The New Paper, 12 August 1995

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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 197 4 I SECURITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC I L hot kSTORIESi We don't want to fight. That's the message armies and navies of the Asia Pacific want to pass on to their neighbours in the region. Two events taking place this month in Indonesia and Australia help push
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average slid 25.36 points to close at 4,618.30 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 265 million shares.
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    • 41 4 With greater affluence we can now afford to pay more attention to improve the spiritual and cultural quality of life. President Ong Teng Cheong (left) calling for more attention to be paid to the Arts yesterday
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    • 49 4 Dinosaur covers: Plastic covers, about the size of a carpark lot, will be wheeled around and used to cover cars parked in HDB multi-storey car parks when the car parks are being painted. The covers are the brainchild of an HDB oualitv control circle.
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    • 41 4 JllSt how long: Display panels that give a countdown to the next arriving train will be introduced on the Woodlands MRT line when it starts running next February. The panels will also keep commuters informed about disruptions.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 64 4 PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has called for a treaty banning all nuclear tests. The ban will covers small-scale nuclear explosions which his administration had tried to exclude from a worldwide test ban. He also rejected a Pentagon proposal to conduct larger nuclear blasts comparable to 500 tonnes of
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      • 63 4 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is likely to increase direct investment in China, rather than in portfolio investments such as bonds and shares. GIC believes China's capital market is not yet strong enough for portfolios. It holds a 7.5 per cent stake in China International
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      • 51 4 What teenage girls need most is brutally realistic pictures of their lives as unwed mothers. Lisa Schriffen, former sf>eeclt writer to US Vice President Dan Quayle, criticising the US government for giving out subsidies to unwed mothers. Thirty per cent of all babies born in the US are
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      • 55 4 GERMAN car makers are thinking ahead. They have pledged to come up with environmentally-friendly cars that would consume less than four litres of fuel per 100 km and reduce emissions. Their target date: By the year 2000. Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen and BMW announced the "car consensus" also
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      • 65 4 rescue plan TAIWAN is trying to prop up its dollar which has been freefalling since China warned of further missile tests. Premier Lien Chan ordered rescue packages for financial markets. These include steps to raise local bank investment in the stock market. The Taiwan stock market plunged almost 5 per
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    • 72 4 The Straits Times: Missile tests: TaiwanS tumbles Business Times: KotjoBambang group bids for L&M at $1.45 a share Lianhe Zaobao: China's missile tests aimed at forcing Lee Teng-hui to quit Berita Harian: US pledges to protect Jordan from Iraq RCS morning news: US has called for a total ban
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 608 5 To many Singaporeans, the intellectually-disabled person is a strange even frightening being. It's Volunteers '95, and YVONNE LIM relates one man's journey from indifference to hate and, finally, to love for his handicapped twin THEY are twins, yet, a world apart. Rickieno Mohd has pop-star looks
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    • 142 5 RICKIENO gets mad when he talks about the inconsiderate Singaporean the way he once was. His tone turned harsh when he spoke of those who stared and whispered and complained when his brother sneezed messily. On one MRT ride some years ago, he recalled, some
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    • 458 7  -  Two Japanese women claim: Man muscles into their room Hits both, rapes one Robs them By Yaw Yan Chong A JAPANESE tourist claims she was raped three times over two hours in her Mandarin Hotel room on Tuesday night while her friend watched in horror. The
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    • 85 7 ANOTHER vicious attack on a Japanese tourist took place here about a year ago. Madam Fujii Isae, 49, was battered to death by a robber who forced his way into her ninth-storey room in the Oriental Hotel. When Madam Isae and her friend, Madam Miyoko Takishita, 55, were
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  • 408 9  -  SINGAPORETODAY In 1988, 280 grooms and 80 bndes were above 50 years old. In 1993, the figure rose to 428 grooms and 105 brides. About 44 per cent of the grooms over 50 married women 45 years old or older. In 1988 the figure was
