The New Paper, 21 July 2004

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  • 33 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2004 J/*Singapore Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS BJ Ithe 1 m t
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 912 2  -  This cabbv 8s 69 and fit By Robin Chan chanckr@sph.com.sg THE spirit is willing and the flesh is not weak but come Nov 20, it will count for nothing. For that will be Comfort taxi driver Quek Hai Yang's last day
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    • 92 2 HE wants to go on driving his taxi, butMr QuekHai Yonghas also sought help from the South West Development Council I SSSiSwnea offered by the CDC. we earnt Development and Sports advises all people approaching retirement age and in na*d of help, to go
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    • 261 2 WHY DIFFERENT FOR CIVILIANS CABBIES? IF there are car drivers above 70 on the road, why not taxi-drivers? The Traffic Police said that on Jun 30, there were 22,900 qualified Class 3 drivers aged 70 and above. A Class 3 vehicle licence holder can drive beyond the age of 65
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    • 639 3  -  MUM AND DAUGHTERS IN JURONG FLATTRAGEDY Mum cooks a lot at night as sho helps relative who runs foodstall Shuts windows to stop cooking smells wafting into neighbours' homes 2 daughters found near toilet, mum found closer to living room By Azhar Ghani azhar@sph. com.sg
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    • 444 4 It lurks underground—waitingfor rains to bring it to the surface. Whitmore's disease —also known as melioidosis, infects both human and animals through cuts in the skin and by inhalation. And there's concern that the bacteria can be developed for biological terrorism. Infographics Journalist
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    • 11 2 News IQ: Page 8 Hey!: Pages 34 39 TV:Pages 40 41
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    • 89 3 S&tE&i >v wm^m m&W z~~ Our S'pore boy for Bollywood LOCAL singer Murali Krishnan Rengan has scored a coup. He was invited by one of South India's top music directors, Mr Bharadwaj, to record a love duet for a new film, Ulla Kadathal (Love Within). Said Murali (left standing, with
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • 515 5  -  By Dawn Chia dawnchia@sph.com.sg BATTERIES much needed but not included. That appears to be the message being sent to all Singapore households by the Home Affairs Ministry. Stock up on emergency kits containing torchlights and battery-operated radios in case of power failures, for instance. But do not expect
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    • 150 5 MP Leong Horn Kee (Bishan-Toa PayohGRC): Should the Government not consider imposing higher penalties than $2 million to serve as a deterrent, and also to impose further higher penalties for repeat offenders? Minister off State (Trade and Industry) Vivian Balakrishnan: There is an escalating scale of penalties and
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    • 125 5 MP Leong Horn Kee (Bishan-Toa PayohGRC): Should the Government not consider setting up another line, for example 911, for the public to call on such... national emergencies or blackout matters so that at least people get information? Dr Vivian Balakrishnan: I do not believe having another line
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    • 156 5 MP Tan Soo Khoon (East Coast GRC): A very angry constituent told me that during the failure on Jun 29, his TV set was badly damaged and he had to pay $200 to get it repaired. While it's very well to have increasing penalties imposed on the
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    • 497 6  -  By Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph.com.sg THINGS may get better for migrant workers owed wages by their Singaporean employers. The current system will be "tightened" and reviewed to make sure that workers are paid promptly and any arrears are cleared, Acting Manpower Minister
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 224 7 KEEPING SINGAPORE SAFE Anew agency, called the National Security Coordination Secretariat, is to be set up to shape security response to transnational terrorism. It will report directly to the Prime Minister. This will ensure that the very centre of of government will coordinate national security strategy,
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    • 21 7 Hundreds of agenda are important matters Christmas Eve Christmas presents Picture/ Ap
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    • 53 7 STORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 7.3/+0.34 10 05/+o e 23 noloBy Flextronics 13.63/-0.43 Chartered Semiconductor 6.85/-0.13 Stats 7.15/-0.15 Yesterday's Percentage rincp action change Dow Nasdaq S+P 500 STI Up 0.54% (55.01 pts) Up 1.76% (33.24 pts) Up 0.71% (7.77 pts) Down 0.88% (16.51pts) 10,149.07
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    • 83 7 CHANGI will have a $45 million terminal for low-cost carriers by early 2006, as Singapore aims to be a hub for budget airlines. The new building will have no aerobridges or VIP lounges. It will be a five-minute bus ride from the main terminals. Tiger Airways has
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    • 79 7 A TRAVEL insurance policy was launched by the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) yesterday to address two major concerns of travellers. For less than $10 a day, the policy ensures travellers are compensated for up to $6,000 for such non-refundables as deposits, should a Natas agent
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    • 86 7 A NEW study commissioned by Visa International shows that almost threequarters of Visa card holders here paid off their accounts in full each month, thus avoiding the hefty interest rates that apply. It also found that the average percentage of card users making full account payments
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    • 49 7 MR PHILIP Yeo (left), co-chairman of the Economic Development Board, figures in a new US-dominated list of 50 most influential people in the intellectual property world by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Mr Yeo was featured for his role in positioning Singapore as a centre for biomedical research.
