The New Paper, 25 September 2000

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  • 24 1 the new paper MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 Singapore Pres. Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 281 2 AP. IMAGINE the trauma two-year-old Lisa Hoffman went through. For nine days, she was adrift on a dinghy with her parents and uncle, the captain of their sunk yacht. They had only rain water to drink. The strain was too much
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    • 517 2 YUGOSLAVIA ELECTION Source: Wire Services. The man who ordered his Serb soldiers to kill people of other races Bosnian Muslims, Croats and Albanians so that only Serbs would live in Yugoslavia, is running scared. He's blatantly cheating in polls held in the country yesterday. Mr Slobodan
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    • 449 3 It's been around for more than four decades this little British car that has stolen hearts, swept awards and was voted Greatest Car Of All Time by Autocar and Motor Magazine. Mini owners gather once again as a new version seems set to take over
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    • 89 3 The new Mini will be powered by a 1.6-litre engine offering 90 bhp for the standard car and 115 bhp for the Mini Cooper version. Massive 16-inch wheels for the new Mini will contrast strongly with the 12-inch rims on the original. Inside, the new Mini adopts a
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 499 4 Timeshare companies have swindled an estimated $17 million from Singaporeans since the beginning of last year. One woman tells ARUL JOHN how she got dragged into the scam SHE did get her promised prize, a little glass trinket. But
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    • 116 4 TIMESHARE con men S6«m to have a large bag of tricks to con unsuspecting victims. Mr Looi Kwok Peng, 40, a lecturer and Case volunteer, told me a few more. They get personal particulars from contest forms filled out at booths or supermarkets. Then they
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    • 65 4 Take someone with you to the presentation. Or discuss the deal with someone you trust Check the document and make sure you understand everything on it before you sign. Insist on clarifications. Don't hesitate to leave the premises at any
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    • 270 4 DR Teo Ho Pin, 40, (above) President of Case and MP for Sembawang GRC, wasn't his usual smiling self. When he thought about how much money has gone into the pockets of timeshare marketing cheats, his features turned dark. Th«r» were 995 timeshare complaints in 1999,
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 191 6 m HELP FOR THE NEEDY OLD SOME 150 old and needy people will qualify for government grants of up to $1,500. All because a welfare group will top up these people's Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts with $100 each. The Breadline Group, which helps
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    • 36 6 WHAT you tee it what you get with this wedding gown, thown during London Fashion Week. The theer dress is thown with a bird-decorated crown hat by Ariddus. Picture/ Ap
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 PEEPING TOMS PEEPING Toms who film women in places such as showers, toilets or changing rooms can face severe jail sentences when caught. Said Chief Justice Yong Pung How: "I cannot send a message to the public that it is acceptable to make recordings without their knowledge as
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      • 51 6 TRAVEL WHAT do football, chateaus and Santa Claus have in common? They bring in big bucks for travel agents here as the demand for off-the-beaten-track holiday experiences grows. And they are on offer at the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore's Holidays 2000 travel fair, which starts on
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      • 66 6 SPEAKERS' CORNER! THREE weeks after its opening, Speakers' Corner is already beginning to sound like an Angry Corner. Regular spectators say that it has become little more than a sideshow of people ready to gripe about anything from medical bills to the high cost of living, and the
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      • 59 6 INTERNET CAR-OWNERS are selling their used vehicles by auction in cyberspace. About $12 million worth of deals were done in recent months at three portals. The Internet deals involved about 260 cars a tiny fraction of the estimated 8,000 used-car trade done here each month. Most of them,
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    • 65 6 New Straits Times: 'Fuel subsidy too high' International Herald Tribune: G-7 nations signal they'll act again if the Euro falters Asian Wall Street Journal: US says firm-dollar policy is in place despite intervention BBC news: There's a mood of tense anticipation in Yugoslavia as people gather in
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    • 112 7 in tmus BEWARE of the fevers. West Nile Fever and Rift Valley Fever, that is. Weft NNe Fever looks set to become a global threat, reported Britain's Electronic Telegraph on Sunday. Last month, the disease killed 12 Israelis. France and Jordan reported outbreaks and US scientists warned the
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    • 64 7 BABIES THE number of children in Singaporean families has fallen by one third over the past decade in line with the rest of the world. The State of the World Population 2000, a report released by the United Nations last week, highlights a growing trend of smaller families
