORCHING LI Falling birth rate, ageing population are challenges that can be overcome: Mah chingli@newstoday.com. sg WILL Singapore's falling birth rate result in an excess of public housing flats? That was one of the questions put to National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan by
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      Case dosed, Falungong member to be deported
      397 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com. sg THE prosecution has dropped its charge against a 73-year-old Falungong member yesterday, 11 days before she was due to stand trial with two others. Instead, Mdm Chen Pei Yu a female Chinese national will be repatriated on Monday. Mdm Chen
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      S'pore firms least prepared for greying issues
      773 8  -  LEE U-WEN Survey of 200 companies showed just 7% offer retirement benefits u-wen@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is ageing faster than all other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and soon it will boast the second highest percentage of people aged 50 and above. A worrying phenomenon,
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      Lock icon DO MORE WITH, NOT FOR, OUR SENIORS
      598 8  -  SHERALYN TAY shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has done well in catering for older persons in terms of healthcare, areas of social security and service provision but overall are we doing too much for them and not enough with them? This is the question posed
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      Regulate ortho-k optometrists
      417 10  -  SHERALYN TAY The treatment is still safe and effective when done by qualified practitioners shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg TIGHTER regulation is needed to keep errant optometrists in check, and prevent untrained practitioners from ruining the eyes of unsuspecting patients, said a professional body yesterday. Giving his take on the
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      Lock icon Travel green next week and win
      374 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE HERE'S the advice you'll be hearing next week: Take the most environ-mentally-friendly travel option you can. Into its fourth year, the Green Transport Week campaign, which kicks off on Sunday, advocates ecofriendly modes of transport such as taking the bus
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      Lock icon Business as usual at Suntec
      340 10 CHANNEL NEWSASIA DESPITE road closures and tighter security measures, it will almost be business as usual for over 700 office and retail tenants at Suntec City during next month's IMFWorld Bank meetings. While some shops have ordered more stock to cope with the influx of
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      Lock icon Free rides a hit with disabled commuters
      479 12  -  ZAFARANJUM Fellow bus passengers have been patient and mostly considerate too zaf a r@newstoday.com.sg SOME 200 wheelchair users have taken rides on the new wheelchair-accessible buses (WAB) since their launch more than a month ago. To top it off, the rides were free,
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      Lock icon Disabled's gift to IMF-World Bank delegates
      185 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA DELEGATES at the IMF-World Bank meetings in Singapore next month will each receive a card-holder specially put together by workers with disabilities. Organised by Bizlink Centre, the disabled workers will assemble 6,000 of these unique name card-holders that will depict some of
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      Lock icon We knew this day would come: TonBenet's family
      442 14 AGENCIES Relatives vowed to seek justice for her WASHINGTON It has been almost 10 years since six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, on Christmas night During this time, her parents have been
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      Lock icon Child sex predators thrive in South-east Asian countries
      347 14 -AP BANGKOK It's a photograph that has become a staple in many tabloids in South-east Asia: The foreigner taken in by police after being caught in bed with a local boy or girl. For many of the region's countries that derive huge
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      Australians angry as Bali bombers freed from jail
      373 14 JAKARTA An Islamic militant convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings has walked free after his sentence was cut for Indonesia's Independence Day, sparking anger among grieving relatives in Australia. Puryanto one of 12 Bali bombing convicts to have their sentences reduced was
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      Lock icon 1.3 million face masks given out in Sarawak as haze worsens
      249 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Aircraft operations on Malaysia's side of Borneo island were threatened yesterday as air quality and visibility worsened badly due to open burning on plantations, officials said. Authorities in Sarawak distributed 1.3 million face masks as the
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      Lock icon Israeli defence minister under fire
      446 16 -AGENCIES Criticism grows over Peretz's handling of costly offensive against Lebanon BEIRUT A passenger jet flew into Beirut airport from Jordan yesterday, breaking a 36-day blockade as the blame game started in Israel over who is to be held responsible for the blows the country
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      Asean six to abolish tariffs for electronics