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  • Article, Illustration
    411 10  -  THE NEWS TODAY Tiny are bright, but (hey arc more than just bright: I hey lire all-rounders and they are achievers. Memorise the names of these teenagers. featured on this and the next two pages. Some years down the line, you might read more about them By Rachel
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  • 322 12 FROM PAGE 10 SINGAPORETODAY She's a go-getter He does it his way It is a form of meditation because it takes my mind off problems. And cycling in the dead of night? Well, I can avoid the traffic. President scholar Pang Sze Kim (right),
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  • 489 14  -  In March, a 13-year-old boy became the first Singaporean to write and edit a book on the United Nations with an international group of 24 young writers. Then, he was chosen to present it to UN secretary-general l)r Boutros Boutros-Ghali. A remarkable feat for
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 410 17 There are 250 to 300 fresh cases of blood-related cancers and bone marrow failure a year. Chemotherapy treatment and bone marrow transplants have improved survival rates. Now Singapore doctors are introducing a way to make marrow donation as simple as giving blood. They
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    • 99 17 IT'S the numbers that count. "If there are 100,000 people in the registry, there is an 80 per cent chance of finding a match for a patient," said Dr Y T Goh, a consultant at SGH. Look at the figures: Before the bone marrow
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    • 284 18  -  By Jill Lim SIXTEEN rollerbladers sped down St Andrew's Road, twirling in complex formations. They bunched up, then whirled apart, as the President and ministers watched. On an ordinary day, the police might have stepped in to stop these rollerbladers. But the 16 managed to
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    • 126 18 SINCE its launch on June 16, more than 3,500 readers have called The New Paper/Good Furniture Retailers Infoline for tips on how to pick good furniture and to enter in an electronic lucky draw. The 24-hour computerised hotline gives tips on how to care for leather, fabric,
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    • 218 19  -  JAIL District Judge Ibrahim Burhan sentenced Mohammad Noor Mazlan Nordin to one year in jail for theft. By Stephanie Leaw LESS than a day after his release, Mohammad Noor Mazlan Nordin was back under arrest. On July 25, after serving a nine-month
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    • 145 19 AT Mohammad Noor's Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 home, his relative said Mohammad Noor started stealing after a failed affair. The relative said he wanted nice things and would try to save up to buy designer jeans and expensive clothes. His mother, Madam Maznah Adam, who sells
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    • 400 20 Two women were found dead yesterday in their one-room flat in Viking Road. The police have classified the case as murder-cum-suicide. CRISPINA ROBERT reports POLICE SAY The police have classified the case as murder -cum-suicide. The CID is investigating the case. THEY were like
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 459 23  -  SHIP TRAGEDY IN PHUKET, THAILAND SEARCH The official search is off, says Madam Chan's lawyer in Singapore. He asked not to be named. The lawyer has advised her to go back to Malaysia and get the embassy to push for an extension of the search.
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    • 151 23 He jumped ship: Madam Chan's said: "When the ship was listing, my husband went below to check. "But he came up to report to the captain, who told him to abandon ship and to take care. "A few minutes after they jumped, the whole
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    • 347 24 PM REGRETS JAPAN'S WW II ACTS/ FOREIGN investors may think twice before setting up operations in Singapore when they see wages here rising too fast, says NTUC News. Singapore factory workers are the highest paid in Asia after the Japanese, says the US
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    • 58 25 weekmder H Cheap underwear anyone? HI Easy, just mobilise your entire 1 office and buy in bulk at a discount Or, if you're into A bigger bucks, how about selling A| your flats together and asking for U the moon. Singaporeans are w\ putting their heads together to HI I
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    • 400 26 Pure Indulgence That's it! The superior taste of European biscuits topped with rich, luxurious chocolate! Try them on the spot! Better still, for a free pack, just present this coupon at any of the redemption centres. .111 l LU Classic European Biscuits: g 11 1 It Petit Ecolier. Le Truffe.
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    • 126 26 iam HnoMMBi FASH lON BAZAAR P|r^ Fashion trend gjg Local fashion Dress from top to toe in and pants, a new sman look K9 in the making Mi KV INTERNATIONAL FASHION BRAND NAMES FROM A-Z: PICTORIAL UNVEILS THEIR INDIVIDUAL STYLE AND PROFILE. Excuse mc. is Jim Carrey marry ing again?