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 7 MEDIA UNDER One Roof star Norleena Salim (right), is moving. ToSPH Media Works the first Channel 5 star to leave Media Corp. She signed a three-year contract with Media Works yesterday, starting on Oct 1 When contacted, Media Works said it was not yet free to comment. But
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    • 56 7 BRITAIN GOVERNMENT doctors have been ordered to investigate if women have given birth to babies that belong to strangers. There has been a scandalous mix-up in frozen embryos at two fertility clinics. A total of 39 patients have been told their frozen embryos were labelled wrongly or are
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    • 61 7 THAILAND ACCEPT salaries lower than what degree holders normally get. Or work in temporary jobs. Or become hawkers. This is the immediate future many Thai graduates face because of a weak job market. To make ends meet, some university graduates have resorted to selling bread, somtam (Thai
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    • 70 7 The Straits Times: Jakarta blasts: Police crack down, arrest 25 The Business Times: Intel warning may be specific in nature, not-industry-wide Lianhe Zaobao: World Bank urges all countries to take action to restore order in oil market Berita Harian: One third of families do not use madrasahs
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    • 82 7 Ei^M We toabJtfor granted that the Internet is an American invention and thmwmnave to adapt to it. But using our own technology, we will improve on it... We were latecomers in industrialisation, but we were able to improve upon Western ideas... Japan and other Asian countries will be
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    • 200 7 UNIVERSTTNEsI^^^U^ It Australian College of Applied Psychology *> University of Queensland It Central Queensland University it University of Southern Curtln University of Technology Queensland Lorraine Martin College It University of Sydney It Macquarie University University of Tasmania ft Murdoch University it University of Wollongong It RMIT University it Victoria University
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 358 8 SINGAPORETODA Y IT is one big mystery. Who killed this amphibious road user? And how did it get on a high-speed road? This river turtle was found dead on Saturday morning by the side of Benjamin Sheares Bridge. It measured
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 800 10  -  By Joycelyn Wong IS this man on a streak of bad luck? The pre-war house that Mr Johnny Wee's father built, once full of antiques, was burgled. Not once. Not twice. But, get this, five times. Over the last 20 days. Imagine
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    • 279 10 WHY didn't Mr Wee take steps to prevent another burglary? Said Mr Wee: 'There are just too many ways to get into the house. "The shophouses in front are abandoned. "And things became worse after the fire three weeks ago. "You can't lock
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    • 1027 11  -  SHE'S BEEN MISSING FOR 10 YEARS POLICE SAY Police have spared no effort to locate the missing person and will continue to do so. To date, her whereabouts remain unknown. By Genevieve Jiang SHE gently folded the embroidered red sari. Stroking the garment as if
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 59 13 muifmui* »oa«nmted in Tlm Straits Times' Forum page on •••-charging points in MRT stations: station was your home, would you in to recharge his mobile-phone ople expect convenience but are never ay for it. Be observant of the needs of homers? Please, let us be realistic. No
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    • 268 13  -  By Andre Yeo YOU know what they say: "It's the alcohol talking." Well, taxi driver, Khor Joo Seng, 50, had been drinking. And he certainly was talking a lot. But he didn't stop there. He went on to push a stall
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    • 418 14  -  By Teo Kuan Yee THIS guy stole ATM cards. And stole a bundle by using the cards to transfer large sums of money to fake bank accounts. Winston Kuah Chuan Peng, 22, used a stolen Identity card
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 398 16 One billion shares on offer despite weak stock market LAST week's stock market woes are not putting a damper on the free market's dynamo city, Hongkong. It has decided to go full steam ahead for the public offering of up to one billion shares in
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    • 79 16 FROM A BYGONE ERA: Hey, kids! Wonder what these odd-looking contraptions are? Ask your grandparents and they will tell you these are bicycles that were used mainly In England. But that was a long time ago. Here, competitors In the Knutsford Great Penny Farthing Race are
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    • 400 18 A bread squeezer... "Paperless" parliament 1005... VIP business cards of people long dead... LO TIEN YIN looks at the odd side of life POKING and squeezing food at supermarkets especially those wrapped in tight cellophane is irresistible to many people. And not peculiar to Singaporeans. Samuel Feldman was
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    • 107 19 muimui muimui Eric Moussambani became an overnight celebrity for swimming one off the slowest races in Olympic history (he covered the 100 m heats in one minute and 52 seconds, about a whole minute slower than the rest off the winners). The German team took
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    • 324 19 WHEN he didn't get piglets for dinner, Boris the python gobbled up four-year-old Jake's denim jacket instead! No wonder Tarzan never had a shirt on his back! Boris, a 10-foot Burmese python owned by John Bradford, 33, of Portsmouth, Hampshire, had to