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    • 64 7 FOLLOWING the raise in service and conservancy charges for flats, PAP town councils will also hike charges for commercial properties including shophouses and food stalls. As with residential properties, the September increase in charges is the first since 1997 and will vary among different town councils. Increased costs
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    • 75 7 ANY change to the current Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rate will depend not just on how long the current economic recovery is sustained, but also on Singapore's economic fundamentals. National Trades Union Congress secretary-general Lim Boon Heng said this in a statement yesterday, in response
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 673 8  -  By Teh Jen Lee jenlee@sph. com. sg STRAY cats and dogs cost the Government almost $600,000 last year. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and town councils spent $598,944 to catch and cull 7,682 cats and 4,744 dogs. That is about $62,000 more than what
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    • 831 9  -  He bashes rival phone card seller outside his stall Takes phone cards and hides stolen booty in his stall By Dawn Chia dawnchia@sph. com.sg TALK about starting off the new year on the wrong foot. This bungling robber not only committed the robbery right
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    • 385 9 SIM appealed to the High Court. But Chief Justice Yong Pung How dismissed his appeal. Here in a nutshell is why Sim appealed and the CJ turned it down. Sim: The testimonies of the police officer and Mr Hu were riddled with discrepancies. CJ: Mr Hu
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 393 10 JUST two weeks after law student Darren Kang Tien Hua was battered to death by a mob at an eatery, another similar attack took place at a restaurant. Mr S Mugunthan, an accountant, who was meeting up with a former schoolmate
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    • 633 11 M'SIA'S 'WORST MAID ABUSER'OUT ON BAIL THERE were kisses, red roses and tears. After spending two months in Kajang prisons, housewife Yim Pek Ha, 36, was finally released on bail yesterday. Yim has been accused of being Malaysia's worst maid abuser for scalding and beating
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    • 136 11 May 19 Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonat (left) escapes from Yim's Villa Putera condominium in KL, claiming she had been abused. She shows the media shocking injuries. She claimed Yim beat her every day and scalded her with boiling water. May 20 The police arrest Yim and
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  • WORLD
    • 375 12 M'sian Hindu mum gets custody of 2 sons converted to Islam by husband who became Muslim THEY were converted to Islam under a "shroud of secrecy" by their dad. Even their Hindu mum claimed she didn't know about it. But now, despite being
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    • 554 12 SHE was a Hindu who converted to Islam. But if the Pakistani authorities don't budge, this pregnant woman will be deported to India after Aug 31. She is Indian and her husband, a Pakistani. The two met in Ukraine, where they had gone
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    • 422 13 REVERSE AIR RAGE DRUNKEN passengers are quite the norm on Russian flights leading Russian airline Aeroflot registered 126 incidents of disorderly conduct last year. But drunken flight crew members? In what has been labelled an "unprecedented" reversal, a passenger was assaulted by intoxicated flight
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    • 326 14 GREENSPAN GIVES US ECONOMY THE THUMBS UP BUT... Wire services. THE man whose decisions move the world's financial markets has given a positive report on the US economy. Mr Alan Greenspan told the US Congress that the country's economic growth is sustainable. HINTS OF RATE HIKE
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    • 228 14 Reuters. POP star Michael Jackson may have his hands full entertaining children (right) and battling child molestation charges, but is ready for more of his own kids, it seems. He is about to become a father to four more children quadruplets by a
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    • 264 15 THE man played baccarat for several days last week. And with an accomplice, he allegedly managed to cheat the Sands Macau casino out of HK$3O million ($6.5 m). But his game was up when he "noisily" complained that he had been unable