      312 16 KUALA LUMPUR Six Asean countries will abolish tariffs on most electronic products traded between them by next January, three years ahead of schedule, in a bid to claw back foreign investment from China and India, officials said. Mr Ramon Vicente Kabigting, a director
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      Lock icon Bush rejects call for Iraq troop recall
      223 17 —AFP LANCASTER (Pennsylvania) President George W Bush rejected on Wednesday calls by opposition Democrats for an early withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq, warning such a move could result in a "terrorist state" with vast oil reserves. Those who say the US
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      Lock icon Nearly 100 rebels killed in Sri Lanka
      252 17 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lankan troops yesterday beat back a fresh attempt by the Tamil Tigers and overran the main defences of the northern peninsula of Jaffna, killing at least 98 rebels, media minister Anura Yapa said. More than 100 rebels were wounded in
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      Drunken tragedy
      66 17  -  -THE GUARDIAN CRETE (Greece) A drunk British holidaymaker pushed his son and then jumped with his baby daughter from the fourth-floor balcony of a hotel room here, police said yesterday. The incident is believed to have occurred after David Hogan, 32, from England, had a row with his
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      Lock icon Princess seeks solace abroad
      144 17 -AFP TOKYO —Japanese Crown Princess Masako, a former career woman suffering stress adapting to the monarchy, headed with her family yesterday to The Netherlands in hopes of recuperation. The trip came one day after her housewife sister-in-law, Princess Kiko, went to hospital over her closelywatched pregnancy.
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      Lock icon Abe to revise Japan statute book
      144 17 -AFP TOKYO Mr Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister, is to pledge to revise the pacifist constitution as part of his policy platform. He plans to unveil the platform on Sept 1 ahead of the Sept 20 vote of the
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      Lock icon Oil spill a 'ticking time bomb'
      215 18 —AP LA PAZ (Philippines) The Philippines' worst oil spill could ravage fisheries and other coastal resources in one of the country's central provinces, officials said yesterday, as the authorities tried to contain a leak from a sunken tanker. The Solar I, carrying 2 million
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      Lock icon DANGER AHEAD IN THE MIDDLE EAST
      795 18  -  EMANUELSHAHAF IN JERUSALEM US and EU must vigorously press for a diplomatic solution to the problem WE CAN say with much certainty that while both sides in the second Lebanon war were surprised by the developments at different stages of the fighting, Hezbollah was
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      Lock icon EU won't profile Muslims
      485 20 AGENCIES AFP Plan to avoid screening passengers by religion, ethnic background but will use biometric checks as part of new airline security measures LONDON A system for the "positive profiling" of European airline passengers is to be urgently explored in response to last week's alleged airline
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      Unruly woman diverts plane
      268 20 WASHINGTON A United Airlines flight from London to Washington was diverted to Boston yesterday because a female passenger became unruly, a federal spokesman said. "She said she was very claustrophobic and said she had an adverse reaction to something," said Mr George Naccara, federal security director
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      Lock icon Part of Seattle port evacuated
      110 20 -AFP LOS ANGELES United States authorities yesterday evacuated part of the Port of Seattle in the Pacific northwestern state of Washington after bomb-sniffing dogs detected explosives inside two containers from abroad, police said. "Terminal 18 is temporarily closed to truck traffic; all non-es-sential personnel have
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      Lock icon China asks US to 'shut up and keep quiet'
      352 22 —AFP LONDON China's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, throwing diplomatic language to the wind, yesterday told the United States to "shut up and keep quiet" on the subject of Beijing's growing military spending. During an interview with BBC Radio,
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      Lock icon Tokyo, Moscow row over shooting
      490 22 —AGENCIES Japanese fisherman shot dead by Russian border guards at disputed territorial waters MOSCOW A diplomatic row appeared to be brewing between Japan and Russia, following the death of a Japanese fisherman who was shot by the Russian military after he strayed into disputed territorial
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      Lock icon Japan chases away Taiwan nationalists
      232 22 —AGENCIES TOKYO Japan yesterday chased away a ship of Taiwanese nationalists, angered over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a war shrine, who tried to land on disputed islands, officials said. Carrying a Taiwanese flag, the ship sailed around 35km southwest of Uotsuri, the biggest
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      Lock icon Dubai's fixing that leak
      654 24  -  CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE PR experts are set to undo damage caused by US ports debacle clement@newstoday.com.sg WEALTHY Dubai, the darling of the West, is about to launch a public relations offensive. A key American ally in the Middle East, Dubai got a shock when its move
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      How long must the sons of the Rising Sun pay for the sins of their fathers?