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    • 45 19 FOR FRESH/ CONTEMPORARY VIEWS IjMESPp -^Hl 1 Li ibnowecxb.rw.y.coo,.,, ''HELLO, AUNTIE AH!" Move aside, Ah Benoa and Ah Uana. Singapore's sensation net taken tne Hmengnt wot ner one-or-a-wna personality and quirtcy behaviour, zbNOW takes a tighthearted look at »|hat It moans to be an'auntte'. liiljlllßllW^
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  • Article, Illustration
    229 21  -  \V >;. ">' s i By Carol Leong T~ HE trend for kids is to wear clothes that are junior versions of adult wear. By the time boys are three, they can look exactly like Dad khaki pants, check-shirts, belts. This generation bypasses that significant rite of passage their
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  • 466 22  -  CETERA WITH DINAH LEE LIFE'S a party on the street where I live. Oh, okay, not all the time. But often enough. New Year's Eve, National Day, Mooncake Festival. In fact, almost any day's a good day for the neighbours to get together. There
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous

  • DEARWIJEY
    • 186 24 "I AM 11 years old. 4 I have a huge problem with Mathematics. Can you teach me how to improve in Maths? At my mid-year exam, I struggled, struggled and struggled with the Maths paper so much that I had fever when I
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    • 170 24 I AM in my mid-208 and JW 4 working in the hotel industry. I have completed secondary school education, with a few O-level passes. But I did not complete my A levels. Over a period of several years now, I've worked as
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    • 163 25 I WISH to enquire about admission 4 to a degree course (BSc, with a diploma in teaching), conducted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), or the Ministry of Education (MOE). I am a polytechnic diploma holder in Biotechnology. Am I eligible to apply? My grades
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    • 128 25 f I'M a 24-year-old Malaysian. Three years ago, I married here and I now m* have a 14-month-old daughter. I have been a permanent resident since 1998. I don't have any O-level qualifications. I want to sit for the exam, but at my age? It is impossible
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    • 226 25 I AM a 26-year-old P IT engineer. ■m*. lam interested in upgrading myself academically. I have professional certifications issued by major software and hardware vendors. But I wish to pursue a degree in IT from University of Phoenix, US. I am not able to
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  • Showtime
    • 816 26 He started his career as an "agony aunt" and had a best woman at his wedding instead of the usual best man. Author Mike Gayle, who was in Singapore recently to promote his books, including the new Turning 30, bares his heart to
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    • 483 27 BY now, many of you would have caught the sci-fi thriller. The Hollow Man. All I'm saying is, if I could turn myself invisible, I wouldn't waste my time becoming a serial killer. Of course I would be tempted by the fact that I could get
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    • 308 27 WHEN I was a full-time entertainment journalist, many people would come up to me to ask which celebrities were sleeping together and soon. Like Fm really interested. But I know you are. This is, after all, entertainment news. Which tantalises you more? The girl who
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    • Article, Illustration
      184 28 TRUST Madonna to have a party that raises eyebrows. She chose Los Angeles dance club Catch One, which she used to freouent in the 1980b, to launch her newest album, Musk, last week. She was there with British director-boyfriend Guy Ritchie father of her newborn son Rocco and
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      • 260 44 LIVERPOOL 1 SUNDERLAND 1 LIVERPOOL must be thanking its lucky stars that Michael Owen, at least, is playing out of his skin. He belted home his seventh goal of the season, eight if you include his England winner, as Sunderland won all the credit at
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      • 101 44 Skysports. MANAGER Joe Royle celebrated Manchester City's first clean sheet back in the Premiership. But, for long periods, the match bored the pants off nearly 37,000 sun-bathed fans at White Hart Lane. Tin delighted with that," said Royle, who still shivers at the memory of
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      • 114 44 Skysports. NEWCASTLE boss Bobby Robson has blamed Alan Shearer's poor form in front of goal on the striker's team-mates. Shearer has gone eight games without a goal from open play, but Robson insists that the barren spell is largely not the former England skipper's fault. "The
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      • 118 44 Football 365. WEST Ham's first win of the season was soured by the loss of star defender Rio Ferdinand, who is now a major doubt for England's World Cup qualifier with Germany next month. He picked up a groin injury in the 3-0 win at
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      • 252 44 ITALIAN CUP Reuters. LAZIO, Inter-Milan and Parma all reached the Italian Cup quarter-finals after third-round victories yesterday. After the trio drew their first legs 1-1, Lazio defeated Serie B club Sampdoria 5-2, Inter came from behind to win 3-1 at Lecce and Parma
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      831 45  -  SUNDAY PREMIERSHIP SHOWDOWN: LEICESTER CITY 1 EVERTON 1 COMMENT EDWIN YEO IF last night's Premiership match between Leicester City and Everton is anything is go by, then it's no exaggeration to say that, Paul Gascoigne is back. The former England midfielder was instrumental in the 1-1 draw