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    • 569 15 Boyfriend of one sister now wanted by UK police THE British police have launched a massive manhunt for a scar-faced suspect. The search follows two double murders within 36km that have left residents in a rural area in North Yorkshire terrified. Officers want to talk
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  • Tech
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    • 485 18 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The price wars have led players to offer a host of plans. Sing Tel has 11 plans, Star Hub nine and M 1 eight. Here's a look at the 'all-day free incoming calls' plans Some points to note: With
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  • TECH
    • 295 22 NEW NORTH KOREAN WEBSITE Wire services. RECLUSIVE North Korea has been testing its first Web portal for the past month. But don't count on finding the latest information on this website. So far visitors have not been able to access the entertainment, shopping
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    • 331 23 Rivals Samsung Sony launch LCD joint venture AFP. WHO says business competitors cannot work together to come out with better products? In an unusual move, Japan's leading consumer electronics manufacturers Sony and Samsung have launched a joint venture for flat-panel televisions. While Sony has been a dominant player in most
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  • TECH
    • 538 26 Away messaging will take care of that Wire services. AWAY messaging, a function of instant messaging, is this generation's automatic way of telling online buddies, when the sender's not online. It's no more remarkable to a 20-year-old than the telephone answering machine is to parents. If
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    • 105 27 YOUNG people were the first to catch on to the general concept known as "presence", fcaid Mr Francis deSouza. CEO o^Trfth^ C Id f social scientists warned that it might replace face-to-face contact and that we'd all be worse off. They're now rethinking f that. College, has researched
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    • 329 28 Wire services. THE war of the computer giants have begun. The company is upgrading an important line of computer servers in a bid to vault over rivals Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. IBM is the world's leading seller of servers, which crunch data and
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  • 189 30 TECH Wire services. SOON you may be able to use a handphone on planes, legally. In one of the first legal in-flight handphone calls, Qualcomm chief executive Irwin Jacobs (above, on the phone) talked with a telecom lobbyist while 7,500 m in the sky. He
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  • Hey!
    • 995 32  -  They may look pretty and colourful in their bikinis and swimshorts, but stars at the taping of the upcoming TV variety show Celebrity Telematch were shy to show off their bods—save for one male celeb By Wendy Teo teowyw@sph. com.sg HE didn't mind showing off
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    • 223 32 IT was more like a fun excursion for the celebs rather than work. At yesterday's filming of Celebrity Telematch, the 10 MediaCorp artistes were clearly having a wild time. Split into two teams, they had to compete in games
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    • 475 33  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck weeteck@sph. com. sg SO William Hung (right) is not dead. While music snobs may be indifferent to the news, a lot of people were, well, rather hung-ry to know the truth. Mr Keith Sim of Biz Trend Media, who's organising Bung's
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    • 108 33 ANOTHER star was also recently rumoured to be dead. Taiwanese singer Richie Ren (right) was said to have leapt off the 13th floor of Taiwan's Hotel Zhong Rui. A Hangzhou website even gave the time and date he leapt off the building 2.20 am, July
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    • 203 33 HE looks like a beaver, sings like a saw and has as much rhythm as a rock on Valium. Still, William Hung sells plenty of records, has a movie deal in Hong Kong and his Sep 12 concert at the Esplanade is selling out fast. For
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    • 155 34 4$$k flip. THESE lucky girls have had their taste of William Hung in person (right). Your turn may be next! Take this coupon to IMM Level One Centre Stage between noon and 3pm on Saturday and tell us why you should be picked