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  • 448 27  -  ALL FOR ONE: Three women turned a joke into a million-dollar reality by selling their condominium en bloc and tapping the expertise of residents who are property consultants and lawyers TvediDder COVERSTORY By Chan Seet Fun IT WAS a joke that turned into a million-dollar
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    • 71 28 The venue of this year's Berita Harian Treasure Hunt Where is it? Do you know where the Berita Harian Treasure Hunt will be held? You ought to. SUNDAY AUGUST 27 PLANET MARINA OfkaJTtm* Oflkalfcrair Xftcvd Prvri Rnmpr Othaal Vucfc Pond <0> jefk 1 (EfiJ 'JffoalVcnur Ofiaii Cm Am&o Olllael Spomrr
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 440 29  -  By Chan Seet Fun THE undercover story is about bulk. No, not bulk coverage! But, buying underwear in bulk. In one office, all the women wear the same kind of underwear. So do some of their family members. Madam Ng, an education officer in her 40s,
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      • 513 30 Insert coin you’re the boSS BOSSES ALL: Why bother to look for a boss? Make yourself one, as four undergraduates have done. They are now directors of a video retail shop, with two workers in their employ. And they are still studying. TEO YUN YUN reports 1 1 1+ 1
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      • 129 30 HOW to be your own boss? The directors of Games Mart share their secrets: Try niche marketing. Target your customers. It makes advertising easier, Try to set up shop within a bigger store, like Games Mart which operates in Popular Bookstore, You get their customers. Have regular meetings
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      • 231 30 MR Peter Go said: "Juggling schoolwork and business is very stressful. It was especially so in the first few months when we couldn't find any helpers. "That was during our exams and we had to take turns to man the shop." He admitted that their grades
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    • 79 31 FRANCfS CHEONG BOUTIQUE 435 ORCHARD ROAD #03-23 WISMA ATRIA SINGAPORE 0923 TEL: 732 5103/4 Where the community congregates in housing estates. Where is this place? Yet another clue to help you practise for the Berita Harian Treasure. Exercise your brain. SUNDAY AUGUST 27 PLANET MARINA WtTHUM/V #1 j A]iunuiuio3 jdmsuv)
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    968 32 -The English football season kicks off tomorrow with the Charity Shield match between League champion Blackburn Rovers and FA Cup winner Everton. The Premiership matches start next week. Today, we look back at the season that was. Next Saturday, we'll preview the coming season. SPORTS 1 BLACKBURN ROVERS
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  • Brian Miller
    • 349 33 EIGHTEEN years ago, on Aug 16, Elvis Presley the King of Rock 'n' Roll died at his home in Memphis. It's a date that will remain etched in the memories of all Elvis fans throughout the world. In some countries, memorial services are held.
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    • 122 33 ON Tuesday, Tan Yong Lee, 21, won two tickets to Las Vegas, accommodation-and $1,000 cash. At once he decided that he didn't want to go to Vegas. Instead he chose to sell his prize and split the proceeds with his five colleagues. He said: "What am I going
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 65 37 Test vehicle: Officials of the National Space Development Agency of Japan viewing the teat vehicle for the country's unmanned space shuttle. The vehicle, known as the Automatic Landing Flight Experiment (Alflex), is scheduled to begin the first of about 20 testa next year. Japan expects
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    • 303 37 Source: Reuter. THE Japanese Prime Minister has expressed deep remorse over his country's treatment of prisoners during World War II in a letter to Britain. Mr Tomiichi Murayama's letter was the first time that Japan had put in writing that it was sorry about
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    • 394 38 Covering up a hated relic Reuter. CHINESE and Japanese scholars say that the Japanese carried out germ warfare in Beijing in the *****. Also targeted was the central city of Nanjing, Dalian in the north-east and some regions of South-east Asia. China's Xinhua news
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 353 40 US oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II (right) died in Houston last week. His widow, ex-Guess? model Anna Nicole Smith (left), and his childreyi are at loggerheads again in a continuing family feud AP FIRST it was his money. Then it was his time. Now that
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    • 118 40 MS ANNA Nicole Smith is an ex-Playboy centerfold who made her name as a model squeezing into Guess? jeans. She reportedly met her future husband in the late '80s while working as a topless dancer in a Houston club. Ms Smith insisted that she could have married Mr
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    • 67 41 Closed for the day: People went home, most public transport came to a halt and public functions were cancelled yesterday in Hongkong. People were getting ready for the arrival of tropical storm Helen. That's why the normally crowded Victoria Harbour (above) is almost empty. Fishing boats
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    • 276 41 Half of all bank branches in US will be gone in 10 years 450,000 bank jobs will disappear in 5 years AP. THEY will be relying on electronic transactions. Instead of visiting branches, customers will bank from home over the phone or through personal computers.
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    • 285 42 ARMS EMBARGO ON BOSNIA Source: Reuter. TO prevent the US from being involved in a war with no end, President Bill Clinton yesterday killed a congressional move to end the United Nations arms embargo on Bosnia. Mr Clinton said the lawmakers' desire to help
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    • 54 42 This is no kid Stuff: A Krajina Serb pushing his car, which ran out of petrol, while his wife carries the Itaby and dries nappies on the car bonnet in the northern Bosnian town of lianja Luka. They are among thousands of Serlts streaming towards Serbia after being driven out
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    • 141 42 Reuter. PRISON officials saved a condemned killer who apparently overdosed on drugs. Then they put him to death several hours later with a lethal injection, officials said yesterday. Robert Brecheen, 40, was executed at the Oklahoma State prison for killing a woman in a 1983 robbery attempt.