      301 26  -  SHARMINI RAJGOPAL Letter from I REFER to the discussion on the Japanese Prime Minister's visit to the Yasukuni shrine. Imagine a young man who beats another to death. What if, year after year, he
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        GET YOUR FAX RIGHT
        83 26  -  JOHNSEAH: I agree with Colin Ong in his letter, "Limit corporate use of private numbers" (Aug 17). In fact, I suggest that all fax numbers should also not have private number features. After all, if the companies are legitimate and do proper and legal business, why
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        STALE AIR DOWN THERE
        83 26  -  CHUAKIMCHOO: Travelling on the MRT is not enjoyable in this hot season. I refer in particular to the older trains of the North-South line where the air-conditioning system seems ineffective and commuters have to suffer in silence. When I boarded the train to Raffles Place from
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        THINK ITS TOUGH? WHY, BACK IN MY DAY ...
        108 26  - THINK ITS TOUGH? WHY, BACK IN MY DAY KHOO LIH-HAN: The concept of the army museum is impressive. It would be a bonus if enlistees from the very first few batches of our army could come forward and share their experiences in public sessions. This is so our current and
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    • Smokescreen extremes
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        Lock icon Don't demonise them, smokers learning to give and take, too
        289 28  -  TONGWEN-LOONG Letter from I REFER to "Consider banning smoking outright" (Aug 15). Yes, many realise nicotine is one of the most addictive substances. But unlike hardcore users of Class A drugs, smokers generally do not steal or turn violent to
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        Tobacco companies should fund special booths for smokers
        269 28  -  CHI HAN-HSUAN Letter from I REFER to the letters by Mr Goh Kian Huat (Aug 15) and Mr Tay Kiah Koon ("Respecting a choice", Aug 16). I disagree with Mr Tay that smoking is simply about the exercising of one's individual liberty
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      SINGAPORESEEN
      53 28 A TRUE BOY SCOUT: Reader Jimmy Ho captured this man at Commonwealth Aye adjusting his socks before the rains came, to "keep his feet dry". CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us a picture with your name, age, occupation, address, phone numberand a 50--word caption. Send a 300 dpi, <3M jpg
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      Jobs for older workers do not capitalise on their skills, interests
      192 28  -  Letter from JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG I AGREE with labour chief Lim Boon Heng's statement in the report, "Older? No, more experienced" (Aug 17), that companies should hire mature workers for their abilities and experience, not out of charity.
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      241 30  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY DISCIPLINE IS LIKE STONE CARVING Smithsonian magazine once featured a master stone carverfrom England named Simon Verrity, a man who honed his craft by restoring 13th-century cathedrals in Great Britain. As the authors watched him work, they noticed something very interesting. They
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      579 30  -  ABDUL SHARIFFABOO KASSIM Like S'pore,the British should enlist community's help in weeding out deviants not alienate them through profiling I REFER to the article, "Debate rages over plans to profile young Muslims" (Aug 16). The British authorities are considering screening groups of young Muslims in view
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      332 30  -  ANDREW YAP Letter from IN THE letter "No auto-discharge" (Aug 15), the Assistant Official Assignee of the Insolvency Public Trustee's Office said that discharge from bankruptcy is subject to the approval of the creditors and under the supervision of
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      296 32  -  Letter from S SATISH APPOO Head, Environmental Health Department. National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "Pick up after yourself" (Aug 9). We share Mr Ramchand Ramesh's concerns and thank him for his suggestion. The National Environment Agency (NEA) will continue to
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      407 32  - If the men only knew LEONARDO* Bias in Women's Charter is deterrent to marriage, says a traumatised hubby Letter from I CANNOT agree more with what Terrance Ang had to say, in "Scrap bias against abused hubbies" (Aug 17). I was in a similar situation for six years before deciding
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      834 34  -  CHEN SIVA ghgfjfghj HENRY PHONG FOOKWENG 61, volunteer pickleball coach and champ Sporting Spore Inspiration nominee proves age is no barrier in this sport news@newstoday.com.sg THE game is an eclectic alloy of badminton, table-tennis and tennis, and goes by an even more peculiar name: Pickleball.