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    • 198 45 PAUL Gascoigne was in inspirational mood even after the match. He told Sky Sports: "Manchester United gave us a kick up the backside last week. This was a chance for us to put things right and I thought we played really well. "We had our
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    • 247 45 WHAT MANAGERS SAY EVEN if it was only for one week. Leicester City manager Peter Taylor wanted to "be at the top of the Premiership just for one week". He was disappointed to see his team throw away the rare opportunity of stepping above Manchester
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    • 433 45 D WIGHT Yorke this morning tried to make peace with manager Sir Alex Ferguson. The dramatic turn of events came after the star Manchester United striker stormed out of Old Trafford. His future at Manchester United appeared to be on the line after
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    • 613 46 German moves step closer to winning driver's crown for Ferrari FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP; US GRAND PRIX (Indianapolis) AFP. Michael Schumacher's dream of delivering the Formula One championship to Ferrari became significantly closer to reality after his win this morning. "It's the dream result," German 'Schumy\ as
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    • 77 46 World champion Mlka Hakkinen wM be 32 on Wednesday, but there were no celebrations in the McLaren Mercedes pits after the Flying Finn's early exit from the US Grand Prix dna to a blown engine. "It's a real pity as races
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    • 435 48  -  MEN'S FOOTBALL REPORTS WANG MENG MENG RYAN Giggs swivels past two defenders and hits a super cross from the byline. The ball is swept into goal by... Michael Owen! Giggs and Owen playing for the same team? Wishful thinking? Yes, but it could have happened
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    • 87 48 A similar situation happened to tennis during the turbulent *****. The clash between professionalism and amateurism was only resolved by dropping the sport after the Paris Games of 1924. Tennis went on to become a multi-million dollar sport and industry and returned to the Olympics in 1992.
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    • 123 48 WITH so many young stars In Britain, an under-23 British team would take some beating in the Olympic football tournament. These names just roll of the tongue... West Ham's Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard Jr. Liverpool's Michael Owen, Emile Heskey and Steven Gerrard and Leeds United's
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    • 217 48 SEMI-FINALS (TOMORROW) CAMEROON v CHILE USA v SPAIN THE King is dead, long live the King. Nigeria, the reigning Olympic champion, may have departed the tournament with barely a whimper, but Africa may yet produce the gold medallist of Sydney 2000. After 10 days of sti£f
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    • 398 48 SEMI-FINALS: USA 1 v BRAZIL 0; NORWAY 1 GERMANY 0 AP ADMIT it, Mia Hamm is a much better person than you are. While Hamm was face down in the grass for the hundreth time of these Olympic Games, the rest of us were
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    • 878 49 TOP THREE QUALIFIERS I: Alvin Harrison (US) 44.535 ec 2: Michael Johnson (US) 44.65 3: Gregory Haughton (Jam) 44.93 DO NT rub your eyes. What you are about to read is correct. Michael Johnson, the runner with the Midas feet, was beaten yesterday. The American
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      857 50  -  From Asian Games gold to Olympic champion it was a leap of faith for Japan's petite Naoko Takahashi in the women's marathon FINAL STANDINGS 1 Naoko Takahashi (Jpn) 2:23.14sec (Olympic best) 2 Lidia Simon (Rom) 2:23.22sec 3 Joyce Chepchumba (Ken) 2:24.45sec FACTF1LE Name: Naoko Takahashi AfK 28 Hafefct
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      77 51 We all know Maurice Greene is fast. Hey, the US sprinter holds the 100 m world record of 9.79 seconds and just won the gold medal in Sydney. But he seems to be equally fast at picking up other skills... like playing the native Australian digeridoo. In fact,
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    • 416 52 Reuters. THE fans at Sydney's Olympic stadium rose to welcome her. Sure, they knew Aguida Amaral was third last in the women's marathon. So what? They also knew she had survived political J turmoil in East Timor (see report, below J right) to be at
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    • 237 53  -  PETER SIOW In Sydney Reuters. UKE, ING Junhong hlH ,-'/i with an Oiy»|^JMB|BBH^^^ ;^fea8i ■HP n' in iiiliry ■B. made the rest of C 18-211 1988 I «L 19-year-old national champion Li Jiawei, who led 2-1 against < eventual champion Wang Nan
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  • 1073 54  -  Syone REPORTS VK SANTOSH KUMAR JAVIER Sotomayor being relegated to the silver medal was not the topic of conversation at Stadium Australia yesterday. His mere presence in the high jump final was. Sweden's Stefan Holm, who missed the bronze by a whisker, felt he
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    813 55 Champ's big hurdle Syone AP. Reuters. MEN'S 1500 m FIRST-ROUND WINNERS NOW that her eight-year reign as Olympic 100-metre champion is over, the US' Gail Devers can focus on the one medal she's missed out on. Devers has been one of the world's best 100-metres hurdlers for the
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