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    • 275 41 THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP The Glaxo Wellcome-EDB Human Resource Development Programme is supporting the Singapore Arts Centre Company in offering a scholarship for the year 1996 in the field of Theatre Technical Production. f y < The Glaxo Wellcome-EDB HRD Programme aims to train and develop people in new areas for Singapore's,
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  • Page 43 Miscellaneous
    • 419 43 1 12.10 NallaMl Bay Parado 1995 (With commentaries and subtitles in English and Malay/r) 2.4S Cinema Cinema Cinema (Variety): Featuring Stallone's Judge Dredd and Tom Hank's Apollo 13 3.05 Heaven Help Us Last Great Hope (Drama): Doug and Lexy are sent on a job that involves their own deaths. The
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    • 274 43 12.30 PM Secret ef the Blue Water (Cartoon) 1.00 Galaxy Express 999 (Cartoon/debut) 1.30 NOP Commercials 1.40 Natiaaal Day Parada 1995 (Tamil subtitles with translation from Mandarin commentary/r) 4.15 TalkaaFaas 4.30 Samhandh (Hindi drama) 5.30 Maalai Mathooram (Tamil variety) €.30 News (Tamil) €.50 Naws Brief in Mandarin 7.00 Heartstrings (Drama/episode
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  • Page 44 Miscellaneous
    • 907 44 cs TVTREATS MONDAY, AUGUST 14 Friends (Channel 5/8.30pm): Rachael catches up with some old friends and really becomes depressed when she finds that her life is boring compared to her friends' exciting ones. TUESDAY, AUGUST IS Child's Play (Channel 5/11.00pm): A boy's birthday present turns out to be an evil
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  • 119 46 Qi. What book did the author read at six? 1. Stories for young children 2. True stories from nature 3. The Junior World Encyclopaedia Q2. What was the magnificent picture? 1. A python swallowing an egg. 2. A frog swallowing a fly. 3. A boa constrictor
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  • 140 46 Qi. Where is the travel agent from and which country has he not been to? 1. England and Indonesia 2. Spain and Malaysia 3. Hawaii and Singapore Q2. What does he think of Singapore? 1. A bustling city 2. A nice and clean city 3.
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  • 579 55  -  SPORTS PREVIEW/ By The Three The Three Musketeers CHAMPION trainer Teh Choon Beng has a knack of producing promising youngsters from his yard which eventually turn out to be champions. The latest testimony to this knack is Star man, who has gone from Restricted
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  • 533 56 Soccer may be the main sport of most boys' schools, but Damai Secondary has chosen to leave it out of its programme, preferring rugby instead. It pays off as Damai emerges runner-up in the Novices Cup. CALVIN LOW reports DAMAI Secondary School is
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  • 267 57 SINGAPORE Recreation Club is offering a treat to hockey fans. It will host the Indian national team next week. The Indians will play two friendly matches at the Delta Sports Complex during next week's Pesta Sukan against Singapore (on Wednesday) and
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  • 425 58  -  LIONS 3 SAFSA 0 (Lions' scorers: Fandi Ahmad 58th min; Samawira Basri 72nd; Leo Man Hon 76th) CALL rcnriiNE Which are the two clubs that will be axed from the 10 candidates for next year's S League? To find out, call The New Paper
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    237 60 A WAR of words has broken out after the dramatic overturn of the 200 m women's title race at the athletics world championships. And suddenly, the Gothenburg sporting event has taken on the complexion of a Hollywood drama. The theatrics involves two top sprint queens: 100 m
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  • 343 60 ACT TWO STARRING OTTEY "SHE (Torrence) loves to point fingers at people and always finds some sort of excuse when she loses," said Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey. Ottey said that, when she beat Torrence at a couple of races, the American failed to show up for the winners' ceremony. "I
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  • 257 60 ACT THREE STARRING TORRENCE Wire services. "I AM very, very disturbed that Merlene made such a comment. I'm disappointed, not so much as a competitor but as a mother," Torrence said and broke into tears, losing her voice and composure for a moment. "I have always tried to instil in
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    392 61 Weather: Sunny, with temperatures about 28 degrees Celsius Winners: Michael Johnson took the second half of the historic double by winning the 2(X)m in 19.795 ec, two days after winning the 400 m. He has now won or shared five world titles and can gain another in
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    375 62 American Michael Johnson becomes the first man to win both the 200 and 400 metres in a major championship MEN'S 200 m Michael Johnson (US) 19.795 ec (Championship Record) Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 20.12 Jeff Williams (US) 20.18 Robson Da Silva (Bra) 20.21 Claudinei Da Silva (Bra) 20.40 Geir
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  • 115 62 Reuter. MICHAEL Johnson may have worried about some rivals in the men's 200m but the American never expected Syrian heptathlete Ghada Shouaa to walk off with the gold medal before the final had even started. Syrian Shouaa, who won the heptathlon gold,
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