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      108 35  -  HERBERT SUMAUNOG Letter from I WOULD like to thank Mr Christopher Soh of Thermal Tubes FE for his generosity in helping me last Wednesday (Aug 9) at the Centennial Terminal for Philippine Airlines. I was on my way through immigration when I was held for Overseas
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      54 35 Perhaps we could aim to 'harvesf every ray of sunlight that falls on Singapore and turn them into energy for our use. Is it time to move from the test-bedding stage of solar technology to large-scale implementation across the nation? Eugene Tay Tse Chuan, on aiming to be self-sustainable
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      626 36  -  HO KONG LOON INDEPENDENT Singapore is now 41 years old. I started teaching the same year we were evicted from Malaysia. It was a time of great uncertainty and anguish, of relief and a sense of joie de vivre, and
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      495 40 -DOW JONES Uncertainty over ownership status clouds eligibility for telecom licences AN INITIAL investigation has found evidence that Kularb Kaew, a company holding a significant stake in telecommunications firm Shin Corp may be a nominee for Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings, potentially violating Thai foreign ownership
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      131 40 -DOW JONES Chuan Hup Holdings reported a profit of U*****.7 million ($427 million), or 24.96 US cents per share, for the year ended June 30, up from US$5B.2 million, or 5.35 US cents a share, in the previous year. Revenue rose 315 per cent to US$l3.6 million. This includes
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      291 40 DOW JONES OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) will take a 10-per-cent stake in an upcoming retail development along the Orchard Road shopping belt The bank also said that it planned to hold onto its Specialists' Shopping Centre and Hotel Phoenix property along Orchard
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        127 40 -DOW JONES SHARE prices ended higher for a second straight session, led by gains in semiconductor and real-estate stocks. The ST Index (STI) rose 17.2 points, or 0.7 per cent, to end at 2,470.7. Advancers led decliners by 329 to 251 while 1.1 billion shares worth $1 billion were
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        57 40 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Mikkei 225 *****.84 -50.52 -0.31 Hang Seng USX *****.05 5055.90 -77.98 +94.00 -0.45 +1.89 Faiwan Wtd 6733.46 +36.83 +0.55 <orea Comp 1327.78 +12.17 +0.93 <LCI 942.08 +4.10 +0.44 SET Index 709.01 -3.06 -0.43 Jakarta Comp Dhils Comp Shenzhen B 2345.96 288.99 +2.45 -1.52
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        251 42 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has relaxed the rules regarding advertisements and publications depicting local currency. The authority said yesterday the loosening up of rules would give businesses more creative leeway in using currency designs. Permits will no longer be required
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        499 42 -AFP Held back by slump in disk drive shipments SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) increased at a slower-than-expected 8.4 per cent last month from July last year, pulled back by weaker shipments of electronics and chemicals, the Government said yesterday. Analysts had
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        CCT's ATM units snapped up in 5 min
        184 44  -  CHOW PENN NEE INVESTORS were quick to pounce on Capita Commercial Trust (CCT)'s ATM offering of 15 million new units, with all the units taken up within 5 minutes of its opening at noon yesterday, the trust said in a statement CCT
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        Did integra2ooo chief try to sell stake?