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    • 459 35 Vasantham Central star to sing playback in South Indian LOCAL singer Murali Krishnan Rengan has scored a coup. He was invited by one of South India's top music directors, Mr Bharadwaj, to record a love duet for a new film, Ulla Kadathal (Love Within). Said Murali:
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    • 223 35 MAS ALA musical, Bombay Dreams, is laying to spice up its struggling Broadway run. Several American publications have reported that the producers have offered pop star, Janet Jackson (right) a role. IndiaWest reported that they offered Jackson the role of Rani, the power-hungry
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    • 163 36 WHEN your career is going down the lacklustre route, whom do you call? If you are a Bollywood progeny like Esha Deol (right), you call mummy, of course. Esha will be the leading lady in a new film directed by her mother, veteran film star
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    • 107 36 PRIYANKA Chopra (left) is so busy, she can't take on new projects. The 22-year-old former beauty queen is having trouble juggling her tight schedule. She lost out on a new Karan Johar film which will be directed by his assistant 'Soham Shah. Soham wanted Priyanka
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  • 361 37  -  WENDY TEO teowyw@sph.com sg FROM its opening credits alone, Room In My Heart will have you hooked. From Fiona Xie smooching Qi Yuwu, Pierre Png and Chen Hanwei, to Belinda Lee smooching Pierre and Yuwu too you know that this is going
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
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    • 197 37 '.July 21,2004 Highlights Perceptions Channel i, 9pm Pris accidentally drops something onto her legs and feels a jolt of pain. Meanwhile Djin tells Geri he will surrender himself to the police after setding his business. Good Bargains, Good Fun Channel 5,8.30pm Both Irene Ang and Randall Tan check out spa
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    • 524 46  -  FOCUS ON THIS WEEKEND'S KRANJI NEWCOMERS By Tan Thean Loon loon@sph.com.sg CLASSY sprinter Vinaka, who is making his debut at Kranji on Saturday, is a multiple Group winner in New Zealand. The five-year-old Kiwi-bred by Volksraad out of Shepherd's Delight (dam of Lim's Grand) scored
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    • 204 46 THE following are handicapped in Saturday's Restricted Maiden event over 1,200 m: Urn's Hunter, a 3YO bay Aust-bred gelding by Lion Hunter-Gentle Marchesa. He arrived on Jan 31 last year for trainer John Meagher and Lim's Stable. Magical Way, a 3YO New Zealand-bred by Magic Of Sydney-Goffers. The
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      • 113 46 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) must seriously consider dropping green as the colour to light up the two semaphore boards at Kranji. Last Sunday, the fourth day of the Penang July meeting, punters had to strain their eyes to check out the figures (approximate odds of
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      • 91 46 IF your lucky number is nine, you couldn't have come out of Kranji with a sombre face last Friday. Five of the victors on the nine-race programme saluted while carrying saddlecloth No. 9. The first three were ridden by hat-trick jockey Barend Vorster —Fairy Tale, Star
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      • 94 46 TOP New Zealand jockey Greg Childs will be back in action at Kranji to ride Superior Star in the $800,000 Emirates Singapore Derby on Sunday. He has been given a one-day licence by the Singapore Turf Club (SNTC). The SNTC has also granted three-month permits to
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    • 543 47 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK AND BARRIER TRIALS GOING: GOOD CLASS 1 1,200 m: Classy newcomer Vinaka sped smartly over 600 m in 41.6 sec after cantering a lap. Golden Rule (E Wilkinson) canter/39. Weston Fragrance (B Vorster) impressed in 36.5. Ideal Express
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    • 123 47 RESULTS of three trials conducted over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Bufffy (J Saimee) 2 Just Heaven (J Patton) 3 Maghwar (KB Soo) 4 Blue Ribbon Girl (L Beasley). Unofficial margins and time: 6, nk, 5V 2 (lmin 02.355