        459 44  -  CHRISTIE LOH Pressed by shareholders, firm says it's mulling a RTO by a financial services group christie@newstoday.com.sg DID the chief executive of integra2ooo try to offload his stake in the Sesdaq-listed provider of human resource software? That's a question troubling a group of
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        BIL close to buying Clermont Club for $90m: The Times
        208 44 BIL International, the Singaporelisted investment firm controlled by Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan, is close to a deal to buy the Clermont Club in Mayfair from Rank in a deal worth an estimated £30 million ($9O million), The Times of
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        150 44 -BLOOMBERG CALYON, the investment banking arm of France's Credit Agricole, plans to offer deposit services in Singapore that comply with Islamic principles, tapping the growing demand for such products, a bank official said. The bank will handle murabahah commodity-backed deposits that
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        296 46 —AFP BEIJING The Chinese government has launched a new weapon in its campaign to get local bureaucrats to slow the economy in the form of letters of self-criticism, state media said yesterday. Three leaders from north China's Inner Mongolia region have
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        714 46 BLOOMBERG China's lack of English-speaking professionals affects growth IN THE three years since receiving his engineering degree in Shanghai, Mr Jason Zhang has switched jobs twice and quintupled his salary as overseas companies scour China for professional workers. "If you have language skills, if you have technical skills,
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        381 48 DOW JONES SYDNEY Fresh from completing its multi-billion dollar merger with futures exchange SFE Corp, Australian Stock Exchange's (ASK) new boss Robert Elstone said yesterday his company was in a good position to take advantage of any consolidation among
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        367 48 -BLOOMBERG Qantas to stem profit slide with job cuts, Jetstar QANTAS Airways, Australia's biggest airline, plans to stem a slide in profit this year by cutting jobs and using its low-cost Jetstar unit on more international flights. Qantas yesterday reported that its second-half profit fell 58
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      174 47 Corporations control everything. With one exception. Explore a supercharged world of espionage and conspiracy. Guide Joanna Dark on a journey to become the perfect agent and save mankind. rJll^^^sssng'^j F°r a liniited t'lll6 or|lY' purchase Get an Xbox 360™ Now jJSs^^j^lpM Perfect Dark Zero™ and $699 iMTi iTHI Pr°Ject Gotham
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      901 50  -  Zul Othman BACK WITH 4: NEW SINGER I AND BIGGER I THAN EVER,// AUSTRALIAN BAND ll *f I make ends meet But his ship came in when he took part in Rock Star: INKS, a reality show last year that was designed to find a replacement singer for
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      249 52  -  -JEANINETAN Voting should not be based on popularity... Mathilda, you did well and you are blessed with a good voice. So, thafs whafs important. pore /do/judge Ken Lim WHAT a shame! Mathilda D'Silva, commonly acknowledged as one of the best singers in Singapore
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      614 52  -  IjQ Sjilijiljj Cast and crew of Ghost Game get spooked by eerie events would sink. It would be the first of a series of unfortunate incidents. Actress Natchakamon was in her hotel room one night watching TV when it suddenly blew up. Fellow cast
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      80 54 ERNEST CHU/ JEWEL IN OUR MIDST: South Korean actress Yang Mi Kyung best known here as Lady Han in the period drama Jewel in the Palace graced our shores yesterday. She was invited by the South Korean embassy to attend its 15th anniversary celebration of the Asean Korea dialogue partnership.
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      453 54  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg AUSTRALIAN aboriginal musician Stevie Goldsmith is a strong advocate of cultural exchange. For the last 12 years, the affable 49-year-old has been travelling the world advocating the wonders of the indigenous culture of his homeland. It still tickles him, however, that misconceptions still exist about people
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      691 55  -  TAN HWEE HWEE hweehwee@newstoday.com.sg I felt pretty good about winning the $888," said the 41-year-old, who is thinking of buying some golf equipment with his prize money. Another surprised winner was Edward C Lee. "When Today first called, I didn'tbelieve that I won.
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      Finally, fusion that works
      384 56  -  ASIFANSAR asif@newstoday.com.sg USUALLY people who use the word "fusion" should be viewed with suspicion if not contempt Most often, tacky, tasteless and downright incongruous fare be it music or food is offered under the label. But every now and then, a few purveyors who dare to
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      Kollywood sings
      328 56  -  SHIBUITTYKUTTICKAL btars ot bouth India music in concert GET ready to feel the rhythm this weekend as Indian music stars Shankar Mahadevan, X S Chithra and Anuradha Sriram among other celebrities from Kollywood the southern Indian film industry present Rhythm Kollywood, a concert organised by MediaCorp TVI2 Vasantham
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      210 56 Snakes ladders to climb THE Chinese folklore classic Madam White Snake will be revived this weekend in the ETCeteras' new play Snakes Lovers. A play within a play, Snakes Lovers is a modern-day tale about a floundering theatre troupe's attempt to stage the Chinese classic. The production, which features MediaCorp
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      259 58  -  Lorraine Lim THEATREREVIEW Tl by Salsa Salsa Salsa t■■ r DANCE is a metaphor for friendship in Wong Chen Seong's play Salsa Salsa Salsa, which will be staged until Sunday as part of the Singapore Theatre Festival. April, May and June are three old friends who are summoned
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      Obedience pays
      468 58  -  ASH RAF SAFDAR To stage Beckett's works well requires faithful following of his instructions, even it means back pain and sore eyes ashraf@newstoday.com.sg THE plays of Samuel Beckett are to an actor what Mt Everest is to a climber: A daunting challenge. The Nobel Prize-winner, whose writings over
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      Break-up a pain to watch
      373 60  -  Jeanine Tan Likeable stars off-putting as quarrelling couple Fl by FILMREVIEW The Break Up YOU have to wonder, how did Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston fall in love on the set of The Break Up, when all they do in this twisted romantic comedy is
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      222 60  -  Felix Cheong FILMREVIEW by I E CONTESTANTS from a real reality TV show playing contestants in a reel reality TV show. A great concept to get a satire going but unfortunately, Ghost Game blows it by making a half-hearted ghost movie out of it. In a twist on
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      427 62  -  Neil Humphreys Based OQra true story. An American Haunting is short but terrifying FILMREVIEW r by American Haunting rify disobedient children or, worse yet, inspire film-makers to inflict The Blair Witch Project upon the rest of the world. The Bell Witch, said to be the inspiration
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      301 62  -  FILMREVIEW F by Jeanine Tan IN German auteur Wim Wender's latest, a burntout movie star suddenly takes off from his film set, goes home to his mother whom he hasn't seen in years and discovers he fathered a son more than 20 years ago while filming in
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      From castle to submarine ...
      266 67 From castle to submarine ASA Holidays offers new tours, great bargains and more at week-long travel fair EIGHT great offers to various destinations, from Thailand to New Zealand to Italy. A chance to book a rare tour of the South Korean island of Jeju in a submarine. These and more
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      Chan Brothers' travel roadshow at Suntec
      229 67 For a sneak preview of the Chan Brothers' big travel fair on Aug 27, check out its roadshow at Suntec this weekend. Those who make travel bookings at the roadshow can expect gifts such as coffee makers,Thermen footbaths and deep fryers. "Wow deals" at
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      Its travel time!