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    • 370 47 SINGAPORE DERBY 2,000 m: Trainer John Meagher's trio of Always Innocent (Soo), Light Of Success and Royalty (Patton) matched strides over 600 m in 40.3 sec. Devil's Peak (Geroudis) 37.3, beat Light (Jf Happiness by a neck. Surveyor (Geroudis) and Iraniano (Vorster) did pace
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    • 801 48 GOLF: BRITISH OPEN I FOCUS; THE UNEXPECTED CHAMPION AS a US Tour rookie, Todd Hamilton's player profile is to be found at the back of the tour media guide, sandwiched between Dan Halldorson and Donnie Hammond. As Open champion following his shock victory at Royal
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    • 233 48 1966: Bom October 18, Galesburg, Illinois 1967: Turns professional.' v 1966: Joins the Canadian Golf Tour and plays for the nexttwoyears. 1991: Plays on the Nationwide Tour in the United States. 1992: Competes for the first time on the Asian Tour, winning the Thailand Open, Singapore Masters
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    • 516 49 ATHENS OLYMPICS: THE SINGAPORE TEAM The Singapore Cricket Club hosted a reception yesterday to recognise the Olympians of Singapore, both past and present. ERWIN WONG asked three past Olympians what they thought of the Class 0f2004 ANG Peng Siong, C Kunalan and Anwarul Haque have a combined
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    • 360 49 THE dinner reception held at Singapore Cricket Club Padang Restaurant yesterday was the first of its kind in gathering both past and present local Olympians, said SCC President Anwarul Haque. The hockey goalkeeper, who represented Malaya (including Singapore) at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, said: "It
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    • 447 50 SEMI-FINAL: BRAZIL v URUGUAY copa america 2004 Wire Services. BRAZIL believe that if they can reproduce their form from the win over Mexico, then they can beat Uruguay in their semi-final tomorrow. The winners will advance to the final against either Argentina or defending champions Colombia,
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    • 69 50 'America $trf*e kXfl 150 ES M 3.06 (2) Uruguay 4.60 12 GOAL 1 Brazil M 1/2) 2.90 Uruguay <«H 1/2) 1.33 TOTAL GOALS I HT PT too HM 8.00 1 4.70 HO 10.00 2 4.00 MA 17.00 3 3.00 OH 4.50 4 4.00 DO
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    • Cup 2004
      • 325 51 GROUP D: IRAN 3 THAILAND 0 AFP. IRAN'S Croatian coach Branko Ivankovic said he was satisfied with his players' performance, even though it took his side 70 minutes to break the deadlock in their opening Asian Cup 3-0 win over Thailand yesterday. Said Ivankovic: "First, I want
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      • 128 51 GROUP A: QATAR v BAHRAIN AP. AILING Qatar faces a tough Bahrain side today in a fight to stay in the Asian Cup, a day after sacking coach Philippe Troussier following a series of poor results. Qatar sit at the bottom of Group A below China and
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      • 126 51 m cawUP INDONESIA v CHINA AP. HOSTS China badly need a win against Group A leaders Indonesia to keep their Asian Cup hopes alive. They put themselves in this predicament when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Bahrain in the opener. The Chinese will enjoy
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      • 295 51 GROUP D: JAPAN 1 OMAN 0 Wire Services. HOLDERS Japan overcame the absence of several star players to open their Asian Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Oman yesterday. The defending champions, missing several star Europe-based players including captain Hidetoshi Nakata, Junichi Inamoto and Shinji Ono,
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      • 79 51 Asian cup Strike (DO*. r 8.02 (X) Draw 3.35 (8) Mir aln 2.00 1 1 '2 GOAL ■urn Qatar <*1 1 ft) 1.22 S Bahrain M 1«> 3.80 > 1 TOTAL GOALS HT'FT 0 9.00 HH 7.30 1 4.90 HD 10.00 3 00 kl
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      • 76 51 (1) China PR 1.32 (X) Draw 5.00 (2) IndOBMte 5.60 OOAL China m (-1 1/2) 1 85 Intfonaala (+1 1/2) 1.80 TOTAL GOALS I M T 'FT 0 14.00 !> MH 1.80 1 ft. 70 HO 13.00 2 4.4© (I MA ao.oo 3
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    • Article, Illustration
      386 52 PRE-SEASON WARM-UPS PA Sport. SIR Alex Ferguson (right) has decided the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Paul Scholes and Mikael Sylvestre will not be on the trans-Atlantic flight today following the rigours of Euro 2004. The Neville brothers were to have been part of the