      265 68 Irresistible deals to fly all over the world are on offer at this weekend's SA Tours fair EARLY birds at the SATours Grand Mega Sale this weekend will be well-rewarded.The first 50 visitors will be given travel vouchers worth $100. Also, up to 5,000 goodie bags containing
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      263 68 -AP TOURISTS will now have an easier time moving between national parks in two African countries. A border crossing linking the mighty Kruger National Park in South Africa with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique was officially opened by the presidents of South Africa, Mozambique and
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      Lock icon US out to restore order
      474 69 New coach, new team, new bond American hoops stars want their crown back BASKETBALL World Championship SAPPORO, Japan Leßron James and Dwayne Wade had a front-row seat for basketball history and hated every minute of watching it. Two years ago, the young National Basketball Association
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      Lock icon Landis' father-in-law commits suicide
      294 69 —AP SAN DIEGO The father-in-law of embattled Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was found dead in his car after committing suicide, coroner's officials said yesterday morning (Singapore time). The body of 57-year-old David Witt was discovered at a parking garage Tuesday afternoon, said investigator Paul
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      443 70 ghghgj I RAGING FAVOURITES: SAFFC I THE acquisition of former Albirex Niigata defensive I stalwart, Kenji Arai (picture), has added steel and I dependability to the SAFFC backline this season. His I strength in the air and commanding presence have had a I steadying effect
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      Lock icon Football carnival for women
      357 70 THE 2006 Pesta Sukan Women's 7s, an annual seven-a-side football carnival organised specially for the ladies, will be held this Sunday at Jalan Besar Stadium from 9am to 4pm. A total of 24 teams will take part in this event. The winning team will receive $400,
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      NS bidding to host 2008 Asian Youth tournament
      299 72  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING the successful staging of last year's 6th Asian Netball Championships here, Singapore are bidding to host the continent's premier youth netball event in two years' time. Yesterday, Netball Singapore (NS) confirmed they would submit a formal bid to host
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      546 72  -  DARREN LAI Singapore's longest serving national bowler to retire after world championship da rren@newstoday.com.sg IT ALL started for him 20 years ago, when he struck a silver medal at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Now, after what would be a full circle, Singapore bowling star
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      A challenge not for the faint-hearted
      125 72 ASPIRING triathletes will find the upcoming New Balance Aquathlon Challenge 2006 a great stepping-stone. To be held at East Coast Park on Sept 2, the closing date to register for the event is Aug 20. Organised by the Triathlon Association of Singapore, competitors in
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      289 73  -  Jose Raymond ONLY hours after the debilitating loss to China, Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic was already analysing the match action, as he began to plot revenge over the same opposition in the crucial return clash at
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      217 73 in October. "If we don't then it will be very difficult for us to qualify for next year's finals." The only way the Lions can qualify automatically for the Asian Cup finals next July is for them to win all their three remaining matches. The top
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      208 73 —AFP BEIJING China coach Zhu Guanghu (below) says he has no intention of quitting despite his side's lacklustre 1-0 win against Singapore in their Group E Asian Cup qualifier. A last-minute Shao Jiayi penalty saved Zhu's blushes against the Southeast Asian champions in Tianjin on Wednesday,
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      334 73 -AFP ASIAN CUP GRPD QUALIFIER Australia 2 Kuwait 0 SYDNEY The Socceroos are expecting a tough fight after qualifying for their first Asian Cup finals next year. But confident bookies Down Under yesterday installed Australia as tournament favourites. Australia advanced to the finals with
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      233 74 LONDON Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hargreaves is believed to be on the verge of a move to Manchester United, if the two clubs can agree a deal. The 25-year-old starred at Old Trafford for England on Wednesday as he helped the team to a
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      Gallas wants a bridge out
      132 74 LONDON French defender William Gallas has reiterated his desire to leave Premiership champions Chelsea. Gallas, 28, spoke after scoring in his country's 2-1 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). He told French publication L'Equipe: "I still want to leave Chelsea. I hope
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      Lock icon The time is now, say the Kop
      631 74 -AGENCIES Kuyt flies into Anfield as Reds'all over the world feel title is within reach day to the Big Kick-Off ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP 2006/2007 LIVERPOOL SIXTEEN years with hardly a sniff of the English Premiership title, fans of Liverpool Football Club have undergone a
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      533 75 -AP Jaded Federersees his winning streak halted by the in-form teenage Scotsman then had only one day to travel, sneak in a little practice and get ready to resume the grind. He thought there was a good chance he'd get knocked out early. "Two Masters series
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      209 69 ATHERTOI Amsterdam 15/23 C thunderstorm Los Angeles 17/28 C partly cloudy Auckland 07/15 C fair Manila 25/30 C thunderstorm OingapOre Bali 23/30 C partly cloudy Melbourne ***** partly cloudy 25/32 C BS Begawan 26/34 C hazy New Delhi 28/38 C thunderstorm Bangkok 26/33 C thunderstorm New York 21/29 C fair
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      86 72 7 to 10 September 2006 Toa Payoh Sports Hall Your Early Bird Tickets Now! Sfc^, Season (Early Bird)* $40 $20 Season (Normal) $60 $30 Promo now ends 25 August 2006 Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to enjoy top flight table tennis action at our doorsteps as Singapore's finest athletes compete
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      133 74 N BERG'S GOOD FORM ON TEST! Beat Stuttgart 3-O in opening match German League Nberg Modienglaclbadi Sat 19/08/06 2.30 am E League Champ Coventry Leicester Sat, 19/08/06 2.45 am J League Kashina Antlers Urawa Reds Sat, 19/08/06 6.00pm J League Omiya Ardija Gamba Osaka Sat, 19/08/06 6.00pm S.League Bal Khalsa
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      100 75 For a weekend of fun and action, get ready to get wet as we kick-off WaterFest Singapore 2006 with the Ytttt?TflFffnfcirfi£fdX Kallang Basin! To find out more check out our website at www.waterfestsingapore.com. Highlights include: O WaterFest Urban Race O FMX Extravaganza Q WaterFest Paddles Challenge O Bike trial demonstration
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      Lock icon Germans looking good
      470 76 -AGENCIES Loew continues from where Klinsmann left off as Swedes are sent packing FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Germany 3 Sweden 0 GELSENMRCHEN After a 4-1 loss to Italy in March, even the most optimistic German fan felt there was very little hope of the national team sparkling at the
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      Lock icon Dunga can't end the Norwegian curse
      259 76 -AGENCIES FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Norway 1 Brazil 1 OSLO Norway extended their unbeaten run against Brazil to four matches on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), as they held the five-time world champions to a 1-1 draw to spoil Dunga's debut as coach. An inspired Norway
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        116 76  -  -TANYOHINN CHOO Tze Huang (picture), Singapore's top amateur golfer, and Lam Zhi Qun, the country's No 1 junior golfer, have both booked their tickets to next month's US$3 million ($4.7 million) Barclays Singapore Open Asia's richest national Open. This after they qualified for today's 36-hole
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        BAD NEWS FOR MAGPIES
        75 76 ENGLAND striker Michael Owen may be out all season after the severe knee injury sustained atthe World Cup, his Newcastle United manager, Glenn Roeder, told the SSCyesterday. Said Roeder: "Michael has an injury that will take a fair bit of time to repair. If we put
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        ULLRICH IN TROUBLE
        53 76 GERMAN cycling star Jan Ullrich has been named directly in connection with a Spanish doping probe, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) reported yesterday. The Munich-based SZ broadsheet printed a fax with the name "Jan Ulrich" on it and signed by "Eufuentes". Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes is atthe centre
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        AMERICANS SLAMMED
        98 76 THE US track and field federation should have immediately suspended Justin Gatlin after the sprinter tested postivefor testosterone, the head of the European Athletics Association said yesterday. Hansjorg Wirz said he was "not happy because the rules have not been respected". Gatlin was crowned US 100 m champion
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        IT'S FUNNY FOR SOME
        95 76 SRI Lankan officials and media yesterday made fun of South Africa's shell-shocked cricketers for pulling out of the tri-series, saying they would not have been able to play even if they stayed back. Media Minister Anura Yapa said he was convinced that the South Africans were
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      Lock icon Good win, nothing else
      851 77 -AGENCIES Greeks' powder-puff firsthalf show makes it too easy for McClaren's England FOOTBALL FRIENDLY England 4 Greece 0 MANCHESTER Steve McClaren could not have wished for a better start to his stewardship of England. The new England manager enjoyed a smooth summer evening at Old Trafford
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      Lock icon Donadoni unfazed as world champions slump
      246 77 -AGENCIES FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Italy 0 Croatia 2 LIVORNO This wasn't the same Italy that won the World Cup. With seven players earning their first cap for the Azzurri, the world champions suffered a 2-0 defeat to Croatia on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) in
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      32 77 7am Tennis ATP Masters, Ch24 10am Baseball MLB: Mariners vLA Angels, Ch23 6pm Cricket Pakistan Tour of England, Ch 95 Midnight Tennis ATP Masters, Ch24 2am Golf 88th PGA Championship, Ch 22
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