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    • 165 52 PA Sport. Sir Alex Ferguson believes American teenager Jonathan Spector can benefit from the need to prevent Manchester United's international stars suffering a mid-season collapse. Spector will participate in United's three-game, 10-day US tour which launches a demanding pre-season programme. The 18-year-old defender enjoyed a hugely-impressive
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    • 312 52 PA Sport. WINNING the Champions' League is the primary objective for Milan sensation Kaka in the new campaign. "It would be nice to win everything but if I had to choose then I would say the European Cup," he stated. "By winning that we would have
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    • 155 52 BAYERN Munich have left for their US tour without new signing Lucio, who continues to struggle with a knee problem. The former Bayer Leverkusen star underwent an operation on his troublesome knee in April and is still hopeful of making a return to full fitness in
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    • 739 53 THIS week, some of Europe's top football clubs will be descending onto the US for the Champions World tournament. Liverpool, AC Milan, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Celtic, Roma, Porto, Galatasaray... And even though many of the clubs' bona fide stars will not feature Man U
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    • 150 53 US tycoon Malcolm Glazer has been invited to meet Man U officials on the club's pre-season tour to the US as he decides whether to proceed with a bid to take over the club, reported The Times. United have encouraged Glazer, owner of the
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      464 54 A TRANSFER TRAIL Wire Services. IVORY Coast striker Didier Drogba became Chelsea's record signing when he completed his transfer from Marseille for a reported £24 million ($76.2 m) yesterday. The 26-year-old Drogba is on a three-year contract and is eager to play for his new team. In an interview
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      280 54 Wire Services. LEICESTER: The English Division One club have signed former England international defender Martin Keown (right), subject to a medical. Keown, 37, has been without a club since being released by Arsenal after 11 seasons. "Martin Keown is a leader," said Foxes manager Mickey Adams. TOTTENHAM: Spurs
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    • 550 55 STRIKE: LIVERPOOL'S FEARSOME FOURSOME Wire Services. THERE will be many who will disagree and many will be waiting for the chance to hold him up to ridicule. But for now, new Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes he has the most venomous strike-force in
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    • 346 55 PA Sport. LIVERPOOL new boy Djibril Cisse accepts that he is walking into a whole new world following his £14 million ($44.5 m) move to Anfield. Cisse, top scorer in the French league for the last two seasons with Auxerre, knows that the
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    • 639 56 STRIKE: MAN UNITED'S NEW FORCE PA Sport. IT was the team he wanted to join from childhood. Leeds United made it easy by pushing him out of the door. Most Leeds fans are attll peething with anger that a man they regarded as
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    • 73 56 S-LEAGUE (1) ttncM 6.80 (X) Draw 4.80 (2) HoiMUnN Ml 1.37 1 2 GOAL Slnohl <♦* 1«) 1.76 NvmIMM M 1*> 1 .BO TOTAL GOALS i HI 1 0 20.00 HH 1200 1 9.70 HD 15.00 2 5.80 HA 14.00 3 4.20 DH
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    • 78 56 (1) TB 3.0S (X) Draw 3 20 (2) Alblrvx 2.0S II 12 COAL J Tg Pagi r (♦I 1/2) 1.26 AKHm (-1 1/2> 0.35 1 TOTAL GOALS HTFT 0 12.00 HH 7.00 1 7.20 HO 9 20 2 4 40 HA 11.00 3
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      475 57 PA Sport. THIS is no bull. But if Ruud van Nistelrooy, Milan Baros or even Didier Drogba are planning any assaults on Arsenal's goal in the coming Premiership season, they had better not wear red. Because, should they have to get around the Gunners' new goalkeeper, they could
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    • 85 56 □h!B COPA AMERICA (S-Finals) ARGENTINA v COLOMBIA Repeat, midnight BRAZIL v URUGUAY 8.35 am, tomorrow *AU matches LIVE on Ch 5 unless specified ASIAN CUP BAHRAIN v QATAR Ch 24,6.30pm, today INDONESIA v CHINA Ch 24,9pm, today TURKMENISTAN v IRAQ Ch 24,6.30pm, tomorrow UAEv KOREA Ch 24,9pm, Friday OMAN v
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